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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1925
Page
16
A reflective column discusses uninvited guests at social functions and the rise of ticket checks at events. It cites New York parties with many attendees beyond invitees, then pivots to dancing as a path to eloquence, and ends with a cheerful spring forecast for 1925 and encouragement to live fully despite some gloom.
The article notes that American women paid income taxes in 1924 totaling $1,600,593,915 with 76 percent from personal wages and salaries. It highlights women’s increasing participation in gainful occupations compared with men.
Wise Mr. Solomon’s adage about novelty is tested as New York opens a free beauty clinic for women unable to pay. The piece notes health clinics fade beside a surge of beauty services and questions the era’s priorities.
The text recalls John Wanamaker’s wisdom on avoiding shoddy goods and urges merchants to improve texture. It cites his advice to buckle up against impatience and discouragement and to aim for quality that withstands scrutiny, promising a brighter outcome.
An old friend, once a money expert, recalls working hard to sixty for comfort later. He argues nine of ten save enough to avoid charity in old age, and notes a man quitting at sixty lacks the stamina for any fun, ending with a turn to Page Six.
William G. McAdoo dined in the Senate restaurant with Democratic senators from multiple states including New Mexico. The luncheon was described as a social occasion with no political reorganization or policy discussion noted.
Chief C A Midkiff and Motorcycle Officer O J Johnson were suspended by Mayor Floyd Chapman pending federal indictments. Both were released on $5,000 bonds to face conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act charges. Midkiff also faces whiskey possession charges. Acting Chief Tom Patterson appointed.
Governor Alfred E. Smith and Lieutenant Governor Seymour Lowman debated enforcement of the Volstead Act before the Women's City Club. Smith argued money is the key to enforcement while criticizing a perceived dry hypocrisy in party leaders. Lowman emphasized state finances and legislative control, with both avoiding a direct stance on child labor and the 45 hour week.
The National Forest Reservation Commission announced it had abandoned plans to establish a national forest in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. It cited land doubt and the move to clear the way for a potential park by the National Park Commission.
The senate debated Charles B. Warren's nomination for attorney general in an open executive session. Senator Walsh led the opposition citing anti trust concerns and old testimony from the sugar trust inquiry. The vote was not reached as debate extended, with procedural ruling shifts and continued discussion planned for next week.
Washington reports the United States airship Los Angeles will not sail to Bermuda for at least a month. The planned second mail trip from Lakehurst New Jersey to Bermuda was canceled after new word reached the post office.
In Washington on March 7 a Republican effort to reorganize the senate stalled as Senators Borah and Wetson objected to immediate action. The Democratic steering committee prepared their own slate of assignments while insurgent Republicans faced removal from committees.
Senate investigators present two new cases in which alleged tax evasion and concealed assets are examined. Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Steamship Co settled for 2.6 million after a 9.9 million assessment. William Boyce Thompson and O J McConnell face taxes on a 600 thousand profit from mineral land sales in 1917 1918.
Charleston W V March 7 the supreme court granted an alternative writ of mandamus against Trevy Nutter as special Judge in the Marion county suit of Margaret J Leathem v Clyde H Neill Neill asked the writ after a third trial produced a jury verdict later cast into doubt by a juror declaring a compromise The writ orders Nutter to record the verdict or show cause why not
In Los Angeles on March 7 a federal jury found Jack Ele rick, Joe Berthech, and Frank Wilson not guilty of complicity in mail truck robberies. Herbert Wilson, a San Quentin lifer, was named in connection with the 1921 case but not among the acquitted.
The bodies of L. G. Collins a federal prohibition agent and Samuel Fegg fos sheriff, missing for a day, were found today in an old cemetery near Starks Louisiana. They lay on the back seat of Dupon's automobile and were riddled with shots.
Greensboro report notes requisition papers for Georgia extradition of sculptor Borglum were withdrawn and Borglum to remain in North Carolina to fight indictments. Habeas corpus proceedings were initiated. Georgia authorities prepared larceny warrants but delayed service pending Georgia governor's action and Sterne Mountain Memorial Association statements. State governor praised Georgia action while stressing Stone Mountain project as a national undertaking.
In Wheeling, Howard Matthews contends the indictment against Gordon D. Ulyatt and A. B. Hawdler and the blue sky law they allege violate rights to contract and interstate commerce. Judge Bitz and Senator J. A. Pessing dispute that claim as the case proceeds.
Evelyn Naegle Parker, fresh from an Enoc h Arden divorce from Dr Herschel Clifford Parker, recounts his departure five years earlier. She describes his calm exit and claims he left behind large incomes, a trove of ancient artifacts and a plan to exhibit hieroglyphs while creditors pressed.
Ike Johnson, 59, cashier at the Bank of Fort Blackmore in Scott County Virginia, shot himself after a bank exam revealed a $27,000 shortage in accounts. He had allegedly forged a $22,000 note and a $5,000 note, and left a letter about loan statuses before the suicide. Johnson was a member of a prominent local family and unmarried.
Four bandits intercepted Frank Hughes of Newport as he left a streetcar with a satchel containing 500 dollars in Cincinnati money. They forced him into an automobile, kept two robbers at the scene, and escaped after the satchel fell to the street. Hughes was dumped on the central bridge near Cincinnati. bystanders recovered the satchel and wired its transfer to the bank.
New York March 7 United States district Attorney Buckner announces plan for a padlock campaign against Broadway cabarets violating prohibition. The fight will inspect enforcement agencies to explain open liquor sales. About two thousand locations named as objectives. complainants vetoed against fourteen leading cabarets.
Two shot firers were killed and another is entombed at the Shirkeville mine seven miles northwest of Terre Haute Indiana after a windy shot late in the day. Rescue efforts were underway as authorities investigated the accident at the Shirkeville mine.
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