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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
3
Grafton and Avon news recount holiday visits among families from Detroit Elyria and Akron. Mrs Gage and daughter joined relatives for Christmas with Lehmans sheep incident. school program featured Santa and varied recitations and dances. Numerous local households hosted relatives amid health notes and travel updates.
Mr and Mrs Peter Schmitz entertained their children and relatives from North Russia Elyria and Pittsfield for Christmas day. Mrs Nick Webber and children Donald and Loretta visited relatives in the vicinity. Miss Bertha Justin spent holidays with sister Clara in Cleveland. Frank J Schmitz hosted children and grandchildren for Christmas dinner. Ignatius Gerhartinger and family visited the Gerhartinger home in Biyria.
Oberlin residents recount Christmas and New Year visits with families across Oberlin and nearby towns. Guests included the Hales of Cleveland, the Rhodes and Dudley families, and Mrs. Holton, with travel to Wellington, Elyria, and Atlantic City. The Stop 8 to Oberlin road improvement is completed and a Grange convention report was shared at a meeting.
At Tuskogee Institute a 1920 lynching report shows 61 people lynched, eight of them white, compared with 64 in 1918 and 63 in 1919. Law officers prevented 56 lynching attempts in 1920, with armed force used in 14 cases. mobs were fired upon in four, seven attackers killed and several wounded.
A fragment reports 61 persons lynched with 32 in the south and nine in the north and west. It notes one was a Black woman and that eighteen of those lynched were charged with attacking women. The text also mentions guards augmented or precautions taken, and brigonets removed.
Belgrade declares a government measure to forbid communistic propaganda and close meetings, suspend publications, and imprison strike organizers until the constituent assembly votes. Speech and press freedom are preserved except to counter Bolshevik agitation. Arm possession reports required, alien offenders deported, officials aiding Bolshevik propaganda to be removed.
Chicago report states December arrest of John W. Warthington a former private banker as police identify jewels valued about 15000 linked to a Vancouver BC jewelry store heist that produced a total loss of 116000 last August.
Famora De Valera the president of the Irish republic arrived safely in Tre land with his secretary Harry Boland announcing the landing this morning. Boland provided no additional details about the event or conditions.
Medical ad urges readers to phone for an appointment and have eyes examined. Mentions improved vision and better focus. References a Miller and Century Block in a compact marketing style.
Washington reports American trade with Germany improved in December with exports totaling 35,061,009 compared with 23,044,142 a year earlier and imports at 7,567,68 versus 38,212,851. November 1919 showed declines in both exports and imports compared with the prior year, though exports to South and Central America Mexico Cuba Spain and the Netherlands rose.
Three men allegedly opened fire on Marshall William Snyder of Osborne while prowling behind a hardware store in Springfield at eleven last night. A store room confrontation left one man dead after officers returned fire. another was wounded and the third fled. A fourth man’s actions tied to the $4,200 loot and bonds taken earlier at Peoples Bank.
Paris Dec 31 Marshal Foch submitted to the council of ambassadors a report on Germanys progress toward disarmament. Georges Leygues, head of the French council, conferred with six ambassadors from Great Britain yesterday. It is believed Britain and Italy will be asked to agree to an urgent settlement, with an allied conference likely to be held on the matter.
Chicago December 31 The state attorney office announced that the charge sought against indicted White Sox players for throwing games in the 1919 World Series is conspiracy a felony and extraditable offense Chief Justice McDonald drew the assignment of the indicted players and others tied to the baseball expose Attorneys for the defense may seek a change of venue if the assignment remains unchanged before trial Judge McDonalds grand jury activity is credited with prompting this defense stance
Chicago dispatch reports half of West Chicago Indiana under quarantine after an outbreak of smallpox. Seventy four cases were recorded and about 12 000 residents confined. Cages were noted at Hammond near East Chicago. Health officials consider closing large plants as cramped foreign housing is blamed for spread.
Lieutenant Alexander Pearson of the Twelfth Aero Squadron获得 official authority to attempt a Jacksonville to San Diego flight in 24 hours or less. This marks the first transcontinental speed record attempt, with the flight scheduled for February 22.
A 1920s style ad promotes Horlick’s Food Drink as safe milk for infants and invalids. It urges quick lunches at home or office and use at fountains. Encourages asking for Horlick’s and avoiding imitations or substitutes.
The article outlines Wilsons proposed boundaries for Armenia, noting vilayets not fully included and a boundary line from the Black Sea west of Terbels to Lake Van. It reports that allies may delay enforcing the decision due to Bolshevik and Turkish nationalist turmoil and possible renegotiation if Turkish treaty terms shift amid Greek developments.
Lorain December 31 It is expected that testimony in the dismissal charges against Chief of Police A A King will be completed during the coming week The hearing resumes next Wednesday night The prosecution has completed its case against the deposed official and defense witnesses will be examined at the next session of the civil service commission At sixteen separate charges have been filed in the case
Thirteen planes at San Bartolome Bay prepare for the second leg of the San Diego to Panama voyage. The NC-4 and NC-3 faced heavy weather and hull leaks yesterday but crews worked overnight to repair and prepare for a long flight toward Magdalene Bay, about 650 miles away, aiming to catch the fleet across the Gulf of California.
A court filing against King suggests there may be a request for more time to prevent or delay testimony from the defense. The document hints at procedural steps that could affect scheduling and rights as the case progresses. The exact charges and parties are not fully disclosed in the passage.
The interstate commerce commission ruled that Western Union must extend credit for tolls on messages transferred from Postal Telegraph Company. It deemed Western Union practice of refusing such credit while granting credit on other messages as unreasonable, even for the same senders.
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