Hummel for Million Dollars in Morse Scapegoat Case
New York detectives and lawyers prepare to reveal that Abe Hummel allegedly received a $1 million payoff from Charlya W Morse to shield him from prison in the Dodge Morse divorce matter. Bracken insists on a trial showing Hummel saved Morse from jail by manipulating letters and a web of financial deals.
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New York
Edwin M. Bracken
Charlya.w. Morse
Supreme Court
Abe Hummel
Blackwell's Island
Morse
A. Edward Woodruff
Bracken
Rahway
N. J
Dodge-Morse
Slorse
Hummel
Morse Hummel
Paris
William H. Gelshenen
Garfield Natonal Bank
Wyman
Gure
Jim Morse
Mariiabad
Westminster
London
Craven Street
Smart Set
Cecil
Mound Fund Seeks Balance For Moundsville Relic
Reports show November 5 collections for the Moundsville mound totaling just over 500 dollars with 200 paid to State Treasurer Ogdin and 200 deposited locally to be sent in. Prof. Miller says total will reach about 1,000 dollars though many reports are missing. He notes legislators must fund the remaining 19,000 dollars to save the historic mound.
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Moundsville
State
Ogdin
Miller
Prof. Miller
West Virginia Connectiog railroad planned Belington to Carnegie
Final surveys completed for a West Virginia Connecting Railroad from Belington to Carnegie with a planned three mile Belington to Waynesburg segment. Backers include J W Thompson Uniontown and D F Maroney Pittsburg with construction moved to next summer. Local capitalists see an overlap with H H Rogers Virginia railroad expanding to Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
West Virginia Connectiog Railroad
Belington
W. Va
Carnegie
Waynesburg
J. W. Thompson
Uniontown
D. F. Maroney
Virginia Railroad
H. H. Rogers
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
West Virginia
West Virginia Patents Reported by H E B Dunlap
Patent lawyer H E B Dunlap of Wheeling reports recent patents listed in West Virginian inventory. Names include J A Dean as estate half owner to G J McQuain Weston for a railroad car brake system, A J and M Fike Clifton Mills for a pneumatic horse collar, J Z Huhn estate half to J R Steel Barracksville for rock drill, D Ehleman Monongah for a door lock, J Potts Mart inburg for a rail, A W Samtersen Belmont for rail joint, and J W Stewart Martinsburg for a spraying device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. EB. Dunlap
Wheeling
W. Va
West
Barracksville
Rock-Arill
D. Ehleman
Mononeah
J. @. Potts
Martineburg
A. W. Samtersen
Belmont
J.W. Stewart
Martinsburg
Gas blast buries men in Gold Street trench Brooklyn
An explosion of gas in a deep Gold street trench Brooklyn probably killed twenty workers. The blast toppled sidewalks, flooded with water from broken mains, burning debris, and trapped many beneath earth, timber, and wreckage. Some saved by crawling through a sewer toward East River.
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New York
Gold Street
Brooklyn
Frederick W. Scheffmeyer
Samuel W. Trout
East River
Gald
Employees to Receive Cash Pay System Expansion
Pennsylvania Railroad to switch all staff to cash payments starting next month. Some divisions already ended checks. December pay will complete the change. Circulars sent to employees detail the new cash method and a Philadelphia meeting this week will finalize arrangements. Baltimore and Ohio reportedly plans to end its check savings in favor of cash citing higher expenses under checks. Retired veteran officials will still receive checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Battimore & Ohio
Child’s Screams End Attempted Assault in Kingwood WV
Nov 20 report from Kingwood West Virginia describes an attempted assault on 7-year-old Mary Childs as she walked from school. The assailant, named John Purcell, enticed the girl to a secluded spot but fled after her cries. Police later identified Purcell among several suspects in court. The child’s clothing was torn. Local visitor Gay Wheeler came from Rowlesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingwoot
W.va
John Purcelli Choreet
Mary
J. W. Childs
Purell
Quarantine Looms Over Cattle as Foot and Mouth Spreads
Philadelphia reports state actions to stamp out foot and mouth disease in cattle. Officials warn inter state commerce may halt and European exports drop. Federal orders quarantine Pennsylvania and New York, with strict car and vessel disinfection and restrictions on interstate shipments and hides.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Clarence Marshall
Washington
Department of Agriculture
New York
Wilson
East Buffalo
Union
Pittsburg
Runaway Engine Stopped by Quick Action in Williamsport
John Allen of Williamsport and five companions rode a wild engine that leaped onto a flat car. Six men were knocked senseless as the car sped toward a station and a fast freight. Allen, badly hurt, crawled to the engine cab and found the engine had started itself. He finally stopped the runaway by trying levers until one worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
John Allen
Alen
Freman
Allen
Arbovale Mutual Telephone Company Chartered
Charleston W Va Nov 20 By chartering a new telephone system for Pocahontas county Arbovale Mutual Telephone Company with principal office at Arbovale is authorized to build equip operate and maintain lines in Pocahontas West Virginia and parts of Virginia Authorized capital two thousand dollars with one dollar fifty paid in Incorporators include S B Hammond B A Hudson F H Warwick L H Moomaw J H Hutson John R Hevener and Miss Grace Devers Also notes Homer Likens of Fairmont ill with pneumonia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Arbovale Mutual Telephone Company
Arbovale
Pocahontas County
Pocahontas
West Virginia
B. Hammond
B.A. Hudson
F. H. Warwick
L. H. Moomaw
J. H. Hutson
John R. Hevener
Green Bank
Meeting of County Court Grants Licenses in Seemingly Routine Session
Daily Sentinel reports a county court meeting at the courthouse with no major issues. Licenses were issued to August Stolzenfels for liquor sales at 68 Mulligan Avenue and for a restaurant and pool hall, and to W V Matheny and Fred Sheets for a niclectian on East Main Street. Joseph Haldeman, newly elected Democrat, seated to fill the unexpired term of John Henry after Ova Jefferys resigned. All bills and election accounts were approved.
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East Main Street
Joseph Haldeman
Ova ©. Jefferys
John Henry
Jefferys Resigns From County Board Of Commissioners
Mr Ona C Jefferys tendered his resignation from the County Board of Commissioners after serving since the death of county court president John Henry He filled the unexpired term with credit and his work is shown in many county roads improved during his tenure He resigns in favor of Joseph Haldeman newly elected Democratic member from beyond Thornton Haldeman took his seat in today’s county court Rev A F Richardson pastor of St Pauls Lutheran church and president of the West Virginia St Home Mission Board traveled to Clarksburg to handle Lutheran mission business there.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Minneapolis
Frank B. Kellogg
Senator Scott
West Virginia
Scott
M. E. Ingalls
C. P. Taft
Henry W. Taft
Horace Taft
Robert
Helen
Charles
Daily Sentinel
Ona C. Jefferys
Board of County Commissioners
John Henry
Jefferys
Henry
Joseph Haldeman
Beynd Thornton
Haldeman
A. F. Richardson
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
West Virgin
St Home Mission Board
Clarksburg
Robbers loot Denninger Silcox safe in Attica robbery
At Attica on November 26 a gang blew open the Denninger and Silcox shop safe, taking about 6000 in cash. A pursuit formed as the robbers fled toward Chicago Junction after firing on bystanders. A portion of the safe was blown into Meyers hotel, where a guest slept. No injuries reported. A posse tracks the thieves, who used a stolen horse and buggy.
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Attica
Denninger & Silcox
Meyers Hotel
T Rebber
Chicago Junction
Justice Baldwin to speak at West Virginia Bar meeting
The West Virginia State Bar Association will hold its next meeting December 29 and 30 in Huntington. Chief Justice Simon H. Baldwin of Connecticut will deliver the principal address. he is a Yale constitutional law professor. Other speakers include C. T. Palmer of Wellsburg and Judge Doolittle of Huntington. A Baltimore & Ohio plan for a new Grafton station is noted, with Martinsburg also seeking a station. The newspaper item mentions growing needs for Martinsburg and Grafton stations.
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West Virginia State Bar Association
Huntington
Simon H. Baldwin
Supreme Court of Errors
Connecticut
Law Department
Yale
C. T. Palmer
Wellsburg
Doolittle
Mine Fire Fatal To Many Men In Red Lodge
A fire at the Northwestern Improvement Company mine in Red Lodge Montana on November 20 killed six miners and entombed about sixty five others. Firemen and volunteers pulled out over one hundred fifty men as smoke and flame engulfed the mine. Pit Boss William Haggerty stayed at his post until rescue efforts ended. The blaze spread through timber and ore, with gas and water flow complicating efforts. the Red Lodge mines are Northern Pacific controlled and employ many foreigners. A similar disaster occurred at this property in 1906, claiming eight lives.
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Butte
Mont
Northwestern Improvement Company
Red Lodge
William Haggerty
Oacara
Northern Pacific Railroad
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Say Hummel
Mound Fund
Belington & Northern
Negro Wro
Gay Wheeler
Rowlesburg
2 New, Company
Grace Devers
Homer Likens
Fairmont
Castoria
Nother
Teddy
Bay African Explorer
Carl J. Akeley
Field Museum, of Natural History
Chicago
White House
William Dudley Folke
United States Civil Service
Mr. Akeley
Africa
Edmund Heller
F.r. Cunningham
Akelev
Justice Baldwin
West Virginia Bar Association
Baltimore & Ohie
Grafton
Jardaburg World
Peter van Viissingen
William C. Niblack
van Viissingen
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