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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1927
Page
1
Fragmentary text indicates a proposed building project to house 46 units in rental quarters. Mentions Gilbert Cleveland providing the building, funding of about 8 million dollars, and securing the primary interest. Details are incomplete and some names are uncertain.
U S and British officials debate plans for a Shanghai neutral zone as 25 American war vessels head there to protect 6 000 Americans amid Chinese civil unrest and anti foreign riots. Britain dispatches forces while Kellogg sticks to refusing talks with non representative Chinese delegates.
Former Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo will headline the Toledo gathering of the Ohio Bar association. Rival proposals before the judicial reform committee seek to abolish township government, reshaping Ohio’s smallest unit, while delegates condemn the justice of the peace system as a chain of bootleg courts.
Fragmentary weather entry records rainfall and high temperatures with references to a 1916 record. The garbled text mentions a forenoon shower and noon mercury reading, noting a prior high in 1916. No clear date or location is readable.
Ohio River level drops one foot to 68 feet since midnight as workmen chop ice from frozen cars along tracks near Cincinnati. Flood waters retreat upstream while crews manage ice blockages and monitor the river’s fall.
Water levels surged along the Potomac and nearby rivers with Parkersburg West Virginia reporting 6.6 feet of rise in 24 hours and Point Pleasant showing a 2 foot drop. Central Union Station service was halted as floodwaters inundated tracks and freight cars on the river bottoms were stranded. Workers cut ice from cars while homes near the river remained flooded.
William G. McAdoo, a Democratic candidate aligned with drys, launched a campaign against Governor Al Smith and other wet candidates in Toledo. Observers note dry Republicans eye Hiram Johnson for 1928 nomination while Copeland plans to respond in the Senate.
Readers express limited understanding of why the conflict continues as debates over causes and aims ripple through households and public discussions this week.
Lucrezie Bort soprano and Giovanni Martinelli tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Co. join tonight’s performance in the third concert of a new Victor series broadcast at 8 p.m. over WIZ and WBZ in New York.
Gas users in Columbus are set to receive about 1.6 million dollars refunded March 1 from Columbus Gas and Fuel and Federal Gas and Fuel, following a court ruling on rate differences since May 9, 1926. Judge B W Hough upheld 48 cent city rate while ordering refunds of 12 cents per thousand feet for nearly two years, with total usage exceeding 13 006 thousand feet. Disputes over company valuations and rate protests remained unresolved pending appeals.
Assemblyman Fred J. Hackenburg introduced a bill in the New York Assembly to create a barrier between a divorced wife and her former husband’s wallet. The measure targets alimony arrangements seeking to limit the ex spouse’s access to support funds.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch is reported wearing a collar that measures five and 606-all inches from belt to crew's nest. His wife is said to have been Clara Clemeng, daughter of Mark Twain.
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine warned in the annual farm outlook that American farmers face continued hardship in 1927 unless cash crop acreage is sharply reduced. The report predicts benefit for livestock but calls for drastic curtailment of cotton and other major crops. Hog and cattle prices are expected to improve, with grain prices mixed.
Assistant United States Attorney Abrams returns to Dayton with federal agents led by Thomas C. Wilcox. Present and former county officials, federal officers, and business leaders are named in charges. Twelve arrests have been made. nearly 100 people may face indictment as the Cincinnati investigation expands. Dagmar Inn owner Tila Williamson sits in custody amid bootlegging allegations against Dayton millionaire John Friend.
At Indianapolis on January 28 the United Mine Workers convention adjourned some business to hear credential disputes. Two Pennsylvania locals claimed representation as Patrick Tooney accused the administration of using steam roller tactics to block seating, provoking heated clashes and boos from administration supporters.
The Senate passes a deficiency appropriation bill totaling 186 million dollars, with 175 million for tax refunds. The vote followed three days of debate sparked by Democratic tax reduction proposals rejected on points of order by Republicans, as ruled by Vice President Dawes.
William Chandler of Indianapolis paid 25 cents to pass through Ohio penitentiary on September 14 and was arrested for burglary the next day. Judge John R. King sentenced Chandler to a minimum of five years in the Ohio penitentiary.
Washington January 28 an Insull Chicago public utilities operator and four witnesses refused to provide requested information. The Reed investigation committee was cited to the Senate next week for action.
Muskegon speakers at a regional conference of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Tidewater association painted visions of Midwest progress. They spoke of agricultural and industrial activity at inland termini of direct water outlets to the sea, signaling regional potential and development.
The Glenville High School principal’s farewell address labels the graduating class as scholastic failures while referring to notable figures such as the Van Sweringens and Thames as earlier examples of failures. He urges that students may still succeed despite low expectations.
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, denounces the Interstate Commerce Commission in Indianapolis at the convention. He claims federal rate making laws are not applied equitably, disadvantaging non union coal operators and southern coal fields.
Ann Arbor Mich Jan 28 The sixth death by own action among college students in months followed the finding of Henry R Kasson a Chicago student at the University of Michigan in a rooming house with an empty bottle containing acid beside him He left a note disposing of his books but gave no motive The youth had been suffering fines since a motor car accident last fall and worried over upcoming semester examinations
A fragment from New York reports a forthcoming publication in Weatches ter county supreme court pages. The piece hints at a portrait of a flaming youth and a separate scene of frolicsome old age tied to a Browning separation trial.
Smallpox deaths reported in Cincinnati and Newport. Mrs. Clara Henrich of Newport Ky once a leader in the Eastern Star chapter died, and her ashes are to be cremated in Shanghai after a cablegram from Shanghai confirms the death and burial plans. Her husband Louis Henrich is named in the report.
Cambridge Mass January 38. W U P Princeton football players in 1919 were charged with attempts to maim Yale star Jim Braden and to bite other players. George Braden brother of the Yale star said he learned details of the alleged plan and that Princeton players were shown a picture of his brother before the game with taunts to injure him.
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