The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
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:OHIO GLEANINGS


bus during the next 10 days, accord
ing TO an announcement by Simeor
d. Fess, chairman OF the Republican
national congressional committee, fol
the purpose Of starting the congress
sional campaign IN Ohio.
Millers OF northwestern Ohio are
preparing protest to be sent Her
bert c. Hoover, food administrator
against the government price being
paid for flour by the allies, They
claim II is too low.
Rev. S. A. Shisler was returned to
the Bucyrus pastorate OF the church
by the Evangelical conference at
Bellefontaine
Rev, ]. f. Etter OF Troy was elected
president of the Miami (Ohio) Chris.
tlan conference. which closed its cen.
tennial meeting at Eaton. Rev. j. j.
Douglass of Greenville was elected
vice president and A. C. Brandon of
Dayton was elected trustee.
Total enrolled attendance at the
opening of the Dayton public schools
is 1852, an increase of l,1S6 over
last year.
Ora McCombs, II, was instantly
killed and Raymond Lent and John
Anderson were seriously injured when
an automobile in which they were
riding was struck by a train near
Jacksonville. The men were coal
miners.
j. Howard Wetmore, assistant cash
ier Of City National bank at Marion,
was notified by the state depart
ment that he had been appointed
vice consul at Toronto, Canada.
Several barns and silos were de-
stroyed, one house lifted from it's
foundation and unroofed and nun.
bers OF trees blown down by a small
cyclone that swept over northeastern
Auglaize county.
Mrs. Robert Merriam of Yelling
ton, MIR. and Mrs. Howard Sheffield
and Frank Sheffield, father of How
ard Sheffield, all of Pittsfeld, we're
instantly killed when their automo-
bile was struck by a Lake Shore train
at South Amherst.
A tank containing 5000 gallons of
crude oil, belonging to the Imperial
Pipe Line Company, Limited, exploded
at Sylvania. near Toledo.
Edward G. Banker, 50, motion pic
ture theater proprietor, died at Day.
ton from injuries received when his
auto overturned while returning from
a trip to his farm.
Mrs. Edna Vance and Dan Brown,
negroes, were arrested at Alliance,
charged with arson in connection
with an attempt to destroy the home
OF Alexander McGill.
Four negro bellboys in Toledo ho-
tells were arrested, charged with fur
nishing liquor to soldiers in uniform |
Lon Turner, SO, of Columbus, at
tended the Union county fair. He |
has attended every one of the exposi- |
tions since they were started 72 years |
ago.
Fire destroyed the barn, granary
and other outbuildlngs on the Louis
!unkel farm, near Findlay Loss
$4,000
Government has taken over the en-
tire construction of the $20,0OOOG0
air nitrate plant at Toledo.
In the ~ months ending June 30,
1917, 1922 accidents we're reported
to the state industrial commission
The annual report of Emile Watson,
the commissions actuary, for the
year ending June 80, 1918, shows a
total of 1851 accidents, reduction
Of 1882 under the previous year.
Ohio banks withstood the extraordi-
nary money demands made on them
during the first year of the war, de-
clares State Banking Superintendent
Berg in his annual report to the gov
ernor. Resources OF state and private 4;
banks increased almost $500 100000 i
n three years.
o. L. Lake, a government repre-
sentative, arrived in Marion to make /
/ survey of traction line facilities pre-
iminary to the government taking ,
)Ver certain Ohio interurban railways {
o relieve congestion of steam lines
his fall and winter. 1t is planned to
un package cars from Cleveland T
through Columbus to Cincinnati
George Rind. 80. secretary of the ;
miners union at Bradley, Jefferson +
ounty, and Alex Fergen. Austrian 4
miner of that place, were arrested on Y
residential warrants. 1t is alleged r
hat they tried to persuade Hun
arians from taking part in flag t
aising and tried to forent trouble f
mong the miners /;
Ground was broken at Camp Sher-
nan for a $4,000 Elks' community g
ouse. 1t will have "A sleeping rooms. 4
L. A. j. Kroner of Cleveland was I,
e-elected president of the Ohio State d
ssociation of Stationary Engineers
Every dealer in Sebring, a town OF d
500 population, is without sugar Y
he state food administration has ]
cen appealed to- d
RouGdhouse and repair shop Of the L
oledo Terminal Railroad company
Toledo was destroyed by fire. Loss I,
30 900. Q,
At Cleveland, Mrs. Ethel Hupp cI
5ked dismissal of the divorce suit
led by her husband, Elmer Hupp, K
no was exonerated by jury sew
'al months ago of the murder of h
harles Joyce. a,
Governor Cox has called Samuel J.
librarian of Miami uni b,
srsity, to Columbus to become spe- OF
al representative of the Ohio branch al
the national council of defense in W
large of county organization.
Authorities closed more than nj
ore of winerooms at Columbus. K
Women will continue to act as con- hi
lctors in the employment of the
eveland Railway company pending &C