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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09
OIL and 6lS

The National on and Gas Com
spany,s yell on the w. ]. Robinson
farm in Indiana township. Allesheny
county is proving fine producer ana
sustains the reputation Of the thirty
1oot formation for its staying Quali-
ties. For the twenty-four hours end
ing at q O'Clock Tuesday evening: the
Well placed $50 barrels to its credit.
AZ the same hour YESTERDAY morning.
the we'll had averaged twenty-rour
barrels an hour After the compile
ton Of the two additional tanks now
building. the well will be agitated and
! IT IS expected It's production will be
increased to a point equal to or high
er than at any time since it was
drilled into the pay. After the wen
had been drilled three feet deeper
into the pay last Monday evening the
production went up to fifty-five. par
;;rels an hour.
me well is so much larger than
anything. that has been found recent
~ IN Allegheny county that 1t is at
tracing much attention. Pittsburg on
orators have visited the we'll in nuni-
Soers and show an eagerness to se-
cure leases in that vicinity, but moth
ing near is to be had. The National
i0tl and Gas Company had been car
rytng and paying rental on the Robin
son farm for nearly two years. All
;of the, territory in the, vicinity Of the
th1rty-foot development had been uu-
DER lease number of times, blu; as
often surrendered without a careful
testing. Many ysilrs ago during the
evelopment Of the Dorseyville field,
which Is to the north the territory en-
bracing the new forty-foot develop
ment was all under lease. The clos
est thirty-foot development to the
new. located to the northeast, is that
at Unedrcliff in Shaler township.
Well Expected in Sand.
The next well to be completed in
the thirty-foot development is the
American Natural Gas Company's
test on the j. Haas farm, located $50
feet west Of the gusher. Yesterday ey-
Iening 1t was drilling on top of the
sand and expected to get the pay dur
ing the night. The location Of the
well is important, touching a prob
able producing streak at the point Of
its location Within week, Valley
and Company viii be due to get the
sand at a second test on the. George
Mason farm. about 500 feet southwest
of the Robinson farm gusner. ]
In the Evans City pool. Butter
couty, the South Penn on Company
has completed its No. 8 on the B. r.
White farm and has snow for a
twenty or thirty-barrel producer. OPP
e7.ations in the pool are fast drawing
to q close. There are still a few wells
drilling on town lots and several on
adjacent farms. The last town lot
completion proved a buster.
Fair Producer in West Virginia.
= In the Weir SAM development on
Blue Creek, Elk district, Kanawna
county. the Ohio Fuel Oil Company
has completed No. 90 on the Ed
ward Bebhart farm and it produced
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ABERDEEN.

Aberdeen, the home city OF the can
NEST Scotchmen in all that land OF
oats and heather. looks out upon the
North Sea where Scotland juts furth-
est into those troubled waters. 1t
Is seen best from the water and be-
cause Of the general impression it
gives it has come to be called the
silver city Of GRANITE"
The River Dee comes down out Of
the nils and sings many q lifting
song to the brae lads and lassies
along the way while the River Don
creeps through the lowlands, reflect
ing Scotch woods and inviting the
angler. Their mouths are near TO-
gether and Aberdeen has built many
q span from its native gray granite
beneath which they creep. likewise
OF this gray granite are built the
handsome houses that oyerrun its
nils and the municipal building in
It's center. which is the handsomest
in all Scotland and lifts It's tower
nearly 200 feet high. And this same
granite! Aberdeen makes into monu-
ments and NANTES and ships all the
way around the world, being as ia
nous for these products as for her
"fnnan haddie."
It is an old town and filed with
historic "reminiscences. Bruce loved
1t well andg- ranted 1t many priyi-
leges which 1t used with such ar
isurance that Wallace later hanged a
few of its leading citizens to teach
them their places. Mary, queen of
Scots, came here often and it was
from a easement window on Union
street that she witnessed the execu-
ton Of Sir John Gordon, and went.
At the time when ascetics were per-
petrating atrocities in Massachusetts.
Aberdeen was known as the witch
burningest" town in the world, hay-
ing 70 disposed Of twenty-four peo-
pie in a single year. Queen Vic
toria spent more time in Aberdeen
than any other in her kingdom be-
side London. It has been the most
fought over, oftenest conquered. vel
has remained the most truly Scotch
city of them all. Z
At Castle Gate fish wives wranele
tincessantly during the early morning
hours and there on Saturday niehf
gather the self-chosen philosophers
of the town and discuss matters OF
public import in Scotch dialect that
is for all the world like wood-saw
ripping open knotty timber.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09
Situation under Which Vacancy
Was Declared is Explained
to State Chairman.

I
Since the announcement made sew
jeral weeks ago by State Chairman
Thomas J. sherrard Of the Republican
executive committee that Virgil L.
Highland had been selected as the
committees choice for national com
mitteeman from West Virginia to
succeed William Seymour Edwards, a
letter has been received by Mr.. Sher-
rard from Charles D. Hilles, chair
man Of the national committee, ex-
planning the situation under which a
vacancy was declared in that commit
tee. !.
According to this letter, the re-
quest was made Of the state commit
tee to fill the declared vacancy In. the
national committee late Is the 1912
campaign
/ The letter Of Chairman Hil1es to
State Chirman sherrard Is as fol-
lows:
Returning today after months
absence, I find yout letter Of August
, 8, in which you discuss the proposed
selection of member of the national
committee by your state committee.
! You say that objection TO any action
| is being taken by those VINO contend
that William Seymour Edwards is
still the member from your state. You
ask me to advise you,as to the status
tof Mr.. Edwards.
"Mr. Edwards was elected mem
Der of the national committee by the
national convention in June, 1912,
having been reported for Membership
by the West Virginia deIegates. He
was one Of the members who did NOT
cooperate with the Republican ma.
tional committee In the campaign Of
1912. He publicly supported the
candidates Of another political party
and in doing SO contributed his aArt
to the defeat Of the candidates Of the
/ Republican party.
Seat Declared yacans,
4 "The Republican nat1onaI commit.
tee, at a meeting held in New York
during the progress of the cam.
Ipaign "a meeting attended BY a ma.
jority of the flfty-three members)l
took cognizance Of the refusal Of Mr.
Edwards to support the Republican
ticket and Of his aggressive adyocac,
OF an opposition ticket. The commit
\ tee decided that he had voided hi.
membership. Acting finder the au
ithority Of a rule adopted BY the ma
tionaI convention, the comynlttee de
eclared vacancy In its membership
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09
Touched "a the Raw.

Colonel Roosevelt's speech to the
men at the Plattsburg training camp
evidently touched the administration
on the raw. Secretary Garrison's re-
bnke to General Wood for permitting
the speech to be made is prompt
proctor this. 7S
We do not wonder. The doctrine
of preparedness has always been re-
pngnant to this administration, whose
sdrst idea OF the practical method OF
handling International disputes wa.
saxpressed in the, thirty-or was Il
nifty ?-Bryan arbitration treaties
(which have now become no more than
I 50 many SCRAPS OF paper" and which
ct no time were practicable. Their
/, most notable result thus far has been
to sanctify to Mr.. Bryan the desk
upon which he signed them, so thai
she took 1t away from the state de
spartment with hitn-and thus 40.
prived the government Of an historic
( piece Of furniture which time annt
really great man had already made
valuable but which now is denied tc
the sight Of patriotic Americans and
reposes at Fairview along with the
illuminated Invitations to dollar
dinners and the engrossed resolu.
lions from Chautauquas.
It is indeed remarkable thing
this rebuke, to General Wood, and
hardly applicable on any hypothesis
other than that a new definition 81
treason has been written into the Law
Y of the land by the presidents fiat, b.
which hereafter, no man is to be per.
mitted to express an opinion regard.
ling the state of the nation, II it ii
mot in consonance with that held b,
the executive The doctrine o.
alese maieste, so dear to foreign poten.
tates. could hardly go much farther
Il IN denying to Colonel Roosevelt the
tight to speak his mind to American
citizens w:lo are preparing for. the
national defense at their own ex.
pense the administration Is settine
up astheory entirely at variance with
the traditions Of this country. Tli.
country is not at war-though the
policy ofsthe administration has tend.
ed to bring rs ncrilously near to it
The men at Plattsburg were NOT qn.
der any oath of service. There was
no iiicitenent to sedition in what was
Bald Ito them, II the administration
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09
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EATS
nv EATS
The high liyer tinesn

ING hlEh liver DOESN'T always
have. lofty ideals.- proc. SNIP.
The manager Of Snigg and Snagg's
circus was worried All the lions. al
though their daily allotment OF meat
had been doubled, were losing weight,
most of them keeping alive by main
strength.
ut cant be that they've lost their
appetites. for they're always yelling
for food" mused the manager. .Iil
60 see doe Gobbles, the feeder. Good
ness knows hes grown fat enough
since l engaged him"
IL
Outside Joe Gobbles's tent, seventy
FIVE pounds of raw beef was reposing
IT was one days lion food.
Where's Joe?" demanded the
manager.
g He was jes' here minute ago.
answered Mrs. Gobbles. tHe brought
me this here meat to cook up for
roast beef sandwiches. guess you'll
ind him down at the sandwich
counter outside the grounds"
HI
That afternoon the papers carried
this three-column advertisement:
Don't miss tonight at the circus,
Don't miss the thrilling spectacle Of
q live feeder being thrown to the
lions. Positively only, at this perform
ance."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09

In the first two months Of the pre-
sent fiscal year. the administration
has incurred a deficit of S29, al7, IT'S.
Sfhe net balance in the streasury on
august 80 was $50, 72s, 742. as com
pared with balance Of $tt97 0l1 lis
on the same date two years ago
when Republican revenue laws and
appropriations were in effect.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09
state supreme court Of appeals. how.
ever. has granted a writ Of error, has
ing this on the rights Of possession.

ever, mas granted q WITH OF error, pas
ing this on the rights Of possession.
Gases are Appealed.
This indicates that these several
West Virginia cases when appealed
may hinge upon the famous case OF
the state against j. @. Gilman,
brought to trial in Barbour county
in 1889. It was held in this case
that Gilman kept liquor in his pos
session, which was doled out on or
ders for another. Gilman was con-
victed and fined, according to the law
of that county. But Gilman took the
case UP to the supreme court Of West
Virginia. and the decision was re-
versed, Judge Snyder, president OF
the supreme court, writing the de-
cisiop.
In the Judges decision he held the
fourteenth amendment Of the United
States constitution the basis for his
reversal Of the lower court. The
decision Of the supreme court held
that the right Of holding property
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09
III THURspAY. SEPTEMBER ., 1915,


An advertiser not only loses the
value Of his space when he permits
"a stale advertisement to run but he
loses estimation as a progressive.
There is nothing so abhorrent to up
fo-date people as to see things adj
yertised after they have passed into
history, 1t is hoped that the Clarks-
burg fair street streamers will not
he seen any more this year.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09
SEAT OF Mr.. EDWARDS
VACANT, SAYS I'LL I rs


from West Virginia and made public
announcement Of the fact. Theraaf-
ter the Republic;tl state committee
was invited to nominate a successor
to Ne. Edwards, the power 10 make
the appointment under the c1rcum-
stances above recited being vested in
the national committee.
Your state committee had not re-
sponded to the Invitation prior to De.
|cember, 1918, when the national
committee met in Washington to
change the basis Of representation in
the national conventions and Cover
nor Hatfield was. therefore. asked as
a matter of courtesy, to SIT as rep
resentative from your state.
1t will be in order at, any time
prior to the assembling of the 1916
convention for the West Virginia
state committee to. nominate a can
didate to fill the vacancy.
Refers to Party Practice.
II invite your attention to the pro-
Icedure Of the party from its incep-
ton respecting the appointment Of
the national committee. In the con-
vention Of 1856 each state delegation
reported the name of one Of its citi-
Gems to serve as member of the COL
mittee. The recommendations thus
made were confirmed and the gentle;
men named by the several states were
appointed accordingly. The success
aors to that national convention have
been the creators of successive ma.
tional committees and have named
the members thereof, whether by
confirming the nominations or sug.
gestions made by state delegations o.
state conventions, or otherwise.
"The specific authority unde,
which the committee acted in 1917,
when 1t declared q vacancy in Wesi
Virginia is embodied in resolution
adopted by the last nat1ona1 conven-
ton and Is as follows:
Resolved, That the Republican
national committee be and Is HEREBY
authorized and empowered to fill ali
vacancies in it's membership In what.
ever manner occurring, and the Re
publican national committee shall
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09

was inalienable. and that ifs o,,gs can
hold for himself he can hold forS an ~.
other; that the legislature may "a sS II
else restraint in the hold ding 81 rons
|erty for the protection % pubic
health, morals, etc, but thst Tie,
keeping Of liquors In ones p6ssas.
sion can not injure public health or
morals or operate against the safety
of the public and, therefore, cannot
be abridged BY police power.
May Fix Precedent.
This decision, many attorneys now
believe. will stand as preced ent ana
will be- cited in similar cases spending.
lin the state, and as read into the
code indicates that the constitutional
amendment as adopted by, the people.
regulated the sale and manufacture,
iof liquor within the state, but ala
not give the legislature power TO-
abridged the citizen IN his rights
adds interest to the cases pending
from Monongalia county, and they
will be watched very carefully
throughout the state:
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09

Il + y
letghty-tive barrels the nrsr twenty
four hours. In Duval district, Lin
coin county. the South Penn Oh
Company has confS leted It's NO. 81 on
the Horse Creek tract and has q 15-
barrel pumper in the Berea grit. on
Spring Creek, Spencer district. Roane
county, the same company has start
ed to drill No. s on the Douglass
heirs farm.
On Butchers Fork of Sand Fork.
Courtho use district, Lewis county,
Alkire and Muliady have drilled a
test on the Taylor Keith farm
through the fifth sand and to, a depth
of 2 $50 feet and have small gas
well. On Long Shoal Run. Center dis
trict. Gilmer county. the Philadelphia
Company has now drilled It's test on
the @ L. Snyder farm through all
sands and has duster.
The OIL Market.
The prices paid for OIL Of various
grades by the purchasing agencies
are:
PENNSYLVANIA .4.i.S...s.i. ST. so
Mercer, black .......... 1920
New Castle .....g........s.i.. 100.
Corning 3.... -. 4. LOG
Cabeu ..s.s. $50. ~. ..s......'.g... 1.20l
North Lima .s...l.3. .....s.. SO
South Lima Observation-Disclosures. 90
Princeton ..s............ .99I
Wooster .i........,..s....t 1.15
Indiana .........g....A.. $3.50. .S3.
Somerset ......'.g...s...3. 1.03
Ragland ........5...s.. $500. .65,
Illinois ....... ...3..g....;.s.... 80
Kansas ...s. .... So. .,......... rs
Oklahoma p. .............. rs
Corsicana, light. ..........s... 20
Corsicana, heavy ....s...f.... 40.
Electra ....,.. ..s....l.t 20
Henrietta .i.S.... ....i.S. .....;.,. 20
Healdton -. ..............,. go
Caddo, SO degrees ........... 80
Caddo, So degrees ........ 80
Caddo. 80 degrees /. ..s...,.l.... AS
Caddos crude .s.............. .35l
Canada az
Producers and Refners Company
quotes $3.50 for Pennsylvania crude.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09
lContinued from page one.)

brought into Monongalia county from
Point Marion basket containing
whiskey, properly labeled. The la
bel was put on in Point Marion, and
when Slxo was arrested 1t was found
that the amount in the basket was
less than the label called for.
The other two defendants were ar
rested for having 1iqyor in a hotel
When convicted Jenkins and Ems
aweller moved for appeal from the
Justice Of the peace decision to the
circuit court. but this appeal was Ia
ken within ten days and was denied
in the Monongalia circuit court. The
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09

Ecalpo 6ssr "a ~ aS III ii u, 4,
y NO Nii the people Should
re FORBIDDEN to iisten to ii. 10 e.
PeaA the Plattsburg speech evidently
touched the administration on lie
Eraw. IA
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09

Every home SVIfi7 i rl1one IS IS a a;
branch Of Weleh & Fullerton,
Druagists.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-09-09
Dollar w iists

Waists Of plain and embroidered
voiles. organdie and Swiss with
trimmings Of fine embroidery and
faces. Shown in large variety Of
styles in regular and extra large
sizes. Specially priced at s1.0O.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-03
OFFICIALS JOY RIDE IN
AUTOS PURCHASED WITH
MONEY OF THE TAXPAYERS
TIMES NEWSBOYS
TO BE GIVEN FREE
TICKETS TO FAIR

Arrangements have been made to
entertain tree of charge The Times
newsboys al The Michigan State fair
Saturday, Sept H. Through the
courtesy OF G +. Dickinson. secre.
tary OF the fair. there Will be tree
tickets for the boys TO the grounds
and 20 tho many splendid exhibits
These tickets may be procured In
The Times office any time up to
Saturday Sept. H.
There is so much OF unusual inter
est 10 boys promised in the various
departments of the fair this year
that The Times "newsies" may ey-
pect the time OF their young lives
IN visiting the big exposition,
The Detroit times., 1915-09-03
By UNITED PRESS.

BROWNSVILLE, Tex. sept a.
The Mexican bandits who killed two
Americans late yesterday have been
surrounded By American soldiers in
the thick brush near Fresno and are
battling for their lives. Reports
reaching here say three Mexicans,
two mon an da woman, have already
been killed in the lighting which
started after daylight Reports In
dicate that the entire band of fifty
or sixty faces annihiliation.
United States army ayiators To-
Gated the Mexicans, but have been
unable TO employ bombs because Of
the danger Of hitting soldiers. The
brush is so thick at this point that
it is impossible to see more than
three or four feet ahead.
The Mexicans camp, short dis
tance from Fresnos, was raided by
soldiers this morning, but the ban
dts were warned and had fed be-
fore the troops arrived. A large
humber of horses, mules and cat
tie. stolen from ranches in the vicini-
~ were recovered A quantity OF
dynamite also was found Aviators
The Detroit times., 1915-09-03
Insurance Mans Wife
Says He Wasn't
Model
STAYED GOOD FOR
ONLY TWO WEEKS
Then Slipped Into Old
Ways and She
Left Him

Without opposition, Mrs. Iva NJ.
Ayres secured a divorce in Judge
Murphys court. Friday morning,
from Clarence l.. Ayres, president
OF the Northern Life Assurance
Co, OF Detroit. on the ground of
extreme cruelty. They were mar
ried In 1902 and separated finally
last May, after Ayres had failed. ac.
cording to the wife's story. in the
effort TO make himself model hus
band. Mr. Ayres has two children
by a former wife; Mrs. Ayres has
none
Mrs. Ayres testified that her hus.
band WAS very profane around the
house. and wasn't particular as to
what he called her when he was
angry Ills pet names for her were
ALLEY cat" "whippersnapper" and
damn fool" she said
Their domestic trouble began, she
said. when her sister came to live
IN their home. During the two years
the sister remained in the home.
Ayres repeatedly tried 10 force his
attentions ON her until che WAS
obliged to leave to protect herself,
the wife testified.
Mrs Ayres told OF an occasion
last summer when, after dinner
in a friends home. Ayres uphraided
her because the dinner had kept
him from a business appointment,
CCoutinued on Page Twelve
The Detroit times., 1915-09-03
MRS. MOHR AT
FUNERAL OF
HER HUSBAND

PROVIDENCE, r l.. Sept 3d.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Mohr, who was
freed on bail last night, today at
tended the funeral of her husband
Or c. Franklin Mohr. whose murder
she is charged with having planned.
All arrangements for the funeral
were directed by Mrs Mohr, who,
since the mysterious shooting OF
her husband and his Office assistant.
Miss Emily Burger, last Tuesday
night. has displayed a calm nerve
that has surprised even her friends.
The accused woman herself denied
herself 10 newspapermen today, but
through her attorney reiterated her
statements that the stories told by
the three Negroes now held for the
actual murder are "a pack OF lies"
Mrs. Mohr even attended TO the
sending out of invitations for the
funeral services, which were prI-
vate She sent one invitation to
Charles NJ. Mohr, Dr. Mohr's son
by his first marriage, with whom It
was reported she was not on friend.
ly terms.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-03
DESPAIR OF
BULGAR AID
Allies Practically Give
Up Hope Balkans
VIII Enter War

PARIS. sept Diplomats here
have almost abandoned hope OF OBJ
tanning Bulgaria. early entrance
into the war despite optimistic dis
patches from Rome and Athens
The text OF Sprba's answer 20 the
AUcs request That she cede Mace
doua 90 Bulgaria has NOT been
made public Because of the silence
In official quarters lt ia understood
that Serbia refused % make suai
cicut concessions 90 induce Bul-
gsria 90 depart ram her course Of
neutrality Serbia was willing to
cede SOME territory and both Greece
and Rgmlna expressed willingness
10 join n O. Balkan conference TO
consider IS rcs. Jon of fhe treaty ot
bucharest but bulgaria insists
upon deaHt, plcdga,
htb,as dispatches This week have
contained ou.y slight hints to
thr controyore between Greece
and Turkey over the reported mis-.
treatment ot Greek residents of
Asia Minor THE Greek censor is
believed Go have rur the BAN on
press messages, pending the issu.
arce of formal stucmeut hy the
government
The Detroit times., 1915-09-03
Rev. John Wellington
HOag Is Sport
Enthusiast
ARRIVES TO TAKE
NEW PASTORATE
Says Religion Isn't
Losing Ground in
United States

Brown as an autumn leaf. and
carrying two bags OF golf clubs. the
Rev John Wellington Hoag, the
new pastor OF the Woodward-aye
Baptist church. arrived in Detroit,
Friday morning, 10 assume his
duties
Pastor Hoag did not make any
revelations Of startling plan He
said that he would like TO become
better acquainted with his church
before he made public any scheme
OF action. But the Rev Walter D.
Howell. his assistant. remarked
mir. Hoag is too modest. There
will be campaign this fall. and a
big one"
MIR Hoag merely smiled at Mr.
Howell's enthusiasm.
THE church plant is a big one.
and understand that the people
OF the church want II used" he
said.
IL am glad 10 come 10 Detroit.
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