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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1928
Page
5
Walter Chase, a well known Toledo resident, ended his life by leaping from the Ash-Consent Bridge into the river during busy traffic. He removed his coat and vest and a straw hat before the jump. his watch and other identifying items were found. The body had not yet been recovered as of the report.
Police in Lorain ask the public to watch for George Markward a 17 year old boy described as about 160 pounds with light hair and blue eyes. He is believed to have run away from home sometime recently.
Report of intra party maneuvering at the Democratic convention in which Reed and Moody clash over a possible vice presidential nomination and the party platform. Drys seek a test of the eighteenth amendment enforcement while negotiations aim to keep the Smith faction aligned. Reed denies coalitions as factions press for unity amid possible platform pitches.
The Elyria Pedigreed Canary Club will hold a regular meeting at 209 Ninth Street on Tuesday June 26 at 8 00 p m. All canary fanciers and amateur breeders in the county are invited to attend.
Mtevye Fegete aged six of 111 West River Street fractured his left arm when he slipped on a sidewalk Sunday afternoon. He was transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Mrs. Peter Moss of 40912 Fremont Street sustained a fractured left arm when she fell Sunday at her residence. The injury was treated and reduced at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Ernest Wayland was fined $5 and costs in police court for intoxication after pleading guilty.
Dr H J Austin reported yesterday that a spare tire was stolen from his car Saturday night. The vehicle was parked in the driveway at his home when the theft occurred.
A single itinerant vagrant appeared in the city last night. He identified himself as James Kelley and gave an address in Cordiai Idaho, claiming a distant origin for the visit.
An Essex car with Indiana license plates 379074 was found abandoned by police and placed in the city pound last night. Local authorities reported no driver location or immediate owner information available.
Frank Dane of 321 West Avenue reported a roadster stolen Saturday night from Second Street. The missing vehicle was recovered in Lorain Sunday, ending the theft incident with no injuries noted.
Sam Nagy of 534 Vulcan Street sustained an abrasion above the left eye in a Sunday automobile accident. He received treatment at Belyrifa Memorial Hospital.
Carl Garrison of Sullivan Ohio was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to violating the city traffic ordinance. He was arrested for speeding on West Avenue Saturday.
The Oberlin Harmony Six will present a musical and literary program at Bethany Baptist Church on Seventeenth Street Tuesday evening at 8 15.
Nine year old Joe Radachi of 120 Trondale street celebrated the Fourth of July early on Sunday when a firecracker lacerated his right hand.
The Weldeman Company of Cleveland filed suit in common pleas court today to recover from George Brand of the Chocolate Shop Elyria the sum of 406.42 dollars on an alleged account due.
George S. Lovelace and wife filed in common pleas court a suit against Milenn M. Glover and others seeking foreclosure of a mortgage securing an eight thousand dollar note.
Floyd Draper filed for divorce from Eunice Draper in common pleas court today alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. The couple married in 1912 and have two children.
Mary F Niggle filed suit in common pleas court today against John Wilfred and others seeking to quiet title to a specified parcel of real estate.
P. J. Mazur of Lorain filed suit in common pleas court against James McGee of Lorain to recover $422 alleged due on an account.
Police hunt an east side man after a quarrel over twenty five cents led to Ben Gray's death. Gray, 48, and three companions planned an auto ride with each sharing twenty five cents for gasoline. When one man refused to pay, a fight ensued and Gray was killed.
Francis "Peaches" Heenan Browning was hospitalized in Mansfield with injuries from an automobile crash on the Lexington Canton Highway. She suffered leg lacerations while her mother and manager Edgar Allen were slightly hurt when the car swerved to avoid another machine.
Judge W. B. Thompson in common pleas court granted three divorces today. Ethel Martin divorced John Martin for extreme cruelty. David C. Allen divorced Fannie Allen due to wilful absence for over three years. Emma Gott divorced Steve Gott on grounds of extreme cruelty.
Fremont Fauver died at his Akron home Sunday after a three week illness of paralysis. He leaves his wife and a son Albert of Detroit, a brother J. F. Fauver of Elyria, two half sisters and four half brothers in Elyria Columbus and California. Funeral services will be held at the family residence in Akron Tuesday at two o'clock.
Louis Mulder of Amherst was assessed 100 dollars and costs for possession of intoxicating liquor by the county court today. Deputies arrested him Saturday after finding 30 bottles of beer one gallon of wine and five and a half quarts of liquor in his residence.
Joseph Gerlack a 47 year old Cleveland meat dealer told police he was swindled out of 16000 by two confidence men during a trip to Mt Clemens Michigan and Detroit Michigan and Cleveland Ohio. The men known as B F Lilenton and W J Southall posed as stock promoters claiming they needed 30000 for a big killing and promised profits after Gerlack supplied half the sum. They allegedly invested the money then claimed they had earned 144000 but had credit backs. He was to meet them at a hotel but they did not appear.
State delegations held caucuses to decide positions on presidential candidates and issues while preparing to select platform committee chairmen. John W. Davis and Senator Key Pittman were named as possibilities, with vice presidential options tied to regional dry stances. Senators Caraway and Robinson drew support for Arkansas and Nellie Taylor Ross gained momentum for Wyoming.
C T Sayers of R D 1 driving east on Broad Street Sunday struck a car driven by Arthur Winters of Barton Road. Police report states Winters’ car sustained damage to the tire carrier and left rear fender.
Cleveland officers on June 25 pursued a safecracker who entered the Fries & Schnele Department store over the weekend and escaped with about $5,000. Police released few details but valued the loss at five thousand dollars.
William Hicks of Nashville Tenn pleaded guilty to intoxication in police court after being found drunk on a New York Central freight car and lowered to earth by rope. He paid 85 cents fine and costs or faced more jail time. unable to pay, he was returned to jail.
Enthusiasm runs high for what locals call the county’s largest effort. The Good Will Barbeque will be held at Elyria Fair Grounds on Wednesday June 27 from 10 a.m. to midnight. A large statewide crowd and delegations arrive by 9 a.m. as two expert southern barbecuers go on the day before. Sanitation and proper handling precautions are in place and refreshments will be served.
The Ohio State Bar special committee proposes creating rural county courts with magistrates to serve districts. One judge per county seat would hold broader powers, with disagreements over imprisonment handled by magistrates. Jurisdiction, terms, and salaries would be set by a new law. committee members include White, Lindsay, Wortell, Teegarden, and Hart.
The passage describes Moody and his allies planning for a dramatic convention showdown as they fight the reemergence of Smith this year. Despite doubts about victory, they intend to display resolve and aim to position themselves for leadership in years to come.
Henry Waldeker of Ridgeville was fined after pleading guilty to speeding on Chestnut and Loch Streets Sunday. Police say he tested a new car, having traded his old vehicle for it.
Scotland Yard said mail bags from the Leviathan showed seals not intact, suggesting the $500,000 theft occurred at sea or in Southampton. In Belfast only 24 of 238 Belfast mails remained intact. 214 pieces rifled overall. New York carriers denied responsibility, noting bags delivered as received and could not be resealed after opening.
Wesley Peck of Brunswick Ohio, aged 65, sustained a fractured right leg when struck by an automobile after leaving church. He was transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital. further details of the accident were not available.
Market notes from Cleveland list prices for potatoes from N and S Carolina and Virginia, poultry including heavy broilers leghorns night broilers heavy fowls and stock, butter prices for various grades, and egg prices for extras extra firsts firsts and ordinary from local quotations.
Hogs receipts 3,800, gains 25-350. Top hogs $11.35 with various weight brackets listed. Cattle receipts 500, calves 700, market slow to strong for calves. Beef steers and yearlings range up to $14.25. Sheep receipts 700, fat lambs $16.25, bulk fat lambs $15.50–16.00, cull lambs to $22.00, fat ewes $4.50–6.00.
Hogs receipts 150 with prices 10 to 25 cents higher led by heavies at 10.65 and 10.65, mediums 11.00 to 11.25, workers 11.00 to 11.15, good pigs 9.25 to 9.76. Cattle and calves light receipts with steady cattle and calves markets. Sheep and lambs light receipts with steady market.
George Richwine announced that Richwine ball field number two is being laid out to meet demand and will be ready for use. If field one is unused, the Church league will occupy field two and the Falcon Motors Corporation games will be played on field one regularly. The fields lie 300 feet apart and are suited to their intended use.
In Amherst on a Saturday evening Clara Louisa Tisdale married Elmer Ellsworth Ford at Park avenue home amid Methodist church guests. Another June wedding joined Ida Wilhelm and Leonard Wheatley at St John’s Evangelical church South Amherst. Congregational Church celebrated Children’s Day with a combined service led by Superintendent R Powers amid festive flowers.
Chillicothe Ohio hosts the 29th annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans of Ohio with Mayor J R Gunning and Senator Simeon D Fess on the program. A convocation of the order serpent follows, including a visit to the U S hospital and federal reformatory at Camp Sherman. About five hundred delegates expected and visitors estimated between eight thousand and six thousand dollars in turnout.
Otis L. Weitzel testified in a Columbia township divorce case that his roadside fruit stand profits from 90 to 75 percent come from buying produce, not farming it. He admitted the land is used as a bluff and that most crops are purchased from regular suppliers. The case also discussed his drinking, with the judge and audience treating the exchange humorously during April proceedings.
June 25 Miss Blanche Ray, who recently underwent an operation at Lakeside hospital, Cleveland, is expected to be brought home tomorrow.
Members of Queen Esther's class of the M. E. Sunday school plan an afternoon picnic at Rice's Day. An official church board meeting will be held this evening with Dr Hess, superintendent of Methodist churches in the district, attending. The meeting marks the fourth quarterly conference.
Rev and Mrs Perry traveled to Hiram Ohio to bring home their son Scott who attended the Boys and Girls High School Conference of Religious Instructions this past week. Mrs Carey accompanied them.
The Wellington baseball team outplayed the Fostonian club nine at Mans Field on the local fair grounds yesterday, winning 10 to 1. Beaver and Norris shared the battery for Wellington. Next Sunday Erie Lunch of Lorain is scheduled to play here.
Memorial Sunday honored I O O F and Rebekah Lodge members with floral graveside decorations. Committees visited Wellington Pittsfield Penfield LaGrange Spencer and Sullivan, placing flowers on 50 I O O F departed graves and 18 Rebekah graves. Memorial exercises led by Rev. Moore at 8 p m in the Odd Fellows hall feature special music.
Mrs Milton Elliott and her two children visited a week at her mother Mrs Frank Bauer in Oberlin and returned to leveland yesterday. Mr and Mrs Burt Dyke and son of Oberlin were Sunday callers at the Frank Baker home. Special music at Congregational services featured a solo by Aletha Stacey and a male quartet performance. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Baker and the Bakers drove to Medina for a day outing. Miss Ruth Hege left Saturday for Weeqwetensng Michigan to take a job during the week.
Professor Lynds Jones of Oberlin College embarks with twenty two students in six new cars on a 10000 mile expedition through the western and central southern states. The adventure blends lectures with field work, offers eight hours credit, and ends back at Oberlin. A second Oberlin party led by Professor George D. Hubbard takes a Virginia field trip to study geology and geography of the Appalachian region with eight semester hours credit.
Announcement details the plan for a Saturday open air band concert at Main and College streets directed by Gerald M. Frank. The program includes Officers of the Day, The Skillboard, Cornet solo Three Star Polka, Scenes from Operaland, Independence March, Serenade Eleanor, Light Cavalry Overture, Dream Kisses, Black Jack March, Songs of Yesterday, Say It Again, Tipperary, All the World Will be Jealous of Me, Smiles, Belle of Chicago, March Religioso, King Cotton.
The village completed an overflow outlet at the sewage disposal plant to eliminate flooding. Construction was finished last week at a cost of about $366.
A four inch clock driven Zeiss telescope arrived at Oberlin College last week and will be installed in Peters Hall in the astronomy department later this summer. The instrument is loaned to the college temporarily by its owner, Mrs. Alice Mead Swing.
The telescope will be mounted until August, with extensive repairs planned at Peters Hall in the astronomy department. A new astronomical dome is to be added and Prof. F. E. Carr is in charge of reconstruction work.
Oberlin city hall undergoes extensive renovation and interior repainting. The project, the first major work in nine years, is reported by City Manager Herrick and costs about $300.
Downing and Hanes of Lima completed an extensive Oberlin Village sewer survey. The study covers water and drainage issues with flood risk in heavy rain. Maps and final reports are due soon, with a projected cost around 2200 dollars, Oberlin College to cover about one third.
Mr Sam L Powers made a business trip to Cleveland this morning. Mr and Mrs Harold Holl were called to West Lafayette Indiana last Saturday on account of the death of Mrs Holls father Mr J B Clarkson of West Lafayette. Postmaster Dicks enjoying a weeks vacation. The regular meeting of the Vine Rebekah Lodge will be tonight. All members of the Sree star are urged to be present for practice.
The Elyria Eagles plan a combined Fourth of July and Merchants Exposition at the fair grounds. A baby contest open to all infants under one year will award nine prizes. The celebration includes baseball, horse races, athletic events, and a $3,000 fireworks display, with the grounds opening early and staying open late.
May passed without a single fatal industrial accident in Elyria and Lorain County Ohio per the Industrial Commission of Ohio division of safety and hygiene. There were 103 fatalities state wide in May compared with 70 in May 1927 and 63 in April 1928. the only Lorain County fatality occurred in Lorain.
Thelma Davis, 27, died last night after leaping from the East Ninth Street pier into Lake Erie. Police said despondency over health drove the act. Coast guards and police recovered the body.
Within the royal honors, the Prince of Wales possesses all major knighthood orders except the Order of the Bath. The note highlights the breadth of royal patronage and precedence in Britain’s chivalric system.
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