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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1923
Page
1
The governor issues a call to arms aimed at stopping a house session over impeachment. Troops are ordered to shoot to kill if required, with men aged 21 to 45 urged to arm themselves and report to defend the state on his command.
In Wurzburg two American youths face stark fates under guard as diplomacy looms. Bergdoll, the slacker symbol, lounges with a gunman while Griffith, Ohio born, stands proud in a stone jail awaiting possible trial. 서로
Oklahoma City dispatch reports G H Q of Oklahoma’s “lawless legislators” plan to march en masse to the state capitol with military orders threatening action. Rival leaders vow to impeach Governor Walton as council of war sessions continue and rumors of raids spread.
The British balloon Marga ret landed at Gothenburg after drifting at sea off Categat. Pilot Captain Spencer and his aide Captain Berry were rescued by a steamship and found suffering from exposure after hours in the water.
Genevieve Barnett 195 daughter of George Joy died from injuries after being struck by an automobile driven by Carl Ditman of Midland Pennsylvania in East Liverpool Ohio on September 25.
Atlantic City report covers John H. Puelicher addressing the 49th American Bankers Association convention. He cites economic measures as key to restoring world balance, warns against socialism and unrest, notes Russia’s relief came from global charity, and praises the Federal Reserve while criticizing reserve board representativeness.
In dense fog near Akron a Cleveland and Mahoning Valley freight car hit a passenger car from Ravenna toward Atwater. Motorman A. P. Crays was killed and conductor B. H. Bennett injured. Ten others were injured or shocked as both trains traveled nine miles from Ravenna.
Abbott Davis, a Glen Eben teamster, faced a cruelty to animals charge for allegedly mistreating horses near Floodwood on August 25. Magistrate Hodges ruled the evidence insufficient and dismissed the case after hearings on September 24.
William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, vows to publish the names of staffers arrested in public petting incidents after Emporia enacted rules against car gatherings. He notes respectable families and sick relatives but says the story will run, highlighting his stance on accountability.
Hugo Stinnes, Germany's leading industrial magnate, joined a cabinet session with occupied area delegates advising an end to passive resistance in the Ruhr. He oversees vast coal iron and steel holdings in the Ruhr region.
London dispatch reports Germany abandoning passive Ruhr resistance and a likely new Allied conference. Fears of civil strife grow as Berlin is ringed by troops amid alleged Bavarian fascist threat.
The appropriation proposes a ten cent per bootlegger levy to fund enforcement. Officials say the small tax targets illicit distillers while avoiding broad consumer impact, and would support patrols and legal actions against illegal liquor operations.
Geneva September 25 The Canadian resolution interpreting Article 10 of the Covenant of the League of Nations failed to pass the assembly. Twenty nine states voted yes thirteen abstained and Persia voted no.
Columbus, Sept. 25. The Ohio Supreme Court may issue an early decision after oral arguments on referendums to the Taft and Albaugh tax acts for the November ballot. The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce seeks budget forms from the tax commission, while John E. McCrehan challenges the referendum petitions' sufficiency.
Emmett T. Hayes, longtime city mail carrier, buys the bungalow of E. W. Davis at 297 East State Street. Davis, former Resident Engineer of the State Highway Department in the city, recently resigned to join a major contracting firm in Columbus.
In Amesville Ohio on September 25 Tommy Gibson a young colored man from Lathrop was dangerously wounded after a shooting at Utley following a picture show. Minard a West Virginia man fled Athens area. Authorities from Athens searched for Minard. Gibson was rushed to Marietta Hospital after a back wound from a .25 caliber pistol.
Five balloons from the James Gordon Bennett cup race remained missing at 10 am in Brussels. Officials fear some may have fallen into the North Sea. The English balloon Margaret landed at Gothenburg with its crew saved. Unreported craft include the Picardie Belgica Helvitia Esperia and Prince Leopold.
Norwalk Connecticut resident Al Mills found a box turtle and took it home for no reason. He then moved the turtle to a raccoon's burrow and tied a rag to a stick stuck in the ground, hoping to lure the raccoon out. The raccoon emerged into a trap and the turtle followed, Mills remarks the animal seemed scared.
Berlin September 25 Chancellor Stresemann warned the German nation against an uprising in retaliation for the surrender to France. He vowed ruthlessly to crush any revolt while safeguarding the state’s existence and unity. He compared the cabinet to a boat threatened by waves, ready to steer a calm orderly course and punish mutineers.
The War Department indicates Henry Ford abandons turning Muscle Shoals Alabama into a world power project. Gorgas steam plant sale to Alabama Power ends a major wartime program and shifts key assets from public to private control, prompting criticism from the American Farm Bureau Federation. Greg Silver says the action withdraws power from public use and favors private exploitation.
Washington reports the material loss to Japan from the recent earthquake and fire is officially estimated at 1,000,009,000 dollars. The Far Eastern division of the Department of Commerce says this amount equates to about one dollar per capita if spread over the empire's population.
Belgrade dispatch reports twenty thousand men killed in an all-day clash between Bulgarian revolutionaries and regular troops. Location not specified though early dispatches pointed to proximity to Sofia. Politika cited by Daily News.
Walter Reshon, son of Sheriff F O Reshon, one of 14 indicted by the grand jury, faces an assault and battery charge over a heated dispute with T B Martin at a swimming hole.
Vandals entered the American embassy in Madrid during the night and ransacked numerous desks. No documents were taken and silver remained intact. Ambassador Moore’s personal desk was not entered.
Paris papers hail Germany's unconditional surrender and anticipate direct talks with France. Observers note Stresemann's concessions echo 1918 defeat, while French insist passive resistance in the Ruhr ends with Berlin's orders abrogation and impending negotiations.
In Cleveland on September 25 the jury hearing conspiracy charges against Joseph Shearer Jed Counts Samuel Hosking and A Frank Counts nears closing arguments. Judge Westenhaver to receive final remarks from prosecutors and defense attorney Charles Belcher with a verdict expected possibly by nightfall.
Report from Falkirk Scotland dated September 28 says a coal mine near the city was flooded and it is feared sixty lives were lost. Rescue teams and authorities search the flooded shafts as the tragedy unfolds with the death toll uncertain.
Ruth A. White tells her husband Glenn E. White that dancing is as essential as caring and he alleges she chose dancing over their home. The pair, married in 1918, have one child who she sent to him to care for.
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