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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1925

Page

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Warren Warren Warren sees Senate rejection of Warren as attorney general

The Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Charles B. Warren’s nomination as attorney general amid a polarized clash between the White House and Senate. A confidential INS poll suggests 45 to 38 against Warren with lawmakers split among Republicans, Democrats, and independents as administration Senators balk at the approach and strategy continues on March 13.

WM. Kk. Hutchinson I. N Washington Charles B. Warren Senate Judiciary Committee Coolidge Senate International News Service Warren Administration Hank Iso White House

Jewish Steamship Prepares Kosher Ocean Crossing

The voyage will be the first distinctly Jewish steamship crossing the ocean and will be strictly kosher with all food selected and prepared according to Moses law.

Ocean Moses

Docket clears seven cases in Common Pleas session

Judge Worstell presided as seven cases were stricken from the calendar and new settings announced. Brown and Bell were cleared in paternity actions. a new trial motion in Mary Machman’s complaint was overruled. Several suits were dismissed or settled, with judgments totaling about 2000 dollars by default in four cases. New settings include Chadwick vs Ohio Collieries, Dana Dana vs American Railway Express, and others for late March and early April.

L. G. Worstell Common Pleas Montford Brown Stewart Bell Elsie Hall Brown Mary Machman Bell Lonnie T. Morrison Eliza Morrison Sunday Creek Coal Company G. A. Hoskins Nathan C. Townsend Rodgers, Beal, Hough & Bugler Hocking Sunday Creek Traction Company Gertie Daniels Hyla S. Albaugh Central West Coal & Lumber Company Fred A. Chadwick Ohio Colleries Company

Japanese Star Denies Suicide Rumor Over Gambling Losses

Sessue Mayakawa said reports that he killed himself at Monte Carlo over gambling debts were exaggerated. He spoke at the Majestic hotel in Paris denying the sensational tale and downplaying the incident.

Paris Monte Carlo Sessue Mayakawa

Grain prices tumble as wheat hits 50-year low

Chicago bloom from March 13 reports May wheat sliding to $1.71 and July wheat to $1.50 before 10:30. The decline marks the lowest levels since late January when prices reached $2.05 over month earlier.

Chicago

Lorain Relief Bill Shrinks After House Vote

The Ohio House approved a Lorain relief bill 90 to 2 authorizing 95 thousand dollars for rehabilitating municipal buildings damaged by last year’s Lorain tornado. The Senate had approved 190 thousand. the original request was 300 thousand. The bill returns to the Senate for concurrence with the House amendment and a possible joint conference committee.

Columbus House Lorain Senate

Eighteenth Anniversary of Athens Flood Disaster

Athens marks the eighteenth anniversary of its worst flood on March 14 1907 when the Hocking river overflowed its banks causing widespread destruction. Rescue efforts by local volunteers in improvised boats helped save many as the city faced the deadly surge.

Athens Hocking

Ohio Coal Operators Meet in Cleveland Over Industry Decline

Coal operators from Ohio Indiana Illinois and Western Pennsylvania will gather in Cleveland next Tuesday to discuss the industry condition and ongoing tonnage declines. Reports from Pittsburgh said the meeting aimed to break the United Mine Workers contract due to winddown in April 1926, but operators deny this intent.

Cleveland, CO Ohio Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania Pittsburgh United Mine Workers

United Mine Workers to push drive in West Virginia fields

The United Mine Workers of America plans a major campaign to organize non union coal fields in West Virginia. District 17 officials said the international executive board ordered a $1 assessment on every union miner in February and March. Proceeds, estimated at about 250000 dollars, will fund the effort to organize West Virginia's non union fields.

Charleston United Mine Workers of America West Virgina District 17 International Executive Board West Virginia

Coal operators weigh wage scales amid union field shortages

D F Hurd reports Ohio losing markets to West Virginia as non union mines struggle. Jacksonville wage scale tensions threaten to widen rift between operators and miners in Eastern Ohio, with a meeting planned to address scale revisions. Previous 1897 and 1922 lockouts noted in context.

West Virginia Kentucky Ohio D. F. Hurd Pittsburgh Vein Operators’ Association International News Service Jacksonville A. A. Augustus Cambridge Collieries Co Union United States United Mine Workers Cleveland

Pittsburgh Scale Committee to Attend Cleveland Wage Meeting

The Pittsburgh Coal Producers association scale committee will join miners from Ohio Western Pennsylvania Indiana and Illinois in Cleveland next Tuesday to discuss Jacksonville wage scale adjustments. Officials say the UMWA will not countenance any changes to the wage pact.

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Coal Producers Association Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Cleveland Jacksonville United Mine Workers of America International News Service Today

Jacksonville Wage Scale Praised by Union Leader

BELLAIRE O March 13 Frank Ledvinka praised the Jacksonville wage agreement saying it shows coal industry effort to end unnecessary production. He spoke at the Eastern Ohio sub district annual convention noting a three year contract avoids need for new scale talks amid market pressures. He warned of elimination of excess mines and a prolonged peace era in the soft coal industry with a long break for operators and miners.

Eastern Ohio Miners Bellaire Jacksonville Frank Ledvinka United Mine Workers of America Ohio Ledvinka

Gigantic Whiskey Robbery in Pittsburgh Halted

Federal prohibition agents thwarted a plan to steal 4397 barrels of bonded whiskey from A Gueckenheimer and Brots wholesale warehouse in Freeport. The scheme included scaling nine stories and breaking a window in an unfinished loft guarded by steel bars, but the robbery was stopped before completion.

Pittsburgh A. Gueckenheimer & Brotts Company Freeport

Wall Climbing Robbers Foil Guards In Bank Heist

Above the ground, protection seemed lacking as robbers scaled the wall by unknown means possibly a human fly. A coil of rubber hose awaited on the second floor and another on the ground, suggesting siphoning whiskey from storage barrels to containers on trucks waiting below.

Debate finals postponed for Portsmouth St Claired ville

The high school debating finals between Portsmouth and St. Clairs ville were postponed tonight at the Ewing hall auditorium because of witness absence from both teams. Prof. W A Cooper of Ohio University will announce a new date as soon as practicable.

Portsmouth St. Clairsville Ewing ,Hall W. A. Cooper Ohio University

Germany is at work after disarmament optimistic note

Washington reports Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton says Germany is disarmed and working, with a bright future. He lauds President Ebert as the greatest German since Bismarck following his Berlin conference with President Coolidge.

Washington Germany Alanson B. Houghton Berlin Coolidge Ebert Houghton Bismark

Burial Rite In Algiers Involves Medicine Bottles

It is customary among certain sects of Algiers to bury the dead with the bottles of medicine used during the last illness. This practice reflects local funeral customs and traditional beliefs surrounding dying and remembrance.

Algiers

Peasant Ankles Warned By English Medical Men

In Tondon on March 13 prominent medical men warn English women that the vogue for flat-heeled shoes may cause women to develop peasant ankles. They note many slim ankles have spread into thick, ungainly shapes after the low-heeled trend. Shoe stores say they notice the same effect.

Tondon

Japanese Storms And Fires Cause Wide Damage Across Japan

Tokio March 18 A hurricane swept Japan leaving scores of boats and fishermen missing and causing nationwide damage Thursday. Western Japan reports say hundreds are homeless due to forest fires. More than ten thousand acres burned with losses above 2 million dollars.

Tokio Japan

Five candidates named for German presidency race

Berlin reports five candidates named by political parties for the March 29 presidential election. Former Chancellor Marx will head the Centrista lineup and lead the field as campaigns begin.

Berlin Marx Centrista

Greeks and Turks embroiled again in new discord

Reports from Athens say Turkey threatens to expel the Synod Metropolitans of the Greek church over a refused re signing by the Ecumenical Patriarch. The move recalls a near breach last month tied to the Patriarchs expulsion, as Turkish attention shifts to the Kurdistan rebellion. The dispute heads to the League Council in Geneva this week.

London Greece Turkey Athens Constantinople League Council Geneva

House and Senate Clash Over Card Deputies in Ohio

In Columbus on March 13 the Ohio Senate passed the Bender bill to end fee splitting by justices of the peace while the House, in contrast, revived the controversial card deputies program. The House measure would fund a full time state parks police and part time deputies with fees, risking lucrative summers for those in the system. The fight signals a clash between reform and lucrative offshoots within state justice and enforcement.

Columbus Ohio Senate House Senate Justice of the Peace

Athens Scouts to Help Handle Traffic in Safety Week

Athens Boy Scouts will assist Athens police Saturday afternoon and evening to direct traffic at busy intersections and discourage jay walking as Safety Week ends. The effort is led by the Athens County Automobile Club in cooperation with city authorities and aims to train scouts for future traffic duties. A Safety First film will also be shown in local theatres as part of the program.

Athens Athens County Automobile Club The Automobile Club Police Department Athens County Glouster Nelsonville Jestic Columbia

Canada Backs Britain On Geneva Peace Plan

Canada supports Great Britain's stance on Geneva peace by cables to the League of Nations. Prime Minister Mackenzie King signs the note stating Canada favors submitting all issues to a joint inquiry board of arms rather than the League security protocol.

Geneva Canada Great Britain League of Nations Mackenzie King Dominion League

Free Booklet On Everyday Etiquette From Wash

A small notice offers a booklet titled Etiquette in plain terms. It covers weddings street manners proper form for greeting funerals travel hotel and theater table manners and other social conduct topics. Request by sending a two cent stamp for return postage.

Everyday Etiquette booklet offered by Haskin bureau

Frederic J. Haskin of The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington D C encloses two cents to obtain a copy of the booklet titled Everyday Etiquette.

Frederic J. Haskin The Athens Messenger Information Bureau Washington, D. C

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