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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
8
A bold advertisement touts Moss a trance clairvoyant with occult training in Egypt India and Europe. It claims he can read futures, eliminate fears and develop hidden resources, offering services from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with a money back satisfaction promise.
Bluefield beats Roanoke 7 to 5 after a tense extra innings finish. Carter drove in the winning run with a long single in the tenth as Kee and Snedager provided late power. Roanoke built a late rally but Bluefield rebuilt lead and held on for the victory.
London June 11 Premier Asquith announced in the house of commons his plan to introduce the promised measure to amend the Irish home rule bill before progress by the Lords. The Unionists claim victory and expect the Lords to freely modify the amended bill including provisions for excluding Ulster and protecting Protestant minority interests.
In London crowds greet Salvation Army founder William Booth and followers as leaders including the British prime minister and the lord mayor of London listen to a cordial address at the Royal Albert Hall modernizing a century after earlier ridicule.
The record shows serious suffragette outrages began in 1912 with window breakage at officials’ homes. Property destruction totals reach 40,000 in 1912 and four million by 1914 to date, with churches and historic mansions contributing most to the loss.
Russell Clements of Lynchburg, aged twenty two, was burned to death in an explosion that destroyed a mixing house at the National Fire Works Company in Petersburg. Officials believe the blast was caused by friction from flanges striking fire against the stone door of the building.
At Lookout West Virginia an electric mine locomotive ran away and crashed into the Blume Coal Company tipple. George Willis and Samuel Cook were killed and Lawrence Willis and Saml Flint were fatally injured as the wreck hurled the victims into a deep ravine.
Charleston June 11 The Hackett Coal Company signed a wage agreement with the United Mine Workers ending a wage dispute in the Kanawha coal field. The pact includes the Kanawha wage scale and affects miners and operators.
Mazatlan June 11. Heavy volley heard on city outskirts as constitutionalists push for a determined assault. A well directed attack could lead to the capture of the city. Constitutionalists reportedly captured a strategic area north of the city Tuesday night.
John Burroughs discusses the creative impulse in the Atlantic, noting artists cannot foresee the exact next step or final form, as material, time, and accident shape outcomes. The artist must surrender to spontaneity, allowing medium to render words, colors, and tones beyond conscious control.
Advice from The Boy Scout's Hike Book urges feet to land flat with the heel first and the ball of the foot not to lead. Let arms swing naturally and carry a stout stick to exercise the arms. Keep shoulders down, chest up, and body erect for proper walking posture.
In Broadminster a witty parson spins a story about a Breeches Bible carried by Cromwell’s troopers. He touts it as small and compact and even claims bullets lodged in the pocket saved lives, a tale the lady questions yet recalls hearing elsewhere.
Richard Duffy in Bookman praises Richard Hovey for a sonorous color in verse reading and recitation. He would offer a second choice if a poem was unsuitable and then mail a written copy to editors.
The sketch recalls John Clerk, Lord Eldon, famed for Law and Laughter and a Dramatyne club dinner misadventure. He tumbled downstairs to his carriage, breaking his nose, later returning to public view with an odd look. When asked how the accident occurred he quipped about studies and Coke Upon Littleton, then Clerk Upon Stair.
Conversation from the Seattle PostIntelligencer notes a nurse asked by a mother to avoid telling the child about bugaboos. The nurse then asks if the infant should receive any germ instruction now, prompting cautious dialogue.
The Baltimore Amosk notes a language quip about misusing prepositions. It recalls Fred saying he and his bride would live with the old man when the intended meaning was on the old man. The item highlights wry humor about everyday speech.
Specialty notice announces specials at Blair PB Wilgon Co with a feature on Baby Farm minute at 16 Hieginbotham Avenue.
Officials decline to discuss mediation terms as arms reach the constitutionalists. The Antilla steamer at Tampico may unload with U. S. sanction while Carranza's envoys claim the cargo will be in Villa's hands within days. Concerns rise over a possible federal advance on Vera Cruz and the risk of disease in the region.
The text notes the constitutionalists claim to ignore certain points and discusses whether delegates would be admitted without an arms declaration. Mediators hint at informal discussions with Carranza representatives, while the United States insists on recognizing the constitutionalists as provisional president and views peace as impossible until the strongest factor assumes absolute control, risking a march on Mexico City.
The Senate debates and votes on repealing the Panama Canal toll exemption for American coastwise shipping. President Wilson advocates the repeal as a fiscal and policy correction, while House opposition delays action. The long battle sees key Republicans like Root and Lodge siding with the president in a party-bridging fight.
Berlin acts as a focal point for opposing the president, mobilizing groups and voices against the administration. The movement centers on political maneuvering and calls for policy challenges.
In Saltillo, Texas, June 11, George C. Carrothers, special representative of the State Department and consular agent at Torreon, was ordered to proceed to Saltillo from Torreon to pursue direct negotiations with General Venustiano Carranza. The move signals Washington’s aim to engage Carranza directly despite his absence from the Niagara Conference with Huerta delegates.
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