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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1925
Page
2
A mixed Bluefield page lists coal company phone ads, shop notices, holiday sales, church events, charity drives, a Christmas pageant at Trinity church, a dog weight story, a car accident injury, and police court fines. Highlights include Ser vice Coal Company weighing loads at 2000 lbs per ton, Honaker’s Inn dining and Christmas treats, Knights Templar Christmas observance, and a police docket of three fines.
Pittsburg December 22 Phil Doug as Shufflin Phil a former New York Giants pitcher filed suit for 100000 damages against Joe Ward of the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph sports department The suit claims an article by Ward in Baseball Magazine conveyed he was guilty of fraud conspiracy habitual drunkenness vagrancy and violating professional baseball honor and integrity.
The city board met in a brief session nominating routine items and authorizing actions. Russell B. Ritz discussed city claims against him, with authorization to proceed in suits and assurance of city support ending. An ordinance to close Stewart Street to traffic at Commerce Street and erect a pedestrian wall was introduced, plus a first reading for certified copy fees. City Manager Bennett may release two percent retained by Vaughan & Company and the $50,000 surety bond, after proper charges. Planning commission recommended renaming Springdale Avenue to Cornett Avenue.
Premier Baldwin met Turkish ambassador Ferid Bey to forge a basis for negotiations on Mosul. Parliament approved the policy and signaled willingness to consider Turkish security proposals, though the league council decision would largely stand. The Westminster Gazette notes only minor frontier corrections and a cautious Turkish posture after Smyrna.
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania on December 22 relief workers opened a children's welfare room to feed and clothe more than 600 children of striking miners. Plans aim to provide three meals daily to the needy with coal and clothing delivered to homes. The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company offered coal support for families lacking fuel.
President Coolidge signals no mass forgiveness policy and emphasizes restraint in clemency actions. The report notes his adherence to established presidential tradition and cautions against broad pardons without due process.
The president announced tonight that clemency for federal prisoners would be limited this year. Joseph Gilman, noted for theft of justice, received a two year sentence for counterfeiting at McNeil prison. He was imprisoned January 10 with expected release around August 1926 if time off rules apply.
Arnstein, central figure in a $5,000,000 New York bond theft, is released after serving part of a two year sentence. Norman Boles and Isadore Cohen also freed. Wil Mam Easterday remains jailed on a four year term. Arnstein plans to reunite with his wife Fanny Brice and their two children in Milwaukee, while a New Jersey race track fraud detainer was withdrawn.
A large warehouse fire in Baltimore at Ostend and Warner Streets destroyed E. Steen & Co.’s rain warehouse. Fireman Captain Harry C. Jones died when a wall collapsed while Englehardt and Weber helped pull others from the debris. Five were injured. origin and total damage not yet known. Main railroad traffic disrupted by hose lines.
A west bound Buffalo and Chicago passenger train on the Nickel Plate derailed at Painesville, about 40 miles east of Cleveland, injuring three trainmen and shaking up several passengers who suffered bruises.
Authorities continue investigation into the discovery of a newborn female infant found Sunday afternoon in woods between Jefferson Street and Memorial Avenue. Police pursue possible leads as multiple reports are checked. the infant was buried in Montcalm Cemetery at county expense.
Pittsburg on December 22 reports w. sg. Kane dressed as Santa Claus arrested after Humane Society head Louis Ahn complained of a horse being mistreated. The horse wore wire horns as part of a wagon advertising stunt with Kane driving. Ahn described the animal frantic to remove the horns. The other item notes Equitable Trust Company resisting stock sales in a large bankruptcy accounting suit.
A jumble of gossip and quips touches on sports spying claims, player fame, a Pittsburg suicide, Mary Garden on radio, boxing returns, politics in Texas, and Helen Wills studying in Paris, all in a freewheeling 1930s style column.
Minority stockholders accuse the reorganized Gould roads of improper handling after the Denver and Rio Grande sale. The trust company holds a $38,000,000 judgment against the railroad and seeks to involve the failed merger in the suit.
The piece jokes about sports figures shifting careers with wit. It notes Bill Tilden pursuing acting on stage and poker analogies about deception. Red Grange declines a film role and vaudeville acts fade as current stars pivot.
Weber and Fields with Ma and Mack and Bennie Jaccerd clash with Johnny Dundee in a billed spectacle. The card features rival performers in a vaudeville style feud likely drawing crowds and asserting stage supremacy.
A fragmented street list shows fire station locations around Princeton and Bluefield areas, naming avenues such as Princeton Ave, Bluefield Ave, North Sts, College Ave, Penn-Mar Ave, and East River. Mentions Central Station and various cross streets indicate a municipal mapping of fire service sites.
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