The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-26

county. Loss $4,000,
The right of the legislature TO bar
insurance companies from indemnify
ing employers under the workmcn's
compensation act was sustained III
decieion handed down by Judge
Evans Of the Franklin county com
mon pleas court.
Twenty-Five members OF the Men
nonite sect, new selects at Camp
sherman. refuse to wear the uniform.
work or drill.
Every boy or girl who graduateB
in June into the eighth grade of the
Chillicothe schools will receive from
Colonel r. Enderlin of that city a
present of $50 in war savings stamps
Rev. ]. A. snodgrass, 81, Marys-
vile. was found dead in bed. He re-
tired as Baptist minister a year ago
John II. Arnold. former lieutenant
governor, formally announced him
self a candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor OF Ohio.
Ohio food administrator wants nl'
citizens Of the state to Join in po'
tato consumption to stretch the short
wheat supply.
In pistol battle at Toledo Kenneth
Young, II, alleged auto bandit, was
killed. his companion, Wesley WOr'
don, 20, wounded, and Patrolman
Christopher Derach fatally shot,
owen Pratt, 81, of Plumwood
Union county, and a member Of tho
Rainbow division, has been wounded
in action in France.
Captain J. NJ. Spanier of the oit'
GERS school at Camp Sherman wai
arrested. charged with converting to
his own use S1,S77 Of government
funds intrusted to him by Treasurer
Wadsworth of the National Military
home at Dayton. Spanier pleaded not
guilty when arraigned.
Union county Y. NJ. c. A. employed
Paul NJ. Borror, Circleville, as secra
tary at salary OF $1,000 a year.
Red Cross auction sales netted:
Plain City, $4,000; Pharisburg $l,gGO,
Milford Center, $4,000, and Byhala,
$1,000.
Bert Sharp, photographer at Lib
erty Center, was arrested and taken
before the village mayor on a charSc
of saying "the president ought to be
shot" He was fined $40.
At Toledo fire damaged the stock
Of the Toledo Mantel and Tile COM
pany $4,000: Emil Gerchow, iecora-
tor. $4,000: Union Supply cOmpa.y,
automobile accessories, $1,000, and
the building which they occupied,
$1,000.
Herbert D. Campbell, 80, one cs
the first owners and editors OF the
Lima epublican-Gazette. is dead
after an illness of several months
d. A. Simpson, G5, farmer of near
Roundhead, Logan county, was stricK
en- with apopieXy while working ia g
field. and died within four hours.
Edward +. Reckert, proprietor OK
a garage and livery stable at New
Philadelphia was arrested on an n-
dictment charging him with arson. 1t
is charged Reckert set fire to his
rlace Of business March 16.
Burglars cracked a safe in the Mos'
gan IT, Roberts grain elevator a.
Thornyille. Perry county, and got $40
in money.
Lott Solomon, so, living near Co
iumbus Grove, died when his autoTo'
bile ran into 4 telephone pole.
Women were given representation
on the Ohio defense council whcn
Governor Cox appointed as a moiE
ber Miss Belle Sherwin, Cleveland.
Carey Evans. 21 son of David
Evans Of Columbus, was killed in ac
ton at the French front. Evans Was
an ambulance driver and an Ohio
State university student.
Attorney Albert Lawrence, Glove
land, was appointed by Governor Cox
TO succeed Judge p. l.. A. Leighley
who gave as one of his reasons 70.
resigning from the Cuyahoga com
mon pleas judgeship that the salary
of $4,000 a year wasn't sufficient.
Food Administrator Bishop order
ed three groceries and one bakery al
Cleveland closed for one week fGi
violating the $3.50 order.
Ohio health and ola age insurance
commission is considering the queS
ton of sickness prevention. The plal
calls for health supervision in th'
public schools by local authorities, til;
state to pay part of the cost.
Yes NichoI committed suicide cJ
hanging. His body was found in hi;
barn at Bellefontaine by neighbors
Nichol had been i'll for some time.
Many acres of farm lanG i'll Ottawa
county were flooded when the Port
age river oycrflowed its tanks.
Molten Stag exploded at the Cropl
well steel plant Lorain, fatally burn
ing Eben Edwards, 45, and .Fosepl
Scianni, At, and seriously injurint
three others
At Norwalk IS school boys ant
girls went to the high school. sei2et
the German books ard burned then
on the public square. The scEoC
board had voted to discontinue Gel
man study in the junior classes.
Homer c. Johnson of Cleveland ha
rendered his resignation as fuel ad
ministratDr Of Ohio.
State cIemency board concluded it
monthly parole meeting at the Chi
state reformatory, granting 50 ia
roles and rejecting only IL. Th
board considered 1l0 applications.
Governor Cox granted reprieV
TO Aaron Gibson Washington, CO
ored, Dayton murderer, who was t
have been electrocuted April 25. TIL
new date is June 28, same as the dat
for the execution of William Wright
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