Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
STATE SIFTINGS

Fire at West Mansfield damaged
The building occupied by the Farm.
ers' State bank. Loss $1,000.
When two Pennsylvania freight
trains collided east OF Bremen heavy
property loss resulted. No one was
injured.
Hearing of charges against Eugene
v. Debs. under federal indictment,
was postponed at Cleveland until
Sept. 9.
Presence Of red weevil in wheat is
believed TO have damaged the crop
five bushels per acre in parts Of Fay
cite county.
ID. c. Brown of Napoleon was ap-
pointed to succeed the late J. ID. Nc
Donel as trustee of the Bowling
Normal school.
Corporal John r. Danley. Lorein.
and Private William L. Rounds,
Wadsworth. we're Killed in action or
the French front.
Martin J. Burke, 50. former probate
fudge Of Marion county and former
state trlstee Of the Catholic Knights
uf Ohio died at his home in Marion
Two Athens county miners were
killed and three injured in accidents
The dead are Berry Maynard. 40. and
Norman Stewart 5s. vicsims Of falls
OF slate.
State Association of School EN-
ployes. meeting at Marion, elected
Philip Suttmiler. Cincinnati, presi
dent. and chose Columbus as next
meeting place
Home rule was upheld in the Cuya
hoga court OF appeals by Judge
Charles r Grant. who criticised coun
try legislators who seek to regulate
the affairs Of large cities.
Columbus stroetcar men win be
granted a wage increase award by
ihe federal war labor board, probably
based on a 50-cent-an-hour schedule
according to dispatches from Wash
ington.
A jury hearing the case. Of Roy
Hughes. charged with participation
In the murder os Portsmouth gro
Ger. returned n verdict of guilty OF
Grst degree murder. but recommend
ed mercy.
John Balla, a Pole, and $4,000
which he drew from a bank nj Day
ton, parted company finally wher
Balla, at the solicitation of a new
found acquaintance. gave the money
to ths latter to keep IN a tin box.
OHIO board Of agriculture approved
plans for an addition TO the Putin
Bag hatchery. DESIGNED to increase
IT'S capacity from 400.0O0,000 to 1000,
100000 IN time for the fall spawning
Df white fish. herring. pike and perch
Violation Of the Clayton acI
through requiring customers not tc
deal IN the goods OF competitors was
charged against the United Electric
company of canton. in complaint
issued by the federal trade commits
sion.
High prices for potatoes before the
spring OF 1919 are predicted by v. H
Davis. head o; the bureau OF markets
state board OF agriculture, because ol
The reduced acreage, crop prospects
and increased use OF the tuber In
making bread.
At Hamilton, the Jury in the tria
u William n. Cowdry, indicted on 6
charge OF first degree murder in con
nection with the poisoning Of Lore
L. WardIow. was discharged after the
foreman had reported no agreement
could be reached.
President w. o. Thompson will re
main at Ohio State university, HI
said in reply to rumors that he fiaC
beer offered and was considering &C
.eptance of the secretaryship of III,
general board Of education Of th,
Presbyterian church.
Nearly s1O.00O,O00 is spent annual
~ by Ohio and its political subdi
visions to keep in operation all TIL
agencies for the prevention. detection
and punishment of crime. These fle
ures are contained in the first annua
report of the Ohio board of clemency
Captain Roy r. Layton OF Wapa
koneta, Auglaize county, has been al
pointed adiutant general by Coy
ernor Cox to succeed George
Wood. Layton retired from Ohio ns
tional guard service as captain Q
Company l.. Second regiment, wit
which unit he served as first ,ieuter
ant in the Spanish war.
A carload Of cattle in shipment o
the Hooking Valley railway fro1
Lancaster TO New York was burne
at Logan. Loss $4,000.
Rev. Samuel Miller, a Mennonit
preacher of eastern Holmes count.
was arrested and taken to Clevelant
he having been indicted for allege
violation of the espionage act.
Near Nelscnville, Mrs. X. w. Xii
Bey, 60 and her small grandehild weI
struck and probably fatally injurc
by an automobile driven by Williai
Bishon. Mrs. Kinsey was pushing
baby buggy in a road when the acc
Cent occurred.
@. +. Schlesinger OF Columbus Wa
appointed assistant chief examin,
for the state civil service comnissic
nt a salary Of $4,000 annually.
Mayor s. Scranton. &c. died su
denly at his home in Celina. He hs
served the county as recorder al
probate Judge and was filing his sc
ond term as mayor.
Three hundred acres of forest lai
on the site OF The new penitcntia
being established by the state iu
west OF London. Madison county, W
be transferred to the state agrici
tural department TO be used for gar
preserve. The agricultural Gepa
ment will purchase 800 acres OF Iei
adjoining the prison farm suitat
FOR agricultural purposes and W
transfer Il to the penitentiary CO
mission In exchange for the land
be used for the game preserve.
Charles Davis lived "a hours vi
n broken neck, received In n fall fr,
n locomotive at Bellesontaine.
A. J. Hazlett Of Bucyrug. form
state representative. has been
pointed oil inspector for the g
coast district. with headquarters
Houston, Tex.
w. W Ackley,, steward of the A
ems state hospital for the past n
years, was succeeded by f.. NJ. g
rett. fcrmer steward at the TolC