Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-06-11

Italians and several Austrians being
brought under arrest but no one was
injured.
Huntington. Eighty-eigh students
make up the class OF 1918 Marshall
College, it was announced at the col
iege when the list of successful candi-
dates for graduation was made public
Tor the first time.
Fairmont.- Colonel C. w. Watson,
well known Fairmont officer OF the
United States army, will have charge
OF the construction of seventy million
dollar ordnance plant to be built and
operated by the United States Steel
Corporation for the government at
P:ttsburg.
Wheeling.-Mrs. Bessie Koerber, OF
Main street, was knocked down and
seriously injured by an automobile
near her home. The occupants of the
machine, two men and one woman. car
ried her to her home, called for ply
stefan, and drove away, and their
names were not ascertained.
Wheeling.-Ohio county societies
are selling about $4,000 worth of War
Savings Stamps per day. Ohio county
| headquarters have been in operation
about a month and In that time have
surpassed any county in the United
States in the sales of War Savings
Stamps for the same length OF time.
istersville.-Burley Rutter the 49,
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Friend
Rutter, who live near the jug, a few
miles from Middlehourne, while turn
ing a sommersault over a clothes line.
landing on his head, and died within
q few minuteA DR.. Parks, OF Middle
bourne, was called and it was found
that the boy had broken his neck.
Wheeling-Fourm men, all structural
iror. workers and employees of the
Walter Long Construction Co., Of Pitts
burg, were instantly killed. when the
steel smoke-stack which they were
erecting at the La Belle plant of the
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co., on
east Twenty-ninth street, was blown
down during a wind and rain storm.
Wheeling.-"Dead Mans Crossing"
in Martins Ferry, on the Ohio side,
claimed two more victims when a
Cleveland and Pittsburg passenger
train ran into and demolished an auto
mobile occupied by John Toris and
Frank Joseph, Martins Ferry mill men,
each aged about As. Both men met
instant death, and were horribly mutt
lated
Hinton-Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G..
Meadows, of near Bellepoint, were
thrown from their buggy just this side
of the Bellepoint bridge, when their
horse scared at the noise of a wagon
coming up from behind them. Mrs.
Meadows was somewhat bruised up,
but not seriously hurt. She was taken
tn the Hinton hospital. Mr. Meadows
was not injured.
Glarksburg -The city Of Clarksburg
ha.; in cash on hand just three pennies,
according to the mayor After the
weekly payroll Of the street depart
ment, amounting to 1895, was paid,
just three cents was left. 1t was said
al city hall that all street work would
likely be suspended temporarily
Where the money is coming from to
pay other city salaries has not been
settled.
White Sulphur Springs.-Oharles
Reese, assistant to the etymologist,
was called to this city from Charles
ton, to consult with farmers in this
section, regarding the brood of locusts
wEich are swarming upon trees and
doing much damage. Fruit trees, it is
said, will be totally destroyed unless
measures are taken Immediately to
save them from the ravages of the To-
Gusts.
Wheeling Employees of Wheeling
street car companies have been given
an increase in wages from 3S to 40
cents an hour as a result of the arbi.
tration committee agreement The
firemen and engineers at the com
pany's plant will each receive an in.
crease, while after the war the men
will work only six days a week and
eight hours a day. The scale is effect.
i've May 1 and continues for a year.
MISUNDERSTANDING a storm here
bolt Of lightning struck large wal.
nut tree on the farm Of George Howe,
about mile below Belpre. The bolt
shattered the tree and then entered
q large shed in which straw was stored
igniting 1t and the place was soon
ablaze, with three large barns in close
proximity, in one of which there was
stored three thousand bushels OF corn
and all the farming implements.
Parkersburg matter of excep.
the East End, but to Parkersburg gen.
orally, is the news that Lieutenant
Jesse W. Penn, OF Lynn street, has
received the Cross of Honor, for con.
spicuous bravery In France.
Wheeling Is the largest to-
tai of enlistments that has ever been
made in the recruiting stations of
Wheeling. has been made by the navy,
army and marine stations, during the
month, the grand total being one hun.
'1yed and nine.
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