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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
1
London reports say Great Britain and Soviet Russia signed a trade pact renewing commercial relations. Debate sparked by editorials from the Morning Post and Chronicle while Daily News praised the move for easing unemployment in Britain.
Augusta March 16 A taxpayer with a four cent total tax and four installment insistence paid the first installment with a one cent money order after buying it for three cents. The tall land farmer from Lincoln county who did not reveal his name submitted his return to the deputy collector of internal revenue.
The Martins Ferry Chamber of Commerce addresses members urging a week of concerted effort to boost community business and civic pride. It lauds local industry, notes regional strains from cotton prices, and highlights a Board of Trade banquet with 150 attendees signaling strong local cooperation. A memorial to Woodrow Wilson is discussed but viewed as a distant, foreign suggestion.
Three Italian suspects Nick Pelligrena Dominic Epifano and Frank Carducci are set for a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Henry Lawlor Thursday regarding the murder of Mike Veltri. Attorneys may waive the hearing, sending the case to the grand jury on first degree murder charges. Authorities reportedly hold strong evidence of involvement and motive linked to Epifano's car.
Louisville report on two young women found unconscious in a gas filled room after inhaling fumes. Dorothy Smith remained unconscious with developing pneumonia and poor recovery prospects, while Carolina Zurchmiede showed signs of limited awareness and fluctuating brain activity as doctors monitor her condition.
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Warsaw Indiana March 16 Developments at a coroner s inquest and detectives probes after a youth s body found fatally injured on a railroad crossing near here lead to the arrest of Mrs Lydia Decker and her son Virgil Decker The deceased is LeRoy Lovett of Elkhart Indiana The coroner ruled Lovett murdered by an unknown person and Authorities say more arrests are likely The Deckers were connected by ill will to Lovett and insurance policies for 940000 suggest motive. Continued on Page Ten
Springfield Ohio officials say the city has resumed normal status after last week's racial disorders. Patrolman Joseph Ryan was shot by a rioter during the unrest. Extra deputies will be relieved of duty tonight as citizenship seeks calm.
A noon forum at Fort Steuben kicks off the annual Steuben ville Chamber of Commerce membership campaign. Speakers include George Gove of the American City Bureau and chamber leaders pledging renewed member recruitment and contract renewals as preparations for a hotel project and community achievements are highlighted.
The trial of Peter D. Treadway for the murder of Henry T. Peirce opened in Philadelphia with Judge Audenriéd presiding. Treadway, arrested in Wheeling, West Virginia, with Susan Boots Rogers and Joseph Moss, faced jury selection as the couple and Moss sat together in court. Boots and Moss showed no particular interest in Treadway, while Boots reunited briefly with her husband Ross Rogers after arrival at the courthouse. The third man fled and remains at large after Moss’s capture in Steubenville and Pittsburgh. the girl’s husband came from New York to comfort her.
The Army transport Madawaska, badly damaged in a dense fog collision with the steamship Invincible 18 miles off Barnegat, N J, started under its own steam for New York. The Gresham cutter and tugs Merrick and Resolute aided, Invincible went to Norfolk, and Madawaska planned to move passengers at daybreak.
Ardmore Okla March 16 Letters by Jake L Hamon to Clara Hamon were ruled admissible as evidence in the oil magnate murder trial. The defense rested as rebuttal began with Sam Blair reporting Clara hinted at a will hidden until after a possible conviction.
Hundreds of Chicago tenants boarded a special train to Springfield to press the Datley-Kessinger bill allowing cities to form rent review committees. A mass meeting raised funds for the trip and praised a pause on the Dailey joint resolution to probe a supposed plot to raise costs, with leaders urging action amid a housing crisis.
Edmund E. Fox, assistant cashier of the National Bank of Commerce in Columbus, was arrested on embezzlement charges after alleged false entries and personal loans draining $124,000 from accounts. Fox pleaded not guilty and posted $10,000 bond. bank bonds cover the loss.
The entertainment committee outlines plans for the first annual Toronto Chamber of Commerce banquet to be held Thursday night. Each member may bring a guest, with about twenty five invitees including county officials, judges, auditors, lawyers, railroad and traction company representatives. A musical program is set, toastmaster Dr H E Kilgus, introduced by J C R White. The principal speaker will be Congressman Frank Murphy of Steubenville.
In Williamson West Virginia on March 16, 193? the Matewan gun fight trial concluded testimony and the judge ordered the jury to return a verdict of not guilty for J. C. Mee Coy among the seventeen defendants. The judge set a new trial start for four p.m. and recessed.
Attorney General John G. Price filed an answer for Governor Days in Columbus. The suit, brought by Attorney George B. Hawke of Cincinnati, seeks to compel charges against Mayor John Galvin for alleged non enforcement of prohibition laws. Hawke's right to sue is denied and the governor requests dismissal.
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