18 Nov 1909
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
1
President plans rapid fill of vacancies in West Virginia with Postmaster General Hitchcock aiding. Selecting men friendly to administration to begin appointments shortly.
Washington notes a master plan to purge executive departments of non Taft loyalists as two District of Columbia officials resign. Dr Grandfield named postmaster of Washington signals openings for loyalists with Hitchcock guiding reorganization while West Virginia figures face a shake up and Elkins’s proximity hints at political leverage.
Norfolk delegates rally for the Atlantic deeper waterways association second annual convention. The inland waterway would run about 1800 miles along the Atlantic coast from New England to Florida via canals and rivers to provide a sheltered coastwise shipping route. President Taft is listed as a speaker.
A Norfolk convention on waterway development gathers 10 000 visitors for President Tafts address on Friday Land and water parades will mark the day with a military review and an address by the president on waterways Governor Swanson producing the program Other speakers include Belmont Sperry Tausig Higgins Ransdell Small Daniels and Jarrett from the International Bureau of American Republics
Seattle reports rising public attention as John Riplinger former city comptroller and past mayoral hopeful faces trial for embezzling city funds. Investigators said shortages grew from lax accounting with contractors delivering money for bonds. missing ledgers hindered audit. Riplinger returned from Central America and later Honduras then came back to answer charges.
At the National Association of Railway Commissioners convention J. C. Lincoln of St. Louis argued for a special court to handle Interstate Commerce Commission orders. He favored temporary injunctive power over proposed rate increases, shipper routing rights, and making erroneous carrier rates a misdemeanor.
Officials of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company admitted that the Postal Telegraph Service is the largest single stockholder in AT&T, fueling speculation of a closer tie among the three firms and a possible ultimate merger.
A report details women in a coastal area reacting to a mysterious event. One woman screamed of visions of her husband and brother in a living tomb, then collapsed unconscious in the sand. Authorities seek explanations as fear spreads among residents.
At Cherry Illinois on November 17 the St Paul mine refuses to yield its dead after four days entombing 300 miners. Fire, gas and heat hinder rescue attempts as troops guard the site and committees seek safe methods to recover bodies.
The state executive board, summoned by telegraph, gained AP approval for the plan. It notes over 71,000 coal miners in Hipple and outlines a plan to collect $1 from each.
Two explorers from the United States Geological Survey descended the ventilating shaft of the St Paul mine where over 300 miners died. Thomas Morris and R Y Williams reached the second gallery with oxygen gear but suffered exhaustion. Fire appeared to retreat from the main shaft, suggesting possible entry soon.
On Thanksgiving Day St Patrick's Catholic Church will host a notable gathering with President Taft Vice President Sherman cabinet members jurists diplomats and lawmakers in attendance. A solemn high mass will be celebrated in the presence of Cardinal Gibbons and other dignitaries.
New York traders reported high prices at the open with active liquidation of Western Union dragging the market 11.2 points. Reading regained earlier gains as bulls pushed listings higher and broad demand supported numerous stocks.
Parkersburg W Va Nov 17 The Swisher Oil and Gas Company closed a quarter of a million dollar deal purchasing the entire holdings of G I Bunnell and others in Rich county. The tracts now have twenty producing wells on them.
Richmond November 17 Calvin Johnson Richard Hines and Eugene Derbay negroes under death sentence for the murder and robbery of Walter Schultz Chicago artist will not die in the electric chair this year Governor Swanson today respind the men until January 14.
A doubleheader freight collided head on with a Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton train at 6 this morning near Dayton Ohio. A fireman and a brakeman were killed in the crash.
Mr. Scott, watchman for the Du Pont Nemours powder plant at Nemours, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when he stepped onto the track and was struck by freight No. 10 traveling at full speed. He was found beneath the wheels and later taken to Bluefield Sanatorium for treatment.
Fire logs ignite debate in Keyotone as a large blaze exposes fragility of wooden structures. Residents press council to draft ordinances requiring nonwood materials for new buildings amid high insurance rates and frequent fires.
A early morning blaze in Keystone destroyed Calhoun’s saloon and adjacent buildings, causing major losses. Flames spread from a gasoline storage area, with firefighting efforts aided by the Keystone Coal Company. Total damages include the saloon, stock, and surrounding structures, prompting calls for non wood rebuilding with brick or reinforced concrete.
The Keystone Coal and Coke Company's pumps helped limit damages to about $35,000 after a vast fire threatened nearly the entire town. Miners and visitors crowded the streets, while locals praised the firemen’s efforts as onlookers described the town’s lively aftermath.
Governor Glasscock grants parole to Ed Jackson, noted slayer of Sheriff N. Daniel in Fayette county in 1904. Jackson, convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to eighteen years, will regain freedom once official notice reaches the state penitentiary. He has served six years and three months including good time amid public debate and backing from local clergy and officials.
Seven indictments against Howard Little were returned by the Grundy grand jury. Six charges are for murder and one for arson. The trial is scheduled for Thursday November 25 while Little remains jailed in Lebanon. Buchanan authorities plan to request troops from the governor for protection during the trial.
Washington reports Mary Batson Howard, a Black mother, admitted to killing her eight year old daughter after fearing abandonment by the man she loved. She lured the child to woods for a romp and slashed her throat with a razor, describing the crime in grisly detail.
An advertisement touts Wyrick Mineral Water as a remedy to bright disease rheumatism and typhoid fever. It claims eczema relief via sponge baths and drinking during games and notes it is sold at druggists and the Bluefield Tea and Coffee Store.
An advertisement promises a cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days or money back. The PAZO ointment is offered with a 50 cent price and a guarantee.
John Mitchell remains loyal to the boycott and vows to continue declaring for the right. The piece frames his stance as aligned with the Organic Laws of the Country and a pledge to laborers that the weapon of boycott will be used when all other remedies have failed.
Toronto delegates report John Mitchell of the American Federation of Labor defended using boycott as a tool when all remedies fail. The convention adopted a statement urging relentless pursuit of the boycott as a right, paraphrasing Samuel Gompers while affirming its use against exploitive employers.
Louiseville Kentucky reports the 1409 tobacco harvest may reach 400 million pounds with burley at 200 million pounds. About 55 to 65 percent is pooled with the Burley Tobacco and Insurance Company while other dark tobacco counties sell individually. Prices average twelve to fifteen cents with a ten to twenty cent range. Banks expect a loosening money market after early sales begin.
Prominent visitors arrived in Raleigh for the November 17 wedding of Miss Mabel Young, daughter of James K. R. Young, state commissioner of insurance, to Mr. John Andrews, son of Col. A. B. Andrews, vice president of the Southern Railway Company. A separate note reports Beatrice W. Benjamin wed Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt at St Thomas church, drawing a fashionable society crowd. the bride is William Evarts Benjamin’s daughter and Henry H. Rogers’s granddaughter.
Rising Fawn Georgia November 17 Nearly every resident signs a petition urging President Taft to grant pardons to ex Sheriff Shipp and five co defendants. The petition warns that carrying out their sentences would endanger Southern women by emboldening ignorant and irresponsible Black individuals.
Mrs. Helen urns leaped in front of an electric car in San Francisco after being spurned by her husband and sister. The incident follows a broken romance tied to the husband’s divorce and return to his first wife, ending in her death by suicide.
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