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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1924
Page
1
Voters must register this year with five new precincts in the city. Registration days run Oct 2 9 17 and 18 with booths from 9 am to 2 pm and 4 to 9 pm. Precincts A B etc describe ward boundaries and booth locations, guiding voters to the correct site.
Marion Illinois reports reveal a pre-nuptial non poison agreement in a love pact murder case. Robert Tate admits involvement in the killing of Jodie Hearington and references a prior promise from Hearington's widow Ruby.
Fred N. Withey, vice president and public speaker for the National Surety Company of New York, will talk at tomorrow noon’s Rotary Club luncheon at the MOC AL. The topic is Gambling on Human Nature. he will relate character fundamentals to money matters and stress character as a key asset. Withey, former Congregational minister turned lecturer and author, is expected to give a fine meeting.
The Ohio Public Service Company received permission from the State Utilities Commission to issue $1,000,000 first mortgage and refunding 5 percent gold bonds, series D. Proceeds will retire $1,000,000 principal of existing bonds and refund six percent gold bonds.
Nora Eggleston of Huntington born April last year turned thirty and is touted as America’s youngest grandmother after her daughter Mrs. Calvin Meadows, 17, gave birth to an eight and a half pound girl. Eggleston has twelve children from twelve different pregnancies.
Madam Caroline Gardner Bartlett of Elyria Ohio a singer and war hospital organizer has had her loyalty reputation cleared by the US Department of Justice after an investigation prompted by Congressman Martin L Davey. The inquiry found no basis for slander and notes her files remain on record for public reference.
Search for 28 crew members of the steamer Clinton began near Goderich Ontario after its pilothouse wreckage was located. The vessel sank in a Lake Huron gale while bound to Detroit with stone, last seen September 21 in the Straits of Mackinaw.
Three youths were cited to appear before police court on charges of leaving their autos running in the middle of business streets Saturday night. They are Peter Lensky 17 of 122 Mound Street Charles Montigal 33 of 269 E Broad Street and L A Heimzerling 22 of 125 Harvard Street. They will have a hearing before Justice 8 J George Thursday.
Three Elyria Masons Karl W. Plocher master of Elyria Council 86 Attorney J. George deputy master and Walter Ludwig principal conductor of work left today for Cincinnati to attend the annual meeting of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Ohio. The sessions run through Thursday at the Scottish Rite Cathedral with a large class of candidates for the degree of super excellent master and honors for grand and past grand officers and representatives.
Mrs Gilbert Stul is wounded three times in the arms and shoulder in Bucyrus Ohio as her husband Gilbert Stul, 41, who had been living apart, shoots her and later ingests carbolic acid. He dies before officers arrive.
Spencer resident Frank White was taken to the local hospital at 9 45 last night after dislocating his left shoulder when he stubbed his toe in his yard and fell. He was admitted for treatment.
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi denounced the Republican party for withholding postwar reparations and criticized President Coolidge for not acting sooner. He linked this to scandals in the veterans bureau and the Teapot Dome affair, speaking before the Women's City Club in Cleveland.
In Cleveland on September 29, Mrs. Margaret Timmer, 52, died, suspected to be from poisoned food. Her grandson Melvin Trimmer, three, died last week from the same cause. Authorities are testing canned peaches for ptomaines and will perform a post mortem on the woman.
The Soviet Government grants private individuals permission to own receiving sets to pick up broadcasting. A decree forbids accessing government matter or press information and content from foreign wireless stations. Licenses required. fees set at $5 annually for private individuals and fifty cents for workers.
Several Elyrians were injured in weekend traffic incidents in Bellevue Ohio. Mrs Viola Overton and Mrs Louis Tutt suffered facial and internal injuries in an auto collision. Cyclist Severin Ott was hurt by a street car and arrested for being intoxicated. ELEVATOR operator Mrs Overton works at Elyria Savings Bank building. Five others, including Mr and Mrs Smith and their son Paul plus Mr and Mrs Martin Ebr, were shaken after a ditching on Oberlin road.
Mina Adams and Ben Tucker of Huntington West Virginia were arrested in Detroit on Potter Street after confessing to leaving their mates. Adams left four children and Tucker three. Tucker had previously fled a $1500 bond in Charleston for forgery.
Honoring America’s birdmen who circumnavigated the globe by air, a monument at Sand Point Aviation Field will be unveiled this afternoon as Lieuts Smith Nelson Wade and Maj. Martin complete the 28,000 mile round trip. The event drew foreign officials and thousands, with the flyers resting before returning to San Diego to study the machines. Separately Joe Spalter and Frank Kiss Lorain pleaded guilty to stealing a Ford sedan from Chas Lent and were sent to Mansfield reformatory after confessing to other thefts and testifying for Cleveland and Elyria police.
Cleveland report details two week old Charles Robert Conklin mauled by a rat as he slept beside his mother. He was taken to a hospital with facial wounds and blood samples will be tested to decide if Pasteur treatment is needed.
Horace B Nye becomes trust officer at Elyria Savings & Trust Co, taking charge of the trust department likely by October. A lawyer from Elyria, he is a 1915 graduate of Western Reserve University Law School and has Ohio and federal bar admissions. The bank aims to elevate its trust services for estates guardianships receiverships and related areas.
Four gun wielders seized Paolo Elena and jailed him in a hut on Rome’s outskirts demanding a $1,000 ransom. Police raided the shack and found Elena’s wife behind the kidnapping plot. The night’s other dispatches cover Raisuli’s refusal to retire, press group protests, floods in Central Italy, and diplomatic notes.
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