Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-01-20

seeks the Tiffin pOstmastership.
Harry Matsalfe, 81, former Butler
county sheriff, died of heart disease
at Hamilton.
Youngstown board of education Or
ganized by re-eIecting Mrs. R. S. Ba-
ker president.
R. L. Mills, Toledo banker, was ap-
pointed receiver for the Maumee Val
ley traction line.
Western division of the Standard
Oil company will be moved from
Cleveland to Toledo
Fayette county farm bureau an
nounces a very pronounced back to
the farm" movement.
Hubbard Pressed Steel company's
plant, Niles, employing 1000 men,
was closed indefinitely.
Frank Brown, 81, who had his right
foot amputated in a corn shredder at
Cardington, died from gangrene.
DR.. A. S. Stemler of Washington
c. H. was named county health COM
missioner, succeeding DR.. F. E. Hyer.
Ottawa county board of health re-
appointed Dr. G. B. Finefrock health
commissioner of the county for the
year.
At Massillon Gotleib Dommer, for
mer lieutenant of police, was appoint
ed chief of police by Mayor Herbert
H. Vogt.
Stockholders of the Herman Lack
man Brewing company, Cincinnati,
founded in 1855, voted to dissolve the
company.
A policy of giving jail sentences to
proprietors Of gambling houses has
been inaugurated by municipal court
at Akron.
Burglars entered the law Office of
County Prosecutor Walter S. Ruff at
Canton, forced the safe and looted
the Office.
Henry Pfeiffer, 13, Dayton, was
shot and seriously wounded by ]. D.
Hickey, coal dealer, who mistook him
for thief.
Pom Rogers, 16, is under arrest at
Ironton, charged with first degree
murder in connection with the death
of William Anderson.
James Gantz, Carrollton, became
paralyzed from breathing gas fumes
while driving motor truck with the
floor boards removed.
Prosecution of auto dealers who
abuse the use of the 81 duplicate tags
issued by the state is threatened by
Secretary of State Smith.
CHI ~ fO
death in an Akron restaurant. Fred
Gareri, one of the proprietors Of the
place, is charged with the deed.
Word has been received at Chardon
of the death in California of Newton
H. Bostwick, for years ono Of the best
known attorneys in Geauga county.
George S. Long, "a, secretary to
Former Governor Harmon, and since
that time engaged in law practice,
| died at Columbus from heart failure
Damage estimated at $4,000 was
caused by fire which destroyed part
of the Prime Western Smelter com
pany's plant at TiItonsville, Jeffer-
son county.
Mayor Schneider of Toledo called a
meeting of representatives of every
industry in the city to discuss unem'
ployment and, if possible, provide
work for those now idle.
National Cash Register company,
Dayton, will continue in 1921 its
proft-sharing plan, adopted in 1920,
it was announced by J. H. Barringer
vice president of the company.
Frank Ledvinka of Wheeling Creek
was elected president of subdistrict
No. 5 of the United Mine Workers of
America without opposition, succeed
ing William Roy, who resigned.
Bruce Baum, 65, pumphouse en-
ploye Of the Marble Cliff Quarries
company, Columbus, was burned to
death when the building in which he
was working burned to the ground.
Bomb made of dynamite was found
near the home of James Destasio
fruit dealer, at Cleveland, who re-
Gently received a demand for $4,000
A faulty fuse had prevented it's ex
plosion.
Mrs. Emma Purk, storekeeper al
Carysvil1e; Mrs. Ida Brecount and her
| son, Frank Brecount, were indicted
in an alleged plot to burn a number
of buildings at Carysville, Champaign
county.
Second trial Of Judge William r.
| McGannon on a second degree mur
der charge for the Staying of Harold
C. Kagy in Cleveland will commence
on Jan. 81. The jury disagreed in
| the first trial.
A reduction of 121& per cent in
wages of all factory employees and oi
| Is to 20 per cent in salaries of al
office employees and officials was an
nounced by the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber company.
When John Smith, a recluse, sought
admission to the Ashland county poor
farm, he was told he could enter but
could not bring his dog, which had
been his only companion for years
Smith killed the dog and himself.
With throat cut from ear to ear, ar
eye gouged out and So stiletto wounds
in his body, an unidentified Italian
%, was found brutally murdered in {
clump of bushes in a ravine a.
Youngstown. Police suspect the Blacl
Hand
Mrs. George Naegele is one O.
seven candidates for postmaster a
Huron.
More than 900 bottles of whisky
were confiscated by police and fed
eral officials after they captured {
whisky caravan" near Columbus ant
arrested five men, one of whom for
merIy was motorcycle cop.
Harry Gree1eId, said to be one O.
the bandits who held up drug store
at Youngstown, fell under the auto
mobile in which the trio fed and wa!
dragged for several blocks. His com
panions escaped and Greenfield wa!
| taken to a hospital
Because he hesitated in raising hi:
hands, Robert Poppe, 81, expressman
was shot and seriously wounded by {