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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
4
The Fidelity bank collapse damaged honest banking institutions and shook public trust. The writer argues newspapers should fully report the facts, noting similar harms to honest bankers and the hesitant posture of would be depositors who witnessed the failure.
In Kansas a bachelor’s club forms to help members wed quickly, proposing to admit about six Bluefield married men as coaches. The Philadelphia Press notes a degree alone isn’t enough without living up to it, while the Daily Telegraph’s want columns tempt regular readers to watch the crowd and cultivate the habit.
A French municipality imposes a tax on baby carriages aimed at limiting impact. Meanwhile six militant suffragettes are on a hunger strike in the London jail, allegedly forming a steady habit there.
The court indicates interstate rates not confiscatory may be set by state authority, but que stions remain how to define confiscation and how to apply rulings across states. Most cases upheld state fixes as fair profits, others denied for potential railroad losses. The principle of reasonable state rates stands yet requires practical, state by state application.
The speaker urges Congress to enact uniform standards or empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate interstate commerce. Aims include consistent interstate laws and a clear method to determine what constitutes confiscation.
A collage of quips from newspapers including Boston Globe Boston Herald Louisville Courier Journal and Manchester Union about rest solitude and clever questions. It cites Hobo News launching its first issue and pokes fun at the Sherman law's revived bite.
Voice from Bluefield argues depositors must judge banks by management and assets, not size or name. It cautions that conservative spending and steady business practice protect depositors, noting state banks hold more WV deposits than national ones and the U S or state governments do not insure deposits. June 2, 1913.
Emory Harless, just days from out of town, assaulted a visiting stranger at the depot after declaring arrest. Harless knocked the man down and struck him as bystanders intervened. Justice Gollehon released Harless, who later beat Officer Sturdivant before other officers escorted him to jail. A mistaken identity theory circulates.
Report says a number of men aboard a car were frightened and jumped off. Interference by bystanders stopped further hostilities. The congressman and conductor were involved with the conductor taken to a hospital. The IR company investigates provocation behind the assault.
Old soldiers from the south and north travel to Gettysburg for the anniversary event. Lieut. W. H. Wright of Winchester Virginia walked the entire distance since June. Others arrive from various sections. The war department bought blankets to prevent discomfort from possible cold.
Rudolph Spreckles, California sugar magnate, returns from Europe and Paris to the United States aboard the Olympic. He says he fears no panics in America after observing conditions from abroad during his vacation.
President Wilson hosts a White House conference with the Senate banking and currency committee Democrats and Republicans for a broad discussion of currency reform. The session follows a House banking and currency hearing and aims to outline legislation to be introduced in both chambers tomorrow by Senator Owens and Representative Glass. Bank presidents urged bankers representation in the proposed federal reserve association and retirement of unsecured currency. Secretary McAdoo and chairmen Owen and Glass participated in framing the administrative bill.
Heads of police departments from major Canadian cities gather in Halifax for the ninth annual Chief Constables' Association of Canada convention opening led by President Chief Carpenter of Edmonton.
Miss Sarah Terrill Bushnell and William Alexander Anderson wed in Salem’s Presbyterian church. The ceremony, officiated by Dr. John Bushnell and Rev. LeRoy Gresham, featured palms and white candle decor. Notable guests included former Governor J Hoge Tyler and Lilly Tyler, plus faculty and officials from Washington and Lee University and University of Virginia.
Los Angeles on June 25 reports a coming meat war as large and small packers clash over trade territory in the western and southern United States. Packing plants aggregating about 5 million dollars in cost are planned.
The American Luncheon Club held a special luncheon for Ambassador W. J. Page at the Savoy Hotel in London. Prominent Americans in London attended the gathering.
Washington June 25 The house Democrats in caucus discussed rival reform budget proposals by Fitzgerald and Sherley for government appropriations.
In the Matz Hotel parlor about 10 oclock last night Miss Cora Toler daughter of B C Toler of Wyoming county wed Gadis Spencer of Anawalt. Rev Frank Y Jackson tied the knot as hotel guests and city officials watched. The couple will return to Anawalt after a brief Virginia visit. Spencer works for the Anawalt Coal Company.
Vigorous efforts will push Congress to authorize a gigantic Norfolk Virginia drydock at the coming session. The dock would be about one thousand feet long one hundred ten feet wide and thirty five feet deep at a projected cost of three million dollars. Representative Holland leads the Virginia effort citing naval upkeep needs.
The phrase a tempest in a teapot traces to Cicero and De Legibus with a Latin variant. The French form appeared as Une tempete dans une verre d eau, linked to Geneva disturbances late in the 1600s. English usage shifted to teapot for alliteration and Lord North popularized it about colonial tea taxes.
Bluefield readers learn that a single dose of Adlerika, a bark glycerine mixture, relieves constipation sour stomach or gas instantly. The ad notes the remedy has cured appendicitis and antisepticizes digestive organs, with Mastin's Pharmacy listed as source.
A carload of war munitions en route from New York to Venustiano Carranza’s northern Mexico camp is held in New Orleans awaiting a Justice Department decision. The consignment includes 128 rapid firing guns hundreds of ammunition cases and side arms donated by relatives of the late President Madero now living in the United States.
Congressman Martin Dies of Texas fights with a trolley car conductor during a ride to the capitol. Dies strikes the conductor after a dispute over opening a window, leaving the official with a black eye as several women passengers witness the incident.
Autograph letters of Edmund Kean reveal actor salaries in the early nineteenth century. Offers include £3 per week as acting manager at a new theater in Wych Street rising to £25 per month, $12,000 a year to go to America in 1826, £200 weekly in Edinburgh, and £50 per night for Dublin and Cork in 1829. Liverpool Mercury reports.
The quote contrasts progress as acquisition with progress as existence. It argues true growth involves expanding faculties and conquering difficulties, allowing truth to descend into the soul and making life feel worth living.
A timid typewriter named Nellie works at a western town bank. When robbers led by Kid Malone strike, she hatches a ploy involving a baby carriage to hide cash and flee, helping Malone escape with the loot. The plan succeeds and the bank is robbed. Nellie is revealed as Malone’s accomplice.
Fire at the Tennessee Military Institute in Sweetwater confined to the dormitory dining room and kitchen. Estimated loss set at ten thousand dollars.
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