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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
1
J D Marks paid a record $3000 for a pie in Cleveland Ohio and left a bag of jewelry worth $3000 with a boy to guard the machine. When he stepped inside a bakery, both the jewelry and the boy vanished, leaving the pie unattended.
State road officials spread a heated tar binder over the new macadam north from Sugar Creek to beyond No. 210. Logans heat and haul the tar to Sugar Creek for application. Afterward a fine limestone top layer will be added to seal the road against traffic.
Early returns show Thompson sweeping Cook county with near 100000 lead while Downstate gains cut into Chicago margins. Lowden candidate Oglesby leads in downstate precincts with McKinley weaker there, as Democratic hopefuls Lewis and Burke-Walleye contest the U S Senate nomination and race for Cook county states attorney alters incumbents.
Street crowds fled as a blast near the Morgan building shattered the Wall Street area at noon. Witnesses reported flying glass injuring officials including U S Grant. a horse drawn cart may have caused the blast. Authorities noted millions in gold and bullion vault damage and a toppled dome.
The Ohio National Guard will break camp at Camp Perry tomorrow after a review and final inspection were held this afternoon.
London dispatch reports Lord Mayor MacSwiney showing reduced strength with weaker breathing and glazed eyes. Sinn Fein claims no feeding effort occurred while sympathizers flood his wife with messages from diverse groups urging perseverance.
Edward Seiple 25 of Mechanicsburg was hit by 47 shot from a 16 gauge gun near Jerseyville while using a caller. Clyde Mansfield of Athens fired at a silhouette thought to be a squirrel, wounding Seiple in face shoulder and leg. he is not believed to be seriously harmed.
President Wilson may campaign for Cox and Roosevelt, with officials suggesting his role will be limited to writing letters and statements rather than speeches. White of the Democratic National Committee announced the invitation, while health concerns were cited by Cox aide E. H. Moore.
Police weighed the mental state of two men who broke into a local asylum and stole a gallon of medicinal whiskey. The incident occurred as investigators assessed motive and whether the men were fit to stand trial.
Boston reports Joe Mossckevich sent in two false alarms claiming a $50 motive to see engines run. The Judge fined him $100 total, $50 for each alarm.
New York reports a fresh sugar drop with the Federal Sugar Refining Company cutting fine granulated to fourteen and a half cents. Other refiners held at sixteen cents, though some were taking orders at the 14 1 2 cent level.
Congressman I. M. Foster reports that the bureau of mines in Washington has established eleven mining experiment stations eleven mine rescue cars and eight mine safety stations to boost health and safety among mineral workers and improve efficiency. United States Bulletin 175 details this work and is available from the Bureau of Mines in Washington D C.
Paris dispatch reports the French Chamber and Senate will meet on September 25 to elect a successor to President Deschanel who is expected to resign due to ill health. Premier Millerand is seen as certain to win if he runs, though he has vigorously declined the presidency, believing he can do more as premier.
Kenton Ohio Sept. 16 The worst fuel shortage yet for the period grips local industry. The water works borrowed fuel from city plants and received a carload of coal from the Big Four yards for city use providing temporary relief.
Federal officials at the time of the explosion were transferring 900 million dollars in gold from the sub treasury to the new Assay building. The process has been ongoing for two weeks.
The first social event of the school year at Ohio University will be a joint reception by the YMCA and YWCA in the gym Friday evening from 7 30 to 10 00. Miss Maud Skidmore and Mr Dwight Evans chair the event and invite all students to attend.
The Ameran cotton association meeting in Washington recommended using the $700 million fund to extend credits through the alien property custodian to market cotton and other agricultural products abroad.
A massive blast near J P Morgan and Company on Broad and Wall streets killed sixteen and injured hundreds. Investigators weigh a wagon bomb theory amid reports of one exploding nitro glycerine and possible international angles.
Hartford police report a new liquor brand identified by chemical analysis after bottles of water were seized as contraband.
Warren, Sept. 16. Frank Lysky and Vincinso Georgvitch, both of Lisbon, were arrested today in the Puhalski murder case. Georgvitch admitted being present at the killing. Lysky denied the charge. The victim's wife identified three participants in the crime.
A United Press reporter described the Broad and Wall streets explosion scene in New York. Eight bodies lay mangled near the Morgan bank, with teens among the dead. Glass and debris shattered windows along Wall Street and at the Morgan and Treasury buildings as rescue and cleanup began. Detroit police also dispatched detectives to guard the financial district after the blast.
In Marion Ohio on September 16 War ren G Harding prepared for Constitution Day events amid a porch campaign lull. Ohio counties plan delegations to hear the Republican candidate speak on the constitution as part of a nationwide effort.
All deserted Leavenworth Kansas guards fled with two prisoners after they escaped from the U S disciplinary barracks leaving the guards to abandon their posts during the incident in September.
Governor Cox’s California bid centers on the Pacific coast issue as he travels from Salt Lake City toward California. He meets Nevada’s Key Pittman and California Democrats to sharpen strategy and plans four long Nevada speeches before addressing voters in California. A switch engine collision delays the departure and injures a porter and reporters.
Senator Warren G. Harding will speak in Wheeling West Virginia on September 28 then in Ashland Kentucky the next day before returning to Marion on September 30. A Baltimore address on September 27 had been announced earlier.
Warsaw dispatch reports Polish forces took 3000 prisoners and occupied Kovel crossing the Bug. In the Sokal sector Polish troops claimed to have occupied Tartskov as well.
Open season on wild game and closed season on straw hats was the edict issued Wednesday. Yesterday was the last day of grace for owners of straws to wear their summer headgear, and those who defy fashion's rule risk having their hats snatched and demolished. The high prices foretall hats tend to make the average fellow hang on to his summer chapeau as long as possible.
University announces a new heating system will allow diving and swimming three times weekly in evenings for girls and daily in winter for all students. The pool will be open year round with lessons for beginners taught by competent instructors. No gym credit will be awarded for this course.
Massillon Ohio police officer William Quinn aged 32 was fatally shot while on patrol early Thursday. A suspected burglar interrupted an attempted entry at an apartment building and fired two shots, one to the head, before dying at Massillon City Hospital.
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