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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
Partial Adjustment of Soft
Coal Disagreement, Here
Soon, Says Lewis
Final Conference on Question
Of Arbitration Will Be
Conducted Today
Governor Sproul at Confer
ence Held at Home Of
Mine Workers Counsel

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. l5.-Pres!dent
John L. Lewis, Of the United Mine
Workers, declared hero tonight that I'm
portant Developments" occurred today In
the anthracite coal strike. and predicted
a conference would be held with op-
erators in q few days'' to reopen wage
negotiatonR
Mr.. Lewis refused to elaborate his
statement as to important develop
ments," but II was learned that he had
been In long distance communication to-
day with anthracite operators IN Phila-
delphia-
Partial settlement OF the soft coal
strike within Is hours was said by Mr..
Lewis to be probable. and w. A Has
k!ns, secretary OF tho Northern Ohio
Coal Operators association .concurred
in this opinion. predicting that some
mines would resume production on
Wednesday.
No progress had been made toward
settling the disputed point of compul-
sorry arbitration between Lewis and
Michael Gallagher. beading the opera
tors. the two men having been en-
powered to agree on report to DO pre-
sented tomorrow TO the joint suo-scale
committee Of miners and operators
hnal conference between the two had
been arranged for tomorrow.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
E.nmatsd Army Of $4,000 Of the H.
dsuer, Some Large a. xtttsuss' h
gin Ruthless Asssu1ts On
Truck Patches.

Frostburg, Nd. Aug. 13.-spSeiaD
A plague Of rats due to the strikA. -
said to be infestins the Gsor9ae
Creek region. Old miners estimate tnss
tho average old mine houses LOCO raek
and as some Is or 80 mines are 'dls
In this section, tho number now foraS'
ing Is put at $4,000 or 10000.
The rodents have been driven from
tho mines by hunger. When tho pits
were working they were able to SUBJ
sist on the garbage from miners DIN.
ner pals and other mines refuse. Some
mines have been idle six months, ana
the rats-many Of them as big as rive
monthsold kittens-have appeared
above the surface. They are raldins
gardens and corn fields and are kir-
Ing small chickens. On one farm near
Shaft a row Of corn has been COM
nletely destroyed by rats. Chicken rais-
ers report many chickens killed BY tive
rests.
The rodents which had confined
their depredations to farms and mih'
ing villages, have reached callers on
the outskirts Of the city. EckhAt
Barton, Hoffman, Grahambown, Moran.
town, Allegany and BsIrenvtns are
among the sections visited Shooting
rats has become quite . paTims WITH
Idle miners. One e1pert marksmsA
has 81 to his credit.
Tho mine rats grow exceptionally
large, reaching almost tho proportions
Of A muskrat and are very vicious ohd
miners tell OF the fights they put ~
uhen corn>red In the AinoA
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
THREE CRUSHED
TODEATH WHEN
MOTOR S|DECAR
H|TSB|G TRUCK
Party of Young Men Meets
Tragic End on Road
Near Charleston
Soldiers Find Bodies of The
Victims, Thought to Have
Died Instantly

Charleston. ". Va, Aug. 1S.-Three
young men were killed. probably in
stantly carly Sunday morning, when the
motorcycle. equipped with a side car, In
which they were returning TO Nitro
near here. ran head-on into a large
army truck. parked with its rear pro-
iecting into the side OF the road at the
outskirts Of the chemical city. The
dead are:
IRA CART. 20 years old an emp,oye
Of the United Fuel & Gas company. at
Lock :.
CHARLES PERRY. IS years old.
nine filter, son Of Mr. and Mrs. James
Perry. Lock Z.
RAY CURRY, 21 years old. son OF
George ". Curry. OF ST. Adams, employs
In a Nitro garage.
Soldiers Of the National Guard. en-
camped at Nitro, returning to camp ar
ter midnight Saturday. found the bodies
and turned in the alarm that sent the
ambulance OF Bartlett Brothers. 81
Adams undertakers. TO the scene.
According TO statement issued oy
the undertaking establishment tonight
the three men were IcNui HAhS ~ ''''
and ran head on into the big truck pax
ed without a light. the statement saio
with tho rear projecting into tho siae
OF the road Although the bodies were
s,i,l warm when found by the soldiers
the statement added. each OF the Nor
we're dead, leading to the conclusion
that death was almost instantareous.
A postmortem showed Curry and Per
ry died from broken necks, while frae-
tur~d skull proved fatal to Cart. The
bodies were taken TO ST. Adams fol
rurial preparations.
Tho truck. accoNding to statement
belonged 70 New York concern that II
aiding In salvsging the former govern
ment chemical plant at Nitro. Nltr'
police officials. investigating tho affai:
to-day. were unable to find any WIZ
masses OF tho accident.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
10 ARE DEAD, 40 INJURED IN NEl RAIL CkA2A All
R0mhs HurIed al Train: Ten Badly Hurt
Passengers of Local on New
Jersey Railway are Terri.
fled by Explosions
Showers of Glass May Cause
Death of Five Returning
Home After Weekend I.
Ambulances ar Nurses Are
Rushed to . ,e-Police
Trailing i nbers z

North Bergen, N. j., Aug. 13.-
Three bombs hurled at the Wee
hawken local of the .Westshore
railroad as it crossed a culvert,
hear Granton Junction tonight
shattered the windows Of three
coaches and injured ten persons,
Eve seriously, officials of the road
reported.
North Bergen. N. j.. Aug. 13.-rhrsA
bombs hurled at the Weehawken local
Of the west Shore railroad as it crossed
a culvert near Granton Junction tonight
shattered the windows Of three coaches
and injured 10 persons, fve seriously.
officials Of the road reported.
Ambulances and police reserves were-
rushed from hero to the scene. Police
learned that shortly before the Wee,
hawken local was due at Granton, an
automobile, said to have carried three
men. was seen standing by tho side Of
the railroad right Of way. y
Tho train, filed with passengers re-
turning home after the weekend hoh.
days. was travelling at a slow rate Of
speed as tho sxploston came It was
rumbling across ths bridge when the
entire train was shaken BY the trensn.
dous explosions. The passengers were
thrown into a panic a. they were
showered by flying glass. I
A wrecking crew. sent to the scene,
helped the damaged train into WeshAv-
ken. where the more seriously injured
were given first aid. -
The West Shore is a subsidiary OF the
New York Central railroad.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
Mrs. Jesse Adams Then Bel
lieved to Have Drowned
Herself and Boy
Fires Four Shots at Man In
Auburn, Mass, For Whom
She Once Worked
Disguises Herself in Male
Garb-Intended Victim
Struck by Bullet

Providence. R l.. Aug. lS.-(Sps-
cial. .)-Crazed with unreQu!ted love for
James B. Chatterly, OF Woburn street
Auburn. Mrs Jessie Adams. sS. wife
OF Clarence Adams an electrical en-
gineer OF Wheeling. W. Va. fired four
shots at Catterly through the from:
door Of his home early this morning
and fed through the night disguised In
male garb, shrieking: 'I didn't kill you.
but I will kill myself and my boy
Police Of Cranston, accompanied by a
correspondent OF The Wheeling 1ntelli-
gencer, seeking the woman at her home.
found a suicide note on n bed telling
OF woman's intent TO take Chatterly's s
life, her own and that Of her boy.
Fearing the woman had jumped into
tho PawtuXet river. which flows near
by, the police dragged the river all day
, today for the bodies OF the woman and
boy. The theory that she had drowned
herself is strengthened by the fact that
| shortly after the woman's attack on
Chatterly this morning. her son. Abort,
aged :. appeared outside OF Chatterly's s
house crying out Papa, papa mother
Is going to drown me-
Fearing that the child's plea was
! merely another ruse TO lure him from
his homo into tho open to again become
target for the revolver. Chatterly re-
fused to allow the youngpter to enter.
This morning Chatterly reported the
attempted shooting to the police and
displayed furrow on his forehead
plowed by one OF the shots. a search
was made for the woman al her home,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
OHIO AVIATOR KILLED
IN FALL WITH FRIEND

Cleveland Ohio. Aug. l3.-Louis
Yahn, q, OF Newark, y. j.. and James
Ray, 81, mechanic and aviator at the
Medina Aviation club. were killed late
today when their airplane went into
a tail spin and fell about two hundred
feet rs they were preparing to land at
Chippewa Lake. near Medina Ohio.
Yahn was visiting Ray. his lifelong
friend. The machine went into the tail
spin as the men attempted to mako q
landing after a two hours flight and
crashed into a wheat field. Ray. 1t was
said. was teaching Yahn how to oper-
ate the machine.
RAYS body, horribly mutilated. was
found under the tangled wreckage.
Yahn jumped when the machine neared
the earth He was unconscious when
found and died while being taken TO a
hospital.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
ogoI.rNE ATTRIBUTED TO USUAL
MDsUsG1kER DUILNESs-cH1LE
SAID TO BE SEEKING
sl5,ooo,ooo LOAN

New York. Aug. 13.-(By The Asso-
etated Press New offerings OF bonds
last week were the smallest OF the
year, totallinS only $40, 100, 900 compared
With s3l. 500. 900 last week and = weekly
average to date OF 100000. The de-
ol.ne was attributed by inVestment
bankers 10 the usual mid-sum mer dull
ness, the summer re-investment demand
having been filled and tho fall demands
not vet making the average.
Bonds continued TO move upward re-
nactinz the easiness OF the money mar
KAT. but attention was diverted TO bonds
az the second grade. especially the low
nrIced rails. several OF which mounted
70 new high records for the year.
Irregular price changes prevailed In
ma foreign group. rejecting the un-
-.rtainty Of the outcome Of the meeting
OF allied premiers in London
Two large stock issues were put out
~. local bankers during the week. a
sy7 no0 90 offering OF the preferred
stock IL Gimbel Brothers, dry goods
merchants. and 100000 issue OF COM
mon stocks OF the Mesaoi Iron COM
pany.
Chne Seeking Loan
Chile Is reported 70 be SEEKING a
loan OF $l5.O09.90o in this market and
nero,iatIons are still under way for a
ronz term loan TO Peru. but II Is doubt
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
Wife Of Wheeling Man Tries To
Kill Another She Madly Loved
GRANTED
FOR AN INJUNCTION
AGAINST s. MINERS

Cumberland. Md. Aug. 13.-Chief
Judge A. Hunter Boyd and Associate
Judge Albert A Doub yesterday grant
ed the petition OF Hoffa Brothers Coal
company, operating q mine near Bar
ton, this county. for an injunction
against 35 striking miners enjotnins
them from interfering with tho opera
ton Of tho rnine and with tho men who
work there OF desire to do so.
The defendants are restrained from
trepassing on tho property Of the COM
plainant or on the public roads in the
vicinity Of the mining property. The
cIaintiff Is represented by Walter c
Capper, Cumberland. and Arthur. Pied
mont. w. Va attorney.
The court fixed Monday. Aug. Fl. ae
the day for the defenants to reply TO
the bin why the Injunction should
not be made permanent The suit fol-
lows the attack on William Meese, an
employe OF the Hoffa Brothers Coal
company, who was shot whtle on his
way to work and for which offense
Samuel Martin. alias Samuel Hyde. Is
held in $4,000 bail. Tho injunction is
directed against Samuel Martin. alias
HYDE, Joe Davis, Daniel Schramm, Lee
Ross. George Robertson. William Ky
les, Jr., William Chopple. John Beard
Sinclair Miller. Willis Miller, George
Brooks. Orwell Howell. Michael Logs
don, William Logsdon. Jr., Lloyd Logs
don. William Lyons John Kirk. David
I.ashbaugh, Toad Williams William
Lee, William Thomas William Miller.
Stanley Muir, Pat Green, Jim Morgan.
George Myers, Charles Morgan, Ed.
Taylor. Alvey Hyde Ben Hyde. Henry
Johnson. james FatrErieve. Jr. Sam
uel McCutchen, William Fairgrieve and
Frank Myers
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
IS STARTED
FOR GREAT WALKOUT

New York Aug. IA petition for r
strike order directing a walkout OF all
maintenance OF way men employed in
the New York district by every railroad
entering New York or It's udewaters"
was made today to E F. Cradle, grand
president of the organization, by the
New York district counsel OF the organi-
"a ton.
Pennsylvania and Erie railroads were
mentioned IN particular in the resolu-
ton. which charged the railroads with
failure to comply with an understanding
made by the railroads and the United
States Railroad Labor Board. and an i'm
mediate strike was recommended against
the two lines without further requests
for negotiations or compromises"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
MOVED
FROM MDESERT
WITH HELP Of
ARMED FORCE
Auto Loads of Deputies Ac-
company Santa Fe Special
With Pickup Crew
Two Agen Women and Infant
Frustrated by Heat
Trains Annulled

San Francisco, Cal. Aug. 1S@The
what IN the west today with the moving
Of passengers who had been maroon-d
on desert points at Needles, California
and Caliente and Las Vegas, Nevada
and an announcement by tho Western
Pacific railroad company here that
there was a possibility Of its renewing
operations in California tonight after
ar enforced suspension.
The starting Of a Santa Fe train from
Needles for Los Angeles at $40 T. M
with approximately $40 passengers was
the first break" in the situation
throughout by the sporadic strikes Of
members Of the big four brotherhoods
In this region.
The train was a special manned by
"pick-up'' crow and was guarded by
a railroad motor car filled with guards
which preceded It and automobile loads
Of deputy sheritfs which flanked It as
It sped along. Approximately l1b east
bound passengers elected to remain IN
Needles in tho hope that train will
be made up to proceed to Selgtman.
Ariz., and eastern points.
Three heat prostrauons, ono OF .
woman 90 years old, another Of a wo-
man rs years old and the third Of an
Infant were reported among the maroon
ed passengers at Needles
Four passenger trains OF the Los
Angeles Salt Lake division Of the Union
Pacific arrived at Los Angeles today
from Caliente and Las Vegas, bringing
In approximately $50 passengers W. 8.
Comstock, general manager Of the
Union Pacific said that tho fremen at
San Bernardino were the only ones now
refusing to take out trains. Executives
OF tho hremens brotherhood loft Los
Angeles for San Bernardino today in an
effort to restore service there.
The two Western Pacific overland
trains scheduled to leave here daily,
were annulled today. The company an
nounced, however, that at a conference
In Elko. Nevada the brotherhood men
out in the territory between Gerlach and
Elko, Nevada, had agreed to return
10 work.
I'VE hope to resume full operation
tom orrow." the company announced.
The crew on the Santa Fe train from
Needles was made UP Of railroad Of
ficials.
Tho Union Pacific trains brought in
OF its Salt Lake City-Los Angeles lint s
were moved through spec Al agree
ment OF the brotherhood men with the
committees as a means o averting suf-
fering on the part Of the passengers.
the desert towns where the trains were
marooned being hot and ill-supplied
with food.
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Conference Ia Held

Philadelphia. Aug ia conference
that may lead to resumption OF work In
the anthracite coal fields today was held
In the home OF william A. Glasgow. Jr..
counsel for the United Mine Workers,
The conference was attended by
United States Senator Pepper. Governor
Sproul. of Pennsylvania; Samuel d.
Warr!ner. president of the Leh'gh Coal
A. Navigation company and spokesman
for the operators. and w. J. Richards
president Of the Philadelphia Read
ing Coal and Iron company.
II was learned that steps were taken
loaking toward the resumption OF the
wxge negotiations broken off IN New
Yo-k more than two months ago.
second conference. II is understood. has
hssp called for Wednesday. 10 which
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
NEW OFFERINGS OF BONDS PAST WEEK
TOTAL $40, 100000, SMALLEST OF YEAR
BRAKEMAN KILLED

Spencer. ". Va. Aug. IA Baldwin
brakeman OF the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road, was killed here tonight when he
was caught between the engine and a
passenger coach. He was mashed
badly about the body and had his left
arm and left leg each broken in several
places. He was taken 10 the hospital
and died a short time after arrival,
Baldwin had been working for the rail-
road for a very short time. He Is a
native OF West Virginia, having lived
at Huntington practically all his life
He - 81 years old.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
HARDING OFFERS HELP
TOdMAROONED TRAINS

Washington. Aug. l3.-President Hard
ing. in a telegram tonight to Governor
Campbell. Of Arizona. offered the assist
ance Of the federal government TO re-
l!eve hardships among passengers on
Santa Fe trains narooned at junction
points. The president declared 1t was
the obligation OF the government TO
relieve the people who are thus shame
fully subjected TO hardships.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
CATHOLIC SERVICE HELD
OVER BODY OF KO LOW

New York, Aug. 1S.-1n a nower-hned
pool room in Chinatown today--the air
sick with perfume OF thousands OF
chrysa anthemums-the Rev. J. A. Hutch
ison, a Catholic priest. rccited the SER
vices OF the dead over the body OF Ko
Low, the leader OF the strongest Chi
nese society, the Hip Sing Tong.
Ko Low died in the Beekman Street
hospital Tuesday morning from a bullet
fred at him as ne stepped down tho
narrow hallway from tho Chinese Del
MonIco's with a beautiful white woman
on either arm.
Three Cinnamon are held by tho po-
lice while they seek TO determine whose
pistol fired the shots that killed ko
Low.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
TWELVE REPORTED
EMTONlbED IN Mine
FOLLOWING CAVE-IN

Knoxville. Tenn. Aug. 1S.-Twelve
men arc entombed In cave-in at
Evarts, KY. according TO message
received here by Mrs. J. L. Bslinger'
stating that her brother and IL other
men had been trapped by slate fall.
The operation at Evarts Is said TO be
a small wagon mine and - not located
on a railroad. 1t Is inaccessible by tele-
phone. Reports from nearby mining
towns state that an accident occurred.
but no particulars were given.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
REFUSE TO GO TO WORK
UNTIL SOLDIERS LEAVE

Joliet. Ills. Aug. l3.-Efforts 10 END
the tie-up on the Elgin. Joliet and East
ern railroad. Chicago "outer belt" lines.
failed to-day when representatives OF
the big four" brotherhoods rejected 4
proposal that they return TO work upon
removal OF state troops from before the
gate 10 the yards. They demanded that
soldiers. who have been on duty since
last Mondays fatal outbreak Of riot'ng
he entirely removed from the vicinity
Of the yards.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
pENoUNCES TRAINMEN.

Chicago, Aug. l3.-The action OF
members Of the big four brotherhoods
in abandoning through passenger trains
at Needles, Cal. Barstow. Cal. and
Sellgman. Arizona, was denounced to-
night as a deliberate conspiracy. vio'
latton Of their solemn agreements with
the railroads and an inhuman act by A
G. Wen vice president OF the Atkin-
son. Topeka d Santa Fs rAiiroao-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
RATS STARVING IN CLOSED COAL MINES :
STALK FORTH IN VAST H0RDES TO P|lLA@
LOGAN DEPUTY KNITTED

Logan. W. Va. Aug. 13.-Tom Chain,
deputy sheriff of Logan county is In the
Logan hospital suffering from three
knife wounds. and Walter Lewis. his
alleged assailant, is in jail. The stab
bing took place last night at carnival
at Cora. Lewis was arrested on dis
orderely charge. 1t is claimed he
stabbed the officer while Chain was
taking him to Jail.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
THIS STRIKE SETTLED.

Meridian. Miss. Aug l3-Ths walk
out of swltchmen. kostlers and yard
crews OF the Southern railway system
here has been settled and tho men all
returned to work this afternoon. Like
s.ttlement Of differences In the yards
~ the Mobile & Ohio has been e!-
fected
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
CLARKSBURG WOMAN
EXPIRES IN HOSPITAL
SOON AFTER FATHER

ClarksburG. w Va. Aug. l5.-t Spc.
ciaD-Mrs. Tcnsey Wright, 3j, wife
Of Marion Wright. ITarrisville farmer,
died last midnight in a Clarksburg hos
pital following surgical operations.
Her father George Killingworth. II.
retired Harrisville farmer, died in the
same hospital yesterday Of apoplexy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
ATTACKS ARE MADE
ON STRIKE BREAKERS;
GUARDS ASSAULTED

Martinsburg, W. Va. Aug. lS.-CSpe-
ciaD-The first arrests here for vtolat-
Ing the Red Mems" act which carries
a prison penalty, since the shopmene
strike became effective. we're made to-
day when r. S. Wright and W. s. Hop
per, two strikers. were taken into Gus
tody and charged with assault!nS J. I.
Rockwell, a strike breaker.
Charles Gambler and William Buche-
baum. two guards at the B. & o. shops
here were arrested today on warrants
charging them with assaultinS William
Palmer q track worker.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
r1EuP FOLLOWS wALKoUr.

Birmingham. Ala, Aug. ia COM
plete tieup OF all outbound transporta-
tion. including passenger traffic
freight and mail over the Frisco lines
from Birmingham has resulted from
the walkout OF trainmen yesterday
afternoon which union leaders declar"
was caused by the presence Of armed
guards In the local shops.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
SANTA FE MEN TO GO OUT

Los Angeles, Aug. l3.-Members OF
the Big Four brotherhoods employed by
the Santa Fe at Winslow, Arizona. went
out at o'clock tonight, according to
Information received here by /. L. Hib-
bard. general manager Of the company 8
coast lines
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14

John L. Lewis, international president
Of the United Mine Workers, will be
invited.
At the conference Wednesday, It Is
understood, both Mr.. Lewis and Mr..
Lewis and Mr.. Glasgow will withdraw
the demands Of the scale committee for
"a per cent increase in pay and urge
return Of the miners at the old rate
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
rrnEsrEr GET THE RABrT.

Pueblo. Col. Aug. l5.-A'ssouri "a
cdc local fremen working between ru-
ohIo a,a Horace. Kansas, went on strike
,o5av because they allege the equipment
vas not In safe condition. Twenty-Five
men are affected All Missouri Pacihe
traffic on this division is tied up.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
WEATHER FORECAST

Ohio, western Pennsylvania and West
virginia: Fair Monday; Tuesday cloudy
and unsettled, probably showers; no
change In tecnperaturo.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-14
THE INTELLIGEN CE r

Has the Largest Circulation of
Any Morning Newspaper in the
State of West Virginia.