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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
1
Supervisor Ferguson reports county road bids for 13 projects show strong reductions per mile across classes. A Class A road bid slightly over 21000 per mile, with concrete bids 12000 to 15000 less than last year. Revisions to plans and quantities reduced costs, with contracts to be let Thursday at the county courthouse.
Grand Rapids reports Mrs. Christine Nelson aged 45 shot her husband John A. Nelson aged 45 at their Sidney area farm home then started a fire. Authorities say she is likely mentally unbalanced. Four sons heard the shots, rushed to the burning house, subdued their mother and dragged their father’s body from the building.
Washington May 3 AP The House Rules Committee split six to six and granted privileged status to the Johnson Woodruff resolution calling for a congressional investigation into alleged laxity in pursuing government war contracts and their settlement.
Senate debate accuses Attorney General Daugherty of firing honest inspectors and reinstating a reformer who aided a pardon for Charles W Morse, amid charges by Senator Caraway of Arkansas. The exchange centers on prosecutions of government swindlers and alleged improper pardons.
Mount Holly, May 3 Indictment of Charles Powell, alleged slayer of circus owner Honest John Brunen and Harry G Mohr, will be delayed as investigators pursue new clues of a Brunen conspiracy. Another arrest expected soon as detectives continue the probe. Powell's confession was read to Mrs Mohr and Mrs Jeschke of Cary, Ill. The latter publicized a letter from Brunen claiming his family planned to kill him. Mrs Mohr later visited her husband in jail with provisions and requested magazines. She took a diamond scarf pin and lodge emblem from valuables seized with Brunen.
Major General James A. McAndrew chief of staff of the American Expeditionary Force was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. AEsF officers and cavalry escorted the flag draped casket from the War College to St Patrick’s Church for services conducted by Monsigneur Thomas, followed by a solemn march to Abington with units joining in tribute. General Pershing accompanied the widow as pallbearer.
Washington May 3 Two joint resolutions amending the federal constitution would legalize light wines and beer and a referendum option. Rep Anorge Republican New York introduced the measures proposing that intoxicating liquor does not include 275 per cent beer and allowing government regulated manufacture and sale under conditions.
Paris police arrest John Pinchott and Arthur Ernest Cox on swindling charges after a string of global confidence games. The pair allegedly sold fake stocks and options on public buildings and touted a Texas ranch as profitable. They were located in the Ritz Carlton suite planning further sales while sought by New York authorities for a $100,000 theft from Eric Skagstadt.
B H Rapp 27 a lumberman for Acme Lumber Co at Skyles near Cowen died at St Marys hospital Clarksburg after a skull fracture from a rock fall while moving timber in Webster county He never regained consciousness and is survived by his wife and large family His remains were sent to Bog for burial The story also notes unrelated prehistoric trivia.
Uniontown Pa May 3 Two men H L Williams and Charles Hughey of Fairchance were drowned when their automobile plunged into the Cheat River at Crows Ferry near Uniontown. A companion who was thrown in was rescued by onlookers as brakes failed on the steep approach to the river.
Peking China May 3 A P report says General Wu Pie Fu central China leader was killed in action at Chang Tso Lin's headquarters. No confirmation yet foreign legations investigate. The Feng Tien army under Chang Tso Lin halted Wu Pie Fu's movement toward Peking with heavy casualties and wounded. Both sides rush reinforcements for a decisive action along the 100 mile front from Peking to Tien Tsin.
The Lockwood Legislative Committee was told by counsel Samuel Untermyer not to open an investigation into hard coal field conditions. He stated the matter is being handled by federal authorities and that any entry could cause confusion.
Clark C. Culwright a 32 year old Clarksburg fruit dealer with a store at 419 North Fifth Street Glen Elk was found dead in his boarding house room at 545 Baltimore Street yesterday at 4 PM The death is believed to have been a self inflicted gunshot amid grief over his wife s recent death in Columbus Ohio and a business setback His wife s photo and that of his five year old daughter are displayed on the mantle with the child believed to be with her grandfather near Weston Culwright formerly worked as a glass worker in Weston and recently bought the local fruit shop
A brief weather note indicates mainly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow with only minor temperature variation. No strong systems expected and conditions remain mild, with light winds possible across coastal and inland areas.
Mortimer L. Cooley of the American Engineering Council dismissed President Harding’s plan for “more business in government and less government in business” as blocked by petty jealousies and conceits among high officials. He spoke after a White House conference where his group offered support for creating a Department of Public Works in Washington.
A Morgantown report says a constable with aviation notices went to Maidsville to serve papers on twenty two union miners and their families at Rosedale Coal Co. houses. He warned eviction if they did not move today. The company threatened further action against others. Rosedale aims to resume operations on an open shop basis.
In Tulsa on May 3 A P J the annulment of a marriage was sought by Chester Cagle through district court, alleging kidnapping by five masked men last Saturday. The filing, by his mother Eva Cagle, states Cagle is a minor of twenty, with Bele Cagle Jones as the bride, a divorcee and mother of a four year old. The Rev Harold G Cooke, who officiated, noted an admission by Cagle before the marriage.
Dr Samuel L Jepson a prominent Wheel ing physician died suddenly at 10 last night at his Woodlawn home from a stroke of apoplexy He was eighty years old and had returned to Wheel ing from Charleston where he served as West Virginia commissioner of health He was born April 7 1842 in St Clairsville Ohio and studied at Washington College and the medical college of Ohio before further training in Edinburg London and Vienna.
Reports from Kilkenny and Belfast describe ongoing fighting with machine guns as Free State forces attempt to recapture Mond Castle held by irregulars. Ambushes wounded police, and a Kilkenny death toll is cited amid calls for a truce as Ireland's factions clash across cities.
In Marienville near Kane Pennsylvania a early day blaze destroyed twelve buildings housing families factories and a newspaper office with damage over 100000. Kane fire chief John Caliendare and four others injured when their car overturned en route to aid firefighting. Initial forest fire spark theory abandoned as cause listed as building fire. Separately in Pittsburgh a fire at Jones and Laughlin Steel Co. plant caused about 250000 damage.
Washington May 3 The military board report investigating the death of Lieut Col Paul W Beck Air Service was found incomplete in some respects by the Judge Advocate General and sent back to Brig Gen Ernest Hinds post commander for action as he deems proper Secretary of War Weeks announced He would not discuss findings or say if report would be submitted to Oklahoma civil authorities and no action would be taken until the board's report is completed.
In Vandergrift Pennsylvania authorities and state police pursue attackers who hurled a bomb into a Kiski Coal bunk house near Apotla killing three workers. Six arrests were made with five released. one jailed. Private detectives aid the investigation as a $5000 company reward stands for the suspects.
Charles Town May 3 A P D H Morgan Charleston official of coal companies testified in the treason trial of William Blizzard UMWA leader about the armed Miners shouting On to Mingo during the Logan Boone county clash last fall. Morgan said he rode a train with armed men and two women in near Red Cross outfits. He noted miner unease led to plant closings at Leevale and Meagle. Alva Estep asked for guns. Morgan refused. Romeo Craig testified he was wounded near Jeffery but did not see Blizzard Keeney Mooney.
Voters in Clarksburg rejected a 565000 municipal bond proposal by 78 votes 2696 for and 2774 against. The spirited campaign featured opposition from leading citizens and public attention on planned street, water, sewer, bridge projects and an athletic park funded by direct taxation if undertaken.
The $100000 damage suit by Miss Frances C. Birkhead, a stenographer, against Governor Lee Rundell was dismissed in federal court for lack of jurisdiction. Attorneys said they would appeal in the Oxford division. Rundell contended the matter occurred within his home state.
In a tense day of testimony in the Blizzard treason case, the bill of particulars faced amendments after Judge J M Woods limited conspiracy proof to Kanawha county activities. Prosecution efforts to link a Long Acre meeting and union leaders to a state wide conspiracy were challenged as defense counsel fought to keep the charges localized.
Genoa May 3 A P The disarmament question surfaced in a plenary session as German foreign minister urged doubling world trade to improve conditions while warning it cannot occur while nations fight. Soviet minister pressed general disarmament saying only peaceful policy can balance budgets. France aligned with Belgium opposing terms of the alliance memorandum on state property. A circulated dispatch claimed the U S State Department denied a cited report.
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