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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1925
Page
1
Tremors jolted Lombard Montana and parts of nearby states causing railroad lines to suspend traffic. Reports from Lombard and surrounding towns described three major shocks at 7:07 PM and 8:38 PM with no fatalities. Telegraph and railroad offices reported damaged lines shoring up communications in the region. A geology expert offered provisional explanations for the Montana tremors.
A distant quake recorded by the Fordham University seismograph disturbed instruments and was felt across nearby states. Fordham officials say it is among the strongest recorded locally, with tremors lasting about an hour and shaking pins from their mounts.
In Pomeroy Ohio on June 27 the mine dispute calmed as 25 deputies patrolled streets and guards protected Mine No. 27 and the Daily News. Five Pittsburgh company mines opened paying the 1917 ware scale, triggering clashes with idle union men and threats linked to editorials against unionism. Incendiary fire at Mine 17 caused heavy damage and a miner’s forage was dynamited after a non union mine work stoppage.
A robber using a powerful drug to incapacitate victims at their homes in the suburbs targets workers. In five reported cases the assailant left behind only money and jewelry untouched, with victims suffering severe morning aches. Police describe growing concern as incidents continue.
Rumors from ring in Ringgerry Tennessee say the indictment of John T Scopes for violating Tennessee reform law may be dismissed. If ruled invalid Judge Raulston could order a fresh grand jury to indict Scopes and delay his Dayton trial slated to start in July.
A freight train of the Erie railroad was wrecked in Cleveland tonight. No one was injured. It crashed into several freight cars and caught fire. Engineer Herman Ruttney and fireman Albert Blazy jumped to safety, with Blazy reporting a car catapulting over him.
Denver June 27 Casey Tyril a noted Colorado aviator and Stey Smydian a deaf mute died when their aircraft plunged several thousand feet at six pm Tyril had been riding with Smydian hoping his hearing would improve.
In Columbus June 27 a gathering of eight hundred Pennsylvania Railroad Veterans Association members and their families plus Columbus division workers met at Buckeye Lake. Several attendees arrived by a special train from Indianapolis for the outing.
Chicago June 27 William D Shepherd acquitted of killing his foster son William Nelson McClintock now faces a legal fight over a $1 million estate. Seven McClintock cousins contest the will. Isabel Pope joins, claiming an $8 000 annuity to her. State's Attorney Crowe plans to drop a separate murder charge against Shepherd for Emma McClintock.
In Columbus on June 27 dealers will ask for plain or fancy sauerkraut as manufacturers plan grades to meet rising demand. Roy Irons, secretary of the National Kraut Packers' association, said the effort follows rapid kraut improvement and prior fruit adoptions.
Governors from across the United States gather in Poland Springs Maine for the seventeenth annual conference opening Monday. Maine Governor Ralph Brewster leads a delegation with New York Governor Al Smith sailing by steamer and Wyoming Governor Nellie Ross traveling from Chicago, with a Maine tour aboard the Shenandoah dirigible. A July 8 bar harbor yacht race features governors commanding yachts for a governors cup.
Lieut. W. R. Sweeley completed a dawn to dusk flight from San Francisco to Salt Lake and back arriving at Crissy Field well before night. The stay in Salt Lake and return leg followed the same air route briefly described in dispatches.
Miss Mary Wright, 82, owner of a beauty parlor in East Liverpool, was seriously burned when her apron ignited near an open jet while curling her hair. Her clothing burned from head to feet and she was taken to City Hospital around 2.
A year ago Lorain Ohio endured the state’s worst tornado as Newton D Baker fought the League of Nations at the Madison Square Garden convention. Cemeteries hold nearly 100 victims while the Democratic party rejected the League plank after a heated battle.
A 20 year old University of California senior Elias E Baker confessed to a sensational $50 000 kidnapping plot against Mrs Daniel G Jackling wife of a copper magnate. He named 23 year old Russell Crawford as the mastermind and said the plan was to extort money with a fear tactic involving a germs injection. The confession followed a breakdown in his Berkeley cell. In Washington heavy income tax payments since June 15 promise a government surplus around 250 million dollars for the year ending next Tuesday, guiding possible tax cuts and debt reductions.
Columbus June 27. The Ohio Wool Growers Association reports exactly 2,896,884 pounds of wool sold cooperatively during 1924. Officials compiled the figures.
Berlin reports Dr Hugo Eckener, famed for the ZR 3 dirigible, plans a polar voyage in a ship built for that purpose. He will seek German funds for an airship to reach the North Pole, with allies granting authorization to use the Friedrichshafen plant. Dr Fridt. Nansen would pilot the cruise to the frozen north.
June 27 report shows New and Davis as acting leaders of the government with most cabinet members vacationing. Coolidge and others are scattered from Swampscott to Long Island and California as assistant secretaries direct departments in a summer pause.
In Columbus Ohio on June 27 state leaders including Chairman Thomas Maye and Oldfieldbacked plans were halted after a Washington controversy over a new paper tied to the Klan. Dem officials moved to cancel Oldfield's Indiana visit amid allegations of Klan ties and Republican links surrounding publisher Milton Elrod.
Franklin County Commissioners refused Governor Donahey's proposal to erect little white crosses at fatal accident scenes as warnings to drivers. Commissioner Westlake argued crossings would link graveyards and clutter roads. Commissioner Atcherson said it would be unwise to clutter the roads with crosses.
London reports a goldfish shortage amid housing and unemployment worries. Harry Gays cites last year's poor breeding season and rising prices from 15 cents to 1 dollar per fish, with costs still climbing.
The Ohio State Bar Association meets July 8 10 and 21 at Cedar Point to discuss consolidating the Ohio bar under a state act. A special committee will present a plan for a governor elected by lawyers to run the association and regulate practice. Speakers include Chief Justice Clem D. P. Sampson and Judge Florence Allen.
President Coolidge learned his 82 year old father Col John Coolidge was deteriorating at Plymouth Vermont. The elder Coolidge who recently traveled to Boston for observations is said to be seriously ill with intestinal complications and slow heart action as doctors ordered his personal physician Maj J F Coupal to proceed to Vermont.
Alliance American Legionnaires plan the annultate convention in Chillicothe August 23 7th with at least twenty local members and about 5400 ex service men expected. Delegates from Charles C Weybrecht Poet aim at Monday eve. Open house at United States hospital No 7 August 25 followed by a large barbecue at Glenwood Inn and a parade field meet and canoes program for August 94.
Columbus June 27 two men mid to late life fought with knives on a street. John Connolly 69 died from wounds including a heart wound. Herbert A Lowery is held by police. Beatrice Connolly, the slain man’s daughter in law, says the men argued in the house before the fight.
June 27 Tokyo police dismiss a sergeant after a Yorozu Choho reporter was struck while questioning arrests at May Day demonstrations. The incident occurred during the May Day festivities as the journalist sought answers about participants' arrests.
June 27 report states lec sis tors, state officials, and others received an invitation from Gen. Frank P. Henderson to visit Camp Perry during the field training periods from July 5 to August 26.
In White Plains June 27 dancer Even Burrows Fontaine files a second breach of promise suit against Cornelius Whitney Vander. Counsel seeks transfer of venue from Westchester to New York as both parties reside in New York. In the first suit Fontaine and her mother faced perjury indictments while a baby claimed as Whitney's son figured in the case.
Deigi Franklin, despite a broken arm, turned in a fire alarm at night after discovering a blaze at the Obie Wax Taper Co. He fell on wet pavement but summoned the fire department before seeking medical help.
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