Wheeling Seeks to Cut 14 Train Runs Amid Bus Challenge
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad asks the public utilities commission for authority to abandon 14 train lines citing bus and private auto competition. Hearing set May 25. list includes routes between Cleveland and Chagrin Falls, Canton and Cleveland, Warren to Wheeling, Steubenville to Town, and several others with varied departure times. Officials will comment on the petition and potential service impact.
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JMBUS
Theng and
Lake Erie Railroad
Public Utilities
Rease
Traction Nd
Automo
Commission
Ber
Cleveland
Te Chagrin Falls
Falls
Zanesville
Canton
Canton Errodsville
Wheeling
Harmon
Warren- Wheeling
Actress Blythe Affair Deemed False Alarms
Reports of Blythe's abduction were dismissed as false by authorities and press officials. Betty Blythe appeared in Jerusalem, countering claims she was held prisoner as she toured Israel amid publicity plans.
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Usalem
Ting
London
Blythe
Jerusah
Estraelom
Miner Drowns In Pond Near Abandoned Coal Field
Wilebeck Beckwith a 70 year old retired coal miner living alone near a former mining area was found drowned after he fell into a pond from an embankment. A resident rescue attempt failed as efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
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Wileckwith
Minbo
Beckwith
Five Drowned in Atlantic Fog Off Halifax Coast
In heavy fog off Halifax two days a schooner and a steamship were damaged or sunk. Five aboard the Nova Scotia schooner Cape D'Or died when rammed by the coal steamer Clackamas. the crew of the Moldergaard were reduced to three awaiting rescue. Twenty five sailors from the Azov were saved by passing steamers.
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Halifax
N. S
Wilkie
Nova Scotia
Cape D'Or
Clackamas
Norfak
North Atlantic
Government Stanley
Molderguard
Shuton Island
Dominion
Cape Breton
Leap to avoid capture breaks leg in Cleveland arrest
Adam Peterson leaped from a second story to escape police in Cleveland on a duty law violation charge but fractured a leg. He was taken to City Hospital and will face trial after recovery. Police found a stall and a gallon of reputed home made whiskey at his home.
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Cleveland
Adam Peterson
Peterson
City Hospital
Freed and New Prisoner In Michigan Murder Case
In Michigan, Leo Sauerman earned a pardon after two years in prison for first degree murder. Governor Groesbeck issued the clemency just after a jury found Harry Hill guilty of slaying Alex Dombrowski during a raid by men posing as federal officers. The Dombrowski family saw the crime, and Hill was convicted largely on a landlady’s testimony.
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Etroit, Mich
Michigan
Marquete Mich
Leo Sauerman
Mary Testmony
Groesbeck
Harry Hill
Alex Dombrowski
Domrowski
Melville Brown
Homer Noel
Leo Pakizer
Brown
Noel
Jackson
Paliser
Sauerman
Dombrokski
Hill
Chicago
A. W. Francisco
Child Hit By Car Seriously Injured In City
Three year old Frank Tishkoff of 916 Bluff Road NE was struck while pulling a small wagon on 19th Street NE and taken to Mercy Hospital with serious injuries. Police say I K Nilson of 1121 Homewood Avenue SW drove west on 12th Street and, with back turned to traffic, stepped in front of the car. The boy suffered lacerations to chin lip and tongue severe abdominal abrasions and leg bruises and may have internal injuries.
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Frank Tishkoff
Bluff Rd
Mercy Hospital
Plain Av. I
Nilson
Merew Hospital
Balloon Race Under Way In National Elimination Event
Five balloons began the national elimination race drifting southeast after launch from St Joseph. J E McGinnis reported seeing three balloons from a Kansas City bluff while William C Naylor, aide to pilot Herbert V Thaden, was overcome by gas and carried into the balloon basket in a semi conscious state.
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Kansas City
St Joseph
J. E. McGinnis
William C Naylor
Herbert V. Thaden
Detroit
Two Aviators Injured In Tail Spin Crash Off East Boston
National Guard pilot W. A. McCauley and observer private John McPhee were injured when their aircraft failed to recover from a tail spin and crashed into mud flats near East Boston airport.
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Boston
National Guard
W. A. McCauley
John McPhee
Bus Protest Filed Over Akron to Creston Route
The Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co filed a protest with the state utilities commission against George D Hulls bid to run a motor bus line from Akron to Creston via Kenmore Barberton and Wadsworth. It contends the proposed route would parallel the electric line.
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Columbus
Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co
State Utilities Commission
George ID. Hull
Akron
Creston
Kenmore
Barberton
Wadsorth
New Ohio Bishop to Speak at Sandusky Grace Church
Warren Lincoln Rogers new bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Church in Ohio will deliver his first Ohio sermon in Sandusky at Grace Episcopal Church on May 17.
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Sandusky
Warren Lincoln Rogers
Episcopal Church
Ohio
Grace Episcopal Church
Ohio Soldier Killed in Scranton After Auto Collision
Sergeant Raymond Frederick, 4, of the ordnance department at the Erie Proving Grounds in La Carne, was killed in Scranton late last night when struck by an automobile. The driver of the car has been arrested. Frederick was on an automobile tour with his family.
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Scranton
Raymond Frederick
Ordnance Department
Erie Proving Grounds
la Carne
Frederick
Man Dies After Wagon Wheel Catches on Stump
Sam Meletios, 87, of 1802 10th St NE, was fatally injured when the wagon he drove for McKinley Baking Co tipped after the front right wheel hit a stump in a vacant lot between Irwin Pl and 10th St NE. He died at Mercy Hospital around 9:30. Companion Ceaser Vaquros escaped injury. Coroner T C McQuate investigated.
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Sam Meletios
10Th St NE
Irwin Pl
10Th Et NE
Meletog
Ceaser Vaquros
Hiller
Meledoy
Mercy Hospital
Meleton
McKinley Baking Co
Vaguros
Irwin P
T. C. McQuate
Murder of Dr. William A Dillon Stirs St Louis Probe
Police pursue two leads in the death of Dr. William A Dillon a prominent surgeon and Washington University faculty member found slain on campus. Investigators question a West End resident tied to threatening calls and study Dillon's reported dual personality as possible motives.
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ST. Louis
William A Dillon
Dr. Jekyll
Washington University
Dillon
Drunk drivers Ducky Mann and Frank Turbull taken after crash
May 2 Youngstown report says both men, intoxicated, collided and lay on the sidewalk crying of injuries. Police did not summon an ambulance but ordered a patrol wagon to take them away, allegedly to cover up the incident.
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Youngstown CO
Ducky Mann
Frank Turbull
Twenty Hurt as Trolley Plows Down Newark Incline
Twenty persons were injured when a one man trolley sped out of control down a steep hill, left the tracks, and crashed into a telegraph pole. A head on collision with a motor truck at the incline top sent the trolley careening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Daughter Adopted By Kansas City Family
Nancy Jordan Clarke, a divorcee tied to a World War romance, has her baby girl adopted by a wealthy Kansas City family. Clarke learned of the adoption today as hospital attendants reported she has been resting after childbirth two weeks ago. The English-born mother was brought to Kansas City by Mrs Frank Warren, recent wife of a local attorney, who had previously had a son with her former husband.
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Kansas City
Nancy Jordan Clarke
Clarke
Frank Warren
Francie
Warren
Nancy
London
Claude H. Marke
Chicago
America
Sympathy Swings To Convict Charged With Kidnaping Girl
In Middlebury Vermont on May 2 public sympathy shifted toward Earl Woodward an ex convict charged with kidnapping Lucille Chatterton age 11. The case features a father Walter Chatterton once hunted by townspeople and now accused of abuse. Lucille now in care of Mrs Noble Sanford pending schooling and a new home as court date looms.
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Middlebury
Earl Woodward
Lucille Chatterton
Vermont
Woodward
Walter Chatterton
Lucille
Chatterton
Noble Sanford
Frank C.archibald
Magnus Johnson Wins Libel Suit in Minnesota
A. N. Jacobs, manager for Senator Thomas Schall, was found guilty of criminal libel against former Senator Magnus Johnson. The sealed verdict was opened by Judge Frank M. Nye after about an hour of deliberation.
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Minneapolis
Minn
A. N. Jacobs
Thomas Schall
Magnus Johnson
Frank M. Nye
New York Clearing House Records High Check Totals
New York clearing house set a record as checks cleared reached 1.697 billion dollars yesterday surpassing the 1.666 billion mark on January 2. The surge signals a possible nationwide gain and strong business activity in the city.
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New York
New York Clearing House
Two Divorces Filed Against Woman in Cleveland
Mrs. Elsie Sukkau, 27, faces two divorce suits filed by men she allegedly married after a prior marriage to August Sukkau. Joseph Klels Jr, 20, claims she wed him without a divorce from Sukkau and asserts she abandoned him and their infant son to marry Klels.
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Cleveland
Elsie Sukkau
Joseph Klels, Jr
August Sukkau
Sukkau
Klels
Andy Gump Coming To Canton Sunday
Andy Gump joins the Canton Daily News Sunday comic supplement with a new trio of features. The famous cartoon character and companions will debut in Canton as the seven day week begins.
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Andy Gump
Canton
Andy
Min
Chester
Canton Daily News
Maty
Jeff
Polly
Mrs
Just Boy
Ohio Governor Rejects Brick Plant Purchase Opposition
Governor Donahey vowed no further brick highways in Ohio unless state made brick is used. He accused the brick trust of blocking the Roseville plant purchase and efforts to derail the appropriation in the legislature. He pledged to continue the fight to prevent highway building delays.
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Ccolumbus
Donahey
Ohio
Roseville
Brick Trust
State plans $4 million office building in Columbus area
The state building commission and advisory panel expect to start construction within a year. Site negotiations to be closed after the first meeting a week from today. Condemnation may be used if needed. A riverfront site west of High Street and another nearby are viewed as most suitable.
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Columbus, CO
State Building Commission
Advisory Commission
High
Seaplane UN-9 Sets World Endurance Record
Philadelphia May 2 The all steel UN-9 seaplane set a new world endurance mark flying over the Delaware River between Carbaugh Navy Yard and Wilmingt Del. The craft remained aloft past 15 hours three minutes surpassing the prior 14 hour 53 minute 48 second record by Lt. F W Weed and J D Price set July 11 12, 1924 in Washington.
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Philadelphia
All Steel
Delaware River
Sarcue Land Navy Yard
Wilminen
Del
Navy Yard
F. W. Weed
J. D Price
Washington
Prince of Wales sprains wrist during Cape Town visit
The Prince of Wales suffers a sprained right wrist from excessive handshaking but continues duties using his left hand as Capetown hosts another day of royal entertainment for the guest.
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Capetown
South Africa
Prince of Wales
Latest leads in Gary murder mystery unfold
Chicago and Gary, Indiana authorities pursue a shifting suspect list after a young woman's charred body was found near Chesterton. James Brown of Fort Wayne claims the victim is his niece, and Miller from Chicago, husband of the latest named victim, is questioned about quarrels and a fake telegram to mislead others.
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Chicago
Porterco
Gary
Ind
Chesterton
Miller
Josephine Desiderio
James A. Brown
Fort Wayne
Mabel Wahlis
Brown
Columbus
Escape From Flames In NE Home Fire
Mr and Mrs John McKenry escaped from a living room fire at 1816 tace av NE early Saturday. Neighbors Louis Kept and spouse rescued them via a ladder onto the porch roof. Firemen contained the blaze to one room. house owned by Charles Pontius. cause unavailable.
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John McKenry
Louis
Vanderbilt Yacht Atlantic Burned At Marseille
A cablegram to Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr reports the famous yacht Atlantic owned by General Vanderbilt was badly burned at Marseilles last night. The vessel burned to the waterline at the stern and the owners quarters were destroyed. No one was injured.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Atlantic
General Vanderbilt
Marseilles
France
Mediterranean
Choir Director Held for Flogging Father of Girl in Knickers
Le Shreveport Louisiana reports Cedar Grove choir director W. Conrad Oliver found guilty of participating in the flogging of John Barker 63 after Barker allowed his daughter Jewell 17 to wear knickers and ride a bicycle. Five men arrested. one acquitted. three awaiting trial. Barker warned by villagers then beaten April 4. Oliver to be sentenced later with possible year in jail and $1000 fine.
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Shreveport
W. Conrad Oliver
Cedar Grove
John Barker
Jewell
Oliver
Barker
Icia Negri Charms In Film Role Total Box Office Hit
The personality of Icia Negri shaping the Charmer role has boosted the film into a great success. Saturday marks the final showing at the Valentine theater. Two Daily News readers will win free tickets via the Where You Can Find It Canton section, with names changing daily.
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I*cia Negri
Subediifors
Daily News
Canton
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