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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1918
Page
3
Local items include lost wallet notices and small ads for a go cart and a sewing machine. Community updates report deaths, visit news, union activities, and travel of residents to Athens and Columbus with several social visits and funeral plans. A Denver death and a Paris war zone order are noted amid routine village notices.
Former Russian premier Alexander Kerensky made a dramatic appearance at the British labor conference in London. Introduced by Arthur Henderson he spoke in Russian and was loudly cheered after his reported departure toward America.
The Navy Department announced a war warning for shipping in the area east of longitude 40 between Cape Race and Bermuda, signaling possible enemy submarine activity in the region.
Washington reports that extending the draft age will not endanger deferred classes unless a grave emergency requires broader calls this year. A new draft class may arise from December or January registration of 21-year-olds and an extended draft next session. Senator Hitchcock says the American army will reach 3,440,000 by September with 1,450,009 in France.
London reports a key Italian success in the northern country offensive. In the Grappa sector southwest of Monte Asolone they advanced a mile as of official word today.
Italian forces extended gains to Cape Sile after reoccupying the bridgehead and fending off several counterattacks. The War Office reported taking 397 prisoners.
Rome cables report a large influx of German reserves from France into the Italian theater. The forces move toward the mountain region now held by Austria but threatened by Italian troops, signaling a shift in the war’s balance.
A Harbin dispatch to The Daily Mail reports that China may act to counter German advances in the Hast region as Russia takes no steps to halt them. The embargo on action in Siberia is cited as a factor in the potential move.
Jacob Souders 61 died at his Buchtel home after a lingering illness. Funeral services are set for Friday at 1 30 p.m. Interment will be at Greenlawn. He leaves two daughters and two sons.
Supt Morgan urged rapid participation in the Thrift Stamp campaign during a Chamber lunch. He noted Athens County’s one million dollar allotment but only one third purchased so far, praising school children and Boy Scouts yet stressing this is a man’s job. Friday is set as the major canvassing day with War Chest organizers and local captains coordinating pledge cards of 100, 500, and 1000 dollars to fund Thrift Stamps and war relief efforts.
The remark argues that reduced household saving limits national resources for war, linking consumer behavior to military funding. It suggests lower savings decrease money, labor, and materials available for wartime needs, reflecting economic strategy discourse.
Rome dispatch says American units will reach Italy probably early in July after State Senator Cotillo of New York notified Italian authorities on an official mission. The announcement boosts Allied morale as U S soldiers join the Italian front. Portsmouth man Mace Roberts, 35, dies after leaping from a moving car when it was in motion.
Washington reports another inquiry to Sweden by the American government seeking facts on the reported seizure of the American consulate and looting of an American hospital by Turkish troops at Tabriz, Persia. The State Department has already asked Sweden twice and has addressed a similar request to Spain.
Reports from Norfolk Virginia on June 26 describe a fast heavily armed German raider seen in West Indian waters. Masters of vessels arriving from Central and South America say the cruiser type ship with clean lines made no attack on two sighted ships, suggesting it could be a mother ship for submarines operating off the Atlantic coast.
Washington reports Germany has been asked through Spanish channels to send representatives to Berne on August 5 to discuss maintenance and exchange of prisoners with American representatives. The Swiss government consents to receive invalided Americans and intern them until war’s end, with a June 15 proposal acknowledged but no German reply yet.
Representatives of the committee on public information arrange daily cabled news from Washington for distribution to the American expeditionary forces. News will be received in Paris and bulletined to units to keep troops in touch with home happenings. All arrangements are completed for rapid transmission.
Dr. George Walton King former pastor of First Presbyterian Athens has announced he is entering overseas war service. He is registered for overseas duty and will depart for an embarkation camp around July 5. He previously led Central Presbyterian Church in Newark and had mentioned Y M C A work during a recent Athens visit. Gas stations ordered closed Sundays to conserve gasoline for war needs in St Clairsville.
Mrs Edna Cook wife of Gates Cook charged with setting a bed fire that killed her two children. She was committed to the state hospital for criminal insanity in Lima by Judge Woodruff of the probate court.
Mrs Apuwallud shares a letter from her son Verne L Burch of the 37th Division Ohio boys. He was last reported at Camp Upton New York after enlisting in Dayton and working in local stores. He says all is well and expects to leave soon, asks to write and that mail will be forwarded if he leaves before it arrives.
The International Sunday School Association, representing 22 million North American members, adopted a pledge for nationwide and worldwide prohibition. The group ordered a message sent to Canada’s Premier Borden praising liquor legislation and to U.S. President Wilson and Congress.
Secretary of Agriculture Shaw said rain is badly needed but crops, including corn oats, are not suffering. He noted corn maintains color, oats look fine, and cool days slow wheat ripening while drought hastens it, yielding a normal ripening process.
An article urges women to adopt food conservation as a wartime duty, arguing saved meals save lives in Europe. It explains substituting flours for wheat, provides ratios for barley, corn, oat, and other flours, and advises careful measurement to bake successful war bread.
Athens County Automobile Trades Association reports from National Association connections that there is no plan to restrict Sunday car use or issue driving cards. The group urges waste prevention and clarity to counter rumors. Oil Conservation Director Robinson will push continuation of the Dont Waste Gasoline campaign. 1917 production reached 65 million barrels. first quarter this year over 17 million with 12 million in storage on April 1.
Mrs. Mary Watts shared Sunday with Mrs. Toyt Pinkerton and others. Athens residents D. O. Chappell and H. N. Ruth visited relatives, while Oscar Butts stayed with Aunt Ellen Lauer in Judson. Several pairs traveled to Albany and Lawrence Niggemeyer's dance drew over 200 attendees enjoying the evening.
A community ice cream social will be held Wednesday evening June 26 1918 on the lawn of George Sickels Sr. if weather permits events moved to the town house. The benefit supports the War Chest and all are welcome.
Sunday visitors gather with the Bonds Coles and Dixons while Susie Collins visits Thurston Clark. Elizabeth Bond recovers from throat operation. Lizzie Cole Ioie Cole visit Reedsville. Thurston Clark recovers from appendicitis. William Griffin family dine with Edson Russell. Many local men called to the colors.
Mr and Mrs David Copeland entertained many young people Saturday night for Harold Henry eighteenth birthday with games and refreshments of ice cream cake and lemonade. Present were Mamie Frash Frieda Potter Mary Poston Georgia Poston Alice Woll Grace Dodds Marie Dodds Edna Lois Wyatt Sadie Sutton Luella Mildred Copeland Elizabeth Lummis Mesears Kenneth Wyatt Wilbur Leonard Potter Edgar Grosvenor Reid Conant Clyde Conant Ray Poston Wyatt McDaniel Edward
Mrs. N. T. Van Dyke hosts Mrs. Arthur Frash and guests include Grosvenor Frank Van Dyke Paul Eldon Wyatt Emery Poston Jonas Ziegler Jewett John Parmeter Jed Copeland Harold Henry Mr and Mrs Ray Bean Mr and Mrs Emerson Copeland Mr and Mrs C B Wyatt Mr A A Dodds and Emmett Copeland family. R D Hughes and children Fallie May and Leon visited Isaac Potter’s family at Canaanville.
Tokyo reports the advisory board on diplomatic affairs has decided not to comply with Entente requests and refrain from intervention in Siberia for now. Diplomatic circles say Japan will act only if the United States directly supports.
In Hammond Indiana on June 26 nearly all of the 58 victims from the Hagenbeck Wallace circus train wreck will be moved to Chicago for burial. Unidentified remains will rest in a large communal grave in Showman's League Rest at Woodlawn Cemetery while identified victims receive individual graves in the same lot.
At Dayton the closing hour shows 285 German women aliens registered. Tomorrow will be the last day for registration.
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