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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29

Y Oullnutu from rage OnC,)
varied from 22j,OOO, as given by r.
NJ Mrlarlin, president Of the Nc
Man oil company. ana 25O,00 given
by Al Watts, formerly umpire in the
Gushing field. Every witness exam
incd believed that the highest produc-
tion had been passed several weeks
ago and that the neld was rapidly de
Clinlng 1t seemed to be the con
scnsus OF opinion that the demand for
oIl was steadily Increasing and would
continue. Additional pipe line fqcil-
tiles will be supplied by June /, wit
ncSscs dccl2r'd to take care Cf every
barrel of oil produced in the field and
an increase IN the price is certain to
follow.
An air Of optimism p6ryadcd the
entire meeting and every witness,
whether an advocate of conservation
or not declared that TO restrict pro-
duction in tho Gushing field would bt
a mistake ut this time, as the situation
there was rgntng itself very rapidly
lIowcver several witnesses told the
commission that they believed the
commission should promulgate drill
ing regulations that would prevent in
case another large field should bCodis-
covered a repetition of the Cutting Of
the market such as was caused by the
Cushing field.
Those who testified we're: r. NJ.
Mctarlin. president Of the Mc-Man
company; Al Watts formerly Cushing
umpire; d. J. Kelly president of the
Manhattan oil company; J, J. Ma
roney, editor of the Okmulgee Demp-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29

1T is all on a Competitive basis"
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responded the witness, (which is
sharper ando keener than ever"
He declared that the cost of pro-
ducing oil in the Gushing ned was
ten cents per barrel
AL Watts formerly umpire in the
Gushing field, was the next witness
called. He declared that the highest
production mark was reached early
in last March, when it reached 3lO,,
600 barrels. In answer to Attorney
General Freezing he gave the follow
ing figures on pipe lines serving the
ruGbinU fial1
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29

clared he had not made cent out
side the oil business for 81 years, was
the next witness called. lie gave
some very Interesting oil statistics and
declared that II was now too late to
take any action i'm the Cushing field
but had some action been taken at
the proper time we would not have
40 cent oil today.
Asked what would be "a fair price
for Cushing oil under present cOndi-
tiOns, considering the COnsumptive de
mand Of the world, he said it should
De at least one dollar per barrel
The average cost Of production per
barrel, he thought was from fifteen
to twenty cents. Asked what he
thought caused the decline in price
he declared it, was due TO the great
increase in production without adc-
quatc transportation facilities.
He gave some very optimistic fig
ures as to the worlds consumption of
oil, declaring that exports for the past
February greatly exceeded those Of a
year ago, with neither Germany nor
Austria taking a barrel of oil from
the United States
MOrOncy of OkmulgcC,
J. j. Moroncy editor Of the Ok
mugee Democrat and one of the
fathers Of the conservation bill was
next called. and he gave some inter
oating theories on what could be ac-
complished by the law. but admitted
that he did not think it would be
practicable to apply the law TO Cush-
ing at present. He said he should be
worked out so that repetition of
the Gushing condition could be made
impossible.
Questioned closely by Chairman
Love Of the commission as TO the
rights of the mass Of people In the oil
business, Mr. MarOncy indicated that
it was the purpose Of the bill to equal
izc Affairs Of the oil men
Mr.. Maroney and Sam Fitzpatrick
of the Prairie engaged in colloquy
as to the prices Of crude oil as COM
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29
Wrightsman Examines Watts.

Here recess was taken for lunch
and the hearing was resumed at 1870
with C. II. Wrghtsman examining
Mr.. Watts
b. J. Kelly, president Of the Man
haitian oil company, which operates
in the Usage. was othe next witness
called. While not familiar with situa %
ton at Gushing except in a general
way, Mr.. Kelly thought It would be
a mistake for the commission TO take
any action in the Gushing field. as the
situation there was slowly rishting
itself
Mr.. Henshaw intimated that IT was
the intention of the legislature I'm
passing the law that it would not be
applied to present developed fields,
but was to be used in preventing an
other Gushing situation.
Mr. Kelly thought that the situa-
ton would improve i'm the next couple
Of months and that the demand for
oil would be materially increased.
j. H. Evans, vice president Of the
DcvOnian oil company, the next wit
ness, testified first about the shrink
age in stored oil as TO the waste pro-
vision Of the law He said that a
gauge of stored oil from April TO
February Is showed about a two per
cent loss in quantity and one degree
i'm gravity
lie declared it cost about five cents
per barrel to bring oil TO the top Of
the ground in the Gushing field and
considering all expenses the cost OF
production per barrel ranged from
fifteen TO twenty cents.
Durham TcstficS.
Walter Durham, the greatest oil
statIstician in the country, who de-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29
Charged with Horse Stealing.

STVrT1I u Inc WOrIU
DRUMRIGHT. April 2S-Rob
Frazier, charged with horse stealing
at Okmulgee. was arrested here Mon
day and taken to Okmulgee. He ad
mitted the theft saying he had sold
the horse in Cushing.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29

cHat, ]. II. Evans. yiCe-prcsident of
! The peyoniin OH company. Walter
Durham. oil statisti,iau. f. T. Perk-
( ms Of the Quaker OH 4 Gas co. and
Herbert u Mason rrprrseuting ,
number of i'm lrprr1rut rrnrrr.rs
Attorney General Prince Fr.sItns
| did much IF th.. .,N.min,ti.p nf Nil
,sses. aIth .ueh ,,.r, member or the
commission took hand m timcs'
other attoru.,s .v.h, ..y,p,ir,5 v.it
uos~cs v,r.. s,", p,tri''i ,s ,,.
. Prairie G.nrr.. ,.r.., ~ ',. r,r.,
cana p.rrnI.uu .,,,,.,,,.
Wriphts,,,r M -,,I... o ,
Of TuI,l and thor. '''''''> ~ '''''
''"i'' "l state Interested.
The hearing was called to order
0rompN at 10 O'Clock Ly Chairman
Love # TN, commission. who cx-
piainou that the conservation law was
not to sott, differences between oil
men. but .hIt tn, p.nuIo mn r.r,T,l
also .tl Soma f....Ht. ftt ..I t..l .ly
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29

Mr. Watts said that in his opinion
the south end or old pool was now
producing about one hundred fifteen
thousand barrels and the north end
about fourteen thousand and that
S00,O0O barrels were going into steel
storage each week.
He admitted that oil in storage had
tendency TO keep the price from
going up, but that the new lines now
building would bring about an in
crease in the price. lie said that
there was feeling among the pro-
ducers that the price is steady and
getting better and that by September
every barrel would be taken care Of.
Mr.. Henshaw-"Wha order would
you suggest should be made"
Mr.. Watts-"None at all. The
Gushing situation is righting itself" "
Mr.. Henshaw-"Do you think we
should prevent the storage OF oil
above the market demand" A."
Mr.. Watts-"I think the Gushing
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29

producers will store and hold their
excess oil for better market, which
will give the pipe lines chance 10
increase their runs and take all the
oil produced outside Of the Cushing
field | would not recommend any
order "
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29

ptred wf'h the prices paid by the
consumer for refined products which
was ended when Chairman Love called
a halt TO the line of evidence.
Asked by Mr.. Heushaw to state
whether shutting down of the wells
would create more waste than the
tanklng Of 1t, he replied that hc
thought it might be advisable to pro-
hibit the shooting Of some Of the
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29
The Law, by Mason.

Herbert y. Mason, attorney of
Tulsa, representing number Of indie
pendent refiucrics, gave his ideas as
TO what effect the law might have on
the refincrics. He declared that the
decrease in sthe price Of crude had
been followed by proportiOuatc de
crease in the prices received by the
refiucrics for their products. but ad-
mtted that the price paid by the pub
lie for refined products might not
be proportiOnatc to the price Of
crude.
lie suggests that I'm order not TO put
premium on business saglcity that
the commission instead of making a
refinery take oil ratably from all
leases served by their lines. allow the
producer with offset wells 10 property
owned by a refinery TO tank their oil
He said IL was necessary for rCfiu.
cry 10 own production I'm order to pro-
tcct their contracts
+. T.. Perkins of the Quaker oil &
Gas co. was the last witness of the
day His testimony dealt largely with
the effect of shutting i'm wells and of
ehpoting them
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29
Rules for New Pools.

ilfIt MI. IltllNlldN lllllllldltu llldl
the commission did not intend to take
any action against the fields already
proven, but were seeking some rules
to prevent repetition of the situa
ton at Cushing.
Mr.. McFarlin declared that through
H. OVerproduction at Cushing the
market capacity had been doubled,
which may prevent another such con-
dition as that which arose at Cushing.
I'VE might have made more money"
he said, by drilling slowly, but by
drilling the field up rapidly we have
increased the marketing capacity"
In answer to question by Attor-
ney General Freezing he said that the
highest production in the Cushing
field was reached about sixty days
ago, when it went up to 100000 bar
rels, and said that conditions had
been Improving ever since the decline
began.
Mr.. McFarlin gave the following
figures on pipe lines serving the Cush-
ing field
Prairie $4,000, Texas 1900, Gulf
1900, Cosden 10000. Millikin 10000.
Okmulgee 5000, Mc-Man (building)
10000. Oklahoma tbulding) 10000,
Refinery lines 1900, Pierce 1000
lie said that about one hundred
eighty thousand barrels was being
carried out of the field by pipe Rnes
each day and that the balance by rail-
road and being tanked.
lie said his companys production
had been falling off at the rate Of
1000 barrels per day for the past 20
days.
He declared there were now about
seven hundred fifty wells in the field
and that "A total Of / 600 would driIl
up the entire field.
Sam Fitzpatrick, attorney for the
Prairie here asked the witness IL it
was not a fact that there was now
keener competition for oil among the
purchasers than ever before in Okla
homa.
On Competitive Basis.
1T is all on competitive basis"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-29
Can't Shut In Wells.

He said it undoubtedly would be
injurious to the flowing wells in
Gushing to shut them i'm and said
that If the wells were shut I'm it would
probably ruin the entire field by the
spreading water and by running the
gas pressure.
lie said that by shooting a well they
could produce so per cent more oil
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-02
ALL GERMANY IS CUT
 OFT FROM THE WORLD
No More Ships From Any Place Can Enter Ports of
 TeutOnic Allies.
ALL GERMANY SHUT OFF

WASHINGTON, March 1-The governments of France and Britain notified the United States govern ment formally today that all shipping of all kinds to and from all countries and Germany is to be stopped The allied governments will hold all cargOeS but will cOniScae only contraband The prohibition of shipping starts to- day. The notification of the two allied powers says dis tncty that ships of any kind will be permitted to enter Orleaye German ports during the It is believed that the United States department will protest against this procedure. It is already known that Britain and France will be asked by this government to show how such gen. era blockade be enforced 1t will also be asked what disposition will be made of the cargOes detained The matter of trade between this country and Germany and Austria has nOw therefore, come to crisis and gloomy fOrebOdingS being voiced all hands The loss Of
 trade to the United States by the complete blockade of the TeutOnc nations will be tremendous and there some doubt to whether the allied powers can make such blockade effective Germany and Austria can still secure supplies from Scandinavia Holland, Italy ROumana, Bulgaria and Turkey without having such trade exposed to the allied fleets The blockade declaration is taken to mean that the allies have come the conclusion that some other means than fighting must be resOrted to bring the war to successful conclusion This is all taken to mean here that there be hope entertained of an early ending of the struggle unless the allies succeed in starving out the hostile nations and the process IS expect
 ed to take long time. The newspapers in the eastern states generally suggest this reading of the move by the allies and point out that the victory of the allied
 ons and the cOnquerng of Germany depends entirely whether Germany can support herself not
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-02
NEW YORK AVOIDS AWFUL FATE
ANARCHISTS PLOTTED THE RUIN
 OF AMERICA'S GREATEST CITY

the homes of Rockefeller, Carnegie, the Vanderbilts and the other great houses of the wealthy.
 Then was to have come the footing of banks and business houses and on the whole the facts as disclosed seem to surpass the most diabolical imagin- ation. The authorities fortunately found out something about the con spiracy some time ago and for three months the detectives have been work ing on the case. One detective actual ly lived with the bomb manufacturer and appeared as one of them. To his work is due the fact that when the bomb was laid in the cathedral, the act which was to mark the beginning of the reign of terror, there were a score of detectives present and the bomb was extinguished The princi- pals have been arrested but hundreds are involved in the plot and a round- ing up will follow. The full particu- lars of the plot have not yet been giv- en out by the authorities.
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-02
IN THE DARDANELLES

ATHENS March 2-It is reported that the bomb bardmen of the Dardanees forts has been resumed by the allied fleets Opinions here to differ to the possibility of forcing the famous channel The fleets have not yet reached the narOwes part of the channel They are said to be in range of Tchanak Kaess but it is assu ed that the Turks will bring up guns from the Asia Minor side of the passage before giving up fact which indi caes that Turkey not feeling safe is that she gather ing force of hundred thousand defend the cap ta It has always been understood that the Dardanees had been prepared with mines for any such attempt that which is now being made by the allied fleets but information has arrived here that would indicate the loss of any allied ship engaged in the attempt to reach the of Marmora Should the fleets reach COnsantnOpe and fail to reduce the Notifications there at both sides of the Bosphors they might be placed in very serious predic ament in attempting to get out The general opinion here iS however that the allied admiralS have full knowledge of the conditions md are not taking any chances The venture is being regarded throughout the Balkans with profound interest the fate of Turkey in Europe means so much to all of us.
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-02
NEWS NOTES

Al Roberts has arrived from Mile 28.
 Miss Ruth Dean arrived in the city last evening.
 The city attorney has informed the council that it has no power to prevent saloons from running lunch counters.
 Half the men in town are mentioned in one way or another as probable candidates for election to the city council. Some who have declared privately that they will run display fine wounded dignity when they are asked by reporter to declare them selves.
 Dan Sutherland, who has been elect ed president of the territorial senate, is very popular. His right name is Donald Sutherland but even his clos est friends hardly know that fact or the other fact that he was born in Canada. He was United States mar shal for the First division but his Op- ponents got his scalp. He has been a prominent mining man in Fairbanks, Nome and Ruby but is particularly known as the right hand man Of James Wickersham par excellence. He is still young man, perhaps in the early forties and was married at Idita- rod about four years ago to a very popular lady.
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-02
MIG GANN LEADS
 IN NOME VOTE
MAY CONTEST ELECTION ON GROUND OF ESKIMO
 VOTING.

NOME, March All but a few precincts have been heard from and Thomas McGann leads in the polling for the place in the territorial senate made vacant by the death of Senator Bruner The voting is McGann 455, Anderson 4O2, James 367. The Ander- son campaign committee is already making plans to contest the election of McGann on the ground that there was a wholesale voting of Eskimos at Unalakleet and St. Michael. And erson and James are both in Seattle. Each of them ran in the last election and split the vote so that Aldrich was the winner. The same splitting of the vote is responsible for the heading of the poll by McGann who was the candidate of the labor men and receiv- ed the votes of the socialists and lab orites sOlidly.
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-02
WILL NOT CALL
 EXTRA SESSION
PRESIDENT MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT SEVERAL
 MATTERS.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-Presi- dent Wilson stated finally today that he would not call an extra session of congress. In this statement he in- cluded an expression of his views on various matters. The most import ant fact mentioned by him was that he will continue his efforts to make belligerent nations respect American shipping of a non-contraband nature. He regrets the failure to pass some of the measures on which he had set his heart but he sees no help for it unless by a change of sentiment that might come before the meeting of the next congress.
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-02

NEW YORK March 2.-An attempt to blow up St Patrick's cathedral this morning has resulted in the discovery of a plot by anarchists that surpasses the most blood thirsty and destructive conspiracy of modern times. Tine bomb was placed in the cathedral while 800 people were in the great edifce, but thanks to the vigi- lance of the New York police, the bomb never exploded and a frightful catastrophe was averted. The aV- tempted destruction of the cathedral has caused the disclosure of all the facts connected with the gigantic con spiracy. It was matched by anarchists here and was meant to bring about the killing of capitalists and the pillaging of the city. The wrecking of St. Patrick's cathedral was to have been the signal for the commencement O. the work of destruction. The explos- ion of the bomb in the cathedral was to be followed by the destruction of
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-02
KING THURMAN'S BODY
 FOUND IN A CABIN
Mystery of Man Missing for Several Months has been Clear
 ed Up.

The body of King Thurman was found in a cabin in the ChickaloOn Flats on Febraury 27 by Jack Powell. The body was terribly decomposed and the finder decided not to touch them Thurman had been missing since last July and many efforts were made to ascertain his fate. It had been sup posed that he had a cabin which he used for hunting purposes in the Flats but none of the searchers seem to have gone that way Jack Powell and Dune Little were trapping and hunt ing in the neighborhood last month and Mir. Powell seeing the cabin de- cided to look at it with a view to spending the night there. On entering he saw the body of Thurman lying in the bed with one arm doubled up be- meath it. The remains were in so hor- rible a state that it was decided not to touch them and the government will probably arrange immediately to have the man buried.
 Fred Bunce brought the news of the gruesome discovery to the city last night.
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-02
HAS ONLY TWENTY SIX
 DOLLARS IN THE BANK.
City Council Passes Ordinance Pro- viding For the Election of
 Night Watchman.

It was announced last night that the city has only twenty-six dollars in the treasury and discussion took place as how expenses were to be met until some more money arrives. License money and delinquent taxes are soon to come and in the meantime the mat ter will be fixed up some way by the finance committee although the fixing up might mean borrowing money from the bank, which, considering the past history of the pre- ent council, looks very suggestive of Nemesis.
 The council will meet next Monday again. The city ordinance providing for the election of night watchman passed it's third reading. There were so many amendments to the new elect ric franchise that the matter was put over for a week and a new franchise will be drawn up. The bonds have been raised from fifteen hundred to twenty-five hundred dollars. The creation of an election board was not proceeded with last night and may be left until the last meeting of the cOun- cil if the council so desire.
The Seward gateway., 1915-03-02
ASK R. R. WORK FOR LOCAL MEN CITY COUNCIL ENDORSES AC- TION SUGGESTED BY
 GATEWAY.
SEND IN ALL THE NAMES
MOVEMENT BEGINS TO GET
 EMPLOYMENT FOR ALASKANS.

At the City council meeting last night movement was inaugurated for the purpose of securing work for all the unemployed of this district when the construction of the railroad begins or when the preliminary work even is started. The city council has given it's sanction to the matter and will directly correspond with the rail- road commission or whoever else might be the proper parties to show that there is no necessity for shipping men in here until the present supply is exhausted. In the meantime all who would accept work in the rail- road construction are asked to send in their names to E. O. Sawyer at Ben Labaree's office so that the city council may be able to let the officials at Washington know exactly how many men can be depended on here. This list will, of course, embrace all the men in this district, Knik and all places where the men can be secured without difficulty by the railroad builders.
 Mir. Sawyer brought the matter up before the council last evening. He stated that he had got the idea from the Gateway editorial of yesterday and that the matter was one well worth following. A member of the railroad commission told him last summer that men had been shipped in because it was doubtful whether enough men could be secured here. To facilitate matters MT. Sawyer of fered his service gratis to secure the names of all men who would take work under the commission so that a list could be sent to Washington to show the number that could be sup piled here. Strange to say two mem bers of the council expressed the be- lief that it was better to postpone the matter. They seemed to think that it would make the people of Seward look as if they were assuming too much. One member of the council actually went the length of saying that "they might think we wanted to build the railroad instead of them" Dr. Daggett pointed out that inform ing Washington of the number of men that could be secured here would real ly be information to the railroad build CTS and would be actually a courtesy. The mayor and Councilman Patton agreed warmly with the proposal and it was finally decided to take action next Monday when Mir. Sawyer will present Che names of the workers to the council. All members of the cOun- cil at the wind up seemed to favor the movement notwithstanding some thing that looked like a misunder- standing in the beginning.