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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1925
Page
1
Reports tie a suspected student poisoner to the deaths of fellow students via strychnine capsules. The Bully military and rescue efforts surround Floyd Collins trapped in Sand Cave in Kentucky as crews drill a shaft to reach him.
Columbus Feb 56 The Brown two cent gasoline tax bill moves toward passage in the House Motor Vehicles committee report and a likely third reading. With a two to one Republican caucus backing, passage seems assured in the House, but the Senate core opposition targets auto license fee reductions to a $3 flat rate.
Johnny Geralds, Floyd Collins' cave partner, emerged from Sand Cave in steady mood but exhausted and muddy. He reported collapsing walls, falling rock, and debris trapping Collins, noting Floyd grew weaker and could not respond as mud and rock continued to fall. Geralds said he would not re-enter, fearing the cave's danger.
Officials probe a deadly campus mystery after at least five capsules given to students allegedly contained strychnine. Victims include Charles Hull Logan and David Paskin among OSU students. autopsy pending as police and university officials cooperate to identify a suspect who tampered with medicines.
In Cave City Kentucky chaos and hope mix as 150 feet below Sand Cave Collins remains pinned beneath a boulder. Adjutant General D D Denhart heads a looming martial law order while expert miners and guards confront a dangerous roof while civilians await a dawn verdict on the missing man.
Arthur Brisbane notes Harry Payne Whitney ties to polo victory in England and dominance in breeding race horses. He suggests Whitney could match America’s production of fighting airplanes and supply skilled pilots and mechanics. Continued on Page Four.
Nome Alaska February six. With one more death and several new cases unofficially reported the town faced a diphtheria outbreak. Three hundred thousand units of serum rushed by dog teams were nearly exhausted and plans for air delivery from the south were awaited. Dr Curtis Welch and nurses worked to immunize exposed residents as the death toll rose to six with Mrs R C McDowell among the deceased. McDowell and a McDowell child were critically ill. He formerly worked for the Nome Nugget.
Mount Etna showed renewed activity today with eruptions possible at any moment. Observers report fifteen earth tremors over two weeks in Southern Norway, with strong seismic reverberations and explosion-like sounds and new deep fissures appearing in several places.
Columbus report by state examiner W. F. Bowen and Auditor Joseph Tracy finds no fraud in Athens County road funds. It notes taxpayers complain the two mill levy is not spent in all townships equally but asserts commissioners act for the greatest good of all taxpayers. It says residents may request road repairs in their township for due consideration.
In Washington on February 5 the Senate broke precedent and began consideration of Attorney General Harlan F. Stone’s Supreme Court nomination in open session. Senator Walsh led the attack, accusing Stone of attempting to reindict Senator Wheeler, as Representative Sears charged Justice Department agents with shadowing opposing lawmakers.
Glacier Park Montana February report details how Clyde Montana Fauley nine months old, prize winner at Glacier Park baby clinic, survived convulsions after parents carried him through two feet of snow to halt the Orien tal Limited train and reach Kalispell to a specialist seven hours after onset. Ranger Clyde C Fauley and wife Mrs. Fauley are praised for the daring rescue in the Rocky Mountains.
Athens reports growing popular zeal for conflict with Turkey as a volunteer army idea gains traction. Wealthy backers incite action, with one financier pledging funds to remove the ecumenic patriarch from Constantinople if hostilities erupt.
In Constantinople on February 5 the Turkish Parliament, with Premier Kemal Pasha present, approved a spirited declaration by Roti Bey pledging peace but readiness to resist any Greek measures following the expulsion of the Ecumenical Patriarch. The vote was unanimous.
Briga dier General Billy Mitchell, the lone flying general in the American air service, has triggered a political furor as Congress weighs a probe into charges that army and navy officers are muzzled by superiors when testifying. Mitchell’s outspoken criticism of air service conditions and push for a unified air force have drawn strong disapproval from many seniors.
London reports from Foreign Office circles say semi official efforts by the allies to ease Graeco Turkish tensions have achieved measurable success. Britain does not expect actual trouble.
Hollister resident Joe Sarfoze was jailed by Magistrate Helwig for failing to pay an old liquor fine of 88 dollars. He was committed to the county jail yesterday as more non-payment warrants are expected to follow before week’s end. The court dismissed the case against Martie Frost of Athens for soliciting liquor sales.
Washington reports the U S government approves a policy not to ship arms or ammunition to China due to chaotic conditions there. President Harding has issued a proclamation banning export of munitions to China and no Americans are involved in arms traffic. The British warning concerns Hong Kong.
Plague has broken along the Siberian railway west of China and a preventive mission of Chinese Japanese and Russians forms at Harbin. Strict passenger examinations across the Manchurian border are ordered to curb the deadly disease.
Beatrice Wyckoff of Athens and Harold Wyckoff sue Roy Wyckoff, serving life for the murder of his wife Maude, in Common Pleas court seeking 10000 damages for the death and 1800 for funds allegedly taken. They claim 700 taken August 25, 1924 and 1160 later diverted, injuring their support and future prospects.
County superintendent H R McVay announces seven days of meetings in Athens for high school staff and county officials. Dr George Carruthers of Ohio University will address extracurriculars with sessions in the Security Bank Building. Other gatherings include the Southeastern Ohio County Superintendent and attendance officers meetings, with W R Helstand of the State Department of Education expected to attend.
John Graham twenty two an Akron prisoner serving a life sentence for first degree murder fell forty feet from a tele phone wire from the prison roof in Columbus Ohio He fractured his skull as guards pursued him Eluding guards he had climbed a tele phone pole and was midway to the building when he plummeted The convict from Olmstead Pennsylvania was received in September nineteen twenty.
An OCR fragment notes that the area of Belgium is about equal to that of Vermont. The source provides no further details on exact figures or context.
A free booklet titled Everyday Etiquette explains simple manners for meeting others and common courtesy. It covers greetings, proper conduct in hotels and theaters, funerals, christenings, telephoning, and other matters. Send 3 cents and a 2 cent stamp to receive a copy.
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