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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1922
Page
1
A Bluefield Chamber of Commerce banquet drew about 130 attendees and elected a new board. The event featured a rally for the new Bluefield College to open September 20, plus remarks urging a girls school alongside boys schooling.
Chicago June 27 Attorney General Edward J Brundagee says troops are needed in Williamson county to shield wounded men shot and beaten during the Herrin mine strike. He cites the injured in Herrin Hospital as key witnesses for prosecutions and notes he cannot act as a peace officer.
Judge J M Woods of Jefferson county circuit court postponed the John Wilburn murder trial to August 7. The jury was dismissed to tend crops. A new trial motion for Rev J E Wilburn of Blair, father of John Wilburn, will be heard tomorrow at 9 o clock.
Herbert McCarty twenty eight from Catawisca Pennsylvania died after nearly fifty operations to recover from wounds suffered days before the armistice. Twenty four major and twenty four minor procedures followed as surgeons removed eighteen bullets and parts of ribs a shoulder blade and collarbone. He had been cited for extreme bravery for dragging wounded comrades from exposed zones.
Port officials seized 150 cases of liquor from the steamer President Arthur and confiscated liquor aboard the Ward liner Sibboney and the Norwegian cargo ship Barfond. Surveyor of the Port staff conducted the raid late today.
White Sulphur Springs June 27 Revision of the taxation basis to ease burden on money and securities to invite investment was urged by Tax Commissioner W S Hallanan at the West Virginia Bankers Association meeting. Other speakers included Thomas B McAdams and Charles A Peple. About 300 members attended the two day session.
Washington and Wilkesbarre reports indicate the Harding administration pursues delicate negotiations to end the bituminous coal strike. John L. Lewis remains in Washington as government officials warn of a critical supply shortfall and possible forcible action if talks fail.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced wage reductions for 42,500 employees in the maintenance of way and telegraph and signaling departments, effective July 1. The settlements were reached voluntarily between management and elected employee representatives, citing lower living costs and public demand for cheaper transportation in line with interstate freight-rate cuts.
Mrs Ida Moore Small wife of Governor Len Small will have funeral services at the Small home with burial at Mound Grove cemetery northeast of Kankakee Ill flags in the state at half mast in her memory and state offices in Springfield to suspend activities during the service
Washington June 27. Chambers of commerce nationwide urged to appoint fuel committees to curb a runaway coal market and price gouging. Julius H. Barnes president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States cited Hoover's backing of similar panels for railroads utilities and metals as proof of effectiveness. He urged broader use by other industries to shield general consumers.
Washington reports forty Cortez Oil Co employees held in Tampico as security for a 15000 peso ransom. Officials say US Mexico relations unlikely to shift despite bandit attacks near Cuernavaca. American charge d affaires Summerlin appeals for release of workers and A Bruce Bielaski.
Reports from Elkins West Virginia say a large body of striking miners and sympathizers gathered at Thomas to threaten trouble at the Dayia Coal and Coke Company mines. Sheriff Close led ten deputies to assist state police efforts in Thomas.
Charles W Morse, Bath shipbuilder under indictment for wartime contract frauds, declares in a public letter that the government as led by Attorney General Harry M Deushs erty persecutes him. The missive was addressed to his Bowdoin College class of id and released in Bath on June 27.
Calexico Cal June 27 official reports tally twenty one men killed in and around Mexicali in two weeks. Early today eight more bodies were found two and a half miles east of Calexico with one body in an irrigation ditch on the American side of the boundary.
Dr. Clifford B. Connelley, Pennsylvania labor commissioner, invited leaders of United Mine Workers districts to a Pittsburg meeting on July 6 with coal operators. He urged joint conference to end the suspension of operations and restore production for the commonwealth’s civic and economic welfare.
President Harding signed the bill authorizing 7.5 million dollars for new work on the Muscle Shoals dam. The Senate passed the measure with the same language approved by the House and conference, effective October 1.
A June 27 hearing opened in White Sulphur Springs before the West Virginia Public Service Commission on a bid to cut rates for power in the Winding Gulf and Tug River districts. Fifty coal companies join the case, represented by Hartley Sanders and Litz Harmon, with Will A. Clader and Lamb and Musser assisting. Major company executives and commission members attended as testimony began, with several days of proceedings anticipated.
John McParland of New York city was re-elected president of the International Typographical Union by a majority of 4,533. He won 28,752 votes to opponent Walter W. Barrett of Chicago who received 24,219, according to official tabulation announced in Indianapolis.
Austin Bailey a New Brunswick plumber was found on a curb with both ears cut off. He was taken to St Peters Hospital unable to explain the attack. A blood trail led from his seat to a deserted shanty nearby where police found no one.
Dispatches from Dublin report an imminent attack on the Four Courts by regular Republican army troops unless Rory O’Connor complies with a government ultimatum to evacuate the building within hours. O’Connor forces stockpile provisions and strengthen barricades, tearing up paving blocks and streetcar tracks for defense.
In Clarksburg F Keeney president United Mine Workers district No 17 and Armando Follo state federation vice president said a report on the shooting of two striking miners would be issued tonight. Thirteen dozen tear gas bombs arrived from Philadelphia to quell crowds at the Gladys Stop hearing amid plans to issue warrants for shooters and maintain order with police and county officers. witnesses were summoned and the hearing set for tomorrow afternoon.
In St. Clairsville Ohio on June 27 a crowd of about 200 halted an automobile carrying workers to the Union Coal Stripping Company mine near Lafferty. John H Major, 46, was shot in the back and killed while Clyde Major and Clark Story were wounded. No attackers identified. Major had warned by a United Mine Workers official not to approach the mine yet insisted on visiting operations. The mine, leased by a Chicago firm, had begun work despite threats from striking miners.
A nationwide railway shopmen strike set for July 1 loomed after unions demanded wage cuts totaling 60 million dollars be restored and working rules reinstated. A telegram from B M Jewell warned that without immediate talks and concessions, withdrawal from employment would be unavoidable.
Customs inspectors raided three vessels in port in a test for flag ship liquor rules. Two American flag ships and one freighter were searched and 2400 bottles of alleged smuggled liquor were confiscated. Ships named were President Arthur Siboney and Barrond with Hoboken, New Jersey raid details disputed by search crew.
In Chautauqua New York on June 27 Mrs Thomas C Winter of Minneapolis was nominated for re election as president of the General Federation of Womens Clubs at the biennial convention still in session. The election is set for Thursday.
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