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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
1
Fatty Arbuckle, the screen star, sees his life swing from comedy to tragedy as he fights for liberty. His present fortune is estimated around one million dollars. The outcome may decide whether he keeps his home or sells it to cover legal fees from three high-priced lawyers.
Washington reports the Treasury Prohibition Unit stating home wine beer and distilling is illegal even for private consumption. It clarifies tax free 200 gallons of non intoxicating fruit juice for heads of families and bans furnishing stills malt extract and syrups for home liquor production.
Attorney General Daugherty indicated the department of justice may summon Imperial Wizard Simmons and other high officers of the Ku Klux Klan for a conference. He said he has full power to call any person necessary to aid the investigation in Washington.
William J. Bryan said in Washington that militarism will be the vital issue in world power politics if Harding’s armament conference fails to check international armament. He told United Press that the United States and the world demand disarmament and hold high hopes for the conference’s success.
A serialized Civil War memoir by Lafayette Hawk will begin in the issue of Saturday September 24. Hawk, a private in Company C of the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, writes the gripping first installment written for the Messenger.
The Federation of Labor and the county council of the American Legion enacted resolutions denouncing the Ku Klux Klan which is said to have over 4 000 members in Cleveland. The campaign will be discussed at the state Legion convention in Toledo on Monday.
Tokio dispatch reports Japan will not raise the racial equality issue at the limits of armaments conference. The Kokumin says Tokyo made the decision after U S signals indicating approval of the Morris Shidehara immigration agreement negotiated months earlier.
Washington Sept 22 The Republican tariff bill will be laid aside for at least two months while treasury experts work out the details of the American evaluation plan adopted by the senate finance committee Chairman Penrose announced today.
Three men were found murdered and robbed in southern Illinois. Missouri Pacific freight crews located one body in a lumber car at Dupo, another at Wolfe Lake, and the third at Palsey.
Miss Mabel Therese Bonney of California won the degree of doctor of letters at the University of Paris. She is the fourth woman and the eleventh American so honored. Her thesis offered a critical analysis of the drama of her Dumas titled Fila.
One diphtheria case appeared in Athens on Wednesday raising fears of the countywide epidemic spreading from the north. Nelsonville and Deanville remain affected, while county health nurse Miss Munn notes strong local efforts. No southern county cases are recorded, but officials warn guardians to monitor children for sore threats as the situation remains uncertain.
William Staub, a Minerva business man, was shot to death last night near his home in Canton Ohio. His body was found in a lumber yard off the main street. authorities say robbery is the presumed motive as Staub was known to carry large sums of money.
Harold Wells of Athens, famed for his literary skill at Ohio University, writes publicly as Hal Wells in Movie Weekly from Hollywood California. He also runs a humorous feature Breaking into the Movies in a comic letter style once used in the Green and White and the 1920 Athena. In Los Angeles he met William Witt, a former Athens boy who left here years ago.
Berlin reports the Oppeau disaster may claim over 4 000 killed or injured as rescue teams amid toxic gas search for survivors. About 1 000 bodies recovered. 2 500 treated in hospitals. French troops guard the area and aid stations operate near Ludwigshafen.
Paris reports the 1861 blue Hawaii stamp sold for 156000 francs as part of the Duke Ferrari de la Renotiere collection. The nine day auction at Hotel Drouot realized 1100805 francs, with experts valuing the full set at 30 to 50 million francs.
Geneva Sept 22 Immediate intervention by the allies to prevent the Serb Albanian dispute from sparking a Balkan war was urged in a note to England France and Italy by the league of nations council. The issue has split the league council into allied and non allied camps while the allies themselves divide over the dispute.
Sir Ernest Cassel prominent financier and acquaintance of King Edward VII dies in London at age 69. He was known across Europe as a powerful banker and benefactor and his death marks the loss of a noted businessman and friend to the monarchy.
Constable Mariner and Harley Johnson went to Justice Helwig’s office where a charge of assault and battery against Johnson was filed by Ernest Keirns. Johnson admitted guilt for whipping Dwight Keirns, son of the affiant, and was fined five dollars plus costs.
In Indianapolis on September 22, conservatives and radicals clash at the United Workers Union convention. Backers of Howat Farrington and Harlin, named as radicals by President Lewis, prepared to defend their positions as the committee urged discarding its report.
At New Philadelphia Ohio streets flooded curb to curb at noon as a half hour torrent drenched the city with little wind accompanying the downpour.
In Geneva a young woman who applied for a marriage certificate admitted understating her age by three years and was fined five dollars on a charge of coquetry.
Mrs Elizabeth Tyler of Atlanta head of the Ku Klux Klan women's division and propaganda department defends the society amid a New York newspaper attack. She says it tolerates neither violence nor race hatred and calls the criticism grafting society.
Herbert Smith, neighbor of the Monroe family, was arrested in Kalama zoo and held for questioning after three members of the Monroe family were slain with a nail-studded club. He denied connection to the murders of William Monroe, his wife, and Neva Monroe.
Paris dispatch notes France will base land disarmament aims on geography and its stance toward Germany and Russia. French leaders fear a Germany Russia alliance could upend plans, and insist any agreement must not threaten national security. They will attend with one fixed reservation and a nationwide mandate.
Senator Lodge aimed for a favorable foreign relations committee report on the German Austrian and Hungarian treaties. Administration leaders downplayed opposition from Borah and Harrison who prepared to lead a democratic open of the treaty offensive as the committee began its initial push for rapid ratification.
J A White superintendent of the Anti Saloon League of Ohio told a Newark Law Enforcement League meeting that citizens must enforce laws. He said the issue is bigger than saloon or no saloon and calls for courage to enforce prohibition actions.
Fatty Arbuckle was due for a 1 p m preliminary examination on murder charges in a women's court in San Francisco. His wife Minta Durfee and her mother would attend, with 18 society women from the vigilance committee in the front row. District Attorney Brady hopes new evidence from Al Semnacher ties Arbuckle to the fatal injuries of Virginia Rappe, the actress.
Bird Jacoby, a freshman at Ohio Wesleyan University in Marion Ohio, fell victim to an inter class hazing stunt. He was thrown into a sulphur spring bowl under upperclass supervision and is now dangerously ill with spinal meningitis, believed to result from exposure after the incident.
Noah Fouty was arrested in Chauncey after a February theft from a K M freight car. An affidavit charged him with a felony, and he pleaded not guilty. He was released on a $1000 bond after appearing before Justice Helwig.
John W. Moore legislative representative of the United Mine Workers at Washington and former District No. 6 Ohio Field president has been appointed to replace John L. Lewis at the unemployment conference to be held in Washington Monday.
A pithy reflection equates adult men with children, suggesting true ease lies in getting one’s own way. The remark frames power as childish self indulgence, highlighting a moral about control and maturity.
The Washington Information Bureau and American School Hygiene Association publish a 48 page practical bulletin on keeping children healthy for education and normal growth. It includes charts and an index and is free. request a copy by mail with name and address and two cents for return postage.
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