Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-08-22
STATE SIFTINGS

Mrs. Mary Deschler, 81, Chllllcothe,
died from injuries received in a fall.
Mrs. Nancy Miller, "a, killed her
self at her home in NelsonVllle by
inhaling gas.
Russell Bookman, "a, formerly of
Lancaster, was killed in an accident
at Hog Island shipyards.
Coshocton city firemen organized
union and have become affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor.
Knox county commissioners let con-
tracts for wrecking As bridges in
Knox county, washed out by the re-
cent food
Shapley Alexander, one of five men
who dug their way out of the Warren
jail, was captul cd in a swamp near
| Greensburg
Fire at Van Vert caused 100000
damage to John PennelPs livery barn,
J. Herman Gunsett's livery and Was
senbergs blacksmith shop.
Rev. Sila Schultz, GAINESVILLE, sue
ceeds Rev. Frank L. Brown as pastor
of Methodist Protestant church, TIT
fin. The latter goes to Columbus.
Robert Enright, 20, yard clerk in a
gravel pit near Mechanicsburg, died
after his left leg was amputated fol
| lowing a fall between two railroad
cars.
Sale of the .Miamisburg and Ger
mantown traction line to pay indebted
ness incurred under a mortgage was
ordered in common pleas court at
Dayton.
BENJAMIN Burchfield, %, Lansing,
Mich, was arrested at Marion
charged with forging the name of
William Bland, Marion contractor, to
checks.
Miss Marie Edgington, II. was
killed and William Elliott, 45, re-
ceived serious injuries, when a pas
senger train struck their automobile
at Xenia.
Kenneth Sherwood, Is, son of Pres
ton Sherwood, was knocked down,
run over and killed at MarysvilIe by
an automobile driven by l.. f. Bald
win Of Dayton.
DIR. John Kappelman of Chicago has
been appointed Canton's first full-time
health officer under the provisions OF
the Hughes health law. His salary
will be $4,000 a year.
At Columbus 5000 striking shop
men in the Pennsylvania, Norfolk and
Western and Toledo and Ohio Central
railroad shops resumed work pending
an Investigation of their claims by
the government
James G. Cooper, Newark mail car
-ier, won the championship among
! 100000 letter carriers in the sale OF
war savings stamps, having sold more
than $160,000 worth in the confess
recently ended.
Willys-Overland company, Toledo
abandoned its profit sharing plan pu
into effect six months ago, declaring
the 5000 workers who struck recent!
| forfeited their chances to share il
the company's profits.
| At Elyria, Charles Ackerman sho
and wounded a burglar who wa
breaking into his store. Police wht
followed the trail of blood to railroat
tracks later found man in box ca
4 unconscious from loss of blood.
4 Premiums for the Ohio state fai
J the last week in August total $84
4 574.50, an increase of $4,000 owe
4 years record amount. The largest a.
Iotment is to the cattle department
4 which offers more than $4,000.
Three persons were killed at Ba
ker's crossing, five miles west of Ma
y rion, when train struck an autome
bile. The dead are Charles Tobi1
4 60; Mrs. Charles Tobin, SO, ard thei
4 daughter, Miss Margie D. Tobin, 2t
q all of Delaware.
s Mrs. G. H. Fuller, SO, Xen1a, re
4 ceived fractured skull and other il
4 juries when the machine in which sh
was riding turned turtle in the M
I tional highway near Reynoldsbure
4 Franklin county. Three others su.
tained severe injuries.
q After being mysteriously missin
for more than a week, Rev. D. v
n Cow, 55, Radnor (Marion county, mil
S lister, returned to his home. He O.
planned his absence by saying he ha
suffered mental lapse. He said b
: found himself walking the street
Of Philadelphia. Immediately he too
train for home.
At the primaries Columbus voter
defeated an ordinance increasin
streetcar fares and approved a schot
bond issue and extra levy. At Gil
! mi :
are for street and sewer improv
ments totaling $3,7SS,OOO. Five
seven large bond issues were a
proved by Akron voters.
Mrs. Simon Strogis, who was burne
in fire which destroyed her hon
and killed two of her small childre
at GAINESVILLE, died at a hospital.
the city prison her husband is beir
held on a charge of first degree mu
der, following a dying statemel
made by Mrs. Strogis. He denies r
sponsibility for the blaze. He w;
badly burned
James McClung, 81, who died
Hamilton, left 119 descendants. i
cluding 10 children, 81 grandchildre
"a great-grandchildre and IA gres
great-grandchildren.
More than 1000 union painte
ceased work at Cincinnati An i
crease in their wages to rs cents
hour was refused by the mast
n painters association.
st Two prisoners from Clevelan
Mt handcuffed, escaped by jumping fro
in a fast train at Gallon while en- rou
~ to the Lancaster industrial scho,
I'd The officer in charge of them occ
pied seat across the aisle.