Bluefield evening leader. [volume], August 18, 1909, Image 1

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EVENING_LEADER
ESTABLISHED A PHIL 8, 1906.__Bluefield, West Virginia, Wednesday Afternoon, Aug ust 18, 1909. PRICE TWO CENTti
STANDNRD OIL, AMICOM
FRUIT, PEERLESS COAL CO. i
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Destructive Fire on Bluefield Avenue
This Afternoon Started in Stan
dard Oil Company's Plant.
GOOD WARK BYTlRE DEPARTMENT
- »
Loss Will Reach $50,000 Fully Cov
ered by Insurance.
Fire which started in the ware
room of Lho Standard Oil Company’s
J plant on BLuefleld avenue thi* after
noon quickly spread to the adjoining
buildings of the Amlcon Fruit Com
pany and to the coal sheds of the
Peerless Coal Company, destroy
ing these places.
The tire was first discovered in
empty oil barrels ami on account of
their inflamable natur? was under
head-way before the two fire depart
ments could reach the place. Some
trouble in souring, connection with
tiho fire plugs on Bluefleld avenue
was oxperlnced. Two connections
broke as the water was turned on.
w'hlch aided in the delay to the fire
men.
The Amlcon Fruit Company’s build
Ing was the first to burn down, trie
fierce heat from the burning oil bar
rels and, being a frame building was
soon a mass of ruins.
Only the office llxtures were saved
frrm the Amlcon plant. Their lose
will reach $20,000 which they state
Is fully covere,] by Insurance. Xo de
lay will bo experienced ir> filling or
ders, however, and announcement, is
made by officials of the company .nat
they will be able to render uh prompt
eervlco as beforo tho fire.
The heat from the burning oil bar
rels at the Standard Oil plant wa«
excessive. There was much fear ex
pressed for n while ihaf the flames
would reach th.* gasoline .mfj kero
sene tanks on the grounds. A fa
vorable easterly wind, bow* ver. turn
ed the flames In the oposlfe direction
and danger from tbU source was
somewhat reduced.
The Standard Oil Company's loss,
Including building and stock, will
„ reach $10,000, wiilch is fully cover
* ed by their own Insurance.
Five hundred barrel* of oil sto/
—
«hl in the cellar of th'* S ir. 1 u 1 plant
are still burning.
At the beginning of the fire the
tops were quickly removed from the
oil and gasoline tanks ho that no ex
plosion would result in case the heat
or flying sparks should Ignite them
The Norfolk ami Western railway
tracks running just behind the burn
ed buildings caught fir* but “ho rail
road company soon made conoctlon
with their water power and succeed
ed in stopping the*flro.
Three cars loaded with coal were
also on the sldo track and were
burned. Their loss con not be esti
mated, but will reach several thous
[ and dollars.
The coal shod of the Peerless Coal
Company caught from the burning
Standard Oil and Amicon buildings
but was practically burned down, al
though tho Norfolk and Western hose
rendered good service in fighting the
ft re. Their loss could not. 1k> ascer
tained. hut will be light.
Other Mi tidings in the nelghbor
j hood of the burned buildings which
i it appeared would also be destroyed
were the houses occupier] by Police
man A. A. McDonald, W. H. Motley,
Whitlock, C. W. Johnson and J. R.
Tilson, agent, of the Norfolk and We a
ter-a railway.
At the hour of going fo press tho
fire is skill burning but under con
trol.
A complete estimate of the in s
can pot be ascertained, but a conser
vative estimate places it at $50,000.
The two fire depar*inents are be
ing highly commended for their hero
ic work. To their cool headed and
fearless fighting Is due the small loss,
it appearing for a while t/hat It would
be Impossible to save nny of the build
ings In the block occupied by the
burned buildings
There were no fatalities.
ARMY ADOPTS
NEW INVENTION
b -
Pan-Angle Telescope, Sim
ple In Construction, May
Revolutionize the Art of
Warfare.
Wakefield, Mas.* , Aug. IK.—After
years of patient experlmnting £n<l
improvem* nt. in the eourse of which
his Idea* have been at times held tip
to ridicule, Dana Dudley of this town
has just had the satisfaction or hav
ing his "pan-angle” telescope adopt
ed by the war department of tho
United Slates,
The invention Is dimple In its con
struction, yet. it Is sold, may revo
lutionize modern warlare. It con
sists of redectlng lenses Ho arranged
at angles In a tul>e that persons or
ol»|eef* above or below and on all
tMes may t>e viewed from a idaee of
concealment,
The devlco as constructed for us»*
Jn warfare is arrange'! so that even
- on oifflpiS'.arlng guns or guns used
In trenches and fired from any point
Invisible #7om the exterior the op
rrator may ascertain the location of
‘lie enemy, target or other objective
point without exposing himself,
Washington. T). C., 'Aug. 17. — The
report of the court of Inquiry In the
Sutton ease will Ik* made public to
morrow.
COUNTERFEIT
MADE IN ITALY
European Plant Turning
Out Spurious American
Certificates Unearthed by
Secret Service Men.
Philadelphia, Pa.. Aug. ih.—With
the arrest of Oulseppo 8plCa, of N>w
York, Scoret service operatives t**
llevo they have unearthed a count' r
feltlng plot, of a most, unusual k!n<I.
8].lea |s allege^ fo bo 1^ league wi*h
a band of counterfeiters w ho have
their plant In Italy, Manufacturing
I spurious American certificates. Spies
Is allf gc,j to have distributed 16 $2
not< s In this city recently. He was
, held today under $2,000 ball for the
September grand Jury.
HANSON SUED
FOR DIVORCE.
Atlanta, Oa., Aug. l*. MaJ .1. J.
Hanson, president of ■‘he f'entral of
CJeorgla Railway has t.een sued for
an absolute divorce Alleged In
| fatiiatofl for Mrs. Horner, cruelty
and neglect an* charged by the bill
; filed.
-- ■ •« -■> > ■
Mr. V7. Clerk an,j little daughter
aic the y-i'st* of Mrs. J. T Yearc/ut.
NOT READY TO
FIX TAX LEVY
The board of affairs did not hold J
its regular meeting a' th eclty hall i
last night, data from the county
board In the matter of the city levy
not yet completed. The meeting
was to have made an estimate of the
city expenses for the ensuing year,
and fix the tax levy Members
Stowers, Kahle and Worley were
present. *
It Is learned that the board will at
Its next meeting tak • ste|>s to rush
tin* matter >f colleCinp dog (taxes, a
matter which appears to have been
moving along rather slowly.
CRYING BABY j
TOUCHED TRAMP
Thought Child Was Hun
gry-Last Dime Went to
Purchase Milk For the
Little One.
Xew ^ ork, Aug. 18.—A tramp
down and out, yet fatherly looking,
.'esterday afternoon found a luty <*ry
l.iB and frantically atU>mp:inK to get
out of a baby carriage in Stole street,
Hrookljn, opposite police theadcjuar
ter. . Helievingr the baby was hungry
ami fearing it would tumble out, he
pushed the carriage along to the
nearest saloon an<l Informed the* bar
tender he wanted n 1*>ttln of milk.
Having spent his last dime, the
tramp lifted the* Infant out of the* I
carriage, and putting 1t on his knee |
used a spoon to feed the cherub, to j
* ho amazement of those in the sa-1
loon.
The baby was the child of Sfm.
J‘>slo Schor, wife of Moyer Schor. a
tailor of U84 State* street, who had
Parted out shopping In the middle
of Hue afternoon, and left u,«, child
In her husband’s custody. Meyer
trundled the* carriage along the block
and when his wife had gone prob
ably two blocks, remeinlspcd fhifc
wife had left her j roc kef. book up
stairn in the family rooms. So Mey
er put dow„ the brake and w*t off in
pursuit of his wife, it was then the
tramp happened along.
NO ONE WANTED
BLACK PUGILIST.
Salt, r^iko City, Ttnli, Aug. 17._
•lack Johnson and wPe were refuged
accommodations at all hotels here
lad night and were Compelled to
obtain Tooms from colored friends.
EDITOR IS
A_SUICIDE
NeW Vork, A tig 17. — Max Mans
fl- Id, the editor of the Platt DeiPehe
Post committed suicide by turning
on ea».
BRIGGS BACK
IN BLUEFIRLD
Cm, fi. lirlggs of Cincinnati, who
recently conducted j mtrcJtandlK •
sale .for 1he Hawley Jlorehandise
company, came to thii cit„- Iasi nigh*
Prom <herf. M • Urlggs wi'l go to Nor
t<».: Va , where his comp.ir/ has
closed a deal for the cor^uctlng of i
'-ale for one • / the ,v .'-•on m* rchati'1
Washington, Aug. in—The De
partment of Justice Is Just now giv
ing some stent Ion to the prosecution
of the tobacco trust case which comes
up before the Supreme court during;
the latter par. of this year.
SEVEN GAME
BALL SERIES
SCHEDULED.
Bluefiold and Keystone ^
Baseball eTams Have Ar !
ranged Interesting Con-1
tests For August.
— ™ — -
TWO FIRST GAMES
HERE TOMORROW.
Will ppcar In New Uni
forms of Black and
White.
A Kt’vcn gam® series of games lias'
been arranged between t'he Hlueflehi
and K> storm hall teams, four of
"hhh will be played here, on the
Tower grounds, two at Keystone and j
the seventh at the fdaeo which holds
.1 majority of the flrat six games.
The schedule of game* Is a« fol
lows: Keystone at Hlnetleld. Friday
and Saturday, August 2# and ll;
Minefield at Keygtont, Monday nud
Puesday, August 23 an(j 24; Key
stone at Mluetleld, Friday nuil Satur
day. August 27 und 2h; last game to
h* divided by standing <.r the two
twnttiH at end of the six games.
The Minefield team will ai»i>ear
Friday tn their new white and black
uniforms Tor the ilrst time. The
team has been strengthened by the
addition of new talent and much con
fidence 1b expressed among UiemT^at
they will be able to walk awjya with
the series.
X
HARRIMAN
RETURNING
OherborouKh, Franco, Auk. 18.—
K. H. Ilyrlinan from this port
today for Now York.
■Hardman arrived here in an ru
tomoljilo, and acenrdluK ti» bis
friendg h.is Kreatly Improved in
health duritiK Ills sojourn In Kuropo
New York, Auk. 18. -K. H. Har
dman's homo mmiiiK at ibis time Is
awaked with Interest I nvlew of the
recent reports in Wall street that he
had obtained an option on a con troll
Wik Interest In the New York Cen
tral lines, which would Kivo hint att
owm to oceau rout**,
WHEN OREEK
MEETS AMERICAN.
When Greek meets Greek la one
a'ory, hut who,, Greek meets Ameri
can makes another and entirely dif
ferent one <ia the evidence we have
at hand hears out.
A story cornea from I'oralionfact to
the effect that a number of younff f*•!'
lows ranging from 7 T. to 18 years of
air»* went to a "nearby swimming pool
last Sunday to take a bath. While
In swim min? some money was miss
ed from the pockets of one of the
bathers, and in carrying on an inves
tlKa'4lo-| after the loss was tJiscover
<*♦1. it appears that suspicion got
taiiKled up betweep two you n k men j
of about is, one an American, the,
otIn r a Greek.
A scrap started between *ho two)
vhlcb wa stopped by the Interfer-i
cnee or the other hoys.
f he next day the America^ rereiv
"d a not from the Greek Invltinp him
to mee: him in the efiureh yard next
mornlnp, where they could settle
Uolr difficulty without Interferon™
and, as he put it, "pet vour revonpe.’'
fhe story baked out, however,
n.id the tow hoys appeared nf the*
spot selected by tho Gn*«k lad, two!
doctors and a crowd of HyinpH*.hizern
were also tlierc. J
The Greek requested that. Marquis!
of Queensberry rule be tppl|« »](<,
the scrap, with naked fists. Hit with
* baraeterlatio |An*cJo-Sta*on don't
|K,v* n rnb G*e American said: "to
bell with the rounds nnd mbs.
we || just Wade |n and *<£(]<, Ij."
An,| settle It they did, from the
report whle-h say* that t,he (Jreek
who brared a personal encounter
wltfi hl« American opponent pm
About fhe worst lickin’ he will ry*r
«et. until he tries another of the1
8amo material.
OIL PLANT IS
f'A MENACE TO
PROPERTY
Fire Liable to Originate at
Any Time From Flying
Sparks of Passing Trains.
INTERFERED WITH
THE FIREMEN.
Their W ork Was Hampered
By Well Intended
Persons. _
- - \
The disastrous tlr«» which this af
ternoon destroyed the building* and
effect* of the Standard Oil Company,
the Am Icon Fruit Company, and tho
Peerless Fruit Company and started
in -the plant of tho SUuidurd Oil Com
pany, should act hs Incentive .to
tho Board of Affairs to prevent the
handling and utorugo <>r either oil
or other Inflamhhlu material In such
close proximity to huninesa and rest
douce houstM.
The Standard Oil plant is located
at a particularly dangerous place.
th«dj* tank*. barrels and ware rooms
being within a few feet of the Nor
folk A!- Western tracks where heavily
loaded trains are continually passing
an,j by llyLng sparks liable Co atari
a blaze at any time.
If the tire had h-ipponod at night
the results would hav.* been tell fold
more disastrous.
That tho locution of tho Standard
Oil CompunyV. plant on this at root Is
a continual menace to life ami prop
erty, and steps should be taken to se
cure a removal of their storage
rooms, tanka' and empty barrels to a
more Isolated sootlo^ of the oily.
Ah Ih usual where there Is not mi in
dent police force to handle a largo
crowd, there was serious Interference
with tlie worn of tho fl'emen by well
Intended hut IhoiigUlloss people,
Thu crowds Wore constantly get
ting |-n tho way. Men who ought to
have known lw-ttor tried to give ln
«tructions to the men over Mie head
of the chief and Jn many Instances
provent»«d the firemen from promptly
cf rryhig out his Instructions. They
were, for th , most pi.rt, business
,m*n who honestly tli »ught they were
rendering a service when they doing
exactly tliQ opposite. *
TRAVELING MAN
DIES HERE TODAY.
('has Urady, a Hnltlmoro travollrwrt
man, representlrg a li-tnbor company
of that city, nled In his room at the
P'.ng Hotel at 1J 4 r, this uioralag,
Prady had he«n stopping at the
, sW'i-p days. Dea h was due
to alcoholic excess.
.1. fl. Urady, a brother of the <je
cea e<| was notified by wire oyster day
of his brother’! condition, arrlhlni^
here at 1 o'clock today.
The remains woro turned over to
Hroekett'a undertaking establish
ment and wdl he prepared for return
to Ualtimore, whore tho Interment
wLlI take piano.
3. >f. Burton, fredMent of the Rur
ton System. billposters, of if, .south
<th street. Richmond, Va., was i vis* 1
for In this city nd iy on buslnej s eon- I
neepd Wlh he local bill boards.
Sutton An Accidental
Base-Ball
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
iiKsri/rs mTi-:»u>AY.
A Lynchburg: Portsmouth 7;
Lynohhurg 4.
At Norfolk -First game: Norfolk
2; Richmond 1. Second game: Nor
folk 3; Richmond 2.
At Danvlllo- First gnmo; Koanoko
2: Danville 1. Second gume: Dan
vlllo <!; Rounoko I.
STANDING OF TIIE CLPRS.
Won, Lvt JVC
Ronnoko.56 40 .6X8
Norfolk.* 56 41 .573
Danvlllo.4 48 .505
Richmond .ix 50 .400
Lynchburg. 4 5 50 .434
Portsmouth...4 1 57 ,n,X
SrilFm’Li: lxm TODAY.
Portsmouth «t l^ynchlmrg.
Roanoke «it. Danvlllo
Richmond at Norfolk.
AMFItICAN LFACH'F.
Washington 1; Philadelphia 0—12
Innings.
Detroit 2; Chicago 3.
Cleveland 2; St. Louis I.
Cleveland 7; fit. Louis 3—aoooud
game.
'Doston-New York—rain.
NTANDINU OF Til 10 CIALH.
Won. Lod. PC
Philadelphia. 66 4 3 .611
Detroit • .•....**« 65 4 2 .607
ll<>«ton. 66 4 4 .6110
Cleveland. 66 64 .505
Chicago. 63 65 .486
New York .4‘J 66 .467
Lou la. 4 5 60 .429
Washington ..32 7d ,390
NATIONAL I.EA ;i K.
Philadelphia-New York—ruin,
Plttaburg I I ; st. I.oulu 8.
Chicago 2; Cincinnati 0.
HoatOn-nrooklyn—rain. * **
HTAVIIIVO Ol * I'll Id CLI'IIS.
Plttabur^.. 2» .719
Chicago ..U9 25 .604
Now York.0 1 38 .oir,
Cincinnati.f#3 r,i ,r. 10
Philadelphia. 17 f,3 .101
St. Ixmlu.43 -H 4:;f;
Hrooklyn ..3 7 or, .303
.20 »70 .218
CONVMTS TAKEN N I'll ItOI'Cll,
A gun id from the tatw prihoi i‘
Moiintlnvilltf through „,|n « i*r
1awf. night from Princeton witn tfii<>.
prlonors, Prank Koherta, col, red,
went up for fro years for highway
robbery; Prank Irvi IH., >,m. ,,1
.1 like cliargo, unj another negro,
who goc« for .1 hf» sen", 11,-. for mur
der commit’ * ut WJdomouth. A
number of r»fl»«*ir-* win t„. taken in
charge at Wei r, and Williamson.
IH MIAfi OPO JOSEPH EVAN'S.
The remains of Joseph Evnna, who
<I|e(| suddenly Monday 11 f ihn home
of Jamoa TaliK-rt, on Clear Pork,
were brought to Hluofl, |,| Is f. night
I’ho funeral 00k place from hi* |.(»..
residence on Williams street. thl«
morning at 9:30. |{ .v. T. S. If,imi|.
ton, of f I race Methodist f.hurci, , „i
diicfn 1 the Interment was
made in Walnut Crave ce met cry.
COMMEMORATE
ANNIVERSARY
Hfnrr? jt ban received tho unani
mous approval of fh • pr< > sof tho
State .'in,| tho universal commenda
tion <*r fsmio of 4Ih* gate's great#
nun, Governor (iJVesiyiCk. who was
One of 1 ho first 40 appruvn of If. Is
seriously 1 ui H'tivnur *h< -. iifore tt lot)
made by Join g. buy, editor of
the Wntz*| f^onttfr TtemibJIcan, to
fittingly cem*n*rii9r*te fh« '.oth n. .
nlverr.nry at the blffh of \W • Vir
ginia In
Tile IU>.I Was mad* by <*.,!
Day Ifi n , editorial several weeks
atro an*l not a. aingle objection h)
been mad* a'ta I tint, tho atiggcstion
While n*» pup.- hn<** t> r-n formtilat>-d
t Is believed that ther 1s miffi* i*m,
tlm to work out a gemlcent* unia)
th.it will bo of vast Importance to
ill'.* 1her Indus'rto4 and r* our*
| ' OW.
At t.ho nrom ut i 'Hi* flov^mor
I U|,»> worjc | I rjom»ld.;Wii ' the i*lvf; I
Id lb y of i nnoJJitln ; i «oui mlndon,
to n< vi* without **o' •»* 1 a! ion, will 1,
'’ll'., formufit# l iar * for th** com-I
n or itlon of tli- r.ot.h blrth
d .v a nd aubmk* th«lr plan-^o flu*
1* idUatur.. -,f I'm for. ratification.
TIim We*» Viradnl:, executive hear,
fily ar»|»rov* -» or the kui'^i-j t|<»n nrn*
advanced by Col. Hit. The trover (
•or bellcvoa it a fit; In* time r*n 1 h*
'.'Mb anniversary of the flute's birth
to bold a laruo demonstration, a
a lib li Urn* tho l'toti rovuirc'-n of
the State, now in, r primitive state
o' doveiopm.nf, (ou|,| bo ixiiibito';
to the woiid.
*—— 1
Verdict In Cutton Case By
Naval Court of Inquiry I*
Unsatisfactory to Sutton
Family.
—■ i mu m
WILL ASK A
NEW HEARING!.
Mother l><*<iaivs That Hhc
AVill Have New.
Trial. . j
Washington, H. C . Aug. 18.*—•Tho
Suttoj, verdict 1h a "straddle,** it
declares that l.loutemvut Sutton kill
oil himself accidentally or was a
niloldo. Attorney Davis, counsel
for Mrs. Sutton, declares that otlien
proceeding* w ill be t&ktu. Him sn/a
lie must havo u new trial.
HELP WANTED
FROM MR. TAFT
Washington, D. C., Aug.. Vi.—If
President Taft, during tils •Western
trip, discusses .ill the thing* Hint
have Ihm'h suggested and hel|ia this
and that. Republican member of Con
gres* out of trouble, he is llkoly to
wear his voice out. Mr. Taft 1s to
travel In Represent stlvo Tnwnoy's
district, In Minnesota. Tow any |h tho
only one of the Minnesotans who
woul,| support the tariff hill rewmtly
passed. lie tried to put a number
of dents In It before It was finally
cooked, hot tho organization fellow*
Induced him to remain regular and
not sldo with the Republican Insur
gents of t'ho West.
Tho tariff moamirp Is known to Is*
very unpopular In Dio Northwest.
T.iwnev, within fhe past four years,
'It is hnd a hard time to hold bin seat.
In th<* House, owing to tho low tariff
sentiment In Ms district, and tho
talk I* that the iu*»;v who uro a for
him will nip him next; time unless
something Is done for him by tin* na
tional administration.
f
MANYGOODJOBS
WILL BE OPEN
WuMhlnglon, I*. C., An*. IS.—An
examination to Jill vacanclofl in Him
Knoxer for*-., *,n in* National for
** ;t i |n t af.niy-oiio Hit.T'i';* and ferrl
•hrli-H, lnoldlng Alaska, will bo held
October 25 an<l 2*1. From thin ex
amination I* In expert*'*! that 500
appoint me-n* will bo made.
Tbl» examination will bn held at
< nr|| For* *f, Supervisor! headquarter*
In t h<- National For* st Slat*?* and
I rr|t**r!< -, Including Arkansan, \fln
nonofa, .Michigan an*l Florida, which
a; n 1 bn niosJ, «•; i* t or I y hnvlnif
National Forest**.
him ♦•v.irnmnlion Is entirely
-•long practical lines, Arid iknowlcdg,,
of fl«ld conditions rather fhm book
foaming In crm Idered « mnflal, fin
tho opirorf iinWU s for thoH„ appll
'anii with #durafIona| advantigr*
afo considerably Increased. Tim
>■<; i-l development of the .vanori,*f
or--o i, making continually Inruns
lug demands ii|ton tlmao engage I In
fb-lr management, and men wlib
'Irll'y 1„ a mi-mn r*spot ilMllty and
■'•rvu l-i supervisory oapaclflea nra
I,i d- niand, Th<-<>• nior-> re«pof hi.
b|.» posiflofts >» National Vorml am
fl|le,| b v promofion from low<c
»:rig », k, t ii > - - no entering ai
i ranger' is ■ J|;:lb|u for promotion to
nny of lb< torn r< tjgynelhln and
higher paid places, Including that of
l**ore » Kii|c rvlsor.
Only f.bo o men who aro at je.nt.
f w n' *.-one year* or age, not mors
an forty, of g-tod Character, tom
p- rat-*, an-1 In good physical condi
tion. ar0 clldblo to take this
irnlns Ion, Tip saliry pa1,j (,<» b *•
gline rs In $>jpn tl year.