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chlIdren's Day Exercises,

The Children's Day program, Sun.
day night, was far from being the
failure that the discouraged ones
in charge Of 1t feared 1t would be.
Owing to accidents, sickness, indif.
ference on the part Of patrons Of
the school and other things those
in charge Of training the children
feared that 1t would fail. However,
1t was the opinion of oil persons at
the entertainment that the children
did well. A flag drill Of the little
tots from the beginners class called
forth much applause. The house
was packed and many were com.
PEELED to stand.
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which terminated IN reception n.
the White Rouse 10 the members
OF The association o n1shcrt trips ,t
III Vernon and 70 see Ty Cobbi
Detroit Tigers defeated BY the Wash
inEton team
The ptineipal social event az thu
me- ting was die banquet ID d IA tl,e
Hote1 Washington Oh Tue sday exc,
ming at which time and tor TIE 6iiiy
time IN the history % the state,
Warrington had 4 mayor Noah ii
Swim, II, OF Philadelphia, Who act.
cd as toastnRster, elected himself
mayor for the occasion. 30 that the
address OF welcome never before
omitted could DO given which he did
In his own original manner, He
was followed by Ty Cobb, who stat
ed that be felt considerably out OF
place but outside o. the fact that he
was called upon to respond had en-
joyed himself immensely. The re-
firing president Of the association,
G. +. Crouch, made a short but In.
teresting talk, thanking the mem
bers for their cooperation during his
term. He was followed by the ora
tor OF the evening" Irving S. Cobb,
the noted humorist and writer, who
outdid himself on this occasion, the
crowd listening spell-bound for the
period Of two hours and all seemed
disappointed when he closed.
Mr.. Taylor, Of the Morgantown
Coal company. attended to business
in Baltimore and Philadelphia after
the convention, while H. q. Owen at
tended to business In Philadelphia
and Boston. Business conditions
down East are greatly depressed.
Mr.. Taylor was elected a director Of
the American Wholesale Coal asso:
ciaticn at the convention.
Mereantown Goal Club
The meeting OF the Morgantown
Wholesale Coal association held AZ
noon yesterday at the Old Home
Tea Room was Of more than orli-
nary Interest to those present.
Out Of town visitors were Mr..
Thornburg Of Fairmont and v, D.
Rogerson Of clarksburg. Of Brad
streets.
Mr.. Lyons OF the Fuel Corporation
Of America made an address and adj
vlsed those present that the Cham
Der Of Commerce had appointed him
as a committee to see all persons
In Morgantown interested in the
coal trade with a view to obtaining
their application for membership IN
the Chamber OF Commerce. It de.
veloped that quite a few members
OF the Morgantown association were
already affiliated with the Morgan.
town Chamber Of Commerce and
and practically all Of the 20 mom-
bers that were present agreed to
Join the commerce body and assist
In It's activities in whatever line
possible.
Charles F. Sutherland Of the suth-
erland Coal company made the re-
port Of the associations hotel COM
mittee and after considerable dis
cussion the committee was continu.
ed with instructions to meet with
the hotel committee Of the other bod
les when called together by the
Chamber OF Commerce. In the dis
cussion which followed 1t was the
unanimous opinion Of those present
that the most pressing need Of Nor.
gantown at the present time was the
construction Of a hotel Of sufficient
size to take care OF transients who
would under favorable conditions
make this their headuarters while
working The adjacent coal fields.
NJ y. Taylor, of the Motgantown
fs- III fSlE ss.5f 5sst q
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T0pAYls XVIII
81 III lsas.l n 3 pa.. on

tff8t stAt3f ~ % .ffats Ous
Arsysers 10 Yester1ay's kWlz.
\ Richafd Tar1eton was the
trst famous comedian Of the Eug
ish stage
3 Caiabfia isSa province Of Italy,
orming The toeiof the "boot."
= Btienos Aires Is the capital OF
krgenttna.
The popular name for Kansas
Is the sunf1ower5 State.
. GafgoylesF are the grotesqnely
iteped men OF animals serving as
protecting waterspouts in Gothic
lfchitecture
3 The largest city In Utah ~
salt Lake City
paladuin Is a one.passeuger
covered CONVEYANCE which III india
md China Is borne on mems shoul.
Hernes IN Greek mythology,
vas the herald and messenger OF
tle gods
q y heifef lisa young COW.
40 4 surveyors chain is sixty
si2 feet long.
New Questions.
What was ambrosia.
u Who was Artemus Ward?
y What is the largest city in
Nernont2
Who was Hymen?
s What IS akayak?
9! What Is prince consort?g
What Is the popular name for
tleastate OF Kentucky?
8. What is a 1quotient?
. what Isl suet?
10 OF what South American
country is sucre the capital?
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Home from phlIade lphla.

Miss Erma Watkins Barnes, who
has been attending school for
nurses at the Philadelphia General
hospital, is spending a vacation Of
two weeks with her foster parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Barnes, here.
Miss Barnes has been in Philadel.
phia since last August and this is
her first trip home. Her many
friends here were delighted to meet
her and the next two weeks will
be very busy ones for her.
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Coal company. who return
week from the meeting Of TIL A.
icen Wholesale Coal Association \ IL,
Washington. whore he had been cleo
ted q director Of the organizations,
gave q talk; IN his talk BE ontllned
the Necessity tcr cooperation among
the bnhiness men b IN iines an
much pFopos Id lei slati1n whtlt X.
netting the coal taen pnlY dite
VIII ifdis ectly reach 6Yety toustil IL
ot coal or nAnutact ,tFed nAtetisii
The association voted u tie et nest
Tuesday, June 81. with The Rotary
RiWanis and Chamber OF G Commerce
at The Masonic Temple and 10 meet
on Saturday, June Is, With Messrs
G. M. Lyon and G, 3. Gadd III Rock!
ley on Cheat 4
After adjournment 4 photogrtptN
OF those present waa taken. "a
Jamison Officials
IA party Of officials OF the JAM.
son Coal and Coke company are IL
the Fairmont region and are reg
istered Ut the Fairmont Hotel. YeS !.
terday morning they visited mine ~
along the Monongahela railway
Other operations will probably ID
visited
Those in the party are George q,
Taylor. general manager; r. b. Jam
ison, assistant sales manager; u d \
Jamlson. general superint endeut.
and G. E. Cowan, chief engineer, Sli
OF Greensburg. Pa.
Charters Granted
These charters have been issued
at Charleston TO coal companles
Mountview Coal company, Tunnel!
ton, W. Va. capital $4,000. iaeot.
porators. F. W. Bergman, u Fl. Borg I
man, James W. Bergman, Leo w
Bergman OF Tunnelton: J. Ben
Brady Of Kingwood, w. Va.
Dolls Run Coal company, Morgan
town. W. Va; capital $4,000; ins
corporators, David s. Brewer, r. D. 4
BarrIekman Of Morgantown, @. M,
Barickman, OF Cassyille, W. Va
Domineick Tropa, Of Star Gity, w,
Va; B. H. Brewer OF Monaco, no.
@. L & w. Coal company, Faiss
mont, W. Va; capital 500, 000; In
corporators, a. b. DAVIDSON, Vert
B. Fisher, ]! 3. Law, w. w, Wal
tiers and G. T. Williams, al o
Clarksburg, W. Va. -,
Mtne closes Down I
The River Seam Coal company. d.
Hlldebrand Monongalia county,
along the Monongaheia railway
closed down on Saturday. This ope, !,
ration Is owned by the II; " Booth
glass interests Of Pittsburgh which
have a chain Of glass factories 4
rs reported that the factories hay
closed down.
ls In the City
Clark MacQuown, Pittsburgh, !
mess manager OF the Macs Dir
tory, is In Eairfnont today He can
here from Glarksburg yesterda
where he called on d number
coal tradesmen. On "Wednesday M
will go to Morgantown; thence 10
Uniontown and Pittsburgh.
Mr.. MacQnown Is laying the
ground work for the 1879 issue 81
Macs Directory, and IL promises Il :.
meet with success he declares Tho
1881 issue was very tasofably rece
cd by coal men as having furnishe
a long felt need In the coal busines
Special comment on the value
handbook was made BY trad
at the convention Of the amt =,
Wholesale Coal Assoc ation IA We1b
in l 'sl p p {; .lass xssk.
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Severe Rain - A severe rain,
storm hit Fairmont last evening
about six d, clock and for a time the
electric lightning system was out
OF commission as a consequence.
The wind and a too.sudgen dark.
ness preceded the storm and soon
~ downponr heavier than any this
summer took place. A great deal
Of sharp lightning occurred and
some damage was reported as re-
suit. The storm continued for a
half hour. On account Of the light,
ming which was somewhat start.
ling many people postponed the
dinner hour until the storm had
abated
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Fatr tonight ana
Wednesday. Cool.
er in east portion
tonight.
Local Readings.
e P. Hall, OBJ.
Temperature al
s a. m. today, IS.
Weather yester'
day, clear; tenn.
perature, maxi.
mum, 81; mini.
mum, GO: Drecipi.
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Surgical operatlons-H. B. B.
Jones Of this city underwent a NIL
nor operation today at CooM)k as did
also James Linn Morris, 500 Wal
nut Venue. Paul Hood Of Rivesville
= son OF Frank Hood and the Misses
Christine and Ruth Gould, daugh-
ters e g: g; Gould I'll Guttey street
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Two Weddings Rev. /. A. Barnes
county superintendent Of schools,
has had two marriages the last two
days. Yesterday he married Lloyd
Wander rift and Nettie Grau, and
today he united in wedlock Elmer
F. Kahn and Btssie McMasters.
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Storm Kills Horse-During the
thunderstorm last night, lightning
struck q large sugar tree on the T.
u Koon farm, Grant district. A
horse standing under the tree was
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Right Of Way-A lease has been
Tiled with County Clerk Lee N. Sat.
fairfield between the Consolidation
Coal Co. and the Hope Natural Gas
Co by which the coal company
gives for q term Of 20 years a right
OF way through three tracts OF land
Known as the Catherine Lloyd tract
ID Winfield district. Consideration,
S4la.15.
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jailed for Rohbery-o. c. McIn.
tosh and Harry Polling, two Clarks.
burg boys are in the county jail
charged with robbery OF the store
ot the Monongahela Power and
Railway Co at Monongah yesterday
morning, Mcintosh has also con.
fessed that he robbed the store
d the tArkwright Coal Co. at Nor.
WY mines a short time ago.
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tation. .ss. River ms feet. rIsing.
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NATIONAL COAL.

Continued from paE. one,
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Elks Flag pay-Local Elks will
celebrate Flag Day at their annual
exercises at Loop park this evening
az 80. The address OF the eve
ming win be delivered by Judge W.
S! Haymond. The remalnder OF the
program will be musical. The
American Legion is especially IN
sited to attend the services, The
lodge viii not march to the park
hitEwill meet there at the time OF
the program.
Marriage DEMONSTRATING Il.
censes have been issued by County
Clerk Lee N. Satterfield to the fol-
lowing: Lloyd Yandergrift, 81, and
Netties Grau, 16, both Of Fairmont.
Mrs u w. Magee, mother Of the
girl was present and gave her con.
sent; Elmer T. Cain, 81, Hundred,
and Bessie B. McMasters, 81, Man.
nington,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-04-01
JAPAN WORRIED BY
TOO MANY JAPANESE

TOXIC, Mar. 31.-Pointing out
that Japan's population is increas-
ing 100000 yearly, the ex governor
of the Hyogo Prefecture declared IN
the Diet, that the question of how
this surplus popu alton would be dis
posed of is a serious one. He called
attention to the fact that there are
immense difficulties in the way of
emigration and wanted TO know what
the governments policy in dealing
with the entire problem.
Premier Hara admitted that the
problem was grave, but he did not
think it to be so pressing as some
scholars and foreigners seemed to
consider it, There was still room, ne
said, both in Japan and in the dis
tricts which might be called Japan's
sphere of influence for absorbing the
increasing population.
The progress of industry in Japan
would ESQ need more men.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-04-01
CARDENASIS
EXECUTEDBY
FIRING SQUAD

Augustin Cardenas, leader of the
so-called "ten man revolution, which
started at San Fernando some days
ago. was court martialed and shot to
death at a ranch south of Matamoros
yesterday morning The firing squad
was a detachment of rurals under
command of Col. Modesto Garcia.
Cardenas and small band of his
followers were TRAPPED and surrounded
at the Puerto ranch the night before.
, Three Of the men were killed and the
others were stampeded into the brush
without even having time to get their
horses. Cardenas was taken prisoner.
The summary court martial was in
accordance with the recent orders of
Gen. Gomez, commander of the fed
eral troops in the Tamaulipas area
who, some days ago, ordered that all
persons found unlawfully bearing
arms should be put to death forth
with.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-04-01

AUSTIN. Tex, April 1.-The ex-
ecutive department announced today
that Governor Neff would not act
until late in the day on the remain
ing bills passed by the legislature.
He has until midnight to sign, veto
or file them.
With but one day left, the Cover
nor was faced this morning with sew
enimportant bills upon which he had
not taken final action? Yesterday he
signed the Corps Christi breakwater
bill and he filed without his signature
the senate bill increasing the mileage
and tonnage tax on commercial motor
vehicles of over one ton in weight
Representative Johnson Of Wichita
county, who conferred with him just
before he filed the dill said the gov
ernor had assured bim that he would
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-04-01
TEXAS CHURCHMEN
MEET In FORT W0RTH

FORT WORTH, Texas, Mar. 81
Delegates representing twenty-three
different denominations met here to-
day 70 rthe forty-seventh annual con-
vention of the Texas Sunday School
Association which will open tonight.
The sessions, which will continue to
Sunday, April 8, will be devoted to
addresses, courses of instruction, con
ferences and open forum discussions.
Among the speakers will be DIR.
William A. Brown of Chicago, direct
or of Evangelism in the Sunday
Schools of North America; DR.. Chas.
L. Goodell Of New York; II. c. Crod-
land, general secretary of the Arkan-
sas Sunday School Association, and
Clarence H. Wright, Colorado states
Young Peoples superintendent
Next Sunday the delegates will at
tend the Sunday school at the First
Baptist church here, which is claim
ed to be the largest Sunday school
in the world
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-04-01
= IMPORTANT BILLS
WAIT NEFFS ACTION

submit the bill at the special session
Of the legislature for any amend
ments the legislators would like TX
add. Representative Johnson oppos ed
the bill
The seven measures left for the
last day were the anti alien land ow-
nership measure, two rural school aid
bills, the West Texas A. and NJ. bill,
the bill for a monument to Texas sol
diers, sailors, marines and nurses who
served in the war, and a bill authoriz-
ing "A monument over the grave of
Cynthia Ann Parker in Limestone
county.
All of them but the anti-alien land
bill carried appropriations.
The largest appropriation carried
in the two rural school measures, ag-
.gregating S7,0O0,00O.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-04-01
QUEER LEGAL CODE
is DEVELOPED IN
AMERICAN SAMOA
tBy The Associated rrcss.)

PAGO PAG0. American Samoa,
April IA new code of laws based
on American statutes has developed
in American Samoa from the disturb
ances of last year which eliminated
in the suicide Of the governor, Com
mander Warren J. Terhune.
The revised laws, drawn by Cap
tain Waldo Evans, the new governor,
and Judge A. NJ. Noble, and submit
ted to the native chiefs, mark an in
teresting change from the early laws
provided for the Samoans.
When in 1900 the first secretary
of native affairs, Judge Gurr, asked
the native rulers Of the Samoan viii
lagos to submit laws to him for re-
concentrations to the first governor.
he received from various villages a
copy of the ten commandments Of
the Bible. This accompanied with
the suggestion that penalties for their
violation should consist Of a fine in
the shape of a hog and barrel Of
beer.
The recommendation were not
adopted in whole, for such penalties
would have resulted in every offense
paving the way for a feast in the
village This, officials decided, would
prove too much Of a temptation for
the natives.
1t is the custom of the Samoans
and was then, that when any offense
is complained Of and the offender l.
not known, for the native pastor, or
native magistrate, to compel each
person in the village TO declare his
or her innocence by oath on the Bible.
On one occasion some church mon
ey was stolen from the box Of Sa-
moan pastor, where it had been left
for safe keeping. The native pas
tor Immediately went from house to
house with a Bible, swearing in ev-
cry inmate, but everyone declared
innocence. He, however, forgot TO
take the oath himself and the theft
remained a mystery.
Some years afterward the pastor
became seriously i'll and his relatives
were called together. Having made
certain that they were all III a forgiv-
ing mood, he then confessed that he
was the culprit. Under the circum
stances his people felt they could not
but forgive him. Thereupon it was
astonishing how rapid was his recov-
cry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-04-01
CARELESS USE OF
GASOLINE CAUSES
Df.kTH or WOMEN
Try The Associated Pressl

Ell PASO, Texas, April 1.-Phy-
sicians, after the burning to death of
Mrs. T A. Courchesne in her home
here, declared that it is time for the
public generally to "get back to
where it was when it SHE'D at a gas
oline can" They said that since peo-
pie have placed automobiles and mo-
torcycles in such general use, the av-
erage person handles gasoline 'like
water"
Mrs. Courchesne was burned to
death in her home while cleaning
clothes. She was scrubhing woolens
in a tub of gasoline when the fire
started, without the aid of an outside
blaze. Physicians said that fire can
be, and not infrequently is, started
by briskly rubbing wooden clothes COW
cred with gasoline.
DR.. j. NJ. Richmond. a long time res
ident of FL Paso, who attended Mrs.
Courchesne, said that during the past
Is years at least dozen women had
met similar deaths from fires started
in this manner. The higher the proof
of gasoline the greater the danger,
he said, and recommended the use of
some kind of substitute about the
house.
Police Surgeon John Hardy said
that ever ymonth, sometimes once
weeek, he tre ats person. usually a
woman, who was burned through the
careless use Of gasoline or kerosene.
DR.. W. Watts, laboratory spe-
cialist, said that the dry atmosphere
aided the starting of such blazes as
that which burned Mrs Courchenes
to death. He said that woman
cleaning clothes should not smother"
them and should. do the cleaning out
doors. He also said that fire could
be started by pouring gasoline on a
warm stove regardless of whether
there was any fire in the stove, that
the heat and the gas from the gasC-
line could readily combust and that
using kerosene in such way was also
dangerous. The safe rule, he said,
was not TO start a fire with kerosene
or gasoline, and to clean with sub
Stitute, or be extremely careful If
gasoline is used.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-04-01
SAYS MORPHINE FROM
UNITED STATES FINDS
ITS WAY INTO CHINA

TOXIC, April Morphine ship
ped every year from the United
States to Japan for re-export amounts
roughly to $4,000 pounds, Baron Flu
jimura, raising the question of the
opium traffic in China, asserted al
session of the budget committee
of the house of peers.
1t is impossible under existing con
ditions, Baron Fujamira said. foI
China to prevent the importation OF
opium and morphine and the Chinese
are compelled to endure terrible sac
rificrs in consequence.
A large quantity of morphine is
brought every year to Kobe from
England. said the Baron, as well as
from India and other places. 1t is re-
exported from there to Tsingtao and
to Kwantung.
The Japanese Government General
of kwangtung derives a revenue of
about 81 100000 every year through
opium, the Baron said. Under these
circumstances, he declared, it is not
surprising that the Chinese charge the
japanese government with conniving
at this nefarious traffic.
Such state Of affairs is inexcus-
able, whether viewed from the stand
point Of humanity or from that Of
international relations, declared the
Baron, and he asked what the govern
ment proposed to do in the matter.
In reply the home minister said
that the Japanese government had
been controlling the opium traffic in
accordance with the provisions Of the
opium law Of 1919. This law requir-
ed that all those who exported opium
should first obtain the permission Of
the home minister. The home office
allowed no permits for the eXporta-
tion of narcotics except under the
condition that they were to be used
solely for pharmaceutical purposes.
On account Of persistent talk regard
ing the smuggling of opium, the gov
ernment framed a new law in De-
cember which came into operation
at the beginning of January. II was
hoped. he said, that this would pre-
vent the smuggling alleged to be 20.
ing on in the past three years
Count Uchida, the former minister,
supplementing the home minister 5
explanation, said that Japan signed
the international opium treaty of
1912, but has not ratified it. AS the
treaty will begin to operate from this
year, however, the government, he
said, is determined to exercise strict
control over the trade in opium.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1921-04-01
LEGION COLLECTS
MEMORIAL FUNDS
Each Member Asked to Pay
a Dime For Decoratin
of Soldiers Graves
nv The Associated Press !

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April L.
A call for all members of the Ameri-
can Legion to contribute ten cents
to a Memorial Day fund, for the dec
Grafton Of the American graves ever
seas, was sent out today in bulletin
from national headquarters of the
Legion here.
A majority Of the bodies of Amer
leans killed in the world war have
been returned to America, but thou
sands of our comrades still sleep on
foreign soil in compliance with the
desire of relatives that they rest for
ever where they FELL" the Lgion bull
ltin saws. '.Fw of the relatives OF the
fallen can go to Europe TO lay mem
orial wreath on the grave of the dear
departed. As last year, the American
Legion will perform this sacred ser
vice"
Committees have been formed IN
france and Great Britain composed
largely of Legion men. Posts IN Eng
land. France, Belgium and Germany
cooperating with these committees
will see that every overseas grave OF
an American soldier is as fittlngly
decorated as if all the fallen slept on
the soil of the homeland, the an
nouncement adds Franklin D'Olier,
Philadelphia, past national command
er of the eLgion, heads the committee
on Memorial Overseas for America,
and assisting him are twenty-one
prominent men from as many state
of the Union.
There will be instances In which
relatives will wish to contribute large
ly expressly for particular grave,
wishing an individual scheme of dec
oration carried out, the bulletin says.
Legionnaires are charged with trans
mitting such requests to the memorial
committees through national head
quarters, that every desire of the
bereaved families may be complied
with.
Last Memorial Day the American
Legion decorated $4,000 graves Of
Americans in Italy, Spain, France,
Be'gium, Luxembourg and Germany