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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1928
Page
1
Walter D. Graber files in Lorain county common pleas court asking $10,000 in damages from Johnny Risko for assault and battery alleged April 24, 1928 in Avon Lake Ohio. Graber lists his Lorain address and Risko’s Avon Lake home location.
At Mather Pa the death toll in the mine explosion rose to 49 as four more bodies were recovered and an injured miner died in Waynesburg hospital. Identifications included Dawson Thomas and John Claum. Officials note heavy group insurance for dependents and renewed effort to locate the many missing miners.
On Lodi street and Lake avenue residents thought gunmen were at war as green fire crackers lit up the night. Warren Bailey 23 of North Ridgeville was fined 5 dollars in police court for reckless driving. Harvey Leimbach 20 of LaGrange road paid 5 dollars for disorderly conduct. A 15 year old North Ridgeville boy received a lecture and was sent home. Police note that city ordinance 1552 bans sale and use of fire crackers with penalties up to 100 dollar fine or 30 days imprisonment.
CENTER Tex May 31 a mob stormed the jail and fatally harmed a Black person named Evans who faced charges tied to a farmer. Report says about 20 men dragged him from the jail yard and beat him with a club near a large tree by the court house.
An Elyria auctioneer offered items seized by police including watches bicycles and a dilapidated pocketbook. No bids were placed for appliances gloves soap flashlights or the lot as Cambell-Vander son offered a dime with no buyers. A 15 cent discovery inside the pocketbook underscored the meager draw.
Reports from Cincinnati Hamilton Youngstown and other Ohio locales recount fatalities and injuries. William Halsey seven son of Rev Jesse Halsey died after being struck while directing traffic. J Ernest Grimmer 1 fatally struck by streetcar in Hamilton. Alfonso Liberti 83 killed stepping into traffic in Youngstown. Charles W Grier 53 drowned at Martins Ferry directing carpenter work. O J Harlow 67 fatally injured when horses bolted at Williamsburg. Amedeo De Lorenzo 20 died after scaffold collapse in Hamilton with two others injured. Maurice Finley 15 hanged himself at Pickerington. Frank Netyes 45 found dead in City Hospital psych ward. Knights of Columbus Ohio council opens in Marion with 275 delegates. Mansfield Toledo Columbus Cincinnati bid to host 1929 convention. Police seek knife-wielding robber who struck two east side hotels in Cleveland.
Governor Vic Donahey resumed duties at the Ohio statehouse on May 21 after a three week vacation spent largely in the south. He, Mrs. Donahey, and son Jim returned to Columbus last Thursday following sixteen days south, with rest at Indian Lake. The trip was for Mrs. Donahey’s health, not political maneuvering, the governor said.
In Hamburg on May 21 a deadly phosgene gas cloud caused eleven deaths and 100 injuries as it spread through the city after a tank exploded during transit. Firemen and policemen were among the dead. The gas drifted toward uninhabited areas as rain and east wind later reduced danger. The shipping firm withholds details, and the gas is described as old war material destined partly for destruction and partly for shipment abroad, mainly to the United States.
Elyrian A L Garford controls a company unveiling an electric drive for automobiles that combines generator and motor to remove gears and brakes. After twelve years of experiments demonstrations show potential practicality of the new drive, with continued details on page two.
Commissioners say Lake Road from Lorain to Cuyahoga County line will be rebuilt to 30 feet width with 50 percent funding by Avon Sheffield and county. State Highway Director Schlessinger confirms legality of county paying first 18 feet. project slated to start this summer per Columbus conference agreement.
Deed copy from Heman Ely to Edmund West dated 1822 and filed 1825 outlines parcels for Ely Park in Elyria including Broad and Cedar streets East and West avenues and Middle avenue plus a bounded parcel. The document was provided to the Chronicle Telegraph by Charlies Tucker. Continued on page 2.
The canal zone will send two delegate sets to the Democratic National Convention both seeking seating. One uncommitted, the other for Governor Smith. A Senate committee toured North Carolina probing Smith campaign charges. Josephus Daniels said most of North Carolina’s Democratic committee supported Smith. Maryland’s convention meets Tuesday with expectations to back Governor Ritchie for president and to back his delegation. Mrs. Elia Boole of the WCTU urged in New York that the 18th amendment’s victory would rally votes for Herbert Hoover’s presidential bid.
Rev. R. T Ketcham of the First Baptist church preached the annual Baccalaureate sermon to Hyla Memorial Hospital graduates before a full house. He urged honor for all service professions nursing teaching and ministry, likening them to vessels in a great household and stressing faithfulness to one’s mission.
The senate committee investigating presidential campaign expenditures will study the Ohio primary in detail to learn how much was spent for and against Herbert Hoover. Secretary of state Clarence J. Brown was asked to provide tabulated expense figures from reports filed with his office, with data to be sent to Washington soon.
The trans Atlantic airplane Bremen damaged during a failed take off from Long Point Labrador will be dismantled and shipped to the United States by steamer. Fred Melchoir and Dr Louis Cuisinier abandoned the plan to salvage the craft and departed for Natashquan. Two mechanics remain to oversee dismantling and loading. The mission aimed to recondition the Junkers craft that carried notable fliers across the Atlantic.
Robert W. Stewart of Standard Oil Indiana must stand trial after a DC court upheld the government demurrer to his bar plea. He contends his April appearance before the Teapot Dome committee satisfied the contempt charge, but the court ruled punishment remains possible with a jail term of one month to one year if convicted.
Managua report says General Luis Mena, famed for two Nicaraguan revolutions, was killed at his Palo Verde cattle ranch yesterday after a dispute with a cattle dealer over a deal. The incident occurred near Managua on May 21.
Hermad Van Neil, 51, shot and killed his wife Grace, 48, at their Elyria Avenue home, then wounded himself after a family quarrel. Daughters Sylvia, 12, and Jennie, 15, witnessed the attack. Police say jealousy sparked the double tragedy. coroner ruled death by homicide and death by own action.
Washington May 21 The 227 million tax reduction bill remains unfinished in the Senate with over twenty amendments to act on before passage. Finance Chairman Smoot kept the chamber late to move the measure but could not secure final action. Key proposed amendments target tariff schedules while tariff rider votes were defeated. The bill has been debated over three weeks and, once disposed of, will yield to the Johnson Boulder Farm bill as unfinished business under a prearranged plan. Senate leaders hope to adjourn by next Saturday.
Louis Kellogg sustained a deep cut on the cheek when his auto was struck by a Cleveland Detroit bus on Main Road just west of W nne Saturday afternoon. A passing officer found Kellogg near his wrecked machine and reported it was crowded off the road by the bus.
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