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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
8
Ohio launches a statewide drive to capture draft evaders with police agencies assisting. About 20 000 men who failed to file questionnaires are classified as deserters and face a $60 reward. The effort is overseen by federal officials at Washington and selective service headquarters in Columbus.
Joe Chewicz 23 of Athens county in the Eighth Training Battalion Depot Brigade dies at Camp Sherman after stabbing himself with a knife in a despondent state over his military work. He had recent wounds to the neck and chest. burial plans in Athens county announced. A California metallurgists develop a gold palladium alloy for chemists utensils.
Camp Sherman reports forty four troop trains from May 23 to 21 moved from the area. The operation required 550 Pullman and six day coaches along with 44 baggage cars and 46 box cars. Seventy freight cars carried clothing armament and supplies. Trains departed on schedule with no interference to regular service.
Washington June 3 Camp Sherman chosen as a POW and prison camp site for German internees. Conscientious objectors and Huns will follow the work of fight program raising a war garden and delivering food to the mess tent. A 70 acre tract is available at Camp Sherman and the order to begin will be given.
A historical note outlines proper flag etiquette with guidance on salutes, display, half mast procedures, ceremony handling of the flag on monuments and caskets, and rules for use in parades and publications. It defines proportions for flags and dates Flag Day June 14.
The First M. E. Church reported 628 attendees yesterday including 39 officers and teachers 8 visitors and 581 scholars. There were 224 men 188 women 138 in the intermediate department and 78 in the primary. Largest classes were Prof. Copeland 200 the Martzolff 117 Prof. Dunkle 29 Mr. Rupp 25 and Miss Hewitt 20. The total collection reached 20.53 with Class Six contributing 10.19.
A French stretcher bearer who saved a wounded comrade and delayed German advance by destroying a blown bridge is unnamed and unrewarded as the Medal Militaire awaits him. The act occurred during a French retreat toward Montdidier, with the general noting the deed but the hero remaining unidentified.
Washington reports Secretary Baker announces an order for conscientious objectors found sincere in refusing duty to be assigned to noncombatant units. They will be furloughed to farm labor at private pay, with excess earnings to the Red Cross. The policy requires ongoing reports of work effort and keeps them under selective service. Only a small number affected as most accept noncombatant service.
Unseasonable weather has caused odd growth patterns with crops maturing early and farmers busier than usual. Some corn had to be replanted after poor germination while clover hay nears cutting time. Wheat reddens, onions and radishes grow, potatoes blossom, and early peas plump for market amid sparse potato bugs and aphis on vines.
Public school women teachers in Collingwood demand the maximum salary be raised to 800 dollars per year. They argue the increase is needed to match duties and living costs and to attract qualified staff.
Buckeye Oil Company controls 66 000 acres in Natrona and Fremont counties Wyoming near the Big Muddy field and is drilling a second well after the first yielded high grade oil at 740 feet. A nearby Ohio Oil Company gas well supplies both firms with gas for drilling as fields around Hutchinson grow. The firm cites geologist Jenkins W Jones praising the venture and urges investors to buy stock at 50 cents to 1 dollar a share, hoping to multiply value many times.
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