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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1925
Page
11
A long feature blends anecdotes on love, health myths, and social habits. It discusses ring prices, hookworms and work, smoking in women, a New York criminal tale, Irish immigrant history, a potato mouse caper, and wedding superstitions tied to the moon.
Nine witnesses testified in a two hour session as defense claims were rejected. William Scott Stewart pressed for admission of a will memo and cross examined Dr. Rongetti while testimony on Shepherd’s alleged impoverished status and future wealth continued.
Washington reports Charles J. Brand, a close adviser of the late Secretary Wallace, has resigned from the Agriculture Department as Secretary Jardine reorganizes. Dr E. Ball also leaves, with several bureau chiefs likely to be replaced. Brand opposed the McNary Haughen bill on farm price fixing and will join the national fertilizer association after July.
Warren S. Stone head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and head of its banks and interests will lie in state Monday in the Engineers Building auditorium in Cleveland. He died unexpectedly and will be buried at Lakeview Cemetery. Funeral services are set for Euclid Avenue Congregational Church at 2. The advisory board will select a successor with William B. Prenter named as next in line.
A Denver group at the International Rotary Convention in Cleveland plans to toss real Rocky Mountain snowballs as a novelty. The snow originates from Colorado high mountains and is transported in a car for display during the event.
Mrs. George W. Gill, twenty, was arrested in Shreveport on murder charges tied to the death of Read, a 25 year old Centenary College student. Her husband, Loyola University law student, confessed to striking Read. Mrs. Gill aided in the fight and was released on bond while Gill remains jailed without bond.
In Havana on June 13, Angus Montenegro a widower from Camaguan province killed his sixteen year old daughter after she refused to stop seeing a man he despised and then committed suicide. Rural guards found both bodies on the town outskirts.
A Washington scientist Francis Jenkins and colleagues demonstrated a radio vision system that showed moving objects several miles away. The test at a downtown lab used a small screen to display a snail-shaped image whirl across light flashes from a naval radio station. Officials including Soenstens Wilbur and Dr. George M Bay observed the clear though imperfect image.
A long wire service dispatch describes rioting and battles around Canton as Yunnanese troops clash with Kwang Twung forces. Foreign residents flee, and Shanghai sees strikes and tightened defense by Chang Tso Lin. Provisional governors may be told to protect foreigners. a telegram from Nashville hints at continued coverage.
Darwin's daughter-in-law says she thinks men are beginning to make monkeys of themselves amid the Tennessee evolution trial of John T. Seppen. She sailed on the Cunard for Pagland following the remarks.
Premier Painleve traveled from Paris to inspect the Morocco front, meeting with Fes notables and receiving reports of tribal weariness near the line between French and Spanish zones. He toured Quetzan region with Marshal Lyautey and General Daugan, noting Riffian tactics and morale efforts.
City manager W C Hopkins issues a proclamation urging every resident to help welcome International Rotary delegates. The event runs Monday to Thursday and is expected to attract record attendance.
Robert Hill, trapped in the Baltic mine tunnel since Thursday, spoke to rescuers via an air pipe and cheered their efforts. Rescue chief Robert Bedford said Hill reported he was cold and hungry as crews worked in relays through a ten foot debris gap. Hill’s wife and two children waited at the mine office during the operation.
Chicago reports a brutal clash on the southwest side ends with two patrolmen dead and a third critically wounded. Police, led by Chief Collins, pursue Genna and his gang after a 60 mile chase. Officer William Sweeney kills Genna’s ally and captures the others. Dever backs the relentless drive to uproot gunmen.
Senator McKellar of Tennessee denounces a Saturday Evening Post article about Rachel Jackson as cruel and untrue. He calls it advertising propaganda aiding the Republicans and a calculated attack on the Democratic party, adding to indignation in Jack son home state over references to Mrs. Jackson's character.
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