German Editor Urges Overthrow of Government for Wilson Peace
Maximilian Harden, editor of Zufunkt, says Germany’s current republic must be overthrown and a liberal government formed to secure a lasting peace. He argues for frank talks with the Entente, warns against Bolshevism, and stresses close ties with America and Britain to implement Wilson’s plan.
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Frank J. Taylor
United Press
United Press Berlin
Maxmilian Harden
Zufunkt
Germany
United Press Today
League of Nations
Britain
America
Harden
Wilson
Entente
Bolshevists
Ludendorff
National Assembly
Ebert
Schiedemann
Foreign Office
Paris
England
Destructive Athens Fire Destroys Cousins Home
At 1:30 this morning a major fire gutted the Robert Cousins residence at 31 First Street in Athens. The blaze started in the basement, destroyed five rooms above, including furniture and clothing, leaving the family destitute with no insurance. Fire origin undetermined with suspicions of arson. only Mrs Branford and family were home, husband worked in Glenwood, WV. Property loss reported around $1200.
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Athens
Robert Cousins
First Street
Branford
Glenwood
West Virginia
Father of Day Enforcement Bill Says Measure Will Pass
Columbus Ohio March 18 Prosecutor Hugo Schlessinger announced an independent inquiry into alleged bribery in the Ohio legislature He will attend hearings with a stenographer and collect evidence if denied He named detectives and described plans to trap bribers including marked money and a dictograph but the plot collapsed before the meeting date
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Columbus
Hugo Schlessinger
Franklin County
Ohio
Schlessinger
Legislative Committee
Wallace Skeels
Skeels
John Mahoney
Joe Cleary
Skeets
Ohto
Grand Jury
Dr. Skeels
Cleary
Schlissenger
Dr. Skeela
Mar
House of Rives
Representative Crabbe
Madison Cotty
Crabee
Crabbe
Camp Sherman Receives 144 Officers and 3927 Soldiers
General orders issued at Camp Sherman Ohio call for housing 144 officers and 3927 men of the 37th Division units in coming weeks. The flow includes the 134th and 186th machine gun battalions, multiple 136th 135th and 134th field artillery units and detachments, with dozens of officers and hundreds of men listed for each unit.
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Camp Sherman
Glenn
37Th Division
Ohio National Guardsmen
134Th Machine Gun Battalion
136Th Field Artillery Field and Staff
Eee
136Th Field Artillery
135Th Field Artillery
134Th Field Artillery
Horrors of War Brought Home to Athens
A hospital troop train of eleven coaches conveying wounded soldiers passed through Athens at 8 05 this morning. Nine coaches held bedbound men, one carried medical supplies, and one had soldiers able to sit up. A college of nurses served country butter and jelly as a Red Cross unit saw to the injured. One man from near the city, Seldon White, learned his brother died in New York influenza.
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Athens
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Altho
Union Depot
Snow White
Lean Paul Red Cross
Leeee
City
Seldon White
Edite
Meigs County
White
New York
Addie Davies
Units of 37th Division Sail For Home From Brest
The War Department announced ships carrying 37th division troops home from Brest include the 147th infantry and staff headquarters, supply and machine gun companies, and multiple battalion commands with 2,344 men. The Von Steuben sails March 23, the Montana March 27, with other units aboard. Europia arrived in New York with 1,662 tank troops.
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Washington
Mar
37Th Division
War Department
Tomorow
New York
Sherman
Dodge
Upton
Grant
Dix
Bowtie
Pike
Custer
Lee
87Th Division
Camp Sherman
37Th
74Th Infantry
Taylor
Sherman and
von Steuben
Brest
Montana
Michigan
Texas
Ohio
California
Europe
Siberia
Insular
United States
Troop Sails Listed for 87th Division En Route Home
Official Hoboken lists show 147th infantry with nine officers and 665 men aboard the Harrisburg due New York tomorrow. The Noordam carries the 37th Division HQ and 148th infantry, while the Huntington carries 184th and 136th machine gun battalions. New Hampshire and Vermont battleships, along with 135th and 124th field artillery units, head to Newport News and New York in late March with hundreds of officers and men. The Connecticut and Princess Matoika also advance with key engineer and artillery companies aboard.
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New York
United States
Hoboken
France
Washington
Harrisburg
147Th Infantry
Noordam
148Th Infantry
Huntington
Newport News
New Hampshire
135Th Field Artillery
124Th Field Artillery
Vermont
136Th Field Artillery
Connecticut
Princess Matoika
Communists meet in Moscow as delegates arrive from Europe
An international communist congress opens in Moscow with delegates from Germany France Switzerland Holland Sweden and Austria. A French delegate predicts revolutions in Paris and London to upend the peace conference while a Dutch delegate says communists in Rotterdam and Amsterdam are ready to march. Trotsky urges blood and mercilessness to establish universal proletarianism. Police order not to take irigh chief.
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Melssingfors
Moscow
Germany
France
Switzerland
Holland
Sweden
Austria
Paris
London
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Trotsky
IRIGH
Hiding Place Of DeValera Known To Police In Ireland
Dublin reports the hiding place of Sinn Fein leader Professor Edward DeValera is known to the police and Irish constabulary. Authorities have been ordered not to arrest him or the two Sinn Feiners who escaped from Lincoln prison at the same time.
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Dublin
Mar
Edward DeValera
Sinn Fein
Lincoln
Irish Constabulary
Sinn
Money Motive For Murder Lay Offcers Now
Dr Walter Wilkins a 67 year old New York physician is hunted on a murder charge in the death of his wife Julia. District Attorney Weeks says a newly found will bequeaths $765000 to Wilkins and suspects him after a hammer blow killed her at their Long Beach residence on February 27. Wilkins denies motive and disappearance followed as investigators compare prints with marks on the weapon.
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Mineola
N. Y
Walter Wilkins
Weeks
Binanca de Saulles
le Baudy
Dr. Wilkins
Long Beach
Nigehbor
Conductor Pays $1100 on Conscience Note
A former street car conductor in St. Louis sent $100 in cash and a negotiable note for $1,000 to the company after misplacing five percent car fare. The incident centers on repayment of mischarged fare.
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ST. Louis
Ohio legislature opens bribery probe into bribery charges
A six member joint committee will probe alleged bribery in the Ohio legislature. Senators Whittemore Hopple Holden and Beetham Crabbe with Representatives Hopple Delahunty are named to investigate conduct of legislators employees and lobbyists. Delahunty plans to testify to clear his name.
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Columbus
Mar
Ohio
Senate
Milter
Kryder
Henry Courty
Whittemore
Hopley
Holden
Beetham
Crabee
Hopple
Frank Delahunty
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Luncheon at Chamber of Commerce to feature surprise talk
The Noon Lung reports a Wednesday luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce with Rev. C l Strecker delivering an address. Attendance held steady after last week's lively turnout and a promised food shortage was averted by quick rear supply. An aviator scheduled to fly over Athens may attend if weather cooperates.
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Chamber of Commerce
C.ls Strecker
Athens
Egyptian Rioting Grows Serious at Tantah Station
On March 18 in Tantah three hundred rioters tried to rush the railway station. Egyptian police fired on the crowd, causing twenty two casualties.
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Cairo
Tantah
Sleeping sickness cases spread across the nation
Abn developed all over the nation New York March 18 cases of sleeping sickness linked to influenza are scattered nationwide with twenty one deaths and over one hundred cases in seventeen cities. Cleveland and Springfield report twenty five each and New York shows forty cases. Other cities list traces including Richmond San Francisco Fort Worth Calumet Minneapolis Des Moines Los Angeles Boston Harrisburg Albany and Pittsburgh. Sufferers lapse into coma but many recover after eight to ten days. Communities consider flu like precautions.
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New York
United Press
Cleveland
Springfield
Ill
Chicago
Richmond
San Francisco
Fort Worth
Calumet
Michigan
Minneapolis
Des Moines
Los Angeles
Lancaster
Ohio
Boston
Harrisburg
Albany
Pittsburgh
Food Administration Considers Limiting Pork Profits
Washington officials say action may cap packers profits on pork and pork products under the food license system still in force. Hog prices rose after the $17.50 fixed price was removed around March 1. A New York conference Thursday with Snyder Richard Allen will decide the administration line, with a statement to follow.
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Washington
Food Administration
War Trade Board
New York
F. 8. Snyder
Meat Division
The
Edgar Rickard
Ben 8. Allen
Rioting in Cairo Area Tied to Deportations Protests
Rioting by Egyptian nationalists occurred in Cairo and nearby districts last week, prompting the deportation of several leaders. Tanteh lies about fifty four miles northwest of Cairo.
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Cairo
Tanteh
Three-Cent Check Records Smallest Illinois Income Tax
A young woman in Illinois paid three cents as income tax, the smallest amount recorded in the state's tax history. The report notes the nominal value reflects the tax system and circulars guiding payments.
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Paris
Illinois
Transport Louisville Sailed from Brest to New York
Transport Louisville departed Brest for New York on March 12 carrying fifteen officers and 825 men of the 148th infantry regiment with detachments aboard.
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Louisville
Brest
New York
148Th Infantry Regiment
Undertaker Butterworth Faces 46-Count Coffin Profiteering Charge
Seattle reports G. M. Butterworth, a local undertaker, is to be tried Wednesday on a forty six count indictment for profiteering by selling coffins to parents of deceased service members after government payment. Butterworth pleads not guilty.
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Seattle
G. M. Butterworth
Butterworth
Treaty Pact Nears Completion as Officials Report Readiness
United Press staff reports Germany will be ready as Seti indicates the pact is near completion. Representatives and Colonel House confer daily on views of the league amid frequent meetings during the war council. The president discusses the league as Bulgaria and Turkey are seen as unlikely to join.
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United Press
Germany
Seti
House
League
Orlando
Supreme War Council
Bulgaria
Turkey
Rainy Weather Delays War Plans in Ohio Area
Poor weather across Ohio delays War Saving air patrols and flights. Rain stops Dayton and Athens scheduling. pilots cannot start today and travel plans slip to tomorrow due to the rain.
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Ohio
Athens
Ram
Dayton
War Labor Board Orders Reinstatement For Dismissed Workers
In Washington on March 18 the War Labor Board ordered reinstatement for workers employed by the Cleveland Street Company who had been dismissed, directing their return to service.
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Washington
Mar
Cleveland Street Company
War Labor Board
Masons Hold Special Communication on March 18
Parama thia Lodge No. 25 F and A M invites members to a special communication Tuesday evening March 18 at 5 o'clock. Work in the Master Degree. Large attendance desired. Roy Hinchman W M J A Palmer Sec. 3 17 2
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Paramathia Lodge No. 25
Roy Hinchman
Special Carrier Service for Athens Subscribers
Regular subscribers missed by carrier may call Messenger any time up to 6 pm and a special carrier will deliver by bicycle at no extra charge. Routes are arranged so each subscriber is served by 5 pm. if late call Messenger Office.
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Athens
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Hons
Maximilian Harden
Juniker
Alsace-Lorraine
Schiffer
German Republic
Mat Ogio
Abn
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Crna Tits
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