Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
:OHIO CLEANINCS


bert C. Hoover, food administrator,
against the government price being
paid for flour by the allies. They
claim it is too low.
Rev. S. A. Shisler was returned to
the Bucyrus pastorate of the church
by the Evangelical conference at
Bellefontaine.
Captain Alexic Cope, II, civil war
veteran and historian, died suddenly
from heart failure in his Office at Co
lumbus. He was member of the law
firm, Ricketts, & Cope, and attorney
for Ohio State university. Burial will
be made at ST. Clairsville.
George Dewey Brady, 20, amateur
motorcycle racer, lost his life when
his cycle crashed through the south
fence of the Columbus Driving park
track during a racing event.
Federal milk commission of Ohio
fixed the price of milk at Athens at
13 cents a quart and cents a pint,
an increase of l cent a quart.
Two German prisoners interned at
the prisoners stockade at Camp Sher-
man made their escape while work
ing under guard in a corn field near
there and had proceeded three miles
from camp before they were captured
by the military police.
More than 25 Ohio cities were rep
resented by blind delegates to the an
nual meeting of the Ohio Welfare as
sociation at Findlay. Findlay Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts served as
guides for the blind delegates.
Glenn Bell of Millersburg was killed
at Newark when struck by train.
Attempt to burn the grain elevators
of Spurrice Brothers at Marysville
was discovered before the flames
gained much headway.
Josephy Brown, 1S, of near Sugar
Grove, Fairfield county, was instantly
killed and companion, Virgil Fau-
BILE, II, probably was fatally injured
when a machine in which they were
riding turned over. The boys had just
enrolled in school
Glenn Jones, infant son of B. w
Jones of Fostoria, burned while play
ing with matches, died later of his
injuries.
Mrs. c. L. Chute was seriously
burned while melting parafine wax
when her clothing was ignited by q
gas fire at her home in New Lexing
ton.
Sylvester Davis, motorman, had {
leg broken and other persons were
slightly injured when two limited
cars on the Newcastle and Youngs
! town electric line collided head-or
near Youngstown.
But two members were left to at
| tend the annual reunion at Findlay o
| Company E, 118th o. V. 1. The TIVE
will meet again next year, they de
| cided.
Over 600 soldiers at Camp PER-,
pledged themselves to refrain from
swearing when the proposition wa
presented to them by Rev. Brice Baz
ter at Y. M. c. A meeting.
Representative Fess of Ohio an
nounced that he would accept tn
Craftsmanship of the Republican COT
| gressional campaign committee
Complete federal control of al
| hA5hNcJ OA1O Ill ln0 u0d
future, with a view to limiting it t
necessary improvements, is locke
for by road contractors and person
in close touch with highway admir-
istration in this state.
Efforts to obtain federal interver
tion in the dispute between the Clevt
land Railway company and it's motor
men and conductors over women col
ductors were started after the unio
officials announced the carmen woul
quit work unless the company will
drew women pending an investigate
of available man power.
Major w. S. Pealer of state drat
headquarters has placed the estimat
of the number of men between tn
ages of Is and 81 and 81 and As wh
will register on Sept. II at O,O0O
Blaine Paige, 40, merchant of Rfc
Hill, was killed by troop train &
Centerburg. He failed to see the trai
and drove his machine directly j
front of it.
Rev. J. E. Etter of Troy was electe
president of the Miami (Ohio) Chri
tian conference, which closed its ce
tennial meeting at Eaton. Rev. ].
Douglass of Greenville was elect
vice president and A. C. Brandon
Dayton was elected trustee.
Total enrolled attendance at IL
opening of the Dayton public schoo
is 1852, an increase of 1885 ov,
last year. W. sH'a'~1--
s>Qra MeCombs, IT, was instant
killed and Raymond Lent and Jot
Anderson were seriously injured whe
an automobile in which they we
riding was struck by a train ne;
Nelsonville. The men were CO
miners.
]. Howard Wetmore, assistant cas-
ier of City National bank at Mario
was notified by the state depal
ment that he had been appointt
vice consul at Toronto Canada.
Several barns and silos were d
stroyed. one house lifted from
foundation and unroofed and nul
bers of trees blown down by sms
cyclone that swept over northeaste
Auglaize county.
Mrs Robert Merriam of Wellin
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Sheffie
and Frank Sheffield, father of Ho
ard Sheffield, all of Pittsfield, we
instantly killed when their autom
bile was struck by Lake Shore ira
at South Amherst.
A tank containing 5000 gallons
crude oil, belonging to the Imperi
Pipe Line Company, Limited, explod
at Sylvania, near Toledo.
Edward G.. Banker, 50, motion p
: ture theater proprietor, died at Ds
ton from injuries received when /
auto overturned while returning fro
B. trip to his farm.