The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-21
OWNERSHIP o.
VAST ESTATE
|sCONT.ESTED
Suit Of II. D. shriyer against.
Martha Taylor Transferred
to ederaL Court.

WdIlild IdylOI transferred
. TO Federal Court.
GRAFTON. Mar. .oThe first
move in what Mill doubtless be one
.uf the most bitterly contested legal
4 cases of years vas made this week
I when the suit OF Henry d. shriyer
1 and others against Martha Virginia
/ TAYLOR and others. was moved from
i Monopgalia county TO the federal
Econrt. Judge Aston G, Dayton, OF
1.-THE United states district court Of the
Horthern district or West Virginia
.l.Erantcd temporary !. Injunction
asainst the partition of the estate of
! the late Solomon b. Shrirer. which is
/ estimated to be worth 100000. Some
of the most valuable land in the coun-
! ty. underlaid with SPittsburs coal and
having a number of producing gas
and oil wells, forms the bulk of the
4 cstate. @
/ Having completed serving Jail SEN
fences on conviction in the circuit
court Of violating the prohibition Law.
c. E. Lyons and ". NJ. Stout were ar
| rested this week by officers OF the
lfederal government and. after a pre-
\ lininary hearing before a United
Estates commissioner, were held under
| bond on the charge OF selling intoxi-
cants without a government license
TO await a hearing before the federal
court at !Martfnsburg. All OF the other
violators or this statute, who have
been convicted VIC by local courts, will.
| be picked up by the federal officers
as soon as released from custody or
Lefty and county
Much excitement was caused here
this week by the arrival Of Fair
mont man named Pople, with letter
from q brother in this city, which
stated that he was going toscommit
suicide. A hurried hunt Tor the man
by local police found him quite i'll iii
9 local hotel, where he had stopped
on his way back from a southern trip
for his health. He had not made any
efforts TO take his own life when
found, and was hurried to Fairmont
as as soon as he mad recovered from his
illness.
One man was slightly injured Sun.
!, day when the trolley pole OF a street
car OF the Grafton Traction Company
caught in the trolley wire place OF.
junction With a switch line, and Jerk
ed the trolley pole entirely ioff the.
car The trolley wire was torn down
also for block
George Martin and John Gordon.
were convicted this week Of violations
OF the state prohibition law. after
having been caught in a raid on a
house near the outskirts OF the citv.
Both, We're given light jail sentences.
land ti1l,s.
Railroads, in this section are pre-
pal1ng to handle an increased freight.
shipment after April Il, when this
lake trade coal. shipments arc expect-
ed by local men to begin. An In.
crease in appropria for the local
Baltimore and Ohio railroad shops has
been sufficient to slightly improve
conditions IL Grafton railroad bust
ness. s4tt-
This has been a week OF funerals
and a number OF the towns Oldest
Presidents have answered the call Of
1.-THE grim reaper Mrs. Charles IA.
i Goudy xpired alrsday at.5the age
cf %, Leaving her husband and a
number Of children Mrs. Charlotte
i3Westernman5a aged a., died at the home
Of her daughter. Mrs. Elizabeth Bush.
/ VT Samuel Linn passed away near
h Grafton in her eightr-second year.
Mrs. Mary. Rifee. died. Monday at tl,e
Y home OF her SON.. Jesse E. Riffee. at
1.-THE age Of IS. W. r., Tut. retired
Baltimore and Ohio enp1oyc. expired
|! Monday, aged So. s.33e ..sS tn
The local basketball season closed
Friday night and attention is now
d being given to baseball. The Grafton
m ghs school will have a place In the
I! 5Monongahela Valley School Lea rue
\ and has already arranged its sched-
i lule.4 There are strong possibilities
4 that a four team city league will be
! formed. in addition to aSstrong, semi
I profession Grafton city team. Z.
The improvements to the Methodist
/ Protestant church have been complet-
4 ed and donations were received at =
meeting Sunday to clear the church
f.;ts debt OF nearly $1,000. Nearly
i s %. 900 has been spent on the local
!, 1i$churches during the last year. ...
Plans are under way a among the To-
cal merchants for a combined fall
and spring opening IN the future o.
all the shops In the city 1t has for
merlv been the custom for each store
\ to work Independent Of the other, but
/ It has been proposed to make on; big
opening day. instead
Grafton lodge No. 63s. IIoyal order
of Moose elected officars as follows:
dictator. ohm W. sNicCa ffertv:. junior
past dictator. N. G.. GroEan; vice die
itator. Addie Hennert: prelate. ID. il.
III Schnavely;s secretary Roy 4. vrhfte5