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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1921
Page
1
Auditor Welty to distribute a total 1.617 million dollars in June tax receipts to schools districts and municipalities in Lorain County. The funds include 127640 to Es Lyria and 172633 to the School Board as part of the gust distributions with others pending.
Government agents report dry law raids have seized warehouse liquor stocks valued at about 50 million dollars. Officials say a large portion is non-beverage and saleable, with laboratories in major cities to speed analysis before Treasury approval for cash conversion.
Hurst alias Jack Cross is charged with complicity in a Toledo robbery after a chase through the city ends with police firing and two bystanders wounded. Hurst, from Colorado Springs, is held in county jail.
Five Mexican brigands abducted Eric Clarke Hal of the International Livestock Company near the company headquarters yesterday. Word received by H E Bullock, company president, confirms the kidnapping and ongoing search efforts.
Edward Stevens and May Kenny were arrested in the Jackson Hotel on disorderly conduct charges after officers observed them from a neighboring building. Both pleaded guilty and were fined $50. A marriage license was issued that morning and they were married by Mayor Jones at noon.
Mrs Adam Baker died at her home on North Ridge after a long illness. She lived on the farm there for 53 years and was the widow of Adam Baker who died in 1909. Survived by children Mrs Thomas Lange LaGrange Daniel Baker Amherst Mrs Hiram Bradley Wellington and Mrs Frank Butler Elyria. Funeral services will be held at the home Tuesday afternoon.
The weekly City Band under Arthur Giles drew a large crowd to the city park last evening. The audience applauded each number with encores as Lawrence Webber sang two songs with the band and received liberal applause. The band, praised as the best the city has had in years, showcased high class, well balanced music.
Weather bureau forecast for August 2% to 27% predicts generally fair weather in the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region with a chance of showers after Wednesday. Temperatures expected to run somewhat below normal across the period.
Six New York Italians were arrested and three men confessed to murder as police say a nationwide Italian Camorra offshoot, the Benvenra Gang, has been uncovered. Fontano surrendered after killing Carmelio Caizzo on a New Jersey hunting trip. he says gang leaders ordered the killing to silence him.
The Chronicle Telegram reports a closing contest where boys race to 20 subscriptions for a Falls trip. The top 12 earners secure travel. the leading non winner gets a season theater ticket. Current standings list Giebel Moran Whitmore Mundrick Young Musselman Forman Brown Cooper Weller Yost among others.
Assistant treasurer of Lorain county Clarence Baker of Amherst earned $2 more than his salary Fri Gay. The $2 was given by a woman who had lost a pocket book containing a wrist watch valued at $125 and $7 in cash. Baker saw the pocketbook drop from a passing automobile in front of the courthouse but could not stop the car. A few minutes later the car returned and Baker handed back the pocketbook to the woman who said she was an overseas nurse traveling from California to New York.
Funeral services for Edwin Tee man who was killed Thursday night by Joe Chapo will be held Monday afternoon at two from the family home 3262 Livingston Avenue Lorain.
A bicycle belonging to Robert Erbai of 218 Wolf Court was stolen Thursday night from 245 Fifth Street.
Deputies led by Sheriff Mackus tracked a copper still and mash near a river in Verwilion area after a strayed visitor tipped off the location. Two men, Tony Gaske and Alex Zuldsy, were arrested in Lorain following a dawn pursuit through dense underbrush. The search teams moved in two squads and recovered a 30 gallon copper still, a coal oil heater, six mash barrels, and related equipment. no still was found operative as the riverbank site yielded only tracks and dispersed leads.
In New York an Italian community reels as Roberto Raefel is found guilty of murder in the kidnapping and ransom case involving five year old Giuseppe Varotta. The seven man gang included others awaiting trial and two still at large as the vendetta climate dominates coverage.
County surveyor Theobald reports widespread road work with nine sections under construction or repair. Brick and concrete pavements replace macadam, new bituminous top dressing used, and several detours remain dirt or mud filled due to recent rain while upgrades proceed along Lake road Oberlin road Kipton Wellington Penfield Litchfield and Ford road corridors.
The body of Father Patrick Heslin of Holy Angels Catholic church Colma California was found buried under sand near a cliff at Salada Beach twenty miles south of San Francisco after a ransom case. William A Hightower is in police custody on murder charges, accused of helping abduct and kill the priest.
Ed Ward Marion von George Lafferty were arrested near Altoona Pa and jailed in Blair county after railroad and government officers linked them to the July 30 Manhattan Limited train robbery near Gallitzin. The arrests followed a confession by Gilbert McCloskey, the fourth gang member previously seized in Canton Ohio.
Five year pursuit ends as George E. Schmauch of Amherst is arrested in St. Paul on an indictment for abandoning his two minor children. He had been living as George E. Smith, remarried, and evaded capture until Sheriff N. D. Backus connected him to the case. Schmauch faces charges in Ohio and is jailed awaiting further action.
Company officials including Mr. Lawrence and Mr. McElheny say they lack details on wage reductions. General Manager Fell unavailable for comment. Elyria Steel Co. and Cleveland price-linked scales cited as factors, with promises to follow others if needed.
Washington investigates alleged irregularities by prohibition agents in Youngstown Ohio and surrounding territory. Four of Youngstown’s five federal officers were suspended late yesterday amid grand jury disclosures linking bribery graft and rum running toleration of speakeasies.
Samuel H. Ingle of Wellsville a railroader, is held on a first degree murder charge for fatally shooting Mrs. Frank Fuller, a Jones restaurant waitress, as she worked behind the counter. He reportedly said the killing followed a rejected relationship. The victim died from a neck wound.
In Pittsburgh on August 2, a wage cut for United States Steel Corporation workers becomes effective August 29. Officials say the move aims to stabilize production costs as price cutting intensifies in the steel market. An industry authority notes no immediate price reduction announcements are expected from U S Steel or independents.
Washington AUG 2 with the exception of Senator Ashurst the senate and house conferees agreed to report the anti beer bill without the Stanley amendment adopted by the senate unanimously The conference’s refusal to accept the Stanley amendment which would bar search and seizure by prohibition officers on private property is expected to trigger further fights and uncertainty in the process
A 19 year old boy from Erie New York was found guilty of stealing from a grocery store owned by Jack on East Avenue. He was sent to the Lasenal Industrial Boys' home after the conviction. He had feared punishment due to a large sum of money tied to Lily.
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