The Coshocton Tribune from Coshocton, Ohio • Page 1

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NO. 127. THE A A I THE SUNDAY A A 2tf, A A A TWO CENTS HOW DOES THIS CITY WORRY ALONG WITHOUT A MAYOR? Steur Is Confined in Prison Hospital Aged Veteran, Convicted of Wife Murder, Becomes Physical and Mental Wreck Christian Steitr. the aged Medina county man who is servinsr a life seuetenc-e in the state penitentiary for the murder of his wife. A former Coshocton county whose maiden name was Steirheim.

has been removed to the prison hospital, aeeoidinir to a dispatch from Columbus Saturday. become and is though! by the prison physician, to In- menially airiicied. lie imagines that enemies are a i to take from him, ins farm in Medina countv. la Helpless Condition Steur has been praeiii-aily help- loss being received at prison and in view of his condition, the prison authorities are said to be wondering how he had the strength to commit the crime of which lie was found guilty. Mrs Steur was beaten to death with a club, apparently in the kirc-hea of the home, after which her body was dragged several hundred yards to the barn and buried in some refuse in a stall.

Art Works to Meet Feb. 10 The annual meeting of the stockholders of the American Art "Works will be held on February ro0 and tried he found 10 in Jersey City, X. J. for the i locked by this time had aroused di- the family and found it Burglar in Fourth St. Home On Wednesday night Mr.

and Mrs. P. S. Shipps of 245 North Fourth street v. ere disturbed about 11 o'clock by a "would be burglar" but before the police who were called, could arrive the maii had made his get-away.

ilr. and ilrs. Shipps. upon returning home had forgotten remove the key from the lock of the outside door and as a lesult the prowler had easy access to the house. "When he reached the bed Taxpayers are Curious to Know How Petty Offenders, Arrested by Police, are Dealt With-City Hall Attaches Keep Mum While Coshoeton has been known to enjoy the of two chiefs of police, at and for the j.sl several months, the iovertniieiit has been worrv along without a head.

despite iinusnailv mild winter season, h.ts in io -spend practically all his time enjoying the of the "Sunnv South." la i'aet chair of His Honor in the -ity a i has been so consistently vacant for weeks and weeks a citizens and taxpayers why the city should no! rei alonir just as a chief executive, U.us saving small a of per annum, now uiakitig up one of ihe items on the salary list. Much Curiosity The absence of the mayor also occasioned considerable iossty as to just how affairs) of Ins court are being conducted. Ti ue. the Matures provide a i ill- of the executive, president of council become-. acT- ing mayor, but diligent iniiuiry has failed to reveal any session of court being he'd in the mayor's office during ('assingham absence.

Plain drunks and other A Bounty on Hawks A petition is being circulated by Warden Dinsmore among ihe tax payers of this petty offenders, who are gathered county which will be presented to purpose of electing a board of rectors and receiving and acting upon the reports of the officers and for the transaction of other business pertaining to the management of the company's business SICK LIST Mrs. J. I. Kleinkueeht of Roseoe. who has been critically ill for the past three weeks is somewhat improved.

necessary to "make haste quickly" in making his -departure. In going be appropriated the door-key which, however, will prove of little service to him should he return. A FOR OHIO--Increasing cloudiness and probably rain Sunday; Monday clearing and colder. BIG FRUIT GROWERS FROM ORGANIZATION Twenty-five fruit growers of the interests of fruit growers the Wakatoinika. Cooperdale and! of thet vicinity.

Officers of the Trinway vicinity met at Wakatomika yesterday afternoon and organized a fruit-growers' association to be known as the "0. K. FRFIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION OF TR1XWAY. WAKATOMIKA A COOPERDALE." The association is form-i ell, J. E.

ed for the purpose of furthering land. elected for the year are: President. J. W. Xethers Vice President.

George Wright Secretary and Treasurer, J. F. Dicker-son Board of directors. S. L.

How- and G. T. No- WIDOW AND SON VERY ILL The funeral of Thomas llacken- braelit. who died Friday afternoon at his home near Isleta. after an illness of acute tuberculosis will he held this afternoon at Lov of These? in discussing in by the police force, have their cases disposed tit" in some mysterious manner.

It has been said a bonds in the amount of probable fines are collected and the offender released but this could not be verified. Gcminisskm One citizen. the matter Saturday, wondered whether the new-fangled commission government was being tried oat in this city- He th.U lie understood a couimision of three had taken" Mayor place, being: composed of Solicitor John C. Adams, W. I Manner, mayor's secretary and Turnkey Seth Decker.

A Little Light For the mirpose of trettinp: a little on ihe method of pro- c-eedure now being followed in the disposition of business in the mayor's office, a Tribune reporter dropped into headquarters Katiir- day. Secn'tary Manners and Turnkey Decker were found "on duty" but the inforiiiation ijleaii- ed from this pair reminded the reporter of 1 old sons "Nothing from Nothing, etc." Very Accommodating Secretary Manners vent, asked how the of offenders are disposed of during the mayor absence. do vou ask?" the county commissioners requesting that they place a bounty upon each hawk killed. The petition states that the hawks, are so numerous as to become a menace to the song birds as well as tht domestic fowls in the county and that the commissioners by giving a reward of fifty cents for each hawk killed would take a long step towards exterminating the pest. In other counties in the state such measures have become necessary in order to save the chickens, srame and O.

J. Case Gains Nice Promotion 0. J. Case has resigned his position with tin- Singer Sewing Machine Company in this city to accept a promotion which the company offered him at Zaiiesville. Cas" will be succeeded in Coshoeton bv Stiilion of TCo-eville.

'Mr. Case will leave onhocton Monday 's assume the duties of hi.s new po- iei sition but a i will not Resolutions Adopted by Morgan Run Mine Local Protests Against Action of Board of Trade, Condemning Green Anti-screen Bill Without Giving Miners an Opportunity to be Heard-Senator Green Also Writes Letter to Board uOSHOCTON POULTRY SHOWS CLASS AT CLEVELAND SHOW. Coshoeton people who exhibited poultry at the Cleveland show week returned home last bringing liieir share of in as follows: -Mrs. iileason Adams, Buff Leg- iiorns. first cockerel and third iien.

George Stewart. Silver Wyan- lottes. first hen, second hen. second pulifi. and lir.st pen.

Dr. George M. Boone. Barred 'lymonlh Rocks, fourth lien. A.

T. Renner. Single Comb ilaek Minorcas, first and fourth iockerels. John I I Ricketts. Rose Comb rown Leghorns, first cockerel, "irst cockbird.

first hen and second pullet Ricketts exhibited inly four birds, winning a prize a A Barrick, White Wyau- lotte. first cockbird (wou against ourteen competitors. countere- "This is a office and the public has public ritrht move i next Not Even Cold From Icy Bath (Irover Mikescll, who ligured in a narrow escape from drowning Friday morning the i wagon he was i i for Charles Clark, of Canal Lewisville, lelt the filoodf-d bewisville road, is reporter! to be none the worse for his harrowing experience. Mikescll was able to go on his milk route Saturday inominir and afternoon and did not even suffer so inui-it as a cold from his drench iiiir HI icv a to know what is done replied the reporter. "If yon were! sent by The Tribune" continued secretary, so back to The Tribune and tell them thai you were not able to find out from this where services will be held a interment will take place in Lutheran ehun-h cemetery.

Mr. IJachenbrac-ht is survived by the widow and children. Mrs. ITaekenbrachi is Ivinsr eriiic- An Auto Marooned in Flood MINERS WILL HOLD BIG MASS MEETING A mav, Ki-rnnjr of Cosliocton K. P.

Miller is in nniK rs will be hold in for the Saturday. February 1.d«'h-e, hi response to she action taken by the Coshodon Board of Trade in regard to the tireea Anti- Sciveii bill, the Morgan Run local held a meetintr in Trade Council a i Saturday mornimr and drafted following resolutions and issued statement Resolutions Whereas: The Coshoeion Boaivl of Trade has adopted a resolution in opposition to senate bill pro- for llii' payment to the min- eis of all coal before screened, and Whereas: Thi action was taken without having heard the miners' side of this question which to say the least is a i and indefensible and. Whereas: The bill referred is demanded by the miners of ocum county and the of Ohio not for the purpose of injuring ihe coal industry but instead to equal and exact justice for all and to guarantee the miners payment for all the coal they mine instead of for a which passed over the large screens now in use at many of the mines and. In Other Districts Whereas: The mined in Illinois, Kansas, the southwest. West, Virginia, a large part of Indiana and Pennsylvania is pakl for in the same manner as provided for in Senate bill 2o so that the miners of Ohio are only asking for the same method of payment for their labor that prevails in ail these, large coal producing states above named andWhereas: The Jo al operators who have operated i success the mines which have suppliet our city with fuel for i years by paying the miners IK-SI labor in thejsame manner as pro vidcd for in this proposed a Action Condemned be it Resolved: that we most a i a comlcim the action taken by lie Board ot Trade and we protest against influence of the business oi uir city i whom we.

have always spent our hard earned es being used in behalf of a few operators who have an advantage which they seek to main- lain, and against miners and families who deserve their help md and. Be jt Re.solved: That a mass meeting of ail the miners Coshocton county be called It meet at Coshoeton on Saturdiiv. f-'cb. 1, at 1 o'clock P. for th.

se of a i r'-j-ardinir action of of Trade as mav seem necessary, Ask Moral Support JJe it Further That we endeavor to ascertain a of ar- bii.sirie.s.s men of our city ar IS JAILED ALBERT RICE OF ISLETA TO FACE NON-SUPPORT CHARGE. Chanred i abandoning his wife and family of six children, ranging in age from 14 years down io two years. Albert Bice was placed under arrest by Probation Officer John Brunskill the Isleta vicinity Saturday afternoon and locked up in the county jail. Does Not Keep Promise Mrs. Rice filed a complain against her husband in the local juvenile court several weeks ago but at that time Rice is said to have promised to reform his ways so the case was not pushed.

However, having neglected to tout i anything towards the support of hi.s family since, he will be given an opportunity to ir the of takinjr action i i uiiners an rjuoted as savintc i i a will differ to tise a i of the of Trade jp-elinr Board Tra of cjty con-1 in everybody is eerninir tile (Jr'-en mc'nbcrs of the Board of bill. An auto driven by Warner! Lowe, of i street jrarajre. bef-ame marooned on the Lewisville road Saturday morn- will leave the hoiw at two son, letter, is- i wh ht froiit vJ: 1 o'clock and proceed to the church i with srrippe and complications. ne tf flooded. Fortunately the water Gap Lutheran church.

The cor-i ally ill pneumonia and TWO MORE MISHAPS ON LEWISVILLE ROAD dropped of? dllnv. mz the car to fall to the pavement and the en- point was not deep and the hr-ak ne- jwas repaired without any I I Miss Margaret A. Park Dies After Brief Illness As the of peritt Park. aj. .5 a Miss Margaret daughter a industrious 3 inconvenience to the occupants of and -Samuel Parks of ihe car.

IT was to have'Locust i Pre-bytcr- was a capable and partf'-s to the action taken by tin- Hoard of Trade and a we call upon our fellow workers and ail who are i Us to i moral support in our efforts to secure aji'l fair a i and we urge i all tin- miners of tins lav asid- i tooU for a day, Feb. and Jii'-ej mass meeting protesting asjraisisi action of Board of There arc l.ofMi miners 1. in tiu- Tr.id«'. in i i i i a team of hor es P' a i i i at -lied Saturday mom i Mi Xewtoa Davidson, who was while turning to Keene Saturday afternoon witii a load of goods for Karr's store, missed ih road while driving through the high water on the pavement and had considerable difficulty in righting his wagon and hors-'-s. With the assistance of Floyd Hughes.

Davidson finally fonnd the road and managed to continue on his way. The goods were not damaged in the least bm Davidson had an uncomfortably cold plunge in the icy waters to get the I back to tiiei a a to dry land so that the a a is nr.i'-ual]y sad sinf-e she I could be -cried out and the the member of a of four 1'lrr-n wagon horses pavement. Porter Richie and Miss Georgia Ricliie of the Keene-Canal ville road had a similarly exciting experience wh-Mi the which they were Mayor Murray to Speak Today home with itoo. a rr-niaining at n.is.s'! Robert Mnrrav. mavor of the road near the trestle durinsjToronto, and a minister of thf- the afternoon.

Fortunately the jropel. will address a public surrey in whir?) the young people meeting at the Labor hall in the this afternoon at were riding proved a "srood seafaring vessel" and Mr. Richie were none the and his sister worse for their experience. parents: the fact, in -ieath resulted after a brie, illness r-omcs as P. short to friends throuirhout Miss Park was born White Eyes arid spent her entire life tJiere until two years ago when the MI Forbes block 2 o'clock.

His talk will be on in Its Relation to Christianitv. moved to Park school before she moved to Coshor-ton but since coming to town she has been employed as clerk at Renfrew's store. Miss Park was from youth a to thexe i-har- a friendly and Win for on every a in addition ihe parents one sis'er Miss Xaniiie Park of Orange and two Alexander of Ko-eoc a i a of Trinway survive. There will be a short service from 5he home on Locust street Monday afternoon at 1 :30 later tV body v.il! be taken to Fre.sno on the afternoon Wheel- Scrvic'-s will be Presbyterian held at the church in Fresno i will take place in FairviYw r-cmftery. Rev.

J. E. Mr-Call of Fresno and Rev. George Brewer of this city will officiate. county who are st.ifi'Iard with ihe the -min- ty and sfiend i money wit's tbr- biisin-ss our our city; and we hereby ask all working men t-) (meet i us aJKi lejjtj us their i support in tiiis iiir'it tor a a methofi which air Jr a subini'-ed C.

E. Wells R. P. Fowler Pat White K. O.

Wells Thomas Hall Johnson McDowell F. A. lloii.se Willis W. Wise R. MV-Cormiek Committee.

Public Statement To the Editor of The Tribune In the issue of January 24. there was a resolution adopted by the Board of Trade condemning the screen i We believe that these (Continued On Page Six.) explain to the authorities. Mother Worked in Fields Neighbors stated Saturday that Mrs. Uicc has made a brave effort to provide her children with food and clothing, having performed work in the fields, such as husking corn. Rice admitted when, he reached the local jail Saturday night a he had just finished, "doinij" eight days in the New- jail, he having been accused of hootlegijinir.

Find Hat in Flood Was the treacherous Canal jewisviile road, with its covering water, the scene of a tragedy Saturday Clifford Milli-r was return- in ir to his home on the Keene from thi-, city shortly before mid- I'iirht. he found a man's hat floating about in the water at the isviiie la'-k uh-re the road from th- Canal Lew- pavem-nt The hat is a fell and did Isave the an'-o be in the a ni; Jhroujri! 1 wad- inches oT wat'-r on may a lost jjs bi-arinrs and plunged into the i i at i a point. Ha-l 'Irivintr the road dropp- lii- lust. likf-ly would a jp--i to i-iek up the Srothers Meet After 33 Years Oei.rcre Foster of On-con and John Foster of South Eisrhth this city, met at fSie Litter's home Saturday for the first time in just years. The Foster brothers were ro.ired in the Keene vicinity, George leaving for the west while yet A young man.

Tie arrived here yesterday for liis first i to the scenes of his boyliood and surprised his brother John when he appeared at the hitter's home..