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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
new RECORD
IN NATURAL
AsOlJTPU1'
In This Country is Shown by
Statistics to- Have Been
N Made Last Year.
WASHINGTON sept. as.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-s Stats
tics compiled under the supervision
of ]. d. Northrop. Of the United
States geological survey, show that
the quantity Of natural gas CONNER
cially utilized In the United States
in 1914 exceeded that so utilized in
any previous year in the history OF
the natural gas industry. The guam
tdty oduced, which and unted to APP
proximately 59l,S 1851 81, 900 cubic
feet. valued at 94.115,524, consti-
tutes q new record of production, ex-
ceeding by nearly ten billion cubic
feet, or almost two per cent the for
mer record, stab1ished in 1913.
Increases in output in i 1911 tover
1913 were credited to New York,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas. Louisiana
Alabama, Iowa and California. the
states last named alone recording a
gain Of nearly seven billion cubic
feet. Other gas producing states re-
corded declines in output, the great
est Of which, that Of Pennsylvania,
amounting to slightly more than ten
billion cubic feet.
The increases in gas production
may be attributed to various causes
-iu New York to the increased drill
ing activity stimulated by the adj
vancing petroleum market in 1918
and the early part of 1914; in Ohio
to local extensions OF the productive
fields Of the gas belt in the central
part of the state and to the develop
men of an important gas pool in the
vicinity of Cleveland. Cuyahoga
county; in Oklahoma to the develop
ment of gas RESERVES in the Cushing
field. Creek county, and the Heald-
ton field, Carter county, as well as to
q decided expansion of the local cas-
ing head gasoline industry; in Texas
to greater utilization Of the gas
supplies available in the Petrolia and
Mexia fields; in Louisiana to the
greater development OF the gas re-
serves in Caddo and De Soto par
ishes, and in California to increased
demands for domestic consumption
IN Los Angeles and adjacent towns
In the southern part OF the state as
well as 70 industrial consumption In
the casing head gasoline industry.
OF the record breaking production
Of natural gas credited to 1914 it is is
estimated that a total of 2O3,204.
$685. 900 cubic feet, about thirty-foufrr
per cent, was supplied to domestic
consumers at an average price Of
2S.04 cents thousand cubic feet
and that 388,762, 375, 900 cubic feet.
the remaining sixty-six per cent, was
supplied to Industrial consumers at
an average price Of 9.56 cents a
thousand cubic feet. During the
last four years the ratio Of. domestic
to industrial consumption has varied
hut slightly. Formerly, however. a
relatively greater proportion Of the
annual yield was supplied to indus
trial consumers. rs
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
HOLDS s POLICE ] SQUAD
At BAY SIX HOURS.
Bandit Finally Ends own Life
with Bullet from a
Revolver.

san FRANCISCO. Sept. 25.-After
a six hour battle between sixty poles
and George Nelson, wanted for COM
plicity in the robbery last month Of
a Los Angeles bank, Nelson's bullet
riddled body was found at dawn the
other day stretched ON a cot in a
!rooming mouse, where he had barricad.
ed himself. He had ened his. life by
sending bullet through his head.
The police conducted the battle
from an upper window Of the resi-
dence OF ishop Edwin H. Hughes, OF
the Methodist Episcopal church, across
the street. and from adjacent windows
and housetops. A searchlight placed
in the window Of another dwelling
lighted up Nelson's room.
The rooming house! IS in populous
section and thousands watched the
battle. Policeman Peter Hammond
was shot through the arms and legs
by Nelson, while Hugh Macbeth, a
lodger in the same building as Nell
son. was probably fatally wounded.
Shot guns. repeating rifles and re-
volvers were used and hardly square
inch Of Nelson's room escaped the
raking fire. At daybreak the officers
burst through Nelson's door. He had
been dead more than two hours. He
was wounded in the right arm, but
had plenty of ammunition left.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
DYE Problem
Solved by tbe Growing of Cot,
tonof All coIors by South
ern Farmer.

SAVANNAH, Ca, Sept. 25.-Re-
'marlabIe results seem about to BIO
achieved BY a. w. Brabham, Of Olar,
s. O.. who has succeeded In produc-
ing cotton which ranges in color
from white TO deep olive green. The
planter is positive that black cot
ton, sought for ages by spinners and
manufacturers, is about to become
a reality. )
Brabham has sent samples Of his
colored cottons to Savannah, where
they have been placed on exhibition
In the cotton exchange.
The seeds used by Brabham were
OF Egyptian staple. He has prac-
tised seed selection extensively, and
in four years has secured in regular
order from the Egyptian seed a
cream, tan. yellow. green. light
brown, olive green and bronze.
The samples sent to Savannah by
Brabham are not to be confused
with tinges In cotton which might
be the result Of exposure or weather
conditions. Neither is there any. sus-
picion that dyes have been used.
Brabham bell that the spinners
and manufacturers eventually will
be enabled to secure cotton in the raw
OIL unmanufactured state in any de-
sired shade or color. AS result
It Is expected that the dye manufac-
turers of Germany will lose mil
lions.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
WOLVES
Are Numerous Eveninthe Lin.
its Of the City of Du-
luth, MINI.

B DULUTH, Sept. 25.-Brush wolves
are quite numerous even within the
city limits OF Duluth, according to G.
A. Wood, who brought three wolves
to the court house, having trapped
them near Colbyyille. Wolves now
seem fearless, as few persons would
modest them at this time Of year, and
they arc often seen in the pastures
and back yards. Severa, calves have
been killed by. them.
The wolves do not modest deer
.auh except In the winter said
Wood. In the winter the deer is an
easy victim, as 1t founders In the
snow. A pack Of wolves can dispatch
q big deer very easily. At the pres
ert time the wolves find lots OF
things to eat within the city limits
and upon the farms. AS it Is against
the law to shoot firearms In tho city:
the animals have little to fear sexcept
tfAps They become very hold, and
1ayernl small packs have been seen
u the CIV limits gceht1f
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
TWO CROPS
ct Strawberries and Doqwood
Blooms Grow in State of
Washington.

RIy9EEIELD, Wash. dept. 81
Unusual sights. perhaps the first OF
{ The kind for this part Of the country.
Exeets the eyes Of any one that may
happen to pass through the woods.
orchards and gardens around Ridge
deld, especially In the direction Of
Horns Corners, on the Charles Horn
place.
In the woods nearby one can see
the dogwood tree coming into full
bloom for the second time this sum
hner. On the ranch of Walter A.
Stevenson can be found a second
crop Of strawberries and this family
9s stiIl supplied daily with fresh ber-
RES OF this variety. Wild strawber-
1ies are also ripening along the roads
ana htllsides. \
m one orchard, on the Horn farm.
ssh apple blossoms are In fun bloom
nd Just q few inches away full
rfpMA apples are hanging. Some OF
.ae pioneers Of this part Of the coun=
tn claim that this Is an indication
o. . late fall. Another sign, they
nv Is the presence OF large fiocks
q Wild geese which feed In the grain
|1eid6 around here. s "
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
Lil1es II i!zl1
Texan Builds Bungalow and
Tennis Court on Top of
Warehouse.

& SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. 25.-An-
xious to get away from the hustle o.
a street level residence, G. N. Cain Of
this city has built breezy bungalow
on top of an iron and steel warehouse
and has made it so cosey and visiting
that it Is q popular rendezvous for
San Antonio society folks. ssi
The bungalow is roomy and airy.
1t has living room. a parlor and a
bedroom and Is Surrounded with
lawns" much after the fashion Of the
ordinary residence. A splendid ten
mis- court adjoills an aerial golf
course "a an added attraction.
Anybody who happens to live near
a fiat topped building and can secure
squatter rights thereon can duplice--
my bungalow without difficulty,' said
Mr.. Cain. THE cost is very slight in-
deed, compared with the privileges Of
peaceful, restful living that one finds
in this UP in the air residence"
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GIANT EAGLE
Attacks Tennessee School
Teacher but He Manages
to kill the Bird.

MONTEREY. Tenn, Sept. 25.-vic-
torious in a battle with large gray
eagle. j. g. Stephens. aSteacher at the
Meadow Greek school, few miles
west OF town. had an experience
unique among. Tennesseans.
Stephens was returning home from
school and passing through some
dense woods when the giant bird
sprang from a log beside the roadway
and with wings outstretched and a
kissing shrek attacked him. Drop
ping a dinner pail, Stephens pickea
up a stone and succeeded in hitting
the eagle with his first throw. Then
selling a club he soon killed the bird.
The eagle measured four feet six
inches from tip to tip Of It's wings, It
was very thin in flesh and 1t Is thought
that hunger drove It to the desperate
attack. as It Is seldom that one at
lacks a person.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
GERMAN AUTHORITIES
IBELGlUl ANNOYED
By PRACTICAL yaKERs
Stove Pipes Mounted on House
Tops by the Residents Of

BRUSSELS, Sept. Practical
Jokes continue to annoy t6e German
authorities; who have considerable
difficulty in putting down this form Of
insult to the invaders by the Belgian
populace.
Machine guns were recently In
stalled by the Germans on the roof
of<the Palais de Justice In order to
command the Minimes and Marolles
districts, where the rougher elements
live Immediately, as II by one
thrngft. the people Of the neighbor.
hood mounted imitation guns made OF
stoye pipe on their house tops, so that
the. whole district seemed to bristie
with artillery.
Governor General Won Kissing made
the jokers pay for their fun. however,
1.-THE rate Of is marks for each Of
tense. The official announcement Of
the fine accused the iokers Of adopt
ing method Of raillery which could
only be disastrous to the excellent re-
latsons existing between the civil pop
ulation and the authorities =
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WARNING
Against Unripe and overripe
Fruit is Issued by Doc
tor ZiegIer.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 25.-Warn-
ing has been issued by Director Zieg-
Ter of the department of health and
charities. of the danger. OF eating, I'M
ripe or oyerripe fruit. Fruits of such
kinds, Doctor ziegler said, are very
dangerous to health.
Both the unripe and the overripe
fruits" said Doctor Ziegler. fare In.
jurious to the health. The unripe
fruit especially is very apt to cause
collie or cramps. The taxic principles
in the unripe fruit are severely irri-
tating to the bowels. The overripe
fruit, on the other hand, contains
poisonous products of decay which
have marked effect on the bowels.
t'ch;ldren particularly are very apt
to have diarrhea from the use Of I'M
ripe and spoiled fruit. Therefore,
since these substances are a menace
to the public health. they should be
avoided. as are any other harmful
foodstuffs. 7I
"There should be just as much OBJ.
lection against the use of overripe
fruit as there is against stale storage
eggs, meats, canned goods. fish and
poultry.
The use Of unripe frui, should be
condemned. Just as is the use Of the
meat OF very young cattle or swine
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
LOSES five SPOT IN
A FLIM-FLAM GAME
Marietta Man Proves an Easy
Victim to ST. Louis Conf
dence Gent.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Sept. 25.John
Michaels' of Marietta, o.. said he
was glad to meet John j. O'Brien,
when we'll dressed stranger using
that name .accosted him on the street
here and said he wanted to employ
a Waterman.
81 am doing some construction
work on the East side." said the
stranger, and need man that !
anc trust
you can trust me-" said Mich
aels. I'm looking for just such a
job"
e Nov. let me see how far 1 can
trust you," said the confidence man.
Let me have So and meet me to-
night at 2135 Eugenia street. II
you do that I'll know I can trust
you"
Michaels handed over a SIS bill,
but when he went to the Eugenia
street address, Mr.. o'Brien" was
not there.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26

Clip Their Hair, Don 0veraIIs
and Associate with tfie
knights of Road

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. Sept. a.
Because they wanted to see their
n,other before she died, aSadse and
Helen Hawkins. 10 and 9t years old,
have travelled more than 700 miles in
70 box car. associating with and be-
ing taken as hcboes.
sNhile working al Billings, Mont.
the tSo young women received word
that their mother was SO III IN Lam
sing. Mich. she was not expected TO
live. They were without funds and
Iresorted to the only way they could
devise to reach her bed side.
Dressed IN oyeralls, their hair
1air clipped snort, the two girls ar
rived in Mobr;dge. S. D., where they
were arrested and their identity was
made known. A subscription fund was
started for them and enough money
obtained to pay their passage to Ian
sing = -.
They arrived in Minneapolis rid
ing the cushions.' The girls said
they attended strictly to their own
business and tried not to be unso-
cable with their fellow travellers
Near Terry; N. D. highwaymen en-.
tered the car and at the point Of re-
yolyers forced them to submit to a
search, They had no money.
] learned how to make and eat
'mulligan observed Miss Helen.
when asked II she thought she had
gained by the experience, "and III
never refuse to give a tramp some
thing to eat II one ever asks me-"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
THREE ARE KILLED
IN A STREET FIGHT
Deputy Sheriff, Alleged Boot
logger and Young Man
DeadinKentucky.

HICKMAN, Ky, Sept. 25.-W. AZ.
Naylor, deputy sheriff; Claude john
son. alleged bootlegge- and Willie
Collins. minor, are dead as re-
suit OF gun fight here the other
night.
The affair started when Claude
Johnson wen to the home of young
Collins and called him to the door.
Collins's mother holding him on one
side and his sister on the other, fear
ed for him to go out. While the wom-
en- chung to Collins, johnson shot
him down. One bullet from the gun
also lodged in Mrs. Collins's arm.
Deputy Sheriff Naglor rushed to
the scene and attempted to arrest
johnson. Johnson shot. Naylor
through the neck, and he died in ten
minutes. A number OF shots then
cnsued. Some one not known to the
public shot johnson down In the
street.
The news spread quickly and large
crowds thronged the streets.
The trouble was caused by young
Collins telling that johnson sold him
whiskey, his father forcing MIN "a
divulge the secret. johnson. enrased
over the fact that he had given him
away, went to the Collins home.
Johnson was a desperate character
and a colleague of Bert Wallace. who
was killed a few miles below Hick-
man, August 4.
Naylor was formerly county Judge.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
Old IL
Pr lok ies
Great War
OF Railroad Resigns after Being
in Service Thirty-six
Years.

WEBB CITY, Mo. Sept. 25.-J. q.
Wilbur has resigned his position as
station agent for the Missouri Pacific
railway. after being in their employ
for thirty-eight years. He is said to
be the Oldest passenger agent in SER
vice for the company in the state OF
Missouri.
When Mr.. Wilbur first came here
in 1887, from Carthage. where he had
been ever since the company ran
their tracks into that city, there was
less than mile OF switching tracks
in this city and the company was do
ing business of less than $1,000 a
month. Today. the company has for
ty-one miles Of side tracks and Is do
ing a business of s 900 month. Mr..
Wilbur resigned in order to go into
the mercantile business.
=
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
FLIGHT OF
e l177e is
Retarded
Pigeons Take Nightly - Ride
on Minute Hand of Big

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 2S.-Joy.
riding by pigeons on the minute hands
of the four big clocks in the tower al
the Kings street station has occas-
Toned considerable annoyance to the
citation masters Of the Great Northern
and the Northern Pacific for several
weeks and they say that 1t must stop.
Almost avery night between 4 and
3 O'clock. the pigeons alight on; the
minute hands Of the clock while they
are on their upward journey from the
half-hour point to the hour: thereby
retarding the movement Of the ma
chinery. After the minute hands pass
the hour point the birds desert their
perch and wait until the half hour sta
tion Is reached again and then "a
aboard. S.3s
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
Vase Sale
Causes q
Big z lot
Squad of Police is Called Out
to Control Women Bar
gain Hunters.

CHICAGO. Sept. 25-When 81 vases
Went to 10 cents there was q Next
can revolution and the siege OF Namur
all in one In the 5 and 10 cent store
at State and Monroe streets. When
the perspiration of the bargain sale
had cleared away score Of women
had tainted and were being famed
back to life by anxious friends and
relatives.
Thousands were in the scramble.
The police said there were only 200
or 800 vases. 81
A squad of traffic policemen were
swept on their feet IN the first rush
Of the attack ON the vase counter, and
they lost heart. A riot cali was sent
to Central station and patrol wagon
load Of policemen galloped to the res
cue. g. # Ketser manager OF the
store, organized q band OF mercy, with
four crossing policemen as his aids,
and gave first aid. go
E Several thousand women were
massed at the front entrance Of the
building when the doors were opened.
and they made short work Of Mounted
Policeman Hill when he attempted TO
stem the tide Of bargainers.
Hill called for help and several
mounted men were sent to his aid.
They found the street intersection
tammed with vehicles Of all sorts. II
took fifteen minutes OF undivided In
dnstry to break the attack.
Meanwhile thousands OF other NO.
men were scrambling to the second
floor Of the store "a an effort to reach
the vases. At the counter ITSELF every
vase had no less than q half dozen
women clamoring for tts possession.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26

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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
LOSES SIGHT
Accident in Mine Results in the
Total Blindness ola
Man.

KNOXVILLE Ia. Sept. 25.-James
F:ney. Marion county miner whose
home Is in Bussey. has become total
ly blind as the result, Of a recent mine
accident. Ftney lost the sight OF one
eye during childhood.
Last month while working in the
mine. his pick point struck q "sul-
phur ball or nodule Of iron pyrites,
n the coal Sparks Of the metal ig-
hited by friction, new into the re-
naming good eve. badly burning and
poisoning the hail fIIcers followed
final de- red the sight. he s
d man 6 ls.1Itf; n
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
F|VERILLED
Negro Shoots His Wife, Three
Officers and Then Ends
His OWnLife.

CARLISLE. Ark, Sept. 25.-Two
white men are dead, third is diving
and two negroes are dead here as the
result of Pat Bowers, negro, muir
dering his wife.
Constable j. T. Burnett, upon be-
ing notified of Bowers's crime, got
the assistance Of DR.. G. L. Crawford.
the latter's son. Chester Crawford.
and j. K. Johnson, all OF whom In an
automobile hurried to capture the
negro. When the party hailed Bows
ers at his home the negro appeared
at the door with double barrel
shot gun. Bowers at one opened
fire and killed DR.. Crawford and
johnson and MORALLY wounded Ches-
ter Crawford. Bowers then shot aud
killed himself. :
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
Mushroom Sprout
Found on a Potato

BRooKvILLE, Kan. Sept. 25.-
When B. !. Chase. a farmer living
near here, started sorting some year
old potatoes in his cellar last week
he found on that had begun very
unusual sprout. The projection ex-
tended three inches above the surface
and Jared out at the end two inches
in diameter similar In shape to an
umbrella. Closer examination dis
closed the fact that a mushroom had
grown from the center. Although a
growth Of mushroom immediately sug-
Bests decay this potato Was u. I per-
sect state q preservatI lion.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
Bank Burglars Fooled
By a Telephone Cir!

NoRTHToNAwANDA, N, 3. se,t
25.-Robbery Of the State Nationa,
bank of Ransomville. Niagara couni
ty. was foiled early the other day by
the quick Wit Of a telephone girl who
rang up" the banks Just as the Ave
robbers were about to blow open the
inner door of the bank vault.
The robbers had succeeded in blow
ing open the fireproof door Of the safe
proper when frightened away. They
escaped in a motor car.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-26
ODD CHIcKEN.

PATToNvILLE. Tex, Sept. 25.-
w. j. Isbell, Of this place; has a
healthy dominick rooster that has
four legs. The extra pair are al
tached at the back OF the ones the
fowl walks with. The extra pair
are growing as the rooster grows,
and are beginning to look much like
the ROSTERS regular legs. The roos-
ted Is the greatest curiosity in Pat
tonvil1e at present.
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