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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
2
The Twin City Pharmacy has been purchased and renamed West End Pharmacy at 617 Bluefield Avenue in the Stovall Building. New management offers prescriptions by a graduate registered pharmacist and invites patronage.
Margaret Anderson reported at 1 16 am Wednesday that she was robbed of 28 in her Mars Hotel room. Lt A B Lilly investigated. the accused man Dean Laisk of Matoaka was missing. Hotel records showed the pair were found drunk in the same room earlier. no arrests made.
James English, a black man sought in Toledo Ohio for a registered mail robbery, was captured by federal postal inspectors in Indianapolis. Loot valued at $10,000, including jewelry and bonds, was recovered in Indianapolis and Louisville Kentucky.
The National Coal Association reports the week’s coal production at about 11,300,000 net tons, a likely peak since the August production surge. Earlier weeks totaled 10,867,000 and 9,983,000 net tons, per the Bureau of Mines data.
The Bluefield dramatic club will restage The Whole Towns Talking in October as a charity benefit for the Lions Club. The prior performance drew 185 attendees and the committee believes ticket sales can make the event financially successful. Lions Club welfare head announced plans at the regular meeting, noting the blind student aided by the club is learning broom making and reading by touch. The October entertainment committee includes Red Rodefer chair with Roy Garrett and Sidney Bernard. musical acts feature Bass Perkins James Elmer Brown Vincent Paolello Dr H H Haggart and F C Van Duesen. Beaver as al band director C B Reppert led a varied program. guests H A Shedd A P Carter and W Hi McNeer of Henry County Virginia attended.
More than 400 foreign delegates from thirty eight nations arrive in Washington to attend the inter-parliamentary union twenty third conference. They travel with Senator William B McKinley as president and will adjourn to Ottawa on October 12. The group tours Philadelphia shrines during a several hour stop before formal sessions begin.
In Chicago a federal court inquiry into wholesale jail official bribery indicates punishment may fall on the highest involved. Sheriff Peter M. Hoffman rejects full responsibility, blaming former jail warden Wesley Westbrook while Terrence Druggan and Wesley Lake are tied to the scandal.
A powerful rainstorm drenched Japan, flooding thousands of homes in Tokyo and other cities. Landslides killed and injured several people while water and lights were cut at the Imperial Hotel. After a hot summer, such annual storms devastate lowlying districts along the Sumida River and canal networks.
Daniel H. Coakley, a disbarred Boston attorney, filed nomination papers for mayor of Boston. He made no statement about his candidacy after being acquitted of bloc charges last year. The recall case linked him to the alleged blackmail ring that led to former district attorney Joseph C. Pelletier’s removal.
Col. William A. Mitchell, once assistant chief of the army air service and sharp critic of current policy, testified at Washington marking the climax of the presidential commission inquiry into America's aircraft situation. The pictured moment captures him on the stand.
Sam Collins federal prohibitions administrator for Kentucky and Tennessee resigns citing insufficient pay of six thousand dollars yearly. Deputy P Green Miller also resigns from the Andrews organization amid questions of loyalty and role in enforcement.
The article reports a Wisconsin candidate Robert M Lafollette Jr winning a senate seat to succeed his father as the youngest senator elect. Washington Senator Dill sends congratulations noting Lafollette will be the Senate baby at age thirty. It also notes Senator James Watson of Indiana criticizing youths claiming Republican credentials at a rally.
A lone masked bandit boarded a Missouri Pacific passenger train in Omaha Nebraska near Sept 30 and robbed 25 passengers before escaping with an undetermined amount of loot. He entered the day coach as the train reached the yard and, with two revolvers, forced passengers to surrender valuables while a porter searched them.
Altoona Pa Sept 30 An answer to a letter from John Hays Hammond about low volatile coal and transport costs to New England is forwarded by Secretary Charles O Neill of the Central Pennsylvania Operators. The field can produce more than six and a half million tons of low volatile coal monthly. prices must come from individual mines. freight costs vary by destination. The central Pennsylvania field enjoys above many months prosperity with demand about fifty percent of capacity in many mines.
A recipe notes corn mock oysters served with fried chicken for elaborate meals and as a juncheon dish. It gives ingredients for a drop batter using corn eggs milk salt pepper and cracker crumbs, plus frying directions and optional pan frying with butter and lard.
London reports a new waterproof match that can be immersed in water without spoiling and still ignite when struck. The article notes this invention may aid pipe smokers and mentions Gov. Machot as an advocate of such "super-power" in the context of a coal strike.
Fire alarm signals traced to 0 station in Southside and 8 sites citywide including Princeton Ave Bluefield Ave Raleigh Spruce and Cherry streets and various cross streets. Central Station reports alarms from Bluefield Ave and nearby blocks with multiple area phones alerted.
Albert Robinson a colored handyman received a life term from Judge J M Hay in Roanoke for the murder of City Police Officer W H Perry and the killing of Officers CC H Morgan and A M Smith during an attempted arrest. Earlier at the July term he faced an eighteen year sentence for Morgan’s murder. The case against Charlies P Whitten and others tied to the two Roanoke policemen was continued.
In Newark on September 30 three alienists testified that Harrison W Noel, who confessed to slaying Raymond Pierce a Negro chauffeur and six year old Mary Daly, was insane and unable to aid his counsel. They acknowledged on cross examination there was no lack of coherence in acts tied to the crimes.
Philadelphia on September 30 reports Irish Republican sympathizers attempting to attack General Richard Mulcahy as he stepped from a party event at Independence Square. Police intervened to shield the former defense minister. five arrests were made and most released, with Michael McFadden fined 13.50 dollars and Daniel O Rourke jailed thirty days.
Elbert H. Gary hosted the Maharajah of Kapurthala at a Bankers' Club luncheon in New York. The ruler invited Gary to Kapurthala for his fifty second birthday on November 24. The Maharajah, ruler since age three, travels from South America to Europe and will sail for France Saturday after a stopover in Havana Key West and Atlantic City.
Prof James L Hill left last night for Nashville with his daughters Portia and Beatrice who will enter Fiske University. Ed Thomas a Pullman porter on the Norfolk and Western and his cousin John Hyngy Horton started a motor trip through North Carolina stopping at Winston Salem to attend the fair and visit relatives for a month.
Des Moines Iowa September 20 former University of Iowa athlete Earl Stewart son of banker W F Stewart of Grimes was killed in a fist fight on a farm. Three men and a girl were detained as investigators review the case. Officials say Stewart was struck when he tried to intervene in a dispute between A Smith and Willem Friar. Smith reputed wealthy farmer, Friar and Elmer Maver questioned as party members in a brawl that led to the fatal blow.
Maurice Eugene Felt wealthy real estate operator and former movie theatre proprietor died after a bullet wound at the home of Miss Lilian Emanuel in Germantown Philadelphia. Emanuel a 22 year old divorcee was charged with suspicion of assault and battery by shooting but released on 2500 bond. Police later indicated Felt’s death likely not self inflicted and the investigation showed frequent visits to Emanuel and the pistol being her property.
Two old Seattle cable cars renovated into a home shelter the A. B. Brewers. The dwelling uses the car compartments as bedroom dining room and kitchen with original side front doors and sliding doors in both cars.
Philadelphia Sept 30 The Pennsylvania Railroad Board elected Vice President Will Wallace Atterbury as president succeeding Samuel Rea who retires under pension rules. Atterbury becomes the tenth president since 1846 with Rea remaining a director. Rea notes his pension honors and aging milestone as the railroad implements retirement age rules.
Delaware County officials probed a charred body found under a wrecked car in Hancock and a graveyard desecration nearby. The victim was identified as James H. Davis, once thought to be Fred G. Beale, with Beale later facing an indictment over grave looting. A Miami telegram from Beale’s stenographer and missing car license plate details surfaced as investigators pursued leads.
Reliable advices report a force of 800 fully armed men entering Grande Do Sul from mountains near Rivera Uruguay, after several days of concentration. The invasion was confirmed from Montevideo dated Sept 30.
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