Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-01-29


Charleston. The Point Pleasant Ma.
tional Bank, Point Pleasant, Mason
county, was destroyed by fire, accord.
ing to information received here. The
Ere is believed to have originated from
a furnace in the basement Of the build.
ing, which was three-story structure
only recently erected.
Charleston-Pro Marshal Gen
eral Crowder reaffirned the decision of
the Northern West Virginia District
Appeal Board refusing the claim for
exemption of George Roscoe Barnes
of this city, from military service on
industrial grounds, according TO nc.
tees received here.
Charleston.-Claude c. Richmond
and Henry S. Bragg were arrested here
on the charge of attempting to avoisl
military service, according to the an
nouncement of Breckenridge Jenes
chief of military census and enroll
ment Of West Virginia. Both are from
Beckley, Raleigh county.
Moundsville.-The Marshall county
court has been sued for damages az
gregating $4,000 by Florence Daugh
erty, administrator, Steven and Mary
Pollak and Samuel and Helen Wisnic
as the result of an automobile acci.
dent a year ago in which William
Baugherty was killed and the others
injured
Salem.-Morley Stewart, a YOU'VE
student at Salem College, died at his
home here as the result of inhalina
fumes from burnt .gas while asleep IL
his room, while Claude Crislip, another
student, and the Rev Mr.. Simms, .
Methodist Protestant minister of st
Marys, are i'll of the same cause. The
gas came on strong after the three had
gone to bed.
CharleSton.-State Treasurer Wlk
liam S. Johnson sustained badly in
jured wrist when he fell on the steps
IN front of the capitol annex. A driz
cling rain melted the snow, leaving
only ice on the steps, making them
dangerous. Small bones in Mr.. John.
sons right hand were broken, and it
will probably be a month before he is
able to use It,
Parkersburg- General Stuart w
Walker, when he began his third term
as United States attorney for the
Northern District of West Virginia,
was made the recipient of the happy
fluctuations and congratulations Of
Judge Aston G. Dayton and members
Of the local bar when he was indicted
into office and the oath administered
at the term of federal court here.
Charleston. - Captain Breckenridge
Jones, chief of the state department
of census and enrolment, has issued
a warning that all papers must be
carefully guarded to prevent their be
ing destroyed by fire. 1t had been re-
ported that a Missouri board had lost
all of its official papers by fire, caus
ing great inconvenience and confusion.
Charleston.-Urg that no more
foodstuffs be sent to the boys in camp,
the state council OF defense issued a
resolution pointing out to the public
that the soldiers got good, wholesome
food in the camp and that many boxes
of goodies" sent deteriorate before
arriving and do nothing more than clog
up the transportation facilities. What
is more, to save this food would be 10
aid the government by food conserve
ton.
Parkersburg.-U. S. Marshal c. e.
Smith, of the Northern District, has re-
ceived from the department of jus
a notice to arrange for the registra .
of alien enemies The registration Of
alien enemies is fixed within this judi
cial district to begin at a. m. on Feb.
ruary 4, 1918, and to continue on each
day successfully thereafter between
the hours of a m and p m. up to
and including the 9th day of February
at o'clock p m, copies of the rules
and regulations will be forwarded.
MISUNDERSTANDING an attack On
his wife, who Wrested a razor from
him, breaking the handle, their nine.
year-old boy receiving severe cut On
the hand in going to the aid of his
mother, Bernadino Dicesero, an Ital
ian, 35 years old, procured another "a.
Zor and cut his throat from ear to ear,
severing the windpipe. In the mean
time the mother and son fed to neigh.
bOrs. A boy OF six months, the young.
est Of the children, asleep in the room
While the father took his own life, was
unframed.
Charleston.-laking a report to Uni
ted States Fuel Administrator Garfield
and Director General of Railroads Nc
Adoo, Kanawha coal operators showed
that 90 mines employing $500 men
with PRODUCING capacity of 34,200
tons are idle on account of insufficient
car supply.
Parkersburg.-As a result of the
first trial under the espionage act to
be held in this district Paul Boseo,
Morgantown glass worker, was con-
victed in United States court OF using
seditious language.
Mrs. Mary Cox, aged SO years, died
at her home in Martinsburg on Thurs