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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1909
Page
1
A New York report from May 18 states two hundred residents in Keasby N J lost homes when six tenement buildings burned, with three alarms and extensive damage projected into six figures. No deaths or serious injuries reported, but many foreigners and poor families are left shelterless.
Ettore Farratta the Italian railroad contractor, smiling and affable, spent yesterday in Roanoke jail after being brought handcuffed from New Orleans where he was arrested on embezzlement charges. Detective Baldwin and Frank Motto accompanied him. Farratta claimed misclassification on Virginian railroad work and blamed others for his debts, including a lien by McArthur Brothers. He admitted wrong but cited business reverses and potential remedies, saying he feared harm from workers and noting time in Canada. A. H. Hatfield of McComas was in the city last night.
Chicago Illinois May 18 a rear end collision of two crowded southbound North Western elevated trains at Ohio and Franklin streets wounded a score of people with at least a dozen seriously hurt and two possibly fatally. Men fought to escape as trains rocked on the elevated structure while women screamed and many fainted.
Washington D C May 18 forecast for West Virginia calls for fair tonight and conditions through Wednesday evening.
Williamson West Virginia May 18 Governor Glasscock issued extradition papers for Richard Dovel accused of defrauding Norfolk and Western Railroad of thousands by forging names on purchase bills and collecting checks. Dovel previously worked for the company buying dies and submitting fake bills to the head office. An associate offered a track worker $637.22 to misdirect mail but was refused. Detective Baldwin notes Dovel may have operated for some time before capture.
A Paris strike amid labor unrest prompts a Federal Committee to intervene. Officials report violence feared as workers and writers remain in a standstill after meetings last night. Authorities prepared for possible clashes while seeking to restore order and protect key sites.
City council discussed many matters adopting a resolution to retain M M Clifford as city wrestling commissioner while tabling liquor licenses for Sidney Wood and Alexander Hurt for a merry go round on Bland street due to police protection costs. The Johnson pleital tong law arming debates continued with bond plans outlined and other ordinances and requests noted.
May 18 notes indicate Bide Ward Walsh a pitcher for White Lee and Morin Walsh a pitcher for Puello lean rush to meet with Meath to see their brother David before he dies from injuries in Aneeldene Manthi Vale well known in Virginia The Waoluaaiched two seasons for He Portsmouth and Dane ville club Virginia headnote
In an official order during wartime, several detainees including notable individuals were pardoned or released. The act references wartime policy and the handling of various categories of detainees by authorities. Names and exact classifications are partially garbled in the text but indicate a broad clemency move by the leadership.
Prof Eri Wagoner principal at Whitehead High School N Carolina and brother of Mrs Ola Olsen describes Robert P Donelly alias Olsen as a bad character. Donelly allegedly married a widow in Peoria and used false pretenses to ship sister to North Carolina. Chief George R Newhire cites ongoing care for the sister and pending action in Peoria and North Carolina regarding forgery and marriage charges.
Mrs G. B. Shelton and her sister Mrs C. Batley departed yesterday for Washington DC to visit their brother, still Lawson, who is confined in the Pas eurstitute after being moved from the Isthmus of Panama to receive treatment for a mad dog bite.
In Minneapolis on May 18 John McNamara a fire department member was killed during a pursuit of a highwayman. McNamara and two detectives chased the suspect who turned and shot him in the ribs during a scuffle. The highwayman was captured later. the killer gave his name as Frank Ericson of Chicago.
Athens reports anti Christian actions with about one hundred Armenians cast into prison and many in chains as Turkish officials punish Christians and shield the guilty. Washington lists Virginia fourth class postmasters appointed today including Cologene Harvey Blant and Desha Fannig Moulton.
The Evening Leader reports a new bridge will be built overhead on the county road about 14000 feet east of the city limits, continuing Princeton avenue. The Norfolk and Western Railway will bear abutments and steel, with grade work fitted behind them at no county cost, per a letter from President L. E. Johanson. Col. W. H. Coffman secured authorization for engineers to locate abutments and proceed swiftly. This marks the fifth bridge over the Norfolk and Western tracks in Bluefield, linking East Princeton avenue with the new county road.
Washington May 18 Senate met at ten o’clock. Senator Gore introduced a resolution directing the finances committee to probe the high prices of commodities and determine who is responsible. Senator Aldrich said he could not see it affecting the tariff bill in time.
Herbert C. Clark of Bluefield captured the debaters medal at Hang den-Gidney College after a week of hard work. His father Reverend P C Clark expressed great elation, noting he had not entered the debating contest himself and was proud of his son's achievement.
Washington May 18 Taft announces William S. Washburn of the District of Columbia to succeed James L. Williams Jr of South Carolina who resigned yesterday. Washburn served five years on the Philippine Civil Service Commission.
In Washington May 18 editors from several papers deride Hollingsworth of Ohio as pusillanimous and cowardly as the House debates privilege over a Jefferson Davis portrait on a Navy meal service. The scene draws laughter after Speaker Cannon rules no attack in a representative capacity, Hollingsworth seeks to print or argue, and Mr Harrison objects, leaving the chamber in fits of laughter.
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