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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1921
Page
1
Ohio Governor Davis endorses ending the $20 per month state employee salary bonus. Aimed at efficiency, he favors an emergency fund for justified adjustments and merit-based pay, with department reorganizations to reduce staff and curb costs.
Ohio farm bureau officials report thousands of gallons of maple syrup bought to flavor chewing tobacco. Ohio grows about 40 million pounds of tobacco yearly, mainly in eight southwestern counties and surrounding river counties. C W Wald of the federation will address the crop situation as M D Lincoln oversees plans with district committees. A Louisville meeting next Tuesday will bring tobacco growers from Ohio and neighboring states.
Announcement says Wheeling Steel Corporation local sheet mills will resume operations April 4. The hot mill department will remain idle for several months.
Washington reports say the French government is not concerned with accusations in Paris about U S Revolutionary War debts. Officials note no inquiry, direct or indirect, had been received in the United States regarding the charges.
Sam Lurpera, returned from Los Angeles, pleads not guilty at arraignment before Judge A. J. Pearson regarding the December 21 payroll robbery and double shooting of Wilfred Sly and George K. Fanner, with a signed confession obtained on the return trip.
The Naval Academy won its first baseball game of the season at Annapolis by defeating Princeton 3 to 2. The contest was scoreless through the first four innings.
A March dispatch from Pomona California reports 100000 Chinese dead and 400 square miles devastated by a long earthquake in north western China. Fire followed the tremor burning towns, with about 10000 buried alive in a single instance as looting and religious conflict are mentioned near Ku Youen and Ching Yuen in Kansu.
Washington March 26 President Harding greeted Easter tourists in a busy day with 610 people in line for handshakes. He set no new record, as 1200 had greeted him last week. Mrs Harding also welcomed about a hundred visitors in the Blue Room.
The privy council fixed May 23 as the date to implement the government of Ireland act. On that day Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Ireland, will issue proclamations summoning parliaments in north and south Ireland. Elections will be held in May and administration will transfer to Irish authorities with the new financial system following.
Charles Harold wealthy Tipton turf man was attacked by a white man and two Mexicans on a Lawton street. He fought them off for a block before being stabbed from behind and throat cut. Edward Young and Gregorio Lopez arrested. knife found on Young. Public fear of mob violence follows.
In Elyria the probate court weekly report lists actions by Judge Wilcox. Names include guardianships and administrators for estates in Lorain Wellington Amherst Ridgeville Grafton Black River and related bonds ranging from 200 to 31000 dollars. Wills for Pauline Wilbur and Charles Jacobs filed for probate.
Wheat remained abundant during the week and headed for new yearly lows as export demand waned and a large harvest arrived. Corn fell as well, with many new low price records reached across markets.
Madrid reports King Alfonso will join Easter Sunday church services in the palace chapel after recovering from grippe. Doctors have ordered cancellation of the traditional Holy Week foot washing ceremony for beggars.
Washington reports that American women set Easter Sunday gatherings in 15 states to push disarmament as a path to universal peace. The Women’s World Disarmament Committee aims to present resolutions to President Harding and Congress, urging an international disarmament conference and a White House meeting before April 11.
Benjamin Goldsmith of Goldsmith Brothers was arrested by order of the district attorney as part of a probe into swindling operations estimated at 300000 to 400000 dollars. He faces grand larceny charges with bail set at 50000 pending grand jury presentation. Complainant Benjamin Reicher links Goldsmith to his bankruptcy after a four hour interrogation.
Elyria Legion selects Art Richwine to lead the post succeeding David Hamlin who resigned to take a government role in Columbus. Hamlin will report to Columbus for a lucrative posting in the Secretary of State's auto registration department.
March 26. Sam Purpera, a self confessed bandit, identified as one of the gang that killed Wilfred Caly and George Fanner and fled with the payroll. Purpera arraigned for double murder and pleaded not guilty, claiming he did not fire shots. Under Ohio law it is not necessary to prove who fired the shots to convict.
In Jasper and Newton counties near Atlanta March 26 a manhunt uncovered five slain enslaved people buried on John Williams's plantation. Clyde Manning led officials to the site. a river recovery later surfaced another body, bringing total victims to nine in the murder farm case.
New Orleans reports Manager McGraw concerned by swelling hospital list of the New York Giants. Goldie Rapp, now third baseman, hospitalized with pneumonia and influenza. Curtis Walker and Frank Frisch out with leg injuries.
Ohio economists report a broad surplus of farm labor across counties, with wages falling to about 40 dollars a month plus board. Rise in industrial releases and lower demand keep numbers high, while producers face cautious crop planning amid volatile prices and favorable wheat and meadow conditions.
March 26 Dublin recorded its third bombing attack within ten hours as bombs struck a car carrying British forces north of Rotunda hospital. Two occupants and two civilians were injured, sparking a near panic as bystanders fled the scene while attackers escaped.
The U S Attorney General Harry M Daugherty says Eugene V Debs has not been pardoned and there is no truth to reports of a pardon. He notes the investigation is incomplete and no recommendation has reached the president. Debs remains imprisoned in Atlanta for espionage law violations.
Lawrence March 24 The ideal family budget for clothing a family of five is about 16 percent of yearly income, a Kansas University home economics study finds. If the wife sews and the children and husband make garments, a $2,400 income allows $484 yearly for clothes with detailed allotments for each member and $41.74 for incidentals.
Americans to ship goons to Germany with U S government backing. War Finance Corporation officials announce a reversal of Wilson era policy, forecasting larger scale trade resumption between American and German firms. Director Angus W McLean says the aloof stance at war is ended and a new program will extend government aid to exporters sending raw materials to German destinations.
Charleston reports state banks and trust companies in West Virginia increased savings deposits by more than 10 million in the last months. February figures show loans and deposits at 149 million and total resources at 233 million. Savings deposits reach 42.25 million.
March 26 report says a House sub committee agreed on an 11 cent per pound duty on wool in the grease. The rate matches the Payne Aldrich bill. No final decision on washed or cured wool duties, but they will not exceed Payne Aldrich levels.
President Harding backs a large fund to aid suffering in Ireland and replies to Morgan J. O'Brien and the executive committee. The effort includes a monster benefit at the New York Metropolitan Opera House on April 3 with endorsement from Herbert Hoover and various U S senators. Page 28 continued.
March 26 Bishop Owen Corrigan was named administrator of diocesan affairs while a successor to Cardinal Gibbons is chosen. Names speculated include Bishops OConnell Richmond Russell Charleston Monaghan Wilmington Curley St Augustine Haid North Carolina and Shahan rector of the Catholic University Washington.
Rosa Sebbio 35 was shot and fatally wounded by his brother in law Louie Stabile 32 after a heated family quarrel in Niles Ohio. Sebbio allegedly attacked with a taser causing two facial gashes before Stabile fired a revolver, Sebbio died en route to hospital. Stabile surrendered claiming self defense.
Berlin reports a red wave threatening civil warfare as communists vow a bloody Easter. In Hisleben a massed counter assault followed a police defeat with twenty communists and two police killed. The movement aims for a general strike though nationwide walkout has not yet formed.
Miss Emma Hoffman a silk mill worker in Burlington New Jersey was scalped when her hair was caught in a shafting pulley. Workers attempted to free her by cutting hair but she refused. The hanging weight pulled hair from her scalp as they struggled to untangle her.
The Red Star freighter Triumph under Captain William George arrived in Boston after aiding the Galoc and the Roberta Ray amid heavy ice off Newfoundland. The gale and ice forced multiple hawser failures, but Triumph towed Galoc, rescued Captain Charles Rose and five crew, and later released the tow to Lansdowne as fuel ran low.
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