The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume], July 10, 1917, Page NINE, Image 9

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' HARDEST Biil MO HfllL STORfl/l
OF YEARS HITS THIS DISTRICT
BARN IS BURNED AND CHURCH}
STEEPLE WRECKED BY
LIGHTNING BOLTS.
Two Street Cars Derailed by Flood
and Debris ? Part of City in Dark
ness ? Streets Resemble Rivers.
One buHdlnc was destroyed by
flames, started by liuhtning: the
steeple of another was wrecked and
many roofs were damaced more <>r
less during a severe storm whit h
? s'.ruek Wheeling early last eveninu.
Telephone wire, by the score wen*
? torn down or put out of commission,
trolley liii^s were tied up by wat'i
? vunnlns over the trucks, and water
poured in torrents down the main
' streets in the business sectun of l:;
city.
The old barn on the- Jobetty farm
on the eUthany pike, owned by Joseph
Speuiel. Jr.. was struck by ll-ghtuitiu
and burned toucher with its cont'til
? A Dolt of lightning struck 'lie sieeplo
of St. James" Lutheran church un
I'hapline strer-t. tearing "ff ;? bis sec
?ion ot slate roofitiu. and warped the
sop of the *U;opic.
Two light wires wore torn down,
throwing dozens of buildings la the,
Market-Chapline-Main street business;
.-action into darkness about four hour*
while the Wheeling Electric company |
workmen repaired the broken liues. j
Street Cars Derailed.
A City railway car ran Into debris ;
washeil onto the tracks at Twenty- j
fourth and Eoff streets. The car was;
derailed and t rattle on the North
South line was ti^d up a half hour.
One of the bis double truck cars on j
;!?)<?> Out-the-Pike division of the West;
? Virginia Traction & Electric com-!
pany's line wa? also derailed when it;
ran into debris washed onto the
track at th^ Peninsula. Traffic on the
Pike line was delayed fully an hour.
Telephones Knocked Out.
Many telephones of boih the Bell
nnd National systems of the new
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
company were put out of commission
when wires went down or the heavy
downpour drove water into the cables,
soaking thp wires. The interruption
in telephone communication made it
impossible to' secure the storm news
from much of the surrounding rural
territory.
Water poured through a newly j
opened ditch and manhole into the i
basement of the new Bell telephone!
A building on Chapline street. Although!
the water was several inches deep in!
the basement very little damage was;
done.
^ Railroads Escape Lightly. i
Most railroads and traction lines;
^^tscaped lightly. Neither Baltimore
?)hio nor Pennsylvania officials in;
^fcharge of th'- handling of trains heard j
Hf any serious trouble. Wheeling;
^?raction company dispatchers s;?id j
?tat line suffered no damage other j
Hhan having a few of its cars tied 'up*
^Pfor a little while when water poured j
Hoover its tracks in three or four places.;
Heavy Hail Falls.
The storm broke shortly after 7:B0|
o'clock. ' Rain came down in torrents i
for a few minutes. Just as it seemed I
that the storm was almost over it;
broke with renewed fury, however. It]
A literally seemed as though the "hot-;
torn dropped out of the sky." Then
it besan to hail, and for eight or ten
minutes ice balls and water came
down in a mighty deluge. Surface i
sewers tvere inadequate to carry off
the water, which ran inches deep in j
the struts and m scores of places;
flowed over tho curbs and sidewalks,
reaching the building line. This re
sulted in many cellars beine flooded j
On Marker and Main streets, along:
which considerable buildine work' is j
in progress, heavy timbers were:
picked up by the miniature rivers in J
th? "stress and carried away. A lot i
:>f this debris blocked the intersection
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of Market and Sixteenth street? and '
both West Virginia Traction and
Wheeling Traotion cars were held up
there several minutes. i
It is feared that when reports art1
received from th? rural sections >
wheat, oats, corn and garden plants |
will have been badly damaged by the j
hail.
Cobble-stones Torn From Street. j
So fierce was the onrush of water
from the hillside in the North Hoff
street that dozens of large cobble
stones. some weighing fully eight
pounds, were literally torn from their j
embedment in Eleventh street hill and i
washed down in front of the Y. W.! (\ 1
A. at Chapljne and Eleventh streets. 1
The stones were embedded in the.
earth several inches and had been j
laid in the street many years ago.
Lightning Hits Church Tower.
Only h moment after the storm,
broke a bolt of lightning from the .
southwest struck the tall sieeple of St. ?
James' Lutheran church on ('hapllne
street midway bet ween I Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets. The orna
mental steel weather vane was bent
and gr^at patches of slate were torn
from the steeple as the bolt crashed
toward, the ground. Falling slate
droppfl on the roof of the building
next door occupied by Mrs. Linna
Hennig Sherman's School of Expres
sion. cutting a frig hole in the roof.
Stream of water poured through the
hole into the building. Fortunately
j the liehtning went directly to the
ground without settinc any of the
woodwork in St. James' church on tire
and It is believer! that an examination
of the tower will show that little ,
| damage was done.
| Light Wires Go Down.
When two wires in l he Wheling
i Electric company's commercial sys
; teni. one In North Wheeling and an
other in the vicinity of Thirty-fourth i
street, went down in the storm and ail
transformer was put out of commlR- ,
sion. a hit: circuit of commerlclal
lights was knocked out. Many build- j
ing? in the principal sections of Mark
et. Chaplino and Main streets were ,
thrown into total darkness.
The break for a time put thf> oper- 1
ating room at the Rex Theater out of
commission, and a crowd which packed
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Wednesday Afternoon, July 11th
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Bell Phone 1986-J.
that popular motion picture house sat
ifi tho dark and listened to the music
until the machines were connected
with another circuit and the show pro
ceeded. The city-county hall was
plunged into darkness, and the night
force on duty in police headquarters
worked by the dim light of a couple of
randies until the electric lights came
<>n again.
The jail Is also on the same circuit,
and only the light of a half dozen lau
! cms -was available.
The Bell telephone exchange and
dozens of confectioneries, cigar stores,
i he public library, the Y. M. C. A., Y.
\V. 0. A. and many other public build
iogs and private homes were In tho
dark until gas lights were substituted.
Moderate Rain at Benwood.
South of tho city proper the storm
was not nearly so severe. At Ben
wood, where a number of men em
ployed by the National Tube Compa
ny jn the Riverside mill work in the
Open, the rain was very moderate.
One of the Riverside officials stated
that it did not rain hard enough there
to drive the men from their work in
the open yards.
At McMechen the rain was still
lighter. In Moundsville it scarcely
more than sprinkled.
The storm was hardly noticed in
Bellaire. There was only a light
sprinkle of rain. . Shortly before mid
night. however, while it was raining
here, a down-pour flooded several Del
laire streets, and Wheeling traction
system cars had difficulty in crossing
Indian Run on account of a small flood
there.
Recalls Great Hail of 1869.
Old residents upon seeeing the
heavy hall last evening recalled the
heaviest hailstorm perhaps ever in
the history of Wheeling, which oc
curred on June 29. 18U9. The hail
fell for fully 20 minutes and the stones
were said to be as large as guinea
eggs. ' Every street lamp throughout
the city was broken, hundreds of
window lights In business houses and
homes were broken ainil gardens wore
entirely destroyed and other larger
growing crops were damaged to the
extent of thousands of dollars through
out. thejcounty. The hall covered tin
? i reels 'to a depth of six inches. Tin
storm was followed by the tempera
ture dropping rapidly, almost freezing
the stones. Large gangs of men wen
employed for hours shoveling the icr
from the streets and dumping it inn
the river.
Second Big Hailstorm.
In June, 1875, the second heavj
j hailstorm occurred in this city, li
was not as severe as the one in 18t!H
but It was far more destructive thar
any that has occurred since that time
in this community. Gardens were de
st roved and crops were greatly dam
a sod. while lights were broken fron
windows and It was impossible t<
walk in the open while the torrent o
hail fell. Stones fell covering tin
streets manv inches deep and hun
dreds of birds of many varieties wen
killed.
Killed by Lightning.
S;?vi?l fll.inifh tr> l(i? IntfllTfpncri
EAST LIVERPOOL. O. July 9.
Byrnen McCoy, 21. was si ruck and in
stanly killed by lightning on a farn
back of Hookstown, Pa., late this a ft
i vrnoon.
METALS.
N ew YORK, July l?.? Copper quiet
' electrolytic, spot and nearby. 131 oul
| 0". nominal, August and ai-r. Jl'R.j
H J!. 00.
Iron firm; No. 1 north-' rn. $0300 i
H.00; No. 2. 5S.00?fr f.3.0 <>. No. 1 suuiii
cm. $"0.00 ft i nn, N<>. z. $4S.Si"ii 50.5'
Mela] exchange quotes t:n lirni, spn
?'i ? 50 ' if ftlt.atj.
At I .Million, spot eoppcr. 1 1X0; future-:
ft'.".' lf,s; eiei-l rolytir, ?141'; spot tl
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SUCCEEDS A. W. PAULL, WHO HAS
SERVED AS PRESIDENT
FOR PAST YEAR.
Johnson C. McKinley Elected Vice
? President ? Plans for Future I
Work Outlined.
; John R. Garden, general manager of j
,tlio Wheeling Elecirlc Company, was I
I elected president of the Wheeling!
j Commercial Association for the ensu- j
ing year. He succeeds A. W. Paull, j
secretary and manager of the Wheel- j
ing Stamping Company. Mr. Garden j
, assumed the oflice immediately upon i
! being elected. 1
' A resolution commending Mr. Paull
I upon the efficient and capable manner
I in which he has discharged the duties,
of the oflice for the past year was i
passed. , {
Johnson C. McKinley, Wheeling dis- 1
trict coal operator, was elected vice i
president. The officials were, chosen ,
'by the heads of the various depart-)
Iments of activity of the organization.!
?These were elected * recently by the
[members of the association.
' Following the lection, plans for the
I ensuing year's activities were out
j lined. A* number of brief addresses
!were made, the speakers including
I General Manager Charles M. Ketrhum,
George W. Lutz and Messrs. Garden
{and McKinley.
OUT-THE-PIKE
Clirvs. YOcke Obsequies.
The Inst sad rites over the remains
of Charles Yocke, town marshal of Ful
ton. who <llorl lr.pt Thursday morning. |
were hold yesterday morning at the ,
place of death. Requiem high mass i
was celebrated at the Sacred Heart '
church and interment followed in Ml. j
Calcary cemetery.
Exoelstor Class "reed."
Members of tho Kxceisior titble class |
of the Stone Presbyterian church of Elm j
i ; rove will enjoy h "feed" at I he church |
parjors on Wednesday evening. The ;
boys came out victors In an attendance |
contest with Mrs Lewellyn's class and
.<*11 are fasting ir. preparation for the |
feast and from all indications the "e*ts" i
will have about ns much ehanen as the i
German army will when our fc.rmy
reaches France.
Jackson TunenU. i
The funeral services for Hownrd Km
cry .Jackson, colored Inmate of the coun
ty infirmary, were held yesterday after
noon at the Palace Undertaking parlors.
Wheeling. Mr. Jackson passed away at
the intlrmary last Saturday morning.
Weiner Boast.
The members of the chorus of the
Stone Presbyterian church of Elm Grovo
will hold a "welner roast and moonllRbt
walk Thursday evrninir, July lf>. They
will leave the Grove and walk to Way
it an's Inn at Bethlehem, where they will
roast the weiners and a social time will
be enjoyed the remainder of the evening.
WOme's Study Club.
, The Association of Women's Rural
I Study Club? will me, t at the V. \V. C. A. j
hitlldlnr Thursday morninir at 1n:30. Th% j
{members are u rirod to attend, as inter-'
! csting topics will be discussed.
To Hold Election.
The Kdgwiod volunteer fire depart
ment will hold their annual election on
July 12. at which meetinc jtil members j
are requested to be present The com
pany wlsh'-s to thank all persons who j
attended the lawn fete durinc the week'
of June 2?"-. atrl helped to make It. a suc
cors. Th" company has. and will attend
all rtre.s in the pike district free of
charK'-. and the residents of this soiion
appreciate the favor. They have helped
in the past in many tires and have saved
'!a great deal of property from the flames.
, To Entertain.
'j Mi's. William Springer of ihe "S"
brid?e will entertain the nemhers of
'[the 'Ladles' Aid society of the Trladel
? I pbia M. K. ehtircli at her home on Friday
I j evening. The eveninp will he spent in
, a social way after a short business ses
. I i?n
Mrs !?'. P. AValton of Forest View will
? I entertain the members of the Ladles'
!|.\ii| soejety of the First M. K church of
'i Klin .Grova at her home this evening.
J. M. Donnelly Tuneral.
Funeral services for J. M. Ponnelly.
| ac' d and r? -specr. d resident of West
M Alexander, who passed away at the fam
' j ily home last Sunday morning. will b*
? ; held this att'rnoon t o'clock. In
t| terment will follow in the West Alcx
? | under cemetery. j
Council Mooting-.
The regular monthly meeting of the.
Kim Grove council will he held Thurs
' -day evening In ihe town hall. The]
f j new bond issue, which has been ore, it- j
? ' ing a great deal of interest in the pike :
-{town, will be considered and the date]
5 1 for the election will probably he set.
I The st reels of the town are in bad cfin
idition and ihe fire righting apparatus
j is inadequate. The bond Issue provides
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The. First National Bank.
Stale Bank or Elm Grova.
Big* wood, W. Ta.
Edgew&cd Pharmacy.
Fulton, W. Va. Bank of Fulton.
ThnUii, W. Va,
Com pax y Office, Cor. 13'.h %nd
Chapllne St?.
Pay your electric light, gas and
?rater bills at the moat convenient
pay station, before the 10th of each
month, to save discount.
Wast Tlrfiala Traction !l Electric Co.
CI 1 7 ft Suburban OM Co.
lor an up-to-date fire" fighting truck j
and necessary hose, besides the im- ,
proving und paving of several streets j
of the town. The amount of the Issue
is $32,000.
The matter of granting a license to ;
George. Selbort, .of Klnt Grove. to oper- ;
ate a poolroom and confectionery will j
also be considered.
Personals and Briefs.
William Winters, of MoundsviJJo. was ,
an Kim Grove Lu.miiosm caller ycslcr- I
day i
Harry ^{ftdfns*. of Now Philadelphia. |
I'a.. ha? 'returned home after spending :
some tlm? with lelati'vea in Klnt Grove. ?'
Miss Kate Young, of Grafton, has re- 1
turned home after visiting t fiends Inj
Fulton for flic past several days.
Mrs. A. <*.: i im 1 1, of Triadelphia. will i
??nlerlaut the members of the Suburban J
Bible cln*s of the Triacfelphia M. K. j
church tonight.
The "Moonlight Walk," which a nuiu- !
ber of young people of Kill) Grove gave
last night, was marred by the' heavy i
rainstorm. They were to Jiave gone to 1
Wnyman's Inn at Bethlehem and spend ?
the evening.
Tlio Hoys' f.thlettc club of the St. i
Mark's Lutheran ollurch of Klin Grove
loft yesterday morning for a cajnp on J
l>ig Wheeling creek. i
Homes Progressing.
The work on the hundred new homes |
being built by the Trindelphia Coal :
ronipany. on tiieir grounds, to house the [
men employed In the mines are pro- j
grossing rapidly, and they will be fin
ished by tills fall.
Board of Education Meeting".
The Fulton board of education will
hold a meeting Monday evening, July
lti. at which meeting the teachers for I
the coming school year will be appoint
ed. The board will also receive sealed
bids for the plastering, flooring and
painting of two rooms in tho Fulton
school building.
Joint Grler, of Cleveland, was an Elm
Grove business caller yesterday.
Mrs. (.'lyric lionar, of Pittsburgh, Is
the guest of friends in Patterson.
George Folmnr, of Big Wheeling
c'reck. has clos-0 a contract whereby
tin! dancing floor at his park will he (
occupied by tho Pennsylvania railroad j
surveyors for the next several months.
Mr. and Mrs. l.ouls Hoffman, of ilor- |
gun town, are spending the week the j
guests of relatives in Kdgwood.
SERIOUS OBJECTIONS !
VOICED JIY LENROOTj
WASHINGTON. July 9.? Tho ?d ?
mini*! ration bill to prohibit trading
with Germany or her allies during the
war wan taken up today by the house)
I and such progress made that passage
Is expected not Inter than Thursday, i
[General debate was concluded without
developing indications of a prolonged
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Inter for consideration .of amend- j
ments. ? '
j Representative Lenroot of "Wiscon-j
i sin led the opposition to the bill main
mining that pome of the provisions to j
[prohibit noutrals from trading with j
(the memy or enemy allies, while do
ing business in tills country, were in I
direct violation of international law..
Hp declared that had Germany at-j
tempted such a step when this coun-!
try was neutral serious objection;
Mould have been made here.
Representative Montague of Vir-j
ginia. In charge of the measure, indi-j
cated that he would accept ametid- :
nvnts agreeable to Mr. Lenroot. j
The section which would permit the
taking over of German patents In this
country for use during the war was
criticised by Representative La Guar
<lia of New York, lie Insisted that ?al
; Yui'san. a German jjaumt .unerilia *??
/
not ?jo compounded successfully bj*
American chemists, and cautioned the.
house that canceling of German pat-'
ents flight result in seizure of Amer^".
Icon property in Germany.
A committee amendment mnkfng it*
unlawful to transmit any letter Of*
other message. picture, diagram or.
map to the enemy was explained bjrj
Representative Es.ch of Wisconsin asj
a precaution against the versatility; .
of the German spy system. ?
\ Worcester woman . who bought &<
imtr <>f blue silk stockings found, on]
WMShintf them, that she had a pair ofj
pale yellow RtockinRs; and also & pl^
<>f ?rv stockings became blue ittmr be ,
iri? washed. ? .
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