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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1921
Page
4
Colonel John L Vance a Civil War veteran and head of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association since 1895 died in Gallipolis. The group sought a nine foot river channel from Pittsburg to Cairo using rocks and dams.
A local automobile directory lists makes and models including Ford Hudson Nash Overland Studebaker Esix Buick Packard Premier Velie Essex and others with entries like Cleveland Chalmers Apperson and Maywell. The compilation highlights brands such as Packard and Studebaker alongside regional names.
In Gibson and Pike counties near Princeton, over a hundred foreign workers were forced to leave by vigilantes amid rising tension over hiring practices. Francisco and Oakland City saw mass exodus and scattered crowds as state officials monitored the situation and prepared possible citizen protection.
Officials say general discontent sparked the disturbance and deny union involvement. They suspect J. W. proprietors as responsible or connected, amid ongoing labor tensions.
Rody and Pete star as Rotarians win 6 5 in the seventh inning. Pete’s game winning single drives in the decisive run after a late Kiwanians rally. McNeal umpired the Saturday clash, noted for sharper play.
Constantinople reports heavy military buildup as Greeks and Turkish Nationalists prepare for decisive Asia Minor action. Allied forces crowd the city with British troops arriving from Malta and a Franco British fleet present. Bolshevik troops have joined the nationalists with an offer of twelve divisions and potential use from Bessarabia if needed. The offensive is feared to trigger new outrages by irregulars in Thrace and Asia Minor.
New York June 11. Plans for the prosecution of about twenty nationwide building trades combines representing roughly 2 billion dollars in capital were discussed at a conference between Samuel Untermyer counsel for the Lockwood legislative committee and Colonel William Hayward United States attorney for the southern district of New York. Hayward said the cases would be prosecuted as soon as possible but are highly complex requiring much study and a large staff. Untermyer has already supplied substantial material.
Washington reports say a British firm was granted large concessions in the Baku oil fields by the Soviet government. American interests had earlier sought concessions, but officials doubt progress due to demoralized Caucasus politics and deteriorated oil properties along the Baku to Batum pipeline.
Pueblo, Colorado warns outsiders to avoid Pueblo due to lack of food shelter and work. Col Patrick J. Hamrock adjutant general of the Colorado national guard urged the outside world to stay away and criticized incomplete coverage.
Washington reports two lengthy sessions as the senate committee interrogates Henry Ford era finances in the Newberry Michigan contest. Paul H. King testifies about campaign communications while Newberry’s naval post is noted. A body found in Morristown linked to a separate case. investigation follows.
Refugees from Nikolaievsk declare a state of terror exists in Khabarovsk, capital of Sibera’s maritime province, and say Bolsheviks have shot political prisoners and maltreated inhabitants. Officials have not confirmed the statements.
Washington June 11 Drections issued today by the farm loan board to the Farm Loan Bank at Wichita Kansas to make an immediate survey of the situation confronting farmers in the Colorado flood district. Chairman Lobdell after talks with Senators Phipps and Nicholson sent telegram to the Wichita bank president about possible special service and extra funds if needed for relief.
Professor Edwin O Excell evangelist choir leader and publisher of religious song books died in a Chicago hospital after more than six months of illness. His work included religious songs and leadership of choirs and he was widely known in church and publishing circles.
Washington June 11 the national single tax league adopted a resolution opposing any U S effort to remove Mexico 25 export duty on oil an unwarranted interference with government powers and decrying American oil interests the group also backed efforts to promote a single tax program in a separate resolution.
Miss Lucy Gillett of Weet Field sister of Speaker Gillett was arraigned in district court Chicappe Mass charged with manslaughter after an automobile collision that killed Irene Cole aged thirteen and injured Yvette Gauthiere aged nine. She pleaded not guilty and was released on $5000 bond for a July 1 hearing.
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