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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1919
Page
5
Sheriff H. A. Parker visits Columbus on business while T. W. Craig sails to New York for two weeks. Families plan August cottages at Buckeye Lake and Millersport as relatives visit. Also reported are travels of Goodyear staff, returning Columbus residents, and local social visits and departures.
Washington July 21 The foreign relations committee ordered a favorable report on Senator King's resolution asking the state department for information on Mexican affairs. It seeks steps taken to press for compensation for American citizens, fatalities since Diaz retired, the number displaced, property losses, and foreign deaths since Diaz's era. The state department was advised of a $10,000 robbery by bandits at the Atlantic Refining oil loading station in Puerto Lobos, Mexico last Wednesday.
Washington dispatch reports Honduras has declared a state of war over alleged moves to depose the government. Acting secretary Phillips asked for more details as the State Department seeks information.
Washington July 21 Senate debate raged over the peace treaty and the league of nations while President Wilson lay ill. Senators urged ratification and considered a letter from Wilson asking to appoint an American reparations commissioner to oversee treaty provisions before ratification.
After two nights of clashes in Washington five negroes sped by the naval hospital in an automobile and fired on sailors. all shots missed. Cars were seized by pursuing citizens as the group escaped. Reports of shots from autos surfaced in nearby Maryland towns with no damage. A peculiar note appears about a fountain pen reservoir, mirroring an ordinary ink bottle in capacity.
General Theodoroff of Bulgaria will lead the Bulgarian delegation arriving in Paris on July 25 to receive the allies terms. The move follows Bulgaria's acceptance of peace terms offered by the Allied powers.
A military air patrol experiment for forest fire detection began with a Curtiss JM-1 flight from Mather Field. Forester How and Sergeant McKee observed five fires outside forest boundaries and discussed feasibility, dangers, and possible future use of dirigibles with helium for faster response and on-site suppression.
Samuel J. Dallas, president of the amateur athletic union, denied a report that the junior and senior A A U track and field championships would be held at Lehigh University. He said a definite selection would probably be made this week.
July 20 (delayed) Budapest government under Szamuell seizes control after Bela Kun’s attempt to shift blame. White Hungarian leaders mobilize for ally offensive against the soviets. Ex-officers arrive in Vienna en route to Szegedin as counter revolutionaries. Hungarian labor leaders condemn Bolsheviks as trade union enemies. Farmers burn crops to avoid delivery to soviets.
Senator Pomerene of Ohio argues in the Senate that the world must fight for peace through the League of Nations. He warns rejecting the treaty risks renewed war and calls for ratification despite partisan divides, saying a war weary world demands action. He emphasizes allegiance to the Democratic Party but prioritizes league success over party victory and urges acceptance with future refinements as needed.
Joe Fox 51 a miner of Millfield and Barbara Jazer 54 also of Millfield both natives of Hungary are recorded for marriage permit at the courthouse.
Rose Ethel Copeland seeks a divorce from David A. Copeland married August 17, 1904 in Millfield. The couple has a 12 year old daughter Ethel. She claims willful absence for over three years, failure to provide, idleness and dissipation. He is described as able bodied and capable of earning $150 monthly. Custody of the child requested.
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