Model mystery grips Philadelphia as Grace Roberts murder probed
Philadelphia police pursue a case in which Grace Roberts was strangled with a silk stocking. They link the crime to Bernard W. Lewis, a wealthy Pittsburgh admirer who died by his own hand in Atlantic City. Evidence grows that Lewis intended to meet Roberts the night of the killing. detectives describe possible insanity and note Lewis bought a rifle earlier. Roberts’s mother defends her daughter amid the sensational inquiry.
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Philadelphia
Grace Roberts
Bernard W. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Yale
Lewis
Atlantic City
James Colbert
Wenman A. Lewis
Bernard
Murder Suspect Kills Self in Atlantic City
Bernard Wesley Lewis son of a Pittsburgh coal magnate killed himself in a hotel in Atlantic City while wanted on a warrant for failing to pay a taxi fare after alighting near Grace Roberts Philadelphia artist model’s apartment following her murder. Police had sought him on suspicion of knowledge of her death on the prior Friday night.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Bernard Wesley Lewis
Pittsburgh
Lewis
Grace Roberts
Philadelphia
Funeral Secrecy Shrouds Bernard W. Lewis Case
Pittsburgh dispatch reports the arrival of Bernard W. Lewis's body as the Grace Roberts murder case unfolds. Funeral timing remains secret amid family denials about any letter and questions about fortunes, with Philadelphia police discouraging further letter inquiries.
Burglary thwarted as thief trapped by transom
New York January 6 A police patrolman trapped a burglar attempting a break in at a West 42nd Street jewelry store. The burglar Gustav Ellowwall "shinny" through a transom but the officer himself became wedged, forcing the thief to surrender. Ellowall, who said he was an actor, confessed he needed money to replenish his wardrobe after a Chicago theft last week.
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New York
West 42Ndst
Bucuris
Gustav Ellowwall
Ellowall
Chicago
State Board Head Quits in Columbus
C. C. Philbrick of Columbus resigned as chairman of the State board of administration and notified Governor Willis Cox that the resignation becomes effective at noon Monday. Cox, during the last fall campaign, pledged to fire Philbrick within minutes of taking office.
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Columbus
C. C. Philbrick
State Board of Administration
Willis
Cox
Philbrick
Canton Ministers Launch Cooperative Church Campaign
All Canton Protestant ministers unite to preach What Christianity Has Done for the World and kick off a Sunday afternoon home visitation. About 25 percent of church members will canvass blocks 2 to 5 p m gathering names, church preferences, and census data to rate religious welfare and promote unity and evangelism citywide.
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Canton
Cooperative Church
First Church to Show Movies at St. Peter's Hall
St. Peter's hall in Canton will host the first church managed motion picture show Thursday evening with five Pathescope and Pathe Frere films. A penny admission for children and five cents for adults will defray costs. The program includes educational, religious, scenic, and comical films, with new exchanges weekly and plans for a balcony expansion.
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Canton
St. Peter's Hall
A. B. Stuber
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
A Lawyer's Opportunity For New Greenwich Ohio Hire
A business firm seeks full time legal services from a recent graduate or established lawyer seeking growth. Immediate work available. State qualifications experience marital status and two references. If satisfactory, an appointment will be arranged. Address box 10 care Daily News Canton Ohio.
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Care Daily News
Canton
Ohio
Kenny Piano Dept Adv for 88 Note Special 4 Rolls
An advertisement for Kenny's Piano Department on the 4th floor offering 88 note special four rolls for sale. The ad specifies hours from 5 to 11 and references Kenny's.
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Kenny
Kenny'’s
City approves 1917 street and sewer projects in retrenchment plan
City officials authorize 28700 for 1917 street improvements, one third of 1916 level, plus 76800 for a central southwest storm sewer. Intercepting sewers planned this year, paving and curbing projects outlined for 1917 and a 1918 program include numerous streets in NE NW SW and other zones.
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Sarver
Starrett
9Th-St
Pennsylvania
Liberty-ay
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Newton-ay
2Nd-St
Scoville-ay
Navarre-rd
15Th-St
Spring-ay
9Th
Harrison-ay
West Corporation
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Websteray
Georgetoward
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Pavn
11Th-St
Dartmouth-a
Correll-ary
14Th-St
Market-ay
Yale-ay
Herbruck-et NE
4Th-St
Shorb-ay
12Th-St
18Th-St
Mahoning-rd
East Creek
Arlington-ay
Bonnot-pl
Mapleay
St. Elmo-avy
Bryan-ay
Market-av
Rosewood-pl
Clarendon-av
Streets Cleaners Change Saves Canton Citizens 5867 Dollars
In 1916 Canton reshuffled street cleaning, withdrawing assessments on downtown property owners after borrowing 12000 dollars to cover cleaning costs. By year end 5867.15 dollars remained unused in the special fund, with regular funds to resume Jan 1. Barr reported the withdrawals and the council referred the matter to the finance committee to reassess owners for the used portion.
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Canton
Service Department
Barr
Council
Jump in Lake Sparks Tragic Georgetown Park Death
Despondent over ill health Mrs Ada Slaber removed her coat and scarf and plunged from the pier at Georgetown Park into icy Lake Erie. Her body has not been recovered.
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Cleveland
Ada Slaber
Georgetown Park
Lake Erie
Culvert Work On Lincoln Way Near Osnaburg Nears Finish
Weather permitting the Lincoln Way culvert at Osnaburg will be finished in a few days, with traffic detoured for several days while the project wraps up.
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Lincoln Way
Osnaburg
Auditorium Dance Saturday Night Adverts
An auditorium dance is advertised for Saturday night with mention of good comic pictures and admission set at five pence. Brinkerhoff Piano and Players are billed for Kenny's with admission from five to eleven pence.
Push Probe of Alleged Leak on Peace Note
Washington January 6 The House Rules Committee votes to summon Washington representatives of the Wall Street Journal and Financial America to testify about an alleged leak on President Wilsons peace note. Otto H. Kahn denies advance knowledge, while Baruch and Lawson are set for Monday appearances and stock records are to be reviewed.
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Wall Street
Wilson
House Rules Committee
Wall Street Journal
Financial America
New York
Harrison
Mississippi
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn, Loeb and Co
Kahn
Noble
New York Stock Exchange
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Barnard Baruch
Lansing
Thomas W. Lawson
Henry
A. Curtis
Wood
Tumulty and Baruch
Curtis
Pity for Rat Causes Death of Stark Man
Ernest Martin twenty one farmer of Alliance suffered wounds after shooting a muskrat and striking it with a shotgun butt. The weapon discharged and he died later in Alliance City hospital. He was the son of Willis Martin.
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Stark Man
Ernest Martin
Alliance
Martin
Alliance City
Willis Martin
Fremont Becomes Scissors Center Amid War Demand
A cutting fact from Fremont notes the war has made the city the scissors center of the world. The three large shear factories here report more orders than they can fill, with many scissors previously manufactured in Germany now redirected to local production.
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Fremont
Germany
Cemetery site chosen for high school in Galion
In Galion on January 6 the abandoned cemetery was selected as the new site for a $100,000 high school building, winning over two alternative locations by a large municipal election majority.
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Galion
Jan
Wife Hid Age Claims Divorce Suit Filed
In Cleveland on January 6 Wallace Chase a chemist sues for divorce alleging his wife deceived him about her age before their marriage claiming she was six years younger than she appeared.
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Cleveland
Wallace
Chase
Minister to Fight Enlists in British Army
Rev James Clark pastor of the Concord Presbyterian church in Centerville announced to his congregation his resignation to enlist in the British army. He is a native of England naturalized in the United States.
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Centerville
Jai
James Clark
Concord Presbyterian Church
Clark
England
Flue Fire at Baker Residence Short on NW Street
Firemen answered a 4 05 PM alarm at 617 2nd St NW from Mrs EB L Baker home where a flue burn out caused a small, contained blaze with no damage reported.
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EB. L. Baker
2Nd St NW
Lahm sues to quiet title on real estate action
Frank S. Lahm has filed suit against Katherine Augusta Schuffenecker and others to quiet title to real estate. J. M. Blake and William Weldon are his attorneys.
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Frank S. Lahm
Katherine Augusta Schuffenecker
J. M. Blake
William Weldon
Emerson Player Pianos at Kenny's Adv 6 to 11
Local advertisement announces Emerson player pianos available at Kenny's with pricing or promotion details listed as six to eleven. The brief indicates a sales pitch for home piano models and related acoustic instruments.
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Emerson
Kenny's
Cermans Make Final Effort For Roumania
Berlin reports the conquest of Braila opens the Moldavian front to three allied armies. The Dobrudjan force, the ninth army under Von Mackensen, and the Wallachian army move toward Galatz as Russian defenses retreat from the Volhynian front.
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Roumania
Braila
von Mackensen
Sereth
Uta
Foesanio
Germany Doomed Says English Paper
London reports that the Spectator predicts Germany will plead for peace by Easter due to worsening economic conditions. It cites German official statements noting a severe food shortage and a drastic drop from prewar imports of about 15 million tons annually for people and livestock.
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London
Germany
The
Spectator
War Ministers of Allies Meet in Rome
War ministers from England France Russia and Italy meet in Rome in a secrecy shielded gathering believed to focus on closer wartime cooperation. Attendees include Lloyd George Briand Lyautey Thomas Palitzin with Italian officials and a Russian general staff representative. The Italian press welcomed Rome as the venue.
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England
Liloyd- George
Viscount Melner
Briand
War Lyautey
Thomas
France
Palitizin
Denial Over British Spy Executions Reported
Berlin reports that foreign papers claimed a woman and a 16-year-old boy were executed by Germans at Hasseln Belgium as spies. Official denial states no 16-year-old was sentenced, and the woman was condemned by court martial but pardoned.
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Berlin
Sayville Wireless
Hasseln
Belgium
Death after scorned legend ends in murder in Chicago
Delia Rudon is shot and killed after rejecting an old polish omen that the best man and maid of honor marry later. John Soboj is charged with the murder after crawling under a porch and firing another shot that pierced his shirt. Local notices mix with ads and event promos from Kenny's and Canton Motor Car Co.
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Chicago
Delia Rudon
John Soboj
Canton Metal Products Co to build new plant
Canton Metal Products Co filed incorporation papers in Columbus for 1,000,000 dollars and plans a $1 million plant on Harrison Avenue SW. The 6.5 acre site will house four modern fireproof factory buildings to employ 500 workers in sheet metal pressed products. Construction to start when weather permits, target operation in about 90 days, with a rail spur and three railroad connections planned.
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Columbus
New Canton Metal Products Co
Harrisonavy
Purchase Corrugated
Harry G. Bow
R. L. Kreighbaum
J. Bo Immler
H. J. MacKenzie
Canton Metal Products Co
Canton Corrugating Co
Canton Sheet Steel Co
Former Canton man may have been murdered
Former Canton resident Thomas Kearney died December 26 in Milwaukee from a skull fracture suffered after being found on a sidewalk. Police, led by reports to ex-detective chief J B Ryan, pursue foul play theory as a Milwaukee saloonkeeper linked to the incident was arrested and later released. Kearney had worked at Dueber Watch Case Co and was active in Canton politics before moving to Elgin for burial.
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Thomas Kearney
Canton
Milwaukee
J. B. Ryan
Kearney
Dueber Watch Case Co
Elgin
Ryan
Rhine Flood In Rhine River Causes Paris Flooding
The sudden rise of the Rhine triggers floods across Holland and Germany. In southern Limbourg many towns flood, extensive damage reported. The Cologne to Dieringhausen railway is wiped out and inhabitants of Dieringhausen are reported missing.
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Paris
Rhine
Holland
Germany
Limbourg
Cologne
Dieringhausen
Lincoln assassin witness dies in Fostoria
Harry C. Jennings aged 74, dies in Fostoria. One of five Civil War brothers, he was present at Ford’s Theatre when President Lincoln was assassinated.
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Lincoln
Fostoria
Harry C. Jennings
Ford
President Lincoln
Isabell Myers Awakens After 12 Day Sleep
Fostoria reports 16 year old Isabell Myers has woken after a 12 day sleep and is on the road to recovery.
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Fostoria
Isabell Myers
Emerson Pianos and Players Ad at Kenny's Piano Dept
Advertisement for Emerson pianos and players at Kenny's Piano Department running from 31 to 6. Includes pricing and model highlights for customers seeking upright and grand options. Local retailer promotes a wide selection and in-store demonstrations to entice buyers.
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Emerson
Kenny's Piano Dept
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