The Stark County Democrat. [volume], September 03, 1908, Image 1

About The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912

Image provided by: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH

                
rlJ3jj....iiiL)jufjm
toti (fawfo lmottat
F.'
j. - '
.a., i.
VOL. 75. NO. 35.
CANTON-, OHIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1908.
ONE DOLLAR FEB TEAB
W I fi
y.
t n
:-
3
-
'-.
i-
i
LIPFNINC
OF 80HOOL MAY BE
DELAYED
Inspection Was Completed
Yesterday
Report Made to Depart
ment by Inspectors.
Hinted That It Will be
Necessary to Oharige
Date.
Tuesday, Inspectors J. A. Robinson
and Li. W. Ralston of the state de
partment of Inspection of workshops,
factories and public buildings, com
pleted their examination of the Can
ton school buildings, with the excep
tion of tho parochial schools. They
have sent their report to the head
of the department and it will be made
public In the near future.
Whllo neither of the Inspectors
would say much concerning tho out
come of their examination of the var
ious buildings, it has been learned
that numerous suggestions for im
provement to the flro protection In
the schools have been made. While
none of the buildings were extremely
dangerousto tho life of the children
iu case of Are, It was considered best
that certain precautionary measures
should bo recommended In the report.
The boar dot education will receive
their orders about the action to be
taken, from the department in a few
days. The inspectors say little, but
hint that school may no.t be opened In
Canton on September 8, as proposed
by the board and the superintendent.
It is utterly impossible to open the
schools without having first acted
upon the orders of the Inspection de
partment, and it the improvements
recommended are of any extent, it
will be Impossible to begin the school
year for some time.
Canton, has been unfortunate In
having the inspection made bo near
tho beginning of the school year, for
they will be. given little or no lime
to, cary out the orders of the depart
ment. But what Is one's loss la an
other's gain. Had some other town
In this district been neglected for the
examination of the Canton schools
they would have been made to suffer
Instead. Tho number of inspectors
of the department for the amount of
work that has to be taken care of, is
woefully Inadequate. There are about
15,000 school buildings to.be inspected
annually besides the workshops and
factories, and there are but twenty
three inspectors In the state. Twice
this number could hardly handle the
work properly. Until a short time
ago, there were but thirteen Inspectors
In the- state but recently the force
was Increased by ten. Many of the
Inspections will not be made In some
places until after the school year
opens and then they will have to be
ehut down, pending the making of the
repairs.
Alliance is tho one city of Stark
county that will be prepared for the
opening. During the early part of
he summer many changes in the fire
protection systems of the schools
,wero recommended and for a time tho
board of education made no effort to
fet-upca the suggestions. Tho mayor
took up the matter and Informed them
that no school would be allowed un
til the orders of the department of
Inspection were carried out. About
August 1 work was started there
and the Improvements are nearlng
completion.
There Is positively no excuse for
the delay In the opening of the Mas
slllon public schools. The Inspection
of the MasBlllon buildings was made
last March, and many changes were
recommended by the Inspectors. The
board received its orders soon after
from the head of the department but
neglected to take action upon them.
Now the sohood opening will be de
layed some length of time and the
board will be forced to nuiko the sug
gested Improvements before the build
ings can be uLed. Mayor Frantz of
that city has agreed to stand by the
department of Inspection to see that
the proper fire protection Is provided.
Superintendent Baxter when It was
hinted that the Canton schools might
be held up, said: "We have been
conducting sohool for a number- of
years under the present flro protection
and all has gone well. However, we
are only the agerits of the inspection
department, and can only obey Its or
ders." I '
Former Resident Injured.
Serious Injuries toavo befallen Em
met K. Wllllaman, a former resident
ff'thU city, In Akron. This young
fnan was employed In tho 0. T, Parka
undertaking establishment and while
making a run to tho rubber works
there with' an anbulance the vehicle
was overturned and Wllllaman was
thrown to the street, being dragged
flulto a dlstauce ' beforo the horses
could be Btopped. Ho was picked up
Jn an unconscious condition and taken
to a hospital, where It is thought that
be sustained Internal injuria
STOLE STAMPS TO
VALUE OF $53,135
Havana, Sept. 1. Rlcardo Rodri
guez, chief of the bureau of stamps
and materials In the Havana post
ofilco, was arrested tonight on tho
charge of having stolen stamps of the
value of $53,135. Rodriguez disappear
ed last Saturday but was found hid
ing In Havana this evening and lock
ed up. For several years Rodriguez
had been abstracting sheets of stamps
from the original packages and then
re-seallng the latter. By this method
he succeeded In deceiving the Inspec
tors when they checked up tho Btock.
Rodriguez Is 70 years of age and
was employed for ten years In the
Philadelphia postofilce. He entered
the Cuban service at tho time nf tho
first intervention on the recommen
dation of the Philadelphia postal authorities.
T T
On Wool Did Farmers
of Stark This Year
With
NO TARIFF REVISION
Stark county fanners who are en
gaged in sheep raising lost between
$0000 and $7000 as a result of the Re
publican panic this year. The fall In
tho price of wool was between 7 and
8 cents, a decrease which prevailed
during the entire wool season.
Tho season in which the sheep are
shorn ends in the early part of the
summer. During tho months of April,
May and June, tho majority of the
farmers dispose of tho wool to the
dealers. According to the assessors'
report for April, 1908, there were
15,031 sheep in Stark county. His re
port also states that during 1907,
80,801 pounds of wool were shorn in
the county. Based upon these figures
the estimate of tho loss to the farm
ers has been made.
A farmer who owned a flock of 100
sheep lost approximately $50 this year
by the drop in the price of wool caus
ed by the stringency of tho money
market. The ordinary person doe
not know of the loss to the farmer, but
the sheep raisers appreciate things to
their full extent, und tho result will
show on olection day.
The output and demand for wool
this year was as great as any previous
year, at the prevailing price. While
Stark county farmers have lost a neat
wad, there aro others who have suffer
ered. Many counties in the state raise
as much wool as Stark and a few of
them more, and the sheep men all
over the state have lost out on wool
this year.
TOLEDO FLYE
On Pennsy Wrecked Near This City
at Midnight.
A wreck In which a hundred or
moro passengers miraculously escap
ed with their lives, occurred about
midnight on tho Pennsylvania lines
between Canton and Louisville. Mea
ger reports which came to Canton
early this morning, wero to the ef
fect that all the passengers, beyond
being badly shaken up, wero unin
jured. Several cars attached to an east
bound freight train, left the track near
Louisville, and wedged themselves di
rectly across tho westbound traok.
Passengor train 405, known as the
"Toledo Flyer," duo In Canton at
11:57, crashed headon Into tho first
wreck. Little could be learned about
the accident, but small damage re
sulted. Tho onglne was damaged, and
the Alliance wrecker was called out
to clear the debris. Traffic was held
up on both lines for several hours.
IS VERY FRANK
Martins Ferry, Sept. 1. In an ad
dress to the congregation of the First
Methodist Episcopal church Sunday
evening, the Rev. W. B. Klne, who
has been pastor for a year, frankly told
his congregation that he was glad
he was not to return after the con
ference. "Under no human conditions that
I can conceive at this time," he said
"would I come back aa pastor of
this churoh. I have never left a con
gregation with such afneere delight
and with as few tears."
Then he proceeded to review the
work of tho different organizations of
the congregation, crltloizlng each in
turn. Mr. King came here against
the protests of the congregation, and
there has been friction during almost
the entire year.
Youngstown Miss Maty Wou'dor
llcb, living near Coalburg, may lose
sight of an oye by the explosion of a
doughnut she was "baking In tho
usual way.
'' t
Xenla Mary Wlldman, 30, daugh
ter 'it a farmer, hanged herself be
cause of ill health
T
DONATED BY THE
OFFICIALS
Of Stark County One of
the Features
In the Labor Day Parade.
Indication That 300
Horses Will Compete
For Prizes Athletics
at Nimisila Park.
Another meeting of the Labor Day
executive committee and sub-committees
was held last night at tho head
quarters and the reports submitted
by tho various departments Indicate
that the Labor Day celebrations will
be the most successful In tho history
of Canton.
One of the most unique features of
the parade In the morning will be a
float, donated by the officials of Stark
county. The float will be In all prob
ability the most pleasing one In the
procession. It will be placed upon
a large wagon 8x12, and upon each
comer will be figures representing
Commerce, Manufacturing, Agricul
ture and Mining. The central figure
will be a reproduction of General
Stark and "Molly" Stark, the names
Bakes of tho county.
A number of prizes have been add
ed to make tho competition for tho
most presentable appearance in tho
parade, more exciting. A prize of $8
has been offered to the Canton local
turning out with the largest number
of men. The prizes in the horse ex
hibit as they stand amended are, $10
for the best team of draft horses; $5
for the best single horse; $5 for the
best harnessed horse; and $3 for the
owner having the largest number of
horses in Hue. The report of the com
mittee indicates that fully three hun
dred horses will be entered In the ex
hibit, .The badge committee reported the
receipt of badges for the officials of
the Central Labor Union, and the
members of the Labor Day executive
and sub-committees. The distribution
will be made soon.
S. Laviuson and William Horden
were'elected as additional members of
the reception committee.
Chief Marshal David T. Owens pre
sented the following report of the for
mation and resting places of the var
ious divisions of the Labor Day pa
rade: First division ,ln charge of Chief
Marshal David T. Owens, and Aids
Lelninger and Gordy. Form on West
Ninth street, left resting on South
Market street. Platoon of police;
city and county officials; ministers;
executive 'commltteo in carriages;
Grand Army band; Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen; machinists; Alli
ance and Salem visitors; Brewery
Workers' Union; Tailors Union.
Section division, headed by band, in
charge of Assistant Marshal J. R. Spl
del, aids, Joseph Horning and Jacob
Welshbacher. Form on Bast Ninth
streot, right resting on South Market
street. Plumbers' Union; Moulders'
Union; International Brotherhood of
Tin Plate Workers; Painters' Union,
Third division, in charge of Chief
Marshal George Weldman, aids, Ben
jamin Thomas and William Hlncy.
Form on West Eighth street, left rest
ing on South Market street. Dueber
Bugle Corps; Engravers' Union;
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers; Engineers'
Union; Printers' Union; Cigar Makers'
Union; Barbers' Union.
Fourth division, in charge of As
sistant Marshal J. E. Rlffer; aids, J.
L. Bauer, Albert Keller and Charles
Dill. Marine Band and floats, rest on
South Market, front to North street,
Work wagons and city employes form
on East Eighth street, right resting
on South Market street. Automobiles
form on South Market, facing north.
All participants are requested to re
port promptly at 9. a. m. There will
be a meeting of all the assistant mar-
The Canton-Actual Business College
has carefully outlined courses In Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typewriting,
Penmanship, Drafting and Common Branched.
The leading Bankers, Manufacturers, Merchants and Professional
Men endorse It and employ its graduates.
The Employment Department aids worthy qualified students to se
cure business positions.
The 32nd Annual Fall Opening of Day School is
Tuesday, Sept. 8; Night School, Monday, Sept. 14.
For Information as to courses and enrollment, call at College. If
this Is not cpuvenlent, write or telephone and wo will mall you a Cata
log, or If you prefer, will send our Ropretentativo to explain the courses
in detail,
J, J, Krlder, Pros,
J. B, Bowman, 8co.
Akron-Aetust Du!nM College under
AkrotyO,
shals and aids at the headquarters of
tho Labor Day executive "committee,
next Friday night, when final orders
will bo given. out by Chief Marshal
Owens. The athletic events scheduled
for the afternoon will take place at
Nimlslla pHrk, immediately after the
balloon ascension.
SERVERS RECEIVE
ANOTHER PROTEST
FROM EAST LAKE
Eighteen of the property holders on
East Lake street, east of tho bridge,
have sent a protest to the board of
public service against tho payment of
their assessments for the paving of
that portion of the street, which was
completed a yen ago. A similar pro
test was received from v3. M. Leggett,
former prosldont of the council, at a
recent meeting of that body. The
matter was roferred to the engineer.
Bids were also opened for the con
struction of house sewer connections
on North McKinley avenue and West
Fifth street, beforo the paving of these
streets is commenced. The bidders
were T. K. Turnbull, James Rlppeth,
W. 8. Young, Peter Chrlstianson, John
Skcoles, Mads Nelson and C. V. Som
mers. These bids wero ordered tab
ulated. THREATEN TROUBLE
AT YOUNGSTOWN
Youngstojvn, Sept. 1. As the result
of tho refusal of the union men of the
valley to march In the parade on Sept.
6, tho date of the Republican cam
paign opening hero, unless union
bands only are employed, trouble be
tween the union and non-union men
is promised.
There will be outsiders, in squads,
along tho line of march, who will at
tack the non-union marchers from tho
Carnegie Steel company. Some 1600
cf the Carneglo Steel company's men
will be in line.
The situation is said to bo serious
It is supposed to have been created,
as far as tho bands are concerned, by
orders of President Samuel Gompers,
of the American Federation of Labor.
All the union bands of the city and
within a radius of 50 miles have been
secured.
Carry Vermont by 25,918
Incomplete Returns
Show
FOSTER RE-ELECTED
Burlington, Vt., Sept. 1. With all
Vermont's 240 towns heard from with
13 exception, small and unimportant,
the total vote for different' parties
follows!
Republicans, 41,510; Democrats, 15,
101; Prohibitionists, 630; Socialists,
487; Independnt, 1012.
This makes the plurality for Prouty
and Mead, Republicans, over Burke,
Democrat, 25,918.
Burlington, Vt., Sept. 1. Incomplete
returns Indicate Republicans have
28,000 plurality.
The state tloket elected as follows:
Governor, General H. Prouty, of New
port; lleutentant govarnor, John A.
Mead, of Rutland; treasurer, Edward
H. Deavltt, of Montpeller; secretary of
state, Guy W. Bailey, of Essex; auditor
of accounts, Horace F. Graham, of
Cransbury; attorney general, John
G. Sargent, of Ludlow.
In tho first district David J. Fos
ter, of Burlington, Republican, was re
elected representative to congress by
a largo majority over Emlle Blass, of
Colchester, Democrat, and Edwin R
Towle, of Franklin, prohibition. A
corresponding victory waB won by
Frank Plumley, of Northfleld, Republi
can, in the second district.
Nlles Dominlck Russo, escaped
murderor, under arrest in Cartrldglo,
Italy.
328 North Market St., Oanton, O.
Stark Phone 1583; Bell Phono 1121-K.
same management, Hamilton Bulldlor.
"
N
AND SAFER8 GET
TOGETHER
Will Sell Bonds For New
Building
But State no Additional
Appropriations Will
be Made For Extras.
Local Products May
be Used For Plumbing.
The members of tho city council
and tho board of public safety held
a joint meeting In the council cham
ber Tuesday night and tho quostion
of selling $42,000 worth of city bonds
for the erection of tho new Central
flro and police station has beon agreed
to. All member sot the council with
the exception of Wliltmlre were in
actendance as wore the members of
tho board. Mayor Turnbull and Archi
tect Epperson were also present.
President Owen, of tho council, presid
ed and Clerk Loyd called tho roll. Dr.
E. S. Folk, the chairman of tho finance
committee, at whose instance the ses
sion was held, told of the object of the
meeting. He wanted the members of
the board present with all tho bids for
tho construction of the building.
When he made this statement Pres
ident Dunwoodie, of the safety board,
came forward from the spectators'
seats and presented Dr. Folk a copy
of all expenditures that had already
boen made by the board, Including tho
bids for the plumbing and electric wir
ing, which tho board had rejected at
a meeting held a short time previous.
Councilman Williams wanted to
know if porcelain lined plumbing was
to be cut out and enamel substituted.
He said that If ordinary plumbing
was substituted that at least $3000
could be saved, and that If Canton
materials could be used that there
would be another big saving.
Architect Epperson was asked about
certain matters and in turn asked per
mission of the president to make a
statement. He said that while tho
Motts company's work was used as a
standard to go by with the plumbers
bidding upon tho work that It did
not exclude Canton goods from being
used, as long as they wero equal.
Folk thought that home materalls
should have been specified as a stand
ard, while Epperson answered that all
architects used the Motts wares as
standards to bid on. Ho did not
claim that they were better than the
things made In Canton.
Aungst declared that the members
of tho board had exceeded their au
thority, as they had proceeded to tear
down the old engine house and erect
new temporary buildings without tho
consent of the council. Folk thought
that the council was as much to blame
for this as any one else and did not
blame the board to any groat extent.
Ho said that the couucllmen neglected
their duties when they did not stop
the board in tearing down the old
buildings and erecting the new ones.
He said that he was satisfied to issue
the $42,000 in bonds, making the total
amount to bo spent by the board $70,
000, as was agreed to formerly, but
that ho would never vote to pay for
any extras that the board might want
to run in. This seemed to meet the
approval of all oounollmen and Folk
Williams and Aungst signed the de
port favorable to selling the bonds,
every councilman voting to sustain
their report.
Tho safety board will now proceed
with tho work and the plumbing will
be roadvortlsed at once.
ARE SOLICITING
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR
NEW INDUSTRY
According to V, A. Dougherty, pres
ident of the board of trade, the can
vass for subscriptions to the fund for
tho purchase of a slto for the pro
posed new industry, will begin some
time this week, as soon as the com
mittee finds time to beglD the work.
Notes for tho subscribers have been
distributed to tho chairmen of the
various committees to appeal to the
people.
WHITACRE0VER
IN COLUMBIANA
Lisbon, O., Sept. 1. J. J. Whltacre,
Democratic nominee for congressman,
came over from AUIanse In his auto
this morning, and In company with
W. S. Potts and B, W. Honacy, the
latter the Democratic nomluee for
county auditor, and Editor T. H. Ar
nold of the Leetonla Reporter, start
ed over the western part of the coun
ty for a few dayo' canvass.
Cleveland Arthur O. Greonamyer,
of Leetonla, will bo Instructor In
chemistry at new technical high
school.
DE LUXE EDITION
OF ROOSEVELT
COST $6,600
New York, Sopt. 1 Justice Bicshoff,
sitting in Part I., special term of tho
supreme court, reserved decision to
day in the suit of Jesse Watson, a
lawyer of No. CO Wall street, to set
aside a judgment by which he is or
dered to pay $GG00, for a set of Presi
dent Roosevelt's books, 22 volumes In
tho sot.
The Keller Farmer Co. aro Watson's
judgment creditors. They allege they
sold an edition of de luxe of Roose
velt to the lawyer, he agreeing to pay
?350 down and $350 a month until tho
entire ?GG0O was paid.
Watson declares in his comrlalnt
that he paid $350 down and $350 a
month until May, 1908, when $1050
had been paid. Then, he says he dis
covered that the books were not what
they had been represented, whereup
on ho offered to return them. The of
fer was refused.
HANDED TEDDY ONE
Toledo, O., Sept. 1. In his speech
at the dedication of the Fort Meigs
monument at Perrysburg, today, Sen
ator J. B. Foraker O. K.'d so-called
imperialism and handed President
Roosevelt a nasty slap about inter
fering with oilier branches of tho
government.
Dropped in the Woods
and the Three Occu
pants Injured
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
Niagara Falls, N. Y. Sept. 1 Pilot
A. L. Mueller and Gerald Gregory,
eighteen and Percy Gregory, sixteen,
of Columbus, Ohio, were Injured this
afternoon when the balloon Vllle do
DIoppo landed here because of an ac
cident to the gas bag.
The balloon, which left Columbus
Monday night equipped with ten days'
provisions, passed over the eastern
part of this city about 2:30 this after
noon. The gas was escaping and in pass
ing over the New York Central freight
yards the basket struck a freight car
injuring the occupants. All three
were vory excited and spoke very In
coherently. Tho balloon continued, but soon aft
erward parted from tho basket, which
landed In tho New York Central cut
at Devil's Hofe. The balloon dropped
in the woods at Devoe College. Tho
injured men wore brought to the hos
pital hero.
Captain Mueller has a badly sprain
ed back and scalp wounds, Gerald
Gregory, scalp wounds, and Perry
Gregory's back is badly wrenched and
his ankle sprained.
Columbus, Sept. 1. Captain August
F. Mueller, a pilot, sailed from this
city last night in the balloon Vllle de
Dieppe in an attempt to break the
balloon record for distance and time
of flight.
Perry Gregory, aged 16, and Gerald
Gregory, aged 18, sons of Charles B.
Gregory, of Chicago, owner of the
balloon, wero passengers In the car
11
12
At a meeting of the board of deputy
supervisors of elections for Stark
county held yesterday morning at 10
o'clock, final action was taken on the
sub-division of tho four war n Mas
stllon into twelve precinct r regis
tration and voting. Thr 7 vision of
tho three wards was ar" d as was
published. No protest- j re received
from the citizens of 7 Hlon. Noth
ing definite was doi wards the ap
pointment of regl .-s for Canton
and Masslllon. M of the lists havo
been completed ' tvill not bo given
out for pnbllcau. until all the ap
pointments have been made for each
and every precinct.
The board received petitions from
the voters from Midway precinot, Lako
township and from Paris precinct,
Paris township, praying that the pre
cincts be divided into two precincts.
They were both filed and hoarlngs of
samu will take plaoo Saturday, Sep
tember 12, at 2 o'olock.
Bids for the furnishing of the reg
istration books were received from the
RugglesGale company, of Columbus;
Johnston & Watson, of Dayton, and
tho Stark Bindery Cc., of this city.
Tho Stark Blndeiy Co. secured the
contract for the furnishing of the 55
sets of registration books at a cost of
$3.30 a set, they boing the lowest bid
ders. Those present at tho meeting wero
Election Supervisors Kauffman, Pon
tius and McOulloch, Clerk Sbauf and
Assistant Clerks Slblla and Ayera, ot
Masslllon, and Zlnk, ot Canton.
Wauseon Burglaru dynamited safe
at Fair store and got away tvtth $35.
.'.