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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1924
Page
1
Supt H R McVay says only minor textbook updates will occur in Athens county schools next term with no changes where old texts remain in use. He notes readers will switch to Story Hour or new spellers in some grades and confirms no extra cost is incurred.
Senator Burton K Wheeler urged President Coolidge to state his position on the Ku Klux Klan during a New England swing. He accused Dawes of straddling the issue and pressed for a public explanation of the administration’s stance on the secret order. Wheeler spoke at City Hall in Portland after touring Jowell and Lancaster.
A fragment recalls a large tom cat and a mouse found in its mouth as a car ran over the animal on Hudson Boulevard in Jersey. The mouse survived briefly, escaping wet and unharmed, while a stray aside contemplates evolution and fate.
A White House meeting with about 125 labor leaders pledged support for President Coolidge. He affirmed pursuit of American guided governance and opposed a labor, corporation, bank, or farm government, stressing common sense government and American values. Leaders asserted union independence in voting and civic rights.
Wilfred Hawkins a 21 year old of Athens drove through Millfield on Labor Day and chased county traffic officer F H Barrows in a speeding match. The pursuit ended at Magistrate Sanders office with a guilty verdict for reckless driving and a payment of 25 dollars plus costs.
Democratic state headquarters open in Columbus with Thomas F. Dye as chairman and John Woods as treasurer. Fred W. Warner of the Republican state central committee plans to confer this week with party leaders. Republicans aim for a $200 000 campaign fund versus a $50 000 Democratic fund. Ohio Democrats are said to have an advantage due to many office holders likely to aid without pay beyond modest salaries.
The Ross county teachers institute met at the county courthouse with about two hundred teachers in attendance. Key speakers included Prof. F. E. Landsittel and W. J. Hei stand from Columbus and Miss Aliie Hines of the Cincinnati primary department.
The Dillon No. 6 mine of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Company has resumed work employing 250 men after switching from slope to shaft mining.
Dayton reports the death of Lieut. Alex Pearson in a crash at Wilbur Wright Field during a practice spin for the October air races. The Navy Curtiss racer cost 30000 dollars to build and was the favorite to win 10000 dollars in Liberty Bonds and the Pulitzer Trophy. Pearson died instantly, his wife injured by shock, with military honors planned though arrangements await her decision.
Coroner Lewis Sanders questions ten witnesses in the Millfield inquest into the August 27 wreck. Engineer Harry Sargent was killed when a New York Central train derailed due to a board placed on the track by 9 year old Ralph Roberts.
On board cruiser Rich mond off Newfoundland coast Lieut Lowell Sitth and Lieut Erik Nelson plan to resume a world flight from Hawkes Bay weather permitting. They aim to hop to Pictou 420 miles away then Boston 520 miles distant, hoping to reach Boston by Thursday night with good weather.
Census figures show Athens County from 1918 to 1922 had 5 983 births and 3 423 deaths, a net population gain of 2 560. Nelsonville led with notable birth surpluses, while Athens city added a smaller gain. The overall sex balance remained stable with a 40 difference in five years.
The county court reports 1924 fines on liquor law violations total 41450, a ninefold rise from 1923. Actual collections were 5275 with Athens county retaining half and fees to the county treasury at 8918.67. automobile licenses issued rose to 4879 from 1396 in 1923.
State health officials and county nurses conduct a weeklong survey of all drinking water sources in Athens county mining communities. Samples will be analyzed in Columbus laboratories. findings may prompt changes to wells and cisterns to prevent typhoid fever outbreaks evident in Floodwood and nearby areas.
Milwaukee reports show Senator Robert M. La Follette still leading in Wisconsin as returns from the state primary favor Gov. John Blaine, La Follette's endorsed candidate, with over half the votes counted and Blaine near a 50 000 edge.
Firing broke out at 10 15 this morning between Chinese factional troops near Quinsan Manziang in the Shanghat area, according to an apparently authentic report received here.
In Meigs county Ohio seven girls and a brother are committed to the Children's Home after their mother dies soon after the birth of the youngest boy Charles William born August 19. The father cannot care for them. court approves admission of the baby. The children ages range from 1 to 11, with the eldest caring for Evalyn.
The old bell at Logan High School rang to open a nine month term. The new Junior high building opened housing seventh to ninth grades relieving congestion. Many rural district children have enrolled at the Logan school.
Delays in Trenton for Wilson & CoChicago packers receivership as Vice Chancellor John H Backes is away hearing motions in southern New Jersey. Hearing resumes tomorrow morning at 10 o clock.
Logan Ohio September 3 Jap Pyle was arrested after allegedly pointing a shotgun at Pearl Shivers who used a detour over his land near a Diamonds alfalfa field. Pyle denied driving through the alfalfa and also threw a rock at a Dayton tourist. He faced arraignment Monday before Magistrate Miller on charges of pointing a firearm and was bound over to the grand jury on a $506 bond.
Harry Deffenbaugh of Columbus was found dead in a Laurelville relative's home while attending his brother's funeral. Believed to be an engineer at Hocking Valley yards in Columbus, he previously lost a leg in a wreck near Rockbridge years ago and was reassigned to Columbus.
Ohio officials plan to reopen three dormant mines in Belmont and Muskingum counties and Deanville within weeks. The Ride Rock Mine near Beckwith, flooded since 1918, and the Blaine mine in Belmont county, sealed after a 1920 fire, will be inspected along with Mine No. 2 at Deanville to assess safety for potential restart.
Chicago dispatch says Democratic nominee John W. Davis will pledge governmental aid to farmers during hardship. He plans a major agricul tural address in Omaha on September 1 and will outline a full relief program to spur prosperity, drafting the speech with Key Pittman Cordell Hull and Edwin T. Meredith.
Applicants for citizenship will appear before Judge Pettit on September 11 in Logan according to court announcements. Five filings are on record and a sixth is expected by that date. the examiner may not be present but the matter will be handled by the court.
Logan Kiwanis Club plans for the September 11 inter-city Kiwanis meet to be held in Athens. A coordinating committee including A. C. Tipton M. H. Chef H. Keyziess and E. W. Davis oversees Logan duties.
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