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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1921
Page
1
Chicago police raided homes clubs and saloons sealing liquor and jailing owners amid weekend actions. About seven hundred fifty people including social elites faced police judges as hotels posted messages reaffirming the eighteenth amendment.
On December 19 in New York armed guards protected the New York Stock Exchange and nearby buildings after an anonymous warning letter claimed a bombing would occur today. The alert covered the exchange and a five block radius as authorities anticipated an attack.
From September 1 to November 30 there were 74 working days in the Hocking district. Mines in Deanville Snowfork Buchtel Nelsonville Longstreth Carbon Hill Crooksville Shawnee and other areas show a dramatic gap between capacity and output, totaling 12,822 possible cars and only 1,155 produced. The shortage amounts to 11,667 cars of Hocking coal in three months.
In Dublin on December 19 President Eamonn De Valera and allies denounce the Anglo Irish treaty as a politician’s peace. Arthur Griffith moves ratification, reading promises of British army withdrawal and an oath of allegiance. De Valera accuses the pact of duress and lasting subjection to Britain.
Evangelist Evan Raab and David Connant were robbed at a Chauncey station by a man armed with an army automatic. The thief took about $100 from Raab and Connant, who had just attended Raab’s sermon. Local officers chased the suspect but the search ended without capture. Raab is from Allegan Michigan and had preached in Chauncey prior to the incident.
The Supreme Court halted labor union picketing during a strike. It issued an injunction restraining members of the waiters and cooks union at Bisbee Arizona from picketing the restaurant of William Trux.
A wagon load of nitroglycerine exploded near Rouseville above Oil City at 8 45 this morning. No details were given and communications lines were down. Local authorities reported the blast causing widespread disruption in the area.
Rev. Dr. William A. Scott aged 81, former president of Ohio University and Ohio State University, was struck by a car while walking near the curb in Columbus on Saturday and was reported improved today. He suffered cuts and bruises and was taken home.
E W Bingman foreman of the Hocking Valley railroad yards residing at 14 Raymond street was held up on West State street near the old cemetery Saturday night. An unmasked bandit in an old overcoat with a hat pulled low pressed an automatic pistol and took a gold watch and $22, then fled into the night. Police had no description and could not locate the robber.
The Standard Oil Company announces the opening of a service station at the corner of State and Court streets in Athens Ohio on Tuesday morning. It offers a full line of automobile oils and greases, Red Crown gasoline, and free air and water.
In Dublin the four day Dail Eireann debate on the Anglo Irish treaty neared a conclusion as Sinn Fein members met at the National University to act on the pact. Eamonn De Valera entered with a serious demeanor while Griffith and Collins appeared victorious, removing their hats to applause.
Jacob Schwalbach 29 of Glouster is dead after a Ford roadster left the road and plunged into an old canal bed two miles south of Logan at 10 30 last night. Passenger Earl Gatchel of Glouster and two Logan girls escaped uninjured as Schwalbach, who had posed as single under an assumed name, died trapped beneath the wheel in two feet of water. He died before rescue and the body was sent to Glouster for burial after preparation by Undertaker L C Yocum.
Athens to stage its first boxing show in years. The event, approved by the boxing commission, features Joe Quinn of Athens vs Battling O'Brien of Zanesville in a 118 pound main bout at the armory on December 26, with local fighters K. O. Cox Kid Martin and Chunk Phillips Jack Straus also appearing plus semi final Battling Barstow vs Elmer Goodwin.
The article notes that Germany exported coffins packed for shipment to save space before the war, implying economic or wartime precautionary measures.
A rare superstition notes that posing for a photograph shortens a person’s life by diminishing their shadow, a belief observed among some communities. The claim frames photography as a spiritual risk and reflects cultural fears about modern imaging.
Ohio report details three accusations by Welfare Director MacAyeal against Rev. John S. Rutledge who refused to resign as superintendent of pardons and paroles. Rutledge defends himself, calling the charges a smokescreen over a dispute about a secret parole system.
C F Hughes, school principal, faced trial in Lima Ohio charged with unlawfully punishing 11 year old Lida Leffel. An Allen county humane society affidavit claims Hughes beat the girl into unconsciousness with a book while he admits a slap but pleads not guilty to the beating charge.
A Paris press report from London claiming Premier Briand had accepted Secretary Hughes's armament ratio was semi officially denied today. The dispatch touched off diplomatic reaction as Britain and France consider postwar military plans.
Robert Taft of Cincinnati and Honorable I M Foster were admitted by the Supreme Court on December 16 to practice in the United States Supreme Court. Chief Justice Taft reviewed their qualifications and both took the oath in the court’s presence.
Twenty five world war veterans have entered the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home at Sandusky in the last year with one to three more joining weekly. Officials say unemployment drives admissions and expect the home population to exceed 100 before winter ends.
Two eastern officials will be allowed to work the California Washington and Jefferson game in Pasadena on New Year’s Day. A squad of twenty players will depart Saturday for the coast.
Sealed bids for 20 million dollars of Ohio soldiers readjustment compensation bonds will be received until noon December 29 in Columbus. Each bid must include a one half of one percent certified check, bonds pay 4.75 percent interest semiannually, and mature in annual amounts through October 1932. Delivery expected on or about January 20, 1922.
The Anglo French reparations conference opened in London to plan allied response after Germany refused to pay installments. Premier Briand and French experts met with Lloyd George and British treasury officials at No 10 Downing Street in the room used for the Irish peace pact signing a little over a week ago.
A fierce storm in Buffalo New York caused one death, three injuries and about 750000 dollars in damage. Forty riverside homes were wiped out and ten families were saved by the coast guard. Numerous houseboats were destroyed in the disaster.
Geoffrey F. Morgan, former Athens school superintendent, has copyright and published two plays from Athens High School students. A Royal Cut-Up is a two act musical comedy with a fast moving plot. In Hot Tamale Land is a two act musical comedy showcasing Morgan’s humor, both now on the market.
Cleveland dispatch reports W. B. Yates night watchman for the Baumice Cream Company found dead in the freezing room with three gunshot wounds. A revolver with two cartridges discharged lay nearby. police believe robbers killed him during a burglary attempt at the plant.
The Ohio University alumni association asks readers to report names and addresses of ex-students who hold neither degrees nor diplomas. Notify the alumni office with attendance times, or contact secretary C L Martzolff at phones 5944 or 6152.
Louis Komer of Toledo goes on trial in Cleveland for complicity in the Sly Farmer payroll holdup murder. He seeks a penitentiary term by turning state's evidence. Frank Motto is dead. Samuel Purpera and Dominic Benigno face execution in Ohio’s electric chair.
Cleveland resident James Davis claims animal magnetism as the secret of his tricks. He shows objects moving with no touch, including a watch chain, a dollar, cards, and a scissors blade, stating he discovered the ability 12 years ago. Davis, age 29, says psychic groups tested him and found superior magnetism, though he denies possessing psychic powers.
A national guard squad including a machine gun unit was sent to Cherokee near Pittsburg after reports that the Amazon Army of the rump coal miners might raid mines. The reports did not materialize, authorities said.
Ohio notes list historic events with dates from 1801 to 1897. It records the move of the territorial capital from Cincinnati to Chillicothe in 1801 and marks key figures born or died in Ohio including Edwin M. Stanton 1814 1869 in Steubenville and Samuel A. Miller the geologist who died in Cincinnati in 1897.
The French delegation shows willingness to back down from a 350,000 ton capital ships demand while seeking concessions from Lloyd George on German reparations. Britain and Japan remain firm for a 1.76 ratio. Italy supports the lower Hughes figure.
In St Clairsville Ohio on December 19 the Ohio legislature is credited with boosting Bible use in public schools amid debates over students leaving school to work. The law passed last spring requires pupils to prove they are old enough and aligns with families seeking options under the court records.
Ten men alleged to be Sand masked members were jailed in Ardmore Oklahoma after a raid on the home of bootlegger Joe Carroll where Carroll and about 60 attackers were killed. Police investigate notes purportedly ordering Carroll to stop selling liquor and to leave the area.
Athens Chapter No 39 R A M holds Monday evening at seven for Mark Masters degree work. Jas A Palmer secretary and W H Bechtold high priest.
A brief notice invites readers to request a free Reconstruction Booklet produced by American business leaders. It explains Europe’s debt and postwar economic strain affect U.S. taxes and industry and asks for a name and address with two cents postage for mailing. The notice includes Frederic J. Haskin as director of the Information Bureau in Washington, D. C.
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