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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1909
Page
1
The Ohio House passed the Woods bill for 25,000 to a state institution, with Governor Harmon to appoint a bipartisan committee. A strong temperance push favored anti cigarette laws and stricter liquor controls, while the Senate debated character and wet city measures and a lobbyist registration bill.
Jack Aiken of Canaanville was fined $5 and costs by Squire Rose after pleading guilty to assault and battery. He had waived examination then changed his mind. William Mulligan, charged with the same offense, posted $200 bond after waiving examination. The pair were involved in a row at Canaanville last Sunday morning.
Night officer Gandee says dim lighting along Court Street hinders law enforcement as only one or two stores illuminate façades, making it hard to detect wrongdoings and monitor activity at night.
Ray Andrews of Glouster files for divorce from Hattie Andrews in Athens county courts on a Wednesday. Attorneys B F Swope and Wood Wood represent both sides. The couple married August 17 1904 have one child Roy aged four. Andrews cites wilful absence for three years and seeks legal separation without custody.
Executives of railroads serving Ohio western Pennsylvania and West Virginia coal regions will settle whether West Virginia coal rates will be equalized with those of Ohio and western Pennsylvania. A New York meeting directed the matter to executive leaders and carrier presidents for final action.
Bucyrus, Ohio, February 18. Representative L. H. Battefeld of Bucyrus will present the state with a framed coin souvenir. He is a coin collector and has framed an 1802 copper cent with an 1851 cent to symbolize the dates of the original and new state constitutions adopted by popular vote.
King Leopold of Belgium approves Cardinal Gibbons with the grand cross of the Royal Order of the Crown. The honor recognizes his personal esteem and his services to Christianity and humanity globally.
Trimble Feb 18 The checkweighman dispute at the Hisyl vania mine is to be taken to T. L. Lewis president of the National Mine Workers organization for final adjustment. The case has been presented to President Lewis and will now be laid before him to decide if his ruling differs from State President William Green. The mine likely will not reopen until the matter is permanently settled and the miners have yet to accept Green’s order for a new checkweighman election.
Washington February 17 General Charles H Crosvenor spoke for Ohio wool growers before the Ways and Means Committee urging that existing first and second class wool schedules not be altered in tariff revisions He argued against an ad valorem duty and said the industry was not declining under the current tariff noting continued wool production growth despite fewer mutton sheep head counts.
After debate on a Kennedy Ohio bill granting the War Secretary exclusive bridge approval power, the measure was laid aside for this session. A sub committee was named to draft a new bill and report next session. A separate proposal seeks a Parkersburg Ohio river bridge. Army engineers rule that the project cannot be built now.
Athens councilmen and gas office employees testified before the February grand jury amid questions over a recently adopted natural gas franchise raised to 27 cents per thousand for ten years. Prosecutor Foster said the jury may wrap up Friday with a report.
W. W. Tamage, formerly city ticket and passenger agent for the Baltimore & Ohio and its Southwestern line, was arrested in Columbus on an affidavit by Andrew Tipple of Cleveland for embezzling 450 dollars during his tenure with the railway companies.
A stranger in Mansfield Ohio on February 18 entered the Electric Packet express office shouting for work and began lifting and shoving packages. Police took him to the station where he was placed to work but soon became violent during detention.
Judge James Austin Jr announced a banquet next week to honor offenders released on probation who had been convicted in police court. The event aims to encourage paroles and reform among convicts evaluated for probation in Toledo.
In Napoleon Ohio on February 18 Officer Eugen Frepple aged 55 and widowed with two children was shot in the head by farmer Maynard Reiter a 45 year old single man while Frepple was placing Reiter in the city jail.
In Wooster Ohio on February 18 Leo Raridon accidentally shot and killed his brother George aged 12 while handling a gun. Police report no foul play suspected and the tragedy is under local inquiry.
Everything is ready in Cincinnati for the ceremony that will make President-elect William H. Taft a Mason at sight at the Scottish Rite cathedral this afternoon. Grand Master Charles B. Hostinson heads the honor, likened to knighthood on the battlefield, with a distinguished group of Masons invited. Prominent attendees include Dyas, grand high priest of the United States. Herbert Montague, grand master of Michigan. Joseph L. Davenport, grand master of South Dakota. and A. B. McQaffey, past master of Colorado.
Elmer M. Coverstone and Alfred Kirkpatrick of Columbus are charged with using the mails to fraudulently solicit work. They posted a 75 cent inquiry that led to a pamphlet on getting rich, allegedly sold as a copying job. Bond set at 500 dollars for March 1 hearing. Accuser Miss Alta Bowen of Warren provided the complaint.
Mrs Melile Sadier River 51 wife of C O Riger died Wednesday noon at her Hocking home from goitre and complications. Survived by husband and three children aged three six and nine. Funeral Friday at 12 30 from the residence with Rev W H Boden conducting. Interment in Union Street cemetery.
Glouster High School changes two basketball games an inter class contest Friday and the Ohio University Juniors vs Seniors game postponed to Wednesday February 24 by mutual agreement of managers. Sop or juniors will fill the date on the Masonic floor night.
Circuit Judges Cherrington Walters and Jones met in Chillicothe to decide the Perry county wet and dry election case. They announced the ruling Wednesday morning and mailed it to Judge Donahue at New Lexington for public release today.
Kenyon College faces Otterbein last Saturday and now schedules a two game stretch with Marietta College Friday night and Ohio University Saturday at 2 pm in Gambier. The team has played few games this season but shows competitive spirit across Gambier athletics.
The O D Eddy Oil & Gas company is drilling its first well on the J B Chappelear farm in Union townedin Morgan county. The well lies midway between Corning and Glouster and targets the Clinton sand at 3000 to 3200 feet. It has reached over 600 feet, with two wells planned as a test as stock remains open and selling rapidly.
Dr. Frank Lord, once recalled to the Athens State Hospital staff, was not confirmed by the board and has departed. He had been connected with the hospital for several years, leaving during Dr Hanson’s administration and not returning under Dr Rorick.
Logan Ohio Feb 17 A Columbus traveling salesman was awarded 700 damages by a jury in the common pleas court this morning for injuries from a buggy overturn on a street. The accident was caused by a contractor leaving a hazard on the street.
Grover Young of Deadwood Sd has been recommended for Annapolis and entered a preparatory school to prepare for the academy. He is a grandson of Aaron Young of Hamley Run Athens county and Theron H Young of Deadwood. Local papers praise his high school leadership and class presidency.
Washington hosts a three day joint conservation commission with delegates from the United States Canada and Mexico. President Roosevelt welcomes the foreign parties and urges a continental plan to safeguard lands waters forests and minerals for future generations.
Three Fairfield county oil companies are incorporated with Lancaster and Pickerington HQs. Middlefork Oil & Gas holds 2000 acres in Perry township. Pickerington Oil & Gas leases 3000 acres near Pickerington. Winona Oil & Gas 1600 acres near Winona, Hocking county. Huston well near Rushville shows 25 to 30 barrels daily potential.
Builders report strong demand and rising orders for face brick in the Hocking Valley as several plants near selling out. Companies indicate a busy summer with good stock on hand and new plants added, suggesting brick shipments may reach record levels this year.
The Twentieth Century Club hosted a Valentine dance in the L O O F Hall in Coolville February 1 with about sixty invited guests and twenty couples dancing. Music was by Clyde Scott of Marietta. Out of town guests included Miss Emma Humphrey of Biloxi, Miss Ella Deeble of Belpre, the Wardas from Clarksburg and Burdette from Lite Hocking.
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