Two Clevelanders Addressed Jurors Concerning Case
Walter Davies of this city must answer to charge of embezzlement contained in indictment returned against him by grand jury. Four Elyrians in jury box. Judge Mears outlined the bank loss and the alleged conspiracy with stock market dealings at Lorain Bank in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Davies
Chas. Salisbury
Elyria
L C. J. Reising
Lo- Tain
Walter D. Mears
William H. Boyd
Cleveland
Mears
Webber
Lorain City Bank of
Lorain
Davies
William Treble
Elizabeth George Sues for Divorce in Elyria Court
Elizabeth George of 130 Woodford Avenue filed for divorce from Steve George in Elyria. Married in October last year, she alleges lack of support and that he left after the marriage. She accuses him of improper conduct and threats to assault and kill. She seeks a divorce and an injunction to prevent interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Elizabeth George
Woodford Avenue
Steve George
Anay
Elyria in Darkness
Elyria plunged into darkness after a high tension wire broke from its hold between Lorain and Elyria cutting power to homes and businesses. Linemen from Lorain County Electric repaired the fault after service was intermittently interrupted for part of the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lorain
Petrograd Quiet Says Foreign Commissar Message
A report from George Tchitcherin, foreign affairs commissar in Moscow, states Petrograd is absolutely quiet with no mobilization or trenches, crowds undisturbed, and the army maintaining order. Moscow reportedly unsettled with increasing strikes, according to Riga newspapers. Continued on Page Six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
N.S
Riga
Petrograd
Moscow
George Tchitcherin
People’s Commissar
Stanislau Ganetsky
Latvain Soviet
Soviet
Pro
Pension Fund Members Plan Meeting in Elyria
A police Pension Fund trustees meeting is proposed by Chief Stankard Roy Hurd and Corbet Southam to select a secretary form committees and revise by laws They seek to raise the monthly sick benefit from 25 to a higher amount and to increase the death benefit from 150 The meeting is set for Thursday at 2 00 PM at the City Hall office of Service Director H A Beck
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Stankard
Roy Hurd
Corbet Southam
Police Department
H. A. Beck
Police Pension Fund Organizatio
Beck
Prisoners Recaptured After Second Floor Jail Escape
Covington police report two inmates escaped the city jail during a heavy rainstorm last night at 8:30 by sawing cell bars on the second floor and later removing window bars to drop to the ground. One escapee identified as Michael Ward, 35, recently convicted of the murder of five year old Thomas Mahoney in a saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
City
Michael Ward
Thomas Mahoney
Hi Trpaten
Oto
Elyria Considers Bond Issues for Waterworks Upgrades
Elyria officials seek authorization for two bond issues to fund waterworks improvements. Service Director Beck says an extra 259000 is needed in 1921 beyond the previously approved million dollar bond issue. Even with the larger plan, the city argues spending now will yield a stronger plant and sufficient earnings to retire bonds, reflecting higher labor and material costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
H. A. Beck
Beck
Light and
Elyria Waterworks
Assassins Kill Premier Dato in Madrid Car
Three assassins believed communist killed Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato as he rode home from the chamber of deputies. They trailed him on bicycles, closed in, and fired 27 shots, three wounds proved fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Eduardo Dato
Spain
Chamber of Deputies
Communista
Senor Dato
War den reports loss of surveyor's steel tape in Elyria
Civil engineer Jack Warden reports a steel tape disappeared from the corner of Ninth Street and Middle Avenue while conducting boundary surveying work in Elyria. The missing tool prompted a search of the area and surrounding properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Jack Warden
Ninth Street
Middle Avenue
King Case Briefs To Be Filed Monday Morning
Testimony closed in the King case in Elyria with Chief A A King cross examined over suspensions and court procedures. Both sides will submit briefs on law ordinances and facts by Monday morning and may argue the case then. King testified on his tenure, department growth, and appointments, including Miss Lyons and the bertillon department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
King
Chief King
Resek
Beatty
Jennings
Thompson
A. A. King
Grall
Lorain
Allied council approves seizure of German Rhine customs
London March 9 The allied supreme council at 10 Downing Street approved seizure of German customs houses along the Rhine. Funds in the depots will be credited. Premiers discussed Turkish Greek issues and German reparations while Briand noted measures taxing German experts, disarmament, and surrender of war criminals.
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 Commons
Herr Rathenau
German General Electric Company
German Indemnity Commission
United States
Berlin
German People's Party
Bert
Winston Phillips Weds Mother After Wooing Daughter
Chicago reports Winston Phillips a 19 year old from Louisville Kentucky married Tuella Gaines Phillips 48 widow of a wealthy civil engineer after courting her daughter. The wedding occurred in a downtown hotel and echoes a tale of romance in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Winston Phillips
Louisvile
Tuella Gaines Phillips
Kentucky
Winston
Married 40 Years Now Seek Separation
NORWALK March 9 After forty years of marriage Duly Mundy seeks a divorce from George Mundy on grounds of gross neglect and wilful absence Frank Camp in divorce suit charges Matilda Glasgow Camp deserted him five months after their 1905 marriage and asserts that fifteen years is enough to wait for her return and that he believes she has no intention of returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Duly Mundy
George Mundy
Frank Camp
Matilda Glasgow Camp
Election Betting Upheld In Cleveland Trial
In Cleveland on March 9 Judge Samuel H. Sibert ruled that betting on elections is not a crime under Ohio law, leading to the acquittal of Timsleigh, Cleveland’s principal betting commissioner, after a jury verdict rendered yesterday. Meanwhile in London on March 9 naval honors for John W. Davis were ordered, with eight destroyers to escort the returning ambassador aboard the Olympic on his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel H. Sibert
Timsleigh
London
John W. Davis
Great Britain
Mr. Davis
Council panel backs water shutoff over annexation pleas
Elyria council committee recommends cutting water to all non residents on July 1 after Carlisle residents resist annexation. City solicitor to draft legislation, decision urged by Hazelton Stark and Tatterson. Ruling follows protests against joining the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria March
Hazelton Stark and
Tattersall
Carlisle
Harding Urges Senate Action on Colombian Treaty
President Harding sent a message to the Senate urging immediate action on the Colombian treaty. The White House refused to publish the document, stating it is an executive document to be made public by the Senate after debate in executive session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Senate
White House
Death Penalty Not Sought in Hamon Slaying Case
U S staff correspondent reports in Ardmore Oklahoma March 9 that prosecutors will not seek the death penalty if Clara Smith Hamon is convicted of killing former Oklahoma governor Jake Hamon. The state plans to prove Hamon named Hamon’s daughter as the shooter while dying. The defense will counter with a witness who will say Hamon talked to the girl and will deny the accusation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Morris i
U.S
Ardmore
Okla
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake Hamon
Oklahoma
Republican National
Hamnon
Hamon
Marriage Licenses and Local Theft Reported in Elyria
Clyde Pelton aged 85 a mechanic and Mae Towne aged 34 of Elyria granted a marriage license by Rev M M Brown Clifton A Terrell 24 a mechanic and Ivy F Turton 22 a clerk of Elyria by Rev W B Winters Ben George 47 a real estate man and Alverta Bender 46 of Lorain by Rev Wetherbee Marred New Car in Beebe Garage on West Broad Street Elyria youths broke in yesterday afternoon injuring one of two new Cadillacs by climbing in and out. entry gained through a broken window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Pelton
Mechanic
Mae Towne
Elyria
M. M. Brown
Clifton A. Terrell
Ivy F. Turton
Clerk
W. B. Winters
Ben George
Alverta
Bender
Lorain
Wetherbee
Beebe
West Broad Street
Yesterdy
Daring Docket Bank Robbery In Lorain Nets Over $1000
Two well dressed foreign men armed with pistols enter the Oroszy Bank at Vine Avenue in Lorain and compel cashier O J Fagarassy to surrender cash and valuables. As the pair flee in a Ford, an upstairs gunman’s shot is fired at them while outside accomplices guard the getaway car with engine running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Exchange Institution
Ford Auto Engine
Auto Bore Akron
Train Crash Disrupts Memphis New Orleans Express Near Vicksburg
New Orleans March 9 reports say the Memphis New Orleans Express derailed at Galloway Missa near Vicksburg on the Illinois Central line with nine coaches off the track. Physicians and nurses rushed to the scene though no fatalities have been confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Galloway
Misa
Vickersburg
Miners Die as Explosions Hit Lehigh Coal Mine
In Coaldale Pennsylvania on March 9 two miners were killed and five injured in a blast at Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company number 11 colliery. Rescuers rushed from Panther Creek valley as the blaze spread, and fire crews were also called to an unrelated Cheapside incident in Elyria involving a vehicle owned by Hicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coaldale
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Panther Creek Valley
Elyria
Central Fire Department
Cheapside
Hicks
Bank Robbery at Vine Avenues Bank Ends in Escape
A bandit entered the bank office and stole over $1,000 from the till after taking personal valuables including a watch and chain. C A Benear, the cashier’s brother-in-law, was held up and robbed of his watch, chain, and wallet. Mrs. Binder fired upon the fleeing bandits from upstairs, and one tire was damaged as the car sped away toward Vine avenue and 20th court. Police arrived too late to catch the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fogarassy
C. A. Benear
Turm
Benezar
Vine Avenue
20Th Court
Womean
List Street
Arthur Binder
Vine Arenas
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Weil
R. H. Helffer
Petrograd A
Busterback Fort
Pension Fund
Stand Dentes
Horn
Safety
Civil Service Commission
Lyons
Bertillion
OEIZE
Raine
Essen
Congress
Warriage Licenses
South Lorain Bank
C. A. Benezar
C. J. Fogarassy
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