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h A* • * ' * ' < - ' • ' - T H E M c H E N R V ^ L A i W D t i r f f t , * c B | ! i i ^ " " * " * ' * * * 1 1 ' 4 « * " ' " ' , - ' A : ' < • ' • • - ' * > ' j s V F5< PART OF LEVER I, ACT HELD VOID Supreme Court Decides That Profiteering Prosecutions -$*.* Are Unconstitutional-: WILLIAM MILLER COLLIER SECTION FOUR WEAK POINT 5 >, *- Ctmrt Maintains That .the Language > #f the Section Is Vague and In- • adequate--All Justices Cencur In Opinion. ,•< ; Washington, March 2.--The United "; fltltes Supreme court decided that the antlproflteering provisions of the Lever act are unconstitutional, and as a result all government prosecutions pending against food profiteers will be dismissed. The court held that congress haS no ^ authority to enact section 4 of the L«- vor act, as originally enacted in 1917, and re-enacted In 1919. Section 4 sought to punish all persons engaged In the production or distribution of food except farmers, who made more than a "fair profit," bat did not define what a "fair profit" was. The court maintained that the language of the section was vague and inadequate and gave courts and juries power to set up their own standards as to when profits became excessive •nd were punishable under the act. Chief Justice White handed down the decision, all of the justices concurring. Ten cases were pending before the court, but the specific decision was made in the government's case against the L. Cohen Grocery company, St. Louis. The government charged that the Cohen company had violated section 4 of the Lever act "by wilfully and feloniously making an unjust or unreasonable rate and charge" in handling sugar. The grocery company contended that die counts brought against it by the Department of Justice were so vague •s not to inform it of the nature and cause of the accusation; that section 4 of the Lever act was so Indefinite that ft could not be told what wafe forbidden, and that it constituted a delegation by .congress of legislative power to courts and Juries to determine what acts should be held to be criminal and punishable. Moreover, the company contends the country was virtually at peace and that congress hiad no power to regulate profits with •action 4. . • The Federal court in St. Louis acquitted the Cohen company and the . ^ department of Justice immediately appealed. In its decision the Supreme court did not pass upon the contention that tile country is at peace. In declaring section 4 unconstitutional the Supreme court held that the i> section fixed no ascertainable standard of guilt and that It was not adequate to inform persons accused of profiteering of the nature and cause of the ac- Cftsations brought against them by the * government. _ "To attempt to enforce the section," the decision declared,- "would be the exact equivalent of an effort to carry out a statute which in its terms merely penalized and punished all acts detrimental to the publip Interest, when ttnjust and unreasonable in the esti- Jiate of the court and Jury." . ' In its decision the Supreme court %i' "/wade reference to "persistent efforts #hich the records disclose were made fcjr administrative officers, doubtless in flgrired by a zealous effort to discharge their duty, to establish a standard of their own to be used as a basis to ^er the sectloB possible of execution." It Is believed that President-elect Harding will give one of the Important diplomatic posts to William Miller Collier, a New Yorker who is now president of George Washington university in Washington. He is a distinguished lawyer and served as minister to Spain from 1905 to 1900. KILLS BOY TO END MISERY Michigan Youth Accidentally Wounde Brother and Then Shoots Him to Deaths to End Suffering. Pontiac, Mich., March 2.--'Warren Bianfield, eleven years old, was held by the police here, pending investiga Hon into the killing in a woods near * JParmington of his nine-year-old broth- Clare. The older boy shot and Ills brother, "to put him out of misery," he said, after having acntully wounded him while demon titrating his skill with a revolver. Ac fording to Warren's statement to the Kheriff, he fired the first shot in an 'Effort to see how close he could come fo his brother without hitting him tfhe younger lad turned at the shot find was struck in the side. Warrenfhen placed the muzzle. against the prostrated child's head and pulled the ^rigger killing him instantly. "I wanted 4o put him out of his misery: "t didn't want to see him . suffer," he said. * BILLION PROFIT BY U.S. STEEL Gain ^ In Two Years by Great Corporation Has Been Enormous. WILLIAMS ISSUES STATEMENT ASKS COLONY RIGHTS U. S. Interest in German Possessions Must Be Respected. United States Government Sends Note to Council of the League of Nations. Paris, Feb. 25.--The United States government, in its note to the council of the League of Nations on the question of mandates, claims an equal coneern and interest with the other principal allied and associated powers In the overseas possessions of Germany and in their disposition. This was shown when the note sent by the American State department and laid before the council of the league Wednesday was made public. The council again took up the note, considering it with particular reference to this claim advanced by the United States. Some of the other members held that America had forfeited such rights by withdrawing, as an associated power, from the supreme council. In the summary of the note, which was made public Wednesday, it was fevealed that the United States declared that It had never given its consent that the Island of Yap, an important link in the chain of cable communications in the Puciflc, be included in the territories subjected to the mandate of Japan. The principal feature of the note, In addition to the points contained in the summary, was the American contention of equal right and Interest In disposing of Germany's overseas possessions. On this the note said: "As one of the principal allied and associated powers the United States has equal concern and Inseparable interest with the other principal allied and associated powers In the overseas possessions of Germany, and consequently an equal voice in their disposition, which It Is respectfully submitted cannot be undertaken or effected without its consent." Referring jto the attribution of the island of Yap to Japan, the note reads! "While this government never assented to the Inclusion of the island of Yap in the proposed mandate to Japan, it may be pointed out that even if one or more of the other principal allied and associated powers were unmisapprehension as to the inclusJjlJb of the island in the reported de cision of May 7, 1919, nevertheless in the notes above mentioned the United States government makes clear its position. "At the time when these notes were addressed to the respective govern ments above mentioned, an agreement had not been reached on the tertns of the allocation of the mandates covering the former German islands In the Pacific. "Therefore the position taken by the President on behalf of this government, clearly set forth, necessarily had the result of effectively withdrawing any suggestion or implication of assent, mistakenly imputed to this government long before December 17, 1920, the date of the council's meeting in Geneva." Two Women Save a Train. Omaha, Feb. 28.--Presence tntnd of two Council Bluffs women probably averted a serious railroad wreck and possible loss of life. Mrs. A. K. Lewis and Mrs. Arch Coyle discovered a horse caught In the middle o4 a 50-foot trestle of the Chicago Great Western railroad. Passenger train No. 12 wus nearly due. The women notified the railroad officials barely In time for wrecking crew to remove the horse. o\J Most Have Search Warrant Washington. March 2.--Evidence tained by revenue agents in raids conducted without a search warrant cannot be admitted in court proceedings, ;the Supreme court ruled in setting Aside a conviction in South Carolina. War Over; Costa Rica Quits. Washington. March 2.--Threatened war between Panama and Costa Rica was averted by the surrender of the Costa Rican army in Coto, according to a message received by the Panaman charge d'affaires here. >1:. C., B. 4k Q. to Issue Stock. Washington, March 2.--The Chicago, Turlington & Quincy Railroad company was authorized by the Interstate .(commerce commission to issue a stock ^dividend of $60,000,000 to capitalize a pari of its property. Tiflis Falls Before Reds. Constantinople, March 1.--Tiflis, capital of Georgia, for the second time In little more than tf week, has fallen Into the hands of the Bolsheviki. The capital' capitulated on Friday and after its occupation looting was carried on Drug Fiend Kilts Policeman. Washington, March 1.--Crazed with drugs, T. L. Harris, a negro, killed policeman and injured two negroes here before ,, the police shot him to death. The negro had charged through the street flourishing a large revolver. REAR AOMtRAi. C0WIE Comptroller of Currency Declares Cor. poration "Has Defrauded'the Government Out of Large 8umvaf . • Income and Profits Taxes* Washington, Feb. 28.--The United States Steel corporation has earned in two years more than a billion dollars of profits, "the exaction of which has had a most disturbing and Injurious effect on oar country and our allies," according to a statement of John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency. Tills "swollen and unconscionable profit," Mr. Williams charges, "was made selling steel at prices averaging $30 a ton in excess of the amount necessary to pay dividends on steel stocks." He also charges that by manipulation of its accounts the corporation defrauded the government out of large sums in income and exess profits taxes. The statement by Mr. William* followed a letter sent to Elbert H. XJury, president of the corporation, on l"'ebuary 15, and heretofore unpublished, n which Mr. Williams said: "No insiduous, sneaking propaganda ot high-brow or low-brow aposties of ruin could tut in the populur niind to much poison as refusal by such a corporation to do Its part toward solving great difficult problem, reviving Industry and business activities and promoting industry and the peace and happiness of humanity." In his statement Mr. Williams said: "Unnecessarily high prices exacted by the United States Steel corporation during 1918 for supplies of all kinds, especially steel and iron products, cost the government many hundreds of millions of dollars. •Official figures of the corporation show tliat It charged, for every ton of its steel products, an average of about $30 more than necessary to pay dividends on steel stocks. The United States Steel corporation produces close to one-half of the steel made in the United States and through its subsidiary companies and powerful financial and Industrial alliances holds a dominating position in the steel and iron trade. "The company officially reports total value of its business for 1918 at $1,288,020,225. To create this product the corporation paid out a total of $452,663,524 on pay rolls. We find that they received an average of $87.70 per ton for every tou of the 14,124,986 tons of rolled steel and other products ped to domestic and foreign trade. The net earnings of the United States Steel corporation for 1918, as shown by its annual report, amounted to $549,180,000. In its report to its stockholders, however, the company deducted from net earnings an estimate for war, income and excess profits taxes amounting to $274,277,- 000, leaving net earnings of $274,903,- 000. "This deduction Included an item of $96,675,000 for maintenance and repairs. though the company was carrying on Its books to the credit of 'depreciation and extraordinary replacement' the impressive sum of. $191,281,- 000. The earnings of the company were so large during 1918 that it could have doubled the wages and would have had a surplus left of $96,517,000. "If the United States Steel corporation had held prices to a moderate basis during tlie war, the government, our allies and the public would have been saved exactions amounting to mapy times the $288,000,000 to be paid by It in federal income taxes. The United States Steel corporation with its plethoric treasury could richly afford to say to the government that for the remainder of this year it will sell Its products at net cost, having made in the last two years more than a billion dollars of profits, the exaction of which had a most disturbing effect not only on our allies but upon our country in the midst of war. "The company's report states that its Inventory was arbitrarily reduced by more than $50,000,000 December 31, 1918, by marking down stock oq hand from actual cost or market value to 'normal prices.' But it does not say what prices they regard as normal. "My conclusion from the foregoing figures Is that the United States Steel corporation should make a radical and sharp reduction from the prices recommended by the Redfield committee." m "b vc Rear Admiral Thomus J. Cowie of the naval supply corps in Washington has Just been placed on the retired list. Admiral Cowie has served in all parts of the world and was paymaster general and chief of the bureau of supplies, and accounts from July, 1910, to July, 1914. Under his leadership the Liberty loan subscriptions of the navy reached $107,000,000. 16 DIE. ON DESTROYER U. S. War Craft Woolsey Is Cut in Two Off Panama. I in Collision With Merchant ShJp--Heavy Seas Made Re*, cue Difficult. Washington, March 1.--The United States destroyer Woolsey, the latest and finest craft of that type in the United States navy, was cut in two and sunk, with a loss of 16 men, in a collision near the Corba Island, off the Pacific cpast of Panama eariy Saturday morning, according to reports received here. Tom Stanley Woodcock, first class engineman. Is known to have been killed. The missing destroyer men are: D. T. Blakeley, fireman, first class. Floyd Coltengln, fireman, second class. • v Roman Fisckels, blacksmith. John Joseph Galcher, machinist's mate, first class. ' George Joseph Zibello, fireman, second class. Elbert Jesse Harson, fireman, first class. Henry George Hancock, engineman, second class. 'Emerson Floyd Long, storekeeper, first class. Lee Bordwardsky, fireman, third class. Harold Reed, fireman. Matties Owen Stewart, fireman, third class. Webb Stubblefleld, fireman, first class. George ElmeF Wochlman, (riectri* clan, third class, Charles N. Yost, fireman, first class. Emerson, Dale Waight, fireman, second class. ' The following injured are on Birmingham: D. M. McCaigo, water tender, Attoraio Burnside. The destroyers Aaron Ward Buchanan swung to the rescue a moment after the Woolsey was struck by a merchant steamship, the Steel Inventor, bound for Balboa. It Is believed that temporary difficulty with the steering gear of the steamship was responsible for the accident, which resulted in the Woolse7 being cut cleanly Just about midway on the port side. She sank within four minutes, and the work of rescue was made doubly difficult by the position of the helpless steamship and the heavy play of the waves. At the time of the accident the Woolsey, which was commanded by Commander H. C. Gleawon, was the last In the group of destroyers. the and and BRIBES OFFERED DRY AGENTS New England Prohibition Supervisor Talks of Sums Ranging From $5 to $200,000. Boston, Feb. 28.--Bribes totaling $1,000,000, ranging in sums from $5 to $200,000, have been offered William J. McCarthy, supervising prohibition en forcement agent for New England, since last July, he annouueed here. McCarthy said he had been threatened with death and told of attempts of bogus revenue officers to steal liquor lawfully In transit between New York and Boston. "Millionaire rum distributors, affluent bootleggers, gunmen and pocket peddlers," all have tried to bribe him and his agents, he said, adding that big money had been offered him to "be sick and get off the Job." for period in which illicit traffic in liquor might be effected. Heyworth Boy Gets Reward. Heywortli. 111., March 1.--A check for $26.000--reward for capture of William Dal ton and recovery of the $771,500 bonds--was handed to Paul Draper by O. H. Edmonds of the Northern Trust company of Chicago. Mountain "Bad Man"«Killed in Duel. Hazard, Ky., March 2-- Kelley Robinson, mountain "bad man," was killed pnd John Smith, Perry county deputy (sheriff1, seriously wounded in a pistol battle here. The duel was witnessed by Sfcjf^Hobinson's wife. French Troops Active. London, Feb. 28.--Reports from Frankfort say that French troops in the occupied zone of Germany are displaying great activity, such as is always the case when drastic measures are contemplated. ' Wants Big Navy. Washington, Feb. 28.--Presidentelect Harding sent word to senate Republican leaders* that h% desired adequate appropriations for the navy and favored continuing the present building program. 4*. President Signs Rail Bill. Washington, March 1.--Issuance of certificates for partial payments to railroads, aggregating Approximately $340,000,000, will he started at once as the result of President Wilson's approval Of the Wlnslow bill. Youth 8teals $772,000, ' Chicago. Feb. 28.--A seventeen-yearold jnnior clerk for the Northern Trust company walked out of the carefully guarded loop bank building with $772,000 worth of unregistered Liberty bonds--as good as gold. FIND 43 BODIES IN RAIL WRECK Many Remains So Mutilated Identification Is Said to Be . ... - , . Impossible* *,>iy ...;" THIRTY-SEVEN ARE IDENTIFIED Michigan Central Opens Investigation at N|les, Mich.--Indiana Railway Commissioners Are Conducting a Quiz at Scone of Catastrophe. Porter, Ind., March 1.--Forty-three bodies of victims of the wreck here were taken to the Chesterton morgue. Many of the bodies were so mutilated identification was said to be impossible. One batch of human remnants and clothing Jumbled together in a basket was officially labeled "due body." , The last body was believed to have been taken from the wreck last night when the New York Central locomotive was undermined. The task of clearing tracks of wreckage practically has been ended. The New York Central locomotive, which charged through two day ^passenger coaches of the Michigan Cop tral train, was lifted by spechtl machinery last night. Railroad Begins Probe. The Michigan Central Investigation of the catastrophe began behind closed doors at the offices of the Nlles division headquarters. Long and Block, engineer and fireman of the Michigan Central train the principal witnesses in any investlspecial train from Michigan City. Of ficials of the railroad were reported hurrying to Niles from all parts of the country. The New York Central train had been traveling toward Chicago through the darkness at 50 miles an hour when it reached the crossing. Simultaneously the Michigan Central train, which had missed a block signal and struck a derail near Porter on Its easthound Journey, was bumping over the ties to a stop across the right of way of the Interstate limited. The wooden day coach of the Michigan Central train was squarely in the path of the oncoming locomotivc. The electric headlight warned the occupants of the coach of their danger too late. They started |rom their seats. Some leaped to tli^dem*s. But none escaped. Investigation^by>ife Indiana jv railway commissioners shows railroads equipped with a bloctfesv tem of signals. The Michigan Central's first signal is 4,780 feet from the crossing. The New York Central signals are approximately the same distance. There also is a buzzer system, on the Michigan Central the alarm being 8,000 feet from the crossing and on the New York Central 11.000. The first train to enter the buzzer system Is automatically Registered in the crossing tower and the signals set. The New York Central train came into the block nearly a minute before the Michigan Central train and the towerman gave the New York Central crew the right of way. A freight train and engine stood on the. sidetrack. Smoke from this engine Is believed to have blocked out the hrime signal, which was set against the Michigan Central. Revised List of Identified Dead. Howaril Arne.v, Cleveland. O.; Fannie F. Ballou, Wheaton, III.; Mrs. Lillian Baehr, Michigan City, wife of J. W. Baehr; Mrs. George Baker, Michigan City; Mrs. Emma Bevler, Augusta, Mich.; Peter Cain. Regina, Saskatchewan ; Gordon Campbell. Revelstroke. B. C.; T. J. Campbell, eighteen ; Pearl Cavanaugh, nine, Michigan City, niece of Mrs. See; Justin Collins, London, Ont.: Mrs. Justin Collins, London, Ont.; Karl Deland, Elkhart, Ind., fireman New York Central train; Arthur C. Eckman, two, nephew of Mrs. Baehr; C. W. Engler, Detroit, Michigan Central accountant; Mrs. Richard Eva, identified first as June Campbell ; E. M. Glddings, Kirby, Wyo.; C. H. Goldstein. Detroit; Mrs. C. H. Goldstein, Detroit: woman believed to be Mrs. Glddings; Louis Heck. Jackson, Mich.; Claude Johnson, Elkhart, Ind.. engineer New York Central train; Mrs. Barnhart Kramer. Michigan City ; Fret! Leggett, Nlles, Mich.; Samuel Livingston. Chicago; ---- McCray, Chicago; Mrs. Sarah Moss, Montreal; Fsther Louise Miller, address unknown ; A. Matthews, Muskoda, Wis.; Mrs. McCray, Chicago; J. L. Muller, Elkhart. Ind.; Mrs. J. L. Muller, Elkhart. Ind.: Mrs. Fred Schwler, Michigan City: Schwler, three, Infant of Mrs. Schwler; Mrs. Ralph See, Michigan City; Addison Van Riper. Michigan City: Mrs. Addison Van Riper, Michigan City; pr. Wooler, Detroit. ILLINOIS BREVITIES Rock Island.--The oiling of 32 miles of highway tributary to Rock Island will be financed by the Rock Island Motor club. Carltnvilie.--County Superintendent of Highways O. B. Conlee let the contracts of ten new concrete bridges in Macoupin county. Geneseo.--The annual meeting of the Illinois conference of the United Evangelical church will be held here beginning March 17. Galena.--W. K. Kittoe of this city has been a registered pharmacist for 61 years, and is believed to ..be the oldest druggist in practice in this state. • Freeport.--Officers of the Illinois Christian Endeavor union announced that the state convention of that organisation will be held at Peoria July 21 to 24. Freeport.--rPlans are being drawn for the improvement this year of two sections of five miles each of state bond issue road No. 5 between Freeport and Rockford. Belvidere.--A balance of $16,250 in Boone county's war chest is to be divided between Belvidere and Capron posts of the American Legion, to be used by them in the building of a clubhouse. Sterling.--August Sohrbeck Is the first Whiteside county man to be favored by Gov. Len Small in the distribution of patronage. He has been appointed Inspector for the fish and game division of the department of agriculture. Dwight.--Mrs. Mary Ann Potter of this city,. reputed to be the oldest woman in central Illinois, celebrated her one hundred and seventh birthday gation, were taken to Niles in a'^anniversary a few days ago. Mrs» Aviation Field Closed. Tort Worth, Tex., Few 28.--Lieut. J. J. O'Connell. the only officer remaining at Taliaferro aviation field here, received orders to close his quarters and report to Kelly field March 1, Taliaferro field was opened Id 1917. Serbs Battle Montenegrins. Rome, /Feb. 28.--Fighting between Serbians and Montenegrins is reported to be in progress at I'ndgorltza, Montenegro, says a dispatch from Aviona to the Tempo. Several villages are said to be burning. Bodenstad Turned Down. Washington. Feb. 28.--The house, by a vote of 307 to 8, refused to seat Henry H. Bodenstad of Milwaukee, who claimed election from the Fifth Wisconsin district in spite of the majority given Victor Berger. : Suit Against Ford Affirmed. New York, Feb. 26.--Award by a trial court of $600,000 damages to the Hotel Woodward company against the Ford Motor company for breach of contract was affirmed by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Defeat Child Welfare Bill< , Denver, Colo.. Feb. 26.--Ten bin# concerning child .welfare, fostered by Judge Ben J. Llndsey of Denver's Ju venlle court. Governor Shoup and seven co-judges, were defeated in the house of representatives here. Care of Eyeglasses. To prevent the annoyance caused hy the accumulation of moisture upon eyeglasses when going from -a col.1 into a warm atmosphere, moisten the ttys of the fingers and rub them over ft cake of soap, then rub lens and polish as usual. One application daily is aU that is necessary. Novel Suggestion. Restaurant sign In Butler. Mo.: "Don't divorce your wife because she can't cook. Eat here and keep her as a pet."--Boston Transcript. v A Novel Tip, Speaking of tips, a case recently came to our attenfloft where a diner tendered a smart waitress an offer of marriage, informing her that he could not afford to tip waiters, but if she had no objection she might take himself. The tip was accepted.--Boston Transcript. Help for Budding Songsters. •A device that records the vibrations of the voice on' a phonographic film has been Invented by a Frenchman to aid students of singing. ^ Potter was born in Essex county,-New York, in 1814. Springfield.--In a special election, in which less than 2 per cent of the voters went to the polls, Springfield voters went on record to extend the franchise of the Springfield Gas and' Electric company to August 15, pending negotiations for the purchase of the company's holdings by the city. The present franchise expires March 10. St. Louis, Mo.--George H. Beatty. thirty-five years old, of Bellevilla, III., and Otto Ivlingenfuss, fifty-one, of Mascoutah, 111., who were shot by Dr. James Beatty, brother of George Beatty, during a stockholders' meeting of a coal company in Mascoutah, 111., died in Belleville hospital. Doctor Beatty Is being held in the county jail at Belleville. / Evanston.--A number of members of the faculty of Northwestern unlverty, together with some 250 Evanstonns, and thousands of other persons t!h«»«s4iout the Middle West, are wondering what they will do with their "coupon books" following the ruling of the failure of the National Consumers' Co-Operative association, which went into the hands of receivers. Carbondale. -- Undeveloped natural riches in southern Illinois, especially in the vicinity of Carbondale, which recently have engaged the attention of some of the foremost scientists of the country, will be visited by the Illinois State Academy of Science, April 29 and 30, when- it holds its fourteenth annual meeting. School teachers of southern Illinois will be brought together to hear the scientists. Chandlerville.--The spring election is beginulng to afford matter for discussion and many are in favor of placing a woman's ticket in the field. Mayor T. Allen Lucas retires, together with three members of the village board, and the many ardent suffragists would like to see their places filled by women, especially In view of the fact that there Is stilPa panicky feeling in regard to the school situation. Chicago.--The expressions "it is me" and "he don'it" are permissible for both school teachers and pupils In Coolc county public schools, under an opinion Issued by Edward J. Tobln, superintendent. Superintendent Tobin said the correct form "it is I" sounds stilted and even egotistical and that it does no good to teach children forms of expression "outlawed by common usage and a sense of good form." He said he was not instructing his teachers to depart from grammatically correct usages, but that he would not reprimand them If they did. Danville. -- Washington's birthday has a more than ordinary signficance for Mrs. Mariah Jane Richardson of this city. Mrs. Richardson and her two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Jane Wilson of Newcastle, Ind., and Miss Mary Jane Williams of Lebanon, O., observed their seventy-fourth birthday anniversaries on February 22. They are said to be the oldest triplets in the United States. The triplets have a sister and a brother who are twins, and who will be sixty-seven years old November 1, 1921. The sister is Mrs. Alice Josephine Bagford of Spring Valley, O.. and the brother Is Henry Joseph Williams of Richmond, Ind. Peoria.--The bodies of Jarve Gindrlch. wealthy farmer, and his wife, were found In their home at Toulon when sheriff's officers battered down the doors. Her head had been cut and her throat cut. He had been killed witli a shotgun. Duquoin.--Five rescue squads, after working 15 hours, abandoned hope of saving seven men entrapped in the burning Kathleen mine at Dowell, and sealed it in an effort to extinguish the flames. 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