27 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1922
Page
1
A spate of fires in Toledo and surrounding areas causes seven deaths and 23 injuries. Investigators focus on incendiary causes amid reports of multiple blazes at churches and residences. Authorities urge countywide search for arsonists as flames sweep seven locations.
Cleveland December 21 The White Star line reports seven crew members of the Carmell missing after the tug sailed for Buffalo last Thursday. Hope faded as lifeboat debris and the body of fireman Michael Josh were found on shore. Remaining crew include Captain Edward Kemmet Captain Harry Brault Winter William Grierson Engineer William Nantes Ice man Thomas Hewitt fireman Charles Kreb fireman John Seiderk all Cleveland residents. The tug remains listed missing and may be moved to the fast list today.
Miss Margaret Lindsey Williams of Cardiff Wales has been commissioned by the English Speaking Union to paint a portrait of President Harding. She has just arrived in this country and the president will sit for her in January.
In Warstengton a Chinese maid flees her wedding after her family and fiancé clash over the match. Ling Wen assures investigators the father will withdraw a reward once Mildred is found and she consents to marriage. George Nam Lee travels to Washington hoping to seal a late compromise with a retainer.
Karl Fillmore reported theft at 113 Water street with $8 and his mother's keys taken. He suspects a clue exists and says police will pursue it. A cognizance judgment was this morning by George artist Charles and Julia Mildowan for 1500 dollars. Corporations announced include The Beaver Park Co Amherst Lorain county 40000 with J J Smythe and William C Schaeffar.
Dorothy Finucane and Gladys Stephens press for clemency for their fathers in a murder case as a slogan contest and community drive unfold. The Chronicle Telegram outlines the drive dates January 19 to 28 with a ten dollar gold piece prize and a committee lineup led by George Stevens Jr. in progressive civic efforts alongside a school friendship turned conflict and reconciliation.
The special war frauds grand jury empowered by congress completed its work today on alleged World War I cantonment construction frauds. No report will be issued until Saturday when the grand jury term ends.
In Steubenville a bound man fired at by Patrolman Hawkins ending after the officer returned fire. The suspect was shot in the hip, subdued, and hospitalized with the leg to be amputated. the incident follows a confrontation in the Negro quarter as residents fled windows. Separately, Ohio teachers began a three day midwinter session of the State Teachers Association in Columbus.
New Orleans dispatch recounts Governor Parker’s war on the Ku Klux Klan sparked by the Leota Richards case. A hooded mob seized Thomas Richards, her father, leading to public outrage, martial patrols, and a forthcoming Bastrop courthouse hearing on January fifth.
London reports twenty dead and five hurt as gales lash the British coast. The storm brings heavy property and livestock losses, floods streams, and washed bridges along the western coast. Railways disrupted with trains late at terminals. Lifeguards assist seamen amid wreckage.
Mrs Delma Trown Brown of 402 Middi avenue files for divorce from George Brown alleging habitual drunkenness neglect and extreme cruelty since their 18h marriage. She states he left January last and has not been heard from. The case seeks alimony in Columbus.
Brooklyn police order full investigation into the murder of ten year old Theresa McCarthy found dead in her home with a bull through the heart. Detectives search for clues amid a locked room and questions for the girl’s father Edward McCarthy and local neighbors as investigators consider a drug addiction motive. In Cincinnati nurse Elena Keegan begins a life sentence in reform school custody following her aunt Ontocher murder trial.
Word reached in this city of the death on December 22 at her Toledo home of Mrs. B. A. Spark formerly of Washington avenue. She was ill for over a year and is survived by her husband and daughter Mrs Agnes Pratt. Funeral services were held in Ashtabula yesterday.
Two former Morehouse parish officials remain jailed as Justice Department agents pursue indictments tied to the August kidnaping and murder of Tom Richards and Watt Daniels in Louisiana. Also reported are two local boy drownings on treacherous ice near Mer Rouge, John Kuczinski and Bennie Misiewicz, with a double funeral planned at St Marys Church.
A fragmented Akron crime item details two armed holdup men at an Acme grocery on East Market Street. They forced Clyde Barry and clerk Chris Hansen to the rear, took cash, damaged clothing of witnesses, then fled in an automobile. In a separate dispatch, Washington reports France’s refusal to enter a four power peace plan with Britain Italy and Germany, ending the proposal and shaping European crisis coverage.
Police say a 24 year old man George and two women were involved in a January hold up worth 97 006 at a local courier service in New Orleans. Investigators describe a quartet linked to the crime. The case remains under study by Louisiana authorities.
Fragmentary report notes a December incident in Dayton involving an attempt to end life and a burglary at the residence of Professor Lee of Wilberforce University. A getaway occurred with $245 in cash amid confusing names and locations.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a general inspection of all locomotives and cars in use on U S railroads. The aim is to establish economical and efficient service, prescribe maintenance rules, and determine if carrier equipment is safe and adequate for service.
A Home Dairy delivery car collided with a Toledo based G E Trucking Co. truck on East Bridge Street in the morning. The Home Dairy vehicle sustained heavy damage while driver Wm Freeman reported no injuries.
James P Murphy treasurer of the South Hills Republican club loses 1300 dollars to masked robbers who struck near his home in Pittsburgh. Police pursue suspects as the crime prompts a citywide search for the thieves.
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