Turbulent City Council Clears Bus Ordinance Amid Delays
Fragments show a heated council meeting last evening over a bus ordinance in dispute. Bus owners push for wider route rights while officials warn against chaos and tax implications.
18 Apr 1922
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1922
Page
1
Fragments show a heated council meeting last evening over a bus ordinance in dispute. Bus owners push for wider route rights while officials warn against chaos and tax implications.
Councilman Sudro told the council last night that many sidewalks in the city are delinquent and should be repaired this year. He acknowledged the cost burden but urged repairs where sidewalks are in dangerous condition to protect the city.
Dayton reports the Miami River level has fallen over three feet since Saturday night. Concerning officials say the dams in the Eread district are operating properly under their strict supervision.
Picture shows trucks taken by the sheriff last Friday for Burke truck law violation restricting loads on improved roads. The outfit weighed 64 115 pounds with about five and a half tons over the limit. John Green of A F Amor Trucking Co Cleveland, driver, was arrested and will be tried before Justice S J George Friday. Deputies Starr and Billings, Sheriff Backus, and a helper stand beside.
Reports from Belfast detail a night of terror with gunfire and incendiary fires. Twenty wounded and snipers in Catholic areas are reported as Ulster forces move to suppress the violence. Truce talks in Dublin aim to ease factional feuds amid ongoing military vigilance. Winston Churchill in contact with Michael Collins during the crisis.
Allied leaders announce Germany violated conference terms by signing a Russo German treaty and may be barred from Genoa. French cabinet weighs staying in the conference to avoid isolation while Britain and others debate implications. President Harding downplays the treaty’s significance to the United States.
Pittsfield resident Nick Strazi was fined 500 dollars and costs by Judge Thompson for running an illicit still. A daytime raid at Strazi's Avon-area farm uncovered a large operating still with seven gallons of liquor, 175 gallons of mash, 700 pounds of sugar and the apparatus seized. Strazi faced jail in default of payment and the court ordered destruction of the equipment.
Two men robbed bank cashier B. B. Meador on a street car in Kansas City Missouri today seizing over $4,000 in cash and $7,000 in checks bound for downtown. Meador escaped unharmed as suspects fled.
Judge Martin A. Knapp granted a supersedeas delaying the Charleston West Virginia injunction on the Mingo county tent colonies. The United Mine Workers and lawyers filed with the Charleston court as appeals move to the Fourth Circuit in Richmond. The order lifts most restraints except unlawful acts and trespass. hearing date pending.
Washington April 18 Republicans in the Senate conferenced to push both a soldiers bonus bill and a new tariff bill. A resolution urging passage of the bonus bill was adopted 26 to 9, with many senators absent. Senator Simmons argued the tariff would tax the people more than the current revenue law and benefit manufacturers over farmers.
Henry Brasselle of Elyria was arrested at the H. R. dance hall in Lorain on a Saturday evening after a row he allegedly started. Police charge him with intoxication and disorderly conduct and say he attacked his brother and attempted to strike patrol woman Kathryn Weldkamp who arrested him.
Two masked men armed with revolvers entered the home of Chas Briggs on Sixth avenue Steubenville this morning. They forced Mr and Mrs Briggs and a visitor against the wall and escaped with over $250 in cash and several diamonds. Police expect to make important arrests today.
New corporation records show Lorain Mill & Supply Co of Lorain and city of Columbus filing on April 18 with share capital of 10 000 and officers R W Mills W B Brau. Continuous business establishment follows this incorporation filing in Ohio records.
Chicago April 18 state bank examiners report a roughly 400000 shortage in the Milwaukee Irving State bank accounts. State Attorney Robert E Crow says seven bank officials will face grand jury indictments.
The street railway committee plans a Thursday session to shape terms for the Yellow Line franchise. Councilman Carson urged a prompt meeting with Superintendent Coen to decide route and other details, aiming to prevent the railway from operating on the street.
The court of appeals with Judges Washburn Pardee and Funk postponed the C C Timberman decision granting nine more days to file briefs. The state gets five days after. Several cases including Harper and Kershsten Shoe Co. versus The S B Shoe Co and Metropolitan Securities Co. versus Martin Orlow are slated for hearings this week with additional assignments and adjournments noted.
London reports a brother of Talaat Pasha was assassinated today per an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Berlin. Talaat Pasha, former Turkish vizier, was named in the dispatch as a victim of the act, with unclear details.
Dayton police hold a man suspected of assaulting Carl Hellman pool room manager in his garage at 12:00 am. Hellman hospitalized with injuries and a large sum of money reported in his possession. doctors say he will recover.
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