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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1922
Page
5
A traveling salesman, caught with an unlicensed car and three amps and two hat boxes, explains he bought the car in Chicago and planned to reside in New York. He faced police inquiry and was detained at headquarters to account for license compliance.
The initial stage of a nationwide coal strike caused two lake freighters, the Shenango and the Hoover and Mason, loaded with coal in Marth to be unloaded in Lorain. Baltimore & Ohio railroad officials held the cargoes, planning to use the coal for yard consumption.
A community meeting endorsed a plan to create supervised playgrounds across Elyria with volunteer workers and a trained organizer. City estimates surface at about 3000 dollars annually, supported by 238 organizations donating per-member funds. local groups pledged contributions and a committee was formed to map actions and secure a yearlong program.
The pope expresses concern over the Genoa conference's likely failure and instructs Vatican representatives to contact European governments urging a stronger effort to realize Genoa aims. Monsignor Pizzardo travels to Genoa as part of papal diplomacy while Vatican officials coordinate contacts in capitals. Lenine is expected to reach Riga within a week and may influence Genoa discussions, according to a Daily Express dispatch.
The list shows per dozen and per pound pricing for warKe items, fresh meats, dairy and poultry products, plus select fruits and vegetables. Includes Ohio firsts, western firsts, oleo, prints, packing stock, spring chickens, codified dairy and cheese, apples, beans, cabbage, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, and sweet potatoes with unit prices and bundles.
The opening on April 26 shows United States Steel up 1-4 at 98 7-3 while Bethlehem Steel B slips 3-8 to 77 7-8 and Mexican Petroleum opens 7-8 lower at 130 3-4. Wheat gains in Chicago, hogs strong in Toledo, and Liberty Bonds list mixed opening prices across issues.
On Friday Semac will deliver an address at the Civic Center by J. F. Cordelius of Chicago on the lake to Ocean Project. A strong push toward establishing the waterway is under way with addresses in key port cities along the route. The meeting is open to the public.
Rebel leaders Alexander Howat and August Dorcy arrived to submit to arrest in Girard Kansas for violating industrial laws. Others jailed include John Fleming Pearl Maxwell Willard Titus James Meriwrath and R B Foster. Foster faces further jail time until he testifies before the industrial court.
April 26. In the village of Point Pleasant a manhunt for tenant John Eldridge began after he shot and severely wounded landlord J. M. Thatcher during eviction attempts. President Harding’s visit loomed as townspeople paused preparations and joined the search with local and state officials. Thatcher remained in serious condition.
Joe Burke of Cleveland defeated Bob Martin of Akron by decision in a brutal boxing match in Akron. Burke opened with a nose injury and pounded Martin with a tattoo like barrage, flooring him several times while Martin was only briefly knocked down.
The funeral for Mrs. H L Penfield, former resident, was held at the family home on North Fifth Street with Rev C H Boving and Dr Ben Ely officiating. Her remains were later taken to Wash to be interred beside daughter Mrs Crace Collins. Survived by husband Howard F E Penfield and relatives Riley Taylor, A S Taylor, and Charles Taylor.
Allegations allege a plot in Charleston West Virginia from August 1 to September 3 1921 to levy war against the state. Blizzard led an assembled miners army with Marmet and Lens Creek named as rendezvous. The case centers on involvement of John L Lewis and Samuel Montgomery with intimidation claims and disputes over witness lists. The court adjourned to allow defense time to review the bill of particulars and identify unions and officials charged.
Lewis argues coal operators maintain a de facto standing army of mine guards to suppress miners in southern West Virginia. He says guards, hired by a detective agency, carry rifles and pistols and subject workers to assaults. He asserts miners are American and should have the right to organize and bargain, urging constitutional protection for unions to resolve the conflict.
An article reports continued deadlock in Dublin with a tentative agreement to be presented to Dail Eireann that night. It notes uncertainty over party support and the risk that renewed warfare on Ulster borders could push southern factions toward compromise or postponement of disputes. An official Belfast statement confirms the March 30 truce pact breaking down.
Karl Braun 48 and his son Henry Braun 13 were electrocuted when a radio receiving wire bridged a 2300 volt circuit in a nearby yard while three youths tried to listen to a Cleveland concert. Harland Leber 15 survived a serious shock. Braun rushed to save his son and died striking the wire.
Freemont M. Jackson 75 a retired businessman and his wife Annie Jackson 70 were found dead in their apartment at the Hotel Margaret with both bodies on the bathroom floor fully dressed and showing evidence of vomiting before death. Police said the circumstances will require investigation and found no weapon or gas evidence.
A naval seaplane reported sighting the Santa Maria near Williams Island at 11:20 AM after the craft left Key West for Nassau with six aboard and ran out of gasoline.
New York April 26 half a million paper mill workers threaten a May 1 strike if wage cut proposals are not withdrawn. The International Brotherhood of Paper Makers and the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers report the workers rejected a ten percent cut for skilled workers and a locality rate for unskilled workers. Wages have fallen 15 percent since last August for paper makers and 45 percent for pulp and mill workers.
Lorain April 26 The city council rejected the proposed jitney bus ordinance as prepared by city selector Wesley Grills. Grills was asked to revise it for presentation next Monday. Chicago April 26 Blue book bandits raided Samuel G Garfield’s fashionable apartment and stole 16800 in cash and jewelry. Police seek a band believed to have robbed wealthy homes in recent months.
The piece argues modern mothers juggle nurse, cook, teacher and moral guide roles and often burn out. It suggests Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound eases burdens for suffering women and promotes trying a Chronicle-Telegram want ad.
The Child Conservation League will hold a bake sale Saturday at 9 30 am. The event is supported by The Superior Electric Co.
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