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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1920
Page
8
An Ohio savings firm urges customers to secure funds during financial storms. It advertises safe deposits and high interest as protection, noting its Rankin Building headquarters in Columbus and claiming status as a leading Ohio savings institution.
A large stock of Whitney tractors is prepared for shipment as orders increase. The operation is backed by the E. B. Cassatt finance company and chartered under the Ohio Lane, presenting the Whitney Tractor as the best steel purchase on the market today.
State Highway Commissioner will hold a hearing at 1 PM June 15 1920 at McConnellsville Ohio courthouse to establish a new inter county highway to Morgan and Athens counties. Route begins at IC H 834 and Happy Hollow Pike descends southwest to improve sections, then via most direct path to Ringgold stage, then north to Bishopville Mountville Pike, through Hishopville and Athens county line.
Canton Ohio will host a two day chess tournament on May 30 and 31 to crown the state champion. Local players travel from across Ohio to compete in the event billed as the first of its kind since 1917.
Dr G J Robbins Chillicothe Ross county health commissioner told Chamber of Commerce noon lunch that public health is purchasable and that a district’s death rate depends on the money taxpayers fund for health work. He cited New York City spend per capita and cited local rural defects in Ross county children and actions by the Chillicothe health board to reduce illness and improve milk safety while urging community support for health officials.
Fred Biehl head mechanic at G W Hopkins Ford service station suffered severe head injuries when the touring car he drove on Mast Mill street hill turned over after losing control near Lash street. The car belonging to George Love of Long Run carried Love and his daughter who escaped with bruises. Biehl was taken to Copeland Howe hospital with suspected skull fracture.
Two American workers from the American Smelting Company were captured at Jiminez Chihuahua Mexico. U S consul reports Homer C Carr a New York native and mining engineer and M C MeDonald from Vernon Texas an Huasteca Petroleum Company employee are among the prisoners believed seized by Francisco Villa forces near Jiminez as he advanced.
A large Sunday School gathering at Hooper Ridge included Mr and Mrs Lewis Morris with Clyde Mias ler and family Edgar Keirns Sylvia and Andrey Keirnas Chet Morris and Everett Moore of Athens. Emma Bryson Lillian and Fred Linscott were also visitors. Children night is planned for the second Sunday in June. Several locals plan to attend Decoration exercises in Concord Saturday with Mr and Mrs Lewis Kasler and family of Jacksonville and Miss Ruth Hudnall of Athens visiting Ace Kasler.
President Wilson today received Brazilian ambassador Augusta Cochran Alancar and British ambassador Sir Buckland Geddes. Geddes was the last of ten envoys welcomed in the past two weeks amid the flurry of diplomatic visits. Summer resort owners protest short skirts claiming men no longer visit the seashore.
Dr. Randolph Hersey head of Sutherland for president clubs in the state reported a 10000 vote lead for Senator Howard Sutherland over General Leonard Wood in yesterday's presidential primaries in Wheeling West Virginia.
Private Arthur Dillingham, a prisoner at Camp Sherman, was shot and seriously wounded early today as he tried to escape from the stockade. He faced court martial on charges of shooting a sentry who found him riding in a clothes hamper in the Red Cross warehouse weeks earlier.
The Public Utilities Commission in Columbus announced a June 17 hearing on Chiefel Supply Company's request to abandon service to St. Clairsville and East Richland. The brief notice concludes with a caution about personal independence from law.
New York May 26 Sir Auckland Geddes British ambassador denies Britain seeks to monopolize fuel oil or drag the United States into a war debts pool He says British policy aims at peace order free expansion and prosperity while oil should calm troubled waters not inflame anti British feeling.
Harvey V. Porter, a former Athens menswear retailer, has sold his store and travels to Jackson, Michigan, then Chicago to organize the Illinois Service Company with Charles Townsend of Alton, Virginia. The venture, a branch of a larger firm, grants Illinois patent rights to their device that reconstructs fire boxes beneath boilers to save fuel and burn waste gases, reducing smoke.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce held a noon meeting in silence to honor the late Wiley V Daggett. Superintendent Morgan presided in Daggett’s absence and expressed condolences for his loss as attendees remembered his contributions to the program.
George Neichter, a confessed participant in the Steve Bosses murder, was sentenced to the electric chair by Judge W. J. Ahern in Akron on May 26. The judge found no extenuating circumstances and named Neichter a leader of the gang based on his confession, marking Ohio's second use of the death penalty for a guilty murder plea.
Ohio judges and probation officers of the State Association of Child Welfare met in Columbus to discuss mothers pensions. Governor Cox and Chief Justice Hugh Nichols were to address the delegates in the afternoon session, with a resolutions committee to be appointed at the close of the meeting.
Marysville May 26 The Daily Evening Tribune will not accept new subscribers and raises weekly price from 10 to 11 cents because of paper scarcity and high costs.
A. B. Young, a Black man serving life in Indiana, confessed to kidnapping 12 year old Francis Reed in Rochester New York on February 5 1919 but denied killing him. Detectives said Reed is alive but authorities doubt it. Young previously received a murder sentence near Fort Wayne Indiana.
New York May 26 The United States Circuit Court of Appeals held the Lever Act constitutional in the case of H. C. Weed and Company Buffalo which appealed a lower court ruling.
Washington May 26 The soldier bonus bill likely to be called up in the House Monday, says Rules Committee Chairman Campbell. Bonus advocates need 23 more votes for a rule allowing one amendment, while opponents block action before the recess late next week. Dr Harold Copeland critically ill with pneumonia, his father Dr T A Copeland at his side.
At 2:30 this afternoon Drs. Henry and Howe decided to remove Fred Siehl, injured in an auto accident, to Logan Hospital for treatment. Doctors found a fractured skull and planned an operation.
New York May 26 Dr C F Porter commissioner of foods and markets predicted lower vegetable and fruit prices cites sudden wholesale price drops. He said some dealers were glad to accept almost any price for certain vegetables.
Washington May 26 Inability of Secretary of State Colby to appear before the house foreign affairs committee today caused postponement of consideration of President Wilsons request for authority to accept a mandate over Armenia.
An old medical ad claims catarrh is caused by blood germs and that S. S. S. cleanses the blood to provide relief. It promotes fifty years of use and urges readers to buy and consult the Medical Adviser at 103 Swiss boratory Atlanta Ga for free advice.
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