Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-05
STATE SIFTINCS

was 0uSICAHOV1 pOAhlIo SNAoNIAN
of charges of negligence.
! Malta Mems Bible class at Malta
bought $2,19S.50 worth of war saw
iings stamps in the last month.
Porter Hotchkiss, 70, committed
suicide at the county infirmary at
Chardon by cutting his throat.
H. G. Sponhauer has resigned as
chief of the Gallon fire department
after a continuous service of 81
years.
Oscar Black, 90, arrested at Day
ton as suspected counterfeiter, es-
capped from a police auto on the way
to jail.
Ground glass was found in a loaf
of rye bread purchased by Mrs. John
J.. DeMuth at Findlay. 1t was finely
Powdered.
Lives of many school children were
endangered when fire of unknown
origin partly destroyed the West
school building at Kenton. The pu-
,rils maintained perfect order while
marching from the building.
Clifford r. Taite, "a, late of the
18th machine gun battalion, killed
himself in a Cleveland cafe after d
love quarrel.
Police Chief w. E. Randall, sus-
,pended by the mayor of Conneaut on
charges preferred by council, resign.
ed from the department.
Fuel administration fixed Ohio coal
prices at the mines as follows: Run
of mine. 50; prepared sizes, $2.25;
slack or screenings, $1.75.
Rev. Thomas F. Conlon, AZ, for 13
years rector of st. Mary's church,
died at Hot Springs, Ark, where he
had gone in search of health.
Soldiers uniform of the 10th aero
squadron and containing letters ad-
dressed to T. A. Haner, was found
in a railroad boxcar at Marion.
1. B. Miller, merchant at Green
vile. was instantly killed by a train.
The train struck a funeral car in
which he and his son were riding.
BucyrUs industrial plants will be
converted into night schools for reg.
istered men who wish to fit them
selves for special work in the army.
In a pitched battle at Cleveland two
policemen were shot and wounded
slightly and a holdup man, giving his
name as Clarence Foley, was fatally
wounded.
Between 200 and 800 Marion Eiks
were made sick as a result OF attend
ing a banquet. All suffered from pto
maine poisoning, due to eating can
red corn.
Governor Cox issued a proclama
ton urging appropriate observance
Liberty day, April 6. He urges activ
ity Cor the sale of liberty loan bon1s
and wal savings stamps.
Assistant State Fuel Administrato.
f. D. Leach has resigned his position
to go to farming for the summer
Leach is a Cleveland attorney, VIII,
las been sci wing without pay
Chester Holt, Marion nationa
guardsman, reported killed a yea
ago by a Mexican snjper and mourn
ed as dead, is alive and we'll at I'll
army barracks at Houston, Tex.
A pet bull dog. owned by Georg
Snow. attacked two small children q
F. H. Marshman, and the daughte
of George Bender, at Marion. iii
dog is suspected Of suffering fror
rabies.
STATE Representative john I
Hayes, st. Clairsville. was notified G.
the death Of his sister, Mrs. Thon.a
B. Holiday, so. at Sarehoda, Indi;
where she has been a missionary fc
many years.
John H. Patterson, a manufacture
presented the city Of Dayton with 29
acres in the choicest portion of h
1,000-acre park, known as Hills an
Dales. The property has been a
praised at $685.. 900.
A total of e5 cars of good seed cor
has been imported from Pennsylvani
by the state of Ohio. Distribution
! under supervision of Dean Alfre
Vivian of the college Of a~gricultur
Ohio State university.
Citizens of Vaughnsville and C
lumbus Grove visited the grain elev
tor of D. F.. Riser at Vaughnsvil
and tackled a flag to the buildi1.
Riser. who is alleged to have mao
a disloyal remark, was forced to S
lutte the flag.
q Mayors of the Ohio valley cities,
g conjunction with delegates from a
the municipalities along the Oh
river, adopted a resolution at the te
minal conference at Cincinnati pied
ing themselves to work untirings
in their communities ito induce ia
orable municipal action on the CO
~struction of adequate river te
minals."
= State board Of administration fiji,
with the governor its report for Il
year ending June 80, 1917. The pop
lation of tho state institutions, a
q cording to the report, was 22,61S. I
! tai cost of operation was S4.61z.3z
The report shows q reduction
d $13.36 in the per capita cost of opt
alton, as compared with the cost u
der the old system.
Court refused to grant a new tri
to Mrs. Belle Wardlow, convicted
I1dlllLlOn VI uISL u6ST00 muTu0T,
poisoning her husband, Loden
IS Wardlow, a year ago.
Four robbers, three women and
man, made a daylight raid on the
). fee of a Cleveland theater, stru,
. down Palmer Slocum. the manag.
and escaped with $1,000.
- Katie Thompson, is, charity wal
is in a Columbus hospital with a b
let in her abdomen, self-infiicted
q the home of G. S. Cord, where she
" alleged to have attempted to kill Co
and wife.
Roy Kaufman, Mennonite teach
oF in the Urbana SCHOOLS, was dismiss
l. because he refused to give pledge
allegiance.
At Columbus, Policeman Howa
Bennett shot, and killed Lincoln Pri
Ia negro, As. The suspect was arm
and, Bennett believes, was prepari
to open fire when he was shot dov
er Corporal Charles F. Ford, "a, ]
d. troit, was Instantly killed near Cal
Sherman mhnp Tho oT1o-.aI;1z