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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

the Fox district en- route to their homes
in Tulsa
Writ Franklin, Walter Cant and
Frank W. Head, who have spent the
past week in the North Texas fields,
are expected to arrive home today
Otto Bradford, of the Empire Pipe
Line Company, was here yesterday en-
route to Healdton from Gainesville.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19
OIL AND GAS NEWS

ioO-quart shot and looks good for 200
barrels. The Magnolia Petroleum com.
pany is getting ready to offset the well
on the east
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

The want ads win rent that house.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

Sinclair oil company, on the Astral
property, in section 1928. offsetting
Phillips & Franklin gas well, has an
enormous gasser The first gas sand
was drilled through after a delay on
account Of the heavy gas pressure and
a second sand was reached at 1880
feet. The second sand is producing so
much gas that the driller is of the
opinion that II viii be impossible for
him to drill through il. 1t is believed
that the gas production will reach co..
600 600 feet and IL probably viii for the
well Il offsets made that much and
more. The Phillips q Franklin we'll
which II offsets. reached the first gas
sand at ,43S feet. and the top Of the
second sand at l.47i feet and was drill.
ed TO a total depth OF 1880 feet The
gauge OF the well showed gas pro-
duction Of 100000. II is probable
that the Fox field is the greatest gas
producing area In Oklahoma and II Is
known that there are no other such
gas sands In any field in the United
States. Some Of these sands have a
thickness Of more than 200 feet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

More interest is being taken now in
the Allen pool, In Pontotoc county, than
formerly. The Casey OH company in
section 2s.5n-Se has a nice showing at
$40 feet and the sand promises TO make
we'll This well extends the Allen
field one and a quarter miles farther
east, and is an important well for that
area. The oil is Of the same grade as
that at Allen, but the depth is about
100 feet deeper. The Crystal White re.
finery at Allen is running about 400
barrels and that is probably what the
field is making, The refinery has a
capacity OF 1900 barrels.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

Henry McGraw and John :. Armor.
both OF whom are with the Gypsy Oh
Company, were here Yesterday from
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-19

Charles j. Wrightsman is pumping
water to his location in section 3-4.2,
south Of OH City. which indicates that
drilling win be resumed
Evening star., 1917-10-24
P. J. DOHERTY TELLS WHY
TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS
Glorious and Patriotic Privilege t
Aid Effort Of Government
for World Liberty.

In reply to inquiries, why should
buy q liberty bond?" Phillip J. Doherty
chief attorney OF the division of safety
Interstate Commercs Commission, has
the following to say:
1T Is a glorious and patriotic priv
ilege OF our people to give concrete
support to the sublime effort of our
own government for world liberty. 1t
Is n great personal satisfaction to
every true American to sustain the
splendid efforts of our President, whose
eminence as a leader in the movement
for world democracy has added new
laurelS to our republic.
'It Is a duty and an honor to aid IN
comforting those noble sons of Amer
lea who by sea and land are braveiy
defending with their lives our flag. our
hopes and our destinies and are suS-
tanning the hopes and the destinies of
all free peoples in this world crisis.
''It is a. glory beyond words to aid our
own country in its unselfsh humane
work to sustain Belgium, Serbia, Po-
land and other small nations crushed
by the worst and most cruel despotisIn
known in all the worlds history.
1t is a happy opportunity for US all
who enjoy the blessings of popular lib
erty. gained in part by the assistance
of sons of France led by Lafayette and
by the generous financial assistance Of
the government and people of France.
to Join in grateful repayment to the
of our infant republic and
in recognition of the sublime defense
of their homes and fresideS. their In
stitutions and their liberties. made by
the superb soldiers OF France against
the onslaughts of the cohorts of mod
ern vandalism.
TT Is a duty we owe to civilization to
Evening star., 1917-10-24

secretly in behalf Of political prisoners.
and now this committee. with group IN
the Red Cross. got together and formed
society. which they call the Politica!
Red Cross-the committee in charge OF
returned exiles.
At the head Of tho work is Vera Figner.
ono Of the most famous OF the old rev.
olutionists. almost the last survivor OF
the nihilism OF the eeighteen-seventies.
The Russians are said to lack organ
izing ability, but tho work done by this
committee under Vera Figner's direction
looks to me that once Russia gets a
government that can govern and an army
that will fight the people Of Russia will
organize n civilization that will teach
Europe new things.
Tho committee started with nothing.
not even machinery to work with. There
Is no such thing in Russia as charity
organisation society. Charity and benev-
olence there are. mostly Of the old flash
ioned type, under the patronage Of her
imperial highness, the Princess Olga" or
'the empress dowager." There was no
well organized society of any kind to
appeal to to help take care of some sew
enty-five thousand exiles hurrying home.
an unknown number Of them sick. anoth-
er unknown number poor and homeless.
and all OF them strangers in new Russia.
Evening star., 1917-10-24
LIBERTY LOAN RALLY.
Meeting This Evening Under Aus
pices of Brightwood Association.

A liberty loan neighborhood rally Is
to be held this evening at o'clock in
Emery Church Sunday School Hall. 61oo
Georgia avenue. under the auspices Of
the Brightwood Citizens Association. OF
which Charles W. Ray is president. A
program of entertainment has been ar
ranged and the speakers will be Sena-
tor Norris of Nebraska, Commissioner
Brownlow, Rev. F. J. Prettyman. pastor
of Emory Church: the officers OF tho
Brightwood association and others.
The meeting is not for members Of
the Brightwood Citizens Association
only, but every one residing in that sec
tion Is invited to be present.
Besides the speaking, special features
for the meeting have been arranged.
Evening star., 1917-10-24
Join our efforts to resistance to the un-
speakable Turks and their demoniao
Teuton allies.

join our efforts to resistance to the un-
speakable Turks and their demoniao
1T is obedience to every high Inn
pulse Of religion to aid In crushing tho
leaders of organized and systematic
murder of innocent non-combatants,
the wanton destroyers Of the homes
Of the people and the temples OF God.
1T is in accord with the mandates OF
the highest law to give succor to those
who in the noblest spirit of eelf-sac
rifice are making history's greatest
struggle to maintain from overthrow
the rights Of humanity, the ideals OF
civilization and the existence and FREQ
dom Of Independent self-governing ma
tionalities.
THE American people. responsive tc
the call Of humanity. OF liberty. OF pa
triotisnl of religion and of civilization
and needing the obligation Of fraternal
duty to world democracy, willingly and
cheerfully give their support to their
President. to their representatives, in
the national Congress, to their Army
and their Navy. to France. to Belgium
to Poland. to Russia TO the rrl
mocracy of Great Britain and to all the
valiant leadership of the free nations
of the world to crush the demoniac
power Of Prussianism. absoIutism and
kaiserism with all it's works and
pomps' and with all its distorted con-
volutions of monstrous evil to man
kind"
Evening star., 1917-10-24
Heard in Depths of Mines.

They heard that news in the depths
of mines, where men worked shackled.
They heard it in lonely villages near the
arctic circle. They heard it in far lands,
where homesick men and women toiled in
sweatshoAs among aliens. They were
free, and Mother Russia was calling them
home again. l should think they would
have died for joy at the tidngs.
No generous mind can wonder that
Russia called back her children, all OF
them. without stopping to sort out the
good and the bad. the we'll and the sick.
the desirable and the undesirable. Or
without stopping to calculate how she
was going to take care OF them when
they got there.
But very early in the day 1t became evil
dent that Russia was going to face a
serious problem in her returned exiles.
In the very first days of the revolution
they opened all the prison doors in Pc
trograd as well as in all Russia. and let
all the prisoners out. Among them were
a number OF politicals, and many OF them
Immediately became public charges. They
had no money. no friends, no home. The
revolution had robbed them, in some
cases, OF all three. In some cases Of long
Imprisonment the homes and friends had
been taken from them by death.
There had been committee working
Evening star., 1917-10-24
FISH MARKET NEARLY READY,
Dealers Think Doors Are Too Mar.
row for Big Containers.

1t will not be long before the whole
sale fish dealers at the wharf market
will be able to take possession of their
places OF business in the new municipal
market in process Of erection at tho
foot of 11th and 18th streets southwest
The big building Is ready to go under
roof, but the stores can be used while
this work Is being done, as a water
proof flooring has been laid on the sec
ond floor Of the building. Concrete
floors are now being laid in the stores,
and as soon as windows and doors can
be put in it is probable the stores will
be ready for occupancy.
The new market Is to have two lunch
Evening star., 1917-10-24

main building and the other is being
erected on the wharf side Of the struo-
ture. Two toilets are also being con-
structed at each end of the now build
ing, which IL about 400 feet long. Tho
Evening star., 1917-10-24

only comment made By the AsA dealers
regarding their new places Of business
is that the doors arc much too narrow
for the handling Of the big boxes and
barrels Of dsh that come to this mar
Evening star., 1917-10-24
Calls o. S. Worst Government.

You people over here in Russia don't
want to make mistake OF setting up
the kind OF republic, OF the kind of
phony democracy like what they've got
in the United States. l lived in the
United States for ten years. and you
take II from me. its the worst govern
ment in the world. They have a Presi-
dent who Is worse than the czar. The
police are worse than Cossacks. The
capitalist class is on top there Just
like they were In the old days in Rus
sia- The working class is fighting
them. and they are going to win. We
are going 20 put the capitalists out just
like you put them out here. and don't
you let any American capitalists come
over here aui help fasten on you a
government like that one they still
have in America. It's the capitalists
that plunged America into war. The
working class never wanted it"
These are two types OF exiles which
Pussia has called hack 20 her bosom
s nee the revolution. both Of which con-
stitute another grave problem with
which the distracted people are strug-
Cling.
The sick ones, OF whom there are
thousands ara in Russi 2. and more of
them are arriving from Siberia all the
time at a time when food suitable
for the sick Is impossible to obtain.
Evening star., 1917-10-24

The Irsntoa eailroad, .aDsxs lono1
bolt of eastern PennsyivoniA, Win OuOi
pond passenger service November I, ~
cause OF the scarcity Of coal anl Aloo
cost Of labor.
Evening star., 1917-10-24
BY RHErA CHILDE DoRR.

Copyright. 1911 by the New York Evening Mail \
In q great. bare room, furnished with
rows of narrow cots like hospital.
but with none OF the crisp whiteness
Of the hospital. nor any of its promise
Of relief and restoration. 4 young man
sat propped with pillows, playing on
q concertina. He was white. enact
ated. near the end of his young life.
His eyes were like banked fires. He
sat up In bed and In the intervals Of
coughing made the most wonderful
music on that concertina much more
wonderful than I had ever dreamed
that humble Instrument could produce.
The man was true musician. and he
had had many years OF practice on his
coacertina. for 1t had beer the one
friend and solace of a solitary con7ne-
ment which lasted nearly a dozen
years.
All around him in that bare room
men lay in bed and listened 70 him
Some. however, were asleep. Even
music could not break their weary
rest. All were sick. Some were as
near death as was the musician. 81
IBERIA had done its work with them
They had come to die
On soap box. or its equivalent on a
corner of the Nevski Prospekt near
the Alexander Theater. a young man
stood and poured out a passionate
speech to the ~rowd of soldiers work
men and wo-kworen and id'e boys
who had paused to listen. The man
was about thirty years old. and his
clothes, ii vas plain to see, had never
been purchased IN Russia.
They were American clothes OF fair
quality. ard Of that stylish cut pos
sible to buy for s25 In almost any de-
partment store. He wore n derby hat
tipped back on his head. a soft collar
and a flowing tie He talked rapidly
and with many gestures. and the crowd
listened with rapt interest to his
speech.
He spoke fluent Russian. ard he Rod
lived in America for ten years. T. too
stopped to listen. What is he saying?'
L asked my interpreter
II don't like to tell you" she re-
piled.
I insisted. and this is an almost lit
eral TRANSLATION of what that man said
on that Petrograd street corner on an
Augut day, 1911:
Evening star., 1917-10-24
SIBERIAN EXILES GLADLY
FACE DEATH FOR FREEDOM
Lack of Proper Food for Sick Among Re-
turning PILGRIMS Causes Suffering.
False Story of Life in u S.

There is almost no milk. Eggs are
hard to get and are not very fresh
Food of all kinds Is getting scarcer
every day. There Is a fuel shortage
that is going to make all Russia spend
a shivering winter. and what VIII De-
come of the sick is grave question.
There Is a great shortage OF many
medicines If fighting is resumed the
hospitals will be overcrowded. Doctors
and nurses will be scarce. Yet the
exiles continue to come back. the long
stream from the remote villages con-
tinues TO hold, out it's longing hands to
the people back home, who cannot deny
them.
Sick and PenniIess.
And nearly all the exiles come back
sick and homeless and penniless. Rus
Sia must take care of those freed ST.
hcrian exiies. and / don't quite see how
she is going to 90 1t, unless the miracle
happens and they find way OF restor-
ing peace and order in the land In
that case they can do anything. They
can even deal with the kind of exile
heard talking on the Nevski.
CARLYLE says that of all mans earth
~ possessions, nnquestionably the dear
est to him are his symbols. They have
the strongest hold on US, without a
doubt.
In Russia the sign and symbol of the
autocracy was the exile system, and
particularly Siberia The first thing
up and dethroned the Romanoffs was to
send kilograms to every political prison
and to every convict village in Siberia
that the prisoners and exiles were free
They sent orders to all the jailers and
guards that the exiles were to be fur
nished with clothing and money and
transportation to the railroads. and the
railroads were directed to bring them
back to Petrograd.
There is something to stir the cold
est blood in the thought OF what 1t
must have meant to those poor. desc
late creatures living in the hopeless
isolation of Siberia TO have the door of
the cell open one February day and
hear the words. You are free. Some
times the announcement was prefaced
by words of unheard-of friendiiness and
courtesy from wardens and jailers who
had before been cruel and brutal task
masters. Please forgive me if I have
been oyerZealous in my duties these
men would say, and the prisoner would
think that he had gone mad and was
dreaming. Then the announcement
would come. unbelievable In its wonder:
The revolution had actually happened:
the czar was gone; the prisoner was
free.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-14
CROWD AT UNION SERVICE

Presbyterian Church Filled to its Seat
ing Capacity to Hear Rev. DR.. Eckard
Last Sunday evening in the Presby-
terian Church there was a very large
gathering at Union Service Meth
odists and Presbyerians). Rev. DIR.
L. w. Eckard. General Secretary of
the American Bible Society, Philadel-
phia, preached an able and interesting
sermon on "The Influence of the Bible
on America. His remarks were fol.
lowed closely by the audience which
crowded the church to the doors, extrs
seats being put in the aisles to &C.
commodate the crowd. The order Of
service was as follows: Hymn; Scrip
ture. Rev. w. A. Wise, superinten
dent of Easton M. E. District; Solo
Miss Mary Roberts; Prayer, Rev. W.
A. Wise; offering; Anthem by com
bined choirs; hymn; Violin Solo, Mr.
Harry P. Shapley; Sermon, Rev. DR.
L. w. Eckard; Solo, Mr.. L. M. Price
Hymn, "America" Benediction, DR.
Eckard.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-14
LEGISLATIVE MOVE FOR
STATE WIDE PROHIBITION
FIGHT BETWEEN "WETS" AND
"DRYS" OVER RESUBMISSION
House Members Become Peeveo and
Talk of Forcing State Wide Proh-
biton Thru and Believe it Can


Little progress il being made in
the dry" measures before the Leg
islature and whether the bills for re-
submission in Rural New Castle
County and City of Wilmington will
pass, or bill for state wide prohibi-
tion will be forced thru, no one can
predict. The situation is keen and
the wet" and "dry" forces are
sharply drawn. Though the measure
passed by the House provides for
special election in rural New Castle
county and the City of Wilmington
this fall, it appears the Senate will
not pass it in it's present form. 1t
is understood that this bill will be
amended in the revise statutes COM
mittee of the Senate to eliminate the
City of Wilmington from the provi-
ions. Rev. E. G. Prettyman, su-
perintendent of the nti-Saloon Lea
que, and J. Bibb Mills, legislative
attorney for the league made strenu-
Gus efforts yesterday to get petition
90 force out of the revised statutes
committee, the Wilmington-rural New
Castle county resubmission bill, but
were not successful. Some of the
House members becoming "peeved'
because matters were not going tt
suit them in the Senate attempted t.
force the statewide prohibition bill
out of the temperance committee Of
the House. Legislature is now dowr
to work. A resolution to adjourn
March % has been passed.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-14
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES

Rev. Thomas Getz Hill, Rector, An
nounces Services for Week and Sunday
The service this, Wednesday even
ing, at 2. 80 O'Clock will consist of Even
song and Sermon. Tomorrow, Thurs:
day, there will be Evensong at 4.3Op.m.
with an address for the Children.
The Junior Auxiliary will meet at the
Rectory at 700 pm. Friday at 7.30 p.
m. Evensong with Special Intercess-
ions. Choir Rehearsal will follow. Sun
day, the Fourth in Lent-10,30 am.
Litany, Sermon and Holy Commun-
ion. 10 noon, Sunday School. 7.3O p. m.
Evensong and Sermon. The Revd. DIR.
Alhan Richey of st. Johns Church,
Wilmington will preach. The Mission
Study Glass is now meeting regularly
on Wednesdays at 430 pm. at the
home of Mrs. E. s. Dwight, let every
member be present every time.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-14
MISS SCOUT GETS CERTIFICATE
State Board Exempts Her from Teach
ers Examination on Her Diploma

State Board Exempts Her from Teach
ers Examination on Her Diploma
Certificates were issued Thursday to
teachers who had graduated from the
West Chester Normal School to teach
in Delaware without the necessity of
taking the state examination. Among
those honored were Miss Sydney A.
Scout, daughter of M. M. P. Scout, of
Smyrna Landing. Miss Scout is one
of the popular teachers of the Smyrna
Public Schools. Certificates were
granted as follows on their diplomas
from the normal school, Sydney A.
Scout, Smyrna; Imleda B. Sullivan,
Newark; Grace H. McLaury. Belle
vue; Gladys M. Rust. of Lewes, gra-
duate of Millersville State Normal
School: Alfred P. Scott. of Newark,
graduate of Delaware College; Bessie
E. King, of Frederick, graduate OF
State College fer Colored Students
Thomas H. Mccormick, of Lewes,
graduate of the Teacher Training Di'
vision of Howard University.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-14
SURVEY OF REHOBOTH LANDS
Commission Asked More Money of
Legislature to Complete Work

Commission Asked More Money of
Legislature to Complete Work
Through Governor Townsend, the
report of the Public Lands Commission
was submitted to the General Assem-
bly, on Friday. This commission, of
which DR.. Hiram R. Burton is chair
man. was created by an act of the
1913 Legislature to make a survey of
the public lands in lower Sussex
county. The commission states in
tine report that much of the survey
work has been done, but to complete
it will require an appropriation of
$500, which the Governor in a COM
munication accompanying the report,
recommends be appropriated. The
commission also reports that ST.,
COL. AZ has been recured by it from
the sale of lots near Rehoboth and for
renting haying privileges on the pub
lie marshes.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-14
RUMOR OF GAS PLANT DEAL
TALK OF SMYRNA-CLAY
CANVAS OF TOWNS BEING MAZE
FOR PROSPECTIVE CONSUMERS
Two Concerns Said to be After Plant
Both of Which Favor Running Pipe
Line From Smyrna to Clayton

6b'S hOii " SldItOu
Since the Kent County, Light, Heat
and Power Corporation, the concern
which year ago dealt for the Smyrna
Gas Works, and were going to do such
wonderful things, became deeunct. and
the plant through noncompliance re-
verted back to its owner, Mr.. Joseph
Smithers, there has been little talk
or speculation concerning it. During
the past few weeks agitation has
again been worked up and the report
has it that two concerns are looking
over the proposition, one a Philadel-
phia syndicate Tin no way connected.
it is understood, with the promoters
of the Kent County corporation) and
Baltimore synd. cate. The Philadel-
phia syndicate has secured the ser
vices of f. Charles LeCompte of Clay
ton, to make a canvas of Clayton anC
Smyrna and to learn who might be-
come prospective consumers of gas
and in the case of Smyrna those not
already taking it. Mr.. LeCompte has
concluded his canvas of Clayton with
gratifying results, showing that con
siderably more than hundred resi-
dences and business places will us'
gas if line,is run to Clayton. II
Smyrna he finds that a number OF
Frazier street and other streets no
piped, will use gas. He is preparing
his report for the Philadelphia pro
moters. Both the Philadelphia AM
the Baltimore syndicates have ha
representative here looking over tn
plant and the Smyrna-Clayton layout
Both, is is understood, have plans 70
putting in new holders of larger ca
pacity and other Improvements besid
running the pipe line to Clayton
Neither Of the syndicates, we are in
formed, have an option on the ga
works and should a deal be effecte
the first one having the funds to pa
over and swing said deal, stands tn
best show. Whether there is anythin
in the talk of an enlarged and e.
tended gas plant for Smyrna remair
to be seen.
Smyrna times., 1917-03-14
LECTURE AT CENTURY CLUB

President Mitchell, Delaware College,
Gives Scholarly Address Friday Night
The program of the Twentieth Cen
tury Club of Smyrna last Friday being
an open meeting, was held in the even
ing, land an appreciative audience gath
cred to hear DR.. s. @. Mitchell, president
of Delaware College on ''The Sow
ereignty of the School," The lecture
was one of the most polished heard
here in long time. The speaker went
to the fundamental truths of his sub
ject and made all his heareas appreci-
ate more than ever what education is
doing to influence and rule the purposes
of men. DIR. Mitchell received rising
vote of thanks for his scholarly ad-
dress. Following DIR. Mitchell Mrs.
Marion Coverdale and Miss Julia Hung
rendered fine piano duett.