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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1923

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Bavaria Turns Toward Mutiny in Effort to Break Germany

Berlin correspondent Fritz Ebert warns Bavaria is mutinous as Von Lossow presses to defy Berlin and disrupt the German state. He notes Munich seeks to restore order through force, contrasts past leniency, and calls for unity to avert a moral defeat for the Reich.

Fritz Ebert Germany I. N Berlin Bavaria von Lossow German Reich Mueller Reichswehr Red Saxony von Mueller Tessler von Kahr von Luettwitz von Ahr Reich Imperial Germany Munich Kant Hitler Ludendorff Prussia

Farm experts in conference in Columbus

County farm agent R. M. Pavey left for Columbus to attend the annual Ohio county agricultural and home agents conference held October 23 to 26. The event focuses on education and economics with emphasis on guiding cooperative marketing enterprises.

Ounty R. M. Pavey Columbus County Agricultural and Home Agents of Ohio University of Isburg B. H. Hibbard Uni of Wisconsin W. A.chever

Aviator Jack Smith Flies Over Athens All Weekend

Several hundred residents gathered at the Athens state hospital field to watch Aviator Jack Smith of Granville fly Sunday. Nearly 100 took short flights before he left at 3 p.m. for Granville with two passengers. He also performed over Athens during Saturday's Ohio Field game.

Athens State Hospital West State Street Waterworks Jack Smith Granville Athens Smith Ohio Field Ohio-Cincinnati

Governor Walton Faces Impeachment Charges in Oklahoma

Governor J C Walton, elected ten months ago and allied with the militia in the Ku Klux Klan conflict, is set to be impeached. The house will receive a 35 page list of charges as the probing committee submits its report after the legislature met at 10:30 this morning.

Oklahoma City Okla J.C. Walton Oklahoma House of Representatives House

Cities vie to host 1924 Republican convention

Washington October 22. Cities desiring to entertain the Republican national convention in 1924 will present invitations and merits at a sub committee meeting of the Republican national committee to be held in Washington November 15.

Washington Republican National Committee

Ohio Welfare Group Moves to Remove Partisan Control

The division on delinquency of the Ohio Welfare Association opened its annual Lima convention to launch a campaign aimed at removing the Department of Public Welfare from political control.

Lima. O Department of Public Welfare Ohio Welfare Association Lima

Mexican shoe workers form co op to regulate sales

In Too Leon Mexico shoe workers create a cooperative to control their output and escape local capitalist pressure. The model follows similar unions in the United States and aims to stabilize prices and terms.

Leon Mexico United States

Holding Control Through Margin of a Small Majority

ALaFollette independents threaten to revolt over Cummins as presiding officer affecting committee seats and patronage. Cummins would be Senate president pro tempore and gain high influence. independents demand resignation or decline to run. The next Senate would seat 51 Republicans, 43 Democrats, and two Farmer-Laborites with balance held by Shipstead and Johnson.

Washington LaFollette Senate Bert Cummins Iowa Capitol Labollette Lataliette Cummins Interstate Commerce Committee Collidge White House Interstate Commerce Commission Senator LaFollette Norris Brookhart Frazier North Dakota Howell Nebraska Shipstead Johnson Farmer-Laborites Minnesota

Wallace Hurries to Give Evidence in Divorce Case

Edgar T. Wallace a mining engineer from New York and San Francisco sails to New York to testify for Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes in the divorce suit by W. E. D. Stokes. He brings a suitcase full of evidence to counter charges against the Stokes couple.

Chicago Edgar T. Wallace New York San Francisco Helen Elwood Stokes W. E. D. Stokes

Athens County Ranks Third in 1922 Coal Output in Ohio

United States Geological Survey data show Athens County produced 3,295,689 net tons in 1922, ranking third in the state behind Belmont and Jefferson. The county’s average value per ton was 3.35 dollars, with Medina highest at 5.72 and Lawrence lowest at 2.82. Athens employed 9,295 miners and had 83 working days, while Belmont led in total workers with 12,583. Ohio's total coal output reached 26,953,791 tons valued at 87,056,060 dollars, with rail served wagon mines adding 303,544 tons worth 1,886,000 dollars.

Athens County Ohio United States Geological Survey Belmont Jefferson Counties Medina County Lawrence County Belmont County Mahoning Field Hocking Meigs Vinton County

Gas supply of state dwindles

Columbus Ohio October 22 Cyrus Lochner director of commerce told the Ohio Gas and Oil Men's association that Ohio has risen from second to first in gas consumption but fallen from fourth to sixth in production He cited nearly one million homes in the state relying on natural gas and an investment exceeding 290 million dollars to supply the service

Columbus Ohio Cyrus Lochner Ohio Gas & Oil Men’s Association Here Lochner

Ohio gas supply urgent call to users to curb waste

H. J. Hoover president of the Ohio Gas and Oil Men's association told Columbus audiences that the dwindling natural gas supply in Ohio is a user problem. He urged shifting to manufactured gas pricing to preserve long term heat value and prevent towns from losing natural gas supply. He warned higher rates would not help profits if sales collapse.

Columbus, CO Ohio Ohio Gas and Oil Men’s Association H. J. Hoover Mr. Hoover

Millionaire William E. D. Stokes Ends Divorce Suit

In New York, William Earl Dodge Stokes, 73, ends his divorce case after presenting 21 witnesses alleging wife Helen Elwood Stokes was involved with Wallal ce Wallace. The court refused to compel Stokes to testify, while a negro detective Hat tle Johnson faced questions about spiritualistic seances linked to the witnesses.

New York William Earl Dodge Stokes Helen Elwood Stokes Windgar T. Wallace Mrs. Stokes Wallace Pitth Avenue Stokes Samuel Untermeyer Untermeyer Hattie Johnson Justice Mahoney

Weather Outlook Sees Fair Start Then Showers Late Week

Washington weather forecast through Oct. 27 indicates generally fair conditions in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee region early in the period. Unsettled weather and showers are probable later in the week with cool temperatures and frosts at the start, then near normal or warmer after Tuesday.

Washington, D. C Ohio Valley Tennessee

Man pinned after auto overturns near Cincinnati

Clyde Smith of Miami town was trapped beneath his overturned car after hitting a horse crossing the road near Cincinnati. He cried for help, but the farmer asked about his horse before assisting him.

Cincinnati Here Clyde Smith Miami

Quakers Feed Berlin Poor at Peoples Kitchen

Twenty eight thousand poverty stricken men women and children receive their noon meals daily at the Peoples Kitchen maintained by the American Friends Service Committee in Warschauer Street.

Berlin Peoples American Friends Quakers) Service Committee Warschauer Street

Brooks Takes Over Property In Athens Real Estate Deal

Herbert W. Brooks purchased the Sloan block on North Court street from Flora Faron for about 60000 through W. E. Landis. The three story brick building fronts 78 feet on North Court and 165 feet deep. Ground floor tenants include Fulton Grocery, Christman restaurant, and the Columbia theater, with Coffey hotel and Salvation Army on upper floors. two rear garages are noted. This marks a roughly $22000 value increase in 24 months.

Athens W. E. Landis Herbert W. Brooks Sloan North Court Street Flora Faron Brooks Fulton Grocery Co Christman Restaurant Columbia Theater Coffey Hotel Salvation Army

Webb Freed Through Action of Jurors at White Plains

Charles H. Webb, husband of the late Gertrude Gorman Webb, was fully exonerated by a Westchester county grand jury in White Plains. Mrs. Webb died September 25 at the Westchester Biltmore Country Club. friends had alleged mercury bichloride poisoning.

White Plains N. Y Charles H. Webb Gertrude Gorman Webb Westchester County” Grand Jury

Handy Burglars Strike Elyria Shops

Burglars stole 78 dollars from an unlocked Day's Photograph Studio safe, took tools from a Ridgeville blacksmith shop, and smashed a window at Waserman clothing store to loot merchandise, in Elyria Ohio.

Elyria Ridgeville I.,. Waserman Clothing

Fall Proves Fatal to Lima Pioneer Herman Albright

Herman Albright 83 a longtime Glandorf resident died from a fractured skull after falling backward down stairs in his home in Lima Ohio He was alone at the time of the accident and authorities reported no other injuries.

Lima Herman Albright Glandorf

German nation on verge of breaking up says Berlin

London report cites pressure from without and internal strife as Berlin notes possible creation of Rhenish republics. Bavaria challenges Berlin while Saxony Baden Hesse Thuringia and Wuerttemburg threaten conflict. Britain delays stance pending further developments.

London Berlin Rhineland Brusses Bavaria Saxony Baden Hesse Thuringia Wuerttemburg Europe Germany Bismarck Foreign Office Great Britain Rhenish Republic

Notable Encounter at Stephe nville Station

A colored woman with three colored boys waited for a train in Stephenville. An amused traveler asked if they were triplets, to which the mother responded indignantly that they were Negro children.

Aamc Aco Stephenville

Fruit Carrier in Distress Off Old Providence Island

The United Fruit liner San Gil with passengers aboard is reported in distress off Old Providence island about 150 miles east of Bluefields Nicaragua. The vessel, which left Boston on October 14 bound for Havana Colon and Limon, is believed to have struck a reef as several steamers race to its aid.

New York United Fruit Mner San Gil Old Providence Island Bluefields Nicarauga Boston Havana Colon Limon

Germans show apathy as Reich foundation cracks

Berlin October 22 reports say the German Reich foundation buckles under secession strain, public distress, and labor troubles. Up to midafternoon few serious disorders appeared outside the occupied districts as most Germans remained apathetic and indifferent.

Berlin German Reich Seces

Three Die In Cleveland Interurban Collision

In Cleveland Ohio at East 185th street and Grenfield avenue a Cleveland and Painesville interurban struck a touring car driven by Rudolph Betzer. Three people died Rosa Stroh 37 Joseph Stroh 14 and John Grose 33. Betzer plus two others were seriously injured and two others believed dying at the scene. Police blamed driver for inexperience and ignoring warning signals. Wreckage stretched along the right of way for hundreds of feet.

Cleveland, O Cleveland & Painesville Interurban Rudolph Betzer 185Th Street Grenfield Avenue Rosa Stroh Euclid Village Joseph Stroh John Grose Euclid Interurban

Sheriff Secures $11524 In Fines In Nine Months

ELYRIA O Sheriff Fred Underhill reports fines totaling 11524.02 collected in Justice S J George s court across the first nine months of the year. Portions go to the county treasurer, enough to cover annual office operations.

Elyria Fred Underhill S. J. George Cour

Rhineland secession spreads as Bavaria faces Berlin crisis

The Berlin government confronts dual threats as Bavarian officials threaten to blockade the country while the Rhineland republic movement seizes towns from Aix-la-Chapelle to Mayence. Leaders report armed secessionists, minimal bloodshed, and impending decisions by the Reichsrat on Bavaria's fate.

Bavaria Berlin Reichras Hirichsawehr Mutleich Rhineland Berlin Ministry of Defense von Kahr Gessler Germany Munich Rhine Aix-la-Chapelle Leo Deckers Dr. Guthardt Ithenish Republic Hesse Wuerttemburg Baden Ulrich Mayence Reichswehr

Bus Plunge Near Sion Injures Twenty In Swiss Ravine

In Berne on October 22 a bus carrying 30 passengers fell into a ravine near Sion. Twenty people were injured and eight are listed as seriously hurt as rescue teams worked at the scene.

Score Berne Switzerland Sion

New German Reparations Note Expected in Paris

Paris observers expect a new German reparations note to be transmitted to the reparations commission by Von Mayer, signaling a formal move in the ongoing negotiations. The message is anticipated amid tensions over the postwar settlement and Germany's obligations.

Paris von Mayer Ireparations Commission

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Ebert Pavey Lafollette Group Onfages Agguseas Now William J. Hutchinson Plaintiff Jack Carberry Mars Krupp Essen Lhero Sloan Block Webb Man Crash England Central America Cleveland Republic S. D. Weyer 1. N.S The
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