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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
1
Local notices and classified blurbs include coal suppliers Allen Street Coal Company and Citizens' Coal & Supply Company offering standard grades and contract work, a Jowett car for sale, fruit and plant advertisements, church events, barbers and service shops, and public notices on meetings, fundraisers, and social gatherings in Bluefield.
Large turnout fills the auditorium as over 1,500 people attend the city hall inspection. The Warlick Piano Rooms provided the piano and the program is praised for its quality and reception.
Isaac T. Mann of Poca honts Fuel Co and Michael Gallagher of M A Hanna Co lead a listed delegation representing the National Coal Association at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States meeting in Washington on May 20 21 and 22. P J Penna Indiana Bituminoons Coal Operators Association Terre Haute ltd W H Cunningham Meriden Smokeless Cost Corp Huntington and I C Madeira III Madeira Hill Co Philadelphia are noted as part of the appointed group. President S Pemberton Hutchinson appointed the group and Nettehineon previously represented the National Coal Association on the council.
Huntington West Virginia May 14 The West Virginia Council of Religious Education closes its state convention with new officers installed Harry B Irons Huntington named vice president and Bluefield's T S Gillespie elected president Dr H Helston Smith Chicago supervisor of education speaks on religious education and the role of public schools Dr W C Warmingham Boston University instructor delivers seven inspirational lectures.
Geneva May 14 The United States won a point at the international conference on the control of arms and munitions shipments to foreign governments. The resolution was adopted unanimously with a condition that a later agreement set how war material shipments are affected when the importing country is in revolution. The outcome is seen as a compromise not a clear victory for any side.
Bluefield's American Legion Post calls ex service men to an 8 o'clock meeting at the Dugout. It is the last gathering before Memorial Day and will discuss observance plans. The event is expected to draw many Legionnaires and will include an entertainment program followed by cats prepared by Auxiliary ladies.
The National Coal Association names its delegates for the International Chamber of Commerce annual session in Brussels, June 21 to 27. Appointees include S. Pemberton Hutchinson, Alexander Bonnyman of Blue Diamond Coal Co., Roy Brenholtz of Western Fuel Co., Edmund Hannay Watts of Wyatt Coal Sales Co., and A. Steard of West Helena Coal Co., among others.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Bailey wife of A B Bailey died Thursday afternoon at 4 36 at her daughter Maude Prewitt home in Princeton from kidney trouble and heart disease She leaves husband and six children Arrangements pending will be listed in Saturday edition of The Daily Telegraph.
Toronto crushed Jersey City 18 to 1 while Rochester defeated Newark 4 to 3. Buffalo beat Reading 11 to 1 and Syracuse topped Baltimore 6 to 1.
Thirty guests of Secretary of the Navy Curtis J. Wilbur were invited to ride aboard the navy dirigible Los Angeles for a flight over New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Commander Steele kept the guest list private as the airship was moved from its hangar to its mast at 4 44 PM in preparation for a 10 AM departure with plans for broadcasting on a forty meter wavelength and a five course dinner for the guests.
Former Nebraska governor Higan issued a statement charging Governor Adam McMullen and the Republican legislature with extravagance and blaming them for the rise in gasoline prices nationwide. He hinted at a 1926 Bryan gubernatorial bid and said he would present these facts to the people. He cited McMullen’s order to discontinue selling gasoline at the state station.
San Pedro May 14 two steamers about 6000 tons burden each anchored off the north end of Santa Catalina Islands forty miles at sea from this port suspected as rum runners. They join the five vessels near San Clemente island blockaded by Tamaroa Vaughn and other patrols.
W C Deems a miner, today filed suit in Marshall county district court to bar the McKeefrey Coal Company from interfering with his occupancy of a company owned house where his wife and children remain inside while furniture sits in the road and doors are nailed shut. Judge P D Morris set Friday for a hearing. Deems' attorney J Howard Holt said the miner was dispossessed without due process. Frank Ledvinka, president of union miners in eastern Ohio, said union counsel would attend the hearing to stop further evictions at McKee rey.
In McKeesport, Dick Conlon of Altoona and John Mellow of Detroit fought a ten round draw as judges disagreed and the referee called a honora even. Conlon weighed 1814 pounds and Mellow 134. Also, Jack Benton knocked out John Inhouse in the first round and John DHE won a six round decision over Young Rudy. A. Hades underwent tonsil and adenoids surgery at Bluefield Sanitarium.
Erie pa May 14 two men were killed nine seriously injured and twenty others bruised when three speeders and trailers carrying one hundred Erie Railroad employees crashed into the noon train return to Erie. H Perry Union City and N Langan New York were killed. Seriously injured were Patrick Mc Laughlin William Dalley William Johnson James Newman Adams Lillie John Barnes Brooklyn Patrick Coyle Buffalo and Thomas Gienn address unknown.
Huntington W Va May 14 Charles W Ferguson prosecuting attorney of Wayne county will open law offices in Huntington Cabell county June 1 and will live in Huntington but will continue to serve as prosecutor He will live in Westmoreland recently added to the city of Huntington which is in Wayne county J F Lambert assistant prosecuting attorney will maintain his office at the Wayne county courthouse.
Moundville West Virginia May 14 charging he was evicted from a commercial property. The suit seeks redress for alleged unlawful removal and demands court action to recover damages and possession.
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