Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 256, 9 August 1919 — Page 9

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1919.

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JULY DROUGHT CROP DISASTER FIGURES SHOW Yields Are Cut, State Forecast Says Wayne's Wheat Average 1 7 Bushels. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 9. The July drought conditions were very disastrous to all growing crops In this state, according to the report of the Indiana co-operative crop reporting service today. Practically all crops show a decided deterioration from the July report. Spring wheat seems to have been

hit harder than any of the other crop3, ! with white potatoes running a close second; the former dropping 45 points and the latter 36 points during the month. Apples and pears show a decline of only 2 points and peaches did not lose any. The losses for other crops are as follows: timothy hay, 3 points; broom corn, 4; alfalfa and cantaloupes, 5; field peas, 6; grapes, 7; grain sorghum and onions, 8 each; millet, tobacco, tomatoes and watermelons, 9 each; blackberries, field -beans and sugar beets, 10; corn, oats and sorghun cane, 12; barley, 16; cabbages, 20; sweet potatoes, 21; and pasture 23. The winter wheat forecast for August ia 42,930,000 bushels is compared with 55,809,000 bushels in May. The 'August forecast for rye is 5,964,000 ;bushels as compared with 7,284,000 .bushels in May. The buckwheat crop ehows 20 percent, less acreage this year than last and a condition figure of 80 percent, of normal which Indicates a crop of 315,000 bushels. Showers Save Corn At the most critical stage of the corn crop, good showers occurred in most localities and saved the crop from ruin, although on thin and sandy soils, it is badly fired and will not do much good. Some of the bottom land and in places where showers occured frequently, the crop is in splendid condition, but as a whole, it was severely damaged by the drought In July. The August condition figure is 76 percent, of normal, compared with 88 percent, in July, which indicates a production of 165,075,000 bushels at this time. The average yield of winter wheat Is only 15 bushels per acre, although a few fields produced as high as 40 bushels. The straw was exceptionally heavy, but the heads generally were small and poorly filled which is attributed to scab, smut, insects and ripening too quickly during the hot weather in June. The present forecast is for 42,930,000 bushels compared with 55,809.000 in May. The figure for spring wheat is 40 percent, of normal compared with 80 percent, for July. The hot weather in July was the principal factor in the decline of this crop. Oats shows a decline of 12 points for the month, being 77 percent, of normal compared with 88 percent, last month. The straw was very short and thin and the heads did not fill well because of the hot weather. Rye Yields 14 Bushels. Threshing of the rye crop is about completed with an average yield of 14 bushels per acre for the state, which Indicates a production of 5,964,000 bushels as compared with the May forecast of 7,264,000 bushels. The buckwheat acreage is 20 per cent less than last year and amounts to aproximately 19,000 acres. The condition at this time is 75 per cent of normal, which indicates a crop of 295,000 bushels. Hot, dry weather during July practically ruined the early varieties of potatoes and materially inured the later ones. The condition figure dropped from S7 er cent in July to 51 per cent at this time. Sweet potatoes declined from 92 per cent in July to 71 per cent in August. The deterioration was not as pronounced in the commercial sections as in other parts of the state. Rains on the last day or two of July started the tobacco growing again, but a decline from S4 per cent in July to 75 per cent in August Indicates the extent of the damage by the dry, hot weather. Hay Is Fairly Good. The total hay acreage of the state shows a reduction of 5 per cent over last year. Timothy hay was one of the best crops produced in recent years, but the clover and mixed hays were very weedy, with an average

yield of only 1.2 tons per acre. The second cutting of alfalfa was extremely short. Pastures show a decline from 94 per cent in July to 71 per cent at this time and in some places it became necessary for farmers to feed their stock. ; Field peas show a condition figure Of 80 per cent and field beans 81 per cent at this time which is a decline of 6 and 10 points, respectively for these crops. Tomtoes, cabbage and onions show a decline of 9, 20 and 10 points, respectively, over last month. The condition of these crops at this time as compared with normal is 78 per cent for tomatoes, 6S per cent for cabbages and 82 per cent for onions. Fruits All Decline. All fruit crops, except peaches, show a small decline over last month; apples and pears losing 2 points, grapes 7 points and blackberries 10 points. Present condition figures thow 23 per cent for apples, 15 per cent for peaches, 23 per cent for pears and 70 per cent for grapes and 84 per cent for blackberries. Watermelons and cantaloupes are of splendid quality, but the dry, hot weather during 'July cut the production 9 and 5 points respectively; the present condition figures being 76 per cent for watermelons and SO per cent for cantaloupes. Sorghum cano suffered a loss of 12 points. The present condition is 77 per cent. For the United States, the winter wheat has dropped from 899,915,000 bushels forecasted in the May reort, to 715,000,000 August 1. The oats forecast for August 1 Is 266,000,000 bushels; a decline of 137,000,000 bushels and 27,000,000 bushels, respectively. Wayne Yields Shown. Yield Condition Counties. Wheat Rye Corn Oats Delaware 19 19 89 20 Fayette 18 15 86 92 Henry 18 12 90 79 Jay 17 14 81 87

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Italians Took Tuberculosis Back From U.S., Says Miss Edwina Morrow

ISS EDWINA MORROW, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Morrow, who reside eight miles east of Richmond, on the Dayton pike, has arrived home after nearly a year in Italy with anti- . tuberculosis workers of the American Red Cross. She was in the educational propaganda department of the corps, and visited practically every region of Italy in behalf of the prevention of tuberculosis, which has become a veritable epidemic in Italy. Strangely enough, America is said to be responsible for the scourge. Miss Morrow says. Tuberculosis was practically unheard of in Italy before Italian immigrants to the United States contracted the disease and returned home to die, taking it to their native villages. "These homesick, ignorant people, 'sick unto death, thought of nothing but to return home for the last days of their life," said Miss Morrow. "Many of their soldiers came back from the front suffering from the disease, having contracted it through exposure, gas and in other ways, and these added to the civil population, form a big problem," Miss Morrow said. She explained that the Italian doctors are splendid and very capable, but that they heretofore have not attempted to educate the people against the disease, but have merely used their knowledge in attempting to cure the contracted cases. Hospital Last Resort. "The hospital is a last resource, and part of our mission was to show these wonderfully intelligent and alert medical men how the people could be vastly influenced through joining organizations, in which the ways of prevention would ever be put before them, through posters, and other forms of printed propaganda, showing the causes, effects and preventions of tuberculosis. One of the most depressing aspects was that Italy had no nurses before the war, said Miss Morrow. Those who had been trained were considered more or less as servants and besides being rather Ignorant, were not of high moral standing, although many noble and high born women entered the Red Cross when the war broke, she explained. "We had to start training schools for nurses, in the first place, and then encourage the right sort of women to get into the work. I think the work is started on a basis which will hold it while it progresses, but you can't possibly understand or imagine how hopeless it seemed to us at times. Centuries Needed for Women. Tradition and family laws of conduct are holding back the women of Italy, according to Miss Morrow, who fald that It looks as if centuries would be needed to bring about a great change In the life of the well born women of that country. "I hope, but I do not definitely see, a future for the -women of Italy," said Miss Morraw. "They still have their marriages planned for them, although I suspect that in many cases the disposition of the maiden is sought before the proposal is made to her father. A young lady is either talked about or said to be engaged ir she appears on the street alone with a young man. Young ladles must be chaperoned up on every occasion. It simply can't be done any other way. Travelled to Bathe. "Through it all we managed to keep pretty cheerful, although I assure you there were many drawbacks besides those of discouragement," said Miss Morrow. "Northern Italy was very cold last winter and the bathroom in our quarters was simply Impossible aside from the fact that we would have frozen to death had we attempted to use it. Every week end we tried to get away to Milan, Genoa, or Florence, to take a bath, and Incidentally we saw Italy from its most beautiful side in taking these week ends. We saw historical cities full to the brim with magnificent castles, galleries, wonderful old pictures, sites, time-honored because of associations with the Caesars, because Napoleon had occupied such and . such a room during his campalwn and so on. I shall never forget Italy from this side, either, of course. Children Must Be Hardy "The children in Italy are simply a survival of the fittest. Those who are not fit die off, and all those you see are plump and beautiful. We often wonder if the parents did not give them the best and the most of the food, especially during the most severe shortages for there are no fat Italian

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people. I only remember seeing one fat man in Italy, and that man was fat because of a disease, I think. They are all rather slight and careworn as a result of the war. "When we first arrived In Rome we saw comparatively few Yankees, but It was not long until they began com ing into the city In droves. Every one saw American soldiers, all alert, out to see everything there was to see and tremendously interested in everything about them quite a contrast to any of the foreign soldiers who appeared stolid, uninterested and tired, keeping on because they had to. "This influx of American troops, ap parently on leave, had the desired effect on the morale of the people. They thought of course that there were millions of Americans in Italy, and it worked wonders as the antidote of discouragement. It was much the same plan that was used in the lines when the men of that one division sent into Italy were marched and counter marched in changed forma tion around to every front in the coun try, giving the impression to the Aus trians, as well as the Italians, that tremendous help was at hand. Went Wild Over President "I was in Rome when President Wil son came down," said Miss Morrow "Rome went wild. The Italians told us in beautiful language that Wilson was the greatest man in the world. They were confident that he was go ing to get them Fiume, and they car ried him on their shoulders figuratively speaking, lauding him as they had never lauded anyone but a visiting monarch. "When Orlando came back from the conference the first time they gave him, you remember, a vote of confidence and sent him back. Still Italy believed that one lone man, President Wilson, would be able to get them Fiume. When the peace terms came their hearts and their admiration fell of one accord, and their disposition so far as love was concerned was 'down with President Wilson.' He had not succeeded and neither had Orlando. When Orlando returned the second time they did not give him a vote of confidence and of necessity he resigned. Fell Into Disfavor "But after that we did not see the exaggerated feeling toward the United States, which some of the papers described. What we saw was Italy going on as she had before. We were told occasionally by Italians: " 'We admire and like the Americans, and we honor the American Red Cross, but we do not like your President. "This said simply, without demonstration, merely as an explanation. ! For a time we found guards with bayonets drawn around the Amerlacn embassy, and at the Red Cross headquarters. They looked rather formidable, but I believe It was all unnecessary. "Of course at that time we had rules posted for us to follow. We were not to appear in restaurants, we were not to gather in groups on the streets, or discuss in loud voices political questions of the day. This of course was all unnecessary. We followed these and numerous other rules for a few days and then went on aidoin our usual manner. I never saw even one demonstration. "One night I went to see 'Madame Butterfly' at the Grand Opera. Not until after I had gotten there did I remember with some little consternation that the villian in the opera 13 an American sailor. I thought to myself that something might happen but nothing did." Export Freight Cars Increased In Number WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. Increase in exports of food and other commodities during the last twelve, months, caused a gain of 262 percent, in the number of oars of export freight received at North Atlantic ports during the week ending July 30, over the number received during the corresponding week of 1918. A traffic report issued today by Director General of Railroads Hlnes showed a total of 5,825 cars received during this year compared with 1,697 received for the corresponding week last year. SIGN PEACE AGREEMENT LONDON, Aug. 9. Peace has been made between Great Britain and Afghanistan. A peace agreement was signed at 11 o'clock Friday morning, It was officially announced. 8ELL BACON AT LOSS. LONDON, Aug.9. Bacon is being sold at an absolute loss, and similar conditions prevail In regard to imported cheese and dried fish, E. R. Thompson, president of the Grocers' association of the United Kingdom, declared in his Inaugural address to the asso elation in convention here.

FARMERS PUN TO PROTECT SELVES,-IN FEDERATION MEET

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 9. Plant were laid for the creation of a $200,000 guaranty fund to protect the righti and advance te Interests of Indiana farmers for at least three years, at a and advance the Interests of Indiana Federation of Farmers' associations. County and district leaders from all over the state were present and indorsed the following program, outlined by Lewis Taylor, General Secretary: 1. Agriculture should and will organize, as capital and labor have organized, to protect itself and to develop new phases of production. 2. Farmers must get together to take up methods of meeting the practices of the packers and the grain men, where these methods are not to the benefit of agriculture or the community at large. 3. Farmers must protect themselves on the question of freight rates. 4. Problems of farm management and business methods must be met. 6. Agriculture must be protected against unjust and unfair legislation, by a group of alert students of farm problems. Mr. Taylor elaborated on each topic to shew how the farmer's conditions can be improved by co-operative action. The present railroad situation, he said, hurts the farmer, who has no means of defense. Organization Needed. "But of we were organized, as capital and labor are organized," he declared, "we could quickly stop such outbreaks as the railroad trouble. By the simple threat of withdrawing food supplies, we could preserve the economic peace and keep the wheels of Industry moving." The strike trouble, he added, Is only one of many that confront the farmer right now. Some means must be found of removing the advantage held over farmers by the packers and grain men, and freight rates and charges must be equalized, according to Sec retary Taylor. All. these problems are acute and must be solved, he added, but probably the most serious problems ahead is that of taxes. "If we had been organized months ago we would not be at he mercy of such a taxation system as is now imposed upon us. We must get together and protect our own interests in egislation at all times, and we have just had a lesson that teaches the importance of doing so." The guaranty fund, which will be used to further all these purposes, is to be raised in a campaign beginning August 11. Hagerstown, Ind. Monday being the 12th birthday anniversary of Miss Pauline Knapp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Knapp a party to which a large number of girl friends were invited was given at her home In the evening. Lemonade, cake and ice cream were served. Pauline was the recipient of many presents. Those invited were: Mary ouise Bunnel, Mary Bland, Hilda Jones, Helen Knapp, Lavern Harter, Rena Thurston, Burnice Thompson, Olga Thalls, Bertha Sturgis, Dorothy Porter, Mildred Gladfeltre, Ruth Gladfelter, Louise Burgess, Erma Wadman, Mary Wissler, Aline Hower, Dorothy Deardorff, Ada Ballenger, Mary June Ramsey, Julia Doughty, Mabel Hardwick, Laura Ellen Knapp, Freda Benbow, Marjorie Copeland and Helen Copeland. . . .-Mrs. J. M. Lontz of Richmond was the guest of relatives here Thursday. .. .Mrs. James May of near Newcastle was the guest Thursday of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Antrim. . . .Mrs. J. E. Marks of New York city, who was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Grafton Stewart, last week has returned home The ladies' aid society of the Christian church will meet at the church Tuesday afternoon The Weeks family reunion will be held at Glen Miller, Richmond Saturday, Aug. 9. There are a number of relatives here and also at Dayton, O., who will attend Prof. W. F. Collins and family moved Tuesday from North Perry street to Madison street, whero they bought property of Everett Taylor Mrs. Karl Gohring of Toledo, O., is the guest of her relatives here, the Aliens. American Red Cross Unit Accompanies Rumanians (By Associated Press) PARIS, Aug. 9. An American Red Cross unit which volunteered for serv ice accompanied the Rumanian troops m their advance on Budapest, accord ing to advices received here today. ine ngnting was eevere, the hospitals at Cradoa and Mara alone receiving l.zoo wounded. An American special train of 15 cars went to the front from Bucharest loaded with surgical supplies. Another train of 11 cars has been sent to the Transylvanian front and a third has been sent to Bessarabia. Major George ireauweii or Albany, N. Y., Major E. F. Hurd of Boundbrook, N. J.. Malor J. B. Bayne of Chicasro. CaDtaln Charles Bonniflls of Denver, and Lieut. Homer Ingersoll have charge of these units. STRIKE SETTLEMENT SEEN (By Associated Press) LONDON, Friday, Aug. 8. There were prospects of a provisional settlement of the bakers' strike in this city today, the employers and men meeting to discuss the situation. It is believed that the negotiations will result in the men returning to work pending arbitration. BAN SUGAR EXPORTS By Associated Press) BUENOS AYRES, Aug. 8. A decree prohibiting the exportation of sugar was promulgated today by the Argentina government. TRAMWAY STRIKE ENDS (By Associated Press) LIVERPOOL Aug. 9. The strike on the tramways has been settled. Work will be resumed Wednesday. MOB ATTACKS POLICE (By Associated Press) DUBLIN, Aug. 9. A party of more than thirty men attacked a police hut at Moinee, East Clare, with rifle and revolver fire.

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WHAT an adaptable creature man Is ! He Is usually right handed, but If anything happens to his favorite arm he manages to get along with his left hand, which he terms his 'southpaw.' Notice Robert Warwick, for example, in the above picture. He can telegraph a message or hold hands with pretty Wanda Hawley as though nothing were the matter. Something la the matter, but Warwick la on "Secret Service,""the Paramcunt-Artcraft special version of William Gillette's famous play. by that mime, so ha can't telL .

Four-Fifths Of Livestock Comes To City By Truck; Load Up For Return Trip! About eighty per cent of the livestock brought into Richmond markets is hauled from the country by motor truck, says Jerome Shurley, local stock dealer. Shurley says that this method of transportation has only been adopted during the last four years. This system has grown so quickly that no one system or organization has been used. To remedy this defect the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has inagurated a movement dealing with return loads of these live stock trucks. Thomas Snyder has been appointed to head this movement and one of his first statements was to say that this movement Is to be made state wide as soon as possible, in ouder to relieve freight congestion, and help out in the present crisis. Shurley says he heartily endorses this movement for local use and hopes a bureau will be established in Richmond in the near future. As for shipping stock to such great distances as Indianapolis, he is not so enthusiastic, for he says that in normal times the railroads can haul freight as quickly if not more so, than the truck, and for half the price but for Richmond and Wayne County, Shurley wishes the return load movement luck and success. Many Assault Cases Come Before City Court Judge Sidney Showe was fined $1 and costs in city court Saturday morning on a charge of assault and battery on his wife, Mary Showe. Nick Thomas was fined $1 and costs for an assault and battery charge on Allen Ramey. Alpheus White, colored, will be tried Monday morning on an assault and battery charge. "Sandy" Hicks will be tried Monday morning on a charge of beating his board bill. Alfred and George Johnson, who are being held here for the theft of an automobile belonging to a man in Milwaukee, are still in the custody of the Richmond police. A telegram received here from the chief of police in Milwaukee said that an officer will arrive In Richmond Saturday to take charge of the boys. Australian Has Thrilling Day; Pays Every Time Conductor Yells Far el SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Aug. 9. Frank Cox, a wealthy real estate man of Sydney, Australia, who is staying at the St. Francis, passed what he called "a deucedly thrilling day." Sitting in the hotel lobby, he stuck his thumbs in the armholes of his waistcoat, threw out his chest and proceeded to unburden himself. "You know," he said, "these San Francisco trains are too bally expensive. I got 'on the Powell-street tram this morning and rode about ten blocks, and it cost me 65 cents." "How could that be?" one of his hearers asked. "Well, by Jove, about every other minute that bloody tram guard came around collecting fares. The zones are about the shortest I've jolly well seen. I'd hardly paid one fare before he was after me again yelling, 'Fares, please.' My eye, it was most disconcerting." "In Australia, doncherknow," he added, "we pay our fare and are given a ticket. When the guard passes again, we simply show it to him and he goes about his business." Cox stopped a moment for breath. "Everybody's in such a bloomin' rush 'ere, a bloke cawn't keep "is wits about 'im. This mornin' I got into a blarsted shavln' shop and before I know it a porter grabs my coat at the door, a barber 'ustles me into a chair and lathers me, another chappie blacks my boots In a 'urry, and before I'm finished, a young flapper comes up and shines my nails. It's beastly fast here, by Jove." BOLSHEVIK SUB SUNK (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 9. A Bolshevig submarine was sunk in the Baltic sea, by the British torpedo boat destroyer Valorous.

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LUMBER INDUSTRY REVOLUTIONIZED BY AIRPLANE USE WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. To say that eight pieces or wood will revolutionize the world, its business, its method of living, and even its method of thinking, seems like a big order, but that is just what the eight propellor blades on the R-34 wiH-do, in the opinion of Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the American Forestry Asociation. With over-ocean transportation demonstrated, Mr. Pack says the peace burden placed upon the forests of this country will make the call upon them due to war seem insignificant, and he adds that one of the biggest reconstruction problems before the country today is a national forest policy. "We have seen four sets of propeller blades take the giant dirigible R-34 across the ocean and back," says Mr. Pack. "Man's dream of centuries is now realized, for he can go over or around a storm in world-round air travel. These eight blades are made of wood, and it is well to remember that the experts have found nothing to take the place of wood in these blades. I do not believe they ever will. In air i construction most of the material is wood. Wood Used in Everything. "Those blades are seven feet long, but much more wood than that is used in turning them and finding just what is wanted that will stand the terrific tests. A propeller makes about 1,700 revolutions a minute, so it easy to see that the blades must be right before men risk their lives with them. With this new method of commerce opening wondrous opportunities immediate attention must be given to a national forest policy in this country. Europe's Lumber Needs "Europe's need now will be around seven billion feet a year for some time. Many of the forests of France have been destroyed and the American Forestry Association is collecting a fund to help reforest the devastated areas. This, however, will be of no help in the present emergency, for that work is for the future. Just so in America we must look to the future. "There is an end to all things, and there is certainly coming an end to our forest supply if the question of a national forest policy is not solved and solved quickly. The forest3 of France saved her and her civilization. The same call will be made upon the forests of the United States, because the drain of business. Will we meet that call?The airplane and the dirigible have drawn the countries of the earth closer together than ever in history. No longer can we live apart. The whir of eight-propeller blades will soon be multiplied by a million more, and they carry a message to the business world that must be answered." Erzberger Tax Plan Proves Victorious WEIMAR, Friday. Aug. 8 The association of states of the Old Imperial council voted yesterday to present to the national assembly the imperial impost tax proposed by Mathias Ezberger, vice-premier and minister of Finance. This decision which approves the Erzberger plan of unified imperial taxes removes the rights of states to impose taxes and was bitterly contested. This is regarded as a great person al victory for Erzberger. The association of states must approve every bill before it goes to the assembly and its approval of ten assures the passage of a bill. REVIVE ULSTER CLUBS BELFAST, Aug. 9. It has been decided to revive the Ulster political ciucs, wnicn have been abandoned during the war, it was announced by air Edward Carson, leader of the Ulster Unionists. WALRUS EATER BARRED. NEW YORK, Aug. 9. Eating walrus meat while in the Artie with Dr. Cook wore Sven Loevland's teeth down smooth and caused him to be rejected at recruiting headquarters here, although he, otherwise was In fine shape.

HALF WORLD'S GOAL RESERVE HELD BY U. S. i i - - Twenty Times as Much as Great Britain Indiana Has 52,673,000,000 Tons.

The "coal reserve- of the .United States by which is meant the estimated amount of coal underground is according to figures presented by the Intern i tional Geological Congress of 1913, about twenty times as much as that of Great Britain and practically half that of the entire world. This is the estimate of coal reserves of the principal countries, given in metric tons (2,200 pounds) : United States. 3,486,361,000,000 ; Canada, 1.234,269,000,000; China. 995,587,000,000; Germany (1913) 423,365,000.000; Great Britain. 189.5S3.000.000; Siberia. 173.879.000,000; Australia, 165,572,000,000; India, 79.001.000.000; Russia. 60,160,000.000; Austria. 53,876,000,000; Colombia, 27.000,000,000; Indo-Chlna, 20.000,000,000; France, (1913) 17.683,000.000. Following is the estimated available coal supply of the United States fin short tons) as given by the United States Geological survey: North Dakota, 697.92L300.000: Wyoming, 670.545,100,000; Montana, 381,033,800,000; Colorado, 317.589.600,000; Illinois. 199.951,500.000; New Mexico,1 191.777.900,000; West Virginia, 150,363.600,000 ; Pennsylvania. 124.627,000,000; Kentucky. 123,015,000.000; Ohio, 92,943,900,000; Utah, 88,294.000.000; Missouri, 83.820.000,000; Alabama, 67,200,000,000; Washington, 63.776,400,000; Oklahoma, 64,862,300.000; Indiana, 52,673,500,000. U. S. First In Coal Exports. The United States seems likely to become the chief coal exporting country of the world. In the year immediatelv nreeedin tb war th TTnltcd' J States ranked third in coal exporta tion. Great Britain being first with 74 million tons; Germany second with' 35 million; the United States 22 million; Belgium 6 million; Japan 4 mil-' lion; South Africa a little more than 2 million, and Canada and Australia about 2 millions each. This showed a grand total of 160 million tons of coal moving in export inthe world as a necessity of International trade. Reports from Great Britain, formerly the world's chief coal exporter, indicate that her exports of coal in the year ending in June are about onehalf that of the year preceding the war, while the coal exports of the United States have increased meantime more than 25 per cent., according to a bulletin from the National City Bank of New York. Great Britain fell from 73,400,000 tons in 1913, to 37 million in the twelve months ending in June, 1919, while the coal exports of the United States, which were a little more than 19 million tons in the fiscal year of 1914, were nearly 26 million In the fiscal year 1918. Great Britain will do well to supply her own home consumption this year and have 20 million tons for export. Germany Out of Running. Germany lost a large percentage of her coal area by the peace treaty, and under the peace terms she must supply a large amount of coal to France, and she will have but a small amount if any, coal for exportation. With this fall off of more than half in the power of British coal exportation, the elimination of Germany as a coal exporter (except to France), and the extremely small quantity which any other country can this year export, it seems clear that the United1 States will take its place at the head of the list of coal exporting countries. Even though the fall off in the last year In the coal production In this country, due to the return to Europe of so many aliens who were miners, may continue for a brief period, It Is believed the United States will retain first place in coal exportation, for the reason that one-half of her output is mined with machinery, as against about one-fifth mined by machine methods in Great Britain, and that the United States now has a fleet of her own to carry her coal. TEACHERS ARE MARRIED OXFORD, O., Aug. 9. Miss Edna Unzicker, daughter of Chris Unzicker. well-known citizen of Oxford, slipped away to Hamilton yesterday afternoon, and was married to Edward Schwing, principal of the public; schools of Trenton. The bride formerly wa3 a high school teacher' in Lib-' erty, Ind., and Kenton, O. TELEPHONE COMPANY GROWS Subscriptions for new telephones are pouring into the office of the Home Telephone company. Since January 1. 1919, 396 new phones have been installed, making a total of over 4,300 subscribers. About $30,000 is to be spent In Improvements soon, says W. M. Bailey, general manager. AshYourDaIer Grand Fri2eX2fo Firearms 6 Aimnumfion Write for Catalogue TMS WCMINOTON ARMS U.HC CO. "&'" CORONA TYPEWRITERS Duiiing's No. 43 N. 8th Street