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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
1
The body of Maybell Millman is found in a sack in Fcourse Creek. The discovery follows a report that a physician, Dr. Fritgh, may be involved in the death. Police investigate the strange sequence of events surrounding the Sept 7 incident and the head being found the next day.
Detroit December report on Dr George A Fritch facing manslaughter charges in the Maybelle Millman case. Prosecutor seeks quick trial completion amid doubts about convictions for similar cases. Evidence centers on an illegal operation and a scheme to hide the body by placing remains in sacks and bricked concealment.
The defendant faces a manslaughter charge with the maximum penalty set at fifteen years' penal servitude under state law.
The second general assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture opens in Rome's palace for the institute. Delegates from European nations and others including the United States attend. The institute studies economic and sociological data on soil, crops, prices, wages, disease control, and agricultural credit.
President Taft forwarded the nomination of Horace H. Lurton of Nashville to the Senate to become associate justice of the United States Supreme Court filling the Peckham vacancy. Lurton had been a sixth circuit judge since 1898 and is a Democrat. Taft’s earlier work with Lurton influenced his view of the Tennessee jurist.
Pittsburg December conference begins under the American Federation of Labor to plan action against the United States Steel Corporation open shop policy. Leaders vow a major labor movement battle with building trades urged to avoid non union made steel, risking a large industry shut down.
Winnipeg reports the local option temperance campaign in Manitoba enters its final lap with leaders optimistic for a sweeping election win. Saloon abolition already achieved in many municipalities and temperance advocates expect to carry the local veto in at least one of the remaining towns.
Capt. Thomas Franklin former treasurer of the West Point military academy pleaded guilty in U S circuit court to embezzlement from the cadet mess fund. The plea was withdrawn to await jurisdiction ruling in a higher court.
Brussels December 13 King Leopold was reported dead today but no confirmation followed. His condition remained critical with physicians reconsulted this morning. He summoned a lawyer after the consultation, likely regarding his will.
Washington reports say Zelaya agents in the United States inflamed the Central American colony with claims of thwarted revolutionists gains. A principal agent, allegedly here, prompted excitement as details emerge of arms shipments on the Ulrich and mismatched ammunition. No new word from Nicaragua or Estrada adherents by late tonight.
In Boston a 4,000,000 tree crop this year will yield landowners about 160000 dollars while consumers pay about 2000000. shippers and dealers reap the profits. Maine dominates the trade with shipments reaching New York, Pennsylvania, Cleveland and Florida. Several Maine schooners have carried trees to New York and more voyages are planned. Pinchot says the damage is small despite Vermont critics calling cutting a slaughter.
In Savannah on December 13 detectives report they found bloody clothing owned by J. C. Hunter husband of the third victim. Hunters remains jailed as investigators insist the evidence against him is absolute.
A fire at the Third and Sycamore streets tenement in Cincinnati killed seven people and left several others seriously hurt when it broke out at midnight last night.
West Virginia expects snow and colder conditions Tuesday with Wednesday turning fair. Virginia forecast shows fair and colder Tuesday with moderate to brisk west winds, followed by Wednesday by fair skies.
Lawrenceville Ga Dec 13 Miss Lillie Berryman sued James Lace Moore for breach of promise after he promised to furnish a trousseau and pay 1000. The jury awarded Moore the money for the trousseau and settlement. She claimed Moore promised a larger settlement and later married another woman.
In Topeka the Kansas Supreme Court ruled a woman cannot recover in a breach of promise case when a man ends engagement after learning she cannot bear children. Mary V. Reynolds sued J Wilson Curry, but the court found no written contract or definite betrothal and that abandonment due to anticipated maternity negates recovery.
State Mine Inspector Thomas Long and a five man shift worked to clear a passageway to six bakers entombed miners after a shaft fire was put out. Rescuers expect to reach them within a day as debris is cleared and water is managed. West Kentucky Coal Company officials voiced hope for the miners' safety.
President Taft spoke at Carnegie Hall for the diamond jubilee of Methodist missions in Africa, then rode through rain to the Bowery mission. He addressed a Bowery audience and inspected the bread line room where hundreds of unemployed are fed each night.
Patrick F. Sheedy known as Pat Sheedy, famed gambler, died at his home 161 West Twenty fourth Street in New York from heart trouble after months of illness. He had been bedfast for two months and his death followed a long period of declining health.
Dozens of doctors from Erie rush to aid after two Lake Shore passenger trains collide at Northeast six teen miles from Erie. Relief trains depart with available medical personnel as authorities assess casualties and damage. Bee’s Laxativ Cough Syrup advertised with claims of gentle relief through laxative action. Sold by The Goodykoontz Drug Co.
Brussels reports King Leopold II of Belgium in a desperate battle with death. A surgeon's knife is to be tried as a final measure, with the monarch hopeful yet vital strength fading. The king remains lucid and recalls his Congo era as his career nears its end.
Ban B Johnson, AL president, warns that Ward's election as National League president to succeed Heydler would trigger a war between leagues. He cites objections to Ward and urges consideration of common interests to maintain cordial relations.
President Taft departed Washington at 9 this morning with Mrs. Taft and others and will stay two days. He spoke tonight at Carnegie Hall in New York at the African Methodist Episcopal church missions jubilee. He will visit his brother Henry W. Taft and attend a Yale corporation meeting in New Haven.
The Senate today confirmed five nominations including W. Cameron Forbes for governor general of the Philippines Candler Hale for third assistant secretary of state B S Cable for assistant secretary of commerce and labor James L Davenport for pension commissioner and Leander Phillips for deputy commissioner of pensions.
Washington December 13 The War Secretary Dickinson listing Standard Oil as a company the navy will not patronize causes embarrassment. The Navy must buy oil globally and avoiding the trust is deemed impossible.
Miss Virginia Wardlaw aged woman under arrest at East Orange New Jersey in connection with the death of her niece Mrs. Ocey Snead. She was in Lynchburg in June 1906 with John and Fletcher Snead. John was in a hospital.
A patient at a hospital near Miss Wardlaw insists he fell from a train and refuses interviews. the report notes he offers no details about the incident as investigators seek clarification.
Washington reports Secretary Nagel outlines the new 1 percent corporation tax and calls for compliance. He warns of possible honest errors or fraud in returns and urges vigorous prosecutions for fraud. He discusses immigration enforcement and the Keller decision's impact on states. He notes the white slave traffic as a broad problem and proposes federal amendment and funding to curb cross state trafficking of women.
Virginia attorney general elect Samuel W Williams faces an indictment for a malicious assault in Welch West Virginia and will be tried by a white jury believed to be largely of his political peers The Roanoke World notes reports of negro jurors and bodily injury claims are unfounded and Welch residents expect a fair trial without bias
Washington reports General Clarence R Edwards urges extending citizenship to Porto Rican residents with minimal burden. He notes Congress may grant U S citizenship to all Porto Rico inhabitants or allow individual steps to naturalization. Commerce data show exports over 20 million and imports over 26 million with U S imports over 23 million.
William Green of Coshocton Ohio, opposing T L Lewis for UMWA president, forecasts a sweeping victory in the election set for Tuesday. He names districts 2, 5, 8 11, 12, 14, 12 and 21 as his strongholds covering central Pennsylvania Pittsburg Indiana Illinois Kansas Ohio and Missouri where most coal miners reside. All union miners nationwide will vote.
A blaze in Valdivia on December 13 destroyed eighteen city blocks of buildings, leaving thousands homeless. Estimated losses reach two and a half million dollars.
Colonel Roosevelt received a farewell banquet from Governor Jackson in Nairobi on December 12. More tributes were planned before his departure with additional honors pending.
In Savannah on December 13 1920 Mrs Maggie Hunter died from beating and exposure after the same attack murdered Eliza Gribble and daughter Carrie Ohlander. J C Hunter husband of Maggie is held as police seek a suspect seen entering the Gribble home. several suspects are detained.
First Sergeant C. C. Mix of the 72nd Company Coast Artillery died at Fort Screven reservation likely the army's only leprosy case. He will be buried with military honors in the national cemetery. His father left him 40000, but government aid solved nothing for his illness. His military pay had accumulated to a neat fortune.
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