The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-03-28
STATE SIFTINGS

FoOuINOV Wal CuSSA.
John Geer, IL, was crowned at Eat
Liverpool when he fell into the Ohio
river.
Fairiol county commissioners dc.
cided against employing a county
farm agent.
Fire badly damaged the Masonic
building Ji The community group at
Camp Shtrman-
Estate of the late Peter Kuntz,
lumber magistrate Of Dayton. is ap-
praised a. S1,S7O,2OO.
Mrs. Ellen Cruise, Dayton, mother
Of five American soldiers, died sud
denly OF hear, trouble.
Robbers blew the safe in the Meth
odist Protestant church at Cambridge
but left empty.handed.
Melta Mems Bible class at Malta
bought $2,19S.50 worth Of war saw
ings stamps in the last month.
Safe in Thomas Parkers grocery,
Delaware, was blown by burglars.
who escaped with $500 in cash.
Porter Hotchliss. 20, committed
suicide at The county infirmary at
Chardon by cutting his throat.
Alpha Essman, 81, Sidney, was kill
ed By n train while attempting to re-
move q hsndcar ION the tracks.
H. G. Sponhauer has resigned as
chief Of the Gallon fire department
after a continuous service Of 81
years.
Muskingum college at New Con-
cord celebrated the 81st anniversary
Of its founding with appropriate eX'
ercises.
Clifford r. Taite, "a, late Of the
18th machine gun battalion, killed
himself in a Cleveland cafe after
love quarrel.
Mrs. William Bailey was instantly
killed at New Lexington when she
stepped out of her automobile in front
Of passing machine.
Fuel administration fixed Ohio coal
prices at the mines as follows: Run
Of mine, 81; prepared sizes, 1925;
slack or screenings, SITS.
Rev. Thomas F. Conlon, 48, for IL
years rector of st. Mary's church,
died at Hot Springs, Ark, where he
had gone in search of health.
Soldiers uniform of the 10th aero
squadron and containing letters ad
dressed to T. A. Haner, was found
in a railroad boxcar at Marion.
A. l.. Sherrets died at Dayton from
a fracture OF the skull, which he sui.
fered when accidentally pushed off
the rear end of a crowded streetcar.
I. B. Miller, merchant at Green.
vile. was instantly killed by train.
The train struck a funeral car III
which he and his son were riding.
In pitched battle at Cleveland two
policemen we're shot and wCClnded
slightly and a hol6up man, giving his
name as Clarence Foley, was fatally
wounded.
Gus Calogeras was arrested al
Cleveland, charged with being one
of the bandits who robbed the Roeh-
Ter Die Casting company manager ir
Toledo of $500.
Ties were placed on the Big Four
tracks near Springfield IN an ATTEMPT
to wreck a passenger train. A locc
motive crew, running light, discov-
cred the obstruction.
Assistant State Fuel Admnistrato.
f. D. Leach has resigned his position
to 60 to farming for the summer.
Leach is a Cleveland attorney. who
Las been serving without pay
John ID Rockefeller started injUnc-
ton proceedings to prevent the Cuya-
hoga county trea surer from collecting
taxes on $5,000,000 personal property
He claims New York as his legal resi-
dence.
State health board will enforce rig
idly in Ohio the arti-blindnebs law
which requires that all cases of in
flammation Of the eyes Of newborn
infants be reported to local health
officers.
Angry because he was charged IL
cents for bottle of pop, Tom Ma
ronovitch, Serbian steel worker
stabbed and killed Joseph Machanick.
a Slcvak restaurant keeper, al
Youngstown.
A total of e5 cars of good seed corr
has been imported from Pennsylvania
by the state of Ohio. Distribution Is:
under supervision Of Dean Alfred
Vivian of the college of agriculture
Ohio State university.
William Brown, So, colored, was
killed by John Daniels, 35, colored
in gun and knife duel in the street
in front OF their homes, in Columbus
An argument is declared to have
started over woman.
Because of heavy demands on the
medical profession by the war the
seventy-frst annual meeting of the
Ohio State Medical association which
was to have been held i'll Columbus in
May has been postponed until Oc-
tcber.
Measles ard scarlet fever showed
increased prevalence in Ohic in Fea-
ruary, compared with January, whiit
smallpox, pneumonia, mumps ard
2hickcnpoX decreased and whoo1in.
cough and dirhthc'ia remained prac,
tically stationary.
Harry Jones, colorod, was shot and
Instantly killed by Russell Hunter
The shooting followed a celebration
at the Hunter home at Newark
Governor Cox issued proclama
ton urging appropriate observance
Liberty day April 6. He urges actly
ity Cor the sale of liberty loan bonls
and war savings stamps.
Harvey Willis, private at Caml
Sherman. died in the hospital a
Portsmouth as the result Of a nuliet
wound in his head. Henry Hammi.
is in Jail, charged with the shooting
Police were told Hammis found WI
lis in his hone.
State Representative Joha d
Hayes, st. Clairsville was notified o