13 Feb 1923
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1923
Page
1
In London the king opened Parliament with a throne speech noting progress on a US debt settlement, calls for economy and relief for unemployment, and plans for tax and rent reforms. He warned Labour threats target foreign policy, with possible recalls on Rhine occupation and debates over Palestine and Mesopotamia withdrawals.
A new Athens County Savings and Loan association secures 1 000 000 dollars in capital, the county’s largest to date. Directors mainly reside in Athens with temporary offices at Wooting and Rowland. Deposits accepted now. loans start after a waiting period. The plan targets broad countywide membership.
Franco Belgian commission seizes control of Ruhr Rhineland railways to secure coal deliveries. German railway workers discharged. Trains to be manned and guarded by French and Belgian troops. A German hostage to be placed in each locomotive to guard against sabotage.
Fred Emde becomes acting president and general manager after Josiah Kirby resigns amid policy disputes. W H Hopple of Griffin named chairman of the board as rumors of financial stress grow with preferred stock sliding from 87 to 33 and common from 50 toward 5.
Cincinnati authorities praised Bridget Lantry a nurse who battled a basement fire at a three story Jewish Foster home after guiding 39 children to safety She summoned the fire department and kept the flames in check until firefighters arrived ensuring no casualties
In the house of commons Premier Bonar Law states Britain does not want war but will fight if necessary. He expresses hope that Ankara will reconsider and sign the Near East treaty and asserts there is no current danger of war.
Attorneys for Sheriff Don Chafin and the Logan County coal operators association urged dismissal of the United Mine Workers district 17 injunction seeking to stop union organizers. They argued state courts should handle the issues and that organizing is not a property right.
President Harding has not abandoned plans for a conference of state governors on prohibition enforcement. The White House announced he will likely call a meeting after state legislatures adjourn.
Dr. Daniel McGurk pastor of First Methodist spoke briefly at the Rotary club noon luncheon at the Colonial. Officials announced committees and discussed the Spirit of Rotary as part of the hour. He examined the Rotarian Creed in detail describing the organization's principles.
In Columbus this morning John M. Legg suffered facial and head burns when a gas explosion occurred in the Fairmont Creamery office on West Spring Street.
Strong detachments of French cavalry artillery and tanks arrived today at Gelsenkirchen following the shooting yesterday of two French soldiers and a German policemen.
Durango Colorado reports the region in the grip of the heaviest snowstorm of the winter with over a foot of new snow falling across the area. Roads become blocked and travel is disrupted as crews work to clear routes and keep emergency services available.
Latin American diplomats accuse the United States of unequal treatment after the Cuban yacht Miguel Ferrer is seized and held in Jacksonville Florida with a high bond demand. The vessel carried 5900 cases of liquor and sought asylum in distress, while British ships in similar cases were released with apologies.
Athens Chamber of Commerce forum luncheon will feature T C McCracken Dean of the Normal College at Ohio University. He is regarded as a leading educational authority. His topic is The University and the Community. Lunch will start at 12:00 sharp after a time Change confusion.
A fragment states that the only river you can drift up and must paddle down is Salt idriver, prompting political commentary about policy and navigation rights.
Chicago reports an advancing cold wave with a blizzard brewing from the Pacific storm. Temperatures plunged to 12 to 24 degrees below zero across Montana North Dakota and Northern Wyoming as the Midwest braces for more severe cold tonight or tomorrow.
Ruth Merriman, 18, alias Gene Merriman, arrested in Akron a week ago, turned over to Cleveland authorities. Believed to be a clever check passer sought in Cleveland and Chicago. Detained after a downtown hotel raid and related to a detention home escape attempt. she allegedly posed as the wife of a wealthy New York businessman while in Cleveland.
Wheeling West Virginia February 13 A 6 inch rain and four inch snowmelt have swollen the Ohio valley rivers. River interests fear a renewed serious condition as the Ohio River rose three and a half feet since yesterday and continues to rise. Temperatures swung from ten below zero yesterday to 45 degrees by today.
Columbus reports ongoing improvement as Governor Donahey and secretary J A Meckstroth recover at home from influenza illness. Both officials remain under doctors care and are expected to resume duties when cleared.
Columbus voters learned Lee Hall was re elected president and Willian Roy re elected vice president in Bellaire without opposition after the December Ohio United Mine Workers election.
Marietta Ohio February 13 Dr FE W Lefever a busy local physician during the flu epidemic fell asleep at the wheel while driving on the Willaimstown pike causing the car to swerve strike a telephone pole and crash. Lefever was not insured.
Washington February 13. Opponents press parliamentary roadblocks to shelve the administration ship subsidy bill permanently in the Senate. Supporters vow night sessions and full attendance to keep the measure in the spotlight until a decisive vote per President Harding is reached. Key predicts enough votes to repulse incidental attacks.
A fire at the New Hampshire orphans home in Franklin on February 13 saved the entire population of 173 children who were carried or guided to safety by responders. Fireman Peter Savoie was fatally injured and three others severely hurt when a wall collapsed.
The Home Economics department announces that the Mt Zion district rural consolidated schools are now serving all pupils hot noon day lunches.
Allen Bolen, jailed in Barnesville on a charge of stabbing Park Feaster to death in a Zanesville restaurant on Christmas Eve, 1926, was exonERated after a Zanesville hearing as witnesses testified Bolen was not the assailant.
Sister Cecelia of Notre Dame convent was drugged and abducted from St. John’s Church in Frederick by a man and woman later seen wandering Baltimore streets. She escaped, described ransom discussions, as police extend searches across Maryland and neighboring states. Relating priest links case to Italian mafia.
Albert Balanov, a Russian 28 year old ex federal agent, testified that Burns and Thiel detectives framed the Bridge Michigan national communist convention raid of August 22. He said he was paid to disrupt 1917 cigarmakers strike and to join radical groups to incite violence. His deposition will be used in the St Joseph Michigan red trial starting February 26.
Akron news reports a 12 foot span of the new viaduct fell into the river overnight, creating a hole secured by rails. It is the second injury to the bridge after eight feet of railing collapsed on a prior incident. County commissioners will investigate possible construction faults by Worth Bros of Chicago, contractor on the $3 million project nearly a mile long.
James Hugh Hughes of Los Angeles and his brother John Hughes, living with his daughter Mrs Harley Decker on Murry Ridge near Elyria, welcomed each other for the first time since parting fifty one years ago. Both are now grandfathers.
Cincinnati detectives are expected to take into custody Clay Mershon, 26, of Cincinnati, who is alleged to have been one of two men who held up the paymaster and a clerk of the HT. H. Meyer Packing company in Portsmouth a week ago, escaping with 3890 dollars. Mershon was arrested here.
In the Ruhr, French officials report a shift from lenient policy to strict force during the fifth week of occupation. Bayonets are used to disperse crowds and punish slow compliance, with many injuries reported in Essenstone. Rail traffic is severely disrupted as France tightens blockade while admitting limited relief efforts. A senior French official says leniency failed and force will be applied.
February 13 report notes price increases for white mule in Caldwell. Authorities in three raids over three days confiscated five complete stills each with fifteen tons capacity, destroyed over 150 gallons of mash, and imposed fines totaling 000 on violators by Mayor Danford. Three bootleggers are confined in the county jail for nonpayment.
A major snow event swept the Pacific coast today with San Francisco and surrounding areas heavily blanketed by the season’s heaviest snowfall. Meteorologists note plowable accumulations and difficult travel as visibility drops and storms persist.
A Berlin telegram from Essen reports Germany demands the Ruhr be isolated by banning coal coke iron and steel shipments to unoccupied areas as part of a move toward an autonomous Rhine land under France and Belgium. The dispatch notes a general belief in occupied zones that France and Belgium will proceed if Germany refuses.
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