The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-30

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| SfsTERSNtLLE, w. Va, June 3d.
Aftef going INTO executive session
hast nigh, city council meeting as a
license body rejected the application
lot every saloohfstsin the oil town,
and as result this city will mount
the sprinkler atslldnight Friday for
THE first time in many years. Titfor-
ltat was ulayed by the factions inter
eBted in the reform wave that is
Isweeping over Tyler county, when the
Civic league was Instrumental in hav.
ing the grand Jury at MiddIebourne
refuse to return to council the liquor
application Of the Wells hotel and
THE Big Store, !" and the wet element
Opposing the Civic League succeeded
In having council reject the theatre
'lIlcense applied for by Henry Mccoy,
president OF the Civic League and
foreman OF the grand jury. Unless
they are able to grant. license to the
Wells hotel and "The Big Store" the
cqbhcil, while a wet body, have de-
|cided to place the town on the water
wagon. +
Indict saoonists.
Another sensation was created in
1.-The reform wave yesterday, when the
grand jury returned indictments
against twelve saloon keepers OF this
Iclt yfor conducting slot machines and
other gambling devices. Those lndict.
lied are James Hanntghan, E. j. Han
tllan, w. K. Flading, Ben White, An:
Ildrew DeWire, John Burland, Albert
i Wolbert, James Flading, James
skaggs, NJ. L. Glendenning, Ben j.
lNevlns and NJ. B. Hooker. With all
/, those indicted out Of the city, sojourn-
!, ling in Wheeling and Ohio, it will be a
hard matter for the grand jury to
have them brought to trial. Not a
!, single one of the men indicted were
in the, city last night.
When the city fathers convened as
IN license body they first granted cigar
land cigarette license to all who ap.
.lplied. The application of Mr.. Mccoy,
, for the Auditorium theatre, one OF the
finest theaters in the State, was then
rejected by the wet council. The
Iliqnor licenses were then gone over,
and when the council found that the
license had been refused the Wells
hotel, conducted by Mr.. Hanlan, and
1.-THE saloon known as "The Big Store
they decided to refuse all the saloon,
lists. The action OF the grand jury in
! turning down these two applicants
was not surprising, but nevertheless
Iit created a big sensation in Sisters.
! vile. 1t was alleged that the persons
lin whose name. the application. for the
!, Wells hotel and 1.-THE Big Store" IL
censes were made were dead Fol
this reason the grand jury rejected
the application for license.
In Dry Column.
Sistersville will be in the dry col
umn now for at least thirty days
Should at the end Of thirty days coun
I'll meet, they can again grant license
% the saloons. This is the actor
hat it is generally thought the city
athers will take in the matter. BS
mis- time the grand jury will have
completed their work at Middlebourne
md all the cases will be tried.
Now that they have investigated
he last charges made against the So
Don keepers of this city, the grand
lury will tomorrow adjourn until July
T. Next week they will complete
heir work. and then the cases will be
yet for trial. Court at Middlebournt
will last, 1t is thought, for about 81
lays.
To date over two hundred witnesses
: Rave been examined, while subpoenas
; have been served on about a hundred
hat have not yet testified. Many OIL
the summonses issued have not beer
7erved by the deputies for the fact
that the persons have all left the city
Many are now said to be camping
across the river from the city at a fish
ling camp. ExtrRdltion papers canno
: he served on persons wanted for gam
bling, and for this reason the persons
: wanted are safe on Ohio SOIL
The gambling paraphernalia captur
led in Wednesday nights sensationa
raid was brought to the county sea-
Yesterday morning and locked in the
Jury room. More than $4,000 worth
!, Of gambling goods was caught in thu
raid, and it will be burned in the cour
g house yard after court adjourns.
. According to municipal statistics