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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1925
Page
1
The Daily News reports intensifying police efforts against bootleggers led by the so called queen of rum running. Federal help is sought as officers vow to nab her and disrupt the ring between Youngstown Canton and nearby areas.
Canton endured the coldest stretch of the winter with unofficial lows near minus one, sparking traffic accidents and fires. A death from carbon monoxide poisoning linked to a gas stove added to the toll, while other blazes and spontaneous combustions tested responders as cold disrupted daily life.
City council debates three issues in a three week series. Police and fire wage increases split five percent proposals amid delays. A full time safety director position with a $3,000 annual salary is repeatedly tabled as discussions continue.
Observers predicted settlement this week of the 158000 anthracite coal miners strike as operators and miners meet in New York. The conference opens with strong hostility but is expected to move to business and end the historic suspension by week’s end.
Rocco Ferrucci of 914 Lafayette pleaded not guilty at arraignment on a Crabbe Act charge after police found a large liquor stash in his basement. About 800 to 900 gallons were discovered, testing 21 percent alcohol with an estimated value of 3000 to 4000 dollars. Police delayed the raid test to confirm results.
J W Jacoby of Marion is to be installed as president of the Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards succeeding Warren C Deem Payton at the association's inaugural banquet in Columbus. An all day executive committee session precedes the banquet.
In criminal court Judge J A Bowman hears Isaac Henley plead guilty to assault and battery after he admits tossing a brick that struck Minnoe Mitchell on the head amid a rejected suitor’s advance. Henley is sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse.
Brig. Gen. Smedley Butler, former Philadelphia public safety director, withdrew his resignation from the Marine Corps. Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune accepted the withdrawal after a long conference. Butler will return to Philadelphia to pack up then move to California to head the San Diego Marine Corps post.
Members of the state civil service commission will hear E. E. Webb's bid to reclaim the superintendent job at the Fairmount Children's Home. Webb was ousted when the office was abolished and his appeal is now under review in Canton.
S M Hanna and Steve Gerger pleaded guilty before Judge A W Agler Monday to illegally possessing liquor. Each man was fined $100 and costs. Hanna was arrested in a Harrisburg roadhouse with whiskey on his table and Gerger was found with wine on Columbia Heights.
A 29 year old woman in Columbus attempted suicide by swallowing ten pills containing poison. She is in serious condition. The act was attributed to domestic trouble.
Washington observes the sixty ninth anniversary of Woodrow Wilson with memorial dinners in about five hundred cities. Ex Secretary of War Newton D Baker leads the Washington event. Ignace Paderewski addresses New York observances. Joseph Tumulty speaks in Philadelphia. Flowers surround Wilsons resting place at National Cathedral.
The Molly Stark club hosts a New Year’s Eve Mardi Gras celebration at the City Quadrum thursday night from 8 30 until the early hours. Costumed grand marchers kings and queens parade while De Few s orchestra plays dancing and merriment for about 300 members and guests with December cards admitted.
Helen and John, residents of Massillon, were convicted in criminal court on charges of transporting illicit liquor under the Crabbe act. The city pair were fined 500 dollars and costs, while his wife paid 100 dollars and costs. A half a ton of liquor was reportedly found in their automobile and the machine was ordered confiscated.
Reports from Peking say victories at Tsintsin and Manchuria set the stage for a direct major engagement between Gen Fing Yu Hsiang and Gen Chang Tso Lin. The Manchurian scene turned savage with the display of Gen Kuo Sung Lin and his wife’s heads after capture by Chang last week.
Bus operators planned Monday discussions with Safety Director Sam Holliday on rerouting lines in business districts and selecting sites for new bus terminals. Growing line numbers and traffic congestion have crowded existing terminals at Court Avenue NW between 2nd Street NW and Tusern ra Street W and 2nd Street NF between Market Street N and Piedmont Avenue NB.
PORTLAND Maine December 28 The last six masted schooner on the Atlantic coast the Edward J Lawrence was destroyed by fire as she lay at anchor. SPARKILL New York December 28 Mrs Ellen Peck 95 once labeled the worlds most dangerous woman criminal was rescued from flames which destroyed her small frame cottage. NEW HAVEN Connecticut December 23 Sidney Rosenberg prominent attorney was found dead in his automobile pistol frozen in his hand. NEW YORK December 28 B andid s held up Henry Goldberg jeweler and escaped with gems valued at between 75000 and 100000. PRINCETON New Jersey December 28 Woodrow Wilson held 24 college degrees nine conferred by European institutions according to Lansing Collins secretary of Princeton University. NEW YORK December 28 One life was lost and damage upwards of 100000 caused by fire which destroyed the steamship City of Florence at her pier in Staten Island. NEW YORK December 28 Four deaths from poisonous liquor were reported at local hospitals within the past twenty four hours.
A December fire at Fleet brothers in Brooklyn gutted 1009 tons of coal and seventeen trucks in the office and coal pockets. The blaze forced about a thousand residents into freezing streets, caused two injuries and a heart attack, and burned 69 feet of the Lexington Avenue elevated line.
Col John C. Coolidge aged 89 father of the president is stricken by rheumatism in Plymouth Vermont. He has heart trouble and experienced seizures but his physician Dr Albert M. Cram says he should recover without further complications and remain in bed currently.
Thomas Camden of 800 Market St was fined 25 dollars and costs for speeding. Homer Goldsmith of Louisville was fined 25 dollars and costs for a similar speeding charge.
The government seeks a farmer led solution to surplus grain without using public funds. A Des Moines conference and a forthcoming farm leaders meeting aim to shape a practical plan. Officials reject government price fixing and emphasize private marketing cooperatives with government aid as needed.
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