The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-22
NEWS BR|EF5

Tho proposed new traffic ordinance
| for Wheeling will not he ready for coun-
| Gil on Tuesday night. il is rumorcd. there
being many now clauses To he discussed
, hy the committee. one If the articles
| under debate provides for Il fine and i'm
prisonmont of thirty days for anyone
! operating m automobile nr driving q
! horse while Intoxicated.
:. The essence Of an order pertain ing
! ~ Christmas mail received BY Mate
FchRley of tho navy recruiting qation
Saturday is that no mail intended 10
reach III" "hnyG" by Christmas must be
posted later than November Ii. nnd that
III" mail ar package must have stated
specifically on rEc wrapper that ii is
rllSTMAS MAIL. Tn" address, OF the
boy" must BIZ plainly written nn the
packaE" and 4 r"iurn address, NJ the
SENDER writI"Ir in IN" upper left hand
coln"r. he packing" must be put up
sn that the postal inspector may get into
ii Ia 50" that u docs unl contain pro.
, hihited articles. without much trouble
ms no parcel Will he dispatched to
, Europe that has not ia" inspectors Ger
;in"nic Oh il.
Tr l"rt"r I" his mother. Patrick
i. Sullivan. we'll known Wheeling
boy states that lie has been promoted
twir" since IA" enlisted. He is now n
sergeant and is stationed ut Camp pike.
Arkansas.
--Al"nz" Prince. stale factory nf Wes,
Virginia. has been appointed District
r;lrnd Chunr"inr "t tn" knights OF
Iy thIas.
Tho railroad tracks along Scven-
t""mth street arc h"!ng repaired.
,rt, ~,
responded To n still alarm at the Newark
shoe store. lnGl Main street. The fire
was caused by lighted cigarette or
cigar stump dropped in Il grating on the
sidewalk.
Sara md Cora Lew. daurht-r. nj
Louis Levi. a junk dealer. were seriously
injured Saturday night when an autnmu-
bile truck driven By their father ran in
IT, Il telephone pole al Seventh and Mar
krt streets.
Julia McC.ra ck"n. accused Of steal
ing Il quantity Of valuable furs from
Stone and Thomas. WAS arrai Ened before
SPUR" Lee T., Dnhhs on Saturday night
and held in $1,000 bail for court.
john Nolan. just plain drunk, took
thirty days in jail in preference L" a ten
dollar hne when ARA Igncd in court Sat-
urday evening.
l. Work OH The Mt do Chantal road
will he rompI"l-d this fail. contractor d
\. Jar"v"tty md County Road Engineer
W. g. Mcr'luck"y having made arrange.
menus With til" Pennsylvania railroad
for Tho shipment If thu nra terial. which
WAS held up hE the government emhar-
go.
An ordinance for five preventive
measures will probably nc presented 10
!
~ Euick automobile. owned nv
Charles e. Sayl"r Of Warwnod. was
stolen Saturday night on Fourteenth
street between Market and Chaplinc
streets. and has not been recovered to
date.
Albert Evans. 70 years old, OF Graf
ton was struck by an automobile IN Sat
urday afternoon on Market street. near
the 4. & q. station and had both legs
fractured. II" WAS taken u the Ohio
Valley General hospital.
A Ford car bearing the license tag
! lGdJ was wrecked Saturday night. when
struck Ivy a trolley car IN the steel
bridge The owhrr Of the machine re-
fused tn Civ" his name.
Otto Hall. accused Of tampering
with mail at IN" Country club and with
stcalinE and rashing checks. will not be-
prosecuted by the federal authorities,
his cas-" having been handed over To Pro-
baton Officer Robert Frazier. and il will
! pruhably be settled in the Juvenile
court.
Harry Hi WAS found guilty OF
selling liquor in the Federal court yes
/ ,erday. and will be sentenced today by
Judge Alstnn Dayton.
--Gerson Werner "Cmbrclla king Of
New York. is stopping AT the Rogers for
II few days.
M. ]. Ruttcnhcrg, Peerless" Sweat
81 man Of Milwaukee. is in the city
for week on business.
Tho Central Bible class will not
meet ut the 7. NJ G.. a. this evening.
owing To the absence from the city OF
, Or. Thomas G. Kuonlz. the preacher.
The street car signal system nj the
Wheeling end Of the steel bridge WAS