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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 18, 1925

Page

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Indians Angry At America Over Saklatvala Ban

Indian groups in Britain plan protests against the United States ban on Saklatvala, Parsee communist MP. The Indian association condemns the ban as a policy toward Indians, while British communists promise a rally in Battersea. The Foreign Office denies involvement in Kellogg’s action, but rumors persist.

London United States Shapurji Saklatvala House of Commons Indian Association of Great Britian Saklatvala Indian Association India Communist Party of Great Britain Battersea Saklatavala Kellogg Great Britain Kelloge British Foreign Office Foreign Office

Crook Tries to Swallow Glass in Suicide Attempt

Investigation followed a death by self harm after George Schiller 43 crushed crystal in his watch and swallowed it. He, a widely known swindler and confidence man, posed as Count Otto Winklelstein in Washington and was imprisoned. Police say he is wanted in Milwaukee Pittsburgh and San Diego.

Chicago George Schiller Washington Schiller Count Otto Winkelstein Milwaukee Pittsburgh San Diego

Dawes Ends Speaking Tours After 6,000 Mile West Trip

Vice President Charles G. Dawes returns to Evanston after a six thousand mile campaign through the West. He says he has revived favorable sentiment for his senate rules fight and that about 1,600 invitations to speak await him, most of which will not be accepted.

Chicago Evanston Senate Charles G. Dawes

Maine Votes Massive Tide Power Plan in Passamaquoddy Bay

Dexter P. Cooper, engineer, says the approval of a $100,000,000 project to harness tides in Passamaquoddy Bay will yield four times the energy of Muscle Shoals, about 3,268,000,000 kilowatt hours annually. The decision by Maine voters marks a historic energy push.

Maine Passamaquaday Bay Dexter P. Cooper Muscle Shoals

New Financing Offer Promises Low Cost Long Term Loan

A promotional note advertises a loan of 500 000 Ronpepouey available year round. It claims low price with no ongoing costs for horse power as it does not require feeding watering boarding grooming or care and is not subject to aging illness or demise.

Turn to page four opens bold tide power plan

A fragment describes a vast tidal power project with 500000 horsepower driving turbines to boost Maine into an industrial leader. It hints at billions of dollars swelling the state's wealth and asks readers to continue on page four for more details.

Jimmy Walker Started as Song Writer by Gene Coiman

In Tin Pan Alley there is renewed interest in J J Walker once a minor songwriter now NYC mayoral candidate. He built his career on old ballads and royalties from Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May and Sally songs co authored with Janet Allen. Marks Music recalls discovering him as pianos clatter while a crowd of Walkers with songs awaits.

Gene Coimanner Wjer New York Tin Pan Alley Bankig America J. J. Walker Jimmy Walker Sally Janet Allen James J. Walker Jimmy Janet Japet E. B. Marks Marks Music Company Marks Jimmy Walkers

King Alfonso Seeks Longevity Through Experimental Therapy

Madrid dispatch reports King Alfonso of Spain met Dr Voronoff and discussed his life prolongation methods. The king, traveling to San Sebastian with his family, plans to return to Madrid on Monday after the talks.

Trey London King Alfonso Spain Madrid London Express Voronoff San Sebastian Seacoast

Road Committee to Make Important Suggestions Soon

The special legislative highway committee in Columbus is studying proposals for highway legislation. Ideas include raising truck and bus fees, state funding of all state roads with construction type named, building wide permanent roads where traffic is heavy, then grading down as traffic drops, and removing the highway department from politics by appointing a non party highway commissioner.

Columbus Sept Special Legislative Highway Committee State Highway Department Partizan Highway

Miners Prepare Appeal Over Court Ruling on Picketing

In Pomfroy on September 18, President Lee Hall and Secretary Gyhn Savage of the United Mine Workers of Ohio announce plans to appeal the firing of Judge Miller who issued a permanent injunction against mine picketing. Several nearby mines operate under the 1017 wage scale.

Pomfroy Lee Hall Gy Hn. Savage United Mine Workers of Ohio Miller

Fire prevention address at Ohio district Sons conference

In Columbus on September 3, C B Magruder of the state fire marshal's office spoke on fire prevention before the Ohio district Sons conference. Delegates listened to talks on safety and prevention topics.

LIONS Sessio Columbus

Black man confesses to serious case against 14 year old

Jim Henry 37 of Addyston Ohio admits robbery and serious assault of Edna Boswell a 14 year old from North Bend Ohio. He is in custody at Hamilton County Jail after capture by village authorities less than 24 hours after the crime.

Cincinnati Jim Henry Addyston Ohio Edna Boswell North Bend Hamilton County

Ederle Says Wolffe Order Halted Channel Swim

Gertrude Ederle arrived aboard the Mauretania in New York revealing that an order by trainer Jabez Wolffe, not any personal reluctance, forced her to abandon the attempted English Channel swim.

New York Jabez Wolffe Gertrude Ederle Mauretania

Milk War erupts in Chicago as bomb hits plant

A Chicago milk supplier plant is wrecked by a big bomb amid a labor dispute over a alleged milk trust. Employers and union officials clash as guards accompany deliveries while parents accuse impure milk to prompt school milk changes. Authorities ponder legal action as war rhetoric escalates.

Chicago Owen L. S .Ort THE Consolidated Press Associat Vurion Bisployers’ Association Detective Bureau G. L. Hostetter

Ohio highway contracts set for September letting

Columbus Sept 18. The state highway department announced plans to let contracts on September 25 for improving about seventy five miles of Ohio highways at an estimated cost over 2 million dollars. The project calls for forty four separate jobs across forty counties.

Columbus State Highway Department Ohio

Miner Benjamin Priest Killed in Rendville Mine Accident

New Lexington reports Benjamin Priest 69 assistant superintendent of Burns Brothers mine Rendville was instantly killed when he accidentally walked into a shot being fired in the mine.

New Lexington Benjamin Priest Burns Brothers Rendville

Flattery as Salt on Vanity Says Festorie

A quoted remark from Festorie of Ohie in the Times notes flattery as the act of sprinkling salt on vanity. The line appears in a brief opinion or column snip.

Ohie Times

Spanish Troops Struggle to Hold Alhucemas Positions

From Melilla Morocco reports say Spanish forces disembarked on Alhucemas bay face nightly Rif attack as De Rivera moves from Tetuan toward Ajdir. Levante winds hinder flotilla supply runs delaying provisioning and new landings. A fierce Rif assault on Moro Nuevo was repelled after three hours with guns and grenades.

Paris Primo de Rivera Tetuan Alhucemas Bay Ajdir Melilla Morocco Levante Moro Nuevo

Storm not cause of Shenandoah disaster, reports suggest

Cambridge story by Earnest Sheehan claims the airship crash killed fourteen men was not caused by a storm. The vessel covered twenty two miles before wreck, stars and moon were visible, and winds were under forty miles per hour. Mutiny rumors among troops from Southern Spain to Morocco grow.

Cambridge The Cambridge Jeffersonian Earnest Sheehan Spain Morocco

Traction Order Beyond Control of State Board

The state utilities commission ruled it lacks jurisdiction to act on a protest against the Sunday Creek Traction line near Athens. The receiver of the Hocking County tramway sought to discontinue service citing operating losses. Protesters include Athens residents T. F. Hamilton and others and several names from Athens.

Columbus State Utilities Commission Courier Athens Sunday Creek Traction T. F. Hamilton E. D. Junod Homer Rone M. M. Russell Waide J. Bolin A. B. Howard Find Walter Smith W. McVicker L. W. Koenig G. Hoch Mansfield W. J. May Pp. Genter W. L. French Pearl Allman Charles Dorstore

Race war warned as next global conflict Bishop says

Bishop William F. McDowell in Columbus at the 114th Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church warns that a future war will be driven by race with India China and Japan rising to power. He calls for Jesus centered action to prevent civilizational peril and urges mission support. The program includes talks by McDowell Henderson Nicholson Franklin and others with a Father and Son banquet planned.

Columalus God Save the World William F. McDowell Washington Ohio Methodist Episcopal Church Seasion India China Japan McDowell Jesus Civ Ohio M. E Dishope McDowell T. BK. Henderson Cincinnati Thomas Nicholson Pr. c. P. Franklin Union College Barbourville W. E. Graham Detroit James A. White Columbus

Reward Offered for Abd el Krim Dead or Alive in Rif

Proclamations spread in the Rif offer about 25 000 francs reward for the capture or killing of Abd el Krim, issued by Sultan Muley Yusef under Spanish protectorate authority, reported from Melilla via the Journal.

Paris France Abd-E Krim Riff Melilla Sultan Muley Yusef

Highest officials attacked in churches report

The Federal Council of Churches survey on national prohibition criticizes Secretary Mellon for not being a dedicated prohibitionist and for weaker enforcement. It cites President Wilson as not a prohibitionist and Harding as lax, while noting improvements under General Lincoln C. Andrews reorganization.

Washington Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Federal Council of Churches Wilson Harding Lincoln C.andrews

Oil Vessel Solitaire Burns in Port Blaze

In Jacksonville Florida on September 18 a series of explosions aboard the Texas oil motor vessel Solitaire left wireless operator J W Simmons missing and injured Fire Chief F Haney and two other firemen. The boat was wrecked in port early today.

Jacksonville Fla J. W. Simmons F. Haney

Young miner killed in coal fall at Hollister mine

Elijah T. Williams aged 19 was crushed by a coal fall in mine 266 Hollister about 2 p.m. Thursday. He suffered multiple injuries and died less than three hours after admission to Dr Crawford's office. Coroner Bandere investigated. He was a son of Mr and Mrs Benn Williams of Oakdale. Funeral at Church of Christ Sunday 2 p.m. Burial Greenlawn cemetery near Nelsonville.

Glouster Elijah T. Williams Hollister Crawford Andrews & Wallace Williama Bandere Millfield Benn Williame Oakdale Church of Christ Frampton Greenlawn Nelsonville

Nelsonville Man Fatally Injured in Highway Crash

Nelsonville resident Verity was walking near Obetz Junction when an automobile struck him Thursday night. He suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Radius hospital in Columbus where he died.

Columbus Nelsonville Verity Obetz Junction

Rum Sleuths Kept Incognito Under New Prohibition Chief

Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith, famed rum sleuths, receive their last likely newspaper portraits as John A. Foster orders agents to remain incognito. The move aims at reducing exposure of agents who once made headlines with disguises and arrests.

New York Izzy Einstein Moe Smith Mr. Volstead John A. Foster Prohibition Iasy Moe Thatsec Tures Lazy

Army and Navy push for aviation overhaul probe and costs

Washington dispatch says lawmakers press for a permanent air service HQ behind closed doors. Wilbur and Acting War Secretary Davis order records ready for inspection as Mitchell faces possible court martial amid calls for broader investigation into military aviation efficiency.

Fred J. Walker J. N. & Mall Washington Hill Wilbur War Davis Wik ‘House Gram Coolidge Wni American Aviation Mende Navy Wilber Davis William Mitchell Tore Air Services Mitchell San Antonio Texas San Af Army Navy Ichell Congress Air Service

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