Bandit Holds Up Queen City Baltimore and Ohio Office
A lone bandit robbed two Baltimore and Ohio ticket agents in Cumberland Maryland shortly after midnight. He covered J F Taylor and Lem Moore with a revolver, forced them to the wall, and rifled the cash drawer and safe. He took about 4300 from the safe and 302 from the cash drawer, then fled, leaving the agents unharmed but shaken and the police to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Baltimor and
Ohio
J. F. Taylor
Lem Moore
Taylor
Baltimore and Ohio
J. I. Taylor
Moore
Aylor
Han
Reserve Fund
Federal Reserve
Cleveland H. Taylor
Burglary Threat Spurs Security Boom in New York
New York August reports show rising burglary insurance costs driving risk mitigation. Banks and merchants install private guards, alarm links, and armored transport as police expand posts around Times Square area. Maiden Lane jewelry district tightens after dark with a Fulton Street dead line and a special financial district police force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Crime Commission
Pitta Avenue Association
Manhattan
Times Square
Purrieta Miance
Pennsylvania Station
Madison and
Fourth Avenue
Maiden Lane
Jand
Fulton Street
Financial District
Polce
Hhat
Back Scratching Policy Draws Green's Ire in Labor Speech
Willan Green president of the Ames Federation of Labor blasted senatorial courtesy for lowering judicial quality. He vowed an intensified labor drive to enroll 1,000,000 more members and said judges are chosen to please politicians not the people. He pressed religious and political freedom and attacked injunctions against rail workers as obstructing justice. Green, from Ohio, warned communists to be expelled from the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Steubenville
D. Aus
Willan Green
Ames Federation of Labor
Ohio
Billy
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
Federation
Chicken Dinner and Supper
A local church hosts a chicken dinner and supper helping community members enjoy a hearty meal. Volunteers coordinate serving times, with proceeds supporting parish programs and outreach efforts in the town.
Gloria Swanson to Film in New Martinsville West Virginia
Gloria Swanson and a 70 member company arrive August 17 to film Stage Struck in New Martinsville. The crew will base at the J. Knoll mansion as headquarters during a production that uses river scenery along the Ohio from Pittsburgh to Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
W. Va
Gloria Swanson
Gloria
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Huntington
J. Knoll
West Virginia Forecast and Court House District Bid Notice
Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with possible thunderstorms and little temperature change. The Court House District Board of Education will meet at Simpson High School on Tuesday August 18 to receive bids for coal deliveries to schools for 1928 26. Bids due by 2 00 p m on the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Board of Education of
Court House District
Simpson High School
Mary Spas Seeks Convent Amid Family Turmoil
New York August 11 Mary Louise Spas 21 a Bohemian girl who sought nunhood in a Newark court scene spent the night and morning trying to gain admission to convents. After failed appeals she left with her parents to await Jamaica court. Frail plans for an annulment were agreed with Browning as guardian. The episode centers on a fortune and custody dispute involving Edward W Browning and the Spas family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Newark
Stir Engle
Mary Louise Spas
St. John the Traptist
Domiinicas
Order
Convent
Summit
House of the Good Shepherd
Here
Edward W. Browning
Ale Trived
Ale
James O'Neill
Geraldine Riche
St. John the Baptist
Jamaica
L. L
Newar
Mary J
Mary
Browning
Mr. Browning
John Mingus
Terminal
O'Neill
Open Route To Clarksburg Celebration Tomorrow
A parade of Harrison county cars will enter Grafton for the dedication of the new concrete road between this city and Clarksburg. HG Berthold announces plan to welcome visitors at the ball park, with informal speeches and a Rotary presiding. Delegations from Bridgeport to Clarksburg will ride the route with a Clarksburg band, then return to Bridgeport for final ceremonies. The road from Bridgeport to Harrison is rough, but Grasselli spur is better though rough. the 16 mile concrete stretch opens tomorrow but slow traffic is expected as workers finish nearby concrete work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison County
Grafton
Ball Grounds
Clarksburg
HG. Berthold
Chamber of Commerce
Ball Park
Harry C. Compton
Graftom Rotary Club
Taylor County Automobile Club
Attorney C. EB
Bridgeport
Bri Freport
Grasselll
Tororrow
Seneca Trail Sponsors Meet in Lewisburg
About 500 representatives from six eastern counties gathered in Lewisburg to discuss advancing state route No. 24. Judge Charles Dicu of Lewisburg presided at the county courthouse morning session, with Morris Wilson of Elkins as a speaker. Attendees hailed from Mercer Monroe Greenbrier Pocahontas Randolph and Tucker counties and afternoon plans were made for a Carnegie Hall gathering at the women’s college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
W. Way
Seneca Trail Association
Charlea
Dicu
County
Carnegie Hall
Women's College
Morris Wilson
Elkins
Mercer
Monroe
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Randolph
Tucker
She Quit Home For Freedom Disappearing Teen Returns
Eve lyn Jacquiline Hobbs an 18 year old society girl who vanished from her brother's home in New York city for nearly 16 days is back hale and hearty she says she left Saturday to escape confinement with a nurse and sought a moment of freedom she spent the weekend with a friend near Hobbs Park Avenue apartment Dr J F Chenoweth of Limppop was a business visitor in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evelyn Jacquiline Hobbs
Miss Hobbs
Hobbs Park Avenue
Arabs in Palestine threaten Jewish population, mass violence warned
Williamstown reports Arab leaders in Palestine vowed to push Jews out or face a general massacre. Dr. William B. Rappard of Geneva warned against a League mandate governace while Rev. Marvin Nathan said Arab anti Jewish sentiment is waning. President Garfield praised Britain's mandate as maintaining peace amid religious strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Palestine
Wm. B. Rappard
Geneva
League of Nations Permanent Commission On Mandates
Institute of Political Service
Mediterranean
Rappard
Marvin Nathan
Philadelphia
Williams College
Switchman Responsible for Ku Klux Wreck at Cliffside Park
Huntington August 11. Responsibility for the head on collision between the Ku Klux Klan excursion train from Washington and a Chesapeake and Ohio freight at Cliffside Park was placed on R D Wilson switchman of Catslettsburg Kentucky in a statement from H E Webb assistant division superintendent Investigations showed a mislaid switch thrown from the tower where Wilson was employed sent the train into the eastbound freight Officials of the railroad continue the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ku Klux Klan
Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Cliffside Park
Here
R. D. Wilson
Catslettsburg
H. E. Webb
Wilson
Webb
Pet
State Tax Commissioner sues Mercer County Court in bond case
Charleston Aug 11 The State Tax Commissioner Grant Halt asks the Mercer county court to recall an $800,000 refunding bond issue and cancel a sale contract with A C Allen and Co of Chicago. An alternative writ of mandamus orders the move unless the court shows cause. The case returns September 8. The suit claims the refunding bond act violates voter debt consent principles and seeks retirement of bonds using $300,000 sinking funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Grant P Halt
Mercer County
Lively
Supreme Court
Tax Commissioner
A. C. Allen and Co
Chicago
Two Twisters Strike West and Eastern Europe Typhoon Hits Borelo
A storm system hammered Boreulo in eastern Gelderland near the German border, killing four and injuring about 100 as churches and homes collapsed. Communications failed, and troops and food were requested. Elsewhere in the U.S. Midwest, storms and a tornado damaged Bellaire and Rockwood with extensive property losses and a few injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aamsterdam
Holland
Boreulo
Gelderland
Ruurlo
Rockwood
Calif
Imperial Valley
Brawley
Hall
Associated Press
Miners Seek Parole for Edgar Combs in WV Labor Meet
West Virginia Federation of Labor members at Huntington call on Governor Gore to parole or pardon Edgar Combs serving a life term for the alleged 1921 Logan county deputy sheriff murder. They raised funds for his wife, and the convention weighs AFL plans to extend organization via moving pictures and talks to unorganized coal fields. Officers to be nominated this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia Federation of Labor
Gore
Edgar Combs
John Gore
Sheri I
Logan County
Green
American Federation of Labor
West Virginia
Pamparias
Ex Sheriff Simmons Electrocuted for 1922 Slaying
Walter R. Simmons, former Montana cowboy and deputy sheriff, was electrocuted at the state prison for the killing of Frank Papel of Spencer Nebraska. He proclaimed innocence in a final statement. His 27 year career spanned cowboying, baseball, deputy work, and alleged bootlegging. Papel’s body was found in 1922 in a hollow grave under a bridge, and $480 in cash was noted as his money. A rancher later reported a man sleeping in a barnyard and fleeing in a sputtered car, which helped trace Simmons. At trial Papel’s widow testified the money matched what he carried, while the defense argued bootleggers killed Papel in an argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Eby
Walter R. Simmons
Montana
Frank‘Paper
Spencer
Neb
Simons
Simmons
Papel
Mra. Papel
Former Local Woman Is Dead Shrader Succumbs in Pittsburgh
Mrs. S. W. Shrader widow of Shrader died at her home in Pittsburgh at 6 this morning from complications after influenza. Charles W. Steel received telegram from the city this afternoon. Mrs. Steel and her young son hastened to the bedside. Mr. Shrader died in Pittsburgh last July from the same illness. The family formerly lived in Grafton. Man’s address wanted after meeting wife at Grafton B and O station June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Shrader
Shrader
Pittsburgh
Charles W. Steel
Pennsylvania City
Grafton
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Queen City
Railroad Cops
N. Y
Metropolis
West Va
P. Moore
Mary Spas
Pries
U.S
Seneca Trail
Merritt Wilson
J. F. Chenoweth
Limppop
Velty
League
Switchman
Tax Bureau
Mercer Co
Oversea
California
Borealo
Efr Honron
Berend
Litee
Borculo
Gilderling
Bellaire
Dell Thompson
Walter Simmons
Husband
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