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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1913
Page
1
The Senate sub committee led by Claude Swanson opened hearings in Charleston at the Kanawha Hotel. Sessions run 9 to 12:30, 2 to 5:30, and 8 until finished with miners and operators teams presenting arguments on peonage post office interference and mining law violations.
Mr Knight traced events leading to the 1912 disturbances when Paint Creek operators and about a thousand workers resisted union organizing. He described unionists buying rifles and committing murders and outrages, which culminated in martial law. He outlined specific investigation points.
The U S Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 1912 newspaper publication law as part of the postal appropriation act. The decision, announced by Chief Justice Waite, affirmed required biannual statements of editors owners and bondholders and penalties for noncompliance and paid editorials.
Princeton N J June 10 The class of 1918 received diplomas at Princeton Universitys 166th annual commencement. President John Grier Hibben presented the diplomas in Alexander Hall as the procession moved from Nassau Hall led by Hibben and the trustees. An afternoon reception followed at the Hibben home.
A large party of leading American mechanical engineers, members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, sailed for Europe to attend the annual meeting of the Society of German Engineers in Leipsic. After the conference they will tour industrial Germany visiting Dresden, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfort, Munich and other cities.
Weather bureau reports cool conditions persist in the east with frost in Virginia damaging vegetables in several areas. Freezing temperatures observed in Vermont and Maine while rains persist in the middle Atlantic and gulf states. Unsettled conditions expected to continue in the south Atlantic with further frosts anticipated in Virginia tonight.
Washington June 10 Special With the house in recess and no quorum planned till June 23 West Virginia is sparsely represented in the capital Senator Chilton remains to handle patronage while Goff briefly departs Congressmen Davis and Brown are on working committees Others are away Av is at Webster Springs Moss at home Hughes at Huntington Sutherland the sole Republican here Democrats curb bills reports Ways and Means and a few minor panels rule action for now with Republicans idle awaiting presidential and Democratic leadership. The Central West Virginia Glass Manufacturers Association has complained to the Interstate Commerce Commission about rail rates from Clarksburg district plants seeking lower charges.
Milwaukee Wisconsin hosts the annual convention of the National Association of Macaroni and Noodle Manufacturers. Members arrive from many parts of the country to attend the gathering in the chief macaroni center of America.
The day in Congress saw the lobby investigation committee continue hearings. Senators introduced bills to expand interstate commerce oversight of railroads and to amend the Erdman act, while Wilson sent nominations for confirmation and house members pursued beef packers inquiries and shipbuilding funding proposals.
Major Malcolm W. Bryan, 51, a Roanoke pioneer, died at home 1133 Commerce Street after a lingering illness. Survived by wife and son M. W. Bryan Jr. Funeral at Bryan residence then Laurel Hill Philadelphia. interment there. Bryan helped develop Roanoke with Shenandoah Valley railroad act and Norfolk and Western ventures. He represented the Virginia Company and a wealthy English syndicate in coal lands. formerly agent for 26 land companies. Pallbearers listed.
Washington reports the president nominates Wirt French for postmaster at Princeton Mercer county and Harry B. Moore for Ronceverte Greenbrier county. Both picks come on the recommendation of Senator Chilton.
West Virginia expects generally fair conditions Wednesday and Thursday with slowly rising temperatures. Virginia mirrors the pattern with fair skies on Wednesday and Thursday and a gradual temperature rise.
The Supreme Court sustained the United States in delivering Porter Charlton to Italy for extradition on the murder charge. The case followed three years of legal and diplomatic wrangles over insanity evidence and treaty interpretation. Charlton, a New York bank clerk, confessed to killing his wife aboard a Lake Como honeymoon trip and concealing her body in a trunk.
Washington June 10 The senate finance sub committee recommended elimination of the anti dumping clause enlarging the free list as it passed the house. The committee also enlarged the free list by adjusting chemical and lumber schedules and proposed changes in metal agricultural and sundries schedules with increases in cotton and pottery. Remaining issues include income tax provisions for certain bonds foreign government provisions valuation powers ad valorem to specific duties and countervailing duties on live stock and grain. The caucus is expected to review the measure next week with free raw wool and free sugar schedules likely to stay unchanged.
Fifty people drowned when a ferry boat sank while crossing the Teheptsa river near St. Petersburg. A riot erupted as locals blamed police laxity in ferry supervision.
Delegates and alternates from nearly every section of Kentucky gather in Middlesboro for a four day Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs convention. Guests of honor include Mrs. Percy V Pennyvacker of Austin Texas and Mrs. Samuel B Sheath of Tiffin Ohio.
Birmingham on June 10 hosts the Mine Inspectors Institute of the United States opening sessions. About two hundred mine inspectors attend as delegates from coal camps across the United States gather to hear addresses on reducing fatalities in mines.
Jere Knode Cooke former Episcopal clergyman and actress Floretta Waley were married by a justice of the peace at a Stamford hotel after Mrs Cooke obtained a divorce in Hartford. They secured a license at dawn and the wedding service occurred near ten o clock. The couple then returned to New York. The decree named Floretta Whaley as co correspondent.
The Supreme Court under Justice Hughes delays decisions on West Virginia Arkansas Missouri Oregon and Kentucky railroad rate cases awaiting guidance on valuing railroad property for rates. Interpreting fair value over reproduction cost, Hughes warns against hypothetical multipliers while the Interstate Commerce Commission prepares a national financial valuation of railroads. Congress shows limited movement to alter federal policy as state commissions watch closely.
The New York stock market opened sharply lower as the Supreme Court ruling on the Minnesota rate case weighed on sentiment. Rail shares led the losses with Northern Pacific tumbling four and a quarter points to 105, while Great Northern and Rock Island preferred fell three points. Canadian Pacific Reading New York Central and Chesapeake and Ohio shed one to two points. Industrial stocks followed rail weakness but later partially recovered about a half to one point.
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