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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1926
Page
1
Senate inquiry into Illinois politics opens amid scrutiny of a contested primary in Chicago. Officials and security teams monitor events as voters prepare to cast ballots.
Frank L. Smith, Republican senatorial nominee, told the senate primary investigation committee the campaign cost about 250000 dollars with Samuel Insull contributing about 100000 while Smith advanced 5000. The panel opened amid armed guards at the Chicago federal building as Reed presided over a sensitive probe into a claimed 3 million dollar Illinois primary expenditure.
Radio listings highlight WOR Newark 405-8 p m EDT Henry L Farrell on International Sporting Events. WEAF Hookup 7 p m EDT Everready hour. WHO Dies Movies 26-7 30 p m CST 14th Cavalry band. WJZ New York 9 p m EDT The Keystoners. KYW Chicago 5 35-9 30 p m CST Congress Carnival.
In Charleston West Virginia July 26 six people died and nine were seriously injured when a crowd on a suspension bridge over Coal River collapsed after a daredevil stunt. Spectators, one daredevil torched, surged as a cable snapped, plunging about 75 onlookers into shallow rocky water.
Frank Cromwell and his wife Maude plunged fifty feet to the ground after a trapeze hook snapped at the Chicago Big Top. Spectators watched as the couple, who performed for twenty years, fell during a routine high above a crowd of about 12 000. Both were hospitalized in critical condition.
Washington July 26 The Commerce Year Book 1925 reports that steady, normal growth in industry and commerce surpassed all prior boom years. It cites high real wages, rising efficiency, and a 60 percent output increase from 1914 to 1923 as key factors. Railroad traffic likely set a new record.
Speculation runs high on the Ohio river about a race rematch between the Kate Adams and Tom Green. Claims of a Kate Adams victory and a Tom Green win surface, with witnesses calling a possible tie at Gallipolis. Captain Greene says the finish was near even and signals willingness to race the Kate Adams anew under varying conditions.
Har ry V Jonas of Trimble in Athens county was appointed second lieutenant at Fort Thomas C. M. T. C. Saturday. Boys in the Blue course the fourth course receive acting second lieutenants with qualifications and commander recommendations. White and Red courses third and second year are warranted sergeants and corporals with recommendations.
Boone Whitlatch is seriously ill at the home of his son Harvey in New Marshfield. The children were called home Sunday.
Sunday reports describe growing unrest as a government decree moves priests toward private citizen status. The policy aims to redefine church roles while sparking protests in multiple districts.
Thousands gather at famed shrines around Mexico City as bishops issue a pastoral letter condemning new anti-Catholic laws. President Calles promotes a boycott while troops brace for enforcement. priests perform rites as faithful marry and pray in crowded churches. A five mile pilgrimage to Guadalupe Hidalgo underscores widespread zeal.
Premier Poincare will demand authority to enact economic reforms by decree when presenting his financial program to parliament, as announced by the finance ministry. In Manchester Vermont Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest Lincoln son and former secretary of war, was found dead at his summer home amid reports he died about four hours earlier. He leaves a widow and two daughters and funeral plans are not yet set. Lincoln, once minister to Great Britain and later head of the Pullman Company, had a long career in law and business.
Canton details place the car license and gunmen descriptions in investigators hands as Canton police face changes after Chief Lengel's suspension. Akron detectives tie car to a Canton owner while underworld rumors surface about motives and possible Canton involvement.
Twenty nine dead and four blinded from tainted liquor over the weekend as police raid three homes and two saloons near Niagara. Four deaths occurred in Lockport with others in Hamilton Ontario and Toronto regions. Police uncover liquor and papers at James Voelker home prompting an international probe. bank records show Voelker deposited about two thousand dollars every six days.
Robert Todd Lincoln, the last living descendant bearing the Lincoln family name, dies during the night ending the direct line of Lincoln offspring.
Carolyn Wells, famed for romance and mystery tales since 1900, writes The Vanity Case opening installment appearing Sunday in the Athens Messenger. Known titles include Curved Blades The Maxwell Mystery The Fourteenth Key and The Diamond Pin.
Warren July 26 An officer named Harry Lankhart police inspector was arrested and charged with bribery. He denied the charges claiming a frame up after a detective Kane investigated the defalcations of Harold Williams former teller at the Dollar Savings Trust in Youngstown.
Monterey officials identified Kenneth G. Ormiston, former Angelus Temple radio operator, and a mysterious woman who rented a Carmel cottage hours after Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared. Deputy district attorney Joseph Ryan and Police Chief William Gabrielson led the renewed inquiry into the affair.
Four thousand persons were estimated to have passed the bier of Dr. William Harris Guyer, late president of Findlay college, who died here Tuesday morning.
Guards at Camp Perry welcome 37th Division troops arriving for the camp period. The contingent includes 135 officers and 2,200 men, forming the new wartime training unit.
Four persons were killed in automobile accidents in Cincinnati on Sunday, bringing Hamilton county's automobile death total for the year to sixty eight. In Greenville, officers raided the home of Andy Ernest and recovered stolen property after Ernest was identified by a Dayton jail turnkey, and he was arrested under the alias Harry Seymour.
Joseph Beamer age 19 is in serious condition and Glen White age 18 sustained painful burns from an explosion at the Baltimore and Ohio railroad pumping station last night.
The four day regatta of the Cleveland Meropolitan Yachting Association is postponed from July 31 to a date in September announced by Col. John J. Donnell of the Cleveland Boat Club.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gross aged 108, reputed Ohio's oldest woman, died in Urbana after a paralyzing attack. She had walked daily to a pond two miles away to fish for years until a few weeks ago.
Attorney General leads as ballots remain to be counted while the Governor's Office declines to concede. Officials emphasize the final tally will determine the winner.
Dallas dispatches report Dan Moody attorney general won the Democratic gubernatorial nomination over Ma Ferguson in Texas primaries. Moody led by a broad majority with early returns showing Moody well past the required majority and a run-off unlikely. Ferguson, first female Texas governor, trailed as results indicated heavy voting across districts.
Earl Roush aged 43 of Toledo was instantly killed when his car struck a freight train at a grade crossing near Toledo. He was the son of Rev. W. A. Roush longtime pastor of the Athens Church of Christ. Bart Roush attended Athens High School for several years.
In Winnemucca Nevada July 26 1926 a group of prospectors began an intensive search for the legendary Golden Hills of the Black Rock Desert said to hold rich gold ore. The tale dates to an immigrant train in the 1860s that marked spots but could not relocate the treasure.
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