Special Session Planned May 2 Over Lorain Probe
Lorain announces a special session may convene May 2 if a grand jury is called to probe conditions in the city. Judge H G Reddington and County Prosecutor Lawrence Webber urged investigation after reports suggested officials failed to enforce laws amid last week’s liquor raids that led to 32 arrests. Major William F Gralla faced removal after a thorough probe, and investigators will sift alleged misconduct by Lorain officials.
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Lorain
H. G. Reddington
Common Pleas Court
Rewest
Lawence Webber
Webber
Cderal
Prohibion
Crabbe and
William F Grallae
Ofce of Don V
Fishing license bill passes both houses in Ohio
Word was received by E. H. Olsson that a fishing license bill has passed both houses of the legislature. The bill calls for a 50 cent license fee for residents over 21, with a deadline of August 1 to obtain licenses. The law takes effect ninety days after the governor signs.
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Lorain
E. H. Olsson
Puty
Hio
Legion Post to Rent Maccabee Hall on Broadway
Lorain post announces renting Maccabee Hall on Broadway for Legion activities. Roy Wurmser prominent in the group says redecorating starts immediately and the first meeting will be held next Monday evening.
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Lorain
Lorain Post
Id Maccabee Hall
Roy Wurmser
Legion
Lorain Targeted by Bogus Charity Solicitors Warning
Local residents report a surge of house to house canvassing for charities in Lorain with funds often sent out of town. Captain L M Pervier of the Lorain Salvation Army says no solicitors are authorized except for official campaigns and urges city permits and sworn local-use disclosures for all fund-raisers.
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Lorain
Torain
Hke
Lfelong
L. M. Pervier
Salvation Army
Cleveland
Pervier
Streetcar Delays Hit Lorain Broadway Line With Repairs
Cars on the Yellow Line run eight to twelve minutes late as new rails are laid near Broadway and Seventh Street. Service will operate at intervals during the day while repairs continue, disrupting fixed schedules.
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Lorain
Yellow
Broadway
Seventh Street
Contractors and Labor Leaders Discuss Lorain Wage Cut
A meeting at the Carpenters hall in Lorain followed news that the General Contractors Association plans wage cuts starting May 1. A seven member contractor committee will report to their organizations, and unions anticipate further talks may set a new scale across painters carpenters plumbers sheet metal workers and tinners. Bricklayers seek 1.25 while contractors offer maintaining the old rate.
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Lorain
E General Contractors’ Associaon of
Carpenters
Theentral Trades Labor Organization
Contractors’ Committee
Harvey Hill
Central Labor Boay
Charles Kaiser
Lorain County Trades Council
Elyria
L. A. Burgett
Senator Burke Seeks County Funds Insurance
Elyria reports Senator J. F. Burke has introduced a bill allowing county commissioners to insure county funds and property. A State bureau ruling previously said commissioners lacked authority to insure, but current practice kept county property insured. The bill aims to settle legality of such premiums.
Pair Taken In On Suspicious Charge
Lorain police arrested John Schultz and Edward Zuntling near the Nickel Plate freight house after a call reported two men attempting to enter Racey Grocery at 10th Street and Reid Avenue. Both are held on vagraney charges.
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Lorain
John Schultz
Edward Zuntling
Cleveland
Loran
Nickel Plate
Central Station
10Th Street
Reid Avenue
Thieves Strike Spademan and Company Store
Last night thieves entered Spademan and Company at 168 East Erie Avenue and stole twelve boxes of Counselor cigars valued at 36 dollars. They entered by removing a rear window and scattered papers in the office while some letters were opened.
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Lorain
Spademan and Company
East
Erie Avenue
Suspicion Report After Men Seen Near Store in Lorain
Mrs. James Stack reported two men hanging around the rear of her Cleveland area cioe store at 46 Past Erie avenue. Police found the men had vanished before arrival. Funeral services for Elen Jane Holzhauer, 10 months, will be held at the family home, with burial in Elmwood cemetery.
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Lorain
James Stack
Cioe
Erie Avenue
Elen Jane Holzhauer
George Holzhauer
Broadway
George Wetherbee
United Brethren Church
Elmwood
Fey and Royce
Lorain Police Help Boy Ready For Bracing
Lorain police donate 20 dollars to buy a steel brace for Mickey a crippled boy cared for at St. Josephs hospital. The brace will be fitted at Gates hospital Elyria and Mickey plans to visit his Lorain friends who sent him visits and support. The funds came from the police department first annual ball held March 4.
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Lorain
Mickey
St. Joseph's Hospital
Chronicle-Telegram
Gates Hospital
Elyria
Tittle Hospital
Trio of Alleged Bank Robbers Ordered to Give Bond
Lorain police bring three suspects to court after Fogarasay bank hold up. Theodore Boitz Miklos Matyas and Kacson Buzu faced charges with bonds set at 3000 each. Identifications by Fogarassy valued witness testimony. Trial date set for April 25.
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Lorain
Frank Lenahan
Joseph Miller
Akron
Boitz
Matyas
Kacson Buzu
John M. Harding
Secret Indictment Against Edward C Hartle Returned
Elyria sheriff arrested Edward C Hartle in Galion after a grand jury charged him with obtaining 4000 dollars from Oberlin Bank Co. on June 6 1919. Indictment alleges overestimates of land 225 acres in Hardin Marion Crawford counties and livestock, while assets and liabilities claim 58000 and 9000. Hartle formerly lived in Galion and sold stock in a flying machine company.
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Elyria
Backus
Galion
Ohio
BE. G. Hartle
Hartle
Oberlin Bank Co
Hardin County
Marion County
Crawford County
Galton
Auto used in Dover home burglary
A Ford touring car was used to burglarize the Dover residence of L. W. Traxler on Wednesday afternoon while the family worked in the fields. Neighbors saw the car in the yard. The house was ransacked and a small amount of money two revolvers and two gold watches were taken.
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Elyria
Sansack
L. W. Traxler
Dover
Traxler
Elyria youth pleads guilty in Mansfield store robbery
Mike Swetz an 18 year old Elyria youth admitted guilt in the Workingmans store robbery on Broad Street Mansfield Judge Redington sentenced him to an indeterminate term at Mansfield reformatory.
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Mansfield
Elyria
Mike Swetz
Last Broad Street
Redington
Mansfield Reformatory
Round House Fire Destroys Calais Railway Shop
A $200000 blaze today wiped out the Central Railway round house machine shop in Calais Maine. Four locomotives were destroyed in the fire.
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Round House
Stisphiens
N. B
The
Central Railway
Calais
Maine
Hog market hits new low at Cleveland stock yards
Cleveland stock yards reported a new low hog price record this morning as the market fell 40 cents with mixed stock, mediums and pigs selling around 8.86.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Union Stock Yards
Drys push to reverse Palmer opinion on liquor sales
Prohibition forces campaign to block beer and wine sales on doctors prescriptions seeking congressional action. They urge a review of the Palmer opinion and possible presidential intervention while pressuring for new regulations to keep liquor off the market. Bryan and prohibition chiefs lead talks with Capitol leaders.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Palmer
Bryan
Capitol
Illinois Court Rules Against Peggy Marsh
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Henry Anthony Marsh son of Peggy Marsh London actress is not the legitimate son of Henry Field and not entitled to a share of the Field millions. Peggy Marsh had sought a portion of the fortune but Cook County Superior Court ruling in her favor was overturned.
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Springfield
Illnois Supreme Court
Henry Anthony Marsh
Peggy Marsh
London
Henry Field
Superior Court
Cook County
Small Fire at Lesnik Home Extinguished Before Arrival
The Hlyria fire department was summoned to 901 West River Street Wednesday night for a fire in the attic of M. Lesnik’s house. The blaze was put out by a garden hose before firefighters arrived. Loss described as slight.
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Hlyria
M. Lesnik
West River Street
Tokio cabinet backs Yap Island position
The Tokyo cabinet today endorsed the foreign office line in the Yap Island dispute with the United States. Marquis Okuma criticized American actions as illogical and overbearing, noting the supreme council had already settled the matter and America did not protest at that time.
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Tokio
Cabinet Council
Foreign Office
United States
Yap
Marquis Okuma
Hochi
Anetica
Supreme Council
America
Vote tally in Angerans Popular Girls Contest at Lorain
Ballots counted after boxes placed in about a dozen Lorain businesses. Top vote getters include Rose Hanna 995 and Adelaide Sealke 901, with many names listed in the final standings and totals ranging from 170 to 995. The article records a long roster of participants and their vote counts.
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Zeta Lindauer
Julia Olah
Mildred Martin
Eleanor Williams
Marion Fisher
Caroline Svet
Dorothy Phinney
Gertrude Miller
Ruth Tracy
Anna Petroskey
Eileen Travis
Frances McGuire
Doris Wood
Helen Terry
Erma Naylor
Atte
Helen Campbell
Mabel McCormick
Eva Sackets
Cora Day
Ruth van Wagner
Helen Billings
Catharine Stack
Barbara Neil
Ruth Marsac
Dorothy Williams
Edith Preble
Florence O'Brien
Helen Stener
Gladys Bickel
Dorothy Oldham
Action on Re-routing Car Line Postponed
After talks with Cleveland Southwestern and Columbus railway officials on Oberlin avenue belt line re routing George W Dudder of the Chamber of Commerce returned to Lorain. Action in favor of the project was postponed until the railway franchise renewal, due in June 1924, is settled. Officials will seek a joint meeting of city council Chamber of Commerce and CS&C lines.
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Lorain
Cleveland Southwestern and
Columbus Railway
Oberlin Avenue
George W. Dudder
Chamber of Commerce
Dudderar
Cs, &C
North Carolina Man Held by Lorain Police
Statesville resident Marshall Lynch is held by Lorain police awaiting Pittsburgh authorities. Police report Lynch sought for a crime committed in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago.
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North Carolina
Lorain
Marshall Lynch
Statesville
Pittsburgh
Lorain Men Arrested on Suspicion After Waiting Room Loitering
Joe Danege and Ste ven Miller, both listing Cleveland addresses, were arrested last night on suspicion. Police say they loitered near the Lake Shore Electric waiting room and acted suspiciously.
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Lorain
Joe Danege
Steven Miller
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Lorain City Scrapes Unpaved Streets Under Orders
Director L. A. Snell announced orders to scrape all unpaved streets in Lorain. Work began this morning after the directive was issued.
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Lorain
Public Service
L. A
Lorain Boys Discharged From Hospital After Accident
William Kocscrak aged 3 and Andrew Lisak aged 4 of Vine Street were discharged from St Josephs hospital after injuries from an automobile crash on Tuesday. Both boys were not as seriously hurt as initially feared.
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Lorain
William Kocscrak
Andrew Lisak
Vine Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
W. W. Leader Haywood Escapes to Moscow
Chicago reports say Big Bill Haywood leader of the IWW has escaped Fort Leavenworth custody and is believed to be in Moscow Russia. He reportedly sailed on the King Oscar and landed at Riga with other IWW members who were to begin sentences. Authorities seek confirmation of the escape and the fate of the 60 workers scheduled to report at Leavenworth.
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Chicago
Big Bill” Haywood
W. W
Fort Leavenworth
Moscow
Russia
United States
Charles F. Clyne
Haywood
Clyne
Riga
Aywood
New York
Simple Liberty’s Society
West 13Th Street
Supreme Court
Leavenworth
Kansas
Allied conference at Hythe narrows to Briand and Lloyd George
London officials deny U S Belgium and Italy will attend the Hythe talks. Reports from Washington of American participation are rejected. Rumors of British troop involvement in Ruhr plans are dismissed as unfounded. The talks reduce to a bilateral dialogue between Lloyd George and Briand.
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Earle C. Reeves
London
Belgium
Italy
United States
Hythe
Foreign Office
Washington
Ruhr
Lloyd George
Briand
France
Britain
Bank Robbery in Chicago Nets $25000 in Cash
Five armed bandits stopped a car carrying John S. Amberg vice president and Norton F. Stone cashier of the Scheubert Amberg State Bank. They forced the officials into the robbers’ car, drove them away and dumped them miles from the scene. Most of the loot was in five and ten dollar bills.
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Chicago
Amberg
Norton F. Stone
Scheubert-A
Amberg State Bank
Stone
Union Trust Company
Probable Husband Granted Divorce Over Clara Hamon Letter
Emmettsburg Iowa April 21 Judge Lee granted H P Johnson an absolute divorce from his wife after Mrs Johnson wrote to a Des Moines paper offering to serve Clara Smith Hamon’s sentence if she were convicted of Jake L Hamon s slaying. The letter cited pity for Clara and condemning the man.
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Emmettsburg
H. P. Johnson
Booth Pleads Guilty in Inn Keeper Fraud Case
Elyria Clyde Booth, indicted by the last grand jury for defrauding an inn keeper, pleaded guilty this morning and was sentenced to ten days in jail by Judge Redington.
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Elyria
Clyde Booth
Redington
Well Known Lorain Resident George Jurisin Dead
George Jurisin aged 17, a well known Lorain resident born in Austria-Hungary, died last evening at 115 East 22nd Street after a long illness. He worked at the National Tube Co. and belonged to Holy Trinity Church. He leaves a wife, one son, and three daughters, with funeral services set for 10:08 AM at Holy Trinity Church and burial in Calvary Cemetery. The DeLores funeral car will transport mourners.
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Lorain
George Jurisin
East 22Nd Street
Jurisin
Austria-Hungary
National Tube Co
Holy Trinity Church
C. K. Fox
Elyria
Anna Jurisin
Cleveland
Helen Jurisin
Mike Jurisin
Torain
Father Nobak
Calvary Cemetery
Delores
Marriage Licenses Listed for Elyria Area Couples
James Mason 27 a U S mail truck driver from Cleveland weds Christine Stevens 23 of Oberlin with Rev Scott. William J Dore 23 a chauer and Jalenta Fisher 18 a clerk weds Justice Hughs. Lloyd Zimmerman 23 a farmer from Grafton weds Ruby Swartz 20 of La Grange with Rev W B Winters.
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Elyria
James Mason
U. S
Cleveland
Christine Stevens
Oberlin
Scott
William J. Dore
Chauer
Jalenta Fisher
Lorain
Justica Hughs
Lloyd Zimmerman
Farmer
Grafton
Ruby Swartz
la Grange
W. B. Winters
Two More Violators Of Liquor Law Are Taken to Cleveland
Federal Prohibition Inspector Fred Counts moved fifteen Lorain men to Cleveland on liquor law charges. Hearings set for April 29 and May 2 3 4 before Commissioner E J Hopple. Two more arrestees Martin Blaha and Frank Jacovetti joined the group, with temporary bonds of 1000 each posted. Total held by federal authorities reaches seventeen.
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Cleveland
Hopple
Lorain
Fred
U.S
Lewis Wilcox
Wilcox
Martin Blaha
Frank Jacovetti
E. J. Hopple
Sabet
Severtee
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Harding
Edward C. Hartle
Oberlin Bank Company
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Trotzky
George
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