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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1925
Page
14
Bedlin March 24 report notes Professor Spiegelberg’s Bavarian Academy findings on Cleopatra’s suicide by asp in 89 B C and the belief of divine transformation. Remainder covers Ernce the Chicago conductor and a Germany street joke with a jurists’ donkey names.
Twenty five boys attended a Kimball Kiwanis Club gathering where Joe spoke as a veteran after dinner speaker and earned compliments. A six week attendance contest began with red and blue teams, headed by T. W. Houchina and Nathan Spector. The attendance prize went to Postmaster Harris, awarded by Garland Ashworth.
Oroville Ga March 24 A farmer Herman Schalow died at a religious branding rite conducted at Edward Rhodes home near Gridley The district attorney says four relatives face warrants for alleged participation In the rite two others were in the room when a poker was heated and Schalow was seared investigators say participants declare human sacrifice was required as part of the ceremony
In San Francisco on March 24 the murder trial of Dorothy Hilingson entered a second day with nine men and three women on the jury box. Four of the state's ten peremptory challenges have been used along with three of the defense's twenty. The defendant, previously fainting on opening day, sat today with a grave, stolid expression as the process moved slowly toward completion.
Saunton Virginia March 24 Eighty thousand gallons of vinegar were used today to extinguish a fire at the National Fruit and Product Company plant near Waynesboro. Firefighters connected hose lines to storage tanks after water connections proved scarce and dumped the vinegar on the blaze.
Snow Hill Maryland March 24 two hundred armed men and bloodhounds from Virginia searched Cropper Neck swamp for Luther and Andrew Bevans brothers accused of arson. They escaped after shooting and beating two officers en route to Baltimore. The two officers were hospitalized with serious injuries.
City directors consider a plan to widen Wyoming street from 25 to 50 feet, with A F Kingdon offering to donate land if the city grades it. They seek cost estimates and a recommendation from the city manager. Captain E L Halley's permit to repair a burned corner building was approved after explanation.
In Murphysboro relief work runs like clockwork with Red Cross concentrated on the injured while homeless seek shelter. Three feeding kitchens operate daily as more than 40,000 meals are served weekly and two warehouses hold clothing. Potatoes stack in the auditorium lobby and grocers pledge no price hikes unless wholesale costs rise.
A foreign national confessed to paying $500 to be smuggled into the United States and officials acknowledge the payment as a reasonable bargain in the case.
The Norfolk and Western Railway posted a February net income of $1,845,374.51, with operating revenues of $7,795,161.65 and expenses of $5,196,177.94. February 1925 income beat February 1924 figures, and two‑month totals show substantial gains, with tax accruals of about $1.2 million. Freight led revenue at $6,913,897.65, while maintenance and transportation costs were detailed for the month.
In Mahanoy City Pennsylvania three miners were drowned when a dynamite blast released water and rock from an abandoned gangway. Williamee Joan Higgins, John Becker, and Sediakas died after being enveloped by a torrent. several other workers escaped by wading to safety.
Washington March 24 Andrew W Mellon secretary of the treasury observed his seventieth birthday today in his office. In his characteristic fashion he kept a busy schedule and a small crowd gathered for a portrait at his desk with a vase of roses nearby.
The report notes a resolution ordering a municipal election to coincide with the city primaries on May 14. It mentions Sorte as a prominent figure associated with the proceedings.
Cumberland Maryland reports the mystery of two freshly dug graves solved as Alleghany county officials uncover two horses buried in graves found by Jacob W. Whitaker who led a posse including the sheriff and state's attorney to the woods above Fresburg.
Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament face restoration as soot and decay threaten Gothic stonework. Sir Frank Baines notes external stone decay, not subsidence, with pinnacles fallen and gargoyles damaged. Restoration aims to preserve exterior symmetry of the historic building.
Four witnesses described actions by Judge Haglish of the eastern Illinois district as high handed. Disbarment and reinstatement of Charles A. Kafeh and Thomas M. Webb were discussed. Reporters Munie and O Neill testified to threats of jail for contempt of court and profanity during questioning. Walter Carpenter presented a transcript from a 1924 Hawinks Morhage Company case in Indianapolis.
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