The Cedarville Herald, Volume 41, Numbers 1-26

sr~ fm ii** - Jterald. Use Less Wheat Until Harvest FORTY-FIRST YEAR NO. 24. CEDARVILLE, OHIO, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1918 PRICE, S1.00 A .YEAR FATHERANDTWOCHILDREN KILLEDBYFAST EXPRESS; BODESTERRIBLYMANGLED. One of the most tragic deaths ever RAILROAD OFFICIALS PHOTO- recordad befell the Orville Wright ’ family last Saturday when father, aged 40, a nine year old daughter. Dorothy, and 7 year old son, Robert, ■were sent into Eternity in the twink­ le of an eye. The father and two children were killed by train No. 21 going west a t the Cumberland crossingwest of town a t the road th a t leads to the Ryle farm owned by D, S. Ervin. Mr, Wright and two children had been to town and a fter looking after some business returned home.. When he- reached the crossing, which was torn up on the south side of the track by workmen, it Is believed th a t he stalled his enginek endeavoring to slow down. Just a t tha t moment workmen gave, the alarm of .the ap­ proaching train but the car could not h e started. The father no doubt startled by the danger endeavored to get his chil­ dren to safety, he himself being out of the. car. With the boy under his arm he was trying to reach for the girl when the fast express running seventy miles an hour, and behind time a t that, struck the ill fated auto. Fortunately neither of the three suffered fo r a second, being Wiled Outright, the bodies being mangled. I t was a grewsome sight something never before witnessed in this vicin­ ity. -Parts of the bodies were gath- . ered in baskets and blankets from the tracks. The body of the father was severed a t the waist -and ground into a mass o f flesh and blood. The little hoy suffered about the same fate it being almost impossible to.find parts enough' of the body to*make a burial and back. GRAPH BAD RAILROAD CROSSING. Monday afternoon, a number of railroad officials,1including detectives and claim agents, visited the railroad crossing where the three members o f the Wright family were killed, A freight engine was used in the photographing of the crossings,, which evidently was to show the var­ ious distances the engine could ho seen, from the crossing. Measurements were taken up the track as Well as from the crossing On the roadway and photographic views taken from every possible an, ■gle. Representatives of the company are said to have interviewed lime com­ pany employees endeavoring, to place the blame on the unfortunate man. Efforts were made to get the men to say that the engineer blew his whistle 1 for the crossing hut the men claim there was no whistle other than the customary one of "toot, toot,” fo r dan­ ger ahead, arid this just as the auto was struck. - . ' • • The supposition is that the com­ pany, realizes the chances of a huge damage suit and taking time by the forelock ai*e endeavoring to forestall any such, action. All ’this was done within sight of the house where the funeral was held,, and before the1dead members of the family could be given burial. Railroad officials claim that the com­ pany is not required to signal private crossings. If such is the case, the public wants to know just why there ^? ?K H1? £y to make a berial. l£ avebeen so many.'signals the past The htiile girl suffered a broken neck » davs for the very crossing where few y f r t r r i r the accident happened? The -crossing is a dangerous one^ Citiz(?ns irl general have been im- y , i f s f t & ’i r s « & , s s s n i T S > » ■ of the, outh track a t "the -crossing was mere the result of chocking down j t has been no uncommon thing fpr the engine than , anything-else. I t months brick fo r engineers to give hut is paid that w h e n , the unfortunate the-one signal on either side of town man drove over the crossing the first alt crossings. I t has alsri tap#' tihie gii his. V»y to- town he asked fcnowri thrit freight trains have thun- wnployees if the crossing Would he dared. - * - * - - * ...... Hundreds of^people gatheredat the ° ^ er* scene rif the accident within a .few £he railroad officials need look no minutris after the alarm was given. further for a had crossing than the The parts of the bodies of the, fattier orle a t -Miller street. The rails were own,at nighLmd never COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT. WEDNESDAY IS REGISTRATION The twenty-second annual com­ mencement of Cedarville College cpmes next week. I t will open with the baccalaureate sermon preached to the graduating class by the Presi­ dent, the Rey. Wilbert Renwick Mc- Chesney, Ph. D,, D. D., a t seven o’clock Sabbath evening, June 2nd, in the Reformed Presbyterian Church on Main street. The annual class play will be given by the Seniors in the Opera House, Monday evening a t eight o’clock. The title o f the,p lay to be presented is “Valley Farm.” ' The Faculty Recep­ tion to students, graduates and friends of the College in honor of the seniors will he held in the Carnegie Library “a t seyen o’clock Tuesday evening, • >.. < Wednesday will be given over Jo’ the recitals of the Department of Music. The recital of tlia vocal de-1 pavtmcnt, under the direction of M r.! W. B. McGervey, will be held in the} College Chapel a t 2 p., m., and the; recital of the students in piano a t the same place a t 7:30 p. m. DAY; YOUTHS O f AGE MUST REGISUHER, Wednesday, June 5th, gH youths who have become 21 years age since last June are required Jo * register under an act of congress^fhese young men will be placed a t th$- bottom of the list and drawn for military ser­ vice in their order. Jamestowfl. people ar«$ disappointed over the fact that they «** not to have 24 hour electric light power ser­ vice since the Dayton P w e r & Light Co. has taken over t h « local plant, The company is unable m build a line from Xenia to Jamestowm due to fail­ ure to finance thcpropodlnon and get-- ting material. : CROSS CAMP^I AWAY OVEi The result of the Re paign in this township wi JN GOES Cross cam- sVery grat. !Hying to the committee ijtod no small Thursday morning a t nine o’clock credit to the spirit of thq.'lpeople of the the Board of Trustees will hold i ts , community. v / annual session, At 6 p. m. the Alum-} , ,, . = ni Banquet will be held in the library. I !he i . . . . iand. bright and early1sekntors were The annual commencement exercis.' calling on people, the enttrc town and es will be held in the Opera House - township having been 1divided into Friday morning a t 9:30 o’clock. The districts. The readme* in which orator of the day will be Ex-Govcm-, people responded to this patriotic call or Frank B. Willis, A very large a t- ; was more marked this y m t than last, tendance is expected to turn out- to This is easily understood l o r the boys hear this noted arid able speaker: 1 **'•” “ --------- “ 1 The following degrees and diplomas will be conferred: Master of Arts, Mary Louetta Taylor, Manhattan, of many homes arc now foreign service and the- Red Cross is well known- camp or m Kerb of the :p all: Last year the toiW^fep, .raised Kans.; Bachelor of Divinity; David‘ about §2,500 in such »■;. campaign, Linton Doherty, Philadelphia, P a .,! ivh>lo this year it is #*e;fdy aver and Robert Linton Hutchinson, Ce-; $2,800, and some small Subscriptions daryille, Ohio; Bachelor of Science in ’ fcocome in yet. Our quote was §1,000, Education, Helen Paulino Oglesbee, 1.The result in the countyta;not defin- Ruth Ramsey, Naomi Irene Wright, 1lte*y lcnown>but from returns i t wjjl all of Cedarville; Bachelor of Arts, ; bc over ,§30,000, while county quo- Jamcs Lyons Chesnut, William Rifej ta was $18,000. Collins, Robert Linton Hutchinson, :-----— —— Daniel Lawrence Kennon,'Helen Paul- WHAT - ST4T I0N ' H^ l S THIS ine Oglesbee, Naomi Irene Wright,' of Cedarville, Ruth RoseWtr^Hrirris, Centerville, Ohio, Janet Eliza McClel­ lan, Xenia, Ohio, Cqnae Olive Nor- thup, Springfield, Ohio; Diploma of Graduation from, the Thelogical Sem, .Inary, Ralph Stewart Elder, A, M., Darlington, pa.; Diploma of gradua- tiori in Piano from the Department of Music, Mrs. Percy Alien and Mrs. Robert Linton Hutchinson, both . of Cedarville, Ohio; Diploma of Gradua­ tion from the Preparatory Depart­ ment, Elizabeth Hannah Dean, Xenia, Ohio, State High School Provisional Certificates, good for four years all over Ohio, will be awarded Miss Har­ ris, McClellan, Northup, Oglesbee, Ratn§ey, Taylor, and Wright,, and Mr. MAN DESCENDED, Solicitors fo r the Rod Gross in a neighboring township report,the re­ fusal, of a well known farmer to con­ tribute one cent to the support of the Red Cross. No reason whatever could be secured as to why something should not be given tha^'-might go to lend aid and comfort tw the thous­ ands of boys that are 'fighting our fight for world-wide ffeedohi. • ■ • 'V, v,*. . - It cannot ba said that this farmer is not able financially tO'-gwe to .this cause* 8k is worth several thousan . and son Were gathered as best could be and with the little girl taken to the M.. C. Nagley residence where, they were prepared for burial. I t is said that wife and mother When informed of „th6 accident was busily engaged in washing her break­ fast dishes and ,was singing to her­ self a t the time, probably without a thought that In an instant her wh le family of husband and children had been taken from her. The mother is almost- a wreck from the nervous Strain tha t she .has undergone the 'p a s t week. , The funeral was held from the home Monday afternoon and was at* tended by hundreds of friends who held1, the deceased in the highest es­ teem. The funeral service wa3 con- ' ducted by Rev. H. C. BiddJecum, pas­ tor of the Friends’ church in - Xenia, There were many floral tributes from friends, relatives and schoolmates of the children. The pall bearers were four brothers of the deceased and two of Mrs, Wright's brothers, Burial took .place a t Jamestown and the vault had three compartments. Mrs. Wright is now a t the home of her father, Jeremiah Toland, in Jamestown. SWEEPING CHANGES in FREIGHT AND PASSENGER RA^ES. Director General McAdoo’s order increasing freight rates 26 per cent and passenger rates to 3 cents per mile in every state in the union is the the most drastic step in railroad man- ' agewnmt ever .known, Elate laws are set aside and the only authority to make changes is in Washington,. There shall be-nothing shipped for less than 50 cents, and the new rates are expected to add a t least 800 mil­ lion to the revenue of the railroads. There will be no stop-overs On pas­ senger tickets and little reduction for excursion parties. Extra fare for Pullman and ehriir cars. The passen­ ger rate goes into effect June 10 and tiie freight Jupe 25, Jpst a few days ago McAdoo granted the railroad men an increase in wages that will cost the railroad companies $300 million dollars in ad­ dition to the present pay roll. The jieW freight rate will fall heavy on manufacturers and merchants, who must of necessity have more for the product* n t " ill t t. il raised a year o r so ago aixd statid xar above the boaTd driveway. There has been common complaint over this Crossing and the danger there, yet nothing, has been done, - Track men Were a t work on the line near the ill-fated crossing Sat­ urday and i t is said that the manner in which the crossing was left would have caused most any motorist-.to have stalled his engine, especially with danger' near. The south track waB almost impassible. The company, having tom up ,the crossing, did not even have a warning sign or a watch­ man, but within a few hours after the accident had a large force of men at work and the crossing in good con­ dition, OLD KENTUCKY HOME. A slight military touch is given to the commencement this year by the fact tha t one pf the graduates, Mr. D. L. Kennon, will not be present to received his diploma, having just been' called to service a t Camp Taylor, Ky., while one of the members Of the fac­ ulty, Prof. John E, Bauman, has been called to Camp Crane, Allentown, Pa., to engage in bacteriological work. that pros aerie. !y would ,:bring $200 ,an PICTURE SHOW OF FIRST MAG- The spirit, of this fanner was best displayed when the solicitors were told that it was an insult to ask him for money. He wag jn no frame' f mind by this time to talk reasonably and the solicitors left Kim to nUrge his own selfish disposition. The best curie for such ncople is to piece them under the very kind of government Germany gives her people. NITUDE. STORM DOES DAMAGE. While the Murdock Theater has had some famous stars the past few. months, one of the greatest in Ameri­ ca is to,come Monday night, the first local appearance. This .star is none other than Theda Bara, one whom every picture fan hag read something about. The college seniors have a good program for their class night per-: formattce at the opera house Monday, June 3. The class will present a com­ edy "Old Kentucky Home,” that fur­ nishes not only amusement in plot but opportunity for.good comedy. The class will also have several musical and novelty numbers between acts, war tax. A windstorm accompanied by light­ ning visited a section of country northeast of town Tuesday afternoon that camo near being a cloud burst. A house on the Wm. Smith farm decu­ pled by Charley Bradford, wa’s struck by lightning, but d id , not bum, the roof being damaged. The bam on the .Haines farm, occupied by John Bums was also damaged and the silo blown over, A chimney on George Ham* man's house was also destroyed, The , . „ „ „ » - j „ „ . Marshall w'otei melon patch on J. C. W q tvnr^°h°m£n°onthenn ^ ^ T o w u s l e y ’s mi was hit hard with tures ever shown on an American ^vater an(i -ha.il- The vines were ready to run and the hail caused great damage, Tomatoes and com were almost washed out. The*. Fox corporation i s ' presenting Theda Bara in 'The Forbidden Path," the scenarios being written by E. Lloyd Sheldon. The story Is in eight FAVOR SMOOT BILL. Mr. Aaron Ellis sent a telegram to Senator Pomerene asking him to sup­ port the Smoot bill instead of the Sherwood bill favoring the Civil War veterans. The veterans here favor the former while the Senator seem# to favor the latter. screen. I f you have never seen this famous s ta r you will have the same opportunity Monday night that hun­ dreds of’ thousands of city people have had the past few months. Don't forget the date, Monday, June3, and the admission is 15 and 20 cents. The fam ou s h igh grade very lig h t w e igh t “ Ba ls- b u n ta l” straw h a t for com ­ fort a t $8.00 each . C. A. Weaver, X en ia , Q. A gasoline engine made by one of the leading manufacturers in the country is for sale a t a bargain. Has magneto and cooling tank, and will be sold for less than half the cost of a new engine five years ago, the price today being much higher. Get infor­ mation about this great bargain a t this office. No batteries to fool with. Turn the crank and the magneto does the rest, We are going to install electric motor. ROAD NOTICE. All persons are warned to remain off the pikes that are being repaired. The law provides a fine where this order is violated, power being given county and township official# to close a road during construction or repair work, I t will be necessary to en­ force this notice, _____ TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES. For Sale—Fairbanks-Morse gaso­ line 2 1-2 horse-power engine, mag­ neto and water tank for Cooling go with it, Will be sold a t less man half cost. Apply a t this office for ipfdr* motion. —Wool fiber s ilk sh ir ts $3.50 to $6. C. A. Weaver, X en ia , O. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT, FOR SALE — 200-gallon gasoline tank made of heavy galvanized iron, riot steel. Could be used for supply water tank. Such a tank cannot be bought now a t any price and will be sold cheap. R. M. McKee, No. 9 Brown as well as A sugar a t Naglcy’s. , .London Ohio Home flour a t Nag- ley's, Save your corn crop liy easy culti­ vation. Easy to operate and handle' any place ip the field. The National has no superior on the market. R. M. McKee. " I desire to announce my candidacy for the office of State Senator in this, the 5th-5th Ohio State Senatorial Dis­ trict, subject to the dccsion of the Re­ publican electors of the district, a t the regulari primary election on Tuesday, August 13th, 1918, FRANK C, PARRETT, Washington C. H., Ohio. ASH TIMBER WANTED, NOTICE, Japanese s ilk sh irts, $5 to $10.50. C. A. Weaver Xenia, O. Difficulty in securing labor has de­ layed our getting our Ice wagon started as early this Season as ex­ pected, but w* now hope to *erveour patrons regularly. Deliveries wilt be made on Monday; Wednesday, Fnday and Saturday. Those dwlrjng ice are requested to phone us, Bills showing amount of ta* purchased will ^ejdven daily by driver and oolleotion# wilt be - M L ies Curtain Stretch ora R, Bird 4 Sena Co, TANKAGE'for sale. Bell Phone Clifton or PItehin exchange. . BRUBAKER BROS A number from here went to Springfield last Saturday afternoon to hear Theodore Roosevelt who spoke throe times that day In support of the War Chest campaign In that City. While the former president lias much the appearance of former days, lii# Voice 1# weak, due- to throat trouble that has bothered him for the past few years, Utttti s n no Among other good coffees we havs frtelt sitipmoAt of Red Mod a t Nog* tay‘* FOR SALE—About 600 bushels of assorted -Little Cleavage Corn. Fred L, Clematis. Hawaiian Pineapple, sliced or grot* od, 26 at\d &o per can at Nagley’a. We are always fn-the market for ash timber to be used in construction of alrplahds. We will pay $60 per thousand on board car loading point. Or wc will pay the highest cash price on the stump. Farmers will find it to their interest to call Hell plionfe Main 2589 or Citizen’s 18040, Dayton or write :1mUndersigned. t Tho Dayton “D" Handle Co., Home Avenue and B, & O. Ky,, Dayton, Ohio. S ilk sh ir ts w ith collars* a ttach ed $4 to $7 50. C. A. Waavar, Xtnta, 0 * At Warren Thomas Fellows, & Greek, shot and killed- hl« wife of six months here awl then turned his revolver on himself. He will recover. Physicians say.. Jealousy Is attribut­ ed as tlio motive. Throo Fairfield county boys, Chal- iner Hoynes, Pearl Marketer and ON rin Watsou. have won free scholar­ ships in the college of agriculture at Ohio State university. ’ Seven men were burned, one seri­ ously. *n a fire which destroyed a block of barns, and frame buildings' at Lorain. > ......1 Lisbon schools ripsed for remainder of the year because of smallpox eph uemic. . . Copies of “The Heel of War,’^ a book written by George B. McCtellan. former mayor of New York, were cou« fiscated a t Cleveland. Sale of the volume was ordered stopped cn the charge that the hook'is pro-Geontnam Next year’s conference of the Ohio Congregational conference is to be held in Obertln in May. Rev. Archdeacon H. J, Cody of To­ ronto, Can., will deliver the com* mencemtmt address a t Ohio Wes, leyan this year on Juno .19. Wa^ne county Republican commit­ tee endorsed.Frank B. Willis for gov­ ernor and R, C. McCullough for con­ gressman*. •Lorain Eagles will .erect a ’new- borne at cost of $5<J»000. _ Former. Adjutant General- Crltch- field Of Shreve has been appointed a major and ordered to Camp Perry aa an Instructor. Merger o f .tho three organizations of the Evangelical Lutheran church was approved by the northern con­ ference at Toledo. Final action will be taken a t the conference at Find­ lay in 4une. When 50 cans of nitroglycerin, be­ ing conveyed overland in an auto truck, exploded near Pleasant City, Guernsey county, Harvey Phelps, 45, his sen Walter, 18, and W. O. Hughey were instantly killed* Brooding over four sons who will fce called to the colors Is believed by- police to be responsible for the sui­ cide a t Cleveland of Louis Howjand, who shot and killed himself. Belmont county officials have taken .up with government agents at Co­ lumbus the cases of 17 Turks arrest­ ed at .Holoway for pro-German activ­ ities. 'Democratic leaders of the Sixth, Ohio. District' decided not to suggest a candidate for congress. Repuhli- eans have narrowed tjie field to Con* grewbtoc O. O. JCearas of Clermont. d ri(T v ^ ^ gcloto county. State administration board an­ nounced it will not permit inmates of state penal institutions to aid in municipal work, Lowe'Cloud, 60, operating a flour­ ing mill at Vinton, Gallia county, was Instantly killed by being caught In the machinery. Two hours after he had entered the employ of the Solar roflnery at Lima, Edward R, Marquart, 26, fell into a lake near the plant and was drowned^ Ohio Homeopathic Medical society, meeting at Cleveland, elected the fol-. lowing officers: Dr. James C. Wood, Cleveland, president; Dr. H. O. Waite, Columbus, secretary; Dr. P, T. Church, Salem, treasurer, and Dr, H. E, Beebe, Sidney, ncgrologist Frank Flee. 76, widely known lum­ berman, died at Washington C. H. He was a civil war veteran. Governor Cox bos been Informed by farm -tractor manufacturers that, .a t least 2,000 additional tractors have ’been sold in Ohio this year. The original goal was only for, 1.500. Miss Margaret Davis, 50, an Inmate. pf the Columbus state hospital, com­ mitted suicide by hanging herself to a shutter of a window in her room. Newark school board elected O. J Barnes superintendent of tbe New­ ark schools at a salary of $3,000 a year, to aucceed Wilson Hawkins, who goes to Canton. Great council of Red Men of Ohio, in convention at Canton, decided to hold the 1919 convention In Colum- bus- Dlsmlssal of the $300,000 breach of. promise suit brought by Miss Pearl G. Lewis of Cleveland against John C, Cromwell, president of a steel com*- pany, was asked in. court a t Cleve­ land, It Is understood settlement had been agreed upon out of court. Rosie Pirozzl, 9, Youngatown, had her right hand cut off in an electrla meat chopper in her father’s store. Patsy Brondo, Italian merchant, is . charged with complicity in the mur­ der of Patrolman Costlgan at Akron. Arnold & Scheildererj Marysville, received $455 for two steers, the high­ est price ever paid in Union county. Michael Becker is in a serious con­ dition at Youngstown, the resuit of a blow over tho head from a man 1wh6 held Mm hp and robbed hinq of $60, Mr. ana Mrs. Michael Sfchoaker of Delphos were notified that their son, Paul Sehoslier, Rainbow division, had boon dangerously wounded In action, Jacob Thelss, superintendent of the Butler county infirmary, was indicted at Hamilton on fly* counts, charging him With tho embezzlement of money derived from the salo of products from the county’s poor farm. Percy C. Melrose, 54, former circus performer, aud Mrs. Eva Tootle, 27, Wife of Owen A. Tootle, both -of Co­ lumbus, ar# dead as the result of a tangled love affair that terminated ta what seems to have been a suicide pact.. Tholb bodies wero found In an automobile with a revolver lying be* tween, them. Each had been shot through the bead. John Slianer, Nilee, was killed When his auto was struck bv Interpr- batt cor. ■ j * ■' Michele DeAgrumo, 8«, and an uni­ dentified man were shot and killed on the street at Cleveland by an n * CLASS NIGHT -^- In .■■■1! -I)'*1 CEDARVILLE COLLEGE Monday, Jane 3,1918 8 : 0 0 P . M . ' A t Opera H ou se “OldKentuckyHome” Is a story- of,a “Little Country Girl” who marries a young mart of the city. Her country friends visit her in Her city mansion, trouble arises. Later tail are made happy by her .old country lover. A dm iss ion 28 c For Men’s and Men’sfineSuits $19.50, $18.50, $16.50, $15.00, $12.48, $9.85. Trousers, $1.49 to $4.98, Boys’’ Knee Pants Suits $2.98, $3.49, $3.98, $4.49, $4.98, $5.49, $5.98. We are se lling qu a l­ ity , w ith prices as low a s ever. No WAR pr ices here- Come and See D on ’t m is s our Shoe D ep a r tm en t . No War Prices here . Shoes , Oxfords and Slippers for every m em b er of y ou r f am i ly . LATEST FURNISHINGS, AND HATS AND CAPS. <t*r C. A. Kelble s Rig Store 17-19 W est M ain St. XENIA, OHIO VULCANIZING We htive installed improved machinery and are now ready to take oara of your tire troubles, all work being done by expert workmen with factory experience. q u i c k s e r v i c e : We have arranged with Owens A Sons, as our Cedarville representatives where you can leave your work, We call for It and deliver giving you the quickest possible sem e* , GOODRICH TU fm LD TIRE.# X e n i a V u l c a n i z i n g C o . , . 10 UW. Main a t., Bell Phone 104 K. XEN IA , O t tO M/m