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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1926
Page
12
Avon Lake waterworks and filtration plant bids were rejected by the county commissioners this afternoon. New bids are asked for, with October fifteenth set for opening. The engineer's estimate for construction was 277,000 dollars, and the county will finance the project with taxpayers assessed on the tax duplicate.
Akron dispatch reports a Lorain woman, 34, Mrs Joe Majjasie, severely injured when her car was struck by a Pennsylvania freight train at Bettes Corner crossing in Avon. Her husband Charles, 45, had minor injuries. The vehicle was about 50 feet from the crossing when the warning light was finally seen.
President Coolidge will attend the Army Navy football game in Chicago on November 27. He will depart Washington on Friday afternoon November 26 and return to the White House after the game, and he will make no speeches during the trip.
Twenty four cases are scheduled for investigation today by the grand jury. Yesterday thirty seven witnesses were examined in ten cases reviewed by Prosecutor Ti A. Laird. The second degree murder charge against Anthony Garcia for the killing of Joseph Guteries was heard.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Local American Red Cross Chapter last night set plans for a membership roll call. Mrs. Howard Barbour was elected permanent disaster relief chairman and joined the executive committee. The Red Cross is actively soliciting funds for Florida relief.
A committee from the Ohio Grape Growers Association asked Cyrus W Locher, director of commerce, for state aid to find a market for their products. They warned that many Ohio vineyard owners face bankruptcy as the public hesitates to buy raw grape juice amid fears of prohibition raids. Locher promised cooperation.
Sheriff Underhill State Prohibition Agent Rankin and Jack Melzger stopped two machines in Sheffield township loaded with liquor. George Basse of Lorain pleaded not guilty to transporting liquor and possession with trial set and $1000 bond. Rankin says Basse tar held over 100 gallons. Roy Makin of Cleveland to be arraigned in Avon for a car containing about 60 gallons of booze.
James Hagen of this city is defendant in two $25,000 damage suits filed in the common pleas court. Lewiss and Jennie Hagen of Elyria are plaintiffs, claiming injuries from an automobile collision on the Norwalk Bellevue road on May 21. The petition states Hagen's auto ran into a slump and struck a telegraph pole at a curve, injuring the two women as guests in the car.
Cal W. B. Collins announced orders for the withdrawal of all National Guard troops from the Miami storm area tonight. The move follows reports that a fresh storm is unlikely to hit Miami, ending the deployment in the district.
A Shanghai dispatch reports five hundred foreigners isolated and held in Chengdu, Szechwan, serving headquarters for mission societies. A Chinese secret society offers fifty dollars for each foreigner killed amid fighting between Cantonese troops and General Sun Chuan-fang forces.
State Senator J F Burk of Elyria, head of the Primary Defense League, challenged opponents offering $1900 to prove that 66 percent of petition circulators are real. He cited a letter to Charles J Knight claiming only a quarter of circulators are genuine and that many denied involvement. Burke said eight of 160 circulators could be found and many denied seeing the petition.
The primary referendum committee dissolves and a new Primary Modification Committee forms in Columbus. Charles L. Knight of Akron chairs the old group and fronts the new effort. Louis H. Brush of East Liverpool named treasurer and Nathan E. Cook of Cleveland executive secretary. Headquarters to be opened at Columbus.
Ohio search widens for missing Isabe Zendarski after she was abducted from Orwell. Suspects entered through a window while she slept with siblings Edward and Viola. Detectives and local authorities pursue leads. reward possibility discussed as posse teams comb woods and countryside.
A Teheran report says Persian authorities uncovered a plot to kill Shah Reza Khan. Several conspirators were arrested. The Shah was proclaimed in December after the dynasty’s overthrow. Crown Prince Shapur Mohammed Reza was named heir apparent.
New York reports French tennis star Suzanne Lenglen arrives with mother and seven trunks to pursue professional tennis. She cites Mila Gade and Trudy Ederle as inspirations and signals a shift from amateur status to independence in her career.
In New York on September 29, the defense won a preliminary victory by getting Judge Mack to rule that George E. Williams is now to be considered a conspirator. The ruling concerns testimony by Richard Merton about conversations with Williams connected to efforts that allegedly recovered 7 000 016 seized alien property. The jury was excused until 2 pm as motions to dismiss the indictment proceed.
Indications point to an escaped or discharged patient from a local insane asylum as the motive force behind the murder of 8 year old Eva May Crook in Liberty Indiana. A handkerchief bearing Cincinnati asylum laundry marks tied the suspect to the crime scene near Bear Creek.
Four rescue parties working to save 43 men trapped in the G Pabst mine of the Oliver—Tren Mining Co report progress. Distances from entombed workers shown as teams drill and blast through hard rock, cross cuts opened to reach the eighth level, with Friday hoped for rescue.
George Johnson, a Black resident of Cleveland, was arraigned in probate court and admitted fatally stabbing Beil Edwards after a quarrel in the western part of the city. Edwards died at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Johnson is bound over to the grand jury on murder charges after admitting the stabbing. Police say witnesses questioned Johnson’s account.
Canton report states two young brothers aged 2 and 4 died from smoke inhalation after a fire at their Massillon home. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon while their mother Mere Steff Fields was away shopping. authorities believe the children may have been playing with matches.
Lee Vedder of 116 Fourth St was in two separate collisions on Mast River Stand yesterday. His car sideswiped a parked vehicle owned by Alfred Dent on east Mast River Street, then Vedder was struck again sending his car into a sedan owned by H C Breckly on Clark Street. Breckly’s car and Vedder’s suffered heavy damage as both other drivers fled the scene. Police report no one stopped to investigate.
The Los Angeles dirigible will fly from Lakehurst New Jersey to Youngstown Ohio on October 11 for the opening ceremonies of the municipal port. City officials say the event will attract aeronautical men from across the country as Army and Navy pilots participate in maneuvers.
The burned bodies of Crearge Brown a state prison inmate and Ralph Morse an Indian section member were found after fighting a forest blaze that threatened Carson City. Warden Mitchell, another prisoner, was believed dead as the fire swept through the forests between Carson City and Lake Tahoe with the wind driving the flames.
Mrs Frances Stevens Hall discusses her relation to the murder case in New Brunswick while denying involvement. She claims innocence, shows concern about press portrayal, and says she is not afraid of the trial. Her remarks touch on a former state trooper and family members connected to the investigation.
A tropical hurricane struck Vera Cruz state causing five feet of flooding in Vera Cruz city and extensive damage in Corboda Jabapa and surrounding villages. Dozens of small towns were wiped out and several steamers sunk with many feared dead. Government and embassy efforts struggle to confirm American casualties as a second hurricane threat looms toward Jalapa Cordoba. A special government train was sent from Mexico City to assess the damage along the coast.
Washington says Germany will pay 1.5 billion marks as scheduled, following a 1.2 billion mark payment at year end. Ambassador Jacob Gould Lehnerman notes Germany shows unemployment relief and a warming of Franco German relations after a period of open hostility.
Ohio Republicans gathered in Newark to launch the state campaign with speeches from gubernatorial hopeful Myers, U. S. Senator Willis, and party figures. Attendees arrived from Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Columbus, with plans for a 2 PM meeting led by Fred W. Warne and Congressman William M. Morgan from Newark as chair.
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