The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-03

| by nm unknown man, who escaped.
Possibility Of legislation to limit
the tobacco acreage rext year is sug
gested by State Food AdministratCi
Croxton In letter t. tobacco grow
ers Of Darke county, whom he Is try
ing to Keep from turning under rye
for planting tobacco.
Temperance forces will celebrate
at Oberlin the twenty.fifth anniver
sary Of the founding OF the Anti-Sa
loon league.
Wallace Creamer, who recently eel
ebr9ted his ninety-ninth birthday al
niversary, died at his home near
Washington c. II. Mr.. Creamer was
Fayette coupty's oldest inhabitants
C. j. Taylor, SS, hardware naN
chant of Sidney, is dead.
A general tieup of Ohio river coal
traffic is threatened by demands fol-
higher wages made by engineers OF
towboats plying between Cincinnati
and the up-iiver coal fields.
Donald, the 11-yearold son Of Ed
ward Wheeler, a farmer living near
Mechanicsburg, was killed when his
rife was accidentally discharged.
Natele Peronne and Pietro Chris.
tiania, Italians, whom the police be.
lieve to be Black Handlers, were shot
cnd killed in a pooircom at Youngs-
town by a third italian, who escaped.
Mrs. Startling Lemon, As, wife OF .
farmer living near Hillsboro, commit
ted suicide by placing a shotgun
against her forehead and discnargIng
it. Sickness had caused her mind tu
become unbalanced.
Ohio farmers are supporting the
loan in an amazing manner, says an
official liberty loan bulletin issued by
the treasury department.
Five hundred and eighty.one stu
dents will be graduated at Ohio State
university May 2S. Last year 900 de.
erees were granted The COLLEGE of
arts leads with i20, agriculture has
IS, AMI engineering IS.
From treasury department reports,
cash receipts IN Washington from
Ohio purchases of war savings
stamps during March amounted to
81, ,465 .033, Ohio leading all the states.
State Fire Marshal Fleming issued
regulations for the use of fireworks
on the Fourth Of July. They provide
that under no circumstances shall
sky rockets, Roman candles, toy bal.
looms, or other aerial displays be al
lowed
Andrew Pennington, 20, was as.
phyXiated in his room at FinGlay by
fumes from gas stove.
AkrCn council passed an ordinance
whereby all abe-bodied men between
the ages of is and so must work at
least 70 hours week. Fifty dollars
fine and so days maximum imprison-
ment are the penalties.
Mrs. Mahala Bucrcll OF Elyria.
mother Of Ambassador W. G. Sharp,
was notified that Mrs Sharp and two
children are eli route to Elyf.a. They
left France because Of the long dis.
tance bombardInent Of Faris.
John Eonnenwirth, 70, balliT in
Crawford county common pleas court,
died in q Toledo hospital
Former State Senator Louis z
Meyers Of Marion, announced his can
didacy for the Republican nomination
for congress.
At Toledo Edward McNaulty. %,
said by police to have been New
York gambler, was shot and killed by
a compan.on, who escaped.
s. II. Croffin, New Philadelphia
contractor, was roughly handled by a
mob at Maturn for distributing pani
phlets explaining why The Finished
Of Pastor Russell was sup
pressed by the government. CroFn
was made 10 kiss the flag. He is
held in jail
Three young men were arrested at
Portsmouth, charged with the murder
Of A. HUFFMAN, sc, a grocer who was
shot and killed when his store was
robbed of $l5O The suspects are Roy
II; Washington Baker, q.
and Pauline Pannattoni. %.
Conductors and mctormen employ
ed by the Toledo Railway and Light
have asked the city author.
ties to increase car fares SO that
wages can be increased 10 cents an
lour
A. L. Hitchcock, Socialist member
If the Cleveland board Of education,
yah arrested on a warrant charging
lin with violating provisions of the
espionage act, specifically with max.
ng remarks against the liberty loan.
Rev. Joseph Grisso is in jail at
Springfield to escape the fury OF ell.
aged New Carlisle citizens, who |
claim he made unpatriotic utterances
md refused to salute the flag. Grisso |
las a son in tbe army.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Slagle and
adopted son, Gaylord, aged 12, were
lilled when train struck their auto.
mobile at Van Vert.
According to AdJutart General
Wood, Ohio will be nit hard in the
Nay draft. Wood returned from
where he was in con.
with Provost Marshal Ger.
,ral Crowder.
Charles B. Mills, Marysville, was
elected editor-in-chief of the Tran
cript, Ohio Wesleyan university
weekly publication
Cincinnati won its honor flag in the
liberty loan drive when subscriptions
cached $23,O00,0G0, or 100000 in
Xcess of its quota.
DR.. K. NJ. Schwartz was. elected
lealth officer al Salem to succeed DR..
9. J. Schwartz, now state epidemi
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