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Germans Made Heavy At
tacks But Each Repulsed -By
Haig's Men. . 9
GAINS ARERECKONED
AS VITAL TO SUCCESS
French Regain NdarlyAll Sec
tors Feiietrated by Germans
, in the St. Quentin Area
, Fighting at Otner Points.
Field Marshal Haig clinched .his
hold last night on the ground won in
Friday's attack on the Flanaers front
east of Ypres. ,
The Germans made six heavy coun
ter attacks during the night, but all
were without success. Not only cLd
the British maintain their positions
hut gained some- additional ground on
their right wing near the Ypres-Menin
road.
These nev; gains probably are im.
n DIRECTOR
FOR ILLINOIS
He Will Regulate Price, Pro
duction and 'Transporta
tion of Cars."
.iiifiiiiiliilllilllSli i j
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(By Associated Press.)
X
the BrlSSli- S reiicV-'na W&ReirtllF
. to Consrder War Situation
As'i to Triemselves.
portant to the sucess of the. British
general's plans for it was in just this
sector that the British had failed to
make all the progress expected of
them.
On the remainder of the two-mile
front running north of the Ypres-Roul-ers
railv.ay all the objectives were
achieved in yesterday's assault' and
have since been held. .
The German resistance ;was espe-J
dally stubborn on the British right,
but th-- rosult, of the night's fighting
as reflected ki ihe London official ac
count shows that despite thls,. the
British forces were also ".ble to' forg?
ahead.
White"
been making another forward thrust
in the process of driving, a wedge into
the Germans in Belgium, the French
forprs have bren heavily engaged on
their own v i'l to the south, near St.
Qupnrin, or. the Aisne front' and in
the Champagne. -
In ihe Si. Quentin area General Pe
tain's troops regained nearly all the
section of line which the Germans
had penetrated in their sudden thrust
of Thursday night.
North of the Aisne they-carried out
a brilliant attack and- recaptured and
held the whole of an important trench
which the Germans had recently tak
en wuth of Ailles.
The fighting in the Champagne was1
of Gorman initiative. An' attack!
launched over a front of nearly two
miles was broken up by the French
except at one point to tne north of
Carnillft, and even here the Germans
were afterward ejected from the ele
nnts they had penetrated with the
exception of a stretch of some 50
yards.
Claim British Thrown Back. " ,
Berlin. Aug. 11, via London. Brit
ish attacks on a front oT nearly five
miles between Frezenb.erg and Holle
bekc in Belgium were Unsuccessful,
the German, war office announced to
day. After a hiltpr striis-clo thp Brit
ish were ejected near Westhoek by)
the Germ a
Nineteen Entente airplanes and two
captive balloons were shot down yes
terday, most of them in Flanders.
Chicago, Aug. 11. Illinois today has
a director of coal who will regulate
the price, production, distribution and
transportation of the commodity i to
be used by .the people- of the - State
until March 31, 1918." This official is
Chief Justice Carter, of the State Su
preme court, his appointment having
been announced after Governor Low
seven coal operators had been
1 ia conference several hours discuss
ing the coal problem.
Committees' of the State council of
defense and the Illinois Coal Opera
tors Association and Mine Workers of
BSLt(i ariVl ant in (ROTllllTlPtinn
- the director.
Historic Bagdad will soon be the scene of another terrific drive, if the plans of the German general stafE are
carried out. It is reported that Germariy will send a large army under the leadership of Von Falkenhayn' to re
conquer this territory. ; The photo shows the British troops now in possession of the- ancient city marching
along the principal street. ' t T i ' ,
TAR HEELS
T GOBI
In the Army After Serving in
Officers Training Camp at
Fort Myer.
GERMAN DRIVE SOLVING MYSTERY
SSIONS IK RtlMAKlAi OF CHILD'S DEATH
,f.Byk Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 11. Ten
men
nuirnrm rirrinmi n i
n r r u rr i n i
VllkULI Ul I IUIIILU
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WILL-HOT DISCUSS
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(Dy Associated Pleas.) :
Stockholm, Aug. 11. The foreign
office refuses to discuss in any way
'theeport first published in Christian
ia that Sweden has taken the, initial
tive in inviting the European neutral
governments to a conference in Stock
holm for discussion of the situation
resulting from America's entrance In-
from far Southern States, who have
trained at the Fort Myer, Va., officers
dtr orders issued today by Adjutant
General McCain. They are:
Charles C. Griffin, Burlington, N. :C,
captain Infantry. O. R. C.
Joseph M. Davidson, St. Joseph, Ia.,
tiecond lieutenant infantry, O. R.. C.
' Charles F. . Summer, Hertford, N. C.
captain Infantry,- O. R.-C. - - S' "-''
-IJoS-eph -W .'Stiyfcey, Chattanooga;
firsti Ueulenaht infanrtry, O. R. C. .
Gu'stav W, Sligh", Darlington, S. C,
second lieutenant infantry, O. R. C.
Reuben vG: Clark, Savannah, Ga.,
secoad: lieutenant field artillery, G.
R. C. - . ,
Charles Franklin Price, Anniston,
Ala., .cecond 7 lieutenant inf ajitry, O.
R. C , assigned to the regular army,
Levie Wilson " Foy, Eufaula, Ala.,
second lieutenant infantry, O. R. "C,
assigned to. the regular army.
John Fitzgerald, Minden, La., second
li M 1 ' ,1 T i T- 1
causing iviucn uneasiness to , JLviaences
the Allies The Situation
Very Grave.
of Starvation-
Three Persons Under Ar
rest A Vermont Horror
Vr W -V WWW W W WW- . w
stated;, r . .
Associated Press.); -; -
ashington, Aug. ll.-A peace
as introduced in " the :
V7.-H; It provides that "this -go v-v
I ' cjMent aenne . aenniteiy tne oo-
I Jects for which ' it shall continue.
'; lq- wage war and that ' the Allies J-
. also make public a: restatement
1 of the; peace terms ' which - they
'will demand. - ! , ; .
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CEflTfllST PARTY
UrBAEiOl
Leader of That, Faction , in the
Reichstag v Propounds Ihter
esting Question. ti
. (By Associated l-ress.i ' . ; . -
Berlin, via London, Aug. v ll.-Is the
Catholic Centrist party receding from
its attitude taken in respect to parlia
mentary reforms in the course of the
recent cabinet crisis ? Tliis query has
been suggested by . the decision of Dr.
Peter Spahn, leader of the party in
the Reichstag, not to seek re-elction
to- the - Reichstag from which he has
; been forced since accepting the post
j of Prussian Minister of Justice.
k In a section of the press "and in his
sown party "it was" taken .for granted
, he would continue as party . leader in
!the Reichstag a his . re-election was
positively assured. .' Germania, organ
i of the Centrist party, is now authoriz
ed to announce that Dr. Spahn will
not be a candidate. This Jhas removed
one of the parliamentarians, from the
Prussian ministry and .Bundesrath, as
Dr. Spahn in the capacity of .Minister
of Justice also qualified 'for, member
ship in the federal council.- ; ;
His action for the time, being makes
it unnecessary to change the imperial
constitution which does .not permit
simultaneous membership ; in the i Bun
desrath and Reichstag and also pOs-
session or- tne neicnstag manaate
BRIBERY GRilRCES
CAUSE DISCHARGE
OE! DRAFT BOAR
Members of the Board Saild" to .
Have Received Pay Fbr'V-
V'Discharging Men t,
(By. Associated. Press.) ' (By Associated Press.) .
London, Aug. 11 The military crit-j St. Johnsbury, Vermont, -Aug. 11.
ics here are watching the German at-j An intimation that little -Alice Brad- while holding a governmental posi
tack in Rumania with anxious inter- shaw, whose bodyi was found. ron the tion. Dr. Schiffer, one of the National
est The 'greater part of Moldavia border of a swamp a mile from her 'Liberal leaders, who has been appoiht-
the only section Of the country re- ome Jai , n,?H' may rd und .scfetary f X ImperM Fi-
. . . J Rtarvpn npfnrp nhf was ki lpd. witu nanro Ministirv. a sn will, not SGftk
given by Attorney General . Herbert G. (re-election to the Reichstag. ; German-
to make known the . results -vof the au
attacked, as shown n official dispatch
es, from the north, west and south
and the Russians-: and Rumanians
which until recently conducted a vic-
torious offensive :..,arc' now losing
ground at all fioinls1. ' ' "
--leM Afshal nfa"
topsy performed on the body toda,
but he hinted that - there were indica
tions that food and water had ; been
withheld from the 8-year-old -girL who
had been left a. cripple as aresult of
of the body, were sent to .Burlington
tor further examination.'- '
It? was a!lso understood the county
thrust in the neighborhood of Fok
shani is the most serious of the oper
ations, and the furious resistance of officials suspect that the -body had
the Allies is not meetingwith sue been buried and later exhumed1: and
cess.. The enemy's passage of the
"To return to the question of the
parliamentization of the government
we all know today how far responsible
advisers of the cr6wntfeay e proceeded
and may recognize in the. present ac
complishment the limits to which they.
to the war. Whilp.rffnsiner informs-
tion, officials referred the Asociated lieutenant, field artillery, assigned to
Press correspondent to tho official inX.esux . ? my
statements following the last confer
ences of Scandinavian ministers.
These statements expressed tbo Scan
dinavian countries' intention to co-operate'
in matters affecting maritime af
fairs and imports and said:
"It was decided to endeavor to se
cure co-operation with other neutral
states for the protection of common.
Interests at or after the close of th?
war." It can be definitely said, however,
that if any neutral conferences of the
sort indicated come to pass, it is not
the intention to discuss the . situation
due to America's belligerency, but
rather to limit the discussion to mat
ters suggested by the Scandinavian
ministerial statements mentioned.
RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
FIGHT EACH OTHER
c 'Br Associated Press.)
portion of
will c ru-
Aug. 10. (Delayed).
a new Ukrane reeiment.
ins thrrms'h TCiev tndav in
a "a'n On hr- v-a-tr fn iYia frnnt nncned
e on the- cuirassiers who were
jjardrng th? station. The cuirassiers
"ni6? b3ck anrJ a battle began in which
so-cber.:; on both sides were killed.
0JVltD Ukrainians reached Nov-
an entire reeiment of
as sent against , the mu-
'rain and a fresh, battle Mean.
cuirassiers bringing up ma-
r, i. --- -- ucflu v.we ia.t;ii uat
Z Abo
unous ti
Or. th
chine Si
Fmirtcrr,
rat 59 men were-wound-
PRUSSIAN PRINCE
UNDER INTERDICTION
London, Aug.
Br.i;,. (UJ Af"lor,iate'1 Erpna.)
11.-1 a J" Via
in thf n '" t0 an announcement
of Ph,' r,'d7'( the youngest son
ho i ' l'n'",tif'h Leopold of Prussia,
or ha 7S 'h'' Ham" name as his fath
by fv.:, '' ;f'n Placed -under interdiction
ft" ro , ,VOn EuIenhurg, minister, of
ton, 0, , mso- The P"nce who is 22
Eanco t, ''! chared with extrava
nt t e ase -has leal cntangle
t?r ,viu 'tlP action of the royal minis-
aasinori r 0ught in a special court
WBf' or s"ch a purpose. The
ao bv i- attention some years
'le gi,.,1! ln'S down and killing a lit
Sn'f(liii'. v- otfdam where his motor
Plain, ; tho awap of much com-
SOCIALIST LEADER
DANGEROUSLYILL
(By Associated Presa.)
C'nenhFn. Aiie. n. Victor Adler,
leader of the German socialists in
Austria, is dangerously ill, according
to adviceg . received here from Vienna.
He'is the father of. Dr. Friedrich Ad
Jer. who, in Qctober, 1916, shot -and
killed the Austrian premier, Count
Karl Stuergkh. . Victor Adler has been
a supported of the Austrian govern
ment since 'the war broke out.
Terre Nichols Hendricks, Valdosta,
Ga., second lieutenant field artillery,
assigned to the regular army.
From Fort Sheridan.
Washington, Aug. 11 The command
er of the officers reserve training corps
at Fort Sheridan, 111., was notified
today by. the War Department that
the following men from Southern
3tate.s- have been awarded commis
sions: -
Prescott Huidekoper, Mibvood, Va.,
captain infantry, O. R. C.
William C. Bibb, Selma, Ala,- and V.
A. Moody, Springville, Tenn., second
lieutenants infantry, GL R. C.
Edgar L. Clewell, aoksonville, Fla.,
second lieutenant infantry. O. E. C,
assigned to the regular army.
Robert W. Chapman," Montgomery,
'AlaVi second lieutenant, fiold artillerv,
O. R. C.
Suchitza, reported yesterday, is re
garded as placing in immediately jeo
pardy the Maria Sesti junction rail
road, the possession of which is of
immense importancjb to the Russians
and Rumanians. Attention is called
here to the absence of the . Russian
official statement yesterday while it
is remarked that tle Rumanian report
does not appear to deal with tne latest
events.
HENDERSON HESIGNS
FROM WAR COUNCIL
carried to the spot where it was found.
The swamp where' the child -was found
had .been sarched carefully--many
time3 by large parties of meii.1
As a result of the recoyerybf the
body charges of first degree 'murder
have been lodged against Miss Emma
May Hicks, Mrs. Alvin Kenniston and
John Kerwin, all of whom have been
undfir detention withnnf" "formal
charges. Miss Hicks, who was house-1 casionally mortals were also received
keeperTor John Bradshaw, the girl's1 in Olympus and as half gods permit-
father, and Mrs. Kenniston, , a neigh-1 tea io eai amurosia wilu uuuiuiuua
thatj thpsf limits coincide wwith '.what
ithe Centrist party deemed, desirable
and aimed to achieve." f F y
The Tageblatt concludes from Ger
mania's comment that the Centrist
party is wholly in accord with the par
liamentization undertaken by, Chancel-
lor Michaeiis (In the re-fc?hstruc.tipn Of
the government. The Socialist organ
Vorwaerts observes that ; Dr." Spahn
and Dr.- Schiffer, whose Reichstag
mandates now have expired, were rep
resentatives of the people but now
have become officials, ; and says: ; 7
"Greek ' mythology relates . that oc-
HORRIBLE FIND IN
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4J TOM LONGBOAT JOINS THE w
4f ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE.
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(By Associated Press.
London, Aug. 11 The Pal? Mall
Gavsette says it understand that Ar
thur Henderson, the labor member of
thp British war -council, who yester
day addrqsljed the labor conference I
and advised sending of British dele
gates to , the Stockholm consultative
.congress, has 'tendered his resignation
and that Premier Lloyd-George has ac
cepted it.
bor, have been under detention' -since,
their alleged confession, July 6, that
they had killed the child because she
was a bother. Kerwin a farm hand
employed in the vicinity of th-? Brad
shaw home was taken in" custody by
the police a few days later, f
INVESTIGATION "V
. TO BE THOROUGH
Prosecution to FollowTo be
. Made An rLxample-r-Mem-
' bers vourt hull Inves
tigation.
, ' By Aisociatcd Press. 1 j . , ;' I ,
. New York, Aug. ll.-j-The three mem
bers of local exemption board , Nor 9d, "
in the heart of -the East' Side; were"
summarily removed list night by: dei t ,
uty Attorney General Conkling, acting '
under orders, of Adjf. ' General Stotes- '
burg, who s in. charge of .the operat
ing of the selective draft machinery -in
New York State. "The records of
the board were placed irf charge of the ; "
police. ','
The formal order for their Temoyal'
announced that the drastic step' had '
been decided upon by President Wil
son "because af the irregularities. re
ported to - fave occurred." These
charges have been under Investigation v
for several days by agents of the.De-c.
partmeiit of Justice. f wt .V-
Mr; Conkling said that the charge!
which resulted: in the removal of that;
board had come to his office severall
days ago in the form of anonymous leU; "
ters alleging that exemptions were .b ',
ing. bought by men summoned for ex-v
amitiatiori. v , -A. . : 1 t
All of the -men exempted from mill-;
tary , service by the local exemption' .
board in district 99 will be re-examin
ed by a new board, .the members ; of
which' Governor Whitman is expected
to; name today. Roscoe : S. Conkling,
deputy . Attorney G'e&9ral,. , was in ,
charge of the board's-headquarters. td .
day while an examination . of the rec- '
ords . was being made,, P" s: '' , f j
District ' 99, one of the most cdii
gested flections of the East . Side, was :" . "
expected' to fill a quota of, 213. Out of i
,728 mep- examined MT -were listed. a
physically-qualifiectrSOSr were rejected;:.
;Abptr60v alieMvTemained 'to be ei:-w, V ,
amined T; when r the ' members -.of, iiip
boajrd were removed last night by .or
der of President Wilson, r ; - - , -f
; ' Louis I. ' Cherry-' chairman of ; the.
board, in .a statement issued today
with the consent of ; his associates, an
nounced that he would welcome " an In
vestigation and Characterized ..the -''charges
of bribery" as "absufd and
ridiculous . " He said that he . desired , .
army surgeons to . re-examine every
man and decide if anything is wrong.1:
: "I shalL vouch for the honesty vof inyj
two associates," the statement . read."
'Most of those examined wanted ex
emption and their mothers threatened ' 1
this and that if they did not get it.
1 wish to state that the board stands i
on its merits and will , welcome anyt
inquiry.".'," m' ."v.:- . - - - SA'
The three members of the board'
N. Y. HEAT VICTIMS
OVER NINE HUNDRED
EXPRESS PACKAGE
An Embalmed Human Arm
Received by Lexington
Woman.
(By Associated Pras.)
TxinKton. N. C.. Aug. 11. Mrs.
Walter E. Conrad, of this place, gazed
upon an embalmed human arm last
afternoon when she opened, an express
package thought to contain cabbage
plants. The gruesome find had no de
scription to indicate from whose body
it had come. The husband later ex
pressed the conviction it was the arm
of his son, Raymond Conrad. An in
vestigation disclosed it had been ship
ped from Mercer, Pa. The name of
the sender could not be deciphered.
A few days ago Raymond Conrad
wrote a friend here that he was work
ing as a brakeman on the Pennsyl
vania railroad between Mahoningtown
nnd Oil City,- Pa., and making his
home at Mahoningtown, - "f.
dry , 4
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CIL TO THE
BIRIGHAM WILL
Said tc Leave Husband Five
Million Dollars Kentucky -,
Misses Big Tax.
(By Associated Press.) -Louisville.
Ky. Aug. 11. -The State
of eKntueky, whose public .--..officials
have been -..anticipating, t'ae collection
of approximately $3,000,003 in inheri
tance taxes from the estaie. of the
late Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham, f rnv
merly Mrs. Henry H. Flagler," of New
York, learned today that Mrs. Bing
ham's will, disposing of an estate val
ued at approximately $70,OO),000. had
been probated at' West Palm Beach.
Fla. It was expected it would be pro-;
bated in Kentucky, where it was( es
timated the State's share , of the1 in
'heritance v tax would have liquidated
Vhe entire State debt.
The bulk of the estate is left eith
er directly or in trust to near rela
tives, induing Mrs. Louise- Clisby
Lewis, of Cincinnati ; William R.; Ken
an, of Lockport, N...Y..,".and his two
sisters, .Tssie Kenan Wise and Sarah
Grahim. Kenan.
- CequestG ranged from $5,000 to Mrs. ;
3'ngham's oedkto $30a,00c more
distant relatives and ; friends, and in
dues $75,040 to establish what will
be known as a Kenan Professorship in
. " - I the University of North Carolina.
Tom Lonc;l-- tho Indian distance A codicil,' yet to be probated, in
runner, itc'tsauy applied, for a posi- Kentucky, it is understood bequeaths
tion ht'the Army .Transport Office. He to Mr." Bingham a sum aggregating
was recognized by one of the officers $5,00Q,0CO. . . ' -nnd
glv-en a berth on one of the boats I Mrs. Bingham " died in Louisville,
sailing .for France. . july 27 ' K
(By Associated i-vews.. : .
New York, Aug, 11 The number of
deaths caused by 'the hot wave; during
the week ending August 4 is estimat
ed at 955, the weekly buUtinr of the
Department of Health says.A
The eentlemen of the bureautic
Olympus seem to have this custom in
mind. Occasionally they . honor the
vating one of. its members to their froiurnea irom au ,u 1
"rank, but the chosen orie then ceases shortly before- 3 a. , m.,: and went, at
to be a parliamentarian as though he ! once to board headquaiters,where they
suddenly become too exclusive t forwere formerly served with the official
such a purpose. I notice of their removal. They said
Tf i rviain 'that thn Rpiehstnff.fthey had taken the automobile at the
! whose position as a whole has notjclose of yesterday's work: as a recrear
been elevated but rather aimmisnea
as a result "of such procedure, cannot
long tolerate this transitory stage.
Parliamentarization as practiced by
the government is a tragic miscon
ception which must be cleared up as
soon as possible.. The Reichstag must
not' be. a ladder leading to high posi
tions, but' must be an effective con-
1 trolling device for the government.
' ' -5r ;:4S-; .
vf MACKENSEN BEGINS ATTACK j;Tne place for the peoples representa
auainjst .KUMANiftpj. rnuiNi . tivs must be above, not below, bureau
vf -J- -a- X- vf 5f 4f
i fly. fy:y U
t fiy : 1 1 '
cracy.
. The Vossiche Zeitung says:-
"In view of the fact that the mem
bers of" the Reichstag, Dr. Spahn and
Dr. Schiffer, will not accept new man
dates small progress will be made
alonjr the route to parliamentarization
which has been annuled. The favorable ,
moment to solve the problem has been
missed. It will now be the duty of
the Reichstag immediately upon recon
vening to acocmplish revision of para- j
tion.
Members of the New York local se
lected board, relieved yesterday, after
an inquiry into the manner in -which
discharges from draft-had been grant
ed, will be prosecuted,; officials -cf ; th'
Provost Marshal General's office 1 said"
.today. ;"' 'yy. 1 ' ' ' : .
Up to this time, the New York mcj
dent is the only one Of its kind-but
officials said prompt steps to bring, of
fenders to book would' be" taken o
the slightest suspicion V of irregular!-
ips. .- r : S ,. - - : - .- ,'-- .., - .
Whatever improper actlbn the New
York "board may have s taken will be
rectified before the district board. y; If
it is shown that fraud 6r "bribery was '-
.employed to obtain a discharge, both
'the old board memoers ana tne mai-p
yiduals would be liable to prosecution,.
,and it was -indicated . that- the gov
ernment would . seek to ; make such,',
cases an example. ' " :
Officialshave in preparation a supi
grapns aau ui me iiuyciim v-uu-i " ,. . ,
ftitution as; decided in the session of
the constitutional committee.".
niTioNPUiriT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Two Employes Under Arrest
: as Suspect Incindiaries '
: Investigating Antecedents
reeistered men. ; mostly . naturalized
aliens supporting" relatives' in' Europe..
The difficulty is that the- affidavits
required cannot be obtained from any
foreign county In the time allowed.
Indications are that discharges will
not be granted In rmanjr cases .'of this:
kind. FOr' one thing, ' officials said,,
the soldier wil ; have 425 & month' at;
least to contribute to his family dur-
ing his army service, . That is mbfe ,
than the average foreigner sedds
home' :" ' 1 1 " '
CHECK FOR NINETY-SIX
MILLION DOLLARS.
IHv Aaunt-lnltHl Trr.i ItiY A6803taieu J. rOSS.l
Gary, Ind.V Aug. II. Fire" believed.? - New . York, -Aug.. ll.--A check for
to have been of incendiary origin, de-1 $96,111,111.11, the. largest: ever, record,
stroyed abou,t half the million- dollar lid In the New- York clearing house,
plant of the Aetna - explosives nearj drawn by J- P. Morgan-& Co., for th
here early today. Two employes nam-) credit of the minister of finance and(
ed Holt and Choisser were arrested. receiver-general of Canada in settle-'
.The plant was working on government' ment oktheT IIOQ.OOO.OOO, loan recently
While nhe Austro-Gerrnan 5 sweep contracts, it is said. It had a capacity i-noatea tor tne uomimon ,uy n ayuur
eastward in Galicia continues, with of 46,000 pounds of powder a oay. it caie neaaea oy me iworgan nuuee, " .
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