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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1924
Page
1
England's injunction against a mine guard system in Logan County is argued in the Supreme Court. Justice Mahlon Pitney dies in Washington after a long illness. his death follows strokes that led to his retirement.
The West Virginia Supreme Court hears an appeal in Attorney General Englands bid to prohibit Kanawha County from enforcing an injunction against Logan County official Don Chafin. The case questions court jurisdiction over Logan county conditions, the legality of deputy sheriffs as mine guards, and whether private funds can pay for such services. Continued on page four.
King George opened parliament with a throne speech stating foreign relations remain friendly and Egypt accepted Britain's redress demands after the Egypt Sudan clashes and Sirdar murder. He noted no parliamentary timetable for the Soviet treaty, but promised normal interwar dialogue, naval base plans at Singapore, and interest in League deliberations including Chamberlin's Rome visit.
A Grand Trunk Elevator at Port Huron housing 600000 bushels of grain and the barge Alexander Maitland with barley burned, under high wind. Early estimates put losses over 500000 dollars as the fire spread from the elevator to the barge, with tugs pulling to move the ablaze vessel into the river.
Hull England December report on Win G Smith condemned for August murder of Elizabeth Rousefield. Public pleas to King George failed. 1600 residents warned of potential violence as authorities feared unrest after execution at nine. Compare with other case where a man guilty of same crime received lighter sentence.
Two additional mail and express trains began operation on the main line between Baltimore and Cincinnati for the Christmas holiday shipment rush. They will run as second No and second No 3 with heavy mail and express through Grafton. About 1100 sacks were moved to trains yesterday afternoon. Extra staff are aiding handling due to increased shipments before Christmas and New Year. Notice: sheriff settlement closes tax collection from December 22, 1924 to January 1, 1925.
John R. Cole, 68, longtime Grafton resident and Shroyer Grocery clerk, suffered a second stroke shortly after opening the store. He was taken to the city hospital in serious condition. Cole had a history of illness, previously owned the store, moved to Pleasant Creek, then returned to work in Grafton.
Dr Ezera Brainerd longtime Middlebury College president died after a short illness in Middlebury Vermont He was an all around Notich tor on botanical and geological subjects and earned honorary degrees from four colleges The Ladies Aid Society of Yoruntytown M I church will hold a bazaar at their church on Saturday evening December 18th to support the church and college work.
The Grafton Chamber of Commerce committee led by W R Loar reports months of data gathering on a new city charter. A draft is ready but will await the West Virginia Municipal League’s actions shaping a statewide charter law allowing towns to choose council, commission, or city manager forms by vote.
Investigations focus on the loss of 2+ sailors in a water taxi blaze near San Pedro as 16 sailors from New Mexico and Tennessee remain unaccounted for. Two official boards, a death-inquiry panel and a naval court of inquiry, prepare to fix responsibility while survivors cite an engine room backfire and gasoline vapor ignition.
Hiawathia tribe of Grafton led by Ted Men heads to Parkersburg for the annual lodge meeting and pow wow hosted by the Setting Bull tribe. District 4 officials W A Wilhelm and C J Dunkin urge all Red Men to attend the sessions in the Parkersburg lodge room.
Los Angeles December 9 The trial of former boxer Kid McCoy for the murder of Theresa Mars enters its second day. Prosecutors seek murder charges while defense hints at pressing Albert Mars as a potential killer. McCoy maintains that Mars’s wife killed herself and intends to testify to a self defense narrative.
Washington December 9 The House committee investigating charges against Federal Judge W E Baker of the northern West Virginia district will resume hearings before the end of the present month, likely in Wheeling. The panel aims to obtain witness lists from District Attorney T A Brown and to learn from the judge which witnesses he will produce, deciding on location and date after that. The committee favors continuing hearings in West Virginia rather than bringing witnesses to Washington.
Fire swept through the cellar and to the floor of a six story house on upper Fifth Avenue near Eighty Wighth Street. The building was owned by Mrs. Hamilton M. Batleydale, a member of the Dupont family. Firefighters battled the blaze as residents evacuated. No injuries were immediately reported.
Copenhagen reports the arrest of Riv. Dr Anton Bast American Methodist Episcopal Bishop of Sceandana Via on misappropriation of charity funds. Police seized papers after a committee found insufficient control over charitable money and noted his ownership of a printing plant selling tracts and periodicals at high prices.
A hatless shoeless woman with a Bible in her lap found on November 8 in Columbus has been identified as Miss Mary Smith of Danville, Illinois. Police say relatives confirmed her identity and a brother in law, Claude White, travels from Danville to take her home.
Edgar M. Ward of Randolph, a World War veteran serving a life sentence for the 1914 murder of Marie Burnier, left state prison today under probation to Washington. He will enter Walter Reed hospital for medical and surgical treatment.
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