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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1923
Page
3
The Pittsburgh Electric exhibit showcased extremes in lamp sizes from an 80,000 watt 60,000 candlepower GE studio lamp to a half watt bulb used in medical instruments for internal inspection. A Latin proverb about leadership contrasts stags and lions. Linseed oil, common in paints, is a staple edible oil of Russia.
French authorities arrested four Krupp directors Hartwig Oesterlin Bruhn and Ritter in Essen on charges of inciting German workers to attack French troops after a requisition attempt. Nine Germans killed and 34 wounded as sirens and projectiles sparked violence. Directors deny arming workers and say sirens were fired by workers.
Betonville Arkansas resident Clark Pitts aged 20 and Campbell Keyes aged 22 were jailed by Sheriff Maples as two of four men said to have robbed the First National Bank of Gentry Arkansas and fled into the hills along the Arkansas Oklahoma border. Another man believed arrested in Jay Oklahoma, while a fourth remains free. Two men were captured in a log cabin near the arrest site.
Moscow reports that Constantine Butchkavitch, Vicar General of the Catholic Church in Russia and member of a prominent family, was condemned to death by a secret Central Executive Committee session for treason. Archbishop Zpeliak, also convicted of treason, had his sentence commuted to ten years in prison.
A Lloyds dispatch from Dungeness reports the French steamer Surville collision with the American steamer Editor bound for New York. Surville's bows were stove but she continued to Dover under her own steam. The Editor, apparently uninjured, remained on scene while assessing if assistance was needed.
A Riga dispatch says Nikolai Lenin is under sole control of Leon Trotzky and barred from visitors except Mrs. Lenin and a physician. Even Lenin's brother arriving from Livadia was not allowed to see the patient.
A bandit from the Bank of Gentry robbery at Gentry Arkansas was wounded by a Muskogee Oklahoma sheriff posse near Rowe Oklahoma when surrounded in an abandoned house. The update comes as authorities extend their search and identify the suspect.
General Degoutte, chief of the occupational forces, posted a proclamation ordering all striking railroad officials and trainmen to resume work or face expulsion. The edict affects about 500,000 Germans in the Ruhr and Rhineland and will accompany families into unoccupied Germany. About 126,000 workers fall directly under the order.
The contest to unseat Texas senator-elect Earle B. Mayfield, filed by George E. B. Peddy, accuses Mayfield of Klan ties and alleges illegal campaign spending, ballot fraud, and irregularities. The petition asks recounts, investigation, and to block his oath until the privileges and elections committee acts. Mayfield, born 1881 in Austin, is a lawyer, Methodist, and Mason.
Mrs Mabel Walker Willebrandt assistant United States attorney general forfeited ten dollars in a Washington traffic court after failing to appear for a speeding charge. Police stopped her and served notice to appear, and she was arrested on a warrant then posted collateral. Willebrandt, from Buckley Michigan, pursued law after teaching in Michigan Arizona and California. Her schooling included two daily classes at USC and five years to earn the diploma. She later practiced law, entered politics in California and serves on the Republican State Central committee.
Brig. Gen. Frank Thomas Hines is named director of the veterans bureau. He faces a political inquiry soon after taking the post and vows to work hard to do the job right. Hines built a strong wartime reputation leading the embarkation service and began as a private in the Spanish American War.
Alexander P. Moore of Pittsburgh is appointed ambassador to Spain, succeeding Cyrus W. Woods who moves to Japan. The fifty six year old former publisher sailed on the George Washington with his wife the late Lillian Russell and plans a Madrid arrival within a month. Moore has long ties to President Harding and will perform diplomatic work for Secretary of State Hughes. His niece Mrs Mildred Andrews Martin also from Pittsburgh will join him at the embassy.
A New Mexico woman admitted she pilfered about $1,000 from her husband over nearly thirty years. She described taking small sums as pin money during their marriage. Meals Delivered. A London-inspired Chelsea service offers home cooked meals delivered hot to homes.
An advertisement touts Hali's Catarrh Medicine as a local ointment for quick relief and an internal tonic that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to fight catarrh. Sold by druggists for over four years by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
The text extols a burn treatment using equal quantities of sweet oil and lime water as an effective remedy. It presents the mixture as superior for soothing and healing burn injuries.
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