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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
1
In Berlin on March 25 a general strike was ordered by unanimous communist executives to take effect Saturday. Urged to arm and fight to the end, workers were told to seize factories and sabotage lines. Four thousand troops moved into Saxony and were housed at Eisenhütten for a mass demonstration.
In Huntington West Virginia on March 25 a jealous husband shot Paul Miller and his wife Ibelle Ash Miller at a small restaurant owned by William E Smith. Miller then killed himself, killing two others in a violent end to a suspected infidelity.
Halle Germany March 25 German troops arrived to suppress the communist uprising as thousands of workers from the Leuna plant joined a strike. Police and safety forces fought in Halle and Eisel den with casualties and damage to trains power plants and shops. Miners armed and hoarding weapons sustained heavy fighting amid sabotage efforts across central Germany.
Special notice calls all Knights and their ladies to meet at the Masonic Temple Sunday at 9 30 for a procession to The First Christian Church. After the service they will return to the Temple for luncheon, signed Chas E Cameron committee and Jas A Palmer recorder. Also notes a reduction in orders at National Tube Company and a civil suit Leonard Dilger vs Stark Electric for 53550 over a motorcycle collision.
Robert Lansing reveals seven points of disagreement with President Wilson over Paris peace talks. He cites personal presence in Paris and the League covenant as key issues and defends his stance on the treaty's role in peace. He also discusses the Fiume affair and the Shantung settlement and denies prior testimony on his dissatisfaction.
Erie Pa March 25 Local life saving crew rescued six boys ages six to eleven after a leaky boat with barrel stave oars nearly sank in a strong southwest wind. The boys set out seeking adventure before being secured by a power boat as their craft neared full submersion.
A Columbus jury failed to reach a verdict in Guy V. Holler versus John Jones for 676 dollars after Holler's car struck one of Jones cows on Harrison Pike. Holler claimed Jones allowed roaming cattle without red warning lights. Jones sought 209 dollars for the cow’s injuries to Holler’s vehicle.
Columbus March 25 United Press advocates of a minimum wage for women workers prepared to push for the Shrimper bill in the senate. The Emery fishing license measure to aid hatcheries passed the assembly by 72 to 27 after senate passage. The house also killed the Burns bill allowing liability insurers to compete with the state fund in writing workmen compensation and defeated the Morris bill legalizing Christian Science healing. A Dodge bill to cut judges salaries seeks reductions from 9000 to 7000 for the chief justice and 2000 for others. Green proposes vehicle drivers stop within sixty feet of grade crossings.
Washington reports the Debs pardon review nears completion after Eugene V. Debs visited Attorney General Daugherty. Daugherty's recommendation is expected within hours and could be submitted to President Harding after the cabinet meeting.
No trace found of the navy free balloon with five men in its basket missing from Pensacola Florida naval air station since Tuesday. Search efforts by aircraft and naval vessels continue in the Gulf of Mexico as officials fear the crew may be lost. Balloons last reported drifting 29 miles west of Manama City Florida with winds not assisting land return. The craft A 6597 departed 6 55 pm Tuesday for a practice night flight. Home addresses of the five men were released: George B Wilkinson Houston Texas officer pilot Russell Vernon Elend Belleville Illinois Edward L Kerschsaw Payne Louisiana John 0 Eider Lebanon New York William H Trefey Salem Massachusetts.
Superintendent E C Stailey and Miss Edna Brindley head of the home economics department will represent Ohio at the National Education Association conference in Des Moines Iowa during the first week of July. A new plan now requires state representation rather than local delegates choosing the site. Previously local districts voted to select the convention location.
With students gone from Ohio University a ten day vacation will be used to scrub dormitories and cottages. A corps of university men aided by some high school boys will supervise and perform cleaning including rug washing and window washing.
Paris reporter notes France drops from third to fourth in air power rankings per Rene Quin ton founder of the French Aeronautical League. He cites underdeveloped postal aviation and limited French routes while the United States expands nearly twelve thousand kilometers of lines and Britain and Germany pursue dirigible networks with cross Atlantic potential.
Envoy C. W. Wagoner of East Liverpool, the Salvation Army eastern district spiritual specialist, arrives in Athens on Tuesday March 29 and works through April 10. He will preach sermons and conduct meetings at factories institutions and in open air. he is overseas, a songwriter and poet, composer of two gospel solos.
Evangelistic services will continue at the United Brotherhood Church over Easter. The Women’s Missionary Society held a prayer meeting Friday afternoon. A sunrise service is planned at five o'clock Easter morning in the church, with other Sunday services at regular hours.
Baltimore mourns James Cardinal Gibbons on his death at age 85 86 with flags at half mast. Officials and citizens across races and creeds honor the eminent churchman. Messages of condolence come from coast to coast and abroad including President Harding.
A garbled report notes Swanson being charged in an incident described as a frisk overcoat affair while he presided over an event connected to a letter's suit. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear dates or locations.
Columbus March 25 J W Herrold of Athens Republican appointed head of the rate department of the public utilities commission. He succeeds Daniel E Butler of Toledo whose resignation takes effect April 1. Herrold has been chief clerk in the workshops and factories division of the state industrial commission for six years.
The crew of the liner Bergensfjord seeks a Mexican hairless puppy to serve as mascot after reviving an old superstition that a unanimous haircut can halt a hurricane. The crew believes the act protected them during the storm.
Presbyterian church hosts annual Easter market on Saturday with cafeteria lunch 11 to 1. Columbia Theatre manager E. E. Byrne plans a special matinee for 42 poor children from the Children’s Home, acting as host and staging a movie-like Easter treat for youngsters who rarely see the movies.
John Harris of Mt Hermon, a respected Bern township resident for years, died at 1 45 this morning leaving a wife six sons and two daughters. He was a member of Bartlett Lodge F and A M and highly regarded in lodge circles. Funeral will be held Sunday in Mt Hermon March.
Prices for building materials rebound from winter decline as a "strong market" appears with spring building. The shift follows a Supreme Court ruling striking down profiteering clauses and Attorney General Daugherty weighing actions on pending anti trust suits. Material prices remain well above 1913 levels, with house furnishings up 177 percent and other goods climbing across the board.
The Beta quintet beat Sigma Pi 36 to 28 to win the intermural basketball title. O Duffer starred for the Sigs while Rheinhold led the Betas. After the final, Sigma Pi players visited the Betas with cigars in a display of sportsmanship.
Friends in Washington report President Woodrow Wilson will likely say nothing about Robert Lansing s book on the peace conference. Joseph Tumulty released a brief statement noting Wilson never goes slumming when asked about the topic.
Arrangements set to photograph the Higley Bible class of the First Christian Church on Sunday morning from the church steps. The timing allows members attending the Knight Templars service to reach the temple for the order’s assembly.
Investigators worked in Shelby Ohio to determine the cause of a derailment last night that sent seventeen freight cars off the tracks on an extra Big Your train bound for Cleveland. No injuries to trainmen were reported.
In Mingo County West Virginia tent camps along the Tug River mark a wintering strike scene. Five tent communities house families with better health and comfort than company houses. Union aid funds provide about $20,000 weekly to strikers in the county, roughly $10 per family.
Postal authorities prepared to grill Wanda Urbatis arrested in Toledo for a million dollar mail robbery. Her brother Joseph Urbatis and Joseph Culbert were nabbed in Elkhart, Indiana earlier. Police hold Margaret Monroe and Eva Weisbacher for related thefts and say stolen bonds were in their possession.
Twenty five soup house lodgers have been assigned to clean up city parks as part of a work program.
A United States official request seeks Germany’s extradition of Grover Cley Bergdoll a Philadelphia draft deserter held in a German prison American authorities press Britain for cooperation noting Bergdoll seeks asylum in the enemy state The move centers on Bergdoll’s return for trial and potential political implications across Allied lines.
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