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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1919
Page
1
Ohio grand juries pursue indictments against food profiteers amid city and state efforts to curb high prices and storage abuses. Columbus investigates rot of food. Chicago riots expose racial clashes with 30 dead and 6,200 militia patrolling.
The Hamilton County grand jury filed a partial report urging Cincinnati to engage in selling food at low prices to its citizens as a public measure. The disclosure came in a July 31 report from Cincinnati O.
Marietta Ohio July 31 sale announced of the Sunday Morning Observer Marietta’s only Sunday paper to The Times Company publishers of The Daily Times. The Times will publish seven days a week starting next week.
Sergeant Finley S. Pidcock son of Mr and Mrs S S Pidcock of Luhrig returned home July 25 from France. He served 4 years and 4 months with 1 year and 4 months overseas. He was attached to company A 9th machine gun 3rd division.
New York July 31 Argentine minister to the United States Dr Romulo S Naon says Argentina will prevent a German emigration surge. He dismissed reports of five million Germans settling there and warned that colonization favored by foreign governments would threaten national sentiment and unity.
Bills introduced by Senator Chamberlain and Representative Kahn propose universal military training for all male citizens aged 18 to 20 for six months, with exemptions for prior service or physical disability. A five year Army reserve and ten year universal training period follow, plus a naval reserve and a draft-exemption system to be maintained, ready for emergency call.
The Grange will meet in the test room of the Ohio University Agricultural building at 1 30 P M on Saturday.
In Penn Yan New York Fred Schmoker reports a two pound lake trout leapt into his boat on Lake Keuka and he killed the fish in self defense leaving him uninjured and puzzled by the incident.
Rev. George Craig Stewart of Evanston Illinois told regional Episcopal church leaders in Cincinnati that Chicago race riots are national not local in scope. He urged universalizing religious and moral problems and warned Americans fail to see beyond a national perspective.
New Plymouth circuit plans a large picnic at the grove near Asbury Chapel on August 16 evening and all day August 17. Local families, churches, and groups anticipate games, food, and community fellowship under summer skies.
Ohio prosecutors convene with Governor Cox and Attorney General Price to organize statewide investigations into hoarding and price fixing. Grand juries will probe counties for illegal restraints, with potential indictments and ouster actions to curb profiteering amid high costs.
Chicago officials and the International Carmen's Union foresee the strike lasting until Saturday with a referendum to be held by the workers to decide whether to follow radicals or cooler heads. Voting starts tomorrow at 8 A M and ends at 4 P M with a possible early decision within hours. Governor Lowden backed the compromise on wages and conditions, noting a brass railing price slump after July first.
Mayor Woodworth bans gambling propositions at the visiting carnival after complaints. Stands sold chance candies and copies, with citizens paying about 1.80 dollars for roughly 0.50 dollar value. Carnival management protests saying Athens first to ban gambling. mayor stands firm over licensing and extortion claims.
Mrs. Viola Nichols seeks a new trial after a 24 year battle over 4.22 acres taken for a city park. She originally sued for 450 000 and the jury awarded 50 000 in insolvency court. Separate suit planned for land rental.
Fire Chief Mahon announced a public demonstration of the citys new fire engine to be held in front of the Masonic Temple Friday afternoon at two thirty.
The 10th Ohio District Representative Foster is named to a House special committee to investigate the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation. Appointments were made by Speaker Gillett who says the panel is among the session’s most important. The panel will meet immediately and stay in session through the six week recess and beyond. It will study appropriations near three and a half billion dollars. Other members listed include Walsh of Massachusetts Kelley of Michigan Hadley of Washington Steel of Pennsylvania and Connally of Texas. Foster is the only first term appointee.
Tom Smith's tabby fought a two foot water moccasin that invaded the family yard. The owner dispatched the reptile with a hoe in Belton Texas.
Three girls attempted a Robinson Crusoe themed outing at a cave near Mount Carmel Pennsylvania. Berry pickers spotted them entering the cave with smiles and sunburn. The sheriff escorted them back to their mothers.
Athens County will stage a county wide celebration for returning soldiers on August 21 at the county fair. Red Cross men from Athens and Nelsonville coordinated the plan. All county service men will be admitted free to the fair and exhibits. City officials Postmaster James Sharp and Mayor Woodworth head the committee with C M Gill serving as fair board secretary.
Militiamen were called to aid police by Mayor Thompson under a statute nominally placing the area under city control but allowing militiamen to operate their way. Soldiers relieved patrolmen who had worked nearly 72 hours, with zones leaving some districts under police sole control while militiamen patrolled others.
Senate foreign relations committee begins public consideration of a peace treaty with Bernard Baruch briefing on economic clauses. The move ends a century of secrecy, championed by Borah and Johnson to let the public see both sides firsthand.
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