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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1923
Page
1
Oliver Hartley reports from Meigs County where the Miller murder case rests after witnesses and defendants await the verdict. Court scenes are described as orderly and decorous with Judge Miller and the prosecutors under public scrutiny for a nationally watched trial.
Lausanne July 24 The Near East peace treaty signed today ends more than 12 years of warfare for Turkey. The 143 article pact excludes Ottoman debt and Mosul oil claims and includes fifteen separate protocols. An American commercial agreement with Turkey is to be signed later this week.
In Hester K July 24 seven of 41 inmates escaped from the UK hospital for the criminal insane after a Sunday night rush. Posse and officers pursue through woods and highways as residents fear further violence and authorities bolster enclosures to prevent a repeat. Several escapees are described as insane and dangerous.
In Constantinople a peace celebration fills the streets with soldiers police Boy Scouts labor reps and professionals. Turkish war drums and thousands of Mussulmen march as tomorrow Mussulmen are to gather in mosques to thank God for peace and remember those lost in 13 years of war.
An engineer from Scotland reports discovery of ruins in Mexico believed to be at least four thousand years old. The find highlights in a historic city site and prompts archaeological interest.
William and Mary Dean of Glouster win a court restraining order to stop daughter-in-law Nola Dean from moving the body of Andrew Dean from the family grave in Glouster cemetery. The petition seeks permanent and temporary relief to protect the family monument and surrounding masonry after the mine death in 1917 and prior interments.
In Norwalk City Court Judge George H. Vosburgh announced support for dollar day by reducing all fines by one dollar. The event attracted around forty residents who benefited from the price discounts offered by local merchants.
Foreign Office officials said Washington's report of a 12 mile coast search limit has no basis. The cabinet has not acted on the McNeill committee report which is believed to oppose an American 12 mile limit.
The Prince of Wales handles a heavy correspondence load averaging more than 700 letters each day with peaks frequently reaching 1600 letters, reflecting a high level of public engagement and inquiries.
Ohio's new highway marking system nearing completion will soon be installed. About 100 main routes are shown by a cast iron map with intersecting roads numbered and distance direction signs at cross roads. State Highway Director Boulay credits Leon C. Herrick with origin of the plan, promising the best marked roads in the country.
An elderly county infirmary inmate loses six dollars in Athens on Monday. The money, her life's savings, funds many hours spent quilting. If found, return to The Messenger office for rightful owner.
Sheriff McKinley investigated a Sunday shooting on the Mont Phillips farm. Burgess Moss, a teamster, was hit in the right thigh by a stray bullet while returning from a neighbor for milk, with Moss and officials calling the incident accidental. The bullet remains lodged, and no attempt has been made to remove it.
In Traverse City Michigan on July 21 Henry Ford told a public audience before sailing home on his yacht that he has no desire to be president of the United States.
Otto N Hartman, once a bell boy at a Chicago club, arrives with one suit and a clean handkerchief seeking his old job after rumors he mingled with Newport high society. He recalls kissing society women and attending weddings, saying Mrs James paid his way home and that exclusiveness depended on clothing.
French engineers report gas oil as a more efficient alternative to gasoline and claim it costs less, potentially broadening fuel options for automobile engines.
Eye witness Bernard McDonald and Walter Wilson, American miners in Parral, describe the assassination of Francisco Villa in El Paso. They recount hearing cries and seeing Villa shot as revolvers fired, marking the completion of a $2,000,000 dam project in Gallipolis, Ohio river area.
Reports show a strike potential as of September 1 if negotiators fail to bridge gaps. Miners demand recognition of the United Mine Workers and a wage increase while operators reject the check-off and any pay rise. Joint sub-committee reconvenes amid entrenched deadlock and possible new member Rinaldo Capellini.
Michael M. Dugan once secretary to J. W. Corrigan million air steel chief was captured in Montreal and flown back to Cleveland with detectives. He faces questions over an alleged theft of 460000 from Corrigan’s private accounts after admitting losses from stock market bets and race betting that drained his funds. He reportedly carried 41 cents and used 4000 of the stolen money at Maple Heights race betting pools.
In New York a month after Giordano sold his store a fatal quarrel with his wife over the sale escalated. The husband and wife were found slain with throat cut and multiple gunshots while their children slept. detectives recovered two revolvers a hatchet a stiletto and a razor at the scene.
In Cleveland on July 27 jurors begin selection for John Leonard Whitfield charged with murder of Patrolman Dennis Griffin on May 11. Seventy five jurors summoned and seven men and one woman seated. law may require thirteen jurors under new Ohio rule, delaying final panel. Whitfield relies on Peter Milan who claims to know how Griffin died, arguing accidental death. Early crowds gather outside Public Square to watch the second day of proceedings.
Henry Morehead 19 of Columbus died at St Elizabeths hospital after a collision on Brandt pike yesterday afternoon. Kenneth Zink 20 of Dayton suffered a sprained shoulder and other injuries but is expected to recover. The two were attempting to pass another car when they were crowded into a ditch and the auto overturned.
Unofficial reports indicate Parkersburg will host the proposed Pythian home and children's institution after a commission completed site inspections in Point Pleasant on Saturday. The selection follows the inspectors' return to Charleston.
Covington Ky July 24 Edward J Moylan 5 was killed instantly and three companions were injured when their car swerved and wrecked against a telephone pole on Alexandria pike as they came from Bromley Ky to Covington.
Congressman Theodore E. Burton of Ohio states the United States is not isolated from Europe. Americans avoid entangling alliances to prevent charges of favoritism while seeking to aid European conditions as an interested neutral power. He adds that most nations want the United States to take a partisan stance.
New York July 24 A warning to the United States to stay out of Europe comes from George M Reynolds chairman of the board of the Chicago Continental & Commercial National Bank after six months studying economic conditions abroad. He says lack of cooperation among European nations bars U S aid and urges waiting for political stabilization and cooperation before any involvement.
Washington reports plans by Director Frank T. Hines to decentralize US Veterans Bureau activities by 1978. Rehabilitation and hospital care must precede moves, with 140,000 partially disabled veterans to receive permanent pension ratings. Approximate annual cost about 75 million dollars, replacing monthly checks with lasting benefits for World War veterans.
Ohio passes Senate Bill 191 requiring all entrants to elementary teacher training to pass tests in English general ability and subject matter. The exam will be in Athens on August 14 for Athens County applicants. The Athens County Board of Education and Superintendent Dinsmoor will set the test site and announce details via the Messenger.
A prominent radio scientist in Bellefontaine, Ohio seeks information to support a claim that a Bellefontaine man first invented radio. He asserts the local inventor demonstrated the breakthrough three years before Marconi’s widely recognized discovery.
Clyde Erwin of Bridgeport suffered a fracture of the right leg while at work at the Pultney mine in Bellaire. He had just returned to work after a previous break to his left leg from another mine accident.
Eliza beth Burkholder, 79, died of age related illness in Lima Ohio. Her husband Christian Burkholder, 81, died the next day after her death. Both from Columbus Grove and married 61 years ago. Double funeral to be held in the same church they wed and they will be buried in the same grave.
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