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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1921

Page

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Four Men Die In Morning Freight Wreck Near Newark

Four Columbus crew members died and three were seriously hurt when a Pennsylvania freight train collided with a standing wreck train near Newark Ohio. Oil lamps exploded and flames engulfed the wreckage as rescuers worked through burned bodies.

Newark Pennsylvania Here Columbus William Williams Cook M. A. Peck C. O. Roush John Zimmer H. L. Withers Robert T. Weygandt J. M. Kennedy Oreww George L. Hartman Dennison Ohio H. H. Harrison Kennedy P. Mitchell H. H. Stump

Legislature Nears April Adjournment In Ohio

Road Vision Columbus reports tentative agreement among state legislators to adjourn early in April. Rep Crabbe notes a March recess to finish reorganizations and committee work on apportionment and finance. House considers Hopley highway inquiry. Senate already passed it.

Columbus Crabbe House Hopley State Highway Department Senate State Oil Department London LeFever Athens County Atwood Deweese Cope Columbiana

Albany Lawmakers Debate Oddly United Animal Spam

In Albany a state senator proposed combining bills on birds animals baseball players and fish saying the groups be considered together. The remarks were part of a morning session introducing related measures in the legislature.

Albany N. Y Walker

Stockholders Meeting Set by Hocking Sunday Creek Traction

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Company will be held at the company offices 2914 West Columbus Street Nelsonville Ohio at 1 o clock in the afternoon of February 9 1921. Athens stockholders have received notices.

Hocking-Sunday Creek Traction Company Columbus Street Nelsonville Ohio Athens

Conspiracy Charge Looms In Railroad Labor Row

Chicago report says conspiracy to crush railroad brotherhoods and lower wages will be charged before the U S railroad labor board. B M Jewell of the AFL headlines hearings as railroads seek to void national shop agreements amid alleged mismanagement and financial woes. W W Atterbury cites potential savings of 300 million yearly unless wage cuts follow.

Chicago United States Railroad Labor Board B. M. Jewell American Federation of Labor Jewell W. W. Atterbury Pennsylvania Lines Wilson Atterbury

Public dance at Junior Hall on February 2

A public dance is held at Junior Hall on Wednesday February 2. Gents admission is 75 cents.

Public Dance

Fear Mob Faces Kidnapper Case In Los Angeles

In Los Angeles on February 1 fear of a lynching surrounded Floyd L. Carr and Arthur Watson Carr after their confession to kidnapping Mrs. Gladys Witherell. Police increased guards at the county jail to deter any mob action as the plan to rush them to prison stalled while Floyd Carr seeks delaying evidence through counsel. Mrs. Witherell, kidnapped a week earlier for $20,000, was rescued in a shack raid seventy miles from the city. Floyd Carr was captured in that raid and Arthur Watson Carr in Los Angeles. She remained unharmed.

Los Angeles Cal Floyd L. Carr Arthur Watson Carr Gladys Witherell Floyd Carr Floyd Carr Said He Can Present Mitigating Evidence. Mrs. Witherell Witherell

Saints to Rule Cities With Blue Law Iron Rod in New Campaign

Misses Helen Buchmann and Belle Schelhorn, Zion City advance guards, warn New York of a coming blue law regime. They predict a future of no jazz, no Sunday amusements, no tobacco, no alcohol, and strict ten hour Sunday church services as cities including Chicago and Des Moines fall under saintly rule. They set up at 45th Street to distribute literature from a small room lit by the Great White Way, planning their anti-sin campaign with an oil stove and coffee pot nearby.

New York America Helen Buchmann Belle Schelhorn Zion City Wilbur Glenn Volva Satan Canada West Coast South Forty-Fifth Street

Suspect Prowler Tied to East End Murder Case

Cleveland February 1 a prowler preying on East End homes for two months is believed responsible for the murder of Gretchen Brandt 37 a robbery motive and over 1000 in jewelry missing Indications point to a hard struggle before she died and resemble the earlier assault on Verna Chipman 19 in her room about a month prior.

Cleveland East End Gretchen Brandt Verna Chipman

Salvation Army Opens Athens Branch Service

The Athens Salvation Army opened Monday in the City Building council chamber. Brigadier A. W. Baillie led the opening with 125 attendees as Captain Devon assume future charge and daily services seven evenings a week to invite public attendance.

Athens Salvation Army Council A. W. Baillie Devon Jim

Attention B P C E meeting and search update

Attention BPC E session tonight at 7:30 led by Ura Butcher exalted ruler. Report notes searching for petroleum in Ecudor with promising indications at several points in the republic.

Ura Butcher Ecuador Repub

Attorney arraigned for offering bribe to federal agent

In Cleveland on February 1 attorney Samuel F. Rembrandt was summoned before Federal Judge Westenhaver for arraignment on attempting to bribe federal prohibition agent Fred Counts. He is charged with offering $4000 to pass 460 cases and ten barrels of whiskey held during permit investigations.

Cleveland, O Samuel F. Rembrandt Westenhaver Fred Counts Rembrandt

Wedding March Drowns Sound of War in Balkans

In Athens on February 1 the Greek royal household sent members to Bucharest to witness the marriage of Prince George to Princess Elizabeth of Romania. The Bucharest ceremony will be followed by a Athens celebration uniting Crown Prince Carol and Princess Helene. Prince Nicholas and his wife and Princess Helene depart for Bucharest, and Queen Marie will return for the Athens nuptials.

Athens Balkan Royal House of Greece Bucharest George Elizabeth Romania Carol Helene Nicholas Marie

Bergdoll Kidnap Attempt Probed by German People’s Party

In Berlin on February 1, the people’s party demanded an interpellation on Grover Cleveland Bergdoll’s entry into Germany and his actions since. Party leaders warned the Bergdoll kidnapping attempt could worsen American sentiment. Reports say Colonel Stone apologized to the German commissary for U S soldiers role, while General Allen denied responsibility.

Berlin Grover Cleveland Bergdoll Germany Peoples Party Laaders Stone Allen

Turk Leader Ready to Talk with Allies

Constantinople February 1 Mustapha Kemel head of the Turkish nationalists says he will seek a negotiation with the allies for a return of Turkish territory if the cabinet resigns. He has ordered his troops to cease hostilities against French and British forces pending the London conference with observers from his side.

Constantinople Mustapha Kemel Kemel London

Ford Holds World Status Amid Plans for Change

Henry Ford, at Dearborn, says he sits on the top of the world and is charting industrial changes with bold innovations. He remains solvent, rejects Wall Street veto power, and considers new financing on his own terms while preparing for personnel shifts and guarding against external pressure.

United Press Detroit Henry Ford Dearborn Ford Ford Motor Company General Motors Ford Company Wall Street New York Boston Michigan New York House America Vatican Woodrow Wilson White House G. Liebold F. J. Klingensmith Ford Organization Highland Park

Ground Hog Day Forecast McHog Weather Note

The report notes a mild February start with 26 degrees at 7 am and a cloudy forecast for tomorrow. It mentions the sun rising at 7 04 and predicts whether a shadow will appear.

G. Hog Monsieur Ground Hog

Kidnap Plot Targets Chicago Policeman Framed as Hijack

Fred Schoel, a Chicago police officer, was held up and abducted by two highwaymen who drove him around the city. He declared, I am not a coward life is a precious thing.

Chicago Fred Schoel

Jail trusty Joseph Toales finishes task then walks away

Joseph Toales, a trusted county jail employee in Warsaw New York, swept the front walk as usual and then walked away. The brief note records a routine task followed by his departure. No further details are given.

Warsaw N. Y Joseph Toales

Ralph Bingham to Perform in Athens Tonight

Ralph Bingham, noted humorist, appears at Ewings hall auditorium as the third number in the Athens Lecture Course this evening at eight o clock.

Bingham Tonght Ralph Bingham Athens Ewings Hall

Trading Slow As Stocks Open In 100 Share Lots

Trading opened slowly in New York with most transactions recorded in 100 share lots. The market showed little early movement as traders waited for direction.

New York

Cleveland Officials Charged in Lever Act Violations

Federal Judge Westenhaver set arraignment dates for eleven officials of five Cleveland coal firms indicted for alleged Lever Act violations. The indictments allege unreasonable profits on multiple sales by The Goff-Kirby Company Glenville Coal Company George J Markley Company Federal Clay Products Union Coal Company and executives named in the charges.

Cleveland Westenhaver Cleveland Coal Companies Goff-Kirby Company Isaac ©. Goff Harold L. Goff James L. Deegan Bertram R. Taylor Glenville Coal Company William H. Evans Byron H. Evans George J. Markley Company George Markley Federal Clay Products Company George J. Y C. H. Sawyer Union Coal Company M. Ickes W. B H. Crawford George W. Gruder

Pretty Actress Wins Prize Cup in Goose Race

Mise Mildred Mann of the Greenwich Village Follies won the goose race at the poultry show in Madison Square Garden. Miss Mann crossed the line first to claim the prize cup amid a lively display before a crowd at the show.

Mise Mildred Mann Greenwich Village Madison ‘Square Corden Sash San Miss Mann

Social Life Said To Drive Flunks At Ohio University

A Athens business official cited excessive social life at Ohio University as a factor in more students flunking than in previous years. He noted a student borrowing to attend dances and said many flunked students remain out until the next term on probation. Registration opened as new students enrolled.

Ohio University Athens Ohio

Delayed jury selection in Hatfield case continues at Williamson

In Williamson West Virginia on February 1 the jury pool for Sid Hatfield and twenty others in the Matewan gunfight slaying of seven Baldwin Felts detectives faced delays. Many veniremen were related to principals or disqualified under a judge’s ruling amid a large witness list. Authorities could not identify who fired shots in Williamson yesterday as bullets reportedly fell in the city with no injuries.

Thomas Felts Arthur and Lee Felte Wiliamson

Thief Follows Sign at Pittsfield Store and Steals $90

A burglar in Pittsfield Maas obeyed a posted notice and lifted $90 from a cash drawer in a general store postal station after reading Dont break in here The safe is unlocked. The incident hinges on the sign and the recovered amount.

Pittsfield Maas

Athens Folks Hobnob With Mr. Harding

A letter from A. T. Lawhead of Messenger Printery details President-elect Harding's preinaugural visit to Fort Lauderdale, where he golfed with Lawhead and Art Wolfe. Harding toured the links after discreetly landing, then dined with local residents including F. W. Bush and J. H. Cline.

Messenger Printery Harding Fort Lauderdale Bigrida Athen Miami Lawhead Art Wolfe Wolfe

Harding to Seek Democratic Input in Policy Making

White House aides say President-elect Harding will keep doors open to Democrats in formulating policy. He will not offer cabinet posts to Democrats but will seek advice from leaders such as Senator Underwood and Senator Hitchcock. Harding continued his fishing expedition near Cocolobo before returning to Miami Beach.

Raymond Clapper United Press Miami Fla White House Republcans Harding Underwood Alabama Senate St. Augustine Gilbert M. Hitchcock Nebraska Wilson Cocolobo Miami Beach

George Grim Returns After Successful Surgery

George Grim of Shade Ohio has returned home after a successful operation at Copeland Howe hospital in Athens. His tonsils and adenoids were removed.

Hospital Shade George Grim Copeland-Howe Hospital Athens

Germany a rising force in world trade says Mason

In a Beval protest against Allied indemnity the German economy shows resilience. Germany shipped 23 billion marks of goods in five months, near half of the previous year’s total, boosting overseas commerce and shipping. German tech and instruments flood markets, while home rivals fear the influx and Holland and Denmark watch markets tighten.

J. W. T. Mason New York Germany Alery Holland Dinavia South J Far East Mastersch Icea Eign Steamship Ines Nearpany

Liquor Drawals Under Prohibition Totals Reported

National prohibition records show withdrawals for new key purposes reaching 88,814,676 units, while a prior figure was 14,445,161. The figures were noted in a Washington report dated February, indicating sharp changes in liquor use under the policy.

Washington Hams

Will Carry Battle to the 8t Cleveland Gas Fight

The office of director of law announced a suit against an Oil Company of New Jersey to stop gas shutoffs at midnight. The Jersey firm owns 99.87 percent of East Ohio Company and 100 percent of Hope Natural Gas West Virginia, from which Cleveland gets 75 percent of its gas.

Cleveland An Oil Company New Jersey Office of Director of Law Jersey Company East Ohio Company Hope Natural Gas Company West Virginia Ohio Company

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Pennsy Lvne Grays Armory Grays’ Armory Grays Cleveland (O.) Grays McKinley Capitol 148Th Infantry Fear Mob Jaz Balkans Slacker Flivver Karl A. Bickel The AMD Univerity Mingo MR. Harding Ture Ognon Frederic J. Haskin Athens Messenger Information Bureau Washington, D. C Uncle Sam
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