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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1925
Page
1
May records fall as heat spikes across Chicago and Ohio while Michigan and Minnesota temper with snow. Severe storms bring damage from Kansas to New York as cold fronts cut temperatures. drownings reported in Ohio and Minnesota amid strong winds and power outages.
Dublin Ga veteran James A. Thomas named commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans at the thirty fifth annual reunion held in Dallas Texas.
May 23 Tokyo reports relief measures underway in Hyogo prefecture after Saturday quake causing heavy damage. Nearly one thousand injured and up to 20,000 made homeless by aftershocks and fires. Tokio tremors continued for ten minutes as aid trains from Osaka rush to the Sanin district.
Canton crowds celebrate the final performance of La Traviata with a sold out Auditorium. Verdi’s tale featured soprano Rachel Frease-Green amid praise for her Violetta despite a cold. Louis Rousseau and Jules Schwarz received stellar notices as Alfredo Germont and Baron Douphol.
Teddy Haefner aged 3, son of F Y Haefner prominent hotel and dry goods executive, fell six stories from a hotel window in Cincinnati. He climbed on a chair, toppled onto the window screen, which broke on the concrete below, and landed in a flower bed. X ray checks showed no injuries.
Many here and nearby seek relief from the heat at Lake Erie's Surf despite openings elsewhere. Officials report a 91 degree temperature late this afternoon as the heat wave continues.
In Murmansk off northern Russia, 70 Norwegian fishing boats were seized by Soviet authorities on May 23 for allegedly fishing in Russian waters. No further details were provided on the incident or charges.
The Canton Daily News reports heavy sales of its flag prize. Readers may obtain a flag and hardware for 1.85 dollars by sending three prize coupons and paying the amount. Flags are standard size with joint poles and suitable for holiday display.
The famous sulphur spring on the Ohio Wesleyan campus flowed today for the first time since a two year outage. Tests show an underground reservoir and artificial pressure will sustain a permanent flow. Alumni recall the spring as the Hayes Webb rendezvous and campus lore warns freshmen against its waters.
H W Hoover, general chairman of the Community Fund Drive, says the test is of Canton and not the Community chest. He warns that if the $370000 goal is not reached the city will have failed, with subscriptions at two thirds of quota by Friday noon on the drive’s fourth day and two days left to finish.
Ex mayor C C Curtis faces two Ohio Supreme Court actions aimed at regaining his mayoral seat. He plans to consult attorney Luther Day and may forgo further argument. Also set for Tuesday is FE E Curtis’s error case linked to a bribery conviction and appeal path.
Olympia Macri sits in New Haven court as jurors ponder a verdict on murder charges in the death of John Sheik Bagnano. Judge Avery outlined options including first or second degree murder, manslaughter, or acquittal. Macri said she would not be sorry if it happened again but would die instead for her baby.
Firemen were called to the Ervin Manufacturing Co. plant at 322 Wells Ave SW on Saturday evening to extinguish a roof fire. Workmen spotted the blaze at 6 30 PM. The fire was put out with chemical equipment. Fireman F Allenbaugh cut his thumb fighting the blaze. A later grass fire was reported near Prospector SW and Pennsylvania R R tracks.
Two men and a woman were rescued by the coast guard at Cleveland Ohio after drifting two miles offshore in Lake Erie for four hours. They signalled for help with a lantern accidentally left in their row boat and were brought to safety.
Police report Jim Standish was arrested late Saturday on drunkenness and disturbing the peace. He allegedly entered Nick Andria's home at 631 Schwalmag Nig, began a fight striking Andria several times. Officers forced entry to arrest him after he fled to his room in Schwalmar NE.
Marysville May 23 Mrs Martha Wise known as the poison widow of Hardscrabble began a life term in a cottage once occupied by Mabel Champion. She was convicted of murdering three relatives by poison and causing illness to 17 others through contaminated drinking water.
Louis B. Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announces a campaign to spend up to 25 million dollars to build theaters in every city blocked to independent producers. The move marks the first major public stance by the big trio against independent studios.
Off Brest France on May 23 a rescue boat and a lifeboat from a wrecking vessel sank during a sudden storm. Fifteen life savers and twelve fishermen were drowned in the incident.
Mines in three districts of Taylor county produced 155 cars of coal last week after a three month idle period. Operators released the figures tonight.
A Turkish steamer named Korlman sank in a storm in the Black Sea. A Constantinople despatch reports forty four people drowned. Central News notes the tragedy as ships battled rough seas and loss of life.
Oslo May 23 Strained hours turn to days with no word on Captain Roald Amundsen and his Arctic aviators. The Dornier planes set out Thursday to reach the North Pole by air, seeking scientific observations and a first, confirmed feat. Friends and Lincoln Ellsworth hope for success, but night falls in the far north with uncertainty and fear of a delayed report.
Pope Pius designates Bishop Chartand of Indianapolis as the new Archbishop of Cincinnati to succeed the late Archbishop Henry Moeller. The selection places Chartand in a key leadership role for the Cincinnati diocese.
May 23. A waitress at a Presbyterian assembly in session here stopped William Jennings Bryan from presiding as toastmaster, telling him to wait until others were served before he spoke. Bryan graciously resumed his seat after the table in the corner finished.
Colonel Henry Grossup 81 a key Kanawha valley developer died in a Chicago hospital after a two year illness. A native of Ohio he moved to Charleston in 1880 organizing the Buckeye Cart Co and helped form an oil company to drill beneath the Kanawha river. He is survived by his widow Miss Hertha Marie Coffee of Wooster Ohio and a son Paul B R Grossup. Funeral services will be held at the old Grossup home in Ashland Monday.
A May 29 gas explosion in Versailles Kentucky killed two people and injured 25, with several expected to die. A building was wrecked and nearby houses rocked. a first aid call went out to Lexington for doctors and ambulances.
Members of the Ku Klux Klan are barred from membership in the United Brethren church after a unanimous vote in the church's 10 day national conference held in Adrian Michigan on May 23 The action targets Klan membership within the religious group and closes the conference proceedings.
Cleveland Ohio hosts the What Price Glory Sweepstakes at Maple Heights track. One hundred eighty four cars from 1902 to late models enter an eliminations format with the final race a 10 mile dash for a loving cup. Entrants must be willing to sell their cars for zero dollars.
State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe said he was on track of a wholesale jury and witness tampering plot tied to the defense in the William Shepherd murder trial of Billy McClintock. He won an early victory with James Callan, a ward politician held on $2000 bond for attempted bribery, identified by Phillip J. Barry as the man who sought his jury service.
Large hailstones described as bird eye sized pelted golfers on the links and shattered windows in Hackensack New Jersey this afternoon.
Columbus Ohio May 23 The movies and racy magazines are blamed for youth crimes including grandmothers’ assassination and casual marriage said Rev H M Robinson head of Christian education for the Presbyterian assembly He notes youths adopt film ideas and magazine tone quickly and urges broader Christian instruction for children to counteract this influence
In Canton 187 drivers were arrested on Saturday for traffic violations, the largest count on record. Three faced major offenses and were ordered to appear in criminal court. Most violators paid $1 or $5 fines for parking or stop sign negligence as officers planned to extend the enforcement next week. Henry Ealtman and William Hall were charged with speeding. Martin HATTENDORF faced reckless driving charges.
President Coolidge was briefly indisposed with a stomach ache after breakfast at the White House. Doctors Coupal and Boone treated him for indigestion likely from bad cantaloupe and he soon resumed plans for a week end Mayflower cruise.
Firefighters struggle to save Pleasant Hill and Ratsto as a forest blaze nears. About 800 personnel battle the flames threatening 100 homes and a local mill in Pleasant Hill and 50 homes in Gatsto, with wards warned the towns seemed doomed.
In Cleveland four people were killed in traffic accidents today. A boy died in hospital from injuries after riding on a truck, an elderly man was struck by a car, and two others died in crashes. The year’s traffic deaths in Cleveland reach 81.
Bloomfield New Jersey May 28 Frank Martin 31 a homemaker was taken into custody tonight after police charged him with killing his daughter Mary Smith 23 with an axe during a family quarrel in their home this afternoon.
A hundred ton crane collapsed near Jersey City on the Hudson Boulevard Bridge over the Penasyee Vanta railroad tracks, seriously injuring several persons as it struck an automobile.
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