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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1928
Page
7
Wiley Marks pleaded not guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor and was ordered held on a $800 bond for his Common Pleas Court appearance. Constable Harry Dalton made the late yesterday arrest. Arraignment occurred last night with no trial date set.
Athens County Auditor J Clyde Edmundson reports December receipts totaling 33 847 44 while expenditures reach 62 904 13 leaving a balance of 129 857 in treasury. Funds include county road infirmary district health and mothers pensions with balances carried over across multiple funds.
Athens residents discovered their motor vehicles missing after an overnight parking ordinance was enforced on Court street. Police towed cars to a garage and owners must pay towing and storage before reclaiming vehicles.
Mrs Calvin Coolidge arrived in Northampton Massachusetts at 10 15 a m and went directly to Dickinson hospital to visit her ill mother Mrs Lemira Goodhue who is suffering influenza Her son John Coolidge met her after traveling from Amherst College to be with his mother during the visit
Columbus police announced the arrest of 19 year old James McDermott also known as Robert Wilson and Robert O Conner after four recent hold ups were solved today.
Mrs Cora Bates of Conneaut Ohio describes health decline with nerve trouble insomnia and weight loss then credits Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription with restoring strength and well being She reports improvement after use and notes availability of tablets or liquid and a 1 cent trial package offer through Dr Pierce s Invalid Hotel Buffalo NY
The annual meetings in Athens saw the Bank of Athens, Security Savings Bank, and Athens National Bank elect directors and officers for the coming year. Bank of Athens slate includes J D Brown and W B Golden as directors with Brown as president. Security Savings names W B Lawrence as president and C G O Blen ness as cashier. Athens National elects L G Worstell as president and James H McClure as cashier among others.
An attendance average of 98.97 was recorded for the last quarter at the four room Doanville school in Deanville. The eighth grade girls posted 100 percent attendance, with nine seventh graders also at 100 percent. Teachers Woith Hardy Cleo Ogg Lena Wolfe and Dorothy Covert are dedicated to sustaining the peak.
In Boston on January 12, the Sunken Submarine S-4 tragedy saw fifteen bodies identified at Chelsea Naval Hospital. With 82 recovered, eight remain in the wreck. six victims lie in the unexplored torpedo room, leaving two unaccounted for.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Bowman, 7, wife of John Bowman, died at 2:30 pm yesterday at their home 38 West State Street after years of declining health. Born in Hocking County, she lived much of life in New Marshfield with the last decade in Athens. Funeral at 10:30 am Saturday at M P Church New Marshfield, Rev. Eaton. burial in New Marshfield Cemetery.
Harry Clark 24 arraigned as U S commissioner on charges of harboring and bartering liquor at a Y M C A room. Investigators found four quarts of liquor as guests allegedly intoxicated inside the building. In Hamilton a store robbery ends with a child held captive during loot.
Athens Mayor Alex M. Moore will address the Newark Rotary Club at noon Tuesday and speak that evening to Ohio Elks gathered in the city. The Elks event includes an initiation ceremony and a seafood banquet honoring James R. Cooper, president of the Ohio Elks Association.
Wallace Connors an 11 year old boy is held by Columbus police as they investigate the death of Willis Bryant 15 who died from a stab wound said to have occurred during play Bryant fell on the knife according to Connors.
Arrested in Zanesville by Constable Harry Dalton on affidavit charging removal of mortgaged property J C Dailey former Athens resident pleaded guilty and arranged to settle charges when arraigned before Justice of the Peace Carl H Porter yesterday.
Ralph McKinley, 20, was accidentally shot when the automatic pistol in his pocket discharged as he entered his sister's home in Amesville. The bullet struck his hip and could not be located by probing. he was taken by car to a Columbus hospital for X rays.
A young man, son of Bruce McKinley of Linscott's Run, spent the night at his sister's home. The report notes he arrived to stay overnight with family.
Mayor Oliver Conley vows charges against Allan Price and William Deck of the city civil service commission after they refuse to resign amid a push to break an antagonistic faction. Conley says policies cannot move forward with the current board.
Boston January 12 The naval board of inquiry witnesses and press sailed with the Destroyer Maury to Provincetown to reenact the S-4 submarine collision with the coast guard destroyer Vaulding. Forty lives were lost in the disaster as officials seek responsibility.
The juvenile court was asked to investigate conditions at the Holy Ghost orphanage in Cleveland after Polish businessmen accused children of malnutrition and overcrowding. The facility, said to be operating without a license, prompted calls for state action if abuses persist.
In Los Angeles on January 12, 1932, Lilward Hickman cleared a final hurdle that could have postponed his trial for the Marion Parker murder. The defendant will face trial on January 26 after a key contention was removed.
Judge Robert Scott denied the petition and asked that the slayer be made a ward of the juvenile court, signaling a move to juvenile jurisdiction for the case.
The probate court yesterday afternoon received the inventory and appraisement of W. H. also known as Henry Phillips. Edward Phillips, executor, filed the inventory which was ordered recorded.
An application to probate the purported last will of Daniel X Bateman was heard in probate court yesterday. The hearing is scheduled for January 18 at 9:00 AM before the court. Five days notice was ordered for the widow and next of kin.
An order was entered in court yesterday to record the inventory and appraisement of real and personal property belonging to Walter Chase, filed by Roger J. Jones as administrator of the estate.
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