Two Clevelanders Addressed Jurors In Embezzlement Trial
Walter Davies of this city faces an embezzlement indictment returned by a Lorain grand jury. About seventy prospective jurors were examined as Davies and co defendant were scrutinized. State’s counsel outlined the bank losses and noted a conspiracy to use bank funds for stock market operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Davies
Elyria
Chas
Salisbury
Elyria. Co
J. Reising
Lorain
Walter D. Mears
William H. Boyd
Cleveland
Wood
Mt. Gilead
Judge Mears
Webber
Pon
Lorain City Bank of
Davies
Las A Teller
Mears
William Treble
Elizabeth George Seeks Divorce From Steve George
Elizabeth George of 130 Woodford Avenue Elyria filed suit in court on March 9 seeking a divorce from Steve George. Married in October last year, she claims lack of support, abandonment, and wrongful allegations of improper conduct plus threats to assault and kill. She asks for a divorce and an injunction to prevent interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elizabeth George
Woodford Avenue
Dvorce
Steve George
Darkness Falls on Elyria as Power Line Breaks
Elyria electricity supply was disrupted this morning when a high tension wire broke from its holdings between Lorain and Elyria. Linemen from Lorain County Electric repaired the fault after service was intermittently cut for most of the morning, restoring power to homes and businesses once again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lorain
Petrograd quiet as Moscow unrest reported
A Moscow message from George Tchitcherin says Petrograd is absolutely quiet with no mobilization or trench digging and crowds undisturbed while the army maintains order. Riga papers report unsettled Moscow with increasing strikes, contrasting the Moscow Soviet stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Petrograd
Moscow
George Tchitcherin
People’s Commissar
Stanislaw Ganatsky
Latvain Soviet
Pension Fund Members Will Conduct Meeting
Elyria march. A committee from the Police Pension Fund consisting of Chief Stankard Roy Hurd and Corbet Southam asks Service Director H A Beck to call a trustees meeting. They seek a secretary, new committees and by law changes including higher sick and death benefits. The meeting is set Thursday afternoon at 206 oclock in the city hall office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Stankard
Roy Hurd
Corbet Southam
Police Department
H. A. Beck
Police Pension Fund Organization
Beck
Three prisoners recaptured after Covington jail escape
Covington Kentucky report says three inmates escaped the city jail during a heavy rain at 8:30 last night by sawing bars on the second floor. They entered a corridor and removed bars from a window before dropping to the ground. One escapee identified as Michael Ward, 35, recently convicted of murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
City
Michael Ward
Thomas Mahoney
Galo
Elyria Considers Bond Issues for Water Works Upgrades
Elyria city council weighs approving two bond issues to fund water works improvements at the pumping station. Service Director H A Beck states an extra 259000 is needed this year beyond the previously approved million dollar bond issue to ensure a long term adequate system and debt payoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria, March
H. A. Beck
Assassins Kill Premier of Spain in Madrid
Three assassins identified as communists shot Premier Eduardo Dato as he returned from the chamber of deputies. They trailed him by bicycle, rode up beside his motor car, and fired. Twenty seven shots discharged. Dato suffered fatal wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Eduardo Dato
Spain
Chamber of Deputies
Senor Dato
Elusive steel tape sparks boundary dispute report
Elyria civil engineer Jack Warden reports the loss of a steel tape that vanished near the Ninth Street and Middle Peninsula corner while he was inspecting boundary lines. The incident delays surveying work and prompts search efforts by local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
March
Jack Warden
Attorneys Agree To Submit Briefs Monday Morning
Testimony in the King case ended as court opened. Chief King defended himself against charges by Mayor Grall of Lorain, recounting his tenure from 1913 to 1920 and department growth. Attorneys asked for time to prepare briefs and will likely argue the case Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
King
Chief King
Resek
Beatty
Jennings
Thompson
A. A. King
Grall
Lorain
Allies seize Rhine customs houses and plan reparations action
London reports the allied supreme council at Downing Street approved seizing German customs houses along the Rhine and crediting funds in depots. Discussions covered German reparations, disarmament, and surrender of war criminals. Briand said the council would reconvene at 5:00 pm and that peace conference decisions would be debated in Parliament tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
London
Allied Supreme Council
Lloyd George
Downing Street
Rhine
Germany
Near East
Briand
France
Supreme Council
House of Commang
Herr Rathenau
German
General Electric Company
German Indemnity Commission
United States
Widow winner over daughter in Kentucky Chicago tale
Winston Phillips, 19, from Louisville Kentucky, wed his bride of five days, Mrs Tuella Gaines Phillips, 45, in Louisville. In Kentucky, a young daughter mourns as Winston married her mother instead. Mrs Phillips is the widow of a wealthy civil engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Winston Phillips
Louisville
Tuella Gaines Phillips
Kentucky
Winston
Married 40 Years Seeks Separation in Norwalk
Daly Mundy seeks divorce from George Mundy on grounds of gross neglect and wilful absence in Norwalk. Frank Camp files a divorce suit claiming his wife Matilda Glasgow Camp deserted him five months after their 1905 marriage and believes fifteen years is enough to await her return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Mar
Daly Mundy
George Mundy
Frank Camp
Matilda Glasgow Camp
Election Betting Upheld by Ohio Judge Sibert
Cleveland March 9 judges ruling upholds betting on elections as lawful under Ohio law. Tim Isvleigh, chief betting commissioner for Cleveland, acquitted by jury yesterday amid the decision. London March 9 British admiralty orders naval honors for John W. Davis as he departs for Britain aboard the liner Olympic escorted by a flotilla of eight destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel E. Sibert
Tim Isvleigh
London
John W. Davis
Great Britain
Admiralty
Olympic
Mr. Davis
Elyria Council Recommends Water Shutoff for Nonresidents
Council committee votes to cut water to all nonresidents starting July 1 following opposition to Carlisle annexation. City solicitor to draft needed legislation. action supported by Hazelton Stark and Tassell, amid resident reluctance over joining Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Hazelton Stark and
Tattersall
Carlisle
Harding urges Senate on Colombian treaty in executive session
President Harding sent a message to the Senate urging immediate action on the Colombian treaty. The senate met in executive session without opening the document, and the White House refused to release it, citing it as an executive document to be made public only by the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Senate
White House
Death Penalty Not Sought in Hamon Slaying Case
Ardmore Oklahoma March 1 The prosecution will not seek the death penalty if Clara Smith Hamon is convicted of the killing of Jake Hamon oilman and Republican national committeeman The state plans to prove Hamon whispered that Hamon shot him while on his hotel bed The defense will present a witness who will deny Hamon accused Hamon of the shooting on his death bed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Morris I
N. S
Ardmore
Okaa
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake Hamon
Oklahoma
Republican National
Hamon
Marriage Licenses in Elyria and Lorain Couples
Clyde Pelton and Mae Towne, both of Elyria, and Clifton Terrell and Ivy Turton, of iBhyria, were issued marriage licenses by Rev. M. M. Brown and Rev. W. B. Winters respectively. Ben George and Alverta Bender of Lorain, with Rev. Wetherhbee officiating, also received licenses. A separate note from Lorain reports a break in at Beebe garage on West Broad Street, damaging two new Cadillac cars as windows were broken and entry gained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Pelton
Mechanic
Mae Towne
Elyria
M. M. Brown
Clifton A. Terrell
Ivy F. Turton
Clerk
iBhyria
W. B. Winters
Ben George
Alverta Bender
Lorain
Wetherhbee
Beebe
West Broad Street
Cadillac
Two Armed Men Rob Akron Bank in Broad Daylight
In Lorain, two well dressed foreigners held up the Oroszy Bank at 3001 Vine Avenue at 8:30 AM, forcing cashier O J Fagarassy and his brother in law C A Benczar to surrender watches and money. A third man acted outside with the Ford engine running as a woman upstairs fired at the getaway car, aiding the escape. The bandits escaped to List Street. police visited the scene as witnesses described the vaulting robbery and gunfire from the upstairs window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Exchange Institution
Ford Auto Engine
Auto Bore Akron
Lorain
Oroszy
Vine Avenue
Fagarassy
Benczar
O. J. Fagarassy
C. A. Benczar
C. A. Benezar
O. J. Fogarassy
Til
Fogarassy
C. A. Bencar
Benezar
Vctim
30Th Court
List Street
Arthur Binder
Vingavemas
Train Crash Spur Doctor Response Near Vicksburg
New Orleans March 9. The Memphis New Orleans Express on the Illinois Central derailed at Galloway Miss near Vicksburg early today. Physicians and nurses rushed to the scene. No word yet on fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Galloway
Miss
Vickersburg
Miners Die In Lehigh Coal Colliery Blast In Coaldale
An explosion at Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company number 11 colliery in Coaldale Pennsylvania killed two miners and left five dying with eight badly burned. Rescue teams from Panther Creek valley rushed to assist as fire alarms spread. Earlier, Elyria fire crews were summoned to Cheapside to quell a blaze threatening a Hicks owned automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coaldale
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Panther Creek Valley
Elyria
Central Fire Department
Cheapside
Hicks
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Davies Spry
A. Dawes
Lute Alexander
Baton
Frank Prindle
Pariish
J. C G. Jackson
Penfield
Wilfred Granger
Gria
Robert Alexander
John Good
Thomas Ware
Camden
Carl Ingner
Ely
Ria
R. H. Heiffer
Busterback Fort
Don
Pension Fund
Harnings of Waterworks Department
Light and Water
Isas
Gentlermen
Premier
ON Stand
Horn
Jand
Safety
Civil Service Commission
Essen
Congress
South Lorain Bank
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