Public should know more about police captain of detectives
STARK urges public awareness of police structure noting the captain of detectives is pivotal to crime cases. He criticizes out-of-town trips and highlights the need for captains to be respected, on duty, and to delegate field work to subordinates. He contrasts with the now vanished fire police unit and recalls New York electric sign plans and a Canton observer’s comments.
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Do Stark
Police Department
Canton
New York
Liberte
Cantonese Reported In Nanking Chinese War
Heavy fighting centered near Nanking with unconfirmed reports of Cantonese capture. Pi Shou Chen predicted a Kuomintang victory while noting imminent developments. The Labor Union claimed Nanking fallen and called a general strike potentially involving up to 250,000 workers. 13,000 idle already. Five American firms operated in Nanking with over 400 Americans recorded, though many may have left. Gen Pt seized Kiangnan docks in Shanghai to repair northern warships. Admiral Williams sent a U.S. warship to protect American interests.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Pi Shou Chen
Kuochun
General Labor Union
China
Kiangsu
Butt
London
Gen. Pi
Kiangnan
Daily Express
Williams
United States Naval Forces
Ohio's oldest cemetery restored near Schoenbrun site
Hundreds from 411 Ohio counties saw the excavation at Schoenbrun two miles from New Philadelphia uncover 21 skeletons dating 165 years. Nineteen more bodies remain elusive as workers search the site that will yield Schoenbrun Memorial Park once reconstruction funds proceed. The state purchased 24% acres for the village site and a bill allocating 25,000 is advanced. Indictments in Xenia charged three individuals with abducting Ruth Mikesell from the Soldiers’ and Ballors’ Orphans’ Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Schoenbrun
New Philadelphia
Ohio Archaeological Society
Ohio Senate
Sehoenbrun
Former Ohioan Admits He Slew His Two Children
Walter Scholl a 33 year old former Mt Vernon resident and Ohio penitentiary inmate was held without bail on a murder charge after confessing to chloroforming his two children Vivian eight and Donald six. The bodies were found in an empty Gary Indiana house following a letter to his estranged wife Margaret Gary police located the corpses. The murders occurred Wednesday. Scholl had recently been released from the Cleveland penitentiary after serving on a property charge and had been reported out of his mind since before marriage.
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Walter School
Mount Vernon
Ang
Ohio Penitentiary
Chicago
Vivian
Donald
Scholl
Margaret
Blain
Suregy
Walter Scholl
Mt Vernon
Ball
Gary
Ind
Margaret Schotl
Gepjool
Mt Vernon Academy
Mt. Vernon
Cleveland
Walter
Canton Spring Style Show Ushers In Big Downtown Event
Canton hosts its annual spring fashion show with a record crowd downtown short after seven thirty. Green in windows and spring colors brighten storefronts, with lavish displays from ladies wear to men’s fashion and new furnishings. Stores open for a three day exposition showing the season’s newest styles.
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Canton
Ireland
False Face Impairs Driver in Fulton Road Crash
Henrietta Williten sues Fred J. Sprague in common pleas claiming a mask worn to a Halloween party obscured his vision and led to a rear collision injuring her. Plaintiff cites alleged reckless driving while masked. W. B. Quinn represents Williten.
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Henrietta Williten
Fred J. Sprague
Che
Willrten
Fulton Rd
W. B. Quinn
Modern Patrick Hangs 11 Snakes on Trophy Belt
Zanesville report notes Grant Davis, a Weller pottery employee, claims a 19 minute talk in which he killed 11 garter snakes over two feet long. He compares his feat to a legendary ancient record on the shores of the Wright Peak. Fellow workers remark it is a striking tally.
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Patrick
Zanesville
Grant Davis
Weller Pottery
Aintly Org
Davis
Crown
Reed Opens for Ford in Suit for Million Dollars
Senator James A. Reed defends Henry Ford in a $1,000,000 libel suit over Dearborn Independent attacks on Aaron Sapiro and a Jewish ring claim. Reed asserts the articles were true and Ford had no part in publication. Sapiro’s counsel counters the charges harmed his client’s honor and cooperative leadership.
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Detroit
James A. Reed
Sapiro-Ford
Reed
Henry Ford
Aaron Sapiro
Prince of Farm
Missouri Democrat
America
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ford
Sapiro
Dearborn Independent
Ford Organization
William H Gallagher
Gallagher Ford
Elents
Deasborn Independent
International News Service
Clifford B. Longley
Man Sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory
Leo Hoop pleaded guilty before Judge A W Agler to pandering and was sentenced to two to 12 years in the Mansfield reformatory. E J Colton drew one to three years for issuing a worthless check. Augus tus Willison Oscar Smith and William Newman, who had pled guilty earlier, were taken to the reformatory by Sheriff Ka Gibson and Deputy George Thorn.
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Leo Hoop
A. W. Agler
Mansfield Reformatory
E. J Colton
Augustus Willison
Oscar Smith
William Newman
Reformatory
Ka Gibson
George Thorn
Verdict for defendant in Groves police suit
A jury in Judge Clevenger’s court returned a verdict for Clyde Shidler the defendant in the suit filed by Harry Groves Alliance policeman. Groves was injured and two other officers were killed when an automobile they were traveling to Canton in for a police meeting overturned on the Louisville Freeburg road. Groves alleged Shidler’s truck crowded them off the road.
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Clevenger
Harry Groves
Alliance
Clyde Shidler
Groves
Canton
Will Gives Scions His Free Advice and Bill Halted
Carson City Nevada March 17 Will Rogers delivers public advice to the governor and lawmakers. They killed the license gambling bill by voting against a $1,000 per table license. Rogers notes with sarcasm that other states are gambling free. He references Corbet and Mark Twain’s old stamping ground. He plans to Virginia City next.
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Rogers
Carson City
Nev
Senate
Nevada
Corbet
Mark Twain
Virginta City
Rooming House Probe Ordered By City Mayor Swarts
Mayor Swarts launches city wide inquiry into rooming houses citing filthy and unsanitary conditions. He revokes Co FP Carlin’s rooming house license at 304 3rd St SE and offers reinstatement only if bathrooms, cleanliness, heating, and interior work are completed. Police and health department will investigate all licenses for poor conditions.
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8. M. Swarts
Swarts
Co. FP. Carlin
3Rd St
Carlin
Sinclair found guilty in senate contempt case
Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, convicted on four counts of contempt of the United States Senate by a District of Columbia jury after eight hours ten minutes of deliberation. He resumed business from his hotel desk as lawyers begin appeals to higher courts. Sentence to be set within four days.
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Washington
Mar
United States Senate
Harry F. Sinclair
Deak
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
William Hils
Trl
District Court of Appeals
Sinclair
United States Supreme Court
Senate
Onl
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome
Wyo
Naval Oil Reserve
District Supreme Court
Binclair
Fall
State Armory July 4 Project to Improve Schroper Ave
Council will consider permanently improving Schroper Avenue SW in Behroyer Street area near the State Armory. The road is currently unimproved and not in presentable condition for armory use. no definite action was taken.
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Schroper Av SW
Behroyer Av
Iteo
Armory
Model Church Should Be Life of Jesus Christ
Rev J Pedder urged that the life of Christ be the church model during the Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist conference in Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. The sermon, part of a series on He Is All Together Lovely, praised Christ’s inner life and patience, urging church members to embody his spirit and virtues. More than 309 attended the evening service, with over 125 delegates from out of town for the conference, which runs through Sunday with daily sessions and evening consecrations.
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Tr. J. Pedder
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Church Conference
Wesleyan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wesleyan Methodist
Cornercrother
Marion
Solomon
Christ
God
Hehmesa
W. H. Marvin
Holland Bars Students From Rotterdam
The steamship Ryndal, which carried American professors and students to Europe as a floating university, was quarantined at Rotterdam due to bobonte plague cases aboard. The crew and scholars left the ship at Havre and plan to travel by train to the destination on March 21, while socialist press protests against admitting them cite disease spread risks.
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Rotterdam
Atemmer Ryndal
Europe
Havre
Preas
Suit Ruined in St Patrick's Day Fun
Cincinnati report states Patrick Fogarty complained to police today that a bucket of green paint splashed over his new suit while he watched from a downtown window. He noted his ancestors hailed from Old Erin and the act occurred during St Patrick's Day festivities.
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St. Patrick's Day
Cincinnati
Patrick Fogarty
Erin
Fogarty
Injured Boy Scout Relation Improves After Accident
Richard Delp twelve son of J W Delp of Fulton Road NW sustained lacerations to right hip and leg Wednesday evening while walking home from a Boy Scout meeting. He was reported improving steadily Thursday as a trolley car or vehicle unexpectedly turned the curb.
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Richard Delp
J W Delp
Fulton Rd
Warden Thomas files appeal in Ohio Supreme Court
Columbus dispatch reports E I Mills attorney won right to privately confer with life-prisoner Pat McDermott in Mellett murder case but mandate suspended until Supreme Court acts. Warden Thomas seeks ruling on penitentiary care and who runs the institution. Interview terms debated as I J Milla seeks private talk with McDermott now in prison.
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Columbus
Mar
E. I. Mills
Pat McDermott
Ohio
Don R. Mellett
Canton
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
P. EK. Thomas
Lloyd Strettenberger
A. W. Agier
Strettenberger
Franklin Co Court of Appeals
I. J. Milla
Ben Rudner
Patrick E. McDermott
McDermott
P. E. Thomas
Ita Merita
Decialon
Milla
Tta
Appellate Court
Warren Thomas
Mills
Thomas
Elment
Pennsy Railroad Sued by City to Open Crossing
City of Caytoon filed Thursday a petition against The Pennsylvania railroad to compel opening of Clarendon over Woodem crossing. The case seeks a mandatory order to reopen and improve the crossing after more than 60 years of closure. Attorneys Russell J. Mack and Ullman & Miller represented the city.
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Bult
Caytoon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Clarendon
Russell J. Mack
Uinan & Miller
Five Years Old Anniversary Sale Shown by Canton Firm
Canton residents responded well to a five year anniversary sale highlighted by A L Oscar of the A L Oscar Co. at 202 Tuscaranas St BF. The Canton Daily News carried a special section Wednesday announcing spring stock bargains from the firm. The event marks five years since Oscar started his business and the celebration spurred the sale.
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Canton
Anid A. L. Oscar
A. L. Oscar Co
Tuscaranas St BF
Canton Daily News
Oscar
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