Thief Stages Daring Car Theft From County Jail Garage
A new Hudson coach owned by Sheriff F A Underadill was stolen from the county jail garage last night. The thieves pushed the car into the street, drove off under lights, and vanished in 18 minutes. An abandoned Buick with missing license plates was found nearby, aiding police in the nascent investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Underadill
Clarence Adams
Robert Underhill
Ken
C. M. Herald
Court Street
Dr. Herald
Fremont
Carpenter Is Found Dead In Bed In Elyria
Allison C. Crowe, 60, was found dead in bed at 350 Second Street about 1:19 a.m. after being missing since Saturday night. Coroner Myles E. Perry cited heart trouble. Crowe rented the room Saturday night. door forced when he did not appear. Burial at Jenkins Undertaking Parlors. Crowe was a member of the Elyria Carpenter Local Union. He has a cousin in Litchfield. Tracks Mix Up A light truck driven by C D Ryals of Oberlin collided with a Liberty Highway truck and trailer on Middle Avenue at Fourth Street Saturday night, damaging the lighter vehicle and a parked auto owned by John Pektas. Police report Ryals attempted to pass the heavy truck driven by Charles Decker of Toledo. the Liberty truck remained undamaged.
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Allison C. Crowe
Second Street
Myles E. Perry
Crowe
Jenkins Undertaking
Elyria Carpenter Local Union
Uriah Crowe
Litchfield
C. D. Rvals
Oberlin
Middle Avenue
Fourth Street
John Pektas
Ryals
Charles Decker
Toledo
Protest at Rialto Play Prompts Removal of Displays
An organized protest by ministers and local groups targeted pictures advertising a play at the Rialto theater. Police Chief Stankard asked the theater to remove indecent displays, which were taken down Saturday night and returned Sunday. Protesters included pastors W L Burner Edwin Kirby W L Walker G A Brown and groups like the W C P U Pury League and Welfare Uplift Association.
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Rialto Theater
Chronicle- Telegram
E. J. Stankard
Church of Church of Christ
W. L. Burner
Church of Christ
Edwin Kirby
First Methodist Church
W. L. Walker
First Baptist Church
G. A. Brown
United Presbyterian Church
The
Pury League
Welfare Uplift Association
Robbery of Cassius Rockwell at Goshen Tourist Camp
Cassius Rockwell, 68, of Allegan Michigan, a farmer, was chloroformed and robbed of 12300 dollars while sleeping in an automobile at a Goshen tourist camp. He reported the incident to police today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ind
Cassius Rockwell
Allegan
Mitch
Robbery Foiled as Three Prowlers Sighted Near Lake Avenue Store
Police investigated three men seen loitering around a Lake Avenue store last night. They were reported to have moved toward the railroad tracks but disappeared after a neighborhood search yielded no trace of them.
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Lake Avenue
Five Dollar City Fines Doubling Across County
Ten speeders arrested in Elyria and surrounding areas were fined in Elyria courts. Eight were jailed by Deputy Sheriff Knight and faced $10 plus costs before Justice S. J. George for speeds ranging from 42 to 62 mph on Lake and Center Ridge roads. Names include Mildred Fishman Cleveland Roy Culbertson Ward Baker Herbert Lees Charles Ackerman George Whitney Albert Schuler and Mrs N F Harper. Two more offenders received $5 fines in municipal court for offenses on Lodi and Cleveland streets.
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Elyria
Sherif T. G. Knight
S. J. George
Mildred Fishman
Cleveland
Lake Road
Roy A. Culbertson
Ward Baker
Wincklestreet
Herbert Lees
Furnace Street
Charles Ackerman
Center Ridge Road
George L. Whitney
Center Ridge
Albert Schuler
N. F. Harper
South Professor Street
Oberlin
Hinkson
H. Benjamin
Praying Babies Do Much Labor Says Science
Chicago April 20 reports quoted Herbert Co Hooks stating crying infants perform heavy work, about equivalent to the infant’s weight rising 556 feet, or the height of the Washington Monument, as shown by University of Rochester experiments. The infant’s needs double when crying versus resting.
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Chicago
Washington Monument
Herbert Co. Hooks
University of Rochester
Mr. Hooks
Wheeler Wins Her Motion In Wheeler Case
Great Falls Montana April 20 Defense of Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana on charges of misuse of office scored a point today in a ruling by Federal Judge Frank Dietrich Upholding a motion by Senator Walsh chief defense of counsel the court barred the prosecution from introducing evidence of testimony relating to oil permits not pending before the interior department in January 1923 when Wheeler allegedly received a fee to appear before Washington authorities for Gordon Campbell oil man and associates
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Great Falls
Mont
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Frank 5. Dietrich
Walsh
Interior Department
Wheeler
Washington
Gordon Campbel
Appropriation Suit Placed on Trial In Lorain
The Nickle Plate railroad seeks to appropriate land in Lorain for a switching yard. The case is before Probate Judge H. C. Wilcox in courtroom No. 2 with a jury. Mrs. Elizabeth King and her son are represented by Walter D. Mears of Cleveland. A large Lorain crowd attends as the trial is expected to last multiple days.
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Nickle Plate Railroad
Elizabeth King
Lorain
H. C. Wilcox
Contempt charge affidavit filed against William Clark
Miranda Clark accuses William Clark of contempt of court for not paying alimony ordered. He faces a hearing tomorrow morning. Also noted are: case dismissals and cross petitions in Lorain involving Mary Delesemanowic seeking divorce from George Delesemanowic with claims of drunkenness abuse and alimony, and a long juror draw with many names listed. Greek Easter observed with worship in Lorain and Cleveland due to absence of local church.
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Miranda Clark
William Clark
Government to scientifically study earthquakes in Washington
The government charges to conduct an exhaustive scientific study of earthquakes aiming to predict them in advance, comparable to now forecast weather events like thundershowers and storms, as part of a broader effort to understand seismic activity.
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Washington
Confessions Of A Woman Who Killed Seven People
Mrs Della Sorenson of Dannebrog Nebraska confessed to killing seven people between 1918 and 1923. She admitted poisoning two of her own babies, her first husband, the mother of his last wife, two children of Mrs Cooper, and the infant child of Mrs Christiana Brock. She was adjudged insane and will be committed to Hastings state hospital. she will not be prosecuted. The Cooper children were killed for revenge over gossip. Sorenson’s babies were killed for sympathy and ease, and the Brock child out of sorrow. She asked her husband Emmanuel not to remarry. She expressed relief at hospital admission, saying she would be out in a couple weeks and return home. In other items, seven injured in a New York subway crash near Pennsylvania Station and Duluth reports four and a half inches of snow with 32 degree temperatures.
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ST. Paul
Nebraska
Della Sorenson
Dannebrog
Neb
Savem
Hastings State Hospital
Soren
Cooper
Ex-Klan Chief Surrenders in Death Case
Indianapolis April 20 David C Stephenson former Grand Dragon of Indiana Klan turned himself in to Sheriff Omer Hawkins on a first degree murder indictment in the death of Madge Oberholtzer 28 daughter of a local family He was accompanied by lieutenants Farl Gentry and Earl Klenck in the murder case
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Indianapolis
David C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Omer Hawkins
Aim
Madge Oberholtzer
Farl Gentry
Earl Klenck
Plans Uniform Wedding Law In Nation
Richmond April 20 A movement to unify marriage law across the United States was launched at the National League of Women Voters convention. A proposed act would harmonize marriage laws in all states and, if approved, be sent to legislators for passage in next sessions. The convention also debated world disarmament and a shift to educational campaigning. Professor James L Shotwell of Columbus University discussed how German presidential elections may affect Europe's future peace and potential entry into the League of Nations.
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Richmond
United States
National League of Women Voters
Martial Bang
Europe
James L. Shotwell
Columbus University
Hindenburg
Germany
League of Nations
Mary A Donahue Dies At Memorial Hospital
Mrs Mary A Donahue passed away at Memorial hospital last night in her 55th year She had lived in Lima for a year and visited friends here when taken ill Funeral services will be at St Marys church at 9 am Wednesday conducted by Wm Sudro Burial in St Marys cemetery Angelo Gelsci of Westmoreland county was executed in the electric chair for murdering his wife in Bellefonte Pa He died at 7 09 am Relatives claimed the body The steam er J J Sullivan arrives Lorain with first ore cargo for the season Locomotive due here from South Chicago
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Mary A. Donahue
Memorial Hospital
Lima
St. Mary’s Church
Wm. Sudro
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Bellefonte
Angelo Gelsci
Westmoreland County
Gelsel
Lorain
J. J. Sullivan
Chicago
Cleveland Girl Hiker Treated for Toe Blisters
A Cleveland hiker identified as Bessie Kline, 23, from 10608 Hampden Avenue, went to Memorial Hospital with three blisters on one toe after a tiring hike. Doctors treated the blisters and she continued her journey.
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Cleveland
Bessie Kline
Hampden Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Guilty pleas enter in Oberlin cases before judge
Several pleas of guilty were entered in a morning session before Judge A R Webber. John Knight, in possession of a loaded revolver, was fined $25 and costs. Jack Fletcher of Elyria pleaded guilt to forging a check for $14.86 and was sent to Mansfield Reformatory. Steve Hazelton of Cleveland admitted breaking into an uninhabited house and received a one year penitentiary term with potential return to Mansfield. B F Parke of Oberlin pleaded guilty to writing a $350 check with no funds, given a one year penitentiary sentence and parole after a business community petition. Others plead not guilty and await trial. The first case will be Harry Davis of Oberlin, next Thomas Tressell plus others listed.
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Oberlin
Reformatory
A. R. Webber
John Knight
Jack Fletcher
Elyria
John Kontos
Mansfield Reformatory
Steve Hazelton
Cleveland
Mansfield
B. F. Parke
Johnson
Thomas White
Harry H. Davis
Thomas Tressell
Tony Madesic
Lorain
LeRoy Jones
Charles Balogh
Harry Davis
Lucille Jones
Re-Elect Directors at U S Steel Meeting in Hoboken
Officers report that United States Steel Corporation re elected directors at the Hoboken annual meeting. 2 383 004 common shares were represented out of 5 083 025 outstanding and 1 452 491 preferred shares of 3 602 811 total. Meanwhile in Lorain officials seek a second attorney general ruling on an ordinance for handling prisoners in the city jail amid ongoing controversy.
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Hoboken
N. J
United States Steel Corporation
Lorain
Brown gasoline tax fate to hinge on Tuesday ruling
Columbus April 20 The Brown gasoline tax act cannot take effect until Tuesday officials said at Secretary of State Brown's office Await ruling by Attorney General Crabbe who would make it operative immediately upon filing Four routes of challenge are open to the act as disclosed by J F Atwood attorney for the State Automobile Association Auto clubs counsel planned today to decide on a strategy to overturn the measure Tax agencies have already boosted gasoline prices by two cents plus a general increase to 22 1/2 cents per gallon
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Columbus
Brown
Secretary of States Office
Crabbe
State Commission
Donahey
J. F. Atwood
State Automobile Association
Water mains linked by new Y connection completed
The city finished a Y connection at Plank Road and Lake Avenue linking a new water line to the lake main. Service Director James A. Hewitt thanked residents for cooperation as pumping resumed with normal pressure by 2 30 p.m. Boil water for drinking advised until sediments clear. A second valve in the Clinton Street main was installed concurrently.
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Plank Road
Lake Avenue
James A. Hewitt
Hewitt
Clinton Street
Man sought in armored car theft case linked to liquor raid
Tommy White, 26, of Lorain Street, freed after a county jail stay, is again under arrest in a liquor violation and grand jury case. A sheriff raid on Lake Road led to White and a woman being charged, with two men held on liquor counts. White to be arraigned Friday before Justice S J George.
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Tommy White
South Amherst
Lorain Stal[ee
Sheriff's Department
White
S. J. George
Common Pleas Court
Lorain
Lucy
Ed Mathews
Stop 52
Lake Road
John Doe
Woman slays two children with hatchet in Ashland home
In Ashland Kentucky Mrs John R E Sloan age 52 allegedly hacked her son Jack 18 and daughter Margaret 16 to death as they slept and then attempted suicide with gas in the bathroom. A temporary mental derangement blamed on beatings by the son is cited by investigators.
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Ashland
John RE. Sloan
Jack
Margaret
Blackhanders Bomb Pa Home In Hughestown
In Hughestown near Wilkesbarre, Joseph Rocco’s porch and storefront were blown by dynamite early today. Police suspect Blackhand group involvement. Family members were shaken from bed but none injured as the blast sent panic through the town and shattered windows in nearby houses.
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Wilkesbarre
Joseph Rocco
Hughestown
Blackhand
Attorneys For Pastor's Daughter May Seek Change Of Venue
Lorain April 20 Attorneys for Lucille Jones announce they will seek a change of venue if her case goes to trial claiming a fair and impartial jury cannot be seated in Lorain County. They plan to challenge indictments as ambiguous and may move to transfer the case elsewhere in the state.
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Lorain
Lucille Jones
Miss Jones
Webber
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