The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-06-30
OIL TOWN
To Be DRY
City Council Meets in Stormy Ses-
sion at Sistersville and Re
fuses Licenses.
GRAND JURY INDICT
OIL TOWN SALOONISTS
Returned License Applications
Without Two Names That
Causes Action.
tBY STAFF CORRESPONDENT

H
SlSTERSNlLLE. w. Va. June 20
AFTER going into executive session
tonlght, city council meeting as a H.
cense body rejected the application of
every saloonist in the oil town. and as
result this city will mount the
sprinkler at Midnight Friday for the
hrst time in many years. Tit-for-tat
was played by the factions Interested
In the reform wave that is sweeping
over Tyler county today, when the
CIVIC league was instrumental in hay
ing the grand jury at Middlebourne
retuse TO return 70 council the liquor
applications of the Wells hotel and
The Big Store" and the wet ele-
ment opposing the Civic league sue
ceeded in having council reject the
theatre license applied for by Henry
Mccoy. president of the Civic league
and foreman OF the grand jury. I'm
less they are able TO grant license to
the Wells hotel and The Big Store"
the council. while a wet body. have
decided to place the town on the
water wagon.
Indiet saloonists.
Another sensation was created in
the reform wave today, when the
grand jury returned indictments
against twelve saloon keepers of this
city for conducting slot machines and
other gambling devices. Those indict-
ed are: James Hannighan. +. J. Han
Ian. w. X. Fladlng. Ben White. An
drew DeWire. John Burland, Albert
Wolbert. James Flading, James
Skaggs, NJ. L. Glendenning. Ben. ].
tNevins and NJ. b. Hooker. With all
those indicted ont of the city. So
journing in Wheeling and Ohio. IL will
be a hard matter for the grand jIry
to have them brought 10 trial. Not
n single one Of the men indicted were
in the city tonight
When the City Fathers convened as
a license body they first granted cigar
and cigarette license TO all who ap-
piled. The application OF Mr.. Mccoy,
for the Auditorium tbeater. one OF the
finest theaters in the state, was then
rejected by The wet council. The
liquor licenses were then gone over.
and when the council found that the
license had ben refused the Wells
hotel. conducted by Mr.. Hanlan. and
the saloon known as The Big Store"
they decided 70 refuse all the saloon
lists. The action OF the grand fury in
turning down these two applicants
was not surprising. but nevertheless
II created big segsatiOn in Sisters
vile. IL was alleged that the persons
IN whose name the application for the
Wells hotel and The Big store" d.
censes were made were dead For
this reason the grand jury rejected
the application for license
In Dry Column.
Sistersville will be i'm the dry col
umn now for az least thirty DAYS
Should al the end of thirty days coun-
Gil meet. they can again grant license
10 the saloons. This is the action that
u Is generally thought the City Faith
crs will take in the matter. BY this
time the Erand jury will have com
pleted their work at MiddlebOurnc.
and all the cases will be tried.
Now that they have investigated the
last charges made against the saloon
Keepers of this city. the grand Jury
will tomorrow adjourn until July :.
Next week they will complete their
work. and then the cases will be set
for trial. Court at Middiebourne win
last. it Dr. thought. for about - days
To date over two hundred wit
ncsses have been examined while
subpOcuas have been served on about
n hundred that have not yet testified
Many Of the summOnscs issued have
not been served by the deputies for
the fact that the persons have an left
the city. Many are now said 10 be
camping across the river from the
city az a fishing camp. EXtraditiou
papers cannot be- served on persons
wanted for gambling. and for this
reason the persons wanted are safe on
Ohio soil
Tho gambling paraphernalia cap
turcd ln last nights sensational raid
was brought to the county seat this
morning. and locked in the jury room.
More than $4,000 worth OF gambling
goods was cauEht in the raid. and DO
will be- burned Boo the court house
yard after court adj0urns.