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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1924
Page
1
Fred Rhodes, about 55, of Rose Point, was found hanging by a rope in his barn about 11 this forenoon. His wife cut the rope and Dr. Sutton of Princeton declared life extinct. Rhodes had been in poor health and in despondent mood. he leaves a wife and two sons.
William J. Wallace fifty tolls collector and Charles Virgin thirty five watchman were found shot at the McKinley Bridge approaches. A maroon car with four men was sought after dawn dash. Police link the killings to a prior holdup in East St Louis and a stolen car.
John Bowers alias Brickley of New York, jailed for automotive theft, was identified by three witnesses as the driver of the death car in a March payroll holdup in Philadelphia. J Harold Wiley was killed. the robbers netted about 385 dollars of a 3500 dollar payroll as the messenger fled during the struggle.
Chicago June 6 A sequel to the Leopold and Loeb case appears as Dean Ernest H Wilkins orders an end to gin parties in fraternity houses at the University of Chicago. He asks fraternity presidents to enforce the ban and warns that expulsion may follow noncompliance.
Arthur Mometer recalls a campus scene as students leave for vacation, dust thick on stairs and memories of their lively hustle. Teachers also depart for break, with the expectation of return soon as the year cuts short at sixty seven today.
Bell Telephone crews install a patrol alarm system for the city police. Seventeen of nineteen boxes are ready and connected, with two more arriving soon. Red notification lights will lag a few days, but the system will be operational this evening for immediate contact with headquarters.
Three persons, two girls and a man, were slightly injured when the Star Meat Market truck on Long Avenue turned over on its side in front of the Lawrence Laundry on South Mill Street. Walter Zuranski, Stella Cetelli, and Mary Kuiotk were removed to New Castle Hospital for shock evaluation.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren Ohio announces retirement as vice chair of the Republican national committee to run for the 19th district seat. She will oppose Congressman John S S Cooper of Youngstown for the nomination, saying she is primarily a woman’s woman and aims to advance women’s rights.
The council adopted an ordinance designating building lines on both sides of Seventh Street in the Seventh Ward. Proposed by Councilman J. C. Norris the measure aims to curb garages built too close to sidewalks that obstruct view and lower property values.
Lena Green by A Green today requested city council permission to construct a sanitary sewer on Bleakley Avenue. The request was referred to the city engineering department for handling.
Washington June 6 The United States and Canada today entered into a treaty designed to prevent the smuggling of liquor and narcotics across the Canadian border.
Charles J. Kirk returns to New Castle after a fifteen week tour of Europe and Northern Africa. He says the United States leads in spirit of progress and citizens should travel abroad to compare with other nations. The K irk couple visited 19 countries meeting leaders in Monaco England and Czecho Slovakia.
Paris June 6 The French government faces a stark crisis between the left bloc and President Millerand as reports say Deputy Gaston Thomson may be offered the premiership. Thomson, a veteran minister of marine, says he will back the left bloc program but oppose a move to force Millerand from office. Intensive talks continue as Heriot refuses cabinet formation, widening the rift in a key political struggle.
Senator William B. McKinley of Illinois will head the credentials committee at the Republican national convention next week. The selection is the only senate appointment so far, reflecting Coolidge forces’ shift away from the previous era's senatorial bloc.
George O Reeder and Mercer Grace W Douds in New Castle Mack Spencer and Youngstown Missouri Robinson in Youngstown Lester O Calder in New Brighton Edith F Stohecker in Beaver Falls Herbert A Norris and Nellie C Schrieber in Akron Ohio.
Walter Dodds, 53, of 216 East Wallace Avenue, was fatally injured while crossing rails near Mahoning Avenue en route to his Shenango tin plant job. He was hit by the Pennsylvania Express on the Pittsburgh to Linesville line and taken to Shenango Valley Hospital.
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, in a letter to Senator Brookhart, flatly denied involvement in a plot to sell whiskey to pay off Republican National Committee debts as alleged by Gaston B. Means, a former Justice Department agent, before the Wheeler Brookhart committee.
Paul Wilson, son of Dr. and Mrs. Loyal W. Wilson, will serve as sergeant at arms at the Republican national convention in Cleveland opening Tuesday morning June 10. A graduating Amherst student with ties to President Coolidge through a classmate, Wilson will leave Amherst today and arrive in Cleveland Saturday morning.
Secretary Hughes drafts the note replying to Japan's protest on exclusion. President Coolidge advised on the stance as the United States ends the gentlemen's agreement while affirming lasting friendship. The reply avoids direct assimilation questions, defers to Congress, and says the treaty and exclusion law are not inconsistent.
Judge Emery granted naturalization papers to 92 applicants while 15 were held for further consideration. Seven applicants were refused because their past records were unsatisfactory to the court.
Death records note Mrs. Helen Appleton Carroll aged 45 of 317 North Shenango street Thomas J. Duffy aged 58 of 619 South Bay street Mrs Harry Taylor aged 43 of 103 West Terrace avenue and Fred Rhodes aged 55 of Rose Point.
Mary Burns of Baltimore told Cincinnati police lieutenant Seebohm she must marry a man much older than her to reclaim her trunk of clothes. She said she arrived in Cincinnati after letters and an engagement, but cannot love the man. Detectives and the girl accompanied the party to Martin Simpson’s home, where he agreed to surrender the trunk.
Residents of Acorn Street between Acorn and DuShane today presented a petition to the city council asking that the thoroughfare be graded. Not all property owners have agreed to release damages, and the petition was referred to the city engineer who will determine the likelihood of universal releases if the grade is lowered.
June 6 report from Cleveland says thirty five people were injured nine seriously when two street cars on the Rapid Transit line collided head on on a curve at 40th street while reaching Shaker Heights and other suburbs.
William M. Butler, campaign manager, stated in Cleveland that President Coolidge has not endorsed any candidate for the vice presidency and will not endorse one before the Republican National Convention next week. He said delegates should handle the nomination.
The Leopold Loeb case enters a new phase as Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb face murder and kidnapping indictments. The grand jury, after hearing Leopold’s confession, orders arraignment Monday and holds the pair without bail, framing the crime as a calculated plan for money and thrill.
Cleveland dispatch reports W. L. Mellon of Pittsburgh nephew of the treasury secretary will become treasurer of the Republican National Committee succeeding Fred Upham of Chicago who resigned after twenty years in the post Formal announcement is expected shortly.
A list of brief tragedies and incidents includes the smothering death of Eunice Yost by bed clothes in Bellaire Ohio, a nitro explosion killing Wayne Hulbert at Bratdon’s Ferry near Oil City, and a large protest against a Montclair New Jersey stand deemed morally unsafe. Also noted are life sentences for women in Youngstown, a trunk theft case in issue, a Mississippi bill aimed at dog control, a missing Wellsville employee John Clark, a fatal car crash in Marcus Hook, and a rope accident in Hazelton that killed Anthony Shergalis.
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