Renewed Prohibition Raids Net Stills and Cider Seizures in Athens
Federal officers raid the bottling works of James Josten at 225 West Washington street and seize six copper stills, coil, and bottling gear. About 170 gallons of cider with elevated alcohol content are confiscated near the city center. Josten is arrested for manufacturing liquor. Sherman Violet is charged after a Cave pool room raid uncovers hard cider in multiple containers. Magistrate bonds set at 600 dollars. Prosecution challenges Baynham's recent statements about liquor in the old bank building.
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Athens
James Josten
West
Washington Street
Zoll, Sanan
Copeland
Columbus
Psheritt Herb Parker
Violet
Sherman Violet
Cave Pool
Violet Flats
State and
Court Streets
Mariner
Cave Pool Room
W. B. Bentley
Chemistry Department
Ohio University
Bentley
Pearl W. Helwig
Bartels
Baynham
Missouri Co Ed With Male Voice Aims For Stage Fame
Miss Mary Mc Lennan of Columbia Missouri plans a stage career after graduation this spring. Critics note her exceptional tenor voice spans two and a half octaves and is rich and mellow. Her regard for access to fame rests on a stage career.
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Missouri
Mary McLennan
Stephenege
Columbia
Sensational Athens County Divorce Case Ends With Reserved Decision
George Mason 22 sues Audrey Mason 19 for adultery in a high profile Athens county common pleas trial that stretched Friday. He testified marriage in 1920 was based on a false alarm and he had no relations with her. Audrey admitted clandestine meetings and contested paternity of their five month old baby. Judge Worstell reserved his ruling.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Worstell
George Mason
Audrey Mason
Mason
Attention Masons Special communication Athens Chapter No. 39
Athens Chapter No 39 Royal Arch Masons invites members to a special communication on Monday May 20 at 7 00 PM. Work in the Mark Masters degree led by W H Bechtold high priest and James A Palmer secretary. 518 2 ee a
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Masons
Athens
W. H. Bechtold
H P. Jas. A. Palmer
Sec
Sears to Stay at Floodwood
Judge Worstell grants Lloyd E. Sears a perpetual injunction, barring York township board of education from hiring another teacher at Floodwood or interfering with Sears's duties. Sears faced opposition for his teaching methods, was briefly enjoined, Floodwood burned, new building attempted arson, seen as efforts to remove him.
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York Township
Lloyd E. Sears
Floodwood
Sears
French Play to Be Presented in Ewing Hall
The public is invited to attend the annual French play in Ewing Hall auditorium next Monday evening. Admission is free and an English plot explanation will aid understanding. Miss Gean Gist, Ohio U. co ed, will have a lead role in Pailleron’s Le Monde ou l on Ennui. Twenty Ohio University students form the cast.
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Ewing Hall
Gean Gist
Ohio U
Pailleron
Francis
Paris
France
Ohio University
Finals to Be Played Off Late This Evening In Scout Basketball
Three games in the Boy Scout tournament were completed Saturday morning with heavyweights finalizing in the afternoon. Semifinals determine the two finalists set for an 8 p m finale while McArthur and Nelsonville squads displayed strong play in the day’s early action.
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New Lexington
Parkersburg
Nelsonville
McArthur
Payroll HoldUp At Liberty Gauge And Instrument
Two payroll bandits robbed Clarence Beiler, bookkeeper at Liberty Gauge and Instrument, just before noon in Cleveland. They escaped with the company payroll totaling 725 dollars.
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Cleveland
Clarence G. Beiler
Liberty Gaage and Instrument Company
British Guarding the Streets of Indian City
London dispatch reports heavy British troops and police patrolling Nairobi in East Africa to prevent further disturbances after the arrest of Indian agitator Thaku. Authorities tightened security as crowds gathered and unrest appeared likely to spread.
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Indian City
London
Nairobi
British East Africa
Thaku
Mutiny Breaks Out in Irish Barracks
In Dublin on March 18 a mutiny erupted in the Irish republican army barracks. Fifty mutineers marched out with arms announcing their intent to head south.
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Dublin
Mar
Irish Republican Army
Stored liquor goes missing from Middletown vault
Cincinnati agents recover 240 half pint bottles and 13 quarts of Coon Hollow whiskey seized two years earlier. On transfer to Columbus, about half the 450 bottles had their contents replaced with water and some bottles flavored with tobacco juice to mimic whiskey.
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Cincinnati
Internal Revenue and Prohibition
Middletown
Internal Revenue Office
Russell
Columbus
Middletown Revenue Office
Opium Aid to Staged in City
Following a raid on a palatial opium den in Central Park West, Dr Carleton Simon says New York underworld uses fashionable city sections for operations and more raids may come. He claims narcotics users are entering theater choruses and threatens Hollywood style scandals could be eclipsed if action is not taken.
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Edwin Cart Rance
New York
Central Park
West
Carleton Simon
Pr. Simon
Hollywood
California
Bank messengers held up near Kansas City bank
Two messengers carrying $9,000 for the In ter-City State Bank of Rosendale Kan were robbed as they were entering the bank. The robbers were two men.
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State Bank
Kansas City
State Bank of
Rosendale
Kan
Unrest in Belfast After St Patrick's Day Violence
On March 18 in Belfast disorder resumed after St Patrick's Day. A man on a bicycle was shot dead, another man found with a bullet wound, a bomb killed two women in a residence, and several others were wounded and taken to hospitals.
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Belfast
Mar
Athens merchants boost proceeds at school chicken supper
A Friday night chicken supper hosted by the Parent-Teacher Association raised a large sum for the local school. St Patrick theme filled the event as Class Six chorus performed for a large appreciative audience, with Athens merchants receiving much of the credit for the financial success.
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St. Patrick
Athens
Immigrant policy urged by Lillian Russell report
Lillian Russell, famed stage star and immigration commissioner, calls for a five year halt on all immigration to the United States. She argues Europe reports are propaganda and says strict tests should govern entry, claiming Americans should be prioritized and many immigrants could gain privileges within five years.
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New York
Mar
International News Service
Europe
Lillian Russell
James J. Davis
Russell
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburg
Davis
Washington
America
Dr Charles Howe Returns to Athens for Surgery Work
Dr Charles E Howe and his family returned from a two month New York City stay and are home in Maplewood Place. He has focused on major surgery and X ray work since leaving Athens earlier this year, studied at the Post graduate hospital and Cumberland Street Hospital, and resumes surgical practice after World War I field service.
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Charles E. Howe
New York City
Maplewood Place
Howe
Athens
Cumberland Street
France
Anthracite Mines to Close as 155000 Strike Over Pension
All anthracite coal mines will shut on April 1 and 155,000 miners will stop work to enforce a pension deal until a new pact with operators is reached. John L. Lewis and operator spokesman Warriner led talks. miners accuse operators of delaying tactics delaying conferences.
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George W. Williams
International News Service
New York
Mar
John L. Lewis
D. Warriner
Lewis
Ohio milestones from 1837 to 1896 in state history
Yesterday's in Ohio notes key events including the incorporation of Muskingum College in 1837, Thomas Corwin resigning in 1840 to pursue governor nomination, James H. Canfield born 1847 and later Ohio State University president, John Peter Ledom a former congressman and sergeant at arms who died in Toledo, and a 1896 excise tax on gross corporate earnings.
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Muskingum College
Thomas Corwin
Congress
James H. Canfield
Ohio State University
Delaware
John Peter Leedom
U. S. House of Representatives
Toledo
Adams County
Incendiarism Blamed for Chicago Block Fire
A massive Chicago blaze in the business district outside the Loop destroyed an elevated station and swept a city block. One man died, scores were injured, and about 25,000 people lost their jobs as the $15,000,000 fire roared through the area. Police and investigators sought the fire origin.
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Chicago
Loop
Austin
Potatoes Cause Damages in Akron Other Suit
Ethel Olden sues Rebecca Larsson for 15000 dollars claiming a sweet potato thrown behind her right ear on September 1 caused a fracture of the parietal bone and permanent injury. Max Olden sues for 1500 dollars for mental anguish from his wife’s injuries.
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Ethel Olden
Rebecca Larsson
Max Olden
Governor Davis renomination decision to be announced Sunday
Columbus March 18 Governor Davis decision on renomination will not be announced until Sunday morning, a statement from the governor's office said.
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Columbus
Mar
Davis
Gandhi Given Six Year Prison Term in India
Time to Think It Over London reports Mohandas Gandhi, leader of the Indian noncooperation movement, was sentenced today to six years in prison in Ahmedabad according to a News Agency dispatch.
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London
Mohandas Gandhi
Ahmedabad
India
Five hundred five cases of liquor seized on yacht Patricia
Miami, Fla. five hundred five cases of liquor valued at about 250000 were seized aboard the yacht Patricia by prohibition agents. The yacht is not to be confiscated until orders arrive from the attorney general. Authorities say the yacht belongs to James Schoen of New York and he telegraphed for release after fleeing the scene.
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Miami
Fla
International News Service
Patricia
Prohibition
James Schoen
New York
Milionaire
Schoen
Wild Bull Slain by Sheriff in Akron Township
Scotty Ingerton, former baseball star and new deputy sheriff, killed a Texas longhorn bull near Akron Ohio after it threatened residents and cattle in the fields. He shot the animal with a rifle following its rampage through the area.
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Akron
Scotty Ingerton
Boston Township
Ingerton
Women gather in Athens for Episcopal Auxiliary meeting
More than 200 women are expected in Athens on Monday April 3 for a district meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church at the Church of the Good Shepherd. The day opens with holy communion at 9 am and features addresses by society officers including Mrs W T Wells of Columbus Mrs Floyd Van Kueren of Columbus Mrs Allen McGregor of Springfield and Mrs Loos of Columbus.
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Athens
Ohio
Episcopal Church
Church of the Good Shepherd
Society
W. T. Wells
Columbus
Floyd van Kueren
Allen McGregor
Springfield
Loos
Prince of Wales Visit Fails to Ease Indian Unrest
Indian dispatch reports that the Prince of Wales visit to India did not calm political unrest. The prince is now en route from India to Japan, with no conciliatory effect observed on the situation.
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London
Mar
International News Service
Prince of Wales
India
The
Star Today
Japan
Couple From Deanville Wed In Christian Church Ceremony
Ashford Robinett and Pearl Connor of Deanville were married Friday at 2 p.m. at the Christian church parsonage. Rev. M. E. Chatley officiated the ceremony.
Decision on soldier bonus bill hinges on party line
Washington March 18 The House Speaker Gillette after a conference with Republican leaders weighs whether the soldier bonus bill will be expedited or slowed in the chamber.
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Washington, Mar
Gillett
House
Ku Klux Klan Demonstration Reported in Wellsburg
In Wellsburg West Virginia on March 18 the Ku Klux Klan revealed its existence with a 15 minute demonstration and a fireworks display after a local paper had announced there was no branch in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
W. Va
Ku Klux Klan
Japanese diplomat Shidehara to take six months leave
Baron Kijuro Shidehara Japanese ambassador to the United States will return to Japan by end of March for a six months leave that is expected to be permanent. Masanao Hanihara, the vice minister of foreign affairs, will succeed him at Tokyo's bidding. Hanihara's rise from a small vice counsel to a top post marks a victory for younger statesmen over elder Genro influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster K. Nolan
Washington
Kijuro Shidehara
United State
Japan
Masanao Hanihara
Hanihara
China
San Francisco
Tokio
Medina County Truck Owners Protest Burke Law Enforcement
Medina county truck owners campaign against the Burke truck law claiming it harms shippers. Milk shipments to Akron valued at 3 million dollars were halted by officers enforcing the act, with spring thaw restrictions limiting loads to six and two thirds tons.
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Medina, O
Burke
Medina County
Akron
Peel appointed secretary for India replacing Montague
London March 18 Vicomt Peel has been named secretary for India succeeding EF S Montague who resigned. The official announcement was made this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
International News Service
Vicomt Peel
India
EF. S. Montague
Britain asks Japan for aid if Indian uprising spreads
The British government requested military aid from Japan if the passive revolutionary movement in India triggers a general uprising, a statement from the American commission to promote self government in India said today.
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Washington
Great Britain
India
American Commission
Six naturalization schools planned in Athens county Ohio
Arrangements are made to open six nat uralization schools in Athens county under Rev A H Marshall to assist about 100 citizenship applicants. Schools will meet three evenings weekly in Millfield Jacksonville Glouster Chauncey Nelsonville and Sugar Creek with local superintendents and prominent citizens sponsoring. Start date March 27 with teaching staff listed for each community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naturalization
Athens County
A. H. Marshall
Episcopal
Bureau of Naturalization
Nelsonville
D. A. Ferree
J. C
Will Honor the Student Pastor Service at MKE Church
A union meeting of Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches is set for Sunday night at the MKE church to honor Rev. C. M. Bond as student pastor at Ohio university. President E. B. Bryan and Rev. Bond lead the service, highlighting cooperative work for student life and future opportunities to engage with the ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Christian, Methodist
Presbyterian
M. KE
C. M. Bond
Ohio University
E. B. Bryan
Floating dry dock on Atlantic coast at Fore River, Quincy
The sole floating dry dock on the Atlantic coast between New York City and Halifax sits at the Fore River shipbuilding plant in Quincy Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
New York City
Halifax
Fore River Shipbuilding Plant
Quincy
Mass
Fair Sex Will Have Hand in Deciding Case
In Los Angeles on March 18, a jury of nine men and three women deliberates on Madalynne Obenchain a divorced Chicago woman accused of conspiracy to murder J Belton Kennedy her lover. The state seeks the death penalty and deliberations resumed at 9 o clock after a night at a local hotel. Rumors claimed an eight to four acquittal split with women voting for conviction.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Madalynne Obenchain
Feir
Chicago
J. Belton Kennedy
Recipes for Canned Goods Free Booklet Offer
In this Athens Messenger note readers are urged to stock a variety of canned foods and learn to transform them into appealing dishes. A free booklet titled Recipes for Canned Goods, about 200 recipes, is available by sending two cents in stamps and writing name and address to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington, D. C.
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