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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1922

Page

2

West Virginia Taylor County Ballot Certification 1922

Ballot Commission certifies all candidates nominated to the Taylor County Board of Ballot Commissioners for the General Election on November 7, 1922. L. B. Burdett O. B. Wycke and A. J. Mason sign and date the certification on October 21, 1922.

State OF West Virginia Taylor L. E. Burdett B. Wycke A. J. Mason Board of Ballot Commissioners L. B. Burdett B. Wyckofe

Witnesses push case in Jersy murders in New Jersey

Authorities in New Brunswick New Jersey rely on an affidavit from a witness to the murders of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs Eleanor Rhinehart Mills. Detectives chase witnesses, subpoenas loom, and plans move toward indictments as surveillance tightens on key figures. Ralph Gorsline, vestryman, to be questioned. prosecutors eye grand jury action in Somerville. The motive is believed known, but gaps in evidence hinder arrests.

New Brunswick N. J A.P Edward Wheeler Hall Episcopal Church of St Stricker Middlesex County Beekman Somerset County Somerset County Grand Jury Somerville Ralph B. Gorsline Church of St. John the Evangelist Gorsline Hall Mills

Lasker denounces Daugherty ruling at banquet

In Chicago on October 21 AP reports A. D. Lasker chairman of the United States Shipping Board denounced Attorney General Daugherty s recent ruling that all ships entering American waters must be dry stating it is the greatest blow possible to the American merchant marine as banqueters listened.

Chicago A. D. Lasker United States Shipping Board United States Daugherty Wters

Trains to be back on schedule by November first

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials at Monongah division headquarters predicted full express and local passenger and freight service would be resumed by November 1. An officer stated that trains No would be back on track, marking a return to normal operations after disruptions.

Baltimore and Ohi Monongah One Sottiad

Trains 15 and 16 Resume Between New York and Chicago

Trains 15 and 16, running New York to Chicago expresses, have already resumed service with the remaining trains to follow in the near future, railroad men said. The statement indicates a phased return to normal operations expected within weeks.

New York Chicago

Turks Demand Real Peace Says Leader

Angora intrigues with Mudania armistice framed to show peaceable aims not British pressure says Turkish foreign minister Yussuf Kemal Bey to the National Assembly. Constantinople reports Rated Pasha warns allied generals Kemalists will curb excesses as Eastern Thrace is taken to preserve order.

Angora Asii Minor Yussuf Kemal Bey National Assembly David Lloyd George Manchester Hug Constantinople Eastern Thrace Rated Pasha

Woman Freed In Doll Baby Twin Case In Indiana

Hammond Indiana October 21 Mrs Hazel McNally freed on murder charges in the case of the so called doll baby twins. Judge Henry C Cleveland ruled the state failed to prove the infants were not alive. The defendant smiled faintly as verdict was announced and collapsed with relief. Her husband Frank McNally testified she had deceived him into believing the child was real. She was escorted from Hammond city hall amid cheers and crowds.

Hammond Ind Hazel McNally Henry C. Cleveland Cleveland Frank McNally South Bend Schwartz

Father offers son to expiate death of child

In San Francisco an intoxicated Charles Buckley told Marion Newton’s parents he would give his own child Isabel, five, to them as atonement for the four year old’s death. Mrs Buckley, present with her husband, refused the offer after the fatal crash.

Marion killed as she agreed to Buckley offer

Marion testified she consented to Buckleys offer through his attorney to compensate the other mother for her loss. Buckley remains in the city jail awaiting charges of manslaughter and driving an automobile while intoxicated.

Thut Marion

Russia Relief Worker Missing in Volga Valley

Phillip Shields of Richmond Virginia has disappeared in Simbiarsk in the Volga Valley after eight months with the American Relief Administration. Colonel William H. Haskell said the latest telegram from Simbiarsk reports there is absolutely no trace of Shields.

Moscow Phillip Shields Richmond Simbiarsk Volga Valley American Relief Administration Russia William H. Haskell Shield

Local division to open 18 new coal mines

Eighteen new coal mines will be opened on the Monongah Division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad within the next year. Applications submitted to the division engineer's office show steady, near-normal activity. Eight mines will be near Flemington on the Astor Branch Extension, each expected to average about fifteen carloads daily, though current facilities may limit shipments. Three mines on the West Virginia Short Line are planned to average four carloads daily, with three more on the Grafton and Belington line.

Monongah Baltimore and Ohio Railroad E. Pepper Ciek Pepper West Virginia Grafton Belington

Lloyd George hero to his people as party strife hits coalition

Former Prime Minister Lloyd George spoke at a Coalition Liberals gathering in Eng proves the party divide over coalition aims not serving the nation. He defended his wartime administration and urged that national needs come first. Lord Curzon is expected to remain foreign secretary and lead Britain at the Turkish peace talks.

LENDS Eng Lloyd George Thie Curzon London Lord Curon Great Britain

General Election Welcomed in London by Parties

London report notes all political parties favor an immediate general election. Conservatives hope for a strengthened mandate to back their administration. Lloyd George defends his wartime acts and asserts his role as a war minister who also aimed for peace.

London Lloyd George

Lloyd George Defends Coalition Amid Dismantling Talk

The retired British premier said the disarmament pact with the United States prevented competitive inflation and a crushing rise in costs. He stated there was no plan for a new party and framed his mind as democratic and progressive defending the coalition that led Britain through the war.

United Lloyd George United St of Ami Ourselver Lord Balfour United States of Ami Ament Pai Lloyd George

Monongah Division to receive powerful Mikado engines

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plans to allot four Mikado steam engines to the Monongah Division early next year. President Daniel announced an order for around one hundred engines nationwide. Officials say the new engines, the latest in railroad equipment, will handle heavier loads and improve service between Cumberland and point north, though exact allocations and dates remain unconfirmed.

Gery Co Baltimore and Ohio Otder Dantalard Road Baltimore and Railroad Ménongah Ston Nort Ingeno Cumberland Elmouth

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Democratic Matthew M. Neely Firmont, W. Va Congressional Congress Raymond Kenny W. Va Supreme Court of Appeals W. H. McGinnis Beckley Senatorial Suddarth Taylor County Ticket Fred B. Watkins Mmissioner W. H. Goodwin Claude, W. Va T. W. Heironimus Grafton, W. Va Mary Holden Gus J. Lambert R. F. D. Grafton Afton District Ticket Board of Education Chas. W. Steel For Justice of Peace J. A. Carroll George W. Poe Court House F. Moore Simpson, W. Va BE. Cain Reterman District Ticket Vatterman District Socialist Holt Weston, W. Va House of Delegates Otis W. Va Long Dence Lence Republican Howard Sutherland Elkins Benjamin L. Rosenbloom Wheeling, W. Va James A. Meredith Fairmont, W. Va Alfred R. Warden J. Frank Wilson W. T. Robinson Knottaville B. W. Perine Ww. Va For Justice of Dellet Newson Simpson N. Look Grafton District Ticket Guy B. Bennett CHAS King Fetterman District Ticket Caroline V. Brown Knottsville Victor Menear Flemington, W. Va Flemington District Ticket For President W.va Fred T. Kelley A. B. Nestor Earl Thomas R.F_ D W. T. Wells Flemington B. Wolf Booths Creek District J. B. Hippslente On, Va Board of Wwhs Creek District Ars Jersy Hall-Mills Lasker Office of Division Leeds R. H. White Keota Thedford Biackdraugh Smay Redelm
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