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VOL.26, No. 57;
HIGH POINT, N. C, MONDAY AFrERNOON, FEBRUARYS, 1919.
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DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ROADS
STATES HIS OPINION BEFORE
SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE
COIIIEtl FOR FIVE
TEI
And Hold Out for Government
, Retention of Unci Until End
of 21 ' Months 1 Period j ,
Would Have Fewer Big
. r Railroad Companies. : -,
GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION
OF THESE SYSTEMS URGED
It is a Form of Radically Recon
structed Private Ownership
That this Director General
Informs ? Senators He ?
" Heartily Favors.
Warrington,' Feb. 3.- ftirector
General Hines, tcsllf jing today boj
fore the- senate intmlate commerce
committee for the first time since
his appointment as railroad head,
declared be did not believe in gov
ernment ownership, but in the dr
. ganizatlon of a tew big railroad
companies subject to close govern
ment supervision. ": .
- ul do -not believe thore if- anything-
substantial in the argument
. that a five-year extension ot gov
ernment operation would necessar
ily mean government . ownership,"
Mr. Hlnes said. ' "I do not, person
ally believe in government owner-
ship.' I believe there can be, a form
f radically reconstructed private
YEAR
T-PERIDD
ownersnip with. uch clos govern-,naIv,dual memberil had been
ment supervision. Including oveTn.secured. jiwinDWittlpB lnsur.
ment vepreientation n- the . board , . a yearl 'income of ,3,500 for
of directors, a. well .g ve the public,! orgyanltaytIon ,
and tabor all the beneflta of govern-i u wag ,n , of fte Ja.
ment ownership and at (he 8ame!copleejje88 of tQ
ume, WUl preseryw , iuo uouui-
. private anil self -interested Initiative
and will avoid the political difflcul-
ties which are, perhaps. Inseparable
irom, government ownersmp.
. "J believe that all the objects
which I think must be achieved: in
'order to attain a' perfect solution
can be accomplished through the
- ereauon oi a comparative j - iw , b(gger e tablIshmentg, of the .clty
railroad companies which will have ye been Mt. It Is true
capitalization equal only to thej reaU ome of th8 blggest Btore9 haTe join
value of, the properties and but the corporations have been
will have a moderate guaranteed re-
turn , with the right to participate
moderately in any additional prof-
T pormit the develgpment of a
comprehensive and perfect solution,
' Mr. . Hlnes renewed Mr. McAdoo's
. recommendsticus for a five-year ex
' tension of government, control and
; , eiplalned that If this" were not done
-, It would " be deatji. to all . interests
concerned lo ' release the ' govern
y , ment control of the railroads with
out waiting for ,thev21 months pe
rlod to come to a close.
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Twp Killed in Soap
-r V Factory Explosion '
Today; Others Hurt
Jersey. City, Feb. 8.-Dr George
' Peirce, research chemist for the soap
'" manufacturing plant of Colgate and
company hero died today from burns
'; received In an explosion at' the com.
v pany's laboratory where he was cpn.
ducting experiments, Walter Schweis
' en, another employe, was dead when
taken out of the 'basenttut under the
room wherotha explosion occurred.
. Robert Goedirt, Dr. Pierce's' assis.
tant, was blown through a window
' by the force of the explosion and may
die. ' " -v '
Several other person? including a
fireman may die. Damage by fire'
was done to three 'buildings but the
loss was comparatively small.
: Two thousand employes of the
company marched out of the burn.
Ing plant. - ' . ,
Strike ,1s Averted. '
Fall River,' Mass., Feb. 3. After
. . a conference today between the tex.
tile council and the Cotton Manu
facturers association the latter
"" rranted the basic 48-hours : week
demanded by the operatives. Wages
'" ';:ile 43 tours pay for 43 hours
work: Thirty thousand operatives
SOLDIERS KILLED ON WAY
TO EMBARKATION POINT.
r Troyes, -JVancej , Feb. 8. -
Eight United States soldiers
were killed and 80 Injured
when a troop train conveying
American soldien from Chatty
wont to Brest coUlded"5 with
two German locomotives stand
ing at the station at Montlera
mey, near here. 'XXfXX,X:X
The men were on their way
to'Brest to. take ships for the;
United States ' The dead and
injured were taken to Bar-Snr-
Aubo.
Two Hundred and Forty-Nine
Members With Subscriptions of
$3,500 Reported Saturday
Reports Incomplete.
Splendid progress was made Fri
day and Saturday toward securing
the finances for -the High Point
chamber of ' commerce incomplete
reports'', at the i-. meeting ' Saturday
proved. Because of the fact that
some few of the teams -'were . not
present, but statements 6t results ac
complished by those workers who
i were able to . attend . : showed.,? that
tt.nila thtt flnanMnl ranflf,. thrmirb
Wednesday and to have the final
meeting'of the workers at the Com
Wedne8day evening at
7.30 o'clock. Men interested, in the
chamber are now confident that am
ple funds', between 16,000 and" 17,
000, wlA be secured by that time
since none ofv the corporations or
left off to the last
. The board pf dlr'ecferi., assisted
Fftrrl8, .nd vice Pres.
ident Caldwell are digging up the
funds and they profess to find the
itoing entirely to their liking. ' Indi
vidual memberships are but 1 5 per
year, but a majority of those ap
proached decided that they should
contribute more than thta amount,
V
hence the splendid showing made to
date. . , . , I
Between $6,000 and $7,000 will
be needed annually to permit the
chamber to work in an uncramped
manner. A scerctray musfc be em
ployed ' and all expenses, such as
rent,- stationery -and . the like, will
have tocome from the funds.
W. Welborn Alleged ,
Blockader is Bound
Over To U. S. Court
William Welborn, 1 charged with
operating an : illicit distillery, was
Arraigned before United States
Commissioner W. 6.' Brown Satur
day. Upon the defendant waiving
examination he was bound over - to
the next term, of federal courtwhlch
convenes in Greensboro next ;June,!
unaer tovu uonu. -:
The alleged blockader was caught
last Friday afternoon by ..? Deputy
Sheriff Wagner and Revenue Officers
Johnson and Crutchfield almost in
the act of operating a very crude
still, -made by soldering two wash-
tubs together. The still was located
in the lower edge of this county.
' Conference Not Approved.
Washington, Feb.' 3. Passports
for negroes desiring to attend a
pan.Amerlcan congress at Paris
have been refused by the state de.
partment which announced today
that - the " French government did
not consider the present a favorable
thus to hold such a conference. .
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FAST BEING RAISED
ILLNESS 1H
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General Pershing Authorized by
the War Department to Re
lease Enlisted and Drafted
, Men in Whose Families
. ,
- , ' Distress Exists.
PROOF OF DISTRESS TO
h ACCOMPANY ALL CLAIMS
Commander in Chief Also Permit'
ted to Discharge, Men in Eur
ope Who Have Valid Rea
sons for Staying There v
No Carfare Home.
Washington, Feb. 8. General
Pershing has been authorized by the
war department to send home for im.
mediate discharge from the J army
any drafted or enlisted men who preJ
sentsponvincing evidence of sickness
or any other distress In his family.
The department announced that
men may make their own requests
for discharge or the request may be
made direct to Central Pershing by
letter or cablegram by members of
the soldier's family or by others in;
terested if acompanled by sufficient
testimony that sickness or other dls.
tress eiiBts. ' )
General Pershing has also been" in,
tructed to. discharge in Europe on
their own application men who have
-good reasons, for leaving the army
and who waive any claim for sea
travel allowances from, , Europe : to
the United States. "Men so discharg.
ed would be paid travel allowances
from their station in Europe to the
port of embarkation and from Hobo,
ken, N. J., to the place of enlistment
orttdaettotf inrTwfVlcis'-
Ths instructions apply to enlist,
ed or dratted men who entered hte
fservlce after Apri 11, 1917. Men
who entered the Service before that
date may be furloughed to the Unit,
ed, States when, sickness or distress
in the soldier's family is cldarly in.
dlcated. '
WhatV The Use?, ,
They've Tickets
CAUSE FOR RELEAS
: Fdr Billv Sundayi8ault' accordlng t0 Copenhagen ad
r vices to the Mail. '
(By W. T. BOST.) v t
. Raleigh, Feb. 3. Both legisla
tive houses after a leisurely recess
from ' 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon
until " 3 o'clock this afternoon, met,
took a short squint at the calendar,
got tickets to the Billys Sunday
meeting tonight and l waited , for
Tuesday when the dog act, trim
mings and all, will be put on.
. ' This Is the big week of all; dog
tax,. Speaker Brum'mitt's bill pro
viding for a more extended super
vision of state unfortunates, the
school machinery act and the sate
marshalship for prohibition en
forcement being the most discussed
prospective measures.
Box Fighters Manly ..
In Battle of Verbs,
Adjectives and Such
New York, Feb. 3. Jack Kearns,
manager of Jack JDempsey, has Issu.
cd a signed statement denying the
chargS made by Fred F wlton that the
result of Fulton's bout with Denipsey
was a prearranged affair. Kearns
states: -
"My Instructions to the referee of
the Fultpn.Dempsey bout were to
tell the men to shake hands; before
the bell and to come out from their
corners fighting. If ; Tex Richard
who" is expected to select Dempsey
as Willard's opponent, says the word,
we will meet Fulton any Jtime tor
any number-of rounds to prove the
previous bout way not a fluqe.'"
- Strike Area Limited.
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"Charlotte, Feb. 3. Officials
at
the office of the American
Cotton
Manufacturers' association' here
to-
day stated that the, textile workers
in the plants in the district out
side of 'Chattanooga and Columbus
Ga., would 'not' be affected 'by the
strike orders.
Miss Kathleen Brown1 and ' Miss
Ruth Mungo spent the week-end In
Randleman as the guest of .rela
tives.- "'it . --,'
I(E
Kiev Falls to EoIsheviki.When a
,' Part of General ' Petlura's
Forces Go Oyer to Enemy
, -overamlnt Moved
" ! toVrTauUa. . ' f
CZECHOSLOVAKS SCORED
FOR RENT DISORDERS
Whfle Ukraine Loses its Capital
City, Its Forces' Are'Preparing
to Invade Rumania Which is
, Ready to Resist the Arm
. .': 'edX Assault
Warsaw, Friday an. 3t.-(By
wireless via YienAa,) (By Asso
ciated Press.); Kier has been taken
by the Bolshevist ftroops,' General
Petlura's troops partially going over
to the enemy, t ' - -. "
' The Ukrainian ' government has
been moved from Kiev to Wlnnitza,
to the southwest, " '
The i Czecho-fiioYaks'.'are bitterly
denounced here because of recent
events in the duchy of Teschen.
Lieutenant Reginald Foster of the
American arffly,' representing,, the
peace commission; is reported ' to
have asked Dr. T, 0, Masaryk, pres
IB CAPITAL
ident of Czecho-Blovakia, if tbe0UBly' contended by Chief Justice
allies had Riven permission to the l Cyark that the courts could not
fSoctin tn ottiifk- tit. Pni..' ri m
Czechs to attack the Polesv Dr.. Ma
saryk is said "to have replied in the
negative, but is reported to have
added that the territory is necessary
tor the development of CxecW
Slovakia. - ' .'
; ! Patrol Activities. ' , .
Archangel, Sunday, Feb 3 .-(By
Associated Press.) Bolchevtat' pa
trols were la tewH'-wttli AmBrlsan
patrols today, abo 15 miles south
of Srednakrenga.
With the exception of widespread
; patro and hef7 shell,ng
on me voiogaa raiiroaa line mere
was comparative quiet yesterday on
all sectors.
Attack Roumania.
London, . Feb. i - 3. Ukrainian
troops are preparing to -attack .Ru
manian, which is said to have mo
bilized its forces to meet the aa-
Seaboard Watchman
- Kills Car Sealer
' At Raleigh TorJay
Raleigh, Feb. 3. -Alton Crone,
17 years old, car sealer employed
by the Seaboard . Air Line railroad
at Its yards in this city was shot
and instantly, killed early today by
Dan Byrum when the boy entered
a freight car in which , the watch
man was secreted.
' According to Byrum V statement j
regarding' the killing Crone, accom
panied by another man, entered the
car . and removed several articles
of freight. Crone was carrying a
revolver in one" hand, according to
Byrum, and when ordered to drop
the, weapon and surrender, . the
lad's companion threw a piece of
Iron at Byrum. : The watchman
declared he fired In self defense,
thebullct striking Crone, causing
instant death. Crone's companion
escaped. - A coroner's Inquest will
be held later in the day.
Crone was the son. of a
well
known Seaboard engineer.
Open Up Lands In
vv coi ana iasKa ;
For Prospecting
' Washington, Feb. 3. Long exist,
ing controversies in Congress over a
policy looking to the opening for de.
velopment of oil, gas and coal lands
in western states and Alaska were
adjusted today in the reaching of a
final agrement by senate and house
conferees on the oil leasing bill.
Under . Its provisions more than
60,000,000 acres of oil, gas, coal,
phosphate. and sodium public lands
may be opened for prospecting.under
a teasing and- patent system which,
according to Senator Pittman, chair,
man i of - the senate managers, also
Iwtirbrlng about the settlemant, of
the discussion-over the development
of the California and Wyoming naval
oil reserves. , ' .
SCALES SUFFRAGE DILL SETS
; LOT OF TONGUES TO WAGGING
Senator Scales' Bill to Permit Woman to Partici
; pate in the Primaries Gets in Lime-Light. Other "
Big Legislation of the Week. ,
' i . (By V. T. BOST.)
Raleigh, Feb.' 3. Senator Scales'
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primary suffiage- bill, a mesuru to
yeinut women in Worth Caioi.iia lo
vote la tne June polls but not to par
ticipate ia tile geue,al eieaions, bus
had more , tongues a.going Satur.
day", Sunday and today thaa any
nifcafcure passed, In course of pas.
Sage, or prospective.
'For a time the Scales bill -was
taken rather Indifferently. It seem,
ed to be just a compromise mea.
urei designed to meet an Intensely
sex.consciou! 'supreme court which
has been very subsequent about de.
cidlng whether womec are' actually
human beings to Gay nothlsg of po.
litical entities ! That, -at least, it
Chief Justice Clark's view of hla
fellow judges. Every now and then
some features of the old English
common law butts Into the intense
modernity of Chief Justice (Jiark
who cuBSea the whole business out
and says courts of this state have
not as yet liberated themselves from
the ,rubblsh of ancient law. . .
. But the constitution has nothing
against primary , participation. It
does not contemplate such a nieas.
ure and as the . present supreme
court has held that the primary is
not a tribunal in which property
fights can be tried out. It Is sert.
'denv the' women thnir-nrivtlnn
deny the women their privilege of
expressing a wish. , - ,
So the women,, able to get a vote
on submitting the question of suf.
frage by constitutional amendment,
td referendum, , are. receding fnm
the position and asking the leglsia.
fure to deliver them from this body
of death. Tot 'the women have no
idea that they can , win the election.
in920ferorgiBg'vwy;
body to work for the primary bill
of Senator , Scales. By that they
hope to get into, the primaries and
to persuade both democrats and re.
publicans to put up their best men.
But that's the trouble. Senator
Scales has been brought out as a
probable candidate for governor'
Cam Morrison being. a professional
homejavet and one of . the old
guard reactionaries, Is dead against
any suffragecommission. Bob Page
was marked by the national equal
suffrage party for his record and lie
has not reponted. Ho isn't exact,
ly a home.saver, but the' women
have declared war against him' and
tie Is against their suffrage,' Max
Gardner hasn't a record, but he Is
favorable to women's Voting. He
may commit himself later, nobody
knows. But Scales Is the only, man
who has moved definitely toward
the national trend.
That means, then, that Scales
would get the women's vote in the
primary if the antls did hot take
a notion to how up the suffragists
and come out to beat them. In that
event, Cam Morrison would be
strengthened rather than weakened
by the act of women. But whatev.
er turn things would take, here the
regular democracy is to, be endan.
gered by a factional row before It
admits women to suffrage.
In other words; the women start,
ing out with the best of Intentions
to beat Cam Morrison may give him
his solitary chance to win, tor U is
known by every man who has the
Smallest , knowledge , of public af.
fairs that Max Gardner at thisjunc.
ture has Morrison beaten worse
than Bickett hid distanced Paught.
ridge 16 months before the primary.
It is a Gardner runaway.
Should the primary measure pass,
it ,1s considered a Substantial cer.
tainty that Senator Scales will be
a candidate for governor. ' His fol
lowing, lhat is to say, his calling
nad election would be almost suro.
With nearly all the women voting
tor him and a good sprinklins of
men he would be a good ' ruiiure
in the first primary and would en.
ter the second.. His opponent might
be Max Gardner, more likely be
would; but Morrison is counting on
the organization and nothing Is be..
Ing neglected to give that "control to
Morrison's friends.
! The womeA came(before the leg.
Islature asking as usual tor the ref.
erendum, but they have been per.
suaded that it will be impossible to
carry It and they do not wish to be
defeated-It,would cosVtliem.JaQ
; 000 tq carrt on the campaign, they
say and If they lose the succeeding
legislatures' will remember their
fall down; ;By getting into the prl.
mary 'they hep to get subs'antai
results to avo.'d an expensive cam.
taign and to beat some very ob.
jcctionable men. ' . .V .
f What is Wiitti Up To?
. Parker 1 Anderson's story from
f Washington announcing the Candi.
dacy of Thomas E. Cooper for the
state chairmanship of the Demo,
cratic Executive Committee, has
added Interest to a campaign far
off. "
Mr. Anderson intimates that the
election of ' thhr party functionary
will not take place within a year,
but the presence of ' A. D. Watts,
colector of the western district, has
lent to the suspicion that Mr. Watts
may not wait so long before nam.
ing the successor to District Attor.
collector f the western district, has
been a Raleigh visitor and the com.
ing had the appearance of an in.
terest in the proposed capture of the
party machinery. Tom Cooper is as
good a man as they could find, but
nobody " thinks Mr. Cooper is alto,
gether with them, For Instance, it
is exceedingly doubtful whether Mr.
Cooper is for the same candidate
for governor as Mr. Watts is. And
it. Is entirely probable that Mr.
Coper may have disagreed with Col.
onel Watts on gubernatorial and
senatorla icandidates in the past. "
v Governor Bicketfe proposal to
send the department of agriculture
to the college in West Ralefgh and
make it and the A. & E. coordinate,
then to send Mrs. Jane McIQmmon
to the State Normal in Greensboro,
will, be one' of the most interesting
things to come up this week.
Of course, Mrs. McKimmon Isn't
going,
Her friends have so worked
upon the general" assembty thil'v'ery
little sentiment is to be found ad.
vocatlng the debarkation of the
home demonstration queen of the
state. Mrs. McKimmon's 25,000
g'rls are said' to be much opposed '
to It, while Ruleigh's business and
social organizations will fight it to
a finish.
Mrs. McKimmon's work it Is ob.
Jected, deals with the people in the
country 'rather than with the girls
who will teach these schools where
homo economics will be taught. The
wmking from Ra'elgh es a base lsW(?ek accord,ng t0 the parl8 coms.
considered advantageous. j pendent of th Mall. It Is said tMt
: The, department, of agriculture is this was one W th several under-1
;io less opposed to moving. - First j standings whlah were reached dur
of all, it does not get along welljing the conference Friday between '
with the college,' the commissioner president Wilson and Colonel House,"
often being at odds with the presi.iatt Smuts and Lord Robert Cecil,
dent of the Institution. - There. Is randh-probably will be proposed,'
more inclination to go out W "there ! among the first planks of try plat
than to send Mrs. McKimmon away, J form at the sessions of this week,
however. Just now the department during whiclj. it is hoped ' that the
!s fighting the move altogether and league's constitution may be ' dell- '
It is considered a half certainty that nitely formed. : : ,
no new building will be ordered this ! - , ' '.
year because the department of ag.
ric'ulture would rather remain In
that old red.brlck hotel and take a
chance on getting killed than to go
out to West ' Raleigh. .
Representative Clayton Grant of
New Hanover, after a siege of In.
fluenza lasting ten days', was able
to "peep in on the house today for
the first time;; ' -
'X Mr. Grant has been in Rex hos.
pltal since he left his seat. Mrs.
Grant coming up to nurse him, fell
victim to influenza the first day and
Is still in the bbspital.r"She Is 're.'
covering nicely and will be out this
week,, too. ; Mr. Grant has - been
perhaps the most interesting floor
debater and he was missed when the
great dog Issue was, up last week.
He maj get back In time to parti,
cipate in the final debate on the
subject. ,
The state marshal bill comes up
this week, too, and Mr. Grant may
have a word on that.' a The state
marshal ' is to be the new prohibi.
tion officer and Uhe bill seems to
be endangered only by a common
feeling that Rev. It. L. Davis may de.
sire the position. . As Parson Davis
Is understood to get bigger money
for much less work, to say nothing
of the hazards of that employment,
nobody who understands the situ.
atlon does comprehend the fear
that the parson will be appointed.
Strike in Sweden.
Copenhagen, Feb.' 3. A
serious
lrailroad..8trikhaabroken,.out
,In.
t Sweden. Workmen last night stop-
' ped work on 19 different lines.
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Signor Creapi, Member of l:.za
Delegation to' Peace Confer,
ence Outlbet His Plan of i
Repaybg the Allies'
Cost of War.
CLAIMS OF GREECE ARE
VOICED BY VENI2EL0S
London Hears That Members of
Sup: erne Council Have VIr
tually Decided Upon Abo- v
lition of Subs as War
. ships Much Work. '
Paris, Sunday, Feb. - 2. (By As- .
socaited .Press.)- A universal tax,
the proceeds of which would be put
into a common fund along with the
Indemnities Germany should be made, '
to pay is proposed by Bignor Cres
pi, of the Italian delegation to the
peace conference, In the proposal he
has made for the establishment of
"a single financial front" for the
allies. The tax would furnish ih-
terest on that portion of the debt of
the allies ,; which Germany had not
paid and would produce a sinking
fund for the ultimate cancellation
of the debts. t
. Signor Crespi,, who said his pro
posal for a single . allied financial
front had been well' received by al-v
lied x ministers, declared his . great
point was .that . the central empire
as a whole must be forced to com
pensate the allies for the war dam
ages they have suffered. '
Responsibility was collective, ho
said,' and all . the , enemy , states
would" bave to , pay in ; proportion :.
to their ''wealth.' ,' : v, ' '
Premier .Venlzelos, , ofl.GreectS
was Wore the supremo council of
the , peace conference at .Its session
this
morning., and made a state-'
ment on the claims of Grecee.- Ths
abearance bt the-Oreek'i,.Prttuti
oeiore ine council was announce
the offiolal statement 'given oat af
ter the session, ' i ,'
. Premier Venixelos will . coptinue
to present the case of Greece tttt)?C
morrow's resslon, it was announced.
The Czecho-Slovak ' delegates will
again be heard at tomorrow's , ses
sion. . Abolish Submarines.
London, Feb. 3. The abolith i ,
of submarines as warships may be '
decided upon by the league of na- '.
t'nna pnmmlHalnn rfurlnp fha Knmlnir
The Groundhog Sa, V
His Shadow And So
King Winter Abides
That weather prophet most com.
monly known as , the ' groundhog
made his debut yesterday after
spending the cold season in his win.
ter abode" somewhere beneath the
surface of the earth. The jpagft lit.
tie animal did not remain out long,
It tradition be true, for it Is said
that if the groundhog sees his shad,
ow on his annual coming out d:iy
he retires to his underground horn
while the world above is suffering
with 40 days tnore of winter wealh.
er. Yesterday was clear. There
was not a cloud in the sky and so
the groundhog mast have seen his
shadow and retreated to his hole.
And the weather today is bearing
out his prophecy that winter shall
be prolonged. m
AMERICAN SQUADRON . '
HAH ARRIVED AT RANTOi
Santos, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 1.
The American Squadron, with ll'Mr
Admiral Caperton in coinmanJ. ur.
rived here today. Rear Admiral dp.
erton will proceed to Sao Paulo 'ton.
day, where extensive er.t
meats bar ebeen arrange!
Much ('-"" !...
Rio Janeiro, Fi b. 3 1'.
sands sacks of co" ) f r I"
Jettisoned, and - '
zllian.
'.ashore
steamer ',
lilUolT