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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
1
Crowds from across the state attend the funeral of Glenn Young, a two gun Ku Klux raider, as five churches hold services for the leader. Guards keep watch at the Baptist bier and a ten mile procession is planned to the cemetery. Coroner’s inquest continues while city officials face scrutiny over 1923 1924 fines and suspensions.
Dr G M Magruder of the Public Health Service coordinates a 1,000,000 anti-toxin shipment to Nome to fight a diphtheria outbreak. Eskimos are heavily affected as temperatures plunge toward seventy degrees below zero and air delivery is unavailable, leaving dog teams as the likely transport.
LORAIN January 28 Officer Geo Jennings the oldest on the force opposes a proposed law to place police hiring and firing under department heads and remove power from the civil service commission. He says the bill would bring politics into the department with party heads hiring accordingly and that departments should be kept out of politics.
In Charleston on January 29, a new organization unites miners unions and non-union coal operators to secure wage agreements satisfactory to all parties, marking a first in the two year old WV labor struggle.
Private George Cordy of Fort Adams confessed to murdering Miss Mary Gleason whose body was found in a moat near the fort. Cordy, a former sweetheart, learned she planned to meet Private George Henderson and attacked in a rage when he learned of the other man. Henderson reported her disappearance days later.
Dublin reports famine expanding in Galway Donegal Connemara and Kerry with a threatened fever outbreak. Authorities provide one meal daily to 15 000 children in afflicted areas.
Senator Heflin of Alabama renewed the opposition to Attorney General Harlan J. Stone's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court on the Senate floor. The debate reopened as the confirmation process continued.
A mine cave in near West Scranton caused illuminating gas to flood a home, killing Louis Desino his wife and four children Stanley 5 Upola 8 Margaret 3 and a one year old. Neighbors aided by pulmotors evacuated another family exposed to the fumes. Police suspect a shallow cave in the area released the gas and disrupted the main line.
Dorothy Ellingson, a 16 year old girl who murdered her mother, wept in San Francisco as Juvenile Judge Frank Murasky postponed the hearing of her case until 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Lorain County Bee Keepers' Association president WE Shriver of Grafton will speak on The Value of Organization in Marketing at the Friday morning session of Farmers Week at Ohio State University. He will also show an apple exhibit in Columbus. Reduced rail fares apply. tickets valid to Saturday with stamp at Columbus.
The monthly public schools report by Superintendent R. C. Maston shows total grades enrollment 3238 and high school 1079, December totals 8073 grades and 1034 high school. Tardiness up 57 cases, 17 in grades, with 107 cases in nine rooms. meeting planned to address the issue. attendance largely helped by illness.
Clarys Stewart Ingersoll, a stenographer, testifies in the Cincinnati court of domestic relations that her husband John E. Ingersoll drove her to and from work in his car but charged ten cents per trip. Judge Hoffman will render a decision later.
Carl J. Peterson former Kansas state banking commissioner under Gov Davis was arraigned on conspiracy and soliciting a bribe connected with pardons. He pleaded not guilty and was released on a 1200 dollar bond for February appearance.
Bridgeport officials report Neeson Woods shot and fatally wounded Mrs. George Warden before killing himself at her brother's home after repeated refusals to marry. In Bristol, Fred Bennett, visiting his estranged wife, killed himself with dynamite after detonating a battery improvised explosive injuring his wife.
Lorain city solicitor Wesley Grills returned from Columbus where he spoke to the finance committee on Lorain relief. He reports the bill has been shelved and will not be considered for at least two weeks. He remains hopeful that legislators will act for Lorain relief.
The United States Weather Bureau reports snow for the middle Atlantic tonight, with the northern Atlantic States and Eastern lower lake region facing snow tonight and Friday. The forecast emphasizes accumulating snow across these regions.
Mrs. Sarah Miller aged 89 of Massillon died from burns after her clothing caught fire while tending a fire in a Canton living room Wednesday evening.
Columbus January 29 Governor Donahey announces he will retire from the Ohio governorship at term end and the Democratic party plans to stress tariff issues in the 1928 presidential campaign. The Jackson day dinner featured U S Senator Pat Harrison and others denouncing the Republican tariff as a cancerous menace to industry.
Klarvey Hooke secretary of the reorganized Elyria Board of Trade spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon outlining the group’s mission to promote commercial industrial and civic interests. He noted the new body seeks to identify focal problems develop plans and then execute them to boost business conditions and purchasing power.
George Barnard aged 70 a pattern maker at Willys Overland died suddenly at his Philadelphia home yesterday. He moved from Elyria to Philadelphia two years ago. Survived by wife a son Arthur O two daughters Mrs Donalson and Mrs F I Brayman all of Cleveland and several grandchildren Funeral services will be at Mrs F I Brayman’s home 2209 East 96rd street Cleveland Saturday at 2:00 P.M.
Filore Mirandi of Lorain won a jury verdict for 5500 damages against Raffelo Mirandi and James Burnet in the Lorain common pleas court. The crash happened on a slippery pavement when Burnet slowed suddenly, forcing Raffelo Mirandi’s car to hit him. Mirandi claims permanent injuries to his sister-in-law.
P J Leimbach 25, employee of Simpson Motor Co, arrested after racing fire department truck No 1 to a fire on Oxford street at 7 50 pm He posted bond for todays court appearance and was fined 10 with 710 costs 9 suspended by Mayor Harry Hinkson Also charged was H M Reeder 20 of 723 West avenue who drove a Simpson Motor Co auto and was fined 10 with 620 costs 9 suspended later today in police court
In Montreal a block of ice was hewn from the ruins of a $1,000,000 fire trapping 1 lieutenant Des Jardins who was alive with both feet frozen. Five additional firemen of about 400 were injured as they battled the six hour blaze in 17 below zero weather.
Miss Bessie Lee Himpelk, 45, of Louisville, a widow with three children, is stranded in Cincinnati after giving $600 cash and mortgaging her farm for 1,000 to a supposed wealthy cattle man from Pittsburgh. They had corresponded via a matrimonial agency and she traveled to marry him in Cincinnati.
Oklahoma City police report a 19 year old girl Mary Ellen Mellon was abducted from her home by robbers early morning and found two hours later near University Hospital bound and gagged. She is step-daughter of Haliburton department store owner and noted in younger society circles. No relation to Secretary Mellon.
An 18 year old Izabelle Watt died instantly when the car she rode in skidded on the three C s highway three miles north of Westerville Ohio and struck a telephone pole.
Insurgents aligned with La Follette are expelled from the Republican party by House leaders. Representative Will R. Wood of Indiana announces a February 27 conference to select a new speaker and floor leader, excluding Wisconsin’s full delegation and noting prior Senate discipline of La Follette supporters. Wisconsin’s 11 member delegation includes ten Republicans and one Socialist, all tied to the WaFollette Wheeler ticket.
City Engineer Jack Powell received a telegram announcing the death of Mrs. Dutch in the south. William Dutch, formerly assistant city engineer, went south last May for his wife’s health. She leaves a husband and two small children. Burial is planned in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Lorain January 29. Police stop Alex Merskis of Cleveland and wife on Vine street. Four quarts of whisky found in a carpenter's apron pocket. Charged with transporting whisky, convicted in municipal court, fined $1,000 and costs, and jailed for fine nonpayment.
Amherst Ohio January 29 Dr W H Turner appeals to state authorities for help as a contagious unknown disease strikes cattle along the lake shore north of the city between Lorain and Vermilion. Seven of twenty in a herd are ill and two have died prompting fears of a hoof and mouth like outbreak and quarantine. State representatives are expected to be sent to the field to assess the situation and provide assistance.
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