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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
2
In Catron Kentucky an anxious letter recalls how Bettie Bullock suffered four years from womanly troubles. A husband’s care and a tonic named Cardus brought relief allowing her to walk two miles and resume work. The ad urges readers to consult their druggist and request the 4 page women’s guide.
Washington May 27 James J Hill warned in a National Foreign Trade convention paper that the United States risks industrial distress by holding markets while maintaining a wage scale unable to meet foreign prices. He cited Germany and the United Kingdom as examples and warned against costly domestic policies that hurt American workers. He contrasted with Representative Carlin who endorsed a labor protections clause in the anti trust bill, asserting labor rights to organize and not be deemed a restraint on trade.
Oklahoma labor commissioner says 12 000 to 15 000 workers needed for wheat harvest. Wages from 2 to 2 50 dollars daily with board, four to six months work possible. Bulletins ordered in post offices nationwide. inquiries to Kansas Nebraska and Dakotas Iowa Wisconsin Missouri Minnesota.
At a National Foreign Trade convention in Washington Fairfax Harrison of Southern Railway urged durable export trade as a supplement to U S production noting the need for steady demand abroad. He cited a South American agent effort to develop export traffic through southern ports.
Tony Andy, two, wandered to a mine shaft in Irwin Pennsylvania. Miner guard Time McDonough, 25, dived after him despite fatal danger, catching the child as the cable burned his head and injuring himself. Both man and child survived with McDonough injured but recovering.
Rock Island, May 27. Private Ross Spalg of the Rock Island arsenal committed suicide by tying a gunny sack with three cannon balls to his feet after donning full dress uniform and cap. He was 28 and a native of West Virginia.
Washington May 27 The Argentine may soon dominate corn prices in the United States. H G Herget president of the Illinois Manufacturers Association warned at the National Foreign Trade Convention that Argentina with a crop just over one tenth that of the US possesses a surplus with price fixing potential. He argued land values and living costs in the Central states prevent competition in wheat and corn and urged revaluation or finding foreign markets with systematic advertising to show that American corn offers more nourishment per pound and cost.
Speakers at the Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration praised mediation among Argentina Brazil and China in the Mexican situation as a hopeful sign for peace John Bassett Moore of Columbia University and former State Department counselor said mediation by the ABC powers is a remarkable event in Western hemisphere international relations.
Westernport Maryland May 27 two women fainted at the graveside during the funeral procession for Captain A J Clark at Philos cemetery Oak View Drive As the crowd surged two female relatives of the deceased fainted and the burial was halted until they revived A funeral of a large turnout in Piedmont West Virginia followed with a laboring cargo ship and a freight delay in the Panama Canal scene includes a colored driver injured and a wreck along the line toward New York City
The man, linked with friends in and around Grafton, violated the law and was captured. He will receive an early hearing. The case is reported to be strong.
Joseph Swan, inventor of the first electric incandescent lamp, died at 86 in England. The article notes his enduring impact while contrasting federal migratory bird law with state sovereignty, referencing a recent judicial decision and legal debates on constitutional powers.
Washington May 27 The political situation in Pennsylvania was discussed today at a conference between President Wilson Representative A Mitchell Palmer the Democratic nominee for United States senator and Vance C McCormick Democratic nominee for governor
New York, May 28. Advices from the American Game Protective Association say Judge A. Trieber of the United States District Court at Jonesboro Arkansas ruled the federal migratory birds protection act unconstitutional. This marks the first federal judge ruling against the act though another judge in Sioux Falls, S. D., previously upheld it in a separate challenge. The issue awaits Supreme Court resolution.
Militant suffragist leader Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst is freed from Holloway Jail after a weeklong hunger strike following raids on Buckingham Palace. She collapsed from fasting and had refused food at arrest.
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