Plea Guilty As Court Opens Many Denied Guilt
The last grand jury indicted prisoners were arraigned before Judge A R Webber. Many pleaded not guilty though some indicated they may change pleas. Names include Joseph Keller Lorain pleaded guilty to burglary and was sent to the Ohio reformatory. Wilbur Green Elyria pleaded guilty to assault after shooting through a door. Several others pleaded guilty to concealed weapons with fines and costs. Not guilty pleas followed for Ellsworth Shellenberger Troy Walker and others with various charges and bonds.
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A. R. Webber
Joseph Keller
Lorain
Melrose Park
Til
Pittsburgh
Ohio Reformatory
Wilbur Green
Elyria
Would
Green
West Avenue
John O’mallen
Ed O'Brian
Webber
Notia
Roosevelt Morrison
Joseph Dillion
Robert J. Morrison
The
National Tube Co
Ellsworth Shellenberger
Felix Temple
Frank Fisher
Ellsworth Price
Canton Youth Slain Police Hound Suspect Chun
Canton Ohio reports Lee Kocher 16 is dead and Glenn Coldren 16 missing after a shooting mystery police pursue suspect Chun. Another item from Reading Pennsylvania notes posse pursuit of three bandits who killed Jonathan Klopp and wounded his father as lynch threats rise.
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Ohio
Canton
Lee H. Kocher
Glenn Coldren
Kocher
Ella Colaren
Coldren
First Trust and Savings Company
Tme
Reading
Robesonia
Jonathan Klopp
Adolphus Klopp
Jonathan
Lorain church funds soar toward one hundred thousand
The First Congregational church campaign to raise 80000 in eight days has raised 82000 in four days and is expected to pass 100000 by next Monday as the drive closes. In another item the Central Railroad of New Jersey is cleared of blame for the Cranford crash that killed four and injured twenty six, per an Interstate Commerce Commission report.
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Lorain
First Congregational Church
Washington
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Cranford
N. J
Interstate Commerce Commission Today
W. P. Borland
Bureau of Safety
Health Standards High in Elyria and County
Elyria and Lorain county boasted strong health metrics from 1921 to 1923 per the State Health Division. Death rates in Elyria hovered around 10.6 to 11.3 per 1000, while county birth rates exceeded deaths with values near 24.8 to 21.9 per 1000. state figures show 128,785 births and 74.7 infant mortality per 1000 live births statewide.
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Elyria
Division of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
Lorain County
Lorain
Norwalk
Sandusky
Ohio
Bureau
Lawrence County
Geauga County
Roosevelt resigns as Navy secretary amid NY GOP nom
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt resigned today as assistant secretary of the navy after receiving the Republican nomination for New York governor. President Coolidge accepted the resignation to take effect immediately. In Syracuse, Alfred E. Smith was renominated by the Democratic state convention amid loud applause.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Coolidge
ARENA
Syracuse
N. Y
Alfred EB
Elyria Girl Wins Army Essay Cup At Camp Perry
Miss Jane Moody a Elyria High School junior wins the Fifth Corps Area U S Army silver loving cup for the best essay on the Citizens Military Training Camp held at Camp Perry. Attorney George H. Chamberlain accepts the cup for presentation before an assembly of students.
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Jane Moody
Ohio
Elyria
Fifth Corps
U. S. Army
Camp Perry
Elyria High School
L. Moody
Park Avenue
Citizens
Attorney Chamberlain
Lorain County
Military Training Camps Association
Roy Harlan
Camp Knox
Citi‘gens
Coolidge Train Kills Brakeman
President and Mrs. Coolidge returned to the White House from Philadelphia unaware that their special train had killed a brakeman named M. D. Plaine. He climbed atop the tender and was struck under a Baltimore bridge, dying almost instantly.
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Washington
New York Central to Install Signals at Ridgeville Crossing
The New York Central will install bell signals and lights at the Dixson road crossing in Ridgeville township. This crossing has a historical record of fatalities, and after initial petitions for grade crossing elimination, the railroad agreed to add a public protection system to reduce danger.
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New York Central
Dixson Road
Ridgeville Township
Last European corn borer quarantine ends at Lorain County
The last European corn borer quarantine guard was removed from southbound highways from Lorain County. The season for sweet corn is nearly over as inspectors have blocked pest migration since mid July. County agent H Rogers notes Lorain saw light infestation while other counties faced heavy losses and urges farmers to cut corn to four to five inches, reducing borers in stubble.
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Lorain County
Bureau of Entomology
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Oberlin College
Lake Counties
American
Ohio
H. Rogers
Rogers
Radio workers killed by high voltage line accident in Summit County
In Barbertown Ohio two radio workers, Mike Rabith and Steve Tackas, both in their twenties, were killed when an aerial contact with a high voltage wire caused fatal electrocution. Tackas' wife and Rabith’s 13 year old son were badly burned.
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Barberton
Radio Today
Summit County
Mike Rabith
Steve Tackas
Arthur Marshall
Dallas
W. Va
Bowling Green
Harry Kahly
Toledo
Moline
Art Bartlessbaugh
Kahl
Marion
James Thomas
Ditcher
Death of Bluffton’s Oldest Resident H P Owens
Mrs. T C Conway of Third Street has learned of the death of her father H P Owens of Bluffton Ohio. He was the county’s oldest resident and well known in the area. Mr and Mrs Conway will attend the funeral services tomorrow.
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T. C. Conway
Third Street
H. P. Owens
Bluffton
Ohio
Conway
Fall Through Trap Door Sends Man to Hospital
Henry Kane of 3204 East Broad Street was admitted to Elyria Memorial Hospital at 11 00 AM after suffering painful injuries to his left leg from a fall through a trap door in a downtown barber shop.
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Henry Kane
East Broad Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Barber Shan
Missing freighter Clifton and crew of 28 presumed lost
Detroit reports that after four nights waiting for news the freighter Clifton and its 28 crew are believed lost. The boat, carrying 3 500 tons of stone from Birmingham, disappeared on Lake Huron after a gale. Officials searched Saginaw Bay and Lake Huron, but only found empty waters and no trace of the vessel or crew. Names of the aboard include Capt Emmet D Gallagher and others from Chicago Green Bay Detroit Sturgeon Bay and more.
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Detroit
Mich
Clifton
Lake Huron
E. J. Crowell
Birmingham Sand and Gravel Co
Saginaw Bay
Crowell
Sturgeon Day
Wis
Mackinaw
Emmet D. Gallagher
Chiscago
Walter J. Oerting
Sturgeon Bay
Vatican Denies Offer to Aid France in Alsace Conflict
Observatore Romano says reports of the Vatican offering France aid to suppress anti-French actions in Alsace are emphatically denied.
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Rome
Romano
Vatican
France
Alsare
Holy Sea
Red Cross reports near completion of Lorain tornado repairs
Director Henry M. Baker notes 775 of 800 damaged Lorain homes have been restored or are under repair. Twenty nine unrepaired houses belong to non residents of Lorain.
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Lorain
Henry M. Baker
The
Red Cross Relief Work
League of Nations Disarmament Plan Faces Setback
Geneva report to day says Japan refused to sign the arbitration protocol within the League of Nations disarmament scheme. France pressed for arbitration, while Japan demanded conciliation review in the international court. Officials note possible impact on future disarmament talks and China tensions.
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League OF Nations
Geneva
Japan
Ramsay MacDonald
Enelan
Edouard Herriot
France
United States
M. Adachi
League
East
China
Soviet Russia
Denial and Confession Highlight Tennessee Poison Case
Mt Vernon Illinois September 26 Denial that Mrs Elsie Sweetin who is charged with murdering her husband Wilford in a love pact with Rev Lawrence M Hight was on a hunger strike was made by Sheriff Vogt who said she has eaten lightly on a milk diet She renounces love for Hight saying he forced her to poison her husband and that she did not want to kill him Hight seeks mercy and a legal fight while Mrs Sweetin retains counsel amid plans to offer hypnotic influence as mitigation
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MT. Vernon, III
Elsie Sweetin
Wilford
Lawrence M. Hight
Vogt
Hight
Mercer
Nashville
Frank Thomason
State Penitentiary
Schooner The Actor Sunk In Dense Boston Fog
The Actor, a Marblehead fishing schooner, was run down and sunk in Boston harbor by the General Bachelor of the Quartermaster's Department in dense fog. Ten crewmen were thrown into the sea and rescued by the government boat. The captain was severely injured and rushed to a hospital after the vessel sank in under three minutes.
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Boston
Actor
Marblehead
Vinge
General Bacheloor
Quartermaster's Department
General Bachelor
Army
New York Journalist and Regents Member Dies Aboard Ship
Herbert L. Bridgman journalist author and regent of the University of the State of New York died September 24 aboard the school ship Newport. Born 1844 in Amherst Massachusetts he led the Peary Auxiliary expedition in 1899 and 1901 and was a recognized authority on polar geography.
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New York
Herbert L. Bridgman
Board of Regents
University of the State of New York
Newport
Brooklyn
Amherst
Mass
Philadelphia corruption probe sparks Justice Dept inquiry
Attorney General Stone announced a thorough investigation into alleged political corruption among federal officers in Pennsylvania after a complaint from William R. Nicholson Jr of the Law Enforcement League of Philadelphia. He invited Philadelphia officials to Washington to discuss the charges and said action would follow the facts.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Stone
Department of Justice
Wuilliag R. Nicholson, Jr
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Law Enforcement League
William R. Nicholson, Jr
Law Enforcement League of Philadelphia
MM Nicholson
Attorrney
Nicholson
Law Enforcement League
Pinchot
Butler-Kendrics
Butler
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