27 Nov 1922
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1922
Page
1
Washington reports a farmer revolt brewing in the Middle West over starvation conditions in agriculture. A tax strike and bankruptcy push are gaining traction, with 143 North Dakota farmers bankrupt in one week. Senators acknowledge grim farm conditions and fear winterwide impact.
Lausanne Reuters indicates the territorial committee bypassed Mosul settlement, leaving Mosul status and oil deposits to private negotiation. Lord Curzon and Ismet Pasha conferred, suggesting Mosul talks delayed. Stingless bees noted in Australia among housefly data.
Secretary of the Navy ordered an investigation into the source of the liquor after midshipmen from the U S Naval Academy drank freely in Philadelphia following the Army Navy game. The inquiry aims to identify responsible sources and prevent recurrence.
Police from Athens and Canaan raid a Chauncey poker party at Little Greens Run and arrest ten men for gambling. Everett Robinson is jailed on liquor possession charges after a later raid on his Chauncey home. all ten poker players plead guilty and are fined five dollars plus costs.
At the opening of Congress, Rep. I M Foster of Athens introduced H R 12865 mirroring the Bursum bill. It would grant $72 to Civil War and Mexican War veterans, $50 to widows and nurses, and $6 monthly for minor children of veterans. Foster urges House passage or immediate consideration of his measure.
Cincinnati officials from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and American Express deny knowledge of a train robbery near the city Sunday morning. Local police remain in the dark as rumors spread that a shipment of pearls was involved.
The article outlines President Harding’s push for a six-part ship subsidy bill to bolster an American merchant fleet. Proposals include government vessel sales, up to 125.9 million dollars in loans, tax breaks on shipping earnings, a shipping monopoly on outbound mail, immigrant passage on American ships, and direct cash subsidies. Supporters claim lower net cost than wartime losses and wartime value, while opponents warn of vast public gifts to select lines and unequal treatment of other sectors.
George Clemenceau defies telegrams urging restraint and says he will press on with speeches during his American tour. He rejects softpedal advice and maintains his criticisms of America’s war effort as beneficial for the world and the United States.
The forecast for Ohio Valley and Tennessee covers the period through December 2. Expect generally fair and cool weather early in the week, with the latter half turning unsettled and warmer and a chance of rain.
Mrs. Leona Parsons an 18 year old mother drank poison in her Ninth Street apartment Sunday afternoon. Neighbors rushed to help after hearing her baby’s cries and she was taken to hospital with the infant in her arms. She cited despair over her husband’s gambling and quarrels.
A New York report on Nancy Jordan seeking admission at Ellis Island and the plan of Frank Warren and his wife to adopt her three and a half year old son Francis If admitted the four would move to Kansas City and she hopes to 'live down' her past while praising the Kansas City lawyer for support
Louise Dunn 14 and Elmer Martin 15, both eighth graders from Steubenville, married in Wellsburg on Saturday. Elmer sought a work permit to quit school for support, after which the superintendent approved. Steubenville residents condemn Wellsboro officials for allegedly flouting Virginia marriage law spirit.
President Harding plans a message to the 67th Congress opening next week prioritizing agricultural relief, the transportation situation, and enforcement of prohibition laws. Officials expect a progressive presentation of facts and recommendations, resisting LaFollette’s upcoming conference.
In London the Commons opened debate on the Trish bill after a bitter attack by Labourites on Premier Bonar Law. Labour MPs denounced the premier over a Downing Street statement last week calling the unem ployed demonstration a red plot.
Washington dispatch reports the ship subsidy bill entering its first House day of amendments. Middle West and Southern Democrats push hard, while Republicans seek to bar non germane measures. Davis Tennessee seeks to scrap the plan and shift control to commerce. Bankhead Alabama to bar subsidized ships from court rulings.
Ohio officials report progress against grain rust via eradication of common barberry at a Minneapolis conference. A. R. Anderson and L. J. Taber led Ohio delegation. 13 states present. over 228000 barberry bushes eradicated in Ohio. 200000 moved north of Mudin Bay. 40000 square miles of territory described as unknown.
Washington November 27 The proposed merger of Armour and Morris packing interests is delayed by objections raised by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace after a White House conference with President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty.
Paramathia Lodge No 25 FP and A M meets Tuesday November 28 1922 at 7 PM to elect officers for the ensuing year. William W Ler is nominated for James A Palmer with vote recorded in section 27 23.
The Somerville grand jury probes the September 14 murders of Rev Dr Edward W Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills as deputies await decisive testimony from Louise Geiat Barbara Tough and other Hall household witnesses. Indictments expected by Wednesday.
Protests against Pierce Butler, St. Paul lawyer, delaying the Senate Judiciary Committee’s report on his Supreme Court appointment. A further committee meeting is planned for next Monday. Chairman Nelson declined to reveal protest sources.
Mary Mc Swiney sister of late Lord Mayor Terence MasSwiney endures fainting spells on twenty third day of hunger strike. Annie MasSwiney sister, on eleventh day, grows very weak at jail gates in Dublin.
Merrell McCravy, 44, was trapped on a double tracked bridge sixty feet above ground with an oncoming train. He leaped fifteen feet to a concrete pier, suffering a compound ankle fracture, and was rescued and hospitalized after nearly falling the remaining forty five feet.
In Dublin on November 27, William T. Cosgrove denounced execution as symbolic of the Free State's resolve to treat all men equally. Cowgrave, successor to Arthur Griffith, said Childers was no less liable to punishment than others for the same offense and lamented the necessity of the action.
A 27 year old Yorkville youngster crawled under a starting Pennsylvania train to save a kitten. Agent Albaugh pulled the child off the rail as a wheel nearly passed, but the kitten was crushed.
Cleveland police issued a general alarm for Captain Heator W. McIntosh of the Norwalk Salvation Army who disappeared after accepting a stranger’s invitation to ride in his car from Norwalk to Cleveland. Lorain Elyria and other city police are asked to search along the route toward Erie Pennsylvania and beyond.
Wealth acquired in the last year by Lehr Carter a Waynenfield farmer triggered the Toledo raid on his farm. Federal officers seized fifteen gallons of moonshine whiskey 150 gallons of mash and a large still. Edmington and Carter pleaded guilty to illegal liquor manufacture and Carter was fined.
Community event at Dalton's Academy hosting a Thanksgiving dance on Thursday November 20 at 8 o clock in the evening. Proceeds support school activities and student clubs.
In South Bend Indiana Professor John P Tiernan set to seek divorce from his first wife and to annul a later marriage to Mrs Blanche Brimmer. If granted both actions would leave him with one wife Augusta Tiernan and a tangle over paternity claims.
Stated communication Parana thia Lodge No. 25 Tuesday November 24 at 7 oclock. Election of officers for ensuing years and work in F C degree. W W LER and W MM J A PALMER officiating.
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