Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-09-08

When a gas burner exploded in a
large retort at the National Carbon
plant at Fostoria, Oscar Boyd, fire
man, was buried under tons of brick
He escaped with bruises.
Clayton Davis, 4, was burned to
death when fire destroyed a barn at
Monroeville.
A 10 per cent wage reduction was
put into effect at the Tiffin plant of
the Webster Manufacturing company.
Skeleton of man was found in a
thicket on the John Porter farm near
Broadacre, west of Ashtabula.
Bodies of Moses Boyer, 81, and
David Boyer, 81, brothers and pio-
neers of Deshler, Henry county, were
found floating in the Maumee river.
Safeblowers entered the New York
Central depot at Deerfeld, near Alli-
ance and carried away safe weigh
ing more than half a ton. 1t con-
tanned money orders and checks.
Body of Lieutenant Marcus Ester
ly, killed in the explosion of the dir
ligible ZR-2 in England. will be taken
to Youngstown for burial Mrs. Es-
terly, the dead officers wife, with
her three children. is visiting Lieu
tenant Esterly's father. a Youngs-
town attorney.
A plan to reduce the membership
Of Toledo council was approved by
the trustees of the chamber of COM
merce. Under the proposed amend
ment the city would be divided into
seven districts. AT present Toledo
has Is councilmen.
Agreement for the consolidation of
the Ohio State Telephone company
and the Ohio Bell Telephone COM
pany, which has been ratified by d.
rectors and stockholders of both
companies, was filed with the utili-
ties commission At the same time
the companies asked approval of the
consolidation and of the various
stock issues which are to be made
by the new company.
Minnie Lakotas, 13, was shot and
killed at Bedford by Mike Pinter, 38,
rejected suitor, after which Pinter
killed himself.
Harry Ivey, contractor, died at
Chillicothe from injuries received in
an automobile accident. The auto
mobile he was driving collided with
two horse-drawn trucks.
Two hundred Seneca county teach
ers attended the midsummer teach
ers' institute at Tifin.
Libbey Glass company's plant at
Toledo has been reopened.
Frank Belletti, 7S, died at Youngs-
town from injuries received when he
was run down by an automobile on
his way to work
A collision between two Cleveland,
PaineSville and Eastern traction in
terurban cars, near Cleveland, re-
suited in 13 people being sent to
hospitals.
Frank T. Bauhoff. 50, business man
Of Alliance, ended his life at Denver,
Colo, by sending a bullet through
his mouth as he sat in a sanitarium.
Vern Swisher, highway inspector,
indicted on charge of forging pay
rolls in connection with the expose
among Richland county officials, was
sentenced at Mansfield to serve from
one to 10 years in the Ohio peniten-
| tiary.
Grace Blanche Johnson, IA, died
at Delaware as the result of injuries
sustained in an auto accident.
Edward Paul, Al, captain in the
141st regiment of engineers during
| the world war, died at Akron of in
! juries received when an automobile
in which he was riding overturned.
Mrs Elizabeth Still was shot and
killed at Steubenville and her di-
vorced husband. Edward Still, AZ, is
suffering at a hospital from the ef-
fects of poison which physicians said
was self-administered. Still is al
legged to have done the shooting.
Two steam yachts. the Venice and
the Tranquillo, confiscated at Cleve-
land for alleged whisky running, will
| be sold.
James H. Walker, 81, Republican
politician, died at Cleveland.
A negro escaped from Middletown
police by crawling through a window
at headquarters after he had been
arrested for the alleged theft of an
automobile in Youngstown.
William Barger, prominent in state
grange circles. has been elected pres
ident of the Champaign County Fair
association.
E. W. Mosier, presiding officer of
Lima lodge of Masons, announced
that the lodge plans to erect $780,
600 temple at Lima in the next two
years.
jefferson Glass company's plant at
Brilliant. Jefferson county, will close
next month, making 300 idle Wage
difficulties are given as the cause
Charles Bryant and Mrs Asa Ba-
ker, both of Springfield, were badly
injured when Bryanes auto turned
turtle near Mt Sterling.
Some 700 liability policies are said
to be continuing in force in Ohio de-
spite the industrial commissions no.
tice to cancel them in compliance
with the 1917 law. The commission
may call on the attorney general to
bring contempt proceedings against
the companies.
Frank Surrow, As, Youngstown,
drowned in the Mahoning river.
Dover post, American Legion, and
the Kiwanis club are helping the
Boy Scouts raise $500. Dover's ap-
portionment of $6,SOO for the Boy
Scout council.
Rev. H. E. Giles, former pastor of
the Presbyterian church of Ashta-
bula, was drowned at Portland, Ore,
while attempting to save Boy Scout
from drowning.
Henry B. Hane, former president
of the Marion National bank, has
been appointed a national bank ex-
aminer.
Ravenna is to have a 5000 900 the
ater.
Peter Ziatt, %, Youngstown, died
of injuries sustained in an automo-