Prisoner Shot During Escape Attempt At Reformatory
CHILLICOTHE O March 11 A E McDonald superintendent of the federal reformatory refused to confirm reports that a prisoner was shot and killed last night while attempting to escape Williams Lowery a local undertaker said he moved a body from the reformatory hospital but was not advised of the man's identity the man was reported to have been shot in one lung.
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Chillicothe
A. E. McDonald
Federal Reformatory
McDonald
Wiliam Lowery
Reformatory Hospital
Former Councilman and Son Sentenced in Land Purchases
Cleveland March 11 Former Councilman Liston G Schooley and his son Liston Gresham Jr were sentenced for receiving 33250 graft in land purchases. Schooley Sr draws five years in prison and his son one year. They pleaded guilty to defrauding the city in buying a playground site.
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Cleveland
Mar
Liston G. Schooley
Liston Gresham, Jr
Schooley
State Penitentiary
Charles L. Biggs
George S. McCeachren
Michael Froelich
Schooleys
Ray T. Miller
Harmond G. Atwater
Atwater Realty Company
Elsha's Board of Trade drive ends in Connecticut campaign shift
Elsha's Board of Trade organization and expansion company heads toward closure Monday aiming for 18150. Robert Coburn, campaign director, announced progress after Saturday sales crews cut the shortage from 454 to about 300, with plans to raise it today. As the drive nears completion, headquarters on Broad Street prepare to close and Coburn will move to Bridgeport to run a similar effort. The local drive, initially set to end March 7, was extended after workers remained 1831 short but expected to meet the goal.
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Elsha
Board of Trade
Robert Coburn
Coburn
Broad Street
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Carmi A Thompson to probe Xenia home
Col. Carmi A Thompson of Cleveland was named to investigate the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at Xenia. Governor Cooper said the probe follows complaints about the institution's management and internal difficulties and may extend to other state homes to map a broader reform program.
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Columbus
Carmi A. Thompson
Cleveland
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home
Xenia
Cooper
Xeaia
Attendance record owners honored as Sunday school veteran
Arbert R. B. Hoover of Bucyrus Ohio mails a long time Sunday school attendance record to the Chronicle Telegram. Hoover has not missed a Sunday school in twenty years and is praised by his church. The paper offers five dollars for similar records. Dr Stresemann to resign soon Geneva March 11 reports health concerns prompt resignation despite doctors orders.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Arbert R. B. Hoover
Woodlawn Avenue
Bucytus
Hoover
Furs
Presbyterian Church
Bucyrus
Sandar
Stresemann
Geneva
Gustav Stresemann
Costly hotel blaze hits Reading Pennsylvania hotels
In Reading Pennsylvania the Colonial and Belmont hotels were destroyed by fire. The blaze trapped 35 guests as stairways ignited. several were rescued via smokey halls, a fire escape, or life nets. Dozens injured and missing, with damage estimated at 500000. Abe Selleck, 57, of Cleveland Heights, jumped from the second floor and is in serious condition.
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Reading
Colonial
Belmont
I Njuries
Abe Selleck
Cleveland Heights
Hoover to form national inquiry on court procedures
Washington reports President Hoover plans a broad legal inquiry into the federal judiciary, not prohibition enforcement. The commission will include top attorneys and a federal judge, may hear from district attorneys and judges, and be divided into sub committees to examine court procedures and jury matters. The goal is a rapid, public study with a December report.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Justice Department
Commission
National Defense
Coolidge
White House
Congrese
Three Boys Rescued After Boat Capsize in Ohio River
In Cincinnati on March 11, the A. D. Kenna tow boat crew saved three Bellevue Kentucky youths Ray Bricking Frank Phipps and Frank Cumming from drowning after their boat capsized in river rollers. Captain Wilbur Chapman spotted the danger and initiated rescue as lifeboat crews retrieved the boys. Bricking clung to his watch and hat while the others huddled together awaiting help.
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Cincinnati
A. D. Kenna
Bellevue
Ohio River
Ray Bricking
Frank Phipps
Frank Cumming
Wilbur Chapman
Tom Vanmeier
Charles Simms
Bricking
Simms
Revolt News Lowers Hope for Quick Break in Mexico
In El Paso on March 11 rebel and federal forces mass near Torreon as a coming battle could decide the revolution. Generals on both sides act as press agents claiming vast northern territory and 10,000 troops ready to strike. The Mexican consulate counters that rebel claims are exaggerated.
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EL Paso
Tex
Torreon
Merrilly
Juarez
Mexico
Lorain Man Fatally Hit by Auto on Eighteenth Street
Lorain Ohio March 11 Paul Dusky 55 Eighteenth Street fatally injured when struck by a car at Eighteenth Street and Elyria Avenue He died Sunday morning at 9 o clock in St Josephs Hospital Dr E R Arnold Lorain driver of the auto that struck Dusky took the injured man to the hospital Witnesses say Dusky stepped into the street narrowly dodged one car then was brushed down by a second and run over by Dr Arnold s car The coroner Mines E Perry viewed the body Police did not hold any of the auto drivers
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Lorain
Paul Dusky
Eighteenth Street
Elyria Avenue
St. Joseph’s Hospital
E. R. Arnold
Dusky
Decree Annuls Church Laws of Mexico Emitted
Dispatches from Durango report a decree annulling Mexico’s church laws and authorizing return to the country of all Catholic prelates. The measure is said to grant freedom to ministers priests bishops and others across the territory. Trebels captured Juarez last Friday, El Paso reports via United Press.
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EL Paso
Tet
United Press Today
Durango
Mexico
Ren
J. G. Escobar
Revolutionary Movement
Trebels
Juarez
Escobar
Larger airship than Graf Zeppelin planned for next autumn
Dr Hugo Eckener, builder of the Graf Zeppelin, announced in Munich that he aims to accelerate the building of a larger airship to pursue a new trans Atlantic flight next autumn. He spoke yesterday, outlining the plan to push development and testing to achieve the longer voyage.
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Munich
Hugo Eckener
Opposition 10 Police Court discussed by Lorain trustees
Discussion of the municipal court bill pending in the legislature was the main topic at the Lorain county township trustees and clerks meeting. Carlisle and Ridgeville townships oppose it, arguing costs and loss of local justice courts.
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Lorain County
Court House
Carlisle
Ridgeville
Elyria
J. SJ. Vaughn
Vaughn
Justice Court
C. R. Summers
Common Pleas
James A. Hewitt
Crr
Summers
P. H. Rogers
Lorain
Francis Seibering
Federal Highway Commission
Erie Avenue
Robbett Waid
Buckley to be sentenced after appeal postponement
Former state treasurer Bert B. Buckley convicted of conspiring to bribe a prohibition agent will be sentenced Wednesday or Thursday, as Judge Benson W. Hough postpones to allow appeals. Sperber and Schrimper, both pled guilty, will also be sentenced. Eckhart’s protection for Jackson brewery beer remains at issue.
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Columbus
Bert B. Buckley
Benson W. Hough
Buckley
Hough
Cincinnati
Joseph Sperber
Jackson Brewery
John L. Schrimper
John
L. Eckhart
Jackson Concern
Murderer May Tell of Escape from Pottsville Jail
Elverez Miguel, a convicted murderer, may testify before a grand jury about his Saturday escape after he shot his way free. He was captured near Blackwood colliery following a gunfire exchange, and claimed cold drove him to surrender. A jailhouse confession by Sunday school teacher Clara Fessler said she provided the gun to “scare” the guard.
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Pottsville
Elverez Miguel
Miguel
Judse Hicks
Louise Jacks
Blackwood
Miquel
Clara Fessler
Suffers Gash In Forehead After Night Accident
William Sullivan, 45, of 114 Clark Street, was found on Tannery Street Friday night at 11 p m with a deep gash in his forehead. He was taken to Memorial Hospital and is under care. Police suspect a fall against a building or pavement. Gust Koehn, 253 Columbus Street, who was with Sullivan, was arrested on a charge of intoxication.
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William Sullivan
Clark Street
Tannery Street
Memorial Hospital
Sullivan
Gust Koehn
Columbus Street
Jones Law Reactions Stir Prohibition Debate
The Jones bill raising jail terms for convicted bootleggers spurs wide reaction from supporters opponents and the bill’s author Senator Wesley Jones of Washington. He says the measure will curb enforcement problems and aridity, noting some bootleggers quit under the threat of prison and prices rise as supply tightens. Wet leaders warn harsher penalties may provoke wider resistance and drive some toward riskier illicit liquor. Continued on Page 2.
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Washington
Wesley Jones
United Press
United States
Ttam
Jones
Senate
Wshington
Elyria Girl Born On April First Noted By Reader
A ten year old Elyria girl, Lucille Coen of 153 Bellave, wrote to the editor to confirm she was born on April 1. The letter invites others born on April Fool’s Day to write in, highlighting a small community curiosity.
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Elyria
Lucille Coen
Bellave
Sailor Plunges From King Edward Hotel Fire
In Hong Kong a blaze at the King Edward hotel killed four foreigners including a woman and left many injured. An American fireman, Stephen Kish, died after leaping from a window and missing a life net. American sailors from the visiting fleet were among the guests. several others remained missing as the hotel burned.
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Hong Kong
King Edward Hotel
Stephen Kish
G.S.S
Memphis
J. E. Wentz
Wfe
Rotary Club to hear Elyria debaters Tuesday
Elyria high school's two debate teams will present samples at the Rotary Club meeting on Tuesday. They will offer parts of their arguments for the upcoming Friday debates on abolishing the major system for trying civil cases in Ohio. Teams researched at the Cleveland Library over the weekend.
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Elyria High School
Rotary Club
Fridex Nic
Ohio
Rotary
Cleveland Library
Elyria
Lorain High School
Statium
Council to discuss Municipal Court bill tonight in Elyria
Elyria city council meets tonight with Lorain County Bar Association to debate the proposed Municipal Court for Elyria and surrounds. Opponents led by Attorney A H West plan to be represented by Frank Stevens and Henry Ingersoll Sr. Three townships Carlisle Elyria Ridgeville oppose the bill. Mayor Hewitt opposes the measure as taxpayer burden. Further meetings with bar members are planned before final legislative instructions.
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Elyria
Sclons
Loraitt County Bar Association
Frank Stetson
Samuel Deutsch
Dan Symons
A. H. West
Akron
Frank Stevens
Henry Ingersoll, Sr
Carlisle
Ely‘ria
Ridgeville
West Tony
West
Jittie
James A. Hewitt
Bar Association
Lorain
No More White Crosses Planned Along Ohio Highways
Columbus Ohio March 17 State Highway Director Robert Wald said existing white crosses marking dangerous spots will stay and no new crosses will be added He noted about 160 sites remain and that clustering could resemble a cemetery on some stretches for the public to see
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Columbus
Robert N. Wald
Waid
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