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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1925
Page
1
In the fifty-first Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 16 1925 Flying Ebony ridden by Earl Sande won for owner Gifford A Cochran amid heavy thunder showers. The conditions drenched the crowd as the race showcased speed and stamina.
In Ville Kentucky on May 16 crowds cheered Flying Ebony ridden by Earl Sande as the 51st derby winner. Mutuels paid $8.30 for a $2 win ticket $3.80 for place and $2.80 for show as thousands of betters backed Cochran colt.
Thousands of dollars in damage marred the clubhouse and grandstand lawns as jockeys and horses were soaked. Flying Ebony drew little betting interest in a nine horse field split with Quatrain the odds on favorite amid heavy crowd betting on the popular Sande driven mount. The race produced a dramatic payout of 3.15 to 1 with Flying Ebony winning amid a citywide ovation for Sande as the long popular jockey celebrated at the judges stand.
Roscoe Arbuckle, famed rotund comedian, and film star Doris Dean married in San Marino California. Superior Court officiant Hug Crawford presided. guests included Joseph and Schenck couples, Keaton couple, Anger couple, and Margaret and Constance Talmadge. The couple plans a New York wedding trip.
Medina Ohio May 16. Police hold Walter Johns of Cleveland on suspicion in a case touching the poisoning deaths of Sophia Hasel and Fred Gienke senior and the poisoning of 14 others linked to a proposed marriage. Prosecutor Seymour seeks a new grand jury and possible continued detention without bail.
Congressman Martin L. Davey warns of buckeye tree extinction risk in Ohio. Ed ward Sinclair Thomas counters with plentiful buckeye trees and confuses them with horse chestnut. Thomas invites Davey to inspect genuine buckeyes on the state house grounds in Columbus.
In Temple Pennsylvania a passenger train struck an automobile at a grade crossing near the Temple station killing Herbert F. Cohick 43 of Lititz and his sister Mrs E M Clowell 46 of Nazareth.
A rain and hail storm with 70 mile winds swept 650 miles across Ohio causing widespread wire communication outages but limited damage. Downed lines near Bellefontaine. few injuries reported. police expect damage around 300000 dollars as signs blown down and windows shattered in Columbus.
W. I. Gilmore of McKinley High School wins The Canton Daily News Community Fund slogan contest with "Teamwork in Giving." Among 3000 submissions judges named his slogan original and fitting the fund’s goal. He wins $25.
Berlin reports a Dorstfeld mine disaster near Dortmund where a depot of two tons of dynamite exploded. The blast sealed a shaft, trapping 235 miners and causing eight deaths with 24 injured as rescuers faced gas fumes and grieving families gathered at the shaft mouth.
Geneva May 16 America won a point in the arms traffic conference fight to keep statistics out of League of Nations control. Chairman Burton secured a sub committee to study creating a central body for publishing vital figures with delegates from the United States Spain Norway France England Italy Belgium and Germany.
New York May 16 Abby Rocke heiress to a vast fortune, traveling to Europe with husband David Milton aboard the Paris, grew nervous in front of shipboard reporters. She muttered questions to her husband as photographers hovered, staying mostly in their stateroom while the couple was the social centerpiece of the voyage.
Berlin May 18. President Von Hindenburg faces government opposition to his proposal to grant amnesty to political offenders and criminals. Communists demand prison doors be opened for 7,000 revolutionaries while officials warn such a wholesale amnesty could harm national peace amid Germany's industrial stabilization. He held talks with justice officials on amnesty and tariff issues.
In Columbus on May 16 the vanguard of Presbyterian general assembly committees arrived, signaling a major intra church clash between fundamentalists and modernists. The contest centers on selecting a moderator with Dr Lapaley McAfee of Berkeley and Dr W O Thompson of Ohio State backing the fundamentalists, while Dr Charles St Erdman of Princeton seeks liberal support as the neutral candidate. The moderator election is set for next Thursday.
In Pittsburgh on May 16 a Consolidated Ice Co plant fire caused about 100000 dollars in damage after ammonia coil explosions. Ammonia fumes forced residents from homes within five blocks, while workers rescued 45 horses from a nearby stable before fumes spread.
Rt. Rev. Warren Lincoln Rogers new bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal diocese of Ohio was hosted by Grace Church vestry at Plum Brook Country Club. He will celebrate his first communion and preach his first sermon in his new role at Grace Church tomorrow.
Columbus May 14 Announcement was made that Professor H. E. Simmons of Akron has become president of the Ohio Universalist convention succeeding W. Jame son of Columbus whose death occurred days ago on the eve of the state convention. The June 1 to 25 gathering will mark the hundredth anniversary of organized Universalism in Ohio.
Scott Adama, 64, a Milford Center mail carrier, was instantly killed when hit by a Big Four passenger train while walking along tracks near his home on May 16 in Springfield area.
In Wheeling Parkersburg West Virginia on May 1 a Cleveland boy Peter Marcus aged 14 escaped to the city. He greeted his father Matthew Marcus with the phrase Stella Pop and went willingly back to his parents at the lockup.
Senator Selden P Spencer of Missouri died at Walter Reed Hospital tonight. The Republican lawmaker passed away in Washington on May 16, according to early reports.
A steel corset stay deflected a stray bullet that struck Mrs. Sidney Prule wife of a hotel landlord in Tiffin. The garment prevented a fatal injury and she received only a slight flesh wound in the yard.
Chicago May 16 Misa Tan belle Pope a school girl sweetheart of Billy McClintock heir to the McClintock fortune will be a principal witness against William D Shepherd foster father of Billy The state accuses Shepherd of poisoning the ward to gain wealth Pope will testify Shepherd blocked their marriage and claimed a license was unavailable unless both parties were present A surprise witness may confirm Dr Charles Farman testimony that Shepherd offered 100000 for germ information in a typhoid case the state alleges Shepherd injected germs into Billy McClintock causing his death
James K. Miller, manager of the bond department in the Ohio State Treasury, resigns effective June 1 to join the Investment department of First Citizen's Corporation in Columbus. He will be replaced by Frank Welling of Worthington, assistant director of the Republican Glee Club of Franklin.
Discovery of 15009 dollars worth of Liberty bonds near Sylvania on Friday provides the first clue in the 1920 Old Fort bank robbery case. The bonds were registered and had been replaced months ago by the treasury department.
The Tessie Aubrey, anchored 25 miles south of Block Island, remains skipperless and unable to join the rum boat exodus as its captain went ashore before the blockade. Patrol boats linger near the ship, keeping the skipper ashore.
New York May 16 Coast guard action ends a bloodless week long effort to curb illegal rum trafficking. About 68 foreign ships were driven off Rum Row within 60 miles of shore by cutters destroyers and patrol boats. Traffic with the enemy prohibited except ships allowed to supply or remove cargo within set limits. Officials report 280 vessels captured or destroyed in the past year with cargoes valued at about 15 million dollars and around 2000 prisoners captured many released.
After 24 hours of investigation Sheriff W. Kirk and deputies questioned several residents in Minerva about a dynamiting that leveled the Hart block. They believe the explosive was planted days earlier to target Fred W. Addsett the jeweler, who had warning letters and was in the shop shortly before the blast. Nearby property owners replace shattered windows and repair damage once more.
Lisbon martial law will continue through May after Colonel Lerreira Amaral, head of the state police, was wounded by a gang described as red legions. Three attackers were captured and wounded. the assailants escaped, according to a Central News dispatch from London.
At the Ohio Petroleum Markets Association convention in Cincinnati speakers describe bootleggers who buy gasoline in Kentucky and Indiana, import it into Ohio, and sell it to garages to dodge a two cent per gallon tax. Attorney Herbert R. Puller of Cleveland derides the tax as a hodgepodge and unlikely to stand legal test. The association’s fall meeting is planned for Youngstown.
Orlando Heldy age 21 and Winifred Ashton age 18 both of Leesville apply for a marriage at the county courthouse shortly after Heldy is convicted of carrying concealed weapons and given deferred sentence. He admits kidnapping Winifred from a movie and hiding her at his grandparent's home, with a search party later locating her in a hayloft and she recovering.
At a village wedding in Zugdedach near Moscow a roof collapse buried 300 guests inside the hall. Five women died and soldiers rescued the survivors as rescuers pulled others from the wreckage.
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