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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations b
West Virginia, Pennsyl.
IL vanIa and Ohio. -,

The only innovation In oil circles
came at the close Of the week when
the credit balance market for crude
of the Pennsylvania grade was adj
yanced from 1925 to $2.35. All 9TH
err grades produced in the eastern
fields shared in the ten-cent advance.
except Ragland. The result OF the
advance and prospects for a further
appreciation will stimulate HELD
work. Eastern operators are anx-
ious to start new work In the hope
Of getting an increase in production,
but the real rush for new production
will not come before spring. the
kind Of territory available for de-
velopment can walt until after the
conditions are more favorable. the
West Virginia roads are In a bad con-
dition and operators hesitate at start
ing new work and increasing the cost
of drilling for light producers.
Ten-barrels wells are the best OF
the late competitions and all located
in old territory. In SPENCER district,
Roane county, w. Va, the South
Penn OIL Company drilled Its test on
the Messenger heirs farm through
the Big Injun sand and 1t ID o ten
barrel pumper. In Union district,
Wood county, the same company
completed No. 10 on the Archie Ell
liott farm and secured a light pumper
in the Berea grit.
Near buster in Peasants County.
The New York OIL Company drilled
its test on the M. Kidder farm, To-
Gated in Union district. peasants
county, through the Big Injun sand
and found a very light show for oil.
The owners are undecided as TO
whether or not 1t will pay to put 1t
to pumping. On Long Drain run
Church district, Wetzel county, the
Philadelphia Company has drilled a
test on the Thomas Gather farm into
the Maxon sand and developed q
gasser. .
On bartholomew run, Warrington
district. Marion county, Hickman and
Huffman's test on the Alfred Kendall
farm drilled down to the T~hirty-ioot
Sand and Is holding UP at better tnan
twenty-five barrels a day and will be
an incentive for drilling other wells
in that locality to the lower forma-
lion. Drilling down old wells to
the lower sands Is a good deal Of q
feature in a number OF the districts.
shooting and cleaning out old wells
is claiming the attention Of producers
in a number Of districts.
Lincoln County.
Lincoln county has quito a little
new work starting and Is complet-
ing a good many wells, all light
bumpers. On Porter Fork, Duyal
district. the South Penn OIL Com
many has completed Nos. S6 and 40
on the Horse Creek tract and they
are good for fifteen and ten barrels,
respectively. In the same district.
the Carter Oil Company is due in the
Berea grit at its test on the Charles
wagner farm. In Sheridan district,
the Columbia Gas and Electric Com
pany is drilling two wells and has two
rigs completed. In the same district,
the Four Mile OIL Company is drill
ing No. 13 on the Guyandotte Land
Association property.
In Jefferson district, Kanawha
county, the Charleston and Dunbar
on Company met with q surprise
when It drilled It's No, ~ on the q.
W. Russell farm into the salt sand
and got q hye-barrel producer. Pro-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30
MORE DEATHS
Are Expected to Result from
Explosion and Powder
Flare in Works.

WILMINGTON, DEL, Jan. 20
Two Of the seven men burned in the
explosion and powder rare at the
Carneys Point works Of the Dupont
Powder Company last night. died TO-
day, at the hospital while three
others are in a serious condition and
death is expected. The dead are
Lawrence Holt, Camden. N. j., and
Frederick Fitz. Reading, Pa. Those
not expected to recover are William
Wallace, Hadley. Pa; ]. E. Williams,
address unknown, and Fred Startling,
address unknown. The other two
are only slightly injured.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30

duction In the Salt sand was a. new
departure for that locality.
Drilling and Starting Tests.
In some OF the old districts there
Ia q little test work starting and
under way. On Redwood run, Grant
district, Wetzel county, the Rich
wood Oil and Gas Company. is drill
ing a test Oh the John Mills farm.
On Fishing creek and Long Drain
run, Church district, the Manufac-
turers Light and Heat Company is
starting tests on the s. and w. +.
and Jennie Potts farms. The same
company is starting tests on the 7. ].
and Susan Higglnbotham farms. On
the same stream, the Philadelphia
Company is due In the sand at q test
on the G. +. Throckmorton farm.
On Spring creek, Spencer district.
Roane county, Con and Heck are get
ting material for q rig and will drill
a test on the G.. M. Sergeant farm.
On the same stream and In the name
district, Godfrey L. Cabot is build
ing the rig for a test on the N. J.
Simmons farm. G
In Warrington district, Marion
county, the Hope Natural Gas Com
pany is still fishing at its test on the
Lydia Griffin farm. In sardis dis
trict, Harrison county, the Sylvan
OIL Company is drilling in the Cor
don sand at a second test on the Sa-
villa Cunningham farm. D. J.. Cni-
ter and Company have the rig COM
pleted on the N. X. DAVIDSON farm.
In Greenbrier district, DoddridRe
county, Bartlett and Weiner's second
test on the W. l. Slusser farm Is hold
ing up at twenty barrels a day. Across
the dividing line in Union district, Har-
rison county, the Hope Natural Gas
Company Is drilling second tests on
the E. ]. Morris, Susan Jarvis and
]. 2. Barnett farms. In the same dis
trict, the South Penn OIL Company
has started to drill No. 8 on the ].
W. Day farm.
Southeastern Ohio.
In the northern end Of the deep
sand territory, near Black Hand.
Hopewell township. Licking county,
o., the Columbus OIL and Fuel Com
pany drilled a second test on the John
Q. Fisher farm through the Clinton
sand and got a five barrel pumper.
This location Is 80 feet southeast OF
the same company's test on the I'D.
Gard farm. In the same district, the
Planet OIL Company Is down 2.700 feet
at 2 test on the q H. Kreager farm
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30
1t is Learned That Man Who
Had Them Escaped at
JaCkSonburg.

The mystery of the sawed-oif
handouts that were found on James
Weekley when arrested recently at
Salem, has at last been solved and in
accordance with the %conjectures Of
Harrison county officers.
Weekly made his escape from the
custody Of town officers at Jackson
burg a day or two before he went to
Salem. BE was arrested at Jackson
burg By 4 town policeman on a
charge epotlegging. The police
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30
ATTEND BANQUET.

CHARLESTON, Jan. 29.-Together
with a number Of other state officials
as we'll as capitol attaches, Governor
Hatfield went to WEIGH. Mcdowell
county, where tonight q banquet was
rendered by the Mckinley Club. The
governor was the principal speaker,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30
BANDIT RAIDS
About Tuxpam. Mexico, Are
Reported to State Depart
ment as Being Renewed.
eaY c 10 ,asss,

WASHINGTON. Jan. 29-Renewal
of bandit raids about Tuxpam, Mexico
a vicinity in which large American
and British oil properties r locat-
ed was reported in state department
dispatches today. 1t was said some
oil camps had been looted, but that
property damage had been compare
lively small and no foreigners had
lost their lives. The department
meager advices said that General Na-
farette, commandant OF the district,
had assured consular agents he was
making an active campaign against
the bandits.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30
many LIVEs LOST
In the San Luis Rey Valley by
Floods Which Are Rag
ing There Now.

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Jan. 29.-(By
federal wireless to San Francisco)-
Floods in the San Luis Rey valley
have cost at least as many lives as
those take In the otay valley disas-
ter. where fifty persons were report
ed drowned, according to reports re-
here late today. The town Of
San Pasqual is reported to have been
washed away.
San Luis Rey is about forty miles
north Of here. One hundred and
fifty officers and men from warships
anchored in The harbcr made up :
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30
RIVER STAGES

itsy ASSOCIATED rsEsT
WHEELING, Jan. 29.-Riyer 10
feet 4 inches. falling, cloudy.
Liberty for Matamoros.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 29.-Riyer
stages follow:
Davis Island Dam 7.s feet. station
airy. rain.
rain. ,
Parkersburg. IL feet, falling. rain,
MorgantUwn, S.4 feet, falling, rain.
OIL City. Al feet, rising, cloudy.
Warren. SO feet, rising. cloudy,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30
IN HURRY
For Munitions to Be Made in France
is Great Britain.

PARIS, Jan. pa commission
consisting OF David Lloyd George,
minister OF munitions; Andrew Bo-
mar. law secretary for the colonies;
General Sir William Robertson, Gem
eral Du Cane, Iran Mcpherson and
Colonel Arthur Lee arrived here from
London last night to'discuss with AL
bert Thomas, under secrtary OF war,
and his associate experts. the subject
Of speeding up the production Of mu-
nitions. and closer cooperation be-
tween Great Britain and France.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30

relief expedition which went IN
launches, to the 0tay valley, Seven
teen bodies had been recovered In the
bay late today.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30

uLtEzie. whore did you cot the I.1
We had for supper last Qik1f7
II got them At smithyl NeI1't they
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

In Europe the hydrogen gas which is a
by-product of the manufacture of oxy-
gen is utilized to harden oils for use in
the soap industry
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

The production of magnanese ore in
the United States last year was more
than three times that of the preceding
year and the greatest since 1901.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
MARY MILES M|NTER
looming TO TR|AN0N

Miss Mary Miles Minter, one Of the
youngest screen stars being booked to-
day, will appear in youths Endearing
Charm" Monday and Tuesday at the
Trianon. The play is one of the best
ever offered patrons of the Trianon, and
as "Orphan Mary" Miss Minter makes
one of the hits of her career. She has
all the qualities of beauty. of grace, of
charm that enthrall the hearts of movie
fans She is one of the most popular
of screen stars appearing in Birming-
ham.
youths Endearing Charm is the first
of a series of unusually excellent plays
in which Miss Minter occupies the lead
ing role Others which soon are to be
released on the Mutual programme are
..Dulcie's Adventure Faith Dream
or Two Ago." "Lisette," and limo
cence," all of them strong plays, we'll
acted, with excellent photography and
rapid action.
youths Endearing Charm" will be re-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
GRETCHEN THE GREENHoRN"

Dorothy Gish and half dozen of the
Triangle kiddies, headed by George
Stone-they ronp through the
new Triangle-Fine Arts feature,
Gretchen Blunders In" at helter-
SHELTER clip shedding sunshine wherever
sunshine is needed, and foiling villains
when villains are to be foiled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
TRIANGLE STARS At
TRIANGLE THEA TIRE
Gretchen the Greenhorn With Dorothy Gish Opens Today
A Clean Healthy Comedy Drama-Last Half of Week
Sees Return of William s. Hart in New
Picture ''The Patriot

Gretchen is maid from Holland who
comes to America with an armful of bun
dies and baskets and a quaclzing duck on
the end of a string Her father has pre-
ceded her from the land of bikes, quaint
head-dresses and wooden shoes and has
set up as an engraver in an American
city.
There couldn't be a Gretchen without
a love affair, and no sooner has the
Holland maid set foot in the humble
tenement where her father has both his
shop and his home, than she takes the
eye and wins the heart of Pietro, a young
italian who lives under the same roof
1t matters not that neither can speak
the others tongue, that Pietro knows lit
tie English and Gretchen none; love has
a language of it's own, and the romance
of Pietro and Gretchen moves rapidly.
Dorothy Gish's big following of ad-
mirers will like this picture immensely.
She has a merrier part than in any
previous release, and fills it to the brim
Frank Bennett, who will be remembered
for his good work in "Sold for Marriage
and Stranded" appears as Pietro and
Ralph Lewis, who contributed strong
roles to Going Straight and "Hell-to-
Pay AUSTIN" as Gretchen's father.
George Stone has a. lot to do, and does
it in Georges own inimitable way. The
other kdlets are much in evidence.
Although nearly all the scenes OF
Gretchen the Greenhorn" are laid in
America, it is play of Dutch atmos-
phere and suggestion, and the note in
lobby decoration, special costuming, etc,
should be Dutch-wooden shoes, full
skirts, quaint head-dresses and all the
other oddities of apparel that go to
make Holland and it's people picturesque
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
BLUE RIBBON GIRLS
REMAIN AT COLONIAL

Owing to the popularity of the blue
Ribbon Girls this charming and dainty
musical comedy act will hold over at the
Colonial theatre this week.
According to the patrons of the Colo
NAL theatre who enjoyed the perform
ance given by 1.-THE Blue Ribbon Girls"
this was about the best musical comedy
act that has appeared in a Birming-
ham theatre in many long day.
The girls of 1.-The Blue Ribbon Girls"
are good singers and dancers, and their
beauty makes a winning combination
that the management of the Colonial the
atre has found profitable, which accounts
for the fact that 1.-THE Blue Rib bon Girls
will disport themselves at the Colonial
stage again this week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
THE GUTTER" TO Be
SHOWN AT THE BELLE
THEATRE THIS WEEK
On Next Friday pillars of
Society,"" With Henry
B. Walthall, Is
Booked

Again stellar features of great pop
ularity are booked for the Belle thea
tire at Ensley for this week. opening
A." a five-part Ince-Triangle produc-
tion in which William Desmond and
Enid Markey are co-starred His Ly-
ing Heart" a two-part keystone COM
edy. which features Ford Sterling and
Vivian Edwards, is also booked.
Tomorrow "HelHs Hinges a five
part Triangle-Kay Bee production in
which William S. Hart is featured
will be shown with two-reel Key
stone comedy, "a Game Old Knight" in
which Billy Hamilton is starred.
On Tuesday the Beatrice Fairfax
pictures and "Onda of the Orient" a
drama, and "All Bets Off" a comedy,
are booked, while on Wednesday The
GUTTER" featuring Lionel Barrymore,
a five-part Metro subject, and a two
reel L-Ko farce comedy, "Unhand Me
Villain" will be shown.
'"rhe Grip of EVIL" another chap
ter of the famous Pathe serial in
which Jackie Saunders and Roland Bot
tomIey are co-starred, will be shown on
Thursday with "The Marriage Broker
and Some Medicine Man" a comedy.
On Friday pillars of Society," with
Henry B. Walthall, five-part Fine
Arts-Triangle perturbation of Ibsen's
great dramatic character study, is
booked with a two-reel keystone COM
edy.
THE Guilty One is the attraction
for Saturday and it is a feature in
which Cleo Madison and William Mong
are co-starred. What Darwin Missed"
a comedy, is also booked for the pat
rons of the Belle theatre.
The management of the Belle theatre
are particularly DESTROYS of calling at
tention to Wednesdays and Fridays
bookings. On Wednesday is 1.-THE Quit
ter with Lionel Barrymore, a Metro
production will be shown and on Fri
day, pillars of Society,"" with Henry
K. Walthall. Both of these productions
are meritorious and are well worth
the serious attention of anyone.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
-FOUR WOMEN STARS
BOOKED AT STRAND
Clara KimbalI Young in "The
Dark Silence" Wednes-
day and Thursday

Four Of the greatest of the women stars
in motion pictures are featured in Para
mount and World productions at the
Strand theatre this week, opening today
with Miss Edna Goodrich in THE House
OF Lies" an Oliver Morosco production
Of unusual merit and artistic beauty.
The other features Of the week are THE
Daughter of MacGregor," with Valentine
Grant; THE Dark Silence" with Clara
Himban Young. and Ashes OF Embers,''
| with Pauline Frederick.
THE HOUSE OF LIES"
In elaborate scenes of great beauty.
Edna Goodrich portrays a society role
in her latest Morosco- Paramount photo
play, ''The House of Lies" coming to the
Strand theatre today
A society beauty that deliberately de-
stroys her facial attractiveness that she
may win the man she loves. who does
not know of her act until the last scene,
gives Edna Goodrich a most unusual
role.
The attraction of this picture is given
great power by the completely of it's
most unusual plot. enhanced by elaborate
settings.
DAUGHTER OF MACGREGOR"
If your father is scotch-and has ira
ditionally stubborn disposition-it is only
natural to suppose that you, being
| Scotch, will inherit a bit OF the same
| stoUbbornness. Therefore. you will natu-
| rally resent the idea Of having your very
best young man forbidden to gaze upon
| your comedy face again And il that
parental edict is followed almost imme-
| diately by the announcement that your
| father is about to take unto himself a
| second spouse, who is one of the most
| disagreeable and utterly detestable
women you ever saw, it is only natural
that you should start an instruction OF
| your own.
That is the situation which is faced by
| Jean MacGregor, in the Famous Players
| production, "A Daughter of MacGregor,"
| in which Valentine Grant is being fea-
tured on the Paramount programme at
the Strand on Monday and Tuesday.
"THE DARK SILENCE"
! Clara Kimban Young, considered by
| many as the loveliest woman on the
| screen today. will be seen at the Strand
| theatre on Wednesday and Thursday in
| THE Dark Silence a World picture,
| directed by Albert Capellani and al
| though there have been many pictures
within the past two years which have
used war episodes to add strength to
their story none has been able to bring
| to it's climax such an effective use of
| the war scene as Director Capelani in
| THE Dark Silence"
! "ASHES OF EMBERS"
In her next Famous Players Paramount
| picture. ashes of Embers," in which
| she is starring at the Strand on Friday
and Saturday, Pauline Frederick plays
two different roles on the screen at the
| same time. This sounds like an impos-
| sible feat. and it would have been on
| the stage, but it can be done on the
| screen as Miss Frederick very delight
| fully demonstrates.
Standing clocks in the Paris observa-
tory are kept 80 feet under ground where
| the variation in temperature has been
! less than degree for several years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
RIALTO THEATRE TO
SHOW THE CHATTEL
Spectacular PhotOplay in
Which E. II. Sothern Is
Featured Is Booked

One of the. years phoroplays. featuring
e. H. Sothern, the admitted greatest ac-
tor of contemporary days, is 1.-THE Chat
tel,'' which will be the offering at the
Rialto Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday THE Chattel" is one of the
strongest photoplays and is the first of
three plays in which e. II. Sotherns will
appear on the screen, in consideration of
an almost unbelievable sum of money
Z from the Vitagraph corporation. Mr.. So
thern will appear in only three plays for
the movies, The Chattel,'' 1.-THE Enemy
to the King and 1.-The Man of Mystery
all strong plays, and all built to meet his
peculiar type of acting, which has been
30 delightful to hundreds of thousands
Z of theatre-goers throughout america.
The Rialto management has made it pos
sibIe for Birmingham amusement lovers
to see al three of these big features.
Mr.. Sothern is supported by Peggy Hy-
land, one of the greatest stars of the
Vitagraph company and noted English
acrtess, and the play is produced under
the Blue Ribbon banner of the Vitagraph,
which means that the producing company
regards it as premier attraction.
THE Chatter' was produced by Fred
erick Thomson and the Vitagraph COM
pany believes itself extremely fortunate
to have been accorded the honor of pre-
serving for future generations the SUI
preme genius of Sothern, and the tradi-
&ons of the American stage. 1t is a play
4, in which Mr. Sotherns art is uppermost
and the entire action is based around
his personality.
The story of the play is an original
one, written by Paul West to fit Mr..
Sothern's person and dramatic style. The
stock exchange scenes in it are minute
reproductions of the New York exchange
and more than 300 people were engaged
for these scenes alone.
The fame of E. H. Sothern on the
speaking stage assures the success of
,"The Chattel,' which is his first appear
ance on the screen. He has appeared in
hundreds of plays. He has made strong
Fmen and women weep with the force of
his acting, and he has just as easily
caused them to smile and to laugh. His
appearance in pictures is not a capitula-
ton to the inroads of the silent drama
on the speaking stage, but is for the
purpose of preserving his magnetic,
forceful acting for the benefit Of the
present and coming generations. He was
convinced by the agents of the Vitagraph
corporation that it was a duty he owed
America, in which he attained undying
fame, to permit the whole people of this
great country to see him. In the pic
y lures only could this become possible,
and he agreed to appear in three pic
lures, after which he again goes back
to his beloved boards, never to return
to the studio
Supporting Mr.. Sothern. in addition to
Peggy Hyland, are Rose Tapley. Charles
Kent, John L. Taylor and other stars Of
filmdom.
The play will be seen at the Rialto four
days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

leased in six acts, instead of five as
originally announced, and every one of
the reels is replete with laughter and
tears almost to the point of exhaustion.
Miss Minter essays the role of little
orphan whom fate transforms from the
slums to mansion and which is by far
the most appealing Characterization in
which this charming young favorite has
yet appeared. 1t was adopted from the
story of the same name by Maibelle
Heikes Justice, and was screened under
the personal direction of William c.
Dowlan
With a great star and a great play, the
management of the Trianon is confident
it will be able to please the patrons of
this popular photoplay house.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

Electrical devices connected with a re-
Gently invented mirror cause advertise
ments to appear on its surface and OBJ
scure the features of persons looking
into 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
"THE PATRIOT

On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
1.-The Patriot a five-part Kay Bee
Triangle feature will be presented with
William S. Hart as the star.
One of the biggest strongest, grip
pingest plays that has ever been handed
to Triangle exhibitors is THE Patriot"
the Thomas H. Ince feature written by
Monte NJ Katterjohn and offering w.
S. Hart in the title sole.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24

Dorothy Gish and William 5. Hart are
the Triangle stars at the Triangle thea
tire this week.
Opening today and continuing tomor-
row and Tuesday Gretchen the Green
horn" a five-part Fine Arts-Triangle
production, is offered at the Triangle
theatre formerly the Odeon TWO by
Manager Leftwich.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-24
CHARLIE CHAPLIN is
BOOKED AT ODEON ONE

At the Odeon One theatre today, The
Count" a two-part farce comedy, in
which Charlie Chaplin is starred, Will
be shown. This is absolutely the last
Chaplin picture that has been released
and it is quite the funniest. In THE
Count" Chaplin brings in all of his
old stuff and limits his funmaking eff
forts to his droll walk and humorous