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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1924
Page
1
In Leveland Kansas 35 year old nurse Rachel Emer, recently employed by the board, shot herself in her apartment and died in hospital an hour later. She had expressed longing to return to Kita Kansas and had asked for funds in a letter that received no response.
A westbound Green Line car struck John Lis, 32, as he and his wife walked on the tracks near Ridgeville Stop 69 Saturday at 8 35 PM. Lis died instantly. his wife was severely injured with a broken arm. Motorman C H M Godus tried to avert the tragedy but could not. Godus, living in Rocky River, and the couple were reportedly walking to catch a car home. Mrs Lis was taken to Memorial hospital and improving. Godus died in the incident. his body was prepared for burial after services for Lis at the Lakewood home of his mother-in-law. Lis was a Lutheran and member of the International SIA society.
Ernest Hutchings of LaGrange died at St Joseph's hospital Lorain after a fatal injury at the steel plant Friday night. He leaves a wife two sons and parents in England with Mr and Mrs G E Pallas living in this city. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Wednesday from the Pallas home 321 Lodi street conducted by Rev Paul Burguin.
Nellie Tracey eight and Beulah Tracey five died in a McLaney Ohio cottage fire caused when Roy Tracey mistook gasoline for coal oil and ignited a blaze. He and a nine month old baby escaped as flames trapped the two girls in a bedroom. the father is fighting fatal burns at a Zanesville hospital.
Hotel headquarters for over 2500 delegates and alternates, national committee members, and convention officials were announced. The New York delegation will stay at four hotels including the Cleveland and Hollenden, while Pennsylvania delegates plan stays at the Cleveland Alcazar and Winton. International News Service will base at the Hollenden with other HQs at Statler and Winton. Regular rates apply and housing arrangements emphasize care for delegates and working press.
Prosecuting attorney informs Judge Thompson that Alice Hall of Wellston will face a murder trial on March 31 for the death of her infant. A jury is requested to be drawn immediately. Co-defendant Lewis Cowles, convicted, awaits sentencing as attorneys seek a possible new trial.
Washington reporters describe a House Wars and Means hearing on the adjusted compensation bill. The committee, familiar with the debate, is expected to report the measure to the House by week’s end, despite President Coolidge’s known opposition. American Legion witnesses urged broad support amid claims of majorities.
Union services at the Methodist church featured Senator J. F. Burke speaking on The Christian Man in Politics before a full house including Chron icle-Telegram staff. Rev Nicholas Van der Pyl presided and opened with prayer, readings, and a strong musical program led by F L Brown Ralph Williams George Philpott and Charles Carpenter with a duet by Brown and Mrs C E Brodbeck. Dr Van der Pyl urged Burke to challenge the old adage that a man is without honor outside his own country.
In the British freighter Trelyon, Second Engineer Frederick Monson crawled across a blazing grating to clamp off burning steam after a boiler exploded. He was severely burned but saved a shipmate and earned hero praise for his actions.
Four air-force planes collided near Cambridge aerodrome. Two airmen were killed and three injured, including one seriously, with additional fatalities reported as other Royal Air Force craft crashed in the London area.
Word arrives of the death of Mrs. George Harrison formerly of Eastern Heights Boulevard in this city She passed away at the home of her daughter Mrs King in Cleveland Ohio The notice notes she leaves a family and is a local obituary item
As spring nears, building activity climbs with March permits recording several erection projects. Total permit values reach into the thousands, indicating a broader upturn in construction, with multiple applications listed and costs estimated in the low five figures.
Sheriff Cuterhill and deputies raided Joe Morro near Beach Park uncovering gallons of mash and three quarts of liquor. Morro was arrested and jailed on a charge. The report notes a 7 cent tax issue and a court appearance is implied.
The report aggregates scattered notes from Madrid Moscow Munich and London about arrests in a Czech Slovak government scandal in Prague and an iron ore survey. legal defense in a German political case. and Franco British diplomacy efforts as tensions rise between France and Britain.
New York financier A. Vanderlip on March 3 repeated his charge that President Coolidge asked Attorney General Daugherty to resign. He pledged to prove his statement and said he would testify before the committee if invited, while denying he wrote directly to Coolidge about whitewashing. Vanderlip criticizes Republicans and hints others may join the list of trusted officials under scrutiny.
Harry F. Sinclair, chairman of the Board of Sinclair Consolidated Oil, says the Teapot Dome lease came after Wyoming oil began decades of production and after the state became a top oil region. He notes Sinclair holds over 25 percent of Mammoth Oil and details stock, royalties, a $1 million storage project, a new Wyoming pipeline, and a five year plus five year renewal contract for government royalty oil purchases.
Washington notes that Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty faces a hostile Senate committee. Democratic leaders seek a conviction or at least a finding of lax administration, while Daugherty supporters promise a public, sensational response to expose the probe as campaign fodder ahead of the election. Open hearings are planned with executive sessions only for administrative steps.
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