Evening Independent (Newspaper) - July 20, 1926, Massillon, Ohio Put Your Rent Money Into Your Own Home Read the Columns for exceptional values In REAL ESTATE THE THE LATEST NEWS RECEIVED Hllf ASSOCIATED FOR THE PAST 63 YEARS THE NEWS PAPER OF MASSILLON AND VICINITY Generally fair and continued tonight Wednesday showers and thunder storms loll lowed by cooler weather afternoon and night if m VOL XL NO 97 ESTABLISHED 1863 MASSILLON OHIO TUESDAY JULY 20 1926 SIXTEEN PAGES TWO CENTS SLAYER SUSPECTS NAMED BY UNDERWORLD MAYOR AND COUNCIL STAGE WORD BATTLE ACTION IS BATTLE CRY OF FERRELL WORDS FLY FAST Chief Executive Assails Coun cil for Alleged Slow Move ment While Legislator Fires Back at Administra tion Mother Is 15 Dad h 52 Word battles that followed each other in rapid succession a denun of the city council by Mayor rving Ferrell who charged tue leg body with being slow a counter attack by B B Allen pre siding officer who scored the admin and championed the actions of the council and a free and plain spoken flow of oratory that lasted from the time the city fathers went into session until after 10 oclock featured the regular meeting of the council Monday evening Not much legislative action was taken by the council laet night but a tremendous lot of words were tossed back and forth on the lent waters of the city administra tion as the executive and legislative branches of the city government ar rayed against each other in battle alignment paraded around with chips on their shoulders and got a lot of things off their chests The peaceful calm of one of the hottest July nights in years was shattered when Mayor Irving Ferrell rose to his feet and in no uncertain terms raked the council from top to bottom for its alleged lack of action In passing legislation of importance to the city The chest quite a number of thing which have been rankling the chief executive for some time past But hardly had he resumed his seat before Councilman Allen acting as president in the absence of Pres ident W O Leisy was on his feet firing right back at the mayor and telling him a few of the reasons why members were of the MASSILLON MAY FIGURE IN MURDER SLATER HERE Detective in City Monday Afternoon Confers With Police Chief In formation is Given Out PROMISED SHOWERS MA Y BRING RELIEF Pastor Slayer Mrs Alice Loggren fifteen posed for the first time with her Jr The married her guardian August Loggren fiftytwo weal thy Plainfield N J awning king lees than a year ago opinion that the council should be a deliberate body and not pass any legislation until after it was certain It would bring the desired results That little tilt between the mayor and the councils presiding officer apparently was the torch which was needed to set off the balance of the fireworks and from then on until the meeting finally adjourned with everybody limp and willing to admit they had had enough the atmos phere was charged with electricity The Battle Starts It all started when an ordinance to authorize the city solicitor to pur chase for the city a tract of two acres on the John Paul farm In the north end the city as a site for new garbage disposal plant came up for third reading and final action The ordinance author the solicitor not to pay more than 51000 an acre for the two acres and it has been before the leg body for over a month Attorney P A Kuhn former solicitor was the gentleman who Continued on Page 13 Column 1 Will Cut Weeds On Vacant Lots Then Bil City workmen will he Instructor Wednesday morning to al weeds on vacant lots according to Harry H Homer service director Director Horner several weeks ngo Issued an order to property owners to cut all weeds on vacan lota In the city warning them thn if such was not done the city would do so Horner said that the city has an ordinance granting the power to his department to cu weeds on lots The owner of thi property will then he sent a tmt if such la not promptly paid th cost will be assessed on the fax duplicate Weeds nre not only unsightly ac cording to Horn or hut are alao a menace to health LUNCH BOX Fresh Cherry Raspberry an Apple Pie Cinnamon Cak nml Cup Cakes Lunches served o packed for Wellman St or dial NOTICE W J Notter Candy Co has mov ed to their now location 17 Eas Plum street opposite the Postoffice Dial SELLING OUT SHOE STOCK Our entire stock of Mens Wor and Dress Shoos now on sale a prices helow factory cost Will de vote my entire time to dime Ing Goo Busch 334 Penn The setup of centen ial celebration commemorating the itys 100th birthday is under full way and there will be no letup in lans and preparations until the observance begins with a service Sunday eve ing September 5 at Sippo park Impetus to the programme of B E lelm centennial director was given ast Mayor Irving Fer ella finance committee authorized he centennial director to go for vard with his plans Mr Helm has established head quarters at 10 Mill street and t is his desire and also that of the committees that all who are interested in participating in any of the centennial events call at in order that all details of the mardi gras festivity may be worked out as quickly as possible The first industrial bullet ns to manufacturing concerns and business establishments have been by Grand Marshal Carl ZepP ind from responses already received his promises to be one of the great est pageants ever heldin this part of the state The Ideal company was the first to file entry for the parade and Carl Hess Inc was a close sec ond Mr Zepp asks that all entries made as soon as possible so that all plans may be properly developed A meeting of all representatives of fraternal organizations will be held at centennial headquarters Monday at oclock to work out details for the fraternal parade COPS RUN AMUCK 8 Okla July 20 Four persons were shot and wound ed two seriously and eight others were severely clubbed by two Musko gee officers who early today became crazed by liquor obtained in raids and ran amuck in three hotels The officers Paul Davis a deputy sheriff and Ves Cormack city de ran about the halls of the hotels battering down doors and fir Ing at guests as they lay in bed That evidence which may be se cured here by Detective Ora Slater of Cincinnati and local authorities may aid in running down the slayer of Don R Mellet Canton Daily News publisher who was killed by the bullet from an assassins gun early ast Friday morning became known following a conference here Monday afternoon between Detec tive Slater and Chief of Police E M Ertle Slater famous Cincinnati detec tive who gained considerable pres tige when he secured a confession from Jake Nesbitt that he killed his young wife in Troy last February has been placed in charge of an in being conducted by the county through Stark County Prose cutor C B McClintock Since arriving in Canton Slater has been working day and night run ning down information and leads which may solve the mystery sur rounding the publishers murder and the identity of the gunman who fired the shot which snuffed out his life Chief Ertle today would not give out any information concerning his conference with Detective Slater He said that Slater came to lon to confer with him but further than that the chief was silent Canton this morning declared that Massillon might hare been the base from which the slayer or slayers oE Mellett operated dur ing the days prior to the killing Slater is quoted as saying that he found many interesting things in Massillon but he has not revealed any of the information he secured here Warren also figures in the Mellett investigation Canton police and de are in Warren today in an effort to gain information about an automobile which might have car ried the slayer from Canton after the crime CITY HELD IN GRIP OF MERCURY RISES Temperature Rises to 93 De grees at 1 Oclock Today Setting Heat Record for Summer Dr Frank Fort Worth minister was released on bail after he shot and killed W B Chipps He said Chipps threat ened to kill him when he came to complain about Morris ser mons attacking his friends To Wed Tex Massillon continued to swelter and boil today under the hot rayi of the sun Weather observers found t several degrees warmer today than Monday when summer heat records wero broken At 1 oclock today the eter showed a temperature of 93 de grees while tlie mercury stood at 89 degrees Monday afternoon at the same time Hundreds of citizens Monday sought the cooling waters of nearby lakes while others went to the parks The temperature dropped slight ly during the night but this morning the mercury was making a bid Cor 87 degrees at 10 oclock Some relief however is in sight to the weatherman who predicts thunder showers are due Wednesday but from all indications and unless there is some unexpected relief tonight is going to be another uncomfortable one for inside sleepers Its lucky the Massillon police force is not engaged in a great mur der hunt for there would certainly a necessity of calling off the be When their ammunition exhausted they heat their became victims and smashed windows and fixtures Fellow officers were forced to shoot Davis several times to overpower him His condition is critical Carmack was earily subdued and placed in jail Several other persons are believed to have been injured but had not re ported to police Centennial Fund Pledges Received Pledges to the centennial fund to finance 100th birthday party next September continue to be received daily at centennial head quarters Donors announced today were Dr J S Williams Daughters of American Revolution the E J Motor Supply company A Crone company and Kammer and Ertle Ohio Lauded By Donahey In Address At Centennial FISHER BOUND TO GRAND JURY Jack Fisher Dover business man arrested on a charge of ter following an accident on Philadelphia road a week ago last Sunday in which Mrs Emma Croninger of South Mus kingum street was killed Monday afternoon was arraigned in Canton municipal court before Judge Sny der Fisher entered a plea of not guilty and was bound over to the grand jury The charge against Fisher was filed by Stark County Coroner T C McQuate who following an investi gation of the accident charged Fisher with responsibility for the crash STOLEN MESSENGER SHOT ST LOUIS July 20 or six robbers today shot and wounded Sandy Morgan a negro messenger of the City Trust company when he resisted a holdup and escaped in an automobile with Witnesses say at least five shots were fired GANG RAID ON BOOZE REVEALED SEIZE FIRE CHIEF PHILADELPHIA July 20 Donahey Ohio traced the growth of the Buck eye state in his address today dedicating the Ohio building at the sesquicentennial exposi tion With the Ohio school chil dren winners of essays entitling them to the trip the governor and his party visited Dry Cleaning Co Best Service in town Morgan Stewart Dial Dance Oak Knoll SPECIAL FOR JULY Shampoo and Marcel Per manent Waving 1200 Shoppe dial 6438 Expert work guar WE MASSILLON DRUG GIVE DOUBLE STAMPS EVERY WEDNESDAY WITH YOUR ence Hall before proceeding to the building sons and daughters have distinguished themselves In all walks of life in our own state and throughout the world the governor said Statesmen teachers soldiers preachers and outstanding figures in every branch of social and Industrial life are found upon the pages of Ohio history These men and women are the greatest of which our state can boost THE BEE HIVE STORE Tomorrow Is Double Stamp Day Stamps combined with the July Clearance Sale offers un usual values to thrifty Wednesday SPECIAL FOR JULY Shampoo free with every 100 marcel In bobbed hair ants Barber Beauty Shop Base ment or Ideal Bldg Dial Are Given Approval NEW YORK July 20 New terms offered by the Van Swerin gens for inclusion of the Pere Mar quette railway in the Nickel plate merger were approved by the tors today upon recommendation o a special subcommittee WHITNEY REED STROLLER Splendid condition Phone 4433 DANCE AT SMILE IN on Hills and Dales Road every Wed and Saturday night Music bj the original Blue Moon Serenaders WANTED Beauty operator Beaut Shoppe 523 S Mill St Dial 7642 o SUGAR BOWL SPECIAL Fresh made Cream Almonda lb all this Bread lOc a loaf and 3 for Billy Boyles Cash and Carry 200 W Main hunt during bed time hours tonight so that plenty of officers would be available to direct traffic on the Millersburg road for thats the cool Continued on page 2 column 4 DETECTIVE WORKING ON PROBE IS PUSHED George V Armstrong An other Cincinnati Detectives Arrives in Canton to Aid in Mellett Murder gation Tex sports promoter said he was engaged to Maxine Hodges an actress He is fifty six He said slie was twenty four Arrest Man For Gangsters Cart Away 360 Cases of Beer and Ale Con by Fairview Vil lage Police last Friday CLEVELAND July 20 Sams dry raiders sud den curiosity today in connection with a spectacular raid by 11 gang sters friendly to a west side speak on the Fairview village police md fire station and their seizure and carting away of 360 cases of confiscated beer and ale The 11 each of whom carried a rifle shotgun or pistol forced the fire bed in the village building and unlock the basement cell block where the beer was stored and then aid them in loading the cases onto a truck and two automobiles This took place Saturday morn ing but was kept a carefully guard ed secret by order of Mayor Zin ner of Fairview until it was un covered today The contraband beer and ale were seized last Friday by raiders work ing out of the court of Mayor Zin ner Damaging Street Motorcycle Officer Max Kelso to day arrested Albert Keller of R F D No 7 Canton for driving a trac tion engine over the asphalt pave ment in this city without a permit According to the officers report the traction engine was driven Wal nut street to Edgewater street mak ing heavy impressions in the warm asphalt Keller was not arraigned this morning IS GRILLED IN PITTSBURGH TINDER ARREST COLUMBUS July 20 Warden Preston E Thomas of the Ohio pen does not think tha plot to slay Don R Mellett Can ton publisher was evolved be hind the walls of the prison He branded such conjectures as ridi today and asserted that he thought Detective Ira Slater was putting out the information to get the newspaper men oft his heels while he works on some other clues Harry Turner and lias Canton are serving sen in the penitentiary Mel lett had assumed sole responsi for sending them there Thomas said he has not heard from Slater he had done no checking up on the case Plats Approved By Commission The city planning commission met Monday afternoon and approved an amendment to the Edgewater park the Thomas addition on the Millersburg road the Bergold addition on the road at and approved va cation of the Warren court plat and a alley near the Lorin An drews school for use in building the Lorin Andrews junior high school athletic field Authorities Check Story of Greek Lieu tenant Says There are Dis in Alibi PITTSBURGH July 20 IP There are many discrepancies in the alibi of George alias George the Greek Lieutenant Conners head of the Pittsburgh police homicide squad declared today on his return from Canton where he conferred with investigators of the slaying of Don R Mellett Canton Daily News publisher killed Friday morning Conners appeared in common pleas court that be held without bail until his whereabouts at the time of the slaying can be checked further Attorney Sam S Rosenberg appeared before Common Pleas Judge Joseph M Sweringen and obtained a writ of habeas corpus seeking release He said that was being un justly and unlawfully held The writ was made returnable tomorrow Continued on Page 2 Column B Lumber Dealer To Address Club I F Mellinger prominent Leetonia lumber dealer will address the local Kiwanis club at a luncheon meeting Wednesday at the Y W C A cafe teria banquet room He will talk on New Toys NATIONAL MEAT CO 153 W Main St Tender Beefsteak Fresh Liver Veal Chops Boiling Beef lOc Fresh Sausage ISc Best Tub Butter Open All Day THE BEE HIVE Tomorrow is Double Stamp Day Stamps combined with the July Clearance Sale offers un usual values to thrifty Wednesday Rudolph Defies Editorial Writer To American Duel CHICAGO July 20 dolph Valentino sheik of the movies addressed letters to the newspapers here pleading for a chance to a duel American style with the anonymous writer of an editorial entitled Pink Powder Puff in the Eunday issue of The Chicago Tribune A powder vending machine in a mens wash room the edi writer exclaimed in part Homo Why didnt BARTLETT PEARS 3 Ibs John Anthony 203 W Main WANTED Carpenter work to do S Smith 110 N Summit St Phone NOTICE W J Notter Candy Co has mov ed to their new location 17 East Plum street opposite the Dial Good dressmaking dial 420 Woodland someone quietly drown Rudolph alias Valentino years ago The editorial outburst was due to the opening of a new ballroom where in the mens lounge a slot machine provides powder puffs and powder 1 call you in return the let ter said a contemptible coward and to prove which of us is a better man I challenge you to a personal test This is not a challenge to a duel in the gen accepted that would be In Illinois boxing is legal and so Is wrest ling Reliable Dry Cleaning Co Best Service in towa Morgan Stewart Dial THE BEE HIVE STORE Tomorrow is Double Stamp Day Stamps combined with the July Clearance Sale offers un usual values to thrifty Wednesday CANTON July 20 The Canton underworld has named its suspects in the murder of Lon R Mellett Canton publisher and investigating the crime are running down leads Detective Ora Slater the Stark county inquiry the information by underworld mem bers underworld usually is right was Slaters only comment on that phase of the inquiry George V Armstrong Cincinnati detective arrived this morning to help Slater County Prosecutor Mc Clintock employed Armstrong be cause of the apparently large number of persons it is necessary to inter view in attempting to get workable clues The inquiry here went forward as vigorously as yesterday along var leads while word was being awaited from Pittsburgh on any de in the grilling of George known as George the Greek whose alibis are gradually being shattered authorities believe Theories that Pittsburgh gunmen killed Mellett were strengthened at a conference between Peter Conner of the Pittsburgh homicide squad and Ora Slater After the conference which began shortly after midnight Conner re turned to Pittsburgh to fight habeas corpus proceedings brought by Before coming to Canton Conner stopped at Warren to check phases of an alibi offered by his movements Thursday night and Friday morning Mellett was killed shortly after midnight Friday Conner said admitted registering in a Warren hotel after midnight Conners said it was lis opinion that a hotel clerk signed the register for and that tiis and other angles were at with story With the mention of Pittsburgh gunmen and of coffee houses in Pittsburgh Canton and points be tween it became evident that an in underworld feudal system was L being brought into the inquiry Slater and Conner were joined in conference by H T Burton Colum bus detective employed by the Can ton Daily News of which Mellett was publisher Melletts frequent edi attacks on the underworld and its characters are accredited with having caused his murder Police completed their delving fn to the underworld last night with the interrogating of Jumbo Crow ley so called king of the jungles familiarity with the Can ton underworld it was believed might give the police important in formation in their inquiry All Night Search Automobiles which whizzed through the night until dawn ing some of the foremost murder de of two states to a series of midnight conferences seemed today to have been the instruments of Continued on Pago 2 Col 6 PEACHES PEACHES 6 Ibs Tomorrow Only i John Anthony 203 W Main PEACHES PEACHES CAR OF EXTRA FANCY GEORGIA FREE STONE PEACHES TO BE SOLD AT PENNA FREIGHT DE POT FACING PENN ST DAY JULY 21 AT A BUSHEL MUST BE SOLD AD MAROON DANCE Wednesday 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