Wooster daily news. (Wooster, Ohio), 1913-04-10

              r 1 i , VOL. 8. NO. 230 WOOSTER, OHIO. THURSDAY, APRIL 10. 1913 PRICE TWO CEHT, WOOSTEIR ; ' DAILY TEE l.NiL V V; ; j; GAS FUMES OVERCOME '", 1 1 . ,' " 11 J'U'1" , . PLAY BALL! j r iHjW - BRAVE BASEBALL FIJS t P M , ... Tinsisi Bricks Clog Up Chimney and Poisonous ; Gas Fills Room of Kurtz & Post Bottling Works Father Found Unconscious On Floor- Son Feels Effects and Membeis of Family Upstairs Also Suffer Brlclw, falling Into the flue prob-jweak, but gradually recovered. The ably during the severe windstorm of '0US nian thought hla condition two weeks ago. made several people lwa due t0 gttB f,umCfl' and luvestl- in i u mj. ., . ,t . gatlou was made. Ill In the building on East Liberty, The brl,k8 fang ,nt0 the ch,m. Street, the lower floor of which la ney. effectually closed It uo. once the occupied by the Kurtz & Post. bottling works. Monday G. E. Post was found unconscious on the floor of the manufacturing establishment. He was taken to his home, and it was thought was suffering from acute indigestion. He recovered gradually. Wednesday Leroy Post, his, son. soot filled the smaller crevices. All the fumes from the stove used to heat the rooms escaped instead of going through the floor, filling the rooln with the poisonous gas. Upon further investigation It was found that members of the Proeger family, residing up stairs, had been suffering from severe headaches for at! mmfM o wmi is wm mf osifa &Mjm mm became quite sick while working In-1 several days, and did not know what side. He got outside, and felt very caused them. MMED TWO YEARS BUT KEPT IT SECRET Mrs. Beth Kinsey, of Shreve, of the Kinsey Komedy Kompany, has proven to be not only a clever actress on the stage, but has carried that same admirable acting into r,cr real life. Mrs. Kinsey has been married two years to Frank taiiicr, a member of her company, and the fact just leaked out Thursday. As all actors claim no home but the place where they take oft their hat, It was quite easy to keep the matter a secret. Mrs. KiuBey-Miller, as she must now be called, is, a favorite in this community where she has appeared often, and her arrival in Shreve, her birth place, is always greeted with rousing cheers. She is adored by everyone for her vivacity and she is being showered with innumerable congratulations where it is known that Bhe is no longer "Hcth Kinsey." POST IS REAL CITY LANDMARK The martins which make their home in the bird house at the Archer house, sent notice to Andrew Par- - rlsh that during the storms their aerial home rocks dangerously, due to the fact that the post under the house is becoming weak. : Mr. Parish has arranged to reinforce the post again. This has been done every ten years for over half a century. The post was actually put in in 183, and Is one of the city's real landmarks. WHAT? GHOSTS AT LIMA? LIMA, O., April 10. "Little Italy" foreign colony of Lima, was terror ized last night by the appearance of the ghost of Hosella Newsoni who the .police charge was murdered by Geo. Siddi, an Italian, March 30, when he was refused a kiss. WITNESSES IN CASE GO TO JAIL Judge V. K. Weygandt was at Mil-lersburg Wednesday, but there was only one case ready for trial, and the prosecutor, who was interested I in mat, was uusy wiui me grauu jury. Judge Weygandt had one unusual duty to perforin, while he was in Mil-lersburg. The grand jury was in session, and three of the witnesses who were subpoenaed to appear came n so inelbrated that they were hauled up before the court and ordered sent to jail to recover before giving their testimony. The Dangers of Thoughtless Buying BOUGHT IT HIMSELF. Personal property at the McLaren farm, south of the city, was sold at sheriff's sale Thursday. Mr. McLaren purchased everything himself. THINKS THERE IS PLENTY OF WORK FOR FIRE CHIEF IT WAS SUGAR Special to Til Wooster Dally Newel SAN FHANC1SCO, April 10. Eight hundred pounds of white crystals four trunkfuls seized lust night in a hotel here and supposed to be cocaine, proved under analysis today to be ordinary granulated sugar, All the sugar was put up in drug gists bottles, bearing tne name of a Montreal manufacturing chemist and labeled "Cocaine hydrochloride, large crystals, highest quality." The daug-ers to yon of thoughtless buylnfr are many. "A man loses liis time that comes early to a bad bargain," reus an old Ucrraaii proverb. You less more than your time. For lie(ilcss imrchasnig means wanted money, ellort enct thought. Poor quality Is hijh at any price. "How can X avoid It" you say. "I want the best my money will command,- but I cannot know all qualities," Snrely . yon cannot know every thing- about articles you buy, but yon can trust safely to the honost merchants oi known worth. Buy the best your money will command In stores where you can rely on tho selling the roods, V'tth the help of THE DAILY I'EWg. and daily the evovt(e-ments cf tbo merchant arK'trtla--iutr in THE DAILY NEWS and Tircftt tjy wlmt von r'arf. jue vivn service commission neia a meeting Wednesday afternoon and organized by electing T. C. McKeon president and A. G. Smith secretary. lngs on the first' Monday of each month In the city hall for the purpose of conducting examinations for police and fire department employes. Mr. Smith, in commenting, upon the commission and what it proposes to do Thursday, said that it would take care of all business that came WMOttHGHHHOHmHOHHHKH Kitchen Aprons Made of real washable materials cheaper than you can make them. 25c and 40c 1 CDAIG'S before it. Mr. Smith also commented upon the fire department. "I have my own views concerning the fire .department," he said. "The chief of the fire department does not come under civil service, as I understand it, but I want to say that I believe there is enough work to keep a fire chief busy all the time, GIVES $300 TO THE CHURCHES . y. The will of Eli Easterday.' of Shreve, which was recently probated, reveals a very commendable trait of the gentleman. Mr. Easterday, who lived alone, having never wed, accumulated considerable wealth, and while his long illness necessitated the expenditure of a portion of his money, he distributed a part of it in this manner: To the Christian. Presbyterian and Methodist chuiches at Shreve, he will 100 each, and $200 each to his nephews and nieces. A number of years ago Mr. Easterday purchased a cement vault, the most expensive WOMAN IS BOOTLEGGER. Ann Davis, 70, who conducts a little store in I'igeon Hun, was given a tine of 100 and costs by Judge Fim-ple, in Stark county common pleas court. Tuesday, for selling liquor il legally. Because of her age the fine and costs were, both suspended on condition that she dooB not vlolnte the law in the future. The woman pleaded guilty. RETURNS WITH HIS PRISONER hiierin v;n .Nctt rem men at 1 a ni. Thursday from Coshocton, bring ing with hlni young Duncan, the la'1 who escaped from Jail hero three weeks ago. Duncan has little to sa.v regarding his futile effort to get out of custody. Sheriff Van Nest reports that conditions nt Coshocton are very bai because ot tno Hood. Tne city wai. hit hard and nint h 'damage was don WILL HELP WOOSTER and that he should not have any out-jin the 0ak 0ro;o OTm.tory. ,Ie waB side work to take up his hours. "I believe a fire chief should visit every store, and manufacturing plant in Wooster, learn the location of stairways and elevators where Are can be fought from, and get familiar with the construction of the building so that iri case of fire he would know Just what to do, and Just where the fire could be fought to the best advantage. "I believe the Are chief should know where valuable things in stores jor manufacturing plants are, so that, if possible, these could be saved, from the flames. He should know about elevators, because they tend to permit fire to spread quickly. "A fire chief should have the power to order rubbish removed from cellars, etc., and should make regular rounds to see that proper precautions are taken. I believe that with these, and other things done, Are Insurance .rates would steadily -ease In Wooster." While Mr. Smith stated that the civil service' commission baa no authority to order employes of the fire department .or fol ice department 40 tca xamlaaUaniVfcia' attitude la r-$ r--i rr!ojra ,V-f t:ottli never a churc h man. Our Bale bills are most attractive and we get them out promptly. BATH IS FATAL Special to The Wooster D.uly News) COI-UMHUS, April 10. The fail ure of a graduate nurse employed at tiie Athens state hospital to measure carbolic add that she poured into a tub, when she was preparing a bath for Harriett Kendall, a patient, has causer! the dismissal of the nurse and may hasten the death of the patient.Dr. O. O. fordyce, superintendent of (he institution, says Mrs. Kendall Is expected to die. HONORARyjaEMBER. At a meeting of the members of the Wooster high school, class of 1913, held Wednesday evening. Prof. Miller, because of. his good work In coaching the debating team, and general popularity", was elected an honorary member of the class. Special to The Wooster DnMy XTewst WASHINGTON, April 10. llepre sensitive W. A. Ashbrook of the seventeenth Ohio district was elector: chairman of the house committee oi enrolled bills. Itepresentat ive J. J Whlttaker wnx originally slated fo tills r hairniflnship, but owing to th' Taylor rule adopted limiting the num ber of committee assignments that any one member should bold, Whit- taker was compelled to withdraw; from the race In favor of Ashbrook HfiHKHKHHH t"'lo delegation lined up H0lldl lor ASliurooK ano ue won river it number of candidates after a spirited contest. All of the bills passed by the housr is referred to this committee before going to the senate. MATINEE MEETING. Members of the Wooster matinee association will meet Thursday evening in Gray's barbershop to elect ollicers for the ensuing year. Special to The Wooster Dobly Hewn COI.UAIULS, O., April 10. Flooi emergency legislation finally got t. chance In Hie general assembly, thi bill of Representative Snyder, oi Pickaway county being rushed through the lower house under pus pension of the rules late yesterday and 'made a senate order for today Tliis measure which permits eoun ties, municipalities, townships an school boards to raise money for ani! to t;ike temporary and permanent repairs of public works damaged or i stroyed by the. March Hoods, without being subject to Indebtedness and ta levy restrictions of the General code passed the house with only one dls seating vole, that, of Anderson, oi Greene county, WILL KEEP MR. ASHBROOK BUSY Reach Cleveland After Delayed Journey Only To Learn That Opening Contest ' r Had Been Called Off Poor Coal at Power House Has Been The Cause of AH The Trouble , , Since Recent Flood About SO brave and optimistic base ball fans gathered at the C. & S. W. station Thursday morning to take the 8:15 limited car to Cleveland where tliey expected to see tile opening baseball game of the season between Cleveland and Chicago. They may still be brave, but It Is safe to say that an clement ot pessim ism has faken the place of some of the optimism they possessed early In the morning. At the station they waited minute if tor minute for the car to pull out. !.ow steam at the Elyrla power house caused a lark of power. A llttlo after nine o'clock the car left Wooster, and while some rain was falling, the bunch believed It would not be rain ing In Cleveland. Two or three stops were made bo- iween Wooster and Seville because of low power, but after Seville ya reached the journey was mad la good tlmo. The car reached ftaviW land shortly after noon but the crowd was disappointed to leara t&Al It was also raining there, and that no game would be played. 1 " It was learned Thursday that tha trouble the C. ft S. " W. lias beun having since tho flood will pe remedied in a few days. ' The flood moJd It Impossible to get coal to tbe Klyrln power house, and a large quantity of Inferior coal was procured from siding, where it had been under wat er. The firemen at the power house have been doing the best they can with- this mud covered coal. ; The new turbine engine has been installed at Elyrla, and la to be stait- ed Saturday, after which no trouble in the power Is expected. v v BUFFALO STRIKE i CAUSE OF VIOLENCE JiUH'Ai.o, April 10. Seven per- c;iis were seriously wounded yester lay, three of them, Including a1 wom an, probably fatally, during the wildrst riots which have marked ho carmen's strike on the Intornat- onal Hallway company's system. A core, of strikebreakers were beaten ip and many persons were, slightly njured. On three occasions the strik ers and state troops engaged in pitch attles. Twice the soldiers routed the irikers and once the guardsmen were iterally smothered by numbers. Mods were dispersed at tne point or tne bayonet. HI lies were freely used. With the coming of night tho feei ng of apprehension grew, and it Is irobable that New York's entir.i MORROW GUILTY Special to The Wooster Sally BTewsi m i . uiia'iAU, o., April in. i ne nry in the case or Ohio vs. Jotin Morrow returned a verdict today of murder in the second degree. Morrow was charged with killing ho baby of Mrs. l'latt, whom he ished to marry. The Jury was out 'I hours. A LH A MBR A TOMORROW SATURDAY MATINEE and NIGHT THE SALISBURY FAMILY ORCHESTRA 10c and 20c We anticipate a biff attendance so would advie you to come early. Pictures start at 6:45. Doors open at 6:30, concert 7:15. TO-NIGHT '.i "Tho Croolicd Path" A ttorr of the underworU, featarir-r J,c2t IUiaiay;-Ormi JUvUj .- FOUR KILLED Special to Tho Wooster Da'.ly Wewsi 1'KNSACOLA. April 10. Kour men were killed today by an explosion of an amonla boiler in one of the plants of the Moore !e works. Fumes from the ammonia overeanu several firemen.,. The boiler contained two thousand gallons of ammonia. , , WBATI1EB FORECAST, lain tonight &4 probably Friday. OHIOAN FATALLY SHOT, 3 HELD prRiai to The Wooster Oajuly Hewn IMAIUIVl 1A, ., April 10. 1. J. raham. an employe of the gas coin- in.v here, is dying at a Marietta hospital as r. resuu of gunshot vounds in the abdomen. Craliam whs found In a livery barn liter three men were seen to leave t. A militiaman captured the sus- occted men and took them before Col. Knox, tho city being under martial j law. national guard, 18,000, will be called out tomorrow. ., At Main and Seneca streets, tha scene of the recent brick throwing from the top of the new 17-story building, when heads appeared above ' the cornice of tho structure the militiamen took aim, but no mission were thrown. Sharpshooters were stationed on the top of the Chamber of Commerce building opposite under orders to "shoot to kill." ' The company made no effort to move cars until two o'clock this afternoon. Then three cars move down town. They made the down trip In safety, but returning a mop surrounded the cars at North street. Tho squad xf soldiers from theseventy-fourth regiment, " which waa guarding the cars, was overpowered, a wagon was tipped over in the street and the cars stalled. Then the mob stormed the cars. wrecking them and beating up the half dozen strike-breakers who manned each car. The mob was bo dense that the troops which came hurrying from other points feared to shoot because of the hundreds of women and children. With leveled bayonets they drove the crowd off and the disabled cars were towed back to th barn. KINNEY JURY CAN'T AGREE CLKV ISLAND, O., April 10. The Kinney Jury was still out this afternoon. Judge Vlckera declared he would keep the jury out a week It they did not agree upon a verdict. Kinney is charged with tho murder of ("apt. Dyrns, and conreBsea mat ne was In the house and hred the snot, imi. declared the shooting was acci dental. S LYRIC at TOMORROW NIGHT A Daughter of the Confederacy Presents Miss Gene Gauntier, former "Kalem Co." star in A Civil War drama in three parts, about "Nan, the Confederate py- TO-NIGHT A Shadow of the Past , A splendidly acted subject portraying human emotions. Spectacular scenes shown one of which a man leaps from a tm$ ro-injr at full speed. , , ;. : ; : .-., , . ; V ',' -nS?, O Conto 1 "" it t-tsvjt