Motored visitors and funeral attendance fill city scene
Several residents, shoppers, and travelers were noted in Fairmont today, including Mrs. John Skinner’s funeral, Mrs. H. Williams and Clara Smoot shopping, and numerous others visiting, attending business, or heading to the W Va Pitt game. A chase ended as a rider escaped pursuit through a kentucky road and into a hollow at dusk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Mo
Mt. Israel
Mr. Sidwell
John Skinner
Tunnelton
H. H. Sharp
Pittsburgh
H. A. Flesher
Mattie Shrader
Newburg
Kenneth -Hought
Pitt
Roy Bennett
Vairmont
Josph V. Shelley
Fairmont
J. Lee Evans
Pittsburg
F. W. Horehler
JM. Spiker
Keyser
Dorsey Cooper
Pruntytown
D. R. Morrow
Bridgeport
H. B. Halley
Fred Rigger
Wheeling
F. S. Bishop
Rev. Bishop
Andrew
M. E
Wheing
J. F. McVicker
Route 6
Amen Martin
Blaine Phelps
Mt. Morris
G. W. Moose
Rosemont
Ray Boggert
Galloway
M.A. Lynch
T. Boyce
Route 2
Mary Jane Paianter
Hamrick
Simpson
Elizabeth McCartney
Flemington
Parker Selvey
John Shroyer
Millersville
Claude Green
Archie Reed
Reedaville
Ed Schrader
Independence
J. 8. Williams
Ben Blackman
Knottsville
Z. E. Maness
Philippi
M. B
Lassie Escapes Jail In Parkersburg Amid Horse Theft Charge
Ven eida Smith age 1 had been detained on a horse stealing charge and slated for trial November 2. A daylight jailbreak followed, as she bent bars with an iron slat then vanished toward the Athens pike into Ohio. Authorities tracked sightings as she fled from the jail, later linked to a riding incident near Fairmont.
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Parkersburg
Veneida Smith
Wood County
Ohio
Athens Pike
Harry Walters
Pony
Fairmont
Durg-Belpre Bridge
Fant
Pinchot fights for dry Pennsylvania in tight election
Washington reports say Gifford Pinchot vows to drive the saloon from Pennsylvania and clean up Harrisburg if elected governor. He clashes with Penrose followers while dry voters including women and churches mobilize, as New Jersey races also hinge on prohibition. Pinchot eyes victory amid lower voter turnout and possible GOP division over enforcement and reform.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Penrose
Pinchot
Harrisburg
Max G. Leslie
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Reed
Edward S. Edwards
Atlantic Ocean
British government backs fight on liquor rule
London sources say the British government will protest formally through the foreign office against a ruling prohibiting liquor on foreign ships in American waters unless an injunction is granted. Officials expect an injunction in American courts but the government will intervene if private efforts fail.
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London
Cunard Line
Ines
Sar
Witness in Murder Case Ambush Fired At
White Cloud Michigan October news reports a witness in the Meda Hodell murder case fired upon from brush while en route to a court proceeding. No injuries, suspect unknown. Hodell and her mother face charges linked to the death of Hodell's father and husband Ronnie Hodell.
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White Cloud
Mich
William Workman
Meda Hodell
David ‘Hoddell
Workman
William Cook
Ronnie Hoddell
Jack Pine
Stillman Case Referee After Heavy Salary
New Jersey October report shows Supreme Court Justice Morehauser weighing fee adjustments in the Stillman divorce dispute. Referee Daniel Gleason earned 23,900 for 148 days of work. banker James A. Stillman contesting. Brennan seeks more fees for Mrs Stillman’s counsel amid 47,500 already approved. objections labeled excessive.
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White Plains
N. J
Supreme Court
Morschauser
Stillman
France opposes five-year moratorium on German debt
Paris report states the French government will oppose Sir John Bradbury’s proposal for an immediate five year moratorium on all cash reparations by Germany. The decision came at a meeting of the Foreign Office led by Premier Poincaré and attended by Louis Barthou, France’s Allied Reparations Commission representative.
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Paris
Louis Barthou
Allied Reparations Commission
John Bradbury
England
Germany
Promuler Poincatre
Widow Frances Hall Barred From Police Interview
Police investigators probing the double murder of Reverend Edward Wherler Hall and Mrs. Olt icor Rhinehart Mills were blocked from questioning Frances Stevens Hall widow of the slain rector. Her physician said she is too ill to appear at the courthouse or be examined at home.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Omeinis
Eoward Wherler Hall
Olticor Rhinehart Mills
Frances Stevens Hall
Stricker
Middlesex
Beskman
Sommerset
Hall
Mra. Hall
Sen
Mystery Deepens Over Hayes Murder Case After Exoneration
News of her illness arrives as Clifford Hayes is exonerated following Raymond Schneider's repudiation of the key statement. Investigators again consider the possibility that a jealous woman directed or participated in the killings.
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Clifford Hayes
Raymond Sehneider
Hayes
Jecalous
Local Brakeman Killed at Work Near Clarksburg
C Comer of East Main street was killed at 2 a m on the Kasson Brook Lamp Black siding near West Union while switching cars on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. He misjudged distance between train sections, was crushed by the front section, and died instantly. The body will be brought to Grafton for burial. his wife survives.
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C.comer
East Main Street
Kasson Brook
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Union
Comer
Grafton
New Yorker Named Head Of Mine Congress
Sidney Jennings of New York was elected president of the American Mining Congress at the annual directors election in Cleveland Ohio. The banquet tonight will feature Elija B. Lee vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad as principal speaker.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Sidney Jennings
New York
American Mining Congress
Elija B. Lee
Vicw
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wealthy Packer Refuses to Tell Of Grain Holdings
CHICAGO October 13 A P J Armour Armour again refused to provide the federal trade commission with figures on his grain trading in 1920 1921 and early 1922 as it investigates wheat futures. He had previously refused on the stand Wednesday and was excused until today.
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Chicago
A. P J. Ogden Armour
Federal Trade Commission
Armour
French Envoy Declares Far East Peace Assured
Paris dispatch reports Henri Franklin Bouillon French peace envoy to Turkish Nationalists arrived in Paris and spoke at the foreign office with Premier Poincare. He said he was convinced peace was assured after using his influence with Mustapha Kemal Pasha, noting Britain’s allies faced a tougher fight but France aided the Near East peace effort.
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Paris
Henri Franklin Bouillon
Foreign Office
Poincare
Man dies by self harm in bathtub at sister's home
Francis Marion Hickel Jr., 45, a Hazel Atlas Glass machine tender, slashed throat and wrists with a pocket knife at 11:22 a.m. in the bathroom of his sister Inez Hickel at 1225 West Main Street. Neighbors and coroner attended. verdict: death by own action. He had returned from work hours earlier and shaved before the act. He was survived by his father and siblings. active in Fraternal orders. No motive given.
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Francis M. Hickel, Jr
Hazel-Atlas
Sister
West Main Street
Francis Marion Hickel, Jr
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
Inez Hickel
Hickel
Thomas J. Baker
Baker
John R. Thayer
A. $. Warder
Francis Marion Hickel
Inez
Hip
Bartlett and Bolin
West Main Streets
R Glenn
Clarksburg
W. H. Gilmore
Gassaway
Wiliam H. Hickel
Albert Highel
Woodmen of the World
Grafton Lodge No. 15
A. F
A.M
Osiris Shrine
Wheling
Wicket
Hazel-Atas Glass Company
Glass Company
Mickel
The
Widow appeals to New Jersey governor in Hall murders case
Frances Stevens Hall seeks exclusive state control of the double murder probe. Timothy Pfeiffer, her attorney, writes to Governor Edwards criticizing county investigators and calling for a capable, fearless state officer to take over the inquiry.
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New Brunswick
Rector
New Jersey
Mrs. Hall
Edwards
Frances Stebens Hall
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Reinhart Mills
Timothy N. Pfeiffer
Hall
Ogvarnor
Beekman Seeks Help in Double Killing Case
Somerset county prosecutor Azariah M. Beekman said he would welcome help from the state attorney general or others. Raymond Schneider, who accused Clifford Hayes of a double killing, was brought to New Brunswick and jailed on perjury and impairing morale charges involving Pearl Bahmer. Schneider pleaded guilty to the first charge and refused a plea on the second. County Judge Daly set bail at $8,000 on both charges.
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Azariah M. Beekman
Somerset County
Raymond Schneider
Clifford Hayes
New Brunswick
Middlesex County
Pearl Bahmer
Clined
Daly
Detectives in Jersey Murder Resent Charges
Detectives in the Hall Mills murder case defend their inquiry after being accused of bungling. Totten asserts Mrs Hall remains under investigation and questions why she has legal protection. Pfeiffer guards the Hall home with Miss Peters assisting, as police seek to avoid further errors. Prosecutors seek state attorney general oversight of the case.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Frances Stevens Hall
Hall-Mills
Hall Home
Pfeiffer
Hall House
Totten
Jersey City
A.P
Beekman
Somerest
Stricker
Middlesex
Supreme Court
Parker
McRan
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Rhinehart Mills
Davis Held for Manslaughter in Clarksburg
Clarksburg on Oct 14 Alonzo C Davis a Hast Clarksburg paperhanger posted $1000 bond for November criminal court appearance after a court withdrawal of a first degree murder charge. He admits shooting Romeo C Britton 30 a Union Heights coal miner and son in law but says self defense after Britton attacked with a knife in front of the Industrial Baptist church. Mrs Georgia Britton accompanied her father to court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Alonzo C. Davis
R. Howard Kidd
Davis
Romeo C. Britton
Union Heights
Georgia Davis Britton
Britton
Industrial Baptist Church
East Clarksburg
Davis recounted dramatic tragedy after jail release
Davis remained calm and restrained as he described the tragedy, telling a remarkable account of the events surrounding the killing after his release from jail.
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Davis
Railroads reach shopmen agreements waiving strike rights
Sixteen railroads complete agreements with shopmen associations to waive the right to strike while pledging not to litigate. The deals direct labor board decisions as final and cover 65,916 miles among large systems including New York New Haven and Hartford and Union Pacific. Other roads are negotiating similar pacts as federated unions face nonrecognition on these lines.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Labor Board
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Lehigh Valley
Central of Georgia
Burlington and Quincy
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Federated Railway Shopcrafts
Railway Employees’ Department
American Federation of Labor
Pennsylvania
Th Labor Board
No Change of Venue Slated for Riot Case
Wellsburg West Virginia October 16 AP Judge J B Sommerville overruled a change of venue in the murder trials stemming from the Cliftonville mine riot that killed Sheriff H H Duval. More than 200 union miners from Pennsylvania were indicted for gathering at Avilla and crossing into Brooke County to attack the Clifton mine.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
J.B. Sommerville
Cliftonville
H. H. Duval
Oross
Sommerville
John Kamineki
Aviiin
Kaminekt
C.H. Skuck
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Hoddell
Big Rapids
Alice Dudgeon
Ronnie Hoddel
Goodwin Township
Gleason
France
Boctor
New Yorker
Far East
Tub
Pfefer
Edwarda
Joseph E. Stricker
Jersey
Anit States Labor Board
Sommervillé
Brooke County
Homer. Yates
Martman
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