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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1921
Page
1
British coal miners strike cripples business nationwide as government readies military measures. London reports mass layoffs in food, transport, and manufacturing while unions push back on wage cuts and seek negotiations with mines owners.
A fresh search in the West Virginia mountains seeks Bruno Frustaci in connection with the Robert Barne murder. Police say Frustaci was released in McDowell County on habeas corpus proceedings after local officers indicated he should be held for further investigation.
Cleveland April 6 Officers of the street railway men’s union offered a three cent per hour wage reduction for their 3 400 members to start after a conference with car company officials. Officials did not comment noting that a 20 percent wage cut had been proposed to take effect in May.
President Harding has summoned railway specialists to the White House and is in conference with Edgar E. Clark head of the Interstate Commerce Commission and R. M. Barton chairing the railroad labor board to address the railway problem.
The carmen's union and Cleveland Railway Co remain at impasse after the company rejected a six cent an hour wage cut proposed by union officials. The firm insists on arbitration, seeks about 20 percent cut to 60 cents an hour, ending closed shop and extra pay for difficult runs. The union would accept six cents but wants no other changes to the contract.
Prince Andrew 39 brother of King Constantine dies from wounds in fighting Turks near Brussa Greek communiqué reports General Viahopoulos killed as well in the same action near Brussa dated April 4 1913.
Dr. Michael Lanza arrived on the liner Pocahontas and provided long distance medical advice to Chief Engineer Ross aboard the steamer West Humbrie for an acute indigestion case. The vessel thanked him and said the patient recovered and would pray for him.
The B P O holds its regular meeting at 7 30 PM with an installation of officers planned during the session.
Paris reports Stephen Lauzanne of the Viviani mission says Senator Knox’s peace plan will urge direct U S cooperation with any country menaced by Germany. The measure avoids reparations and opposes the Versailles treaty covenant and related stipulations.
Financial strain may drive Western Reserve University and Case School of Applied Science to merge within six months. The consolidated entity named University of Cleveland would simplify administration and possibly include the education and art schools. A new high school at University Circle is planned to fit the merged university.
Dr. F C Langenburg of Boston son in law of Dr and Mrs J M Higgins has been awarded the Carnegie scholarship for America for the best paper on Steel Testing by the Steel Institute of Great Britain. He receives 100 pounds accompanying the honor. Langenburg heads the testing laboratory of the Watertown arsenal and faces competition from leading metallurgists of Britain Germany France and America.
Chicago April 5 Judge Charles McDonald cut bonds of former White Sox players indicted for conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series. Bonds reduced from 24000 to 7500.
A stranger asked mill worker Andy Socco of New Philadelphia Ohio to store 25,000 dollars. He drew 3,000 from a bank and placed it with the cash in a box as a sign of trust. Socco later opened the box and found four one dollar bills wrapped around paper, with no 25,000.
Vienna reports Serbian forces crossed into Hungary before the Little Entente ultimatum expires. They are said to have seized Hungary’s crucial coal region around Cinque Chiese and Szegedin as tensions rise with the expiring Karl ultimatum set for Thursday.
Doubt arises over a Vienna dispatch with Austrian officials allegedly hostile to the Serbs and potentially seeking to discredit them, casting uncertainty on the report’s accuracy.
Dean E. W. Chubb acting president of Ohio University will address the Chamber of Commerce luncheon on the aims and future of the university. The talk at the noon meeting will interest both college and town residents.
Assistant Solicitor General A. M. Brand led the prosecution of John H. Williams a Jasper county planter charged with holding enslaved people and killing them when they “squealed” Eight bodies were found on the Yellow River banks and plantation grounds with three alleged victims killed by Williams and Manning the plantation foreman turned state witness guarded in court jury expected by nightfall and swift justice demanded by officials across Georgia.
Beagle Pass Texas April 4 thirty three persons were killed in a collision between a passenger and a freight train twenty five miles west of Monterey Mexico Americans among the dead and injured reported in initial dispatches confirms the tragedy.
A grave in Hanover Germany, long wished to remain undisturbed, has been disturbed as a tiny tree near the monument grew large enough to tilt the base. The deceased man reportedly asked for no disturbance to his burial site.
President Harding stated there is no practical way the United States can ratify the Versailles treaty. He denied agreeing to immediate action on the Knox peace resolution and urged cautious, piece by piece handling of international relations in a forthcoming message to Congress.
Dispatches from Constantinople report Greek forces shattered by a Turks offensive across a sixty mile front. Three complete divisions were annihilated and a rout followed with heavy Greek casualties, abandoned equipment, and maimed horses as Turkish forces gained momentum.
Willy Wolf six is found to be heir to a fortune of about $126,000 after his grandfather Joseph Wolf dies March 7. The boy's mother, a widow, had supported him. Frank Kunkel is named administrator and spent nearly a month locating heirs. Willy learns of his $18,000 portion as heir.
W H Blankenship and Peter Roberts are held without bail by police in Elkins West Virginia over the death of William Carr at Wee's Siding fifteen miles south after Carr died from shotgun wounds following an argument at the Blankenship residence.
London reports a threatened general strike as transporters adjourn without action amid talks over mine labor fees. Leaders warn both parties will suffer, while informal negotiations continue between mining and transport executives to decide support actions and possible joint moves.
About 1,500 painters joined a labor pay dispute in Cincinnati on April 5 as men demanded higher wages after employers refused to raise pay from 67 cents to 1 dollar per hour. The strike began following the rejection of the raise offer.
Lorain County schools abandon the spring vacation order and close May 20 to allow staff to assist on farms. This move affects students and staff across district lines as communities adjust to agricultural needs.
A special notice dated Tuesday April 5 announces work in pursuit of a Master of Mass Communication degree led by F M McKay with W J Palmer serving as secretary.
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