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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1923
Page
21
Col Perry the famed auctioneer arrives with Mrs Perry to sell a Jersey bull calf and donated animals to raise cash for the Milk and Ice fund. The sale includes a bull calf dog pig and rooster and highlights Perry's forty five year career in auctioneering.
Mayor F L Rentz prepared to officiate at 3 30 pm but the couple failed to appear for the ceremony at City Hall. Friends waited as the hour passed 3 30 with nervously checked watches until 4 pm when the mayor announced there would be no wedding that day.
Secretary Mellon states there is no chance for relaxing the dry laws without U S Congress action unless treaties are made to allow 12 mile search and seizure authority. He cites a potential treaty to let foreign liners bring liquor under seal, but emphasizes Senate approval and presidential power. He notes the 12 mile limit would curb rum smuggling and evasion profits, while denying plans to seize ships.
Sixteen foreign liners anchor off Ambrose Light as a race to quarantine begins at midnight. Aboard are 13 778 aliens from twenty nations with Polish Russian and British ships among the leaders. Five more liners with about 6 000 migrants follow within a day of New York.
In a Columbus interview Col. Perry recalls a lifetime at auctions. He touts selling the Hocking Valley railroad for 4 million dollars fifteen years ago and 195000 dollars worth of high grade cattle in three years. He says he sells almost everything and specializes in top cattle.
An editorial warns auto owners to avoid speeding and loud driving, urging discreet engine use and careful behavior on the road. It notes a hot day of seventy four degrees and cautions that law and safety prevent reckless race to speed, urging adherence to traffic rules.
John Mellenick, who escaped Dixmont hospital, was identified by Mrs. Helbley as the man who entered her Croton home last Saturday about 2 o clock. He was captured by Sheriff Andrews and deputies after being tracked from Cherry Hill district and removed to Dixmont following the identification.
Contributions to the Milk and Ice fund keep rising at the News office. Friday’s total reached 174.00 and donations today push the sum toward 200. Recipients include G. J. A. Auxiliary 5.00 and Clara S. Gregory.
The list shows marriage licenses issued including Blaz Marineich Erminie Delach both of New Castle and John M Leonard of Piqua Ohio while Boardman Marie Stadelhofer Roy Saddler Jennie O Swayer of Bessemer Pa Virgil K Pitzer New Castle and Pearl E McConahy New Castle appear among the record.
Frank Druschel, convicted on a liquor selling charge at the Oaks club on South Jefferson, was fined $1,000 with costs and ordered to 15 months in the Allegheny county workhouse. His son Fred Druschel received a $500 fine, costs, and a three year parole.
London dispatch reports eight of the Trevessa crew died in agony while a second lifeboat of 16 men drifted toward land. The sinking left 24 aboard the lifeboat. heat, storms, hunger, and thirst wore the men down as the ship’s 42 crew dwindled.
Deputy Warden Davis transported Claire Jamison and Arthur Price escaped convicts back to Rockview penitentiary. Local police detained them after their capture while Jamison was to testify in the Jim Polise case. Oscar Grannis, also brought to testify, will be returned to the penitentiary next week.
Judge George A. Bartlett, famed as a divorce judge, offers a 100 word definition of divorce. He says divorce corrects a matrimonial mistake and ends a union based on happiness when happiness ceases, an escape from sham and misery toward honest living and humane duties to offspring, state, and self.
Harrisburg report says Pennsylvania state police arrested 89 people in the past week for enforcing prohibition laws. They seized eight automobiles and four trucks, and confiscated 2,592 bottles of Jamaica wine, moonshine whiskey, beer, wine and alcohol. Among those arrested were 33 hotelmen brewers and warekeepers.
Louis R. Specht, convicted of transporting liquor, was committed to the workhouse by Judge Emery to serve a five month sentence imposed on September 26, 1922. The case involved a Superior Court remittal with the judgment affirmed, and Specht was allowed time to wind down his meat market business before leaving. He and William Smith were arrested near Wampum while transporting liquor from Pittsburgh. Smith, hospitalized at St. Francis in Pittsburgh, is seriously ill.
Five year old Charles Haverlock of Saint Clair was bitten on the foot by a rattler while playing. The venom spread to the knee. surgeons opened the leg to drain the infected area after two tourniquets were used. Doctors say the boy should recover as the heart was not affected.
Defense attorneys pressed to contradict state evidence claiming Martin Tabert died from an unmerciful flogging by T. W. Higginbotham. They plan to call physicians stating Tabert’s death came from natural causes not tied to flogging, countering Dr. E. Brown’s earlier testimony.
Fire Chief Frank J. Connery today warned business men to clean up inflammable materials around their premises. He cited the Fourth of July fire risk from fireworks and urged removal of paper and debris from under cellar gratings and other areas.
Fireworks were stolen from the Heonomy Novelty company on Apple Way after two boys broke a window to reach them. Police Officers Lynch and Harper were dispatched but the youths had fled before they arrived.
Hutchinson Kansas June 30 Efforts were under way to contact Wright Kansas a small town east of Dodge City where a tornado was reported No details were available on damage Four freight cars were blown off a track near Kinsley Kansas according to one report
Lightning during a Franklin area storm killed seven cows from George Bower’s herd as they stood near a tree. The report notes the incident among several regional items including deaths and repairs in local industry and a court case involving a former Franklin socialite.
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