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BEATTIB FINISHES
ORDEAL ON STAND
Cross-Examination of Defend
. ant Is Finished in Seven
Minues Last Ques
7 tions Significant.
PAUL BEATTIE'S STORY
i GIVEN CORROBORATION
Accused Wife Murderer Spent
, Six Hours Battling for
v ; ... Life on Stand Yes-
;,$,'. ' terday.
Chesterfield Court House, Va., Sept
S. Henry Blay Beattle. Jr., Indicted
for wife murder, at :S0 today again
took the stand. Prosecutor Wenden
burg resumed the cross-examination.
Court convened an hour earlier than
usual, so the prisoners testimony
might be completed today. The cross
examtnAtlon; when dusk Interrupted
Its progress yesterday, had reached a
liolnt where Prosecutor Wendenburg
had touched on Henry's alleged Inti
macy with his cousin Paul before the
murder, his relations wltli Beulah Bin
ford as the supposed motive for the
crime and preliminary details of the
homicide Itself. '
Qukkly Concluded.
Beattle was In the witness chair
only seven minutes, the prosecutor,
concluding his cross-examination. At
torney Smith for the defense said no
redirect examination . was Intended
and the prisoner was excused. Wen
denburg asked only a few questions.
"Mr. Beattle." he began, "will you
explain how the same gun your cousin
bought on Saturday night was In the
woods on the Midlothian turnpike that
night?"
"I didn't know anything about the
gun, I didn't see it until the highway
man raised It"
"And will you admit that If your
wife had not suggested ride you
wouldn't have" been there?"
"Nk." responded Beattle. "My mind
wasn't made jip about the ride when
my wife suggested It - " ' .
Harry Latham was the first witness
called by the prosecution In rebuttal.
Contradicts Hcatlta.
The prosecution called many other
witnesses for the purpose of corrobor
ating Paul Itesttle's story. Among the
most Important of these was Mrs. A.
B. Houchrns, the mother-in-law of
Paul. Living In the same house with
Paul, she was asked It she knew any
thing about the receipt of a telephone
message from Henry C. Beattle, Jr.,
Thursday night She said It was
Thursday night. July I J. about
o'clock, when Henry called up and
asked for Paul. She related Paul's
conversation with Henry, agreeing to
meet him at Bhort and Main street
Hhe said Paul and Henry were to
gether again Saturday night preced
ing the night of the murder, and
Henry brought Paul home about 11
o'clock. This testimony flatly contra
dicted Henry's. The latter denied
having talked with Paul on the tele
phone or with having been out with
him. " .
John D. Blair, who came from
dance at Bon Air on the night of
the murder., corroborated Kaaller
Iwrg'g testimony that It was he who
the boys saw with the woman on the
running board of the machine that
stopped on the road. James Rafter,
night watchman on Mayo's bridge, re
lieved by Pstil Beattle at t o'clock
every morning, testified that on Sun
day morning, when E. H. Neblett said
he ssw Paul with a gun In the ce
ment house, he saw no gun there.
Mix Honrs Gruelling.
Throufch six weary hours In a
i n wded and stuffy court room. Henry
fcls Beattle. Jr, indicted for the mur
der of his wife, battled for his llf
yesterday. Judge Watson ending the
ordeal by adjourning court to an ear
lier hour than usual :1 ." A
lone flgurs was young Beattle In the
crowd that surrounded him on ail
.Ideaeven the windows and trew
commending the courtroom be ng
thick with staring faces. And the
prisoner sat for hours, his nrT
wss cool ana couecu-u ---
In. the sordid details of his relations
with Beulah Blnford. lynll
girl for whom the prosecution alleges
Beattle killed his bride of a year.
But not alone the orgies of the four
years before his marriage and those
that preceded the tragedy but h
gruesome Ule of the attack by the
highwayman, the wild ride to the
Owen home at a speed of miles en
hour with the lifeless, blood covered
body of his wife In tho mschlns be
side him wss given to the Jury In all
Its horrible details. 1 . v
The prisoner by request of the pros
ecution even stood up to full length
.... the blood-sUlned coat
that he wore the night of tne murder
und attempted to explain why blood
had not flecked certain portions of
the garment ir Kts wire
. m in ih. wav he described.
The clothes of the dead woman had
t.een burned Just before the
I'ca.tle and ns more than once there
n..lnn to refer to tVm Prose
cutor Wendenburg exclaimed:
I wla'i to God we had them here.
ar of i:tri-mr KohiiinllI .
It whs a dv of extreme solemnity
in the court room. The accused ml
,, . ,r.n chair. Ms head often resting
, , turn 1 while with the other he
, . ,...?(.- hHi,1W.n hl. f over
. I ..'o. In the
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loathsome details were recited by the
son. But when the end of tile day
came, the father as usual hent
the prisoner affectionately and kissed,
him. Beattle answered questions In
an even voice and without emotion.
Except for the nervous fingering of
his handkerchief and the characteris
tic vibration of the muscles In his
cheeks, he sat like a school boy ex
pressionless as he narrated the story
of the crime. In no essential did the
prisoner's version of the affair differ
from that which he gave at the coro
ner's inquest or that to which the de.
fense through Its witnesses hitherto
nns clung. The direct examination
lasted only two and a half hours while
tho cross examination had proceeded
three and a half hours when court ad
journed for the day. The prosecution
in its cross examination gave partic
ular attention, however, to two points
In tho previous testimony of the pris
oner. Two QucHtions Evaded.
If the accused had on the night
of the murder a light fastened to tne
rear of the machine, why could he not
see the fleeing highwayman to the
rear of the car? or If the prisoner had
grappled with the assassin and suc
ceeded In wrestling the shot gun from
him, falling to the ground at the same
time upon the sudden release of the
weapon from the highwayman's hands,
why did the highwayman flee with
Beattle at his feet on the ground?
These questions the prisoner evaded in
his testimony.
Dental after denial came from the
Hps of the prisoner as Mr. Wenden
burg questioned him concerning the
alleged purchase of a shot, gun for
aim by his cousin, Paul Beattle on
the Saturday before the murder and
the testimony of the latter as to the
confession In which Henry is alleged
to have exclaimed:
"I wish to Ood I hadn't done It I
wouldn't do It again for a million dol
lars." Beattle disclaimed any connection
with the purchase of the gun and any
knowledge of the transfer of ' tony
gun by Paul to him, declaring he
never saw the fatal shot gun until
the night It was raised by the high
wayman on the Midlothian turnpike.
Little of Paul's testimony concerning
his meeting with him did he admit
He said he was -with his eousln only
on the Saturday night before the mur
der and merely carried him home In
his car from the Beattle store In South
Richmond. He emphatically denied
that he -had been with Paul at any
time within the week or fortnight pre
vlous. '
Blnford Woman's Influence.
. That It was his wife who suggested
the ride on the Midlothian turnpike
after they were nearlng the Owen
home on their return from the drug
store, where they went to get a pre
scription filled, was the statement of
the prisoner as to the occasion for the
ill-fated ride, but when on cross-ex
amination, Prosecutor Wendenburg
asked the accused if he would have
taken his wire riding even If she -had
not suggested "the spin," Beattle ad
mitted that his "mind was not made
up at the time." The Influence of
Beulah Blnford on the casa was con
spicuous throughout the day.. Coun-
1 for the defense twitted the prose
cution for not putting the girl oil the
witness stand, since the state had sub
poenaed her. Attorney Harry M.
Smith, Jr., of the defense said that he
never had had any opportunity of
even speaking with her as she was
kept Incommunicado in Jail, whereat
Judge Watson, in surprise, ' declared
that if such hsd been the case. It was
wrong and hereafter counsel for the
defense would have every opportunity
to confer with the girl. -"Why
don't you put her on the
stand then." suggested Prosecutor
Wendenburg to Mr. Smith.
"Oh, I wash my hands of her. 1
don't wsnt to have anything to do
with her." '
The prisoner deprecated the Idea
that he In any way loved the girl.
The prosecution, however. Insisted
that In the week before the murder,
three of Beattle's evenings had been
given to the Blnford girl as welt as
the night before the homicide, all of
which the prisoner admitted as irue.
The prosecution continued to contend
that the prisoner sat on his wife's
body to conceal It on his flying trip
to the Owen home. -
THREE PERSONS KILLED.
In Collision of a Passenger
and a Freight Train
Near Erie, Pa,
wrt.. Pa Sept I. Three are dead
..a ..viral Injured, the result of
. . . A tltahurir
collision neiween an
train and a Lake Shore
.i..ht in-t nlsht at a road crossing.
Tha dead bodfei wow founU Deneatn
Ko l.wnmotlv.
According to reports In railroad
. . !.m.i who was In
circles i.nsiii:. - ----
charge of the passenger, disregarded
a red light sna mis -of
the collision. He was running SO
mlnuts thlnd his schedule and was
. n..ki mi aon.3 of the
en(ica"roia -
lost time when the accident oc-
ourred. turned half
1 lie pfii",.... -o.-er-
the Injured crawled through the
l.n.lrn windows. Those or tne W-
wtio bad -c "l'd un I n i 'ir. ',
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on the Maine, as it Appears Today
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' This photograph shows the appearance of Captain Sltrsbee's cabin on the old battleship Maine, which is
now bring raised from the mud In Havana Harbor. Many personal effects belonging to the late commander of
the til-fated ship were recovered from this room. v ,
MILL MEN HOPING
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New England Mills Employing
; 55,000 Resume,. After Clos
1 ing for Various Periods.
Boston.. Scot 5. Textile mills
throughout New England employing
55,000 persons resumed operations to
day, after a shut-down varying rrom
eight days to two weeks.
Curtailment of production of cotton
goods will continue at a number of
places, including Fall River, until the
raw cotton situation and cotton goods
market conditions further Improve.
Manufacturers hope the worst U
over.
HOPE FOR SOON ENDING
President of Illinois Central
Refuses to Meet Labor
Men.
Chicago, Sept 5. Presldcttt Mark-
ham of the Illinois Central railroad
last nlitht ended hope of an Imme
diate settlement of the labor difficul
ties of the road by directing a letter
to W. F. Kramer, secretary of the In
ternational Blacksmiths' onion, refus
ing to meet the representatives of the
federated Shop Employes loouy, as
bad been requested.
The letter from the representative
of the nine International unions In
volved and to which Mr. Markham's
communication was a reply, was con
sidered by labor men here to be In the
nature of an ultimatum.
The unions asked that Maranam
meet the employes of the road as rep
resented by the system's federation,
The request was coupled with a state
ment that unless the conference was
granted by 10:8 o'clock , Tuesoay
morning, September 6, me unions
would take the necessary plans to
protect thtlr own Interests.
Kiirisrre tn nunuuum.
San Francisco. Sept The Inter
national presidents of the five shops
era Its unions now here have delegat
ed authority to enforce the ultima
tum by the federation of shop em
ployes of the Illinois Central to Presi
dent Markham to representatives on
the ground who have been conducting
the Illinois Central negotatlons. This
was the statement made last night by
President J. V. Kline, of the Black
smith's union..
Advrtillxt Mkwluimry Murdered.
Georgetown. Hrltlsh Oulnea, Sept.
5. rtev. O. E. Davis, superintendent
of the Prltliih Oulnea mission of the
Seventh Imy Adventlst denomination,
was murdored In tho Interior, while
prii;lytlng among the natives.
Tw.'nty Warn Term for tichh-1.
N.w York. H. .t. B. Panl Oe!.o-1.
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HAD WRENCHED KNEE .
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Uoh h Says He Kxpertrd to tl ln, Itut
Did Not Expert It Would ,
Bo 80 Easy,
Chicago, Sept. &. -The wrestling
championship of the world remains at
Humboldt la. It took Frank Gotch
19 minutes and 50 seconds to topple
over George Hackenschmldt, the Rus
sian Hon, who hiis thus failed to wrest
the world's greatest wrestling honors
from Iowa. Gotch secured the first
fall with a reverse body lock In 11
minutes and 18 1-5 seconds. The sec
ond fall required exactly 5 minutes
and 32 1-5 seconds According to
general comment, Hackenschmldt en
tered the ring a beaten man. He
looked like a loser. Ootch. supreme
ly confident, was master of the sltua
tion it every stage. "
'Tha second full looked as If tne
so-called "Hon"- from across the At
lantlc simply quit ; It was rather 1
pitiable spectacle Ootch held a levee
outside of the arena platform. Mrs.
Uotch held another one in the grand
stand. ......
Hackcnrnhmlilt Complains of His
1 Knee.
Hackenschmldt rose this morning
complaining of pain In the knee
v.hlch received a wrench yesterday in
the match with Ootch. There Is no
indication of serious injury. The Rus
sian expects to sail from New York
for England September f. uotcn
had a, good night's sleep. ' He will at
once return to hbs Iowa farm, leav
ing for Humboldt tonight. The city
authorities term yesterday's . match.
not a fake, but a fiasco.
Kant Than lie Expet'tcd.
Gotch said: "Honest, I didn't thick
It would be so easy. I expected 10
win, hut not with the ease with which
the feat actually, was accomplished
t had not been In the ring three min
utes when I knew Hackenschmldt
was even less to oe reared man ne
was three years ago." In his dress
ing room' Hackenschmldt broke down
and cried, "I was not In condition to
wrestle. Two weeka ago I wrenched
my left knoe. I soon realised that I
was nut In condition to continue the
match. I am not a quitter. My d
Lfeat la due entirely to the Injury.
Abe Arendt, one or uotcn sec.onos.
as soon sa he could make his way to
the press stand told the reporters
that when Ootch secured the toe lock
Hack cried. "Let go, Its hurting," and
fell flat frothing at the mouth.
Attendance HO.000 (estimated)
Total receipts IHT.OSJ.
Uotch's share, $11 000 snd 50 per
cent of moving picture profits.
Hitckensrhmldt's share, I1J.B00.
Jack Curley, llnckt'iytuhmldt's man
ager, received 2S.917's his share.
Umpire Athletic club's share, $.
250; expenses (estimated!. I1S.000.
hcalMTS Mm. k It HI, h.
T!rVj l manners soiling scnts for the
Ooti h H t ""!ch"i i ' t nuiii h reaped
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Representatives Say They Are
Higher Than Those on Real---ty
in the' State. .
Gazette-News Bureau,
,' The Hotel Raleigh,
Raleigh, Sept 5.
The three largest railroad compa
nies in North Carolina the South.
em, Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard
Air Line have taken exception to
the assessment of their property for
taxation and yesterday officials of
the Southern and Atlantlo Coast line
appeared before the state tax com
mission with the request that their
property be placed on an equal basis
with real property, which they claim
la not assessed at more than 75 per
cent of Its true value. The officials
claim that their property Is assessed
at Its full value and In some cases
more than Its full value'. The Sea.
board Air Line officials will be heard
Saturday. ' .
Wiley Austin, brought here from
Norfolk yesterday admitted that he
killed Garfield Williams, another ne
gro, but said the deed wss committed
In self defense. The homicide oc
curred in Holly Springs township
last January. , .u"
At a meeting yesterday of 1 tha
county commissioners, M. A. Griffin
and other gentlemen from Wendell
gave the commissioners some straight
talk in regard to alleged. neglect of a
road from Wendell to Fowlers road.
Messrs. R. B. Whitley and J. A. Wall
spoke and a delegation of about 50
cltisens was present to bear the
speakers out In their assertions.
J. M. Smith, a lineman In the em
ploy of the Capital City Telephone
company, fell -from a pole on East
Jones street about noon yesterday and
sustained Injuries that later proved
fatal. Mr. Smith landed on his fore
head and fell. It is said, a distance of
twenty feet Dr. Ivy J. Rlddlck wsj
called and made a hurried examine
tion. Mr. Smith, was then rushed to
Uex hosplte!. , , .
Mr, Smith, whose home wss near
Ashevllle, was 40 years old and leaves
a widow ana four cntiaren.
OVER 90,000 DEATHS
THIS YEAH OF CEDLERA
Terror and Superstition Cans
ing Violent Outbreaks
, Amongst Italians.'
Chlaaso, Bwltserland, Sept 5.
Since the beginning of the present
year the tote.1 number of deaths from
cholera In Italy has passed the 10,000
mark.
Terror and superstition are causin
violent outbreaks among the popula
tion.
Black Hand Believed to Be Rcftpontlbli
ChU-nKO, S. iit. 5. The Black Han
1 lipllevfd tn lio rcaponnil'ln for' .lb.
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Ill SUPPORT
TIFT, HE
Senator Works Would Prefer
Some Other, but Thinks
Taft's Renomination Is
Assured. ..
INSURGENTS AMAZED
AT WORKS' POSITION
Really Prefers La Follette,
Would Support Roosevelt;
: but Declares He's a
Republican.
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Chicago, Sept. 6. Summing
up the reasons for his opposi
tion to the renomination of
President Taft Senator A. B.
Cummins In a signed state
ment says:
. "If voters of the republican
party believe the old leader
ship should be perpetuated
they can find no better nom
inee than Taft I do not be
lieve It ought to be' continued.
Without any personal dispar
agement of the president I am
hoping that a progressive re
publican will be nominated and
elected next year."
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Los Angeles, Sept 6. That Presi
dent Taft will be nominated Is the
belief of Senator John D. Works, In
surgent from California. That the
president will be re-elected la not re
garded as so certain by Senator
Works, but If Mr. Taft Is renominated
Senator Works will support lm In
the campaign. The California Insur
guuia.&re. &jnutc4 by -the tatrment
and declare themselves unabls to
guess where Senator Works stands.
I have no desire to get away from
the republican party," said Senator
Works. ''If Insurgency is to aecom
pllsh the reforms It advocates It must
do so through the republican party.
There are those who believe it will
serve the purpose to defeat President
Taft by the election of a democrat
next year. I prefer to believe that we
can ' accomplish our purpose sooner
and more satisfactorily through the
republican party. Besides, I am not
one who has any personal grievance
against the president I have dis
agreed with him. on some Important
questions. I still disagree, with him.
Kcanex-ts Htm as an Honest Man,
'We may never agree wholly on all
matters of governmental policy, but 1
respect him as an honest man, who,
In my Judgment, is mistaken on some
vital questions, but 1 have no reason
to doubt the honesty of his convlc
tions or his patriotism.
"When I went to Washington," con
tlnued Senator Works, "I told the
president frankly that I was elected
senator to represent California ana
that I might move against him. In
matters of policy. I told him the
sure, quick way to find out where
stood when he proposed a measure
was simply to ask me. As to his re.
nomination, I am certain that It Is
foreordained. I would prefer another
republican candidate who comes
nearer to my own views. If I should
participate in the fight for the Call
fornla delegation I should urge a vote
of protest against the president But
I am quite sure It will be little more
than a vote of protest the alignment
la already so drawn that his nomina
tion suems inevitable. When he Is re
nominated, of course I shall support
him because, as I already said. Insur
gency can accomplish more through
republican victory than through any
other methods.
'What republican would you prefer
to Mr. Taft?" he was asked.
Senator La Follette has a large
followlhg. I think all the Insurgents
are for lilm, except two or three. At
this time I prefer him. ' There Is an
other element that, would Ilka to see
Mr. Roosevelt renominated, but he la
not and will not be ' a candidate.
While I agree with Mr. Roosevelt In
the main, I do not ajrree with him on
some questions, yet If Its' were noml
nated I could support, him cheerfully.
But It seems Improbably that he will
be even mentioned In the convention
as a candidate,
Cotton Advanced at the Opening.
) New York, Sept.. 5. The cotton
market opened steady at an advance
of four and fourteen points. Trading
was active. The south sold on the
advance here. There was trade buy
Ing around 11 1-1 cents for active new
crop months. Fluctuations durln
early trading were comparatively
narrow and Irregular. The market
showed a fairly steady tone.
Business was much less active
the late forenoon. After showing
net advance of 1 to 10 points the mn
ket eased off to t points from the
beat under southern selling and real
buig.
Call for Bank Statement.
TViixhlnKton,
'..tier or the
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FDR MOIIA LISA
The Famous Painting Will Be
Searched for in Every
Large City of the ,
Country.
CUSTOMS AGENTS' TIP
1 IS BEING ACTED ON
To the Effect That Picture
Was Smuggled into This '
Country Story Told ,
. by a Woman. t
New York, Sept t. A fresh hunt
for the famous painting the "Mona
Lisa," Is being made In every large
city In the country. The renewal of
the Investigation la based on a up 1
received by customs agents that the '
painting was smuggled Into the Unit
ed States. .. ' 1 . ' ' '
80 strongly did the actions of two
women she saw in in eijouvre me ,
night before the discovery of tha
theft of the "Mona Lisa" Impress Mrs. .
Stanley Fleetwood, of this city, that
to day she reported all the circum
stances to. the French consul. She ,
hopes she thus will be of some aid .
the world wide seaen being maao
for the famous painting.
Planned and Executed by a Woman?
Mrs. Fleetwood believes the crime
was planned and executed In part by
woman who combined an insane
covetousnees for the great work , of
art with a criminal cunning.
Mrs. Fleetwood was In the Louvre
Sunday evening, August il. Tho
Mona Lisa" was missed tne nexi
day, but the Louvre was closea an-,
the day. and it was not until Tuesday
that the entire world was startled by t
the news. Mrs. Fleetwood was busy
preparing to leave for home, ana
while she spoke of the Incident re- "
peatedly to her friends, she did not
attach so much Importance to It un
til she was aboard the steamship. Al
ter she- arrived home she dlsc,uss(l
the matter with friends, and then de
cided to call tha attention, of the .
French consul to the Incident.
What She Haw and ueara.
I was ending my six weeks' vaca
tion in France," said Mrs. Fleetwood,
and returned to the Louvre, wntcn. .
had visited the first week to see one
or two works, and one of these was
the 'Mona Lisa.' I arrived at tho
room where the picture waa hanging
few minute before the doors were
closed for ths night There was tho
uaual Sunday crowd, many tourists in ,
it but at that moment there were not
very many standing in rroni 01 ins .
picture.
"As I stopped I near a some one say. ,
O, let me have one more look at my
Mona Lisa, The words came In so In-
tense a tone and were so different
from the commonplace expressions of
admiration that my attention waa at
tracted at once. Two women were
standing by my side, and, as I turned
to look at them, one hurried away 10 .;
another room.
The woman who spoxe eviaeniiy
was an American or English woman,
although there was nothing striking;
about either. She WHO wamea away
returned after a tew moments ano
the two women talked in tower tones
as they stook looking at the picture.
The women were oressea neaujr
but plainly, nd there was nothing to
Indicate great wealth. For some rea-
son I old not inma iney .
tuts, although It Is the day ana ine
time of the day when many are about
They Indicated by their actions that
they understood art and apparently
realised the artistic worth of the fam
ous painting.
Seen led to Be unoer iw open.
"So strongly did the incident lm-
press me tnat 1 tooaeu looser
more intently at the women that I '
did at the picture. The woman wno
spoke seemed to be under tne apeii
of the painting.
The women were mere wnrn
walked away. I spoke to several
persons that night about the Incident.
When I learned In a day or two that
the picture had been missed tne
morning after my experience I de
clared-then that I believed these wo
men had something to do wltn 11. i
believe now that they did, and at
least think the French government
should know of my observation.
In view of the way the doors had
been tampered with, I do not know
that any woman or two women could
have done the work alone, and nara
ly think they could. On the other
hand, with the scrutiny of every per
son entering and leaving the botl.l-
lng. It would have been much easier
for a woman U have secreted tlm
canvas under her skirt than for a man
to have taken It away.
"Even If ths 'Mona Llaa' bad nut
been stolen I would have always re
membered the Incident. The liiierr.)
longing expressed in the words n 1 ' -en,
and the desire to have the paint
ing that was expressed so many
always have been associated iu i- y
mind with the 'Mona Lisa."
"Perhaps I should have r.-t i!
the matter to the poll. " t nn-.
1 was busy niHklnK
leave France Hint 1
the matter over w i
friends on my re!i
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