The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-09-17
STORES AND COUNTY OFFICES TO
BE CLOSED DURING HOURS
BOYS ARE MARCHING
TO THE DEPOTS.
Ten More Men Report to City Board for
Examination and All but One Pass
lao Yet to Be Heard From.

Plans are hninG made tn give the Onto
county men chosen IN tho sclectivr draft
a rousing scnd-nff on Thursday and Sat
urday, when tho second increment VIII
leave for their training camp nj Peters
burg. Va. Ono hundred and ffty-StH
Wheeling hoys will leave on Thursday
at 3:l5 u'clork over the Baltimore IL
Ohio railrund. and Scvcnty-two mon.
forming the county contingent. VIII
leave on Saturday Mt ia o'clock over
the Pennsylvania railroad.
President Charles q. Ephlin Of the
board Of county commissioners. offered
n resolution Saturday that all county
Offices b. closed during the hours the
boys arr marching to tho depot and 1t
was unanimously passed. Similar action.
il IS expected. will be taken by CITY
Manager &. q. Maggie today OF tomorrow.
Many Of the stores will nc closed and
while no definite plans have yet been
made, il is safr Ia say that there VIII
hr one uf the greatest demonstrations
this city has ever seen when the boys
march To the dcpots.
On Thursday tn" mon will report at
the "fIi"" Of Judge Il. S. H"ncckcr.
chairman Of the Wheeling board. at
Fifteenth and Charline streets. Mt |?
o'clock. and will he In his charge until
tho time If their departure. George
BlakcSlr" Kennedy. Of ln4i Chapline
street. will hc in active charge OF the
city squad with several experienced
assistants. MIR. Kennedy is emncntly
lifted for tn" task. having been a ser
gcant In tho Ohio National guard. with
whom he saw service on the Mexican
border. At Moundsvllle the city con-
,nIrht VIII hc joined by tho Marshall
county boys. and others between here
AMI Grafton.
Tho county contingent will report on
Saturday at tn" office Of DR.. John L..
DIckry. In the National Exchange Bank
building for roll call. after which they
will mobilize At the Y. NJ G. ~. where
they will stay until an hour before
train time. The county boys were schcd-
ulch Ia leave Saturday ut 1913 o'clock
but tho time was changed In order TO
meet the mon from the Northern Pan
Handle. The Rrnuks and Hancock
county cnntingcnts will he met at Wells
burg.
Ten Men Examined.
Ton mon who failed Ia report last
week We're examined Saturday by DR..
Andrew Wilson Of the city draft board,
and all hut ono accepted. OF these
seven claimed exemption on the grounds
that they wrr" married and one because
he is mail carrier.
The examinations resulted as follows:
Louis Heath. passed. claimed eXemn-
tinn (mnrri"h) Nick Hamburg. passed.
clnim"d exemption tmnrricd) Joe Capa-
Iona. passed. claimed exemption (mar-
ricd); Owen l.. Rnrrr passed. claimed
exemption tmarricd); Oliver c. Graham.
passed. no exemption: George Brown.
rejected; Clarence |. HuEgins. passed.
claimed exemption (mail carricr): Floyd
Stewart. passed. claimed exemption
(mArricd) W. =. Walker. passed. claims
exemption (marricd); Nick Gocobis,
passed. claimed exemption (married).
One man. Floyd Stewart. who Is serr-
ing a sentence in the county Jail on
hootlcgginG charge. was brought out
under guard for examination. He