Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-02-09


school.
Marion council rejected an ordi-
nance reducing policemen's pay.
Tenth infantry, stationed at Camp
Sherman, left for Camp Knox, Ky.
Former State Senator Ferdinand
Eggers, 73, died at his home in Cleve-
land.
Burglars robbed the safe of the
Sojack dancing academy, Cleveland,
of $1,000 in cash.
Former City Councilman Andrew
C. Roe, 50, East Liverpool, died fol-
lowing long illness.
George Doner, 40, Hamilton, taxi
driver, was killed when his automo-
bile was struck by a train.
In war on vermin at St. Marys and
vicinity S28 sparrows have been kill
ed, 312 mice and 189 rats.
Ohio district convention of United
Mine Workers pledged aid in the
fight for old age pensions.
Several hundred men were given
employment when activities were in
creased at Massillon steel plants.
Matthias ]. Vietmeier, 81 Newark
committed suicide by shooting. De-
spondency is the presumed cause.
Harvesting of ice has commenced
at Buckeye lake. 1t is the first of
the season and is six inches thick.
State utilities commission fixed a
natural gas rate for the city of Lima
at 81 per 1000 feet for the first 5000.
Arlie Greene, 81, of Celina, was in
stantly killed near St. Marys when
his automobile was struck by an i'll
terurban car.
Brier Hill Steel company is con-
sidering a merger with six other
steel companies, it was announced at
Youngstown.
A needle which had been lodged
in the throat of Patrick Farrell for
more than a month was removed by
surgeon at Toledo.
Senator ]. F. Burke of Elyria form
ally announced he would not enter
the race for the Republican guber-
Material nomination.
Each pleading guilty to a charge
of burglary at Defiance, Benny and
Adds Wyans, brothers, were SEN
fenced to the penitentiary-
Two robbers carried a heavy safe
from the Beverly car barns, near
Marietta, and demolished it with a
sledge. The men got about $110.
Joseph Gould was named director
of public safety of Lorain by Mayor
William F. Graul to fill the unexpired
term of Emil Calman, recently dis
missed.
Harry p. Blum, Al, coal merchant,
was found dead in his office at Gin
cinnati with bullet wound in his
temple, which, police believe, was
self-inficted.
Six persons, two women, three
children and a man, were severely
cut and bruised when an automobile
in which they were riding skidded
into another machine, near Elyria
Mrs. Louise Mandel was instantly
killed and four other persons were
seriously injured when the automo-
bile in which they were riding was
struck by a streetcar at Cleveland
County Agricultural Agent R. A
Martin is believed to have been fa-
tally injured and County Surveyor
| Merrill Weed suffered severe injuries
| in an automobile accident at CALI
polls.
Lafayette Smythe, taxi driver, is
hald at Urbana on a charge Of man
slaughter following the death of
Charles Wright, As. Wright was hit
by Smythe's taxi and suffered a frac-
/ tured skull.
Railroad Detective Patrick Garren
was shot through the neck and De-
tective J. C. Deboe was shot in the
! left breast when they attempted to
arrest prowler in the yards. The
| latter escaped.
Consolidation of the Cleveland
Trust company, the Lake Shore
Banking and Trust company and the
| Garfield Savings bank was agreed
upon by directors of the three insti-
tutions at Cleveland.
Mrs. Lilly Smith, A.. was fatally
wounded and her son, Harold Kuntz,
is suffering from two bullet wounds,
received at their home in Dayton.
George Elmer Smith, the husband of
the woman, is under arrest.
Wray D. Farmin, Oberlin college
junior, was notified that the national
honor council of the Boy Scouts of
America had voted to award him a
gold medal for saving a life under
exceptionally perilous circum stances.
A book shower in which the com.
munity will be invited to participate
has been arranged at ST. Marys by
the Shakespeare club for Shake
! speare's birthday, April %. The
books will be placed in the commu,
nifty library.
Plans for the thirty-seventh annual
state Christian Endeavor convention
to be held at Akron June q to 80
were formulated at a conference be-
tween State Secretary Frank l.
Freet Of Columbus and Summit coun.
~ officials.
Two bandits held up attaches oi
the Nash Tailoring company, Cincin
natl, robbed them of the company
pay roll, amounting to $S,O5S, and es
capped. The holdup was staged on the
sidewalk in front of the factory oi
the COMPANY
Charles Michaels, so, railroad shop
man, died at Chillicothe from sleep
ing sickness
Warning against a threatened epi
demic of smallpox in Ohio was issued
to all county and city health authori
ties in bulletin issued by DR.. Harry
II. Snively, state director of health
who urges widespread vaccination.
Catherine Ruskow, charged by
Postal Inspector Lamiell with having
stolen postal certificates valued al
$4,000 from Lima boarding house
and cashing them by forging the