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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
1
A 100 man posse armed with high power rifles heads toward Flat Top mountain to confront twenty outlaws led by Maderville Marley, an alleged army deserter accused of abducting a 14 year old girl. Abshire deputized, fired on Marley. Marley escaped with the girl aided by a dozen men.
The War Department will offer cut rate prices on sur ly food supplies under a House resolution. A revised price list with reductions up to 20 percent will be issued tomorrow and circulated to postmasters so carriers can deliver the lowest rates. Officials say the supply worth about 125 million dollars will not last beyond 48 hours, and refunds will be issued to buyers if supplies are exhausted. The program starts August 18 and aims to reach buyers in cities and rural areas alike.
New York August 6. Service on subway elevated and trolley lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit was disrupted at rush hour by a strike of the companys thirteen thousand employees. Group B of the ladies Aid Society of St Pauls Church will hold an exchange Saturday August 9 at McDades store on the West Side with cakes pies and home made salt rising bread for sale.
Deputy U S Marshal Athey and Deputy Moore seized three Rowlesburg figures, including Postmaster J J Dunn and Noah Burns, for violating the Reed Amendment. They allegedly brought 48 quarts and 26 quarts of liquor from the east in an auto. All waived a hearing and await indictment in Martinsburg. A fourth man, J J Knockton of Warrington, was not found.
Four people dead and about six others seriously wounded as a northern Ohio electrical storm caused more than 2 million dollars in damage. Three deaths occurred in Youngstown with two instantly killed by lightning and another electrocuted by a live wire. A Bellevue boy drowned in a flooded sink hole. Ashland County faced about 1 million in damage as many bridges and culverts were washed away and high water damaged structures.
About four thousand workers at Pennsylvania and Norfolk and Western Railroad shops struck at 9 AM in Columbus Ohio to push wage demands. Hocking Valley workers stayed on job awaiting a vote from national headquarters.
About five thousand to six thousand workers left the Standard Steel Car Company plant around noon to demand higher wages. Additional plants in Butler including Forge Steel, Butler Belt and Rivet, and Butler Car Wheel had voted to strike but had not yet joined the action by mid afternoon.
A public notice invites all painters, paper hangers, and decorators to a Thursday 7:30 PM meeting at the court house for important business. Committee reference 212-31.
Fifty alleged race rioters face October trials on murder, assault with intent to kill, conspiracy to riot, and concealed weapons as city and state officials push speedy hearings while Supreme Court guidance may delay prep. Fights minor demonstrations and suspicious fires suggest lingering race tensions and potential extended military presence.
Representatives of fourteen railroad unions, totaling about two million employees, united to address Director-General Hines with demands for immediate wage increases. Hines indicated he had not yet analyzed the letter, noting it likely formalizes previously public wage demands.
Large quantities of tinned foods stored in army reserve depots in Columbus Ohio will be shipped immediately to ten major cities for sale through the post office department direct to consumers. The orders come from Newton D Baker secretary of war and authorize direct distribution.
Harrisburg Pa Aug 6 state highway bids opened last week award notices list Westmoreland Hempfield rout 117 12065 feet of one course reinforced concrete construction to Dawson Construction Company Connellsville Pa for 107855 70
Rome August 6 The Adriatic dispute between Italy and Jugoslavia nears a settlement. Capello Romano report an accord that would make Fiume an independent state with an international port, framing a significant shift in regional status.
Notice to all organized labor from the Retail Clerks Union of Grafton Local 898 urging members to patronize only union stores. Members are told to watch for union window cards in signed stores and to have every household member comply with the oath.
Washington Aug 5 The move to nationalize railroads faces stiff resistance as a mass labor strike threat grows and a chamber poll shows 99 percent of businessmen oppose government ownership. Reports warn rail equipment shortages jeopardize mills mines and factories with 200000 cars out of service.
Washington August 6 Warren S Stone grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers told the House Interstate Commerce Committee that organized labor may back a firing squad for profiteers after further inquiry. He warned Congress must solve high living costs within months or face a dangerous era as prices could be government fixed. Frank Morrison AFL secretary supported public ownership and cooperative railroad operation as a model for broader application.
A Stamford sculptor Gutzon Horsium testified before a House war investigating committee that photographs from Colombey-les-Belles France show parts of airplanes being burned. He paid 500 for the proofs and says microscopic tests prove destruction. Witnesses Lockwood McKague and Rorar supported the claim that good planes were burned. the panel will investigate spruce production in the Northwest.
Chicago August 6 The corn market jumped 4.5 to 9.5 cents a bushel after the government announced the guaranteed wheat price of 2.26 dollars. The December delivery led gains, rising to 1.52 dollars.
Basle dispatch reports Czecho-Slovak and British troops moving to Buda Pesth to participate in the occupation with Rumanians. French troops will also take part in the occupation, per an Havas dispatch from Budapest.
Hugh Ferguson, a Black man, will be hanged today at the state penitentiary in Moundsville for attacking Mrs. Ernest Zimmerman of Hancock. The execution is scheduled for 6:30 PM.
President Wilson will address Congress in person on Friday to propose legislation aimed at reducing the cost of living. The plan was learned today at the White House.
The passage argues that public operation of railways would shift deficits onto taxpayers, causing higher rates and fares than private operation. It claims expenses rise with income and that avoiding deficits would require charges higher than those railroad corporations could permit. The point centers on the burden of public funding and the potential need for higher government-imposed charges.
Washington August 6 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee clashed sharply over the league of nations during hearing on Versailles treaty economic provisions. Chairman Lodge protested repeated attempts to secure information from President Wilson and noted he had not appeared before the committee. Norman Davis, economic adviser, warned Russia may participate in Germany's indemnity if a stable government develops, while Davis argued political reasons shaped the absence of a final German reparations total.
The forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Expect unsettled conditions, possible localized downpours, and brief cooler spells amid lingering dampness.
Secretary Lansing told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the American plan for a League of Nations was not pressed at Versailles but presented to the full peace conference. He noted uncertainty about a surviving copy and discussed the Shantung issue and the secret Japan Allies accord. He opposed sharing confidential minutes with the French Senate prior to the League session.
Paris reports Romanian forces have issued an ultimatum to the Hungarian government demanding terms beyond the armistice and setting a 8 PM deadline. The move risks toppling Hungary’s new regime as Romanian troops act independently of Marshal Foch and the peace conference.
Fleming ton voters approved a special election to issue bonds for a new high school. The result was a close contest with a two vote majority after a lengthy delayed count. Approval, if uncontested, should allow building by the next school year 1920.
Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor told a Congressional committee during a railroad bill hearing that labor would organize United States Steel and win an eight hour day for its employees. The Aug six testimony in Washington framed the labor goal as imminent and tied to broader industrial reform.
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