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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1922
Page
2
Old advertisement urges readers to maintain kidney health by using Jad Salts, a grape lemon lithia drink sold by local druggists. Warns of pains and bladder issues and claims four doses in water daily will restore kidney activity and prevent complications.
New York faces its first heavy snowstorm of the winter as a full gale of 50 to 65 mph drives ships to seek harbor. The Beaufort scale marks the wind among the strongest in local history, with snow and high winds beginning around six in the morning. The city cleans streets while vessels delay or dart offshore to dodge the storm center.
A meeting of the South Ireland parliament has been summoned for Saturday next, announced Wednesday. Eamon De Valera said his party would not recognize the parliament’s meeting. The article also notes 12,000 railway workers in India and a London fire department cost figure.
In sleet and wind coast guards kept watch as a ram running submarine reported hovering off Atlantic City. Two Cape May fishermen sighted the craft with several small boats nearby, fueling a rumor it could have carried liquor from the Bahamas, though no US submarine was confirmed in the area.
Three games of junior and preparatory department boys basketball are set for Friday night at the Y. The Reds meet Blues in the A division at 7 46 with the B division promising the evening’s best contest. Dana of the Reds and Bruce from the preparatory group star in a larger, skilled lineup as both sides vie for supremacy and a banquet honor. Admission is free. The Blues lead the Reds by about thirty points in the ongoing membership race as spectators prepare for a real treat.
Dr A S Edwards professor of neuchology at the University of Georgia gave the first in a series of addresses on How to Study in the chapel on Wednesday morning. He is regarded as an authority on study methods and has authored a book on improved studying. The book is cited as being used in many grammar schools nationwide.
In Portsmouth Ohio a Chesapeake and Ohio Northern freight train derailed after a 100 foot embankment gave way on a rain-weakened fill. Engineer Terry of Russell Kentucky and fireman Callahan were killed or fatally injured, brakeman Caldwell of Chinaville and Russell, Kentucky, badly hurt as the locomotive tender and three coal cars tumbled down the embankment. The engine rolled over multiple times before coming to rest.
Washington reports Senator Underwood charges national Republican leaders sought to buy Truman W. Newberrys seat in the Senate. He cites alleged $200000 in campaign outlays and says Newberry was a party choice drafted by party machinery. A resolution to declare Newberrys seat vacant is being revised for an immediate Senate vote.
In district number five of the United Mine Workers of America officials report privation and destitution among about 28 000 of roughly 45 000 miners in the Pitts burgh bituminous region. Many workers on tonnage pay have seen only sporadic or half days of work over the past year, leaving earnings unable to cover basic necessities. Destitution is noted near Castle Shannon with mines closed for more than a year.
The army transport Crook carrying troops from Germany sprang a leak about 450 miles from New York but was repaired and in no immediate danger, with the St Mihiel dispatched to assist if needed. Official reports say danger passed as the ship proceeds unaccompanied at nine miles per hour and maintains steam toward port.
The General Federation of Trades unions denounces tax policy with focus on property levies. In coordination with the Socialist Federation a stronger stance is planned. A joint commission of trade unions and socialist reps will study property taxes amid broader social debate. Los Angeles is noted as a large western city.
Washington AP report—Five powers debated treaty wording on naval limits as the full naval committee prepared to review completed sections. Agreement on articles remained unsettled, with fortifications scope and annexes pending Japanese approval. Submarine and poison gas questions eyed for separate accords. Shantung talks resume between Japanese and Chinese delegations with new promise.
Washington reports the air mail provision was eliminated in the post office appropriation bill but the measure was favorably reported to the House with a revised reduction near 44 million dollars. The action centers on how air mail service will be funded going forward.
Widely known remedy claims to darken gray hair naturally and evenly. A drugstore bottle of Uyeths Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound is described as improved with extra ingredients, applied with a sponge or brush to damp hair, fading gray after a night and darkening further with subsequent uses.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic pains sciatica lumbago and sore muscles. It claims deep penetration without rubbing and immediate comfort upon first use urging readers to keep Sloan's on hand for aches or pains.
The article notes Hanford Mac Nider seeking legion posts help locating Thomas Dace missing since December. Dace of Fremonton Alberta was last heard in Winnipeg and may be bound for Minnesota. He is 38, 5 4 1/2, 153 pounds, with black hair and gray eyes. In Minnesota, Duluth tank corps plan to establish a base to search for James Maher, Cook county commissioner missing two weeks near Thunder Bay. Major Ray Miller will lead aerial search over Grand Portage and Thunder Bay islands. Fuel, food, and transport will be supplied by tanks and trucks 100 miles from a railhead. Tugs continue seeking the commissioner who left Grand Portage on December 27.
Washington ordered Coast Guard aid to the steamer Western Ocean in distress east of Cape Lookout near Beaufort North Carolina. The vessel faced heavy wind and engine trouble with no ballast, later anchors holding as a fifty mile gale raged along the Virginia coast causing ships to seek shelter offshore.
Dr Rodolfo Moreno and Senator Ferrando Saguir fought a pistol duel over a radical election poster. They fired at the signal in a Buenos Aires suburb, neither wounded. A reconciliation followed after Saguir fled the ground and Moreno refused another shot.
In Los Angeles the prosecution will resume its argument in the Arthur C. Burch murder trial of J Belton Kennedy. Judge Sidney N Reeves postponed briefly due to illness in the judge's family. Asa Keyes will continue presenting the states theory that Kennedy was killed on instructions from Madalynne Obenchain.
Report notes half of U S land is farmland and minerals worth 2 500 000 annually. Mentions Siam has a contingent of girl guides. Advises opening a Christmas savings account at Peoples Bank during January.
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