The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-04

draft boards In Ohio before such res
ignations will he accepted by Provost
Marshal General Crowder. who said
Under the law members. having been
appointed by the president, are com
PEELED To render service as such until
relieved by the president"
A call has been issued for 573 Ohio
white men OF the selective draft. will
grammar school education, 10 be sent
to three Ohio educational institutions
for technical training. or these lC
are to he sent to Akron university
Akron; 360 to Ohio Mechanical Insti
tute, Cincinnati, and 1903 to Toledo
university, Toledo.
Eugene V. Debs charged with vio-
lation Of the espionage act, was sen
fenced at Cleveland to 10 years in
the Moundsville, w. Va penitentiary
on each of three counts OF the in
dictment, by Federal Judge Weston.
haver. The sentences will run con.
| currently. A writ OF error to United
States supreme court was granted to
| the prisoner.
Mrs Myron r. Herrick, wife of the
former ambassador to France, died at
Bar Harbor, Me-, after Il lingering
| Illness, the result of Overwork In
Paris during the days OF the first
German invasion. Mrs iIerrick was
so years old, Burial at Cleveland.
Charles Kinney, 6S, former secre-
tary of state OF Ohio, died at his
home I'm Columbus. He was resi-
dent of Scioto county when elected
as secretary of state Nov. 3. 1896,
Monkeys and giraffes at the Gin.
cinnati zoo must do without sugar.
unless the federal food administration
overrules State Administrators CroX-
ton, who holds here is hardly enough
for human consumption.
Tracy Thompson, Delaware lumber
man, and his three sons, Ralph, Law
renee and George registered for milf.
tary service.
Sergeant Wilbur Boyd of Marion,
wounded severely. was with General
Pershing's first division Of regulars
to le landed on French soil.
Ohio authorities have issued a call
for volunteers to save the apple crop
of the state. 1t is announced that
800 apple pickers are needed at once
II the move is to succeed.
Four men were killed ana several
badly hurt when freight struck a
railway motor car near Portsmouth.
Twenty men were on the motor car
and many escaped by jumping. Those
killed were: Mack Hibbs, Rarden
Samuel Curtis. Rarden; Doris Weav-
er, Rarden; Oscar Moore, Yomgs-5
town. :
Many fields of new clover seeding
in Ohio are reported dead. The un-
usually dry season has been a con-
tributing cause, the Ohio college of
agriculture reports.
Governor Cox appealed to all en-
ployers to make claims for deferred
classiiications for employees they re-
gard essential to their industry or
business, or see to it that the men
themselves do so. He asked. further
more, that registrants remain In Oc-
cupatiOns they now are in, whether
war work or not, giving assurance
that every bona fde industrial or Oc-
cupatiOnal claim, including agricul-
ture. will be given careful considera-
tion by district boards.
Mrs. Lewis Newland. mother of FIVE
small children. was shot and instant
ly killed at Washington c. II. by her
son Dwight, aged s. The woman just
stepped into her home when the boy
pointed the gun at her and snapped
the trigger. He did not know the
gun was loaded
William Wright negro, slayer of
Officer William j. O'Rourke at Co
lumbus, will De electrocuted Sept 20
unless Governor Cox intervenes. The
supreme court denied Wright's appeal
for o review.
At Newark, Otto Steinmeier and
Frank Wagner were seriously hurt
when their auto turned over a 20
foot embankmcnt.
Yeggmen blew the safe in the Gal
ipolis theater, securing about $40 in
cash and several pieces of iewelry.
Bucyrus Ministerial association
elected Rev. c. l.. Buerkle president
and Rev. W. II. Miller secretary
treasurer for the ensuing year.
il. s. Gibson, 75. and his daughter,
Mrs Elizabeth Cove, 45, we're found
murdered at their home at Norwalk
Their throats had been cut, apparent
" with a razor, which was found on
he floor covered with blood. Police
earned a stranger had been given
BOARD and lodging at the Gibson home
EARLIER in the week.
Four members of the family of J. |
VI. Bowers OF Tiffin are critically Ill |
rs result of eating toadstools, mis-
AIKEN for mushrooms.
Food conservation in public eating
places in Ohio resulted in a total
saving of 1925, ,224 pounds of meat,
,585, ,637 pounds of sugar and 2,999,-
~ pounds of -four, according to
'eport submitted by Ben H. Harmon,
Itate hotel representative on the staff
If the Ohio food administrator.
d. +. Bourne of Cleveland will as
,ume the duties of manager of the
AXE division. Red Cross He is prom
nent in the iron and steel industry.
Ten thousand Ohio selects will be
,alled for general military service
oct to /.
Many Ohio ministers are attending
he Ohio conference OF the Methodist
Episcopal church at Portsmouth.
Milford citizens have formed a
church.
over $60, 900 has been reached from
5 sales of contributed articles for
he Red Cross in Champaign county
IL.