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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1921
Page
1
In AUXYRIA March 3, a Lorain deputy court hearing reveals tension over reinstating A. A. King as police chief. Detective Beattie says he has no use for King, while witnesses discuss patrol officers and age seniority issues, with several officers defending their conduct and oath.
President Harding and the ten cabinet heads began work as government machinery shifts to Republican hands. Officials at desks, limited guards at the White House gates removed, and memorial services planned for Champ Clark mark the transition in a city awaiting steady administration after years of change.
In Elyria on March 5, Steve Telatnic, a youth, filed a $20,000 damage action against the city of Lorain. The incident traces to June 12, 1920, when Patrolman Edward Spore attempted an arrest and fired, wounding Telatnic in the arm and chest. He says permanent injuries and six months of incapacitation resulted from police carelessness.
Elyria March 5 report shows a son born to Mr and Mrs Samuel Babich at 127 West Street. Mrs E D Adams and baby discharged from 337 12th Street. Mrs Gladys Edwards listed at 2050 South Middle Avenue.
The Daily Magazine page will not appear on Saturdays but will be included in the Sunday Chronicle Telegraph. The notice explains the shift in publication timing and directs readers to Sunday coverage for the magazine section.
On March 5 Elyria painters and contracting painters plan a meeting at Painters Hall to decide on wage scale. M. J. Brown says reports of trouble are unfounded. Contractors differ from other crafts on wage reduction, aiming to maintain current scale for now. The session aims to unite building trades.
Amanda Motz of Wellington filed alimony proceedings in the court of common pleas claiming Geo Motz abandoned her on February 21 taking $1,600 cash and leaving a small bank balance. She seeks bank restraint and alimony, not a divorce. Bank clearances for Elyria area in February totaled $1,088,665.80 across four local institutions.
Elyria reports Michael Kosch pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the January 22 killing of his wife on 82nd Street. Judge Thompson sentenced him to life in prison with no parole, acknowledging the tragedy for the family and noting the man’s fraught motives. Kosch showed no emotion as the sentence was read while his children were permitted to visit ahead of his removal to prison.
London reports the antibolshevik movement strengthening in Russia. Dispatches say Bolshevik diplomats in Reval and the Baltic states fear the trend. Kronstadt notes a temporary revolutionary committee led by Kozlovaky. whites urged to join. Petrograd workmen and sailors seize key districts and rail hubs. ships like the Petropavlovsk defect to the rebels as forces rally outside Petrograd.
Winifred Alcott files for divorce from Levi Alcott on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. She claims continual contempt and annoyance aimed at pushing her to seek a divorce and accuses him of misconduct and flirting.
Elyria officials of Northern Savings & Loan Company held their regular weekly meeting Thursday at the company's offices in the Masonic Temple and transacted considerable business.
In a tense courtroom session March 1 to 3, prosecutors described a planned assault as Hatfield and associates allegedly aided by police under scrutiny. Testimony linked Felis and Bendin, with Fred Burggraf’s sister Elisabeth Burggraf recalling remarks heard hours before a late May battle, while Sheriff and officials faced scrutiny over conduct.
Bernnia Woodward a 26 year old chorus girl in Ohio reportedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of the Somerset hotel into a courtyard. Despondency is cited by friends as the motive. Police hold a man calling himself John F Berlin, Crystal hotel proprietor of Johnstown, Pa, as a witness. Berlin says Woodward jumped after words between them.
Elyria Tant Number 3, Order of Maccabees, will mark 37 years since its founding with an event at the Broad street hall. A Cleveland degree team will demonstrate the order, followed by entertainment, with out-of-town Sir Knights and state officers expected to attend.
A flock of twenty geese flies west as Lorain records the first real spring hints. Health authorities report three new chickenpox cases: Flora Glari six, Ella Kolos six, and Dama Thomas seven, all in city streets with street numbers listed.
Official circles report the German cabinet remaining defiant while Britain and France press for indemnity terms. Amid tension France may place troops in strategic Rhine river positions, with allied insistence on firm terms and security guarantees.
President Haremy's cabinet was sworn in today with Charles Evans Hughes becoming secretary of state. John W. Weeks took the oath as secretary of war and Albert B. Fall was sworn in as secretary of the interior. The ceremonies were private with attendance from key department staff and witnesses. Fall pledged cooperation as the new administration began its work.
Elyria report states John Dormony of Lorain filed for divorce from Julia Dormony alleging separation caused by wartime events. They married in Hungary, have three children, and Dormony says Julia remarried John Toth during the war period after he left for America and before a formal divorce.
Berlin March 5 The German cabinet defies allies on indemnity with experts urging backing Foreign Minister Simons in replies to Lloyd George. Many officials deem Paris terms worse than compromise, fearing occupation will continue. Reichstag tumult erupts as communist Adolph Hoffman attempts a speech, mobbed by cries against him.
Early morning break in at Union News Company's stand in Elyria's Green Line waiting room. Thieves rifled a cupboard and took 2650 dollars. Police found a mark by a "Jimmy" on the door as a clue, but it remains unclear if youths or professionals committed the crime.
Europe faces a ten billion dollar debt to the United States as a key issue for the new Mellon administration. Secretary Mellon begins his term with studies of foreign loans and negotiations on outstanding obligations, after discussions with David F. Houston and other officials.
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