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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1926
Page
4
Rome dispatches reveal Osservatore Romano rebuking Mexican ambassador claims that Catholic clergy oppose progress. The paper emphasizes church influence in Mexican modernization and contrasts it with government actions deemed obsolete and anti religious.
A wage scale agreement talks began today between JOH. Vahey of the Amalgamated Association of Street Mailway Employes and the Cincinnati Street Railway Company. The prior wage agreement expired June 28, prompting the dispute. Three wounded in a Cincinnati dance hall melee included Day, 17, Rettsinger, 18, and Neislinger, 28, all injured during the altercation last night. Cincinnati teachers favor an 8 per day minimum wage for summer schools, four-fifths of the regular rate. Patrolman Thomas Cameron, 32, remained in serious condition after a Sunday shooting in a west end clash with black suspects. More than 199 members gathered for the Supreme Tabernacle convention of the Galilean Fishermen in Columbus with a prison visit planned. Franklin county tax levies may rise to 2.09 per 100 as boards cut budgets. Affidavits seek action against a Summerland Beach bathhouse near Buckeye Lake for sewage pollution rendering it unfit for bathing.
In Columbus Aug 4 Ervin Seiple aged 14 lay in a hospital with a broken leg after his bicycle collided with a car while attempting a race. Witnesses said the boy tried to race the automobile and suffered injuries in the collision amid reports of others lost in maize fields nearby.
Charles Bruch, inventor of the damp process and pioneer of electric differentiation, opened the new Avon plant of the Cleveland W Tumination Company. A monster whistle signaled the event as the station linked with other plants, boosting capacity to over 420,000 horsepower and enabling Cleveland-generated power to be transmitted to neighboring states.
The Erie Theren and Joram County Partners announce a major gathering at Crystal Beach this Saturday. It will be the year’s only event, drawing many Loran county residents. A sports program is set, with Congressman Jas T Regex and Chancellor Dr Joh Woley Hall delivering addresses at Lincoln Memorial University.
Fragmentary notes show President Calles resisting liberal interpretations of church and health regulations as Catholic factions mobilize. Officials discuss timing for enforcement amid arms climate and ongoing political pressure, with attorneys general coordinating response and opposition groups watching closely.
The Elyria M C A lobby is being redecorated this week for the first time since the building was erected. The dark walls are being painted white to brighten the main down stairs area. Secretary WO CH McClellan notes the white finish will improve the lobby’s appearance.
John Woosley Hill, president of Lincoln Memorial University in Nashville, will address the Kiwanis Luncheon. The meeting also features a district Kiwanis convention planning update and a speaker on local community matters.
Ernest G. Stevens of Coldwater Michigan was fined ten dollars and costs and sentenced to ten days in the county jail in police court this morning after pleading guilty to a charge of defrauding a eating house. Stevens admitted he had eaten meals at a Broad Street restaurant and agreed to pay the bill, leaving others indebted in the process.
The Court of Common Pleas sues Robert W. Philpot to foreclose a mortgage on property on West Fourth Street. Plaintiff seeks six thousand dollars on the defendant's note. George Philpot is asked to reveal any claim he holds on the land. In another item James Warner and Gertrude St John, reported missing, were found registered at a hotel in Cleveland and returned home with their parents asking no arrests. Ohio hotel changes hands as A Crossett takes over management and promises renovations. Tames Jhorter of Russia township was jailed after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated and failing to pay a $50 fine. Wheeler, arrested on the Abbe road, faced the same day.
A new traffic signal model backed by J A Gahagen George L D Hurl hut and J Z A Lump, claimed to combine best features of existing signals, will be manufactured at General Pattern Co Buckeye Street with castings from Garford Foundry. Proprietors seek local trial use on property sheds claiming superiority.
William M. Johnston, former national champion and “Little Bill,” will lead the Western contingent in the Past vs West matches at Forest Hills on August 13 and 14. He will be joined by Edward G. Chandler, Cranston Eldman, Phillip Neer and James Davies in singles and doubles as announced by the United States Lawn Tennis Association.
Market report from Cleveland and Toledo shows mixed poultry lamb and cattle prices with receipts for cattle at 400 and hogs at 2590. Western firsts and various egg and butter lots noted, while New York liberty bonds and stock prices drift in closing data.
Washington August 4 figures from the treasury indicate the United States will be out of the hole by 1944 except for foreign debt. Over the 18 years the government would need about 12.754 billion dollars in taxes to retire debt and cover operating expenses. At August 1 the public debt stood at 159.627 billion, with over 11.916 billion due by foreign governments and the remainder to be met by American taxpayers. A renewed drive in Congress to extend retirement of the debt was reported, with Secretary Mellon expected to oppose the plan.
New York Aug 4 heat wave climbs to new high with four deaths in the metropolitan area and numerous heat prostrations treated. At noon the thermometer neared 92 degrees with humidity rising and no relief in sight.
The Canton Canton editor Don R Mellett slaying case expands as Canton investigators reach Chicago. Patrick Eugene McDermott, ex convict freed from Atlanta Prison, is distributed to detectives. Governor Bloum and others assist Canton, Cleary withdrawn and a new report expected soon. Detectives report being shadowed by private eyes and possible wire tapping as they pursue leads. A scientist notes that cognition ties to brain fibres.
A unidentified man in his early twenties was found shot through the head and heart in a vacant Prince Street lot in Wallingford. Coroner Eli Mix from New Haven arrived to investigate after authorities ordered no information released. The dead man was reportedly a resident of New York and was killed elsewhere before his body was placed at the scene.
The ongoing investigation into the million dollar Smith campaign finances expands with subpoenas to Ira C. Copley Clement Studebaker Jr. and James Simpson. George B Safford state superintendent faces questioning over the anti Salem leagues endorsements and 4 556 000 spent in Illinois since prohibition.
Morgantown Ky August 4 three prisoners Clifford Wison his brother Fred and Amos Phelys Mor s were jailed on murder charges while investigators trailed a fourth suspect linked to the killings of Rev A M Moss of Pittsburgh and Mrs Jerome Johnson wife of a Butler County school official. The victims were shot during an evangelistic meeting at a church when bullets entered through an open window. A note mentions a revenue officer in disguise aiding federal agents. In Tennessee a boy, Robert Mear aged 15, died after touching an extension electric light cord near a water pipe, the current grounding through the pipe.
Mrs Sophie Snell died at her daughter Mrs George McGee home in Cleveland at age 77. She leaves four children, ten grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and had lived in Elyria 52 years. Funeral Friday 2 pm at 206 Bath Street with Rev Birkner. Burial Elyria Cemetery. Private funeral. Also notes Pompton Lakes historical data project in New Jersey.
Newport Kentucky Mayor A J Livingston announced a city wide cleanup campaign to crack down on crime blamed on floaters deemed a summer resort. The entire police force will target underworld dives from the west end after a newspaper reporter was attacked over an published world of unde world figures. The press has nicknamed Newport the Canton of Kentucky.
In Oberlin on August 4 Professor Buecker returned with his newly married wife after marriage abroad. Professor Karl F Geiser leaves for seven weeks in Europe studying international relations with a Carnegie Foundation guest trip to Paris Geneva and The Hague. Professor Jesse Fy Mack and family depart for Blue Hill Falls Maine for the summer, with a cross country leg through New York and the White Mountains before returning for September. The college summer session closes today.
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