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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1925
Page
17
Bluefield voters will cast two ballots on Tuesday July 7 to choose five of ten director candidates and to select party precinct committee members. Committees will appoint election officials and the Board of Directors will name a commissioner to form the precinct election boards.
The writer muses that early humans were less developed than today. If ancient trees could be shaken, burglars and crooks of today would not be found there, implying decades of change in customs and habits. The piece contrasts past and present social developments with a humorous tone.
A New York visitor sparked barefoot golf at White Springs and barefoot work and sunbonneted labor are noted as common domestic scenes. The piece argues that people revert to natural habits under excitement and that barefoot leisure and games persist alongside cultured speech and fashion.
An early warm spell followed by cold rain and frost damaged vegetable plantings and flowers across the region. Late buds on trees and vines suffered, causing multimillion dollar losses spread over a wide area, impacting national wealth and raising prices for non-gardeners alike.
The report notes 670 inmates with no trades at Indiana reformatory. 338 released next year, 185 of them taking self supporting trades like bricklaying plastering and iron molding. Teaching trades helps reintegrate them into society with cooperative spirit, countering idle hands and crime.
A note on decisiveness stresses that sustained focus and commitment drive success across all vocations. Indecision leads to scattered energies, lost opportunities, and a habit that grows upon a person, causing him to abandon projects when difficulties arise and chase new fields.
Merchants and business houses urged to display flags during the West State Medical Association convention in Mercer and McDowell counties. The event opens Tuesday and will run for four days with courtesy extended to visiting physicians.
Joliet June 6 Richard Loeb slayer of Bobby Franks will not be sent to an insane asylum despite mental deterioration. Warden Whitman says Loeb remains unbalanced with raging spells and profanity though temperature has fallen and he is kept under close guard in the prison hospital. Nathan Leopold, Loeb’s partner in the Franks case, expresses regret noting the heat may affect him.
Vice-President Charles Dawes visits Marietta Ohio for a rest and reunion with his old classmates from Marietta College. No speeches or statements on national affairs planned. He tours his boyhood home, attends a Delta Upsilon reunion banquet, and plans a family gathering Sunday with old friends.
The Greek island of Samos has fallen to the Vasiades Brothers and followers who seized the government building, taken authorities as prisoners, and disrupted communications. Athens will send troops and four naval squadrons to suppress the uprising, whose extent remains unknown.
Washington reports Consul General Jenkins says Canton battle likely within 36 hours as Cantonese and Yun-nan troops close on the city. Foreigners flee and civil authorities brace behind barricades while Sun Yat Sen factions split and Bolshevik ties loom. Shanghai anti foreign actions shift focus briefly.
Miss Miriam Burns of Kansas City, 1912 western golf champion, married Joseph Francis Horn of Wimette, Illinois, in Chicago. She stated marriage will not end her golf career, saying a husband is better and a husband plus golf is best.
Parkersburg West Virginia June 6 Several buildings and residences were struck by lightning during a two hour storm accompanied by heavy rain and flooding. The Elks Home roof was damaged and a News reporter was jolted by a bolt entering an open window but unharmed with numb fingers.
Voters in the pore ward precinct will vote at the residence Secligh eta late 8 roan al é W. announced last night. The change was made at the request of Mr. Troutman.
West Virginia lawmakers adjourn after finalizing capitol construction appropriations, road maintenance funds, and state institution grants. The cap on capitol cost stays at five million with two year maintenance at four hundred thousand and four hundred sixty thousand, plus gasoline tax proceeds. Various institutions receive yearly sums for hospital, tuberculosis, schools, and university buildings, while state government codification gets funded. House reshuffles seating with Rev. D M Jarrett replacing H H Andrews and resolves a dispute over seating and a resolutions purge.
A severe heat wave sweeps the nation with New York reporting a toll of 50 deaths. Chicago and other cities endure extreme heat as cooler rain moderates temperatures in parts of the East. Forecasters expect gradual relief and continued warm weather into Monday.
In Fairmont Minnesota June 6 veterans honored Irvin Hoffman a German drafted by the Kaiser in 1918 who fought in France and died in St Paul at age twenty one. Legion commander M Merry led the ceremony with a firing squad and military rites acknowledging his sacrifice for his country.
Chicago June 6. After weeks of veniremen screening for the murder trial of William Darling Shepherd for his foster son William Nelson McClintock, the jury box faced disruption as the state used more peremptory challenges. Eight sworn jurors remained along with a few previously approved members, setting the stage for a tense contest as both sides maneuver for a final four jurors.
New York June 6 Charles Muller admitted Leeming the importer had befriended him and he had taken advantage of that trust before shooting him in a Williams Street building lobby. In Tombs court Muller was held without bail for further examination Monday. He said letters in his room bore the alias Charlies v Leeming and that Leeming had given him 8000 last fall and guaranteed checks. Muller also disclosed a prior 1922 Sing Sing burglary sentence under the name Charles Koehler and a 1924 parole.
Pittsboro June 6 The arrest of Germain Ovolio twenty five at McKees Rocks tonight police claim disclosed a plot to circulate forged pay checks of the Pressed Steel Car Company among merchants of that suburb. Ovolio was arrested on complaint of John Schleicher a merchant who charged he cashed a check for 48 50 containing the forged signatures of officers of the company. Police said about 5000 worth of the checks had been cashed. They said all bore the date of May 15 and that the forgery was discovered when the checks were turned in at the bank.
Bernard Aliff and Charley Spencer aged about seventeen were lost for over three hours in the A. St. Clair cave on the St. Clair farm in Tazewell county. They wandered back into the bowels of the earth carrying a small candle. Frank St Clair located them and led them out to safety with help from Bluefield rescuers and their father J S Aliff. Charley Spencer is the son of Captain Ed Spencer of Giles street.
The Salvation Army Citadel on Raleigh Street opened and dedicated yesterday with Mayor Thomas and Brigadier Main speaking. A letter from Governor Gore was read praising the Army's work as crowds toured the rebuilt site and a capital campaign supported the new welfare headquarters.
Richmond June 6 The Rev Beverly D Tucker Jr rector of St Pauls Church Richmond declined his election as bishop coadjutor of the Virginia Episcopal Church South. He said he prefers focused parish work to overseeing a larger diocese, leaving the diocese without a coadjutor for another year until the 1927 meeting.
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