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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1925
Page
1
The Canton Daily News reports an ambitious drive against hit and run motorists as MacMillan and the American Party depart for polls. Escorted to seal the plan, 25,000 cheer a 15,400 Geer as the aim is a better community and to boost Canton Week under way.
Canton news merchants booster week begins Monday January 23 offering a five dollar reward to any woman or girl who identifies Ima Mina Ima incognito. The campaign promotes stores along Main Street with The Daily News featuring the incentive and a photo in page six.
Acker, charged with theft and forgery, denies the accusations while details of the case remain unclear. W Genin, a service agent, is noted in connection with the proceedings. The report provides limited background and focuses on the defendant’s denial.
Canton Chief Lengel condemns motorists who fail to stop after accidents. Two boy injuries cited as examples as police instructed to pursue and prosecute drivers who do not report crashes and who leave the scene. The force was ordered to investigate fully and enforce motor vehicle accident reporting laws.
Civic and business leaders in Canton advocate Booster Week stressing mutual benefits from city development. Chamber of Commerce officials and local firms pledge support to educate residents and boost commerce through coordinated civic activity. The piece notes trust in Canton’s progress and calls for continued prosperity.
Fragmentary report describes internal strife within the Maccabees organization linked to Commander roles and regional tensions. Names such as Naveen and Ghanean appear amid scattered references to Cleveland and projected terms, with mentions of Chaplain Charteau and Wright.
Movie to best shown in the city as details continue on page 4 column with emphasis on civic pride and local entertainment offerings.
An Ohio federal case opens with two defendants named amid a nationwide bootlegging network investigation. The government alleges a whiskey and beer running ring spanning Wyandotte Monroe fears and Indianapolis, netting thousands of cases and hundreds of thousands in profits. Twenty one people are in custody. some charged as conspirators, others as organizers or financiers.
Canton man Bips mounts a bid for a state post amid muddled remarks and warnings about athletic rules. The piece notes hearings and the board's meetings paused, with applications deemed mere hopefuls as Geneva bans dancing on Sundays per probate court order.
Canton Mayor C M Ball proclaims Booster Week urging citizens to support civic progress and city growth. He expresses pride in Canton’s development and calls residents to embrace the initiative to seize opportunities and improve the community.
Canton police chief rejects charges amid disputes over racing track events and gambling investigations. He asserts officials were responsible for outcomes and distances from local authorities and offers no admission of misconduct. The remarks address prior meetings with association leaders and deny involvement in race event decisions.
An uncertain report describes a June 29 event involving wet corn, arrests, and police arrival at a field. Details are fragmented, mentioning white and Negro subjects and coins, but readable facts are limited.
In Wooster on June 20 a man named Deftendaug was released after three months in jail on a charge of passing forged checks. The case alleged a conflection at the crime from Arthur New. Tenderton, Indiana, whose nearly exact likeness to Totton Maughan sparked the suit. Maughan seeks damages of 100000 from Painton Rogers Seville merchant ag in a related action.
Ohio communities will receive war trophies after they are displayed amid the World War effort. Adjutant General Menten announced at the state fair that allotments depend on the number of men from each community. About 200 civic leaders and hundreds of counties have applied for trophies and distribution will follow the fair.
In Toledo and Roswell linked hearings, Servilland Wertenhaver and Warren We Ett were sentenced to two years in prison and fined 4500 and 2500 respectively for the Hayner whiskey case. Other conspirators pleaded guilty. appeals will argue the court erred. Evidence described a bootlegging network diverting whiskey to Ohio markets via rings of runners and coordinators.
Columbia dispatch reports Sam Salomon was arrested by Columbus police after a six day search following an armed filling station holdup. He is detained as a suspect in the Ohio incident.
In Huntington West Virginia June 20 federal and state authorities probe a deadly shootout at Camp Croak during a moonshine raid. Porter and Joy clashed with moonshiners and other agents. Porter allegedly fired the fatal shot wounding Ball and Porter died later at a hospital while Ball died minutes after.
In Chicago on June 29, Walter Krauser allegedly stabbed fellow prisoner Bernard Grant during a jail visit. Grant, jailed for a double murder tied to Patrolman Ralph Saunders’s death, suffered neck wounds and was rushed to a hospital near death. Krauser then twisted the attack, prompting guards to intervene. Grant faced a pending execution date as his long murder case unfolds.
The White House readies for the president’s long summer vacation as Coolidge plans to depart Washington next week. A corps of servants sails aboard the Mayflower bound for White Court Swampcot, where the Coolidges will spend two months. The president and Mrs Coolidge will not leave Washington until Tuesday.
In Baltimore on June 29, Senator Edwin F Ladd of North Dakota, a Republican, lay seriously ill in a hospital. He arrived from Washington ten days earlier for treatment of neuritis and inflammation, with his Senate committee rank noted amid Republican party tensions stemming from La Follette connections.
June 20. Mrs. Cassie Bogart of Amherst, formerly married to Bawin Tennieve, is named as one of eight heirs to the late millionaire’s $9,000 estate. She plans to move to the city, and may open a beauty parlor occasionally though she vows not to give up her independence.
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