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Furnished by Farmers C~o-operdhye
MINI. -. 80 ~
L. s. grade, No. ! Early Ohios,
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MILLING wH1AT.
QUOTATIONS.

(Furnished by the Northern Packing
.Compnny!)
For Grass Fed Cattle. Sr
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Herald Wan Want Ads Bring Results
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POTATOES,
PRODUCE,

Chicago. Oct. 7.-Butter unchanged;
$500 tubs.
Cheese unchanged.
Eggs unchanged; receipts $685. cases,
Poultry alive unchanged.
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Y I lIe olcHleNL proper TO love-
letters. She had, rs we know, tossed it into
the stationery drawer while she ran out to her
last Hateful appointment with the bank that
refused credit. Days later, the real Miss
Smith, before leaving, had looked into Mrs.
Carmichael's office to see il there was any
thing that she could do. anything that she
could forward. She had given an efficient
glance into each unlocked drawer The
top drawer for stationery All! Here
was a letter--obviously forgotten, but. ready
addressed to Mrs. Carmichael's husband. That
had better be stamped and sent Off at once.
This, the real. efficient Miss Smith had accord
ingly done-little knowing what role she play
ed).
On the whole Carmichael thought he
wouldn't, raise the subject of her changing her
mind. this first morning. But he would tell
her at once of the moment when he knew his
own mind was changed. 1.-The night of the
Cox dinner party! You remember. Glover?
NOW please explain to me exactly why YOU
said Darling just then, before those people?
Please tell me exactly what you were think
ing OF when the lights went out. You know.
IN that bookroom,' he'd remind her. Then
III explain what made me so frightfully dis
tant and curt to you on the stairs
1t is hardly necessary to add here that
none OF all these planned out explanations took
place at all. Not, that. is, on that heavenly
morning of July. They had to wait, pushed
aside by other and quite unprepared converse
ton which is SO often the way with anticipated
talk!
A couple of vigorous pulls and now Car.
michael was alongside. Here was "the 1art
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PRODUCE.
Quotations furnished daily by Moth

49, .-~st-- ia aSsa ii v
Quotations furnished daily by
eridgeman-Russell crcamery.)
Butterfat, per III. .......N s 40
POTATO MARKET, n
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Light hogs, 15o-25o lbs. $500
Mixed hogs, 250-3OO lbs. 1000
Rough sows, 30O-5VO lbs. 5000
Rough stays. 3O0-500 lbs. 5.sO@
Pigs, 90-125 lbs. .......... 1000
Bears 1900
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SAYS DAUGHERTY FIRED
ALL HONEST INSPECTORS


WARRINGTON, May Renew
ing his attack on Attorney Gener-
al Daugherty, Senator Caraway
declared today in the Senate that
MI. Daugherty had fired all the
honest inspectors in his depart
ment who wanted to prosecute
swindlers of the government and
had put back into office those who
helped to get the fraudulent par
don for Chas. w. Morse
Referring to Mr.. Daugherty's
statement that the attack of the
senator yesterday showed that
cabinet officers should have the
privilege OF the floor in the Sen
ate and House. Senator Caraway!
declared that he waived all i'm
munity. personal or otherwise as
to what he said yesterday and to-
day and would meet Mr.. Daugh-
erty :anywhere at any time" S5
Attorney General Daugherty in
letter to the committee said the
Department of Justice had no OBJ
lection to any investigation such
as Congress may see fit to under
take. Secretary Weeks wrote
that he was not opposed to the
resolution. but suggested an in
crease of funds for audit of War
Department contracts made dur
ing the war.
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Personally Conducted Tours
by B. & o. Railroad Planned

A series of personally conducted
tours to Washington has been
scheduled by the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad from twenty-one Of
the principal cities and connecting
points on its lines, in campaign
the company has been conducting
for several months past to induce
the American people, especially
professors, teachers and students
from schools and colleges. to visit
the city Of Washington, thus en-
abling them to see for themselves
the nations great workshop
Z The railroad has made ar
rangements whereby tourists may
know in advance. the total cost. Of
the whole trip, including railroad
and Pullman fares. hotel accom-
meals en- route, sight
seeing, buses, guides and admis-
sion charges to public buildings In
the capital city, ETC.
The schedules have been pre-
pared also with a view to the ap-
preaching vacation time of .edu-
cational institutions and the jour
neys over the mountains and along
the banks OF the Potomac River
will be made in daylight.
The personally conducted tours
from the Wheeling district, which
Fairmont will be conduct
ed on May II and 20 and on y hne
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Ld,nbie and Cdlze11
Coming e to y! Bi!:;';a':rague'tl': 3 'l':.
of Mining Schools

Robert M. Lambie, Charles
ton, chief of the Department of
Mines Of West Virginia, and
Prof. A. C. Callen, Morgan
town. head OF the department
OF coal mining at West vir-
ginia University, will be the
chief speakers at the banquet
to be held at the Fairmont Y
M. c.. "A. on Thursday evening,
May IL. The date has been
shifted to accommodate the
speakers who are scheduled to
deliver addresses at Mt.
Hope on Saturday evening,
May 13. when the mining ex-
tensions schools OF Southern
West Virginia will banquet.
This afternoon local com
mitteemen received the follow
ing wire from Mr.. Lambie:
will be with you on May511. ~
Fully 100 men are expected
to attend, there being 80 COW
ers reserved up until noon to-.
day. Glasses making reserva-
tions are as follows: Clarks-
burg, FL: Mt. Clare, 10:
Shinnston. 16; Carolina, e;
Fa1rmont, IS; Morgantonw, g..
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GRAND JURY WILL
START TUESDAY
Personnel Of Both Grand and
Trial Juries Made Pub
lie Today.

Grand and. trial jury lists for
the coming term Of criminal court
were announced this afternoon by
L. A.. Gathers, clerk of the circuit
court. S5.
Grand jury sessions will begin
Monday morning and on Tuesday
morning the trial jury will take
up cases appealed from the city
and county courts. Judge p. M
Meredith will preside.
Grand Jury List
The grand jury list is as fol
lows:
Fairmont District-E. L. Fort
ney, John B. Hamilton, Lawrence
Conaway and n. j.. Straight.
Winfield District $50 - Marshall
Hawkins, 5Sl "A
Grant plssrist 3 land
~ - -7tfsMannington District-----Ulysses
Nanzant, Homer ". Campbell and an
Lewis Clelland.
Union District-George @ Shoe
maker and R. A.#Johnson.
Paw Paw Harry S.
Thorn and Charles McElroy. D
Lincoln District-Willie Mar
tin and C. W. Atha. y,
Trial Jury List.
The Criminal Court jury list con-
tains forty-nine names. The jury
men will start work Tuesday with
the hearing of city and county ap-
peal cases and will take up cases
from the grand jury when the ses-
sion Of that body is concluded. The
jury list is as follows:
Fairmont District-Bernard Mar
tin, O. E. Dancer. Carl E. .sBeltz, S
Frank Kuhn, D. W. Carter, Harry
Frank. H. Chapman, Y. B.. Hartley,
Walter Griffith, U. S. G.. Merrifield ,
Clarence Fetty. E. G. Clark, George
Gaskell, Don NJ. Arnett and Earl
Miller.
Warrington District-C. G. Blake
Lewis Baker, Eathan A. Jones,
Beecber McMulen, Harry Dawson,
H. c.. Cunningham. I. D. James.
Thomas N. Higgs, Charles H. Free
land and Joseph |. Nolan.
Lincoln District-Irwin Fletcher,
William F. Sandy, Roy H. Cole, L-
E. Bell, Isaac Glover and John
E. Rich
Grant District-Charles Hartley,
&c. C, Peters, A. ]. Bice and Charles
F. Anderson.
Union District-L. G.. Louden,
jBen Kearns, Lester Iake, Walter
Clark, Hugh Ball, F. o. French and
G. W. Albert
Winfield District - Noll D
Knots, Albert Prickett and s. Z.
Baynard.
Paw Paw District-William n
Engle, W. A. Morris and ". h. Hill Ill
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MINERS PETITION
DENIED L: BY COURT
.MorgantoWn Judge Refuses to
Consider, Appeal in Evic-
ton Cases.
Man

MORGANTOWN. May 3.--At-'
tempst to halt the. eviction of
union miners from twenty-five
houses belonging to the Rosed a:e
Coal Co.. failed in the Monongalia
County Circuit Court here today
when Judge /. G. Lazzelles refused
to grant a petition presented by
w. E. Glasscock, Jr.,, counsel Tor
the miners. asking that they be
permitted to take an appeal from
the decision of Magistrate s. a.
5Posten awarding possession OF the
houses to the coal company
The miners set up their petition
stating that they understood they
had until May to take an appeal
and that they appeared in the
uagistrate's office on that date
ready to move their families and
household furniture. and that they
we're without money to pay for the
moving. Judge Lazzeile oenleo .e 5.ne
petition because the period TOT
taking an appeal expired May =.
Officials of the company in arguing
against the petition. declared tnat
they were ready to offer the men
work tomorrow n il they would 50
back. to the mines
The legal proceedings TO-DAY
however, actually postponed the
eviction one day, officers who nae: had
been sent to the mine having been
recalled vhen the petition was
presented in court:
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MINERS All TACKED
ON way VI \ TO 10 WORK ||;|I'l
First Disorders in Fairmont
Region Occur Today in in
Harrison County.
..,CLA,RKSBuRG,

CLARKsBURG, May g. 3.5s-- Two
men on their way to work at the
Gamer Run Coal Co. mine across
the West Fork River from Hepzi-
bah, In this county were assaulted
this morning. Neither was serious
lyS$s jured. " BUT the attacks occa-
stoned meGexc1tem entS in the 10
cal coal region.
Benjamin F. Mason of Northview,
a cousin of D. Bruce Mason. fo--
mer Coal District JUS tice Of q the
5peace and coal OPERATOR was one m
Of the men assault ted I. Half a. a dozen
men; all5fore eignerss,;;h he said ~ nmped
upon 81, Ia ffrEi:Ss5 I'll FarrXss ions IN
struck him Witt, club, causingAa
scalp wound hat equired several
stitches to close. An lnterurban
traction train approached, and the
men fled.
" The other man who was attack
ed is David Clouch,a coal digger Of
Northview. He was on the same
car with Mason. and when the trac-
ton train stopped at Erie, q crowd
Of thirty or forty strikers attacked
him, but he was not hurt badly
and the strikers were soon dis
peTsed.
Following the attack on Clouch,
Joseph Costelner, William Wedge
and Mattio Course were arrested
by county officers under charges
of felonious assault.
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CONGRESSASKED
TO INCORPORATE
MINERS union. |::!
Directors of Northern West
Virginia Association
Meet Today.
PASS R Eso.L u ON.
Demand That Miners Be Held
Responsible the Same as
Other Bodies.

The desire of the operators OF
Northern West Virginia to bring
about the Incorporation of the
United Mine Workers of America
in order to protect the coal opera
tors and the industries which con-
sumo coal from damage resulting
from unreasonable shut-downs or
incurred by violence due to the
agitation of the United Nine
Workers of America led to the
adoption of resolutions petitioning g
Congress to bring about results to
accomplish this end.
The increases in the tonnage of
btu umtnous coal produced both
nationally, and throughout the
state of West Virginia, were dis
cussed at the meeting of the board
of directors of the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators Associa-
ton, which was held in Fairmont
this morning. Figures for ship
ments up to and including April
20 from the American Railway y
Association show that the national
production is over so per cent OF
the 1921 basis, while West Vir-
ginia last week shipped 80 per
cent Of the weekly average for the
= n .
~, 3. = =, -, :.
Whereas. the United Mine.
Workers Of America have attempt
ed 70 eompietely tie UP the produc-
tlon OF oltumlnous Goa n the
United states and are reported ed as! as
i1Gg naVlng threatened 70 prevent the the
llnl11porta ll1p LION oi coal from 1orelgn5
countries and ana
Whereas, this Wholesale. scurtail-
ment Of productio was ordered in
open Disregard OF. serious efforts
made by oPeEa tors in ;sEmanysT dis-i
tricts to meetswith the miners and
agree upon wage scales and work
ing conditions; and
4 "Whereas private interests (both
coal producing and coal consum.
ing) in MANY cases are HELPLESS to
prevent damage by loss Of produc-
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LEGION PROTESTS
AGAINST I. \ ALIENS I | I|||::.| S
Naturalization Of Those Who
Sought Exemption in
Was Opposed.

WHEELING. May The exami
nation Of eighty-nine prospective
citizens, three Of them women, was
started by Judge w. E. Baker in
United States District Court this
morning. At noon less than half
the number had been examined, ,
some half dozen OF whom were re
Ijected because of insufficient
knowledge. i.
IA formal protest, presented by
Commander James Bane OF Wheel
ing post, American Legion. was en-
tered by the Legion against the nat
uralization OF five petitioners who
plead their alienship as exemption
from military service during the
war. The Legion takes the posi-
ton that these men did not want
to be citizens at the time they were
need ed, and that the country, there
fore does not want them as cltl-
zens now. 2s ,S3.si ,ss
Jud sc Baker instructed Examiner
Christian to place these cases at
the bottom OF the list for attentio
when the other cases have been
disposed OF. N 5stA,
cluded sin those examined WtE AL this y
81 i've al lens who had
served sans HnHi IL States army
during The war These men were
admitted to full citizenship with:
out undergoing an examination and
without the preliminary require
ment OF residence In the country
for a specified time, filing of decla-
rations. tc All that was required
was the presentation Of their dis
charges and the production Of two
American citizens who could iden-
tify them
"It's pleasure to naturalize you
boys Judge Baker said, in pass
ing them without examination.
The monotony Of the procedure
was livened some by answers to
the court questions. A peculiar
fact which developed in. the exami-
nations was that although totally
ignorant in some instances of ele-
mentary matters Of government.
but one knew that women could
vote in the United States.
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SENT TO WESTON.

Two men were com mitted to the
state hospital for insane at Wes-
ton at a session of the Marioa
County mental hygience commls-
sion held at IL o'clock this morn
ing with NJ. ". MILAN, chairman
presiding. The examining physl-
clans were L. N. sYost and II. =.
keister.
w. 4. Leonard. who has Tor
some time been held prisoner. IN
the county jail. was one OF the
men. Deputy Sheriff e. D. Bur
ton left the city with the prisoners
on the I o'clock ClarksburE car
this afternoon.
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FRENCH ALSO TO
OPPOSE TERMS M
Belgium Will Be Supported in
Stand Against Note on
Russian Property.

PARIS, May 3-The French gov
ernment has decided to stand by
Belgium in her OPPOSITION to the
terms of the allied m memorandum to
Russia on the private property ques
ton, it was officially announced
after today's cabinet meeting. at
tended by Vice Premier Barthou,
head Of the French delegation.
Oil Concessions Discussed
Oil was a live subject for dis
cussion in conference circles to-
day with everybody denying that
anything definite had been done
about disposing Of Russia's big oil
fields or granting monopolies for
the distribution Of the oil produced
there.
M. Rakovsky. spokesman for the
Russian soviet delegation, declared
that no contract had been signed
with the Shell group Of England
Oil companies. as widely published
while Colonel Boyle. representa-
tive 3of the Shell Transport and
Trading Co., issued a statement de
claring it absolutely untrue that
his company had made new con-
tracts with the Russians
my company has had negotia'
.tions with the Soviet, based on
former and still existing trade
agreements concerning oil conces
,sions, but nothing is settled -"
t5,s Il met the Soviet minister OF
trade at Genoa and told him
could OF discuss concessions un
til the conference was ended anl
We knew the exact relations be
tween our governments.'
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HIGH SCHOOL, GIRL TALKS
BEFORE #KlWANlS MEMBERS

Al the weekly meeting of the K:-
wants Club today, representatives
from EClarksburg and Morgantown
were present to discuss the propo
sition OF q Kiwanis baseball league.
The local club will take action on
the matter at the meeting next
week.
Dr.sJ. G.. Broomfield gave short
.ttaIla on Korea, being one of a
series OF talks he Is giving before
the club ",
Miss Flora Dillingham; OF the
Fairmont High Schol made an in
teresting talk on Swatting3 the
Fly " ,s45ss III
The Fairnont. High school Or
schestra furnished the mnHl
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IU0 Children OF Blizzard at
. Charles T0lU1 Trial Yesterday

@ CHARLES TOWN, May s-A haired chubby-faced
girl 4years
equally older his
sessions OF
throughout their
with smiles the somber
tsWho hads1n the proceedings
Blizzard youthful union official who
of against him The
detail
Of the children
family circle Billy,
is Sister sturdy young
lures striking resemblance father mother
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EIGHTEEN MEN KILLED IN
FIGHTING AT KILKENNY

DUBLIN. May 3.-In urging the
necessity for a truce between the
army factions in Ireland before the
Dali Eireann today, Commandian.. !.
Zean O'Ifargty OF Cork said ne ne hao
heard reports that eighteen men
had been killed in the fighting az az
Kilkenny.
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MARCH: MAI AGAINST
PERl.N|G |. STOPPED
FOR R TINE | | ! | !. Being. |:
Cost Heavy =. --- Both Sides
Bringing Up Reinforce
ments for Big Battle.

PEKING, NJ aysS 5 (By The As
sociated Press 1.-THE Fengtien
army under General Chang Tso-
Lin has, for the m oment at least.
successfully withstood the drive on
Changsintien, and stopped General
WI Pei-Fu' ss movement toward
5Peking. The cost, however, has
been heavy, and Changsintien is
filled with wounded. many of
whom are dying for lack of medi-
cal attention.
3E While Chang has succeeded In
this action, there has been no
apparent advan tage for either side
along the front from here to
Tientsin, both commanders are
rushing upfreinforcementsy in pre-
Sparation for a decisive action.
General Chang's communica-
tions are threatened both front
thrown 10000 troops against his
right center:in an effort to cut the
Peking Tientsin Railway, while
Admiral Tu-Shih Kwei has notified
the Marking consular body~of his
inten ton to cut the railway con-
Meeting the Peking Tientsin road
with Mukden, General Chang's
base. This railway is within the
range Of a naval gun at Chinwagg-
tao.
At the eastern end or the battle
front, General WI is marching
10000 troops toward Machang,
one of the Fen gtiner's strong
holds. where heavy fighting has
occurred for three days.
Meanwhile word comes through
Shanghai that Sun. Vat Sen, presi-
dent of the southern government,
is preparing to send aid to- Chang
Tso-Lin. He Will strike at the
psychological moment, sending
troops eth throug Han or
Marking, the route dependingon on
the outcome Of the present con-
5dict. .3s5s
35 I. Drive Toward Tientsi1. VIII s3
1T Today'sE ad vices ito American mil
itarY ttaches state thar General
MUS s5maip army ysSappearssto sha III
gagged d&Tns az ssdE1YsSfa ish4afn.
Ssvereafig fting gshas soc CURED along
the Hun River, " III ich ind icates
that Wu's forces were. crossing the
country from Pao-Ting F'u, towards
the northeast.
Artillery firing also Is reported
to have opened along wide front
at Lachang, south of Tientsin on
the PIkow Railway, where large
forces OF General Chang's troops
are under the command OF the Man
churian leaders 25-year-old son.
Wu Yei-F'u's drive toward Tient-
sin is designed to Isolate Chanlin's s
forces by cutting their line between
and Taku on the sea Sue
cess of this move also would result
in the cutting off of General Chang's
10000 men north Of Tientsin.
Ships Used in Battle.
Meanwhile three Chinese cruis-
ers are engaged in an attempt to
destroy the Mukden Railroad al
Shankhai-Kwan.
Fighting has been resumed south
OF the PekingS wall. A terrific ex-
plosion this morning shook the win
dows OF the city. It was attribut.
ed to the destruction of an arsenal
by bombs dropped from airplanes
operating for General Chang's
army.
Admiral Joseph Strauss. com
mander ( of the American Asiatic
fleet ordered the gunboat Whining
ton to proceed Immediately from
Hongkong to Tientsin.
President Hsu-Shi-Chang and the
members of his cabinet in Peking
continue to profess neutrality.