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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1925
Page
2
A collage of small ads and notices details coal prices and dealers, auto repair, real estate, dances, religious services, and police court bulletins. Items mention Nut coal prices, weights, and contact phones. a Halloween masquerade dance. a fireproof furnace feature. job inquiries. a Hawaii army recruitment note. church programs. and court fines for liquor possession and trespass.
The Rt. Rev Edward M Parker was found dead from apnea in a New Orleans hotel room during the Episcopal church general convention. His body was sent to Concord New Hampshire for burial next week in the diocese he led. Funeral services were held at Christchurch Cathedral with bishops and deputies in attendance led by presiding bishop Ethelbert Talbot and bishops from Maine Vermont Tennessee Louisiana.
Miss Annie Caldwell of Athena and Miss T F Crow of Bluefeld spent Friday in Roanoke. Mr and Mrs Wolfe of Hazard Kentucky arrived in Bluefield that evening and stay several days at the West Virginian. Wolfe is connected with Morton in Kentucky's lumber industry. R D Patterson of Dayton Ohio is in Bluefield for several days arranging a new washery installation at Weyanoke Coal and Coke Company's Air station.
Bluefield PTA proposed using twenty four Boy Scouts to police school zones with half hour shifts before and after classes. The plan, discussed with city officials, would pay each Scout 25 cents daily for a 5 day week totaling about 35 dollars monthly, raising legal and liability questions under child labor laws and city payroll rules.
Indianapolis speech by Albert Edward Wiggam at the Indiana State Teachers Association condemns rising ignorance. He argues education is failing to reproduce Enlightenment ideas and warns that intelligent leadership declines as unskilled workers marry early and produce unskilled offspring. He contends vice and disease weed out the weak.
Ottawa reports Commissioner C Starnes of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police denied any intention to send mounted police to far northern Canada to claim Arctic lines. He said it was unlikely detachments would be sent there for police work before next summer.
In Alexandria Louisiana on October 28 a youth identified as Alfred Martin assaulted his sixty five year old mother Mrs Rose Martina at their Pineville area home. Neighbors Robert Hanter and Will Hanter discovered the body and alerted Dr Marion Cappell coroner and Sheriff Downs. Martina was placed in the parish jail.
Welch briefs report Gary high school defeated Concord College Reserves 31 0 yesterday at Gary. Fats Shugrou's team ran wild with Mercer county school clubs while many substitutes were tried out.
City officials hear merchants farmers and residents debate a proposed license tax aimed at hawkers and mobile sellers. Critics argue the measure favors large dealers and harms rural producers while supporters claim it protects consumers and ensures fair competition. No decision was made.
A potential ordinance is weighed by officials with plans to discuss the matter at a later date before any board of directors action. The record notes the process aims to balance interests of all concerned before voting.
Total three month revenue fell at 691,701,068 with a 69,082,207 rise from last year. Income tax receipts for the quarter totaled 424,129,068 up 24,686,000 from 1924. Treasury miscellaneous receipts reached 267,372,008 versus 222,655,456 a year ago.
The Supermarine Napier 84, called the British mystery plane, crashed during a final test at Southampton shipyard area after a windstorm damaged its hangar support. Captain Biard sustained a minor right ankle fracture and a cold left him weak as crew prepared for the voyage toward America. The craft had previously pinned a new sea flight record at 226,752 miles in practice runs.
The supreme council of the Scottish Rite Masons southern jurisdiction unanimously backs a federal act of education to be introduced in the next Congress. Omaha Nebraska chosen for the 1926 convention as the Knights Commander of the court of honor receive the thirty third degree. Judge Edward C. Day of Helena Montana chairs the committee urging support. the council argues the child’s right to public school education outweighs parental or corporate control.
In Parkersburg West Virginia a local commerce board member disclosed that Courtaulds Limited of London funded fifty thousand dollars for railroad rights of way for the new Viscose Company plant. The pending project will employ about four thousand people and cost between five and six million dollars, with city officials predicting rapid growth.
Pittsburg dated October 23 reports United States Attorney John D Moyer filed an answer in federal court to the motion to quash the indictment of Arthur McKean former prohibition director charged with conspiracy to defraud the government on whiskey taxes and to transport whiskey. The motion had claimed improper grand jury proceedings and not sworn testimony by Mrs Mable Willebrandt and a letter from the attorney general. the answer admits Willebrandt testified without being sworn and denies the other allegations. Trial pending.
The Turkish Women’s Association in Constantinople on October 23 sent a demand to the government. It asks permission for members to hold meetings in mosques to discuss public issues in which women are playing an increasingly important role. The association also requests women inspectors for theatres and movie houses to safeguard public morale.
Chicago Oct 23 Aboard the Peary Lieut Commander B McDonald returns from six months in the far north as part of the MacMillan Arctic expedition He says the explorer life is gone because radio has taken the thrill and added worry He lists three accomplishments charting Alaska Greenland flights data collection and wireless transmission proof plus science gains for the United States.
Mineola New York October 23 A sealed verdict was returned in the supreme court in a $100000 suit for the alienation of affections brought by Mrs Katherine M Frey against Miss Wilda Bennett actress The verdict would be opened Monday morning at 10 o clock Two jurors who congratulated Mrs Frey were stopped by her counsel Elvin N Edwards The judge cautioned the jury that a possible improper relationship does not prove damages A witness Hunter Johnson butler in Miss Bennetts home testified she urged Frey to seek a divorce in spring 1924 Bennet denied making the remark
The Bluefield Gun Club postpones its annual tournament due to several qualified members unable to participate. Only eight members remain eligible, and handicaps are being adjusted from the first 500 shots. Details will be announced in Sunday's Telegraph. the club traps will remain closed today.
Pittsburg reports the proprietor of an aviation correspondence school alias Knotton aged thirty four has been arrested in St Louis Missouri. Police say many Pittsburgers were swindled by the school located in an office building here.
Publishers and executives from West Virginia dailies gather in Parkersburg on November 6 to discuss industry issues. More than twenty newspapers and associated publishers are expected to attend.
The West Virginia group of Associated Press member papers meets November 5 to organize a state association. They will elect one representative to the AP advisory board and discuss how papers receive state and external news via AP wires. The gathering starts at 2 p.m. at the hotel.
Pittsburg story of a 40 year old man who vanished July 20 while en route to work, later found amnesic in a cave near a suburb. He died today after leaping from a hospital window during treatment, a mushroom hunter discovering his plight. He could not explain how he ended up in the cave.
Washington reports reveal communist agitators aided by Russia helping organize the American Negro Labor Congress set to meet in Chicago. The documents cite communist backing as key to mobilizing the group for an unspecified agenda.
The congress plans circulated by the press bureau of the Third International reached communist organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. The American Federation of Labor led by William Green issued a statement denouncing the affair and warned unions to avoid involvement.
Mrs. Shinzo Takata widow of the founder of a major bank that halted operations after the earthquake offers a large sum to satisfy creditors. The bank never recovered from the disaster and faced near collapse, with early estimates around 15 million dollars involved.
Fire Station Southside reports alarm signals at multiple streets including Princeton Avenue Breld Bluefield avenues Allen Pulaski Jones Blend Williames and College avenues. Central Station notes alarms near Penn Mar Avenue Roanoke Forest Union Oakherst and Henry streets with lines to Northside and Southside stations.
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