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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1925
Page
2
Various items from Bluefield and vicinity include dance announcements, wage and tax notices, hat sales and clothing specials, dry cleaning offers, made to measure suits, and a theater style sale. Criminal report notes John Williams held for hijack charges and Parker Berry injury recovery after a trolley pole crash. two men leave for Winchester by car.
A living room ship replica from the Dream Home recreates a Portugese trade boat that brought niche spaces from the orient for a late English court dedication. Cannons lanterns anchors sails and flags set the scene as visitors tour the open house daily this week 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 10 pm.
Beulah Cannon died after Beadery Cannon shot her Sunday night on the Virginia Side. Beadery Cannon wounded himself in the left breast but is expected to recover at Lomax Hospital. Ilah Cannon died five hours after the shooting. funeral set for 2:30 at Tabernacle Church on the Virginia side.
A dark blue Hudson coach owned by J A Frasier was reported stolen last night from in front of the Peery building on Bland Street. The car, license No 81, disappeared after Frasier left it parked at about 9 o’clock and returned at 11 o’clock to find it gone.
Huntington July 18 The steamer Kate Adams largest packet on the Ohio River has entered the Cincinnati Mitsburg river trade. It stopped at Huntington on its maiden trip upstream. Owned by Reece Bros of Pittsburgh the vessel was built for the lower Mississippi trade.
We thank friends for kindness during illness and death of my sister Mrs Indianna King who died July 3. Gratitude extended for flowers and cars. Signed Nathaniel Ward and Mrs. Nannie Dednam both of McDonalda.
The Rotary Club heard Tom Wilson's report on boys work and a plan to organize a county Scout Council with a paid leader in charge. Twenty men funded expenses for twenty boys at camp as part of the effort. A committee to seek funds for the Athletic Association was appointed and includes F. M. ae, H. Meem, Ernest Burks, H. Goody koontz, and R. W. Lacy. Visitors included Jas Moore of Boone NC and W. B. Bowles of Pittsburg PA.
Report of ongoing Scopes trial proceedings as Judge Raulston considers defense objections to opening with prayer. Defense argues prayer biases the case. ruling expected tomorrow morning. Court chaos, crowding, and delays mark the session as juror swearing and prosecution testimony loom, with Dayton pupils summoned to testify.
Tony Fuente, Mexican heavyweight, was found guilty of participating in a framed boxing match and sentenced to a fine and fifteen days in jail. His manager Al Lopes of Phoenix, promoter Charles Garcia of Yuma, and Nick Newman manager of Sailor McCarthy were given similar sentences. McCarthy did not appear.
London July 14 The mine owners association offered open and direct negotiations with the miners federation. The move appears unlikely to sidetrack the government plan to open Friday as miners vote at the Scarborough conference on whether to accept direct talks and whether to withdraw the terminating notice.
Rochester news quotes Dr. Charles H. Mayo saying the London report of an infective cancer agent is only another step toward a definite cure. He notes German findings and similar claims in New York and Chicago as hopeful but unproven, emphasizing the need for time and rigorous proof before acceptance.
President Coolidge, during a Massachusetts visit, meets with Williams College president Henry Garfield and ex Governor Cox. He holds a semi weekly press conference and plans a Mayflower cruise to Quincy to inspect the Fore River shipyards where the Lexington aircraft carrier is under construction.
Dean Onativia and Company, New York brokerage house, will resume business by week end or early next week. William Unger, counsel, announced that plans are being worked out to allow bankruptcy proceedings in New York and possibly another venue.
Springfield July 14. Contending Russell Beott sentenced to hang next Friday for murder of Joseph Maurer a Chicago drug clerk seeks commutation. Attorney Leslie P. Whelan asks state board of pardons and paroles to convert the death sentence to life imprisonment claiming Beott suffers for another's crime.
Seven teen building and loan associations with a total of 418,491 dollars were seized today by the department of banking and placed under the control of William R. Smith. Investigators cited over-loaning on real estate as the cause, affecting about 1600 stockholders.
William M. Baker, extradited from Charleston West Virginia, was brought to Pittsburg and committed to jail on a hold up at the home of banker Inez January. Police expect a preliminary examination tomorrow and Baker will face the September term of court.
Margaret Gallon and Pauline Bester, both fifteen, died after their boat capsized in the Monongahela River at Granville. Diver teams recovered the bodies. Bester was not revived. Thomas Lewis, an expert swimmer, also disappeared after diving from a raft and was later found dead. He leaves a widow and five children.
Business prospects in 1924 show labor earning a large share of gains from higher efficiency. Real wages reach historic highs, with living standards rising and greater mass savings reflected in the improved wage scale.
Charleston W Va July 14 R M Lambie chief of the state department of mines left for irmont to resume the investigation of the Barrackville mine disaster that killed almost twenty workers. Sections of the mine have been cleared and only two sections have reopened while state inspectors will testify at the inquest.
Thomas Stovall Davant Jr of Winston-Salem North Carolina died Monday while bathing at Paris Island North Carolina. He was fifty two, a former Norfolk and Western traffic staffer, Red Cross worker, and husband to Mrs Jack Hanrahan. He leaves a large Roanoke family and three children. Funeral in Charleston with burial at Columbia families cemetery.
Mrs. C. H. Campbell was summoned to Roanoke by the death of her sister Mrs. Grayson Lucas. Mrs. Lucas is survived by her husband G. C. Lucas, one son, two daughters, and several siblings. Frances Lucas had lived with Mrs. Campbell for three years.
Fairmont West Virginia July 14 four state mine inspectors Stewart Jarrett Robert Lilly and W E Sullivan arrived to testify at the inquest into the Bethlehem Mines Barrackville mine explosion that killed thirty three men on March 17 The inquest opened by County Coroner Lloyd C Fitzhugh and had been continued for more information Chief of the state department of mines R M Lambe led initial questioning in the first session
Bluefield council notes show Tri-State Refining asks for gasoline storage tax cut citing storage capacity and actual use. City considers adjusting tax with sealer of weights and measures to enforce a 40 000 gallon cap. Ordinance to vacate Lawrence Avenue tied to Hill Avenue grade changes. Election returns certified. Poe and Wilkinson licensed for lunch counter at 104 Princeton Avenue. Mayor designate A J Stewart attended.
Chicago July 14 William Darling Shepherd begins final bid to probate the will of William Nelson McClintock. Attorneys clash over guardianship and a ward's fortune while ten cousins and Miss Isabella Pope contest the will. Shepherd seeks to retain a million dollar estate with 68000 yearly payment to Miss Pope.
A court session invites all press members to meet the judge for a briefing on reporting practices. The judge warns that any journalist using tactics to influence opinions or outcomes will be removed from the courtroom. A conference and appointment followed the warning.
Pittsburg on July 14 a meteor or shooting star appeared in Lyra above the eastern horizon around 10 30 p m. William R Ludwig an Allegheny Observatory astronomer said the fireball lit the country as a full moon and lasted about five minutes before splitting into two bodies.
Bond of 500 dollars posted by R. A. Perkins to appear before Squire H. B. Kitts on August 14 to answer charges in a warrant of possession of liquor. Deputy J. C. Craig arrested him. Three hundred dollars of the bond covered the automobile in which a small quantity of whiskey was found.
C A Jackson and J W Barnes of the state board of control are finishing a survey of Concord State Normal at Athens and will start Bluefield Colored Institute survey today. They will confer with local architects on proposed improvements and extensions for the state institution in the vicinity.
Indianapolis July 14. J Edgar Hoover announces at the International Assa t of Police Chiefs convention that a national fingerprint clearing house is being built in Wash to compile about 1.9 million fingerprints and alias histories from police chiefs and federal agencies. The FBI director notes the bureau received roughly 1,000 new prints daily as crime becomes less local and more coordinated.
Hoover argued crime is a community problem. with transportation growth, a crime in New York can become a concern for San Francisco, highlighting prevention and apprehension as shared duties. The remark frames crime as interconnected by mobility and urban networks.
Chicago July 14 Mrs C D Case wife of the pastor denied today she ever believed her husband admitted improper relations with parishioner Charlotte Riland. The suit against Hartig accuses him of slander in naming Leland as father of an illegitimate child amid divorce claims.
New York reports the death of R M Spler who believed a leap year birth and marriage would foretell his death in a leap year. The omen proved true as he died in a leap year, fulfilling his unusual forecast.
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