The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-09
NEWS BRIEFS

Among the few, very few, survlv-
: ing Confederate veterans in the
! Wheeling district. 10 attend the Con-
, federatp convention at Huntington,
| October 4 and ), will be Major Ran
dolph Stalnaker and DR. William era
craft. Sr. The principal speaker AT
the gathering will be the Hon. Robert
! r. Lee, grandson Of the commander CT
| the Southern army during the war De-
tween the states.
"A carload Of ice was received from
| Fairmont yesterday by the Wheeling
! Rotary club and was quickly dlst:l-
buted throughout the city 10 releVe
the ice famine that has been on for
the past several weeks Another car
load will be distributed today. All
kinds OF vehicles including automo-
biles 10 coal wagons and wheelbar-
rows are being used by consumers IN
carving ice from the cars home.
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock
the West Virginia state fair boosters
will begin their trip. They Will meet
on the fair grounds at that time and
visit eastern Ohio and later take in
the surrounding sections Of Wheeling.
including Western Pennsylvania. The
party will be headed by President
George W. Lutz and will include Sec
rotary b. n. Swartz and others.
The Wheeling police have been
asked to look for James Hines. alias
Thurman Hines. higamst. and Charles
McCarl, charged with attempted MUIR
der. The two men are convlcts hav-
ing escaped from the state larn at
London, o.
George ". Sicenrod, county road
engineer. will attend the state road
engineers meeting at ParkersourS
next Saturday. West Virginia has
So. 200 available in federal funds for
road improvements. $4,000 OF this
amount will come 10 Ohio county. .
Edward McGranahan. fireman a.
the Island hose house. was injured in
an automobile accident at Cleveland,
while he was inspecting the recently
purchased trucks for the local fire Ge-
partment. He was brought home yes
terday. but is not seriously injured.
No new cases Of intanlile para.
lysis have been reported in Wheeling.
Or. Etzler. health commissioner, re.
ports that he does mol expect any
spread of the disease as result Of the
case reported on the South Side last
week. The little C0ocy child who died
from the malady, was buried privately
yesterday:
The Wheeling Majority will not he
purchased by the SioeiemakerS union.
This, was decided upon by vote with
majority OF seven 10 one against he
proposition.
The Ohio County Equal Suffrage
League is making great preparations
for it's campaign 10 be conducted Pre-
liminary 10 the fall election. The
names Of all voters in the county are
being secured and literature showing
why the women believe they should
be given a vote will be mailed to each
voter.
The eight foreigners. arrested
Monday night in an alleged gambling
resort at 2503 Market street. were "r-
raicned in police court yesterday
morning and had their cases continued
until this morning. Attorney Boyce
representing the defendants.
Mrs. !. II. Seibert, or McMechen,
reported 10 the police the loss of heC
pocke,hook yesterday in the Wool
worth and 10 cent store on Market
street. She claimed it contained
sum of money. The police are invcsti-
gazing the case.
The Board OF Control paid an ir'
spection trip TO North Wheeling yes
rertlay and ordered a number Of I'M
provements tn improve the sanitary
conditions Of that district.