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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1925
Page
1
Col William Mitchell testifies before the president’s air board, demanding a national defense department with equal air and land status. He claims aviation is underfunded and deplorable, warns of the need for early action against external threats, and criticizes past Army Air Service neglect.
Olity September 29 Eureka Pipe Line Company declares a dividend of one cent per share to stockholders of record as of September 1 with payment to be made on September 1.
Edwin Stringer Boggess, sixty six, prominent lumberman, collapsed and died while walking along a road about four miles from Camden on Gauley, Webster County, West Virginia. Harris Friend of Oakland, Maryland, was with him. A physician said heart attack caused the death.
Two crewmen John L. Gibson and William Charles Terschamer were pulled from the S-51 battery compartment four days after the collision with City of Rome. Divers, working in pairs, faced long dives to adjust to pressure as they attempted to reach the control cabin area and assess the wreckage.
Chicago Sept 29 Peter M Hoffman testified that the heavy duties of Cook county sheriff kept him from knowing alleged beer runners Terrence Druggan and Frank Lake had paid thousands to jail officials for privileges before their one year contempt sentences. He said Wesley Westbrook the former jail warden and several others face contempt charges for interfering with sentence execution as Druggan and Lake ran a brewery after his orders. Hoffman described a 567 person staff with seventy at the county jail and blamed Westbrook for the bribery scheme while Westbrook denied guilt calling it a political frameup.
Washington authorities ruled that the Louisville and Nashville railroad must continue handling small liquor shipments despite high guarding costs. The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed the carrier to raise freight rates to cover security costs, after investigations into the June rate schedule and shipper protests.
Word reached Fairmont that William Martin and Ed win Garwig were held for investigation in Uniontown Pa after allegedly trying to sell $20 postal savings stamps for $10 each. Steve Cherry reported robbed of $180 in stamps at Grant Town, leading to arrests.
The sixth annual West Virginia Kiwanis district convention closed in Clarksburg with Albert Snedeker elected president and Paul Lehman and William Smith reappointed as secretary and treasurer. District lieutenant governors were chosen for four districts and Charleston selected for the 1926 convention. Welch won the attendance shield and Wheeling the Sugden cup.
New York mayor John F. Hylan announces he will not seek re election on any ticket and will return to private life. He leaves the race to James J. Walker Frank D Waterman and Norman Thomas while offering no future plans.
New York salvage workers on the Foam and Spray return after bad weather hampers a fifth effort to raise the Merida, the sunken 1911 steamship off the Virginia capes with a 4 million dollar cargo. Franklin Mallory says the backers remain undeterred and will try again. Fred Neilsen notes progress was halted by rough seas.
Washington dispatch reports surface discussions on a settlement of the French war debt with progress indicated but no official comment on the gap between French and American demands. A joint session was canceled as French data was incomplete and private talks ongoing ahead of a possible meeting tomorrow. The French aim to sail Thursday night.
Pittsburg Coal Company said fifteen families of striking miners living in Banning No 2 company houses were evicted after refusing a move to other company housing. United Mine Workers leader P T Fagan said the offered houses lacked doors and windows and the union would provide for the families. Company officials said the Banning houses were needed for working miners.
The White House announced the reappointment of Raymond C. Brown as secretary of the territory of Hawaii on September 29. Brown’s renewal restores him to a key administrative post in Honolulu under the territorial government.
New York September 29 The Interparliamentary Union council faced a disruption over Shapurji Saklatvala a Communist member barred from the United States The council adopted a resolution recognizing the US right to enforce its laws and said it would not discuss the merits of the case A copy of the resolution was sent to Saklatvala The British delegation backed Kellogg's position and officials expected no further discussion of the matter
Columbus Ohio September 29 The number of people who love horses is shrinking yearly as betting draws fans toward the track. Grand Circuit attendance here is down forty percent from last year. Efforts to diversify harness events with odd distances failed to attract new followers. Gate reductions and the rise of running races with pari mutuel betting also hurt harness appeal. Younger crowds prefer cars and football over sulky racing.
Philadelphia Sept 29 Winifred Dunn engineer from Jersey City N J was killed and William Gretson from Roselle N J fireman was seriously injured when they jumped from an approaching Baltimore and Ohio freight engine as it neared an open drawbridge over the Schuylkill River. Dunn was crushed beneath the wheels Gretson struck on his head and was reported in critical condition as the engine struck the bridge superstructure causing two cars to derail.
In Charleston on September 29 the Swe court refused to issue a mandamus to force the Mercer county court to cancel a refunding bond issue or rule on its constitutionality. The decision cited that bond holders had no standing and that the court would not compel action already begun in good faith.
Milwaukee reports Robert M. Lafollette Jr. won the U S Senate race by极 a wide margin carrying 70 of 71 counties and defeating Edward F. Dithmar by large totals. Final returns show Lafollette with a dominant majority across multiple counties and precincts in the state.
In Baltimore on September 29 an unidentified Black man shot John Damm assistant treasurer of the Broadway Savings Bank during an attempted holdup. Damm was seriously wounded. The gunman was killed within half an hour in a gun battle with police. Two accomplices fled in an automobile.
Boyd E Bennett of Charlottesville Va was confirmed as Bluefield city manager at the regular board meeting. His salary is set at 7000 dollars per year and he will assume duties today after arriving yesterday morning. The vote to confirm was unanimous with minutes amended to record the salary.
In a naval court of inquiry Lieutenant Joseph D. Anderson testifies that Commander Lansdowne ignored a forecasted southerly turn to avoid the storm that wrecked the Shenandoah. He notes thunderstorms likely in the Ohio valley and describes the battle to steer amid buffeting seas and a collapsing control car.
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