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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1920
Page
1
Ojinaga garrison joins Sonora rebels as Juarez falls, signaling Obregonists prepare a push toward Mexico City. Juarez capitulation follows talks with government envoys. Carranza forces claim battlefield successes elsewhere as unrest spreads.
Thomas Spencer of Downington paid ten dollars and costs to Justice Pearl Helwig after an assault on S N Misner near Hibbardsville. He struck Misner with an iron single tree and knocked him down, then hit him multiple times. The incident in Mechanicsburg stemmed from a long standing feud. Total costs: 23.80 dollars. Spencer is a former Navy man.
More than 50 taxicab drivers walked off the job in Cleveland Saturday after the city council passed a strict rides regulation ordinance. The measure requires fingerprint registration with police and tightens supervision of the taxi business, with a rate decrease ordered. Drivers vowed not to operate under the new rules.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on May 4 the Peggs tornado death toll reached 51 with about 100 injured. Volunteers from nearby towns continue searching wreckage and graves are being dug as families are found dead amid badly mangled remains. The storm swept a three mile by one mile area.
In Des Moines Iowa on May 4 the United States League debate gains urgency as the Methodist church conference votes to refer the portion of Episcopal addresses on the league of nations to the state of the church committee. Bishops from Europe and Africa reported on current conditions and Bishop Francis McNellenver was set to deliver the main address later that afternoon.
Weather improves after heavy rains as farmers plow more land in the past days, while gardeners lag behind with spring planting. Seed sales remain light but a few more sunny days could accelerate work and ready plots for planting.
Twelve passenger switchmen joined the yard men strike here. Railroad officials said service remained unaffected as several crews deserted the strike and returned to Erie yards. Freight stays well below normal and plants may suspend for lack of raw materials unless relief comes soon.
Marcus C Donato attorney for anarchist Andrae Salsedo says two months confinement in an office room drove him insane. Donato disputes Justice Department claims that Salsedo and associates were held with consent at the Park Row building where Salsedo died by leaping from the 14th floor.
Evelyn Goodman six years old was asleep in a theater when someone unlaced and stole her shoes, leaving her shoeless during the film. Police investigated the incident as a theft affecting a minor in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
Charles N. Harvey known as Blue Beard heads to Berego Valley with District Attorney Woolwine to point out the grave of Nina DeLoney whom he beat to death with a hatchet. The body's location will influence his sentence whether life in San Quentin or transfer to Washington for further murder charges. Added witnesses include Alice M. Hunt who says she married Harvey in 1909 in Lower California and Mrs M E Goldensmith who claims a last January Tacoma marriage. Harvey questions his sanity and accountability in a lawyer issued statement.
A Moscow wireless dispatch states that after heavy fighting in the Kieff region near Fastoff the red armies opposing the Polish advance have fallen back to new positions.
The state department said Eben Francis Greenlaw and his minor son were murdered by Mexican bandits near Palaza in the State of Mexico near Eloro yesterday. Greenlaw had long worked in the Mexican lumber trade for a British firm. The American embassy in Mexico City urged Mexican authorities to arrest and punish the killers.
Representative Gallivan of Massachusetts told the House that enforcing Prohibition would cost the United States about 88 million dollars annually, double the pre Prohibition liquor revenue. He cited more illicit stills and 6,000 stills captured in 1918 with 300,000 gallons of moonshine seized, listing counts by state.
President Ellis announces a critical room shortage as 714 spring term students are registered at 11 am and new arrivals come by train. Athens homeowners are urged to take in students and contact Dean Voigt or the University YWCA immediately.
Supt Morgan Olako of OuhuoL outlines a three part talk to Athens Chamber noon group. First aimed at Good Teachers and Bad. then Buildings and Equipment. finally Where is the Money Coming From. He speaks from local school experience, with a short tenure left before departing to Columbia University.
ITSTEU CLEVELAND May 4 Cleveland street car men vote five to one to strike at midnight unless a wage offer is met. Mayors and municipal officials seek rapid agreement hoping to avert disruption. Union insists on no further concessions while preparations unfold with motor trucks buses and private cars likely to support mobilization.
Farmers driving into Athens report county roads rounding into good condition. Auto travel increases across the country as vehicles emerge from winter storage. Roads are being worked in many sections and mid summer condition is expected soon after recent rains caused damage to pikes and dirt routes.
Athens Encampment No 1751 0 O F meeting tonight at 7 80 Work in the Patriarchal degree Members are seen to be present Wm Griffith Secretary
San Francisco May 4 Hiram Johnson and Herbert Hoover bid for the favorite son endorsement in California to aid a presidential nomination bid in Chicago. Both campaigns said home-state backing is crucial as Hoover and Johnson closed strenuous campaigns amid charges and counter charges.
Boston May 4 20 000 mill operatives failed to report for work as New Bedford textile workers strike extended into New England. Allied trades joined the walkout drawing millwrights firemen and others. union leaders warned a 17 12 percent wage increase may be demanded at the end of May with a broader strike possible affecting 75 000 to 100 000 workers if not settled.
Washington May 4 The house post office committee voted to report a measure to repeal the July 1 automatic rate increase on second class mail. The present rate ranges from one and a half cents per pound for the first zone to five and one half cents for the eighth. Under current law the eighth zone would rise to ten cents on July 1 with other zones up accordingly.
Louisville May 4 Governor Cox was expected to have little opposition for the Democratic presidential nomination at the state convention here this afternoon. The session was set for 3 pm ET and prominent Democratic politicians from across the state were present as Cox’s campaign drew strong delegate support.
Representative Evans denounces the Volstead prohibition act in a congressional address. He claims the law brands every teakettle and tin pan as suspect and bans any item containing more than 0.5 percent alcohol, while sap from trees would violate it.
Chief Bolin Sheriff Parker and Deputy McKinley raided Sam Stevens place on Cemetery Street arresting nine men for gambling. All pleaded not guilty at arraignment and demand a trial. Mayor Roush scheduled the trial for next Thursday evening at 7. Stevens bond set at 100 dollars others at 50. A near stampede described as officers found men trying to hide under beds or escape through doors and windows.
President Wilson intensifies drive to keep treaty as campaign issue and to push it to the Senate before June recess. Administration signals abandon of filibuster against the Knox peace resolution, which now appears set for passage with a presidential veto likely. Colby meets with Senate Foreign Relations Democrats to outline Wilson stance as discussions proceed.
Paris dispatch says Le Journal reports 12 000 of the fifty thousand French girls who married American soldiers have returned to France.
One of Carpenter's big dances to be held at the Armory Saturday night featuring Carpenter's Jazz band with admission not stated. Citizens urged to attend this community event and enjoy the music and dancing.
Warsaw reports the Soviet embassy proposed open peace talks at Grodno or Bialystok. Poles claim 25 000 prisoners and large quantities of arms taken in five days, with friendly reception in Zhitomir. Kieff evacuated by Russian troops. Poles enter city under Gen Pilsudski amid ongoing fighting near Kharkov.
New York May 4 A former Yale halfback and pole vaulter Howard Rome 14 years removed from college life plans to climb the Equitable building stairway to the fortieth floor in 40 minutes The feat follows a wager with broker J Ford Johnson Jr during a strike and is backed by Equitable building employees Rome trained with a 30 floor ascent in seven minutes in recent days
General Leonard Wood won Maryland's presidential preference primary by about two to one over Senator Hiram Johnson. Wood carried Baltimore and all but two counties, gaining control of 16 delegates who will be instructed to back him if nominating chances exist. Complete returns show Wood 15,900 to Johnson 8,059 with light turnout statewide.
Mrs Elizabeth Smith missing since April 10 returns to New York home causing distress to her husband Joseph Smith who suffers a nervous breakdown. A daughter’s letter announced she would never return home and upon telegraphing the contents to her husband he died from shock. Mrs Smith provides no explanation for her disappearance.
Theodore Fleming of Ames Township sues in common pleas court asking for an injunction against township trustees. He says they took a 700 foot strip of his 187 acre farm for road use, tearing fences posts and wire. He seeks $150 in damages and to stop further land use.
In 1919 Ohio recorded its lowest death rate in eleven years of state health records. Tuberculosis deaths fell to 122 per 100 000, typhoid to 14, diphtheria 12, whooping cough 14, measles 3, and scarlet fever 2, with typhoid rate praised as best yet. Dr Freeman attributed declines partly to the influenza epidemic reducing tuberculosis deaths.
In Wilmington Delaware at the Brandywine plant of the DuPont Powder Company a noon blast killed Aubrey E. Turner and James A. Hodge who were working in sorting and packing. The cause remains unknown and the loss is minor due to the frame buildings and small powder stock.
John Fister and Hershel Goodson, ages 29 and 22, pleaded guilty to cruelty to a pony owned by L. D. Poston mine, before Justice Pearl Helwig. They were fined 25 dollars plus costs. the case mirrors a prior verdict against John Cox.
N J Carr of Cincinnati visiting Athens learned his son Dr Arthur Carr of Richmond Va has been elected president of the association of colored doctors in Richmond. He has practiced there with success and is a leading colored physician. Athens High School 1902 graduate.
Columbus May 4 The weather man failed to bring the predicted heavy frost Monday night. E C Cotton chief of the horticultural bureau Ohio agriculture department says fruit is resting with heads up and undamaged. Some frost was reported but not severe enough to hurt the crop which is in a fairly safe condition. He notes the continued cold has hardened it. Only an unusual heavy frost will cause much damage.
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