The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-10

EIsts Everywhere.
came 10 his proud parents Representa-
tive and Mrs. Harry c. woodward, To-Day.
The promotion means that Lieut.. WOOD.
yard who IS only "a years or age. VIII
/ have the handling OF huge sums OF gov
crnment money. ,
! As a matter OF fact he has been dis
! charging the duties Of the position for
! 4. number OF months without. however.
! having the larger authority which now
dnyolvcS upon him by reason OF his dcs-
! lenatlon as the chief disburSinS officer.
II is probable. his friends here say. that
| he is the Youngest chief disburstnE OF
hcer Of the army. When be left Wash
( inEton. year ago on ms nrSt assign
| mcnt, he was intruStcd with quarter
Of a million dollars or government
! funds. a responsibility which made him
somewhat nervous. From thence on he
got used 10 handling funds in the mh-
and a graduate of the West Virginia
university. His chief. Col. John +;
Thompson who, from the frst delegated
unusual tasks for one so young, on the
! theory that the way To find out II thcy
have the stuff in 'Gm" frankly confcsses
ncr in which Lieut.. woodward has
come through" He has an old head
on a young body" says the veteran Col
onel of the young lieutenant.
Six West Virginia pensioners were an
! nounced today by the pension commits
sioncr to Senator Sutherland as having
been granted substantial increases:
| them az follows: Christopher G. Stem
pie. Ioatsviile $40 a month from Juno
| is, 1918; VIM. Wyatt. Centralia. $40 q
month from Oct. 10. 1918; Jas. Richards.
| Buckhannon. $40 a month from June Is.
1915. Marshal Canneldc her rs;,i;; l:sto
Clarks, Harrisrille$ SIS q month from
Sept. "a. 1918; and Jas. H. Brow ming
Rclington $40 = month from Oct. H.
1918.
ditional services not in the original con-
| trait. Senator Sutherland appealed to
the officials Mt the post office depart
ment in behalf Of y. A. Goddard,
star route mail contractor. today and
secured modification In tho contract
by which Mr. Goddard will receive add
! tional compensation amounting to t2l4
per aunum. Tho route connects Red
Springs and Lawton, W. Va
After attending the first and second
days of the new session or congress.
! Congressman Harry G. woodward. who
had been i'll for several weeks, suffered
! a relapse and Is again confined TO his
| bed His private secretary. l.. r Land
sttle, Is ALSO i'll at his homo at Parkers-
burg. Both have been on the sick list
since the last election. The result is
very discouragins to Congressman
! woodward from the standpoint Of off,
cial business which could not be Mt
| tended to. There is mass Of unanSwer-
| ed letters at his office. which he is anN-
] ious to get to work on. Always stick
Ter for punctualtty ana prnmptncss In
such matters. the congressman from
| the Fourth district desires It to he made
/ known to his constituents the unfortu-
| nate conditions which have forced the
neglect Of his correspondence. He
hopes TO be we'll enough in few days
| to get to his office and proceed to dis
charge tho routine official duties that
have accumulated.
The post office department has dcsig-
mated Fred l.. Winner acting postmaster
at Bentree. ". Va, and commissioned
Homer Phillips. postmaster at Center
Point. w. Va. and Willie E. Morton. at
Fort Defiance. w. Va
Former Senator Nathan B. Scott.
president Of the big Continental Trust
Co. and controlling factor In banking
houses subsidiary TO it. Is counting the
days upt!l his son. Capt. Guy T. Scott
returns from the army and relieves the
father Of the added burdens of business
which he willingly assumed when his
son. then retired army officer. was
called back into service. When that
happened. Capt. Scott had assumed the
active conduct Of his fathers interests
the latter. acting mostly In an advisory
capacity to his son. but always keeping
in close touch with his business. Dur
ing the war Senator Scott has put in
more than the limited union hours each
day and he feels the effect Of his con-
t;nued close application TO business az
fairs. He will welcome the coming al
his son and the relief, happy meeting
which is expected now within the next
few days
Congressman Reeds ONCE reports the
granting Of a pension increase TO Lcmu-
81 Wilson. Of Smithville, at the rate OF
SAG q month.
Dr.. Snyder. Of Weston ~ n visitor In
the city. on his return home from visit
with his sor who is a student at the
| Washington and Leo university.
Sergt. Edward Cooper. Jr.. Of the L
s. Marines. is here on furlouCh from
Paris Island Training camp. where he
has been stationed since his enlistment
visiting his parents Congressman and
Mrs Edward Cooper. in their now win
ter home in Chevy Chase. Md.
Private Cell Evans. Of MorGnntown
nor private secretary to Senator Suthcr.
land has departed for Elm Grove. w
iNa to visit his sister. He hns bcrn To-
Gently honorobly DISCHARGED from thc
army service.
M. and Mrs Edward Holt. Of Grafton
tho former owner and editor Of thu
Grafton Sentinel. arc visitors Mt thc
capital.
R. q. Isncr. Of Elkins. who quito r".
Gently succeeded !. Walter Barnes ~
FaIrnont. as Fuel Administrator foI
West Virginia. was IN tho city Saturday
J on business with the officials OF the
Fuel Administration in reCard 30 his
nrw duties.
I, is announced that Arthur T. Nc
Cnrt was nominated by President vii
son on the third. for POSTMASTER 81
! Fnllansrrc W. .Nn. The fact was modi
rublic th-ec days later. carr +. Cole has
hnor commissioned postmaster n Col
ilinsclalo Faycttc county ny tho noet
! Office dcra rtrr"nt. 1t is newly "stab
ilishcd office.
VALUE INCREASED.
| WASHINGTON. Tee a--En"m"-ow
~ rrnnnrtv in tho United States valued
st S5nE SSS, MN will he iNc-"1H"l IN vnlur
| 70 anprnSinatcly SSnN hhh nm thr"u@!l
"nd Iustmo,,tS now rrnrrrtiir"" accord
ing to \ Mitchell Palmer alien rr0n"r-
=. rreicdian. who to-day asked congress
Cor S1n= hnn nh1'i'nnal augmentation for
his office Thirtr-tWn thnuSand. "n'
hundred trus. "r,atrs arc h"inr cared
| for by the custodian.