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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1925
Page
1
A local column muses on city life versus country thought, rain's impact on farming, and keeping young people from leaving town. It notes drought, coal trends, and the need to back promising youth with jobs while reflecting on rainbows as signs of renewal.
New York dispatch reports Patrolman Sheehan killed in a confrontation with three robbers at the New York Vintage Company. He was shot in the head as he entered and attempted to resist, becoming the tenth police death in gunfire since January 1 1984. Three other officers were wounded that day, one seriously, as the robbers fled.
Harry Whitney, Peary aide and Etah expedition companion, calls magazine charges of Peary's North Pole discovery unfounded. He argues Shea's insinuations lack evidence and notes the voyage and credentials were Peary's alone.
Eighteen hundred Athens county coal miners who struck last Wednesday will return to work Monday under a temporary truce arranged by Lee Hall Ohio president of the United Mine Workers. Ohio Collieries Company and Ohio miners union officials will meet Wednesday at Gloucester to adjust differences. The closing of mines left about 200 workers unemployed.
In Maynard, a mine town near St. Clairsville, three robbers beat and robbed Mrs. Carl Kunyen. Deputy Sheriff John Furbee halted their speeding car by stopping the vehicle, capturing the trio within an hour. Mrs. Kunyen identified the suspects George Zarinski Frank Malich and Nicholas Mirow from a jail lineup.
More than 200 guests attended a birthday ball in Asheville honoring Mrs Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil on her twenty fifth birthday and her legal gain of the Vanderbilt estate and trust funds valued at several million dollars. the wealth comes from her father George W Vanderbilt and grandfather William K Vanderbilt.
Wilkes Barre reports a citizen movement to check coal mine suspensions gains headway as John L. Lewis and James A. Gorman attend talks in Harrisburg. A hoped for maintenance plan to prevent cave-ins is discussed while officials silence comment on a potential September 1 action.
Mrs Idason Ferguson, 47, of Philadelphia, had a screw lodged in her lungs for more than forty years removed at Jefferson Hospital. An X ray revealed the object and doctors noted the operation broke all records for foreign bodies in the lungs prior to removal. The prior record involved a tack left in a man’s lung for 36 years.
Miss Cora Madison, president of the West Virginia State Federation of Music Clubs, announced a free piano scholarship funded by Mrs. Dora Sauvaged Morris. The award covers two half hour lessons weekly for thirty six weeks starting September 14, with candidate exams by the federation committee scheduled September 9 to 12 at 126 Simpson Street Morgantown.
Close to 10 000 employees of Hope Natural Gas Reserve Companies and families attended the annual picnic at Norwood Park. A day of games contests music and a dance by Blue Ridge Seven followed children’s entertainment by clowns. Special interurban cars operated from Fairview Mannington and Weston for the event the largest of its kind in the state.
The Dante team from Clinchfield Coal Corporation won the seventh annual Virginia statewide first aid contest in Norton with a score of 4 percent from three teams field. Roda No 3 of Monega Coke and Coal Company placed second with ninety seven percent. The top ten included Imboden No 2, Roaring Fork, and several Stonega and Blackwood companies. Crowds filled Norton hotels as a record turnout gathered for the event amid a mine accident report referencing a casualty from the Wise Coal and Coke Company.
President Coolidge spent time at his desk in a busy session after a week away. He conferred with Postmaster General New on departmental matters and tax reform, discussed the reorganization plan, and met Senator Wadsworth and Governor Whitney.
Salem West Virginia August 22 One of the largest crowds at the Seventh Day Ba world conference reunion attended Sabbath services in the morning and afternoon Nearly 1000 persons were present The feature speaker was Samuel P Davis of Westerly R I a former Lost Creek boy He stressed the Bible’s meaning illustrated by a family Bible given to his father a missionary over fifty years ago in West Virginia The program included a choir piece The Old Rugged Cross sung by Alberta Davis and Aubrey Morrison of Salem under a choir led by Mrs W Lee Williams of Clarksburg
Landsky Ohio August 24 Clyde W Osborne Ohio grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan declares the group will fight for fundamentalist religion. He says the Klan will carry the torch from past leaders and compares America today to a half Christian half agnostic state while referencing historic figures and events.
Police hunt two bank robbers after a four gunfight that left one dead and several injured. The Helman Branch Bank heist yielded 19 304 dollars before the suspects fled into a traffic jam. Patrolman W Smith and motorcycle officer Bayer were wounded and one suspect captured.
United States Senator Royal B Cogdins endorsed Mayor Hylan, signaling a break with Governor Smith’s camp. In Brooklyn Mrs Minnie J Abel defected, saying Senator Walker is good enough for Governor Smith, good enough for her.
Max Phillips, a wealth collar maker in Freehold, reports a New York banker plotted to defame him. Four arrested, including Hattie Hager and Anita Berg, claim to be Russian nobility, released on $10,000 bail. Berg’s husband Henry Berg freed on $5,000 bail. Phillips plans enhanced protection at Eatontown home as detectives shadow him.
In unofficial updates from Pottowattamie County Steck gains surpass 200 votes as arrow ballots are counted. Brookhart backers say Steck could gain 207 overall if arrow ballots are included. The statewide recount shows Steck at 261,771 to Brookhart 242,500 with 1,397 Steck and 4,435 Brookhart ballots flagged for challenge.
Harrison county officials fixed September 16 as the election day for a $110,000 bond issue in Elk district to fund a hard surface road from Nutter Fort to the Barbour county line. The state road commission offered $150,000 toward the project, and the county court pledged to complete the road if the bond issue passes. Estimated cost is $360,000 for an eleven and a half mile bituminous macadam highway connecting Clarksburg to Buckhannon via Peel Tree.
The Carnegie Steel Company plans to blow in two more blast furnaces at the Duquesne works within the next few days, bringing active furnaces to twenty eight of fifty six, with two of the furnaces producing ferro manganese.
Sam Brookover and Chas man called Dutch Anderson were chased by posse after a robbery in Chester county. An armed car chase ended with a wreck near Ipre. Brookover was mortally injured and Anderson was captured in Washington county. Authorities say Brookover separated from the group earlier in Indiana.
In Catro Se Aug 22 a husband who was poisoned by his wife pleads for release of an ex convict believed to be the “other man.” Mrs Hethman admits serving poison to stabilize life while seeking divorce and marriage to Oscar Amos. Amos was freed as the husband pleads for mercy.
The Mackinac disaster toll rises to forty seven with the death of Michael I. Kigan of Pawtucket at Newport Hospital. Two other Newport patients, Mrs. Emily Troeger and her eight year old daughter Virginia, are not expected to survive. Naval hospital burns cases show little hope for three more patients. Police plan to dredge Newport harbor to surface the four missing persons believed to have jumped overboard.
Two steamers limped toward port after colliding two miles off Point Judith Rhode Island at 9 06 P M The Harvester oil tanker from Providence to Port Arthur Texas took water then remained afloat after damage above the waterline The Rosalind from New York continued under its own power toward New York steering through distress calls and pursuit of assistance.
James Willos and Ellsworth Kelley, fugitives from the state penitentiary after a break on August 12, were captured late today in a ravine beside a road where they were eating in a machine. Tom Murray remains at large.
Carl C. Magee Albuquerque editor is charged with first degree murder in the shooting of John B. Lasseter in East Las Vegas. A coroner jury verdict states Lasseter died from a gunshot wound. Magee posted a $10,000 bond and will return for a preliminary hearing.
Maynard Owen Williams details Arctic crossing risks from Ellesmere Island to Cape Sabine aboard the Polaris rescue context. He notes improvised Eskimo shelters, fragile kayaks, and the constant danger from drifting ice and inaccessible landing sites. The piece praises Eskimo ingenuity and contrasts it with modern machinery.
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