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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1925
Page
1
Bert Harrison, 45, of LaGrange, was rushed to Memorial Hospital in critical condition after attempting suicide by shooting at about 1 p.m. He had been in the area two weeks and, after rising from bed, fired the gun near his right temple. He is married with seven children.
An Akron special grand jury investigating the Hayner Distillery liquor leakage scandal filed an indictment and convened in Cleveland. The probe will sit this afternoon and tomorrow morning before indefinite recess. Three Philadelphia men, convicted for conspiring to violate prohibition laws at Pittsburgh, testified after being brought from Atlanta. Their evidence details were not disclosed.
The Cleveland and Southwestern are tearing up the rails from Oberlin to Norwalk after abandoning the line months ago. Wires and poles were removed last fall and the rails are currently being taken up and loaded for disposal or reuse in repairs.
The sheriff's office is outfitted with a full steel furniture set, including filing boxes a desk and a table arriving today for installation at the courthouse making the office one of the most modern.
Henry J. Fernekes faces possible execution after being identified as the Chicago slayer in a March 19 bank holdup and murder at the central manufacturing bank. Frank J. Palit and John T. Jasinski of the Palt Building and Loan Assn named Fernekes, who denied the charges, saying it was another mistake.
Marion faces a new problem as gangs of drunken workers near a sewer tunnel breathe nitroglycerin fumes. Police are stretched thin by the city's finances while crews stagger and sleep off drink, then are hoisted back to the surface.
The State Utilities Commission warned Columbus operators that motor bus lines must follow rules on speed safety stops at grade crossings and accommodations for short haul passengers. The commission said certain competitive methods will not be tolerated.
The Postoffice Department has ruled on alleged indecent pictures in the Harvard Lampoon, sending the decision to Cambridge. Copies were seized by Boston police as non mailable. The ruling concerned a picture titled Goddess of Liberty, though the department did not reveal details. The magazine received mixed reactions, with praise in Cambridge and even interest at the White House.
In Ashland Ohio on April 24 the jury weighs verdicts in the trial of Carlos Gorham son of the police chief. He faces second degree murder with a manslaughter count for the October shooting of John Dalton as Judge Graven finishes the charge and submits the case.
Alfred Augustus George, a London pawn-broker, left in his will that five thousand dollars be paid to any doctor who proved he was in a trance and met the dead before burial. Three doctors were paid fifty dollars each for examining his body, and his will also provided for the doctors' toes.
Judge Webber overruled the motion to quash the indictment against Lucille Jones on a charge of soliciting for immoral purposes. The demurrer hearing stretched the morning as Attorney C F Adams argued for release, contending statutes must be strictly construed and rights to know the specifics.
In New Haven on April 24 the trial of 18 year old Olympia Macri begins with juror selection continuing. Her alleged betrayer John Bagno is charged in the slaying and only three of fifty potential jurors have been seated. Olympia smiles in court as her father Nicholas Macri vows to welcome baby Lucy into the family.
Miss Anna Emery aged 19 died this morning at 839 Lake Avenue after a four month illness. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Charles Emery and five sisters and three brothers. Funeral Monday at 3 PM from the home with Rev W N Walker. Burial at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
Ohio endures a scorching heat wave with Ironton posting 90 as the state record and Cleveland reaching 82. Other readings include Wheeling 93, Marion 87, Newark 87, Dayton 86, Canton 86, Akron 85, Columbus 82. Two deaths in Cleveland and two prostrations in Akron attributed to the heat as nationwide hot spell persists.
The Wheeler trial in Great Falls Mont rapid progress toward closing arguments in a federal case alleging improper receipt of a $4000 fee from Gordon Campbell for oil permit work. Prosecution and defense rested, final arguments began with Judge Dietrich not fixed on length and each side barred from over two hours.
In Tokyo on April 24 the Japanese Prince Regent bought a domestic radio set but its first demonstration produced a discordant chorus of noises. Experts blamed static for the failure and the heir to the throne did not request a second demonstration.
Chicago police pursue a lead in a murder case after a torso found in a Budlong basin is linked by a Geneva Illinois woman to her daughter Elizabeth Augustine 22 a telephone operator who disappeared October 30 1924 and suitor Robert McMalan 26. The body is unidentifiable due to severed parts and long debris blockage complicates identification and date.
New Bedford Massachusetts reports a 3 am quake that rattled windows and shaken homes across Southern New England. Newport Rhode Island and areas from Rochester to Freetown felt the tremor, with no injuries or serious damage. Police were overwhelmed by calls as residents awoke to rumbling and moving beds.
London April 24. Ballroom muffs are the latest fad in smart dancing circles. The muffs replace handbags and are crafted from ostrich feathers with small pockets inside for lipstick perfume and other feminine requisites.
About 60 residents attended a Markley school PTA meeting calling on the Elyrna township school board to petition for a $5300 operating levy to cover the nine month term. The action revisits last meeting's $3200 plan and aims to place the levy on the June tax roll with signatures equal to 51 percent of Governor election turnout.
Funeral services for J. D. Wood will be held Saturday at 1 p m in Kipton Church with Rev B F Hagle officiating. Wood died Wednesday night by poisoning while on duty at a gasoline filling station and will be buried in Kipton Cemetery. body in state at Thompson morgue until Saturday.
B Frank Morfoot died Thursday night after a three weeks illness at age seventy four. He lived in this city forty five years and worked in the National Tube Company blast furnace department in Lorain for seventeen years. He leaves a widow and daughter Margaret Morfoot. funeral conducted by Rev Willam Muir at his Washington Avenue home. Burial in Ridgelawn cemetery. J H Hurst in charge.
In Wheeling on April 24 Sheriff C H Henderson announced a ticket service will be placed in the jail corridor to aid fans confined within the county. Bus driver Heme Rhee fined ten dollars for speeding 42 mph on Center Ridge Road before Justice J. George. arrested by Deputy Sheriff T G Knight.
Federal prohibition authorities announce a campaign against home brewers despite Chief Justice McCoy ruling searches of homes require proof of prior liquor sales. The plan may be appealed while raids continue in other districts as the McCoy decision covers only the District of Columbia.
The Ada Maybelle crewed by three Canadians and a Cleveland bootlegger went down in a Lake Erie storm. Knaggs was found in the icy water thirty miles northeast of Cleveland with a Valkrie stamped life preserver. Search began after a squall tore through the lake and authorities had given up hope for the craft.
Fifteen prohibition agents in New York and northern New Jersey were discharged after an investigation by Washington and New York officials. The move reduces Merrick's staff and follows rumors of upstate liquor scandals, with fifteen names withheld from release.
Police deny protecting liquor runs from aNorth Bergen dry dock as the town council investigates bootlegging activity. Police Chief Leonard Marey and a police lieutenant provided information leading to the inquiry.
The Fields of Anderson county welcome a third birth within ten months, a set of triplets joining two prior births, making five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Clarence Fields. Both parents are 30 years old. The earlier twins arrived June 19, 1924. In Wheeling, police probe the mysterious death of George Brinkman found beneath a still car with a minor head wound.
A Chevrolet touring car bearing H 3 and owned by Sam Motto of Gration was reported stolen from a General Phonograph Co plant parking space this morning. A woman detective witnessed the theft and is pursuing the investigation.
Mrs. Mary J. Plumb died last evening at her brother William Grills’s home 537 East Broad Street aged 63 years 10 months 21 days. Survived by sisters Anna Grills and Ellen Breckendridge of Grafton brother William seven nephews and one niece. Funeral Monday at 1 pm from the home with Rev. W Burner officiating burial at Butternut cemetery.
Deputy Mathews and Ives recovered two baby rings stolen by Ernest Johnson from the home of Hon. Harry Dingeman in Detroit. Johnson led officers to their whereabouts after arrest, and the rings were returned.
Irvin Briggs designed a tiny plane built by Johnson Airplane Co. On a test flight from Dayton to Wilbur Wright field it carried a load equal to its own weight, setting an unofficial endurance record. Pilot Syde Emerich weighed 133 pounds and flew with 338 pounds total in the aircraft.
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