Evening Independent (Newspaper) - February 2, 1926, Massillon, Ohio Business Which can pull through with out advertising can flourish tri with its aid It the columns of The Evening Inde pendent are used THE LATEST NEWS RECEIVED THE ASSOCIATED WIRES THE EVENING INDEPENDENT FOR 63 YEARS THE NEWSPAPER OF MASSILLON AND VICINITY V IB Berth wd cloudy la Bight portion to VOL XXXIX NO 261 MASSILLON OHIO TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2 1926 FOURTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO AUTHORIZE CANAL LAND LEASE TO WIDEN N ERIE Negro Slayer Sent To Gallows In Speedy Trial ORDERED EXECUTED MARCH 8 PLEADS GUILTY Ed Harris Admits Attack on Woman and is Sentenced be Hanged Trial Lasts Only Fifteen Minutes LEXINGTON Feb 2 Ed Harris pleaded guilty here today to an attack on Mrs Clarence Bryant whose husband and two children he had confessed to murdering and was sentenced to he hanged Friday March 5 in the Fay otte county jail yard The trial lasted exactly 1C min utes It was one of the speediest trials in the history of the county Prosecuting Attorney Kemper elected to try the defendant on the charge growing out of his attack on Mrs Bryant here January 19 Con viction in this case carried the pen alty of hanging Charges against the negro for the murder of Mr Bryant and the two children were not called The negro had been brought here early today from the state reforma tory at Frankfort in an automobile while a national guard officer rode in armored tank and not until after arrival here did anyone save a few officers of the national guards men on duty know that an officer and not the negro was in the tank The courtroom was crowded but there was no demonstration what ever when the jury returned its ver dict The negro was whisked away immediately after the trial made no defense Centennial Jo Be Everybodys Centennial Slogan Centennial is to be every bodys Centennial This was the policy outlined at the city hall by Mayor Irving Ferrell Tuesday aft when he conferred with a group of invited advisors regarding plans for the celebration here this year of the 100th an of the founding of the city by James Duncan In carrying out this policy the mayor an that beginning today he would mail to organizations interested in the wel fare of Massillon a letter inviting them to designate to act on the mayors Centennial Advisory Committee Among the organizations addressed by the mayor were Massillon Womans club the American Legion Rotary club Kiwanis club Exchange club Community Players Daughters of the American Revolution H R Gorrell superintendent of schools Re tail Merchants association and Automobile Dealers association Members of the committee named by Mayor Ferrell were Irving Ferrell chair man Charles Gordon FJ Griffiths C E Mrs F O Humberger jr CL Baatz S G Edgar Clarence P Burkhart Herbert Whitman E F Reinoehl P L Hunt J J Bernstein and H H Ross The mayor today conferred with D W Case secretary of the chamber of com merce and compiled a list of organizations very similar in character to that prepared for the Massillon Welfare Federation cam Mayor Ferrell was very much pleased with the response he received to his invita tions to a group of citizens to meet with him and take first steps toward launching the Centennial celebration project Keen inter est was manifested by all those present and it is expected that the support of the citizen ship in efforts to make the celebration inter esting to Massillon and surrounding coun try is assured No attempt was made at the Monday aft meeting to arrange any details the mayor centering his efforts first upon estab lishing a general organization which would reach every unit devoted to the welfare of the community A general meeting of the advisory com to perfect organization will be held at the Y W C A cafeteria February 8 at 6 oclock when the Committee will dine to gether THREE SEEK Spring Is Near Says Mr PORTION OF Groundhog Much Annoyed BIG ESTATE APPROVAL VOTED BY 6 YOUTHFUL TIRE THIEVES SENT TO GRAND JURY Forest Walter ot Atwater street and Paul of Columbus street arrested Monday by police on charges of stealing automobile tires and other automobile equipment to day were bound over to the grand jury on charges of grand larceny fol lowing their arraignment before Judge Kaley in municipal court Morris Roskin and John Statsky charged with buying stolen property also were arraigned Walter entered a plea of guilty and his bond was fixed at A plea ot not guilty was entered for Sonnhalter and his bond fixed at 5100 According to information re by authorities Sonnhalter was not implicated in the to the same extent as Walter Roskin and Statsky who accord ing to police purchased stolen prop erty from the youths entered pleas of nnt guilty when arraigned Their bonds were fixed at each and Roskins trial set for February 0 at oclock Several tires and some recovered by Patrolmen Skolmutch and Krieger who conducted the in ation have been to A tire stolen from C 3 of West Main street was returned T P 313 North Prospect street recovered a tire and dine wheel Ed of 1823 West Main street a tiro spot light and flash light and Charles Crofut of 408 Third street a tire Some of the property has not yet been returned High Tide Plays Havoc On Coast Of California t SANTA MONICA Feb 2 highest tide in nine years con today to lash the coast of southern California The heavy surf pounded to pieces 10 beach cottages In the Santa Monica bay region yes and last night The death of two seamen was attributed to the storm MOTHER AND 2 CHILDREN fiR KILLED Feb 2 A mother death in Tygart creek near Warnock i2 miles west of Portsmouth late yes when the wagon in which they were riding overturned and threw them into the water Edward Webb the husband and father es caped by Mrs Webb and her son William aged seven were drowned and Rob ert aged 18 months was crushed to death under the wagon Charles Corey Will Address Kiwanians C T Corey vice president of a laundry company will ad dress tho Kiwanis club at a lunch con Wednesday noon on Crippled and Underprivileged Mr has mado tho study of Ilio underprivileged child his hobby Himself left an orphan at an early he knows the handicap an im child hao OF COLUMBUS Family Party Cards and Dancing tor nil K of C mid their families Thursday night Feb 4 K of C club Whats Amber For 10 Days Layoff If Police Dont Know Special to The Independent CANTON Feb any of my men dont know what the amber traf fic signal light means Ill lay them off for 10 days They ought to be fired If they dont This was tho ultimatum issued by Chief of Police S A Lengel late Monday afternoon following the re port that several citizens came to the police headquarters seeking cor rect information and were told by the police that they themselves didnt AH patrolmen were called in one by one by Capt Robert Patterson and asked what traffic should do when the amber light showed It rumored that anyone who didnt know would he laid off for 10 days I find that my men are fairly well Capt Patterson de clared MOTOR DEALERS NAME OFFICERS F L Hicks of the Hicks Motor Car company was elected president of the Massillon Automobile Dealers association at an organization meet ing and luncheon Monday noon at the Y M C A The association was organized sometime ago but no per manent officers chosen until Mon day Other officers elected by the trus tees were Samuel Lonas of the company vice dent Wade Strohaker of the Ford Agency company treasurer and D W Case managing secretary of the chamber of commerce secretary Trustees elected are Cloyd Wag ner Mr E F Boss Mr Hicks and J E Geoghan Promotion and welfare of the an business and service to au owners and operators is the purpose of the organization MASSILLON DRUG WE GIVE DOUBLE STAMPS EVERY WEDNESDAY WITH YOUR Join our Club Massillon Sav Loan SPECIAL FOR FEBRUARY Shampoo free with every marcel in bobbed hair ants Barber Beauty Shop Base ment of Meal Bldg Dial SALARY BOOST DRAWS VETOE WARREN Feb 2 The Warren Borough council next week will be called upon to act on a recommendation of the bur gess Dr Leroy E Chapman that his salary be reduced from 300 a year as proposed by council to Dr Chapman elected as the poor mans last night vetoed an ordinance carrying the higher figure on grounds of econ omy Empty Bus Is Wrecked Today In Collision Special to The Independent CANTON Feb passenger bus owned by the Dutt Transit of Canal Fulton and driven by Frank Koontz was in North Can ton this morning in a collision with a truck owned by The Lorain Car tage Co and driven by Elmer Ma loney The bus had just taken a load of workmen from Canal Fulton to the Hoover plant at North Canlon and was returning empty Lights on tho truck had burned out and the driver had fastened an oil lantern to the front Koontz said that he thought the light was car ried by a pedestrian and drove too close to the truck When he tried to his machine skidded The side was ripped from the bus but no one was injured Blames Engineer For Ten Deaths WASHINGTON Feb 2 ure of Engineer Carroll to observe indications ot automatic stop signals was the main cause of the vania railroad wreck at Junction last November in 10 persons were killed safety tors reporter today to the interstate commerce commission SAYS COLLIE KILLED SELF CHICAGO Feb 2 collie aristocrat once heir with three other dogs to is dead committed suicide his keeper believes His body was found hanging by his tether from tho roar porch of a home Three years ago Laddie was owned by Mrs Margaret Howard who on her death provided that of her estate should Be devoted to the support of Laddie Minerva and two other puppies WE WISH TO ANNOUNCE the consolidation ot the ants Barber Beauty Shop with the Marguerite Beauty Shoppe and same will be known as the Barber Beauty Shop Basement of Ideal Bldg Dial NEW TRIAL IS SOUGHT CLEVELAND Feb 2 Kirbys attorneys began their battle to absolve the former Cleveland Dis count company president of his fed eral court conviction with the filing today of a motion for a new trial while Kirby was spending his third day in county jail awaiting investi gation by a federal grand jury of al jury tampering charges in connection with his recent trial Attorneys for Kirby in the petition declared that Federal Judge John M Killits who presided over the case and ordered Kirby jailed had ed the province of the jury and had attempted to coerce the jury in his charges APPEALS JUDGE IS NEAR DEATH MANSFIELD Feb 2 Frank N Patterson 63 of the court of appeals is in a critical condition at Ashland where he underwent a serious operation last Thursday Specialists in charge of the case say he may live only a few hours Hear Pianist Venzo Grant a well known pianist of Navarre gave a piano recital at the chapel exercises at LorinAn drews junior high school this morn ing The recital included a number of selections which have been uset in a music memory contest now be ing conducted in the public schools PETITION FILED Three Women be Daughters of Late W A Clark Copper King Start Court Action BUTTE Feh 2 women claiming to be daughters ot the late W A Clark Cornier United j States senator from Montana have risen to ask for a portion of the I copper kings millions In a petition filed in court late yesterday to put forth their claims as Clarks legitimate daughters they declare they were unintentionally omitted from his will and ask the court to set aside an order recently entered admitting the document to probate Details of their claim to the estate are not contained in the petition The women are named as Alma E Clark Hines Effie Clark McWilliams and Addle L Clark Miller Attorneys for the estate disclaim j any knowledge of the women Clark died in New York March 2 1925 leaving an estate valued at about Under his will the estate was distributed to his widow Mrs Anna E Clark two sons and three daughters various chari ties friends and distant relatives The three women seeking tion of the will were not named COURT AFFIRMS MARKU DECISION Special to The Independent CANTON Feb of Nick Marky on a charge of second offense liquor violation was affirmed by the court of appeals according to a notation on the courts docket Opinions of the court have not been flied although it is said that most of them are ready and being held only for the approval ot Judge Louis B Houck Habeas corpus action of Anna Selk to obtain her release from the work house was dismissed and the error proceedings of David Alkins con of first degree murder and Pete Chingos convicted of assault and battery were held under advise ment It is expected that the formal opinions will be filed in a few days NEW PLANS TO END STRIKE PHILADELPHIA sumption of the anthracite wage con ference today after a weekend re cess found the negotiators facing a blank wall so far as definite plans for settling the strike were con cerned Feb Ho laconically replied C Hound Hog today in an exclusive interview granted The Evening Morning Noon and Night today upon the occasion of his annual appearance from his winter home when reporters sought to get his opinion upon tho probable duration of winter as related to the coining of spring This ancient is getting on my ho snorted See my press Banana Oil Mr Hogs press agent supplied each correspondent with a handsomely engraved sheet of fools cap containing the following SUSPEND RULES G Round Hog touted and weather bureau export la day declared that ho was highly pleased with the trend of the er and indicated that the would ably not return to his winter This Is Mr Hogs means of inform ing tho public that spring is near He declared however that should Service Director Ordered to Enter Into Contract With State for Eleven and a Half Foot Strip on East The first step in a tho sun Appear he would return der consideration for some widen North Erie street from North Winter Haven and remain there Cor six more weeks probably returning some time in March Should this event Hog continued spring would be council under suspension of rules j street to West Cherry Mr taken Monday evening the city Cerred during the Mr Ground Hog Didnt See His Shadow He Died CADIZ Feb 2 aid to observe Mr Groundhog today have gone astray here A steam shovel stripping coal near Adena last week turned up a sleeping groundhog Workmen tried to thaw him out but he remained in a state of semicoma They then conceived the idea of putting him in a cellar and keeping him un der observation until today to see how much of a weather prophet he was Yesterday however un able to acclimate himself he dropped into a sleep from which no groundhog ever stirs FOR CIT KING SEES PEACE IN LOCARNO OPENS PARLIAMENT British Ruler Expresses Hope In Pacific Effect of World Disarmament Asks Coop to period of his lassol legislation authorizing the j service director to enter into a lease with the state of Ohio for the city to use tor street and sewer pur poses a strip of land along the east bank of the Ohio canal from a point a short distance north of North street to Cherry street for the pur pose of widening North Erie street The strip of canal land to be leased is about 11 and a half feet wide and will enable the city to make North Erie street from North to Cherry 57 and a half feet between property lines The lease came up before the pres ent council for the first time a week ago last night but no action was taken when a motion to rules was voted down favoring the lease again brought the measure up last night and of the legislative present it was passed under sion of rules all members it with the exception of Councilman C C Miller who opposed pension of rules and passage of Eestore Pros LONDON Feb parliament with a 2 speech Crom the CAR STOLEN An automobile touring car belong ing to Richard Krier was stolen Monday afternoon from East Main street according to a report receiv ed by police A boulevard system is the latest plan for beautifying Massillon to be suggested by the Massillon Real Es tate Board and in consequence the planning committee at a luncheon Monday pledged its support to the city planning commission to foster the project The committee also agreed to aid the city in any way possible to solve the problems at tending the annexation of new terri tory The committee on legislation also recommended that the board endorse efforts now being made to secure an official building code President P E McAllister told board members that the citys rap idly increasing colored population was creating a certain housing short age and declared that a proper solu tion of the problem was becoming a necessity He also urged that the board support the Tuscarawas River Flood Conservation District being fostered by the chamber of com merce The meeting next Monday will be given over entirely to a discussion of the viaduct question which has claimed the attention of chamber of commerce committees and city com mission for the last two years 190 Local Youths Enrolled In Massillon Boy Scout Council Massillon Council of Boy Scouts i has a total enrollment of 417 youths enrolled in seven local troops and 227 members of troops in near by towns and under the jurisdiction of the local council These figures were submitted to the membership of the council at that annual dinner and meeting Mon day noon at tho Y W C A cafe teria banquet room by Scout Execu tive Ira R Robinson Local troops are Troop 1 First Reformed church Troop 2 St Tim Episcopal church Troop 3 St Marys Catholic church Troop 4 Wesley Methodist church Troop 5 Second Presbyterian church Troop 6 First Christian church and Troop 7 First Methodist church Ten out side troops affiliated with the local council are at Canal Fulton Justus New Philadelphia and Dover Scout Executive Robinson reported that the local enrollment consisted of four Eagla three life KNIGHTS OF MALTA Have moved to B of R T hall on East Charles St and hereafter will meet every Thursday evening at p scouts twenty star scouts four first class scouts fortythree second class and 116 tenderfoot During the past year two courts of honor were conducted here and three scouts elevated to the rank of Eagle scout two to life and five to star scout ranking One hundred and eleven merit badges were award ed At a court of honor dinner at New Philadelphia fiftytwo merit badges were awarded two scouts promoted to star scout rank and one to life scout honor Ninetyfour scouts and twelve lead ers attended the annual camp per iod last summer at Camp Mason Turkeyfoot lake according to the report The report shows that meals were served at an average cost of 31 cents each No or injury at camp were reported One hundred and sixtyeight boys spent on Page 2 Column 6 Bread lOc a loaf and 3 for Hilly Cash and Curry Bakery 209 W Main MASSILLON DRUG WE GIVE DOUBLE STAMPS EVERY WEDNESDAY WITH YOUR Sues W L E For Damages Special to The CANTON Feb Lomady has filed suit in common pleas court against the Wheeling Lake Erie Railroad asking damages for injuries received in a grade cross ing accident He says he was driving through Navarre when a train struck him and inflicted permanent injuries He charges the train passed through the village at excessive speed and that no given of its approach Cope Hart are attorneys for the plaintiff Senate Hurries Tax Measures WASHINGTON Feb 2 senate plunged Into a sixhour ses sion today in an effort to hasten con sideration of tho income surtax rate for the tax reduction and thus make surer a final vote before the weeks end SELLING OUT SHOE STOCK Our entire stock of Mens Work and Dress Shoes now on sale at prices below factory cost Will de vote my entire time to shoe repair ing Goo Busch 334 Penn PERMANENT Special for February Barber Beauty Shop Basement ot Ideal Bldg Dial throne today King George expressed belief that the Locarno agreement had paved the way for a further ster in the direction of armed limitation He announced the British govern ment was arrive at a settlement with Turkey on the Mosul question and rejoiced that his gov had been able to arrives at a agreement with Italy Touching on domestic affairs lie appealed for cooperation from all parties to reduce the widespread un employment and bring about a re turn oC good trade and prosperity Police Contend Man Died From Drinking Heat to The Independent CANTON Feb mystery was attached Tuesday to the death of a man identified as Hur ley age 47 whose body was found late Monday afternoon near the United Alloy Coroner T C McQuate today was investigating circumstances sur rounding the death and probing the theory advanced that he was poison ed by canned When the body was discovered Hurley was believed to have been frozen to death and his body lain unnoticed for three or four days This theory wag scouted however when severa men who had worked with Hurley on the Bayard cutoff being built by the Pennsylvania rail road near Louisville identified him at the Welch undertaking establish ment Monday night and declared they had seen him alive Monday morning Hurley was working with us at 11 Monday one of them told the undertaker and thats the last we saw of At Mon day afternoon the undertaker had the body Canned heat was advanced by po lice as one theory of the cause of death since Hurley was said to have been seen near a canned heat shack Special police at the United Alloy discovered Hurleys body and noti fied Canton police headquarters measure on the ground that not thoroughly acquainted with proposition The matter of securing from the state as well as a number of other strips of land to be used in the v extension of streets that now tennin ate in dead ends at the canal bank was taken up by the former council which went out of office at the of last year Most of the negotiations for the leases were GeorgeT Crawford then president of the council and late last year Mri Crawford finally succeeded in getr ting the consent of the state a strip of land off the east bank of the canal to widen Erie f The programme was put through so late in the year that it was de to let it go over for final ac tion by the new council v 4 At present North Erie street I rows down considerably from street north It is one of the citys principal thoroughfares of and citizens for some time have been of the opinion that if sible canal land should be leased tp widen the street which is by automobile At present the city for construction of sidewalks west side of the street By from the state a strip 11 and a halt feet wide from near West Cherry street it will increase the width of the street and vide for sidewalks on the west Leases already have been to private interests for the use pf canal land for the erection ot ings and it was said at the council meeting that unless the city vantage of the opportunity of ing the 11 and a half foot strip the state would lease air the canal land to private interests and the chance of widening Erie street would be lost The lease to be entered Into will be for a period of 15 years mission to renew at the of that time Councilman Cecil saW that unless the city took advantage of the opportunity of leasing canal land now the state probably would lease it to private interests and the city would never be tor secure it Councilman Allen also urged passage of the legislation the lease while Mr Craw ford called upon by the gave a detailed report of the steps which led up to securing the As a consideration for the strip of canal land it was said the will carry a provision that tHe city will turn over to the state a portion PLANS SPORTS STADIUM CHICAGO Feb 2 Revised plans for a building costing 000 and capable of seating have been announced by Paddy Har mon Chicagos sport promoter Ground for the building which would be constructed as a stadium with five balconies for hold Ing ice hockey matches skating tour as well as boxing and wrestling matches would next month Another tomorrow at FOR SALE S months old male German Police Puppy Markings black and gray Housebroke Price reasonable Inquire at Sarbin Apt 4 Canal Ad Continued on Page 2 MAN HURT IN RAIL WRECK Fred Page of 719 Park street brakeman and George Marchand ot Brewster fireman were among the injured in the wreck of a fait Wheeling and Lake Erie freight train at which t fatal to Charles H ductor of Monday morn t Page was riding on when tho accident occurred and an injury to a knee and minor hurts It were of a minor nature Both were able to return evening NOTICE KNIGHTS OF Family Party Cards and for all K of O and night K of G
