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E: GITIZEM THE WEATHER: FAIR AND COLDER. CITIZEN WANT ADS , , BRING RESULTS VOL.XXXIV,N0.52. ABHETILLE, N. d, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER' 15, v 1917. r - ? PRICE FIVE CENT'S ! THE AS HEMLL MEANS MAY a REACH THE JURY ! BY LUTE TONIGHT i ., ( Verdict May i Be Legally taMM; W Is Decided. CANSLER ARGUING FOR THE DEFENSE Arguments and Charge Are Expected to Take Up All of Today. CONCORD, N. C. Dc 14 Bo strong tu the possibility tonight that th and of this wlc would not briny , CD conclusion of the trial of Gaston E. Means, charged with the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King that the ques tion as to whether or not a verdict might be legally rendered on Sunday was developed. It was authoritatively answered in the affirmative. , When court adjourned this evening, E. T. Cansler of Charlotte, was in the midst of the closing argument for the aerense. He is expected to use tw hours Saturday moraine in conclud ins; his address which will be followed ny tne closing argument for the state, expected to consume several hours. Judge Clin review of the extraor dlnarr mass of evidence Is expected to consume several hours more, eo that there is no hope that the case will go to the Jury before tomorrow night,'- - Dooline Heard. .The day was consumed by tit arm ments of John T. Doollng. assistant district attorney of New-York, for the state: Frame Armnew ana u. T. Hart- ell of Conoord and, Mr. Cansler for the. defense. ; The court house was Ailed most of the daV: Mr. 'Cansler devoted two hours this afternoon to argument against the state's . contention that a motive for the alleged orlme lay In the fact the defendant had squandered and misap propriated a large portion ol tne lor tune, of Mrs. King and that he feared early exposure at the time she met her aeatn. He aeniea mat tne stats naa proven that Mrs. King did not meet aeatn acoiaentauy ami oeciarea motive for the alleged crime had t established'. ' The burden of the state .lie contended was to. first prove that i murder naa neon commiuea ana Chen to establish a mbtlve on the part if th rirnriBnr. if wo! nm mrtunti ent uunu ins npgit i uvvimwi aisprovA- ej.-ner. r- . ,., Takes Co Transactions. - Ma tnnk nn. lha. tranaantiona . Mw which the, stat bases mainly Its claim for a motive'" and sought to oonvtne the Jury by te evidence in th case that the 'defendant had accounted for the fund involved la every inetano In which' the state's counsel had not witnneta irom mm an rwonu sua accounts, by which he could have ac counted for every dollar handled. Re charged that the state- had not dealt rainy witn tne aerenaanv out naa ac tually concealed the truth from the lurv. i , i Mr. Pooling sought to convince the ALLIES ME PROGRESSING TOWARD DESIRED ffl IN SPITE OF SOME REVERSES So Declares lloyd-George In Analytical Speech on Situation America Will More Than Fill the Gap Left By Defal cation of Russia, He Says. "(Continued on Page Two.) to; EXTEND INVESTIGATION INTO MS OF NAVY Oroxter Again Witness Be - forejthe Senate Military Committee. SHORTAGE OP GUNS. WAifliI KtJTOI , Deo. ltv -Oongres May extended its tavastlgaetoo of the LONDON, Dec. 14. That steady uroeress towards the desired goal is beine made by the allies, despite some untoward occurrences, it is the firm conviction of Premier Lloyd-George, he declared today. It is because of this fact, the premier said, that we would regard peace overtures to Prussia at thelnoment when her military spirit was drunk with boastfulness, as a betrayal of trust of himself and his colleagues More wen Needed. Premier Lloyd-George said that a call must be made on the nation for great sacrifices and more fighting men were needed until the American rorces arrive to offset the burden that had been cast on the allies by the defection to Russia and the reverses of Italy. The allies now must defend all fronts against the enemy and "have a mobile army for any point of emer gency, the premier said, and he added that the allies had a superiority in man power in France on the battle front and that there were considerable British reserves at home 'Premier Lloyd-George, who was speaking at the din ner, of the Grey's Inn Benchers, said: A ' ' Americans Coming in "If this is the worst moment it is because Russia has stepped out and America is only preparing-to come in. Every hour that passes will see the gap, formed by . the re tirement of the Russians filled by the valiant sons of the great republic. Germany knows it and Austria knows it, hence the desperate efforts that thev are makins: to force thft iRKiift hfnrri AmoriM in rwartv." - ' " Washington bee. i4.fciame mcuuw o' wwxuo wne; - I was charged to that food adnilnlHtra- "IUs because I am firmly convinced that despite I niJ5KL122-riS5L S! some untowara events, despite aiscouragmg appearances, we. are making steady progress toward the goal that I would regard peace -oTertures to Prussia at the very mo ment the Prussian military spirit is drunk with boast- fulness as a betrayal of the , great, trust, with which'niy colleagues and myself have been charged. ' V t . ."" - If Russia uersists' in' her present policy ,"te 'premier pointed out, tne witnarawai oy tne enemy irom tne east of . ;uu2rd:otJMs. troops, must release nundreds of thou sands of men and masses of material to .attack . Great Britain, France and Italy. Folly Not to race it. " Tfie Christmas Offensive ! rv SUGmShORUGE M EAST DUE 10 WE FIXED IWORT PRICE SET BY: JHE FOOD ADMINISTRATION, SPRECKELS DECLARES ' '-x'-'-sV'- Asserts Tbi' Suar From Cabi Is Passing Through New York to Canada, Where Ihe Refiners Are Aooweil to Pay a Higher Price For Ihe Swee, $mH Accuses Administration Agents y With Undue Activity For Own' Company. It would be folly," he added, "to underrate the dan ger, equal folly to exaggerate it and the greatest folly of all not to face it ' "If the Russian democracy has decided to abandon the (CONTINUED OS PAGE TWO.) u BE FOREGONE. DURING THE. IM;VLIP STATES Wax-savings Stamps Should " Be Bought Instead, Banker Declares. ARE PRAOTIOAL AID. yadmlnletratlon's war preparations to ' the nary. While the senate military ' committee oonttnued lta army liaating the nous naval commlttao nnaat fnoaaty decided to begin Immediately a general moiry into oaval afCaira and Appointed a aub-eocnmltte headed toy Representative Oliver, of Alabama, to : oonduot tt. ... It waa officially announced that the purpose or tne naval tavejsUsaittoa would be to scrutinise cost sad future . expenditures ami policies aod to . cure - greater co-ordtoatton - betwea congpes aad -the executive depart - menta . in the conduot of fhe wa.r. 'Hearings probably wilt begin Monday Juid most of them are expected' to be nr.vy- secracs. - -.';,,... .. .,,-'.--,-, . Secretary Daniel hoard about the committee's actios) a he left cab inet meeting. Ha aaM h waa nleaeed and that the mora It found out about what the navy had aooonnMlshed the better cop grass- would 6 aatlsned. Major General Crosier. ; chief . of oranano. was before the senate mill tary committee for the third day. f nta examination regaramgj delay m - providing weapons for the army. He was on the stand four hours and gave . much ' detailed information supple menting testimony yaaterday . as. to shortage in rifles, maohtn guns and light artKlery, He will be recalled tomorrow for further examination re garding heavy artillery. - ' The machine' gun question was given much attention in today aea. alon. General Crodar's part in the old controversy ever the Lewis ma- chine gun waa touched upon in view of Ills statement yesterday placing upoa Secretary Baker personal re "xvnelbillty for - the machmo guns abortaga. The committee decided te summon the inventor of th Lewie gun later.' It was brought only that a few hundred machine guns nave been furnished the training oamvs and that for many week after the national army rot into tramm soma the unit were instructed with ehart la- in th rf weapon ... . .-rt OHAHA, Keb.. Dec. 14 .-Pleasures should be foregone during th war to large extent and th money Invested In war aavings stamp or other, gov. ernment securities, said Frank :' A Vandarlip national director ' or the war saving campaign in an address nere tonight. - - "Btore up your pleasures a you would store up money In the bank" pleaded Mr. Vanderllp. - "You will en joy them ten-fold later, at the. right time ana wttn a wear conscience. am -not asking you te be sad or. dole. ful that is quite unnecessary-but if you nave a heart you won't get a tenth part of the normal ' enjoyment out of a pleasure or a luxury in theee times, whan every newspaper you pick up oring you a sense or uie sunenna and agony of eo many million ? of your fellow men. "Theee war-savlnis stamps are Jthe moat practical, aid that could be Im agined in helping you to etore iT COAL SHORTAGE Ifi ITS I al Sugar'-; Kefining 'company, testify ing today, before the senate Investi gating committee. He asserted that raw. augar from' Cuba .was - passing through' New York for Canada, . where reftrvers are permitted t pay higher price.. t"'f, 'J ' -'V " r-1 ' Mr, Bprtdkel wh sal4 his'relth'ary , waa dosed becau '( lack of snrpiSes aiarroi: tiu'ir";A'iu&t' president of the. American' Auger Re- nning compnay ana ueo. ,m, iioipn, general manager- of the California Hawaiian-, 8 via . Refining company, m their position as agents of the food administration had been-' uduly ac tiva In . getting row supplies for the American, company.. Mr. Babst 1 chairman of the International augar committed created by the administra tion which fixed the .price, to -be paid for raw augar coming- from outldo the United States or its territories at $. a hundred. Mr. -. RolplT la head of the food administration" sugar division and a member -of the international committee. i Wanted to Pay More, 1 " When his supply was getting low In October, Mr. Spreckels testified, he asked Food Administrator Hoover that be be allowed to, pay more than I4.S0 for Cuban sugars He put to J evidence a letter Mi which Mr: Hoover aeciiuec. saying epavuiaivrs wr , holding th sugar in Cuba for higher prices and that the American stand ard prio would be maintained. , . . Under Questioning by Senator Jones of New Mexico,, the witness aaid ha understood .that about half of the 70,000 tons available tn Cuba when he. wrote the letter had been shipped to other countries and that the bal ance either jhad .arrived In the United States or was. en. route. , '. "' . t, ' Mr. Spredwl told of protesting to Mr. . Hoover "against the ' contract whereby 'the A mitoan; ,fltit Copj pany" VM" to DbUln'IOb.OoS, tons .of the IrfOulalana crop H said, hi om pahy had not considered getting any or that crop Because tne iooa amin Istratlon had fixed no price and h was. astounded, to learn or th Ameri can company maklntf th contract after a price of. Il.lt for the Louis iana product had been agreed-upon at k conference partlclpatfed in by Mr. Kolph and Mr. Babst, . ' . Sugar Held in Wast. ' . r' Whim "th shortage cam In' th east, the witness Asserted, more than 100,000 tons of raw sugar was held In,the west of which the California Hawaiian company "held 40,000 tons. He said he appealed to Mr. Rolph to allow some of this to . come east to keep eastern refineries going but was informed it was necessary to keep th supply In ths west. ..." ' ' In support of his onarge . mat Messrs. Kolph and Babat favored the American' company Mr. Spreckels related an Incident that brought out how two companies operating chain retail stores, recently had augar wheii none wae- to be procured at many storee.. ;, aaia a. . lAmoorn ana company of New Torfe, augar lVokere, contracted for two cargoes of Cuban raw sugar for delivery t Mew Tork and - offerad it to -th -Mitaraatlonal augar. committee tit Oototeer, at .0 a hundred ounda but the.cbmmlttee without giving a reason decllived to ouy - ,... .. - . i- , Lanibonl cam to him goon aftsr- wjlJiprece eaid,. parnaean to further . Snano th deal ao4- toll him thM wltihla ' fifteen' mtnutn .fter the committee had declined the sugar .a, buyer for -the, Ameiioaa had . z fered'him fl.CS f or rt, '' ' Buyer for the i chain store , eonv oany head of.th situation; purchas ed the sugar -for 17,11 and with' h permission of- the food admuilatrator had'lt refined by the Jederal and the Warner Refining .compaoy, tor' f 1.10 a. nunoiea. , t , , , , ' The witness aaM th rtaiJ, price of V7.IB 'for granulated) sugar at ports works a 1 hardship because hs company manufacture! practically nothing ' but granulated . and brown. Whereas the American company spe cialises In granulated handled . 1st shapes,, for which price ars not fixed. Several wltneesee have been sum moned by the committee, including A. H. 'Ianrkborn, who la expected to testify after' Mr. SpreclMls conclude tomorrow. . v FICE DEGULRETKEr REJECTED ; ALLIED NAVAL COUNGIL Barges Held in Grip. of Ice ' on New Jersey Side of River. MUCH SUFFERING. NEW TORK. Do. li. Home and Industries in New Tork were confront ed tonight with the most serious coal shortage In th city' history beoaus of Inability to get supplies across th river on barge from rvw jersey tiae- water points where thousand of ton are lo-bound.' Th situation already bad was greatly aggravated by last nignt storm.'. - v-.,..:. f.--. -.. An investigation ny tne ruet aa- minlatrmtion today disclosed that near ly, one-half of the city' coo) yard up your pleasures. . jnsteaa or puyi that theatre or movie ticket buv thrift stamp. .Tour money goes di rect to th war coffers, you have the aatlaf action of reeling that you have helped win the war and you hare stored up a greater pleasure -for th ruture. . "Instead of buying that w 'over coat buy war saving stamps and make tn oia on ao a utue longer. By ao- nur una you oar con tnree oi. tinct services to th nation you hare left th material antoucb4. . so mat there to somewhere material for, one more overcoat for a aoldiar lad. Ton have left labor free, to be need by the government In making the soldier eoat. Ton hare placed th money In th govaramanfa . hands to- pay for th soldier's coat. And yo have sav ed -up money that you did not realty need to spend as Insurance against a rainy day. .--':. , tm to read in ma paper a rew day ago that thousand of soldiers are held back from beginning their training because th governmem could not ret overcoat ror them. Wnv. my friends, ought not a shabby overcoat a radhis of 108 mile mora than ISO. time MM Sacur or Aon- car loans ei roi. stew. lumoer arm r . ther merchandise are at a ataadstilk empty while others have only a few tons on hand. Thousand of fam ine have no coal to heat their home and score of the city's manufactur ing plants are waid to be on th verge of abutting down. It may be neces sary to cles many of th ' pubUo achools. j Dealsr throughout th city were beeleged by person seeking coal la small quantltle.; .: Jhey ; had ' com chiefly from the tenement district. Tale of suffering and eickneae were related also to officials at the ome or the fuel administrator- by score of proav ,";- . '. It waa explained tnat aoout fo.oo ton of coal are now in New Jersey awaiting transfer to New Tork. - Th coal has (rosea solid In dump and coat car and it can b shoveled ; only with th aid of llv steam. -Fuel administrator held out hope that the hot-tag would b relieved in twenty four hour. ' . Twe . block of model tenement bouse en th East Side occupied by 1,000 person ran out of coaL today. Th owners announced that nntll suf ficient fuel can be obtained -to heat th apartment tenants would b al lowed tea cents A dsy ,oa their weekly 1 rents to pay for gaa. ,.: Throughout i Mnia us nr inunma saiue m gas siovjbb war reported. - - - - , According to estimates of ffight agents and lighterage man. ths rail road freight congestion outside th Jammed New. Tork terminals. trans fer and delivery points. It Is the worst ia many year. It la said that wtthla .ONLY ONE GAR OF ONIONS Firm Charged With Refus ing Perishables ; Defends Action to Commission. r NEWPORT NEWS. Va., Deo. 14.-. Lestsr brothers, produc merchant of thi city, testified today before James I. Ford, of th food administration In attempting to show cause ' Why their license should not be e voiced, stated that they had ; only, turned back one car of onions and .this wa turned back because the onloas".wer mall and or inferior grace. -Th Arm was charged with reft Ing to take six car load of onion which they had ordered and had been hipped to them.". .P- v Commissioner Ford took th ' evi dence In the case back to Washington from which place a decision will b Announced by the food administration. Lester brothers testlflsd today - that they had received only thro oar of onions and - had turned on of them back, accepting the two Which were up to standard. - BY Will Co-ordinate Naval Operations of All . Nations at War With Teutons. TWO DROWNED. WA8HINOTON, Deo. "l 4 Junner Arthur B. Toerpe and Seaman Tho. J. Ross were drowned Wednesday ia the ainklng of a naval patrol vessel bv a steamer at an Atlantic port. Ia announcing the death at the two men tonight tho navy department gave no details. ' but It Is kaoem that eeven ether men aboard the patrol craft. In cluding on officer, were reecsed. Toerpe' mother live at ,Oak Park, lla.,. And Roeee father ia Baltimors, - Tne aepanmeai tonignt mmo con firmed unofficial reports that A small submarine chased hsd been rammed and sank oft th Atlantis coast last Tueaday. t The crew .was eeved.,, llv;"-i-VTBrfJ TKATKEB. 1'j;-" '" i WASHINGTON. Deo.; 14 Fore cast for North CaroUaa: Fair Saturday sad Sunday, not much Chang la teav 4- FRESIDE3TT DISMISSED. , , -' -' . .. '- , . . LISBON. Wdnsdy. D. 11. Th dismissal of , Prertdant A Machado from fflo ha, been -v decreed, ... v . ... .. .....,, i - ... .: , WASHINGTON, Dec.- 14.- Creation of an atfled, naval ;counoil to oo-ordl-nat .the,paval operation of all th nation at-war 'with, th centra) powr ns, was announced tonight In A cable, grath to',th navy' department from Admiral Benson at' Farts. " ' ' ( .Member of th cuncll, establish ed tn-accordance with th plan of ths' internal lied conference, will re port -to their respective governments with recommendation for action. ', Ths council will be-eomeoeed of th mmlstsr of marine and chief of naval staff of each ' country, la th eas of th Vnliad. State Secretary uanwut And Admiral Benson. A- th meet ing must be hold iif Europe, .nag ofBi cer designated by their' govsrnment will ropresert the member from both th United gtatea-and Japani - V , Admiral Bansoa's meeg , was mad publlo by Secretary Daniel to night. i.f '"( y- yi -i.y,. -y-v; V' 1 -' PfgQlipTOAyT' OAPr. - a ROME.' Dec ' 14 .-After 'attacking All day on the line between th Brent and th piav. -th enemy . was only able to ' make an ladgnlflcant gain yesterday at on point -and this At An immense actifice, ,th war .offlo aa aouaed 'today.-' . . ' - -fe ," " fotjtCdebjs at -sea.' AN ATLANTtC FORT. DC. 14. A Th foundering at boa of th British steamer Kntgtit or in -v Thistl. was announced la a A-a radio H messase received to- Bight from a steamer which r- 4 ported he would land eighty- four . survivors her tomorrow. -A Th mssg contained ao details -f of th wreck or th reacu but it A was Oioucht orobabl that th Knight of th Thistl wnt down. 4- during oa of the aerie or xen- v A rsfla sal that have wept th -A North AtlanUo during; th past KEPJILlVflRTH IfJfJ ; TAKEFi OVER BYTH Telegram Received Tester day From Jake M. Chiles Gives That Information ' USED ONLY AS A EECUPERATIVE BASS Wounded and Convalescent Officers Will Be Sent to Handsome Structure. ' Privat telesrams rctvd her vss. ' , terday ' from Jake M. Chile, of the . . ' Kenll worth , Inn-. company, I who ha ' bn In Washington for th paat flv ' day, announced that the nerotlatlons ' looking to the taking over of the new Kenllworth Inn a recuperative has for eonvaleacent officer . hsd been '. practically dosed, and that th 'nece-. . ary papr awaked only th lrrta- tur of Secretary of War Baker, With . tn notel, it. 1 understood, will go th Ave handsome ' bungalows, recently . rested by H. a. HeeterA president of -th Kenllworth' Development com--' pany, These bungalow will be leas I by-tne 'government ss well aa th hotel, for the u of officers families. " gw OonValesoent OfHoer, . It has ben .knows for two-or thre week tht,th war department of- flelals were leaking for a reouperative baa - for- wounded - and convaleecent man at various point tn th outh. and Ashavlll was on of th first oitle visited ny government rprsentatlve. , Th New Konuworth, inn waa favor ably considered . and whan othr of ficial cam here last week It waa at- ' most a. certainty that th new hotel, ' now being ruahad- to completion, would i be i chosen- for- th i purpose.' ' C named. Mr. Chile want to Washing ton last Monday and hi tlgrin. ye terday to Rooeo A. Marvl, who will, manag th hotel. Indicated th ago -tiatlon for th lease of th nw strut; - tur had been closed. t - t , , ; Kegarded a asm. ' At a recent meeting of oommltr from th varlou civic organisations It a-aa th eonoenau of. opinion that th tie of Kenllworth Inn a a reou- , peratlv baa would b g 4oldd asset tooths city,.,. It was nver th Jntn-, tlon of th war department official to us . Kenllworth Inn a be for- tubercular, soldier a The. government omoiat recently jooxen over sue ror that purpose severs l mile troro Ane-. vill, 'and one tin been enlectert. It I , "Coni.nuii. u tp WO)- BEtlEll!;F.:ESIEijT :: ;: lit .sEfiiE r:.!Lr::n ( CtiUDeliberatfc2: Over Various Proposals Put ' s Before iHim, . DIFFERENT PLAITS. Tended to Discourage Obedi . ence to the Draft Regis ' tration Law. BISMARCK, N. D., Dec' 14.--A een tence of flv year in th penitentiary at Jsffefson city was Imposed today by Judg Martin J, Wad -of Des Motnee, ' on Mr. . Cat Richards O'Har, convicted of making utter ance in A apeecn At Bowman, w. Ds last' summer tending to - dlseourag obedience to tne military registration. Th sentence ronowed a long speech by Mr. O'Har in which ah reiter ated her opposition to war and defied Federal Judge Wads is do his worst. ' Witnesses at her trial teetlfled that Mr O'Har declared in her speech at Bowman that "mother who raised then' sons to ks.eaanon fodder were ne better than A farmer's brood sow and that "young men who at fool ish enough to enlist or volunteer nr only good enough for Qrmaa fer tiliser." - Mrs. O'Har was editor of a social. 1st paper ia Bt. Louis and later want On a lecture tour. - CLOSES SALOONS. 4ytTT4044fTfTtt rT t4errfe4ee NEW ROCHEIXE. N. T..' Dm. 14. SJrery saloon ia New Rochell was losd tonight la compliance with an order from- Governor Whitman. - -I- V I Prompt action waa' taken by th governor whon Mayor Griffin inform ed blm that ths city was filled with recruits for th United State armv who 'had been ordered to report at Fort! Slooum but for whom there were no accommodations at th army pose - 11 was estimate mat rully 10, ItO, embryo aoldiar had been turaad loos la ths city without equipment of any kind and many of them Manila. Serious trouble was Seared the gorer nr was told, if ths sale of liquor OOOi tiaud. , -. , ; j . . ' - ' ' ' ' ' ". ' ' A CVKAS SENATE ACTS. A HAVANA. Dee. 14. Th. sea- A A at this afternoon unanimously' A adopted a resolution declaring A A that a tat of war between Cuba A 4- an 1 -AoBtruv-Hungary exieta The 4 A reeomtloa wa th same that A A passed, by the bona on Wednea- A i K ") -I ' fv" v WASHINOTONT Da. 14. Without afiy reason for it apparent oa the aur face, the Impression grew today that Preeldent Wilson will eettl th auee- tlon of how th government I to deal wttn tn railroad prooiem about Mon day. ' ; . . -. ' Th' president to. Mill deliberating over the varlou proposals put before : him the government operation -or suspension of anti-pooling laws alter native of th Interstate . : commerce, commission, th plan for naming s federal . administrator to direct op-' ration by th present railroad man' agements, and th eonfldent assrtlon f th railroad war .board 'that th Una can handl the situation them-. feive If properly supported by the government. . ; , . . , In .considering the appointment of a federal . administrator or director it ! la understood th president is occu-- f led chiefly with the question of who he man should be. Several names al-. ready ' have been . discussed at . the capital and in railroad circle with- ' out however any indication that th ; prasldent actually Is preparing to ee-' lect one of them. , First oa the list s ha been Secretary . Lane, . whos knowledge : of railroad - Question Is well known because of hi service on ' th Interstate commerce commission. Associate Justice Brandela of ths flu- " preme court, has been mentioned and ; th visit of former Justice Charles E..' Hughes te th whit houee a fw day . ago, added him to th group. Today . th name- of - Secretary MeAdoo wa ' brought out .and th president waa i srjl to be weighing th queetion ' whether the head of the treasury de- partment could be spared from th trntndoM task of handling th na tlon' war financing. 1 . Senator Newlends, chairman of tne enat' interstate committee and i- of -ths. Joint congressional transporta tlon committee, referred In a speech . In the senate aurtag tn. aay to tn possibility of government aid ' to ' financing, the railroads. '.",-.,' tzi Kszimutmzz ' CroslslioQ Yerterday , , '. '4.3 It Suburban '.-, 4.3 1 6 . , Country' - -Net paid " Service". ' Unpaid - . Total . '. " 1.660 10.687 . 215. 70 10.972
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