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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1923
Page
2
Bluefield Market and Bluefield Market Co announce fresh fruit and meat deliveries with daily shipments and prompt service. Notices include Holston Conference Orphanage pledges past due, a June lectures series by Rev Devery in Powhatan West Virginia, and a Bland Street Methodist Church cantata rehearsal urging full attendance tonight.
The Norfolk and Western Railway will stretch service on the Shenandoah Division by adding a daily and Sunday train between Roanoke and Hagerstown effective June 17. The outbound will depart Roanoke at 8:00 a.m. and reach Hagerstown by 4:15 p.m.. return trips depart Hagerstown at 11:00 a.m. and arrive Roanoke at 8:15 p.m.
A white man identified as Layman McGuire of Pepper Virginia, about sixty miles east of Bluefield, was found Tuesday night beside the Norfolk and Western railway tracks near Walton with both legs amputated. He is believed to have fallen from a train and was taken to a Christiansburg hospital.
Norfolk and Western raises wages for signalmen and helpers by three cents an hour. About 16 000 to 17 000 workers have seen increases, with 10 000 shopmen among the largest group. Clerks maintenance of way workers and foremen also receive raises, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
The debate on appropriations continues with salary figures and lump sum criticisms. Minority Leader Moore derides the resolution as a recap of prior moves while Speaker Byrne defends budget processes and blasts party control and alleged misuses. Adjournment is set for tomorrow morning after a contested vote.
Beckley plans to welcome many physicians for the 56th annual West Virginia State Medical Association meeting on June 12 13 14. Local doctors including Wade H. St Clair and Harry G Steele will participate. Beckley shares a souvenir booklet with Beckley statistics and views as part of the event.
The old Elks Opera House is being converted into a fine business house. Contractors have begun forming and arranging to start immediately, with heavy steel girders placed on Federal and Raleigh streets for three floors.
Chase Gordon a colored man of Princeton was shot during a quarrel with his wife at their home about 6 pm. She was arrested on bond of 1000 dollars for a preliminary hearing. doctors reported Gordon near death and his condition later led to remand of the wife without bond. This marks the second such shooting of a husband by a wife in Princeton within a week.
The interstate commerce commission plans extensive tests of automatic straight air brakes on the Norfolk and Western. Tests likely in July will cover all trains from Bluefield to Norfolk, expanding beyond prior tests between Roanoke and Bluefield.
The Federated American Engineering Societies released a report urging elimination of the twelve hour day in steel. The committee, led by Bradley Stoughton of Lehigh, argues shorter workdays aid the industry and labor, contrasting with an Iron & Steel Institute finding that the twelve hour day cannot be discarded.
New York June. The American Olympic committee will provide first class travel and housing for the 1924 national team as they cross the Atlantic and compete in France. Col Robert M. Thompson announces departure for France with Major General Henry T. Allen to study housing and arrange comfort details for athletes.
The United States railroad labor board ruled that shop craft employees on the Baltimore and Ohio road working a second shift shall have a twenty minute lunch period without pay. Workers on three eight hour shifts are also allowed a twenty minute lunch within the fifth hour of each shift without loss of pay.
Washington announces the appointment of Charles W. Collins of Chicago as the third deputy comptroller of the currency. Collins has served as counsel for the budget bureau. Overnight stays at Sing Sing require prison accommodation for officials with business. A Dutch astronomer notes two opposite stellar streams.
Jack Jude of Iaeger visited War Eagle on Wednesday. Memorial Day services were held at War Eagle with a lecture by Dr. King. Mrs. M. S. Hall and Miss Edna Depue traveled to Williamson for Memorial Day. Miss Virginia Radford visited Davy and Big Sandy before returning home. Thomas Cole took a drive to Gilbert Creek from Wharncliffe. Helen Cole is ill with pneumonia. War Eagle lost to Cedar 4 to 1 on Sunday. George W. Coffey returned from a 10 day North Carolina vacation. J. K. Coffey welcomed Mrs. Coffey back from her 10 day trip. Clell Maynard of Williamson becomes mine foreman at Trader's mine, War Eagle Coal Co.
In Valparaiso Indiana on June 6 Harry Diamond was found guilty of murdering his wife Nettie Diamond and sentenced to death. The jury deliberated about four hours and Judge Hannibal Loring imposed the sentence. Diamond claimed a chauffeur killed her and that he shot in self defense. He collapsed as the verdict was read.
A woman clutched her son in a heated moment and became hysterical, requiring bystanders to forcibly separate them. The incident drew a crowd and raised questions about restraint and safety.
W C Fownes Jr of Oakmont former national amateur champion led the field in the qualifying round of the 29th annual invitation golf tournament at Allegheny Country Club with 148 over 36 holes. Joseph M Wells of East Liverpool ranked second with 155.
In yesterday noon session the Lions Club elected Dr. O. S. Hare president and W. H. Thomas first vice president along with Martin Gary second vice president Sam Douglass third vice president Herbert May secretary Pollock treasurer Red Rover Lion tamer Puzzy Farr tax twister and P J Kelley D M Keyerle Fred Fox Herbert May S Bernard as directors all by acclamation A City Beautiful plan progress report was given and a ladies night set for June 19 A radio concert reproduction by Bert Treadway James Elmer Brown and Alex Bowman entertained attendees.
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