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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1923
Page
1
Reported fears rise as San Antonio sources cite Mexican executions rumors. Travelers say Mexico City papers claim cadets were shot, with figures ranging from 13 to more, amid tensions and Bolshevik fears.
Mexico City dispatch reports a rebel force over 8000 men massed at the gateway into the capital awaiting orders from revolutionary leaders to seize government. The situation signals a major challenge to the existing regime as tensions rise in the capital.
American arms and ammunition are crossing the Mexican border and moving through gulf ports in large volume. Official quarters say current regulations allow unrestricted movement of war implements to Mexico and there is no plan for embargo restrictions.
The city reports only 2,000 federal troops left to defend it as foreigners flee by train. Five thousand troops departed Friday to join General Guadalpe Sanchez's rebel army near Esperanza, while General Macotte’s forces bring machine guns and ammunition. General Gomez vows defense. Plutarco Elias Proclaims support for Obregon government amid talk of a larger conflict.
Paris officials say France has made no new proposals to Washington on war debt. They reject reports that Paris considers a two percent funding plan, attributing the idea to misreading an American article. France will not address the debt while reparations remain unsettled.
Paris reports former French premier Georges Clemenceau injured in an automobile accident. Three specialists say his injuries are not serious. Clemenceau’s condition described as favorable after a satisfactory night with little sleep. premier Georges Clemenceau listed in stable condition.
Columbus Ohio December 17 Federal and state indemnity benefits for farmers whose cattle are killed due to tuberculosis infection were favored in a statement by State Agriculture Director Truax. The plan would indemnify farmers up to constants limits: twenty dollars for grade cows and fifty dollars for pure bred stock.
Local record notes mourning in the community after the death of Max Dicks Jr seeking family support and noting the bereavement of tenants connected to the Baby Hou area.
In the Bowery tenement known as the House of Babies Max Dicks, a renowned Santa to 325 mothers and 56 children, faces a family crisis as his son Irving lies dying. Mothers pray as Dicks’ past charity and rent-free favors are recalled, highlighting a life of immigrant struggle and communal care.
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, predicted Congress would enact a soldiers bonus bill despite President Coolidge's veto. He said the administration would lose two Senate votes to sustain the veto and that the House showed a more favorable path toward final passage.
The Senate opened its proceedings to determine whether to oust Senator Earley B. Mayfield of Texas. A formal protest filed in March alleging excessive campaign expenditures was presented and referred to the privileges and elections committee for investigation.
The home of Lee Dimond was raided by Sheriff McKinley and Constable Mariner. Dimond pleaded guilty to possessing liquor and was fined 500 dollars plus costs. He was jailed for nonpayment but released after Prosecuting Attorney Finsterwald vouched for his appearance. Later he arranged to pay the fine and left for a Dayton paper job.
Friends of Geoffrey F Morgan former superintendent of Athens schools announce a February lecture tour across Ohio with most engagements in the northern half and a possible brief visit to Athens He has lectured in the west this fall including Colorado Texas and California and plans to cross the continent eastward returning to Chicago in June to begin a Redpath Bureau Chautauqua circuit.
Washington Dec 17. Representative Watkins Democrat of Oregon introduces a bill to suspend all immigration until 1929 to allow time for the assimilation of aliens now in the United States. The measure aims to pause new arrivals while current residents adjust.
Washington December 17 The White House disclosed a formal request from George Tchitcherin Russia’s foreign minister for the opening of negotiations aimed at recognition of the Soviet government by the United States.
A fragment describes using thick pad to bring out patterns in lace and embroidery. The text emphasizes technique for highlighting designs on fabric. It preserves a period newsroom cadence in brief reader notes.
Manuel Ocon, former Villa deputy commander, was executed by a federal firing squad at Fort Hidalgo after being arrested in a Juarez saloon. Juarez district sees heavy mobilization as infantry replace cavalry and forces move toward Sonora to confront De La Huerta loyalists. Villareal leads rebel forces from Puebla toward Vera Cruz while Vizcarra heads information for the De La Huerta faction declaring the Mexico City congress illegal.
A high church fundamentalist modernism clash sweeps the Episcopal Church in America. Rev W Heaton of Trinity Fort Worth Texas faces a heresy charge over claims about Christ's birth as bishops and 500 clergy defend the modernist view.
Rome reports Pope Pius XI received M. Doulcet, ex ambassador, as families of Ruhr German officials appeal for Christmas amnesty to allow deportees to return home for the holidays. The item notes the appeal from Rome and mentions a marriage headline unrelated to the main story.
Superintendent James Thomson urges city council to buy an Ouija board after a dig on Trenton Street failed to locate a missing water line. Digger Frank Porter consulted the board at night and was told to dig six feet north, leading to the discovery of the buried water main.
Dayton marks the twentieth anniversary of the first Wright brothers flight at McCook field. A parade of aircraft from early models to new designs will fly over Wright’s home. A bronze plaque for Orville Wright and a reading of President Coolidge’s letter cap the ceremonies.
The Bradford Oil & Gas Co. stockholders mainly from Athens county report their third gas well on the Dunleavy farm in Mun Carthage township near Deep Hollow is estimated to produce two million cubic feet per day. It was connected to nearby mains and a new No. 3 well is located about 900 feet west. Townsend of Athens manages the company and O F Rowland serves as secretary.
Akron officials announce funeral for Ruth Smith 27 a longtime stenographer for John Durkin head of the police department. She was found dead in her bathroom Sunday morning after a fall in the tub officials expect city offices to close during the funeral.
Reports from Vera Cruz say General Romulo Figueroa's forces routed federal troops after a 12 hour fight near Acapulco. The revolutionaries captured the Obergon column, seized 700 horses and funds, while Acapulco remains in Huertista control and a new Guerrero governor is planned.
A wartime sea disaster off Carolina cost sixteen sailors their lives. Weather forecasts for early December predict cloudy, warm starts followed by colder conditions and possible snow and rain in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee. Cincinnati’s normal high is 42, low 25, mean 33.
Fifteen to sixteen seamen believed dead after the Norwegian steamer Runa sank off the North Carolina coast near Frying Pan Shoals. Five survivors from the lifeboat were rescued by the tanker W. W. Milla and are en route to Sabine Texas. Bodies were recovered from the Runa’s lifeboat and sighted by other vessels as heavy seas hindered recovery efforts.
In Columbus on Pec 17 additional defense arguments and evidence are to be offered for Dwight Harrison the former general manager of the R L Dollings Company Ohio in the trial for alleged false statements in the sale of Phoenix Portland cement stock before Common Pleas Judge Duncan Dayton attorney Robert Nevin predicts the case will go to the jury Wednesday.
Miss Doris Frossmay, 28, a patient at Cleveland State hospital, squeezed between iron bars on a third story window and fell to the ground Sunday morning. She wore only a nightgown when found beneath the window.
A derailment of two trucks on the engine tender of No. 94 caused a main-line tie-up on the B and O eastbound freight between 3 and 4 pm two miles west of Grosvenor. Traffic was diverted via the Hocking Valley while Chillicothe equipment cleared the track by 8 pm.
Mrs. Andrew Groselie of Broadway was tossed from her buggy after her horse spooked by an automobile. She suffered two broken ribs. Elmer France, the farm hand driving the horse, assisted as the horse fled.
Father John T. McNally a longtime parish priest of Toronto Ohio and chaplain at St. Ann's Hospital Columbus died suddenly from heart trouble Sunday. He was among the oldest priests in the diocese of Columbus and is survived by relatives in Youngstown Ohio.
The lumber schooner C. A. Smith wrecked on a North Jetty as it sailed from Coos Bay. Captain Stromburg and seven crew members plus a crippled wireless operator were not rescued despite coast guard efforts. High seas prevented boats from reaching the vessel and a life-boat disaster drowned 12 men.
Pupil families near Rayland Ohio gain an early break as Buckeye schoolhouse suffers a ceiling blaze around the chimney. Teacher Mary Welsh alerted a railroad section gang who helped extinguish the fire before it spread, allowing students to finish before holidays.
In Imeroy Missouri Henurg en from the upper end of the ty district serves on a jury as his wife and 60 year old mother tend the farm. He left home to report for duty even as his injured wife and aging mother struggle with milking chores and farm tasks, facing financial strain.
Washington December 17 The 6th Congress nears adjournment with little chance of progress on legislation. Insurgent progressives press for a war path while regulars seek a compromise candidate for interstate commerce chair. stalemate persists amid looming Christmas break.
In Millbury, three people died after a car was struck by a New York Central passenger train yesterday. The victims are identified as Mr and Mrs Dennis Downing and John Reith.
In Columbus the state reports 22 prosecutions from workshops and factories on November 19. Most cases concern the employment of minors with two for violating female labor laws and one for infringing the eight hour public law.
Washington Information Bureau offers a complimentary color printed leaflet with a leaf motif and Navy branding. The circular promotes courtesy from the United Navy, emphasizing a free giveaway to readers.
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