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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1925
Page
2
Secretary Hoover told the President's agricultural committee in Washington that a tariff on agricultural goods and a higher living standard program to boost per capita consumption could ease farmer distress.
Dr. H. H. Clark, Civil War veteran and oldest registered physician in Towa, died in McGregor. Daniel Guggenheim, critically ill since January 4, is convalescing at the Ritz-Carlton New York. Daniel G. Reid, the tinplate king, died in New York of pneumonia at sixty, with wealth estimated at 75 million. Walter Gifford elected president of AT&T in New York, succeeding H. B. Thayer. Rev. Father Francis Xavier Twellmyer, Loyola University president, died in New Orleans. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Manning of New Haven. Mrs. Manning is formerly Helen Taft.
A cable from Tokyo claims four Japanese army divisions will disband beginning May 15. Tokyo says Japan recognizes Soviet Russia at Peking, enabling a 50-year Saghalin lease. Pershing arrives in Buenos Aires amid cheers after a week’s journey. Trotzky is removed from the Soviet wartime council in Moscow. Luther presents his cabinet to the Reichstag in Berlin. Spanish warships bomb Gulf of Gibraltar, while mail theft from Guantanamo to Santiago is announced. France’s 1925 revenue will exceed expenditures by 84 million francs. Romania may gain two Bessarabian provinces for a plebiscite in the rest. U.S. to return Pichilingue to Mexico this week. Greece’s Foreign Minister resigns, Michalakopoulos takes over. Walker D Hines named League of Nations Danube navigation investigator.
The Ohio House passed an emergency supplementary appropriation bill for the remainder of the current biennium ending June 30, 1925, totaling about $50 million. The bill lists specific allocations to each department and institution, introduced by Representative Green of Portage County.
Akron reports Carl Burgess age 10 died after a truck skidded while he skated and pinned him to a pole. Alliance records Mrs Retta Beal 44 killed herself with three head shots. Piqua notes Mrs Elizabeth Fowlis 101, oldest local resident, dies. Ashtabula names Mrs A J Richardson acting postmistress. Logan cites oil well yielding 800 barrels in 24 hours. Van Wert indites Fred Grush 22 for burglary escapes jail using key. Marion fines Long Time Sleep 100 and 30 days for intoxication. Dayton reports Charles Carr 88 killed, son 17 injured in auto train collision. Marion selects Louis Brush president and James Wood director of Harding Publishing Co. Youngstown says W R Riley to quit after eight robberies in three months. Newark reports W O Webster 45 and Ray Priest 80 killed, Harold Webster 6 fatally injured in train collision. Cleveland notes planned merger of coal interests in SE Ohio. Cleveland recounts James Johnson 48 ends life after 30 years idle. Steubenville girls suspended for smoking in school. Columbus announces Buckeye Press meeting February 5 6 with first day at Ohio State. Cleveland confirms Bishop William Montgomery Brown deposed. Cincinnati reports tear gas bomb cause stampede injuring several. Columbus Farmers Week slated February 2 to 6 with many Ohio groups involved.
In Herrin a street battle between Klan and anti Klan factions leaves S Glenn Young dead, his rival Ora Thomas wounded, plus Edward Forbes and Homer Warren killed. Troops guard the town as coroner's inquest is planned. Mrs. Young, blind and widowed, is present with her child.
Washington reports the formation of a 50 member committee of leading men and women to aid the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment in urging modification of the Volstead Act. The group warns of a grave crisis affecting the nation’s moral, social and economic welfare and calls for immediate action.
Belfast Republican leader Hamonn de Valera protests a planned visit by the Prince of Wales to Ireland. He argues foreign rulers such as Belgian kings or American presidents deserve respect, but no foreign king should claim rulership in Ireland.
A formal report states 727 people have died in Tokyo over the past twenty days from contagious influenza. The figure reflects a severe outbreak and underscores urgent public health concerns in the city.
Mrs. Hilda Jacobson, 55, died of heart disease after ten policemen spent an hour moving her 500 pound body down stairs to reach a hospital. She had not left her apartment in six years and had not risen from bed in three.
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