Dance Hall License Now At Risk Over Disorder
An unspecified dance hall faces possible license loss for disorderly conduct. private dances will be exempt and no city fee will be charged.
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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1918
Page
1
Hartford City Council Acts on Public Dance Halls Law
The council approved legislation regulating public dance halls and heard the city solicitor on legality of a voluntary secret emergency police squad. Clayton Carver was re elected Hartford Poor Fund trustee. The finance committee may sell 290000 in bonds for east and west intercepting sewers. A night janitor was created for the Everyday Market in the city Auditorium. Overhead railroad construction was paused. Truck drivers in the service department receive a 55 cent hourly raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Carver
Hartford Poor Fund
City Auditorium
Canton
Fisher
Cleveland
Hoberdier
Canton council tightens rules on public dance halls
Canton adopts a new ordinance regulating public dance halls to curb vice. The measure defines public halls, sets a $10 annual license, and requires inspection before licensing. Licenses may be revoked for immoral conduct or disorderly behavior, effective after April 15.
Trapper Shot Self In Mine Near Highland Park
A 61 year old trapper Alvin Miller died instantly Tuesday morning in a mine near Highland Park camp grounds west of Austran. He used a rifle to shoot himself after locking his house and walking across a field with the weapon. A sealed letter was found addressed to a man named Nenyon, a notary public in Highland. His body was taken to Myers undertaking rooms in Greentown and he left several brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park
West Austran
Alvin Miller
Miller
Lick
Ben
Nenyon
Hland
Mille
Myers
Greentown
Baker Tours France With 10 000 Troops On Cruiser
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker arrived in France aboard a cruiser convoying 10 000 troops. A submarine scare interrupted the voyage, later revealed as a false alarm. Baker, with Gen Pershing, met French military and naval leaders and planned to visit all army communication lines before conferring with Pershing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U. P
Newton D. Baker
United States
France
Baker
Gen. Pershing
Ambassador Sharp
Poincare
J H Dumoulin Dies at 78 After Long Service in Canton
Joseph A Dumoulin, 78, former Canton city councilman and bank director, died Monday at 7 45 pm at 829 Cleveland Ave NW after a general breakdown. He taught French to the Fourth Ohio Ambulance Company, was a director of the George D Harter Bank First Savings and Loan and Aultman Hospital, and lived in Canton after a career in Bechel Dumoulin Co and Bechel Dumoulin & Co. He was married Oct 8 56 years ago to Victorine Devaussaud. leaves five children and two sisters in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Dumoulin
Clevelanday
Dumoulin
Fourth Ohio Ambulance Company
George D. Harter Bank
First Savings & Loan Co
Aultman Hospital
Mr. du
Canton
Bechel Soap Co
South Walnurst
Bechel
Piedmont Av
Leo Branch
Knights of Columbus
St. John’s Catholic Church
St. John’s Church
Ife
Louis Dumoulin
Washington, D. C
Joseph A. Dumoulin
A. J. Schmidt
Detroit
Henry Bechel
Mary I. Dumoulin
Nancy
France
Brussels
North Selects Call Monday For Draft Examinations
North draftees face Class 1 physicals beginning next Monday with tests continuing each afternoon through Friday. About 1100 registrants will be examined by the North Medical Board in courtroom No 1 at the county courthouse, assisted by additional physicians. Cards advising appearance will go by mail starting Wednesday, giving five days notice. The district exemption board reconsidered two appeals, confirming Class 1 status for Dennis Oberholtzer and George Rinehart, while Albert Schwalen’s appeal on a dependency claim was denied. Wilson Murphy, a North draft volunteer, is being transferred to Columbus barracks for coast artillery duty. Albert Rushworth Ralston also mentioned as a volunteer inductee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Board
North Medical Board
Court Room
Court House
George H. Clark
South Board
District Exemption Board
Dennis Bl. Oberholtzer
Lake
District Board
Oberholtzer
George Walter Rinehart
Cleveland
Albert Edward Schwalen
Highay
South Local Board
Wilson Murphy
North Draft Board
Columbus Barracks
Coast Artillery Service
Albert Rushworth Ralston
Clevelandavy NW
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French Down Four German Flyers In Raid
Paris reports last nights raid over the city brought down several German planes with no casualty or damage details provided. The Dutch or Irish ship Nanny Wignall torpedoed by a submarine per reports from London. Australian forces raid near Messines with light losses. overall Thursday raid casualties set at 20 dead and 45 injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U. P
London
Nanny Wignall
Lord French
Eye examinations without drops advertised by Geo Veuicle Co
A short advertisement by Geo Veuicle Co a jeweler and manufacturer ap licians at 130 Market av S promoting eye examinations without the use of drops claiming quick simple and convenient service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo Veuicle Co
Jewelers
Mfg
Aplicians
Famed Oak Taborette 29¢ Thrift Sale Ad
Klein and Heffelman Co advertises a Wednesday only thrift sale featuring Oak Taborette items at 29 cents each. Limited stock, promotional event notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Klein & Heffelman Co
Uncovering of Spy Band Follows Woman Arrest
A band of alleged women spies operating with male confederates in German service is believed uncovered in New York after the arrest of an American-born woman. The group reportedly received valuable information for Germany. William Korthaus, a German held for internment, communicated with Germans in India Portugal Spain and Canada. He reportedly traveled to Boston to meet a woman who allegedly instructed several German agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. P
Germany
Wm. Korthaus
India
Portugal
Spain
Canada
Korthaus
Boston
Keely Would Hang All German Spies
Representative Keely of Pennsylvania introduces a resolution in the house to hang all German spies convicted in American courts. He denounces interning agents and meals provided to them, saying action is overdue. The item ends with a local Red Cross fundraiser notice for Richville schoolhouse featuring a chicken supper and patriotic address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keely
Washington
U. P
Pennsylvania
Richville
the Red Cross
Invention Fires 33 000 Shots a Minute Without Powder
Levi W. Lombard of Boston claims a centrifugal gun with no barrel that fires 33 000 shots per minute using a revolving disk mechanism. It operates by motor steam or hand power with rounds fed through a funnel and tubes into the disk, capable of piercing steel plates several inches away in tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi W. Lombard
Boston
Mass
Canton Red Cross workroom likened to Ford factory
Mrs. Harrison Ewing praised Canton Red Cross as highly efficient in the first annual Canton chapter meeting. J H Himes reported growth from 26 members to 48,000 senior and junior members, and production rising to over 60,000 pieces monthly. The chapter now operates multiple workrooms and headquarters across Canton area, reflecting substantial wartime service expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
American Red Cross
Henry Ford
Harrison Ewing
Lake Division
Cleveland
Ford
J. H. Himes
The
Red Cross
Himes
Bership
George D. Harter Bank
Eagle Block
Harris Arcade
North Canton
Louisville
Hartville
Waynesburg
Horoscope Boosts Pershing to Victory Says Astrologer
Boston on March 12 Gen. Pershing is forecast to win the war by astrologer Dr. George W. Smallwood. He cites Pershing birth date September 13 1860 and predicts explosive rapid progress in 1918 battering defenses. He ties the war to planetary influence with Jupiter and Herschel and claims the influence lasts two more years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Gen. Pershing
George W. Smallwood
Smallwood
Herschel
Draft evader may be Jean Crones in Chicago link
Pittsburgh police were in contact with Chicago authorities over a man arrested as a draft evader who claims to be Hans Hess a Swiss cook. Officials believe he may be Jean Crones a Chicago soup poisoner and poisoner case suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U. P
Chicago
Hans Hess
Jean Crones
Britain Receives Additional 200 Million Credit From U S
The Treasury announced an extra credit of 200 million dollars to Great Britain raising its U S war debt to 2.52 billion. Allied indebtedness now stands at 4.9494 billion. An advertisement notes dance nights at Hayles Hall with Norwood Mootz Orchestra on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mareh
U. P
Great Britain
Treasury
United States
Hayles Hall
Norwood-Mootz Orchestra
Adv
Reed Go Carts at Klein & Heffelman Co Wednesday Special
Advertisement itemizes Reed go carts priced at 22.50 with a color option in natural or gray and notes a Wednesday special from The Klein & Heffelman Co, Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klein & Heffelman Co
Ady
Highway Repairs Ordered for Truck Transport Route
Ohio officials order fast repair work on twelve miles near Zanesville and five miles near Cambridge after Gov Cox and Raymond Beck inspect the National highway. The route will move 40,000 automobile trucks from factories to the seaboard. Cox, Auditor Donahey and Attorney General McGine join the highway commission in the inspection and plan to move to Cambridge next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Zanesville
Cambridge
State High Way Commission
Cox
Raymond Beck
War Department
National Council of Defense
Ohio
Seaboard
Donahey
McGine
State Highway Commission
Teuton Ambassador Leaves Argentina for Chile
Count Von Luxberg former German ambassador to Argentina arrived in Chile today by train from Argentina. He was recognized by a passerby and is believed to be en route to the German embassy after his disappearance at a railway station 70 miles from Santiago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Count von Luxberg
Argentina
Luxberg
Four Akron Gunmen Wound Policeman
Four Italian gunmen shot Patrolman Gerthin G. Richards at 1 AM in Akron. Three bullets hit him. two suspects were arrested, two more sought. Police link the gang to a string of police killings since December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
U. P
Gerthin G. Richards
Francis Reports From Near Moscow
A state department cable from Moscow says the Russian government will move to Moscow on the ninth and may relocate further east if German advances continue. Ambassador Francis reports no misfortune to himself and no plan to move from Vologda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. P
State Department
Moscow
Vologda
Francis
Chamber roundup on home building and financing discussed
Wednesday evening at 7 34 p m in Ady Chamber of Commerce rooms a discussion on home building and financing was held led by a knowledgeable speaker. The event gathered local business figures and residents interested in housing developments and loan options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Ady
Edgefield Coal Co Urges State Shipment Pause for Local Market
John Wynn Jr of Edgefield Coal Co urged a Stark county fuel plan to pause some shipments into the city to help local miners dispose of excess coal. He noted 75 tons daily go to Cleveland due to lack of Canton demand as Ohio shipments flood in. A campaign to push residents to stockpile coal for next winter will begin in April to boost county mine demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wynn, Jr
Edgefield Coal Co
Stark Co Fuel Administration
Wynn
Edgefield
Cleveland
Canton
Ohio
Starkeo
Parker M. Seymour
County Fuel Advisor
County Fuel
Skilled Artisans to Be Selected for Conserved Interests
Industrial and agricultural interests will be conserved, according to officials. The announcement outlines selection of skilled artisans to preserve core capabilities and support regional development.
Draft plan calls for 800000 men to be drawn for service
The draft will issue for up to 800000 men as needed with transport links. Legislation in Congress will set the exact date. At least 150000 skilled artisans will be called this summer with class 1 exhausted first. Special training schools will be created nationwide to use workers with technical qualifications. Draws will occur in small groups to minimize disruption to industry and farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Nation to draft eight hundred thousand men in 1918 plan
The -second draft- aims to feed a national quota of 800 000 into the military mill in small weekly or monthly calls. State quotas will draw mostly from Class 1 to replace units and bolster regiments while 10 000 skilled artisans and 10 000 more will be sent to technical schools or deferred for agriculture. No fixed date set. calls depend on needs and legislation. overall yearlong selective draft aims to limit disruption to industry and farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. P
Growder
American Guns Defeat Enemy East of Luneville
London March 12 United Press reports an American raid east of Luneville that confirmed German evacuation after two days of American artillery. This appears to be the first raid conducted solely by Americans, with dispatches from the American front noting it took place north of Toul near Luneville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. P
Luneville
United Press
United Press Dispatch
Toul
War emergencies may bring meeting of Ohio assembly
Gov Cox said a war emergency from the federal call could force a special session of the Ohio legislature at any time. The board of control approved transferring 249 587 dollars to feed and clothe state wards, removing the immediate need for a special session. If convened it would follow federal needs, not until the latest possible date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U. P
Ohio
Cox
Board of Control
Board of Administration
Denison University Dean Dr Richard Colwell Dies
Dr. Richard S. Colwell 70 longtime dean of Denison University and head of the Greek department died at his Granville home after an extended illness. He had taught at Denison for forty years and is survived by his wife, one son, and five daughters. Funeral services are planned for Friday afternoon.
Woodmen of the World meeting and thrift sale notices
An open Woodmen of the World meeting is set for Wednesday March 3 at Redman hall 7 30 p m all members urged to attend Also advertised are 85 00 pedestals 36 inches high in oak or mahogany and a 1 08 children sulkie special for Wednesday in Thrift sale by The Klein Heffelman Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klein & Heffelman Co
Woodmen of the World
Redman Hall
Ady
Fire damages Clark County court house in Springfield
The Clark County court house built in 1878 was partially destroyed by fire early today starting near the judge bench. Spontaneous combustion is suspected as the cause. Firefighters quashed the blaze by 4 30 am, the walls and roof collapsed but the tower fell. most court records and books were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Clark Co
Germans Retaliate in Paris Hit by Sudden Incident
Berlin via London reports Paris was struck in retaliation for enemy air attacks on Stuttgart Esslingen Untertuehlheim and Main. Also noted Moose Ladies Night on Tuesday March 12 with dancing, prizes and refreshments for Moose members and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
U. P
Paris
Stuttgart
Esslingen Untertuehlheim
Main
War Office
Ady
Also Mentioned on This Page
City
Council
Doll
Trapper
Qwn
J. H. Dumoulin
Joseph H. Dumoulin
North Selects
Messines
Haig
Armentieres
Ypres
Valentine Acing Academy
Claude River
John J. Marks
Yvein Lombard
United States Army
Pershing
England
Helpaigee
Teuton
Argentine
Akron Gunmen
Hawk
Stark Mines
Seymour
Starkco Fuel Board
Toe Day
Ihanner
Ohio Assembly
Denison University
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