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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1918
Page
3
Nelsonville notes report social visits in Columbus and Delaware, a sixth birthday party for Janice Mitchell, and several local residents visiting relatives. Frank and Ash Webb were jailed for fighting and resisting an officer, each fined 25 dollars plus costs.
Announcement seeks one or more hustling fellows to sell noon edition in Nelsonville with papers arriving by 12 45 pm. Apply to Mrs C H Bartlett. Both phones listed. Also a lost twenty and ten dollar bill offered reward if returned to W G North 792 Poplar Street. Rebekahs stage show at Christian Church Auditorium last Friday raised funds for War Chest with participants named from the plays Mere Man and minstrel group including Nellie Brickles Ethel Walker Bertha Ruffick Nellie Nichols Minnie Merz Mrs Eliza Smith Mary Reeves Cora Berge Gertrude Merz.
A surprise party was held Saturday evening at William Stewart's Jackson Street home for his 30th birthday. Sixteen guests attended and a luncheon was served at 9 30.
Ongoing Red Cross activities show good turnout in the surgical dressing department and sewing rooms. Mrs Elizabeth Kaelin resigns as chair man of the executive board and Mrs Chas Preston is elected to fill the vacancy. Mrs P W Hickman now heads the surgical department.
Nola Redd filed assault charges against Thomas Henry who pled guilty and paid 10 dollars. Henry then charged Redd who also pled guilty and paid 10 dollars. Redd then accused Henry of slander. The Mayor's court bound Henry over to the grand jury on a 300 dollar bond, which he posted. The Christian Woman's Board of Missions meets Thursday at 7 30 PM in the church. members must attend.
Service Director William outlined missteps in building and operating Athens water works. He cited lack of coordination, mismatched machinery, and wells too small for pumps. He praised the new reservoir value and urged citizen cooperation to conserve water. Judge Wood led a unanimous vote of thanks.
French war office reports artillery activity near Villers-Bretonneux and both sides of the Avre with the night described as quiet elsewhere. French patrols take prisoners in Lorraine. In Yonkers Walter Spreckies, nephew of sugar magnate Claus Spreckies, barred from his factory as an enemy alien for lacking naturalization after 30 years in America. A Spanish official foresees German defeat if the Allies hold, voiced at the French frontier to Paris correspondent Andre Glarner.
Secretary Lansing will appear tomorrow before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to state the administration's stance on the war involving Turkey and Bulgaria.
Austrian reports say Emperor Karl and Foreign Minister Burian with their staffs travel to German headquarters to confer with the Kaiser. The conference is described as highly important with potential talks on the future of Ukraine and the Balkans.
Secretary of War Baker will present the government program for army expansion to the House committee at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The plan is expected to be a blanket measure granting the administration power to extend the draft as far as needed.
London reports the government will suspend the Irish conscription policy for a few weeks to observe the impact of the home rule bill. The move signals a cautious approach while awaiting parliamentary developments.
In Marietta Ohio on May 1 Charles Nolan a 60 year old farmer of Rockland hanged himself in his barn using a rope tied to a rafter. The farmer was distressed by family worries including a son about to sail for France with the army and another son facing possible foot amputation after a freezing injury. He leaves a wife and four children.
State game wardens from Zanesville and McConnelsville arrested Dr Lud wig, a local veterinarian, and James Beaver, a farmer, on charges of dynamiting fish in the Little Muskingum river. They allegedly threw dynamite sticks from the river bank. arraignment set for May 15 before Squire O’Neill. Neighbors report prior dynamiting and theft of fish by car, with explosions breaking windows.
An American packer will add branches in Rio Grande do Sul Brazil and prepare canned and jerked beef. The plan includes enlarging the plant to include equipment for chilled and frozen meat soap lard and leather.
Washington reports determined allied resistance is piling up German losses and alarms German military leaders. Austria may be called to reinforce the western front. American officers see openings for allied offensives in Italy and Macedonia as Bulgaria’s position worsens. The Greek army’s reorganization strengthens allied lines in Macedonia, while German fears mount over the Teuton drive. The channel ports are less endangered and Ypres may be held.
Exercises at Ewing Hall mark Senior Day activities with planned procession from University Terrace to Alumni Gate. The program includes an academic procession on May 15 1918, with prizes of 50 30 and 20 for oratorical contests and intercollegiate debates winners named. John Overmeyer is listed in U. S. service.
Ohio University faculty members join national war effort with R G Webber among those leaving for Watertown Massachusetts to work on government arsenal testing. Professors Douthitt Bentley Mackinnon Jefferson Growden Skinner Ash and Sidney Ellis also depart on leave of absence. The university pledges to hold their positions until return. Water valves twelve feet in diameter will automatically close to protect a planned Utah hydroelectric plant.
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