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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1921
Page
1
Railroad workers begin accepting a 12 percent wage cut amid union resistance and calls for a unified stand. Leaders say they will continue to fight until a satisfactory settlement is reached, while some unions announce tentative votes on accepting new terms.
Fragmentary report indicates July action and a plan to confer with Davis on a tax matter. Legislature faces a September deadline and a possible failure, with a law program noted for Ohio committees and a Wednesday session to settle differences.
Veterans of the Rainbow division prepare for a Cleveland gathering, with headquarters set and plans underway. Antal convention notes indicate attendance of senior officers and delegates, including Judge Ben Regn and local leaders. The event centers on commemoration, reunion, and organizational activities across multiple chapters.
July 1 report of bodies arriving includes soldiers named Rhowes and Esville and others such as George W. esville Frank McCann John Haubert Charles A Koll and R. Sch ton J. J. Jones from Canton Girard Bridgeport.
Sinn Fein leaders including De Valera Griffiths and McNil were released from Mount Joy and walked freely in London. Moderate Sinn Fein voices urged De Valera to accept Lloyd George's peace meeting invitation, arguing it would bolster his stance by airing issues with the British and Ulster premiers.
Dempsey and Carpentier will fight tomorrow at 1 o clock Athens time. Athens county fans will hear blow by blow updates seconds after each punch. The Messenger reports via United Press leased wire and rents the opera house for live reports with a small access fee. Bulletins start before 7 and reports go out at 12 45.
Roy Richardson, a colored murderer, was executed by electric chair in the Ohio state penitentiary after admitting he killed two Toledo railroad detectives. He faced death calmly, claimed peace with God, and had prepared his own burial, selecting the coffin and clothes with a funeral director and his mother visiting beforehand.
Columbus July 1 Ohio began operating under a cabinet system authorized by the administration reorganization act. Gov Davis convened the first cabinet meeting to outline policy and administration aims as eight directors take charge of reorganizing departments. Many officials were removed or retired. replacements expected next week as surveys are conducted.
A grand ball will be held at Y Lamborn's Pavilion in Glouster on Monday July 4 with dancing from 9 PM to 1 AM. Lefavor's five piece orchestra will provide music for the event.
Two bandits shot and wounded ex press messenger Frank J. Beckman during an attempted hold up of the night express on the Big Four line between Covington and Veedersburg. Beckman, 45, was shot twice in the thigh as he confronted the intruders and was hospitalized in Indianapolis. The robbers fled without taking any valuables.
Detroit June 30 hundreds of delegates rise as Judge Robert S. Marx president of the Disabled American Veterans denounces world champion heavyweight Jack Dempsey. The word booes echoed through the convention hall and the audience cheered as he spoke.
Police report Chief of Police Graham responded to a disturbance at a brick plant yard where Emerson Carsey and a companion were making loud noise. Carsey was fined ten dollars plus costs in court. Graham notes the end of a disruptive habit troubling nearby residents. He warns Sugar Creek youths who ride into Athens and back will be sent to Lancaster if the behavior continues.
Youngstown Ohio July 1 Harry two and a half year old son of C Randolph drank strychnine tablets his father had been taking for heart trouble from a glass of water the child fainted and died in a hospital two hours later.
Rain drenched Jersey City this afternoon as workers in yellow oilskins painted seating numbers. A tarpaulin shading the ring and dressing rooms was completed today, signaling progress on preparations.
Washington July 1 fair conditions predicted by the weather bureau for the Dempsey Carpentier boxing bout in Jersey City tomorrow.
H M Figley announces resignation as county infirmary superintendent effective September 1 1921 after ten years in charge. A civil service exam will appoint a new head. Mrs Figley also served as matron with prior experience at Athens state hospital. The infirmary farms 100 acres with 58 residents as of now and Figley cites desire to devote time to his Fisher Station farm.
Dr. J M Higgins narrowly escaped injury when his Ford coupe slid over a ten foot embankment on the dangerous road through Athens State hospital grounds toward White's Mill. The road, a de tour around South bridge closed for repairs, has seen several slides with little heed to safety. The accident, though serious, left the doctor unhurt and underscored the need to keep joy riders off the route to Mechanicsburg.
New York July 1 trains with motion picture machines and films are touring Siberian stations, giving exhibitions. Julius Kohner, cinema authority, says the Soviet government supports picture houses run by a government commission and already operates about 3,000 cinemas with more added. He notes Russia offers a huge market for American films once trade ties are set, though current production is scarce.
DUE FOR GRILLING Poughkeepsie July 1. James A. Stillman was to take the stand today in his divorce suit and submit to questioning by his wife's attorneys for the third consecutive day.
London July 1 News tickets installed in Buckingham Palace will give King George and the royal household almost instantaneous reports of the Dempsey Carpentier fight. United Press reports of the crowds entry of the pugilists and the fight by rounds cabled from Jersey City will be relayed instantly to the palace wire by the Exchange Telegraph.
The Messenger will not publish Monday July 4 and the office and plant will be closed all day in observance of the holiday.
The senate interstate commerce committee halted its railway inquiry Friday and will resume in September. Thousands of pages of testimony from railroad managers and security owners have been reviewed. The managers claim private control proves more efficient, cite war-time costs for labor materials, urge wage reductions, and say rates lag costs. general rate cuts depend on costs falling. Also noting a classified ad seeks spring chickens for Fulton’s Saturday morning.
On July 1 in Paris the council of ambassadors proposed to the United States and the allies that all claims against Austria be withheld for twenty years to permit rehabilitation efforts.
Charles L. Ballinger former Ohio University man and well known here is in Athens arranging for Redpath Chautauqua arriving July 9 to 15. He will conduct an advertising and solicitation campaign this week and locals will soon know the Redpath man is in town.
Chronicle notes from yesterday in Ohio recall 1847 dispatch of the First Fourth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Cincinnati to battle in Mexico. Entries also record 1866 death of Edward Avery former Ohio Supreme Court judge in Wooster.
President Harding and Budget Director Dawes lead a reworked fiscal plan to cut government spending. Treasury figures show 1921 receipts 14.463 billion and disbursements 14.202 billion, yielding a surplus of 261.9 million. Officials pledge personal responsibility to cap expenditures and require approval from Dawes and Harding before any spending.
A military funeral for William Cleve Evans of Jerseyville will be held Sunday. Evans, a former Ae jan and member of the 332nd aef, died in Italy in 1918 after pleading illness. body to arrive tonight, services by Rev R F Timmons and Dr Frederick Treachey. He was 31, survived by father W E Evans, four sisters Lucy Nelle and Mrs H J Finsterwald, and brother Charles. He died after ten days in hospital at Custoza.
Eduardo Herrera, a young South American, told Chief of Detectives Charles Gunning that a communist plot to assassinate Cuba’s president and spark revolutions across Latin America was laid out in Dallas. The claim outlines a broader political conspiracy tied to regional upheaval.
Washington July 1. Secretary Weeks orders the discharge of all enlisted regular army soldiers who apply in July as part of the reduction mandated by the army appropriation bill signed by the president.
Tradition places June as the peak for marriages, but records show May 1921 had 52 licenses to 51 in May, with June failing to surpass. The first half of 1921 saw 230 marriages by July 1, compared with 198 licenses through the same period a year earlier.
The Athens Pirates announce a double header away from home at Carbondale on Sunday and Monday July 4. Manager Paul Kaler is the contact for arrangements.
L. J. Taber, named director of agriculture, quits as master of the Ohio State Grange and resigns as president of the Ohio Home Protective League. He cuts ties with the Otte Farm Bureau Federation, Ohio Good Roads Federation, Ohio State Dairymen’s Association and other groups, promising meetings with division heads after today’s cabinet session.
In Paris July 1 Georges Carpentier dominates talk as boxing fans pray he defeats Dempsey to crown France’s greatest hero. The nation awaits the result with Armistice Day flair as telegraph reports promise late updates from Jersey City arena.
Mayor Tom Roush announced a ban on shooting explosive fireworks and firecrackers during the Fair ou and the K of P Fourth of July celebration. He warned of heavy penalties for violations and urged safe, sane conduct with cautions about powder burns and aiming away from houses and people. Separate note reports tax legislation may move in Congress, says Senator Watson of Indiana.
The Gentry Bros Shows parade marched through the business district featuring ponies lions elephants monkeys and many trained acts. Spectators enjoyed wholesome entertainment with two exhibitions planned today the final starting at 8 PM.
The Athens post office, amid a government rating system, moves from second class to a higher ranking. Nationwide post offices are judged by total gross receipts, with Athens reporting about $47,000 in postal receipts for the year start.
Workers vote today on whether the current committee should continue negotiations with owners over reduced wages and working conditions. The street scene centers on turnout and the potential impact on industrial talks as employees seek terms.
An incident near Athena Farm left Tippie with a broken right arm after he tripped while carrying a pit of wire and struck a rod holding structure yesterday.
Jersey City police announced no air access would be allowed over the arena as the Dempsey Carpentier fight proceeds tomorrow, citing security concerns and crowd control.
All ex soldiers and members of the American Legion are requested to meet at Walburns Undertaking parlors at 10 o clock noon Sunday July 3 to attend a funeral for Comrade W. E. Evane to be held at Shade at 1 80 P.M Wy A Lavelle Post Com.
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