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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
1
A special meeting of general chairmen from sixteen railroad labor groups is set for July 19 in Chicago to consider theRailroad Labor Board wage award. About 1200 union committeemen are expected to attend and vote, with a referendum planned if the convention accepts the decision.
New York July 8 The future of the Interchurch movement the co operating agency of fifty Protestant denominations was debated by the general committee of the TEANIZATION with 260 delegates. The failure to raise 236 777 5 72 from a campaign fund and withdrawals by the Northern Presbyterian and Northern Baptist denominations spurred leaders to consider abandoning the project. Three options were presented by the business men committee to wind up activities or continue under a radically changed basis.
A large shepherd dog owned by Mrs Stoney of Neufercourt tired and blocked Dr G Anderson from entering a garage. The dog foaming at the mouth sprang at Officer Lloyd Sweet who fired a shotgun at close range, killing the dog. Police also killed a cat on Human Street that had been bitten by a dog and acted strangely. The department plans to muzzle and remove unmuzzled dogs in the city soon.
Warren July 8 The directorate of the Trumbull Steel company here has authorized a 25 percent stock dividend totaling 3 196 000 dollars. Stockholders will meet August 14 to decide if the common stock should be reduced from 100 dollars par to 25 dollars, issuing four new shares of low stock for each share held.
Justice George W Chamberlain will turn over 6200 dollars from liquor traffic fines to the county general fund in the coming weeks, a sum believed to break state justice of the peace monthly records. All arraigned defendants paid fines except one who chose jail time. he must serve 52 days to complete the penalty.
Miss Anna Moc of Lorain sues the city for ten thousand dollars claiming negligence allowed an obstacle in the street caused her auto collision. The suit states she was thrown from the machine onto the pavement, suffering a broken face and permanent disfigurement.
The will of Henry J. Rady, a longtime Ely resident and former druggist, provides 4000 to Memorial Hospital 1000 to St Andrew's Episcopal Church and 500 to the Old Ladies Home. Mrs Charlotte Rady receives life estate, with the bequests taking effect at her death. Rady, aged 74, operated a Cheapside drug store for many years and was active in the community.
Police in Elyria begin a campaign to curb bootlegging after mayor Jones ordered strict enforcement of the new liquor ordinance. Four people were fined in court with Joseph Kolopus cited for permitting liquor sales and others charged with disorderly conduct as authorities prepare raids and random searches of suspected possessors.
In Dayton this morning 19 year old Miss Georgia Coten a pretty typist living at the W. O. A. district was shot in the chest and shoulders and is dying by 65 year old W C Wysong who then killed himself though not seriously hurt. Police say jealousy sparked the attack and that Wysong declared the girl “got what was coming.” The assailant followed her to Cincinnati where she stayed with a friend at the Y M C A.
The gun used by Kris Lazos in the Lorain killing of Peter Paul was recovered by the Wabash railroad section near the city. Lazos confessed to the second degree murder, according to officials.
The Ohio valued at 5000 for 2 GS8 trotters featured on today’s grand circuit program at North Randall. Brussiloff favorite after a $30000 winter price led a strong field including Peter Coley Lou Todd and BE Colorado. Twelve named to post in the Ohio with other events and pace trot classes on the card.
The death of George Sharp, 89, longtime resident and umbrella repairman, was recorded this morning. Born in Carlisle, he served in Company B 128 O L during the Civil War and was a G A R member. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from the Friday funeral parlor, with relatives listed as nieces and nephews. he had been living with Charles Davis on West Avenue.
Police link Samuel Marano's death to a blackhand plot after a gun duel near his former home in Pittsburg. Three men arrested at the scene are being questioned. Marano's brother Vincent was fatally shot in Pittsburg last May.
Milk producers who sought 36 half cents a gallon receive 32 1 2 cents in Cleveland an increase of one cent per gallon. The raised producer price will not alter the retail milk price which remains 15 cents per quart and 7 cents per pint in Elyria.
An unidentified laborer slashed his throat with a bread knife after breakfast in a Toledo restaurant. He staggered into the street and collapsed. Initials on a paper read C S. He is reported to recover.
M D Dunn aged 34 of Cleveland dentist and Lucille E Fleming aged 28 of Lorain were issued marriage licenses.
Columbus reports that Cox and Roosevelt and Harding and Coolidge will appear on separate national and state tickets in Ohio for the November election. This marks the first split since prior eras. the 1913 Democratic law separated tickets, 1915 Republican repeal attempted consolidation, and 1916 Democratic control restored separation despite a Cox veto.
Ohio will collect an inheritance tax of 2687.50 under the will of Andrew Carnegie. The Pittsburg steel magnate owned stock in two Ohio based railroads and in Pennsylvania railroads, the state tax commission announced at its Columbus offices.
W Brown of 128 Ohio Street named to succeed A J Boynton as superintendent of blast furnaces docks and coke plant for National Tube Co Elyria Boynton resigns to manage steel mills at Woodward Ale and joins the Woodward company line notes.
Charles Shamel of Hast Bridge street was hit by a vehicle driven by Phil Johnson of 804 Middle avenue at eleven o’clock last night while crossing near the Strand theatre. Shamel was taken to Memorial hospital with cuts and bruises. not seriously injured and expected to be discharged today. His lilac face lotion and spectacles were destroyed in the crash.
Mexico will export between 436000000 and 125000000 barrels of oil in 1920 per Tampico statistician George Blardone. May exports are 12520568 barrels, nearly double May 1919, setting a world record for a single month.
Ohio dealers may charge a maximum 35 percent profit on men's and women's shoes after July 10 with 7 percent less than neighboring states for children. Plain price figures must be shown on all shoe items to curb profiteering per state fair price commissioner John Pfeifer. A separate note mentions a ship launch record at Hog Island shipyard with seven steel cargoes set for July 21.
Soviet forces push along the Dniester and seize Mo hilev Podolsk as heavy fighting rages near Staro Konstantinov while Gen Wrangel’s troops defend the southern flank. Warsaw calls for volunteers including students teachers and women recruits marching in the streets under women officers to guard depots and trains.
The senate committee investigating presidential campaign expenditures moves to St Louis to probe Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer campaign donations. Georgia national committeeman Henry Lincoln Johnson faces scrutiny over a $9000 payment and testifies about campaign costs amid broader inquiries.
Frank Hunkler files for divorce in Elyria alleging his wife Etta Sertenfuse Hunkler was offensive and fond of another man. He says he reprimanded her but she reacted violently, and he found them in a fond embrace at his home. He left on October 27, 1916.
London clubs send Yarry Vardon Edward Ray and Jim Barnes to sail from Liverpool aboard the Celtic for New York. Vardon Ray aim to compete in the American Open and the Western Metropolitan Open as Barnes eyes a solid finish after placing fifth in the British Open.
Dr J Hol, delegate to the Kiwanis International Convention in Portland, summarized his trip and described key meetings. The local club plans to feature Elyria at next year’s Cleveland convention and is organizing plans for the annual picnic with high interest in a large turnout.
Lorain County Electric Co officials plan a two cent per kilowatt hour surcharge and raise minimum bills from 39 cents to 108 dollars monthly for both commercial and residential light users in Lorain. The request mirrors a similar sharp increase sought in Elyria.
The Aero Club of America selects to represent the United States for the France race the week of September 27. Major RW Schroeder will pilot All service army air plaza, S. B. E. Cox of Aero club of Texas will pilot a Curtis plane, and a Dayton-Wright division pilot will be named. The James Gordon Bennett trophy will be held by France for this event.
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