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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1922
Page
1
The city council heard the first draft of a bus and taxi ordinance detailing vehicle description routes parking, driver qualifications, and licensing fees. It sets bond or insurance requirements from 10 000 to 25 000 cash penalties and lists parking restrictions and appeal process.
Mrs. Mae Friday reports to the council that outside city calls for fire apparatus will be charged from 100 to 250 dollars depending on the subdivision served. The committee’s plan, noting other cities adopting similar fees, was adopted.
In Columbus on March 21, a request asked Attorney General Price for a ruling on whether Edward Baker, 15, of Marion, convicted of murder, can be confined in Mansfield State Reformatory. Judge Grant Mouser, who sentenced Baker, discussed the matter with officials amid debate over legal placement for a youth offender.
Secretary of State Hughes called the charge of a secret U S Britain understanding during the Washington conference absolutely false in a letter to Senator Lodge. Borah read Cravath denials and a pamphlet discussion. White House said the U S has no secret agreement with any power and President Harding urged strong denial.
President Harding and his cabinet met to tackle the looming coal strike after failed attempts at a joint conference between operators and miners. Weeks and Denby presented reports on defense cuts to 115 000 Army and 65 000 Navy, while Hughes led discussion on the Rhine payment and troop withdrawal from Germany.
Red Cross reports 2,500 Lorain county soldiers bonus applications with about half paid. Elyria applicants show higher payment rates, but rural districts lag. Officers have not received checks, only privates. Delays tied to late January and early February submissions. some letters to the State department prompted faster responses.
Fred Frye an undertaker of Lorain sued Dr. M A Brandon a Lorain doctor for injuries from an automobile collision on Seventh street. After both sides presented evidence the case was settled before the jury, with conference and recess preceding the settlement.
Congressman C L Knight and Secretary of State Smith urge voters to choose the nominee, not politicians. Knight indicates possible gubernatorial run, calls for facts on reform, taxation, schools, home rule, and state expenditures, urging straightforward, practical plans over rhetoric.
Mrs H K Boss 49 of Lake Avenue died at her home at 3 45 am after a two year illness. Born Clara Ross in Ridgeville she is survived by husband Earl Edwards two daughters Louise Edwards and Mrs Warner Sharp two sisters Mrs Franc Kaiser and Cha sildemmaster of Sandusky two brothers William and Herbert Ross. Funeral at First Congregational Castalia Friday 1 30 pm with interment there. Washington March 21 Suggestions to change the constitution for senate ratification of treaties not approved by President Harding.
London reports the British government strengthens northern Ireland garrisons and seeks to restore order as Ulster frontier violence escalates. In Belfast raids and arson draw casualties as Loyalists defend homes amid rising sectarian clashes.
A 2 PM meeting at the Union League club seeks to avert a nationwide hard coal strike as wage talks near April 1. Leaders John L. Lewis and Thomas Kennedy attend for the miners, while operators are led by D Warriner and R J Richards. A 4 PM statement from President Lewis is anticipated if talks fail. Nearby Elyria reports a crash injuring several people when a car overturned after colliding with a hay wagon driven by Pete Ternes.
The body of William L. Finley former Democratic state chairman died from cerebral hemorrhages yesterday at McVillan sanitarium Shepard near Columbus. It will be shipped to Cincinnati tomorrow for interment. In Paris a Chinese student attempted to assassinate Minister Cheng Lou last night. police arrested him and cited political motives.
Indianapolis reports an official strike in Anthracite and Bituminous fields mailed from Union Headquarters. New York notes a countrywide suspension order affecting 600000 miners, likely starting April first when contracts expire. Los Angeles covers the tentative June retrial date for Madalynne Obenham in the Kennedy murder case with a hung jury.
Satiro of the streets committee presented a voluminous report outlining the 1922 paving program. Several petitions were approved with conditions while others were rejected for lack of value or readiness, and storm sewer work was prioritized ahead of paving on certain streets.
Officials at Oberlin College deny that Elizabeth Pfliegerer once taught at the Oberlin Conservatory. Professor C. W. Morrison says she was not an instructor and did not complete studies there, having only been a student years ago and briefly again. The Sharon Pennsylvania dispatches claimed she was an instructor, a claim contradicted by the college.
In Columbus on March 21 W D McKinney secretary of the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange said nationwide strike threats will not cause a severe Ohio shortage. He cited large surplus fuel stocks and the ability to import nonunion coal from West Virginia to avert a shortage.
Residents of Birmingham park will endure no electric lights city water or sidewalks as petitions for improvements failed. Committees found homes scattered and property valuable enough to sustain a temporary assessment.
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