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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1913
Page
4
The notice urges subscribers who leave the city for the summer to update their address so the Daily Telegraph can follow them. It emphasizes prompt handling of changes and staying connected with home news while away.
The piece argues gamblers seek to corrupt baseball by linking betting to the sport after being barred from horseracing. It notes arrests of bookmakers in Boston New York and Philadelphia and warns that any drift toward crooked play would ruin the game and drive away fans. Clean competition is essential to baseball’s viability.
The article criticizes Secretary Bryan for endorsing President Wilson’s currency program, arguing his finance ideas lack clear logic and rely on inspiration rather than broad conviction. It recalls 1896 remedies and urges basing any new plan on broad experience and multiple perspectives rather than one individual.
A fragmentary report suggests two figures, McReynolds and Caminetti, may be implicated in a political controversy. The passage hints at broad dismay over growing partisanship and corruption, noting a pattern of easy access to privilege in the current administration environment.
Caminetti sought to postpone his trial via Secretary Wilson and Attorney General McReynolds. The attempt drew protest from U S Attorney McNab, with critics saying a federal officer had no right to interfere. Newspapers report talk of dismissing indictments in a coal price conspiracy case.
Voice of the People criticizes plans to route a macadam road across East River Mountain to meet the Fincastle pike at St Clair. The letter argues the route benefits Cove Creek and Clear Fork residents least and questions prior offers to right of way. It praises district road engineer C A Wagner for progress while condemning perceived self interest from Graham town interests.
A signed statement claims Wagner was told to run east rather than west, while others joke about end changes and moral notes. The letter from Tip Top Virginia dated June 26, 1914, references local repairs, and a sale ad promotes LatinMessaline fabric at reduced prices from Samuel Turk.
Attorney Hubert Quesinberry visits War Eagle. San Schaeffer from Matewan spends the day on business. Mrs A Wy Kerns visiting relatives at Gallipolis will return home tomorrow. James Hatfield of Wharncliffe, county court commissioner, has been here several days. R A Keller of Pineville, a prominent va uker, was in town after an appendicitis surgery in Ironton.
Alex Breedlove, jailed for fighting L. A. Philpott in Williamson West Virginia, was released briefly to wed Gracie Walls in the county clerk's office. The groom still has about half of a 30 day sentence remaining as Philpott sought a gubernatorial pardon, with a favorable report reportedly prepared by the pardon attorney.
Bluefield city officers appointments were postponed due to Commissioner Kahle’s absence. Board salaries may halt until appointments are made, with a possible meeting before Thursday. Building permits listed for multiple streets, amounts, and purposes. A board walk on Williams street was rejected for now. residents may build their own. Macadamizing Lee and Franklin refused for lack of funds. Granolithic walk approved on east Bland street. Various licenses granted including restaurant for white patrons, hotel, theater. Health report filed. several street repair petitions referred to officials. Metropolitan Carnival license granted for July week under Eagles supervision. Pool license for Holley & Eskew referred to police.
Daily Telegraph first reported the appointment of J K Anderson to chief engineer of the public service commission. He has long served Mingo County public roles and coal interests, with a reputation for integrity and leadership in roads and surveying. John Hamilton buys two lots for 16000 dollars and plans a three story brick block opposite the courthouse with frontage by several entities.
Jake Hairston, a well known Thacker man, was released from jail yesterday by order of Judge Damron after four months confinement on a pistol carrying charge. Dr. J M Whittieo examined Hairston and found tuberculo sis of the left lung to such an extent that he can live only a short time.
A Harper's Weekly excerpt extols Eskimo eating habits noting they digest raw blubber and walrus meat with no indigestion. It describes their technique of consuming long strips of fat and skin, the hardened work of cutting thick walrus hide, and claims Eskimo children bite and digest walrus skin without dyspepsia.
A New York comic artist known for a heavy brown beard quits drinking after a stern talk with his editor. He leaves for two weeks then sends back a pasteboard box containing the beard with a single rosebud in the center, a curious final gesture.
In London over a century ago four men stood trial for assault and theft at Ponders End. The case featured one inmate pickpocketing a turnkey in the dock while the judge and jury faced eight hours of proceedings. The handkerchief was restored but the prisoner complied with casual indifference. The four were sentenced to death, an event described by the Annual Register as a most unparalleled atrocity.
The Chicago Journal notes that infant mortality has fallen while deaths rise among middle aged Americans, with Europe showing no increase. It cites intemperance in eating drinking and overwork as likely causes, praising public hygiene progress and urging personal hygiene advances.
A small observant son of a New York traveling salesman notices his father has a front tooth filled with gold while away. The boy quips that his dad now has four teeth buttoned on with a collar button, highlighting a humorous travel-era detail.
Williamson notes Mayor Pinson established Friday and Saturday as clean up days at the urging of the Women’s Civic Club and property owners. Residents asked to gather all refuse and trash from back lots and alleys for removal, with directions to haul waste away.
During Andrew Jacksons campaign admirers planted hickory trees nationwide to honor him and promote the party slogan while followers of John Quincy Adams planted oaks in his honor. Also offered are large face collar and cuff sets at 25 cents per set at Samuel Turks.
A London Telegraph style remark by a politician is interrupted by applause that upstages the intended point. A London Punch quip follows about a twin with a face like another, poking fun at rotten luck and similarities.
A quoted line states that empty men are the trumpets of their own deeds reflecting on hollow actions and self-promotion attributed to Massliger.
James N. Vance, seventy, longtime vice president of Union Bank in this city, died suddenly. The multimillionaire banker led the bank as president in recent years and was a prominent local figure.
A prominent Wheeling figure, vice president of Union Bank and Trust Company in Bluefield, head of the Vance Shoe Company, and a board member of United States Steel, died at his Wheeling home on Thursday. He was found to have fallen dead while leaving his sleeping room, after a day when he had seemed as well as usual. The obituary notes his philanthropy and church work as key aspects of his public life.
Roanoke World News reports at the close of the June term a jury awarded Holbrook's administratrix $25,000 for the alleged wrongful death of a bridge carpenter killed by a Norfolk and Western train near Pando West Virginia. The defendant's post verdict motion was taken under advisement. A separate Laws case against the same railroad, seeking $15,000 for injuries in 1912, was postponed to the next term.
The American Railroad Employees and Investors Association will disband next Tuesday to oppose hostile legislation and improve railroad employer relations. President P H Morrissey will become assistant to VP H E Bryan of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy, a former Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen president.
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