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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-23
VIRGINIA NEWS:

I State Senator John R. Saunders, OF
;MiddeIsex;. has announced his
candidacy for the office Of Attorney,
General. The announcement followed
a conference in Richmond with j. N.
Brenaman, secretary of the State
Democratic Committee, and other
party men, and came with consider
able surprise to many who mad
reached the conclusion that Senator
Saunders would not enter the race.
Official notice to the public that he
would be candidate, came in a
statement issued to the Democratic
voters of Virginia" over Mr.. Saun-
ders's signature.
An attempt by three white men, at
least two of whom are known to be
aliens, and two negroes to destroy a
trestle of the Norfolk and Western
Railway about a mile beyond Port
lock Station, Norfolk county, was
frustrated late Thursday night by e..
F. Price, a Norfolk county officer.
Officer Price was attacked by three
of the men, and was badly beaten, but
managed to fight them off with his
pistol. After the fight Price and
several Norfolk and Western employ
ees, who came to his assistance, found
pieces of waste, saturated with kero-
sene oil, placed at intervals under
the trestle.
Jesse Craig, of Pleasant Grove
Church, in Franklin county, was in
stantly killed at crossing near Mar
tinsvile BY the westbound passenger
train on the Norfolk and Western
road Friday morning. MIR. Craig
and his companion stopped their car
on the crossing and started off to pay
a visit. Hearing the train coming,
they returned to the car and attempt
ed to move it off the crossing. Failing
in his attempt, Craig attempted to
push the car back over the rails.
While he was doing so, the train
struck and killed him. The other
man escaped without injury. Craig's
body was horribly manglcd.
Fire was discovered Friday night in
the storage house of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad in the yards of the
company in Petersburg. Company
employees fought the fire. Fearing
that the fire might spread to the oil
room and shops, they sounded gen
cral alarm The department quickly
responded and the fire was kept con-
fined to the storage room. The dam
age will amount to several thousand
dollars, covered by insurance.
Tic, Norwegian steamer Gogsjo
bound from one American port to an
other in ballast, stranded during a
fog Friday, three miles southeast
Of Hog Island, coast guard station.
The vessel is in good condition.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-23
Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia Railway Go.

Steamers of this line leave Alex
andria every Monday 4:30 P. NJ.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THR
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS.
Cuisine and appointments unexcellad
F-eight for, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York@solicited: and handled
with care. Through. rates and bills
of lading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, s9.25 re-
turn trip $3.50. State rooms one wag
s1.50.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-23
NEWS OF THE DAY.

| Three heavy explosions, followed
sby fire, wrecked half of the, Sea
board Bi-Products Plant, in the mead
ows on the Hackensack River near
Kearney, N. j., last night. One man,
watchman, was killed outright
The explosions occurred in rapid sue
cession, beginning at S:3S o'clock
! They broke out in the laboratory
building and quickly spread to tool
house and to the administration build
ing, which was in the course of con-
struction. The fire was still burning
fiercely last night, and twelve more
big tanks filled with benzion are in
peril Of going up. Firemen are help
less, and there is only one hydrant at
the plant from which they can draw
water.
How nineteen members of steam
cr crew, captured by a submarine,
and placed on the deck of the U-boat
while the Germans used their boat to
send bombing party on board the
prize, were left struggling in the
ocean when the submarine was forced
to submerge suddenly by the approach
of a British patrol boat, was told
last night in consular dispatch re-
ceived by the State Department. All
were saved within an hour by the
patrol. Five Americans were on
board the steamer which was sunk.
The steamer, a freighter, which is
not named in the dispatch as made
public by the State Department, was
attacked without warning. 1t was
unarmed but had wireless.
From Rome came word yester-
day which is certain to cast a subtle
influcnce~o on the future of the war. 1t
portends change in vatican policy
Apparently the Papacy, CT the spokes-
men of the Papacy, is about ready to
throw overheard the whole cause of
the central powers, despite the pow
crful influence of the Austrian HER
archy iii Rome. They speak of that
Cursed thing, Prussian militarism,"
and regard its fall as certain with the
intervention of the United States in
fave or the allies.
Enthusiastic demonstrations were
hcla n Du"aos Aires yesterday in
support Of the cause Of the United
States and the entente allies in the
war. One hundred thousand persons
carrying flags marched through the
streets singing the "Marseillaisc" and
shouting for the United States,
France and the other allies Women
threw flowers upon the paradcrs from
the balconies.
nc jul anu tOLllpIS NSIL IlCiIS
to the breeze from Eiffel Tower in
Paris yesterday afternoon and saluted
BY twenty-onc guns. This marked
the opening Of the ceremonies of
Omitted States day? in Paris. The
French tricolor and the Star-Spang-
led Banner were at the same hour
unfurled together at the residence
of William G. Sharp, the American
Ambassador, in the Avenue d'Eylau;
from the American embassy, from
the city hall, and from other munich
pal government buildings. Street
vendors did a thriving trade in the
colors of both allies while 10000
American flags, handed out gratis
by the committee, were waved by the
people who throngcd the vicinity Of
the manifestations.
Telegraphing from Copenhagen re-
garding the workers demonstration
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-23

DelOEe- Vic 'o"SuiS' 80
Stockholm on Saturday while the food
/ situation was being discussed, cor
respondent says: Throughout the
delivery of the speeches in the riks-
dag the crowds outside were quiet,
but occasional cries for a republic
and revolution were to be heard"
The correspondent continues: "This
demonstration has caused an enor-
nous sensation in Stockholm and
rumors of revolution are persist
: entity circulating throughout the
country. Fresh demonstrations of a
far more serious character are ex-
pccted May 1. The royal castle is
being strictly guarded by corps of
marine infantry"
Sarah Bernhard, after rallying
from the effects of the operation she
underwent last week, apparently has
suffered relapse and is again in
critical condition, according to bull
lctin issued last night. In response
to question as he was leaving the
hospital one Of the four doctors said:
"The case is hopeless"
i dispatch from Christiania says
that an inquiry into the sinking of
the Norwegian steamer, has revealed
that the attacking submarine fired
on the lifeboats as they were lowered.
.Afterward the Germans looted the
steamer. The dispatch also says that
the captain of the Norwegian steamer
Blomvaag reports that Il submarine
fired on his boats as they were being
lowered, killing four sailors. He adds
that the attackers looted the cabins
Of the ship.
a cipher message received by the
Spanish legation at Rio dc Jancrio de-
clares Russia and Germany have sign
ed an armistice; according to dis
patch from the Brazilian capital.
A dispatch from Petrograd
SAYS delegates from seven Of the Rus
sian armies conferred last week with
the council of workmcn's and sold
icrs delegates and asked the council
whether it favored separate peace.
NJ. Soyooff, on behalf of the council,
replied: "Thc council rejects any idea
Of a separate peace
More than 500 German fusi!icrs,
sailors and landsturmcrs on Monday
evening tried to cross the Dutch
Belgian frontier from The onvirons
of Knocke to near Cadzand, Holland,
SAYS the Handclshlad Of Amsterdam,
but the attempted dcscrtion was frus-
trated after the party had been pur-
sued and attacked by uhlans. The de-
serters were fred on Ivy the uhlans
with machine guns, and in fight
which lasted half hour IS Of the
descrtcrs were wounded
Nine of the seized German merchant
vessels, the machinery of which was
wrecked by their crews before they
were taken by the United States, can
bc made ready for sea within thirty
days. This was the report submitted
to the Shipping Board last
week by engineers W no made
survey of the ships The cost of re-
pairs will he about $4,000 in each
case. The report, the first made to the
board in the investigation, says fur
thcr that the uniformity with which
the German sailors went about their
work will be of the utmost assistance
to this country in the repairing. On
each ship the same damage was
wrought, the cylinder heads being.
snashcd and the piston rods nlckcd.
The result is that the repair work
can be standardized and thus more
quickly finished.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-23

FOR RENT 8 room cottage with
/: bath, all modern conveniences, 2
miles west of Alexandra. tne road.
Apply Box 10, Gazette Office. 1885,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-23

PLANTS-We have one
million Charleston Wakefield ANA
Early Flat Dutch cabbage plants IN
fine shape for shipping, Sl.o0 per
thousand. Five thousand for $50
Ten thousand and over at Sl.00 per
thousand, by express, f. o. o. mere.
!. No plants sent by parcel post.
Money with order. s. NJ. ,4Glossn
!. Co., Yonges Island, sc !. i9b-lzt
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03
FAIRVIEW.

Mr., and Mrs. L. D. Lavelle and
daughter, Miss Mary aid son, Tom, at
tended the funeral of the latters broth
er-in'law at Warrington Wednesday.
Mrs. Maude Amos, of Fairmont, was
visiting relatives here Thursday.
Miss Hazel Book, of Pennington
was visiting here Thursday.
Mrs. Lou Martin Shafer, of Rich.
mcnd, California, is visiting relatives
here.
Win Hall, OF Fairmont was bust,
ness visitor here Friday.
Mrs. D. H. McBee and Mrs. Bert Am.
mons were at Fairmont shopping Fri.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pitzer and son,
Miller Pitzer and wife of Muncie, Ind,
who have been visiting at Fairmc Mt
and other places, motored through
here Friday en- route to their home.
The Fisher and Fleming Minstrels
were here Friday night and every one
enjoyed the show very much.
Miss Gladys Snyder, of Warrington,
is weekend guest of her aunt, Mrs.
P A. Gump.
DR.. and Mrs. G. R. Miller motored to
Fairmont Friday afternoon.
Frank Gardner, of Cleveland, will be
week end guest of his wife, Mrs.
Gardner. at the home of her father,
Mr.. Albert Ammons, and Mrs. Gard.
ner will accompany him home.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03
Oil and Gas.

The week OF development work in
the Eastern fields began with nothing
OF importance to attract the attention
OF operators and continued to the
close. There were fewer wells com.
pleted and the size OF the best only
ordinary producers. Nearly every
well completed is located in old ter.
ritory and the combined production
OF all Is so small as to be almost neg.
ligible as compared with the money
invested. Some few OF the wells in
time may pay back the investment
while others will stand as debit on
! the operators ledger Without the
producing territory there is littls hope
for a change in present conditions so
Z far as they apply TO increasing pro-
(ducticn.
West Virginia is completing more
wells than any other of the Eastern
states. Nearly all of the wells are
located in old territory and come in
light producers. in the Dents Run
pool, Warrington district, Marion
county the Eastern Petroleum Com.
pany has drilled No 10 on the Alfred
Kendall farm through the 30.foot
sand. 1t is located 100 feet north
east of No and produced ~ barrels
the first "a hours. Unless it improves
when Shot 1t will not make better than
light pumper. The Blackstone Oil
Company's No on the Ward NJ Sat.
terfield farm is very consistent pro-
Queer. 1t was drilled in about a
month ago and is still holding up at
70 barrels a day. The oil wells in
this district have all declined to very
light producers. The aggregate is not
half as much as the production Of one
of some of the best wells when first
completed.
On Pinch Creek, Elk district, Ka-
nawha county, the Empire Petroleum
Company has completed and shot in
the Weir sand its test on the Harriet
Morton farm. 1t is located 1000 feet
northeast OF No on the X K Gatchell
farm and is showing for an eight.bar-
rel pumper. No 2 rig on the Sand
5arm has been completed. Davidson &
Gates are due in the sand at test
On the E A Woodal farm
On Big Creek, Sardis district, Ear-
rison county, Hutchinson e Co. have
drilled their test on the w E Hall
farm through the Gordon sand. 1t is
a light pumper in that formation. On
Ten Mile Creek, Ten Mile district, the
Gordon Oil Company has drilled its
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03

all OF it except a measly little billion
and a third, which is all Uncle Sam
was spending III peace times, must be
raised because of the war. But what
is he buying with it?
In the first place, nearly everybody
billions of loans to our allies that I'm
Gle Sam isn't spending at all. That
leaves fourteen billions. And then,
there are two billions more. included
in the estimate of 81 billions, which
are just an emergency fund, much OF
which, however, will certainly be need.
ed to put through the soldiers and sail
ors' insurance plan.
That leaves US with about twelve bill
lions that Uncle Sam is sure to spend
this next year, Of which $4,000, 900
are required for ordinary civil ex-
penses.
Now we come to the real war ex.
penses. The army is the biggest item,
with total estimated expenses OF ST..
S25 100000 for the year. OF this, $3,-
500 100000 go through the quartermas-
ter corps to pay the soldiers and pro-
vide food, clothing and shelter. An
other big item of $3,154,000,OO0 goes
to buy guns and ammunition. The med
ical service alone is in for $4,000, DOC
and there are more than $700,000,000
for aviation.
The navy expects to spend s1,524,-
100000, of which $780,, 100000 are for
ships and guns, and the balance to
meer running expenses, ammunition,
fuei, pay, etc.
Outside of the direct army and navy
war expenses, however, are all sorts
of indirect war expenses, $1,6S9 ,O00,-
900 in the aggregate. The biggest item
is merchant ships, the construction,
purchase and operation OF which calls
for S1,323,000,000. Food control will
cosI S1G4, 100000.
The President also has a fuaa OF
S100,000,000 for anything connected
with national defense, generally be.
lieved to be largely devoted to the anti
spy activities. There is S45,00O00O
for war-risk ship insurance and $47,.
100000 put aside for Liberty bond cost
and interest. This completes the list
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03
SAM PETR0V IS
HAPPY AT last
Well Known Local Gamin
Is Now Tilling the
Soil.

Sarc Petrov is happy at last, occord'
ing to letter received by Attorney
E. R. Bell this morning. Sam PetroY
is little foreign lad well known
about town, having lived here almost
all OF his twelve years, and he used
to be quite a protege of the attorney,
but for some time he has not been
seen at his favorite haunts about town
and his friends have begun to wonder
at his disappearance. This morning
the letter came from the lad explain
ing that since March he has been In
the reform school at Pruntytown and
he is happy.
At the time when Tusca Morris was
Prosecuting Attorney, Sammy was
able to render considerable seTvic2
to the Prosecutor as an interpreter
for, although the lad is but about
twelve years old, he speaks four Ian
guages. It was in this way that ne
made the acquaintance OF Bell who
took a great interest in the bright
little youngster.
Some months ago the boy became
dissatisfied with his life here and
went to Attorney Bell with a plea
that he get him into the school al
Pruntytown, saying that his home
life was not pleasant and he was
tired of loafng about the streets.
Bell and others argued with the boy
and finally dissuaded him from going
Within, few weeks, however, he dis
appeared and nothing was learned Of
his whereabouts until the latter
came. He had persisted in his efforts
to get into Pruntytown and had final
ly succeeded in getting sent up" from
Morgantown.
/ Following is a part OF the letter
which Mr.. Bell received: Dear Mr.
Bell / am we'll and hope you are the
same. We have hoed all of the corn
Our school starts about the Is Of next
month. Are you coming 10 see me
before the winter sets in? l cant &C
aorund the Office now like I used to
We have lots of beans to hoe. Mr.
Smalley is our officer and he is good
one. We call him daddy because he
is good to us. We have over three
thousand bushels Of wheat. 80 l will
tell you the secret some day" Re
fering to the way in which he sue
ceeded in getting into the SCHOOL,
Sammy Petrov."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03
FINANCE, OIL AND GAS

test on the Amos Carter farm through
the fifth sand and put it to pumping.
1t is not better than a fiye-barrel pro-
Queer On Porter Fork, Duval dis
trict, Lincoln county, the South Penn
Oil Company has fiye-barrel pumper
at No 81 on the Horse Creek tract
No S. has started to drill.
On Long Drain Run, Church dis.
trict, Wetzel county. the Carnegie
Natural Gas Company has a Big In
jun sand gasser at its test on the
Frank Hupp farm. On Fishing = eek,
Grant district, the same company
completed test on the C Brookover
farm. 1t is a gasser in the Maxon
sand. On Long Drain Run, Church
district, the Philadelphia Company's
No on the G S Higginbotham farm
Is a gasser in the same formation. On
Fishing Creek, Grant district, the
Philadelphia Company got light Max.
on sand gasser at a second test on
the Christie Higginbotham farm. On
Long Drain Run the Hope Natural
Gas Company drilled its test on the
Wesley Roberts farm through the
MaXon sand and found it barren. II
10 llOW VI lllllIB a lG9L Oh luGD
Thomas farm through the Big Injun
sand. 1t is a fair gasser. The United
Fuel Gas Company is drilling and
starting a dozen or more test wells.
In Church and Grant district, Wetzel
county, the Carnegie Natural Gas
Company is drilling and starting tests
on the D Bartrug, Frank Smith, Pat.
rick Noon, John Jobes and James II
Shreve farms. On Long Drain Run.
Church district, the Philadelphia Com.
pany is hauling in a rig on the n
Flanagan farm. On Knob Fork the
Hope Natural Gas Company is hauling
the tools to a rigging up on the j
W Roberts farm. On Fishing Creek
Warrington district, Marion county
S n Elliott is due in the sand at a
test on the Nan Maple farm.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03
Presldent,a Flag.

It is usual in other countries to have
a special ensign to designate the pres
ence on a vessel Of the ruler Of the
nation. President Arthur suggested
such nag in the United States in the
early part of 1882, and, as his cabinet
concurred in the suggestion, decided
on the design of a blue ground with
the arms of the United States in the
center. The navy department ordered
that this flag should be displayed at
the mainmast of any vessel that bore
the president, Arthur first used it in
1888. s. ~; -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03

Rage" one of the best known, and
reputed to have been the eldest dog
in West Virginia died in West Liberty
the other day. Rags was 20 years
old, and had been handed down in the
family somewhat in the manner of
an heirloom. Rags, who was proud
Boston bull terrier, was originally
purchased from the Dallas Falls Ken
nels. OF Vermont, by Asa Paine, in
1893. When the pup was three months
old Asa Paine presented him to his
grandson and late owner, G. E. Paine.
In his puppyhood, Rags was tutored
to become clown dog, and the many
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03
Fiery. Eczema and Skin Eruptions .F'
Readily Yield to This Old Remedy

This wonderful remedy is without an
equal as blood purifier, being prob,
ably the Oldest blood medicine on the
market. 1t has been sold by drug
gists for fifty years.
You are invited to write to-day
for complete and fuif advice as to
the treatment of.your own case. Ad.
dress. Chief Medical Adviser, Swift
Snssiae 60 DAatsH Atlanta. Ga.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03

dollars he is asking
the American people
to pay into the treas
ury.
T~enty-one bill
lions it was at nine
o'clock this morning,
and we'll assume It
hasn't changed much
since. Whew! That's
a lot OF money-S2l0
for every man, wo-
man and child in the
Uaited States. What
on earth can the gov
eminent need it all
for?
OF course. we know
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03

The following from the Hinton In,
dependent Herald will be read with
interest by former students OF the
Normal school,
Harry c. Humphreys, one of the
institute instructors here, graduated
from Marshall College at Huntington
in 1904. This was the year that an
oratorical contest was suggested and
conducted between the normal
schools Of the state. Hinton being a
central point, was selected as the
place for the contest and 1t was &C.
cordingly held in the old Parker op.
era house, soma years ago destroyed
by destructive fire. Mr.. Humphreys
was selected by Marshall College to
represent that school, and other nor.
mails having Representatives in the
contest were Athens, Fairmont and
Shepherdstowp. The affair was
about the most exciting and interest.
ing contest Of the kind ever held in
West Virginia and standing rom in
the opera house was at a premium.
All those taking part had splendid
orations, but Mr.. Humphreys won the
first prize-S52 in cash. The second
prize was won by a young lady pupil
of the Shepherdstown normal.
THE presence Of Mr.. Humphreys
at the institute causes US to recall
the incident and we are pleased to
note that his success as a speaker
and educator gained its first real mo-
mentum in this city. He is now a
member Of the faculty of that well.
known school, the Athens normal. He
is native OF Greenbrier county, born
and reared near Organ Cave"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03

w OWN 10000 acres in Duval Mas.
sau and Palm Beech counties; price
Sc to $50 an acre; all good cultivatlng
lands for cotton, 2orn, cane. Irish 20.
tatoes, all kinds of vegetables, citrus
fruits; terms can be arranged to suit
purchaser; land in Duval and Nassau
counties will grow. $50 bushels Irish
potatoes from February until May, and
$50 bushels Of sweet potatoes from
June until Nov smber. This product
will sell at an average Of 81 a hushel.
S. ]. Nelson Co.. ASS West Adams St,
Jacksonville, Fla. S.1S.26t271S
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03

What name would you guess was
the most frequent to be found in the
list of drafted men in Fayette coun.
ty. asks the West Virginia News. 1t
is not Smith or Jones or Brown. In
the first division the names that come
oftenest are those of Treadway,
Blake, Davis and Johnson. There are
more Williams than Johns in given
names. Quite a number of Benjamin
Harisons and Grover Clevelands are
to be encountered. Twenty years
hence ouch a list will be found full
Of Theodore 2oosevelts.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-03
:: PRESIDENTS FUND
%$IOOOO0Ooo
WAR RISK SHIP INSURANCE
r $45.OOOOoo

except for some piffling items of less
than million each for alien deten.
ton, export control, and the council OF
national defense.
1t is certainly some money and we
are going to have to dig like terriers
to get it for Uncle Sam. But there are
two things we want 70 remember.
In tn first place, nearly everybody
in the country is working for Uncle
Sam now, either on his own payroll or
On the payroll of the corporations do.
ing his work.
Second, and most important, Uncle
Sam is trying to crowd into one year
the military and naval preparations
that ought to have been made and paid
for during the last twenty-five years.