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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-28

began to prepare for the final charge
They build another contriYance, ex-
actly like raft. of these immense
t.mbers It's dimensions were about
is by 20 feet
Preparatory to placing in the posi-
tion for which it was intended, they
built runway, consisting Of wooden
rails slanting from the gIound up to
the rim Of the stockade.
Two heavy steel cables were then
attached to the lower edge of the
raft. The ends of the cables were
fastened to huge pipes, called dead
men," and these were buried 10 feet
under ground to serve as anchors
To the two upward corners of the
raft, as 1t lay on the slanting rum
way, were attached two other cables.
These were passed up over the edge
of the stockade and gangs Of men
took hold of the ends
AT the signal they were to pull the
raft up over the top of the stockade
exactly as hatch Is pulled over a
hatchway on shipboard
u OPoutS
/ It so happens that this gusher does
rot run as a continuous fountain; but
comes in spouts Of oil like geyser
according to the pressure Of gas from
below.
Taking advantage Of lull, the men
on the ends of the cable gave a furi'
Gus pull; the raft scuttled ove- the
top of the stockade. the ends of the
cable were anchored to dead men, as
On the near side.
4 The old black geyser answered vita
la roar and q rush OF oil. The raft
was hurled upward to the limit of tns
/ cables, but hung there like a Shield
4 It didn't turn back all the oil: but i
4 caught a great deal of it and hurled
1 ii back into the pen.
THE pen, built by the stockade and
/ the alternate barricades OF sand and
brush, gradually filled with oil. Thi'
pen full Of oil acted as muffler fol
the fountain; because the gusher had
to force its way up through it tc
sEout
Pipe Line Was Rugged
A pipe line was rigged up to Tar
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tlis pen at one side, and from il the
cil is run into one Of the lakes.
The old gusher Is still hurting from
10000 to $4,000 barrels of oil day
into mid air, but BY reason of the
muzzle it now wears, the oil no long
er IS wasted in spray blowing all over
the county.
The popular theory about the oil
fields is that II is water, not gas,
which causes the gusher, that the oil
I-well Is connected with the under
ground flow OF the mighty ocean and
that The gushef pulsates in time with
tie ocean tides
| This well is owned by the Union
Oil company and by the following
Los Angeles mem r. ID. Wade, H. b
/ Dunlap, Jules Fried, Charles f. Off
They an state that not a drop ol
salt water hos flowed through the
! well and tAat the force behind the
OIL is purely gas.
/ 1t Is the theory OF these men thai
tine gusher has torn out large cav
Tern in the earth at the base Of the
lhole and that little danger exists o.
stones being hurled up the tube tt
stop UP the flow They state that in
! stead Of diminishing, the flow has in
creased in volumes as the gas has
/ enlarged the well.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-28

further attempt to drive down through
the caying oil sand.
The foreman reluctantly gave the
order to pull up the baler; the en-
gines were reversed Ii was a sur
render AS the engine began to pull,
they were surprised, however, to see
the rope suddenly go slack The en-
gine was not pulling a pound Some
force under the earth was hoistins
the heavy steel balr.
AS the baler came up through the
pipes, the heavy tools were blown up
against the crown block: a mighty
gush OF black oil burst from the bow
els of the earth, fling it high into
the air.
II you have ever seen the enormous
drilling tools they send down to chug
a path through the earth, you can
set anywhere near the well, which
tore up through that hole. These
drilling tools were held for a day,
pinned up against the crown block by
the force of the oil stream. The Sec
ond day, fierer gust from the
ground tore up the whole block with
a large part of the derrick.
AWestruck
For several weeks the engineers
stock back appalled,. They were afraid
to tackle the monster No one could
get anywhere scar the well, which
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-28

was blowing oil for miles out across
the landscape.
The first efforts were directed sim
ply toward catching and saving the
oil. 1t so happened that a large gang
Gf men with teams and pipe and tools
had been al work finishing the Mid
way end Of the pipe line from the
oil fields to the sea.
The day before the gusher blew out.
they had ended their work and We're
preparing TO break camp. They rush
ed at once to the scene and worked
night and day rigging pipe lines to
cary the oil away.
They diverted IL through pipes in
to improvised dirt reservoirs. They
dug zanjas that are still running WITH
rivers Of oil. They made lakes OF
oil. BY tremendous efforts, they saw
Cd nearly all OF the oil.
Strange to say, their only real loss
was when they sought to take safe
and conservative course. They rent
ed one sure enough, tame, house
broke reservoir from another com
4 Hey LuTHeu ou,uUU DdTfelS Ul OIL lnLU
1t; it sprang leak during the nighl
and all the oil ran down into the
depths OF th' earth again through a
big crack.
The rivers of Oil being under con-
troll, they began to make arrange
ments for the duel
BY this time, the gas demon was
breaking Jail. The oil well was not
sufficient as an escape valve. The
tube was bursting at the sides, down
underground, like an overstrained
steam pipe The oil was squirting un-
derground through the well AMI com
ing out at the surface in little foun-
tains.
The fist episode was to force the
geyser back into one channel Their
idea was to confine il to the one spout
and then make fight to cap the one
spout.
One morning. big gang of more
than 100 oil-drenched workmen. under
the command Of engineers. made a
rush on the geyser.
Working in tremendous cataract
OF crude oil, they threw up a barri
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cade Of brush. completely surround
ing the gushing we'll Inside Of the
blush fort they hurled tons upon tons
Of sand until 1t stood like bulwark,
Then more brush; more sand in an
alternating barricade.
The small outside leaking fountains
Of oil were thus smothered and the
demon underneath sent all his forces
into snort through the well again.
Man Won One Round
One round in favor of man.
Working like mad, in alternating
shifts, the workmen went sloshins
and slipping and half choking around
through the oil-soaked mud with heavy
lianks. These were lashed and nailed
and braced until a heavy planked
s1ockade completely surrounded the
well. The old gusher was penned up;
fenced in
Another round in favor of man.
Forcing The Cap
But the real fight was about to take
place. Putting a fence around hin
was all very well, but the next thins
was to force a cap down.
BY this time the frightful force thai
was diving up through the we'll seem
ID to have increased The power tha
they were about TO challenge was be
yond all calculation.
Their first idea was to put roo
over the stockade and thus turn bacl
the gush of the oil To actually cal
tie well with a steel pipe was neve
thought OF for minute. The force
was too stupendous.
Accordingly, they build an immens
roof, constructing Il on the groun;
and intending to free it down owe
the head of the we'll
The cap they made for this puT
pose was made Of immense timbers
l6 inches thick and wide The
lashed and bolted these together; pu
tremendous weight on it; hoiste'
the thing over the stocltade, and At
tempted to force It down apon th
open we'll Through those 16-inch TIM
bers the old geysef tore an immens
Jagged hoe and spouted gaily on al
before
At this point they drew back ant
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Marvellous Discoveries.

mark the wonderful progress of the
age, Air flights on heavy machines,
kilograms without wires, terrible. war
inventions to kill men. and that Won
der of wonders-Dr. Kings New Dis
coyery-to save life when threatened
by coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma,
Group, bronchitis, hemorrhages, hay
fever, and whoppng cough or lung
trouble For all bronchial affections
it has no equal. It relieves instantly,
It's the surest cure. James M. Black
Of Asheyille, n. c., R.R. No. 4, writes
1t cured him of an obstinate cough
after all other remedies failed. SOC,
and $1.00 A trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by all druggists
Read The Daily Leader want col
nmns for bargains.
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HOW CENSUS WAS PADDED
.snecial TO Daily Lieaaer.

Wichita, Kas., June 274-A litter OF
eight pigs, boasting Of fifty-four legs.
two of the animals having eight, two
seven and four six legs apiece, were,
according to a commercial salesmna,
listed as residents of Oklahoma City
BY an ambitious citizen, the fifty
four legs causing him to give credit
for twenty-seyen people to the enu-s
merator.
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1T cured me- orHIt saved the life.
OF my child" are the expressions you
hear every day about Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
This is true the world over where this
valuable remedy has been introduced
No other medicine lin use for dlar-
rhoea or bowel complaints has re-
ceived such general approval. the
secret of the success Of Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
is that it cures. Sold by all dealers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-28
THE HARDEST INDIAN LANGUAGE

Special to Daily Leader
Fort Sill, Okla, June 27-The hard
est Indian language 10 learn in the
lingo is the Apache. 1t Is said that
no white man and very few Indians
outside of the tribe are able to un-
derstand their gnttela utterances.
The tongue OF the lliowa is also hard
10 speak and is but little understood
outside of the tribe. On the other
hand the Cheyennes are said to speak
the most beautiful and simple Of In
dian languages. The universal sign
language is not only understood by
every Indian tribe in the country, buk
many of the old white settlers and
white scouts as we'll.
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Hutchinson, Kas. After trying
doctors and different medicines TOR
kidney bladder and rheumatic trouble
Halls Texas Wonder cured me. 1t Is
the best medicine On earth.--Walter
E. Perry, 20 S. Main st. Sold by all
druggists.
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Read The Daily Leader want col.
nmns for bargains.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
Beloved Leader of Union Min
ers Draws the Warning
.. Factions Closer.
MADE AN ADDRESS TODAY
DURING WHICH He POURED
SOOTHING OIL ON THE OPEN
WOUNDS OF DELEGATES CIV
EN- A GREAT OVATION.
fAmerican New. Service, !,

tAmerican News Service.)
Indianapolis. Ind. Aug. 1s.-John
Mitchell addressed the United Mine
Workers convention today on the fund
emental questions under discussion.
He spoke favorably to the demands
OF the Illinois miners, but advocated
concilliatory methods OF handling the
entire situation. He commended the
international executive board for at
tempting to arrange an agreement with
the aperatore in Illinois but opposed
the board making an attempt to revise
the wage scale without an Illinois man
on the committee which made the ar
rangements. He declared his belief
that the referendum vote taken in
Illinois was legal and should have
been counted and that Illinois miners
should not be forced to accept COM
promise which they did not want
Mitchell advocated more power for
state officers and less power for the
central government.
At the conclusion Of his address he
received grand ovation.
Mitchelrs address evidently drew
the factions closer together than at
any time since the trouble broke out.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
Man Who Flew with Passen-
ger Across the Channel
Meets Misfortune on Reach
ing London Suburbs.
WILL CONTINUE TRIP
WHEN CRAFT REPAIRED
John Moissant Of Chicago, Had
Only Made Five Ascents Be-
fore He Made His Remarka-
BILE Journey.
tAmerican News serviceY

London. Aug. 1S.-John B. Moiasant,
the American architect. came TO grief
today and narrowly escaped death
when victory was In his grasp, when
he fell in the suburbs OF London IL
ter reaching the British metropolis IN
his race from Paris for tho Daily
Mails $4,000 prize.
He came down in the city's out
skirts, three miles east Of Crystal Pal
ace. where he had expected to land
with his mechanican. Albert F,fleux.
whom he carried from France. In ~
tempting to continue to Crystal Pal
ace. where vast crowds were waiting,
something In his Bleriot monoplane
broke and he was pitched into m old
brick pit at Urchurch near Rainham.
The engine was fouled In the decent
and the propeller and part Of the
chassis smashed. but the driver and
his passenger were only slightly hurt
Moissant has wired for new propel-
Ter and will complete the journey. but
whether he will be awarded the Daily
Nails twenty-five thousand dollar
prize is problematical ~ the conditions
of that newspapers offer have Vppt
been fully defined. It was reported to-
day that the Daily Mail would not
award the prize to either Hubert Lat-
ham or Moissant, but for thousand
mile British circuit III 1g11.
His Remarkable Feat.
Moissant, who made only five -.
cents before he set cut Tuesday morn
Ing on the feat that has startled the
world has established two records that
will rank with the most daring feats
of the pioneer bird-man. Never be-
fore has the distance between Paris
and London. 225 miles by airline been
covered in an aeroplane. and never
before has 30 long trip been made
IN machine carrying two men. The
fourth to cross the English channel II
aeroplanes, Moissant outdid his pre-
decessors by carrying with him his
mechanican, Albert Fileux.
His running schedule for the trip
was:
Left Issy Les Moulineux. on the
fringe of Paris. 5:45 p. m. Tuesday.
Arrived Amiens. 7:45 a. N. Tues
day.
Left Amiens. $40 q. m. Wednesday.
Arrived Calias.. 7:15 =. M. Wednes-
day.
Left Calias, 1914 .. m. Thursday.
Arrived Deal. 4:55 .. m. Thursday.
Descended at Sittinghourne, Z, m,
but continued Immediately.
N. 0.sAAA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
GET new COSTUMES

The new costumes for the Eagles
lodge degree team were used last even
Ing In the final dress rehearsal In pre-
paration for the teams appearance in
competition tor prises offered by the
Grand Aerie at it, meeting in st. Louis
next week. Six Of the team members
are attired In tuxedo suits. In addi-
ton to the seventeen members OF the
team. the local delegation to St Louis
Willsbe accompanied BY . piano play
er and drummer. FRANKLIN Moore. the
delegate. Joseph Cook. and others. Mr..
Cook will 60 to Denver from st. Louis
and spend week there.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
German Duke Reaches New
York and Shocks Society
49, BY His Mission.
OUR GIRLS DELIGHT HIM
BUT HE IS REALLY NOT ON MAT.
RIMoNIAL MARkET-To VISIT
CHICAGO AND SAIL A YACHT At
NEWPORT. .e

New York, Aug. 1S-Duke Franz
Josef Michtel. Karl Marie Evariste
Quirmus Ottakar of Bavaria is calling
on America. He came to see the pref.
ty girls, to sail q yacht. and to shoot
. grizzly. He expects to find the
girls in New York The yacht is wait.
ing for him at Newport. and the griz-
Ely is prowling somewhere among the
tall spruces Of the Rockies.
There were other reasons, Of course
that impelled the young descendant OF
Charlemagne to come here. but he
mentioned the three as worthy of any
mans time.
The good ship Kronprinzessin Cece.
lie landed Duke Franz in~Hoboken. He
deposited his traps and suite Of solemn
servants at the Hotel Piazza and hus.
tied out 10 zee what he could see. For
. beginner, he put in . pretty lively
day. An automobile ride far beyond
speed laws, . stroll through Central
park, . visit to the Metropolitan Nu-
scum Of Art, . glimpse at Broadway,
and some pugilistic bouts ut night sup
piled him with his first Impressions.
Duke u Crack sIorseman.
The Duke Is q years old, . slim.
well groomed youth who seems partial
to English tailora He Is . trifle un-
der average height and II . soldier by
profession, holding . commission n
. lieutenant in the Kaiser's first regi-
ment Of Uhlans, and at home he is
known as Q crack horseman.
His Engijsh u hardly blurred BY
an accent and he permits himself to be
interviewed without difficulty.
The steamship officials placed hia
name and rank q ths top and apart
from the list Of notables travelling On
the Prinzessin Cecslie. but Duke Fran1
did not hold himself aloof from hi1
travelling companions He was seen
often IN the sm0king noon and many
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
The "Meny Widow Made Them Famous


Prince Nicholas. the ruler OF the
principality Of Montenegro. on the up
per left. and his family. who are all
about to be advanced In importance
by the assumption of the title OF King
by Nicholas. On his left is Prince Ba-
milo. the hero Of the gay piece Of roy
atty In the comic opera, THE Merry
Widow" On the lower left is Prince
xenia, daughter of Nicholas; next, an
other daughter who is now the Queen
Of Italy: and on the lower right is the
princess Milena, wife Of Nicholas, who
is the new Queen. The Kingdom Of
Montenegro is the smallest of the title
on earth. 1t has an area of 100 miles
by 80 miles and population OF about
250.O00.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
IN PROBATE COURT

John B. Stonebraker has filed suit
to partition property In Hagerstown
which he jointly owns with Mary Jane
Hindman and several others.
Hardin H. Peelle has filed . claim
on account against the estate Of Ar
thur Chairman. 1t amounts to $117s1.
James w. Jackson has qualified a
administrator Of the estate Of the late
George Scantland and has filed bond
for 5000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
FINISH FIGHT ON.

Oyster Bay, N. r.. Aug. 18.-Theo
dore Roosevelt will not indorse tho
Taft administration.
The final break between the presi
dent and his predecessor came with
the selection by the republican state
committee Of Vice President James 8
Sherman a. temporary chairman ol
the Saratoga convention.
These assurances came from On
absolute authentic source. There VIII
be no peace truce between Sagamorc
Hill and Burgess Point
Open warfare will be waged on the
"Old Guard" leaders In New York
state. Mr.. Roosevelt 10 going to for
get the past and look to the future
From now on he will fight for the pol
icies which were clearly defined dur
Ing his occupancy OF ths White House.
Tast's Hand 10 Seen.
That the plans to defeat Mr.. Roose.
velt for temporary chairman Of the
stake convention was outlined with
the knowledge. II not the approval o!
President Taft's closes: political ad
visers, u the Information which has
reached Oyster Bay from Q source
which cannot well be doubted.
The success Of tho "Old Guard" In
naming Mr.. Sherman has been herald
cd by the vice president and others
~ IN administration victory.
This has been sufficient to convince
Mr. Roosevelt that the president was
not kept entirely In the dark a. to
the plans OF Timothy L. Woodruff and
william Barnes. Jr.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
lines are drawn closely. and Mr.
Roosevelt has accepted what, II ID
said he considers to be open declara
tion Of war, Il 10 known that the form
or president will have no word OF
criticism for the man whom he chose
~ his successor in the White House
Candidacy May bs Forced.
Il will not be . surprise. however
to those who are close to Mr.. Roose
velt II he finds himself placed In such
Q position that he will be forced to
become an avowed candidate for the
prssidsut1al nomination in 1912.
Since Ais return from Africa Mr.
Roosevelt. has talked with scores oi
visitors Of all shades Of political op
inion. So far a. 10 known here he
hes uttered no word of criticism
against President Taft personally nor
against the administration's attitude
on important political questions. He
has not. 20 far a. is known. antagon'
ICED the republican state organization
leaders.
From what can be gathered here
TimeS:y L. Woodruff. republican state
chairman. who visited Beverly . few
weeks after the defeat by the special
session OF the legislature Of the direct
nominations primary bill. which had
the indorsement OF both Mr.. Roos >
velt and Mr.. Taft. hastened the break
between President Taft and Mr.
Roosevelt.
Aatehst Out For Roosevelt.
Mr.. Woodruff. It is said. pledged Il
Presidcnt Taft the New York delega
ton to the national convention Ia
1sl: In return for the presidents sup
port Of the N"old Guard" leaders In
the New York state campaign this
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
TO Be INSTRUCTED

Pedagogues. who win have their
first work this fall will meet in the
office OF County Superintendent c. w.
Jordan on Wednesday, September
and receive instructions. The num-
Der Of beginning teachers Il not
large. At this meeting they vim be
informed n to the proper manner to
conduct the classes and the amount
I0e work expected Of their classe&.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
VERY FORTUNATE
HOSPITAL WAS NEAR

George Jackson. Of North Eighth
street, climbed into . tree north
Of the Reid Memorial hospital,
Sunday for the purpose Of taking q
picture. A limb hid the object
from view. Mr.. jackson took out
his knife and cut the limb >off, but
II proved the one he had been sit
ting on and he dropped ten feet to
the ground, breaking his right arm
at the wrist.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
old VETERANS MEET
tAmerican News service,

Spartansburg. s. G.. Aug. 16-spaf.
tansburg extended hearty welcome
to the South Carolina Confederate vet
eraps. their wives. sons and daugh-
ters. who have gathered here In forcs
for the annual reunion Of tho grand
camp U. G. v. A large attendance
and an attractive program combine
to give promise that the reunion.
which will last two days, viii b one
of the most successful gatherings of
the veterans ever held In South Caro-
lima.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
OF the first cabin folk who made his
acquaintance found him an agreeable
companion.
Is Not Looking for Wife.

companion.
Is Not Looking for Wife.
The young man smiled good hu.
moredly when somebody else asked
him IL he came to America to find q
wife. 1t was not his intention to- get
married for some time, he said.
Would his rank preclude marriage
with 'commoner? Not at all.
1T would be necessary to secure
the consent of the prince regent, head
of our house." said Duke Franz. "But
would like to have it said that did
not come here to get married. I have
met few American women, but l hope
to meet many while I am here. They
have a charm that seems Irresistible
to some Of my countrymen."
He will stay two days in New York
and then will go to Newport as the
guest Of Mrs. Robert Goelet. He ex.
poets to visit Chicago.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-18
Ex.president Has Been Reused
to Action by His Turn.down
by the Republican State
Committee.
TAFT REGIME NOT TO
BE IND0RSED By HIM
Finger Of the President Seen
by Roosevelt in the Deal
that Robbed Him Of Honor
that He Sought.
american News service.)

New York, Aug. 1S.-That there 10
an open rupture between President
Taft and Col. Roosevelt II declared IN
special dispatches from Oyster Bay
correspondents to the New York Her.
ala, Sun and World. The selection
OF Sherman ~ temporary chairman
% the New York state convention Is
the basis for the breech. according to
these dispatches, which are alleged to
be founded on authentic Information.