Steel industry hums along in dull monotony
New York dispatch notes steady capacity use across steel mills with finishing and pipe sectors near 85 to 90 percent while plate and wire lag. Can makers may drive 85 percent annual output. steady demand and resumed sheet operations bolster the market amid high activity in iron ore shipments and Lake Superior ore values. Damaged flood story follows.
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New York
Youngstown
Steubenville
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Pacific Coast
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Lake Suberior
Metzgar Fails to Appear at Board Trial in Canton
Cantons civil service board upheld charges of insubordination against patrolman Jos F Metzgar after he did not appear for a hearing on September 15 1926. Acting Chief John Wise testified along with Safety Director Earl Hexamer while Metzgar's letter of explanation was read. Metzgar had been dismissed August 31 1926 following demotion from the detective squad.
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Joseph “Fat” Metzgar
Police Department
Civil Service Commission
John Wise
Metzgar
Wise
Earl W. Hexamer
Hexamer
Jos. F. Metzgar
90th auto victim in Cincinnati tragedy
Eugene Paul Silver, 1, died in Cincinnati the 90th auto accident victim in Hamilton county this year. He was struck by a car driven by William Rust, 20, a tailor, last night. Rust was arrested on a charge of manslaughter.
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Cincinnati
Eugene Paul Silver
Hamilton Co
William Rust
USI
Two Lightning Strikes Hit Two Homes Nearby
Two sites about a mile apart were hit by lightning at the same moment Wednesday. Fire Chief R O Mesnar reported one bolt was a cold strike causing no fire while another started a fire in a vacant rear garage at 1610 Market ar N owned by Mrs Alonzo Smith. The cold stroke also knocked the chimney from the home of Fred Wenger at 1319 22nd st NW.
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R. O. Mesnar
Fred Wenger
22Nd St
1610
Market Ar N
Alonzo Smith
Two Ohio Hunters Shot As Squirrel Season Opens
The squirrel season opened in Ohio as two hunters were wounded. Harry Hammersley near Newcomerstown was hit by a hunter aiming at a squirrel. Clyde Hess of East Kent slipped and shot himself in the face and shoulder. Both are expected to recover.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry Hammersley
Newcomerstown
Clyde Hess
East Kent
Miner Freed in Sheriff Death
St Clairsville Ohio September 16 Mike Dragovich a Provident miner was acquitted of firing the shot that killed Sheriff Sam Dunfee. The jury returned its verdict on the first ballot after a trial that lasted a week Gun experts testified the fatal bullet came from a weapon like that used by a deputy the night of the raid.
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ST. Clairsville
Mike Dragovich
Provident
Sam Dunfee
Dragovich
State seeks 10551 from Shores estate and bondsmen
Ohio state auditor released a report on a special examination of the late Lewis M Shores St Clairsville justice of the peace seeking recovery of 10551 from his estate and bondsmen Shores died by his own action on August 2 and the case centers on his official records
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lewis M. Shores
St. Clairsville
Joseph Tracy
Mellett Honored by Indiana University Club
In Indianapolis the Indiana University club paid tribute to Don R. Mellett, slain Canton Daily News publisher and IU alumnus. Members stood silent for a minute as James W. Fessler praised Mellett as a true son of IU and defender of his ideals.
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Indianapolis
Don R. Mellett
Canton (O.) Daily News
Indiana University Club
Mellett
Indiana University
James W. Fessler
Don Mellett
Bloomington
Posse Nabs Suspected Killers Near Elkton
A posse captures one masked man in jail at Elkton Maryland while another is surrounded in a Cecilio corn field. Police identify them as suspects in the Friday Chester murder of Walter Harden and the assault on Florence Scott aged 14 and Anna Klemsky aged 17.
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Elkton
Cecilio
Walter “Bud” Harden
Chester
Florence Scott
Anna Klemsky
Oslo paper accuses bank of financing bootleggers
The Oslo Arbetterbladet charges Norske Handels bank now in liquidation financed bootleaders and that bank officials were involved in smuggling and helped release seized smuggling ships. No denial yet from the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Daily News
Oslo
Norway
Oslo Arbetterbladet
Norske Handelsbank
Pomerene Seen as President If He Wins in Full
Former Gov. Cox predicts Atlee Pomerene could be Democratic presidential candidate if he wins the senate seat this fall. He says Al Smith has strong western support, and Smith could win the 1928 Democratic primaries in Ohio. Cox doubts Coolidge would be renominated if agricultural discontent persists. He also argues Smith's religion should not bar nominating him and says prohibition may not endure.
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New York
Atlee Pomerene
United States
Senate
James M. Cox
Ohio
British Isles
Europe
Mr. Cox
al Smith
Middle West
Pomerene
Smith
Cox
Coolidge
Frank ©. Lowden
Illinois
Gov. Smith
League of Nations elects nine non permanent council seats
In Geneva on September 16 the League assembly elected nine nations to non permanent seats on the council after two ballots. Eight were chosen on the first ballot and Czecho Slovakia won the ninth with 27 votes, prompting concern from the German delegation over a possible French bloc including France Poland Romania and Czechoslovakia.
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Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
League Council
Council
France
Poland
Rumania
Czechoslovakia
Seek 'Lovin' Bandit' in Columbus
Police hunt a so called loving bandit who escaped from Mrs. Frank Meyer a 66 year old widow after she found him in her room She held him as she cried for help and he overpowered her with a brace before fleeing damage to proceed with the investigation and capture
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Frank Meyer
Brace
Checks Made to King Probed in Daugherty Trial
At the Daugherty and Miller trial in New York on Sept 16 1920 prosecutors examined checks by the late Connecticut politician John T King to ex attorney general Harry M Daugherty. Durkin testified about King’s $50 000 retainer and two 1922 checks of 2500 dollars to Daugherty, as Buckner pressed to tie King to a 441 000 dollar fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John T. King
Connecticut
Harry M. Daugherty
United States
Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
King
John D. Durkin
Emory Buckner
Buckner
Richard Merton
Daugherty and
Miller
Durkin
Merton
Canton Daily News
Washington
Harding
Green to Convene Panel to Draft Alien Property Bill
Representative Green of Iowa, chair of the house ways and means committee, will call a meeting before Congress opens to draft a new bill for settlement of alien property claims. The treasury says no change in principle from the Mills bill, which failed in the last session. Acting Secretary Winston announced the plan.
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Washington
Green
Iowa
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Winston
Jones Leads In Morning Round At National Amateur
Bobby Jones held a two up lead on Chick Evans after the morning round at Baltusrol Country Club in Short Hills New Jersey during the national amateur championship. Jones was three up at the 16th but lost the 18th after a rough second shot and Evans birdied.
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Baltusros Country Club
Short Hills
N. J
Bobby Jones
Chick Evans
Jones
Evans
Cincinnati Woman Dies From Burns After Gas Heater Incident
Coroner D. C. Handley investigates the death of Mrs. Fannie Mehne in Cincinnati. She reportedly sustained fatal burns when her clothing caught fire from a bathroom gas heater. She fled screaming into an adjacent room where her daughter and son beat out the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
D. C. Handley
Fannie Mehne
Evangeline McPherson asks flock for square deal amid arrest talk
Aimee Semple McPherson urged telegrams and letters to District Attorney Asa Keyes and newspapers demanding a fair treatment as she faced possible charges of conspiracy to manufacture perjured testimony. The case's reopening followed claims by two women she allegedly sought to use to support a story of 84 days in a Mexican shack and ransom demands.
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Angelus Temple
McPherson
Dist. Atty
Asa Keyes
Los Angeles
Keyes
Minnie Kennedy
New Developmenta
Wgorraine Wiseman-Sellaff
San Francisco
Bernice Morris
Long Beach
Murder suspect asks county to name attorney
Louis Mazer faced Judge Agler on an indictment for the murder of Don R. Mellett declaring himself penniless and seeking court appointed counsel for a first degree murder trial. He earlier told a conspirator in Cleveland he had $2,000,000 backing him. Officials said indigent defendants receive court appointed lawyers from Stark County’s top bar.
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Louis Mazer
Don’ R. Mellett
Mazer
Bernsteen
Cleveland
Laws of
Ohio
Mazers
Stark Co
Ed Gibson
George Thorn
Webb Wolf
Squirrel Story First Of Year In Canton Hunting Ride
The first hunting tale of the season centers on E. J. Wirth Dan Harris Ralph Mansfield and Charles Cookie Nist guiding a misadventure in Canton area woods. After miles driven with a road map Harris admits he is lost and a hunter bags two squirrels while Emil Wirth retrieves a blacksnake.
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Canton
E. J. Wirth
Eclty
Dan Harris
No. 5
Engine House
Ralph Mansfield
Charles “Cookie” Nist
Central Station
Coshocton
Harris
Emil Wirth
Miners' Union Ousts Acting President in Ohio Subdistrict
In Columbus on September 16 Oral Daugherty was named provisional president of the Hocking Valley subdistrict United Mine Workers after Fred Hemsley, acting head for two weeks, was ousted by the state executive board. Hemsley follows Robert Marshall as a recent ouster amid malfeasance charges.
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Columbus
Oral Daugherty
Hocking Valley
United Mine Workers
Fred Hemsley
State Executive Board
Conrad Wein
Hemsley
Robert Marshall
State Board
Storms Near U.S. Southeast Move Toward Mainland
The weather bureau reports three tropical disturbances in the South Atlantic are drifting slowly toward the southeastern United States as of September 13.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Attorneys Seek Court Halt of Dempsey Tunney Bout
Chicago advocates travel to Philadelphia to file injunction preventing the Dempsey Tunney heavyweight title fight training and action. Philadelphia officials likely to be served with the injunction to back a court case supporting the halt. In Washington, Kellogg and Hoover expected to take no action on the protest from the Protestant association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coliseum Club
Broadway Limited
Philadelphia
B. E. Clements
Ralph Rosen
Dempsey
Indianapolis
Rosen
Philadelphia Athletic Commission
Washington
Kellogg
Hoover
Ministerial Association
Coolidge
Sesquicentennial Commission
Sunday Sesqui halted by quo warranto ruling
Dauphin county court rules the Sesquicentennial exhibition cannot stay open on Sundays if admission is charged. Attorneys for the association plan to appeal. The move follows a request by the attorney general representing Sunday observance groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Sesquicentennial Association
Dauphin Eco Court
George W. Woodruff
U S Sues Railroads Over Unjust Freight Rates
The Justice Department instructed federal district attorneys in Virginia and Indiana to sue the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western railroads for $5,000 forfeitures each. The government says the lines increased freight charges despite the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling them unjust and ordered them cancelled.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Virginia
Indiana
Chesapeake & Ohio
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Daugherty Trial Captures Capital Attention
Washington dispatch reports intense public focus on former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty's trial. The piece notes lobbyists like John T. King and Jesse W. Smith, questions on the German Metals Co. claim, and views on Daugherty's credulity and conduct amid political pressure.
Girl starts swim from England at Cape Gris Nez
An unidentified Penatish girl arrived quietly on the beach at Cape Gris Nez to attempt a Channel swim this afternoon at 2 39. Conditions were favorable.
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Cape Gris Nez
England
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Aimee Semple McPherson
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Harry Daugherty
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