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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1916
Page
7
Reports say Ohio militiamen may be sent home after pay off with 24 hours notice to mobilize. Rifle range at Camp Perry plowed for winter wheat prompts inspection by Col. George K. Hunter. No formal report yet on whether troops will stay for rifle practice.
The 13th annual encampment selection in Cedar Point saw Ruth, Lucas county deputy clerk, elected commander by 109 to 14 after Frank Auth of Toledo led the ticket. Other officers installed included Charles Adams, J. W. Eisenhart, D. K. Gotwald, and Jesse Lee Corley. Chicago-bound delegates were named with alternates, and Alliance will host next July.
Cleveland officials challenged Columbus claims that the state workmen's compensation fund would not cover death benefits for 21 tunnel disaster victims. They said $28,000 in premiums was deposited with County Auditor Zangerle since June 20 and the state, now notified, has not claimed it. The city faces $78,750 in benefits at $3,750 per victim.
Gen R B Brown past commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic and 1912 Ohio governor candidate is critically ill at his home in Zanesville with slight chance of recovery. He is one of the few Civil War veterans awarded congressional medals for bravery, decorated for capturing the Ninth Mississippi colors at Missionary Ridge.
A Wilmington fire endangered the village of New Burlington with flames confined to two stores. About one hundred Wilmington firefighters aided, aided by Spring Valley and Xenia. No wind helped contain the blaze and prevent broader damage.
The twentieth child of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hess at Martins Ferry, Ohio, was registered by Dr. Morton W. Bland. It is the first recorded Ohio case of a family having twenty births. The newborn girl is named Lucile and the mother is 44 years old.
Bellefontaine Ohio Judge Hover grants John Routt a divorce from Vera Routt with the decree not in effect until September 29, 1917, the third anniversary of their marriage. The judge explained the extended penalty for the ill matched union.
Rev. John Washington Hoffman of Duluth Minnesota was elected president of Ohio Wesleyan University by trustees to succeed Dr. Herbert Welch. Hoffman, born July 11 1867 in Noblestown Pennsylvania, held degrees from Washington and Jefferson College and attended Yale and Princeton Seminaries.
A Findlay train collision injures three after an interurban car strikes a cow. Officials note steel construction limited injuries. Other items report Luther Myers jailed for a statutory offense, Everett Webb wounded in France, Marion water woes, boiler blast deaths in Lima, ice price hike in Cleveland, Blakeslee’s manslaughter sentence, inheritance shock in Columbus, Pfau’s captaincy, tax suit move in Columbus, ice price rise, Rotary Club political forum, Lebanon mayor Roll resigning, a child’s stomach cog operation, and various local updates across Ohio.
More than a thousand printers and newspaper men from Ohio Kentucky West Virginia Indiana and Tennessee are expected for a two day convention October 6 and 7 in Cincinnati under the Ohio Printers Federation. The event features speakers including Edward N Hurley and Commodore Perry with sessions at Hotel Linton and Gibson and no registration fee.
The Daughters of Liberty state convention in Martins Ferry and Bellaire adjourned after naming Lorain as the site for the next gathering. Officers elected include Councillor Sadie Kincaid Galion and Keeper Florence Steele Bellaire with several associates and delegates to the national convention.
Otis Dotson, Limas land developer, returns a government check for a Columbus ranch after stating the property is to be used for encamping the Ohio National Guard and soldiers from other states. Dotson says the government money was intended for the encampment site.
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