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03 Feb 1923
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1923
Page
1
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Judge Thompson refused to hear cases of The Bannon Theatre Co. and The Elyria Theatre Co. against The Standard Enterprise Co. A dispute over which attorneys may sit in the case arose, splitting the theatre firms into two factions. Judge urged directors to unify representation.
Judge excused Mrs. Gertrude Youngblood from paying a $1000 bond after her son John Smith faced car robbery charges and vanished before trial. The judge noted her seven surviving children and mortgaged home, stating the State could better absorb the loss than the mother. This was his first such action on the bench.
From Lausanne to Malta and Stockholm reports outline concessions to Turkey on Thrace troop limits while dismissing a Mosul plebiscite. Ismet Pasha has until tonight to accept terms as Britain strengthens Near East war readiness. Memel stays Lithuanian after rejection of withdrawal ultimatum.
Fort Thomas Kentucky February 3. Private James Redwood cook is missing after a fire wiped out eight frame buildings housing 200 soldiers. Ruins searched for his body. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars. A defective flue cited as the cause. Nashville Tennessee February 3. Mrs Rachel Jackson Lawrence last member of General Andrew Jackson family died at her home aged 90.
Paris reports a breakthrough with Rhine land and Ruhr surrendering passive resistance after a German railway strike ends. Echo De Paris notes Berlin protests reparations decisions while French editors warn Germany must pay for all Ruhr gains and occupation.
Steve Offendosky, the only man to be sentenced to the penitentiary this term, was spared to serve sixty days in jail after a hearing showed threats from three foreign factions in his neighborhood. He carried a concealed weapon to protect his children and was found with the gun when confronted by a police officer. Judge Thompson suspended the penitentiary sentence and imposed the shorter jail term.
Lorain Ohio Feb 3 at a special council meeting police and firemen representatives asked to withdraw a real estate re appraisal petition filed with the county auditor but refused to do so. The council voted to issue 40000 in bonds to pay off the firemen and the sinking land commission agreed to buy them. A later conference will seek withdrawal of the petition with attorneys present.
Irving Galatin was granted a divorce from Barbara Galatin on the grounds of three years wilful absence. The couple formerly lived in Penfield. They separated fourteen years ago and he went to the Northwest returning two years ago. He saw his wife and attempted reconciliation but failed to return.
A Mississippi windstorm struck Tate and Tunica counties causing extensive damage. Six houses were blown away between Evansville and Savage, with earlier reports noting a flooded Yazoo and Mississippi valley area. Sixteen people were injured and property damage runs into thousands of dollars as the storm moved from Lake County toward Savage.
William Diederich of Amherst is divorced from Helen Diederich by Judge Thompson for cruelty and neglect. Mabel Clifford of the city is divorced from W Clifford for gross neglect. Diederich, a B and O railroad conductor, and the couple’s second marriage ends in a new divorce by the same judge.
The Ez-Collapsible Rim Co. factory building in Grafton was sold at sheriff's sale this morning at the north door of the courthouse. J. P. Kniechtges purchased the property for 15000 dollars. Funeral services for Mrs. Sheldon Holmes will be held at St Rose church Lakewood with burial at St Marys cemetery. She formerly worked in the local probate court office and is survived by her husband, a daughter, and four siblings.
In Lockhaven Pennsylvania on February 3 the jury found Anthony Capelli not guilty after forty four ballots in the case over the death of Heattie Elizabeth Harley a schoolgirl. The defense claimed the girl died accidentally when thrown from a car against a pole.
New Richmond Ohio residents react to a fire at Mrs Townsend hardware store and threatening letters. A letter warned to blow up the school if a named teacher is not fired. Officials suspect incendiaries linked to demand that Carl Dawson be discharged, though Townsend fired him yet the store burned.
Middletown on February 3 reports brick mason Carl Hamlin escaped death after tumbling 70 feet from the YMCA building on Second Street. He suffered a fractured shoulder two broken ribs and a severe shaking but landed on a lumber pile before hitting the ground.
Announcement from the court house reports the Court of Appeals would convene Monday at 1 30 p.m. Although expected to start at 9 a.m., two judges were late and the session was moved to the afternoon. Four Russian priests are said to have been executed for opposing anti religious demonstrations in Moscow per a despatch dated today.
London reports Britain pressing to shape an Anglo American accord with a potential treaty of amity. Britain aims to align with the United States as Europe weakens, while balancing tensions with France over Ruhr policy and Lausanne talks.
Henry Longhorne died last evening at his home on West Sixteenth Street at age 50. He is survived by his wife two brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be Monday at 1 30 PM at the colored M E church on Middle Avenue with burial at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
Julia Olah appeared in police court for sentencing on a charge of illegal liquor production. She was arrested last month and found guilty after a postponed trial due to family illness. Mayor Jones suspended the sentence until today and fined $500 with costs, noting this is a second liquor-related finding at the Utah home. her husband was fined previously.
Former British premier Lloyd George arrives in Plymouth amid a calm mood and discusses the stiff terms Britain accepted for war debt funding. He says the matter is settled though notes the terms seem very stiff for allies. He avoids detailed discussion of future political fray and notes wider European trouble.
The weather bureau warned of a northwest cold wave spreading over the lower lake region Ohio valley Tennessee and the Atlantic states within 24 hours with northwest gales and overcast skies along the middle and north Atlantic coasts. Chicago recorded zero by 9 am after a 34 degree plunge, with Minneapolis at 36 below, Bismarck and St Paul at 24 below, and Kansas City near 2 above.
The report notes rising river stages with 16 to 24 feet predicted and Buckhannon river flooding streets near Weslyan University as Parkersburg forecasts a stage of 36 feet, signaling widespread flood danger across interior West Virginia cities.
The death of Mrs G A Chamberlain, 27, occurred yesterday at Scranton Road Cleveland from heart trouble. Formerly Maude Esker, she leaves three children and husband, father C M Esker of Norwalk, sisters Mrs Higgins Elyria and Mrs Schneider Fremont, Mrs Winfield Cleveland, brothers Herbert Case Road, Colonel and Raymond of Elyria. Her remains go to sister Mrs Higgins at 207 Cornell Avenue and services are Monday at 9 am at St Marys Church.
Mrs. F. H. Kavanaugh entered the office of her husband P. H. Kavanaugh treasurer of the National Club of Athletics and shot him. Police said the motive involved family trouble. He was hospitalized in serious condition with a groin wound.
Lawrence No cum, injured when his automobile was struck by a fast passenger train at Vermilion, shows improvement after yesterday’s crash. His companion Stella Chopinski of Lorata was killed. Corbin, Ky. reports national guardsmen patrolling the city after Mayor Gil Hare and Sheriff Young requested aid following the train collision.
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