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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-01
EIGHTEEN PEOPLE INJURED
When Explosion Blew Holes in SYRIA
cuse Factory.

Syracuse, n. Y, April Eighteen
persons We're injured, three probably
fatally, by an explosion of gases in the
carbolie acid plant of the Secet-Solvay
company, early last evening.
The force of the explosion was ter
rifle. The brick and steel walls and
roof of the building, which was 200
feet deep, were shattered, and hundreds
of windows in the immediate vicinity
broken. Residences on the heights OF
Syracuse. five miles distant, were shak-
en- and dishes ratified. For time peo-
pie feared there had been an earthquake.
Practically every man in the place
was injured. One was thrown through
the roof
Officials, who estimated the property
damage at $4,000, attributed the ex-
plosion to spontaneous combustion.
The night shift had been on duty for
about two hours. They were scatter
ed in groups throughout the building.
Without warning, blue flame, as
it was described by some of the in
jured, starting from the east OF the
plant, swept through the air like flash,
blowing great patches in the walls ana
tearing the roof away.
The detonation brought hundreds OF
employees within the yards to the scene
and a hurry call for doctors and ambu-
Iances was sent in. Work of rescue oe-
cupied only few minutes.
Within half an hour the ruins had
been cleared of injured men and the
patients were receiving first aid in a
temporary hospital. In majority of
eases the men were burned about the
face and arms and hands. In only one
sase was an injury apparently due TO
falling building material Charles Grip
pen, at work on the ground floor, was
blown through window and against
the side of box car standing outside
he building.
A remarkable feature of the accident
was that expensive apparatus was en-
-irely unchanged.
Officials stated later that the accident
vas due to the escape of gas from
he apparatus used in the manufacture
,f carbolic acid. Employees also said
hat strong odor of benzol gas was
in the plant shortly before
he explosion occurred.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-01
SIGNS WITH BRAVES.
Fletcher Low Of Arlington, Mass, a
Dartmouth Student.

Hanover. y H. April Fletcher
Low Of Arlington. Mass. crack short
stop Of the Dartmouth college team last
season. Yesterday signed contract 10
rlav with the Boston Nationals tie
viii Join tie team after ms graduation
in june Iow's connection with q semi-
professional team lsst summer resulted
Is his disqualification hv the college
afhletir ant tngritie. rnrcntIK.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-01
DUTCH CARGO BOAT
SEIZED BY BRITISH
There is Suspicion that the Vessel Has
Been Supplying German Sub
marines With Oil.

London, April l, 1921 p. ma dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph COM
psny from New Haven, a port on the
English channel in Sussex, says large
Dutch cargo boat, the Lodewijk van
Nassau, has been brought into New Ha-
ven by two British torpedo boats ssder
suspicion of having been supplying Ger
man submarines with fuel oil. The tor
pcdo boats captured the vessel near
Brighton, after sharp chase.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-01
19 ON FRENCH SHIP
LOST THEIR LIVES
The Emma Was Torpedoed OFF Beachey
Head on Tuesday and Two Surviv-
ors Were Landed To-day.

London, April 1.-THE French steamer
Emma was torpedoed on Tuesday by a
German submarine off Beachey Head.
The Emma was bound for Bordeaux and
10 OF her crew were drowned. Two
members of the crew were brought into
Dover to-day, having been picked up in
the channel. Two bodies also were re-
covered.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-01
GRANTED A PARDON.
Ernest 7. Hoyt of Kittery, Me, Had
Served Half Of Sentence.

Augusta Ne. April After serving
half Of sentenee OF six months in the
York county Jail At Alfred for careless
ly killing a human being while hunting.
Ernest l. Hoyt Of kittery was granted
a pardon by tie governor and council
yesterday Hoyt's victim was Harry
N Hams. companion. and the affair
baFpcned near kittery Point last Octo-
bar. Counsel for the petitioners at yes
ttr3sy'- hearing conttnded that the
shooting was purely accidental
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-01
BAN. REORGANIZATION.
Bill is Prepared for Presentation to N. H.
Legislature

Coucord y ~ April l.-Couferees
representing the B0ston a Maine rail
road and is LEASED lines have agreed upon
q draft 81 q bill for tire reorganization
III the Boston a Maine srd the measure
vii b. presented a. tire House Judiciary
t,ora-riitps to-day. The biH aut lsorized
tle railroad g. hrs capital ste,k 81 any
1 all lsased lines or consolidated with
any of them under certain restrictions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-01
GETS OLD POSITION.
lanes B. DOnoway Appointed Municipal
Court Judge at Middlebury.

Governor Gates has appointed Jsmes
R. Donoway a. judge Of the municipal
court for Addison county 81 MiddlebuTy
and George {. Frye of the municipal
court Tor Caledonia county at II. Johns
bury. Thus Mr.. DonOway returns n
the position which he occupied when
Governor Fletcher appointed INN 70 the
superior court bench. following which So
fifn tae courts were reorgsnized aga n
bv the legislature and Judge DonOssy
vas displaced
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-01
TURKEY CONCENTRAT-
ING AT ADRIANOPLE
Action is TAKEN TO Mean Preparation in
Event of Declaration of War
BY Bulgaria.

Sofia, Bulgaria, via London. April /,
ll;l0 =. m.--The concentration OF Turk
ish troops at Adrianople, the nearest inn
portant town to the Bulgarian frontier,
is interpreted in Sofia as a Turkish
measure of precaution, in the event Of
war with Bulgaria. In addition to this
concentration, Turkey is increasing its
artillery on the Adrianople fortifcs-
tion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-01
tcoaanusa on fourth pagc.)
nRyEsr MAEcH IN o. YEARS.
Hardly my Precipitation Has Seen Re
cc1ses Sircs FEB. IS.

Boston. April The month ia. end
I'd wac tie dfyest period known IT, this
seci .on IN al ieast ~ years according
10 local weather bureau rrcords. vlieh
90 back to ISIS. Only a trHce ~ uois-
ture VAS rsccrced IN March ana tBe last
previous preeiVitafion Eas O. Feb. -.
Slight showers hatc beeH Itr.ort "a in
outlying districts. aud some SNOW las
fallen iu northern New England. bat
within a radius of D. Eiles from this
city there has been practically no pre-
eipitati1n
The drFest rresioas month was April.
Is44. waen thars was % Of an inch
af rainfall iu Ss4trmb7r 1914. the pre-
eipitation was onlF p oi ar inch.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11
POLITICAL ASPIRANTS
FOR DISTANT GOAL

Oklahoma City Aug -1.-Friends
Of Justice G. A. Brown of the su-
preme court of Oklahoma have SHE'D
his hat into the ring as a democratic
gubernatorial candidate. The first in
timation came about a week ago from
the Elk City News-Democrat The
motion meets with hearty second
from Calvin NJ. Rosser o. Gotebo
The ws-Democrat makes this nomi-
mating speech: 1--WE rise to nomi.
nate a man whom the people of the
state have known for many years,
and to whom not finger Of rebuke
suspicion or distrust has ever been
pointed. A man in whom the con-
fidence of the most lowiy has not
been shaken and on whom the high
est can rest with implicit faith. A
democrat of the first water. a citi-
zen above reproach, an on officer
true and as pure as the crystal wat
ers. That man is none other than
Judge G. A. Brown, knowr in every
little hamlet in the state to be man
without "a scratch or pimple' on his
political career or his private life"
Hot House Paintings.
With the next election more than
three wears distant even hot house
political planting would seem to be
premature, but they're at il in every
quarter
Some OF the others talked OF are:
Judge j. B. A. Robertson, State Au-
ditor E. B. Howard, State Examiner
Fred Parkinson, Col. Jack Love of
the corporation commission, C. n
Haskell, DIR. ]. w. Duke Of the state
health department, Attorney General
S. p. Freezing, r. II. W!'son of the
state board of education. President
F., NJ. Gault of the state hoard of agri-
culture, Judge w. NJ. Bowiea of Perry
and Senator ]. Elmer Thomas of
Lawton, who, it is said. will have
the support of Governor Williams.
1t is an interesting field, but sapi-
ency as to state politics is not re-
quired to reach the conclusion that
a big part of it will drop cut at the
quarter pole.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11
Art Walker Talks.

A new gauge of the Healdton oil
field, taken in July, shows 81 wells
in operation in that district with an
average daily production of $3.50
barrels, compared with the old gauge
of 295 wells and 1915 barrels, ac-
cording to the report Of Art Walker,
state conservation officer in the
Healdton field, submitted TO the cor
poration commission.
drillings during the last ninety days,
and conditions in the field as a whole
are very much improved Ier the pre-
ceding six months" Mr. Walker says
in a review at the end of hs report.
THE new wells are coming up to the
average in production and all indica-
tions point to an output " more than
100000 barrels daily within the next
six months. The fact that no large
amount of oil was taken cut OF the
field during the period mentioned is
sufficient explanation of the produc.
ton holding up the way It has.
Twenty strings of tccls are run
ming 1T present, and this activity is
due, no doubt, to the bright outlook
for the marketing of the oil. There
is a storage in the Hea dtor field
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

When you yawn a good deal in the
daytime, feel dull, achey and want to
stretch frequently, it is an unmistaka.
BILE symptom of malaria and unless
you do something at once, you are
booked for a spell of chills. HER.
BINE is a chill medicine that will pre-
vent or cure the disease. 1t drives
out the impurities on which the ma.
larial germ thrives, strengthens the
liver and cleanses the bowels. Price
soc. Sold by Bomar Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11
EXPERT SWIMMER browns
IN ATTEMPT TO SAVE LIFE

Okmulgee, Okla, Aug. 1O.-In at
tempting to save the life Of the wom-
an with whom he was bathing, Ray
Jackson, -, champion swimmer OF
Dewar, was drowned yesterday after
noon in Deep Fork river, near Henry
eta
Mrs. w. c. Mitchell, wife of a
prominent physician of Dewar, and
Jackson We're bathing when he pro-
posed teaching her how to swim.
With his hands beneath her back
Jackson was floating Mrs. Mitchell
when he stepped into ffteen-foot
hole of water and the two sank. He
struggled with the womtl in an at
tempt to save her life until taken
with cramps His body was recover
ed three hours later.
Mrs. Mitchell was taken from the
water in an unconscious condition
but was resusctated.
William Dorsey and John Lorg OF
Dewar in diving for Jackson's body
were caught in a swirl AMI came near
losing their lives.
Jackson, a week ago, rescued two
girls from the pool in which he lost
his own life yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

now of approximately 100000 barrels
of which something like 100000 bar
rels is in earthen storage. We are
making an effort to have this re-
moved at the earliest possible time"
McMan Company Big Producer.
The McMan Oil company still is
the heaviest producer in the Heald'
ton field, Mr.. Walkers rerort shows.
This company is producing 1850
barrels under the new gauge, and
under the old gauge had a daily out
put of 1881 barrels.
A comparative statement showing
the production of all operators un-
der the new and oil gauges brings
out the fact that small Increases have
been made by practically all, large
gains by none. This shows that the in
crease is general over the field and
not confined to any one section
The fire loss in the field during
the year ending June so was large,
360,691 barrels being destroyed by
this agency, according to the report
The heaviest losses were sustained
on August 27 and 2S, 1914, during
an electrical storm, when more than
250,00O barrels were 3iamed by
flames, the Magnolia Pipe Line COM
pany alone losing 165, ,oGO-Oklaho-
man.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11
OKLAHOMA BANKERS URGE
THE FEEDING OF CORN

Oklahoma City, Aug. 1O-Bankers
of Oklahoma are urging the farmers
to hold their corn and feed it to cat
tie and hogs, rather than place it on
the market The corn crop of Okla.
homa is the best the state has ever
produced. II is also by far the larg,
est. The price of corn on the market
is generally attractive and there is
a probability that some farmers will
be tempted to sell their corn. The
bankers are urging that this be not
done and are offering to finance feed
ing operation and otherwise to assist
the farmers in getting the best pos
sible returns from their prosperity.
7. p. Martin, a banker Of this city,
has issued an argument to the coun-
try bankers and farmers TO get to-
gether on businesslke basis for
making the most of the corn crop
by turning it into beef ard pork. He
says:
ITO sell our corn crop FOR 100000
GOO is not good business To feed it
and sell it for $50, 100000 is good bust
ness. 1t is live stock and feeding
the grain on the farm that has made
of Iowa and Kansas such rich states.
Oklahoma is getting in line to do
likewise and this year is one of the
most auspicious for making a long
stride toward that goal"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

Oil well contractors in the field are
disappointed in the terms of the
workmen's compensation act passed
by the last legislature. Ike law be-
comes effective September l, and by
that time those who employ as many
as three persons in haza'dou work
must give their employs the pro-
lection provided for under the law
The most common method of giving
this protection is by taking out an
insurance policy against accidents
and deaths resulting from accidents
The rate which is made by the state
insurance board. which applies to oil
field workers about drilling machinery
is $40 on the 800 salary monthly.
One contractor who looked into the
law and the rate todav said con-
tractors would not pay it.-that it
was prohibitive.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11
OIL MEN AND DRILLING
CONTRACTORS, ATTENTION!

have an extra good acreage pro-
position to offer you to drill one well
at once. Don't answer unless you can
finance the well.
w. ]. MILBURN,
701 Colcord Building
9-3 Oklahoma City.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

F. d. Bostaph, representing the Jo-
seph Reid Gas Engine company, is
here from Tulsa, and will spend sew
eral days among the producers in the
interest of his engine ami equipments,
Mr.. Bostaph says reports coming
from Healdton are very fattering,
and that he is not disappointed after
arriving here.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11
AEROPLANES ASCEND
AT ARMY GROUNDS

Lawton, okla, Aug. 1O.-Two army
aeroplanes of the first aero squadron
now stationed at Fort Sill to work
in conjunction with the field artil-
lery, made the first rise today on
the reservation, all flights being sue
cessful.
While eight of the big Curtiss type
machines are in the hangars, only
two were equipped 'or flights Tues
day. A large crowd of people from
Lawton witnessed the flights. The
first aero squadron will work in con-
junction with the field artillery and
with the school of fire.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

Constipation il tne starting point
for many serious diseases. To be
healthy keep the bowels active and
regular. HERBINE will remove all
accumulations in the bowels and put
the system in prime condition. Price
SOC. Sold by Bomar Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

If you will get a bottle of Chamber
lains Liniment and observe the di.
rections given Herewith, faithfully
you will recover in much less time
than is usually required. Obtainable
everywhere.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11
OIL and GAS NEWS

c. C. Shaffer, who owns farm of
1870 acres in the southeast quarter of
section 2-3-3, has begun drilling a
well on his own land. He made no
effort to secure leases on surround
ing property, but was content t. de-
veiop his own property without ad-
ditional holdings.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

b. A. Simpson, who recently pur-
chased a controlling inte.est Isl the
Gates Oil company, stated today that
there would be no change il the com
pany, that at his request each officer
and director would retain his place
and the affairs OF the company will
move along just as though no stock
had changed hands. The stock of all
minority stockholders viii be pro-
tected. Mr.. Simpson stated that his
trip to Oklahoma City was not in
any manner connected with the Gates
deal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

f. F.. Smith, who has been at the
Wildcat Jim well to prt it on the
pump, was in the city last night
Mr.. Smith is of the opiuicn that an
important field will be developed in
that part of the county.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

T. Il. Weaver, who il doing con-
tracing in the field, was here yes
terday, and left in the afternoon for
the field.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

George Osterhout, who vas recent
ly burned on the Glenwoo1 lease from
a gasoline explosion, was in the city
today Mr.. Osterhout began work in
the oil fields in Virginia, and has fol-
lowed the fields throughout the west.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11
ABSTRACT OF THE HEALDTON FIELD.

er " he o
d h oil gauge % OF
viii
0bd
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

James Amsler, member of the
Oil City Drilling COMPANY, was in the
city last night from the Santa Fe
fields.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

|. w. Williams of Purcell, has been
in the fields for several days, and
may acquire interests in the Wildcat
Jim Oil company. He has sent ten
gallons of this oil to George A. Todd
at Ponca City to have a test made of
the by-products. Experienced oil field
workers say it is the tintst fuel oil
they have ever found, and it is prob
able that it possesses some products
that will make it very valuable oil
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

George A. Todd, who has charge
of the construction of tie Gaines.
vile pipe line, and who will be su.
perintendent of the Gainesville refin-
cry, was here yesterday and left last
night for Ponca City He reports
that pipe has been laid from the
Healdton station to port two miles
south of the Ringing railroad, while
on the south end. at Gainesville, five
miles of pipe have been laid He is
pleased with the prog 'ess that is
being made.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-11

Apple-Franklin Oil company No. 4,
which reached the pay sand at
depth of 99S feet has been drilled
to a total depth Of 1874 feet The
well has 1876 feet of sand, and the
production is about 800 barn els. When
the drill passed out of the oil sand
it entered blue shale, and the owners
are of the opinion that if deeper drill
ing were done other sands would be
found. This well lends encourage
ment to the drilling Of deeper tests.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-01-15
A Delicate Hint

The editor of the Punta Gorda
FLA Herald is unafraid. In the
last number of his paper he comes
out flat footed and tells few of
his neighbors where they get
off at" His little hint is one
that applies to other communities
than Punta Gorda alone. Here
it is:
"The plan upon which this
newspaper is run is such that, on
the first day of any month, we
can suspend publication, refund
all advance subscriptions and
protect all other liabilities. And
that is exactly what we will do
whenever the paper; fails to pay
expenses. We are not such SIM
pletons as to presist in losing
business and we are not in this
business for pleasure, patriotism
and benevolence alone, but for
an honest living and a fair pro-
portion of pecuniary profits.
Those few of our business
men who do not aid in sustaining
this paper by advertising in it,
but who claim to be as much de-
voted as the others to the inter
ests of the town, might we well
consider the possibility of a con-
dition arising that would justify.
The Herald in retiring from busi-
ness or reducing by getting out
smaller paper. That would be
fine advertisement tor the town,
wouldn't it?
We are gratified to state, how
ever, that the paper is paying
expenses and we are not con-
templating a suspension of the
paper or changing it's size, but
we are always ready for it.
The conclusion is, if you think
the town should have a news
paper it would be wise in YOU
to support it and not leave it to
your neighbors to discharge this
duty which IS indirectly, but
really due to the community"
The Snowflake herald., 1915-01-15
Luke MCLuke Says

What has become of the old
fashioned man who use to wear
a new paper collar every Sun
day?
If you imagine that women
haven't a Sense of Humor lust
take a look at the hats they are
wearing.
A lake of fire and birthstone
isn't the only hell ever invented.
There is the case of the man who
has $50 wife and SIS salary.
The lad who couldn't tell you
the name of the Vice President
is the same fellow who can cell
you how to run the government.
The old-fashioned 17-year-old
girl who used to read books on
What A Young Girl Ought To
Know" has a 17-year-old daugh-
ter who puts her mother wise.
Before you get her she can say
things with her eyes that make
you feel funny all over, and af-
ter you get her she can say things
with her mouth that make you
feel funny all over.
The Willowy Girl cops out the
covers of the magazines. But
the girl with the wide curves and
the dimples in her anatomy at
tract all the attention on the
street.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-01-15
AvALANcHEs ON ORDER.

By means of electric mines placed
deep in the CONCEALED neves mantling
the crests of the Swiss Alps, ava
lanches are being manufactured to
order for the benefit of moving pic
ture photographers and others who
find the sport attractive enough to
pay the prices charged. The mines
are connected by cable with a mag
neto in the valley, and when all is
ready push of the control lever full
inmates large quantity of gunpow-
der up on the side of the mountain
and down comes the artificial ava
lanche with all the terrifying rush
and roar of natural landslide.
The Snowflake herald., 1915-01-15
GLAD TO RETURN THE FAVOR
Alleged Appeal From Gov. Taylor Of
Tennessee to Gov. Francis Of
Missouri Hard to Resist.

When the late Senator "Bob" Tay-
lor was governor Of Tennessee, says
the Washington Star, he received a
letter from an inmate of the Mis-
souri, penitentiary, stating that his
name was Taylor and that he was re-
lated to the governor, on account OF
which relationship he begged Gov
ernor Bob to use his good Offices with
the governor of Missouri to procure
him pardon.
To Governor Francis of Missouri
Governor Bob at once addressed the
following letter:
"Dear Governor Francis. There's
a fellow over in your penitentiary
who writes me that his name is Tay-
lor and says he's some kin to me,
and, on the strength of this, wants
me to ask you for pardon. If you
can see your way clear to help the
fellow, I wish you would, and if any
Of your kinfolks ever get over here
in my penitentiary I'll return the
favor.
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT TAYLOR"