The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-03
THAT "SCOOP"
Register chaarineo Over n. p-fe.,
Crtes "Thlef"-Sore fnterestinq
facts Regarding Intelligent
GERS Beat"


smarting under the sting OF its fail
reconsideration OF " MOP rw 9n Toe 9oe
me ENTHUSIASTICALLY and In a desper-
ATE endeavor 20 explain the upsetfinr
or us well laid plans BY The InteIli-
sencer, The Register yesterday morn
M, M, INFORMED It's readers that this pa
per secured its information BY wait
ing until II had secured a copy OF
me Register and then cooked up
some kind of a story TO save its face =
vi course. things like this are to
oe expected from the Market Street
organ. The plans 20 put this story
over were carefully laid and The Rec.
,ster stan was ably assisted by one
VI. NJ Nicely. and with apparently ali
avenues OF Information 10 this nater
closed. they sat comfortably down to
AVA. the proper time to spring their
Their chagrin can well be imagined
when The lntelligencer appeared with
their Dig scoop" and carrying a bet
Ter and more complete story OF Mr..
Neeiys doings of the day in Wheel.
ing Incidentally this paper also car
ried a handsome two column half-tone
engraving OF Mr. Irwin. making IL
possible for readers OF the paper 10
know who was the lucky man without
reading the story.
All these things naturally did not
help the temper OF the defeated op-
position and in order to square them
selves with the boss" they had to
hide behind the accusation thar the
story was stolen from The Register.
just how they grabbed on to this ex-
cuse Is not known unless Il is be-
cause they are so accustomed to doing
that thing themselves.
Was Not Stolen.
however. Tor those that read the
article. let II be said right here. The
Intelligencer's Information was bona
nde. II was not secured from any one
connected with the Register and IL
was not rewritten from a copy of the
Register, fact that the Register force
ven knows for the Intelligencer was
out on the streets but few moments
after the OPPOSITION and the time in
tcrvening was not sufficient in which
70 secure the story. write IL. have
n set in type. the page made up and
stereotyped and placed on the press.
Of course to yell theft" IL an easy
way out OF the situation but what
hurts the worst Is the fact that the
Register was beaten a. its own game
and knows IL.
The deliberate preparations made
by the Register to SCOOP this paper
OF the story were most elaborate.
Every precaution was taken to pre-
vent the Nicely announcement from
reaching The Intelligencer and in car
IElnS out these precautions the stan
lied to the public that kept calling
the office for the information. In
these EFFORTS they were ably assisted
by Mr.. Nicely and il has since been
learned that he declined to give the
Information to the Fairmont papers
Tor fear IL would reach The Intelli-
Eencer from this source. The Regis
ter had the information early in the
evening but IL kept secret for fear IL
they gave II out IL might reach this
office.
To win under these conditions. with
the odds about 100 20 one against
YOU. Is admittedly some accomplish
ment and in winning. The Intelli-
gencer feels that II has scored the
big Beat and defeated the Nicely
Register alliance and in this fact il
takes pardonable pride.
The Register Is entitled to credit
for its well laid plans but Il is no
use to cry because they miscarried
Why don't they take their pill grace
fully and try. try again?