The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-14
NEWS BRIEFS

The Ways and means commit
tee OF the board Of trade will hold
It's regularly weekly noon day lunch
con At the Mcclure grill today start
ing at i2.is o'clock.
AT a r1eting Of the creditors o.
the Mound Coal Company held Yes
ferday before Referee J. ". Cummin-
the laborers who had priority claims
were allowed SO per cent and tho
priority claims of John Berry and
the Darwish Company were contin-
ued until this morning at 10 O'Clock,
-General Secretary A. T. Arnold
and Miss Martha Graham. OF thu
state Sunday School Association will
arrive home today from Mountain
Lake Park where they have been at
tending the Sunday School confer
ence. They also had charge OF sew
veral Sunday School conventions
throughout the state.
The Wheeling board Of trade
will remove from its present quarters
10 quarters in the new auditorium
building upon the completion OF
that structure I'm the fall IL the
present pitns OF the organization 20
through.
During his term in the Police
|hiet capacity, Howard Hastings the
present chief. after having served
three years one month and IL DAYS
SHOWS n list OF 6.742 arrests, which
on an average for the number of DAYS
~ but arrests per day Including
both Sundays and holidays. which is
exceptionally good.
The number of real criminal
cases Is very small. and the conduct
or the city in general f. splendid as
the above figures shows. taking into
consideration that the police DEPART
ment deals with nearly 100. 900 peopIe
numerous complaints are being
registered from the fact that since
the board Of control has ordered
McCulloch street closed until the
paving Is completed. many carriages
ana wagons disobey the order and
driVe IN on the street. The surbur-
banites are complaining "a they are
held up and delayed several minutes
by violaters.
The FIRST meeting OF tho cradi,ors
or Mrs. w. l.. Monahan bankrupt. viii
De held in the office OF Referee Nolts
tniS morning at 10 o'clock The claims
or all creditors will be filled and 4.
trustee I'm bankruptcy will be apnointed
Commissioners 7 G. Nfoffat and
w. W. Irwin have selected iuryrnen for
both branches OF circuit court for tho
september term. The first branch will
convene september End. but nothing
much Will be accomplished as this Is
A legal holiday.
On Monday evening In Lee =
Dobbs' court Frank Morgan was given
a hearing on charge OF jumping a
board bill The warrant was sworn
out by william Rust. officer W. r.
W ickhan made the arrest and Morgan
AZ first gave indication II fiEntin. th,.
ease. but after consiiering made a set
Element and the case was withdrawn.
Yesterday the Fire chiefs automo-
bile was seen on the street for the
first time since IL has been demodeled
and painted I'm the \. II. Howe garage
The machine makes an excellent an
pearancs. having been painted rcd and
black. and Is geared To develop sixty
five miles per hour.
Charles Manas. the foreigner who
Was arrested on charge Of indecent
exposure was given a hearing in Lee l.
pohb's court and was fined s. and
costs. officer Fullerton made the ar
rest. having stated that lie found
NIanas in a half clothed state and judg-
Ing from his looks he had been drink
ing heavily.