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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1919
Page
4
Editorial office details and advertising manager contact appear for The Chronicle Telegram. The snippet notes editions and delivery rates including Evening Telegram options and a mailed annual rate, plus a statement that circulation is audited by the American Audit Bureau of Circulation.
A Senate Interstate Commerce subcommittee begins drafting a bill to return railroads to their owners with pooled operation likely to be legalized. Chairman Cummins aims to have a draft ready by mid August for the full committee and a Senate presentation by early September. The panel notes no return to pre takeover conditions and signals federal oversight will continue with possible state input via utilities commissions.
The piece lauds American good nature amid rising living costs and stagnant wages. It notes widespread humor over 35 cents groceries, continued charitable giving despite personal strain, and a belief happiness matters more than strict thrift. It muses Americans avoid Bolshevik temptations through cheerfulness.
In a sharp congressional volley, Senators Pomerene Chamberlain Owen Thomas McKellar and Reod among others attack the Wilson era for extravagance and mismanagement. The piece highlights complaints across the Railroad War Food Labor and Postal services plus a critic David Lawrence who warns of weak aircraft readiness against Mexico.
A fragmented column fragment references fleeting opinions on social decorum and profiteers, mentioning Sunday schools and a slipstream of casual remarks. It juxtaposes odd images like a guest towel and a worm or insect to comment on everyday life. The piece veers into whimsical, unclear satire.
Lorain July 14 The Futtie School Employers association of Ohio plans a convention in Lorain next year. A note says Columbus not invited to hold the conclave. R-34 is cited as the first gas bag to cross the ocean in a 1920 report.
Report from Amherst July 14 notes two arrests as police address a garbage collection dispute involving local proprietors. The dispatch also references broader tensions over public services and rising food prices. Additional notes discuss political remarks about Jeannette Rankin and suffrage.
A reader criticizes a Chronicle-Telegram account of the Willys-Overland controversy. The letter disputes wage figures and claims about radials, notes living costs, and argues workers deserve a living wage and eight-hour days with overtime. It references Toledo plant conditions and alleges racial and labor tensions.
A Presbyterian presented a lengthy report from Korea detailing alleged Japanese atrocities. The document cites Christians burned in churches and forced into flames, with men reported as primary victims and women and children left destitute.
Paris reports the blockade against Germany to be raised today after a Council of Five decision. Experts say ratification of the peace treaty by the German national assembly should suffice without waiting for Prussian and Bavarian parliament action. Allied commissioners discuss possible Romanian, Czechoslovak, and South Slavic intervention.
A fragmented passage praises a printing shop and its prestige. It mentions a press day and asserts customers’ admiration, with oblique references to Mickie and a bold claim of classy printing. The text is garbled and lacks concrete events.
Abe Martin muses on memory and humor in small town life. He jokes about a feller accused of rushing, and contrasts fame with style, as folks debate who truly wears greatness and who merely wears spats.
Washington reports the special House committee on war expenditures heard testimony alleging criminal recklessness in land purchases for Camp Benning Georgia and a small arms firing range. Witnesses including army officers and War Department personnel said the government paid at least 1.46 million dollars above appraisal value and that six months after the armistice Secretary of War Baker approved actions contrary to prior committee warnings.
Columbus reports that ten men face death sentences while fifty more are sent to life terms in the state penitentiary in the six month period. Eighteen await execution in the death house. eleven at once is the state record. From Jan 1 to July 1 fifty prisoners were admitted for life terms, including murder, criminal assault, and night house burglary. Soft Drink Dealers Safe in prohibition measure, says Wheeler.
Figures compiled by Dr. John E Monger show 668 people died in Ohio autos in 1918, including 102 aged 5 to 9 and 46 under 5. August had 83 deaths, one in every 617 licenses. 509 males and 159 females perished, with 154 other vehicle deaths. Bandits raid Villa Union killing Gen Juan Carrasco and kidnap 11 Mexican girls as federal troops pursue.
The government is obligated to pay 3 248 405 for 97 096 acres. Earlier estimates tied to 115 000 acres projected costs from 2 000 960 to 2 500 000. A single tract of 1 782 acres cost 439 000 though appraised at 206 000 and bought years earlier for 38 000.
Grape growers from Cuyahoga Lorain Erie and Ottawa counties met to recommend minimum prices for grapes this year with increases over prior levels. Concords 110 Ives 120 Catawbas 130 Delawares 140 representing the Lake Erie vineyard district. Killed by His Own Car. Columbus July 14 J F Davis 67 of Westerville was killed when run over after starting to crank his auto with gears engaged. Electrical Workers May Strike. Youngstown July 14 electrical workers and operators from Bell and Ohio State Telephone firms threaten broad strike that could halt power plants and lighting unless steps to end the dispute are taken.
Cleveland July 14 conductors and motormen of the Cleveland Southwestern and Columbus railway voted to accept a new company offer of 8 cents an hour, ending the threatened strike.
In Port Clinton Ohio Kenton Mullin an 11 year old boy passed hacksaws to his brother who later escaped from Ottawa county jail The boy pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster In Washington Hannah J Patterson is appointed to the advisory board of the bureau of war risk insurance to coordinate with state divisions of the womens committee and the defense council Berlin reports Count Von Bernstorff urges a pro American policy and says treaty revision must come through the League of Nations
Four transports arrived from Brest carrying 15 600 troops. Cap Finisterre delivered 2 976, Pueblo 1 689, St. Louis 1 483, and Imperator 9 452. The group landed in New York on July 14.
Albert Vickers a British manufacturer and sportsman is dead. Five firemen were killed and 31 injured in a blaze that destroyed a three story brick warehouse of the burlap bag plant Jacob Potash Brothers Philadelphia. Dutch parliament adopted a motion to introduce woman suffrage in Holland by a 34 to 6 vote. Boston Fish Pier and Bay State Fishing companies dissolved by federal court as illegal combinations under the Clayton Act. Harry S New Jr indicted in Los Angeles for alleged murder of his sweetheart Miss Freda Lesser. Lieutenant Colonel De Billy, former French deputy high commissioner in the United States, killed in France by a horse fall.
Redpath Chautauquas will be held in Amherst the week of August 2 and in Lorain the week of August 12, with Elyria hosting a week beginning in August. The events aim to bring educational and cultural programming to each city.
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