Davies to Testify In His Own Defense In Court Case
Elyria March 16 The Davies defense moves forward as expert R H Bunninger details stock drafts from 1916 to 1919 totaling about sixteen between Davies Bent Otis & Co First National Bank and others. He explains bank plus and shortage accounts and notes a stock transaction discrepancy in City Bank records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davies
Elyria
Otis & Co
Cleveland
R. H Bunninger
First National
Minco Defendants Rapidly Dwindling
Mingo County court at Williamson West Virginia reports progress in a murder trial as Calvin Maley is freed after closing arguments. The number of defendants drops from twenty three to sixteen with Isaac Brewer freed earlier as a key witness.
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S. D. Wayer
S. Banff
Mingo County
Williamson
W. Va
Calvin Maley
Isaac Brewer
Raymond Clark Sees Brewer Kiss Wife in Alienation Suit
WAUKEGAN Ill March 16 Raymond Clark of Grays Lake testified at a $50 000 alienation suit against Wilmer Brewer wealthy bachelor farmer that he saw Brewer kiss Mrs Clark at the top of the stairs and then returned to bed and fell asleep within two minutes.
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Waukegan, Ill
Raymond Clark
Grays Lake
S. B
Clark
Wilmer Brewer
Brewer
Albino robin sighted by attorney on 4th street in Elyria
Attorney Frank Stetson reports seeing a genuine albino robin this year while walking to his office on 4th Street. He says the bird flew by J. T. Burrows yard, landed in a tree, and began to sing, matching a bird previously reported in the area last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Frank Stetson
4Th Street
J. T. Burrows
Stetson
Ohioans own utilities as state’s big owners
Cleveland March 16 Ohioans who hold public utilities securities number about 112000 and with families total near one tenth of the state population. Telephone securities reach 42000, electrical savings 23000, gas 22000, electric traction 20000, water 900 and other Ohio service companies 4000. Indirect ownership through saving banks and life insurance is common. insurance assets and bank deposits greatly back utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Utilities
Utiilties
Cincinnati Girl Victim in Auto Crash on West 8th Street
Miss Alpo Hein, 25, died from a fractured skull when the automobile carrying five people toppled on West 8th Street at 2 a.m. The front wheel jammed in street car tracks and the others were arrested for reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Alpo Hein
West 8Th Street
Municipal Court Bill Likely To Pass Lorain Legislature
Lorain attorneys Judge John M. Harding and Frank Coleman said the state senate committee will report favorably on Senator J. Frank Burke's municipal court bill after conferring with most committee members. They noted the committee favors a Lorain municipal court but believes uniform operation is needed across all municipal courts.
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Lorain
Harding
Coleman
State Senate
J. Frank Burke
John M. Harding
Frank Coleman
Elyrian finds remains while hunting twigs near La Porte bridge
The body of Lucas Szczenski, 59, was found in willows near the La Porte bridge over the Black River by Conrad Goodman, 27, while they gathered twigs to start a fire. Szczenski, last seen March 6, drowned after alighting at Elyria, with no signs of foul play detected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Lucas Szczenski
la Porte Bridge
Black River
Conrad Goodman
Szczenski
Lorain
Birmingham
Erie County
Grafton
Ater
LaPorte
Milk Fallon
Cleveland
Columbus
Southwestern Electric
Szczewski
E. J. Stankard
N. D. Backus
M. E. Perry
Perry
Schultz
National Tube Co
LaPorte Bridge
Approve Committee Action On TAA Leases
Lorain March 11 Members of the Taxation Committee of the Lorain Chamber of Commerce returned from Columbus where they conferred with the citizens taxation committee of the state legislature. They endorsed the Citizens' Committee report on changing tax levies proposed by chambers statewide. The building question aims to reduce state tax levy friction, require an income tax, expand revenue sources, and enable a more enforceable taxing system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Lorain Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Citizens’ Taxation Committee
Citizens’ Committee
Chambers of Commerce
G. W. Dudderar
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati Bank Robber Identified in Chicago Visit
Officials from the Fourth National Bank of Cincinnati plan to identify a man named Marcus Bateman, arrested while trying to dispose of a $10,000 government certificate believed stolen from the Cincinnati Bank three months ago, during their Chicago visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fourth National Bank of Cincinnati
Marcus Bateman
Cincinnati
Pay at you 60 policy urged on legislators by governor
March 16 In caucus republicans in the house agreed to pass the Dunn bill reorganizing state departments to eight from nine by eliminating the department of examinations. The measure will include an emergency clause and go to the senate for hearings. The governor urged a pay as you go policy and backed a constitutional amendment for tax limits and an income tax to relieve Ohio’s debt and fund state services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Repulcan House
House
T In
Senate
Davis
Ohio
English Duplicity Toward OUA Crown in Open Letter
An open letter from Margaret M Madden of Columbus, sent via Capt J J O Doherty, accuses England of a peace propaganda while troops commit atrocities in Ireland. It urges recognition of the Irish Republic by the U S government and describes pledges by P Irish to independence. Meetings in Cincinnati led by Lord Mayor Donal O Callaghan are noted as drawing large crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Donerty
Chronicle-Telegram
Ireland
England
Fngland
Pail Eireann
America
Treland
Henry J. Boland
O'Callaghan
Cincinnati
Donal O’callaghan
Woman establishes herself in lawyer's quarters at Lorain
Lorain March 1 police were called to the office of Attorney D A Cook in the City Bank Building on Pearl Street where a demented woman had established herself and declared she would bring her five children there. She claimed her husband mistreated her and intended making a home in the attorney's offices. Police removed the woman from the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
D. A. Cook
City Bank
Pearl St
Ahe
South Lorain
Twelve Nations Enter For Tennis Tournament
New York March 16 With entries closed for the Davis cup competition and twelve nations entered the draw for the cup to be held today at the United States lawn tennis association offices Australia Argentina Belgium Canada Denmark Czecho Slova kia England France India Japan Philippines and Spain are listed as entrants.
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New York
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Australia
Argentina
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Czecho-Slovakia
England
France
India
Japan
Philippines
Spain
Judge to Decide Knotty Question in Divorce Case
Elyria March 16 Judge Thompson hears a divorce case involving Helen Higgins seeking separation from Louis Higgins. The dispute centers on jurisdiction since Higgins had started proceedings in Cuyahoga County, raising whether this court has the right to hear the case and if Higgins could file there.
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Elyria
Thompson
Helen Higgins
Louis Higgins
Cuyahoga County
Higgins
Farmers Consider Grain Market Plan Meeting
Colovels March 16. Explanations of the marketing plan of the grain marketing committee of 17 are to be made today at an all meeting of the executive committees of the Ohio farm bureau federation the Ohio state grange the farmers and grain dealers association and other organizations of farmers. Today's conferees are to select five delegates for Chicago on April 6 where national farmer organizations may endorse the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colovels
Grain Marketing Committee of
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio State Grange
Farmers and Grain Dealers Association
Chicago
National Organizations of Farmers
Elyria Judge Urges Higher Standards at YMCA Banquet
Judge Walter D. Mears of Elyria warned that most who tell others how to run business fail themselves and urged honesty integrity and devotion to country as the path to success. He admired President Harding’s plain Americanism and noted nine of 28 U S presidents lacked college training. He cited Washington and Lincoln as examples who learned beyond formal schooling. The address honored retiring club secretary H I Perry and looked ahead to Elyria’s future Young Men's Business Club installation in Fremont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Walter D. Meals
Cleveland
Young Men’s Business Club
Chamber of Commerce
Mears
Harding
White House
U. S
LA. S
Washington
Lincoln
Braddock
H. I. Perry
Fremont
Perry
Elyria Club
Premont
Lorain Feels Momentum in Proposed Municipal Court
Elyria March 16 Attorney Frank Coleman of Lorain said the state legislature will act soon on Lorain’s proposed municipal court. Coleman appeared in Columbus before the committee handling the bill. The panel agreed the judge’s salary should be 4000 a year instead of 3500 and favored reporting the measure.
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Elyria
Frank Coleman
Lorain
Court House
Coleman
Columbus
Kramer Dies Dayton March 16
Dr. J. D Kramer aged 47 died in Dayton this morning after several weeks of illness. He practiced medicine in the city and is survived by his widow and two children. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Dayton
J. D Kramer
Poker player Dunkle charged after fatal shooting
In Fremont on March 16 Robard Dunkle held three aces but Ross Wickersham laid down a flush to win the pot. A witness testified at Dunkle's trial for the slaying of Wickersham that he started an argument leading to the fatal shooting.
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Fremont Nob
Robard Dnkle
Ross Wickersham
Dunkle
Wickersham
Robbery charges against Clifton Wood trio in Lorain incident
Clifton Wood Oscar Stalla and Paul Rose were bound over to the grand jury on charges of attempted robbery and agg raving with intent after a hotel district abduction in Lorain. Star witness Adam Austen and hotel clerk Agsten identified the defendants as the assailants who beat and robbed Jultus, taking $49 total. Bond set at $1000 each. two other suspected men were discharged.
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Elyria
Adam Austen
Frank Joltus
Asaph R. Jones
Clifford Wood
Oscar Stalla
Paul Rose
Grant
Aggscutting
Joltus
Bond
Jultus
Willys ~ Overland
Lorain
Ohio
Broad Street
West Avenue
Julius
Lester
Wood
Stalin
Agsten
Council
aAgsten
Rose
Austen
Stalla
Widder
Woman Finds Large Sum of Money in Business District
Elyria police received a pocket book found by Mrs Mahon of 123 Spruce Street containing an unusually large amount of cash. Officers said the owner could have identification and praised the finder as an unusually honest woman after she handed it to them.
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Elyria
Marauder Kills Giant Rabbits In Elyria Warren
Elyria March Stegiman reports his rabbit warren at 16 Robert Lake avenue suffered losses last night when an unknown animal killed seventeen Flemish Giant rabbits weighing seven to fourteen pounds each. Neighbors Pixley and Clements lost six and one rabbits respectively. The killer left backs broken in all cases and Stegiman suspects a red fox or possibly a ferret. capture efforts will be pursued.
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Elyria
March
Stegiman
Robert
Lake Avenue
Pixley
Clements
Stegman
Breaks Open Iron Chest In Grocery Burglary
A safe burglary occurred at Josph Nemesek’s grocery at 400 West 22nd Street in Lorain between 3 and 4 am. Yeggs pried a rear door, unlocked the safe, then fled when Mrs. A. Blear’s footsteps woke her. Police note a large amount of money was in the safe.
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Lorain
Josph Nemesek
West 22Nd Street
A. Blear
Yeggs
Blear
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MINCO
Robin
Orioans
Elyrian
SFEW
Macready
Bernard Ryan
Patrick Doyle
Themias Bryan
Frank Flood
Loraia
Walter
Young Men's Business Club
H. H. Perry
AGT
Lorain Court
Kramer
Fos
Clifton Wood
Donald Dean
George Smith
Amherst
Cleveland Stone Co
Amherst Township
Clifford
Victor Herbert
Herbert
Parkway Hotel
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