02 Feb 1923
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1923
Page
1
Letters to Athens business men describe a Canadian Rye scam offering three quarts for $10 with collect shipment. Recipients sent cash, got packages labeled as rye but containing grain instead. Within ten days deliveries arrived, exposing the ruse and leaving buyers with losses.
London dispatch reports France may seek a separate peace with Turkey causing British worry. Turks face Sunday deadline on allied terms. Lausanne sources claim Ismet Pasha authorised Ankara to accept terms. Britain weighs support to France to move coal from Ruhr and may demand withdrawal if talks fail.
Anne Gartere of Cleveland is named the most sought after model in New York and the highest paid. Her services attract top agencies and a wide client list.
Washington reports the Lenroot-Anderson farm credits measure, part of a broader plan to aid farmers, is near certain passage. The bill would authorize 125 land banks with up to 1.26 billion dollars in rural credits, creating farm credit departments and debentures backed by government capital. Senator Lenroot expressed confidence the bill would be enacted before March 4.
A conference of five Ohio colleges met at Capitol University in Columbus to organize an annual inter-collegiate glee club contest. Teams from Ohio Wesleyan Miami Denison Capitol will compete for a cup passed yearly until a school holds it for three consecutive years. The first contest will be in Memorial Hall Columbus in May with eminent musicians judging tone ensemble balance diction stage and interpretation. Each club will perform a test selection a light number and a college song.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, urged Washington to offer U S mediation between France and Germany in the reparations dispute. He said the offer should be made in good faith and without regard to whether either nation is pleased or displeased.
Judge D C Westen issued a permanent injunction in Cleveland federal district court barring the National Association of Window Glass Manufacturers and the National Window Glass Workers from enforcing a September wage agreement, ruling it violated the Sherman anti trust law.
Evane Overly of Logan will speak in Circle Hill Saturday at 7 P M and Sunday at 10 45 A M and 6 30 P M She will also be in Chauncey at Harvey's dance pavilion Sunday February 11 to organize a Sunday school program.
Opposition in Congress centers on the United States paying about 41.4 percent interest on more than 21 billion dollars in liberty bonds while Britain would incur just under four percent on its debt to the United States. The government raised funds for the loan to Britain via liberty bonds.
The government plans four radio stations in Greenland to keep inhabitants connected with the world. This move aims to improve communication between remote settlements and Copenhagen and enhance regional awareness of national events.
New York February 2 Judge Elbert J Gary chairman of United States Steel Corp says steel prices will follow wholesale commodity trends and rise, but demand will not fall. He blames labor shortages on selective immigration laws and notes subsidiaries are handicapped by the shortage of workers.
Dublin February 2 Republican irregulars set fire to the home of Justice Medding. John Bagwell Free State senator, kidnapped and later released, has gone to England to recuperate from the ordeal.
In Riga Latvia political police seized clowns Nipsi and Lipsi during a circus performance accusing them of including anti government utterances in their routine.
A quip notes women shed folly after marriage while many men begin to display similar changes. The remark reflects light social humor about marriage roles and behavior.
James Tosaw, 45, wealthy farmer, and his wife were wounded in a violent incident in Ottawa. Tosaw shot his wife and then attempted suicide in a rage, leaving both near death today.
Wellington reports four trucks en route to Detroit were found overweight and each driver fined the minimum. The incident notes the enforcement action and uniform penalty across all four drivers.
The U S Senate officially censured Senator Heflin of Alabama for his denouncement of Great Britain during a heated debt funding debate. He said his criticism did not represent bond sharks or Wall Street financiers.
Federal agents seized six truckloads of whiskey valued at $75 000 from a mystery ship off the coast. A police lieutenant and two patrolmen were arrested along with seven rum runners after a clash during the raid. Authorities say the officers faced conspiracy charges.
A patrol of Czecho-Slovak troops crossed the Bavarian frontier near Bischofreuth but withdrew at once, according to reports from Passau.
London dispatch reports the resignation of Australian Premier William Hughes accepted after a December election victory by a hostile political faction. The move follows a Sydney source quoting the Evening News.
In Chicago at Orme's morgue the brother of Max Glickerman, 55, claimed to see motion in the dead man's hand just before embalmers prepared the body. A medical team worked an hour but Max remained dead, with death attributed to natural causes.
Columbus February 2 lists of musical selections for a state wide music memory contest were released by the Ohio department of education. Copies and contest plans have been mailed to music supervisors across the state. Contests will run through April with district tests and a final in Columbus for district winners.
Demurrers to indictments charging conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act were filed by Mayor Roswell O. Johnson Sheriff William H. Olds City Judge William M. Dunn former prosecuting attorney Clyde Hunter and county officials and 11 others when arraigned before Federal Judge A B Anderson. Fifty nine other defendants entered pleas of not guilty and one pleaded guilty.
Washington February 2. President Harding instructed Major General Harry T. Allen to retire as unofficial observer of the American government with the inter allied Rhineland commission due to withdrawal of American forces from Germany. State Department announced this afternoon.
Riga report says forty alleged anti-communists were arrested by Soviet secret police with charges of aiding France or assisting a Wrangel invasion. A separate Moscow dispatch says Soviet officials urged Italian workers to resist fanaticism spreading through Europe.
John M. Minahan a 21 year old sophomore at the University of Chicago shot himself with a shotgun in his room at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house. The body was found at 7 o'clock this morning by fraternity brothers who entered the room by chance.
London dispatch reports French soldiers fired on trains failing to halt at Essen as Germany orders Ruhr railway workers to ignore trench orders maintaining service in occupied areas. A coal miner was reportedly shot near Brechten. British officials anticipate France and Italy will ratify the Washington naval treaties soon. The Italian chamber will begin formal treaty consideration after this month.
In Martinsville West Virginia two men died and two others were injured when their car plunged 209 feet down an embankment into Little Tishing Creek two miles from the city late last night authorities reported.
Official advices from Dusseldorf HQ report the Rhineland is quiet this afternoon. The dispatch conveys a calm status to the foreign office with no notable incidents or disturbances noted at press time.
The Springfield business district was shaken by an explosion that caused about 3 million dollars in damage. Three people died and scores were injured. relief agencies housed 20 families made homeless while a building in the retail district escaped major damage.
In Toledo authorities report Anthony Minga a long time resident who had lived 306 years in Toledo and saved a fortune traveled to Poland last summer. On October 9 robbers murdered Minga and left his wife for dead. Minga was prominent in Polish circles in Toledo and his wife recovered and returned to America.
President Harding will meet with Elks representatives at the White House Sunday to discuss measures for controlling duty traffic in the United States. The announcement comes from the White House.
Washington reports say the Armour and Morris packing concerns have actually consummated a gigantic merger though announcement is withheld. Secretary Wallace opposed the merger, Attorney General Daugherty finds no legal barrier, and Justice Department auditors with a big five packer review records for unfair practices toward producers and consumer interests.
Toledo February 2 Martin Neuhausel a $1 pioneer Toledo merchant and former Union soldier who guarded John Wilkes Booth during his trial for the Lincoln assassination is dead at his home.
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