Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-05-28

Huntington.-A ten-year-old boy was
burned to death his parents, two sis
ters and a brother burned, three OF
them seriously, W fire which wiped
out three houses here.
Huntingtan.-The Huntington REQ
Cross, particularly the Civilian Relief
and Home Service sections, are to i'm
itiate q movement for a community
Institution for the treatment Of tuber
culosis.
Huntingdon Burrell Stanley, IL, d
1897 Virginia avenue, was fatally
burned, when he fell into tank OF
boiling water at the rear of the Nich
olson-Kendle furniture plant, neal
Twenty-second street
Charleston.-In police court DR.. R
p. Cunningham was fined SIS on q
charge of violating the state drug act.
and efforts VIII be made to have him
committed to a state institution foa
| treatment for the drug habit.
| Moundsville. Automatically with
the speeding up Of the army program
| In Washington local draft boards are
| having more to DO and large numbers
/ of men are being called for examina-
ton to meet the call of the Immediate
| future
Wheeling. Manuel Manando and
Joseph Eris, Spaniards, Sam Moses,
Haitian Mosanet William Lois and
Nick Dolce, Italians, and William Nor
ris, American, were released by Judge
Dayton, when they promised to regis
ter for the draft at once.
Wheeling.-J. L. Williams, aged 45,
| and Robert Pugh, aged 50, were
blown to pieces at noon when 300
quarts of nitroglycerine exploded at
Crafts Greek, W. Va One of the
buildings of the Ohio Valley Torpedo
plant. where the explosion occurred, Is
q total wreck.
Hinton-F A. Hauck, of Romeo.
| verte, who was given a hearing by
q. S. Commissioner E. c. Eagle here,
for utterances against the govern
ment, was dismissed of the charge. A
number of leading citizens of Romeo
verte testified to the good citizenship
Of Mr.. Hauck.
Bluefeld.-Mrs. Rachel Jones, wife
of Moses Jones, living at 126 Park
street, made what the police charge
was an unsuccessful attempt to com.
NIT suicide close examination of a
pistol wound on the right side Of the
woman's head revealed the fact that
1t was only scalp wound.
Wheeling Charged with violation
of the espionage law. John Molick, a
Slav, of Simpson, this state, was found
guilty by jury In the United States
court. The jury required but eight
minutes to reach the verdict. This La
the first of several espionage trials at
Wheeling Within a few days work
of Installing the new chlorine plants
with which Wheeling will have pur
er water supply, will be started, it
was announced at the city building.
The pump house in which the plantz
will be installed were completed this
week by Contractor Nesbitt.
Wheeling.-John Raelza, q Slav.
| died as the result OF injuries sustained
when he fell from B. & O. ridge,
about two miles west OF Bellaire. RAJ
eliza was en- route to his home at
Georgetown and in passing over the
| bridge tripped and fell into the creek
bed, distance of al ut 80 feet
5Hinton.-In q row over line fence,
D. T. Nicely, of Pipestem, shot and Sc
ricusly wounded his brother Lewis,
| according to word here. Lewis was
brought to the Hinton hospital where
| 1t was said he might lose his sight.
| The brothers are owners Of adjoining
| farms One OF them claimed the other
was taking more than his share of the
ground by a new line fence which they
were laying out and the shooting fol-
lowed.
Wheeling. - After frightening his
| wife four times In five weeks by break.
| ing down the door to the house In
which she w. staying, Joseph Kusen.
sky attacked her and was arrested by
officer Metzner, of the Island He has
been separated from his wife some
weeks and charge Of non-support ia
pending against him in criminal court
He was arraigned in police court and
fined $50 and costs or thirty days on
the hill by Judge Marsh Watkins.
WheeEng-The federal food admin
istrator for West Virginia handed
down his decision in the case against
Colonel Wylie W. Beall, the Wells.
burg banker, recently found guilty Of
boarding many barre's of -four in his
uUuit. ne Nciutts TIC COQuly du'
ministrator requiring the return of the
-four was upheld by Administrator
Oglebay, and Colonel Beall was re-
CURED to write letter of apology for
remarks he made derogatory to the
Brooks county food administrator,
! This he did and the lsstar Of apslagy
was made public.