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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1929
Page
2
The Bluefield chamber of commerce directors will discuss a possible city stadium at next Tuesday's meeting. The Bluefield Lions club will send a committee, and chamber president Herbert Markle notes several points must be weighed before active promotion.
After a three year dispute and a costly inquiry, William S Vare loses his bid for the U S Senate as the Senate votes 66 to 15 against seating him and Frank L Smith in Illinois. The lengthy case saw investigations costing nearly 200000 and involved key figures like Jim Reed and Governor Gifford Pinchot.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Gov. John S. Fisher will wait for Senate notice of vacancy before naming a successor to William B. Ware. Joseph R. Grundy is a leading candidate with support from the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association. Other options include Gen. W. W. Atterbury and Attorney General Cyrus E. Woods, with party leaders consulted beforehand.
Reading Pa December six governor Fisher refuses to name a candidate for the Pennsylvania senate seat left vacant by William Ware's rejection. He says he will gather opinions from across the state before selecting a nominee, amid a conference with the National Guard association.
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the proclamation initiating the twenty second annual Christmas meal sale for anti tuberculosis work. He sits beside Mr Marie F Kirwan of the tuberculosis committee of the State Charities Aid association in the ceremony.
In Pittsburgh eleven firefighters were overcome by smoke while fighting a basement fire at an automobile accessory store beside the Seventh Avenue hotel. The hotel faced a brief threat and damages were put at about 5000 dollars.
President avoids re election bid and opposition calm as U S Marines intervene. Martial law holds in Port au Prince and Cape Haitien while the native garde administers the rest of the country. Customs service resumes normal operations after a fraudulent entries dispute.
Four officers and 27 percent of the Quantico Marines boarded the Southland for Norfolk at 9 35 p m bound for possible dispatch to Haiti. Major General Smedley D Butler said orders directed departure with no specific destination given. The marine band played as the boat left and Butler danced briefly on the dock. The group included veterans from China and Nicaragua with at least six months more service due. Eighteen machine guns radio gear and substantial ammunition were loaded. About 1300 marines remained at Quantico.
Kansas City dispatch reports former Senator James A. Reed, once chairman of the senate committee that probed Ware's election frauds, commenting on the denial of William S. Vare's seat. Reed says the decision should warn others against irregular pursuits for Senate entry.
The text details Probst Chapman and associates tied to a gang involved in a $1,000,000 New York mail robbery. Probst and Anderson are dead. Chapman was killed by a policeman during a New Britain robbery. Indiana officials seek return of suspects for trial in bank robberies.
In Springfield Ohio the bodies of George Otstot a leading local toy maker and Rose McCutcheon an employee were discovered in Otstots factory by Walter McCutcheon. Police say both died of bullet wounds with evidence suggesting murder and suicide. He found Otstot with a pistol in his hand and Mrs McCutcheon shot three times. He reported heaps of toys scattered around.
Senator Borah called for an immediate senate investigation after Major General Smedley Butler alleged in Pittsburgh that marines manipulated elections in Nicaragua and dissolved Haiti’s congress to block a new constitution. Butler’s remarks were cited by a Pittsburgh telegram editor as confirming conspiracy claims with witnesses list offered.
State senator John B Easton Wil liamstown and L M Nelson of the Ohio Valley Industrial Corp pressed for Route 2 funding at a hearing. Nelson warned of serious reaction unless the highway is paved while Tyler County’s David Koehnen warned of a 1932 backlash absent action. Ogden urged counties to appoint a Route 2 executive committee to push completion. Commissioner Cunningham cited the 80 20 plan showing low payout to eight counties and Carrigan urged using remaining funds to finish Route 2.
Paul Johnson, a former Bluefield resident, was shot and killed by Constable Bill Oney in front of the Pike hotel in Williamson about a year ago. Johnson’s widow and one son survive. his wife, formerly Miss Maxwell of Crumpler, was a Hurley hospital nurse. The slain man’s body was expected to be brought to Crumpler.
Baltimore December 6 Charles F. Lloyd convicted of manslaughter in the death of Walter Peck Lerian Philadelphia National League catcher was sentenced to three months in jail. Lloyd drove a truck that struck Lerian pinning him against a building wall causing fatal injuries. Testimony said the truck was speeding at the time of the accident.
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