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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1924
Page
1
The Senate confirmed Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia as special government counsel to prosecute the naval oil lease cases after a brief, spirited fight. The move aims to speed action and overrule Lafollette's plans. Roberts was approved by the Senate on February 18.
Meigs County in Ohio plans a 60000 memorial building to honor soldiers of all wars. Drew Webster Post of the American Legion urges a bond vote at the upcoming presidential or August primaries. Proponents say a 3 year 1.5 mile levy would fund the project and honor returning veterans.
Sensational developments in the rural oil leasing scandal led to subpoenas for several New York stock brokers and a planned Senate Public Lands Committee meeting this afternoon being canceled this morning.
Senate oil inquiry widens to probe alleged stock market dealings by high government officials. Subpoenas issued for Harry Payne Whitney Elmer Smathers and J F Benkard figures as plan to proceed is set. Plans include injunctions to recover naval oil lands and possible grand jury actions with Hoberts awaiting Senate confirmation.
The Senate public lands committee confirmed President Coolidge's appointment of Owen J. RoBerts, a Philadelphia lawyer, as one of the prosecutors in the oil fraud cases.
President Coolidge appears set to win Senate confirmation for Roberts despite opposition from La Follette Democrats and insurrectionist Republicans. The dispute centers on Roberts past remarks about oil salaries and nationalization fears as the nation weighs oil suits. Prospective counsel and top attorneys are readied to press lawsuits and handle court work.
Friends in Columbus learn of the death Sunday in Los Angeles of Edward K. Rife 73 former Columbus newspaper man. He served 18 years as political writer for the Ohio State Journal and was known statewide.
Geoffrey F. Morgan former superintendent of public schools in Athens opens a four week Ohio tour speaking at Sandusky high school noonday Shrine club luncheon in Columbus March 6 and in Ravenna Sebring Newark Jamestown Norwood Toledo. He then heads to New York City and Chicago returning west to end the season. Since January he has spoken in California Oklahoma Kansas Iowa and Minnesota under a lyceum bureau.
Riga reports the Moscow mausoleum will close temporarily due to unsatisfactory embalming of Nicolai Lenine’s body. Officials say the closure is to allow corrective work and ensure proper preservation of the corpse.
Rome reports Italian forces have finished occupying the Tunisian zone in Africa, consolidating control as the campaign moves to new objectives. This development follows earlier advances and marks a notable phase in the theater.
The Weather Bureau forecasts a week with temperatures mostly below normal across the Ohio Valley and Tennessee. Rain or snow is expected at the start and end of the week, with fair skies in between, and Cincinnati’s normal high is 44 and low 25 with an average of 35 degrees.
Foreign mail service halted as 2000 bags from the United States were dumped on Plymouth docks by strikebound workers. Nieuw Amsterdam arrived with 3000 more bags, police fortified docks, and Premier MacDonald pressed for mediation while ministries plan to keep foodstuffs moving.
Senator Hiram Johnson of California opened his presidential campaign in Nebraska with a speech to University of Nebraska students. He eulogized Theodore Roosevelt and condemned the Republican National committee for increasing southern delegates, arguing the new system overrepresents small southern states.
A Senate Judiciary sub-committee headed by Senator Shortridge recommended an anti child labor constitutional amendment. The proposal would grant Congress power to prohibit labor of those under 18 and set labor conditions while suspending conflicting state laws.
In Copenhagen two men drowned after an ice flot broke adrift during a large skating gathering. About two hundred skaters were rescued as danger spread across the river or harbor area.
In Paris on February 18 the reparations committees resumed work. Charles Dawes and Reginald McKenna led the two expert panels while the banking committee questioned Reichbank President Schacht in the afternoon session.
Washington February 18. Frantic efforts by Republican leaders to salvage parts of the Mellon tax bill through compromise with insurgents ended in a stalemate. After intermittent talks since Saturday, regular and insurgent conferees adjourned at 2 o clock still deadlocked.
Sweetwater firefighters battled a large blaze in the business district that began early today and remained uncontrolled into the night, threatening multiple storefronts and prompting evacuations.
Two masked robbers held up two messengers in Seattle Washington and escaped with 12100 in cash. The messengers were transferring funds from the Metropolitan Bank to the Federal Reserve offices when the bandits seized a waiting car and fled.
Washington Sept 18 Edwin Denby secretary of the navy resigns over his role in naval oil leases. President Coolidge accepts the resignation and a successor is to be named with Charles B Warren of Detroit widely reported as possible. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt's status unclear as legal actions against oil lands and leases proceed.
Maggie Macon, 20, described as a negress, received life imprisonment after a jury found her guilty of aiding a Negro in a $23 robbery of George Ramsport. Court records note she was an habitual criminal with prior prison terms, making this the sternest robbery punishment yet in Missouri.
East Shanghat Feb 18 Major 8 T Dockray sails for England to secure concessions from British oil firms. He asserts a vast oil field from Urumshi to Aksu extends thousands of square miles and links to the famed Baku deposits.
Alleged helpful offices led Ray Graham of Athens to aid Willard Darnell of Canaanville in obtaining liquor. Graham faced charges for furnishing information under the Crabbe Act and bonded for February 21. Jack Ashton of Nelsonville also arraigned for keeping liquor sales. Reacting raids included John Naughton and others. battleships Wyoming Utah Arkansas and Florida ordered home for boiler repairs.
A public notice urges Americans to study English to improve social and business prospects. It promotes a free Word Booklet addressing mispronounced words mispelled words and commonly misused terms and asks readers to send two cents for return postage.
Senator Frank I. Green of Vermont was seriously wounded in Washington D C when a stray bullet fired by a federal officer pursuing bootleggers struck him on Pennsylvania avenue.
Lincoln, February 18. District Judge W M Morning was shot and killed during a divorce trial by Wallace P Wallick, a party to the case. Wallick then killed himself after the judge fell. Wallick had been delinquent on alimony. the attorney and Mrs Wallick were uninjured. London note follows: MP Eamond Harmworth will question MacDonald on reopening the war debt with the United States.
Washington February 18 Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania who has been confined at a residence here for twenty four hours under nurse care will return to Harrisburg today, announced by his physician. Earlier reports suggested mastoiditis but later developments showed the ailment to be only a badly abscessed ear.
Washington February 18 Senator Frank L Greene Republican of Vermont was accidentally shot in the head Friday night by a prohibition agent. He remains in a serious condition but has a fair chance for recovery after surgery to remove bone splinters. Doctors plan a further examination to assess recovery.
A youth roams West End homes in New Haven asking to try piano pieces and then forcibly ejecting, forcing doorbells, and evading police patrols. Authorities consider an insanity theory to explain the behavior as he demonstrations sheet music.
Colonel Thomas W. Miller accuses the treasury of “juggling” official figures to show a deficit and block a veterans bonus. Secretary Mellon denies the charge as Miller travels to Washington to press for full disclosure and possible action.
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