The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 134, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 2, 1908 Page: 7 of 8
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Author It Man Accused of •oiling
Liquor Without Federal Lioeno
—To Bo Presented When
Mon Are Roloaaod.
drank, and it !• not reportod that wi * ^
quartermasters bad say unnaual potto*f|
duty to perform at that ! *|
The recent installation of the a In
carte system In the restaurants of
amazing growth In the consumption
found on even the beat ahlpd whah
the business of feeding passenger*
waa ezcluaively table d’hote. *
Restaurant diners on the liners
whose figures are being considered
consumed many, many thousand part*
ridges, snipe, quails, pheasants, grouse,
canvaaback ducks. They demanded
literally many hundreds of thousands
of live lobster and crawfish, of fresh
llttlenecks, blue points and softahell
crabs.
They consumed such a quantity of
green turtle soup that the chefs had
to use up 13,407 pounds of freak tur-
tle in Its making.
Coming around to the mors sub-
stantial articles of diet, It Is found__
that of fresh beef there was used 9*rp
311,927 pounds, and of pork and veal
and mutton about 760,000 pounds each.
Potatoes to go with thee# weighed in
excess of 10,000 tons, a very fair cargo
In Itself. ; -
The passengers seem to begin tbs
day with hearty appetites, as well SO
»going to lunch and dinner In the sans*
blessed condition. They consumed of
eggs. 6.500,000 and of calves’ liver and
bacon an appropriate quantity to sup-
plement the eggs, and with their
morning toast 216,503 tins of marma-
lade and other such sweets.
As If these figures were not proof,
enough that Lloyd’s should maka a
very low rate of Insurance against asa•
sickness these days It Is notsd that
besides what smoking material paw
sengers took on board With them
2.327.225 cigars and packages of cigar
ettes were had from the smoklmg
room steward.
It is Interesting to note la conclu-
sion that while the consumption of
beer, wine and spirituous liquor indi-
cated pretty generous living figuring
on the basis of all the passengers ear-
ned for the year, each passenger con-
sumed, after all, only five-sixths Of a
gallon of such cheering beverages,
while the average consumption of-
mineral water was a full gallon. These
figures do not Include 7*4*2 bottle#
of sterilised milk, which wars dealt
bleu, about } out to the children on board.
Frankfort, Ky.—A Jail for a theater,
the cells for dressing rooms and the
corridor for the stage form the equip-
ment that the federal prisoners In the
county Jail here, practically all of them
moonshiners, are using In rehearsing
a play that will be staged when they
are out of confinement again.
The play is called “The Moonshin-
ers” and was written by 8am Shep-
pard, who Is accused of selling liquor
without a license from the federal gov-
ernment. He conceived the Idea of
writing the play and rehearsing It to
occupy the time until the date of his
trial.
The'actors have met with such suo-
cess in their rehearsals that they have
determined to put the play on the
stage as soon aa they ars released
from Jail. They are to meet In Corbin
on December 1 to have their last re-
hearsal before the opening of the sea-
son in the mountain towns. The court
houses will be used as theaters, and
the fnembers of the troupe will not be
far from home if they get stranded.
The plot of the play Is laid among
the hills of Harlan county. The first
act opens with a let of moonshiners
sitting around n still, drinking the
white whisky and playing cards. Dur-
ing this set every detail In making
moonshine whisky will be exhibited.
A spy discloses the still to the rev-
enue men, who raid the place, and the
curtain fails amid revolver fire.
The second act deals with the burial
of mountaineer* who were killed In
the moonshine raid. While the ox-cart
hearse Is absent In the rehearsals
there la a place for It In the play. The
mountain preacher, who never con-
demns the making of moonshine, be-
cause the moonshiners contribute to
bis living, has his part In this act, and
sings tbs funeral dirge, while the men
dressed as women gather around the
casket to mourn.
The third act deals with the chase
of the revenue men after the moon-
shiner*. gome of the moonshiners are
captured and marched tats a court
house. The daughter of the mountain
judge pleads tor their release. Her
beauty Impresses the revenue men,
especially a young member of the par-
ty, and while she engages him In a
conversation, three of the ahlnera make
their escape. The session of court
breaks up In disorder, and In the Inst
scene the young women, rifle la hand,
lends lha moonshiners In a battle with
the revenue agents, who are routed,
and she gives her hand to one of the
bravest of the ahlnera.
In the foarth and concluding net of
the play the spy is captured and the
moonshiners hold n court sad sentence
Mm to death. He Is hanged as aa ex-
ample of what will happen to moon
shiners who give Information to rev-
enue men.
The actors and their character* are:
8am Sheppard, mountaineer of Whit-
ley county; Ol Whittington, revenue
man of Whitley county; W. 8. James,
bootlegger of Rowan county; B. D.
Ritchie, ’atlller of Knott county, who
is serving a term In Jail for making
moonshine; Sun land Meyers of Row-
an county, bootlegger; Dan TrouC
revenue man of Pulaski county; Henry
Boulden, bootlegger of Harlan coun-
ty; Baeklsl Anderson, whisky peddler
of Leslie county; Will Sturgsoa. spy of
Floyd county; Wick Terry, mountain
Judge of Rowan county; Thomas Ma-
gee. mountain preacher of Laurel
county.
Magee was selected ns preacher be-
cause he has been converted since he
came hern to Jail and may Join the
Salvation Amy after the theatrical
season Is over.
■Bsrrisn «r see* n—a
Interior view of the Unitarian church at Washington, of which the Rs|**b-
I lean presidential candidate Is a member, and vgMch he regularly attends when
official duties do not interfere. ^r‘ * .
SEA OF OIL ABLAZE,
OWKMbrWMnntMt
Recant portrait of non of Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks.
the well the pressure of oil and gas
from below blew out lta capping and
became unmanageable.
The oil was shot to a distance of
209 feet Into the air, carrying the der-
rick and other machinery with It
The primary loss of the company
boring the wall 1s estimated at $200,-
000.
The oil baa overflowed the entire
surrounding plain, and Is now prac-
tically a burning lake of oil, flooding
the country with flame.
The shaft of oil which shoots ap
from the Interior of the well, only to
become Immediately Ignited, trans-
forming itself Into a fountain of toe,
sets ns a huge torch for the entire
surrounding country. The flame Is
plainly visible for 60 miles and one
steamer captain has reported haring
seen tbs fir* at sea a distance of 80
miles from the well.
go brilliant is the light that at a
distance of tea miles It furnishes light
sufficient to admit of reading.
The well has been burning 30 days,
making the loss more than 81,000,000.
On One Line the Cost Waa $4,000,000
In a Year Beer by Half Mil-
lien Ballons and 6-600,-
000 of Eggs.
New York.—It must be the gyro-
scope attachment on the modern trans-
atlantic liner, or else the ball bearings
on which they run, which has reduced
the proverbial amount of seasickness
amoag the passengers.
Seasick passengers, no matter bow
many of them are carried, oould not
comfortably consume food of which
the wholesale cost for one line alone
in 1*07 was more than $4,000,000. This
Is seen at once when It Is noted that
the total expense for coal on the same
Use was but $7,000,000, and, of coarse,
none of the boilers was seasick and
their consuming capacity Is notorious-
Msxlco City, Max —At Dea Bocae a
gusher of the Pennsylvania Oil Com-
pany has been burning now for many
days at an estimated dally tone to the
company of $38,000.
The flame* leap hundreds of font
tato the Mr. illuminating a large en*
pane* of territory at night and veiling
the landscape with dean* volumes of
pmoks by day.
Wbea a well catches because of aa
uncontrolled overflow of Ml into some
firs or flame, usually the very farnace
of tbs hollar which has beta used in
boring the well, there are but two al-
ternatives left for tbe owners. One la
to smother the Are by means of a
heavily weighted draw, which Is pulled
across tbe mouth of tbe well, shutting
of both the air from tbe outside and
the flow of otl from with to
la this way tbe Are dies of lta own
* accord from tack of fuel and the well
In then easily controlled.
Failing In this expedient the only
hope Is to allow tbe well to burn, re-
lying upon It to clog Itself after a
time Usually on low pressure gush
ers the accumulation of soot and lamp-
Mack from tbe burning oil win no clog
tbe aperture of the well In two or
three sreeks that the flow of oil Is cut
off and tbe fire te automatically smoth-
ered. Oil well Area are saver of long
duration
Tbs product going to waste la no
valuable that expensive measures are
Justifiable to stop the fiame—and mon-
ey can accomplish most things.
Preparations are sow on toot to
•mother the fire of tbe Pennsylvania
Ml well at Doe Bocae. Heavy drags
are being constructed which will be
drawn serosa the mouth of tbe well by
apodal machinery, and tbe well will
again become tbe servant of man. At
present It runs Hot and acknowledges
he master no one.
So Intense Is tbe heat generated by
the thousands of barrels of Ml that go
up ta smoke every hour that no one
can approach within lees than 200
meters of the fire aad remain for more
thaa a tow minutes at a time. Added
to this are the fearful fume aad gasae
generated by the burning Ml.
The wow Ml wMI caught fire July
4 from the furnace of the boiler need
ta boring the well. The oil In the well
had beea struck some time before,
aad while preparuttams were hMng
made to break the cap rock and cap
QOBB MAD OVER Hit QUILT.
Yeung BpeMerd Becomes Maniac
When Shortage Is Disc eve red.
Ouaymaa, Mexico.—Driven mad be-
cause he had been caught ta Healing
$170 from the poetoffies, a young em-
ploye of the Altata office Is aow a
raving maniac.
The work was done with the pur-
pose of concealing tbe crime for some
time, though ultimately tt had to come
out. Some one bought a postal order
for $1M. and. while the draft aad the
notification were Ml right, the stub
and the book* showed $10. This order
was on El Puerto. Others followed
on Roaarto and Meant Ian. The mari-
time inspector of Altata, who also In-
spects the postoffice, found Ml ac-
counts straight, aad not until the pos-
tal orders aad reports were compared
In the main office ta Mexico was the
defalcation discovered. When the In-
spectors faced the young man, Mar
tines do Velasco, with the evidence
of his guilt he begged for a moment
sad hastened out to secure the money.
He went. Instead, to the pier and
threw himself out Into the water.
He was rescued, however, and whan
released wallowed ta the dirt. Then
be begaa to draw pictures ta the sand,
sad later, when people cam# to taka
him array, ha begun to show signs, aad
later broke out tato a series of violent
LATEST PORTRAIT OF TAKAHIRA
With Mot- ot Lot-. Cotw Dteutw
Might Have Followed Accident.
Philadelphia.—Thirteen swordfish ta
the bold of the fishing schooner Dor-
cas. off the southeasterly edge of
Georges, may have proved her selva
tlon, instead of being the tmdittonM
unlucky number tbnt Is frequently
blamed for getting vessels Into trouble.
The Dorcas was about ready to tail
for Boston July 23. A three-masted
schooner enme along and Instead of
clearing tbe fishing craft lopped off a
piece of her bowsprit with a glancing
blow.
The crew of the Dorcas ascribe their
eacape to tbe 13 swordfish. If they
Sixth Wife Seeks a Divorce.
Thinks Section Boss Magnate.
from Ms to eight men on the ground
tor two yearn These ass wHI study
the supply of water-to the east aad
will attempt to determine the reces-
sion of the body of water—how much
la takes by the atmosphere la a given
period.
Pro. F. H. Bigelow of the United
States weather bureau has bean as-
signed to take charge of the work, aad
he will be assisted by thu lortl weath-
mmimem,
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Ford, A. L. The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 134, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 2, 1908, newspaper, September 2, 1908; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth643161/m1/7/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.