The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-06
OHIO COUNTY MEN
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tration cards. il seems pretty sur" mat
! practically every man in the county
did lis loyal duly. Two arrests were
made h"rr-unr. Il registrar who went
to his precinct drunk: the other y
/ South Sii. Austrian who Dragged that
! n. had not registered. But II MAS il
{ remarkable fact thar men whose ayes
: required them TO register uIu SO III 1t
spirit Of ca@rrn"sS Ia serve III" coun'
TRY rather than as they would perform
l. task SIT Tor them.
, ssfIcations Impossible.
; 81 III" request OF III" War Depart
nlrnr officials. no rSllmai" Is MADE
public Of III, registration in ihnS" pre-
, rinrlS whose reports arc not Included
! in he foregoing total.
: At t. O'Clock last evening Sh"rln
! Howard II. Hastings, executive officer
Of tho Ohio county CunSCriplion board.
wired Governor tDrnwrll that at that
! hour the registration in 81 OF the 81
! precincts in Ohio county was 3."N0,
with no report at all from The five mis-
! sing precincts. Al midnight il was
stated at the Shrriff'S Office That This
report 10 the governor will stand until
county Clerk j. II. Wells forwards The
complete report. This may not be
done before noon to-day. .
Owing 10 The tremendous amount OF
work In connection with the reGiHtra-
zion, il was impossible last night To
make any claSSitlCaliOns. such as the
number Of white and colOrcd men reg
! isl tered: tho number Of natural born
citizens, naturaIiHed foreigners, alien
CitiZrnS IF countries not at war with
tho United States. and enemy aliens.
No record was kept Of any claim OF
exemptions. as instructions were re-
ICcived Yesterday morning from Major
Wallace al Charleston to INSTRUCT inc
registrars not 10 inuur" hr persons
submitting 70 registration if they
claimed exemption.
Response is Gratifying.
The response in Ohio county - inc
call OF the government for men -: III"
prescribed military age WAS more
than gratifying 10 the Oh:1 county
conScrip,iun board With few cXr"p-
tions. The day was marked by 4 spirit
Of orderly obcdicnCe 10 duty. Scarcely
had the precinct registration booths
opened yesterday morning. unlIl
streams If men were hocking 10 theft
rcSpeCtive places Of registration. In
many precincts in Wheeling NJ diner
ont times during til" day. lines uf mon
sometimes numbering two Srnr" or
more. stood patiently waiting their
turn 10 perform III" daE't duty TO-
America. Registrars worked unceaS-
in"lv. many stopping only 10 culp
down few mouthfulS of food and hot
coffee. But tho rush WAS so heavy
that In many precincts additional reg
iglrurs had 10 be sworn in 10 assist
the regular registrars.
Early Yesterday morning. Sheriff
Hastings had fifteen mon SwOrr in
10 assist as they were needed in TAX
ing the registration. The mon who
performed this service included Cart
&. Rachman. WEI Colvig. y. g..
Brown. C.. Merit Franzhcim. Clarence
Bolton, James Thomas. Frank A.
O'Rrien. VIM. Cain. Louis Schrader.
Arthur Ingram, Marsh Watkins, ". J.
ScroCCins. Richard Otto. William Han.
key and n. a. kulpa.
Motorcycnsts AID officials.
a squad Of half dorm young motor
cyclists performed iuval"ahic services
,i1'T Hnic" S"IIiy in TIC day and
their machines and ri't"rs flew her" anh
thor" alnwi tho city. carrying. cards.
delivering messages and performing
countless other missions rs occasion
:urusn Th">" with sid"-Cars carried
deputy eh"rlffs or other officers about
To attend tn thrIr duties. or carried i
! registration subject. If IN" necessity
arose. /" his precinct
Several autos w"r" volunteered for
s"ryir" during III" day. In addition Il"
hr cnunty's car, {. M"riz Frarzhcim.
! ,'>cil \. RnhinSou. Will tnivig. Carl -.
Rachman. n. \. Mcl["n. l.. G. Brown.
VIII Scr"Grrns. y. Saivatori AMI pos
| ming as rh"y wrr" called t" every quar-
tcr nf thu county on some ono "r Other
! % IN" many missions which they found
to carry out.
Interpreters Volunteer.
| No. least Important wNr'' tn" services
| rendered by mon VIII" can speak for
| sign languages. Among th" int"rpr"l-
| "rS OF for"icr, birth VII" served IN this
! CAPACITY In III" foreign colonies ~
Whe",inC wcrr David Daniels. j.. T..
Mrrn1iak. IT. t. Niger. y. SALVATORE. nan-
iol \. p"nny. NJ. Rach"nh"im"r. Vim
c"nti Ei"nttnwski. F,ljy l.isack' Lt""rs"
| EaSle IN NJ. Gaydnsh. sam Pet ruS,
| Nick Caravasl"S. Louis Villas Gus
| i'urpaS. 10" cambria anil many others
| who gave their services free tn tSSI$'
tic government Of their chosen a"nl"
| speaks and understands several for
! niGn languages worked all day ~ an
/ interpreter and deputy registrar i'll
precinct ! Webster district.
Practically c!rrr member al ~" pn-
! lie" fore" was an duty all dag. carrying
; registration cards to tho precincts and
hurryinE ntit tn" mon I" got ih"m :"
register Every deputy sheriff was on
| duty carry trSl'TuNN ill'Et'llE unliI '''ls
| this morning. Will" CITY Auditor
Ahrcnq Deputy Auditor Harris .I"ln,-
son. Judge Rcn s. TT"ncck"r. Sun"rIn-
! ;"nGent G. T.. Citizens. Circuit t1"
| John l.. HinShorn. Deputy Cl""k iia"r%
T. Clnus" and many citizens assisted
| tho ronsrrirtirn board in r"r"'vin% TN"
! registration cards last night.
Federal Officers on Job.
| Assistant United States District John
T. +. O. Rrtrn. when communicated VITA
Il: midnight saIi that ih"r" had been
| only on" ;.rrcSt in Wheeling proper YES
| terday. cmusrripti"n day. That nrr"&,
, waa IT. Smith. registrar IN clay dis