Davis Debt to Grow as Canton State Bank Crisis Deepens
The Canton Morning News reports the Canton State bank closure leaves debts and liabilities over $600,000 with W L Davis and D Bachtel as top stockholders. Davis’s outside obligations threaten solvency while creditors plan to accept stockholder shares and assign trustees to manage assets without bankruptcy.
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Canton State Bank
Canton Morning News
W. L. Davis
Davis
Bachtel
Mineral City Bank
Alfred Davis
Canton
State Bank
Bidwell
Cleveland
Bankers’ Surety Company
Court Assignments Show Dual Common Pleas Calender
Common pleas court schedules this week with Judges Harter and Ambler in rooms 1 and 2. Room 1 lists Monday motions and multiple trials, Tuesday is Decoration day, and the rest of the week features jury trials including Graham v Insurance Company and several others. Room 2 covers motions on May 29 and various civil actions through Thursday, with additional cases listed for Wednesday and Thursday sessions.
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Common Pleas Court
Harter
Ambler
Court Room No
Burg
Holman
Gless
Gloss
Graham
Insurance Company
Moore
News-Democrat Publishing Company
Stark L. and
M. Company
Emmerman Brothers
Oliver
Dorrance
Connor
C.-A. Railway Company
Deibel
Hobercher Et al
Lynch
Pocock Coal Company
Burness
Canton City
Friday McCoy
M. & C. Coal Company
Wooster Glass Company
Nicodemus
Geigenseitiger
Vanande
Taggart
Schropp
Cohen
Smith
Navarre School Graduation and Local Events
Navarre public schools plan commencement on Friday with nine graduates named including Flora Garver Martha Kassaski Blanche Truby Letha Carl Meta Ricksecker Alice Allinder Harry Thompson Ed Stahl and Mevin Lutz. Local social notes report weddings and visits, with Miss Anna Monnot leaving Navarre for a teaching post in Louisville and a Navarre visitor from Canton.
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Navarre
Navarre Public Schools
Flora Garver
Martha Kassaski
Blanche Truby
Letha Carl
Meta Ricksecker
Alice Allinder
Harry Thompson
Ed Stahl
Mevin Lutz
Sylvester Kline
Minnie Rohr
Frank Kline
Massillon
Kline
Christ. Stahl
Joseph Thomas
Bessie Thomas
Maud Weimer
Beach City
Frank Mercier
Bessie Mercier
Louisville
Catherine Mercier
Alfred Menegay
Anna Monnot
Navarre School Board
Misa Monnot
William Reed
Canton
Four Killed At Nickel Plate Crossing Near Louisville
Louisville Ohio May 26 Four members of the Monnier family and Mrs Howells and her daughter Emma were killed when a Pennsylvania passenger train struck their two seated surrey at Nickel Plate crossing one mile east of Louisville. The accident occurred shortly before 10 o clock at night as the party returned from a visit. The bodies were badly mangled and the horse was killed. Funeral services for Mr and Mrs Monnier will be held at St Louis Catholic church and burial will be in St Louis cemetery. The Howells party may be sent to South Bend Indiana for burial.
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Louisville, O
August Monnier
Howells
Emma
South Bend
Ind
Nickel Plate Crossing
Louisville
Grace Crossing
R.G. Walker
H. A. March
Canton
Monnier
Parsons death body moved directly to Urbana cemetery
In the Parsons case the body was removed straight from the Erie train at Urbana to the cemetery. Mrs Parsons’ relatives refused a funeral at the house, and an uncle of Mrs Parsons traveled to the city to accompany the body and confirm the direct transfer to the cemetery.
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Parsons
Erie
Urbana
Howells Denies Bank Wrecking Role in Canton Closure
Statement by Anthony Howells clarifies Howells-Davis-Brandt Company status as hotel owners with only customer ties to Canton State Bank. The bank’s directors reported grave irregularities by the cashier, concealed debts of about 400000 linked to Davis and his firms, prompting liquidation talks and a bank door closure.
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Anthony Howells
Canton
State Bank
Howells-Davis-Brant Company
Courtland
Canton State Bank
Howells
Thayer
Davis
Buchtel
Tate
W. N. Davis Company
Mr. Davis
W. L. Davis Company
Cleveland Brick Company
Davis Railroad Coal Company
Bank Directors Call for Patience as Seal Holds
The bank cannot continue amid difficulties and directors urge depositors and interested parties to remain calm. They are conserving the bank’s securities to protect all stakeholders, warning that large properties could suffer if a different course is pursued.
Miners in Politics Shake Ohio Labor Scene
President W H Haskins and Secretary G W Savage of the United Mine Workers of Ohio announced at a United Trades and Labor council meeting that organized miners will enter state politics this fall to defeat lawmakers opposing mine safety laws. Haskins called it business, not political, and targeted a Cuyahoga County House mining committee chairman for renomination if necessary.
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Cleveland
W. H. Haskins
United Mine Workers of Ohio
G. W. Savage
United Trades and Labor Council
Ohio
Haskins
Cuyahoga County
Mines and Mining Committee
Cuyahoga
Foul Play Talked Of In Parsons Death Case
Summit county officials doubt the coroner’s verdict of death by own action in the Harry Parsons case. Parsons was found dead in his room at 203 Water Street likely from carbolic acid. Witnesses place Mrs Parsons awake after 6 am and a roomer saw her washing at 4:25 am, prompting further inquiry before a post mortem. The body rests in Urbana, and the coroner will decide after consulting the prosecutor.
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Summit County
Harry Parson
Akron Beacon Journal
Humphrey
Harry Parsons
Parsons
Water Street
Memorial day program at West Brookfield outlined
West Brookfield May 27 program lists 8 oclock assembly at the M E church led by the Stanwood band. Procession to Catholic cemetery for graves decoration, parochial school song, Mamie Kraft recitation The Blue and the Gray. Return for services by Rev N E Moffit. Memorial address by Rev S W Young. Music by public school under Prof L G Graves. H M Minnich marshal. J D Miller assistant. David Watts color bearer. John Reimoshl. (Signed) Minnich Peters.
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West Brookfield
M. E
Oelack Arm
Stanwood Band
Mamie Kraft
H. M. Minnich
Cora Peters
Carpathia reveals leader in ocean yacht race
The Cunard liner Carpathia, arriving from the Mediterranean, reports the four top yachts. Atlantic leads by about 160 miles over Hamburg, with Ailsa 186 miles behind, Endymion close, Hildegarde fifth, and Utopia Valhalla Thistle Fleur de Lys Sunbeam Apache following in order.
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New York
Cunard
Carpathia
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Hamburg
Endymion
Hildegarde
Chicago building trades withdraw support from teamsters
The Associated Building Trades in Chicago, representing eighteen thousand workers, has withdrawn its moral and financial support from the teamsters. This move will cut nearly one thousand dollars per week from the strikers' funds as teamsters' daily expenses total ten thousand dollars.
Drivers Back at Work After Hidden Agreement
Twenty union drivers for the Adams Chillo Lumber Company returned to work in Chicago on May 27 under an agreement not disclosed. The report notes workers resumed duties amid unresolved terms. Monarch over pain. Burns cuts sprains stings. Instant relief. Dr. Omay Electric Oil advertised.
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Chicago
Adams Chillo Lumber Company
Monarch
Omay
Board of Education Reads Plans for City School Additions
At a Friday session the Board reviewed proposed additions to State Street building funded by 27000 in bonds. Opinions split between expanding the current two rooms and adding two more, or constructing a separate building later. A central high school was not favored due to finances. The committee will study options and report next meeting. Katherine Brossman accepted as music supervisor. Bonds and payrolls discussed as preparations proceed with summer work pending.
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Board of Education
State Street
Fox
Katherine Brossman
Chicago
John Ellis
Weaver
G. A. Rk
Washington D. H
C. L. Cronebaugh
Russian Fleet Sighted Near Korea Straits
Tokio reports Rojestvensky's fleet sighted off the Tshushi Ma islands in the strait of Korea. A British steamer to Hongkong says on May 24 forty five Russian vessels were seen a hundred forty miles southeast of the Saddle islands, most coal wagons empty as the fleet steamed northward.
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Tokio
Rojestvensky
Tshushi Ma Islands
Strait of Korea
Hongkong
St. Kilda
Japan
Saddle Islands
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Davis and Bachtel
Atlee Pomerene
the News
Co. D. Bachtel
A. C. Brandt
Catherine B. Brant
Hiram Doll
William Wagner
Estella Dueber
Pennsylvania
Surrey
Occupants
MR. Howells
The
Howells-Davis-Brandt Co
Courtland Hotel
Brookfield
Euros Wo
Ralhivi
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