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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1921
Page
1
Paris dispatch reports France holding Germany responsible for Upper Silesia fighting as German volunteers flood in to aid Polish insurgents. Heavy clashes around Kattowitz with 3,000 German volunteers attacking Polish forces encircling the city.
Germany resumes destruction of war equipment under the armistice terms. The process, begun before the reparations crisis, had lagged as Germany argued with the Allies. Now hundreds of rifles and revolvers stored by security police are being broken up into junk.
London reports four battalions of British soldiers from Rhine troops will join allied forces in Upper Silesia to maintain order until the plebiscite. Fighting between Poles and Germans persists near Krezburg Rosenburg and Kappit with raids and sniping.
Ohio Governor Harry L. Davis announces he will publicly explain the Ponticos pardon once in his Columbus office. Ponticos, a Cincinnati confectioner, served seven months of a one year sentence for abusing a 16 year old worker and had a $10,000 fine removed.
Arthur W. Smith and his nine year old son Vernon drowned at Death Hole Falls above Scotts Creek Falls near Logan Ohio on Sunday afternoon. Smith, superintendent of Charters Oil, attempted to rescue his son after the youth stepped over a dangerous rock shelf. Divers recovered both bodies after grappling and pulmotor efforts. Spectators watched as rescuers worked and a similar 1887 tragedy at the same ledge was recalled.
Beck, shortstop for the Chicago Giants of the National Colored League, slugged a fair ball over the left field wall at Redland Field in Cincinnati. No major league player has previously cleared a fence at this park since it opened.
Patrick T. Quinlan, former Athens boy and current American College student in Louvain Belgium, writes The Messenger to set the record straight. He denies writing a United Press Russian reds piece cited last April and says his name has been confused with another Patrick Quinland.
Cleveland police canvass hospitals and offices to locate George McGann linked to the Bedford bank robbery last fall. McGann fled after a Lima gun battle with six robbers that yielded $21,500. one bandit was killed, Raleigh Ross Townsend, previously sought in the Bedford case. The other gang members remain in Lima custody.
Athens county roads were in fine shape Sunday with dirt roads rough in places. Hundreds of motorists traveled to areas including Parkersburg and distant corners of the county.
The Oneida Lodge calls for a large turnout to the Ath ens Encampment 175 meeting on Tuesday evening the 24th to discuss important business and community concerns.
A 20 man posse with 20 search warrants swooped on Buchtel, arriving from Athens and Nelsonville around 2:30 PM Saturday. No liquor, mash, or joints were found, despite tips allegedly notifying locals. investigation into who leaked the raid names possible officer impeachment.
Cincinnati police hunted four youthful bandits who held up Groesbeck Inn on Van Zandt Road early yesterday. The incident prompted a wide search as investigators cataloged clues and reviewed nearby surveillance for leads.
In Youngstown the shoe repair trade declares war on pricing, cutting prices so half sales of Bee shoes drop to $1 while the original price stood at $2.25. The dispute signals a volatile local market and heightened competition among cobblers.
Investigation into two fires at Sherman Camp Sherman aimed to determine if they were arson or accidental. The loss was not disclosed in the readable text.
German volunteers routed Polish insurgents at Albrechtdorff and Loweschau in a large assault. The attack overwhelmed Poles as German forces advanced in Upper Silesia. Gogolin had been captured last week after Bhaxp.
Sheriff Herb Parker investigated Sunday and uncovered a dug hole in the jail wall packed with paper. Clyde "Toughy" Laird allegedly used an iron bunk bar to chip away escape routes. he admitted the attempt and was locked back in his cell. Previously he escaped briefly by sawing through ward room bars.
Williamson West Virginia May 23 Authorities said incendiaries burned the Stone Mountain Coal Company headhouse at Matewan the first lawless act since the mine war zone truce was declared. Springfield rifles and ammunition were issued to 100 citizens recruited to augment the state police enforcing martial law.
TOLEDO Ohio May 23 A fifty percent production rise is ordered for the Willys-Overland plant in June due to strong demand after a $200 price cut announced Saturday.
San Diego notes show swimmers ignoring bath suit rules with only a sign stating bathing without suits prohibited on the beach. Local observers call for clearer enforcement as crowds gather near the shore.
Mrs. Angus McLay eldest daughter of the secretary of agriculture Mrs. Henry C. Wallace visits her parents in Washington. She is well known in Detroit and is seen in the nation’s capital during the visit.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers meets in Cleveland to plan for the Chicago conference on July 1. About 600 general chairmen from five brotherhoods attend as officers are urged to uphold a wage freeze until living costs fall, resisting any reduction already proposed by the railway labor board.
A loud gunfight at Morrisania police station caused officers to rush out, but the incident proved to be a mishap with 200 bottles of homebrew exploding rather than a coordinated attack.
V Hoffmann and Hugo Miller aboard the Riverview Club of St. Louis in the national balloon race reach Nashville after a forced landing near Carthage Tennessee yesterday and continue toward the finish.
Toledo reports Citizens Ice Company will enter the ice cream business with jitney stations as distribution points. Bricks of ice cream will be sold in three colors at forty cents per quart, while bulk ice cream in Toledo remains priced at 65 cents per quart.
A blaze destroyed Charles L. Kuhlman’s barn in Vermillion killing four horses ten cows eighty sheep and sixty lambs. Fire officials investigate cause and assess damages.
Damages of 8250 were granted to Adam Uhrig in a suit against Ohio Consolidated Coal Company for repudiation of contract to load slack pile near Nelsonville Mushkum Pile. Market drop early January caused dispute after loading began August 1920. original claim 10500. Jury list included Ray Gardner and others.
The 79th annual convention of the Ohio Christian Church opened in Marion today drawing about 800 delegates.
Zion City adopts a new blue law prohibiting lingerie hanging on the clothes line during the Sabbath. The ordinance aims to keep the day holy and prevent secular displays on Sundays within city limits.
Admiral Sims and Mrs. Sims landed in London and were greeted by numerous friends from wartime days. He will receive a degree from Cambridge University before sailing back to the United States.
Patrick Regan was killed late last night while escorting a girl home as three street rowdies attacked him without provocation. His jaw bone was broken and the assailants fled after the girl screamed.
Canton city workers face salary reductions as officials implement a top line pay cut. The move affects nonuniformed staff across departments as cost-saving measures take effect.
President Harding urged strict methods and efficiency in government in a Washington address, signaling sacrifices by officials to fight inertia and red tape. He also presided over a national war dead ceremony aboard a Hoboken pier, placing a wreath for Joseph W. Geiger, the first American killed on German soil.
Lorain native Cole Lorin Mead claimed his motive for stealing a car was a test of Sheriff Smith’s duty. He admitted voting for Smith and questioned whether the sheriff would act, noting that Smith did.
A terse aphorism notes that the only person who overworks is the one who overworks himself, reflecting a cautionary view on excess labor and personal balance.
Five Europeans were killed and seventy two others wounded in anti-British rioting in Alexandria. British troopers beat back mobs and additional forces arrived to quell the unrest as violence persisted through the night.
The presidential yacht Mayflower anchored in the Hudson at 7 45 a m with President and Mrs Harding aboard for a 12 hour schedule of receptions and speeches. Rain fell as the party began a day of events including a visit to Hoboken army piers to honor 5000 soldiers returning from France and planned conferences and a review of the Third Regiment in Brooklyn.
Local youths caused alarm near a dynamite plant as they disturbed a rail light supply house. Police recovered sticks of dynamite dropped by the youths and secured them, preventing any explosion. The incident prompted investigation by authorities.
Milk sold for ten cents a quart in Plymouth today, reflecting a small price reduction and a basic grocer’s display. The notice captures a typical daily shopper detail from the period.
Fragmentary report notes confusion over motive after looting and a standoff involving a basin of houses and a bearc at cyclists and pedestrians, with references to military fog and a uprising as context.
May 23 report notes Buchtel schools hold commencement Wednesday at 7:30 with class exercises and a Thursday evening program at the opera house featuring the Lady of the Library.
Washington Information Botany at Thesenger announces four stock bundles of free educational materials for children. Contents include calendars bird and poetry items, with thousands of mixed ages to receive. First come, first served. send two cents for return postage and address clearly to obtain a free copy of the Children’s Pocus age.
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