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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1922
Page
1
The funeral of Senator Boles Penrose was held with tight secrecy. Reporters were kept from the cemetery while guards surrounded the grave and the brief ceremony lasted about 15 minutes. Penrose, a bachelor, reportedly disliked pomp and preferred a simple farewell.
In Dublin the Dail Eireann debated the Anglo Irish treaty but made no progress and adjourned to meet in private tomorrow to consider the unofficial commission report. J J Walsh cited that the treaty will be defeated by at least two votes. Cincinnati hospital reports a record December with three births in one day at the Jewish Hospital.
The annual Mt Vernon W C A meeting at the Home for the Aged elected officers for the year. President Mrs Frank Harper First Vice President Mrs A A Dowde Second Vice President Mrs H V Smoots Third Vice President Mrs James Ie raol Treasurer Mrs Norman K Daney Secretary Mrs B B Williams Trustees Mrs James Irual Mrs Samuel H Dougherty and Mrs Frank Harper Committees to be named by the new president soon.
Ohio State University plant pathologist Professor Clayton reports a high rate of root and ear rot fungi in Ohio corn. Tests suggest up to half the seed corn is infected, risking stand establishment and yield. Early detection via rag doll germination shows week seedlings and kernel rot. prevention requires quick drying and discarding diseased ears. Indiana station estimates potential yield gains above 10 percent with proper management.
A severe windstorm swept Tulsa causing extensive damage yesterday. Power lines were knocked out, storefronts shattered, and debris littered the streets. The Tribune plant was put out of commission, crippling production for the paper.
Herbert L. Cadenhead of Greenville Mississippi testified before a Senate committee that he witnessed ten to twelve executions at Sur-Tille while transporting German prisoners around the area. He could not confirm if any were executed without trial and none spoke on the gallows.
A massive blaze in a timber yard near West Haistlepool destroyed numerous houses. Fanned by a strong gale, the fire spread across 80 acres overnight, costing over 1 million pounds in damage and leaving about 2,000 people homeless by the afternoon.
An unidentified assailant threw acid into the face of 18 year old Bernice Williamson, a local schoolgirl, as she walked home. Doctors report she lost eyesight and the motive remains unknown. Police note a similar attack on another local girl, Mary Allen, months earlier in the same neighborhood.
Marion city officials received a letter from the Ku Klux Klan offering help to clean up the city and aid in breaking up a rash of house robberies. The letter says the group has grown to about 1500 members in Marion.
Waukegan dil Jan 5 The week of Jan 24 is the latest date for the trial of Governor Len Small and Vernor Curtis with Judge Claire Edwards presiding. The prosecution will use a bill of particulars and both sides will argue a defense motion for separate trials for the governor and Curtis.
Rev A D Mink reports at the Wednesday afternoon meeting Dr Mosher gave a second address on Prayer, noting praying by practice and recalling Christians in China during the Boxer rebellion. Evening service drew a large crowd despite rain, with the school orchestra and chorus led by Mrs Mosher. a duet by Mr and Mrs Harry Barre titled Drifting.
A. B. Kay, a correspondent for the London Times, was reportedly removed from Dublin to Cork yesterday. A message to Desmond Fitzgerald, minister of propaganda, announced that his release might be expected shortly, stating he was in Cork.
Washington Jan 5 Italy will accept the second Root resolution prohibiting submarine attacks on merchant ships if the French delegation does the same. The report came from Italian circles today and notes the conditional agreement as a step toward unified international action amid wartime tensions.
Moscow reports a grim start to 1022 with eight months of horror and famine fears. Relief workers warn deaths in the famine area may reach 6 to 10 million or more as crops fail and fuel shortages bite, despite relief efforts.
Marie Louise Potevot of Paris, a French exchange student at Ohio University, has become an outspoken advocate for co education and informal campus life. She notes American students’ seriousness about study versus French peers focused on fashion and vanity.
Members held their annual meeting on Wednesday evening with routine business. A four percent semiannual dividend was approved and constitution amendments adopted. Directors and officers were re elected: A F Stauffer, W J Sperry, J W Rudin, Zeno Smagle, W J West, E O Arnold, C Colville. President A F Stauffer, Vice President E O Arnold, Secretary C F Colville, Treasurer Fred W Karl, Attorney W J Sperry.
The wife of Attorney General Harry Daugherty, Mrs. Daugherty, is reported in very satisfactory condition after an operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She had a good night following the procedure, according to Associated Press dispatches to The Banner from Baltimore dated January 5.
The state highway department announced the first openings of 1922 highway projects set for Saturday January 21 with additional settings on January 24, 27 and 31. Between 50 and 75 miles of highway are involved across 22 projects including Mt Vernon Newark road sections in Knox and Licking counties.
The nine conference powers sitting as a committee on far eastern questions approved a five percent increase in Chinese tariff rates. The report by Senator Underwood was accepted and resolutions for eventual withdrawal of foreign troops from China were adopted. A naval committee meeting for the Paris conference was scheduled for the afternoon with potential approval anticipated this week.
Five bandits robbed the Maywood State Bank payroll, killing John Fotfel and wounding Louis Sweeney and Arthur Benson. The $12,000 payroll was seized in under three minutes as the payroll car stopped. attackers escaped toward Chicago.
Fifty bodies recovered from the Greek destroyer Leon after a torpedo explosion wrecked the ship in Piratus harbor. The blast damaged nearby warships and caused houses ashore to collapse, killing several civilians and injuring others.
Cincinnati police probe the mysterious death of Leopold Burckhardt in his apartment. Detectives report the skull fractured in two places and facial bruises but have not advanced toward a suspect or motive, leaving the case as unresolved as yesterday.
Bey Avrociaien Press to The Banner reports an Egyptian government comptroller narrowly escaped a fatal attack today. A youth student fired a revolver wounding the official, who returned fire and chased the assailant, who escaped. Bey has led prosecutions of the vengeance gang, an antiBritish group whose seven members were sentenced to death last year.
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