The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-10-09
FROM
OHIO
Intellixencer Bureau.
Columbus. .. Oct. g.

Intelligence Bureau.
Columbus, o. Oct. g.
Upon Edward Schiller. motormsn.
who was killed at the time. is laid he
blame by the coroner for the acct
den on h Columbus Railway line
here a few days ago. in which Charles
w. Davis also was killed and kenna
Loudermilk was so severely injured
tina IL is doubtful II he will cover
II is said that Schiller had positive
fog order 10 wait IT the end OF the
switch. but instead OF so doing ne
entered b switch and crashed into
the Westerville car. operated by
Frank Chase. The car company holds
Chase also TO blame. and he has been
discharged. II is said Chase saw a
signal set against him but ignored =
n ran out on TO he single track.
No Iiqucr may be sold on trains IN
Ohio after November 2. according -
an opinion handed down today by the
attorney general. who has found that
the constitution forbids n moving sa-
loon. Consequently ne has instructed
the state liquor license commission TO
issue no license % any railroad com
pany for the sale OF liquor.
A long. sharp paper cutter. provr-
Ing II Is hidden. Is a concealed wea-
pom in Ohio. This was the ruling OF
Police Judge 8. g. Osborn to-day. tie
fined David Geiger 500 and costs
for carrying the weapon. after he had
been told that Geiger. while In n se
loon. had declared that ne was ready
n anybody wanted TO start anything. "
The paper cutter was found on Geiger
by the police.
For the first time In the history OF
Ohio a writ Of Coran Nobis has been
asked for BY attorneys in Adams
county. in the case OF Adelbert n
Ownie Havslip. BY this means ne
lawyers seek 10 reopen the cases OF
the two men on the ground that they
did not have such n trial and hearing
as the statute provide. Six years ago
n murder was committed I'm Adams
county. and in the excitement of a
threatened |lynching the Hayslips en-
tered pleas OF guilty To murder In the
second degree. although they always
professed their ignorance The case
will be heard In the supreme court as
a new legal complication Is brought
UP by the writ. which was Instituted
centuries ago under the old English
common law.
In a very important ruling handed
dow today by Judge Johnson Of the
supreme court dutfIlnE nome RUE, II
IS held that "a general statute must
yield 10 a charter provision adopted
by a municipality under a special
constitutional provision which was
adopted for the purpose Of enabling
the municipality 10 relieve itself OF
the operation OF the general statutes ."
The court holds that the administra-
tion OF municipal affairs lis purely
practical and local. wholly without
important connection with the poll-
cies. partisan or otherwise. whicD nat
urally affect the operation of national
and state government" There are
5000 words IN the courts ruling.
In n decision handed down to-day,
the cases " the city Of Akron against
Matilda Roth and the Central ftre
Insurance company AGAINST J. Y. Ron
ertS & son. the supreme court held
that the new courts OF appeals has
final jurisdiction in all cases pend
ing in the courts 81 common pleas on
January !. 1918. whom the now consti-
tutional amendment 700 effect. unless
the cases involve constitutional quns-
tions. are felony cases or cases ~
public OF general interest. II tnav
are OF general or public interest TO
court held that applications setting