Bluefield Daily Telegraph from Bluefield, West Virginia • Page 2

mm Jto -IT' jiii.r 1 1 mini iin 7111111111 mrr "They Shall Not Pass!" on Iowa Vam Front Wttett Three Died in Oil Blast fra ftuefttld Post which, satofdax will begin at Frldajv evening, November Cnalrmati. general committees General Herbert D. May, chairman I. li. Bllfkin, banquet and dance ticket committee: ft.

T. Crockett, chair- Friday tight dance commutes; Louis Sfcultiman, chairman, Satur'. day night dance committee; Court- vney Taader, obatrman, li o'oldck memorial service; Prank Neal, chalrman decorating West Virginian notel lobby; John W. Cahlll, D. T.

L6wman, James Rantle, Dr. i. tor Nelson, Merman Rlrchner, William H. Wade, Thomas Hughes and W. T.

Bond. Decoration of West Virginian hotel committee: Mrs. Q. P. Mahood, chairman; Mrs, C.

B. Woody, presl- dent of auxiliary; Mrs, A. S. Booker, Mrs. S.

Francisco, Mrs. J. L. Jennings, Mrs. Ben McOuHoob, 1 Harry Paul Caldwell, Mrs.

Kenneth Buford, Mrs, Omar, Mrs. riarry Rammer, Mrs, W. T. Hancock and Mrs. a C.

Tucker, JR. Develin, John Scott, Herman Klrehner, D. Lowman, Robert Crockett, Shirley Brown, Bernard Mastin: Oscar Mitchell, A. J. Cole, C.

B. JameB Rantls, Frank B. Neal, Clifford M. Brown. The decorations committee Is urg- ently requested to meet at the Hotel 1 West Virginian Thursday morning, 9, promptly at 9:30 to ar; range decorations.

citizens committee: Ray Brads, chairman; J. B. Moeeley, James Bl! mer Mrown, Herbert Markle, H. I. i Shott, fired W.

tidy, Ret. J. W. Hob! son, Frank Booth, R. T.

Peters. R. I. 1 Develin, Hugh Shott Richard Morgan, Arthur Carey, Wi A. Light, C.

Wilson. 1 Committee on Civil war veterans: Mrs. W. A. Thornhlll, chairman; Mrs.

J. J. Mrs. Norman McDowell. Committee on Spanlah-Amerloan war veterans: waiter Perkins, chairman; W.

W. MoNeal, H. St. John Henley, I. Nicholas and wiekham.

The dance committee, Is composed of Robert T. Crockett, chairman, for Bluefleld Post No. 9 and Louts Zaultsman, chairman, of Mercer Volture 810, Society of Forty and Eight, and Frank Bond, William H. wade and Bernard Mastin. and for Bluefield No.

9 auxiliary unit: Mrs. F. L. Black, chairman, Mrs. J.

B. Gal bralth. Mrs. Harry Clark, "Mrs. George Wllllamsi' Mrs.

Harry Goodykoontz, Mrs. J. B.Blaydes, Mrs. T. O'J.

Wilson. Mrs. 0. M. Flynn, Mrs.

H. Wade Mrs. Herbert- May Mrs. Guy L. Furr.

The beginninft'Of the Armistice day observance activities will be at 8 Friday evening. November 10 with a banquet which will be served In the ballroom of the West Virginian hotel. Robert A. Bheffey, chairman of the general committee, asked that particular stress be laid on the fact that these activities were not only open to Bluefleld cltltens and their ladles, but, that BlueAeld citizens are especially urged to be present and Join with the war veterans in the observance of this memorable date. It was also stressed that while the local Legion post and auxllllaVy had undertaken the bulk of the work in planning and arranging for the observance, they were particularly anxious to have all possible veterans who have served their country in lime of need, come out and participate with them in the banquet, dances, parado and memorial serloe.

A special section Is being reserved for veterans of the Spanish-American war who desire to oome and particular honors are being prepared for several Civil war veterans who are expected to attend the banquet as particular guests of the Bluefleld Legion organization. Everyone who expects to attend the banquet, which will begin promptly at p. Friday evening, November 10, are especially urged to make their reservations at once with one of the following commute: I. Slifkln, D. T.

Lawman, Herbert D. May, or with the West Virginian hotel, so that sufficient plates may be available for all. WETS LEAD IN TOE OF SIX STATES TO Driven to the hillo by the explosions and fire In a gasoHne storage plant, residents of Tiverton, R. arose from cots in.schooll housea looked down upon this scene to see if their houses were etui there. The which took the lives of at least three men and sent Scores ot others to 'hospitals, caused a damage estimated at more than $1,000,000.

(Continued One) Wednesday Mwitoft Nov. 8, lfl8g. CITY SL FIVE-YEA ONI OP EH ION PUT "(Continued from Page One) CITY AND GOAI ITEMS We Buy GLASS In Carload Lots LET TJS- FIx That Broken Window Replace Tour Automobile Glass Ilesllver Your Install Your Store Front The only complete glass stock In this section BAILEY Lumber Go. FIVE 916 PLANTS BluelleM. Va.

Mullens, Va. Matoaku, Va, Wythevllle, Ta, War, W. Ta, Solicitor Sidney Kwase the state law relative to persons concealing their idenlty by masks and other forms of disguises. Pointing to the fact that three robberies were committed in the downtown section of the oity during the celebration; that fugitives from Justice in disguise mingled with the merrymakers without revealing their idenlty, and that hundreds of innocent persons were molested by unidentified persons, tlto city administrations is laying the foundation to prevent a recurrence of such activities as was carried on In Bluefleld last Tuesday night week past. The city attorney was Instructed to review the state law relative to masquerading aud to pro- pare an ordinance in line with the state jaw.

In a resolution pasBOd by the board, Mayor Light was authorized to execute a sale of the whlteway lighting fixtures on Bland street from Princeton avenue to a point In front of the Bailey building to the Appalachian Electric Power company. The company is to pay the city the fixtures. The company, it was explained, owns all other whlteway lighting fixtures in the city. To confirm the action of the board last week in turning back the public library to the Bluefleld Woman's alub, representatives of the latter organization appoared before the board yesterday and Informed the board that the Woman's club was taking over the library, In trust, and would oontlnue to operate it until such time as the city was In position to resume financial support ot the library. Paul A.

Holm representing the Meroer Rifle and Pistol club was granted permission to use the munlolpal park grounds next Saturday for the purpose of staging a ritle and pistol match. D. M. Sullivan was granted a license to retail soft drinks in bottle at 844 Bland Btroet, and Alvay T. Farthing was granted a license to operate a filling station on Bluefleld avenue at Graves street.

BLAND STREET CHOIR REHEARSAL PbSTPONED The Bland Street Methodist church choir will rehearse this week on Friday evening instead of Thursday James Elmer Brown, director, requests that all members bear in mind this change and plan to he present Friday evenlug promptly at 7:80, ANNIVERSARY OF SOVIET CELEBRATED Moscow, Communism's strongest stalwarts marched again today to celebrate the passage of 16 years since the birth of the Soviet union in the October revolution. While all Soviet Russia observed national holiday, Moscow's Red was the focal point. A million persons were estimated to havo paraded. From a reviewing stand atop the Lenin mausoleum, Stalin, Kalinin, Molotov and their colleagues in government and Communist party watched and answered the cheers of the marchers. Some 50,000 troops of the Red army's Moscow garrison, together with several battalions of sailors carried out the military phase of the celebration.

The military held the square more than three hours AS infantry, cavalry, artillery, tanks and the full complement of a modern army corps Slipover Sfees And colors, Sold up to $1.25, special today, 7Ec. Fretwell's. Phone 834. A. B.

C. Washers Throe sizes, smoothest running washer you ever saw. Fingertip control, new Frenoh type agitator. Free demonstration. Thompson Radio and Hlectrio Shop.

VIOLENCE MARKS Tennessee border to the Atlantic ocean. Even the precinct ef Robert Reynolds, wh6 was elected a year ago oil a repeal platform, gave a heavy dry majority. The vote was: For repeal 9S; against 464, The statewide vote was taken on the question of whether a conven. tloa should be held In December to act upon the proposed twenty-first amendment. As a result of the apparent overwhelming majority against repeal, there will he no convention.

Prohibition strength was shewn in all parts of the state. UTAH WETS MAD. I Salt Lake City, Nov. 7. ly mounting returns tonight tended to move Utah toward a place alongside Ohio and Pennsylvania in making up the necessary thlrty-alx states to remove the federal prohibition amendment from the constitution.

Only three of the first ten counties to report opposed repeal and they embraced rural districts in the southern part the With 68 off 798 predncs reported, the vote stood at 8,016 tor repeal and 6,628 against. The vote on repeal of the state prohibition amendment, so far as It had been reported, maintained about the same proportion. The vote included but five districts from Salt Lake county, whleh gave 433 for repeal and 204 against. OHIO VOTES WET Columbus, Nov. 7.

turned its back upon prohibition today in the drat balloting in which Its women have participated on prohibition as a statewide question. The state that gave birth to the Women's Christian Temperance union and to the Antt-Saloon league in the latter part ot the twentieth century, apparently gave repeal a majority of at least 600,000 votes. With 6,405 precincts of the 8,585 otal reported, the count was 1.015,068 for repeal of the eighteenth amendment and 481,400 against. It was in Ohio that Wayne B. Wheeler first rose to prominence in the fight to make the nation dry; printing presses sent broadsides throughout the world calling for the abolition of Intoxicating liquor; the world association against alcoholism was nurtured.

Ohio women voted today for the first time in the history of prohibition on the question itaelfi Once before they had voted on a phase of November 2, 1920, when they were oredlted with helping carry the state enforcing act. Prior to that, Women did not have the franchise. COUNTIES ALLOTTED FUNDS FROM STATE railroad ties and rope for a barricade, a group of farm strike pickets is pictured on a highway lead- ink Into Sioux City, Iowa, one of the storm centers of the current farm trouble. Much violence has occurred In this sector. Thousands of dollars' worthof produce has been destroyed by strikers.

At Lawton, Iowa, pickets turned loose eight carloads of livestock after cattle train had been forced to a halt. VOTING freshmen as gentlemen, the sophomores called them "spiritless amoebae" and immediately a series of paddling and duckings followed. Physical hazing Is banned at the university, The tug-of-war was planned yesterday but the weather was too poor for the spectators. i BUSINESS FAILURES New York, Nov. 7.

recent rise in the number of business failures, is below the seasonal average, said Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. Total failures for the year were lven as 17,927, as against 27,204 in (Continued from Page One) Martin Conners, Democratic candidate for jailer. Chief Interest in the state generally centered on the repeal amendmant and the proposed state amendment to permit the legislature to abolish the state tax on real estate, although, hot local contests brought out many voters In some communities. Tho counting of votes will not start until tomorrow at 10 a. but repeal forces were predicting a two-to-one victory, with drys conceding defeat in the larger cities but maintaining their claim they would carry the state.

Reports from throughout the state Indicated brisk off-year voting, and a total vote of 800,000 appeared probable. More than 970,000 ballots were cast in Kentucky in last year's presidential election. Louisville's Interest centered on the spirited race for election as mayor, with Col. Dan B. Carrell, Republican, opposing Neville Miller, Domoorat.

Charleston, W. Another allotment ot $695,000 from state funds goes to various counties of the state for'payment of teachers' salaries. The allotment, made yesterday by the board public works for the second half ot October, bring to 256,000 the total distributed for. the second school month. Approximately the same amount was sent out for the first Superintendent of Schools Trent said more than (492,000 will be sent to county boards of education at once and an additional $202,000 later in the week or early next week.

paraded in smartly trained units. A part of the military display were thousands ot un-unlformed but armed "Red Partisans' demonstrated by appearance the enormous reservoir of well- trained reserves. They included womon as well as men. Then came the plain workers and women and children converged on the square from three entrances to All Its whole Width with a closely-packed, slow- marching, shouting stccam of A of banners, placards, models and effigies ctrronicling the achievements of individual factories and groups and satirizing the hated capitalist and "Imperialist," swayed over the heads of the cheering throngs. OFFICES OF TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION CLOSED Charleston, W.

Headquarters of the West Virginia Taxpayers association were closed today upon orders of the association's ex ecutive committee. O. A. Burt, of Wheeling, chairman of the committee, said the office was closed only as a measure of economy and that the association's work will be continued. Aotlon was postponed on selection of a successor to B.

M. Keatley, seoretary of the association, who (Continued from Page Ono) died last Burt said another meeting of the oommittee will be herd In December an old time barkeep who cracked Ice is not stingy. "They won't let their men drink too much. A man with a date usually la no Most speakeasies have put In restaurants where "ham aro available. Tho big ones, of oourse, Berve All have lunch counters where the cheese and protzels aro on the house.

The prices vary. Forty cents a drink is the usual price. Fancy drinks run FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR MRS. HUTSELL Funeral services for Mrs. Lucille Seaboit Hutsoll were conducted at the home of her daughter, Mrs, J.

M. MoGlnnls, Vivian, yesterday by the Rev. G. T. Jordan, of the Bckman Methodist church, assisted by the nev.

B. M. Ritchie, of Northfork; tho Rev. H. Colo, of Kimball, and the Rev.

L. W. Pierce, from Welch. Special music was rendered by the Kimball Methodist church choir. Following the services the funeral party left for Knoxville, tho home of her sou, the Rev, K.

Hut sell. Funeral services at Kuoxvllle will be held at Brookwater church at 1:30 this afternoon and Interment will be made tu the Brookwater church cemetery. Dr. I. P.

Martin, presiding elder ot the Knoxville district, will conduct the services, assisted by the Rev. D. Trigg James, pastor of Lincoln Park Methodist church. A number of relatives and friends accompanied the body to Knoxville. to formulate its policies under revisions in tax laws to he made by a special session of the legislature be ginning November 2i.

MARYLAND STUDENTS IN CLASS WAR College Park. branch, the peaceful stream which flows through the meadows of the University of Maryland, is the "no man's land" of the underclass war. Climaxing a week ot skirmishes between the two classes, 4:30 o'clock this afternoon is the "zero hour" for the test of supremacy and freshmen on opposite ends of the rope across the stream. The freshmen, if victorious in pulling the second year men into the water, are freed from "rat" rules but if the sophomores win, the campus newcomers must obey the rules until Christmas. The freshmen started the war a week ago when they announced themselves in "open rebellion" against the "weak and doddering" sophomore class and issued a set of rules for the sophomores to obey.

Saylpg they tried to treat the HEARING HELD FOR ACCUSED OFFICER San Antonio, Nov. 7. Hotel and night club dancing coupled with cocktails were described today as Blanche Ralls, 28, told her story at a preliminary bearing for Lieut. John Murrel, former West Point football star, on a charge of criminally attacking her. Miss Ralls testified the attack occurred early in the morning of Oct.

22 after she and friends danced first at a downtown hotel, then at the night club. "I told him I'd tell my brother and he'd be killed," the witness said a voice scarcely audible, "but he said he'd gotten away with it before and he'd do it again." She added that when she screamed, she woe threatened with having her "head beaten to a pulp" if she continued. As the party left the city for the club, she testified they stopped at a residence so "the men could get something to drink," but she said she had only two cocktails during the night and morning. Her testimony was given before P. A.

Lockhart. U. S. Commissioner, to determine whether bond for Lieut, Murrel might be recommended. Murrel has been in Jail since Oct 27.

HARRY BOWEfJ, BRAWMELL IS NAMED ON BOARD OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK Harry of Bfamweli, been "elected a member the board of directors of the First National bank of Bluefleld. Mr. Bo wen is oho ot the outstanding business man of southern West Virginia, and one.ot the most successful coal operators in the state. His membership on' tha directory of the First National is quite an aoquletlon to this splendid institution. Mr.

BoWen is also due of the best known and Most highly estoemed citizens of southern West Virginia. MME. SCHUMANN HEfNK ILL IN CALIFORNIA San Diego, Btnestlne Schumann Helnk, contralto and "mother" of ex-service men, is in the Mercy hospital suffering from an lntertlnal Infection' which may be an attack of appendicitis. Dr, Charles M. Fox, her and physician, said the 72-year-old singer suffered only minor pains and that her condition is net serious.

RICHLANDS MAN KILLED BY TRAIN Walter Gillespie, aged about 36, said to be from Richlands, was killed early yesterday morning when struck by a freight train near Garland, in the Dry Fork section. The body was badly mangled, being dragged about 30 feet, It was said. A card found in a pooket bore the man 's name and address, it was Bald. The body was taken In charge by the Fanning Funeral home at laeger to, be prepared for burial. POST AUXILIARY TO MEET The auxiliary of Roy Scott.Post No.

39, will meet this evening at 6 o'clock with Mrs. O. W. Hunter, Jones street. tfiBAr FOR.IT BY unaA PETROLEUM MOHE7 jfy AtSO IN at; Who aey King? A Asalional clues but a mass of conflicting evidence and twelve people, any of whom might be the Wf.

ARTHUR LANG Shielded his daughter DBNISB LANG Engaged to King PARKER COLEMAN In love with Penlse JOHN LINK He called the police MRS. KENNEBEC Talked too much MATTHEW HOLLISTER Neighbor with a grudge CARLOTTA SCURLACH Flirtatious made scene JOE PARROTT Once King's partner yCrCOLDS Use- PHMMMRHMBBMBKHDSUIMW DKTKCTIVB A.U ot LegaJ or Criminal ConfldoQtlal Reports. Don't enter without you: sutomobll. wreck ouu set quick ABB WHMAM9, Qencrsl Manager Kelt Bluefleld. W.

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It guaranteed to prompt relief or aener HERMAN 8CURLAOH Wrote angry letters JULIET FRANCE Was she In King's rooms? JOB DRVGAN Friend who quarreled MELVINA HOLH6TER King's cat ate her canary Read the first few chapters of "The Unknown try to pick the guilty party. You may be wrong, because there is surprise after surprise in this thrilling, dramatic story that you will follow to an amazing climax. Unknown.