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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1921

Page

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Check-off Delayed Pending Hearing by High Tribunal

President John L. Lewis instructed district presidents of the United Mine Workers of America to keep miners at work until a final operator decision on abolishing the check-off system is issued. Ohio operators will recognize the check-off until federal appeals court rules. Lee Hall said Ohio operators would follow, urging striking members to return to work.

Springfield Ills John L. Lewis United Mine Workers of America Columbus Ohio Federal Court of Appeals Lee Hall Hall Micheal Galliger Pittsburgh Eastern Osmo Chicago United Mine Workers Central States United States Circuit Court of Appeals A. B. Anderson Indianapolis Anderson Williams A. Glasgow

Peace talks and coal mine strikes in a stormy UK and US clash

Sir James Craig arrives in London to confer with Lloyd George on a compromise peace for Ireland. In Chicago and Ohio, 35000 miners expect to return to work as the federal court delays injunctions. Union leaders hail the ruling, while mine operators say it just postpones a showdown. Mines around Athens Chauncey Sugar Creek remain mostly idle with scattered resumption on Snow Fork branch. The overall mining picture shows limited activity and rising tension amid legal battles.

ED L. Keen United Press London James Craig Lloyd George Ireland Mr. George Athens Chauncey Sugar Creek Hocking Beaumont Snow Fork

Ohio University Inauguration Film To Be Shown

Moving pictures of Ohio Universitys inaugural ceremony were shot by Athens photographer E H Cullum and will be shown at the Majestic next week with a film of todays Cincinnati University versus Ohio football game. A touring car full of Cincinnati students arrived from Cincinnati and were found sleeping in a frat house. A special train with over 200 Cincinnati rooters is due. Many Ohio alumni staying to watch the football game today.

Ohio University E. H., Cullum Athens Majestic Cincinnati University Ohio Chandler Queen City Fraity Cincinnati

Customer Killed in Chicago Office by Bandit Crew

In Chicago on November 5 Antone Basetic aged 36 was shot and killed by two bandits during a real estate office robbery attempt. Basetic, a customer in the office, resisted as the would‑be robbers tried to take funds and fled without obtaining any money.

Chicago Antone Basetic C. L. Jurks Basetic

Death Pact, Two Men Kill Best Friend in New Jersey

New York November 5 report tells of Alexander Sarzin and Frank Passino dying scene near South River. Passino said the despondent roommate forced them into a murder pact with threat of his own death. Sarzin claimed he fired after Passino urged him to continue, leading to multiple gunshots that killed Passino.

New York Alexander Sarzin Frank Passino South River New Jersey Sarzin Passino Sacin

Red Cross Sunday Nationwide Observance Declared

Red Cross Sunday has been declared for tomorrow as ministers nationwide focus sermons on supporting American Red Cross work. The theme centers on aid and assistance, with churches urging parishioners to contribute and participate in relief efforts tomorrow, Sunday, November 6. In Persia the wedding service is traditionally conducted in front of a fire.

RED Cross Persia

Best Minds to be Guides for the President

President Harding plans to use the advisory committee to the American disarmament delegation as a try out squad to pass on policy questions during the conference. When in doubt on delicate racial matters or broad international policies he will summon the committee for reaction before final decision.

Raymond Clapper United Press Washington Harding White House United States

Voting Places in Athens Selected by City Auditor

City Auditor Sid Sherrard has arranged eleven voting locations for the upcoming election in Athens. The list includes Cooley and Daughtery garage, Gleason Building, R. W. Eckley store, Court house basement, Athens Soap and Chemical Co, McKay and Mosure Real Estates, Athens Printery, City Building, Brick plant office, Moler Auto sales Co, and Eagle Building with various street corners and sites in Ward 1 through Ward 4.

Sid Sherrard Athens Cooley and Daughtery Garage North Court St Gleason Building West Washington R. W. Eckley Central Avenue

Robbers Take $5000 Payroll in Brooklyn Messenger Heist

Three men robbed a messenger carrying five thousand dollars in payroll money in Brooklyn. The bandits jumped into a car and fled the scene, leaving investigators seeking clues.

MOTOR New York Brooklyn

Delegates Guarded After Japanese Premier Assassination

In Tokyo a 19 year old assassin killed Premier Hara at a rail station. Japanese delegates to the arms conference will be guarded. Count Uchida acts as premier. Secret service prepares protection for foreign guests in Washington and at White House. Each delegation brings guards while U S agents monitor potential threats.

Washington Hara Tokio Prince Tokugawa Count Uchida Secret Service White House Harding United States American Secret Service

Warren Steel Mills To Run Near Full Capacity Next Week

About two to three thousand workers in Warren Ohio are set to gain employment as city steel mills plan near full operation next week. Roughly 50 hot mills will run in the Warren district, signaling improved labor and industrial conditions after months of downturn.

Warren, O Warren

Lorain Plant to Run at Sixty Percent Next Week

Lorain Nov 5 The National Club Company said the Lorain plant will operate next week on a sixty percent basis, up ten percent from the current week.

Lorain Lorain National C Lube Company Lorain

Toledo plant workers vote on wage rate cut impact

Six hundred employees of the paint shop and allied departments at the Willys-Overland Gas Off Sunday facility in Toledo face gas curtailments. A Sunday shutdown from 8 am to 12 noon is planned as workers protest a wage-rate reduction linked to main line repairs. The Athens Gas Light and Electric Co. is referenced in relation to the wage basis.

Toledo Willys-Overland Company Athens Athens Gas Light & Lwork Electric CO

Woman near death in Kennedy murder case

Mada Lynne Obenchain hangs between life and death as her attorney warns that without immediate trial or release the risk to her life may be fatal. He cites her break down as serious and notes efforts to revive her so she can testify before the grand jury and face Judge Reeves. Preparations also advance for Arthur Burch’s sanity hearing scheduled for Monday.

Los Angeles Madalynne Obenchain Charles Erbstein John Belton Kennnedy Erbstein Grand Reeves Arthur Burch Oled

Milk Trucks Mobilized As Cleveland Strike Hits Homes

Nov 5 Cleveland authorities mobilize city trucks to deliver milk to homes during a milk drivers strike. Mayor Fitzgerald orders depots ready and aims to ensure supply while Telliving Belle Vernon Co negotiates arbitration. Lorain County dealers report daily losses of 7500 to 10000 dollars due to the Cleveland disruption.

Cleveland Fitzgerald Elyria, CO Lorain County H. W. Ingersoll Ingersoll Lotan County Milk Dealers’ Association

Beef herd on travel tour fattens after 12 weeks

Ohio State University animal husbandmen report their 15 purebred beef cattle gained about 100 pounds each during a 12 week road tour of 13 southeast Ohio county fairs. After initial losses in the first week, gains stabilized and continued throughout the trip.

Ohio State University University View Ohio

Promoter Rickard to Answer Suit Over Receiver Bias

New York November 5 Tex Rickard announces he will file a formal reply to the suit seeking a receiver. He says the action by Frank Armstrong is a spite affair against his business as a premier boxing promoter who staged nearly all major contests in the past five years.

New York Tex Rickard Rickard Jast Frank C. Arm Strong

Ohio University inaugurates Elmer B. Bryan as president

Ohio University students greet new president Elmer B. Bryan with a raucous welcome and parade through Court Street after his afternoon inauguration. Bryan Echoes aim of education as a moral service and calls for Christian education, urging state support and alumni backings.

Ohio University Elmer B. Bryan Ewing Hall Ohio Thomas N. Hoover Bryan Skidmore Twins Hawkins Johnson Court Street E. J. Jones Elmer Burritt Bryan Davis Rte 4 Ank Icr Parsons Marietta College R. A. Hughes Miami University Martzolff W. O. Thomas Ohio State University Chubb W. H. Scott Ohio State

Fair and colder weather forecast for Nov 7 12

The weekly forecast for November 7 to 12 covers the Ohio Valley and Tennessee. Generally fair conditions with temperatures somewhat below normal are expected across the region.

Washington Ohio Valley Tennessee

Sugar Creek Detour Abandoned Sunday Near Athens Nelsonville

Supervising Engineer Davis and Superintendent Dan Davis announce the Sugar Creek detour on the Athens Nelsonville main brick road will be discontinued Sunday. The detour, used during long term repairs, will reopen to receive Sunday traffic after night shifts accelerated the project.

Sugar Creek Davis Dan Davis Athens Nelsonville

Wheat at 85 Cents Sets Postwar Low in Junction City

Wheat was sold by farmers in Junction City Kansas today at 85 cents a bushel the lowest price since before World War I. Traders report persistent weak demand and abundant harvest supplies pressuring prices below the 1 dollar mark. Local farmers await market signals as prices continue to slide in early November.

Junction City Kas

Widely Known Man Passes On In Nelsonville Ohio

Charles H. Sisson aged 60 died yesterday at Marion quarantine after a brief illness. A longtime Hocking Valley railroad employee and train master in Nelsonville yards, he also worked as a coal operator. Survived by wife and six children in Athens, Columbus, Lancaster, and Nelsonville. Funeral from Methodist church Monday at 2 p.m. with Rev. A. M. Mann officiating.

Nelsonville Charles H. Sisson Marion Quaitarium Bette Methodist Church A. M. Mann Pataskala Sisson Ohio Hocking Frank X. Reach Athens Dean Sisson Eichel Ames Columbus Elizabeth Wiley Lancaster Harry and Chas, Jr Masonic Fraternity

Wilson to attend Armistice Day ceremonies if condition allows

President Woodrow Wilson remains physically able to attend Armistice Day services for fallen American soldiers if his illness improves. Dr. Cary T. Grayson, Wilsons personal physician, said the president is doing very well and he expects continued improvement.

Wilson Washngton Woodrow Wilson Cary T. Grayson Pobre Grey

Sound Verdict on Return of Examinations in Cleveland Schools

Cleveland, Nov. 6. Written examinations long banished in public schools may return at term end due to rising pupil failures in high and grade schools. Officials cite "the spirit of modern life" drawing children and parents into amusements and distractions that hinder concentration and study.

Cleveland

City Federation to discuss civic topics and citizenship

The City Federation hosts a Monday 2:30 p.m. meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms to roll out a citizenship talks course urged by the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs. Attorney Emmett Keenan will speak on The Ballot and Election Laws, with future talks on government, taxation, and our courts led by local women and delegates from Athens County. Mrs Elizabeth L Clark of Youngstown will address the group on November 14, with free admission and expectant countywide club representation.

City Federation Chamber of Commerce Department of Civics Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs Cincinnati Athens Emmett Keenan L. G. Worstell Ohio Athens County Elizabeth L. Clark Youngstown Davis Department of Public ‘Welfare and State Charities Pardon and Parole Board Clark

Truce Is Broken in Ireland and Fire at Tuscarawas Iron

In Belfast on November 6 armed men believed to be Sinn Feiners raided Kesh police barracks, locked in constables, and seized rifles ammunition and bombs. In New Philadelphia Ohio on November 5 a blaze destroyed the Tuscarawas Iron and Metal Company building and contents, losses pegged at 25000 dollars.

Belfast Kesh New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Iron and Metal Company

Marietta and Boston College Clash in Annual Gridiron Game

Boston College meets Marietta College of Ohio in an afternoon football clash here in Boston. The teams renew their annual series as fans await a competitive matchup between the two programs.

Marietta Boston Boston College Marietta College of Ohio

Foster to Speak to Women of Athens on Soldier Pay

Congressman I M Foster will address the women of Athens at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday at 2 30 pm about the adjusted compensation of the soldier. The speech aims to inform voters for the upcoming Tuesday election on this issue.

Al Dernberger's Clever Excuse for Speeding

Detroit dispatch reports Al Dernberger of Cleveland, valet for a leopard in a traveling circus, was fined for speeding after he claimed he hurried to tend the ill leopard Hortenze. He said the animal was colicky and he rushed to the circus, but was arrested en route.

Detroit Mich al Dernberger Cleveland Dernberger Hortenze

United States Sets Pace for World Disarmament Policy

United States will propose a generous and far reaching offer at the upcoming arms conference to limit the American army within definite lines. The delegation describes the stance as removing the arms from our own eyes before asking others to remove the mate from theirs. The plan will accompany the general world armament limitation proposal.

Lawrence Martin United Press Staff Washington United States United Press

Rare Bible relics from London reach Father Berry in Athens

A Bible printed in 1496 near Columbus voyage arrives in Athens via a London gift. The Latin tome measures binding of beards and calf skin with bronze clasps and colored initials. The note credits Johan Froben and hints Holbein illustrated Froben’s Basie edition. the work notes critical Latin abbreviations.

Father Berry Athens London America Johan Froben Hammelsburgh Basie Luther Holbein Froben

Soldier pardoned for Lampfield riot death

Five American soldiers imprisoned at Leavenworth have been pardoned for their roles in the 1920 riot at Coblenz that led to Captain George Lampfield's death.

Leavenworth Kans George Lampfield Coblens

American business leaders warn navy costs hurt prosperity

A committee of prominent American businessmen urges drastic cuts in Britain’s navy and armaments arguing that excessive military spending drains resources and harms the global economy. They call for disarmament to restore lasting peace and invite readers to request a free Reconstruction Booklet from the U S Chamber of Commerce Information Bureau.

America Chamber of Commerce of United States Washington Information Bureau Ie J. Haskin Information Bureau Washington, DC

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Circuit Court of Appeals Ulster Motion Pictures Busines Warren and Auto Workers C. H. Sisson Marion Sanitarium Women of Profit Thru Federation FR. Berry Britain
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