Cleveland Jurist Faces Second Trial Today
Cleveland chief justice William McGannon again faces trial on a charge tied to the May 9 shooting that left Harold Kugy dead. Jurors will be chosen amid disputed facts, including where McGannon was when the fatal shot was fired and whether a key witness saw him shoot. May B Neely’s sensational testimony looms, as she claimed the judge tried to assume responsibility but offered to name another shooter.
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Huske
International News Service
Cleveland
Old Court House
Public Square
Willam BH. McGannon
Harold C. Kugy
McGannon
Kagy
John W. Joyce
Ferguson
Euclid Avenue
Judge McGannon
Mast Ninth Street
Joyce
East Ninth End
Hamilton
May B. Neely
Miss Neely
YEGGS STEAL $2000 IN Leetonia BURGLARY
Three yezemen overpowered a night watchman and a night ticket agent of the Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad at Leetonia. They locked them in a vault and blew two safes, escaping with about $2000. Suspects Lewis Chester Mike Miller and Frank Sherlock, all of Youngstown, were arrested after conflicting stories. It is believed they are connected with the Leetonia burglary.
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International News Service
Youngstown
Youngstown and Ohio River Railroad
Leetonia
Lewis Chester
Mike Miller
Frank Sherlock
Congress Probes Mingo Killing
Washington February 7 Senate Republicans introduce two resolutions to probe the Mingo killings as part of a broad inquiry into the West Virginia coal industry troubles led by Senator Hiram Johnson of California. The move signals intensified congressional scrutiny of labor strife and mine violence in Mingo County.
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Washington
West Virginia
Senate
Hiram, Johnson
California
Ten Thousand Slander Suit Filed in Elyria
Miller and Stella Behner of LaGrange filed a $10,000 damage suit in Elyria alleging Layton Wheeler harmed their good name by claiming they poisoned their two daughters with slow poison and paid a doctor for the poison.
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Elyria
Miller
Stella Behner
LaGrange
Layton Wheeler
Snyder
Death of James Beazell Father of Clarence Beazell
James Beazell died recently at his Navarre area home near Navarre Ohio at age seventy five. A Stark County lifelong farmer he lived most of his life on the family farm and was highly regarded by many Elyria friends who knew him through frequent visits.
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Elyria
James §. Beazell
Clarence Beazell
4Th Street
Navarre
Ohio
Stark County
Mr. Heazell
International and US labor and diplomacy on March shift
Reports from London Chicago Washington and Cork outline diplomatic, labor, and fundraising actions. German invitation to indemnity talks in London remains likely. Chicago unions discuss relief measures including shorter hours. US probe of wartime contracts and a separate peace rumor denied. Miss MacSwiney raises 175000 for Ireland in Chicago before heading to Madison.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
Washington
State Department
eBrjim
iMiss Mary MacSwiney
Cork
Ireland
Miss MacSwiney
Chicago Teachers Federation
Madison
Wis
New Gagin Reservoir To Hold Two Million Gallons
Elyria reports completion of a new coagulation basin and waterworks pumping station. About 1300 cubic yards of concrete and over 160000 pounds of steel reinforced a basin with a 2,000,000 gallon capacity split by a center wall. Treated water flows to a 500,000 gallon well and is pumped to mains toward the city and Amherst. The old one million gallon settling basin will be abandoned after connections to the new reservoir are completed.
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Elyria
Amherst
Wong
Sinn Fein commander killed in Burgatia attack
London and Dublin dispatches report the reputed Sinn Fein army commander Michael Collins killed during a Crown forces attack at Burgatia. Other incidents include a Down county bombing injuring three constables, a Cork clash with troops firing on a crowd, and Clare Crown Court awards for damages.
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International
London
Michael Collins
Sinn Fein “Army
Crown
Burgatia
Dublin
County Down
Warren Point
Royal
Ballymena
County Clare
Ireland
Bodkin
Hamar Greenwood
Recovering From Loss of Blood After Leg Injury
Elyria reports John Miko wetz of East River Street slowly recovers from a severe leg wound suffered at the plant of the Elyria Machine Company when a pulley broke a week ago, an artery was severed. He remains confined at home as he recovers.
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Elyria
John Mikowetz
East River Street
Ted Elyria
Machine Company
Elyria City Council May Adjourn Early for Carlisle Annexation
The Elyria council will meet this evening to discuss the Carlisle annexation proposition and the Yellow Lins street car franchise. A water committee screen ordinance may be submitted, and the meeting may adjourn early to attend the Policemen's ball or Civic Club activities.
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Elyria
Peb
Carlisle
Civic Club
Open Meeting of the Lorain American Legion Tonight
Lorain American Legion in G A R halls hosts an open meeting tonight with a speaker addressing unemployment among ex soldiers. Also notes deaths of Herschel Hall Novelist in Cleveland and Mrs Helen M Marcosson mother of Isaac F Marcosson. Morals query prompts professor at Columbia University about youth morale.
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Lorain
Lorain American Legion
Legion
Cleveland
Helen M. Marcosson
Isaac F Marcosson
Sol Marcosson
New York
Albert T. Poffenberger
Columbia University
Check Passer Is At Large In Lorain
Lorain police hunt a black man passing worthless checks for three months after attempts to cash at P. J. Schnitzler meat market and an East Side grocer. The case drew coverage in the Sunday Chronicle Telegram.
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Lorain
P. J. Schnitzler
East Side
Sunday Chronicle-Telegram
Jury Disagrees In Murder Case In Alabama
HAMILTON Ala Feb 7 The jury trying Sergeant Robert Ii Lancaster and other Alabama militiamen for lynching William Baird a union miner today reported it could not reach a verdict. The poll stood six for conviction one undecided and five for acquittal Baird was killed in January near Jasper Alabama and Lancaster was accused of being the mob ringleader.
Hospital Notes Elyria Births and Discharges
Elyria February 7 report lists births to Henry Keating at 214 Last Fourth street a son and to Robert Johnston at 129 Culf Street a son and to W D Fennimore R D No 3 a daughter. Also noting Mrs Harvey Chambers R D No 3 admitted and Mrs Joseph Page R D No 3 discharged.
Railway Wage Battle Heads To Railroad Board
Chicago Feb 7 The railway wage issue rests with the United States Railway Wage Board to decide whether national working agreements stay in force or be abrogated and railroads allowed to cut wages. President Wilson declines to intervene and suggests submitting the pleas to the Interstate Commerce Commission and the wage board. Labour leaders and rail executives react as delays continue with employee representatives absent. If agreements survive, railways warn bankruptcy. if abrogated, unions threaten stoppages paralyzing transport. In Washington the treasury seeks to bar partial government guarantee payments to railroads with unsound deals after March 1 1920 under a Lafollette amendment.
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International News Service
Chicago
United States Railway Wage Board
Wilson
Thomas de Witt Cuyler
American Association of Railroad Executives
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Railway Wage Labor Board
Congress
Thomas de Wit Cuyler
American Association of Railway Executives
B. M. Jewell
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Jewell
Washington
Treasury Department
Senate
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Local Jewelers Say Wrist Watches Defy Prejudice
Elyria merchants report wartime prejudice against men wearing wrist watches has faded during conflict but resurged after. Jewelers cite professional men still buying them, while ex servicemen defend practicality, noting watches help at a glance and in military life. Local Legion members say wrist timepieces remain useful and fashionable for readiness and discipline.
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France
Germany
E. H Bartlett
Elyria Eas
Broad Street Jeweler
C. Baren
Baren
Eix-Service
Post No. 12
American Legion
Dan Symons
Elyria Post
Avered
Blanchard
Peta Cameron
Treasury Secretary Houston hints at debt cancellations
Secretary of the treasury Houston testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that foreign governments have approached the United States with proposals to cancel their debts. He declined to name nations and said further payments or credits to these governments, including France Italy Czechoslovakia Liberia and Greece, may occur. London reports Britain’s Bail P. Blackett proposed cancellation of Allied war debts in a letter to Washington, but the U.S. government reportedly refused.
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International News Service
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Houston Today
United States
Houston
Senate Judiciary Committees
James A. Reed
Reed
Senate Judiciary Committee
Uston
Treasury Department
France
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Liberia
Greece
London
Baail P. Blackett
Ma. Blankett
America
Treasury
Whitehall
Grocer Dies In Akron Basement Fire
Akron February blaze cost the grocer Arthur H. Cornell 28 his life in the basement of his 579 South Arlington street store. His wife Elizabeth Cornell alerted firemen, saving the building from total destruction. Origin of the fire unknown and losses estimated at four to five thousand dollars.
Pictures and Address to Entertain Audience
Elyria February 7 Attorney Frank Wilford will show audience members real pictures from his western hunting trip at the Open Forum meeting instead of offering solutions to labor capital disputes. The event aims to divert from recent Mechanics Hall discussions with plans to invite a Cleveland speaker on the industrial situation. Meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
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Elyria
Frank Wilford
Mechanics Hall
Cleveland
Slander suit and tractor show headline blend in Ohio entries
In Butler a slander suit pits H C Kilgore against Philip Butler for five thousand dollars after Kilgore claims Butler called him a thief in the presence of local residents. Near Marion a man died after ingesting carbolic acid following a quarrel with his wife over family matters at a restaurant. Robert J. Pennell, a Marion educator and long time Republican organizer, is endorsed for state prohibition commissioner and chairs the Marion board of education corporate committee.
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Mansfield
Butler
Here
H. C. Kilgore
Philip Butler
Kilborg
Hitter
Kilgore
Marion
Robert J. Pennell
Republican Executive Committee
House approves 13 million for five more hospitals
Bulletin reports the House passed a bill appropriating 13 000 000 dollars to build five additional hospitals for shell shocked and tubercular ex soldiers. Officials of the American legion say 23 400 patients need care but are not now receiving it.
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International News Service
Washington
House Today
Congress
American Legion
Webber's Services In High Demand In Elyria Area
A. R. Webber was asked to speak twice in the past week delivering addresses on the Brotherhood of Men at Lakewood M E Church Wednesday night and to men at the Disciple Church in Lorain Sunday evening. His services are consistently in demand and promptly provided.
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Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Congressional
Army
Hammond
Ind
Hoover
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Baseball
Alsa
Elyria
A. R. Webber
Brotherhood of Men
Lakewood M. E
Disciple
Lorain
Mr. Webber
Greece forms new cabinet under Kalogeropoulos
A Greek cabinet to replace the resigned Rhalis ministry was formed with M. Kalogeropoulos named premier and Gounaris moving from war to defense. The new premier previously served as finance minister, reshaping the government structure amid political shifts.
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International News Service
London
Ireb
Rhalis
M. Kalogeropoulos
Anthens
Ri. Gounaris
Finance
Resorted to Wireless Telegraphy To Reserve Seats at The Rialto
Elyria reports the first tickets ever ordered by wireless for a Rialto theatre show. A. Ter Waters of North Fairfield, a C S 10 alumnus and wireless operator, arranged to reserve seats for the Tuesday performance of Oh My Omar. Myron Roswin heard the wireless summons, notified Rialto assistant manager Bowles, and seats were set aside for the North Fairfield party.
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Elyria
Rialto Theatre
A. Ter Waters
North Fairfield
Oh My,Omar
Waters
Myron Roswin
Norwalk
Roswin
Bowles
Rial To
Industrial Commission Case Appealed to Court in Elyria
Joseph Lawin filed an action today appealing the Ohio Industrial Commission decision denying his damages claim for injuries suffered in an accident at the National Table Co. The Tub a Co. were named as defendants. Also in Elyria, Fred J Hicks and Miles Mable Allyne Neabitt were married by the Euclid Avenue Baptist church pastor on Saturday afternoon.
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Elyria
Joseph Lawin
Ohio Industrial Commission
National Table Co
Tuba Co
Fred J Hicks
Lake Avenus
Miles Mabel Allyne Neabitt
Cleveland
Euclid Avenus Baptist Church
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Willams
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East 28Th Street
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M. Harding
South Lorain
Geo. Bucaue
Gordon Sherbian
Peter Leman
Peter Cigan
George Sindru
Theodore Meidoon
Nick Vas
Trian Dobrin
John Mazalewski
Sam Qoris
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Fred Rawpit
Sam Walsh
Light Fantastic
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Pittsburg
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Wilbergh
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Pittsburgh
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