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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1926
Page
3
An editorial reflects on blackberry winter and its chill as a seasonal rite while urging readers to plant trees to enhance property value. It blends nostalgic notes on love letters and old flames with practical advice about shade, birds, and the beauty of well-timed arborage for future home sites.
Readers reflect beside Maple Park cemetery as Bluefield mourners recall lives cut short by accident hate and neglect then learn Norfolk and Western plans to widen Tug River yard shifting track space while state lines hinge on the river center and markers mark the boundary a unique, record-worthy note for the era.
The director of the Better Health Bureau, Miss Marie Johnson, is met with disapproval from some American women and a round of applause from certain American men who ignore her message as they turn to Page Six for more.
Five insurgent Republicans and one Farmer-Labor member issue an appeal urging Brookhart nomination, arguing his unseating defied Iowa voters. Des Moines voters head to a pivotal primary, with Cummins, Brookhart, and Clark debating farm relief credits tariff and world court amid Good Roads focus.
President and Mrs. Coolidge attended the wedding of William V. Hodge treasurer of the Republican national committee and Mrs. Chas. T. Lowndes at Glenig Howard County Maryland thirty five miles from Washington The ceremony drew government officials including Senator Butler of Massachusetts and other senators and house members Mrs Alvin T. Hert vice chairman of the committee and Secretary and Mrs. Sanders joined the party.
Irma Sulivan Durkin, Cornell Illinois village belle, returns to support Mar lin Durkin indicted for murder of a federal officer. Betty Warner, his first wife, has left him. Durkin’s mother provides comfort as trial opens with only two jurors tentatively accepted. Efforts to annul the marriage have failed. the belle plans to decide after the trial.
Mrs. Eleanor Elaine Lee Harris of Clarksville Tennessee arrived in Hopkinsville Kentucky to gather evidence against her husband Beverly Harris a New York banker in an annulment case. She said she has statements and depositions from governors congressmen ministers and prominent people to defend her character and name. She cited Governor Peay as praising her fight against long odds and defending a southern woman's honor.
In Newcastle workhouse two men from Philadelphia, Jane Fee and Thomas Kelley, were lashed forty times each with a cat o nine tails on their bare backs. They were recently convicted of highway robbery and are serving fifteen year terms. A newspaper photographer who peeked over the wall was fined 85 shillings after being ejected from the yard.
The Canadian rum runner Tecate captured off the Coronado Islands while landing 1000 cases of whiskey. crew of fifteen taken into custody and whiskey seized. Vessel towed to Ensenada as Canadian government considerations rise. Prohibition-era smugglers have for a year used Mexican waters to evade U S and Canadian authorities.
Vienna reports detail the death of Baroness Klinger and a duel with Cyril Vladimer Orloff. A deposition describes Orloff meeting the baroness at a castle and leaving with his severed arm. Aaron Klinger was shot during the affray. both men are in serious condition.
George Shafer, manager of the Court and Victoria theatres, announced plans for a new marble theatre on Eleventh and Chapel streets in Wheeling. The project is valued near 1.5 million dollars, with seating for over 5,000. Remodeling of the Court Theatre, budgeted at $60,000, was delayed pending the new venue plans.
In Everett Washington a family of four McRossen Thayer thirty nine his wife Norline forty seven son James twenty two and daughter Cornelia sixteen were found dead on the second floor of their home. Gas was flowing from a main supply line on the first floor which was unscrewed and officials say Thayer turned on the gas.
Salvation Army head Captain William Ian MacGregor was shot through the intestines Friday night in Wheeling West Virginia and was reported slightly improved though physicians gave no hope of recovery. Walter McCormick of Fairmont was the shooter and later killed Assistant Captain Eugene Reilly as police questioned him. Prosecutor A C Schiffler planned first degree murder charges for early next week. Lieut Col Charles Welte traveled to Wheeling to oversee the investigation and assume duties at the industrial home.
West Virginia tax talks end in Wheeling with merchants urging a gross sales tax reform and oil and gas levies. Officials announce final Martinsburg session and a Charleston meeting to present statewide figures with public allowed to observe.
Houston date June 5 Jesse H Jones director of finance for the Democratic national committee said he has raised $100 000 toward the 1924 campaign deficit The deficit after 1924 was about $350 000 and has been reduced to about $160 000 Contributions came from Democrats able to give substantial amounts rather than a general campaign He forwarded a list of contributors to James W Gerard treasurer to file with the post office department as required by law
Wage sub committees of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen will meet tomorrow to agree on a joint wage increase demand. Grand chief engineer A Johnston says the engineers' general chairman have set the raise amount but will not reveal it.
A Chicago street car and an interurban collided today raining glass and causing serious injuries to six people and minor cuts to about twenty others.
War veterans from the Second Division stood silent as a Belleau Wood memorial was dedicated in Cook County Forest Preserve near Chicago. Attendees included Major General John A. Lejeune, Major General James G. Harbord, and Lt Col Hanford McNider. McNider warned that native yellows pose a greater threat than Reds, saying foreigners can be cured through education and experience.
A deadly blaze at Colletiane Villa last night killed six children as a mother and two others fled. The mother and eldest daughter escaped along with a baby while onlookers watched. authorities suspect a spark from a stave started the fire.
The Sunday Express reports mine owners plan to dissolve the Mining Association to remove the national negotiating body and force the Miners' Federation to bargain by districts. The move aims to counter perceived government plans for temporary state control, while owners accept subsidy only as state involvement.
Emily Josephine Smith eldest daughter of Governor Alfred E. Smith wed Major John Adams Warner commandant of the state constabulary in a Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception ceremony officiated by Cardinal Patrick Hayes with Pope Pius X blessing. About 1500 guests attended the church and 1000 more the reception and breakfast. The ceremony featured vivid liturgical trappings and a NY choir.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University asserts the liquor question will decide the New York and national political fortunes. He rejects dry planks for Republicans and urges repeal of the Volstead Act and the Eighteenth Amendment, backing the Quebec system for New York.
West Virginia chiropractors convene in Wheeling on Monday June 7 with Dr. A H Schanz in charge. Harvey L Kirk city manager will give the welcome address. A banquet and election of officers follow Monday evening.
Montevideo reports four dozen suspects held after a bombing at the American legation. Police grill twenty men identified as radicals, but yield no definite clue to the attackers. Sightings describe a small car fleeing the scene before the blast. In Buenos Aires, additional officers guard Ambassador Peter Jay at his Avienda residence.
ORMISTON, ex KFSG radio operator linked to Angelus Temple, discusses Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance with her mother Mrs Minnie Kennedy.
David Lloyd George, undeterred by threats of expulsion, spoke at the Manchester Reform Club praising panegyrics from supporters now opposing him. He responded to a letter by Lord Oxford and Asquith that urged expulsion from the Liberal party.
Washington June 5 Unable to reach a vote on sixteen nominations to the board of tax appeals after another hour of discussion the senate put the matter over until Monday. Senator Glass proposed a resolution barring anyone who has been an Internal Revenue Bureau employee from serving for two years after leaving the bureau. Action on the resolution is expected before a vote on the nominations.
Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden lauded church unity in a luncheon address before 250 church leaders in New York. He said disruption is superficial and urged cooperation amid diverse creeds and denominations attending the event.
Four persons were killed when a fast Pennsylvania train from Pittsburg struck their automobile at the White House grade crossing in Garfield Heights village near Cleveland. Two women and one man died instantly, the second man died en route to a hospital.
About $1,100 more is needed to complete the Bland road fund. The latest report lists $6,045.50 raised, with new contributions bringing the total to around $6,100.50. Of this, $1,097.40 has been paid in, and friends are urged to send the remaining amount to help Bluefield finish the drive.
Washington reports Vice President Dawes has taken economic direction of farm relief legislation after a farm leaders conference. Senate debates Navy equalization fee with changes including reducing the revolving fund to 175 million dollars and allocating 75 million for surplus cotton disposal. An amendment would start the fee on five basic commodities wheat cattle swine cotton and corn, subject to producer referendum before effectiveness.
Moundsville West Virginia June 5 Jacob Riggs a prominent local banker and businessman was recommended for the postmastership by Congressman Carl G Bachmann. He was selected from three eligible candidates Hugh Thompson and J Sherman Welch were the other two finalists. The current postmaster A E Lynch has served several terms and 14 applicants sought the job.
Mrs Miriam Noel Wright, exhausted by her unrelenting fight to gain access to Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesen home in Spring Green Wisconsin, temporarily abandons the effort on medical and legal advice and plans to return to Chicago to rent. Wright sent $125 through attorneys to cover her needs and offered sanitarium expenses, but she remains undecided about moving.
A report that Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson was found in Edmonton sparked brief relief before investigations showed no evidence she entered Canada. Los Angeles officials and Minnie Kennedy renewed a $25,000 reward to locate the evangelist, while Capt. Herman Cline again stated he believes McPherson was drowned.
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