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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1929
Page
1
Columbus March 5. Three motorist bills lay on the House calendar for passage. If enacted they would abolish the speed limit outside municipalities and cut automobile license fees for tag buyers after April.
House Utilities Committee opens hearings on a repeal of the Peace Utility Rate Law and considers John Bill. The session also notes a bill adding six common pleas judges for Cuyahoga County and a speed limit deterrent for hit and run drivers.
The House approved the Roberts Bill authorizing an additional judge for Youngstown Municipal Court and a Lewis Bill to pay dependants of non supporters 50 cents daily. An 88 to 20 vote backed a Vail bill requiring notice within 120 days for street damage suits. Morgan’s eviction and back rent bill passed unanimously. First hearing on the Carpenter repeal of Peace Utilities Law occurred in the Cities Committee.
Columbus March 5 The state welfare department is considering establishing a prison farm at Grafton Lorain County providing an outlet for the Ohio State Penitentiary Plans include enlarging the London prison farm and adding cell blocks at the state penitentiary possible new penitentiary at Grafton to supplement London Lee and Mansfield institutions
The chapter will meet at 7 PM Thursday at the Presbyterian Church with a business session before the preparation work for the second degree.
Ohio Senate Commerce and Industry Committee may report the LeFever Emergency Coal Commission Bill this week. It would create a five member commission to survey Ohio coal fields since 1918 and publicize Ohio mined coal while prosecuting misrepresentation of foreign coal. The bill lays out salaries and a $30,000 appropriation.
The Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit challenging ICC preferential freight rates from Southern soft coal fields to Great Lake ports. It reversed a West Virginia court ruling, calling the case moot after compromise rates went into effect. Rates now run 35 cents per ton higher from Southern fields.
Tense mood grips Laredo as reports of a wider Mexican revolution trigger border alarm. Uncertain train schedules and sensational rumors widen concerns of possible international complications and personal safety along the frontier.
A Detroit Pittsburgh bus driver on bond of 1000 dollars faces conspiracy to violate liquor laws charges as federal agents seek other members of a liquor ring said to operate through public carriers between Toledo and Cleveland.
Haley Fiske president of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co died suddenly at age seventy seven. He built a vast company and focused later on public utility works including Cathedral of St John the Divine and housing for families of modest means. His efforts funded low cost high quality apartments for employees and others. A major public service was a health and disease prevention information campaign run by Metropolitan Life.
William R. Addie of Nelsonville known as Panhandle Pete was arrested on Court Street Monday night by Police Captain Charles Maple for intoxication. He allegedly begged money and insulted pedestrians after being refused, and faces arraignment Tuesday night before Mayor Alex M. Moore in Police Headquarters.
The hotel register reveals diverse handwriting from guests as high school basketball teams converge for a tournament in Athens. The Berry Hotel hosted 180 guests in a single night, according to manager J. J. Bailey.
Mud and rock slides from a cliff half a mile below Pomeroy halt State Highway 7 and rail traffic to the Primeroy Bend Bridge and Middleport. Detours route six miles via Butternut Avenue Rutland Pike Bradford Church Bradbury and Middleport. Traffic hopes for Wednesday resumption as watchmen guard the slip and ferries may resume if needed.
The Senate confirmed all of President Hoover’s cabinet appointments today in a special session while minor opposition formed against Mellon and Mitchell. Mellon and Good faced scrutiny over tax and utility ties, with Mitchell tied to the Jackson Barnett case inquiry, but no broad effort to block their confirmations emerged. Additional nominees include Brown for postmaster general and Adams for secretary of the navy.
Former President Calvin Coolidge announces writing as his immediate occupation with Cosmopolitan Ladies Home Journal and the American arranging articles on the presidency. The Cosmopolitan April issue will feature the first piece detailing his administration world affairs and White House life. Reports on remuneration vary with figures reportedly up to 75,000 dollars and six dollars per word.
Deputy Sheriff L F Hammond and State Prohibition Officers H A Lines and J C Yates pursued two alleged Chillicothe rum runners for about 20 miles on the New Straitsville Road and Laurelville Road. Albert Trego and Oscar McCoppan pleaded guilty to liquor transport and possession, receiving fines of 200 and 300 dollars for Trego and 200 dollars for McCoppan. whisky seized and jugs broken.
Rain and snow moved across Ohio turning seasonal warmth into wintery conditions. Flood risk remained limited though river levels near East Liverpool and along the Ohio River were watched. Portsmouth reported about four inches of snow while other areas saw heavy precipitation.
A large canvas sign advertising the Athens Merchants Exposition at Ohio University gym in March was stretched across the street near Cline's drugstore. Safety Director Franz Woodworth ordered its removal after high winds struck a street lamp and broke the globe.
Twenty eight bodies were recovered from the wreckage of a workshop arsenal in Sofia Bulgaria after a powerful explosion. Rescue workers continued search efforts and the blast caused extensive damage across the area.
Former President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge arrive by train in Northampton Massachusetts after years away. They travel in a modest special car through fog and rain with local crowds at stations but will avoid a parade as they settle back into a small white duplex near the rail line.
Four musical units have been obtained for the parade of the United Spanish War Veterans convention to be held Tuesday June 25. They are The Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Band of Xenia the United Spanish American War Veterans Ladies Military Band of Dayton The Athens High School Band and The Drum Corps of the United Spanish American War Veterans of Columbus.
William E. Ross aged 41 died Monday in John D. Murphy Hospital Chicago after influenza complications. Born in Athens County in 1887 he lived in Chicago 20 years, where he managed several firms and left a widow and son William E. Ross Jr. in mourning. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Mary R. Ross of Athens, a brother Emmett Ross and sisters Mrs. P. J. Tucker and Mrs. Fred Landis. Burial will be in Lockport Illinois.
Police and federal officers hunt a drink blamed for many deaths and blindness. Three men are jailed for questioning after a 50 gallon batch of a “new process” bootleg liquor sickened dozens, with victims treated at homes and hospitals.
The Mexican government will be admitted to purchase arms and munitions in the United States to help cope with the rebellion, announced at the White House today. The arrangement envisages supplies to bolster the Mexican government against insurgent forces during the ongoing conflict.
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