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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1924
Page
1
A strong tremor rattled Tokyo and neighboring areas on January 15, disrupting rail service between Tokyo and Osaka. Reports say fires spread in Sugamo after shocks, a train plunged into a river, and six trains derailed between Gotemba and Tokyo, with no fatalities confirmed yet.
Kaichro Yone mura of Tomioka station, linked to Radio Corporation in San Francisco, sent word after land lines failed that Tokyo was struck by another powerful earthquake, following his earlier Septembers’ quake news.
News dispatch details Tokyo casualties with four dead and twenty injured in Tokio district, ten killed and two hundred injured in Yokohama, and 600 houses destroyed by fire. It notes damage to the Tokaido line, airplanes delivering reports from Numasu, and relief efforts as Mrs. Roosevelt remains calm at the Imperial hotel.
Ho ward Cofflin a 26 year old soldier was wounded in the leg during an escape from Sentry Edward Evans at Fort Hayes Columbus. He had been being escorted from the Sard house to clear snow when he ran and was shot. Police found him an hour later and returned him to the barracks.
Miss Edna Tal bott, 38, died from burns after her clothing caught fire from an open grate in Bethesda Ohio. The incident occurred as she tended the fire, with investigators noting the clothing ignite and flames spreading quickly.
The national committee weighed bids from Chicago, San Francisco, New York and St. Louis. San Francisco offered 200000 plus use of the Civic Auditorium, New York promised debt cancellation of 189000, a 50000 donation and a meeting venue, while Chicago and St. Louis offered far smaller sums. The committee, with McAdoo supporters wary of New York, faced a tense decision amid mounting rival offers.
German industrialist Arnold Rechberg urges a Franco German industrial merger to restore Germany and avert ruin. He cites Premier Poincare and Marshal Foch as receptive, contrasts with Stinnes and nationalist pressure, and claims his plan is the only viable reparations solution to salvage postwar wreckage.
Eight men are dead with six identified and 30 injured after a Texas Co refinery explosion in Port Arthur Texas. The known dead include W. C. Moye of Beaumont and Charles Ball among others. two bodies were not yet identified.
Frank H. Marquis, Past Grand Master, has given Mansfield Lodge No. 35 a 397 year old Textus Bible in Gothic type. The worm-eaten oak covers remain intact and the volume is described as in excellent condition. Marquis obtained the ancient Bible in London.
A Messenger information bureau report from Frederic J. Haskins cites Germany at 0.05 percent illiteracy, the lowest in Europe. Denmark and Sweden follow at 0.2 percent and Switzerland at 0.4 percent. Ohio shows 2.8 percent illiteracy, with Athens County at 3.2 percent.
The Bethany and Adrian colleges basketball fives recruit heavily from local high schools in Steubenville. Bethany lists Patterson from Mingo High, Carey from Follansbee, and Calderwood from Wellsburg. Adrian features Cooper and Hayworth from Mingo as regular players.
The annual church business meeting will be held in the social rooms Wednesday at 7 o clock. Officers will be elected and departmental reports heard. Special music is planned and the evening will mix business and pleasure for all members.
Frances Windsor a waitress admitted writing crude red ink letters accusing prominent city women of marital infidelity. Officers searched her home with Chief Parker and Sheriff McKinley, aided by the National Detective Bureau, and the confession followed. She was given time to leave town.
The 1924 Athens city phone directory shows Jones appearing 20 times, with Bean and Brown tied at 17, Parker 5, Smith 4, and Johnson Williams Bolin Carpenter Davis Pinsterwald Hooper Miller Moore Thompson each 10 or more. The piece notes multiple repeats of common surnames in the directory’s entries.
Senate Republicans led by Charles Curtis propose tying a soldier bonus funding to the Mellon tax bill. The Curtis plan raises amusement taxes by up to 1.5 cents while boosting higher rate taxes on admissions, aiming to generate at least 80 million dollars a year to cover bonus payments.
The Athens chamber of commerce hosts a weekly luncheon on Wednesday in the chamber rooms on the fifth floor of the Security Building. Senator Atwood of Columbus will deliver the principal address. The Athens county chapter of the American Red Cross meets after the luncheon to elect a nine member executive committee and review roll call and subscriptions for relief and community work.
The Belmont County Farm Bureau in St Clairsville passed several resolutions at its annual convention. Proposals include real estate reassessment, selling Muscle Shoals to Ford to lower fertilizer costs, a gasoline tax for road funds, and a special state school tax.
Mayor Arthur T. Schuler appointed Gust Goldsmith, a campaign promoter, to the post of public safety director in Bucyrus D.
Club women of Athens city will assist in the Naturalization Day ceremonies in the common pleas court of Athens county. The courtroom will be decorated by the club and several members will welcome applicants who pass the citizenship test. Successful applicants will receive flags and are invited to attend. A federal examiner will begin tests at 9 o'clock.
City officials push a broad housecleaning as Attorney Sherman Denton’s tax law inquiry nears report. Police raid the red light district, close gambling and liquor violations, and Mayor Hawkins imposes stiff fines and jail terms while pledging stricter enforcement.
King George in opening the new parliament speech outlines a non contentious program for trade expansion to offset tariff reforms and relief of unemployment. He notes progress with foreign powers and the League of Nations while urging assent to schemes for trade facilities and export credits amid ongoing unemployment concerns.
The document outlines a plan to maintain public enterprises with a grant from public funds and invites approval to extend contributions toward public utility works. It also seeks help in providing work in the shipbuilding industry via immediate construction of cruisers and auxiliary craft.
Paris reports the French cabinet will submit vigorous budget balancing measures to the chamber of deputies on Thursday to halt the franc decline. The currency nears a new low near 21 to the dollar, well below prewar 20 cent parity, alarming financial and political circles.
Amy Nelson testified before Judge Becker that life with movie operator husband Howard Nelson was a continual scramble for food and clothing. The divorce was granted on grounds of neglect.
Fifteen mines of the New River Coal Co. in Southern West Virginia failed to open on Monday, affecting more than 2,000 miners. The company cites lack of orders and low prices as the reason, declaring the closures indefinite. Other operators in New River and Winding Gulf fields consider similar action as the coal market is described as the worst in 26 years.
An ear infection proved fatal to Roger H. Sorenson son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Sorenson of Alyria Ohio. The two year old child died after complications from an infection cited by local health authorities. Funeral arrangements are pending at a local funeral home.
At the District No 6 Ohio Mine Workers of America convention in Columbus the majority favors maintaining the present base wage, while some delegates push to return to open contracts addressing local differences. The open contract plan, abandoned 14 years ago, faces resistance from operators and miners alike, with tentative moves toward possible reintroduction.
William Mehler confessed Monday to fatally harming his wife on December 30 at the Mohier farm near Blafften, using a hatchet and later dismembering the body. He pled guilty to first degree murder charges and was ordered held without bond, with details of the gruesome discovery and burial provided to authorities.
About 50 delegates attended the two day meeting of the Fair Toys organization in Columbus Ohio. Governor Donahew was scheduled to address the delegation at the banquet tonight.
The results of the December 17 and 18 state bar examination were announced by the Supreme Court. Charles Yrvit of Schermer, Youngstown, led with 82 percent, followed by Jules A. Eschner of Cleveland at 79 percent.
A Washington Informatic Bureau offers a free booklet showing exterior views and floor plans of 66 brick houses. The pamphlet promises how much money saved over five or ten years, suggesting rent money could fund a home. Send two cents for postage.
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