The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-25
y NEWS BRIEFS

Yesterday WAS an exceptionally
quiet day in police circles. Up TO six
o'clock not an arrest had been mad"
hy city authorities. No prisoners from
in the county Jail.
"A morc-up among conductors on
the NoundsvilIc and McMcchcn divi-
Sinns Of the Wheeling Traction SyS-
tom occurred yesterday, 0ccaSinncd by
Conductor Arthur Miller leaving the
road. Roy l;ui"nG. of Moundsvillr is
the latest extra conductor To secure A
re guar run
SERMONS appropriate. to the last
service Of the conference" year wrrc
preached by ministers in all Of IN"
Methodist Episcopal Churchs in Wheel
ing and vicinity Yesterday.
Tile cool weather has compelled
conductors on The street cars tn put on
their coats again. Already. some of
The days have hccn cool enough that
conductors have hc"n comfortable with
coats and vests on all day.
Tho towhoat Exporter OF tho Mon
ongahcla River Consolidated Coal II
Coke company. was sunk nj lr"nton
Saturday night. The crow escaped III
the life boats.
-Taylor Lodge No. 6. Order OF Col
don Links. will complete arrangement :
this evening to initiate a class OF can
didat"s in tho Oriental degree next Mon
day night Following tho ceremonies u
social session will be held.
,-Rt. Rev. ?. ]. Donahur. who has
part OF tho diocese. reports trcmrnd-
Gus development in that part OF the
state. He says there is Il great scar-
city OF labor there.
Tho Wheeling rnstoffiCc terminal
station will he discontinued shortly. In
elimination OF tho station very little
difference will hr. noted. Tho rincim-
natl office Will h" used ms The distrth-
utinr point for West Nirginia. while
the mail for the tri-statc sections will
b" distributed by tho mail clerks on
tho trains. Postmaster Irwin expects
to receive official nntiricati"n this
wcck Ia discontinue TN" station.
Civil service examinations will hc
hold in tho local federal building o.
tobrr for structural engineers. paying
4 rom $1,000 tn 81 son per Iunum. pr-
tnhcr Is examinations will Il" held for
government h"rdsmon and fruit crop
specialists Tho former will pay SIIn
10 $1,000 and the latter from N.fh> In
S2Ol6
-Stata Auditor John Sherman Dar>t
has issued the largest bulletin If tho
Kind ever got out in WrSt Nirginia
relative to automobile Iirrns'S. covering
juno. July and August Th" ic"ns"
numbers run from TO Loo. TIL" Obi"
Valley Automobile club has copy On
file.
This afternoon at : o'clock ar adj
journcd meeting Of the Wheeling Com
mcrcia ns$uCiatinn board II directors
will BIZ held. Action Will i" taken ON
resolution that was To hHv'. been
adopted at the ln"ctinv last N"ndny.
John NJ. short. United States
d. putty marshal. i"ti at midnight over
the Baltimore 4 ohm with .Iu" lI.-nh"r-
son, a Second ward negro. who Will
b. arraicnrd bcfor" the federal court
ut Nfartinshlrg Churg"d with selling:
liullnr without Il government license.
1t IS expected that within ~" next
few weeks specifications for tn" last
three Of tn" @S dams in thu ohio riy"r
between Pittsburgh and Huntington
will bc started. Tn" three un""InpIet-
ed dams ara in tn" Huntington Section
II will rrQuir" about iw" YEARS to 10
tn" work.
This, evening at 7.iI "'ri"ri, III ~"
Wheeling Commercial asS'"iliiru HN-
srInhlv room Il JOINT m""iiu.: al tho
SIrClal committees appointed ~ III"
association t. represent Wheeling and
the ,l"I.gaiinu naIu"d Ivy tn" Ohio VAL
lev Nutonrhil" club will meet tn max"
Further pIanS tn attend N" d"In"nSt r:t-
lion in s.. Glnirsvil!'' ur"u thu formal
opening az Tho National road through
Belmont count" ohio. October =.
--rhn ''SprlI""-l'r'' and "FHy-tr'
committees appointed by tn" Wheeling
Commercial aS$urinii"n Ia have .Chargn
Of the special celebration /" hc ub-
served in this city from October TO