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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1927
Page
1
Large coal buyers in Ohio rush to stockpile as unions threaten a general miners strike set for April 1. Railroads prepare early by piling fuel reserves. the Hocking Valley line boosts stocks from Columbus to Toledo.
The Industrious miners led by International President L Lewis refuse any wage cut, keeping a hard line after the fruitless conference. Operators show no reopening intent while utilities in Columbus stockpile coal and non union mines promise supply. Part time work continues in Hocking district as crews brace for possible shutdowns and reduced orders across Crooksville Corning and Athena fields.
A Cleveland area funeral marked Albert Frick's death as miners debate a plan to close all Eastern Ohio mines on April 1 until the industry adopts a competitive wage scale. Eastern Ohio Coal Operators' Association leaders said closures would persist to push for the wage system. The ceremony in Crystal Lake honored Frick, a 22 year old victim of a prior incident, while operators warned of continued shutdowns to press for the new wages.
The body of 65 year old William Stout was found near his Dundas home Saturday and prepared for burial in Caventer. Inez Palmer 24 is jailed in Vinton County on first degree murder charges with a special grand jury expected to act. Arthur Stout faces a murder trial on March 21. investigators describe a “respectable” farming family involved in a complex local tragedy.
The Athens Messenger plans to begin Anne Austin’s new serial Daughter s of Midas on Sunday March 27 in the magazine section. The piece profiles Austin and her daughter Eleanor Benson, noting their challenges and achievements and the author’s career with NEA Service.
Mary G Cabell 15 daughter of Hartwell Cabell, a wealthy lawyer, vanished Wednesday. Police traced handwriting in her Spence School copy book showing the name Charlotte Wake as an alias. Authorities pursued leads across Texas Virginia and other states as relatives feared abduction.
E. L. McClune of Nelsonville, previously with the county inspector's office, has accepted a statewide inspector role in the motor vehicle division of the secretary of state's office in Columbus. He starts March 16 and will oversee Athens, Hocking, Meigs, and Perry counties, liaising with registrars and sub-agents while remaining based in Nelsonville.
Shanghai reports declare martial law in the native district as Cantonese troops renew attacks near Soo Chow. British outposts fortify Shanghai settlement. authorities searched vehicles and seized arms meant to aid nationalist labor agitators. Cantonese forces wrecked a railway car on the Nanking Shanghai line with no casualties.
In Vinton County the fifth murder in a year was uncovered largely by Sheriff Maude Collins who became sheriff after her husband Vetcher Collins was killed on duty in fall 2925 and later won election in her own right. Prosecutor W. J. Jones, born in Vinton County and raised in Columbus, aided in obtaining the confession on Saturday after relocating to McArthur to qualify for the role.
Miss Inez Palmer confessed after hours of questioning to helping kill William Stout in the 1826 murder case involving Arthur Stout. Deputies found the elder Stout’s body in a well on the farm after a neighbor reported his disappearance. The coroner ruled death by concussion from a heavy blow.
A fire at Ashley near here caused 1500 in damage to a dry goods store and spread to the adjoining bank building and a shoe store. The blaze left the dry goods shop destroyed and prompted losses at nearby structures.
Efforts to avert a strike in the Des Moines coal fields will be made this week as union representatives and operators meet with the state agricultural and industrial commission appointed by Gov Bamrain. The meetings are set for Wednesday in the capital. If no agreement is reached to operate the mines pending new negotiations, a strike is to begin April 7 when the present contract expires.
Washington March 14 The country is being politically read into by Republican leaders to get the lay of the land for next year's presidential elections If the survey shows President Coolidge silent and the party weighing its options amid a changing national mood.
The Athens City Federation of Women's Clubs announces its sixth annual shrub sale to beautify yards and gardens. Wholesale prices will be offered on shrubs plants and bulbs with details to be released by federation officers. For information contact Mrs. Frank B. Murphey or Bliss Helen Lun.
Heavy snow storms in central and western Japan cause multiple deaths and major property damage. Three people die in Tokyo and about 100 fishermen are missing in the Chichibu mountains as communication networks are disrupted and residents face extreme hardship after last week’s earthquakes.
A kerosene can exploded in the kitchen of William Douglass near New England, injuring his wife and four children. The 28 year old mother died at 2 AM and her 4 year old son died soon after. Three other children including a month old were rescued by the father and neighbors. the oldest child is nine. The family funeral is planned for Wednesday.
Carl Stover seeks ten thousand five hundred and fifty dollars for injuries from a July 29 auto collision on the Athens The Plains road near Hillag Edward Barker. Plaintiff says he suffered a crushed leg requiring amputation and has hospital bills of two hundred eleven dollars fifty cents and other expenses totaling three hundred dollars. Trial began with jury selection underway this afternoon.
Weather report fragment records a two hour period and mentions yesterday afternoon and a morning phase with a mercury reading. The readable text tracks temperature observations but lacks complete values or locations.
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