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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1922
Page
1
Washington braces as President Harding plans a nationwide message to governors to protect public interests during the coal and rail strikes. UMW president John L. Lewis declines to outline plans while Pennsylvania guards prepare for mobilization and state authorities promise cooperation.
Chicago July 18. Secret parleys signal a possible settlement ending the rail shopmen strike. Reports say railroads may restore all seniority rights and end farming out shop work while unions may return to work and seek a rehearing on wage scales. Leader E F Grable of the maintenance of way men is in Chicago after a Washington talk with President Harding.
A man on horseback declines to begin mining operations as armed forces are not needed to enforce peace. The action centers on the tension between authorities and labor or militia presence, with the scene illustrating restraint amid potential conflict. The article notes local officials evaluating security and production plans.
Washington reports coal rationing is virtually assured for this winter with priority orders likely to protect the northwest and possible New England states. Government circles say resuming mining is not feasible and the measure mirrors wartime practice.
President Harding demands immediate resumption of coal mining and orders governors to use all means to restore production. He warns that if state and federal troops cannot secure order, the government will seize mines and run them as public institutions. The plan aims to restart production, not fix all industry ills.
Xenia Ohio July 18 Rev Walter Wilson Culp formerly of Spring Valley Methodist church pleaded guilty in probate court to abandoning his nine children and wife and was sentenced to one year in the Dayton workhouse with a $500 fine. He spoke of helping prisoners in jail and regretted his past actions. He had returned from Port Huron Michigan to face charges after eloping with Esther Hughes 18.
Three big eastern roads the New York Central Pennsylvania and Fire are the only lines still resisting settlement of the shopcrafts strike semi official word from Chicago said as the cabinet met at the White House in Washington on July 18.
Washington notes no word from Governor Neff on sending state troops to Denison Texas amid strike disorders on the Missouri Kansas & Texas line. Colonel C Linelon inspector general of the eighth corps area was sent back to Fort Sam Houston as the War Department informs ltedams.
Athens county health commissioner Dr. J M Higgins lists a basic first aid kit under a dollar for campers. Items include two roller bandages adhesive tape sterile gauze iodine boric acid argyrol and safety pins. He stresses boiling drinking water from unfamiliar springs and using mosquito netting to protect beds against chiggers and bites.
Three Marietta youths were arrested Monday night by Officers Cady and Maples. two, A. H. Smith and J. P. Brown, were jailed on drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges. A third, identified as Hite, escaped after warning shots. The machine used was said to belong to Jacob Spindler of Marietta. hearings for Brown and Smith were postponed until Spindler arrived in Athens.
On July 18 Reginald Junn and Joseph Sullivan were convicted of the murder of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson. The Old Bailey jury returned verdict in seven minutes after a high‑profile trial conducted with notable speech and conduct.
The 202nd artillery with aircraft equipment of the Illinois National Guard was ordered mobilized in Chicago. Gov Len Small through the adjutant general ordered the action. No stated purpose was given but the Blooming ton railroad strike situation was cited as the likely cause.
Dublin dispatch reports two thousand irregular prisoners captured by Irish free state troops as of today Sligo and Bries cleared of irregulars fighting continues near Limerick with the city now isolated
A week-old infant found crying in a Brooklyn hallway with a note from a supposed mother claiming hospital release. The baby, wrapped in white, was left in a blanket with a plea to baptise and repay the care. police took the child to King's County Hospital.
Senator Cummins urges federal action to define a living wage for coal miners and railroad workers. He proposes legislation to empower the railroad labor board to fix a living wage and to establish a federal tribunal for the coal industry, aiming to ease labor disputes and ensure fair returns on capital.
The records note 1855 John Davenport a jurist and ex congressman dies at Woodsfield born in Virginia January 9 1788. 1864 Ohio answers Lincoln call for 500000 volunteers. 1866 Fremont population exceeds 5000 and state declares city of second class. 1877 Freight and passenger traffic hampered by statewide railroad strike. 1919 Dan Kaber Cleveland publisher slain at his Lakewood home.
Prospects indicate 1 050 to 1 100 students will enroll for the second five week term starting July 24 at Ohio University. The first term closed July 22 with 1 923 enrolled. Census shows 1 019 plan to attend the upcoming term. Dean Voigt notes 687 women and 332 men, fewer women relative to men versus the first session.
At the county fair grounds on Thursday Athens county residents will join a free picnic with a noon bean dinner and a morning farmers versus business men baseball game. Afternoon events include heavyweight footraces for men and women over 200 pounds a tug of war between married and single men and a horse show with a grand parade of floats and athletic contests.
Five special Pere Marquette guards are jailed and two more disabled from a severe beating during an outbreak of fighting between strikers and strikebreakers near the railway shops in Saginaw Michigan. Five other guards quit from the twelve man detachment involved.
Amesville community members urged by H. H. Henry to attend the Farmers and Merchants picnic at Athens fair grounds Thursday. Each family to bring lunch for a club picnic and a free bean dinner will be served. Two club floats will appear in the afternoon parade and a headquarters will offer souvenir favors to attendees.
Sebastian Florida July 18 Nathan Pryor 64 owner of a cold drink and sandwich stand on the Dixie highway was found in his cabin with his head split open by blows from an axe reportedly wielded from behind. Police said details were scarce as the investigation began.
American Legion members gather Tuesday at 7 P M in Chamber of Commerce rooms for a regular meeting. The session covers club business and upcoming community events.
Berlin reports say the actual assassination of Dr Walter Rathenau, the former German foreign minister, was by his own hand as he faced capture. Police say more than twenty people have been arrested on charges of complicity in the plot.
Steubenville reports Cliftonville West Virginia where four are dead and many may be buried in a mine tipple ruins. Brooke county deputies have 145 prisoners and seek 200 more as they scour the area toward the Pennsylvania border. A special grand jury will probe the killings and murder charges will be filed against 45 imprisoned men.
President Harding accepted the resignation of Elmer Dover from the role of assistant secretary of the treasury. The White House announced the move this afternoon, July 18.
Washington reports the government has phased over $200,000 worth of tires for possible use in substituting automobile trucks for mail transport if rail strikes disrupt service, per the Post Office Department announcement.
The report notes growing strain as parties confront a pivotal moment in negotiations. Officials warn that hard positions harden and progress hinges on willingness to compromise amid mounting public pressure.
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, tells President Harding that the mailed fist will not settle the industrial war and urges normal conference. He says strikes cannot be quelled by government coercion and warns the army is not coal miners. Governors may dispatch troops if needed.
The Washington Information Bureau offers a free 24 page booklet from the Bureau of Entomology on controlling house flies. Readers may send in two cents for return postage and request a copy with name and address. Frederic J. Haskin directs the Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington, D. C.
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