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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1925
Page
1
Herman Witter former mayor of Canton says he has no plan to resign from the state director of industrial relations post and run for Canton's mayor. He notes strong urging from his party but insists he owes duty to his governor and will remain in state service at least through the governor's term.
Stockholders of The Timken Roll Bearing Co. elected directors H. H. Timken R. Timken Heman Ely J. G. Obermier and J. G. Strough at the annual meeting. Officers chosen include H. H. Timken as president W. R. Timken as vice president Heman Ely as vice president and treasurer J. G. Obermier as vice president M. T. Lothrop as secretary and J. Strough as assistant secretary. Routine business followed the election.
Marietta Ohio April 22 Mrs Inces Dawes 84 aunt of Vice President Charles G Dawes died yesterday. Death attributed to complications. The Vice President and Mrs Dawes are expected here for the funeral.
Loyal troops commanded by President Teixara Gomes crushed an incipient insurrection in Lisbon led by Major Filomeno Camara. The crackdown ends the mutiny as royal forces assert control.
At the annual meeting in New York City United Alloy Steel Corporation elected directors including Langenbach as chairman and Bayard Dominick, Charls, and Krieg among others. The board then named officers with E A Langenbach as president and chairman, Charls as vice president and general manager, Pritz as VP operations, Pleasance as VP, Krieg as VP secretary treasurer, Moseley as assistant secretary, and Giessen as assistant treasurer.
The trial of Lucille Jones a 19 year old Lorain resident charged with operating a vice market was adjourned as defense motions to quash were filed Judge A R Webber set Friday for arguments The crowd expected sensational revelations Miss Jones did not appear in court
April 22 report from Columbus notes May Williams, 20, files suit for legal separation from Zanie Williams. She charges he sent voodoo and that his wife O Dwyer and doctors practiced incantations over her.
The Census Bureau estimates Ohio will have about 6 321 539 residents on July 1 1925. The 1920 census counted 3 759 394 in the state. The estimate uses growth between the 1916 and 1920 official counts, with no city totals estimated for this year.
The Ohio Automobile Association plans a Thursday filing in Columbus to halt enforcement of the Faseline tax law. Co C Janes says a court decision casts doubt but the fight continues with plans to file pleas and pursue an injunction. A boycott threat against gasoline firms not issuing receipts was also issued if the tax dispute remains unsettled.
In Cincinnati on April 92, 69 police and city agents faced Judge Smith Hickenlooper as 59 bribe confessors faced leniency while Louis Sunderman and Lieut Aubrey Houston each drew 18 months and $2000 fines for taking bribes to allow bootlegging. The cases capped the federal graft probe’s first round.
Lena Markus of 1010 6th St SE was arrested Tuesday night after police surrounded her home. She allegedly threw liquor through a door peep hole, striking an officer. evidence included a broken bottle with a few drops.
Mrs. Marie Loomis, 22, was rescued from an automobile load of Negro men in Cincinnati after she testified in a federal booze probe. She was taken last night but recovered from shock at a hospital today. No arrests have been made. Four white motorists who pursued aided in the rescue.
T. J. Duffy chairman of the Ohio Industrial Commission will not resign before July 10 when the new safety department of the workmen's compensation division begins operation in Columbus.
Thomas F. Powell, 83, longtime Columbus lawyer of over six decades and former Democratic gubernatorial candidate, died at his home from a blood clot on the brain.
Larkley Longmore aged 65 was killed in Youngstown by bandits who attacked him and fled with a small amount of money. Police investigated the fatal assault and sought leads as the victim’s family mourned.
Police investigate a dismembered torso found by a boy at the Budlong golf course catch basin. The victim, possibly Anna Chamales, 15, who disappeared last June, may have been killed months ago. A pair of flesh colored stockings is the only clue authorities have at this time.
Columbus. April 22. Large nitrate shipments into Ohio from the east are not tagged or labeled as required by the state fertilizer law. Charles Truax director of agriculture says weights are sometimes short. An investigation will be started at once.
In Herrin Illinois on Tuesday Marshal McCormick won the mayoral race by 97 votes over Thomas Welty who had Klan support. About 5000 votes were cast in the quiet city election following the recent bombing at McCormick home.
Toledo Ohio April Willys Overland Co. reports a peak production day with 1,183 Overland and Willys Knight automobiles built. The milestone highlights factory output and company capacity.
Paris witnesses the marriage of Mrs. Alicea Allen formerly Kiki Gwynne, niece of Mrs. Cornelins Vanderbilt, to Jerome Preston of New York in a Marie the Sixteenth Arrondissment town hall ceremony held shortly before noon. The bride recently secured her parity divorce.
Five men operated in the heart of Brooklyn this morning breaking into Morris Hy Koski jewelry store. They held up three clerks and three customers and escaped with diamonds and other gems valued at $20 000 and $500 in cash as of April 22. Police seek suspects.
Two more Daily News readers are listed in Canton classifieds to receive a pair of complimentary tickets to see Marie Prevost and Monte Blue in RE COMPENSE at the Strand Theater. Your name may appear next.
Federal grand jury resumes Hayner whiskey conspiracy inquiry with witnesses from Columbus and a Cleveland broker named Higgins. Prohibition Director Porterfield will bring office records as investigators dig into withdrawals of whiskey from the Hayner Warehouse at Troy. Summit county sheriff’s office scandal prompts a cleaned house order from Governor Donahey. evidence against 10 deputies expected.
Ad Smith a 60 year old Wooster flour miner and his 37 year old bookkeeper Miss Addie Rhoades eloped from Wooster. They were found living on Catawaba Island near Sandusky then to Canada. Mrs John Rehther says they have left and will not return. Smith converted most personal property to cash and transferred several assets to his wife.
Lagos and Johannesburg reports note plans to boycott Prince of Wales visit. A proclamation urged natives to refrain from welcoming H. R. H. Bloemfontein shootings left four workers dead as police fired on strikers. The Prince sails for Capetown aboard Repulse.
Arthur Avylard named guardian of Mrs Martha Wise the confessed poisoner of 14 persons three of whom died including her mother niece and nephew. Wise's brother in law Merten Madame was asked after she ordered her attorney Joseph Pritchard of Cleveland to pay 1800 from a Medina bank. Her murder trial opens May 4 with insanity as likely defense.
Joseph Minch, alias Minks, 68, of Canton, charged in Columbus with malicious destruction of property after bombing the home of Arthur J. Eck. Minch was arrested in Canton by Columbus detectives and held on 85000 bond. He blamed Eck for a disputed land deal from seven years ago.
Norman Thorne, a wealthy young farmer from Crowborough near Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's estate, was executed at Wandsworth Prison for killing 21 year old Elsie Cameron to wed his country sweetheart Grace Caldicott. He cut the body, burned parts, and buried the rest after the crime.
In Columbus a woman phoned the police asking an officer be sent to kill a woodpecker that wakes her daily by pecking a pole outside her home. Police say killing the bird is illegal but suggest she adopt the bird’s habit and rise with the dawn for relief.
Columbus fire plugs are bright yellow to be highly visible. Fire Chief Daniels says the color helps drivers see them and avoid parking on or near them, reducing damage to the devices and improving safety. Former Mayor Fred Kohler is noted in the report.
A two story frame house owned by Mrs. Theresa Struble one mile northwest of Louisville caught fire from a defective chimney at noon Tuesday. Neighbors aided but could not douse the flames due to water shortage. Louisville fire department responded and saved the lower portion of the home.
Ell Berkon 42 owner of a North Canton business died after falling from a loft at his garage on 715 2nd St NE while workers arrived to start buses. Coroner McQuate said the skull was fractured and jaw crushed. Two drivers, A Berger and J E Wing, found him and called for aid.
A radiogram from the coast guard says the Japanese steamer Katsuku Maru sank in mountainous seas off the Nova Scotia coast with 48 to 55 crew members aboard. Coast guard cutter Tampa found no survivors, and rescue vessels searched the area without results. The Homeric was en route to New York after a race with death near the disaster scene.
The article notes grand English lawns attract tourists and are shaped by caretakers and sheep. It contrasts with American estates on Long Island and Jersey coast built more mechanically. Mrs C H Currie of Fulton NW advertised a lawn mower in the Daily News and sold it the first day, illustrating classified success.
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