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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
5
In a heated discussion, Mr Gallivan alleges improper praise and irregularities in medal awards for General Wood and others. He claims lack of active command during the war and hints at broader graft and favoritism affecting civilian award decisions.
Columbus January 15 Associated Press Leased Wire reports Ohio Auditor John Zangerle led a county auditors meeting pledging a fearless and earnest administration of tax assessment reform. Resolutions urged a 100 percent assessment of rising real and personal property values to end half hearted county methods.
The Assembly debates a Gardner bill on school revenue and the Smith tax law. Mayors and school officials back the plan to permit the full 10 mills for operating purposes, arguing it would ease finances in taxing districts as Democrats and Republicans on the joint committee prepare to report. Rural members who defended the Smith law are said to support the proposal.
Two workers at the Pope Tin plant of Weirton Steel, including Greek Mike Kelenos, 22, fought morning blows with J M Martin, a Black man. Kelenos received a deep chest wound from a steel bar and underwent surgery. Martin fled and remained at large as police searched the area. Martin lived on South Sixth Street.
The Republican majority moves to amend the Smith law to let cities and taxing districts levy interest and sinking fund charges outside the 10 mill limit. The change aims to relieve financially distressed municipalities and was advanced by caucuses in the House and Senate, with a Gardner bill expected to be reported next week.
Weirton Steel Company has bought Thompson-Connellsville Coke Company of Pennsylvania, a Hillman subsidiary, plus 1000 acres of coking coal and Plant No 1 in Red Stone township Fayette county. The deal also involves 1000 acres of coal on the Monongahela river above Brownsville. No sale price announced. expansion includes 400 bee-hive ovens and 30,000 tons coke monthly capacity. Weirton plans large ongoing development and expects surplus coal to serve nearby markets. A burglary at H E Steuart’s South Commercial street home was reported, with glass, beads, and cash taken. David G Maxwell named ad valorem administrator of John R Kline estate. Elizabeth Myers named administrator of Sohn D Myers estate.
Ministers visited the site as women protested deplorable accommodations in the women’s ward. They refused to move until transferred to the bull pen where they installed cots and began cooking. A court order allowed leaving today as deputies arrange removal of goods and property.
Judge John G. Belknap was reappointed chairman of the Ohio Probate Judges Association executive committee at a Columbus meeting. William H. Siders of Cincinnati was named association president. discussion centered on the new inheritance tax law effective in Ohio with anticipated annual revenues around eight million dollars to be distributed among counties, including Jefferson.
Italian immigrant Joseph Petrelli, arrested in New Castle Pennsylvania, pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter for killing his lifelong friend Joseph Pattison in a drunken quarrel near Seventh and South streets. Judge Smith sent Petrelli to the Ohio Penitentiary for one to twenty years. He had fled after the stabbing and was located recently.
The prosecutor says Marcelle Jean Belmont’s World War record is false and that forged French documents in his trunk prove he is a self styled hero. Belmont, under indictment for bigamy, is to be moved to Washington to face a libel charge in federal court. Belmont’s father in law warns officials to watch him for attempts to gain sympathy. Belmont was found semiconscious in his jail cell days ago and revived by a doctor.
Plaintiff Claude Chaulett, married Floyd Chaulett at Wellsburg on October 29, 1917, alleges desertion, drinking, gambling, and abuse. She asks restoration of maiden name Clayde Caldwell. Attorneys report women arrested in Saturday raid were sentenced to ninety days for contempt and filed motions for new trials claiming court orders violate law and defendants’ constitutional rights.
The 18th Amendment takes effect at 12:01 a.m. prohibiting the manufacture sale and transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes. Wartime liquor stocks remain and exports shrink while court challenges persist. Cuba and the Bahamas receive much of the outbound surplus amid strict enforcement.
The article traces the rise of prohibition from early state laws in Maine and Kansas through national movements. It notes the formation of the National Prohibition Party in Chicago in 1869, the Women's Christian Temperance Union linked to the white rib bon, and the Anti Saloon League founded in 1893. It covers Georgia 1907 as a starting point for modern prohibition, 33 states with state action, and 24 by 1917 to 28 ratifications, leading to the 1919 constitutional amendment taking effect after ratification by 36 states. It mentions federal enforcement measures, penalties for displaying brewery images, and exceptions for medicinal, sacra mental, scientific, and industrial uses.
Prisoners planned to break jail at Canton Massachusetts jail with a ripped floor plank turned weapon. The sheriff confronted them at 10:30 pm and found a ten pound improvised bat. Turks Sams Jaonow and another Turk were to be turned over to Canton authorities for highway robbery and assault with intent to kill.
Steve Viastato received a $500 judgment against John Horwat in Common Pleas Court for personal injuries after being struck with a puck. Horwat did not contest the action.
The notice lists marriage licenses for Peter J. Gordon and Marie Hazencomb in Steuben ville, Vincent Kulawik and Edna Gurney in Dillonvale, and Anna Smith Kinney filing for divorce from Joseph Kinney. Kinney claims extreme cruelty and gross neglect dating from June 25, 1914 Wellsburg wedding with alleged beating, a head wound, and stairs incident.
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