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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1918
Page
4
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1918 front matter details publication practices and pricing. It notes credit rules for news and ads, office addresses, and mailing status. A biblical verse and poet William Dunbar quote appear, reflecting period content.
A proposed bill would abolish the state banking department and require depositor insurance by trusts, shifting oversight to insurers. Critics cite weak examinations and political misuse, while noting no strong trust firms exist to insure state bank deposits. The piece also cites Speaker Champ Clark as a 1920 presidential candidate and recalls Baltimore convention politics.
The Rotary Club will not meet at noon Tuesday. To handle accumulated business from the influenza recess, the meeting moves to Friday at 6:50 pm at the Commercial Hotel. The appeal for government funding is urged to support the national effort.
Two days remain to fulfill a June pledge to buy War Savings Stamps. Citizens are urged to borrow if needed to invest, supporting government obligations and teaching thrift as demobilization costs and postwar needs loom.
The text references German casualty figures and shifts in policy tied to the Hohenzollern era folded into prohibition debates. It notes the absence of certain phrases and a focus on New Year events, with prohibitionists stripping away strong language and oaths.
The piece notes dissatisfaction with statewide primaries beyond West Virginia, citing New York’s early adoption and Governor Hughes’s role. It argues the primary remedy may be worse than conventions, urges regulation of delegates and party activity, and suggests reform to reduce evils while preserving some convention benefits.
A conference of physical training officials from nine states formed a national body. The group aims to standardize teacher training and push government support for a school training army and navy physical directors. A resolution urges universal physical education as a state and national obligation. Dr Ward C Cramp ton was elected president.
Nine million marks arrived at Coblenz from Berlin to be turned over to American army authorities as part of Germany's payment toward the occupation costs. The Germans have now given 45,000,000 marks under armistice terms. Money traveled by motor trucks and train, guarded by German soldiers, and is kept in vaults near American headquarters with guard duty by American soldiers.
Sen itor Jones of Washington completed a three and a half hour flight from the national capital to Mineola with Army aviator Lieutenant Logg. The trip averaged 120 miles per hour with headwinds, stopping in Philadelphia for gas. The altitude reached 38000 feet where temperatures dropped to 15 degrees below zero.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports October operating income for major roads fell from the prior year, to 89,511,225 dollars from 105,768,433 dollars in October 1917, while operating revenues rose to 489,259,000 dollars and expenses to 383,372,566 dollars, widening the expense revenue ratio to 78.3 percent.
A compilation of quoted remarks and editorial snips from papers like the St. Louis Star and Washington Star. The items mock foreign rulers, influenza control, succession, and wartime public sentiment, pairing satire with political commentary.
The Philadelphia convention of Presale Zionists proposed that private land ownership be banned and land become state and community property. Workers would rent for years, a minimum wage would be set by the state, and wages would be state managed. They favor cooperative colonization with loans from a Jewish labor bank to aid poor workers.
Prague reports that the entente powers plan to grant Togoland to Czecho Slovakia and yield a portion of Hungary to align with historic Slavic borders. Paris notes armistice rules on rolling stock are being carried out. 2,500 cars and 444 locomotives turned over in one day.
A garbled list of street names and cross streets appears, referencing Princeton Avenue Finapeti Shaefeld Avenue Blueheld Avenue and many others. The fragment mentions stations, shops, district streets, and various city blocks, but no coherent event or outcome is evident.
London reports official French loss figures allow an estimate of wartime deaths totaling 5,986,004. Individual national losses include British 706,726 French 1,071,200 Manchean 38,478 Russian 1,700,000 Austrian 4,000,000 German 6,380,000 and Austrian 4,006,000. Serbia tallies 320,000 killed, unwounded and prisoners.
James T Burke signed a contract to manage the St Louis American League team next year after being appointed last season following Fielder Jones resignation. New South Wales fears the completion of its first large water conservation dam project.
Secretary Baker said no decision yet on which of two large powder plants will be retained. The Nashville Tennessee and Charleston West Virginia plants are under construction and, for the moment, it seems wise to keep one of them.
In a speech to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Edward De Billy, deputy high commissioner of France, says France is not bled white but requires outside aid to rebuild after war. He cites 26,000 destroyed factories, 12,000,000 cattle seized, farm land wrecked, 679,000 tons lost ship tonnage, and 158 billion francs in wartime debt.
Chicago report says Professor Carl Haasier formerly of the University of Illinois and Milwaukee Leader staff was brought from Fort Leavenworth where he serves a twelve year term for refusing to wear a uniform to testify in the trial of five Socialist leaders charged under the espionage laws. Sarah Smith testified on the 1917 Chicago convention proceedings. An attorney questioned Haasier about the Socialist motto. he replied he had not heard it and added his sweetheart can hold his. Where is he now? With the United States army in France.
Paris reports in conference circles that several postwar issues may await arbitration after a league of nations agreement. Luxembourg’s future, whether as a grand duchy republic annexation to France or union with Belgium, tops the list. Serbia’s fate and Adriatic border disputes also draw attention amid European influence clashes.
Official dispatches say Russian POWs reaching Omsk and Chilabinsk are in pitiable condition from lack of clothing and shoes. About forty thousand aim to return to Siberia, with 15 000 undersupplied, seven thousand in Samara shoeless. Prisoners recount extreme hardship after walking sixty miles in three days and receiving no aid from Bolshevik authorities. They resist being drawn into the red army and report horrors witnessed.
The thirteen hour street battle in Ukraine ended at 5 p m yesterday when republican officers under a white flag met French headquarters. They stated the fighting began with the Russian volunteer army opposing the Ukraine's republican leadership, but the republicans refused to face the French with superior force.
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