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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1922
Page
2
The senate approved a bill to amend the army appropriation act of 1919 providing 4 140 000 to pay all claims against the government for land taken by the army during the war.
At the Kiwanis Club meeting in the University cafeteria Athens leaders urged action to expand educational facilities. Speakers including Principal R R Rupp and Dr L G Bean pressed for moving grade schools to the Central building and to erect a new high school building. The club adopted a program of extension and pledged support. A Logan delegation of 16 men toured Athens Kiwanis activities seeking to form a chapter in Logan.
In 1886 Ireland had a population more than twice its current level, with historic demographic data showing a substantial mid 19th century population peak followed by decline in the later 19th and 20th centuries.
A new performance of the Oberammergau passion play is planned in the Bavarian village, continuing the traditional outdoor drama that draws visitors from across the region and beyond.
Washington reports to the Senate agriculture committee show railroads and middlemen earning sizable profits handling wheat before it becomes bread. W H H Stephens of the FTC testified during Ladd bill discussions that middlemen profits last year ranged from 50 to 60 cents per bushel, accruing to elevator owners brokers railroads millers and bankers.
In Sandusky Ohio on February 17 James Campbell of Madison Wisconsin and several other colored vagrants found a case of white mule used as evidence against an alleged bootlegger. They were working off fines doing cleanup in the police station basement when the cleaners were found drunk and unable to stand.
House Ways and Means Chair Fordney said a Republican backed soldier bonus bill will reach the House within ten days. The committee heard American Legion representatives but did not discuss revenue methods. A general sales tax to fund the bonus is gaining support in Congress.
Harvey W. Church, convict who killed two men for a motor car, will be moved to the death cell. Governor Len Small denied clemency, ending a final hope. Church, on a hunger strike for over thirty days, collapsed upon learning of the decision. He is scheduled for execution at dawn tomorrow in Chicago.
Palm Beach Florida authorities and West Palm Beach officers are hunting for Leslie Harrington, a Chicago indictment suspect charged with conspiracy to defraud in connection with an alleged Ponzi scheme.
Guy Wilson a 43 year old painter and Jau nita Dague 25 of Athens are named in a public notice involving Rev A Y Wilcox with details readable but incomplete in this fragment.
J W Worthington testified before the house military affairs committee on February seventeenth about Henry Ford's bid to lease the Muscle Shoals Alabama waterpower site. The development would rank second only to Niagara Falls in scale according to the testimony.
Newcastle Pa February 17 officials argue Rocco Rocco who was executed fifteen years ago for murdering Seely Houk a game warden may have been involved partly through his own admissions Creighton Logan a former county detective who investigated the case says new evidence points to James Murdock Hillsville as the killer The report notes officials now question the original conviction.
Senator McKellar of Tennessee introduced a resolution in the Senate calling for an investigation of an alleged fertilizer trust and its Washington lobby. The measure also probes Henry Ford's offer to lease Muscle Shoals and the related opposition from fertilizer interests.
Cleveland February 17. Police developed tangible clues by noon seeking the cause of the fra and explosion that wrecked the A Claus Manufacturing plant at 2415 Forestdale avenue shortly after midnight. The fire and blasts endangered many nearby residents and caused over 250000 dollars in damage as flames raged until late morning.
San Antonio dispatch reports official circles blame American oil interests for messages from El Paso about Mexican revolutionary activity near the border and the troop buildup at Fort Bliss to safeguard American interests.
Marietta Ohio February 17 Reverend J J Herman of St Philomena Caldwell has been named pastor in Marietta by Bishop J H Hartley of the Columbus diocese. He succeeds Father F W Woesman longtime pastor who died Sunday.
The article reports Mrs Mamie Graf of Toreh, daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Baker, recovering in a Parkersburg hospital after eleven weeks. An initial operation was halted due to acute peritonitis, followed by a successful second operation. Her sister Mrs H B Given of Circleville stayed with her through both procedures.
In Columbus on February 17, police raided the Bears club rooms at 199% South High street before daylight. Three women and 14 men were arraigned in municipal court as slot machines poker chips and hundreds of gallons of liquor were confiscated.
Cincinnati February 17 Senator Ransdell of Louisiana warned that without a strong balanced American merchant marine the U S Navy will not match Great Britain despite the 5 5 ratio from the Washington armament conference He urged a robust merchant marine as essential to an effective navy and heads the National Merchant Marine Association.
ARDMORE Oklahoma February 17 Sheriff Buck Garrett of Carter County was found guilty by a jury in an ouster suit for neglect of duty permitting violations of prohibition laws and failing to suppress gambling and immorality.
The House approved the interior department appropriation bill carrying 295,622,000 for the 1922-23 fiscal year. Included in the tally is 253,987,720 allocated for pensions of veterans of wars prior to the world war.
President Harding and shipping board chairman Daniel R. Lasker decided not to recondition any more former German liners seized by the United States during World War I. The ruling was learned at the shipping board today.
The fragmentary OCR notes mention colleges and pro athletes, with unclear names or actions. It reads like a brief item on sports or education but lacks full details to confirm any event, people, or dates.
President David Kinley of the University of Illinois supports a campaign to remove college athletes who play in professional games from student rosters. The stance aims to strengthen amateur status and curb professional participation in college sports.
State troops patrolling Newport Kentucky seized gambling paraphernalia in a series of raids on alleged gambling houses amid an iron and steel workers strike. A truck load of material was removed from downtown. U S district attorney Sawyer A Smith said the clean up would continue to wipe out bootlegging and other violations and would cooperate with the troops.
Glouster resident Van Lyle pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a copper still used for moonshine. Constable Mariner raided the Lyle home and found the still near the stove. Magistrate Pearl W. Helwig imposed the minimum fine of 100 dollars plus costs, with half his earnings to be devoted to paying the fine.
Cincinnati February 17 Robert L Black commander of Robert K Bentley post American Legion plans to swear out a warrant for the arrest of a post executive officer who allegedly disappeared with $1000 of the post funds.
James Keveley of Toledo was elected president at the Ohio Master Plumbers state convention closing session. Cincinnati was chosen as the site for next year’s state meeting.
Erna Rubinstein, a 16 year old debutante, has stunned critics with a mature performance in her American debut in New York. Admirers compare her playing to Heifetz Kreisler and Elman after a tour of continental Europe including 29 concerts in Holland last autumn.
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