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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
3
A jumble of local notices from Smithburg and surrounding towns includes wedding invitations for Eleanor Jones and Forrest Poling at Archbold church, June 27 1925, and various social events. Also covered are birthdays, initiations, a public marriage in Flemington, and club meeting plans with multiple local names and places.
In a Chicago inquest report on June 16 the Shepherd murder trial gains a new focal point as Wit Shepherd discusses typhoid and germs. Steward pushes Pope about her notes linking Shepherds interest to a Spanish-American war typhoid epidemic and changes in attitude after Milly’s engagement. Excerpts from March and April 1924 letters are read, with pope repeatedly admitting uncertainty in her responses.
Reported arrivals of Chang Tso-Lin forces in Peking bring a sense of reassurance amid ongoing disturbances. Pickets outside foreign firms and residences shown, with troops moving from Tientsin to establish northern headquarters. Tokyo notes Japan strengthens its naval presence as tension rises. Washington reports Americans in danger amid the volatile situation.
Consul General Jinking reported to the state department in a dispatch dated June 14 from Canton. A June 8 student demonstration in Wuchwu saw a mob shout kill foreigners and throw stones at American Baptist missionaries, the dispatch stated, causing unease in the region and nearby cities.
Taylor county court held a regular semi monthly session naming Prosecuting Attorney W Merle Watkins to file a circuit court petition to appoint viewers to determine proper compensation for E Lodge Ross of Simpson for land damaged in the Simpson Brydon road project. Ross sought 2750 dollars, was offered 155000, refused. committee to investigate for next term. Also approved Knottsville telephone poles along Millersville to Knottsville not interfering with travel.
Pittsburgh June 16 A federal suit seeks to bar Sheriff John W. Malcolm and six deputies of Indiana county from interfering with United Mine Workers meetings in Indiana county. The court set June 23 for a hearing after deputies allegedly disrupted a June 4 meeting near a Yanktown mine. The sheriff cited a court order restraining union activity at the site as operations resumed under a reduced wage scale amid a strike.
Miss Marguerite Thayer returns from Tone Nevada and visits Reno Los Angeles and San Francisco en route. Irene Kunst comes home from Morgantown with cousin Mrs Jane Keighton. Mrs Dave Kunst leaves for Keyser as Lutheran Missionary delegate. Betty Crawford visits from Fairmont. Also listed are new wash suits at P Friedman Son and various residents visiting, shopping, or traveling for meetings and events.
Fritz Conley of Fairmont visits at William Reavers Jr home for several days. Fred L Ruthemeyer of Cincinnati and J S Phipps of New York City are brief city visitors. Mrs Minnie A Thorn and Mrs Anna Powell depart for Philadelphia for the supreme convention of P H which is being held there. A F Staley of Clarksburg also visits on business.
Thomas Neal twenty one charged with breaking in a garage and stealing a Ford touring car from John Wood of Wickwire weeks ago. He was arrested last night by Deputy Sheriff Bo yard and Policeman Waddell of the Grafton post on a warrant issued by Prosecuting Attorney W Merle Watkins. Neal located by officers in Marion county near Fairmont and brought back to Grafton and placed in jail.
One hundred fifty delegates from six cities attended the divisional Young Peoples Conference of the Salvation Army in Clarksburg. Brigadier David Main presided. Major Alfred Tyler delivered key talks on vision and service. Outdoor meetings and a packed Salvation Army hall finale showcased the event's success and leadership training for tomorrow.
In the Cape Breton district a strike by 12 000 coal mine workers of the British Empire Steel Corporation sparked fresh rioting. John W McLeod United Mine Workers says large quantities of toxicants were landed at New Waterford. In Glace Bay a mob looted a warehouse while another group seized a private store in Sydney. Police and Dominion troops moved in to quell the unrest.
1923 personal incomes taxed by the internal revenue bureau totaled 26,336,337.48 dollars, nearly a billion more than 1922. About 7,698,221 taxpayers filed returns, paying 702,962,165 in taxes, aided by a 25 percent refund. New York led in returns and taxes, with West Virginia reporting 89,263 prisoners with net income and a total tax of 3,254.
In Denver in June 1915 federal judge C. J. Foster sentenced Dr. Soth Gat Locke grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan to ten days in jail and a $1500 fine for contempt of court for failing to produce his books for government examination of income tax records.
Lee D. Redding aged 48, a Cincinnati garment salesman and former president of the Indiana State Federation of Labor, died after a five day illness in Wheeling. He had worked fifteen years for Jen the Globe and American Suspender.
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