Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-02-06
STATE SIFTlNGS

"HSS OOCAoH, W, was CruSN0u ~ |
death under fall of slate in a mine |
at Salineville.
William P. Stewart, II, farmer near
Kenton, was found dead in his yard |
by school children.
E. w. NOVEL;, oil operator. was
found dead from apoplexy in his room
at a Cincinnati hotel.
George Moore, IS, farmer and I,
banker, is dead on his farm in Taylor
| township, Union county.
Damage estimated at $4,000 was
done by fire to the Superior Foundry
company's plant, Cleveland.
William Williams, 60, janitor, per-
ished in fire that destroyed the
Harry Tressler drug store, Dayton.
James w. Coe, vice president OF
Centerburg (Knox county, Savings
bank, died suddenly of heart trouble.
Joseph Muha, Z, was drowned at
Bucyrus when he lost control of his
sled and coasted into the Sandusky
river.
| Charles B. Kistler, former city
treasurer, was indicted at Warren on
charge of embezzling $4,000 of the
city's funds.
Philip Coblens, 35, shoe dealer, Del
aware, is in a serious condition as the
result of an explosion of sewer gas
near his store.
DR.. J. ]. Martin was elected health
commissioner for the country dis
tricts outside of Bucyrus and Gallon
at $4,000 annual salary.
Five hundred students Joined fire.
men in fighting a blaze which dam
aged the engineering building of the
University of Cincinnati.
Injuries sustained when he was
/ kicked by horse resulted in the
death of Peter Doersam, rs, retired
contractor of Groveport, Franklin
county.
Miss Irene McAuliff, former post
mistress at Franklin Park, Chicago
! suburb, was arrested at Cleveland,
charged with embezzling government
property.
Toledo city appraisers set SILL
1856 as the proper price the city
, should pay if it should decide to pur-
chase the Toledo Railways and Light
car lines.
Augustus "A. Strauss, 54, a grain
buyer, was instantly killed by a pas
senger train near Bucyrus when he
attempted to drive his auto across the
track ahead of the train.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the department store of the Moore
house-Martens company, Columbus
Loss is estimated at 100000 to the
stock and $150,000 on the buildings.
Left in the care of other children
while her parents were away, the Is
months-old daughter of Secura Beast
at Warren was suffocated when thu
bed clothes of her crib were ignitet
from an unknown cause.
William H. McGinnis, 72, widel.
known for research work in geolog.
and mineralogy, died at Youngstown
Many specimens discovered by hin
are in Ohio scientific institutions an
the Smithsonian Institute, Washing
ton.
Charles B. Kistler, ex-city trea
urer, who pleaded guilty to a charg
of embezzling $50,340O5 of Ware
city funds, was sentenced to serv
from one to 20 years in the penitel
tiary and fined s100,6S010, or twic
the amount of the shortage.
Members of the Ohio Associate
Dailies met at Columbus to discus
problems confronting the newspape
publishers. The editors indorsed Sci
4 ator Warren G.. Harding and Governt
4 James M. Cox for the presidents
nominations in their respective pa
q ties
4 Ohio will spend $16,OO0,OOO to r
4 pair old roads and build new ont
4 this year. Work is to start as soc
4 as the weather permits. A. R. Ia
lor, state highway commissioner, e
poets to effect, with the large sum
money, network of main roads ov
), the state connecting important ce
ters of population. Short roads bui
in recent years will be connected
= Unless means are taken to increa
the acreage or wheat yield to Il
acre, Ohio at the end of five years W
be consuming all the wheat produc,
in the state, according to statisti
compiled at the Ohio experiment ST
tion at Wooster. The work of t
station has shown that it is now p(
sible by economical farm practices
raise the acre yield of wheat in Oh
by at least 10 bushels annually.
Plans for statewide campaign
organization were laid before the
ecutive board of the, Ohio Farm F
reau federation, an association whi
d has as its objective the organizing
B every farmer in the state. 1t is to
4 all-inclusive, gathering the dairymel
4 associations, wool growers, vegetal
q growers and all other farm organi
a tions into one vast unified body. T
% bureau has organizations in eve
d county.
d Without a dissenting vote the Oh
house passed the Pearson bill, givi
81 steam and interurban railways
B Ohio the right to charge 8 cents
81 mile, amending the 2-cen fare i
M which was passed in 1896. The
81 was sent to the senate, where it a
b: was passed.
:$ Vast stores of sugar, it is alleg
Ri are being boarded by Ohio beet sus
$ refners, who plan to dump their DR.
M uct at a scent increase in price d
- ing February. This charge was ma
by beet growers at Toledo. They
.ne -, forming union to fight the refine
AN who deny the charge.
Colonel G. w. c. Perry of the c.
licothe Gazette was reelected pr,
dent of the Associated Ohio Dailie.
the closing session of the annual c
af- vention at Columbus. The remain
on officers of last year also were
is elected.
,re- Ohio Democratic state central
Of executive committees selected Coll
.ra- bus as the place for holding the st
ude convention, the exact date to be
ons etrmined later. Resolutions W
art adopted declaring Endorsement of {
,a+S | didataS for the nre eSidontia1 Nom,