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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
4
Officials report no action yet in a speeding case push on rural roads. Deputies collected speeds and offender details over weeks. affidavits are drawn and awaiting the prosecutor’s signing. More speeders will be charged in probate court as the crusade reportedly reduces rural speeding.
Police report fewer robberies during Memorial Day as many residents were away. Victims include C C Dierdorf who lost 15 dollars and a five dollar bank container, Tony Vernon whose pocketbook held 2 dollars, and Frank Brown who had two hundred dollar bills stolen at the Fairgrounds. An automobile thief with a large machine was reported en route to Canton.
Judge Charles Klose of Upper Sandusky Ohio, age 38, presided in Stark County court this week. Former court reporter and two term prosecuting attorney, he is described as one of Ohio’s youngest judges, with Chief Justice Nichols noting his capability.
Steubenville Ohio May 31 a man named Steve Cobert twenty nine attempted to board a street car on the Steubenville East Liverpool line at Jeddo and was decapitated when he was run over by the wheels. Police later found Jack Lillipaka on hands and knees eating grass in Nebuchadnezzar style. in court another man faced drunkenness charges after two months of intoxication.
Nine thousand American Legion members in training in Toronto plan to sail within a week to join the Allied offensive on the western front slated for mid July. Captain Edwin Bower Heeser, a New York artist and staff officer, helped design recruiting posters. The group carries folded American flags to be raised over trenches, pairing the Stars and Stripes with the maple leaf symbolism.
New York May 81 Sleeping sickness has caused the death of Dr. Arthur Pervil of Boston. His infection occurred in the Belgian Congo where he was bitten by a tsetse fly. He was treated at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and pronounced cured, but the disease recurred.
Viscount John French claims the War Office ignored his advice to send troops to Ireland, contradicting Augustine Harrill’s testimony. The inquiry into the Sinn Fein revolt resumed with Lord Wimborne recalling his earlier evidence and then adjourned sine die.
NAMED GUARDIAN Atty. Charles M. Ball has been appointed guardian at law for minors involved in the settlement of the estate of Ivy Miller.
A party from the Canton Pomerene Booster club leaves for Columbus to open headquarters at the Nell House during the Democratic state convention. They will entertain Senator Pomerene and push for changes in the state organization to secure full support and an even break with the gubernatorial nominee.
Senate acts with four working days left before the Republican convention to move a major postal appropriation bill. Debate centers on railway mail pay and the postmaster general authority to choose between freight or mail for periodicals. A clash with the Post Office department prompts a likely inquiry into Postmaster General Burleson over James L. Blakeslee’s actions.
Washington May 31. A house session, though incomplete, convinced leaders the 340 submarine addition to the naval program approved yesterday by the committee of the whole will be adopted on the roll call vote Friday. Small navy democrats are said to back the amendment, ensuring approval of 40 submarines instead of 20.
Laborers from the Waterworks department started work Wednesday morning on a leak in the Cleveland Avenue six inch water main at 2nd Street Northwest. The break, believed caused by electrolysis, prompted repairs and temporary service adjustments in the area.
Multiple marriage license notices list pairs from Canton and nearby areas including Charles M. Johnson with Bertha Obruger and Elmer Konze with Anna Morrow, spanning occupations from clerk to machinist. The brief item ends noting daily news want ads for selling.
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