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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
DRIVEN FROM OHIO
u
THROUGH WHEELING
TO PENNSYLvANIh
Sensational Story Of Bradley
Man, Who Was TO Have
Testified in the McGan1on
Murder Trial at Cleveland

Special Dispa tch to The 1ntcllisencer!
Cleveland, Ohio. Feb. 15-1n a telef
gram to County Prosecutor Edward CE.
Stanton yesterday, A j. Babilus q.
Bradley. Ohio, who had volunteered g
testify in the trial OF Judge William II.
McGannon. informed the prosecutor he
had been kidna pped. 1,.
Ba abilus' MESA ges. dated at Conheila.
willie. Pa, declared that he was kld.
Mapped Thursday as he was starting for
Cleveland from Bradley, Ohio, near
steubenville. and he arrived in Connolls.:.-
willie yesterday without funds. The
! message was as follows:
was kidna pped Thursday night
from Dillonvale and brought near
Connellsvillc. Have no money. II -
Won want me to testify in case, wire -
money Immediately, care Of Chief OF
Police. Rush answer"
Tn. message was received at the pros
ecutors office a half hour after the
state had rested its case in the secon0
trial of Judge McGannon on the charge
Of second degree murder In the deatn
Of Harold kagy on the night OF May ..
Prosecutor stanton reused to say
whether il had been his intention %
use Babilus as 4 witness. He declares
he had gone completely over the story
Babius told and checked up tho oet2lia
The prosecutor said Babilus had come
10 Cleveland about two weeks ago, and.
after going over the story had returne4
10 Bradley to await call. stanton sAio
he wired Babilus last Tuesday to coma
iof nlN raRf1re0
IA reply stating Babiius would arrive
here Friday.
Story Confirmed
Tho message. Prosecutor Stanton said,
was the first he has heard from Baoiius
since that time. ~
prosecutor stanton. IN communicating
with the Connellsrillc police loniSnI
learned that Babilus told them he WAS
nm route from Bradley to Drlonyate.
the nearest railroad station on tha
! wheeling & Lake Erie railroad, On
! Thursday night. He was seized by thIee
mon. he told the police. and was throwN
INTO a ta1icab, bound and gagged. lie
,od. In the automobile for seNeral hours
and was transferred TO another auto
! mobile in which ne rode for TWO da!s'<
Y. said the route taken was down the
! Ohio river TO Wheeling. and from tlat
city eastward over the Nationsi plAe
into PENNSYLVANIA. On Saturday he MAS
thrown from the machine Al LAWSON
Pa near ConncIlsville. after the men
had taken 3S5 in cash and said. III you
ever return 10 Cleveland we VIII kin
you" 5:
Afraid 10 complA41.
According to Conncllsvills polie@
Babilu. said he had been in Dawson
since Friday, but. had feared to report
the matter TO the police. as ne vas
afraid OF being shadowed by those Sas
When he reported to tho police, Ba:
h;,us had sS5 in cash. which no hea
hidden in his watch pocket his goN
watch and diamond ring, which ne
said the kidnappcrs had not taken IRON
him.
encc with his assistants. declared he hAA
no, decided his course Of action cor
cerning Babilus. :.
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rrial NGar n End

Cl.ysland, O., Feb. 15.-Only three
and possibly tNo witnesses renainoo 20
hc called BY the defense in the seconQ
derrec murder trial Of Judge william a.
McC;annon, when court adjourned tooe!.
Iudpa McGannon and two 2iiDl Wlt.
ncsscs. one Of whom has not yet oee1
locate arc scheduled to so On unst
Witness stand tomorrow and close tne
case for the defense. II the missing
witness cannot be served with q SUD
poena tomorrow morning, the deems
vii rcst its case without his testimony.
II was expected tonight that the teE
timony and cross-cxamination OF Jud31
NcGannon will take up the greater pSIk
Of tomorrow's session. ~
Eighteen defense witnesses, inclualn&
the Judges wife, Mrs. Anna NcGannon.
and his brother, DR.. +. J. heGannous
testified today.
George Bobich, a new aiibi witness
s,.orc that he saw Judge McGannoA.
in East Ninth street shortly after mig
niph, on the morning OF the snooune
of Harold c. Eagey, and that he walked
behind the judge TO the public square.
In the first trial. Judge McGannon tes
,i,ied that he left kagy several pIocKS
from the scene OF the shooting an&
walked down East Ninth street TO tns
pubI,c square. where he took street
car for home.
Mrs. McGannon testified that the'
indy, arrived home about 1:05 "a. m. on
Nav S. her testimony tending to corron-
oratc the Judges contention that ne
took The l.:3Na. m. car. kagy wa1
snot a. few minutes previous ~ thaG.
time. .''
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
IN
M|NG0 CRITICAL
Governor Cornwell In Unsuc-
cessful Appeal to the War
Secretary

Charleston. ". Va. Feb Is Tho con'-
pany "t federal troops stationed a; VIZ
l.amsom. MinG" county. WI hc with
drawn from thr iirld OH scheduled time,
"d"&p:tr urErn, requests and cVni-ad.'
terry dcSpatches from Washington Sec
rctary of War Eal,"r told Governor John
j. CvrnA"li over long di$tanc" tee
ph"n". said statement from the govern
or, ofTicc tonight.
News dispatches from Washington to-
day nuo;"d Secretary BAKER - saying
G"v"ruor roruWo,U had advised IN" WI:
department the troops would n"t lie
needed longer
Il made no such statement - SCCrS-
;ary Bake" SAID ;hr governor and
d" no, believe hc Eav" out the state
mcni saving | had reported tho troops
were NJ longer needed.
The dispatches continued that tn" fed
cral troops would b" Withdrawn unless
Governor -Cornwc,l requested their re-
ttut!on. crcd,t'nE senator Howard Suth'
GRAND. Df West Virginia, with The state
mcn,. the governor said.
Governor CornwcU further asserted
he had strongly requested tn" r"t"n'
::or Of the troops both To general Read
commander Of tho NTH army corpS
..rra. and 10 the adjutant general Of the
United states army. and both had 'nTt'
IS refused him"
R"ierr!ng 10 Washington dispatches
in newspapers today the governor said
AS have heretofore stated publicly
! reaue Strd the war department 10 re-
tain federal troops in Mtngo county until
the trial was concluded. Tn" r"aucs'
was natly denied through 4 telegram
from tn" .adjutant general.
"Whrn read in tn" newspaper This
morning this morning that Senator Suth'
er.and had announced that the dr.@rt
mrnt had directed that TN" t!nrps hc r"'
tanned called Secretary Baker on the
tcl"phon. to secure verifcation OF Il
having no official Information regarding
tho change in the attitude OF The depart
mcut.
The secretary stated that the publ
cation was unauthorized: that no coun
,crmanding order had been issued; ths
he had talked 10 General Read over ~
Telephone this morning. and directed
him to carry out the orde- for ;hc 10
nova l-oF-Thc troops. the secretary say
ing that he questioned the legality o
thair retention IN Mingo county"
The governor reiterated tonight hi
ASSERT ion Of Sunday night. that So far a.
hr is concerned. there will be no surthe
request through the state executive "a
retention Of federal troops in Mingo. Th'
matter Of policing the County VIII b.
entirely in the hands Of Mtngo author
tiles and the state police under tn'
command Of Colonel Jackson Arnold. n
added. colonel Arnold. with virtual!
tho entire state police force IS now II
M.nSo.
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WITNESS IS !.
KIDNAPPED
New York Alarmed
Over Another Death
From Dread TyphuS


Ecw York, Feb. IA third dcath
from tyrAuS reported to city health de-
partrurnt officials today caused IN
crcay ycd efforts on the part of hotn c't!
and stat" department authorities 10
prevent spread OF the disease. brought
h~I- by immigrants from infected reg
ions Of Europe.
While Health Commissioner CopcIanu
enlarged his force 10 insure inspection
OF all Immigrants arriving here ,e!ther
ON bo3ts directly from Europe or D.!
steamships or trains from other Amer
t;onican ports. DIR. Leland r.. Coi"r ha s
tened his plans for delousinS and cleans
ing All arriving immigrants. At 'he
sam. time Commissioner OF lmmisra-
ton Wallis went 10 Washington LOT q
conference with department Of labor OIL
iicials.
A. the por, quarantine station. prep
a-a,.ons were made 10 turn II over 10
federal control by the state officials N
,barg. Federal control, it was said,
wm'd make available larger staff o.
rhvsicians and inspectors. In mas con-
n-ction. state health officials hchieo re-
norts iha; q twelve day detention per
jod on incoming ships had been oraereu'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
VOTE ON THE FORDNEY
TARIFF BILL TODAY

Washington. Feb l".--Th" S"n"'
mad roal progress IN lis consideration
Of the FrrdHcy emergency tariff bI!I TO-
Gal. and when the "iGht-h"ur session
ended II had taken up and adopted four
of ih,. min" rcuna ming amendments
which had been recommended ~ i"
finance committee.
At the clos" .: tn" days work. SEN
a'u- Mcl'umh"r. Republican, N c;.afet
Of The hill. said prospects were So"d
for a vote tOm"rrow.
Among Tho amendments accepted b.
III. scnotr was the substitute sugar
schcdul" proposed by senator Smo"t'
,Repub!! lean. Utah. for that q greed upon
nv tho committee. Tn" Smoot amend
mont would place the tariff IA; ono cent
per pound in addition TO the present
duty Of the same amount. Will" the
committee amendment 10 the house bill
would have adc.,i approximately three
cents a pound to the present rate.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
Remarkable Achievement
In Wireless Telephony

Los Angeles. Feb. l5.-Apparatus. by
which it Is hoped 10 make Il possible for
Two or moro conversations to BE- he!e
simultaneously over the same wireless
Sc; was given trans-contincntal test
last night. L WAS announced to-day by
officials OF the American Telegraph ana
Telephone Company.
II VAS stated wireless operator AZ;
Avalon. Catalina Island. thirty miles oit
Los Angeles harbor. talked for an hour
and 4 half with another operator aboarS
the steamer Gloucester. sixty miles can
OF Cape Cod. The distance was f,SbO
miles.
Telephone company officials said opese
ators at every important city along u
transcontinental line not only ''listsne4
in but talked in" ::
They explained that various V9NP
lengths" would be used in making II
possible for one wireless set to be USED
for different conversations at the sane
time. =
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
BY MARK SULLIVAN

! oNai onal Political tcrrcsp0ndent OF
, the IrtciilgcnCcr.l
! Special dispatch ~ lnt"l.:G"nccr.
! Washington. u. =. Feb. li.--Th"
emergency tar:m bill VIII pass tn" SEN
Late this week 4 few democrats VIII
vote for 4 AshurSt Of Arizona appar-
emily has been scdurri by inserting long
: staple cotton. Of which some - grown
! in his state. Probably two Louisiana
| senator's will vote for Il because l-outsi-
lana rcnlly e Il protection Republican
STATE. and !hc senators from that state
are essentially. Republicans. although
social and political conditions N thc!r
state cause them 10 avoid that label.
There is also some apprehension among
moro from other states may desert Them.
SuprrIic!dily. the Republicans Will
rrnbahl, i.'c<fnt = fairly united front
in favrr or The bill Those western Re-
nublican senators who arc mSst prone 10
Ilou, rar:y discipline. have. IN the pre-
ont case, the dominating motive Of fiat
terins the farmers in their districts by
voting for tho bill It Is the eastern
Rapublic6n senator's who compose the
leadership and nrc the solid rock Of par
tv discipline who In the present ca<e.
have the greater temptation TO break
away.
Not In Good Faith
They would break away II they were
acting in good faith. If they had the
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SENATOR SUTHERLAND
CONTINUES HIS EFFORT

Special DiSpatch to The lntc!iGenccr.
Washington. y. G. Feb. il.--ScCretarN
Of War Baker refuses TO interfere with
the prior order TO call the commander or
federal troops IN Mingo county 10 with
draw his command from there and from
tho state of West Virginia. Col. Halrs
order from the war department Is TO
move the troops out Of the strike zone
tomorrow.
Secretary Baker said his decision NOT
to rcsc!nd the order and thua let the
soldiers remain on duty unt'l III" conf
plctition Of court trials at Williamson.
was based on an alleged agreement and
rromisr Of Governor Cornwell that the
latter was about 10 cope with the sit
Continued on Page Eighty
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GERMANY WILL NOT D|SARN;
PREPARE FOR COMING CONFLICT

Paris, Feb. 1.-THE Temps Munich
correspondent today quotes An Official
note printed in tho BAysrisch Stats
zcitung Of that city as saying the
Bavarian government Will not cArry
out disarmament OF the civic guard
before the London conference on Ger
man reparatdons and disarmament.
There Is reason to think, the cor
respondent asserts, that the BsvariAa
government Is In agreement with the
right wing German party In belisv-
ing the conference will END In q rup-
ture. and that Germany will need or
ganixed armies.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
WEST VIRCINIA'S FAIR
DATES ARE ANNOUNCED

Spccial Dispatch to The Intc!liEehcer.
C.LrkSburG. w. Ga. Feb. !" - Dates
for 1929 fairs in West Virginia were
definitely agreed upon at largely at
tended meeting here this afternoon o.
the West Virginia Association of Fa!rS.
These dates are as follows: ClarkSbur2.
Srptcmhcr - 10 H.: Weston, September
% 10 -: Buckhannon. September - 10
%: Pennsboro. August 20 and . and
September !; Parkersburg. August % to
*. Kcyser. October to 6 and Wheeling
September j TO II. each inclusive.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
Unemployment Most
Pressing of Problems

London: Feb. 18th" re-assemollnS
Of narllament to-day with all the cere.
mony and brililance oc pre-war days was
considered nm event of Significance
King George and Queen Mary occupied
the throne while 10 the right OF the KING
was the Prince Of Wales. In mis- mes
sage. the reading OF which occupied only
fifteen minutes, the king touched on
some Of the problems with which the
British empire is faced at the present
Observation-Disclosures. Ireland. India and
the near east.
Violence in ireland was strongly con-
dnmred ny the king
1'nemploymert. hc characterized as
The most pressing problem confronting
you
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
OPERATIONS SUSPENDED

rarkerShurg. w. Va. Feb ia gem
rral suspension for the present OF drill
ing and developing operations Of the
South Penn O!l company was GcCidcT
upon ~ - meeting o" tn" officers. sup
orintcndcniS and Hcld forces. held in
this city today.
Tho present low market for crude oil
has made further operations !mpracti.'-
= bic at .h!S lim". il was said. The COM
rany operates extensively In the Man
nincinn. rarkrrshurE and Charleston
districts.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
HEATED DEBATE OVER RESOLUTION
TOFORCE AUDIT FROM PRESIDENT

,ion. ho thought tho iNCormntio should
be sought from departments 10 which
tho money had been allotted. I'll"
president. hn said had nothing :" do
with ths actual spending. that NOR"
than four-Gtths Of ;he fund hnd 'bccn
accounted for and that i; waS m"r"!y
an attcnmNt TO make il appear that he
was unwilling 10 present tn" record.
"rhc American people Will never for
cat the great achievements OF Woodrow
Wilson," said Mr.. Bryncs. and his
name will I'LL III" brightest paE"S OF
history aCte- his distraCtorS are dad
and forgotten"
Paris Expenditures.
Representatives Rogers. R"puh!!cd II.
MasSa chusctts attacked reported eNp"nd-
;turrS OF the peace commission at III"
Hotel Crillon. in Paris. calling attention
specifically 10 an it"m OF Si@",OuO- for
damages TO the hotel property. u"
said h. did no; know II Chandl"."~S
were in the damaged LIST or what hour
Of tho morning they might have been
broken.
The acting secretary Of stat" Wa"
unable TO Civ" details OF thc l'Ir.S "N-
pcnditurcs." Mr.. Rogers said. Wages
Of hotel employees amounted 10 slSlOO",
and W had 10 pay FOR thor tool There
was another item OF Slt""p I"f auto
rnoblrs when iHc streets OF ltriS
were rum over with American cars. Con-
lidcntiI expenses or the preside ntai
party wrro' put down NJ Nl'.'5'. W NY
should thor" p" confidential expenses
Of . president 20 negotiate on the Tar;
OF the people = treaty Of p"ac'
Representative Bryn"s. South Caro-
lima. and De Walt. Pennsylvania. bitter
" aSSaitc The resolution. Mr.. Hryn's
insisting that congress after the S1an-
ish wnr did not attempt to Insult Nc
Kinl&y"
Mr. RryneS said n" d,d not behave
th"rn. wuS man small enough 10 qu"S-
tiOn tn" honesty "f the president. "or
no peanut politician small enough 10
question the amount paid for his food.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
THE WAITER

weSt virginia, western PsnnsylyanA
Pair and somewhat warmer Wednss-
day; Thursday unsettled and colder.
ohio-Fair and slightly WARMER Wed
uesday; Thursday unsettled ana colder.
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Charleston. w. Va. Feb. lA--Thr'y
,.po workers Were h:licl during Jan
u,,ry according to Il report By Il. NJ.
I.ymhle. ch!cf 81 tn" state department
or mines. OF this number tWcnty-two
were Americans and eight Foreigners.
Twrnty-cigh, wc.e killed on to- INSIDE
and TWO out side ri the mines.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16

Washington. Feb. 10 \ vaSr;snt
grapevine" credited to Il WaShinSton
date line. to the effect that judge
Thomas 4. Brown Of IarkcrSburg j.
out 0: il tor district attorney for the
Northern disrr.c; Of West Virginia.
resulted IN many tcLcGrIms "t inquiry
resolved in Washington today. JudS"
Brown j. not out OF III" race. ON the
contrary hc j. very much N Il.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16

London. I,h - -- Premier l.Ioyu
George :,rnOGn"cd IN the House "i
commons tonight that tn" EoNernmrh'
had decided II would no, pubnSh the
report Of Major General StricN"na on
the .uy"St:Cat:On int" -" 'orh. con-
i.,crIt:un Of last December.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
BAKERREFUSEST0P 0PERMlT
j, s. TROOPS TO REMAIN
Mr., Wilson Did Not
Promise CanCeIIing
Of Debts Of Allies
By DAVID LAWRENCE
1 tCoryrlEht BY Tho AntelllS Scncer)

III r = ~ Feb Ia iiC. FLu,hS re-
,d,rf WI.sn,, from attack for some o.
E~ attitudes e.; u" peace r0"'S''",'
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ia''r a. IN 'N"''"''"'. 't"' ~ 'H' 80
wilson Was concerned 'h'V' "'N II" IVY
oS getting him !" aGrc' u any ''"'''''
ton # war debt.
oppoxed BY Wilson.
,..... not, -
u : 'ru" 'hA' '"' P'"P"N'' "',I ~
ci'ir''k'A 'h"h' I" '"wS'' N',,, W. y, ~, ,S,,
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and pans were '""d 'nf"riH""> "T.o,'
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IDLY and IN Nu'h p'rAu"|'otE .
that ihe FreS'ueh, Sn"%rH Tran,.,u
eaSinesS an" 8SN'- -,
NherN the suggestion h"a or'S.'s.'eu sS a.N
what ~ purpose VS. -I Nv -, ~.
inner Po'h'en "ut '""t ~ -. ,l,Is-
sp"'AI S"'uh,t'to M't'H MIN
oTH ana .''a' !. "~"u,u ~ I;,.;,i,,,, ro
the 'T''u""' VI ~~>''"
Hons.
Everybody VIII" was IN f1r'S Wd'I"-
inS the American peace comm IsSlu''
from day lo day knew OF the ettorts
vf the European statesmen TO in'crest
the americans in proposals 'hat "ou'u
tighten the financial burden OF EUROPE
Suggestions FOR tho cancellation or the
.'u!eG war d"ot became 80 nufne'o ouS
that Americas peace commissioner
found Il necessary IN tn'ir Ihtornat con
NerSations with huroPe""S - I.",
lear tw" points -hrS'' tnat 'o' "'t'u
states was by no means reSoonslo's 'oF
any debts contracted or anything conc
m tn, war prior 10 April, 1871. ana
second, That America could not IN JUS
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Altoona. IA. Feb. 1.-THE force at
ths .Iuinaru shops Of the Pennsylvania
railroad today We're down TO The !o"-
.s, minimum in the history "t tn"
works. Additional workers w"r" laid
on today and there is sad TO he n"
immediatc prospect for a resumption
OF operations.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
FARM EMERGENCY TARIFF BILL
tn PASS AFTER PATIENTS" DEATH
BUT WILL NEVER BECOME A Law

faintrst idea their votes would really
make the bill law. In fact. in roll
call on favoring protection for long
staple cotton. the Two Republican scna-
tors from New Hampshire. Moses and
Kcycs. voted nay; and such Republican
senator's as Knox of Pennsylvania and
Dillingham; OF Vermont took an ambis-
uous refuge IN answering present.
The bill Is purely aEriculturai. apd OF
sixteen Republican senator's from the
manufacturing states OF New England
/: nd the cast only one has ever opened
his mouth in favor Of Il. One OF Two.
Ike Edg" o. New Jersey, have been
spoken publicly of the bill ns dubious.
Nearly all the others privately oppose
It
Through The Notions
Penrose oe Pennsylvania. being chair
man OF the committee In charge OF the
bill. has gone through tho motions or
piIoting II through the parliamentary
combat. But only the suileleSs have any
idea that Penroses heart Is in II. He
has fa:hered Il only because .: party
exigencios. Probably he would never
have let the bill como up II he had not
been ;nt!midated by the western sena-
tors from farming communities. who
wanted 10 get on record with speeches
N favor OF II. He had 10 Count"nance
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Toledo. Ohio. Feb; l5-One Of tho
three alleged cunmen. charged with
kidnappIng n Detroit taXicah driver
AT midnight and forcing him ~ drive
lhcm 10 Toledo, was identified here to-
J,y AS one Of 4 hand Of robbers who
held IN bank in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Pittsburgh. Feb. 1.-The fir" dam
age in Pittsburgh IN 1870 WAS s.
"i?.O4%.3S. III" largest since l"l" "'-
cordin- to tho annual report or the
bureau O" n-s mad" publ" tonight.
Dur.nS tn" Year @.St" alarms we're
S,nnIrJ
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16

Pittsburgh. IA, Feb. IL ono man
va, killed and on" hundred cases or
whiskcy wer" destroyed late today
when am automobile truck vas struck
b, = Pittsburgh and Western tram
near New kenS;nrton. J. :. i.rNer'
driver Of tho truck, WAS killed. Tw"
guards. riding on the automobile. we're
,ut by hy:nS glass when the vh:skey
bottles were demolished.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-16
THE INTELLIGEN GER

Has the Largest Circulation Of
Any Morning Newspaper in the
State of West Virginia.
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They would break away II they were
acting in good faith, If they had the