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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
10
West Virginia University aimed to raise 500000 in fifteen minutes at Morgantown. Only about 202000 was subscribed as a sudden rainstorm kept thousands from attending and giving. Committee workers vow to continue the appeal to reach the goal before the holidays.
New York officials say no definite steps have been taken toward a European tour by the New York Giants and Chicago White Sox this coming winter though the idea attracts baseball circles. The possible trip could be tied to John J. Moran the manager of the National League champions who may have influence abroad. The two clubs previously conducted a world tour ten years ago.
Harry Greb of Pittsburg and Gene Tunney of New York are near peak condition for their fifteen round battle at Madison Square Garden next Monday night. It will be their third meeting for the American light heavyweight title with Greb aiming to regain the crown from Tunney, who took it from him in March. Roland Todd of England, European middleweight champion, makes his American debut in the semi final against Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia.
Contracts signed here and at Parkersburg close a two year athletic break between Marietta College and West Virginia Wesleyan. The football teams will open the new season at Parkersburg on October 18.
John Clinton of Pittsburgh defeated Richard Roscow of Baltimore 260 to 196 in the first round of the national amateur 18.1 billiard championship in Newark New Jersey. Clinton finished in thirty innings with a best run of 32 and a two game average of 72.6. Roscow had a high run of 41 but could not overtake.
New York December 5 Jake Magin from Irvington New Jersey veteran of over ten years in professional cycle racing ended his x day grind at Madison Square Garden due to heart trouble. Physicians say he will not endure another campaign.
Newark reports Young Stribling the Georgia school boxer who drew with Mike McTigue will arrive December 12 to train at Freddy Walsh's Summit farm for the December 19 Newark armory bout with Dave Rosenberg. His mother and father, his manager and trainer, accompany him. Georgetown captain named for 1924 team.
The Mercer County Bar Association welcomed new members at a meeting with speeches by judges and lawyers. Ajax Smith was chosen second vice president, and a banquet followed with Senator John Kee as toastmaster. The gathering praised by attendees as one of the finest in the city.
Sergeant Samuel Woodfill, chosen by General Pershing as the war’s outstanding hero, will retire after 33 years in the top non commissioned grade. His promotion to master sergeant came through voluntary demotions by three senior sergeants. He serves with the Eleventh Infantry at Fort Benjamin Harrison and will receive $133 monthly retired pay.
Pittsburg reports a mob attacked as police held a crowd with rifles and pistols while Edmund James, a Black man held over an attack on a white girl, was spirited from McDonald jail to Washington Pa to await a hearing before Justice of the Peace J F Carmichael.
Twenty two stockholders owning sixty two miles of downtown freight subways sue J Ogden Armour and Mrs Mary W Harriman in district court alleging a long running policy of antagonism to original investors seeking to remove a first mortgage motion. The suit names Robert J Dunham as syndicate manager and claims Armour Harriman control since 1906.
Ed W. J. Sailstad, an accused murderer long thought dead in a fire, confessed to arson. A nationwide insurance search failed to locate him after his disappearance. His wife, now remarried, won a lower court verdict for 65,900 dollars. an appeal is pending.
New York December 5. Dr John Roach Straton of Calvary Baptist accepts a public challenge from Rev Thomas Potter of West Side Unitarian on religious modernism. Dr J Frank Norris of Ft Worth condemns modernists as selling birthright for Rockefeller funds citing Chicago professors drafting textbooks. Norris argues evolution erodes Sabbath, marriage, creation miracles and virgin birth.
West Virginia Society of the Sons of the Revolution selects Clarksburg as the site for the next annual meeting on Washington’s Birthday. A committee led by Hickman will draft the program and organize the banquet.
A new record for open hearth reduction was set at the Weirton Steel Company plant in November. Seven furnaces produced 50 431 gross tons, surpassing March’s prior high of 49 300 gross tons.
The Alexandria State Bank with about $200,000 in deposits and the Farm er State Bank of Sebeka with about $130,000 in deposits were closed today by order of the state banking department.
Washington December 5 The bills by Representatives Woodruff Michigan and La Guardia New York Republicans would require the concurrence of at least seven Supreme Court justices to declare a law unconstitutional. The action would raise the hurdle for striking laws and shift the balance in judicial review.
Roy Lamb of Lincoln Nebraska quarterback on Lombard State champions named captain for next season. Lamb scored ninety points this season.
The hearing examines alleged discrimination against central Pennsylvania and Cumberland coal regions as Western routes and price structures are challenged. Industry figures from West Virginia smokeless coal and Pocahontas coal describe shipping limits, shortages, and the difficulty of moving coal through Hampton Roads to New England. The session continues tomorrow.
Ernest Henson West Virginia Kiwanis District Governor departs for two inter city meetings in Point Pleasant and Sistersville. He will visit most clubs this year before his term ends January 1 with new officers already elected at the state convention.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph aided in recovering the Juable dog lost by W. R. Keesee and Dr. A. H. Hoge. A Pearls Street girl who read yesterday’s account saw a dog matching the description near her home, brought it in, and Dr. Hoge was notified. The dog was returned to the owners after they confirmed it.
Wallaceburg Ont. and Sarnia area cross border route alleged by US immigration officials. More than 500 foreigners gathered at Wallaceburg awaiting transport across the St Clair River by launches and rowboats under cover of darkness to Detroit.
John Johnson, a colored man about forty, was found guilty by a Christiansburg jury of seducing a fifteen year old white girl, daughter of a Montgomery county farmer. He received a twenty year sentence after two hours of deliberation. He had earlier abducted the girl with the farmer’s horse and buggy and was recaptured in a Virginia town. He was jailed in Roanoke before being moved to Christiansburg for trial.
Senator Harmon W. Johnson of California arrived in New York to confer with eastern campaign leaders and voiced satisfaction with South Dakota’s GOP convention results showing Coolidge favored. He noted he had no prior delegates there, projected about one third, and will campaign vigorously before the primary. He praised Governor McMaster as friendly to his policies and potential Senate nomination.
Leaders of the Order of Railway Telegraphers and the American Association of Train Dispatchers petition the Interstate Commerce Commission to define their members' status to prevent railroads from classing them in the official category where wages hours and working conditions are not set by the railway labor base.
Jas S Lakin president of the state board of control announces immediate action to boost Marshall College athletics Charleston West Virginia officials plan to meet with Dr Ghawkey Huntington Institution to discuss securing better teams especially football leading to athletic improvements and heightened prominence.
Munich December 5 The trial of Adolph Hitler and General Ludendorf for involvement in the recent attempted pitch has been fixed for early January. They will be tried before a special tribunal for political offenses on charges of high treason.
Toronto bantamweight Donnie Mack is knocked out in the fourth round of a ten round bout by Pancho Villa the world flyweight champion. Villa outweighed Mack by 118 pounds and dominated the match through the early rounds.
Seven persons were killed and thirty wounded when unemployed residents clashed with police at Wanne Westphalia. The mob, angered by unemployment relief, tried to storm the town hall and attacked officers with stones and rifles before troops restored order.
Fe 2 Fairmont was elected president of the West Virginia Coal Institute to succeed A. C. Callen Morgantown as the two day session closed. Officers include J. R. Cameron Bluefield first vice president W H Cunningham Huntington second vice president P C Thomas Helen third vice president Thomas F Downey Jr Lindale fourth vice president R M Lambie Charleston fifth vice president R B Sherwood Charleston re elected secretary and treasurer. The executive board names include R F Carson Huntington C Morfit Welch W B Hill Pittsburg Frank Haas Fairmont and William L McCoy of Bertha Consumers Company Pittsburg. One speaker William L McCoy addressed the gathering on factors in management. A convention city will be chosen by the new board soon. About two hundred attended today.
Annapolis Md Dec 5 Midshipman Joe W Stryker of Washington state has been named manager of the Naval Academy football team for the coming year.
Chicago December meeting plan set as Ban Johnson announces American League session on December 11 to avoid date clash with Landis. Major league owners to convene December 12 in joint session with National League. Club owners to decide 1924 schedule aiming for 154 games starting near last year’s date.
Jockey Ivan Parke rode a winner in every one of six Jefferson Park races today in New Orleans Dect 4. He placed second with Reelfoot in the first race then won the next five aboard Bess ie Wright Antonio Super Sewell Combs and Grass Tree.
Edwin Weir was elected captain of the 1924 Nebraska football team in Lincoln today to succeed Rufus DeWitt as leader of the Cornhuskers. The selection was announced during a campus ceremony.
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