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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1923
Page
1
A gas generator tank爆炸 at the Chicago By-Products Coke Co plant injures nine workers and terrifies the neighborhood. Buildings tremble, windows break, and residents flee as gas, smoke and steam billow for blocks. Firemen and police rescue injured. damage estimated at 10 000 to 15 000 dollars.
Washington officials expect an early decision by the British cabinet on resuming negotiations over the five billion dollar British debt. They anticipate the American terms will eventually be accepted, though London may demand more concessions and time for review.
Richmond Ohio January 29 State fire officials investigate the total destruction by fire of Mrs E R Townsend hardware store. Earlier she received a letter signed K K K warning that the store would burn if conditions were not changed.
ENLARGING FISHER PLANT IN PONTIAC MICH A new 2 000 000 plant for the Fisher Body corporation will be built here at once. Twenty five hundred men will be employed in the new factory.
Washington January 29 Davis Tamar known as the Wolf of Wall Street lost his bid for release from custody in a Supreme Court appeal after conviction for conspiracy in restraint of commerce.
G W Young and George D Johnson both came to Fort Worth Iowa and became deacons of the Broadway Presbyterian Church. They later served as grand and chancellor officers of the Knights of Pythias. Both died on the same day last Thursday and were buried in simultaneous funeral services.
In Blanford Indiana two Serbian miners were killed and two others wounded in a dawn clash between a posse and miners after an anti black demonstration crisis. Sheriff Harry Newland was wounded as tension flared following an attack on a white girl and a warning for black miners to leave the country. A dance crowd fired into a negro owned store provoking the response. The outbreak ended with two deaths and ongoing fears of more violence.
Amsterdam dispatch says about 200000 German men and women workers are idle today in the Rhineland and Ruhr due to strikes and shutdowns caused by fuel shortages and disrupted rail and water transportation. French troops guard railways, some violence reported but overall calm over the weekend.
Dr. E L Lowthian, a local physician, fell down stairs while making a call in Yorkville on January 29, fracturing his leg and suffering additional injuries.
A former British soldier with shell shock tried to assault King George VI at St Pancras station using a crutch. The incident occurred today and prompted security intervention at the London transport hub.
In Washington on January 29, President Harding addressed department heads and bureau chiefs, praising last year's economy measures. He cited a deficit drop from 698 million to 92.9 million and urged closing this fiscal year with a balance, expressing confidence in their efforts.
Washington January 29 reports say Colonel Charles R Forbes head of the veterans bureau may relinquish directorship of veterans rehabilitation work and Colonel Thomas W Miller named to replace him Miller currently alien property custodian on extended Europe trip returns to the issue
John Kaminski 19 of Avella Pennsylvania was denied a new trial and given ten years in Moundsville Prison for conspiracy tied to the Cliftonville mine strike battle. He was the first invading miner tried, previously found not guilty of murder, then guilty of conspiracy under state law.
Congress races toward a five week finish with ship subsidy stalled by opposition and farm credits reform reshaping plans. Norbeck proposes a 250 million foreign credits bill to supplant Lenroot. Borah may push a world economic conference amid army and rural relief clashes.
Essen reports show the Ruhr region cut off as General De Goutte extends siege state to martial law in French Belgian held areas. German officials call it a move to break German resistance amid widespread property damage and crippled rail, postal, and telegraph services. freight at a standstill.
Harley Reynolds of Sugar Creek aged 386 was arrested Saturday night for drunkenness after authorities were called to a boarding house at No 209 Mine. He pleaded guilty before Magistrate Helwig and paid a $15 fine plus costs after claiming eight dollars a quart for his liquor.
New York dispatch reports detectives across the United States hunt Mortimer F. Lautman, Pittsburgh store figure accused of grand larceny after vanishing with $50,000. His brother Dr Louis J. Lautman of Brooklyn disputes the charge, noting Lautman’s assets and past travels. A cross country dragnet targets trains, ships, and border points.
Columbus officials announced the state’s largest convention of its kind to be held next year. About 6,000 Ohio retail merchants are expected to attend the event in Columbus, highlighting the annual gathering’s growth and regional impact.
In St. Clairsville Belmont County Farm Bureau adopts resolutions in its annual session favoring a state income tax submitting bond issues only at regular elections for rural police and for a heavier tax on auto trucks.
German railways around Coblenz were halted by strikes, leaving traffic paralyzed. Report says 13 of the best locomotives were moved to the unoccupied portion of Germany.
New York January 29 Will H Hays the movie czar voiced no objection to a projected combination of stars led by Douglas Fairbanks in an independent production. The agreement was learned today and related to a plans for a notable group of actors.
General De Goutte tightens martial control in Rhineland Ruhr zones as rail and telegraph strikes isolate the Ruhr basin. Sabotage and disorders spread from Westphalia with about 200000 German workers idle. France protests Holland over German freight barges for coal and iron. A Moscow-Rome dispatch says Russia would not intervene unless a Bolshevik revolution occurs.
Columbus officials announce that $250,000 will be loaned by Ohio banks in February and March to finance organized farm clubs. The funds will be used by Farm Boys to buy about 5,000 head of livestock to improve cattle breeding, with an expected 25,000 farm boys and girls to join clubs this year.
Melvin Davidson 30 of Kerrs Run was found dead early today at the Meigs county fairground gate Rocksprings. He had borrowed a Maxwell roadster Sunday afternoon for a drive and died when the car overturned on his head. Davidson, a miner at the Folmer mine, left a wife and five children. his father Henry Davidson now lives in Athens.
In Columbus at the Majestic theatre a capacity audience is expected for Emile Cone’s lecture on health through auto suggestions beginning February 3 at 11 a.m. Box seats are priced at 3.50 each.
Paris reports Premier Poincare has personally stepped to halt further conflict in the Near East by telegraphing Mustapha Kemal Pasha urging sign of the Lausanne peace treaty.
Statewide farming events open at Ohio State University with about 6000 rural residents expected to attend. The eleventh annual Farmer's week runs all day with meetings on poultry, power machines, rural newspapers and other farm topics. Prominent agricultural experts will address farm organization meetings.
Paris dated report says the League of Nations council asked members to submit proposals by June 1 to amend Article 10 of the covenant. The article, which guarantees member state borders, prevented the United States from joining.
George Sprouse 55 of Chauncey suffered severe burns and inhalation injuries after a leaking gas stove ignited by a pilot light caused his room to catch fire. Neighbors extinguished the flames and he was taken to Sheltering Arms hospital by Baughman ambulance where Dr. Charles E. Howe treated him.
Frederick Lundin, described by anti administration papers as the power behind the throne in Republican politics, is among 24 named in a blanket indictment by a special grand jury investigating school board graft charges. Other prominent political figures were named in the indictment.
The body of 25 year old Robert Vernon of Cleveland was found in his room at the Stanton hotel in Steubenville Ohio early today, victim of gas fumes.
Paris reports a Russo Turkish military alliance with Russia ready to send troops to Mesopotamia and keep Romania neutral as a prelude to renewed hostilities if Lausanne fails. Greek forces, armed by Britain, poised to strike. Turkish troops readied toward Constantinople and Mosul amid Allied control and British claims.
The 8th annual Ohio Newspapermen's conference and the Associated Ohio Dailies begin in Columbus with judging of rural exhibits and prize awards during Farmers' Week. Business meetings follow at Hotel Deshler tomorrow as delegates are chosen for the National Editorial association. Officers to be elected include a successor to the late G W C Perry of Chillicothe with Jed W. Bush of Athens as vice president and Louis H. Brush of Salem as secretary treasurer.
Mrs Dora Waltz aged 20 in Steubenville Ohio swallowed five bichloride of mercury tablets after learning her husband Fred Waltz 22 was injured in a mill accident. He remained in hospital with injuries and said he did not want to live if she died. The report of his injuries proved greatly exaggerated.
William G. Lee, veteran president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, will resign to direct the Steigelmyer Manufacturing Co. of Seymour Indiana. The new corporation has $10,000,000 in capital and will manufacture safety appliances.
Local banks in Bucyrus report a warning from the Cleveland Federal Reserve that secret service agents detected a counterfeit War Savings stamp from the 1918 issue printed from copper plates in Germany.
Defiance resident Mrs Isa bel Keighan purchased a 24 apartment building in Chicago for 150000 dollars. The exchange includes a farm between Defiance and Jewell. Chicago real estate sources estimate the property yields about 21880 dollars annually.
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