Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-05-03
STATE SIFTINCS

ted suicide by shooting.
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perlntendent of Medina county.
James F. Spiller, %, was struck BY
lightning and instantly killed on his
farm near Danville.
Andrew Pennington, 10, was as
phyxiated in his room at Findlay by
iumes from a gas stove.
John Donnenwirth, 10, bailiff IN
Crawford county common pleas court,
died in Toledo hospital.
Seven alleged slackers held in jail
at Canton, tried to escape by tunnai-
ing through a.. 1S-irch wall.
While crossing The street on roller
skates Elida Stubbs. Q. Ashtabula.
was killed by an automobile
Second Lieutenant Quinn w. Mat
tern Of Dayton was killed in an air
plane accident at San Diego, Cal.
Glenn Sunmerland of Rising Sun,
member of the Rainbow division, is
reported dead from wounds il
France.
Dr. r. NJ. Schwartz was elected
health officer at Salem to succeed Dr..
e. J. Schwartz, now state epidemi-
ologist
Painesville council granted the
Painesville Gas company temFor-
cry rate of $3.50 a thousand, an in
crease of so cents.
After killing his stepmothcr, Mrs
Glma Dorton, with knife, Thurman
Dorton, 35, nirer OF Macarthur, shot
and killed himself
At Massillon three foreigners who
refused 10 buy liberty bonds were
painted with black and yellow paint
by fellow employees.
Ohio farmers are supporting the
loan in an amazing manner, says an
official liberty lean bulletin issued by
the treasury department.
At Toledo Edward McNauIty, 81,
said by police to have been a New
York gambler, was shot and killed
by a companion, who escaped.
After beating his wife into uncon-
sciousness, L. D. Wright, 90, Jeffer-
son, Ashtabula county, hanged him
self to bed post in his room.
Nelson Cram, Cleveland, was
crushed to death while riding III
railroad car loaded with steel The
/ body was discovered at Marion.
Peter Snapp, Pemberton, near Sid
] ney, received word that his son. 81,
mon Snapp, 95. who was wounded in
action April 9 in France. had died.
William Anker, 43, New Straits
vile, an employe of a brick company,
was run down and killed by cut Of
cars. He leaves a wife and five chill
! dren.
A general tieup of Ohio river coal
traffic is threatened by demands for
higher wages made by engineers of
towboats plying between Cincinnati
and the up-rivcr coal fields
Natele Peronne and Pietro Chris
tiania. Italians, whom the police be.
lieve to be Black Handlers, were shot
and killed in poolcoom at Youngs.
town by third Italian. Who escaped.
Ohio confectioners will manufac-
ture more chocolates and candies
containing more nuts and fruits in
substitution for pure sugar candies
to conserve the production OF sugar
From treasury department reports.
cash receipts In Washington from
Ohio purchases of war savings
stamps during March amounted to
s4,465,033 Ohio leading all the states.
Conductors and motormen EN-,
ployed by the Toledo Railway and
Light company have asked the city
authorities to increase car fares So
that wages can be increased 10 cents
an hour
Following the burning of all Ger
man textbooks in Lancaster schools
the board Of education has substi.
tuted the study of United States MS
tory and the reading of patriotic lit.
erature.
At Van Vert Fire Chief Wade and
Fireman Harry Walls have been dis
missed, following an alleged alterca
ton, during which Chief Wade is
said to have been struck over the
head with a wrench.
Five hundred and eighty-one stu
dents will be graduated at Ohio State
university May 2S. Last year 300 de
grees were granted The college OF
arts leads with 12O, agriculture ha:
2S, and engineering rs.
Mrs. Mahala Burrell of Elyria
mother # Ambassador w. G. Sharp
was notified that Mrs. Sharp and tw,
children are en- loute to Elyria. 'Thel
left France because of the long dis
tance bombardment of Paris.
Veterinarians at New Philadelphi;
are baff1ed in their attempts to ex
plain the killing OF six horses b!
knife slashe5 on their hips. Th,
horses died from infection caused b,
, the wounds. The origin of the knifr
, thrusts is unknown.
William Russ, a farmer living nea
( Portsmouth and who is alleged Il
r have made disloyal remarks concern
y ing the United States, was seized b,
; 200 of his Deighbors and forced Il
' lead loyalty parade, carrying tn
2 national colors.. After the parade h
! purchased a liberty bord
After exhaustive tests, lasting owe
many weeks, County Farm Agent De
Lashmutt, an Ohio State graduate
declared that Athens county had tn
Q best seed corn in the state.
q At Akron Frank Mazzano Wa
d found guilty of first degree murde
r in connection with the killing of Pa
trolman Gethin Richards March /:
; Mazzano faces the electric chair.
= Run down by train at a Colun
|. bus crossing, Mrs. Rosie Fuski, s:
a sustained a fractured skull that eau:
d ed instant death. the woman is SUI
It vived by her husband and six Chi
h dren.
Everett Koon, 16, of Danville,
held in Jail at Athens. Police say h
confessed to the murder OF John Rol
e inette, 6S, and robbing him of 81 g.
Fire at Marion damaged the Blicl
son Manufacturing companys plan
q which is engaged in government We
contract work. hundreds of patterr
J., being destroyed
b. State food administration a
nounced that the jackson Millin
company and the Peters Milling cor