U S Sees Germany Paying Reparation Under Plan
Secretary Hughes says the United States will not act as umpire but will consider an immediate and just settlement. Berlin is urged to submit proposals by May 1, with talks anticipated as the German government accepts reparations within its means.
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Ays
Harry L. Rogers
U. S
Shington
United States
America
Hughes Sply
Berat
Berlin
United
Hat Communication Simons
Rman
Germany
Verner Seeks Adjournment Next Friday In Tax Debate
April 22 report that Governor Whittemore and lawmakers push for adjournment next Friday while senators move tax reform plans. Whittemore proposes a constitutional amendment to limit property taxes to 18 mills in cities and 15 outside counties, sparking a possible House vote clash with the Fouts plan as parties seek a compromise.
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Nsiter Whittemore
Akron
Senate Finance Committee
Ohio
Ite
Munties
House
Whittemore
Mrs Elwood Stokes Files Divorce Suit Naming Seven Co Respondents
Mrs Elwood Stokes, wife of wealthy W E D Stokes, filed for divorce today, naming seven co respondents and detailing alleged unhappiness in her marriage.
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York
Leaky mustard gas tank sparks townwide panic in Bound Brook
A mustard gas tank leaks near a chemical factory in Bound Brook New Jersey causing a mass evacuation as bells ring and residents flee to the hills. A chemist on night duty halts the leak while others suffer exposure but no serious injuries reported. Authorities vow to prevent recurrence.
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Bound Brook
N. J
Cleveland Slayers Believed Four Suspects Fled Elyria
At 7 15 this morning the Cleveland detective department reported four men tied to Patrolman Spratly’s shooting in Cleveland last night had arrived in Elyria on an early Green Line car. Names given: Chick Pierce 25 Robert Hunt 27 Frank Shannon 25 James Welsh 24, all of Cleveland. Sheriff Backus alerted west area police to watch for them. descriptions shared with Lorain Sandusky Norwalk Berlin Heights and Vermilion.
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Elyria
Backus
Cleveland
Spratly
Here
Lorain
Sandusky
Norwalk
Berlin Heights
Vermilion
Dayton Youth Ends His Life
Dayton, Ohio April 22 a 16 year old Ernest Plummer said to his father I’ve done it and no one is to blame after showing an empty carbolic acid bottle. The youth died within minutes. He had recently visited relatives in Peoria Illinois where an influenza illness, believed by his father to have weakened his mind, preceded the act. His mother resides in Flemingsburg Kentucky.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ernest Plummer
Peoria
Ill
Flemingsburg
Slayer of Cleveland Officer Captured After Noon
Bobby Hunt, believed to be the slayer of Patrolman Elmer Sprosty, was captured this afternoon at 345 East 116th street in Cleveland. He was badly wounded by two bullet wounds. An Italian family at that address found Hunt on their front porch early this morning. Hunt had recently been paroled from Mansfield Reformatory after a robbery sentence.
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Cleveland
Bobby Hunt
Elmer Sprosty
East 116Th Street
Hunt
Mansfield Reformatory
American golfer Stirling posts 161 in ladies illustrated
London April 22 Miss Alex Stirling American woman golf champion shot 161 in the competition for the ladies illustrated. Miss Janet the Irish champion completed the course in 168 showing strong form.
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London
Alex Stirling
Ladies’ Illustrated
Janet
LaGrange Youth McMillen Honored by Ohio State University
Carl Ho McMillen of LaGrange, known in Elyria and LaGrange baseball circles, receives Phi Beta Kappa scholarship recognition from Ohio State University Columbus. He completed high school at LaGrange, enlisted in 1916, served in France, was commissioned a lieutenant, and pursued a fast three year course at the university. He also played on the university team and was a top student carrying seven units while working on campus. He belongs to Sigma Phi Epsilon. Parents Mr and Mrs William McMillen of LaGrange celebrate the honor.
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RSA
Carl Ho McMillen
Elyria
Lae
LaGrange
Drize
Ohio State Univerolumbus
Fillen
Ohio
Ohio State Ambulance
France
McMillen
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
William McMillen
Plants Rehire Laid Off Workers In Elyria
The Willys-Overland factory and General Phonograph Supplies Co. are daily re employing former employees. The Overland plant added 150 workers this week, reaching 418 on Thursday, the highest in months. General Phonograph now employs about 450, expected to rise to 600 soon. Current payroll runs about 9 000 weekly. The firms focus on Ford horns and fishing reels as conditions brighten.
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Elyria
Willys-Overland
General Phonograph Supplies Co
Overland
A. G. Bean
Ford
Neighbors Mistake Burglar for Door Repairman at Kroger
In Middletown today neighbors saw a man removing glass from a rear door of the uptown Kroger store and assumed he was repairing it. About an hour later $17 was found stolen from the cash register.
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Middletown
Kroger Grocery Company
McGannon to Face Jury Next Week in Perjury Case
Cleveland April 22 William McGannon former chief justice of the city court will face a jury early next week on a perjury charge tied to his defense testimony in a second degree murder trial. Prosecuting Attorney E C Stanton said the grand jury probe is halted to allow Stanton and Special Assistant William L David to prep for the trial scheduled for hearing.
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Cleveland
Willliam McGannon
Wek
E. C. Stanton
Stanton
William L. David
Mrs Underhill Dies. Rites Pending Saturday
Mrs H J Underhill died last evening at her daughter Mrs J E Doll’s home on Fairlawn avenue. She leaves her husband two daughters Miss Dora Underhill and Mrs J E Doll and two brothers Henry and Herman Bartell of California. Remains brought to 7403 Dellenbaugh avenue Cleveland for burial Saturday afternoon.
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Elyria
H. J. Underhill
J. E. Doll
Fairlawn Avenue
Dora Underhill
Henry
Herman Bartell
California
Dellenbaugh Avenue
Cleveland
Time grows short on personal tax returns
Elyria reports show returns slow to arrive as the year ends. Assessors in the courthouse lobby have spare time and urge the public to file promptly. Since the last day falls on Sunday, returns will be accepted Monday without the extra penalty.
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Elyria
Court House
Suit to Collect for Billiard Tables in Elyria
The Brunswick-Balke Collender Co. filed suit to collect 472 from Fred Handler and Alfred Bolassay who run a pool room at West River and Third in Elyria. The claim is secured by a chattel mortgage on billiard tables in the defendants' possession.
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Elyria
Brunswick-Balke Collender Co
Fred Handler
Alfred Bolassay
West River
Third Street
Pasadena to plant memorial tree for Burroughs
Pasadena earns honor to plant the first memorial tree for John Burroughs as part of a national row. John J. Hamilton, Pasadena parks commissioner, filed the registration with the American Forestry Association. A live oak will be planted April 30 at New Washington Park in Pasadena, joining a row that includes a tree for John Muir.
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Washington
John Burroughs
Pasadena
American Forestry Association
Association
John J. Hamilton
Public Parks and Buildings
John Muir
New Washington Park
Court of Appeals reserves decision in Davies hearing
In Cleveland on April 22 attorney William H. Boyd argued the Walter A. Davies case that he is not guilty of making false entries to deceive the bank superintendent. State claims Davies knew of dishonest transactions by Treble and himself convicted. The court reserved its decision and adjourned until tomorrow.
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Cleveland
William H. Boyd
Court of Appeals
Walter A. Davies
City Bank of Lorain
Walter D.mears
Treble
Enghter
Stevens
Elyria
Davies
Germany awaits Washington reply on German reparations appeal
Berlin April 22 Germany anxiously awaits President Harding's reply to mediation offer on reparations. Government notes show Berlin ready for any US mediated settlement while French opposition looms. Papers offer mixed reactions with calls for cautious optimism and warnings of wider European stakes.
Haywood Under Scrutiny as I W W Members Are Counted
Chicago April 22 Federal officials count I W W members sentenced to Fort Leavenworth for espionage to determine if any others besides William D Big Bull Haywood are missing. Officials seek how Haywood left the country and whether he remains a factor in the I W W amid reports he has been stripped of authority.
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Chicago
Fort Leavenworth
William D
Big Bull
Haywood
United States
Fire Threatens Small Town Fire Sparks Alarm At Green Camp
Marion April 22 a two story frame building burned at Green Camp Audrey Gibson eight crawled to the roof and leaped to a calaboose to ring the bell the fire confined to J R Ross property with estimated loss four thousand ten dollars partly insured The town narrowly escaped disaster.
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Marion
Green Camp
Audrey Gibson
J. R. Ross
Elyria Firm Organized With 75000 Capital
Incorporation papers issued in Columbus for the L. M. Co. of Elyria with cash capital of 75000. W. S. Miller and others named as incorporators. The company owns the Topliff hotel and is formed to sell stock and improve the property.
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Elyria
Columbus
Welyria
W. 8. Miller
Topliff
Masons Impress With High Degree Exemplification in Elyria
Elyria Council No 6 held its fifth annual reunion in the Masonic Hall with over a hundred participants. The Super-Excellent Master degree ceremony impressed eighty candidates and featured elaborate Zedekiah and Nebuchadnezzar tableaux. A 630 PM banquet for 250 members followed, amid palms, ferns, and Mason colors, drawing lodges from across the state.
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Elyria
Elyria Council No .6
Masonic Order
Zedekiah
Nebuchadnezzar
Elyria Council
Maronic Order
Vacuum Cleaner theft prompts police lookout
Elyria Ploria police asked Wellington authorities to be on the lookout for a man who stole a vacuum cleaner from the Dickason Hardware Co. store in Wellington.
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Elyria
Ploria
Wellington
Dickason Hardware Co
Obregon Accepts Invitation to Dallas Fair
President Obregon accepted Dallas Texas invitation to attend the great fair next fall. He said only urgent state affairs would keep him away and he would send a representative if necessary.
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Mexico City
Obregon
Dallas
Texas
Legal Challenge Over Prohibition Case In Lorain Court
Attorney for John Armstrong Jr. seeks trial by jury on a plea in bar after his March arrest for illegal liquor sales under the Prohibition Act. The case, dismissed in municipal court without consent, is claimed as an acquittal. Armstrong contends the plea should go to a jury. The matter is noted as a historic first in the hands of the veteran lawyers.
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Elyria
John Armstrong Jr
Lorain
Bar
Court of Common Pleas
Armstrong
Fails to Clean Out Family But Ends Own Career
In Yqnk ers New York on April 22 Joseph Geraci, 45, shot his wife to death and wounded two stepdaughters probably fatally before shooting himself in the head, dying within an hour. The crime occurred in the Geraci home and was witnessed by 16 year old stepson Joseph Cabaret who fled for help after the shootings.
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Yqnkers
Joseph Geraci
Beut
Geraci
Joseph Cabaret
Haywood's Flight 13 Confirmed at Capital
Washington April 22 The Bureau of Investigation reports William D Haywood I W W leader is en route to Moscow Russia. He sailed from the United States on April 1 reached Stockholm April 15 and is now between Itiga and Moscow.
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Washington
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice Today
William D.,haywood
I. W. W. Leader
Moscow
Russia
I. W. W Leader
Stockholm
Itiga
Truant Girls Arrested for Delinquency Amid Night Joyriding
In Middletown on April 22 Dora Green 17 and Mary Barker 16 high school students were found playing truant and joyriding with four prominent men. The girls were charged with delinquency and the men with contributing to delinquency as authorities investigate the case.
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Middletown
Dora Green
Mary Barker
Diamonds Seized From Late Walter Strangwell Inheritance
Coroner in Elyria turned over to Strangwell administrators the jewelry and valuables taken from his person after death. Strangwell of Cleveland was killed by an electric car at Albera villa weeks ago, while his companion was seriously injured. Property valued about 3000 dollars includes a large diamond ring shirt stud stick pin Shriner's diamond pin cuff buttons and a watch and chain.
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Elyria
Perry
Walter Strangwell
Strangwell
Cleveland
Albera’ Villa
Shriner
Naval appropriation bill for 1921-22 reported
Washington April 22 The naval appropriation bill for maintenance of the naval establishment in the fiscal year 1921-22 reports from the House Appropriations Committee. It carries 396,001,249 dollars, 91,262,484 less than last year’s total and 283,514,482 less than the navy department’s request.
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Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
Navy Department
Senate Panel Backs Rail Board Nominees
Washington April 22. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee reports favorable on the railroad labor board nominees Walter L. McWent, Massachusetts labor group. Samuel Higgins, New York management group. and Benjamin W. Hooper, Tennessee public group.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Walter LL McVwentmen
Massachusetts
Samuel Higgins
New York
Benjamin W. Hooper
Tennessee
Railroad Labor Board
London Miners Adjourn Until Next Monday
April 22 the miners executive meeting lasted an hour and a half and was adjourned until Monday afternoon. Optimistic reports circulated this afternoon regarding the outcome of renewed attacks of a settlement of the coal strike.
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London
Robbery at Chicago diamond broker nets $235000 haul
Two bandits seized J. J. Reingold’s downtown office, bound staff, and escaped with a $200,000 cut gem shipment from Phillip Present & Son of Rochester and $35,000 in Reingold jewelry. The loot was carried in a gunny sack via the building elevator into the crowd outside. Leroy Present, entrusted with the Phillip Present gems, had entered the office moments before the theft.
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Chicago
J. J. Reingold
Reingold
Phillip Present & Son
Rochester
N. Y
Leroy Present
Paris Quietly Awaits Harding Reply on German Mediation
Paris predicts President Harding will reject Germany’s appeal for mediation in the reparations crisis. France plans to enforce measures by May 1 and Briand will present them at Hythe with Lloyd George. Marshal Foch’s plan includes troop occupation north of Duesseldorf and key rail hubs while a ten gold mark per ton coal tax is proposed to limit disruption.
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Newton C. Parke
Paris
Harding
Berlin
France
Briand
Lloyd George
Hythe
England
International
Duesseldorf
Rhine
Lippe
Hamm
Unna
Wupper
Elberfield
Dorsten
Lune
Hagen
Marshal Foch
Mr. Hardy
Belgium
Germany
United States
Strike Settled at Bigelow Hartford Carpet Works
Thompsonville Connecticut April 22 five thousand workers at Bigelow Hartford Carpet Works end strike and return to work at reduced wages with labor dispute resolved.
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Thompsonville
Conn
Bigelow Hartford Carpet Works
Police to curb sidewalk motorcycle riding in Elyria
Elyria officials vow crackdown on riding motorcycles on sidewalks. Mayor Jones notes enforcement of sidewalk riding ban and street bike fines, citing a $6 penalty for Severence Ott on Summer Street.
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Elyria
Jones
Severence Ott
Summer Street
Prisoners Work Unguarded in City Dump to Collect Saleable Articles
Police found August Desberger Robert Troyal Frank Crofton and Fred Lewis still on the city dump after being fined for vagrancy. They had been picking brass copper lead zinc and clothing to sell to a junk dealer. Street Commissioner John Conabee notes the annual spring clean-up continues next week with 38 loads hauled so far.
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John Conabee
Conabes
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