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12 PAGES TODAY : ONE SECTION - ralr, somewhat warmer Friday; Sat- , M . VOL.XCIX-NO. 239. AUSTRIANS LOSE 9,000 PRISONERS ITALIANS . - ging- Emmanuel's Forces, Aided by British Guns, Drive For ward on 10-Mile Front CAPTURE VANTAGE POINTS lines Advanced Appreciably Near er Triest, Only 10 Miles Away at One Point TWO BIG STEAMERS SUNK row Carman Airships Raid East ern Counties of England On a ront.of nearly 10 miles on the Carso Plateau the Italian troops have smashed the Austrian line and taken prisoners from the town of Castagiavizza to the head ?f the Gulf of Triest. In their re rewal of their offensive the Ital ians received valuable aid from some of the nine British batteries that have hauled their big guns doAvn to the Isonzo front to help in the efforts aimed- at the con quest of Triest, Austria's big sea port on the Adriatic. ,",00 Officers Captured. Not alone were the Italians successful in capturing numerous points of van tage, but more than 9,000 Austrian pris oners, including officers in excess of 300, were taken. The Austrians are de c'ared to have been taken completely by surprise by the sudden onslaught of the Italians who, to divert attention from the southern end of the. Isonzo line, had struck a hard J-blow to the mrth. When the Austrians recovered fiom their surprise they launched heavy counter attacks, but the Italians tena ciously held their ground. Th. new advance of the Italians brings them appreciably nearer Triest, which ficm the lower part of the line is less than ten-miles away. The ground tr . versed and yet to be passed over, is difficult for' military operations and even vith other successful advances such as the last one the objective of tre Italians will not be attained except by figuring of a most desperate nature. Intensive Artillery Duels. Comparative quiet still prevails on the western front in France held by the British, but farther south around the bend in the line from Soissons east ward, intensive artil!-y duels are in p ogress between the French and the Germans, being most severe in the re-rn- of Moulin de Vaclerc, the Califor oie Plateau a.d Clievreux. On none rf the other fronts has there bien an engagement of any great im portance. ' ; The exhortations of the Russian minister of war, M. Kerensky, thst the Russian troops cease their at titude of passiveness and go Into the fray with the object of bringing about the r.ccesrary defeat of Germany, evi dently are bearing fruit. The entire garrison of Sebastopol, Russia's big fortress and naval station in the Cri mea, has requested unanimously that it be permitted to go to the Riga front give battle to the Germans. Two Bi Ships Sunk. German submarines have sent to the bottom two more big steamers and caused the loss of 458 lives. The vessels re the British steamer Transylvania, acting as a transport, which was sunk the Mediterranean, and the French steamer Sontag, with passengers from snoniki for Marseilles. I'nder cover of the clouds, four Ger man airships, presumably Zeppelins, nave carried out a bombing raid on the eastern counties of England. Only one Person was killed and the damage done W the explosives was slight. In the thick weather the marauders escaped undamaged, although BritiBh airmen arose and tried to locate and engage them. lMTED STATES engineers VISIT AMBASSADOR PAGE 4menca n Khaki Very Much in Evi dence in London Yesterday. ...Ln, May 24. The engineers from American, army who have arrived 'rr?r!s!and male a call early today on -basrador Page and later separated offi 4 -eres of conferences with war s -petals in regard to their various ,Pia!-;s. They were entertained at -icheon by the Earl of Derby, secre Wrr for war. Am-.r,vau khaki was very much in '"en.-e in London today. A number hT, i,1:t:r"'al ofiicers and hospital units t, . ;e "'""ived and nurses, especially of Cleveland and Harvard units, in bail !ue uniforms, with white arm - as labelled with the insignia of the -erican Hed Cross, already, has be- familiar sight to the London DllO. -TrtY. 41 i ffr 1 y, r u. j, lit jr ox rv ,J!'eat Lrnain. Instructions to Postmasters. washrngton. May 24. Postmasters re instructed today by the Post in ihT General to permit the display frant ,T office:J of notices of laborers -e- or work wanted by laborers. WHEN THE SMASH LINE ; , . HENRY WALTERS OF A. C. L TESTIFIES Answers Questions of Shippers' Counsel Concerning the Rail road's Finances HAS $35,000,000 SURPLUS Officials of Other Roads Appear Before Commerce Commission in Hearing on Proposed 15 Per cent. Itate Increase. Washington, May 24. Railroad ex ecutives from widely separated sec tions of the country appeared today at the Interstate Commerce Commis sion hearings . on the carriers' petition for a. 15 per cent advance iir freight rates and submitted to vigorous cross examination by counsel for shippers. The shippers' representatives probed into the finances of the railroads, try ing to get the executives to say that the emergency the railroads claim ex ists does not affect every line. T. C. Powell, vice-president of the Queen and Crescent, in response to questioning, said that last week his company declared a regular dividend of three per cent, on the common stock and an extra dividend of three and a half per cent. "You claim an emergency exists," said the questioner. "If that is so, why have you seen fit to further de plete the funds of your road by de claring an extra dividend and is the burden which has caused you to come before this commission not sufficient to have caused you to abandon the extra dividend?" Mr. Powell said the dividend- was regarded by the directors as a duty to the stockholders. Mr. Walters Questioned. , Henry Walters, chairman' of the board of the Atlantic Coast Line, was asked at the opening of his examina tion how much stock of the Louis ville & Nashville his line controlled. He replied that it was more than fifty per cent. It was a fact, he said, that the increase in net revenue of the At lantic Coast Line was greater during the first three months of this .year than in the corresponding period of 1916. JIr.l Walters added that while there was. no doabt that the net revenues of the line would be larger this year than last, they would not be sufficient to meet the increased costs. The witness said the . accumulated surplus of the Atlantic. Coast Line was about 535,000,000, of which $20,000,000 was in cash, and of that sum $14,000, 000 had been appropriated. He agreed with the examiner that the partial purpose of a surplus was to tide rail roads over lean years and meet em ergencies. Mr. Walters said that he considered the Atlantic Coast Line was better situated than some of its neighbors. "Then you think the emergency is on the ether roads and not on yours?" "It depends upon how long it will last," he said. Elliot For Car Pooling Plan. Howard Elliott, of the New Haven, and member, of the railroad war board, told Clifford W. Thome, representing (Continued on Page Two). ASSEMBLY COMES TO CLOSE AT BIRMINGHAM Southern Presbyterians to Meet Next Year at Durant, Okla. Committee Appointed to Confer With Similar Committee From the . Northern Branch to Discuss Re-Union. ' Birmingham, Ala., May 24. Having disposed of church union propositions, by appointing a committee to confer with a like number from the North ern branch, and the completion of all other business before It, the flfty-sey-enth general assembly of the Presby terian church in. the United States was dissolved late 'this afternoon and an assembly ordered to meet, at Durarit, Okla., May 16, 1918. ; '; Both sessions of' the closing day were crowded with business, just be fore recess was taken for lunch the assembly had completed its discussion of the armointment of a committee on organic union requested by the gen eral assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Ameri ca, and had adopted the paper of . the Rev. Thornton Li. Whaling, offered woiinouiiav. as the action in this mat ter. The paper had . first been substi tuted for the minority report of : the special committee, also presented Wed nesday with the majority committee report. When this substitution had been effected, the vote was taken be tween the majority report and the substitute offered by Rev. Mr. Whal (Continued on' Pas& Seven), J . . 1 WILMINGTON, C, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1917 FAREWELL SPEECH FROM BALFOUR TO AMERICAN PEOPLE Expresses Thanks for Kidness and Sympathy His Mission Has Received Here HE SPEAKS WITH FEELING Says Preparations for War With in Past Forty Days Have Been Remarkable Washington, May 24. In a farewell address to the American people today, Foreign Secretary Balfour warmly ex pressed thanks for the kindness and sympathy with which the British war mission has been received in this coun try, declared what the United States has accomplished during the forty days since it entered the war most remark able, and said he would carry back to the allies across the " water his belief that with, as little delay as human im perfections allow the full and decisive weight of America would be thrown into the struggle for democracy. The message was delivered to the Washington correspondents gathered at the National Press Club to hear the last speech of the British statesman's visit. It was spoken with evident feel ing. "Of those who say the war prepara tions of the Urfited States have pro ceeded slowly, Mr. Balfour said, they "knew, very little of the actual way In which public life is and must be car ried on in free countriea" "I think what has been accomplished in these forty days most remarkable," he said. "It is quite true that the ex ecutive government has been delayed by the fact that certain measures plac ed before Congress took time to pass, some of them have not yet passed. But who Is dt that supposes that repre sentative assemblies are going to make great and new departures in public policy solely at the waving of a wand?" ...-He. .-added that heuX elt ..confident Con gress would give the President the great powers necessary to" successful conduct of the war. In expressing the mission's gratitude for the reception given them, the for eign minister spoke with regret of their inability to visit many sections and voiced the hope that it might be done at a later and happier time. To the correspondents themselves and to the American Press generally, he paid a tribute for their accuracy and pa triotic principles. - Mr. Balfour's Speech. "Gentlemen," said Mr. Balfour, "1 came to the United States conscious, of course, of the importance of the mis sion with which I have been entrusted by my government, conscious that the mission, from the vsry nature of the case, was one of the most important in which either of our two countries has ever - concerned itself; conscious that the very condition of the world in which we live gave weight and im portance to every action, to every word; and to every report of every word which might take place during its existance. "The kindness with which we were received, the warmth of the welcome which reached us from all parts of the country, soon made it plain the strict ly and narrowly business side of our mission "was not the only one which was Important at the present juncture. For my own part I have felt more deep- (COntlnued on Page Two). GDMPERS SENDS CURT REPLY TO OUDEGEEST - American Labor Leaders to Take No Part in Peace Parley President of Dutch Federation Inform ed by Mr. Gompers That he Does ( Not See Ho" Any Good Can ' Be Accomplished, Washington, May 24. Another ef fort to get Americans to participate in peace parleys at Stockholm failed today when President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, declin ed an invitation to send delegates to a Stockholm trade union congress to discuss the claims of labor in connec tion with peace negotiations. The congress will meet simultane ously with the socialist peace confer ence on: which the State Department has put its stamp of disapproval by refusing passports to Americans ex pecting to participate, and by warning citizens.: that such participation would be in violation of the law. The Federation of Labor's invitation came In a cablegram from President Oudegeefet, o the Dutch federation of trade unions. Mr. Gompers cabled this reply: "Lone before the United States en tered the war, American Federation of Labor proposed an international con ference after the war and at the time and place where the representatives of each government were to meet to de termine ;th treaties and international relations. That preparation was re jected. Now, after the- United States (Continued on. Page Seven),.. PHILIPPINES ARE BARREN SOIL FOR GERMAN PLOTTERS Seeds of Insurrection Sown by Former German Consul at Cebu Fail to Sprout HE AND ANOTHER IN JAIL Promise of German Support and Money to Gain Independence Bears No Weight Manila, April 15 (Correspondence of Associated Press) -The war has grip ped Manila and the Philippines. Wher ever one turns he sees on guard a sol dier of the regular army, a sailor of the navy, or a Filipino guard taken from the Philippine scouts. At the various military posts throughout the islands, guards have -been redoubled. Already two Germans are under ar rest as a "precautionary measure," so the government explains. One of them apparently has been guilty of only-the indiscretion, of having talked too much. He had not concealed his intentions in the tense days that preceded -the decla ration of war, of blowing up every piece of American government property he could reach. So when war broke out. he was promptly clapped into jail. The other arrest is a more serious matter. Conrad Andre, former German consul at the important southern city. of Cebu, for months has been the cen ter of rumors that connected him with a plot to stir up malcontents among the Filipinos to open revolt. These reports accused him of having kept lists of men who had figured in insurrections against the United States here. He was supposed to have offered $5 to each ex insurrecto who would sign a document pledging his support to this revolt. His agents worked in every part of the islands and they attained consider able success in getting signatures and finding men to accept the $5 bribe. But their success never, went beyond that. There - has 'iever been vg. time in the Ftftitppln'e Island" when t-he.,Bo4f an insurrection were sown on : more barren soil; Prosperity among the peo pie, gratitude to the United States for concessions of autonorxy, fear of an in dependent future at a time when the world was torn asunder by war, and loyalty to the present administration of the islands for a consistently pro-Fil ipino policy all these facts have oper ated to keep every element of the popu 1 at ion from joining in the Andre move ment. Even the proipise of German support and German money in a fight to gain independence seemingly had no weight. The most hardened enemies of American rule saw in the plan the project of a madman and it never had a chance of success. There are nearly 1,500 Germans in the Philippines. Two-thirds of them are temporary guests, persons who sought refuge in the islands after they were driven from the neighboring Brit ish colonies, or members of the crews of 23 interned German steamers, which are now in the custody of the insular government. The remainder are mem bers of the permanent German colony of the country. Of the latter, there is little fear, but the war visitors are watcnea careiuuy. ji.very merman in the Philippines has been compelled to register with the Manila police or the constabulary in the provinces. CADET CLASS OF 1918 TO BE GRADUATED IN JUNE Those Passing Examination Will Be Commissioned at Once. Washington, May 24. The present first-class at the Naval Academy will be graduated June 28, a year ahead of their time, in order to provfde add! tional officers for the fleet of submarine chasers. Captain Eberle, commandant at An napolis, and the entire faculty of the academy approved the early gradua tion. There are 203 men in the class and all who pass the required exami nation will be commissioned immediate ly as ensigns. They have been doing double work for some months to pre pare for early graduation. The class which ordinarily would have finished in June of this year was graduated last March. At that time it was announced at the Navy Depart ment that the next class probably would be graduated in September, but the need of officers for the mosquito fleet led to the decision to set up the date still further. SHIP BEARING THE FRJENOH MISSION CHANGED COURSE Presence of German Submarines Was Reported Near Home Port. Paris, May 24. The steamer on which Marshal Joffre, former Premier Viv iani and the other members of the TPrpn f.h mission to the United Kta,tps r turned to France changed her course shortly before reaching port owing to th renorted nresence of German sub marines in the vicinity, according to the Temps today. The karning, says the newspaper, was received off Ushant, when the wireless reported that one or two Get man iihma.rineg' had SUCCfipd Afl in nlnlr ing three cargo steamers in- the same day m mat lovauxy. . . LES DARCT, THE AUSTRALIAN PUGILIST, DIES AT MEMPHIS Memphis, Tenn., May 24.T-Les Darcy, the Australian pugiHst, died at a hos pital here this afternoon - from pneu monia. ' He had been in-more than a month. " Even Convicts ; and Enemy Aliens Will Be Required To Register Washington, May 24. Emphasis is laid by Provost Marshal General Crowder on the fact that no man within the prescribed age limit, except those alreadyin the regular army or navy, the National Guard . in Fed eral service, or the reserve divisions of the naval service, are excused from registration for military service. "Even convicts and alien enemies are required to register," says a state ment issued today, adding, however, that those liable should not confuse registration with actual drafting for service in the army. The statement points out also that the application for the draft and calling selected men to the colors will furnish the opportunity for those who believe they should be exempted to submit their claims. The process of selection will be carried out. It adds, by lot, "by the fairest system that can be devised." ITALIAN MISSION WILSON'S GUESTS President Entertained Visitors at State Dinner at White House Last Night MEET LEADING STATESMEN Prince of Udine Calls on Daniels and Baker -Delivers Personal Letter From the King: to the President. Washington, May 24. The Prince of Udine and other members of the Ital ian war mission were the guests .of President Yilson at a state dinner at the White House tonight, closing a day spent by the visitors in receiving hon ors similar to those conferred oil their British and French predecessors, and in making the acquaintance of American officials with whom they will negotiate during the coming month. The White House dinner brought to meet the Italians many of the leading officials of the American government, in addition to the President and Mrs. Wilson, the members of. the cabinet and their, wives. Chief Justice White, Sena tor Saulsbury, president pro-tem of the Senate; Speaker Clark, of the House; Senators Gallinger and Martin. Repre sentatives Mann, Fitzgerald and Rain ey; Counsellor Polk and Assistant Sec retary Phillips, of the State Depart ment. , ; The Prince of Udine started his first day in the American capital with an official call on Secretary Lansing at the State Department, accompanied by the other main figures of the mission. Then, as a captain of the Royal Italian navy, he called" on Secretary Daniels, and later oh Secretary Baker. Secretary Lansing esported him to the White House, where he handed. President Wil son a personal letter from King Victor Emmanuel of Jltaly. In a short address he expressed his joy at being in this country as the representative of an al lied nation, and the President responded with a warm welcome. , The organization of the mission was discussed at a meeting of its members at the Italian embassy in the afternoon. The mission is a body of experts and technical men qualified to deal with every phase of the war and is anxious to come in contact as soon as possible with the corresponding American offi cials. Needs very different from those of the other allies will be discussed, as is seen in the fact that nearly one-third of Italy's imports from this country (Continued on Page Two). 5, MEN HEEDED FOR L Ten Thousand More Will be Re quired by End cf the Year At Least Three and Possibly Four New Army Medical Schools, to be Es tablished for Training "v the Doctors. Washington, May 24. New army medical schools will be established at Fort Riley, Kas.; Fort Benj. Harrtson, Ind.; Fort Oglethorpe. Ga., and possi bly Leon Springs, Tex., for training the thousands of doctors who will be need ed when the war armies are mobilized. An official statement issued today says that 5,000 men are needed now and that the services of 10,000 more will be re quired by the end of the year. To decentralize the educational work and train doctors for special branches of tho prof ession, . three new divisions of the army medical corps have been created. They are the division of san itary Inspection, under Coh Frederick P". Reynolds; the division of hospitals and hospital construction, under Col. James B. Glennan, and the division of medical military instruction, under Col. EdW. L. Munson, all three divisions be ing under the general supervision of Col. Henry R. Birmingham. Each of the camps will accommodate 600 doctors during the training course and the three In Kansas, Georgia and Indiana will be ready June lat. The first four weeks win be devoted to In structing the doctors as to duties of en (Continued on Page Seven). 00 ARMY IDIGfl CORPS STUDYING ALLIES . NEEDS FOR JONE Treasury Will Probably Advance $400,000,000, Bringing Grand Total to One Billion GERMAN BANK SUBSCRIBES Nashville, Tenn., Institution With Only $ 50,000 Capital Takes $S3,750 Worth of the Liberty Loan Bonds. Washington, May. 26. Treasury offi cials have turned their attention to the financial requirements of the Allies foi June and are engaged in formulating a more or less elastic program designed to stand for several months. Indi cations are that approximately f400, 000,000 will be advanced the Allies in June, bringing the total up to more than $1,000,000,000. The Italian com mission has -yet to submit a program to meet Italian financial needs. British and French needs have been outlined definitely and tentative pro posals contemplate loans to these gov ernments at a rate of approximately $250,000,05 to $300,000,GOO a month. Russia has not yet drawn against the $100,000,000 credit established for her here, and it is, thought this sum will take care of her requirements for some time, possibly for the entire month of June. Belgian needs already, have been anticipated for six months, by the es tablishment of the $45,000,000 credit recently authorized. . Thus far the loans to the Allies have been chiefly to. meet their most press ing requirements. Negotiations have passed this stage and are now pro ceeding on a basis of the payment, at stated periods, of fixed sums, all of which will be spent in the United States. Officials today allotted among the banks of the Federal Reserve districts the $200,000,000 offering of Treasury certificates of indebtedness which was closed yesterday. The allotment was made on the basis of 72 per cent of the subscriptions, the offering having been over-subscribed about forty per cent. In a statement issued tonight officials made it clear that subscribers to the so-called baby bonds of the Liberty loan the $50 and $100 denominations are not required to pay their full t amount of subscriptions in advance, but will receive the same privileges of pay ing by instalments as are granted sub scribers, to larger amounts.. Governor McCord, of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, advised the Treasury today that the German-Amer-(Coir tinued on Page Two). censorship 'mm IT YET BE INCLUDED Conferees to Make Another Effort at President's Request Compromise Modified Amendment to Spy Bill Regarded Certain in Confer ence, Br.t Final Outcome Is EtUl Debatable. Washington, May 24. Conferees of the Senate and House on the espionage bill will resume their conferences to morrow, prepared to respond to Presi dent Wilson's desire for a further ef fort to have Congress authorize censor ship of the press. Formal agreement on a compromise censorship provision, a modified sub stitute for the original- administration and House proposals, is regarded cer tain, and it also is predicted that the conferees will agree promptly upon the export embargo, mail censorship, search warrants and" other disputed sections of the measure. An addition to the substitute, propos ing that juries shall determine whether publication of prohibited 1 matter was with deliberate intent to aid the enemy, also may be accepted. The House con ferees are insistent that such a pro viso, a part of the Gardner amendment, shall be included. Although the conferees and admin lstration leaders have sounded senti ment in the Senate and House since the President reiterated his desire foe cen sorship authority, the ultimate outcome in Congress still is regarded as doubt (Contlnued on Page Seven). WHOLE NUMBER 39,958 MAY REDUCE WAR TAX PROPOSAL BY T Senate Finance Committee Begins Revision of the Measure Pass ed by the House MANY CHANGES AGREED ON General Sentiment is Against Im ; posing Unnecessary Burdens During First Year Washington, May 24 Revision of the $1,800,000,000 war revenue bill, passed yesterday by the House, 'was begun today by the Senate Finance commit tee. Reduction of the gross tax levy of the bill by about one-third, or to about $1,250,000,000, is said to be favor ed by most of the committeemen. It is deemed certain, at least, that the aggregate tax burden will not b increased, and that the committee will, not consider adding the extra estimates of $445,000,000, recently submitted by the Treasury Department. Short term bonds' to take care of the millions by which the total levy for this year prob ably will be j reduced apparently m is ., generally favored. Changea Agreed Upon. Chairman Simmons announced after today's meeting that the committee had agreed to the following changes in tho. -House measure: To strike out the additional retroac tive income tax on incomes earned in 1916. To strike out all provisions for in ' creased second-class mail rates, under the zone system, and substitute a low direct tax probably about two per centr on all advertising, including that in newspapers and magazines and of bill boards, posters and street cars. A strike out all the proposed in creases in inheritance tax schedules; and - To substitute for the House excess profits tax.Von profits over eight per cent of invested capiu-.l and excels profits based instead on average profits for a period of years not more than five. Elimination of the retroactive tax on 1916 incomes. Senator Simmons estimat ed, alone would result in reduction of the House bill's tax levy by $108,000, 000. Newspapers and magazines have vig orously fought the proposed zone sys tem increase, declaring they would ba ruinous to many publications. The loss of revenue by elimination of the sec tion will be partly if not wholly re couped, the committee believes, by the proposed two per cent tax on all adver tising. Would Relieve Tax Burdens. The excess profits tax principle adopt ed today, the committeemen say, would greatly relieve this year's tax burdens upon business interests generally, pro vide a more equitable basis of taxation and also increase by many, millions the net revenue returns. Some corporations have complained that not until last year or this have they made normal profits. While, not finally decided, thd committee apparently favors retaining the House rate of 16 per cent on excess ' profits over earnings of eight per cenr, but with Invested capital abandoned -as the basis of taxation calculation and the period of years average substitut'j. The committee discussed only briefly the broad question of income, tax-ratei an dreached no decision. Consideration is being given a tax upon parcel post packages, smaller than that on express shipments. A parcel post tax, senators say, would be consid ered a freight rather than a postal tax. In deciding to strike out the second class postage zone increase, the com mittee believed this is more a matter of postal administration than of tax ation. Further changes in the inheritance, tariff, freight, passenger and liquor taxes also are beiirg considered by tha committee. The committee tomorrow hopes t vote on the general question of reduc ing the aggregate tax levy of the bilL The committee sentiment generally i in favor of having the present gener ation largely bear the cost of the war, but against imposing unnecessary bur dens the first" year.- DEXIES AMERICANS ARE - IJTTENTIONALLY DETAINED German Foreign Offlce Replies to As sertions Emanating in America. Berlin. May 24 (via London, May 25) ? The foreign office today emphatically denied asserations, alleged to have amanated in the United . States, that Germany is intentionally holding Amer icans desirous, of leaving the country. Their departure, it was explained, was deloyed solely by official routine, which in vie wof existing circumstances, was naturally slow of motion, even subjects of neutral countries as well as Germans desiring to cross the fron-. tier being without .exception called on to secure permission from the police and military authorities. PRESIDENT WILSON AND GENERAL PERSHING CONFER Washington, May 24. President Wil son conferred today with MaJ.-Gen. J. J. Pershing, who is to command tho first American expeditionary : force to France. The -tSonference' was short and neither General Pershing or Secretary Baker, who introduced him to the Pres ident, would discuss it. The time of the departure of the force has not been an nounced, nor has that of General Persh ing, who, with bis staff, will go ahead! ONE-THIRD , -1 ii .S!-MS"';.'.; feu JH' im. mm .i f- "1 ; .i - ..1 V'! ::.:'t.f,: -i;A-:"&xrf i i
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