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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1919

Page

8

Round Table Attended by Four Railroad Unions Debate

Washington October 3 The stable industrial conference will assemble Monday without delegates from the four railroad brotherhoods unless all unions are represented. Timothy Shea president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen cited lack of direct representation as the reason. The scheme favors delegates appointed by Samuel Gompers of the AFL, while the four big railroad brotherhoods are unaffiliated.

Washington Timothy Shea Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen Four Brotherhoods Shea Gompers American Federation of Labor

Overstudy Causes Breakdown Among Students

The Dowler ambulance took Miss Clara Smith from Miami to Ohio University for conveyance home to Martinsville after exhaustion. She studied at Miami last year and came to campus with the fall term. Doctors cite overstudy as the cause. Her sister Miss Lenna Smith graduated from the normal course here two years ago. A New York inventor has patented a fountain brush on small wheels for painting or oiling floors.

Dowler Clara Smith Martinsville New York

Senate reservationists plan broad expansion of treaty program

The United States is to broaden the reservationists' program to cover nearly all amendments proposed to the peace treaty. It also allows withdrawal from European boundary commissions or other treaty bodies if Congress opposes representation and asserts oversight over American members' votes.

L. C. Martin United Press Washington Senate United States Congress

Bremen boy tied to store robbery by bloodhound trail

James Edmundson in Bremen requested bloodhounds to track robbers. Henry Guthrie took a top hound to Bremen and resulted in the arrest of a school boy after the dog followed a trail to the boy’s home.

James Edmundson Bremen Mr. Edmundson Henry Gutherie Guthrie

Reds Fan Deputy Misses Name on Subpoena

Deputy Pete McKinley returned from Cincinnati with optimism about the Reds series. He prepared a subpoena for a witness named Hod Borden but, when ready to serve, realized he had written Hod Eller.

Pete McKinley Cincinnati Reds Pete Hod Borden Hod Eller

Canton Girl War Worker Dies in Paris Ambu lance Driver

Miss Ann Zollars, Canton’s noted young athlete, died yesterday in a Paris Red Cross hospital. She spent the last year as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross and was due to sail home September 29.

Canton Ann Zollars Red Cross Paris

Prayer by House Chaplain Calls for President's Health

The House chaplain Rev. Harry N. Couden offered a prayer for the President's restoration to health. He asked God to touch the President with a healing head and return him to health and activity during a time of national anxiety.

Washington Harry N. Couden

Gompers Visits White House Briefing on President

Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, called at the White House in the morning to ask Secretary Tumulty about the President. The meeting centered on a briefing regarding ongoing White House affairs.

Washington Samuel Gompers American Federation of Labor White House Tumulty

After Forty Years Canton Divorce Case

Canton Ohio October 3 After forty years of married life Charles Miller sues for divorce from his wife alleging willful absence.

Canton, O Charles Miller

Odd Stamps From Europe Stir Collectors Curiosity

London stamp lovers marvel at new issues from small European states. Lithuania uses Silurian gray bread-ticket paper. Latvia prints on German maps but shifts to cigarette paper. Czecho Slovakia shows Bohemia Moravia and Silesia arms, Fiume stamps cite 1918 events and Italian links with noted motifs.

London Lithuania Lettland Bohemia Moravia Silesia Ceska-Slovenska Statni Hungary Fiume Italia Romulus Remus St. Mark Crossich

Rickenbacker Aces On Pacific Flight Plan

Capt. F T Rickenbacker announces he will remain in aviation to push new actions across the Pacific. He plans a staged flight starting with Hawaii before heading to Japan, photographed during a Banff Springs visit.

F. T. Rickenbacker United States Army Pacific Hawaii Japan Banff Springs Alta Rickenbacker

New York Hosts King Albert Queen Elizabeth at City Welcome

King Albert Queen Elizabeth and Prince Leopold receive a formal city reception in New York at noon after arriving from Belgium. Tens of thousands gather at the Battery and along lower Broadway while the royal party travels by motor to City Hall.

New York Albert Queen Elizabeth Prince Leopold Altho Belgium Battery Rodman Wanamaker North River Lower Broadway

Troop One Fui It Is Announced

Scouts of Troop One held an unusually good meeting with Dr John R Sprague giving a plain talk on first aid and bandaging. New boys joined to fill the roll and no more may be received until further notice.

John R. Sprague Sprague Mex Lewis Paul Woolworth Walter Cornwell Lawrence DeWeese Fred White Bob Whites Woolds

President Grayson states President exhausted and needs rest

Dr Grayson says the President shows physical and mental exhaustion with nervous strain. Doctors agree on nervous exhaustion and plan rest and continuous observation at the White House. No operation or X ray is contemplated. appetite weak but nourishment taken.

Washington Grayson Hick White House Francis X. Dercum Philadelphia Hidege

Young Canton Man Cannot Resist Autos

Akron Ohio October 3 Will H Bucks burg age 19 of Canton arrested by detectives on charges of stealing three automobiles. He tried to sell the cars for 50 dollars to an auto agency and had just been released from Mansfield reformatory where he served eighteen months for stealing six Canton automobiles. He was bound over to the grand jury under a 2000 dollar bond. His birthday was today.

Akron Will H. Bucksburg Canton Bucksburg Mansfield Reformatory

Athens man pleads not guilty on paternity charge

Harry Milliren of Athens pleads not guilty and is bound over to court on a paternity case brought by Miss Abbie Christian of Hocking. He fled twice when an officer pursued him but was finally captured and released on a $400 bond.

Harry Milliren Athens Helwig Abbie Christian Hocking Milliren

Breaks Arm of Home Telephone Manager in Car Incident

Dr. C. L. Jones, manager of the Home Telephone Company, sustained a broken right arm Thursday evening when his Ford back-fired as he cranked it.

C. L. Jones Home Telephone Company Ford

Conference of Iron and Steel Workers in Washington

Pittsburg Oct 3 A conference of the national committee of Iron and steel workers and the executive body of the American Federation of Labor will be held in Washington Monday evening October 6. John Fitzpatrick, chairman of the committee, announced here today.

Pittsburg National Committee of Iron and Steel Workers American Federation of Labor Washington John Fitzpatrick

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