The Oil City Derrick from Oil City, Pennsylvania • Page 1

A Clean, Reliable Newspaper Designed for the Home THE OIL CITY DERRICK, ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE 3 A OF Forecast Partly cJoudy, probably local thunderinowert Wednesday; cooler Wednesday nljht and In north iior- tlon Wednesday; Thursday generally fair with moderate tempera- ASSOCIATED r-KEM PRICE. THREE CENTS 16PAGES OIL CITY. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY I I 1128. 1SlfillrBEUEYED DEAD IN NORTH POLAR TRIPJRAGEDY DEMOCRATS ARE HOOVER TO BE AB National Committee Will, Have First Fueling With i to Discuss Cam- Only Leader Brought Out-- Candidates Today paign issues until After Fate of Others Depends: piat I formai Function Aug.

11 Upon Ice Breakers CURTIS FUNCTION IS AVIATOR TELLS ABOUT PLANNED OH AUGUST 18j EXPERIENCES ON 0pr cn Nominee Confersj joj-pi-. T. Kobmson or: With Leaders on Agricul-, ,,,0,00,,, Situat i 0 jn Nation i Mentally III From mil uoviiior Aifre.iB.| i smith cf x-w 0 ah la "uiV All of Italians Physically Mentally MM And Exposure Albany stlMid th? Annual Boy nutmp at Best 1023 Mountain. PftM. I he Arkansas senator In a Xiscs Bav Spitsbergen.

July 1'J i urf-ed the national tragedy in the hls- Washincton. July 10 Hi'npr i a to kcrp filcnce en i the format notification rf his nomination, jn i Cilifainia August 11. hut rxpceltlos cf 1 dfM a bwik rf i a i balance about UW.OW. forward today with ths of thi latest of Inon their orssnizAtlor Thrali' to 'walk ot WHO will attend Ih- rnunrll a ean al5n l--i'T th- CurVi. of Kar.nis.

the b-ou-ii' national i K-I i 'iv- c'he-j. ail i tc one of the firs', a mony will tie Tppfru o-V a broken committee. As part of the ta vp'n atility of ic. breaks to I with Rf TlUan n. ramp or.

a fin? -nn ho eeuld not 5 i Connertlcut. was riamM Cup" Smith. LwndbTc his e.iaip.ilzn. ou I rescued Ly annth-r Swedish i i torr.orrt.-v 3' a 0 i SHvlwrz. who lBe b-a! wai () In rcoprrhtion and brias tat a n.rr,; enumi la west SHERIFFS ARE 01 KILLED, RAIDED DURING ONE INJURED LAKE MEETING Claim "Local Politics" To Blame For Liquor Raid At Conneaut BY Conneaut Lake, July liquor raid by officera nt the Conneaut Lake liotil while sboriffs of tho state were holding their an- I rtual meeting there was laid to "local politics" today by Thomas Sterrrtt.

Erie county sheriff and of the Pennsylvania As- eoclation of Sheriffs. District Attorney Stuart Culbort- aon. of Crawford county claimed several of those attending the sheriffs convention were present at "a wild liquor party" at the hotel when ic was raided last night. Robert Claik. a bellboy was arrested and today was held for court under bond charged with violating the prohibition laws.

County Detective John Lalcy. charged thai Clark wa A quantity of llcRPd whiskey and alp was seized. CulbcrtEon said th.it between 30 and 40 persons were present at the "party." He said a flst fight occurred when the county officers appeared and arrested Clark. Sterrctt Bald "everything seems to indicate that the raid was due to local politics aimed ot the county sheriffs olllce. It was most embarrassing for us at the time when wo were holding our meeting hero.

whole thing spemn to have been caused by political differences." The Erie county officer, asked if the convention were involved in th had nothing lo do there had been some fighting in the hotel when the raid was made. Miles Wells, 69 Year Old; Curllsville i Struck by Lightning TAKES SHELTER UNDER TREE HIT BY BOLT i Chester Heeter of Dotter is Severely Cut and Burned in-Station Fire Fire and lightning caused the death of one person and the serious Iniurv of another in the latest a series of accidents in this section of the elate. Chester Henter. 22 year old resident of Dotter, four miles north patient In tho of Emlc tire until lat he raid. they midnight they with it.

He said 2 gulng from Ax to public Urutcnsct that wben ha landed on the day he rrs- Noblle. he camo down th; Ic? Finie dlstancs frnm H- was mrt hy LlrutTnn: preat difficulty Hum-1 be I 4 dVfl! ij rr Cr w-ai abl 1. CU thl 0a "'ympthttie i KM petition At cither in hi- nrn-fl i frop. rfltlin I I hU nr in IT- a-'j'ili'-frc'-s and a i a hi would speech on his to ijrsble but predicted hi wo.il.l jugceailens would Sc fcrEct tfcia reception. All of early in the cltlc en si mcnT.illy 111 frum of a nvjthrrn a i i i i pifV and Jack of pmf-: atnr in his rTpfisir'J Tiif stut "An ofganl5 pfTort i in r-" 1 In In afons the rout? hack a ary conic if thi eecre-1 up hla larpeit petrsieum acres--rvcr obtained anywhere in tht world, been (ranted to Mexican corporation by the central federal government of Mexico, nml drills are boring into the dcpthi of Lower California in icirch of oil.) Mexican Investors have invited American operators to join them, 30 per cmt royalty to be paid then for the Top, above, a section of the oil country, of 40-mile long territory jind head of the corporation opcrat- I 'T7IUIT A AI It I i Camp HcndcrBon.

Mt. Gretnn, Pf ANNlNfTO WOMAN DRIFT i opjinftVFRTO rLANNlMjlU A I A i TM i HAVE TICKETS IN SMALL BOAT in rfef and white tho i movcmen! is r.M yet pronsp party mar.apTs to meet ihis for his irif i hTtni- Saturday i i vis-1 twl.iv tiiclu-lliif: W. W. A i bur. 1 n.in-?mt romniittccnuin Senator Pale of nd Farmer-Labor Both Attack Leading Groups in Speeches PREPARING PLATFORMS men and u-oman were back r-hnin lonlphl.

rescued at eea i drlfllnj; in mid-occnn for nine he In a dismasted nnd ytrtrm to: They werft the crew nf the yacht. whlrh wju lost ftl sra miles enH New Totk while tait-. the trans-Atlantic for the yueen Victoria cup. Th; wnntnn In Mrs. William Roof, wlfp of ynchi captain, wlio worhcd BE ACCEPTED i ICooiidge Intends to Leave Nominee Free to Engage in Campaign PLAN BfJEETING MONDAY Presl- n-- -A-- rarrt i i i i i i Mls l0 'J 1 the nbir-br-'ll-si a ridl1 r.irn-d the motor, 9ive rh.i-f i It ilia who suffiTpil 'i thi? pla.ir- i I i 1 I A conference of -ommit'efwomen Irons 1 i In rr.A out i a I for Ih? campaign In that wctinn.

I Til- conference of national com- niittrcmcn from th? pastern slates. I r.nllrd for next Monday In Tork was today i July 23 It r.xpl^lnr.l thftt bo no nrccr-L'ltj fnr "about'repTacinK the two major partiec with new party hut differed at to thrlr reasons for tui-h action- InahllHv "-nforcc th wan the J'rnhlbllioiitstB dry la the storm. They landed from the nil a TuscJirora, which brought them port their yaclit sank. to accept the i rrslRnatlon of Secretary Herbert Hoover from the cabinet. 1 the i ron 'of Tyrone, was kicked by a mule and thrown to the ground, latter free to enpnpc In his i dislocating his knee.

Oil City hospital with severe burns ibout the head and arms and severe cuts about the wrists as tho result of a fire which destroyed the p. R. B. station at Dotter early yesterday nwrnlns. The two story, frame structure is used as a railroad station on tho first floor ami Section Foreman John Hester and hie son, Chester, reside on the second floor.

The flrfi was discovered by Mrs. Healy and her daughter, Katherlnc, who reside on the hilt a short distance from the station. On ac-. count of the heat they did not re- and shortly after; smoke and flams the roof of the sta- I The men were amused with dif-. flculty.

The elder Is said: lo have jumped from the second! story window and to have beon' slightly Injured when ho The younger Heeter IB reported to have attempted to ngrit the firo the rreuit tnat he was severely burned nnd was cut when forced. to daah through a door to reach Railroad officials had the burgh-Buffalo express stopped at Dotter and the injured young man. removed to ihe Oil City hospital. The buildlnp and Its contents n'cre a total loss. The causn of tha fire is not known to railroad officials.

I Miles 69 year old of near Curllsville, Clarion was instantly killed when lightning struck a trrc under which he had taken shelter. Mr. Wells had been; harrowing his buckwheat field during the afternoon. When the storm began he unhitched his team and put the horses in the barn. At 6 o'clock wlien a member of the family went to the barn to call him to supper he could not be found.

A search revealed him under a lightning chattered tree near the barn. It is thought that during a lull in the storm he had walked back along the field to look over Bntchclor of Headquarters Ms crops and had taken shelter 52nd Machine Gun squad-j the tree as the rtorm began ARMY CAPTAIN IS INJURED AT MOUNT GRETNA BY Tht Pitt. Camp Henderson. Ml, Gretna, July Captain Shermnn Walker, regular army instruct from tho running bo ing automobile. Captnln Walker was removed to field hnspitftl of the lOSth pital company of Canonsburg, whore Colonel Edward M.

Hand, of Coraopolit-', reduced the a and ordered the injured office transferred to the army medical hospital at Carlisle, The I i was second the second dny of inlcnslv training for the 1.500 guardsme of tho 5'Jncl Cavalry brigade an attached troops under the com- nd of Brigadier General Edward C. Shannon of Columbia. Karlier in the day Sergeant Clar- IS EXPECTED TO SHOW LOSS 1 RADIO COMMISSION INTf) HarrJibtirg. July ji LiJ iniv forPcaBl pro(jl iction of i7.tM.x»! the IVnnFylvanfn wheat i ij, T-i an-icJaJfi Pr'n. -rop thin year wilt br the short- July lll.

to 1 era! M'liu was i rcpl of the fedpr.il-atatr; isM croups frflay to crop reporting service. 'if 1 from a i i report, released today, also ctaticns t-i tcrtsp hrnsfl-: A epn Ktate-wide on August 1. and more a i in( ylHrt and many .1 of iircscntfi! ttri.ii-, croi have brcn gtcatly rr- llwt r( by ami cwl ath- are nftt bcin- oppraled to Hot From The Wire and campaign for the presidency un- I hampered by the duties which tlw i- i pose on him. The exact date when the reslgna- tot to have been docldrd upon. VARE ELECTION HEARING HELD By Tin Philadelphia raups tB to be tomorrow linker roponded.

nkh Bewiue of r.iiWr hrncHt i i a MM', i pro- who would hf ilonird r.irlio rntt-r- and a I i pprvlt-f wan from 'lui! i ly fctnllin. 1 the bsrtibonc of tors expressed drsirn to consolidate, hut most of continued lo any effort to with m-nrhy transmltterp. Thr morp rnillKtdt of thfsr. Fuh- mlltfd irrohitlon-s "(Ici i i ui ilir." independent com- m'inlty a i i rlbly only a poi version of the direct mani'latc nf thn ir'-'-ilution countering with (IrniRn-l fnr a niajrr share, of the nnttcn's ratlin focllltir.i fnr Tho chain n'atlfjns ire "(icrniil- tr-d tn imo rtH a.i lij fre- for ihe tmmr. program" which an effort Is bring nmdn to rancol the licenses of the Biunllrr i rrcohitionn rrad, lua nvdMancc of a "ncdllcua dupH- mtion of allot mentii to high- powrrri) ulrttlons." 'ConRrPs 1 hafi no rcstrlc- llnn whatever upon thr total num- hpr if ptnllonH to tlif rcBolntlon continued, "the hill- igj nnd infc.it.ition of the Median tty.

tomhini-d with unfavorable weather ID 0.11111*1 th(' preprnt poor Indlcaiions for whe.it. it win said. Despite the poor production, tlw acreage this five per crnt. higher a MINERS SEALED BEHIND ROCKFALL Pottsvllle. Pa" July fata of threi miners entombed in thn Lylln Coal colliery near hrre, wflB iirnlrd hrblnd huge icclt tonight.

Only the coals of Ihe miners weic found today when renciic workers had removed 130 tons of rock and which barred er trance to tho vhrrc It waa Ihought tlin men were Imprlnoned hy drbrln a an explosion yesterday. Directors of ihc search tonight Imllevrfl tliey wmiM be foun.l in breast No. 62. Thin working, however, was Mocked by a rock which muot bn blasted to permit Ol'ick. 'lamp nnd filled equally'lo the I toriay and iniluKtrhl Mfcty crtnipnign of Ha kind will hr launched in Peon- nylvanla In 1D2P, llarrj' D.

Immrt. ot the bureau of of department of ind iniluKtr nald here. Mukden. --John H. Meaw and Charles G.

D. Collycr. who arc to make new record for circumnavigating Ihe globe, left here Tuenday for Tokyo In their plane the "City of New York." of minrrs in coal mines of Illinois will he carried before the policy committee of tho United i Workera here. Hany Flnh- wick, IllinolG president announced. Atlnnln.

1 )--The senate in- i Intw allegrd irregularltlea In Rcpubllcnn patronage gathered momentum, when, with tlie Georgia hearing two Ihlrdn completed, the Niihconmilttce announced iho government plnnncrl tn wih i grand Jury Investigation of similar charges in Mlsulnfilppl. Miami, of wllh Beth platfor after randlilatfs wui i KIP crew of (he disabled yacht wna main aim tlw Jefcnt 1 to board the stcamfr. Kai Governor Smith, tho Democratic; ly following morning the jacht. nominee, a wet," proclaimed Col- which hod bean taken In tow was torn loose during: a heavy storm "We recoEnlEf. that cither Hoover Captain A.

W. Hart of the or Smith will ha tlrcted and I "learner procce.lrd when he fait must act HI (hat t.ur paily will do- certain the yacht had Bank, tract from or-icrved John! Olhcru in the Rof.i'n crew be- B. Cotlln. a slate i the Townscnd and chairman for the parly. Hotchklw.

wcra Walter Schoolr While the people have hron privilefio has tnken control in tho United States, Lunrtr. II I (LI will defend chiefly upon the tlon of a suitable SUCCCMI Hoover. The chief executive nnd thn Re- Mr. Wells Is survived by his widow and the following children: Mrs. Susan McMaster of Ridgway.

Percy, Pearl. Sara and LaRue at hr Continued on pafic YOUTHFUL WIFE KILLS HUSBAND complete ticket Murray lltilbrrt, Nrw York, nc prnn'l exnltnl rulrr, the Moil hiisliicjn nrnulon of tho Rene volMii. nml Pnilrrllvn Order of Elkn a i at their Cllli a a mectlnc here, lion, yrarn BS New York and naynioml Cou Mamnronfck, N. Y. CHURCH PETITION IS PRESENTED Gettysburg.

July school room romance and- BubBe- flticnt rlopcment ended In tragedy here today with the a a shooting of Percy Kilter, 22, hy hla young Eiker rccnivctl tlir full clmrgo of In hirt cbrst and died eoveral hours later after having vainly attempted lo absolve hla wife of blamti by insisting he hlniKClf. Tim wife, who in ai. Inter confessed flho shot liiker while ho was stilt In bed, brcnuno "he wan running around with other women." Hho became hynlerlcnl when she Icnrnwl of ISItcor'n Thn pair llrnt met whllo itolnjf to i name nchooj lo aulhirltlca, were i i In parcntnl objrc- By Thi Pfttt. UIshurKh. July pclilioii prepfnled before Jurtpc E.

W. day. asked for a chnrter for Iho board of administration of the United Prcahyterlnn church of Koilh Ameflcn, Tho petition sets forth that thft plirponeii nrn Rfincrai of thn hudKcc honrdK of thn church, living nnd dlnlrlbutlnR funds directed by the general assembly, and rcprrdcmlng the church In charitable, educational and missionary work. The principal nfflcpn will bo In Pittsburgh. Dlrcctorn for the first yenr, aub- scrlbers to tho potftlon.

aro T. C. Pollock, C. H. Cleland, and F.

O- fllmne. Philadelphia: E. X- Me- Gown, Dormont; T. D. Edpar.

Wlf klriflhurg, John C. Hill, IMtlxhttrgh; P. Proud fit, Csmbildgr. Ohio: llonifll- Menderi-on. Orovc City: Krer.

J. Walter LlRRolt nnd Willlnm J. Crnhnm. PhllodolDhUt. nomlnrr will next Mnmlay will vie it the puhllran nomlnrr will discuss the iHtter next Mnmlay when Jai- l-louse.

Mr. Coolldffc. however, has already decided not to ask Hoover 5 cabinet during the July 10--Testimony (hat poll tax made illpgally i PC- election of November 1926, was i to presented at today's session of the sub-committee on privileges and election Investigating the Varc- Wilson senatorial contest of that Will Inn' the B. Wilsfm Is cnnlesttiiR of William S. Rppublicnn, alleging fraud.

The hearing, being held bore, by Sen- Before Mr. came lo this decision reports had reached Superior Hint Secretary Hoover was very anxious that iho ictmlnl.nl rat ion should he in no way by his campaign ac- IvltleH. Ho wan represented however, to continue In his present capncily if Mr. Coolldgc dc-slrcd to retain him in the cabinet. No date has been sot for acci'pt- nee of Secretary Work's reslgna tlon.

Numerous namci have been menrtrd lo Cooltdgn for both fortlicoining vactinclen in the cabinet, nnd nlthotiRh the chief executive as yet reached no rtcfl- litc choices, he IB rapidly thinning dow ic posts. President CoolUIgc has prnctlcnlly decided to attend tho ceremonies Cannon July 29 on tho occasion of the unveiling of Hiumeiit to Colonel William of the Flrrt Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Coolldgn tor Charles W. Wate the possible candidates for looking forward to the trip an It will realize bin dflslm lo vlnit Mln- nesotn this suitunor.

The flret public ceremony of any magnitude, nt which Mr. Coot Id go will appear In Kiiperioi- will probably lie tho opening of the Head of Ihe Lakes bnsnball tournament, on July 2d Coolldgo liaa lively Republican, Colorado, Is separate from tlie inquiry being made by Ihe Incu arnntc ppoclal committee ln- i primary campaign in All of today's session was taken up with examination of poll tax collcclorn. some of whom served In the registering of voters preliminary to the November election of 1026. All jirraons who do not pay rent estate tax are required to a poll lax of 25 cents a year before they cnn vote. Under the law a poll tax must be paid by the voter nnd nnt by any other person or orp an i nation.

Illegal payment of nucli tax. according to Wilson's iimspl. voirln tile vote that cast. Some of tho collectorn called lo- day could not i i as their own writing some of the receipts In Ihcl" receipt books. Blaster Killed Brownsville.

July misunderstanding over fflgnalfl was blamed tonight for the death of Earl KlRcr, MHod today nt the Perry township stonn quarry, when A powder blnpt was act off before Klgct was able to reach safety. Klger. according to fellow workers, had pone down In thr. quarry to as- why of four had failed to go off. Klgrr adjualcrt tho eet an.l the to inaugurate this clgnnl was given to "nhool" ihe al tournamont by Want.

Klger wnn burled under a throwing In the 11 ml balk huge pile of earth and asic Business Conditions Better i- Business conditions in this section havn improved much In thte jtn-it mnnth. There havp lificn two boosts In the Seep Agency price of crude oil, which total 45 cents. Criidr oil prices have much to do with prosperity In thlv territory. Oil producers get moro for their pro- ilurt when oil Is lilgh and the various Industries have more orders then. Better conditions am hrrc.

Moro money wilt he. available soon for trade In thrso communities. If you want to aharn In this prosperity with your luihhicss start ad- regularly In The Derrick now. Votir advertisement In this paper will reach all tho buyers In a great sec- don ot northwestern Frnwlvanlii. fnr Tho Derrick nnl only lias Iho blgYimilatlnn but also the render interest and actually go" to the home.

It ls bought nnd then din- rnrded hut is permanent fixture most of thn lioincs of this re- glon. Thn Derrick a pa- npr of niinliiv. It la thoroughly reiul by Its And (hen It In passed along..