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House 20, by scriven. requiring tina.
railroads build shelter sheds over
their repair or rip" tracks. was
killed on third reading. 35 represeu.
tatives voting against It and 10 for tt.
House AZ, by Anderson. prohibiting
tho operation CT railroad trains dur
ing storms so binding that train
crews cannot properly observe signals.
was indefinitely postponed when It
came before the committee OF tho
whole house.
House. "a. by Wilson. requiring
that coal mine operators employ shot
hrers, was recommltted TO the com.
mlttee OF the whole house.
The house. while in a killing mood.
disposed OF another measure that
came up for third reading. Woodrun's
HouHe Joint Resolution 2, petitioninr
congress 20 require That petroleum
taken from federal lands IN Wyoming
Continued on Page Fivel
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quotes tho Frnech as announcing.
With the tightening OF the Indus
trial Gordon about the valley the pro.
duction OF coal continues on a declin.
ing scale. The railroad strike is Of.
foctive throughout the entire valley
and there is a growing shortage of
cars, threatening enforced suspen-
sion OF the mines.
The rail strike likewise is effective
outside the Ruhr. at Cologne anc
Mayence. The few through trains
being run In the Rhineland are oper-
ated by French crews. In Germany
tho goverHment has cancelled opera
ton OF numerous express trains TO
economIze on coal.
Increasing tension between the Es-
sen population and the occupying
troops is reported. In Essen and 9th.
err Ruhr own reports that France
and England had broken at Lau.
same over the Near East question
caused premature ~jubilation.
Hugo SHINES. M German indus.
trial leader, is visiting the Ruhr for
the first time since the~pccupation.
a ATuelheim dispatch announces. III
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MagS., RCD. ]. -
The explosion of a storage tank OF
tho Springfield Gas ana Light com
pany today killed at least three per-
SONS, injured 100 more and causel
confusion and wreckaRe in the. pusl.
ness section. office workers and per-
sons In the streets were struck down
by debris. Workers in the plant were
reported seriously hurt but without
fatalities. Automobiles in the streets
were hub deep in wreckage.
The municipal group OF buildings
centering about city hall. banks and
business blocks, were in the area in
which windows were broken. Persons
in these buildings comprised many
Of the injured.
The big storage tank was located
at TIE front Of Elm street. nea Wa
ter, and not far distant from the Con-
neticut river.
Fire followed the explosion but fire
men formed a. Gordon around the
wreckage of the tank and Indications
were that tho flames would not
spread.
The tank which exploded was forty
feet high. 1t was said to have been
nearly full of gas at the time. This
cause OF the explosion was undeter-
mined some time afterwards.
When the blast came It rocked city
hall so much that one side of the
building was badly damaged. Automo-
biles in the streets were stuck by
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a greater city. By some h proposed
railroad is regarded al the most I'm
portant project since the discovery of
the oil I elds and the building of the
FIRST r~efneries. Its coming will go
further to build a metropolis than any
one Ging.e factor. 1t is agreed.
A few of the opinions that have
been received are quoted as examples
of what Casper business men are
thinking about this now project.
MARION N. WHEELER. civil engi-
neer-
TT would add materially to the
cheapness of oil operations in the
Salt Creek field. The money thus
saved would come back Z Casper
and result in general betterment.
The road clear through to Sheridan
would mean advantage n a similar
way al along the line"
MINAL e. YOUNG, vice president
New York OIL company
, at will be the greatest thing for
Casper since the coming in OF tho
Burlington, 1 am enthusiastic
about it,"
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bricks ind stone work. and firemen
had to dig them out. Occupants es-
capped serious injury. according to the
first reports. Buildings two miles from
the scene were shaken.
The our companies of state militia
stationed here were ordered to report
to their armories 10 be held in re.
serve for patrol duty. Members Of
the state constabulary stationed at
Northampton were ordered to proceed
here for duty Mt once.
Three persons are known to have
lost their lives in the explosion. The
body Of Henry Egnor. 20. nm employs
OF the gas light company. was dug
from beneath the w~reckage. John
Careolopoll and John Stapleton died
in Wesson hospital OF their injuries.
, 1923-02-01
Mercury Hits
Eight BeIow,
Sets Record

Eight below zero. recorded by the
Thermometer at the court house last
night. is the lowest the mercury
has dropped in Casper in 1929 &c
cording to George S. Mckenzie,
local weather observer.
The weather forecast prognosti-
Gates cold and clear with rising
temperatures for today and tomor.
row in this section Of wyoming.
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800 MINERS STILL BURIEDk
POLISH SILESIA, MANY DEAD

pios.on of fire damp yesterday in a
mine ut Beuthen. Polish 5rlesia. was
unknown here this orning. Tho
latest report filed was that 900 min.
err were ontombed and IS bodies
were taken out. while 1876 men at
that time had been rescued, OF this
number. 80 were in hospitsIs suffer
ing from injuries.
, 1923-02-01
PENNSW wanna oils, PACE MAKER FOR WYOMING
CRUDE, is ADVANCED In PRICE AGAIN BY BUYERS

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Feb. IAN
advance in tho prioo OF crude oil
bringing the top grades to $3.50 a
barrel. announced by tho Seep Pur-
chasing agency today was accom-
panied by a radical change in the
method OF quotations.
Heretofore the grade known ms
Pennsylvania crude has been quot.
ed ut one price, covering the entire
producing territory Of southern
New York, western PennsylvoitiR.
West Virginia and Ohio. Under
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tho new system. oil WI be quoted
under tho name Of tho pipe line
company serving each particular
district.
The new prices announced today
were:
New York Transit company and
Bedford district $3.50 n barrel; an
advance OF 2bc.
Nouonn. TRANSIT company South.
ern Pennsylyauia Pipe Line COM,
pGuy Eureka Pipe Line company,
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ONE KILLED in
Rail WRECK

RALEIGH. N. c.. Feb. lone per
son was killed and nve slis htly in
jured carly today when Seaboard Air
Line train No. 1, enroute from New
York to Jacksonville. crashed into the
rear Of train No. 3o1 near Hagood.
Va. according to reports OF the rail
road here.
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RUPTURE seen
AT LAUSAN NE
Sentences of Is
Are COMMITTED

WASHINGTON. Feb. I.-onicial
records made public today by the war
department show that in the last hf.
teen months the department has com.
muted sentences Of 81 men, convicted
by courtmartial As a result of the
race riots in 1917 at Houston. Texas.
Fifteen men received combinations
reducing tho sentences from life TO
twenty years, and six from 10 to 10
years.
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panies has failed to impose an equal
burden on all the wells in the state.
according to a communication from
Governor ]. NJ. Dixon to the house Of
representatives this morning.
The communication, in the form Of
a report on the operation Of the law
levying a tax of one per cent on the
market value Of crude petroleum. was
furnished the lower house by the
in response to a resolution
adopted January Is.
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SuLlipan Home Is
Saddened by Death
OF Small Daughter

Little Lucille sullivan. the seven
year.o,d daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. NJ. Sullivan died this morning ct
the family home, s16 North Durbln.
The funeral will be held from the
home at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
% The remains are now at the
Shaffer-Gny chapel.
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Railroad Would Be Greatest Boom Since
oil Discovery and Reffimery Buizd5mq
Casper Business Men Go on Record in
FAVOR of Project; Cooperation Is
Urged by Many in Interviews

What will the Wyoming North and South Railroad mean
to Casper? This is the question that has been asked by the
Tribune of many representative business men of the city. The
answer has come in varying forms, some specific and some
general, but the consensus of opinion is that the railroad will
mean greater business, greater population, and consequently
, 1923-02-01

disregarded his colleagues advice to
remain outside the occupied area.
Berlin received reports from Cob
lenz that the proclamation OF n
Rhineland republic today had been
planned. the contemplated coup to be
sprung with the aid of the French
and Belgian military. Nothing contlr-
matory of this has developed from
other sources.
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income of oil producing COM
The. report was accompanied by a
huge table which showed production
and average price per barrel received
by each OF 20 companies in the Cat
Creek field for 1891 and 1922. 1t said:
THE total production OF the Cat
Creek field. which has paid nearly
the whole OF the tax. Is shown to be
$500. 900 barrels yearly, having n fair
market value OF approximately 35.N
s76 900. The license tax is based on
Continued on Page Eighty
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LABOR BILLS IN
THE HOUSE M EETl
HARD SHEDDING
THO Measures Killed and Third Is Sent
Back to Committee; Legislature Is
CROWDED. With Proceedings

CHEYENNE, Wyo, Feb. 1.-(special to The Tribune)-
sponsored by organized labor found hard sled.
ding in the lower house of the Wyoming legislature Wednes-
day afternoon. Two so-caIed labor bills were killed and
a third, after progressing to third reading was recommitted
to the committee Of the whole house for further confederation.
, 1923-02-01

LAUSANNE, Feb. 10y The As.
sooiaied PreAs.6The Russian delega-
tion at tie Near East conference an
nounced at the meeting of the straits
commission today that Russia would
not sign the convention providing for
control OF the Dardsnelles and the
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KILLS Three
100 OTHERS MANNED
Street Crowd at Springfield Is Caught
Under Rain of Failing Debris Hurled
Into Air by Gas Tank Explosion

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb. AT least three lives were
lost, about 100 persons were injured and the business section
of this city was shaken with damage to several buildings. in
Guiding the city hall, by the explosion of a gas tank today.
Fire followed the explosion but was soon subdued.
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OF
RUHR REGION
COM LETE
Coal and Coke Shipments to Unoccupied
Germany Cut off and Other Manu-
features May Be Included
BY The Associated Preaa.

Industrial isolation of the Ruhr from unoccupied Ger
many, begun today by the cutting off of coal and coke ship
ments, may be carried still further if Germany fails to come
to terms.
An Introduction will be put upon exports of iron, steel, and
other manufactures in that case. a Dnesseldorf disnatch
, 1923-02-01
Franco-BTitish Disagreement May Lead
to Break; French Demand Right to
Continue Negotiations Alone

LONDON, Feb. 1.-(By The Associated Press)-The
British government today received a note from France, the
substance of which is that France reserves the right to under
take separate negotiations with Turkey in the event of the
Lausanne conference failing.
The opinion was expressed in official circles here that the
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High.powered radio stations are be,
ing built in many places In Europe,
and all the continent needs now ir II
little good news to broadcast.-DetrVit
News
, 1923-02-01

Buckeye Pipe Line company, Ss.65;
an advance OF ten cents. Cabell
s2.51. Somerset $3.50; Somerset light
S2.B5, an advance OF ten cents.
There was no change in Corning
or Ragland.
FORT WORTH. Texas, Feb. L.
The price for Mcx'a crude was ad.
vpnccd 10 $3.50 and Curric crude
to S2.5o per- barrel today by the
Texas company. This increase Is
effective Immediately,
, 1923-02-01
TAX ON
is FAILURE
Governor Dixon of Montana Says Lam in
That State Discriminate against
Independents; Statement Made

HELENA, Mont, Feb. 1-Because the two big producing
companies of the Cat Creek oil fields are owned by refining
companies outside the state, and make safes of crude oil from
producer to refner at prices less than is paid by the refner-
les which buy oil from the so-called independent producers,
NortannIs 1inansn tax m NET incnnna of oil enrodncinn cnnn-I
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BERLIN. Feb. 10y The Asso-
ciated Press.Ssome 500 miners
were still buried today in tho mine
at Beuthen; Polish 5iiesia, in which
an explosion Of Fire damp yesterday
entombed 900 men. Sixty bodies had
been removedsAt the latest adv!css.
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IHb UpIIIIUII WIS 6ApIt5sTU
svents OF the past "a hours appear 10
have put the French note In allegiance.
The news received from Lausanne
states there is great hope the confer
snee win provo successful.
, 1923-02-01

BERLIN. Feb. Tho total mum.
bar OF victims claimed by the 81.
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Weather Forecast

Fair tonight and Friday, excep. nm.
settled In south portion; rising tenn.
p~erRturo Friday.
Putnam patriot., 1923-03-16
PUBLIC MAY VIEW
 HOW SCHOOL RUNS
People of This Section inVit q to Inspect Trade
 School

Putnam Trade #eH9s aII hold gs annual shsr nRht aH fla HaF. NafHh t5. from 2 zg t5 8a0 Duufa tH time che pubic HiIl ba HEts3 fs iH- reaf fhs Eafl4lz deHa HeHHs H aH- eHHH#1H and ace HsHfHt 5f tfpe I1he aseanp. nd H# t#arH HafH sf linen EerliaH .Haff4H Haa H Enc tra1e
 apeeHr IaU# NIIl bs analysed fsf tHUr educational content technical Eaoaledse ##tH afH4# tewHai5se, manual dezteray and kiHl. the tezaItt berHR shaNa aH ultablr piaeards as eamHaHsinE ebe particular job fa which thfE appIE Th8 WiIi enable lEa staH fu dieefH thf quality af ubI taught # related la the male apparent manual operation
 IHe salHe af Ifad= ffHG#Hz can aHl4 Hc measured by the Eeal af efll contribution tH the productive HMnuai 6f life To which # ieHd It saf fhefa also manifest in 44ca- tanaI training an .Hauepee of tH+ tir triormont of character fhat comes aHtf HaE8 ef H8usiy and the t#8 us which aecampll learning f3 con ffarE H urrardare.. Nstta deAH E. plan
 Exhibit and dl#uI4s af home eea 8mes products Wlll HIes De- ehDHu E 30 specially arranged M4nnel.at tia HFh shaat auditorium The fuhl WiH hc.luslttll .ta=.4aHa tftl stH
Putnam patriot., 1923-03-16
PUTNAM PERSONALS PUTNAM PERSONALS


 Mrs, P J. Ryan. and son Edmund are ii with che grip
 Miss Marie Jasmin Is spending this week with relatives in Franklin. Mass
 Mrs Ida Bard of Mill street is vis- i5ius her sisters iu Groton and StaB- ingtoa.
 Mrs. Mark Gallant and daughter. Miss Elsie \. Gallant, were Boston visitors. Friday.
 Mir and Mrs. David Beausoleil and Euclid Trahan of Harrison street mot1red Co Providence Tuesday
 Daniel Msdbury of Pomfret, who is al the Day kimball Hospital ll with pneumonia, is much improved.
 Mrs. John Curran and children. Mary and John, of Worcester, are the guests of her mother. Mrs. ? Malon- ey of School street
 Mrs. E. L. Peterson of South Main street is visiting friends and relatives m New York City and Short Hills. N
 Mrs. Walter J Bartlett and daugh. ters. Ruth and Dorcas, and Miss Mar porie Bradford. were in Hartford on Thursday
 Mrs David Beausoleil and daugh. ter. Mrs Charles Poulin of Harrison street spent a few days in Hartford this week.
 Mrs. Mark Gallant was in Hartford Thursday visiting her daughter. Miss Lorena Gallant. student at the Hart ford Hospital Training School.
Putnam patriot., 1923-03-16
AMONG THE CP'tRcHEs
cs~rrsvstiaEaI Chafeh Notes

C3arrsnatianal Chufeh soiss
 ReF aeaa E Csza8. Pastaf
 Sunday. Mafeh E. i018t Morn Ine aof 6lps Sermon P the pastor kes g. r. Cazaa ssH fHr Gan 6y Training
 HI45. sPaiainz hf4r1rv
 fz00. Sunday enoaL
 Iog. Sfai3InR Library
 Friday. Starch lg s34 iae saH eboIr 7s0 tae Senior choir
 Iaat Sunday tha paet1f began a aarsas 1f ianten HeFmgna ga fhe sea- arai subject, Bby ] Am q Christian. Under She general t8pie three zla- topic a Ee e1#|aered. ], -A Chr stan BY Birth. tae s8blhft #a=t gandag. 2. aA CHrHtiaa B. Train Inx.s t0 ba preached Sunday AafeH Ha. g. eA Christian Hg Gh0|ee." 70 bs preached Sunday March % Iu these 8agH hsfars Eaztsr HE alaa1 % eane into a deepeaea appreciation both ef our priYIIeRez HnH af oar resa9as lbti= ties a ChFtlana
 WednesdaY. 8areh ZI, tae Sunday sebool Worker Conference aIiI Hse 4lth M8s Harriet H BraHH
 Thursdae, March 22 sarIai 1t 5re Dropla cIass at tae home af .f Ha~V E hop
Putnam patriot., 1923-03-16
MISS DEvINE TO WE'D
Putnam Young Woman to Be Bride
 of Walter (. Richards

Invitations are out for the wedding of Miss Helen F. Devine, daughter of Mrs. AEaes Hevne. Fatem street, and Walter C. Richards of Boston. The ceremony will take place at 6 o'clock
 t Che home of the brides mother. Rev. \. R Burton of the Methodist church will otiiciate.
 Miss Edith Cutler of Gloeester. k H.. n teacher n the smith street school wlll De the bridesmaid, and Mss Alice beNne. lister of the bride. will be HaIt of honor Howard Richards. a brother af Che groom. wll be best man
 Miss neNne Is graduate of ?. II. oe tu, and for the past six years has heid the position of assistant secre. .aty and treasurer of the Marcy Tool Works of this city. She Is ii member of the Methodist church and k popu- iar among the yeuns people of Put nam
 Mr. Richards is 8 graduate of fha Northeastern University School of Engineering of Boston. class of 1920 he is an accomplished pianist. He k identified Wlth the Turner Capstrue- tton ampaHg, which k at present at Me .''.' v. V,
 After 2 wedding trip tb, young couple will make their home n san.
Putnam patriot., 1923-03-16
TO SPEAK
 IN PUTNAM FRIDAY
Dr. Peter MaoOueen Coming Here Under ?. II !. Seniors
 AusplCes

Peter NHcQaeeu Fh DE tI Iec
 Cur, t tae hieh school nest Friday sHhf oH japau of Beauty and Psr plAify, illustrated by 900 ellorrd pictures made by ur MaeQueru and hI photographer te recent travels through the lauaapse Empire. faFrth CT uEth travels X sgfles uf wonder ful pictures and deecriPta of Che intimate life Hf the pr5pie Fl Japan the eustuma aud costumes the trm= pics. hls and valley 1f that taraf hand 1tt miracles ef -RrHr and 1u tumu summer anu winter. lu the EloVey Kingdom. \ dseusHoa af American aHt J5paat-e elam in che EuciEr
 Must America Eight Japan 2 question Wtll developed through the lecture and one which n Mae, Queen H rgady 70 discue from tba platform TMs I.u type of program Wh.th comes fo Putnam ut mgpHs and the hieH seh6al sHr thaf jt WiII hf rstIg received ht tle publle pr Queen one uf the most popular 'getufar ever ta come tl PuaaH
Putnam patriot., 1923-03-16
PUTNAM PERSONALS

ars W N Aldrseh spent Sunday efh her aunt. 1H $ Carver. u Goodyear
 Mrs Herbert J smith ,a at the Pine Free Inn at lakehurst. S. J.. fer seF- crHl weeks.
 Min Mary Vale is visiting Niss Aae GoEmaH sWaterblry faf Reeh 1r lon dag
 mrs. L. Jones. mrs W Bart Iett and Al-7 Rath Bartlett Ware U Worcester fIesI day.
 Olin D Farrovs of Woodstoek ave nae. 0h8 hHs been Itl with pneumaa- ia, k recovering slowly
 Samuel Diamond and family motor rd to Narseh Sunday tn be guests ef Mir and Mr- harles Jacobson.
 Miss Mae smith of Webster is the guest for 2 few days of Mr and Mrs. Bairak smith. south Main street
 Mr and Mrs A. L. Msns6eld are entertaining Mrs Nelson Mansfield amt daughter Barbara pf Boston
 Miss Elizabeth Smith. daughter of Mr and Mr Barrak Smith. eelehrat rd hcr twelfth birthday on Tuesday.
 Earle Spencer of the Y M. ( A College Springfield, spent the week end at his home on Woodstock ave nue
 Mir and Mrs William F Penny are entertaining Mrs Peuny's aunt. Mrs Arthur Mckenzie of Eagle River Wisconsin
 Mir and Mrs. F. A Maryott of Seward street spent Che weekend in East Providence with Mir and Mir E. r. Warren
 Mrs George L. Psdgett is waiting friends ln New York. She Will also visit Mrs Stanley Eldridge at Engle. wood. \ J.
 Mrs Ellen Torrey of Central Vii iAEe has been spending few days with her daughter Mrs. George Ba. kef Fremont street
 Mir and Mrs Newton A Ballard e. gently entertained Mrs Rallaf s brother and hts wife. Mir and Nt Joseph GhFAe, of Readviile, Mass
 Mr and Mrs Esdras Auger of Ger tral faHs. R L. were She guests oi Mrs AuEer's parents. Mr and Mrs Francois Rgddear of Maynard street
 States Attorney Charles F. Searli and Mr Searls Left yesterday morn ing for Camden, South Carolina where they will be guests at the Ceurl Inn uutl the middle of April
 Mrs. Frank Thorburn and httle daughter If East Providence have re turned home after spending severa aays with Mrs Thorburn's mother Mn Carrie B Gascoigne, south MaF street
 Arthur Brodeur of Church street and Mr and Mrs Esdrns Aueer oi Central Falls. R. l.. went Co Norces ter Monday Co see Mrs. Arthur Bro dear at St Nineent's Hospital. wber, she recently underwent an operation for appendicitis. from which she h recovering.
 Emmett O'Brien, Hammond street employed by the Southern New Eng land Telephone Company, has brok en wrist Mir. O'Brien was workin. in Meesup and went up a ladder (, bore a hole through which to pass wire. when the ladder slipped, eausini ! him to fall Co the floor i Sheriff George F. Holhrsok was on. i of the Putnam people who saw tht alrplane on Sunday. The plane ws' flying so low and so far to the west ward that the sheriff was able to SCI l it from his bed. This IS the second plane he has been able to see. The sherif k very comfortable
Putnam patriot., 1923-03-16
M.thaa Chnr.h Nale.

Rev E F Burton. Pastor
 Sunday morning sHrRIef %
 Sunday eheuI l3ha
 Fuwusfh leaeae Ia=
 Evening service zoo
 Mfs Jeanette Hprr aa #Ha IH5iFr 8f the EpR1rth iFaFuF HgFE5Ie l Sunday evening
 We aHr glad c. announce that tfs Old Folks concert gwen bE eaHpaH from NHNHaHte lHf AfuY alii aEaH come to Putnam fuelas esgHlpE Aprf w. expect thaf thera s'Il be crowded H4aae for tHs# tsrr raE HI#r entertainment
 he29 Sunday evening efE9eE there il be #tefroHiErgH tgEtHrs Subject Centenary Achievement and Needs a the Home EIeHi bser 95 slides sal be shown Everybody wrirump.
 Nexl suna afternoon k te#ma 0f eaHfas viii make tHe ma1al evers member eaupa for ueiRr for Che cb4rth for the coming conference Neaf
 The fuBai conference Wili bo held al Nn4 London thH year heelnrlrH Wednesday. April