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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 14, 1925

Page

5

Three More Days at College Avenue Evangelistic Meeting

The College Avenue Baptist church evangelistic services led by Dr. Cook near conclusion attract growing crowds. He delivers earnest sermons that inspire new converts and longtime members alike, with Rev. J. T. Stinson urging First Baptist folk to attend tonight. Mrs. K. E. Horton and Mr. Lovelace are scheduled to perform.

College Avenue Baptist Church Cook College Avenue Davies KE. W. Horton

Prospective Jurors Questioned in Indiana Murder Case

Noblesville Indiana October 13 prospective jurors in the D family murder case faced voir dire as questions were asked by the state probe to gauge opinions. Several men including former Ku Klux Klan leader Ralph Kane and state officials were cited amid ongoing special venire. Fifty seven salesmen were examined and nine passed by the defense while two murder suspects Earl Klinck Earl Gentry showed limited interest in the voir dire questions.

Noblesville Ind Ralph Kane Stephenson Earl Klinck Earl Gentry Madge Oberholtzer Indianafcisi Kane Milo Hershey

Mrs Hurd Wins Medal Play Qualifying Rounds

Dorothy Campbell Hurd, recently dethroned women's golf champion, posted an 86 to lead the Berthellyn cup medal play qualifying at Huntingdon Valley. Runners up included Mrs Ronald H Barlow and Edith Quier with 87, while others in the top sixteen feature Mrs N P Reed and Louise Fordyce among standings. A separate Catholic Directory notes 1925 U S Catholic population at about 20.74 million with 60 155 nuns and 23 976 priests.

Philadelphia Dorothy Campbell Hurd Huntingdon Valley Country Club Ronald H. Barlow Edith Quier Reading N. P. Reod Wilmington Del Chicago Catholic Press Directory United States

Judge McClintic to Read Decision in United Mine Workers Case

Charleston W Va October 13 Judge George W McClintic of the United States court announced he had written his decision in the United Mine Workers injunction cases and would read it in open court Friday morning The cases involve the validity of the check off system and the injunctions against the United Mine Workers filed by Borderland Coal Red Jacket Consolidated Coal and Coke Alpha Pocahontas Coal and other firms The decision will set precedence over Judge Andersons ruling in Indianapolis and may affect the ongoing federal actions At stake is whether operations can continue under the check off system and how the writs will be shaped by federal law

Charleston W. Va George W. MecClintic United States Court United Mine Workers Borderland Coal Corporation Red Jacket Consolidted Coal and Coke Company Alpha Pocahontas Coal Company United Mine Workers of America William A. Glasgow Philadelphia Henry Warrum Indianapolis T. W. Houston Charles J. Vanfleet Anderson Eckoff Miners’ Union Circuit Court Chicago

Fifty Gallon Still Seized in McDowell County Raid

Prohibition officers raided the right fork of Brown Creek McDowell County early yesterday and seized a fifty gallon still three and a half gallons of moonshine and 450 gallons of mash. No arrests were made. The site was on a steep hill among boulders and laurel with a water pump used to raise stream water to the apparatus. Officers Taylor and Watkins of Bluefield and Federal Officer A V Short of Virginia led the raid and recovered over 259 feet of garden hose.

Prohibition Brown Creek McDowell County Mclowen County Taylor and Watkins Bluefield A. V. Short Virginia

Eight Bishops Nominated for Acting President of Council

In New Orleans on October 13, eight nominees were named for the position of presiding bishop and president of the council of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. Nominations included Bishop Charles H. Brent, Thomas F. Gallor, John Gardner Murray, Edward L. Parsons, William Cabell Brown, Alexander Mann and others from New York, Tennessee, Maryland, California, Virginia, and Pittsburgh.

Associated Press Orleans Eigh Ee House of Bishops United States of America Charles H. Brent New York Thomas F. Gallor Tennessee John Gardner Murray Maryland Edward L. Parsons California Wiliam Cabell Brown Virginia Alexander Mann Pittsburg

Division and remarriage debate at church meeting

James Dewolf Yerry of Rhode Island and Hugh Lattimer Burleson of North Dakota are mentioned in a discussion on divorce and remarriage. The article notes a proposed ecclesiastical authority shift to diocesan authority and the bishops rejecting a deputies amendment. A vote on the presiding bishop’s salary is set for tomorrow, with bishops sticking to $15,000 and a conference committee formed to reconcile differences.

James Dewolf Yerry Rhode Island Hugh Lattimer Burleson North Dakota House of Bishops House of Deputies

Plane catches fire but occupant unharmed at Bolling Field

Washington October 13 one of a squadron of army fighting planes maneuvering over the Lincoln memorial caught fire in the air and crashed at Bolling Field turning over but with no injuries to its lone occupant lieutenant KE Meredith of Selfridge Field. The aircraft mascot hawk was rescued from the burning plane which was virtually destroyed.

Washington Lincoln Memorial Bolling Field KE. . Meredith Selfridee Field Meredith

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