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1 i. t ft v A PAGES TODAY V ilV ONE SECTION 1 ? VOL. CI-KO. 306, , N. THURSjq4T MOBKIG, OTIiY 25, 1918 WHOLE KUMBBB 39,482 MORE SLOWLY BUT STEADIL MUNITION WORKERS j THREATEN A STRIKE IN ENGM BMNTS BELIEVES HE MET rine re 4; 'V THREE SIDES FOCHWSOLMES MENACE HALF MILLN GERMANS GERMAN RAKON 11 Less Than Any Month Since a- b 4" NEW ENGLAND COAST 1916-275,679 6ably .oca. .hw..t , Jl J (J j j P j -MiLiy II A - A Sept Violent Counter-Attacks and pear Guard Acuons raii ao Stop the Allies. ACE IS NOT SO FAST But Nevertheless Progress Was Achieved Yesterday Every where on Battlefront, AMERICANS IN HOT FIGHT Meet Fiercest Resistance North Of Chateau Thierry Single Railroad Now Stands Between Huns and Disaster If Allies Can Cut Line Running From Nanteuil On the Ourcq To Bazoches On the Vesle, It Will Mean Utter Rout of Army of Half Million Men, With Prodigious Captures Pi Germans. (By The Assciaedt Press.) Violent German counter-attacks, tind rear guard actions in great strengtn still fail to serve the German hlgrh command as barriers to me aavanca of the allied troops on the Soissons Rheims salient. . . True they have added somewhat , in slo'ivinvr down iuc woi allies at the commencement of the of fensive, but nevertheless on the three sides of the now U-shaped battlefront further important gains hkve been made. Reaching tor Railroad. Driving slowly uui surejy, avuiu w. A I J VAM Ak Soissons, tne American auu j; inum troops have pusned their fronts fur .v,.,, oactnrd toward that Dart of the Soissons-Chateau Thierry railway line and further south along both sides t n , j of the Ourcq river ana tne ruau i?" ing to Fere-En-TardenoiB, Germany's ereat storehouse for the supply of her troops to the south, important pene trations into enemy held";., territory have been made until tn- maximum point wr.ere tne aiucs aro uisnuus woo. i .mi . V 1 1 T III I -r TTllftH V I 1 1 1 1 1 lliril nnint nf denarture last Thursday. .'. Americans In Fierce nKnt. In the Marne region north ; of : Chat eau rnierry, ine Amenwwa ou noavu Save met with the fiercest kind of ICJiaLetinJv, lwl in.iv- vu " ae gunners and infantrymen. are striving hard to stay their progress in an endeavor to extricate -large num bers of the German forces, wncuare m ianger of capture, and '. also tosave part of the great number -of guns and quantities of war materials which it is impossible to get out except -by the high roads over the undulating and wooded country. Advantage WitH AlUee The advantage in the fighting, fOW- ?ver. has rested with the amaigamatea allied troops who have, pushed on northward past the village of Epiedes and ousted the Germans from the greater part of the Chatelet forest. In this region the allies now hoM the village of Epiedes and Trugny-Epied- ia . Vv Vt A YXa.. mans and were recaptured Wednes day in a' counter-attack by the 'Am ericans. Pressing on northward the allies have driven their front beyond Courpoli. which lies about 8 1-2" miles northeast of Chateau Thierry. Steady Advance From Mine. Along the Marne at several points notaoiy in the region of Charteves ana (Continued on Page Two). Washington, July 24. Massed German-. reserves are holding open - the jaws of the trap General Foch has sprung In the Alsne-Marne region in a desperate effort to stabilize their lines without the crushing of the forces withdrawing from the Chateau Thierry and Marne salients.' Official reports-to the war department, however, show that 'the enemy has only a single rail way. Jlne remaining in his hands over which tp: get hia heavy material -out of the pocket into which.' he has been forc ed by allied and American advances. The situation was graphically ex plained today by General March, chief of staff, in a mid-week conference with newspaper correspondents. For the last two days. General March said, the employment of probably fifteen divis ions of fresh German reserves on the Soissons jaw of the1 trap has practical ly steadied the line there.- On the eastern jaw front, however, the enemy has been crushed back more than a mile and a half on a ten-mile front, further .imperiling his whole position in the salient from which he is en deavoring to extricate his troops. "The railroad running from Soissons to Chateau Thierry is now either in our hands or under our fire," General March said. "The only way in which the enemy can get out now or get sup plies over a railroad is by the remain ing line from Nanteuil on the Ourcq to Bazoches, on the rrver Vesle. "It was necessary for him, if he did not intend to be caught absolutely in a pocket, to keep troops from advanc ing and cutting off this road which (Continued on Page Teh.) Sixty-Five Thousand Men and Women On Eve of Cutting Off Vital Supplies of War. r WOOLWICH WORKERS STAY Send Message to Strikers They Should Be Sent to Front and Their Leaders Shot. V,. Statement British Admiralty Last Night (Shows Drop in World's Sinkings of 81,500 Tons as Compared With May and a Fall ing Off of 437,092 Tons As Compared With June of Last Year Sailings High. BOTH SIDES POCKET SEE HARD FIGHTING Few Fluctuations Yesterday, But in Every Change Allies Were Victors. STRUGGLE AT SOISSONS Germans Have Concentrated i Strength to . Prevent Partner Imperiling: of tne Line ontVet of Salient KAISER WOULD SWAP WEST FOR THE EAST With the French Army In France, July 24. (By The Associated Press). Both sides of the pocket in the Ger man" line have been scenes of the most violent attacks and counter-attacks throughout the past night and morn ing. Few fluctuations of the line have occurred but in all these they have favored the allies who keep up. an incessant pressure on the retiring Germans who are endeavoring- to cov er the withdrawal of the bulk of their troops from Imminent danger. Southwest, of Rheims the Germans have shown their disappointment over their, inability to hold with their crack divisions, their positions around Vrig ny and have turned all their available artillery onto the British and French who drove them out but the enemy could not prevent a still further ad vance tqaay. AMERICANS RETAKE VILLAGE THEY LOST London, July '24. A strike of muni tions workers began at Birmingham at 6 o'clock'this evening, the hour the day workers finished work and when the night shift was to come on duty, ac cording to' a dispatclt "tof the Central News from Birmingham The aggregate membership of the twelve societies affiliated with the Joint committee of the engineering trades unions is about 65,000 including about 5,000 women. , Officials of the joint committee say they have no reason to doubt that all the workers will be loyal to the resolution to stop work. A number of discharged soldiers who are union members, Inquired of the of ficials of the federation of discharged sailors and soldiers regarding their po sitions. They were advised not to cease work under any circumstances owing to the serious consequences which would ensue to the men In the trenches At Lincoln, where the strike was to become effective tonight,- unless the embargo was withdrawn, the workers agreed to remain at their posts pending a decision of the national conference tomorrow . Recapture. Epiedes and With French Advance Toward Fere-En-Tardenois Center. HUNS HOLD MARNE POINTS Germans Still .Holding; Position at at Bottom ef Pocket .'INfttoy- Allied "EKfortaan-IAn :. 5 London, July 2.4. The losses to Brit ish and allied shipping due to the en emy action or marine risk for the month of June total 275.679 gross tons, this being the lowest record for any month since September, 1916. The British losses totaled 161,062 tons and allied and neutral losses 114,567. . The total losses for the quarter end ing June 30 amounted to 946,578 tons, which- was the lowest record for any quarter since the 'third quarter of 1916. Sailing's continue at the high level of recent months. The tonnage of steam ships of -500 gross tons and over enter ing or clearing rrom United Kingdom ports, other than coastwise and cross channel vessels, totals 7,430,386 tons. The; total sailings for the quarter end ing June 30 was considerably higher than the sailings of the two preceding quarters. The above figures were announced by the admiralty tonight. The state ment shows for June a drop- in the world's "sinkings of ,905 tons as com pared with May; 37,876 tons as com pared with Aplil and 125,834 tons as compared with March of the 'present year. Compared with June of last year the falling off is 437.092 tons. The decrease in purely British ton nage is 64,627 tons as compared; with the May figures; 67,005 tons as com pared with April and 63,604 tons as compared with March of the present year and 271.337 tons as compared with June of last year. BRITISH LABOR BEHIND PREMIER LLOYD-GEORGE ' New York, July 24. The statement that British labor is. behind Premier Lloyd-George in his recent declara tion that Germany "can have peace to morrow' is she will accept President Wilson's formula for the. future gov ernment of the -world, n contained in a message to the American people from George N. Barnes, .labor representative in the British war cabinet. Captain, of Fishing Schooner Had Strange Encounter With - & Vessel Acting Suspiciously x t 1 SHIP WAS WELL ARMED; Kept Guns Trained on Schooner and Flew No Flag Nor Had n Marks of Identibcation. N t 1 . U i 1 of f T .bp Two Shades Tan Shoes. Washington, July 24. Shoe manufac turers were asked today by the war industries board . to confine shades of brown shoes to two colors rmedium and dark. . v BOLSHEVIK! ARMY IS CONSIDERED LITTLE On the French Front July 24 (By the Associated Press.) The fighting today was extremely severe , south ward of the Ourcq where the Ameri cans, took Epiedes which , they lost yesterday and advanced together with the French at least three kilometres threatening Fero-En-Tardenois which is under constant bombardment Around Armentieres the Germans had massed . hundreds bf machine guns which caused some trouble but could not stay - the advance of the allied troops. Thes Tournelles wood - w a reached, - Brecjr, fell and the Franco American obtained a footing in the Lo Fere wood. Everywhere the enemy resistence was mcst determined especially along the Marne where they still hold some points along the- banks of the river, pro"bably hoping .that by keeping , pos session of them as long as possible to saveN some of their immense stores of ammunition and other war materials EXTREMELY HARD FIGHTING ON j which had been assembled with a WEST SIDE OP MARStJS ivtaJfir 1 view to making a great a a vane e soutn WOOLWICH WORKMEN SAY "STRIKE AND YOU MAY- GO TO HELL? London, July 24. The WooWich ar senal workers held a meeting today after which they telegraphed the. Cov entry munitions workers as follows: "Strike now and , you -will earn the blessings of the kaiser arid his army of murderers. But you will earn the lasting condemnation 0f sill those who are fighting and working in the allied nations to gain real freedom for civil ization. "We warn you seriously, if you per sist in striking, th;at':this government Seal-. owe it: -tddurJte4Vrotliieni-"whfe are-fighting 'thV-' Qerhians . with their lives blood, while you are fight ing with words' and full bellies, that you be immediately v put. in the front of the firing line and that your-leaders should be shot.'- "Strike, and you may go to hell. Woolwich will remain at work and earn the right to shake the hand of the soldier when he returns." r The executive committee of the Lon don district of the engineering trades, comprising seven unions. Including, the Amalgamated Engineers, tonight pass ed a resolution stating that, notwith standing the government's explanation, the executive committee was not -satis-fled of the necessity of the embargo and would call meetings of the members to consider, the situation. v The Lewlsham branch of the federa tion of discharged sailors and soldiers passed a resolution pledging themselves to work -in munitions factories, even if a strike was called, and to stay at work until the strikers , are drafted into the army and replaced by skilled workers who are now fighting. Report of Mobilization of Forces Not a Matter of Serious Mo. ment, Think Allies. GUARD GERMAN EMBASSY Suggestion is Made That Assembly of Randan MiiglttVMe Attacfc ,:en iE:u:'1BlfMX dnanlaf?-Ini- : - possible ' . . . ; RAILROAD, SHOPMEN GET WAGE INCREASE Gloucester, Mass., -July 24. Captain William Price of the fishing schooner . iy Elizabeth King which arrived here to t- Al night, reported an encounter last Sun day with what he believes was a Ger man raiaer, aooui sw nruea ouuiucm .,; 1..,;, r Nantucket south shoal lightship. , oapiaiu rime bo.im vuo . -.,).-tt proached within 100 feet or tne nana j . beth King keeping forward nd .at't guns trained on-the schooner. 1, jj "I expected he would hailxus t said "L Captain Price'., "but he did not, $0 IJl' asked him through a megaphone 'if. hat ,jtt, had seen any, fishing vessels in that5vl . " cinity. An officer shouted back some-, , thing in a fpeign language that none ' , t of us understood." k 1 ' ; The steamer was of about 2,500 tons f Sixty-Eight Cents An Hour With Advances For Miscel laneous Helpers. BACK PAY TO JANUARY McAdoo Announces General Advance In agres laatiad ; Shp Workers, . ,.Effeetive,!rin'anjaTy 1st.. J'-'i;c6orfAltfscted.. Sample of What a "Good Gerr man Peace" Would Mean. U Entente Would Recognize Russian Treaty Germany Wonld Be Willlns; to Forego Annexations tn tne West Peace Offer. Amsterdam, July 24. Germany ,has ftade suggestions for a peace confer-, tnce to the Spanish government, says' he socialist Vorwaerts, of Berlin. The suggestions are: "First, Germany wants no annexa- Ons in indprnnitiao In -art at. 'Second, the peace treaties with "USSla anrl Rnmgnlo oti a V h DTI ARa tuiunuio n 1. j " Honed. .. " .. ihird, the principle of self -determination of peoples has not beeji d$s ssed, but may be settled at the peace 1;U IS tr V. ..111.1 f ill.rr'i l 1 j. , i . A. 1.1, Liie caiKan auesiiou to u settlor! J 1 ..l-l- TlTTh U .. - .-Wa mantling of Gibraltar and the .Sues coaling stations. Use Si X 1 h the i -i.: Via i.ued on the basis nf tVio tntiift no.'. iiie Vorwaerts considers this ft very reasonahlA r.ot, ' -,- . Xjo.jtj pi ugl aula , A SLIGHTLY CHANGED ARB u aSr, lnL'tfin T,,l,. O A T n .AOrA ssestions whir.h thA -Rot-HriC X'fir- mem declares the German govern tent" 'S about to advance to the en ish tand America through the Span f.0Vernment. officials "here detect har,frman design, embodied In; some wit, the American Army on tne Aisne-Marne Front, July 24. (By The Associated Press). Extremely hard fighting has been going on along the line soutb of Soissons where the Ger mnnj! are concentratingr In full strength in order to prevent the further lm- periling of their lines over wnicn sup plies' must reach them. But notwith standing the strong German ; resistance the allies have made gains here also. The main railroad is now useless so far as the Germans are concerned, while the heavy guns of the allies are reaching - many of the wagon roads which the enemy has fought so herd to retain. The Germans can, of course, obtain, limited supplies, out ij. is Be lieved that these win noi oe Bumcieui to warrant keeping the big army In the salient wnicn nas oeen Bi oi.jr narrowed by a week; of battle. SO FEB CKJrr taa iaviwuo Washington, July 24. A fifty per .... in theibresent graduated tax on estates, up to and including $8,- ed from larger estate's was tentatively agreed upon today by the hduse ways .,o Ttitchln announced that the ommittee devoted the entire day estate taxes and that while, the- tentative - conclusion of the YJLZ -' t. onblect to .revision, the; majority favored creaae ;W.-Pg" cent over; tne preseni .wo JWAW.-; tWat the -new system of tax .rates will yield a 1100,000,000 when in full working epr eration against the-present 70,000,000. FRESNCK GAINS DMUK BD TO HIGHliT IMPORTANT, .SAYS PAR" - Paris. July 24. Highly important Sy the French and . American f or?es bit the . Aisne-Marne front .are renorted in th6 official statement ;of 2J?SS office tonight. v Jj&yE of the.Une an, advanee of nearly two n.u.1 .was .roaae. -ueyIw of. the Marne. Southwest of Rheims the British and (Continued on Page Two). Approves Honduras' Action. ': Washington, July .24.-YThe state der partment today transmitted through the American minister at Tegucigalpa a note to-the government to Honduras expressing the deep satisfaction with which the American government learn ed of Honduras' declaration of war against Germany. Washington, July 24. The mobiliza tion of. the R.ua8lah,,,arjg('a4',sannounc ed in reports today "from'' Moscow via Amsterdam is not i regarded as a mat ter. Qf ' seriftus moment .by - state de partment officials. - In some quarters it was simply regarded as another ef fort -to arise the draft army which peon Trotzky, Bolsheviki minister of war, declared to be the only solution to the military chaos of the Russian republic. The' suggestion was made that the Russian government might send its new army to drive out the allied and American forces In the Mourmans pen insular, but it was explained that this would be almost Impossible as it would mean . the transportation of the army 800 miles over extremely difficult territory and without means of sup ply. ' The Bolsheviki assured the German government , that its own army would protect the German embassy :in' Mos cow when Germany asked to be al lowed to send battalions to that city after the assassination of Count Von Mlrbach. At that time the government AContinued on Page Tn. 4n and looked as if it had been at sea for , Tnrn ntiiiallflllv hifirh wire ' nuiiin Liiiii.. 4. t, v. ... - 1 ' . - less masts rose from the lecls It bore no name or home port and flew no nag. , It had been , camouflaged apparently- but the paint was nearly wasnea oic and the sides were covered with iron t rust. There was a very Uarge crew 1 aboard. Captain Price thought, x , , 4 j The Incident occurred between 8 ana; i,'1sf ;. P . I' 9 o'clock in tme morning, xms w j .1 three hours before a German submai.'ne - 1 appeared off Orleans on the Cape Cod ' , I shore and attacked a tug boat and ts , ,j 1 tow of barges. The position given by t , CaDtain Price places the steamer in , J the lane of trans-Atlantic travel.,, T 4 ) , ' 1 i ' 1 1 nuif 3H STEAMER REPORTED IN DANGFR IN NORTH ATLANTIQ Boston, July 24.-!-Official .investlgar tion is being made of .a. report that a RpitiaVi atenmshiD off the North t Atlan-r. to coast is sending out S. O. S. sgnals. j A't ! .None of tlre wirelesar stations in ( this , i.!!' vicinity eard the.. s Uand-fflciala , h II ' nit y v mm 1 at first- were inclined' to doubt jtheaTS-V'- 1- curacy of the report. Inquiry, nowever-,:; was continuea an aiong i wov.() . f FAMOUS "POCKET" WHERE GERMANS MAY BE CAUGHT r -h i north of Oej5g.i HARROW GUAGE Sfovrys SS AJ. .JV jmZZMMf 1 railway- X 'SjCflA "C no. FReNCH dnJAbefilCANS. K kpourclJ, i7V Washington, July -24.--Wages of rail rnafl shnnrrten " were" increased to 68 cehts an hour, today by thrector General' McAdoo ith proportional advances for assistants 'and miscellaneous -classes in mechanical departments. .The new rates which are retroactive ;to last January 1, are from 5 to 13 cents an hour higher than wages paid these men in most shops under the general wage advance allowed two months ago by the director general, but are somewhat less than the labor "organisations sought. Beginning August 1, eight hours will be recognized as a standard working day and overtime Sunday and holiday work will be paid at the rate of one and one-half times the tasual rate. Back pay will be given the men as soon as it can be calculated. The advances apply to about 500,000 men and Apply flatly to all, sections of the country despite local, differences Drevailing heretofore! The addition to the aggregate annual payrolls is esti-1 mated at nearly $100,000,000. The ad vance is the first extensive modifica tion of the new- wage scale and was made on recommendation of the com mission of railroad wages and work ing conditions, following representa tives of shop crafts that high wages paid machinists and other mechanical workers in smpyaras resuitea in ais crimination against railroad shop em ployes. The new scale of wages was an nounced as follows: Machinists, boilermakers, black smiths, sheet metal workers, moulders, and first-class electrical workers, 68 cents per hour. Car men and second-class electrical workers, 58 cents per hour. , . Helpers, 45 cents per hour. Foremen paid on hourly .basis, 5 cents per hour more than respective crafts. Foremen paid on monthly basis, in crease forty dollars per month, min imum one hundred fifty-five, and max imum two hundred fifty. New rates are retroactive to January 1, 1918'. ' . Beginning August 1. 1918, eight-hour day with time and one-half for over time, Sunday work and seven specified holidays. , TELEGRAPHERS NOW FREE TO JOIN LAB OH UNIONS I if f l1 NAVAL OFFICIALS HAVE: lt LEARNED NOTHING F. SHIP Boston, July 24. An official InyestU gation today of a report that a British . steamship off the North Atlantic coast , wa saer.dine out S. O. S. signals had nniv negative results so far as the First i 1 and Second districts which pOver. the, v Intelligence officers or tnese atsincis; -p , , reported tonight that no distress sig -TMU nais naa oeen aivn.cu up at a. -1 1 less stations within their jurisdiction.. The original report indicated thatths vessel was far out at sea and It wa$, pointed out that if such were the casf her sigm radius of 1 A out that if such were the case . t I ,i lals might not be within the . 'f h s t stations in this vicinity. jL j i jjS SAYS YESTERDAY WAS ' f Y" t lv rHE WHOLE MUCH Q,UIKTEll v j-1 v"i la T.nnHnn .Tltlv 54 "WtkmA 'O ,' J 1 I,: .1 H1T.RT.T1V UPON THE WHOLE MUCH Q,UIKTEH T- irln T.nnAnn Till V V.k "TKtt tween Soissons and Rheims," says to ; -j night's official report from general headquarters, "the day, on the whole k has been auleter. There were partial. "7i engagements south of f the Ourcq and;, U south west, of Rheims."- rt SUBMARINE SINKS ; WHITE STAR LINER Nine Torpedoes Fired at Gianl' Ship Justicia. i - it f t 4 4 Vessel Went Down Off English Coast' Saturday MornUiST Kieven ox vrw Dead Gunners Do Some Re markable Saootlnfjr, L If ' P White Star,- I't OLO t9Jim lAF ssi s est $A TUKDAVS aATTU UNE HEW BATTLE LINE SHOWS GROUND TAKE. FROM' THE S.4ANS The fate of half a million r Germans mans htveof: withdrawing their heavy bottom of the v"pocketTr at Courpoli, - i a I : . t l ... ' r m . vaw n . -v a m hh,. M j eyre ormw ro n crnr iti I mm r ... ..-..,.. 1918, apparently 'is hanging on a sin-j-;'pocket., ' The alllesT are driving from the ;Oufcq, whf ch r they ; command, - to ward "ere-Eri-Tarendpia on.: the- wesl aiAit of tte oocketr.and also' from 7Vrig? nynearjRheiniBVJ.on .the eaet side, anf gle-fiine'ral'lroad running: from Nan teull on the" Ourcq river, . and Fere-En-Tardenois," to - Flsmes on the Veale-rlv-ert easily located pn he "-,above ncn$.p . terday. Last night's dispatches tell of progress .made yesterday on all: three Ides of the "pocket." German mill taty po wer ' .would receive a, grevious bloW" Should-thev-allies be able to; -close the docket" "and ' capture 500.00& Huns en masse. . ' r' ''i '- . New York, July 14.-Percy Thomas, deputyinternational .president of the Commercial Tdearraphers Union of America in a statement here tonight said that . every union must rejoice at the decision of .. President Wilson to take over the telegraph lines which insures a "practical application of ployes as free to joln' a' labor union as to join a church ar lodge. 'He declares that the case of thous ands of men and women employes' of the Western Union, discharged, for joining the union, would he reviewed by Postmaster' General , Burleson and that, he: believed they, would be re-Instated. U:'C;i,:!d-, :'' ""' r . .- "S dm'' .... . .T until "v 3 Disreg-ard Civil Servf ee Rules. Washington, July 24. President Wil son today by executive, order "author ised the secretary of labor to make, ap pointments to-the ..variousv positions in the"-war c labOrT administrative 'services during the war- without . regard to ciTll lMsrna rues. London, Jly 24. The liner Justica has been sunk From three to eight, submarines are said to have been concerned ?m . ths attack on Friday, July 19, according to the Dally Mail, . which says the , fight began at 8 o'clock Friday rafter- nnnn a n A lasted intermittently -- vj Satiiniav tnornlne. The shin ,fi sank.; 'd about 1 o'clock in the -afternoon After ' nine torpedoes had been fired. F J When the" liner was1 flrsl struck the1 -torpedo boat destroyers s.whlch a.ccom.h panied her raced to attack the enemy and dropped many depth .charges- whtle patrol -boats stood by the ship end a tug took her , in tow. V j 4 The second and third torpedoes, were s fired about 5 o'clock in the afternoon,; Both missed their, marks, one going,,. ahead of the ; steamer and the otner,. 11 i. X W V UVU1 0-rr-0 v was seen coming, but when It got close a - gunner on the Justicia with.' extra- -ordinary .sureness of aim, hit it cleap-',, ly and exploded u. . . ''!, AU was quiet' until 8 o'clock. In the evening, when jthe fifth torpedo '.wai, sighted- ' The gunners on the J ustica placed their-shots so near-it that the ; torpedo was deflected and .missed Its txruvt. " 'V;'--7v";. 7 ' , Most of 'the crew by this UmeJiad t been 'transferred rto other- ships , which had remained, near the liner an night. i 'i J f . W " i i 1 ft. a r r r - i r hi: 1 t It.? '.llV vosais which have :emanated;from This Jidw ? is the omy means ne; vw a 'third eJEbTtj-i8 being?: -made rrom .in nobeynd CpUrpolL x , -w.K -uunuea on page Two), - "ft
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