Athens Daily Messenger, The (Newspaper) - March 16, 1912, Athens, Ohio Not real estate deate take place in this city this week except those ated by classified Advertise 4 44444 44444 44444 44444 44444 4444< WEATHER Fair warmer M northwest Sunday and THE HOME PAPER OF ATHENS AND ATHENS 44444 44444 VOL 94 O SATURDAY MARCH 16, 1912 PRICE TWO CENTS NOTHING CONES CONFERENCE OVER SCALE Xew March purely late developments in the negotiations of the committee of 10 of the anthracite operators and representatives of the miners Each side reasserted its position in much the same terms as have been used be- The representatives of the miners gave out a. statement in reply to the last statement issued by the firmly refusing to yield an inch of A statement by the operators was issued in answer to the earlier ment of the The saying that the mine workers declined to modify their re- fers to the findings of the strike commission and declares that ing was advanced in the conferences of 19'.'C and to cast doubt upon the wisdom of the and no new condition is now brought forward nor have the facts and issues then ered been Ready to Consider the statement and again assured the mine One re- sided here until a shoit lime aao when he removed to The funeral was tery largely ed and the beautiful floral tributes showed the high in which the deceased was The pall bearers were 1i. Dan Charles Charles and I. all of and J. H. Martin of Quite a number of. Chauncey ple attended the those attending weie Mr. and h. IX Mr. aud Mrs. J. Oast on Mrs. Hoyt Mr. E. M. erty and CAVE-IN DELAYS TRAFFIC Several local over the C C. railroad yesterday were by a small cave-in of the nel on that railroad near had been washed down the the track to badly that was delayed about four The danger discovered just before Passenger Train 4 ran and its timely ery perhaps prevented a sengers were transferred and thus the ice was HARDWOOD FINISH WILL START SAWING MONDAY Returns From St. The Hardwood Finish company's which has been idle for the past three will partially resume operations Monday morning according to General Manager F. S. The that they were ready to saw min will be started with a crew of professors meet them and to give consideration j that rt to any suggestion urged by it is the have beon J. t. ment the cost of and Frank block the notable being that by ing has it must be botu of and a from berec that the advance ia wages awarded to the mine workers by the liam Saw They May Be Had by ing to Legislators of Various Counties To Speak at Mr. M. a blind will deliver a .it the Nelsonville Y. M. C. A. building on March lie recently delivered a lecture at Dr. Powell in Dr. W. A. formerly or First church of this and later pastor for many years Within a short time complete and up-to-date railroad maps ill be ready for distribution to the people of the You will be able to get them by to tile members ol the 1-eftiijlature. member gets loO will be 30.000 pocket maps and XOO roller wall The latter kind are useful for your The other kind is just the thum to stick in your pocket if you much eling maps sent to the legislators the secretary state's and they will be ready for shipment There will be a heavy demand for and the surest way to get them is to apply early and if of a Toledo is now located Kan. a i A Long Distance Fied a native of hiked into Athens last evening and out this morning lie claims Prof. D. Evans returned lhat in Ule Past two months he has WRECK OF MAINE REPOSES IN SEA doors of the hall were to the lic aud great passed ently spot where the bodies of uie victims of the wore lying in A suard of honor stood about the which wero covered with black All the government departments contributed flowers and with those supplied by the Spanish war the members of the house of representatives and covered th deck of the wreck com- and floated over htr when she was sent down for a final resting this Father Chad who was the chaplain of the Maine when she delivered a funeral day from St. Louis where he walked from New York to Cincinnati I went the ninth annual convention of the and from the Queen City back lo eulogy at the wharf before the wreck Educational He claimed to be 60 years of age j started for where it was sunk in There were present 225 presidents and feet of of colleges and including Harvard and Yale and college in the South and Many eloquent addresses were As gooa as a of material strike commission was based on the have arrived arid will be the then existing conditions head workmen in the sawing statement briefly reviews these conditions and concludes as again emphasize the statement that it is impossible for the operators to wages they can in some manner realize from the sala of the coal produced a sum equal to Jy be within two or three force of about 50 men Ke Couldn't Help It. March an aged on home from a Columbus where he had been a f-A since last June on account of BANDIT'S WIFE SHOT OFFICERS SEVEN PERSONS ARE KILLED BY ELEMENTS Gulls Seen on Three gulls have boon seen loafing Hocking river week in the neighborhood of While the interior of Ohio is a herding ground for the laughing seen There ai e thirteen ties of They are not mon around tho Ohio but hover over larger bodies of water as the Northern Great Lakes and those of Yesterday Section Boss W. S. Martin reported one gull at the wide HAS SPECIAL SERMON SERIES E. D. pastor of the Church of has prepared a ial series of sermons on tial Characteristics of which he will deliver in his The sermons and the date upon which each will be March 17. a of the a the March 24. a istic of the a of tho March 31. a of the Severe Storm Sweeps Over South Atlantic ALABAMA VILLAGE IS HARD Five Killed and Two Fatally Injured and Many Bridges Carried Away S. and Two Persons at Spartanburg Cyclone Three Houses at Va. City of Petersburg March 16. Five sons were two perhaps fatally when a ricane struck several miles below Houses were de- or otherwise Washington March of rain and wind in. many years swept over the South Atlantic coast partially road carrying off railroad and highway bridges l At N. bridges were carried Two sons were killed at a small down three the city was flooded and fic was the increase in the It is not the force of. the company within be required Juries received by a cave-in in a to put the plant in full stopped oft here and by evening was Several changes have been in drunk and had to be locked p 1o sober He was possible to increase the price of the steam sizes owing to competition of bituminous and it does not seem fair and there would appear nothing in the condition of the mine to warrant the advance in the price to the SHAFFER FUNERAL past few W. E. has resigned to take a lar position at and his place has been filled by Alonzo of this Mr. Palmer will enter the factory to learn the derails of the plant as well as being O. P. Spitzer of has been hired as foreman and estimator of the KILLED BY SLATE FALL Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Ford returned He now has on hand Thursday from where they considerable work and is figuring on attended the funeral of their The stockholders oC the com- held pany secured the services of Mr. i 4., T 1 day afternoon at z o clock in the M. expert in his line and is enthused over Rev. G. G. Shurtz having mains of William 6S, at the Hardwood Finish charge of the died at Monday from has a very finely was made in the Enon cemetery at March 15-The re- several weeks He is an ney by relatives equipped arrived at this morning over Next week the B. O. railroad com- Valley and were taken to will start to build a new switch that Pearl 17, was instantly ed in a mine Monday by fall of In Mountain POTS OP DESPERATE FIGHT The Plains where the funeral into the lumber yards of the He was working with his father in a. services were conducted by Rev. This switch wiU begin at new when the fall The Interment was made at The east side of Palmer street aud who was evidently in a Plains to the new street in. the had a few scratches on He leaves a wife and six ter of the his face which were not and his a number of sisters and brothers and Thus it will be possible to load head was wedged between his lees many friends to mourn his lumber directly into the cars from the i and held there as if in a His deceased formerly resided near The switch for this Mr. John was bruised this and was well known in plant runs along the north side of the head and crushed through the and both legs were tho one receiving a compound and the left one a simple His recovery is Mrs. John of is with John who is resting as well as could be ed. Mr. John Sr. and give When you a returned lo ter asking whether you will respond Mrs. S. J. Ford is a sister Mr. and will Chauncey and the surrounding com- ORCHARD EXPERTS WILL VISIT ATHENS COUNTY co-operate it is hoped that you John Jr. not delay the acknowledgement but will reply or without for the notification letters that will be coming from the middle of March or reports of observed conditions will at- TRAINMAN LOST HAND ulio la the as a Xo fenow she had been wounded until her death was When she left lown for lier home she did not know had been but complained of bruises which she thought she had received in the mad rush from the Without a doubt Miss Ayers was Detective G Baldwin was ad- vised that th hardware store of J. W. Creed in Mount N. just across the county and state had been entered and all his stock of pistols and ammunition This vork is presumed to have been done by members of the Allen gang or their and it cates that the remainder of the gang mean to fight to the last Attorney General here to assist in restoring advised Governor Mann that the reconvening of the with Judge Staples on the bench bad reassured the stricken and Hillsville has relaxed somewhat from the terrible on Fage tic Blizzard Grips Middle March 16. Chicago and the west have In grip for 24 hours of one of the wowt a blizzards of the 1 in city a telegraph and the April 7. 1 Morning Harmonies in the acter of April 14. Morning a of the April 21. Morning tic of tho April 28. of the May 12. Ultimate Teachings of the service was badly crippled ness HORSES BRING HIGH PRICES in thei HIGGINS TO DO WORK FARMERS INVITED The Wooster Experiment Station has just mailed over the state lar Letter No. 1 Apple Orchards Worth The letter is gotten up by A. D. botanist for the The letter says in. Department of. Botany of. the Experiment Station issued warning ir. to look up tree cankers in the apple Probably most cf the orchards have already been pruned and an opportunity has been if the canker condition has not been It is the present for representatives of the Station parts of Meigs and Gallia counties and any others that may be between the dates of March i jost under his own of cured while Mr 15th.- to May 15th to advise afc early own how to detect the disease and demonstrate how best to treat it. Of only a minimum of good can be accomplished no more persons are reached than those whose that the engineer had to and is said chards can possibly be Wiil j to the Hoback felt the en- have purchased a new suit of each orchard owner now make this start and got clear of the rail besides other Later he real of necessity and save his except his left hand with which he chased a ticket for It is treet or be forced to put all of pushing himself The fingers learned that he had been talking of on the brush pile within a. few severed at the knuckles but Texas and it is supposed that he is The success the efforts by the j putation at the wrist was found headed in that tion representatives will bo Hoback driving one of the Jeffries on the lands of the ent upon the promptitude response j engines which met in headon col- Diamond Clay company and kept March K. M. MADE VERY RICH HAUL living Haydenville and East over the Athens county is now n fugitive from On Sunday in company with an known is alleged to hive en into the Henry and looted the trunk of Herschal Virginia Feudists Insulators From Telephone snd Telegraph Poles to Cut Off Communication Witn Outside Frustrated In Suicide De- clares He Never witness March 16. Floyd and Sidney two of the of the which slew the judiciary of Carroll are heavily guarded in tho county jail The life of the for- mer ia slowly ebbing away as the result of the wounds re- in the fray and from a ed self-inflicted with a while Sidney Is seriously wounded as the result of a with the The detectives in early in the day and were sworn in as special constables of the They went to the hotel room estate Victor Allen his Coal Company was in Athene Floyd and both were placed on business lie stated under arrest without any semblance j that the Dupont of a Immediately upon his explosives and especially red rest Floyd Allen drew a penknife dynamite for farm will and slashed his but officers a free public prevented the carrying out of his in- Victor Cabell land imd Byrd Marion are held as to the 01 uie Known as me j The HO picked detectives struck the trail of Sidney Alien and his who were located at their home in the miles from When the de- of on March 22 at the clearing rounding thp Allen and his opened upon thf this the evening at who behind Around He extends a cordial in The fire was returned with tion the of Athens rounty window and door in lo attend this demonstration and The most important feature of the There were a good good The Unconquerable Will ora horses Athens Thunt day and George Martin anil son and Ed. Parker arid Delph Mr. Charles the well known and progressive manager of the tion of the workings of their products in holes for tree sub- ol Erank of of. 8. of Mr. ot Z. of and of among those showing some good stock at the The health board which j Warren Brother's was to have been held last evening in Thursday evening with a ot the office of Dr. was called good animals and Benny Buck met off because of a lack of a many his old friends at the same The board has decided tnat the stand pointment a sanitary policeman It was said with the advent ot will not bo necessary this hall year as the home market Health Officer Higgins will attend to is it won't pay to raise horses this When the opens On the contrary a sanitary officer will be named and of horses has kept up better than on a salary commensurate with the automobiles and while sales of the ties will be At the time ter have broken record yet the the salary so small taan the health horse has held his own remarkably board would appoint no one for the Most any kind of a plug as a capable man cannot be while the good command cured for such a per to CHAPTER HOUSE FOR PHIS WILL SOON BE REALITY Engineer W. T. of The robbers The Loomis were absent at and the Hoback got off at Carpenter being a sister of both W. R. The report oil his engine and while partly under his fireman started the j Monday morning Emmett Jeffries i the house tho learn of tile advantage and lives and killing Mrs. Alien to bo derived while Allen so wounded that he dered rnd the officers brought him to county jail The jail is by heavily armed citizens and the sheriffs sworn in hy R. Star that two were lulled in the battle is Mann Hears The news of the arrest of Sidney on that of the estate known as the farm situated about one and i miles of and Day was observed by the evening the crowd adjourned to the about the same distance northwest local members of the Phi Delta chapter house where a smoker was Theut and and the of to the number of about 35 with half a score of new at Hotel Berry last The last evening The affair is Fred C. H. which is observed Uie world over Prof. Arthur Mr. T. W. Robert and James P. John Mr. Ted row intends to largo his orchard intends IKE BEGINS STATE TOUR was the discussion of a house for the local chapter and was consisting Dr. Prof. Coultrap and select plans and cations for tile new house ney Harry James B. W o erected on the owned by the lot is on West i LI communicated to Governor who earlier in the day had been prised by Attorney General surprise the dav was the and co-operation shown in the at some months with Mrs. his of the death of Miss about through the orchards and He escaped injury at that This is fully paid for March 1 is money in the treasury to March of a of the Mine gin the An active 69, died at his home on Wednesday was for funds among the alumni will be last evening about 8 o'clock pointed as inspector in the state labor soon a0 it is hoped to have as the result of with at an annual the which will cost probably he had long been The salary ot 51200 for occupancy by next eral will be held at Asbury church on Lange made the The This will be the first house Tuesday and burial will be made at commissioner and Inspector Coleman be owned by a local will begin a tour of tho state At the banquet last evening Several years ago the to enforce tho new mattress ncy T. M. Foster acted as toastmaster to Ohio from West Virginia and tion requiring ail mattresses to and talks were made by Prof. ed in Lodi township near St be to show whether or not Dr. Arthur Mr. Beckett was a
