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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1925
Page
1
Reports from Sutton West Virginia say the Webster Springs Hotel burned to the ground about 9 o clock last night. No injuries were reported and the cause was believed due to electric wires. Communication with Webster Springs was unavailable.
Wildwood New Jersey July 21 prohibition agents wearing federal credentials beat a policeman unconscious at the Lindley Hotel then fired into ceilings and forced another officer to release them as they escaped in a car with Pennsylvania plates. Michael J. Shehan lies seriously injured after the assault and resulting bloodless struggle. A second officer arrested the raiders, who fled. In New York George J Haven Metropolitan Opera president and real estate figure shot himself at his Hastard Street home.
In Brawley California on July 21 a deadly duel between Joun Truden and Henry Kendig Kirk ended with both men dead from self-inflicted and exchanged gunfire after a long feud. A letter from Truden details the fight at a desert site near Jacumin bathing pool and the weapon used a cal Bre Colt. The Imperial Motel figures and hotel ties are noted as the men moved between inns while seeking confrontation.
Greensburg Pennsylvania July 21 James W Ring 28 Morgantown West Virginia arrested charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated failing to stop and render aid after an accident and transporting liquor King street yesterday at Monongahela following an accident
Huntington W Va July 21 Organization of former presidents of the West Virginia Bankers Association is expected to be perfected at a September meeting H O Aleshire vice president of the American Bank and Trust Company and an ex president of the association announced today Twenty six of the twenty eight former presidents are living Among them Lawrence Sands president of the First National Bank of Pittsburgh who has been in recent news reports about an attempted hold up at his home in Pittsburgh
Los Angeles July 21 Deputies faced a tough effort to serve a subpoena on movie star Mary Pickford for the trial of two truck drivers charged with plotting to kidnap her and demand 200000 dollars. After Friday's attempts they abandoned service and accepted assurance from Pickford's attorney she would attend.
President Coolidge states there will be no coal strike as anthracite operators and miners work toward a new wage scale. He expects an agreement and no interruption of mining operations on September 1.
Dayton Tenn July 21 Walter White superintendent of Rhea county schools and center in the Scopes case said today that Representative Upshaw of Georgia will enter a new evolution bill in Congress. The bill to be prepared by White will provide that federal aid be withheld from colleges and schools teaching theories of evolution.
The Board of Education of the Grafton Independent School District invites bids for coal to be delivered to each school building. Separate bids needed for mine or siding costs with hauling. Contracts to furnish coal as needed, about five carloads in August. Send bids to H. A. Rice, Box 121-fp-41 by noon Friday July 31.
Red Cross Pharmacy asks anyone who cashed checks there between the 16th and 18th to report information. Checks cashed in that period were stolen and banks should stop payment while the store works to recover losses. Report details to Red Cross Pharmacy at once.
In Tokyo on July 21 street vendors along the Ginza sell singing crickets and song horned grasshoppers. The lively insects, kept in bamboo cages with ribbons, charm summer evenings and fetch prices from fifty sen to twenty yen each.
Gas producer announces plans to drill several wells near Marboursville, close to Samtington. A new well on the St J Armstrong farm, operated by A G Shipe and F W M Ortman associates, reports 240 000 cubic feet daily, bringing output nearer to the city than any existing well.
Huntington July 21 UP Triest Rakess in Mingo county jail today held for investigation of a fire that destroyed nine dwellings in Williamson early Sunday causing about 70000 in losses. A necro woman reported seeing a man leave the house soon after the blaze was found. Two Norfolk and Western locomotives aided the fire department which prevented the flames from wiping out a larger section. Water supply was scarce and hindered efforts to reach burning buildings.
Chicago delegates at the American Cosmetics Society convention tout soap over paint as beauty. Experts discuss a non electrical permanent wave that lies flat like a Marcel and a new haircut with a deep Marcel pushed back from the ears and close clipped back hair.
The County Court of Taylor County will sit at Court House Saturday July 26 for registering and correcting the list of voters in the Court House and Femington districts. To vote on establishing a joint high school you must be registered. M.O. M. Ross, president. Frank Bennett, clerk.
Dayton Tenn June 21 Following conviction of Prof Scopes on a charge of teaching evolution in Dayton schools Judge Raulston opens closing hour to general discussion. William J Bryan and Clarence Darrow speak praising the case’s importance and Dayton’s hosting. The judge bids farewell noting truth and Gods word are indestructible, and adjourns after benediction.
Twelve year old Nettie Nice was run over by a truck while chasing her dog in Benwood. Felix Kolinski, former city policeman, slipped on grease at the Riverside mill and was seriously burned on the side and arms.
Forecast calls for cloudy night and Wednesday with warm conditions in the east portion and cooler air in the west. Mostly showery or unsettled weather expected in spots.
In Sans La Crund Switzerland on July 21 a submerged village near Lake Antrona surfaced briefly after a landslide altered water levels. Antrona Piana, submerged for three centuries, shows 42 buildings exposed as the spring freshet recedes.
In Chattanooga Tennessee the Godsey and Bowman clans clashed again as gunfire erupted near the police station. Benton and Sam Godsey were wounded, Sam seriously, after meeting Lawrence Bowman. Bowman and Andrew Mason were earlier assaulted and kidnapped on Signa Mountain. Bowman was unharmed. A bystander, Attorney General George W. Chawlee, had his hat knocked off by a bullet. Officials anticipate further trouble following the high profile kidnapping case.
Promoter A. Taylor, whose wife is said to be worth up to a million, faces jail for failure to pay $20,000 to settle claims by Genevieve Elder that he fathered her child. Supreme Court Justice Ingraham denied his release as he faces possible lifelong confinement. Notes mention a 1905 security agreement, partial deposits, and Mrs Margaret G. Taylor’s assertion of large estate but refusal to fund the alleged claim.
The thirty first annual convention of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association will convene in Bluefield next Monday through Wednesday. Delegates from Huntington will travel by auto via Charleston and Heckley, meeting Charleston undertakers and those from Pt. Pleasant on route.
Dayton Tenn July 21 A guilty verdict in the Scopes trial led to a $100 fine for teaching evolution. Judge Raulston fixed bond at $500 pending appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Scopes called the law unjust, vowing to oppose it. defense prepared for further appeals.
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