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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1924
Page
2
A reflective essay covers weather hardship and its economic impact, the value of humble work, and the ethic of duty. It muses on mortality, immortality, and progress through science, religion, and philosophy while warning of future warfare threats and the need for national protection.
Tomorrow about 10,000 Rotarians will assemble in Toronto for the fifteenth annual convention. The organization expanded from one club to roughly 1,800 clubs in 27 countries with about 100,000 members in nineteen years, with 100 British clubs to be represented.
W R Shirley president of the National Fraternal Congress warns in an address that the United States could become a nation of lunatics by 1979 if the current rate of insanity rises with population.
New York June 14 Officials and delegates gather for pre convention judging of seating plans and platforms. Hull and Kremer confer with Mack Ferris Love Dockweller Quinn to map delegations. McAdoo moves toward New York with supporters and a public message of grave issues and determined action.
In Arizona Pa on June 14 the condition of auto racing pilot Jerry Wonderlich injured in a 150 mile race was described as very good with an excellent chance for recovery. He regained consciousness at 6 30 p m about two hours after the accident sustaining a brain concussion and a broken ankle.
Federal court action filed by Independent Home Of Company seeks an injunction to prohibit Gov. W. H. Mc Master and the South Dakota highway commission from retailing gasoline. The suit charges officials acted beyond their powers and that state gas sales deplete public funds.
Paris June 14 Edward Herriot leader of the left coalition forms a new government after a fourteen day crisis. General Maurice Nollet as war minister puzzles critics while Herriot allies say Nollet will press for German understanding and France’s security. Clemental and Rene Renoult bring prior ministerial experience. others are young appointees. The cabinet signals a conciliatory foreign policy toward Britain and plans for an allied conference on reparations under the Dawes plan.
Rex Ray an American captured by river pirates in Kwangsi Province has escaped from a mountain stronghold. He was one of four aboard a motorboat bound for Kweilin to rescue missionaries amid fighting between Kwansi and Kwangtung forces. Remaining captive is Karn an Australian. R A Jaffray and H G Miller were released to meet ransom demands. The consul general in Canton seeks word on others including Rev. Joseph Cunningham reportedly killed.
In Culpeper Virginia on June 14 the bodies of Jury Yates 68 a prosperous farmer and Simon Nash 18 farm worker were brought from Charlottesville after an automobile overturned yesterday near Crooked Run. The men died of injuries from the crash.
After a three day session the fifth annual convention of the West Virginia Federation of Music Clubs closed in Fairmont. Martinsburg was selected as the next meeting site. The group endorsed a national conservatory of music and regional branches, plus state memory contests to be held nationwide next year. Prizes awarded included Miss Virginia Baredon winning first in the young peoples piano contest. State artists featured were Mrs Elsie Fischer Kinchelou Charleston soprano Hisimo Thompson Ware Martinsburg soprano Mrs Clarence Dille Morgantown soprano Frank Delli Gatti Fairmont violinist Miss Ruth Kemper Salem violinist.
Chicago authorities predicted a quick resolution to the Thurs day night holdup of a Milwaukee St. Paul mail train after two mail clerks identified a suspect as one of the bandits. J H Wayne, wounded and hospital bound, is named among the attackers alongside several other suspects in a raid on a flat. Police say they have captured multiple suspects and expect to recover most or all of the loot, with official action to transfer custody to federal authorities.
Ebensburg Pa June 14 Samuel Evans an alleged Klansman tried on a murder indictment linked to the Lilly town fight of April 5 was acquitted after one hour and twenty minutes of jury deliberation He was the first of eighteen Klansmen and thirteen Lilly residents to face trial in the killings plus charges of carrying concealed weapons The district attorney pondered next steps as other cases proceed and Evans may still face charges in the deaths of two other men from the Lilly melee
The International Executive Board suspended District No. 17 of the United Mine Workers, which covers most of West Virginia. Percy Tetlow of Ohio was named district head, with headquarters in Charleston, and Van A. Bittner of Pittsburgh to run the northern part from Fairmont. The action takes effect June 16 as the union seeks stricter adherence to its policies in West Virginia.
Milton Nobles, eighty, famed playwright and character actor, who in the last two years portrayed Frank Bacon's role in Lightin' died at his Brooklyn home.
Charles P. Sakin, who escaped from Charleston West Virginia four weeks ago with the outlaw, was arrested in New York. Sakin, already sentenced for bootlegging, waived extradition and was held without bail for WV authorities.
Investigation reveals lack of sufficient air pressure to clean 14 inch gun barrels in turret No. 2 as a possible factor in Thursday’s disaster that killed 48 aboard the battleship Mississippi. Chief turret captain F J Rynes, badly burned, lies aboard Relief. Funeral plans set for Tuesday with naval honors.
Harry Perkins and Fred Martin of Allegheny Pennsylvania were fined 100 dollars and costs and given six month jail terms for trying to pick a race visitor's pocket at the state fair grounds. George Murphy of Washington DC drew one year and a 100 dollar fine for a similar offense after being caught lifting race tickets. Detective Walker and Chief Frazier testified to the thwarted thefts at the Wheeling event.
In Johnson City Tennessee on June 14 a cloudburst devastated the region. Twelve killed and four seriously injured as more than a dozen houses barns and mills were destroyed and thousands of acres of farm land ruined. The flood severed communications and damaged rail lines around Hunter Elizabethton and Hampton. Cecil Lewis and his sons survived after their home was washed away while they waited three hours in a tree top for floodwaters to recede.
Fire late last night gutted the Silver Refinery at the Baltimore Copper Smelting and Rolling Company plant on Fourth street and Fifth avenue Canton Baltimore threatening to spread to the main works early today.
Chicago June 14 more alienists visited the county jail to examine Nathan Leopold jr and Richard Loeb confessed kidnappers and slayers of thirteen year old Robert Franks. Four alienists spent hours as part of the defense plan to prove insanity. The youths greeted the doctors and seemed amused by the equipment. An assistant state's attorney was assigned to lead the state's effort to counter defense testimony.
Mexico City reports the foreign office expelled Herbert C. Cummins British charge d affaires after years as persona non grata. Mexico claimed he was not a diplomat and lodged two recalls by Britain before the expulsion while seeking friendly ties with Great Britain.
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