The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-21
INTENSE INTEREST
IN THE DRAWING IS
MANIFESTED HERE
Many Solemn SCcncn. Pathetic IN
Some lnntanCcn NO
Denominations.

rorhaps mover has Wheeling wit.
nrsard such scene nv thar when
attended The driving az the men
Quilted for the adjective draft army
Yesterday. II wan different from other
biz events There were no demon
mraliunn. bl, The interest In the
drawing could not have hrcn moro
lnl"nnr.
Ar 9.ih yesterday morning. when
The drn wing wnn Ntnrt"d. every one OF
tn" many bulletin hnnrdn ntirhctnd
rrrnl crowda OF prnplr. Tho np"Cln
torn Included hundreds az mrn wh"nr
rcHlat serial numbers w"r" III
the great rlarR bowl IN room al lh'
Senate building at Washington r"hhy
TO hr drawn In the great human inl
terry Not until tho um"tnS OF WhHcl
INK and ohio county had been drawn
with nV many more NAMES allowed
for the exemptions did IN" CrnwhH
before tho bulletin boards thin ont.
Perhaps NOT until tn" drawing
actually began did the real mo
mont nusnrsR nr The dny In tho naliOn
i strike the fuilrm depth ri realization
! Bul when the first number wnH drawn
! and posted. there. wnK n hush every
| where and IN" feeling all day was
| tense.
Many Women In Tears.
Rcnrrs 81 mothers stood before The
huli-iin boards with leafs yelling In
ihnir eyes mr. they snw Ihr nhlnrn al
! their huvn posted on the bulletins
No doubt hunhrrdr Of hearth were
made rnh. but there were few II any
complaints. The Telephone ~hrlinnErr
md newspaper "KrhnnErr were hr
rlrg~h with calls all hny and far into
the might nnrwrrInE inIuirlrr nm /"
who had hr-n drafted The evening
urwrpnr"rr carrying the liHih 81 mon
drafted rnld Hike hot cnh"r.
Tho nrm number drawn WAN No
'hH In Wheeling Tint number wan
urrlgncd to Harold G'Iiurh"l Snyder
Mo Gao Mat i0nnI TOnd Tie wnH rIhnh
Ing Ia The lirs riEnr rl"rr when nuInr
one wnIhrh Ia AMI announced that Ma
"hN wan Ihn INST druwu tircdlrnr Ia
ray. Il" made bee lin" Ia The nrnrrhI
huIlrilu hoard Ia rr" II the report wnr
ruIrrcl. ih"n hurried to II IrlrpInnc
Ia toll iin wife tho urwr. iinydni l'
." gears ud II" has w"Ihrh ~ Ihr
iiIlIrl cattle" wnIhr int several l""rn
bnIn on Friday. tho hI,ton'I1h
In CHI" county, "uinI'l" al Whrrl
inn. lh" rirI mutnhrr ,linun Called Ia
II n IInmIll"m. lr"mIn"nI r"nmg
VIM w""h huntln' tiuw. the 'l"'i"r
might u"l hn,r Thought rn much "f
Tint hut tor tho fnrI hat hr unr huIu
on Friday. lhn thirteenth Ito wan
born Friday. August II. lHnI FIo In
nnllyr OF I'nv"iirvlllr. " Va. and
mnrrl"d Milan Nmry Iluud. IT Charles
ton. IN 1916 Ito han h"nu prnctlCinE
, dentistry rIuc~ Nuvrmhor Of lnri yrnr
Hui IiiIl" clHo received any rOnEIh
! Grafton In Wheeling whilo lhr draft
wap being made ThnH" who re-
manned at their work displayed the
krcnrat interest In tho draft. In
scores nr Offices. business was pushcd
aside and business mon and others
sat musnG on the momcntnus event
I sight ia cntcr an Office and sec teal
/ glistcning in tho eve ri some ono
wondering If a son. brother or close
! friend would have to answer the FIRST
call.
! In one instance. The human lottery
! took two young men from the same
, house in Wheeling Th"y are Pau
md Alfred Frlicn brothers. living at
! No 800 Seventeenth street.
!
! Jesse Wilhelm II well known Young
man Of Cameron. was The nrni man
In Mhrnhnll county caught by III"
draft Marshall rntInIy', quoIh tnI
! III" arlrcIivr army II 3OH. md GIG men
were drawn.
Dill WILLIAMn QUALIFIED.