Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-09-05

ed teachers wage increase Oh ~
per cent.
Mrs. william Bressler, 66, living
near Royalton. Fairfield county, died
from the effects of a fall down stairS.
BY issuing bonds, Lancaster board
Of education will be enabled to have
10 months Of school. beginning Sept. 8.
An automobile driven by John HUI
shizer, Utica miller, struck and killed 4
Clarence White, IA, at Homer, near !
Newark.
Rev. Richard Taylor Stevenson, Sc,
professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan
university, Delaware, for 20 years, is
dead from apoplexy.
Milton H. Wedding, former captain
in the Ohio national guard and editor
of the Hillsboro Gazette, died from
the effects of influenza.
Union County Teachers association
passed resolutions favoring a mini
mum salary of 800 month for certi-
fed elementary teachers.
A warrant was issued at Lisbon for
the arrest of Deputy Sheriff J. w. Da-
wilson, accused of embezzling $2,400
of the sheriff's office funds.
At Newark about 100 postal en-
ployes organized and adopted reso-
luton demanding that congress in
crease their wages rs per cent.
Mayor of Lancaster ordered all slot
machines and punch boards seized
and selling of baseball pools and all
other forms Of gambling stopped.
An auto driven by Clayson Hudson
crashed into a traction car at Della
ware and Hudson, Ray Thompson, W.
E. Snyder and Michael Kelly were in
jured.
Greene county grand jury, which in
vestigated high prices at Xenia, re-
ports it found no evidence of exist.
ence of any combination in Greene
county to fix prices.
| Louis Krice, 81, grocer at Akron.
committed suicide by hanging him.
self from a rafter in the store base
ment. Financial difficulties are be-
lieved to have caused the act.
Joe Buttero, "A. who, the police say,
has been bounded by the Black Hand
for 10 years, was murdered by two
men while on his way to work at Alli-
\ ance. The assassins escaped.
Coal prices are due to advance
Sept unless the railroad admins
tration furnishes the mines with an
adequate supply of cars, according to
operators of leading mines in Ohio.
Mrs. G. M. Saltzgaber was elected
a member of the Van Vert county
board of health. She is the first
woman elected to membership of the
new. health organization in the state
Fire, swept along by a high wind
destroyed buildings and materials al
the plant Of the Jarecki Chemical
company, st. Bernard, near Cincin
natl, causing damage estimated al
$100, 900.
Skidding on wet pike, an automo
bile turned turtle near London, seri
ously injuring three persons. They
are: Virginia Willard, 13; Homer
Smith, 25, farmer, and Henry Boyer
mechanic.
Increases in wages ranging from II
to Is per cent and a working week o
4S hours are demanded by $4,000 Gin
cinnati machinists in a new workin,
agreement which has been submitte,
to employers.
William Colcus, 30, was shot jus
over the heart at Yorkville, Jefferson
county, by Officer Williams, who wa
attempting to arrest Colcus and Johl
Yolson. Colcus was taken to a Maj
tins Ferry hospital
An explosion at the power plant c
the Ohio State Power company, Ere
mont, threw several thousand person
out Of work and stopped traffic on tn
Lake Shore Electric and Fostoria an
Fremont interurban lines.
Mrs. Gilbert Lampe was burned t
r death in a fire which destroyed he
home at Port Clinton. Her husban
}. was seriously burned and daughte
Vera, 4, was severely injured b
i jumping from second-story windoy
Two Columbus food dealers wei
L fined $500 and costs each for sellin
poultry and meat alleged to have bee
, held in storage longer than the la
permits. The court found both guilt
q and assessed the limit fine provide
by law.
S Miners are planning to fight Il
g high cost of living in the Sunds
IS Creek valley by establishing co-ope
l. ative stores. A chain of these stort
s will be started at once with financi
" aid from the state organization
If United Mine Workers.
Attorneys for food packers, deale
s and agents cited in aff1davits filed |
II Ohio inspectors hold that the Smi
l. cold storage law not only violat,
q rights guaranteed under the state al
IT federal constitutions, but its not {
g fective because of federal food reg
y lations.
Licking county again leads the ra
le for the memorial offered by the oh
lr war savings committee to the coun
r selling the most war savings STAN
e. during June. July and August f
re ures just issued give Licking coun
n per capita sale of 81. Warren COZ
le ty is second with 1892, Morrow thi
with SO and Ross fourth with $3.50.
n, Louis Rail- was found near NavarI
o. Stark county, with his throat slashs
70 Robbers are suspected.
ed Employees of four of the street rs
way lines in Dayton on Sept. 1 "
Mt receive a voluntary increase in wag
n, Of cents per hour. Beginners W
20 then get As cents per hour, while
ge perienced men will get so cents.
Service was resumed all over [
ng affected divisions of the Ohio Elect
~, railroad when the 500 strikers
m turned to work. A compromise agr
cit ment was reached at Springfield
lie which the men will receive an
crease of 5 cents an hour.
In, Howard w. Strayer of Scio bous
rt- the entire clip Of the Harrison Coul
lst Wool Growers association, total
$4,000 pounds.
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