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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1922
Page
1
A blaze at the Dearborn street railroad station destroyed the 1884 building, leaving eight railroads homeless. The clock tower and roof collapsed. crowding holiday shoppers hampered firefighting as five carloads of Christmas mail and all passenger coaches in the train sheds were removed to safety.
A back draft blew the roof off a seven story uptown department store district building, injuring eleven firemen and trapping others. Fireman Peter McCaffery lost both eyes. ten comrades were rescued and taken to an emergency hospital set up on the building’s second floor. The blaze began on the top loft floor. a crowded billiard room on the ground floor remained unscathed.
Wellsburg West Virginia December 21 Judge J B Sommerville overruled motions for new trials for Pete Radakovich and Teddie Arunski convicted of conspiracy in the Cliftonville mine riot of July 17 Sheriff H H Duval and six others were killed The defendants were sentenced to ten years each in the state penitentiary at Moundsville the maximum under the conspiracy law.
The National Industrial Conference Board reports that the cost of living for wage earning families in the United States on November 15, 1922 was 58.4 percent higher than in July 1914.
In Ada Ohio on December 21 a westbound Pennsylvania train struck a buggy at the North Gilbert street crossing killing Catherine Hull fourteen Emerson Hull sixteen and Irma Hedrick fourteen who were returning home from school. The crossing gates trapped the buggy after a vehicle crossed first and the horse was unharmed.
Announcement by Justin C. Burns president of Standard Bolt Corporation reports the amalgamation of Bayonne Bolt & Nut Company New York Michigan Bolt & Nut Work Detroit and Boss Nut Company Chicago into the American Bolt Corporation the largest such merger in the country and shifting the industry center to Columbus Ohio.
At Lausanne the Greek former premier Venizelos clashed with Turkish delegate Riza Nur Bey over responsibility for Asia Minor deportations. The Turkish side accused Venizelos of initiating the invasion while Venizelos attacked the Turkish army. A Turkish communique cited alleged Crete Muslim persecutions and mass hunger amid rising hostilities.
Senator Borah proposes an international economic and disarmament conference to address German reparations and global finance as an amendment to the naval appropriation bill. Senate leaders expect no action on the plan or the house naval limits until after the Christmas recess. Borah shifts from past opposition to League of Nations to urging global economic solution.
In Greenlawn cemetery a man shoots himself after witnessing his granddaughter Emma Fuchs, six, dressed as a Gypsy, die from a play pistol incident weeks earlier. Ernest Fuchs, the grandfather, died by suicide at the grave as detective Charles Fuchs stood nearby.
Washington December 21 Postmaster General Work stated in reference to General Dawes remarks in Chicago that he knew nothing about the reported submerging of the balance sheet work for the post office department by F C Furlow of New York He noted the balance sheet was transferred to the comptroller general before his tenure and credited Will Hays with beginning the transfer completing by himself
Oklahoma City December 21 Alva C Bowen was acquitted of murder after a district court trial in which the jury deliberated forty five minutes He testified to emotional insanity claiming his brother wrecked his home Bowen and his former wife Gertrude Bowen remarried at the courthouse after the verdict
December 21 Consolidated Stock Exchange board expelled J Harold Braid of the firm Braid and Vogel. The action follows disciplinary processes and removes Braid from exchange membership in New York.
Latrobe Pennsylvania December 21 Mrs Lavina Walters Stockberger aged 100 a Pleasant Unity resident since birth April 7 1820 died today Her son David a Civil War veteran died three weeks earlier at age 78.
Denver police and northern Colorado officers pursue four armed men suspected of killing Charles T. Linton, a Federal Reserve Bank guard, during a mint area robbery. A ranch encounter near Greeley prompted the mobilization of armored cars and deputies as the getaway car fled toward Fort Collins.
The 590 ton schooner Rosa Ferlita, after eighty six days battered at sea, was towed into New York harbor by the liner President Garfield. Captain Look and crewmate Wally Bates aided the rescue in brutal conditions. The crew of nine, exhausted and nearly without water or rudder, found relief as flour, sugar, water, and food were brought aboard.
Morgantown December 21 More than 10000 was earned for farm bureau members of West Virginia by the wool pool this year say reports from the Clarksburg sale. The extension division of the College of Agriculture notes if all two million pounds of wool raised in the state had been sold through the pool the profit would have surpassed local market returns by about 400000 dollars.
At a Kehr home dinner for Edward Peterson in Pittsburg on December 21, Peterson excused himself to play the player piano reheard notes followed by a revolver shot. Peterson lay dead with a bullet wound as guests learned the cause was not yet established by the coroner.
After eight days of evidence the prosecution rests in the Herrin riots murder trial of five men. Witnesses described gun use and shots that killed twenty non-union miners. Defendants are alleged to have been seen with firearms during the riot as the defense argues incitement and armed guards.
An explosion of gasoline aboard the former sub chaser Celestine off Staten Island caused nine crew members to go over the side after she took on 110 gallons of fuel. The Celestine was saved by a fire tug. Police investigate Captain Bowers conflicting accounts of the vessel's destination.
The missing Army aviators Colonel Francis N Marshall and Lieutenant Charles Webber were reportedly found dead in a burned airplane on the Papago Indian reservation about seventy five miles west of Tucson Arizona. Reports vary on exact finding location and finder details.
A plan for an American commission to set Germany’s reparations was disclosed as Premier Poincare reviews the idea after talks with industrial leaders. Washington reports say Britain, Germany, and the United States may back the proposal, while Berlin highlights a no early U.S. financial intervention stance.
Met Rouge Louisiana December 21 a National Guard company on the shores of Morehouse parish lakes prepares to search for Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards believed murdered by masked white robed men from three states. The operation may drag into Christmas as guards guard divers and set machine guns to prevent sniping while lakes Cooper and La Fourche are scoured and nearby waters considered.
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