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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1925
Page
14
The finance committee of the Y. W. C. A. held a regular meeting to study the current year budget. It reviewed proposed budgets from various committees in detail to see if costs could be reduced without harming association work.
The regular monthly meeting of the Tri-District Union will be held at Grace Methodist church Friday evening at 7 30 o clock. Clarence E Ridley Bluefield city manager will be principal speaker with talks by Rev Frank Y Jackson and Rev Roy W Early. Members urged to attend as an attendance banner will be awarded and the program promises unusual excellence.
A watch party hosted in the city by Miss Katheryn Hitchcock and Miss Catherine Pedigo featured fifteen boys and girls as guests. They enjoyed games and dancing with refreshments served at midnight including salad cake and punch.
Choir members are urged to attend Thursday evening at 7 30 at Grace Methodist Church. Bring Brown song books.
Girl Reserve leaders will meet Wednesday evening at 6 o clock at the YWCA quarters. All leaders are urged to attend.
Local notes list many residents returning home after Christmas travels. Miss Mary Gordon Perkins returns to Virginia College Roanoke from with her parents, while J. H. Yancey visits family in South Boston Danville then heads to Richmond.
Granddaughter Helen W McNew ill with typhoid fever. Miss Tee Cometti returns to Huntington after Christmas. Dr David Littlejohn back to work after illness. Mrs Eva Ballard McCoy welcomes daughter Tommie Ballard McCoy at Bluefield Sanatorium. Jennie Sullivan returns from Richmond visit. Horace Bolen back at Emory and Henry College after holidays. Joe Herndon returns to Randoph-Macon Academy. Prince Eades heads to Hiawassee College for ministry prep. Nelsine Spangler recovering well from appendicitis. Edith Weiblett returns to Marshall College after holidays. Mrs D T Whitlock seriously ill. A A Cox of Charleston on business. Herschel Abshire returns to Hiawassee College after Christmas. Mrs M G Benjamin travels to Pulaski Roanoke and points beyond. Wyrene Leister of Tazewell passes through en route from Richmond. Henry Bowen and sons Grat and Rees T Bowen drive from Tazewell. Rees Bowen to Augusta Military Academy after holidays.
Gaston B. Means former justice department agent was arrested at his Concord home on a bench warrant from a New York federal judge for failing to appear for trial. Federal agents accompanied him to Charlotte where Deputy Marshal M C Cain prepared to escort him to New York. Dr Charles Britt said Means was fit for travel after earlier medical opinions questioned his condition.
Cardinal Hayes will celebrate the high mass at Archbishop Henry Moeller’s funeral in Cincinnati. Moeller died of heart disease at 75 after an active day, his body to lie in state at St Peter’s Cathedral beginning Sunday. The Pope is not expected to name a successor for several months.
Charleston W Va Jan 6 Judge Homer B Woods of Harrisville Ritchie county was installed as a member of the state supreme court of appeals. He presented his certificate of qualification to Judge Frank Lively and moved into his quarters. Woods led the Republican candidates in the November election and will have a week to familiarize himself with duties before the next term.
The House approved a 157 million deficiency bill while President Coolidge’s veto of the postal pay bill was sustained in the Senate. Luther K. Brewer contested Senator Brook Hart’s Iowa seat. A Chicago lake drainage bill was introduced as insurgent party editorials clashed. Harlan Stone prepared to retire from the DOJ. Bank of England officials visited for potential pound parity shifts. Rivers and harbors panel eyed department recommendations. Agriculture says no evidence supports wheat price manipulation claims.
The tribunal opens January 14 with a new judge succeeding William H. McGinnis of Raleigh County whose term ended December 31.
Washington, Jan. 6. The house rivers and harbors committee postponed final action on trimming about 14 million dollars from the 43.665 million rivers and harbors bill until tomorrow. Secretary Weeks met with a sub committee, then with the president, and the panel awaits further word. Officials indicate the trimming may reach around 39 million dollars rather than 38 million.
Fire Chief Harris announces that city fire trucks have no speed limit while responding to alarms following a conference with City Manager Ridley. The Fire Department maintains right of way over all traffic to reach blazes quickly, with riders exercising caution in dense districts.
Mrs. Sarah Wittaker, seventy, died in a Charleston hospital from burns and other injuries after a bull dog attack drove her against a lighted kitchen range. Neighbors found her amid a chaotic scene with torn clothing, burned flesh, and a water-soaked kitchen, as the dog continued to snap.
Four persons were injured, none seriously, when the crack Washington limited of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was struck and cut in two by a Western Indiana Railroad passenger train as the B and O train departed Chicago. Both trains were crowded and a mail coach was struck.
An old health note urges avoidance of sweets and cold exposure to prevent rheumatism. It explains body waste and acids, kidney function, and skin pores in cleansing the blood. A weeklong tad Salts regimen is suggested to neutralize acidity and stimulate kidneys. Jad Salts is promoted as inexpensive and effective for rheumatic folks.
Conrad Johannsen testified in a $500,000 damages suit against Atlantic Transport Company, recounting his father’s brutal act in 1914 to prevent him from fighting for Germany. He described permanent eye and spinal injuries, with scars shown in photographs, and said he accepted a $1,000 settlement.
A Baltimore and Ohio train collision at Oakdale station sent a coach onto the platform and derailed several coaches. Injured were mail clerks Stanley Day of Tiffin Ohio and L Edward Rupert of Albion Ohio, along with the engineer and fireman of the Chicago and Western Indiana train. The Washington flyer was speeding east when the suburban train bound for the city struck it, delaying traffic for two cars.
The attorney general's farewell drive focuses on a clean desk policy as the commission weighs final site options. Reported choices include the Alderson site and a Delphi Indiana location as likely picks.
New York reports G Ed Garvey former Notre Dame football star knocked out Ben Smith of Englewood New Jersey after one minute thirty seconds in the final bout of an all heavyweight card at the pioneer sporting club.
Substitute Trustee John Roberts announces sale of Lot No. 19 in Fairview Addition Bluefield Mercer County West Virginia by public auction on January 17, 1925 at 10:00 am in front of the Law and Commerce Building Bluefield. Sale proceeds payable in cash.
All persons holding claims against Rebecca L Hendricks deceased must present them properly verified to A T Hendricks administrator Bluefield West Virginia before January 26 1925. The notice names the administrator and location for claim submission.
In a two hour session the Senate passed and sent to conference the interior department appropriation bill totaling about 238.8 million dollars. A $500,000 addition for the Spanish Springs project in Nevada drew dispute, with hopes it will be pressed in conference. Paris reports a tariff proposal favoring American exporters seeks minimum duties under France’s revision bill to aid U S suppliers.
New York January 6 Elbert H Gary chairman United States Steel Corp called disregard of law a blot on our escutcheon at the Citizens Committee of one thousand dinner. Mayor Dever of Chicago described reform effects. Senator Borah spoke on law enforcement and welfare. Gary to chair special committee to report at White House breakfast with President Coolidge.
Senate votes 29 to 1 against overriding the presidential veto amid continued coverage. Named senators Pepper Phipps Smoot Sterling War McKinley Metcalf Norbeck Oddie ren Watson Weller and Willis are listed among the voting members as party lines and affiliations are noted.
About 100 workers lose their jobs after a morning fire at the Barnesville Manufacturing plant in Barnesville near Fairmont. The $300,000 loss is largely insured. the wool material producer may be rebuilt. The cause is under investigation.
Washington January 6 railroad executives at a joint meeting issued a public statement opposing automatic train control devices as ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Separately the commission rejected extensions of time for three railroads to install the devices and warned of penalties up to 100 dollars a day.
The advertisement touts Aspironal as a superior two minute cold and cough remedy. It claims lab guaranteed safety and effectiveness, urges purchase at drug stores, and promises rapid relief for adults and children alike.
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