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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1923
Page
1
The American Railway Association reports May 31 that freight car shortage totals 20,585, down 3,176 since May 14 while surplus cars reach 22,700, up 4,281. It marks the first time since Sept 1, 1922 that surplus has exceeded shortage.
A deadlock developed in the ballot for bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Washington as the diocesan council adjourned after the eleventh ballot. Rev. Dr. Ernest Stiers of St Thomas Church New York and Rev. Dr. James Free map of Church of the Epiphany Washington led the tie in the special electoral session.
London May 21 report says tonight's court was unusually brilliant for gown and jewel display, with broader attendance. Senhora Da Gama, wife of the Brazilian ambassador, wore a Venetian picture gown embroidered with heraldic stones, echoing fifteenth century magnificence.
A May 1 call from the Federal Council of Churches in America urged congregations to support President Harding’s plan for the permanent international court of justice. The message framed the court as essential to enforcing law over force and preventing future wars, urging letters to the president and senators.
Atlanta on May 31 Kiwanis Clubs International ordered a constitutional convention to revise its fundamental laws in a career and analytical overhaul. F Arras of Columbus was named International President as Ellwood J Turney of Chester Inver was chosen for the 1924 meeting without opposition.
New York May 8 The immigration board barred Mrs Demitron a British bride of an American citizen from entering the United States due to exhausted quotas after she arrived on the President Monroe this week an appeal was filed to Washington The decision reflects tightened limits on marriage based immigration.
New York May 31 One of the oldest and largest stock brokers on the curb market Jones & Baker faced bankruptcy after three creditors filed a petition and the curb suspended trading. Officials believe the firm solvent despite unofficial estimates of liabilities from five to ten million dollars and about ten thousand customer accounts across eight branch offices. An appointed receiver stated liquidation will protect customers as staff preserve records amid regulatory scrutiny.
Fulton county superior court assumed temporary control of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and blocked spending of funds while hearing a motion for a receiver. Petitions from Philadelphia allege mismanagement by Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans and associates. Gutzon Borglum named as a defendant.
Fairmont May 31 The special council of the West Virginia diocese of the Protestant Episcopal church closed naming Robert E Lee Strider rector to St Matthews Wheeling as bishop coadjutor. The session led by Bishop W L Gravitt of Charleston included over forty organized parishes and eighty clerical and lay delegates.
Eight thousand children gathered in Washington during Music Week broke from teachers and showered President Harding and Mrs. Harding with bouquets. Marines guarding the stand were overwhelmed as daisies fell on the president.
The Rev Karl Becker pastor of Mount Zion Lutheran Pittsburg and Dr Alice Fasold of Pittsburg were killed when their car went over a steep embankment near Fairview Fairmont West Virginia on Memorial Day They spent the holiday with Becker’s sister in the area and were en route to Pittsburg when the accident occurred Burial for Miss Fasold will be in Sunbury Pa and arrangements for the Becker family are pending Both were longtime friends with ties to the Bell Telephone welfare staff and the World War I chaplain served in Pittsburg.
Judge McClintic bars much of Logan county testimony as irrelevant to the national dispute over check-off payments in the United Mine Workers of America cases. Defense argued local mine guards blocked union entry, but the court limited evidence on local conditions.
Claude Kitchin former Democratic leader of the U S House died at Wilson hospital at 6 14 this morning after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at the Kitchin home in Scotland Neck with burial in a Baptist cemetery near the town.
Ollie Gibbons, convicted principal in the murder of Gus Noffsinger, testified that Mrs. Noffsinger urged him to kill her husband. He said he planned to shoot Noffsinger but used a miner's hammer to crush the skull, and saw Mrs. Noffsinger take the weapon and strike. She was expected to testify next.
Washington reports full powers were sent to Joseph C. Grew to negotiate and sign a treaty of amity and commerce with Turkey. Talks at Lausanne between Grew and Ismet Pasha focus on replacing consular courts with foreign legal advisors and reforming Turkish law to align with Western standards. If Grew’s representations widen advisor authority, other nations would benefit along with the United States.
The United States railroad labor board delays its March 21 order forcing New York Central Railroad to abolish piece work, affecting about 10 000 shop craft employees. An amended decision extends the interim period to seek board approval, guaranteeing pay at rates not less than board set hourly wages during the delay, while unions argue lack of required negotiations.
Joseph Wingate Folk former governor of Missouri was buried in Oakwood Cemetery Brownsville Tenn among friends and relatives. Services led by Rev Wilson Woodcock pastor of Brownsville Baptist Church.
The Bluefield Country Club hosted the First May Fete with over a thousand spectators. Danced by the South Wind group and other youngsters, the event featured Spring and Sunbeam theme costumes, a royal Queen, and a grand procession with flower girls and a jester. The wind briefly hindered pennant ribbons but did not dampen the show.
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