05 Mar 1923
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1923
Page
1
March 5 report from Oak outlines a deadly hotel wall climbing accident where a man died during a dramatic attempt to scale a building. The scene drew thousands of spectators as a luckless “human fly” slipped and fell causing fatal injuries.
Meyers of 23.9 Huron Street dies after a long illness following a complication. Survived by daughters Louie and Otha Meyers and other relatives. Born in Baden and a resident of the area for over twenty years. Services at St Agnes Church will be held at 9 a.m. Interment at Norwalk.
Ground was broken Sunday afternoon at 3 30 for Holy Cross Catholic church to be built at West avenue and 14th street for a new Polish organization. Rev Father Joseph L Kuta blessed the ground and will be pastor. Work to start immediately by United States Engineering Co of Cleveland. The church seats six hundred. the school four rooms plus a hall for 450. There are 149 Polish families in the city. Church councilmen include L Smithkowski J Karmilowics A Novak and Mr Kaczmarek. Father Ruta grew up in Berra and was educated in Cleveland, previously pastor in Toledo where he built St Stanislaus church and school.
Henry D Burns, who killed his wife Hazel Burns near Mentor Ohio last October, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment with two days weekly in solitary confinement and three days weekly at hard labor. The judge called the crime brutal and shocking. Selection of a jury had begun on three counts of murder when the plea ended the trial.
Washington march 5 the 67th congress adjourned and lawmakers began an extended vacation to return in December. Fifteen senators and 126 representatives left seats as new members arrive. party balances shift with republicans maintaining control but reduced margins. Several senators plan trips to Europe and Russia while many bills face destruction in the wastebasket until reconvening.
March 5 conference will discuss proposed White Way lighting for Lorain's business district. Participants include Superintendent F M Coen of Lake Shore Electric, General Manager J P Johnson of Ohio Public Service Co., and city officials.
March 5 Washington President Harding left for a brief vacation after a year in office marking his first absence from Washington since returning from Marion. He looked tired and wore a subdued mood, joined by Mrs Harding in recovery and other officials including Attorney General Daugherty and Secretary Weeks.
Paris reports Chancellor Cuno will urge the Reichstag to sever diplomatic ties with France, amid German pressure after the Ruhr crisis. In Essen Krupp workers pledge loyalty to the Krupp family at a secret jubilee as French forces clamp down on the region.
March report describes a man named Salantine, 45, killed in Chicago’s death corner after being shot seven times. A suspect, Anthony, 21, is wounded and may drive, while John Marsal was detained by police as witnesses. Charleston dispatch notes a local coal-field survey by Rev. Hents Hunt and Huntington visitors at a Tres spech meeting in Loran.
Harold Mitchell of Ridgeville dies after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two oclock from the Minchin home on Lansborough Road. Burial will follow at Feld Cemetery.
John Hulf, once a wanted suspect in the wife’s 35 year old murder on Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, is found dying at his sister Julia Hulf’s home in Elyria Street. He claimed to have come home to die after years of disappearance and a possible suicide theory looms over his fate.
Paris reports that Tut-Ankh-Amen’s body was gone from its 3000 year old tomb in the Valley of the Kings before Lord Carnarvon’s party opened the inner chamber. A noted French Egyptologist accused Carnarvon of exaggeration and said the coffin was empty, noting prior publicity and sale of rights.
A Lorain County Teachers Institute reorganization occurred at Lorain technical high school with city and country educators. The change renames to Lorain County and Teachers Institute, adopts a new constitution and by laws, and calls for officers to be supervised by county superintendents. A plan to seek support from the National Education Association and Northeastern Ohio Teachers Association was adopted, with a recommendation that each district member join.
The county committee announced a new member for the Visiting Board of the Oberlin Home. Mrs Bertie N, of Lorain, replaces Mrs Eva E. Hills who resigned for health reasons. The appointment covers four years.
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