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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1925
Page
1
Open forum at the Church of Christ Sunday will host Detective Owen O Wiard famed for convicting thousands as crowds gather for his Elyria appearance. Senator Burke will preside and Judge Nye will introduce the speaker in a talk about fighting crime.
Raymond Bishop, 30, was killed in a gambling room when he fought three bandits. He shot one and wounded another. the remaining bandits fled, leaving a blood trail in the snow. A $1,000 stake lay beside Bishop. In Tiverton a separate hold up at The Sled left Thomas Ryan and Joseph Rowan wounded as four masked bandits escaped in a car.
William L. Bryden 79 died at his home in Ridgeville last night from age related infirmities. He long resided in Avon. The body was taken to Jenkins parlors in Elyria and funeral plans are not yet made.
A fight in the lodgers' cell at No 2 jail Lorain 18th street left William Gerrick colored Cleveland cut and injured. John Malloy Philadelphia and John Freeman Cleveland were arraigned in police court with Freeman pleading guilty to cutting to wound and Malloy pleading not guilty. Both men bound over to the grand jury under $1000 bonds each. Gerrick held as material witness under $100 bond and taken to St Joseph's hospital.
Edmonton reports a giant white whale observed swimming against the Mackenzie River current near Fort Good Hope, over 300 miles from its Arctic habitat. The mammal could not cross the shallow upper ramparts and was forced to abandon inland exploration.
Jan 10. Noah Lane a 100 year old former slave in Virginia was ordered by Judge Walter Guerin to pay Donna Lane 50 for her support 10 for court costs and 50 toward her attorney fees. The case notes Lane as the oldest man in alimony history and recounts his ownership by a Virginia family before the Civil War.
The Ohio Municipal League, a coalition of Ohio city officials, becomes permanent in Columbus with officers elected including Mayor Clayton Townes of Cleveland as president and Mayor J. J. Thomas of Columbus as vice president. The conference discussed tax bills, home rule taxation, and funding for public improvements while noting financial strains in several cities and a pending Supreme Court decision on auditor payment fees by January 15.
News arrives of the death of Thomas Andrews in Toledo at three this morning. A former Fields resident, he lived there most of his life and is survived by his wife, one son George in Cleveland, and a sister Mrs Andrew Scobia of 217 Gulf Street. Funeral at Welds Methodist church Tuesday at one o'clock. In labor news, Central Labor Union endorsed the Child Labor amendment and nominated officers for next year, to be chosen January 23 after a smoker and social hour.
Lorain County eyes a general real estate re appraisal this year. County Auditor Monroe Welty will present the plan to the county commissioners between now and February first. Officials indicated favorable action, citing unfair tax shares by public utilities and the need for adjustment as property values shift across the county.
Kansas Supreme Court rules to oust the Ku Klux Klan from the state. The decision, based on illegal purchase of lodge paraphernalia without a charter, orders lodges to cease operations until chartered. Attorney General R. J. Hopkins led the state suit.
New York report states two laborers were crushed to death as a section of concrete flooring gave way in a building under construction on West Thirtieth Street. A third worker narrowly escaped.
Barbers Union No. 592 announces Ed Rasner as president Charles Yost as vice president Lee J. Rose as secretary and treasurer J McGlott as recorder and George Schna bel as outside guard. Dr J C Grumbine will lecture on The Sixth Senses at Wurat Fall Sunday evening after current Cleveland lecture with a single Elgris stop.
Chicago January 10. John Scotakis swindled blind hotel owner Thomas Zarkadis by paying a $5 bill with a counterfeit $22 check he pocketed the $17 change from. The purported check turned out to be a handbill titled How to Become an American Citizen, as told by Zarkadis and partner John Jareckis.
City council rejects proposed health department budget increases for the first half of 1925 citing salary clarity and auto maintenance costs. Sanitary policeman Tl H Williams and food inspector G W Savage face unchanged $1800 salaries while Miss Lottie Mathison keeps a city auto funded by the Red Cross seal program.
The Women’s Civic Club of Elyria hosts a January luncheon on Wednesday the fourteenth at one in the Gates room of the First Congregational Church. At three p.m. Mr. Norman Angell, English author, will discuss recent English social movements and labor administration impacts on life and government, sharing insights from both British politics and American ranch experience.
Juan Fransto an 18 year old Mexican youth died in his East 28th street Lorain room on December 26. Coroner Myles Perry rules death from acute alcoholism citing 2.7 ounces of 100 percent alcohol in the stomach and no poison. A liquor law violation warrant against a bootlegger is expected pending autopsy results.
Mrs Hat Tie Graboske on West Avenue files an answer to James G Guilds petition seeking an injunction to prevent ouster from his home. She asserts Guild signed an agreement to buy the property and now owes her 275 dollars for the agreement 58 for insurance and 76 for taxes.
An engine and nine heavy cars of the Wabash line from Kansas City to Detroit left the track at a 60 foot gap near Sidney Indiana after traveling 60 mph. No injuries were reported.
Gov. Jonathan M. Davis fights bribery charges raised by a Kansas City Journal Post story claiming he pardoned crimes using his son Russell as a middleman. Davis says the report is a political frame up and vows to push back. Prosecutor Tinkham Veal says no action will be taken without a formal complaint.
Tokyo announces JOAK station will begin operation early this year and has adopted a cryptogram as a novelty cue for listeners using common radio sets. The tease implies a playful warning about nicking Tokyo.
Deputy sheriffs arrested David Brennan of Amherst on a charge of transporting liquor. A small amount of liquor found on him as he was about to deliver it to a house. he was jailed.
The January term of court opens Monday morning with the grand jury meeting to begin oversight. Sheriff’s deputies will issue numerous notices to jurors for criminal and civil cases and 250 subpoenas have been served for criminal proceedings. Prosecuting Attorney D A Baird notes about 75 cases to be investigated with more daily. Grand jurors named include Walter Glick Thresa Lenahan Charles Doll Edith Preule R. C. Church William Holley Louis Reger Netthe Woodruff R G Nichols W H Rogers Lorain Ben Shubert Pittsfield Robert Smith W M Andress J D Vankeuren Elyria B L Wilcox LaGrange Petit jurors listed include Fred Peters Francis Wading Peter Webber John Wicken Otto Romansky C Younglass Fred Horn Lorain Frank Gemeiner Charles Hire A A H Root Grafton John Unger Kipton Mrs W O Rollin Pittsfield A Beebe John Piskur J W Conabee D L Leuszler Elyria Charles Baird Avon Lake Theodore Bradstock Penfield Addie Wadsworth Wellington C C Smith Ridgeville
A divorce case in which Rosie Sutilo, located in Europe, seeks alimony with the consul aiding. Judge Webber ordered the husband Mike Sutilo of Lorain to pay 10 dollars weekly plus 100 dollars attorney fees, after creditors challenged representation. Appeals will follow. Also report: Fred Underhill arrested in Cleveland for non support of a Lorain minor, arraignment slated Monday.
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