The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-05-09
STATE SIFTINGS


Dayton plans a war chest campaign
similar to the one conducted by Co
lumbus.
Miss Julia Hyer. 55, Washington c.
H., was fatally injured when train
hit her automobile.
Mrs. Charlotte Scott. 1O1, Marys
ville's oldest resident, is dead. She
was a native of Virginia.
Burglars broke into Nathan Ber-
mans store at Cleveland and stole
merchandise valued at $500.
Four infantry regiments at Camp
Sherman will he transferred at an
early date to another cantonment.
Mrs. Susie Gougler, Pleasant Val.
ley, Summit county, was killed when
the horse she was driving ran away
Ruth, 2-year-old daughter of Walter
Coulter, Washington c. H., fell into
a few inches of water and drowned.
Tbirty-seven Jersey cattle we're lost
in a fire which destroyed a barn on
B. w. Havcns' farm, near WesteI-
vile,
Private Clyde McVickers of Mt.
Vernon fell from a horse at Camp
Sherman and sustained probably fatal
injuries.
Mrs. Robert w. Hatch, 46, of Gran
ger township, Medina county, commit
ted suicide by plunging head first into
q cistern.
s. w. Nicholson, president Of the
Nicholson Clay Products company,
Cambridge, died suddenly at the din
uer table.
Port Clinton saloonReepers agreed
to discontinue the sale Of all package
goods over bars. This includes bot
tied beer.
Ten carloads of hay consigned to
the government at Fort Thomas, KY,
were destroyed by fire on railroad
siding near London.
Ralston Steel Car company, Colum-
bus, will get government order to
build 5000 steel cars at an approx
mate price of 100000.
When their demand for a wage In
crease from $3.50 to Sc per eight
hour day was refused, 80 carpenters
at East Liverpool walked out on
strike.
At New Philadelphia two city
blocks were destroyed by fire, with a
loss Of more than 100000. The fire
originated in the saloon of Robert
Johnson.
Announcement was made at Toledo
by the big milk distributors of a re-
duction Of the price from 1S to II
cents a quart. This is to increase
consumption.
A movement has been started al
Toledo for S. O. Richardson, glass
manufacturer, for appointment as
Ohio fuel administrators, to succeed
H. H. Johnson, Cleveland, resigned
Within two hours after eating the
coating off a number of pills she
found on the kitchen table, Dorothy
16, daughter of William Waters, died
at her home in East Liverpool.
Camp Perry, ON Lake Erie, has
been leased to the United States gov
eminent. The deal saves the state al
annual upkeep expense OF $4,000 t.
$4,000, Adjutant General Wood said
Governor Cox in letter to county,
prosecutors urges rigid enforcement
of the tramp law, which provides fol-
Imprisonment for all able-bodied per
sons who refuse to work or look fol
work.
Major Oscar A. Brindley and Col
onel Damn, two expert aviation men
met death at the Moraine City avia
tion field at Dayton. The machine
dropped 400 feet while making a turr
IN the air.
An attempt was made to gain en-
trance to the county Jail at Millers
burg by three men to release Edward
Morgan, Chicago, and George Keith
Pittsburgh, charged with carrying
concealed weapons.
Three men gained entrance to th'
Family theater, a moving picture
house in Cincinnati, bound and gagged
the watchman, locked two scrub won
en- in a room, blew open and ran
sacked the safe and escaped will
$3,50O.
Prof1teering in the manufacture
and distribution of ice will not bt
permitted, State Food COMMISSIONS
Croxton announced. All advances il
price, he said, will be investigated t.
see that they do not exceed that JUST
fed on account of increased prices il
materials and labor.
. When sparks from a chimney ig
nited birds nest ON the roof of al
Oregon township, Lucas county
school the flames spread to the shin
giles. The children marched out ant
organized bucket brigade, but tn
building burned to the ground.
Every precinct and township IL
Ohio will have a committee of Is rep
resentatives of the Ohio branch, coun
ell Of national defense, to carry ol
war activities and spread war mes
sages. Over them will be count.
committee. No existing organization
Is to be supplanted. Copies Of tn
plan were submitted to state head
Of war organizations. They are t.
be called by Governor Cox again il
about two weeks to submit their sug
gesttons ON the plan.
DR.. Ralph Crawler of Marion, grad
uate of Ohio State university, ha
been commissioned lieutenant in tn,
medical corps and ordered to For
Oglethorpe, Ga.
William L. Hart, Alliance, wa
elected president of the war council
Of Canton district of the Methods
Episcopal church. Funds will b.
raised to support army chaplains.
Grand jury at Dayton returned tw'
indictments against Safety Directo
Harry P. James, one charging hin
with grand larceny In the theft of al
automobile tire and the other accu6
Ing him Of accentinp a hriha