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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1909
Page
4
The Twice A Week Messenger notes its mail rate and delivery cadence. President Taft may limit Roosevelt’s record of 421 messages to Congress, while the College Education pay question appears settled with cabinet grads and Taft a Yale alumnus. Ohio State Journal condemns county salary graft, calling voters cheated by county officers lobbying. The piece ends with a dental analogy, urging to pull the tooth and address broader troubles.
The Cleveland Leader notes a lone positive in the adjourned legislature while denouncing the canal system appropriation as obsolete and impractical. A reader questions Governor Harmon’s veto power, and argues South Side residents enjoy city benefits yet seek no tax burden, urging inclusion in corporate duties.
A fragmented note imagines Jag tablets and portable breweries marketed to thirsty regions. It questions the value of a real brewery if men cannot call in companions to celebrate together, hinting at restrictions on social gatherings in dry areas.
The two state senators McKee and Gillette refused 12 cent graft and took two cents per mile for travel. Gillette lives within thirty miles of Columbus and McKee has a daily income equal to the legislature's expenses, implying he does not need extra pay.
President Taft urged Congress in a blunt extra session message to move quickly on tariff revision and avoid horseplay. He warned the nation will not tolerate sidestepping and insisted on decisive steps, labeling the approach as the real business the country must address.
The Pomeroy Independent condemns the county recorders pay raise as self serving and lobby driven. It argues the measure benefits a few over the many and portrays legislators as aiding personal interests rather than public welfare.
Professor Starr of Chicago warns the President risks great danger by traveling to Africa. He argues the visit will test leadership as the vigorous ex President urges a public dialogue while the President is away.
City police urge use of vehicle confiscation as a deterrent for speeding. They suggest varying seizure lengths based on speed rating or repeat offenses to improve adherence to traffic laws and reduce violations.
The piece notes a shift from a billion-dollar Congress to a two-billion-dollar era, with a forecast that within twenty years a three-billion-dollar Congress could oversee government spending. It also remarks that prices rise beyond staples like butter and eggs.
A broad critique outlines various societies protesting actions or norms and lists groups such as Humane society Anti-Divores league and Anti-Viviseation. It notes the rise of an AM-Vaccination league urging people not to submit to being poisoned to gain immunity from disease.
The Cincinnati Enquirer argues past doctors feared vaccination yet now some condemn it, while many laymen push to end compulsory inoculation. It warns vaccination does not guarantee immunity and cites diseases like diphtheria and meningitis as controlled by prevention, hygiene, and strong public health from childhood. The piece urges building healthy bodies and morals through early education.
Ohio leaders faced a graft bill increasing recorder salaries after a strong lobby. Governor Harmon vetoed to block the raise, while printers faced fallout and a young copyist may lose wages under General Richards. The press blamed the graft, noting many lawmakers urged the veto postprotest.
A Chicago barn fire ruined a 15 000 negative collection of newsboys' images. The owner had earned several gold medals for the set gathered over years, spanning newsboys from many countries.
The Sheridan field covers about a thousand square miles in northeastern Wyoming and extends from the Montana boundary eastward. Sheridan city is the district’s commercial center with Dietz Carneyville Monarch and Kooi as mining communities. Commercial mining began in 1898 with early domestic use dating to 1880. Subbituminous coal has high heat values. once used mainly for domestic fuel, it later fueled Burlington locomotives and engines. The field markets across Wyoming Nebraska Montana Idaho and Washington. The Sheridan field is part of the Fort Union coal region under US Geological Survey study. A report by Joseph A. Taff in Bulletin 34 Part III summarizes early stratigraphy topography and geology relevant to coal development.
Washington March 17 The administration plans to station three United States war vessels on the western coast for an extended period due to unsettled conditions in Central America. Two armored cruisers from Admiral Swinburne's fleet and the gun boat Yorktown will stay as the Maryland and the Washington move to Magdalena bay for target practice.
Attorney General McCarn said Cooper and Sharp face conviction in the Carmack murder trial. He noted the Colorado bond witness weakened the Sharp case and that a returning witness could have further harmed Sharp, while only the absence helped him.
Portsmouth Ohio March 17 A Common Pleas Court judge grants an injunction to Selby Shoe against 168 striking employees restraining picketing and interference with plant operations. The order also targets Knights of Labor and West Lasters organization amid recent hostile demonstrations against nonunion workers. Police have been unable to halt disturbances, shifting control to county authorities. Strike leaders appeal for nonviolence.
The Ohio University Glee Club drew near capacity at the Auditorium for a well prepared program. Highlights included Abts Spring Evening with T N Hoover as soloist and Oswood and Smith arrangements. The new O U Quartet impressed with Women and Mrs Winslow, while Finsterwald and Alderman delivered strong cornet solos.
In New York on March 18 the nation honors Grover Cleveland on what would have been his 72nd birthday. Two mass meetings at Carnegie Hall and the College of the City of New York praised his presidency, with remarks by President Taft, Chief Justice Fuller, Governor Hughes, and others. A memorial is planned, and Taft remains in the area for two days before heading to New Haven for Yale Corporation matters.
Amesville Ohio March 16 the Amesville High School graduating class is smaller than usual this year. Four graduates are Jennie Donaldson Lucile Dyson Mary Balderson and Ralph Henry. Baccalaureate sermon by Rev Strecker on May 21 commencement on May 4 class address by Professor C L Martzolff of Ohio University on May 5 followed by alumni banquet. Music by the school choir and Amesville orchestra.
William Starkey, a carpenter, fell about 15 feet from the Gifford building’s second floor last Thursday. He was unconscious for a while, suffered a severe head cut and a badly wrenched back, and is now recovering as rapidly as expected.
A Columbus capitalist group has leased nearly 1000 acres in the western township with plans to drill Clinton land immediately. The Ohio Fuel Company is taking leases in the southern part of the county likely pursuing the same goal.
Professor McBride, returning from Columba on Saturday, reports favorable results from a civil service examination taken there. He is renowned for scholastic ability, and if he accepts a position, he is likely to become a resident of the Philippines.
8 W Gilliland former auditor for Sunday Creek Co has become general manager of the National Audit Co of Columbus He brings extensive railroad and coal company accounting experience and will lead the firm which specializes in installing counting systems for large corporations.
F. H Gifford builds a large wareroom and storage on recent Moore lot. W P Hoisington and Lewis Pickering buy W W Ogg’s livery stable at Sharpsburg. Ogg keeps a few teams for heavy village hauling. W R Phillips of Athens aids farm duties here. Mrs C R Shires of Marietta visits Mrs William Walters. Mr and Mrs G O Linscott visit Marion for a week with Dr A F Linscott. Miss Martha Cellars visits Irene Gibson at Boyd Hall. Mrs W F Harbert visits relatives in Clarksburg W Va. J L Dunbar travels to Vincent then Parkersburg with his son F M Dunbar and then to visit daughter Mrs.
The Ohio Gamma chapter Phi Delta Theta held its annual alumni banquet at the Hi tel Berry on Monday evening in Athens honoring the birthday of the late professor Ert Morrison, founder of the fraternity. The event featured toasts, a letter from President Ellis, and a social session at the fraternity house with a well received quartet performance.
Elza Cisler shot and killed Henry Karcher after a church service altercation 20 miles from Marietta Ohio at Washington Hall. Theo Cisler ordered the crowd back. the shot struck Karcher in the forehead and he died an hour later. Cisler fled and a deputy and posse pursued him. he remained at large late Sunday evening.
Columbus Ohio March 15 One spring boom is Milton G Rathburn of Melse county to succeed Congressman Albert G Douglas of Chillicothe in the Eleventh District Senator Rathburn serves a second term in the general assembly and gains support for his stand against political bosses and Senate leadership There was talk last year that Edgar A Ervin of the same county might run but factors have hurt Ervin's chances
Dr. B. R. LeRoy, assistant physician at the state hospital for several months, severed his connection with the institution Monday evening and will resume practice in the city.
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