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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23
Oil and Gas.

The weekend OF development work
In the Eastern fields was exceedingly
tame. In the long list OF competitions
there was nothing better than light
producers. The thing Of most inter.
est to all operators and producers
was the advance in the credit balance
market on last Friday morning. The
present price quoted for Pennsylvania
crude is now $3.50 and there arc
those who think It has not reached
the top. The more optimistic are talk.
ing three.dollar oil for the near future.
With all the work doing in all fields
there has been no increase in produc.
ton, and the remainder Of the year
promises no better results.
In the Hughes river pool, Clay dis.
trict, Richie county, w. Va, the I'm.
perial OIL and Gas Products company
drilled test on the Lydia Moore
farm through the Big Injun sand. II
Ia located GOO feet east OF the pro.
ducer on the Woods heirs farm and
showing for IL or 20-barrel pumper.
On Lick run. New Milton district,
Doddridge county, the Carnegie Nat.
ural Gas company drilled its test on
the s. p. & ]. Kelly farm through
the Gordon sand and deep below, but
found no sands after passing through
the Gordon. A light show of oil was
developed In the Gordon, and it will
be shot and tested in that formation.
On Thomas run, Clay district. Mo.
Mongolia county, the South Penn Oil
company drilled No. 4 on the A. L.
McFeters farm through ali sands, in.
Guiding the Bayard, and found moth.
ing but light gas passure in the Big
lntun and Fifth sands. Two miles east
Of Alkaline postoffice the Carnegie Nat.
ural Gas company abs an innovation
at its test on the Bowers.Walton farm.
located on Fishing creek. Liberty dis.
trict. Marshall county. A good show
Of oil was developed in the Maxon
sand and 1t is estimated to be good
for five barrels day.
On Sycamore creek, Smithfeld dis.
trict, Roane county, the South Penn
Oil company drilled No. 20 on the w.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23
NEW YORK LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent
-HE most intense partisan cannot

(From Our Regular Correspondent
THE most intense partisan cannot
deny the great legal ability Of
i Philander Knox, who has been At.
torney General, Secretary Of State and
Senator. Speaking in New York last
night, MIR. Knox pointed out some In.
leresting facts regarding the Adamson
law. He said, "lf Congress has the
power to prescribe ten hours pay for
eight hours work. 1t requires no argu.
haent to establish the proposition that
Il can prescribe six hours pay for eight
hours work, or any number Of hours
pay for any number Of hours work.
Where Is no Substantial difference be.
Tween Congress determining how long
man shall work, and what he shall
receive for his work, and the author.
tty exercised by the master over the
Blave, the proprietor over the peon or
The feudal lord over the peasant. Slav-
cry to Congress is just as bad as slav-
cry to the individual and 1t will be a
rad surprise II this first step in that
direction Ia not Indignantly rejected by
Intelligent American labor" Mr.. Knox
hight have added that Congress-. In
The Adamson law, has enacted that
"eight hours shall. in contracts for Ia.
Dor and service. be deemed days
work and the measure and standard OF
4 days work for the purpose Of reck.
oning the service Of all employees.
ETC." and has made anyone who vio-
lates the law subject to maximum
penalty Of $1,000 fine and years i'm.
orisonment.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23
FOR RENT
SPECIAL NOTICES
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
a.. 80 yxyank Vy3.-G-f-

ORDER OF PUBLICATION
State OF West Virginia:
At the October. 1916, Rules, held
in the Clerks Office Of the 1ntermedi.
ate Court. In and for the County Of
Marion, and State aforesaid October
4. 1916. the following order was enter.
ed: Mary Grasa, Plaintiff vs. Ivan
Grasa, defendant, Chancery.
Summons
State Of West Virginia,
To the Sheriff OF Marion County,
Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to sum.
mon Ivan Grasa to appear before
the intermediate Court Of Marion
county, at rules to be held In the
Clerks Office Of said Court on the
first Monday In October, 1916, to an.
swer a bill in chancery exhibited
against him in said court by Mary
Grasa.
And have then there this writ.
Witness. w. S. Black. Clerk Of said
Court, at Court House In said county,
the End day OF October 1916, and
54th year of the State.
W. S. BLACK, Clerk.
The return endorsed on the back
Of the foregoing summons is In words
and figures following:-
The within named Ivan Grasa is
| not found in my bailiwick October
End. 1916. B. s. WILSON,
Deputy for C. D. Conway, Sheriff OF
Marion County, West Virginia.
Object Of Suit
Tho ahtaot ~ 10 ohn,> :.
cause is to obtain decree Of divorce
from the bonds Of matrimony on be.
half Of the plaintiff and against the
| defendant, Ivan Grasa, and for gen.
eral relief.
An affidavit having been made and
filed that the said Ivan Grasa. the de.
PENDANT named in the above styled
suit. is nonresident of the State of
West Virginia, 1t is ordered that the
said Ivan Grasa do appear within one
month from the first publication of
this order, in the Clerks Office of
our said intermediate Court, at Rules
to be holden therefor, and do what Is
necessary to protect his interets.
It is ordered that copy OF this
order be published and posted as re.
1uired by law.
Given under my hand this 9Th day
OF October, 1916.
w. S. BLACK, Clerk.
F. r. Amos,
Counsel for Plaintiff.
This order is published for the first
time October 9th, 1919. and to be pub.
lished once week for four success.
sive weeks. W. s. BLACK,
10-s.16.23.30 Clerk.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23
MRS. F. FLEMING
Bears WITNESS
FOR WENTWORTH
Family Tonic overcomes Her
Nervousness And In
digestion.

As the following signed statement
shows this case was deep-rooted. But
two bottles of Nerv;W Worth drove the
sufferers ills from their trenches.
II can say | have been very much
benefited by Wentworth.
Il was extremely nervous and suf-
fered so much from indigestion until
had taken Nerv.Worth.
II have taken two bottles Of this
wonderful medicine and my health is
greatly improved.
(Mrs.) E. FLEMING.
AZ White Ave-, Morgantown. w. Va.
Nerv Worth whets the appetite. aids
digestion, rouses the liver, regulates
the bowels, restores restful sleep, ban.
ishes sick and nervous headaches and
other aches and pains; adds flesh,
builds up run down systems. II 1t does
not do this for you your dollar back
at Cranes Drug Store.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23
Pittsburgh

s PITTSBURGH. Oct. 2s.-sales o. .he
Pittsburgh Stock Exchange last wsek
foot up 224,449 shares stocks and Ill.
900 bonds. While the bulk OF The
business was In the low-priced rcan.
ing shares, the general market vas
fairly active and broad. Five iew
high. prices were recorded and, com.
pairing final sales with the last r.evI.
Gus close there were IS net gains.
~ net losses and stocks closed ua.
changed for the week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23
Here They Know Him.

Aere They Know Him.
y One Of the sad surprises of Presi.
;ient Wilson's supporters has boon
the straw vote conducted at Princeton,
where Mr.. Wilson spent so many years
Of his life. Approximately rs per cent
Of the students voted, some 1900 in
all, and Mr.. Hughes had q majority
over Mr.. Wilson Of 1873 votes. This IL
the second time recently that New Jer-
sey has had an opportunity to exhibit
Its estimate Of its "favorite son." The
nomination of Senator MARITIME over
Mr.. Wilson's hand.picked candidate,
who enjoyed all the support the fed.
eral administration and tho state ma.
chine could give him was the first.
Two years ago, however New Jersey
held state election which, in the
estimation Of the experts on Jersey
politics, was tantamount to q $4,000
or 10000 majority against Mr.. Wilson.
It is significant fact that the Wilson
campaign managers claim their 81; eng
sst territory Ia that remote from Wash.
!ngton. where their candidate is least
known.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23
Watehful Waiting Refined.

Col. Roosevelt has given tho most
accurate and terse definition OF watch
tul waiting" the campaign has thus tar
produced. HE said at Louisville, Of
President Wilson and his policy, mir.
Wilson does not mind the Mexlcans
being at war with us, SO long IA W. sre
not at war With Mexico" Wat better
definition could there be o. watch.
I'M waittng?"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23
.Huahes Scores Wilson.

Hughes Scores Wilson.
Mr.. Hughes paid his respects to Sec.
rotary Baker. at Youngstown. o. He
iuoted the Secretary's insulting word
Regarding the American rcvolutionists.
In which Mr.. Baker charged them with
having pursued the same methods and
,perpetrated the same crimes on their
march to Valley Forge as have the
Mexican bandits recently. Then he
sead Secretary Lansing's arrangement
Of the Mexicans, issued last June, and
then he said, IAN administration i'm
,bued with the spirit Of true American
Ism would be incapable of the state.
ment made by the Secretary Of War.
1t must bring the blush Of shame to the
cheek of every American that apollo
yizes for the deplorable record in
Mexico should be made after this
fashion. We want peace. enduring
peace. We cannot have peace II we
have decadence OF the American
rpirit. We need an administration that
will not compare those who won and
preserved our liberties to murderers
Ind raping bandits. We need an adj
ADMINISTRATION which will preserve the
honor of the American name.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23

the said defendant, Earl d. Amos, may
Do aseeftaiied and adjudicAted. and
that Q sufficient amount OF his prop
erty may be decfeed 70 b sold, and
Sold, In order to pay OF and discharge
said defendant, Earl G. Amos, debts,
including the sums that may be do.
creed to the plaintiff; that the liens
and priorities on said property may he
ascertained and adjudtcated. and that
plaintiff may obtain general relief.
An affidavit having been made and
filed that the said Earl g. Amos, tho
Kelly Jones Company, Standard Man.
ufacturing Company. a corporation,
Troop Manufacturing Company, a cor.
poration. Trimble and Lutz Supply
Company. a corporation, Tobias Heat.
er Company. corporation; Lawson
Stove and Manufacturing Company, a
corporation. Century Stove and
Manufacturing Company. corpora.
ton. The r. B. Manufacturing Compan.
ny, a corporation. defendants named
In the above styled suit, are non.resi'
dents Of the State Of West virginia, II
Is ordered that the said Earl u. Amos.
Kelly Jones Company. standar,; Man.
ufacturing Company. Troop Manufae'
turing Company. Trimble aud Lutz
Supply Company. Tobias Heater Com.
pany. Lawson Stove and Manufactur.
ing Company, Century Stove and Man
ufacturing Company. the r. B. Manu-
featuring Company, do appear within
one month from the first publica ton
Of this order, In the clerks office OF
our said Circuit Court. at Rules to be
holden therefor. and do what 10 nee
essRry to protect their interests.
1t Is ordered that copy Of this or.
der be published and posted and post
ed as required by law.
Given under my hand this 9Th day
OF October, 1916.
w. S. BLACK, Clerk.
Curt E. Amos, Jas. A. Meredith.
Counsel for plaintiff.
This order Is published for the first
time October 9th. 1916, and to be pub.
lished once week for four successive
weeks.
W. S. BLACK. Clerk.
l0.9.16.23-30.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23
Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.--Although at
times unsettled wheat prices finished
strong at the highest closing figures
this season. A sharp advance in quo.
tations at Buenos Ayres caused anxi-
Bty among shorts here, and It was evil.
dent that foreigners were picking up
wheat on all setbacks. Gains amount
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-23
FINANCE, OIL AND GAS

ed TO 1c to lxc net with December
closing at $1.7o1z to s1.70N, and May
at $1.70h to S1.70A. Corn showed
rise Of Nc to CSC, and oats Of SEQ
NC to nc. The outcome for provis.
ions was unchanged to soc higher.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
1874 PERSONS LOST LIVES
One Big Town Is Wiped Out and Many
Villages Are Destroyed
BY Forest Fires.

Toronto.-With one town complete,
ly wiped out, another almost in ruins
and a score of small settlements Oblit'
Grated, Premier Hearst that
1874 persons lost their lives in the for
est fires in Northern Ontario.
Only a heavy rainfall on July 81
probably saved a great part of the
homeless and the Dominion govern.
ment has taken extraordinary meas
ures to provide for the refugees.
Where the town Of Matheson once
stood there are only smoulderipg
ruins and ashes. The country sur,
rounding it is as barren as a desert,
Only a few structures in the village
of Cochrane remain standing.
The greatest loss of life occurred
at Nushka and Monteith, partly in
ruins. where IS persons were burned
to death. At Matheson 35 persisted.
~lroQuois Falls, where great paper mills
are located, was not entirely burned
as at first reported. The paper mills
and one store were saved from the
flames.
The relief work throughout the dis.
trict is we'll in hand" said the premier,
Everything possible is being done,
We will spare no expense to give the
necessary relief"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
BANDITS LEFT FOUR DEAD
Carranza Aided the Americans In 6
Fight With Bandits Near Fort
Hancock, Texas.

San Antonio.-Carranzista and Z. S
troops fought side by side in the en-
gagement with Mexican bandits south
Of Fort Hancock. Tex, July 81, accord
ing to the official report from Brig.
Gen. George Bell Jr., at FL Paso, to
Mal-Gen. Funston.
After the bandits had been sur
rounded in a ranch house on the Amer
lean side of the Rio Grande River and
an American customs guard had been
killed, another customs guard named
Bean a down to the river bank and
called to a detachment Of C~arranzistas
on the Mexican side TO come over and
assist the American troops.
a captain and eight soldiers re.
sponded. They joined in the fighting,
which became general Soon, the re.
por. says, the bandits fed from the
ranch house and retreated over the
river, leaving behind four dead.
The American dead numbered two,
Private John Tweney, F Troop, Eighth
United States Cavalry, and Robert
Woods, customs guard. Sergt. Lewis
Thompson, F Troop, Eighth United
States Cavalry, was seriously wound
ed. He was made the target of three
bullets.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
The Little Matter.

A certain captain Of industry, COM
plimented on an immense war contract,
said in New York:
"One beauty about these contracts Is
their strict honesty. There are no
palms to grease"
1T wasn't always so in war on
tracts. In fact, they tell q story about
a war contractor vino once broke the
silence of his club reading room with
a dreadful sigh.
"'What's the matter?' a brother con-
tractor asked.
"'Alas, alas! said the first con-
tractor. I've just bought five million
pairs Of shoes at q dollar a pair and
sold them to the army for six dollars,
and I'm afraid the loss will ruin me-
"Loss? Loss?' said the other con-
tractor. What are you talking about,
man? On five million pairs of shoes,
with a %five-dollar profit, how can there
be a lossT
"'My dear fellow said the first con-
tractor, sadly, you forget the little
matter Of commissions. '"-Washington
Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
SAYS BUSINESS SATISFACTORY.
Monthly Summary Of Business By
Federal Reserve Board.

WashingtOn-The monthly summary
Of business prepared by the federal
reserve board Aug. | from reports
from the agents Of the twelve federal
reserve districts shows domestic de.
mand gradually taking the place Of
foreign orders.
THE present trend OF business is
more along the line Of conservatism
which bankers and business men have
been urging the summary stated. at
tends to a more permanent prosper
ity." The pressure to place now or
ders and to stock up heavily which
was 50 prevalent a month or two ago
is disappearing.
"The general business outlook is
satisfactory. Crops are better than
average in most districts, and the la.
Dor situation Is satisfactory every.
where except New York, where gar,
ment workers are on strike, and San
Francisco, where strikes continue or
the water front"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
SAILS ON HER WAY HOME
The German Submarine Deutschland
Gets Away From Baltimore With
out Enoounterng Mishap.

Raltimore.-Th The Deutschland sailed
August first, homcward bound
Slipping along the surface Of the
water ike a slim rreen water snake,
her own power kicking her forward,
The little l. boat dropped down the
Patapsco river at G pm.
Pro-German or pro-ally no man who
saw her 20 could hardly help breathing
in his heart OF hearts a little prayer
Of godspeed.
She seemed so tiny and so fragile
as compared to the big hulks around
her. and yet so bold and defiant as she
went, catching the water with her
green nose, and flirting 1t high in air
white beads, that no man could pcs
.lbly find It in him 10 wish her harm,
Her captain, the brave Koenie, the
weather. beaten little mariner, who
brought the Deutschland safely into
port here three weeks ago when all
the world said such a thing could not
possibly be done, stood in the coming
tower as the L boat crawled out to
sea. Beside him stood the Baltimore
pilot, who was showing the way out,
From Newport News it was reported
from a source usually regarded as re.
liable that a Virginia pilot had been
engaged to bring the submarine
Deutschland to Newport News on her
arrival at Old Point.
The navy department at Washing
ton received a report from the de-
stroyer Sterritt. in Hampton Roads,
saying the tug Thomas +. Timmins
had reported that "the submarine had
passed out Of the capes and past the
three-mile limit at $3.50 p. IN, Aug. e.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
SIXTY LEFT DEAD
FROM CL0UDBURST
THE WATERS SWEEP THROUGH
VALLEY IN EASTERN PART
OF TENNESSEE.
MANY ARE LEFT HOMELESS
Property Loss Will Reach Approx.
mately S1o0,ooo-Water Over the
Little Valley Of BIair's Creek.
Homes Washed Away.

Knoxville, Tenn.-With GO known
dead and a property loss of 500, 900,
the people OF Big Barren Creek, in
Claiborne county, are, many of them,
homeless and stricken with sorrow.
Following a rainstorm in which II
inches OF rain is reported by the
weather bureau officials to have fall
en- a flood which tore away a 35-foot
dam surged down the valley, carrying
ruin in its wake. The dead-Mrs.
Crockett Edmondson, her four chill
dren and two grandchildren, the
Misses Lille and Minnie Wiley, daugh.
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. S II. Wiley Of
Monroe, Mich; Robert Jackson and
wife, Frank Cupp and wife, Robert
Walker and family of eight, Bush Fer
guson and wife and seven children,
w. p. Zachery and wife and five chill
dren, unknown girl, three years of
age, Arthur Johnson and wife and
three children, Cornell McBee and wife
and sever children.
A man and wife and five children
in an isolated section are known to
be drowned. They are said to be
Ifuse Birch and family.
Rescue parties returning from the
stricken district report that the water
Is all over the little valley of Blair's
Creek and that apparently every home
along the creek for a distance Of six
miles has been washed away.
The damage was first reported to
have been the result of a %cloudburst,
but although a hole so feet deep and
$50 feet long vas torn in the ground
in one place, the people of that sec
tion believe that the storm was the
hardest that could have been, without
being a cloudburst. The flood waters
confined in a narrow valley a quar-
ter to a half mile wide surged to their
outlet in Clinch river, 10 miles below,
at which point the effect of the flood
was dissipated. Five Touring mills
and three sawmills, many residences
and granaries and all the crops have
been destroyed in the section. When
isolated points have been heard from
IT is believed that the loss ii human
life will include more residents Of the
valley.
Rescue parties that went into the
valley brought out a number who have
been made homeless and these are be-
ing taken care of in Tazewell and in
farm houses in that vicinity.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
SETS LIFE R M FREE
Georgia Governor FuIfIIs His Promise
To Daughter Of Danville
Ex-Chief.

Atlanta.-Thomas Edgar Stripping,
who served as chief Of police of Dan,
vile, Va, for almost fur OF the four.
teen years that he Z Is an escaped
convict, was granted haull pardon by
Gov. Nat E. Harris he
Since the first dah at Chief R.
E. Morris" Of Dankigi 9gas brought
back to Georgia I'd casi me his life
sentence as Striplif mpts were
made through three t1dministra.
tions to have him pardOned. All these
failed, however. until Gov. Harris went
to M~illedgeville in July, 1915, to in.
spect the state prison farm. While
there one Of Stripling's eight children,
a girl of six, ran to him in the prison
grounds and bashfully pleaded to
please let my papa out because he is
sick and we all need him so bad" The
incident touched the aged governor
and he promised ITO send your father
back some time during his term"
After completing an exhaustive re-
view of the case, Gov. Harris dispatch
ed a letter to little Bessie STRIPPING
and completed the case in its last gen
tence with after all, it is the offering
from the governors heart to the love
and innocence of a little child"
Stripping on Sept. 4, 1897, shot and
killed w. ]. Cornett, his neighbor in
Harris County, Georgia. He fred
through a window at Cornett's house.
He surrendered at Columbus, Ga, a
few days afterward and eventually
was found guilty; sentenced for life.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
Easement Is Executed,

London.-Roger Easement, former
British knight and consul. was hanged
at Q a. m. Aug, 3, in %Pentonville Jail
for high treason. He was convicted
of conspiring to cause an armed re-
volt in Ireland, and with having
sought German aid to that end.
Hours before the execution a crowd
Of men. women and children gathered
before the prison gates, At ne NH
ute after 9 a single stroke of a big bell
announced that the trap had been
sprung, Ii was the signal for a mock.
ing, j%eering yell from the crowd, which
suddenly died away.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
Work On Old Capitol.

The capitol commission continued
in session, consulting Architect Link
On the old capitol repairs. Contracts
have been made with the American
B,ldge Company of New York for 235
tons Of steel structural material with
which the walls Of the old capitol will
be lined and fortified, the price agreed
on being $685. 0
The commission also placed orders
for great quantities of brick and ce.
ment, and other brick will be manu-.
featured on tie convict farms. The
labor will be performed by convicts-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22

Picking .-Thirty-one young men were
graduated this year from the Using
Hua College, an institution maintained
with the Boxer indemnity money re.
funded to China by the United States,
and they will leave for America in a
few weeks TO enter various colleges
and universities in America.
Paul S. Reinsch, the American min.
lister, Tsao.Julin, the acting minister
for foreign affairs. and c. c. Wang of
the board Of communications. who was
educated in America, addressed the
yoyung graduates.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-09-22
ITCHING, BURNING SCALPS
Crusted With Dandruf Yield Readily
to C%uticura. Trial Free.

Cuticura Soap to cleanse the scalp of
dandruff crustings and scalings, and
Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal
feelings and irritations. Nothing bet
ter, surer or more economical than
these super-creamy emollients for hair
and scalp troubles of young or old.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv. l..