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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1921
Page
2
A blast in a Grand Street building caused about 6000 in damage with guards thrown and debris. The explosion disrupted a Wall Street area and followed threats tied to radical groups. Police investigated as Monday’s attack rattled the city hallways and offices.
A blast on Grand Street drove hundreds from their homes as investigators failed to identify the device used. The infernal machine’s exact nature remained undisclosed, leaving authorities and residents in uncertainty about the threat.
Detailed dispatches from Silvester Cosgrove about the Warsaw arrest of Wolfe Lindenfeld, linked to the Wall Street explosion of September 1920, are awaited by the Justice Department. William Burns plans to depart for Washington for Cosgrove’s cable confession report as radicals mock Lindenfeld’s disclosures. A New York radical conference may delay its Saturday meeting to discuss launching an American branch of the Third Communist International.
Polish police say Wolfe Lindenfeld also known as William Linde is withholding critical details about the Wallatpeet explosion investigated with US DOJ involvement. He claims Communists plan a Poland revolution next year but asks that claim not be attributed to him. Lindenfeld mentions M Chitcherin the Soviet foreign minister in a brief defense.
The Polish political police chief M. Gutkowski attributes Lindenfeld’s shift to active Communist activity after arriving in Europe. He alleges Lindenfeld briefed William J. Burns on the emt and later faced suspicions of double crossing, prompting Burns to dispatch Cosgrove and triggering months of witness testimony ending in Lindenfeld’s arrest.
Clearwater Florida patrols report Carter Pierson held without bail in connection with the murder of Mrs R at a dance in Safety Harbor. Kentucky authorities say Pierson is wanted for murder and a sheriff’s announcement on Monday confirms the chase. Witnesses allegedly identified him at the event amid confusion.
Cordele Georgia police and county officers search for a missing local businessman who vanished last Wednesday after his Buick car was found abandoned near the outskirts of Sacola with blood and indications of a struggle. Neighbors report he had registered in the area earlier. Authorities urge any information to help locate him.
The Athens board of education plans a special meeting next Wednesday to advance school improvement plans. Superintendent G G Bond said reports by the inspection committee have been mailed to members for review and the board may hand the proposal to the mayor and council for bond action. The chairman favors a junior high to connect grammar and high schools, funded by the bond proceeds, with seventh and eighth grades housed there. The mayor and council will study the plans and set the bond amount.
London physicians face lean times as practices dwindle. A Hartley Street doctor was sued for a small debt, claiming his earnings had dropped to near vanishing. War era surgery cases and patients shifting to hospitals reduce demand. many prefer female attendants, worsening the decline.
State Normal school faculty plan Christmas travel to Savannah Portland Terre Haute Lexington Decatur New Orleans Reynolds Gay Canton Birmingham Kirkwood and other locales. Several teachers will visit family in Colum bus Whatley household and Mrs E S Sell accompany.
Philadelphia report says Humane Society organizers plan to shower refreshments on stray animals during Christmas season. Women from the New Jersey group arrange a tree and festive treats for horses and other needy animals as a charitable gesture by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
New York State Athletic Commission affirmed the rolling and flying falls rule for the Zbhyszko Lewis championship bout, with Chairman Muldoon stating the rule would stay despite appeals by veterans George Bothner and Dr B F Roller to revert to a fall only system.
New York AP report says more than 1,000 immigrants at Ellis Island face a bitter Christmas awaiting possible deportation as quotas exhaust. Many from war devastated lands sacrificed homes for passage to America, now awaiting removal and return to uncertain futures. a belated island holiday program is planned to offer brief solace.
An excerpted program from a v w c a vesper event at the State Normal School featured fifteenth century church music to mark the Christmas season. Readings and songs included O Little Town of Bethlehem Virgin in the Manger Glory of the Lord and Silent Night performed by choir and audience with a Benediction.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce seeks broad public cooperation to make 1922 the biggest year in its history. It urges participation from all residents of Athens, regardless of Chamber membership, for movements and improvements planned by the organization.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled Tuesday that William Rockefeller Harold Vanderbilt and Eve Baker must resign directorships held on multiple railroads by December 1. Rockefeller may remain as an officer of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line but must quit the New York Central or Delaware Lackawanna and Western boards. Vanderbilt may hold two Western railroad posts but must retire from either the New York Central or the Delaware Lackawanna and Western. Baker must choose which of three systems to stay with and cannot keep seats on the Erie Delaware Lackawanna and Western or Lehigh Valley boards. Chauncey Depew retains nineteen boards, mostly tied to the New York Central. A. H. Smith also keeps director roles across six transport companies.
A partial clipping notes Reginald De ben terion wader cue ies and Vanderbilt in a report about permission to conduct twenty three director rates. The text is fragmented but implies approval for a set of 23 rates under Vanderbilt.
TOKIO AP The dreadnaught Tosa was launched at Nagasaki on Tuesday. Like sister ship Kaga launched a month ago, the Tosa is to be scrapped under the Washington naval limitation plan. A large crowd attended the launching, the last in Japan before the naval holiday.
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