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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1925
Page
1
Rev William Muir Avid, pastor of the First Congregational church, urged a Common Chest Campaign to raise 97000 for local needs. He argued that one centralized appeal avoids multiple solicitations and ensures funds go to the most needy.
Indictments read to a Lorain County grand jury defendants who appeared in court entered pleas or stated plea intentions. George Williams confessed to forging a $50 check at First National Bank of Wellington and received reformatory time. Others pleaded guilty to liquor, non support, or assault and battery and were bound for further proceedings or released on bonds.
Carbon monoxide gas from a home stove was blamed for the sudden illness of six Ohio State University coeds after a party at which homemade candy fudge was served. The state health department announced a full investigation and ruled out pomarine poisoning as a cause.
Six bandits blasted a safe at the Gulf Refining Company in Brooklyn near Gardner and Maspeth Avenues. They fled by motorboat with $15,000 after binding the watchman Joan King. Police searched by launches as the crew on nearby barges found the injured watchman.
Mrs. Marle S Gilman secretary of the Associated Charities announced that eleven families across the county have given up their boarding homes for children. They cited moving and opening their homes to private care as reasons. To qualify homes must meet building sanitation and maintenance standards and keep sleeping rooms well ventilated and lit. Health and moral conditions must support child welfare with an alternate income source required.
In Noblesville on November 14 the trial of former Klan dragon D. C. Stephenson and aides Lars Gentry and Earl Klines for the alleged murder of Marge Oberholtzer proceeded at 11:56. Burglaries in Lorain on November 14 saw entry at 687 Reid Avenue with theft of a ladies manicure set two watches and two pearl necklaces valued at 150. Grall takes oath as Mayor Elect after receiving certificate of election. State inspectors from the Workmen’s Shops Factories and Public Buildings toured Elyria for routine checks.
A campaign to raise funds for the Community Chest begins Monday, stressing the slogan Its A Lift That Counts Take Hold. The piece argues the lift helps stalled neighbors, hospitals, Salvation Army, Associated Charities, and youth facilities, urging all to participate with effort and will.
Shelby mayor warns residents against accepting higher gas rates as Logan Gas Co seeks Public Utilities Commission approval. City Solicitor D W Miers will attend Columbus hearings November 18 and 19 to oppose the rate hike, arguing it harms consumers in the long run.
Dr J L Adams a veterinarian was fatally shot on Lake City main street early today by Lierd Pearce who was beaten by bystanders after Adams accused Pearce of stealing his wife s affections. Funeral services for Vernon Triplett set for Monday at 2 00 pm from 120 Middle Avenue led by Rev W L Burner with Eagles lodge honor guards and Greenline motorists as honorary pallbearers.
Cairo reports archaeologists slowly unwrapping the mummy of Tutankhamen. The body shows elaborate gold deckings with a beautiful double crown symbolizing dual rule of upper and lower Egypt. Scientists study the gilded covering to learn its application method and significance.
Prosecutor D A. Baird filed a demurrer arguing improper action seeks to stop an injunction by Christopher Harrison. The move aims to prevent exhumation of Stanley Perry and inquest into death with an upcoming hearing in Columbus before the Supreme Court on November 20.
At the Oberlin College annual board meeting in the administration building the trustees elected Jove Patterson of Toledo to membership, succeeding retiring member D. F. Metcalf. Patterson, managing editor of the Toledo Blade, received the honorary Master of Arts degree last June. The report notes a $6,000,000 expenditure to meet requirements and lists re elected alumni trustees and other officials.
The House Ways and Means Committee discusses placing cereal beverage producers under strict federal supervision with licenses and a $100 annual tax. Treasury officials say licensing could curb the flood of high powered beer, while critics note many near beer outlets operate nationwide, especially in New York and Pennsylvania.
Abraham Levin, a beverage broker, admits operating a nationwide beer and whiskey back ring. He says details will go to a new federal grand jury in Chicago. Revelations involve prominent figures in New York and Pennsylvania and point to Chicago as a headquarters with eastern and midwestern cities also implicated.
Tim Carroll city engineer faces manslaughter charges after a wreck near Plainsboro that killed eleven and injured twenty nine. Autenreith blamed Carroll for not using emergency brakes despite seeing a stop signal. Carroll released on ten thousand dollar railroad bail. Grand Jury will consider the case. Prosecutor Strickler to question him in Middlesex County. Bodies of victims are being shipped to families.
The Hague November 13 cabinet resignations followed by Catholic ministers leaving amid failure to withdraw from re siting at the Vatican. The move precipitates the cabinet's collapse as Catholic members tendered their resignations earlier in the week.
News reaches Los Angeles of the death of Ethel Ashbridge Kelble before marriage Miss Ethel Kelble of this city. She had been in poor health three years and is survived by siblings in Lorain Cleveland and California. Funeral rites were conducted by an in law minister. She died October 18 in Los Angeles. Next week’s weather outlook notes rains mid and late week across the Ohio Valley region and generally cool early week with near normal temperatures thereafter.
Washington November 23 defense for Colonel William Mitchell resumes next week as witnesses and thousands of documents are examined. Rear Admiral William Sims suspended as a witness, while rebuttal testimony and delays draw criticism from Rep Frank R Reid.
Dispatch from Mukden reports Cheng Tso Lin orders all Fengtien forces to withdraw to Mandura amid rebel Wu Pei Fu crackdown. Wu Pei Fu declared in rebellion and his troops to be suppressed by government forces.
The Logan Gas Company filed a new rate schedule with the State Utilities Commission proposing December 4 5 6 for all consumers in about 72 Ohio municipalities and districts. The plan would charge 1 00 for the first 500 cubic feet of gas and 69 cents for each 1000 cubic feet beyond that amount.
The Slocan section was chosen as best by the Community Chest drive committee. Submissions came from Dr Shefield and committee members R C Maston J B S Johnron and A C Huduti of the Chronicle Telegram offer.
Lorain reports the American Legion pursuing 150 million sun captured from Germans as part of the World War effort. Efforts to locate the funds are tied to a state quota and county actions. In other news, H. I. Braman Co. sues W. G. Bennett for 500 dollars over alleged wrongful dismissal of a Cleveland coach. In Cincinnati, Rep Langley must serve two years in federal prison for conspiracy related to whiskey shipments.
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