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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
3
Mrs. B. Whittaker of McDuff Virginia says Black-Draught cured her family’s sickness fear and stomach trouble. She uses the vegetable tonic daily for all ages and notes fewer illness spells. The ad claims digestion relief, headaches, and general wellness for over 70 years. Price 24 cents.
El Paso Texas December 7 three more names were added to the list of foreigners killed in Mexico by Villa bandits. Juillermo Snyman son of General W W Snyman of Boxer War fame Howard Weeks also known as Howard Gray and an American named Foster are named. Weeks was shot through the head and his body hung in the door yard near Parral. Foster allegedly burned to death near Torreon. Villa bandits looted American homes in Chihuahua City and destroyed property unable to carry it away.
Washington reports Germany claims responsibility for sinking the British liner Arabia after confusing it with an auxiliary warship. The Arabia, a Peninsula and Oriental passenger steamer, carried passengers including an American citizen who was rescued. Germany says if data show it was an ordinary passenger ship, the act would be a regrettable mistake warranting appropriate consequences. The note is referred to President Wilson for consideration.
The piece notes a review of recent German submarine actions culminating in the Arabia case as a climax. It suggests no immediate action will follow since the state department must confirm the liner’s exact status at the attack time.
Washington reports government inquiries indicate price increases on essentials are partly due to speculators who formed fleeting, criminal style combinations. Focus shifts to alleged coal corner manipulation driving prices to panic while officials weigh criminal liability under federal law.
The British embassy issued a circular detailing new rules governing shipments into Sweden via blockade lines. Only thirty four commodities may reach Russia under strict conditions, with letters of assurance required. The move aims to limit Russia's imports through Sweden to essentials, especially war goods. Roumanians Retreating. Petrograd reports Bucharest evacuated by Romanian troops as forces fall back toward the east amid Teuton pressure in Wallachia.
Berlin reports that Bulgarian forces repelled a British assault in the Struma sector. Serbian positions near the Cerna river, taken the day before, were recaptured in the latest official announcement.
Teutonic forces yesterday entered Russian positions west of Lutsk in Volhynia. Five Russian counterattacks to retake the ground were repulsed according to the Russo-Galician front report.
French front quiet as of today with no reports of new hostilities from the Franco-Belgian sector. London dispatch notes ongoing war office statement amid winter conditions and international tension.
An Indian tribe in Bolivia shuns Whites and lives as in the stone age making tools weapons of stone bone and woold.
Listed alarm signals cover multiple intersections from City Hall to Bluefield avenues and streets including Princeton Avenue Raleigh Street and Federal Avenue. Central Station sends alarm signals via phone and standard Militia Call number 999.
Dr C D Allen of Richmond and J W Pepper of Christiansburg are in the city on business. Mrs J H Wyatt of Coeburn travels home from eastern Virginia. Wm B Bramble of Baltimore and Frank P Harman of Washington, D C visit on business. Mrs R C Brogan of Kimball and family visit relatives. Several other locals like Q O Deverle and W B Moore conduct business and attend events.
J W Walker arrested at Williamson and brought to the city by Chief Morrison. He confessed to obtaining goods under false pretenses before Squire J A Chambers. Walker fined 25 dollars and sentenced to thirty days on the county road after posing as a salesman for Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co. He allegedly secured thousands of cigarettes from Flat Top Grocery Co and fled to Williamson before being captured.
Delegates from industrial and other organizations gathered in Baltimore for the second annual Safety First Federation of America convention. President Darwin P. Kingsley of New York opened the three day sessions focusing on fire prevention health sanitation traffic regulation and railroad right of way safety plans.
Washington December 7 A United States District Attorney H Snowden Marshall of New York faces a contempt charge before the Supreme Court of the United States on today’s docket He is tied to the house of representatives impeachment inquiry led by Representative Buchanan of Illinois and the house judiciary sub committee investigation conducted last February
Mr Marshall faced contempt for writing a letter allegedly reflecting on the motives of the sub committee inquiry. He appeals to the supreme court after the federal district court of New York dismissed his habeas corpus suit challenging the house's jurisdiction to try or punish him.
Miss Margaret Carnegie daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Carnegie and heiress to the Carnegie fortune will be presented at a debut dance tomorrow night at her parents home That New York society event marks the heiress entry into prominent social circles for the season.
In Stoneham Massachusetts Mr and Mrs John H Lewis celebrate their birthday anniversary tomorrow marking fifty eight years. They are a family of thirteen children and thirteen grandchildren with Constance Wing of Melrose sharing the same birthday date.
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