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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-09
Nam York

NEW YORK, Sept: s-Apathy, re;
sulting mainly from lack OF patron.
age, was again the most pronounced
feature Of todays market session. I'M
portant stocks. that is TO say, invest
ment issues, moved irregularly on
light offerings, few fluctuations more
than a point, while sspectalties chiefly
war shares, were moved back and
forth as so many. paWns in the specu.
latIye game.
There we're several exceptions to
this rule, notably Bethlehem Steel and
crucibie Steel, these ascending to
their highest Quotations since the
sinking Of the Arabic became a mar
ket factor. Bethlehem steel's best
was 362, q gain OF ~ points, and CRU
cible Steel at s9s7s showed a maximum.
advance Of ).
Crucible led all I the industrials in
activity except United States Steel, It's
rise being accompanied by a variant
OF the old rumor OF additional war con.
tracts and buying by banking inter.
ests for control. United States Stoe!
was under mild pressure until the
final hour, when II advanced to 75B,
e gain Of q on heavy buying, which
ranged from 1000 to more than 5000
shares In individual lots. The entire
list became more active and compare.
lively strong toward the end, the ex-
cellent Government crop report intus-
ing renewed interest ana causing short
covering.
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MONONGAHE[A IS
AFTER | COAL TRADE
General Agent in City Today
Making Effort to Land
Business.

Clifford H. King. general agent Of
the coal and ore department OF the
New York Central line west, is in the
city calling on the chief coal shippers
with a view TO having them try the
lines of the Monongahela railway in
the future. The New York Central is
straining every effort to get coal ship.
ments out of West Virginia.
The mines that are adjacent to the
railroad along the Monongahe!a will
be opened in due time, but before the
Developments are made the compan,
will compete with the Baltimore and
Ohio with loading for the west via the
Great Lakes.
]. G. Glover, Of Brownsville, Pa,
commercial agent for the Pittsburgh
and Lake Erie system, accompanied
Mr.. King TO Fairmont and after call.
ing on few shippers left last night
for his home office.
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Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO, Sept. S.-The last OF q
big line of short wheat was covered
by James A. pntten today and hand.
some profits were realized. There
were many other smaller spectators
who took to the buying side. All Of
the big men in the Chicago wheat
trade have adhered strictly to the
bear side for some time past and have
reaped a rich harvest. ratten be.
lieves wheat will sell much lower.
a prominent trader, while viewing
the Winnipeg grain prices today, said:
There is the key to the situation.
Winnipeg is below us in price and for
eigners would purchase the wheat
raised in Western Canada In prefer.
ence to that grown in the United
States, not because 1t is an English
possession, but for the simple reason
that the Canadian wheat is of better
quality than that raised south OF the
international line"
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METZ.

Mr.. Joe Austin who has been in de-
cdlining health for some time is worse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mac Mccullough Of
Clarksburgh were visiting the latters
father, Mr.. H. l.. Campbell Sunday and
Monday. 81,
Miss Laura Campbell and Miss ople
Talkington are attending the Wheeling
fair this week.
Miss Birdie Ferell and Miss Gale
Grant OF 'F'airmont were visiting squire
Ferell Saturday and Sunday.
!. Mrs. Mary Dye and children who
were visiting her mother, Mrs. Flor.
ence Campbell last week returned
home Sunday evening on twelve.
I Mrs. Hubert Thomas is visiting his
brother Rastus in Claysville this week.
Mr.. Ross Taught OF Cross Roads,
Monongalia County came to Metz and
purchased an Elmore auto and started
to take It home. He got to the lower
end Of Metz where he ran into a bank
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MoNoNeALlA MlxlNes.

A celebrated genius OF Scotland once
wrote a book entitled 1.-THE Art Of Pc.
litical Lying" Material for several
additional chapters can now be found
in this county.
II Billy Sunday is as brave as he
poses, why does he not tackle the
leering savages Of Georgia? The ladies'
of Pittsburgh will continue to use 10.
lions and powders anyway.
A gigantic intellect has figured out
that the man who used to refuse TO
bu ya horse that would not stand with
out hitching. now absolutely decliens
to buy an automobile that Is not self
starting.
Family reunions have now rolled In.
to the palacious past. and the grand
old golden rod now saunters upon the
scene.
Ted the Terrible does not possess,
va long ways. the intellect OF Ed.
ward Gibbon, yet he might favor US
wit ha History OF the Decline and Fall
of the Bull Monkeyshine Party. Billy
Jeyenne Bryan might also retouch
Shakepeare's much Ado About Moth
ing" The Big Stick and the Big
Mouth may yet entertain.
We desire to announce ourselves a
candidate for superintendent OF the
Grant district schools. Candor com.
pels us to admit that we have not
been earnestly solicited to become a
candidate, yet our we'll known and abb
normal modesty shall not prevent US
from saying that we can a6orn the
position as well as those that now oc.
cupy that exalted station in adjacent
sections of the county. We can visit
the schools, distribute moth-eaten In.
formation. vent pale green fiattery
and draw our salary. What else is
desired? Can you refuse US your vote
and influence and retain your self
respect?
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FINANCE, OIL, GAS AND PRODUCE

be increased to "a point equal to or,
higher than at any time since twas
drilled into the pay. After the well
had been drilled three feet deeper IN.
to the pay last Monday evening the
production went up to So barrels On
hour.
The WELLS SO much larger than any
thing that has been found recently In
Allegheny county that it is attracting
q good deal Of attention. Local opera.
tors have visited tho well in number
and show an eagerness to secure Ieas.
es in that vicinity. but nothing near
the farm is to be had. The National
Oil & Gas Company had been carrying
and paying rental on the Robinson
farm for nearly two years. All OF the
territory in the vicinity of the 3O.foot
development had been under lease q
number OF times. but as often surren.
dered without,a careful testing. Many
years ago during the development OF
the Dorseyville field, which is to the
north, the territory embracing the new
30.foot development was all under
lease. Tho closest SO.foot, develop.
ment to the new, located to the north.
east, is that at UnderclIff In Shaler
,npsp o1,fpr ltl5 tT.a
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SCREEN AND STAGE

Mack to sit down and write news.
paper notice about Mr.. Mansfield. Al.
ter reading the young mans effusion,
Mr.. Palmer advised him to become an
actor. SO Mack, after very short
newspaper career, went on the stage
and lived TO engage press agents OF
his own.
But he never quite relinquished the
idea OF being a writer and conse.
quently when the idea for "Kick In"
came to him. he was quick to put It
on paper. A representative OF A. H.
Woods. the manager who subsequent.
ly produced the piece, read the man.
uscript In San Francisco and advised
Mack to write description OF 1t to
Woods. Mack acted upon the sugges.
ton, after borrowing enough money
to pay for the telegram, couched the
story OF the drama in fifty words and
sent of the message. The next day
he received this reply, which he has
since had framed and to which he
points as the turning point in his life:
Think the idea Of Kick In is great.
Rush completed manuscript immedi-
ately and come to New York as soon
as you can. Am writing you five hun.
dred dollars as advance royalty.-A.
II. Woods"
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(Reported by George w. Eberharlt &
Oil and Gas

In the. Weir. sand development on
Blue creek, Elk district, Kanawha
county, the Ohio Fuel OIL Company
has completed No. 20 on the Edward
Gebhart farm and 1t produced So bar.
rels the first "a hours. In Duval dis.
trict, Lincoln county, the South Penn
Oil Company las completed Its No.
81 on the Horse creek tract and has
15.barrel pumpcr in the Berea grit,
On Spring creek, Spencer district,
Roane county, the same company has
started to drill No. on the Douglass
heirs farm.
On Butchers fork OF Sand Fork,
Courthouse district, Lewis county,
Allcar & Mullady have drilled test
on the Taylor Keith farm through the
fifth sand and to depth OF 1880 feet,
and have small gas we'll. On Long
Shoal run, Center district, Gilmcr
county, the Philadelphia Company has
now drilled its test on the G. L. Sny-
der farm through all sands and has a
buster.
The National Oil & Gas Company's
well on the W. ]. Robinson farm in In.
diana township, Allegheny county, is
proving u fine producer and sustains
the reputation OF the 30.foot formation
for its staying qualities. For the "a
hours ending at o'clock Tuesday
evening the well placed $50 barrels to
its credit. At the same hour yester-
day morning the well had averaged
"a barrels an hour. After the compile.
ton of the two additional tanks now
building, the well will be agitated, and
1t is expected that its production will
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-09
LOUISVILLE


! The active operations Of the gas
companies on Upper Indian creek
make our people hopefui that the en-;
terprises viii extend in this direction.
Mrs. Sadie Radcliff and Mrs. ii.
zinn, both of Fairmont, were the
weekend guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
chas. Barker. Of Beechwood.
Mrs. P. W. Low and children spent
last Sunday and Monday with rela-
tiyes near Halleck.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. C. Hood, OF this
place, were visiting friends and rela.
tives at clarksburg last week and tax.
ing In the fair.
While peaches are not being fed to
the hogs in our community some of
the choicest fruit, however. Is allow.
cd TO lie on the ground .where,it falls.
No person as yet has yentured to pre-.
dict the prices OF winter apples. as
those now in the market are of the
summer and early fall varieties,
prices varying according to quality.
Mrs. W. D. Hawley and her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Russell E. Wilson, of Rives.
Vile. spent last Thursday the guests
of Mrs. Joseph Fisher Of Beechwood.
Foes Of preparedness of the William
Jaw Bone Bryan type still proclaim
that the Tastness and great population
of the United States makes invasion
impossible. To see how the theory
works out in practice look at Russia
Rev. +. S. Pollitt presiding elder OF
the Fairmont district Of the N. E.
church, South, outside his regular
quarterly meeting services preached
TO large and appreciatiye audience
at the Mt. Hood church Tuesday night,
August 81. 1t was on this occasion
that Rev. o'Dell, pastor Of the Riyes.
vile circuit, was presented by the
members OF the Mt. Hood church with
travelling bag costing $500 as a
token of friendship and remember.
ance for four years faithful service as
pastor. Rev. o'Dell leaves in few
days for the session Of the annual con.
ference at Clarksburg.
That there is still lots of snakes left
and that the absence of snake stories
is not short crop is shown by re-
port few days ago coming from
0pekiska, the snake belt OF the coun-
try. The story is that the blacksmith
and another employe of the Opekiska
Coal Company slaughtered forty.nine
copperheads In fifteen minutes, nearly
three and one.fourth snakes TO the
minute. To the inexperienced in
snake lore this may look like nota.
bic performance. However, the two
snake nimrods say they are giving
nothing but the facts and that their
conscience will not allow them to tell
anything but the truth, saying moth.
ing about lots Of snakes OF various
sizes that escaped determination by
taking TO the tall timber. Those with
memories of good old snake days con.
slider the opekiska episode special
act of providence as each snake killed
had double row of teeth and an insa.
table appetite for chicken.
The sales from the oil and skins
Of forty-nine reptiles killed at opekis.
ka plus the hundred and one OF poi.
sonous variety slaughtered in va.
rious parts OF our immediate neighbor.
hood II carefully invested may prove
the foundation Of a large fortune.
Who knows?
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Baltimore
September 8, 1915

n September4S,l 1910.
(Furrished by WV. Lanahan & Co..
member New York and Baltimore
Stock Exchanges, Main floor, Cal
vert Building, Baltimore, Md
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Personals.

H. L. Murphy. ticket agent for the
Monongahela Railway. moved his fam,
lily TO Fairmont yesterday. Mr.. Muir.
ply moved from Brownsville. Pa. His
new home Is on East Park avenue.
7. Z. Connell, general agent for the
Monongahela Railway, brought his
wife and two children here from Con
nellsyille, Pa, yesterday. He has
moved into his new home on View
street.
Extra Conductors conley, Drum.
mond, Holmes, Grover. Johnson, Maui.
Ter and O'Miller have received their
certificates to act as conductors on
the NJ. R. district and the Short Line.
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OIL MARKET.
Former Pastor Will
Preach at Church

Rev. R. t. Webb, of Charleston, a
former pastor of the local Southern
Methodist Episcopal Church of this
city, is attending the annual confer
ence OF the denomination which. is In
session in Clarksburg.
Rev. Webb will occupy the pulpit of
the local church on Sunday morning
and will be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Morgan Billingsley. Mrs. Webb and
little son Vernon are now guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs, Billingsley.
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and then ii turned turtle, but luckily
no one was hurt.
Mrs. Essie Wilson and Mrs. Mary
Nuzum attended the Odd Fellows pe.
rade at Warrington Monday night. :
Mr.. Ross Dye, a brakeman on the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-09
New Fire Peril.

Birds carrying matches to their
nests under the caves of college
building in New York were blamed
for fire starting. The new art Of
fire prevention would preferably place
the blame on the human agency which
left such dangerous little weapons as
matches where the birds could find
them to carry them to the caves.
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Indiana Will Honor
Riley, the Poet, Oct. z

tBy Associated PresS.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. Gov.
ernor NJ. Ralston has issued a procln-
nation desinating October US Riley
day, and urging theipeople of the state
to set aside the day to honor James
Riley, the poet who Cover.
nor Ralston calls "Indiana's most be-
loved citizen" Mr.. Riley will be &c
years OF age on October Z.
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S. c. MusGRAvB.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-14
eUeos BUY OUT
JOHN HoLMeREN

FAIRBANKS. Aug. z3.-From late arrival from the lower river it is learn ed that the Guggenheims have taken up their option on John Holmgren's property in the Ruby district and al- ready have placed an order for a big dredge. which will be put on the ground either late this fall or early next spring. It is stated that the Gug- genheims paid MT. Holmgren S60.000 cash for the property. and will pay him another substantial sum after the property is working.
 Mir. Holmgren was ct Iditarod dur ing the summer and expects to come
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TOLOvANA NO
 LONGER A GAMBLE

No longer in the Tolovana district gamble or a prospect for a camp but is in fact a good small camp, with the possibility of 1t growing into camp almost as large as Fairbanks, according to recent arrivals from the new diggings. Pay has been lined up on Livengood creek and prospects along other streams indicate that the operations will be extended over large area. Conservative mining men, men of experience. including Harry Patterson. say that in six pans, they took out 91 cents. In drifting toward the creek. in two thaws, with eight-foot points the results were fav- orable. Gus Peterson. Alois Freid- rich, Sam Godfrey, J. J. Sherry and others are convinced that the new camp will prove one of the best pro- ducers in recent years and think that it will add several hundred thousand dollars or more to the output of the Fairbanks district next summer.
 They also consider that 1t is situat- ed so that 1t will prove a greater help to Fairbanks than any strike made in years. The camp will naturally be supplied from Fairbanks, they think, and the merchants or business houses of the Yukon river side will not be able to compete.-(Fairbanks Times.)
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SURVEYORS ARE
 FINISHING WORK
 IN NENANA FIELD

Within the next few days the gov ernment surveyors who have been working in the Nenana coal fields for the past two months will have com pleted their work and started for the outside. The party is headed by W. Fl. Thorne and W. c. Guerin.
 When the surveyors began their work in the Nenana they took into that district 30 horses to be used in packing supplies. The animals will be turned over to the Alaska Road Commission when the party leaves. F. T. Walker, who is chief surveyor, left Juneau on the Farragut, after a two weeks stay here. and stated at the time of his departure that he would probably be back here within anoth- CT month.
 There has been a rumor afloat for a couple of months that 1t is Mir. Walk CTS intention to make Juneau his head quarters. but he refused to confirm the report. saying that he would not know definitely until after he return ed
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he discovered around the point fast ened on a snag, and then getting a fisherman to take 1t lossc, he started for town to report the accident to the authorities On the way in he picked up Anuk Jossila, brother of the drowned man at his cabin at Lit tie Telegraph, and broke the news to him, who came in and after reporting the matter to the marshaPs office, Deputy Dalgity was sent out with them to bring the body to town where a coroner's Jury was selected and an inquest held this afternoon. at which verdict of meeting death in this pool of water was returned.
 D. Josslla was @ Finlander, about 27 years of age. and has two brothers here, and father and mother living in Finland. He has been around Wrangell for the last two years work Ing as a fisherman. It is thought that as he stopped down to get the water he tainted and pitched head long into the pool.
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cALiFoRNlANs INTERESTED
 IN ALASKA ANTiMoNY

FAIRBANKS. Aug. 23.-Wiring 10 the First National Bank. a smelling company at San Francisco makes in- Quiry as to the possibility Of securing antimony ore in Fairbanks. The shelter is ready to contract for the ore and will pay S60 to S7O per ton.
 R. c. Wood, president of the First National Bank. stated yesterday that antimony was selling for 32 cents pound outside. but that the smelters were afraid to contract at any such price. The reason for this is that if the war should suddenly come to an end the bottom would drop out of the market. Another thing of which the smeiters are in fear is that thousands of tons have been mined and are in
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SHIPPING sARYTEs

sULzER, Sept. 11.-on her last voy- age south the steamer Paraiso took another cargo of Barytes from the Lime Point mine.-(K (Ketchikau Pro- gressive.)
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INDIAN CHARGED WITH SHOOTING
 A WHITE MAN

KETCHIKAN. Sept. 11.-Last Sun day afternoon Steve Sanpolie, an Aus trian and well known character around town, was brought in by par ty from Pennock Island where he was picked up almost exhausted from the loss of blood due to a gun shot wound inflicted. SO he says. by one George Kushnick. The wounded man was ta- ken to the hospital where pr. Myers attended to his wound
 Later George Kushnick was arrest ed and at the preliminary hearing it appeared that both men. accompan- fed by Kushnick's wife left Indian town for a hunting trip. As they passed Pennock Island, the native suggested to stampolie to go ashore and pick some dry wood. Stampolie went ashore and as he was in the act of picking up a dry stick. Kushnick shot him through the left shoulder the bullet making a furrow across his chest. After the shot Kushnicl5 new CT looked back but continued on his way. Several hours later a gas boat came by and on a signal from the wounded man, he was taken aboard and brought to town.
 Kushnick was held to answer at the next term of court.
 Thursday, Louis Asebeno, a Mexican was arrested charged with stabbing one Varney a native of Indian town. In a brawl the Mexican is said to have sut the native badly on the neck. He was also held to await the action of the grand jury.-(Ketchikan Progress sive)
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Alice NJ. Jordison, teacher of mandolin guitar and banjo. studio 5-6 Garside Bl
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PETERSBURG cANNERY
 MAKES RECORD PACK

PETERSBURG, Sept. 11.-When the cannery boats arrived in last Sunday morning with 27OO0 seine fish the catch for the season was finished, and within a couple of weeks the cannery crew will have completed work.
 The Petersburg pack this season is the largest put up by any cannery in this section of Southeastern Alaska. and is a record pack for the cannery, exceeding by 5000 cases the output for any previous year.
 The total pack is 6S,OOO cases, of which 5O,OOO are pinks, 6,OOO reds, and the balance echoes. with a few chums. Petersburg Report.)
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AMONG TIE rHeATREs-
, sssS@ s%~ 2 4% . 4 2
 AT TIE oRPHEUM

Entire change of pictures tonight.
 Late Hearst Selig News Pictorial showing late war news. Honors paid to the victims of the Lusitania at Queenstown. Ireland; Athletics; Fash ions and other Interesting events.
 Mother and Wife" a pretty Edison drama, featuring Ben Wilson and sa- die Crute.
 The third episode of "The Exploits of Elaine" the popular craigg Kenne- dy story-better than the last one.
 For the latest and up to date com edy we present Romeo and Juliet" !" an Animated cartoon comedy.
 You are sure of a good laugh. This is the first time we have been able to show a complete cartoon comedy.
 -(stteD-
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J. WARREN KERRlcAN, IN A STRONG, TOUCHING FEA- TURF, AT THE GRAND
 THEATRE TONIGHT.

"The Magic shn," Warren Kerri- gan, supported by Jessailyn Van Trump, and a strong cast, is a beauti- full and educational feature.
 Washington News" all interesting events around Seattle and vicinity.
 Crossed Roads," another dramatic play that is very good
 "The Fourth Proposal" a funny Rex comedy. '''
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GO TO THE DREAM THEATRE Admission only Sc, 1oe and 15e-Five reeis of pictures 9-i-d
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ALASKA NORTHERN
 RAILROAD TO OPEN

For the first time since 1912 the Alaska Northern Railroad is once more open to Mile 55. The road has been put into shape for operating that far and the automobile is making regu- lar trips to that point from Seward Considerable damage was done to the road by recent floods, several of the banks being washed away
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Ar rHE oREAM THEArRE.

"The Curse of Humanity" an in- tense and thrilling Domino two-reel feature. will be shown at the Dream tonight and Tuesday night. A vivid portrayal of the curse of the Almighty Dollar, when diverted from the prop CT channels
 Vivian Rich in a beautiful two-reel American picture, and "Izzy and the Diamond" a comedy. makes five reels of pictures of exceptional merit
 Our prices-1O and 15c. zee
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to Fairbanks sometime this fall. Last year he purchased the interests of number of other men, including Dun can Michie. who were interested with him. Fairbanks Times)
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storage in China. That government is hoarding the supply, but should the Chinese decide to let it be sold, the market would be affected materially. Fairbanks Times)