Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-01-03

near b6ll6IOQLalQ6.
An unidentified highwayman was
killed at Cleveland in a gun, battle
with police.
Lancaster chamber of commerce
will banquet returning Fairfield coun-
ty soldiers.
Camp Sherman's record of more
than $1,000 men discharged in one
month has not been equaled by any
other camp in the United States.
Charles Smith, Cleveland labor
leader, convicted of blackmail in Guy
ahoga county courts, was granted q
holiday pardon by Governor Cox.
An automobile knocked down and
severely injured Mrs. Irene Tudor
and Miss May Fisher, nurses, at
Bellefontaine.
Eight student Balloonists from
Wingfoot Lake school fell with
dirigible balloon near Canton and es-
capped with scratches.
Thomas Richards, aged 40, farm
er living near Clarksburg, Ross
county, accidentally shot and killed
himself while firing at rats in corn
crib.
William H. Brown, Findlay newsS
paper man, has been appointed to the
position of vice consul at V}adiyos-
tok. He was attached to the con-
sulate at Toxic.
Mrs. Harley Hildebrand OF near
Dawson, Shelby county, was instantly
killed when the rig in which she was
driving was struck by train at
Dawson crossing.
Francis Jody of Seville, soldier at
Camp Sherman, on his way home was
fatally injured when an auto at Cir
cleville collided with Scioto Valley
traction car.
Thieves entered the store of the
| C. C. Winans company, Columbus,
through the elevator shaft, and stole
furs valued by Mr.. Winans at sIo,-
| 600.
Nine persons, including soldier,
| were rescued by firemen when IRE
| threatened the three-story hotel and
gymnasium operated at Newark by
Paul Bowser, professional wrestler.
Fire at Mansfield completely de-
stroyed the four-story brick building
occupied by the Brown Merchandise
company, causing loss estimated at
| 100000.
A man, supposed to be Lucian Nor
wick, about 20, of Petersburg, Mich,
was shot and killed in a junk yard
at Toledo by Patrolman Albert Krue-
ger.
Virginia Jobes, 10, st. Clairsville,
was burned to death, and her mother
was seriously and her father, William
Jobes. painfully burned trying to res
cue her. Jobes' garage burned and
seven autos were destroyed.
Joseph Owen, member of the Ma
honing county liquor license board,
was instantly killed at Youngstown
when his automobile turned turtle.
P. J. Scanlon, who was with Owen,
was seriously injured.
Roy Brown, AZ, colored, was killed
by Conrad Toler, also colored, in q
gun battle at Columbus. Brown is
said to have shot at Toler with pis-
tol. Toler ran to his room, secured
shotgun, and opened fire on Brown.
Nick Papas, Columbus Greek, al
legged to have fired the shot that
killed William H. Carver, Syracuse,
N. Y, in a free-for-al1 fight at Co
lumbus Nov "a, was arrested at
Kokomo, Ind.
Mrs. Anna Miller, living near Lam
, caster, celebrated her one hundred
and second birthday anniversary.
She was born in Germany but has
, lived in Fairfield county 100 years,
on farm. She is knitting for soldiers
Attorney General McGhee holds
} that not until after all the wives,
J | widows and mothers of civil war sol.
J diers, sailors and marines and all
army nurses of that war have died
, can the Madison home in Lake coun.
/ | ty, established for them, be aban.
} doned and sold by the state.
; A movement to secure higher wages
for school teachers has begun in Ath-
ems county, and a score of south
, eastern Ohio counties will be organ.
lied at once The teachers will de
: mand minimum wage of 500 in
! high schools, $40 for elementary
: teachers without experience and see
> for trained teachers.
Creation Of an advisory banking
/ board, on the order of the present
/ state highway and health depart
ments, of five members, of which the
. superintendent of banks is chair
D man, is proposed in new banking
1 measure which will be submitted tc
/, the next general assembly. Members
a of the board are to be appointed BY
e the governor for four-year terms.
e Farm bureaus of Ohio Pcopose tt
devote themselves this year to stand
ardization of the varieties of whea
/ grown. Too many different varieties
n many not suited to the locality. an
J. being grown now, in the opinion o
l. agricultural experts. Effort will b.
t made to induce farmers of eacl
t. county to confine themselves chief.
s to one or two varieties of whea
Ii which, after thorough experiment
/, have proven most successful in thu
community.
II EnS1Sn WILLIAM EuW1n Bingham
= formerly at Ohio State university a
s assistant philosophy professor, me
e death in Tangier harbor, Morocco
D. when a small boat capsized.
At Hamilton, the jury in the tria
o of William J. Ccwdry, indicted TO
first degree murder of Lorell W. Ward
J. low, who died of poisoning Feb. 2t
II 1917, returned verdict of second de
o gree murder Cowdry was arreste
l. March 81, 1918, after Mrs. Belle Ward
it low was found guilty of poisonin
N her husband and sentenced to tn
e Marysville reforlnatory for life. Sh
named Cowdry as an accomplice.
It Henry W. S. Wood, Is. one G
Ie Cleveland's prominent citizens an
g president of two banks, died follow
IS ing an attack of brights disease.
Ivan E. Goodner, an assistant eng
1t neer employed by the Miami cor
% servancy district, was arrested a