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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1925
Page
2
Community notices list piano and coal trade ads, shop hours, and local events. Updates include Bluefield Shrine Club opening dance on September eleven with Harold Oxley’s entertainment, a music studio reopens on Bland Street, kindergarten reopening on September 16, and a theft arrest at a Five and Ten Cent Store.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana endorses Robert M. La Follette Jr for the senate seat after his father’s death. He says the nation watches Wisconsin and urges voters to stay true to progressivism. Wheeler praises La Follette’s readiness and youth as necessary for the capital’s future.
The Poca Pack Coal Company organized with capital of 125000 will begin operations soon in the Gulf Field along the Virginian way. Paul Pack, son of J Pack, will be superintendent and the firm is owned by J C Pack and family. The operation, formerly Pocahontas Coal Company, ships 10000 tons weekly and ties into regional coal trade leadership.
Douthat was struck in the forehead by half a paving brick during an assault early last evening by H. B Caperton. Caperton awaits trial before Squire H. Kitts today. The incident on McCullouch avenue near A. W. Cox department store drew several witnesses and centers on a dispute over Caperton's wife.
In a jail interview Noel, facing charges, laments the trouble caused his parents. Detective Diamond notes Barber told Noel his father had just returned from Chicago and that neither parent had deserted him. Noel says he would like to see his mother and father but not at the jail.
C A Rice of the Interstate Commerce Commission says transportation facilities can move 2,000,000 tons of low relative bituminous coal to Massachusetts in seven months if operations suspend in the anthracite region. The ICC responds to Governor Puller of Massachusetts and Director Aitchison is informed via telegram.
Commander John Rodgers and five crew members survived nine days at sea after PN-9 No. 1 vanished from its Pearl Harbor flight path. Rescue efforts by U S navy ships Langley Tanager and others located the crew, ending days of anxious suspense for relatives in Pittsburg and Havre De Grace.
Second round results include Mrs J M Herndon defeating Mrs J H Kabler 3-1 and Mrs H Markle beating Mrs J H Handy 2-1. Others tied or close, with matches scheduled from 9:00 to 9:25. Players named include Mrs W O Tracey, Mrs R C Berry, Mrs Harriet French and Miss Helen Huffard.
Holcombe Parkes editor of the Norfolk and Western Railway Magazine arrives for the system efficiency meeting in Bluefield. The upcoming Bluefield number will feature Bluefield history articles and a full report on the meeting, plus freight depot and storehouse data.
Mrs. John T. Wilson plans a Roanoke trip to stay with her mother for several days. Jesse Lewis is in Detroit on business for several days.
Johnson City Tenn September 10 The forest fire on Business is fast burning toward the Unaka Mountain area near the Anaka Spring Hotel Chief Forest Ranger Stone burner assumed command and directed all available men to contain the blaze Rain fell briefly aiding firefighters The fire breached a dense line at Rock Creek and burned toward Rewia downslope
Bluefield volunteers assigned to drive visiting Norfolk and Western guests to Winnacle Rock must have their cars at the Scott Street entrance of the West Virginian Hotel by 11 p.m. under Rh W Lacy chairing the Chamber of Commerce outing. More cars needed. call Lacy at 151 or the Chamber at M4. A brief stop at the new freight station on Lower Bluefield Avenue precedes the trip to Pinnacle Rock with return by 6 p.m.
Washington officials denied Col Harold K Hartney s accusation that civilian aircraft were forced out of two events at the New York air races next month. Army and Navy air leaders insisted they would follow National Aeronautic Association rules while noting stance on civilian entrants. A high officer stated the services are not in charge of the races and responsibility cannot be shifted.
San Antonio dispatch reports Colonel William Mitchell praising Dwight Davis for backing a full, disinterested investigation into charges against the air service. Secretary Wilbur favors Congress or a neutral agency handling the inquiry, citing reliable aviation records and the need to avoid partisan influence. Edgar Tobin, WWI ace, offers to testify for Mitchell’s push toward an official inquiry.
Mrs Lascille Haeck nineteen was acquitted by a jury in Uniontown Pa on charges she killed her twenty one month old baby by poison. The eight men four women jury deliberated two hours as supporters celebrated the verdict and Haeck described abuse by her husband before the incident last July. She testified to beatings and an attempted suicide after the poisoning.
H. H. Porter, president of the American Water Works & Electric Company, describes interlinked power grids across the east and Midwest. He notes western Pennsylvania plants connect with Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, New York, and soon Texas and Chicago, creating parallel operation and vast interregional horsepower benefits.
Roy Turner seventeen W Doy le twenty and M A Woodyard eighteen were arrested in the Norfolk and Western Railroad yards on charges of trespassing and tampering with a city fire alarm box.
The Louisville and Nashville Railway intends to place an order of 70,000 tons of steel rails valued around 3 million dollars. Trade sources link this to about 50,800 tons recently booked by the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company, a United States Steel subsidiary.
Police jail three youths on a charge tied to tampering with fire alarm box No 26 after an alarm sounded. They were found on the Norfolk and Western property and face a morning court hearing with witnesses expected to identify them. A $50 reward stands for arrests and convictions in fire alarm tampering.
J G Lyne of New York, special representative of Railway Age, visits Bluefield to attend the Norfolk and Western system efficiency meeting. Charles Layng of Railway Review to arrive to cover the meeting, the first time both trade publications have sent reps to these gatherings.
J Stace Hill manager of the Gibson House Cincinnati traveled from Asheville to Bluefield last night. He praised the Asheville to Bluefield roads for scenery and called Bluefield a real city. He lauded the West Virginian Hotel and the idea of a large freight depot, noting the area’s potential for tourism and freight business.
The Country Club hosts a women’s tennis tournament with Miss Beth Hufford advanced to the finals after a bye. She will meet the winner of Miss Elizabeth Angel versus Miss Betty Lincoln, likely played this afternoon. In the men's draws, winners Strader Goodlow Fauchtenberger Frazier and Barbee remain, with Vans versus Sanders and Huffard versus Royer still to play.
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