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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1913
Page
4
A Pittsburgh Dispatch quote laments a social lobby in Washington where senators and lawmakers dine with hosts seeking favors. It argues democratic principles may be eroded if such influence goes unchecked and contrasts it with the basic material rewards of a long career.
The text asserts Henry Stuart will be governor in Virginia despite talk of uncertainty. Senator Goff acknowledges an annual income of seventy five thousand dollars, implying a solid political stake. The piece argues a politician should have significant wealth as a safeguard.
The article jokes about digging to the earth's center and mocks digger labor while offering heavy knockers for the job. It comments on a motion picture censorship board and notes a Washington lawsuit involving a betrothed legislator’s death. It ends with wit about Bulgarian ties and city celebrations.
Elvert Wibbern argues fame attracts slander from strangers who do not know you. He notes some people stay silent because they believe the argument against them is hard to refute.
The Indiana Central Hospital for the Insane reported a case where trephination removed bone pressing on the brain and led to a cured return to society. A Dannemora burglar freed on parole after surgery regressed to crime, prompting Journal of the American Medical Association to caution that short term improvements may not reflect lasting moral or mental change.
A fragment notes past Indianapolis cases where medical authorities reported brain surgery on the skull. The report hints at early discussions of crime and brain science with surgical interventions and their outcomes.
Huntington Herald-Dispatch discusses a proposed self investigation by the United States Senate and West Virginia’s offer to host reciprocal inquiries. The piece questions the Senate’s moral status, the president’s accusations, and potential implications for West Virginia.
A compilation of satirical clippings cites the New York Evening Sun on Bulgarian pretexts for conflict and a Philadelphia Inquirer jab at pretexts for war. The Rochester Herald notes a suffragette parade clash in London and economic waste over Paris gowns. The Louisville Courier-Journal reports Maine importing rum as powder and a risky drinker’s reaction.
Silverman claimed she only expressed sympathy for the strikers and was brought before the court bar and sentenced without a hearing. The incident centers on a swift judicial action following her remark amid strike tensions.
Washington reports that the principle of compulsory arbitration binding the United States to 24 nations is in serious danger as Senate sentiment shifts. Renewals with Great Britain Italy and Spain may be impossible while France’s treaty has been renewed. Debate centered on Panama canal tolls and fears that arbitration would force such issues to The Hague. Senator Bacon publicly supported arbitration but cautioned that tolls would require arbitration under the British pact.
William Howard Taft arrives in Washington for a Lincoln Memorial Commission meeting and to renew old acquaintances. He is greeted by a few friends and Secret Service, then driven to the home of William J. Boardman for his stay.
Poem depicts a balmy land in West Virginia with flowers birds and sunshine. It extols friendly people brave men and sweet girls in a nature filled borderland of Dixie amid pine forests and grand mountains.
Shanna i Silverman a Paterson silk striker aged seventeen has filed an appeal with the New Jersey Supreme Court asking for review of her twenty day jail sentence for contempt of court. The sentence followed her alleged laughter in court during the hearing of arrested strikers.
Washington reports say Attorney General McReynolds proposed a progressive excise tax on tobacco output as a possible measure to curb the tobacco trust. White House officials clarified there was no formal policy, describing the idea as a discussion for possible study and not an administration decision.
A man who approached a witness would not reveal for whom he was acting. The district attorney's office said Shuman believed the man could identify him. The grand jury will take up the matter tomorrow.
The Lawrence textile strike dynamite conspiracy case jurors, including William Wood of the American Woolen Company, Frederick Atteaux, and Dennis Collins, delayed verdicts as deliberations stretched late. Juror Morris Shuman testified he was approached with a $200 bribe and a lifetime position offer the prior night.
Governor Hatfield states West Virginia landowners will be protected from coercive dam land grabs. A farmer, George W. Harman of Crump's Bottom, warns a proposed 125 foot high dam on the New River near Histon could flood 32 miles and ruin about 1500 acres. The Virginia Water Power Co plans to condemn land under new law but promises fair prices and recourse through the public service commission.
Walter Hines Page new American ambassador to the court of St James received his baptism of fire as an after dinner speaker in London at a Pilgrims Society welcome banquet. Field Marshal Karl Roberts presided with 350 pilgrims in attendance. Sir Edward Grey drew a large ovation as the "peace maker" of Europe.
Auto owners in Tazewell Virginia express anger over recent incidents where boys threw glass and tacks in roads. The aim is to identify those responsible and punish them to the full extent of the law.
J. N. Harman and A. Z. Litz of Tazewell closed negotiations today on the Surface farm just outside town, embracing about 100 acres for $20,000. They reportedly plan to divide the land into town lots for residences and develop a summer hotel, tennis courts, and baseball grounds.
A Bulgarian cabinet resignation dated May 30 is confirmed by the Mir of Sofia and received in London as the peace treaty draft is signed. The move causes anxiety in Belgrade and Athens as diplomats react to shifting lines before the pact.
Washington June 6 The first hitech in the Democratic currency appeared with the first meeting of the new house banking currency committee Linburgh a Progressive member started trouble when he presented a resolution providing that all deliberations of the committee in its work of preparing an administration currency bill should be open to the public
Earl Craft of Monroe County Missouri, born with severe leg impairment, learned to move by hand after hip amputations at age twelve. He now tends a 240 acre farm, can hook and unhook a team, ride a horse, drive a gang plow, cultivator, and binder, and does most farm tasks despite his disability.
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