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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
NEW SENSATION In WHEAT
Prospects of World Shortage Shoves
Prices Skyward
BU Associated Press

Chicago, April 14.-Prospects of
world shortage in wheat available for
immediate shipment resulted to-day in
sensational bulge in prices. Business
suddenly assumed large proportions in
the last hour of trading and prices
fuctuated wildly, jumping up at .be
rate of IL cent between transactions.
May wheat rose swiftly IA going
1853 as against 156 "a at the close
last night. The advance was to within
four cents of the topmost level since
the beginning of the war.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
POPE BENEDICT CONTRIBUTES
$50, 900 FOR BELGIAN PEOPLE

Rome, Via Paris, April 14.-Pope
Benedict has sent to Cardinal Mercer
$4,000 for the Belgian suffers from
the war. Accompanying the donation
was a letter expressing the pleasure
of the Pope that relief committees for
the Belgians had been formed in vari-
Gus countries.
The Pope also sent $4,000 to the
bishop of Cracow for the Polish war
sufferers.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
Misses Bolt, Kills Father of @
BY Associated Press,

sunbury, Pa, April 14.-F. G.
Schope, married, and a father of six
children, was killed to-day when John
Gaugler, swinging hammer at the Penn
sylvania railroad car shops, missed a
bolt he was aiming at and struck
Schope on the head, fracturing his skull.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
Last Struggle for carpathians

London, April IA, 12.45 P. M.-The
struggle for the last of the Carpathian
passes remaining in the hands of the
Germanic allies still holds the center of
the. war stage. In London the critical
Importance of the series of fierce battles
being waged along the eastern front
from Bartfeld to Bukowina is so fully
recognized that the activities in other
fields. appear relatively of minor i'm
portance
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
Increased woolworth Dividend

New York, April 14.-Directors of
the F. w, Woolworth Company to-day
declared quarterly dividend Of 1a4
per cent. on the common stock, an in
crease of a of per cent. This
places the stock on a Z per cent. basis.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
Mexican Refugees Sail for U. s.

Galveston, Tex, April 14.-The
United States army transport Sumner
sailed early to-day for Tampico where
she will take on about 800 refugees
who desire to return to the United
States.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
wilkes-Barre ofiicials Here

: Mayor Kosek, Finance Commissioner
Bennett and City Solicitor McHugb,
all of Wilkes Barre, were in the city
to-day to attend the hearing before
the Legislative committee on the bill
intended to repeal the anthracite coal
tax law.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
Greater Danger Than War

Petrograd, April IA, 1885 P. NJ,
via London, 2.45 P. M.-The chief of
the Rumanian sanitary corps has dis
covered cholera bacilli and other in
fectous disease germs in the waters of
the river Pruth which for part of its
course flows along the boundary be.
tween Rumania and Russia.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
Warren Van Dyke Named Deputy

Warren Van Dyke, Of this city, for
mer secretary of the Democratic State
Committee, was named yesterday by
B. F. Davis, newly-appointed Collector
Of the Ninth Internal Revenue district,
as his deputy.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
Passengers r e scue d
From Minnesota En-
ter Kobe Under u. S.
Consul's Escort
WRECKED SHIP
STILL ON ROCK
Among Americans Reaching Yokohama
From the Steamer Are Wife and
Children of Philippines Governor
General Harrison
By Associated Press.

Kobe, Japan, April 14.-Because of
the heavy passenger lists of steamers
sailing soon for American ports, con-
siderable difficulty is being expert
enced in making arrangements for
transporting to the United States the
persons rescued from the Minnesota,
which struck q rock Sunday night at
the entrance to the Inland sea. Sew.
eral will sail for San Francisco to-mor.
row on the Manchuria, while the Pa.
cific Mail Steamship Company will pro-
vide extra berths for others on the
Tamba Maru. which sails on the 18th
for Seattle.
The German passengers on the Min.
nesota who were brought here by the
'Oanfa have been permitted by the For.
eign Office to land under the escort of
the American consul on condition that
departure.
The Minnesota still is pivoted on the
rock which tore a hole in her bow
The entire bow is visible at low tide
Only one hold was damaged and the
cargo is being shifted aft. The steer.
age passengers have been removed.
Yokahan April 14.-Mrs. Francis
Burton Harrison, wife of the Governor
General of the Philippine Islands, and
her children, who were passengers on
the steamer Manchuria, arrived here to
day. Other passengers of the wrecked
steamer who have reached Yokohama
confirm the previous statements that
there was no panic when she struck
and that after the, accident many OF
the passengers went to their berths
for the night, while others spent the
night in the salon. playing cards.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
Cotton Not oontraband Says Britain

London, April IA, 3.15 P. M-The
British government has decided
against placing cotton on the contra
band list.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14

Newport News, Va, April 14.-The
German commerce raider Kronprinz
Wilhelm, it was learned to-day, is in
need of boiler tubes which cannot be
supplied at this port and must be man
ufactured elsewhere. To procure and
install the tubes, it is said, would re-
quire at least three weeks.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-04-14
German Raiders Com
mander In New Move
to Take His Ship
From Newport News
AN AMERICAN
AMONG CREW =?
Details of Sensational Sinking of Brit
ish Steamship Bellevue, One of the
Wilhelms Fourteen Victims of the
Sea, Told by Members Of the Crew
By Associated Press,

Newport News, Va, April 14.-Ex-
pecting permission from Washington to
move into drydock, Captain Thierfeld-
er, of the German commerce raider,
Kronprinz Wilhelm, to-day ordered his
vessel made ready to proceed up the
James river from her anchorage. The
examining board from the Norfolk navy
yard was due at any time to check up
on his outline of repairs necessary to
make the ship seawortby.
The German commander did not
complete his inquiry into the national
ity of members of the Wilhelm s crew
last night, as requested by Collector
Hamilton, but promised to ascertain to-
day whether any naturalized Americans
are aboard the ship. At least one
American is believed to belong to the
crew.
Details of the sinking of the Brit
ish steamship Bellevue, one of the Will
helm S fourteen victims, stated to-day
by members of the crew, reveal that
the British ship was held as a prize
for 16 days before she was sent to the
bottom. The Bellevue was bound from
Liverpool to South American ports with
1000 tons of coal, 1000 cases of whis-
key and some oxen when she was cap
tured by the Wilhelm December 4,
last She was moored to the Wilhelm
with strong cables and stripped of ev-
erything of value after her coal had
been taken aboard.
When the French steamer Mont Agel
was sighted the Bellevue was left in
charge of prize crew while the Will
helm gave chase and finally sank the
Frenchman by ramming. Then, on De-
cember 20, after all movable parts
were securely lashed down, in order
that nothing might be left floating upon
the surface to give the British cruisers
clue as to the Wilhelm s whereabouts,
the Bellevue was sent to the bottom.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-20
finance ell and Real Estate

New YORK, Aug. 19.-WalI Street
received an Unexpected reminder 10
day that q state0 OF war exists across
the water. The market, which had
been nuder pressure in the early
hours, broke abruptly in the after
noon on news that a German subma'
Tins had sunk another British liner.
us. Steel, weakest Of the leaders
up7t6 midday, fell over two points, and
other stocks Of almost equal prolni'
hence showed losses OF one TO TWO,
Whicha few Of the recently exploited
s6eeialties added two 10 five points
70 theif FeVerses OF the forenoon.
FromfhB level most stocks made par
tiai recovery, only to fall to lower
feVeis In the final hour, when the sell
ing movement gathered greater force.
me closing was heavy to weak, with
only slight recovery from minimum
quotations.
Even before word OF Germany's lat
est maine exploit became generally
known there was an absence OF the
recent buoyancy and open manipula'
ffon In the so-called war stocks. In
fact Bethlehem Steel common and pre-
feFred were conspicuously weak. also
Westinghouse Electric, Pressed Steel
car, General Electric, and the prtnci'
pal motor issues, losses in this group
ranging from three to 10 points. New
York Air Brake was the only notewor.
thy exception, at one OF which was
lost later.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-20
reported BY George W. EOerhardt
Oil and Gas

The best results from shooting are
located in the Weir sand Development
on Blue creek, Elk district. Kanawha
county. w. Va. In this district, the
Ohio Fuel Oil Company shot its No.
6 on the Edward Gebhart farm and il
responded by placing lis barrels to
its credit the ensuing "a hours. il
was down TO less than 10 barrels a
day before it was shot. In the same
locality the same company has com.
pleted and shot its No. II on the same
.arm and II produced 30 barrels the
first "a hours.
In the old Blue Creek field the South.
Fem Oil Company drilled It's No. 3 on
the L. G.. Myers farm from the squaW
to the Weir sand and found nothing IL.
the lower formation. No. on the
same farm was given a shot and IT,
production increased from two to five
barrels a day from the SQuaw sand
Lincoln county has as much or more
aew work starting than any other
county. On Porters Fork. DuyaI dis
trict, the Ohio Fuel Oil Company has
started TO drill a test on the A. c
Eolbert farm and the South Penn OF
Company has the rigs completed fol
Nos. 80 and 30 on the Horse creel
tract.
Light Wells and busters.
Near Twiggs postoffice, Union dis
/ riot, Peasants county. the Big Three
Ill Company has drilled No. 3 on the
N. N. Wells farm through the keenei
and and has a ive-barrel pumper. II
he same district, the Pure Oil Pro
ucing Company has the rig complet
ID for a Test on the Albert Darnel
arm. This location is across the line
n Tyler county.
On Adds run. Grant district, Ritchi'
.ounty. the Spence Oil Company las
lrilled its test on the W. c. Pew farm.
through the Big Injun and SquaN
ands and found both formations bar
e n The casingrhas been pulled ana
he hole abandoned. On Straight
.reek, Burning Springs district. Writ
county, the South Penn Oil Company
s building the rig for a test on tn
J. NJ. Shuman farm.
In Smfthfield district. Roane county
md located one mile northwest and IN
advance OF production, the Ohio Fue!
Dill Company has completed a tes,
N the ]. n. Meadows farm and has .
5.barrel pumper in the Big Injur.
and. In the same district the same
company has completed No. 3 on the
Gilmore Snodgrass farm and has {
i~ve.barreI pumper in the Big lnJui
Sand. In Geary district. Roane county
he United Fuel Gas Company has
completed a test on the II. X. Carpei
arm, located on left hand fork. and
has a gasser in the same formation.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-20
Important to Health
During Hot Weather
Summer Conditions Con,
tribute in Various Ways
to Constipation.

At no time should people be more
careful OF the condition of their bow.
els than during the hot weather. Con-
stipation should be guarded against
especially as many serious and often
fatal diseases are traceable TO neg
.lect.
Some people find that certain fruits
have a laxative effect, but this cannot
always be depended upon; a mild
laxative.tonic will act gently. yet
positively, without gripping or shock
TO the system. is far preferable. A
combination OF simple laxative herbs
with pepsin. sold in drug stores un-
der the name OF DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin is highly recommended as be-
Ing easy and natural in its action
pleasant to the taste and certain in
its effect. A dose OF this excellent
remedy at bedtime Will restore nor
NAL activity in the morning, carry
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-20
Fails to Find
Woman's AsSailant

HARRISBURG. Aug. 2O.-Sherih
Ross F. Stout's b~loodhounds were
taken to the Bridgeport section Thurs
day forenoon by Deputy Sheriff Laco
Wolfe and put on the trail OF a man
who attacked Mrs. Carl Floyd. wife
Of a farmer, choked her senseless'
robbed the house and fed. A posse
was formed there TO assist the deputy.
The Floyd farm is on the Fairmont
pike about three miles northeast OF
bridgeport. Mr.. Floyd went out on
the farm Thursday morning 10 work
leaving Mrs. Floyd alone in the house.
Later when he returned he found MS
wife living unconscious upon the floor
with evidence Of a violent struggle
around her. -,
When Mrs. Floyd recovered she told
her husband that a strange man came
to the house, grabbed her by the
throat and choked her until she be-
came unconscious. There were eVi.
dences that the man had gone all
through the house intent upon burg
larry. Whether he went there for
the purpose OF assault upon the WON
an could not be learned.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-20
Little Business Transacted
by New Federal
Board.
MANY COMPLAINTS MADE
Members Going Over Coun.
try on a See America
Jaunt.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2O-The Fed
eral Trade Commission has been in
existence six months without having
entered a single order for the cor
reCtion OF any unfair business prac'
tice. Which indicates one OF two
things. Either business is much more
virtuouS than ii used 10 be. or the
Federal Trade Commission is doing
something. different from what was
expected by its promoters.
The Trade Commissions purpose,
according to law. is to inquire into
price determinations. monopolis;ic
combinations, tying contracts, inter
locking directOrates. spying. or any
form OF economic bludgeonry by one
irm or individual against another,
When such practices are discovered
the Commission has the power under
the law TO order them discontinued
and If the order is not obeyed at once
10 institute a suit in the Circuit Court
20 compel obedience. The Commits
ion is theoretically an instrument TO
make effective all the provisions OF
the antitrust law and its amendment,
he Clayton bill-which amendment,
by the way. has added a valuable set
II teeth to the old Sherman Act.
The mails have brought the Trao
Commission hundreds OF complaints,
out so far the Commission has done
Nothing with them but to file and sort
hem. Many are put aside as com.
uunications from crankS: others are
discarded as showing difficulties III
BUSINESS inherent il bad business
PRACTICES. and others are regarded as
COMPLAINTS which have no legal rem
edy under any act. while others are
filed for future references.
The headquarters OF the Commits
lion here in Washington have been
eft to q small clerical force. while
he Commission itself is junketing
Iver the country accepting the hos
oitality OF many Chambers of Com
nerce in many cities. Beginning
many weeks ago, the Commission
.tarted on a see.American.frSt tour,
including the following cities: Chi
ago, Detroit. Cincinnati, lndianapo'
is, Minneapolis, Spokane. n. Yakima,
Seattle. Tacoma. San Francisco . San
Diego and Los Angeles.
At various places the Commission
las conducted what it termed hear
ings." At these certain invited bust
less men representing large inter
,sts. present arguments and pleas for
remission TO do certain things.
Generally these things are what in
he past have been regarded as Dor,
ierIng closely on violations OF the
Sherman law. They want, for in
,tance. to combine and maintain pri'
,es on the that such combina'
ion will assfithem in securing for
ign trade. lumber men of Chi.
sago present pleas OF this sort and
;ome arguments to the effect that
hey are not a trust, as has been in
mated by the Bureau OF Corpora.
ions in the ~three-volume report OF
that body.
b Up 10 date the Commission has
been merely a listening and a dining
body. 1t has not acted on the pleas
If these prominent business men,
neither refusing nor permitting them
20 do what they want to do. Under
he law it is doubtful If the Commits
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-20
RBM0R GIGANTIC
TRACTION MERGER
All Electric Lines of State
May Be Under One
Management.

That the plans under consideration
for the construction Of 100 or more
miles OF new traction line from Yves
ton through Chenille and Burnsville
TO Parkersburg is but the part OF a
more extensive proposition 10 merge
all the electric roads in the state IN
der one management is the persistent
rumor in CIarksburg. Parkersburg.
Charleston and other cities OF the
state.
The visit o. the parry OF capitalists
including officials OF q number Of
transportation companies and bankers
from other states to various cities oil
West Virginia and the inspection OF
practically every electric line in the
state is the basis for this rumor. :
The merger. il consummated. it is be-
lieved would include the Monongahela
Valley. the Weston-G Chenille. the Ka-
rawha Traction and Electric. the Par.
Observation-Disclosures. the Charleston In
terurban and the Charleston Dunbar
systems.
The rumored merger with the con.
struction Of connecting links would
afford electric transportation without
interruption throughout a large part
of the state and il should be a protta-
BILE investment for capitalists because
of the convenient and efficient service
II would be able to render the travel
ing public.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-20

Ision has any power 10 giant immunity
from the Sherman Act Tying con
tracts. cut4hroat priceslasntnS. mo
ropolistic conspIracies and interioek
ing directories stiIl viii invite pros
ecution II they are practiced. In fact
under the revised law, 1t is not nee
essary any longer TO walt for the Al
torney General to move. ANY pr
vate individual, under the Sixteenth
section OF the Clayton Act, a bring
suit and get an early action on his
complaint. He can get service where
the corporation does business and
have his case tried where he gets ser
vice, which is a long step toward CIV,
ing q remedy TO the individual against
unfair trust practices.
The only indication as TO policies
to be followed by the Trade Commits
sion are found in certSin press no
tees issued from time 10 time. These
convey the idea that the Commission
liz anxious not 10 poster business. Dut
to be helpful in a large constructive
way. Nothing is said In these bur
letins about the complaints issued: mol
about the purposes 10 be served oy
the hearings and journeyings and eat
ings around the country. Presum'
ably. however. it is a move in the
direction OF helping prosperity 10 70
turn and in this purpose II will be
commended by many people, and par
ticularly by large firms which seek
immunity from prosecution under the
Sherman law.
Following are the members OF the
Commission: Joseph +. Davies
Chairman; Edward y. Hurley. VICE
chairman: William j. Harris. VIII d
Parry, George Rublee. +. ID. Jones
Acting Secretary: Francis Walker
Chief Economist: Raymond B. Stev'
ans. Chief Examiner; c. II. Mcdonald
Chairman OF the Board OF Review.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-20
Wounded Army Mans
Condition Improves

PARKERSBURG. ". Va. Aug. 20
Major William Wallace. U. S. army
officer who was seriously wounded at
Camp Hatfield" on Tuesday evening
and who was taken TO the City Hos
pital still continues 10 improve, &C
cording 10 information received from
the hospital today. He passed through
a very good night and is reported 10
be feeling very comfortable today.
considering the character Of his
wound. He continues quite cheerful
and all indications now point 10 his
recovery which is very pleasing TO his
friends here in the National Guard
and outside that organization. 1t will
probably be a few days yet before he
can be removed &c the Army and Navy
Hospital at Washington.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-20

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 2O.-The Pitts.
hnFgh security market displayed
easiness In spots at the opening yes
ferday. The industrtals sold OF slight
IL as against initial prices, while the
eas and on issues were steady. a few
Of the latter group showing strength.
The shares which declined were for
the most part those traded in on both
the Pittsburgh and New York ex.
changes and the yield locally was
practically all due TO declines made
by-these issues in the big Eastern list.
On the opening yesterday Irregular
fty was displayed in the New York
stock market In some cases slight
advances occurred the first few min
utes Of the session, but the bulge
was followed by sales for profits and
~recessions developed which carried
the leaders the first hour below open.
ing prices. Stocks wer well taken
and slight rallies occurred, but the
steady outpouring OF stocks continued
70 hold prices down. In the closing
half.hour modest recoveries were
made, but they did not hold TO the
close. On every brief rally the hoat
ing supply Of stocks seemed to IN
crease. mos
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-20
Church VIII Hold
Open Air Service

GAINESVILLE NJ. E. Church will hold
an allday open-air service Sunday.
August %. This service will be con-
Quoted under the auspices OF the Sab
bath School. Basket dinner viii be
served at the grove near Bellview ave.
nue. and Pike street. There will be
a number OF good addresses during
the day. Music will be q prominent
feature OF the services OF the day as
there will be two or more male quar-,
tets present. there will also be some
solos rendered during the day. II
the weather permits the Sabbath
School will march down Highland
avenue and across 10 Bellview ave
nue.. then to the ground where the
services will be held. You are cor.
daily invited 10 be present and par
ticipate in these services. In case OF
rain services will be held in the
church. The program will be an
nounced later.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-20
Court.NeWs
Deeds Filed.

Deeds Fileo.
J. Carl Youst, guardian 20 Cora l.
Youst. the one-half interest in a parce
of land on the waters Of Big Run, ;
branch OF Big Bingamon Creek. II
Warrington district. Consideration
$500.
Daisy 0. Randall Eroh and hus
band TO Fannie NJ. Kunst. q parcel o
land on Benoni avenue in the F1ltl
ward Of the city OF Fairmont. Consid
Grafton $500.
Greed A. Powell to Samuel A. Shut
Ellsworth, a parcel of land in the Lem
ley addition to the city OF Fairmont
Consideration $500.
Kate L. Jones and husband to Z
Cecil Davis. a parcel Of land IN tht
Peacock addition to the city OF Fair
mont. Consideration $500.
Taylor Davis and wife to Pasqual'
Scudieri. a parcel OF land in Grant dis
trict. Consideration $1,000.
W. P. Yost and wife to Fred R
Toothman. the one-third interest in :
parcel OF land on Paw Paw creek II
Paw Paw district. Consideration 500
Licenses Issued.
Charles P. Hamilton and Kathryr
Bear. both Of Worthington. R. W
Bear. father OF the girl, gave his con
sent in writing.
Sherman ogden of Gypsy and Faires
Brown OF Warrington. Charles /
Brown. father OF the girl. gave his
consent in person