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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1926
Page
1
John W. Weeks former secretary of War in the Coolidge cabinet died early today at his Lancaster New Hampshire home after a long illness that led to his retirement from public life several months ago.
The Lake Denmark naval depot and nearby Picatinny arsenal suffered massive damage from a lightning triggered explosion sequence. About 200 people were hospitalized with roughly 200 injured, with 25 to 50 listed missing and three officers among the missing.
Dover New Jersey July 12 U P Among the men injured were Bretson Nye of Fostoria Ohio and Paul W Moreau of Xenia Ohio Other Ohioans injured included Oliver C Bliss of Katerville and Frank G Webber of Cleveland in the munitions blast.
President Coolidge received Kellogg’s memorandum showing the Geneva preparatory arms conference collapsed for the United States and Great Britain. The memo notes American and British delegates deem negotiations hopeless while French delegates are far apart, awaiting further facts from Minister Gibson before decision.
Former City Solicitor Ellsworth G. Staley of Tiffin was found dead in his hotel bed in Columbus. Physicians announced heart disease caused the death. He had moved to Akron five years ago and had come to Columbus to appear before a state department. he was accompanied by Mrs. Staley who had gone to Cincinnati to visit her parents.
A Bureau offers a Creole cook book free by mail after clipping a coupon and sending two cents. The booklet features Creole cuisine inspired by old world kitchens and Indian campfires, praised for its economy and savory dishes.
Frederic J. Haskin serves as Director of the Athens Messenger Information Bureau based in Washington D C with a street address in Name Street City State for correspondence and inquiries.
Mrs. Helen Russell wife of Ralston Russell publisher of the Pomeroy Daily News was badly burned on Main Street Saturday when a jar of fruit exploded from a cold pack. The hot fruit burned her face and neck though the burns are not serious.
Former Secretary of War John W Weeks died at his summer home in Lancaster New Mexico at 8 a m after falling into a coma last Saturday He had been ill for about two weeks with a heart condition and a brain artery tumor doctors diagnosed in a late statement Weeks resigned as secretary of war in 1925 after operation in Boston hospital and had recently visited South America with his wife.
A midnight fire in Middleport damaged garages owned by W. E. Stansbury and barns belonging to John Talbott Willis Grueser and a sub station of Ohio Fuel and Gas. Firefighters saved most cars though two were lost a Ford sedan and a Stansbury Drug truck. Grueser home also burned a small rear section was singed.
The article lists five top radio features airing Tuesday across multiple stations including WPG, WEAF, KFAD and KGO. It notes times in various time standards and mentions Murphy's Minstrels Hilaret's novelty orchestra the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and an opera segment.
Benjamin Smith of Lancaster narrowly escaped death when his new coupe was struck by a Hocking Valley freight train at the Beaumont crossing. The car was carried a distance and wrecked. Smith was seriously bruised with a leg gash but no bones broken. He and his wife had been visiting relatives in Nelsonville. a dog in the car survived.
The Lake Denmark naval arsenal explosion area is surveyed by a joint force including soldiers sailors and marines. Sixteen bodies were located so far with twelve intact and four fragmentary. Twenty dead and twenty three missing are reported. Civilians numbered between one thousand and three thousand affected as Red Cross aids.
Robert Scott pleaded guilty in criminal court to the murder of Joseph Maurer a Chicago drug clerk. Maurer’s brother Russell Scott awaits execution on the gallows as the case progresses.
Glouster July 12. A. R. Thompson a drug salesman offered a stranger a drink at Steubenville and led him to his hotel room showing where stock was hidden. The stranger proved to be George Baynham a dry officer originally from Murray City who had worked here for years dating back to Athens county's three year dry period.
United States prohibition officials expect a halt to foreign liquor flow within months as 235 border patrol agents are assigned and a liquor dam is built at boundaries. Coast guard reports say rum rows along coasts have largely been dispersed, with sporadic runs remaining off the North Atlantic and Florida. Major Green notes nearly sufficient information to crack major rings.
Rome July 12 reports the interior minister has banned Ra Faele Bendandi renowned for accurate quake forecasts from predicting further earthquakes in Italy. The move aims to prevent public alarm across the nation.
In Put in Bay three hundred sail and speed craft gather for the Interlake Yachting Association's thirty third annual regatta. A reader recounts a curious ice cream freezer moment while another notes a scenic view along the Glouster McConnelsville pike.
At Dover New Jersey a Navy survey investigates how much a lightning storm and human error caused the munitions depot explosion. Officials study containment design and underground storage to see if the 3 million dollar plant and 90.6 million dollars in explosives could be made truly calamity proof.
Two Island men recovered the body of Father Benedict Burger of tora who drowned at Gem Beach Catawba last week.
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