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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1926

Page

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Coal Freight Rates Rise as Ohio Districts Seek Change

Glouster Kiwanis hear Ohio coal freight rate impact data from Athens and Nelsonville districts. Attorney General office attendees and Bricker of Public Utilities Commission plan to present to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Atlantic City. Local officials urge action to protect Ohio coal communities and compare Hocking district coal with West Virginia grades.

Glouster Glouster Kiwanis Club Robert Webber Ohio Attorney General's Office Columbus Athens Nelson Mille Webber L. E. Munden E. F. Skinner McKinney Southern Ohio Coal Exchange Interstate Commerce Commission Atlantic City Mr. McKinney Bricker Ohio Cleveland West Virginia

Body of Missing Child Found in Philadelphia

Police in Philadelphia report the body of 11 year old Charles Lafferty found in a northeast city tract after he had been missing since Thursday. He had left home with old clothes claiming a shower near a fire hydrant. The death is described as a brutal murder with buckshot injuries.

Hiladelphia Charles Lafferty Lafferty

Miners Strike Near Powhattan After Faulty Scales

Around 800 miners at the Powhattan mine south of Bellaire walked off the job after faulty scales were alleged to have misweighed ore. Officials said no repair work has been attempted, reflecting ongoing tensions with scale accuracy affecting workers in the Hocking Valley area.

Bellaire Powhattan Here Hocking Valley

Poincare Takes Helm of French Ship of State in Present Crisis

Poincare moves to form a cabinet to lead France out of political and economic chaos as he assumes the helm amid a present crisis. He seeks to stabilize governance and tackle the nation’s mounting troubles.

Poincare

Herriot Voted Out As France Faces Postwar Crisis

Paris July 22 Raymond Poincare sought a coalition cabinet to steady France after Herriot was ousted. Finance Minister De Monzie won deputies approval to place the remainder of a 100 million dollar Morgan loan at government disposal and to raise bank note issuance. The Bank of France was authorized to cover current expenses, and the franc initially fell before rallying against the pound and dollar.

Bank of France Morgan Loan Paris Raymond Poincare France Edouard Herriot Finance de Monzie Poincare Doumergue Herriot

Bank Officials Indicted in Ohio Grand Jury Case

Steubenville report: twenty one officials of Union Savings Bank Yorkville named in indictments. Figures include U P W B Francis former congressman Belknap and other officers. Arraignments expected. three more arrested on bond. Bank officials accused of funneling almost one million dollars from mill and mine workers deposits.

Brindley Jones W. E. Jones Ohio

Eleven Young Canoeists Drowned in Ontario Tragedy

A canoe capsized on Balsam Lake during a July squall killing eleven youths aged six to sixteen. Leader A R Shea-Butcher, 26, sacrificed himself by leaving the capsized craft to allow others to attempt rescue, as four survivors reached Long Point camp seventeen hours after the incident.

Toronto Ont U.P Balsam Lake Long Point A. R. Shea-Butcher Fellows The Brotherhood of St. Andrews Anglican Church of Canada Ithan Shea-Butcher

Dog Saves Life of 5 Year Old in Washington Home

Rita Margaret Sullivan, 5, was playing with matches when her clothes caught fire in Washington DC. Her dog Jessie ripped the flaming garments away and saved her life.

Rita Margaret Sullivan Washington, D. C Jessie

Much Cooler Forecast For Ohio Tonight

Weather forecast predicts thunderstorms and much cooler conditions for southern Ohio this evening while Hocking Valley endures heat at 98 degrees yesterday and 94 this afternoon. The heat wave continues across the East with rising death tolls and cooler relief expected in the Middle West tonight.

Hocking Yester Washington U.P Weather Bureau Ohio United Press Middle West New York City New Jersey New York State New England Washington, D. C Chicago Dc. A. Donnel

Driver Held in Death of Women in Celina

Hugo Steiner of Berne Indiana is jailed on $10 000 bond charged with manslaughter in connection with the deaths of Miss Clara Shearer and Miss Effie Shearer. The sisters died after their auto collided with Steiner's car, throwing them onto the pavement last Sunday.

Celina U.P Hugo Steiner Berne Ind Clara Shearer Effie Shearer Steiner

Los Angeles Pastor Blames Officials Over McPherson Kidnap Case

Rev. R. P. Shuler of Trinity Methodist accuses Los Angeles county authorities of suppressing facts in the Aimee Semple McPherson kidnapping investigation, calling the open letter a protest against the probe.

R. P. Shuler Trinity Methodist Church Los Angeles County Aimee Semple McPherson

Athens Citizen Attempts Suicide With Acid

Emery Wooley a 58 year old county truck driver from Stewart street Ath ens drank part of three ounces of monobasic acid at his daughter's First street home this morning. He was rushed to Sheltering Arms hospital in serious condition though antidote treatment given promptly offers possible recovery. Wooley has suffered long illness and periods of despondency.

Emery Wooley Stewart Street Athens C. 0. Townsend First Street Sheltering Arms Hospital Wooley

Tragedy of Northland Wastes Reveals Found Body

The bodies of E. L. Murray and Victoria Cross recipient Capt. Christopher O'Kelly are found in the Northland wastes near Lac Suel, two years after their disappearance during a blizzard while returning for supplies. Murray died trying to save his companion. The two were Winnipeg prospectors plotting claims in 1923 when last seen alive.

F. B. Evans Winipeg Evans Murray O'Kelly Paschendaele Winnipeg Lac Suel Bruce Island Pine Ridge Hudson Bay Post

Auto Collision Near Haydenville Injures Three

Logan July 22 Floyd Rhein scheld and two children Junior five Deloro three were injured in a crash near the Haydenville community building. Rhein scheld suffered a deep arm wound requiring fifteen stitches while the children sustained facial and head bruises and possible brain concussion. Ray McGovern assisted and aided the victims before transporting them home.

Logan Floyd Rheinscheld Junior Deloro Haydenville Rheinscheld Ray McGovern McGovern

Five New Suspects Arrested After Night of Tense Action

Former gambling house owner and the so called Blackie Bemis are taken in Akron as five new suspects are arrested during a tense night.

Blackie’ Bemis Akron

Three in Canton as guards ready for murder aftermath

Canton Ohio July 22 guards from two National Guard companies stand by in Akron and Canton ready to move if needed after the murder of Don Mellett publisher of the Canton Daily News. Five suspects were arrested overnight. two in Akron and three in Canton amid a tense atmosphere and labor union calls for action.

Canton O.R Ohio National Guard Don Mellett Canton Daily News Akron Common Pleas Court H. C. Pontius Mellett Swarts Civil Service Commission Central Labor Union

Old Vet Robbed Thrown From Car Near Pittsburgh

Walter Hansborough 82, Civil War veteran from Dayton Ohio, is in serious condition after two men robbed him and threw him from an automobile near Pittsburgh. He had been in Philadelphia for the Sesqui Centennial and accepted a ride from the pair.

Pittsburgh Walter Hansborough Hansborough Dayton Ohio Philadelphia

Ohio Briefs Honor Girl Hero in Columbus

Ruth Stranahan, a Columbus telephone office clerk, will receive the Vail Medal for saving a swimmer last June. In Toledo, Mercy hospital firemen extinguished a blaze quietly at night with most patients unaware of the danger.

Columbus Ruth Stranahan Stranahan Toledo Mercy Hospital

Fairview Officials To Explain Town Hall Liquor Raid

Cleveland report says Fairview village officials will meet Federal District Attorney Bernstein to explain Saturday night raid on the town hall where a cache of liquor seized by prohibition agents was recovered.

Cleveland Fairview Village Federal District Bernstein Prohibition

Dayton man Sees Seventh Heroic Rescue At Lake Garbisch

Dayton resident John Ramsby aged 28 has earned a seventh medal after saving Ruth Myers from drowning at Garbisch lake. He repeated heroics by pulling her from the water and reviving her after she went under for the third time. Ramsby has previously saved six others from drowning, building a notable record as a local hero.

Dayton John Ramshby Ruth Myers Garbisch Lake Ramsby

Oral Daugherty Favored for Representative to Assembly

Athens county Democratic executive committee endorses Oral Daugherty of Buchtel for the state representative nomination. Since his name cannot be printed, voters must write his name and mark a cross for ballot inclusion amid primary and potential November general election dynamics.

Oral Daugherty W. A. Craft Uster Ane Athens County Democratic ‘Executive Committee Buehtel Atlee Pomerene United States A. V. Donahey Buchtel General Assembly Mr. Daugherty Daugherty Democratic Committee William Williams Athens O. C Howard Millfield Frank Bryson Trimble Guy Stephenson W. E. Ruthford Wellston State Central Committee Thomas Kyer Jackson Milton

Americans Jeered by Paris Crowds During Tour Bus Sighting

A late night Paris demonstration targeted a sightseeing car with foreign tourists including Americans. The mob jeered and hissed insults in French as a demonstrator attempted to strike an occupant before police arrested him.

Paris U.R Chamber of Deputies

Garden Party Aids British US Friendship Amid War Debates

London July 22 Americans face insults in Europe while British hosts 16 000 guests at Buckingham Palace garden party for King George and Queen Mary. editors criticize the Daily Mail for anti American tone. observers note bipartisan war debt fears and ongoing defense spending in Parliament with updated naval plans and new submarines.

George Queen Mary Buckingham Palace United States Daily Mail J. A. Spender Minster Gazette Europe America Lord Rothermere Tor Evidt Day France England House of Mons Navy Royal Air Force New Naval Co

What Did You See Yesterday Report

Readers share brief notes from the region describing small scenes. One item mentions George Wright with a tongue in a Ford, another notes Leslie Petty setting new lines on a saddle, and a gravel road from Swan Creek to Gallipolis has been tarred and improved.

George Wright Ford P. R Leslie Petty Ohio Swan Creek Huntingto Gallipolis

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