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and Souxn
Nort Rain tonight and
-l,B!reP east portion;
53 colder, prob
.hiv fair.
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Strikes Are Reported
Serious
Spreading Through the -In
dustrial Centers ,
SOCIALIST LEADERS
ORDERED ARRESTED
The Government Using, Re
pressive Means- to Check
Spread of Disturbed
Conditions .
Dissatisfied with the progress of the
peace negotiations and Prussian elec
toral reform, German workmen have
brought about serious strikes in Ber
gn and other parts of the empire.
Tie German government has begun
repressive measures and has ordered
arrest of ths six leaders- or Tne
Independent Socialist party, while at
Bel the leaders of the obdurate work
. 1 4a tit A' O iril & ' V
men nave Deeu ocm. uiw
In Berlin and its suburbs 90,000
workers were not at their tasks Mon
day, seriously hampering the electric
works and airplane lactones aoou
the capital. Strikes- in tne reat man
ufacturing district along the Rhine
and in Westphalia also are reported,
mm steel makme district of . Essen
las teen affected and at Kiel workers
in torpedo factories and In dock yaras
hare been out since Friday. "; ,
Meetings in the industrial centers
have been prohibited. '. The . strike ag
itation has been fostered t by the Jn-
deoendent Socialists and ? not PT
rada .iminns
In aildiJiotti)
he arrest of the Independent;. eciai-
.72. "CVs - ; 72-..
Sst leaders, the authorities;-are saia
have imprisoned Adolph. Holfman,
editor of Vorwaerts, the Socialist or
gan, and Independent Socialist leader
in the Prussian Diet
The strike movement is said to be
directed against the delay m pass
ing the Prussian reform bill and the
annexationists propaganda cbnducted
by the Fatherland's party, which has
assailed bitterly the conduct of the
German emissaries at Brest-Litovsk.
Generally the strikes broke out Mon
day, the day after the Emperor s birth
day.
In Finland the revolutionists have
set up a government of their own.
e reports are to the effect that
the fighting has lessened in intensity
with the revolutionists in control in
the South and the government forces
fictorious in the North. Swedish sub
jects in Finland are endangered by
the revolt, and one report is to the
effect that Swedish troops already
nave entered Finland to aid the gov
ernment and the Senate.
Italy's successful smash against the
Naders in the Asiago region has
been the only important military
event. The Austrians. defeated in
their first counter attacks, have not
pt attacked the new Jtalian positions
P great force. The Italians have
fflade secure their gains east of Asia-
fl. m the capture of which they took
toore than 1,500 prisoners.
On the Western front, the British
ave renulaed an attpmntpd Taid near
and the French checked "a Ger
aan raiding party in Alsace, taking
Prisoners. The artillery and aerial
activity is most marked in Flanders
tod in Northern Italy.
The armed British escort vessel',
mechanician, and the British torpedo
boat Hazard have been lost in the
gush channel. ThP. Mechanician
as torpedoed and stranded January
'".with the loss of 13 men. A coi
tion caused the sinking of the Haz-
? Cn Mendav Throo liven nrr
)st. "
German airmen sorbin -n-jidort Bin?.
Q? Tuesday night, but were unable
" urea through the London defenses-
early reports said. Bombs were
ported to have been dropped on the
ft.18 of the city. The raid, like
ih Uciy nigni wmcn causea
tuuunuea ior several nours.
N0 COAL RELIEF YET -
IN NEW YOP5C CITY
York. .Tan
30. The issuance
tat CJara t0 manufacturers and, pi
Wses m behalf of apartment
m ueg considered by local
i?,Dllnistrat0r3 t0 provide an
ecai 1 JIst"bution of the meager daily.
A Ry that reaches New York,
Wor .vl'ins, State Fuel Adminis
Qou fitted that the coal situa
cssfll0 serious that it might be
nuivt distribute oal cards to.
, Mcturers. L
etEre ' ,nous conditions than have
h T4 feared by coal dealr
W,. a falling .off in coal
ter LTn?la a day- or two at tide
torm nts as the result. of .-;the
A
I
E OF CUD
OIL COMY IS
i
Cotton Sefed 4
MUST CLOS f lUANTP c
Food . Adminitratibn Lays a
i ' , . ."
Heavy Hand on Oil and
; - 'Fertilizer Company
r at - Clio ,
Washington, "Jan. SO. The license
of the Clio Oil and Fertilisers
of Clio, S; Ci? has been revoked and
the concern ordered- to -close -up; its
busmess not latere than' Febraary 6,
the Food "Administration, announced
today.
"Speculation in and hoarding cotton
seed,,! !is?.the reason given for tie or
der and it was. announced that . as ; all
tot the . company's, products are manu
factured. from cotton? seed; , which is
turer." '-"..
The, company, had on hand 3,1)92i0p0
pounds of cotton seed, and had been
operated only two and a ; half days
in ' the" past year, according to . statis
tics ' brought out at a hearing before
the Federal Food Administration for
South Carolina. This, it was an
nounced, was "an amount above rea
sonable needs for a reasonable length
of time," and was taken as "clear
proof that the seed was being hoarded
for speculative - purposes."
LEE'S SWORD GIVEN
TO VIRGINIA MUSEUM
Richmond.Va., Jan. 30. How Lee
and Grant met at Appomattox was re
lated today when the sword -of Gen
eral Robert Edward Lee was present
ed to the Virginia roonv of the Con
federate Museum. It was the same
sword that General Lee bore when
he surrendered his forces: It was
presented by his granddaughter, Miss
Anne Carter Lee, of near Upperviile,
and was accepted by Governor Henry
C. Stuart on behalf of the museum.
Mrs. J. Taylor Ellyson, vice presi
dent of the Virginia room, presided at
the exercises, the opening prayer be
ing offered by the Rev. Dr. Jaiues
Power Smith, General ""Stonewall"
Jackson's chaplain. Colonel r! E.
Lee, Of Fairfax, a grandson of Gen-j
eral Lee, made a brief speech, telling
of the presentation of the sword' by
a Marylander to the Confederate gen
eral. Miss Mary Custis Lee, General
Lee's only surviving daughter, was
unable to attend the exercises. Mrs.
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee was
among the prominent women present.
One of the terms, of -surrender was
that the Confederate officers retain
their side arms and at no time did
General Lee make a: lormal tender of
his sword.
ICE GORGE BREAKS
AT CINCINNATI
V - - . -
Cincinnati, Jan. 3k The ice gorge
at this point broke" at 10:30 o'clock
this mornmg .andbegan slowly- mov
ing down strearx The first boat to
be taken with ifwas the large' packet
City of Louisville. Jt swung loose
from its "moorings and " crashed into
the government boat Ottawa. The
Ottawa however", did not break loose.
The City of 'lauisvflle soon sank.
WIllHEPiVIINOR
WAGECX)MPLAINTSi
Washingtian4an 30. The railroad
wage commj ssibn" tfoday announced ap
pointment pf ihTe'e of four members
of its boar,d ot examiners to - hear
minor wagd complaints. They are Ed
J. Barcelo, 'Buffalo manufacturer .and
leader of the labor legislative, move
ment in New York Stater Riy Red
nath. Kansas Cit3?! business man; and
I LathropV BroWn, New ? York, : farmejl
w w . . t - . ,-
member' of Congress ana now a spe
cial assistant to the Secretary-of ; the
Interior ; f ' . . r , . -
ORDERED MfOie
HII
o
Correspondent : Says . Labor
' Conditions Are Not as .Ser
ious as Reported
DEMANDS OF TRADES
UNIONS WERE MILD
A General Strike Had Been
Called, But KuehlmannV
Speech Had caused Its
Revocation
London, Jan. 30. While some morn
ing, newspapers print with much
prominence dispatches from Holland
and Switzerland representing the
strikes in Germany as f being . on a
great scale and Vfiry serious, the Rot
terdam correspondent of the Daily
News warns against an exaggerated
Idea of the size and Importance of
the. Industrial upheaval.' Other news
papers state thatt the workmen-in 40
material factories in Berlin alone
have struck and that many strikes
elsewhere have been accompanied by
grave disturbances.
- The Daily News correspondent says
that the cessation of work in Berlin
apparently was not general in charac
ter? The Central Committee of the
Trades Union intended a general
strike, but according to the latest in
formation reaching the correspondent
ta Rotterdam this was revoked after
the speech made by Dr. Von Keuhl
mann, the Foreign Secretary, with
Which the" labor leaders professed to
be-satisfied, temporarily. The strikes
trhich occurred ' consequently : were
sporadic, .the correspondent, says. )
ln;"'any caste, v he adds, '7the trades
unions committee -made demands very
mild in character.-
.h -denutadAxaucfi - . -.
' TPIrst Aht' answer by the German
government to the speech made by
Premier Lloyd-George to 'British
trades unions.
"Second-r-A statement on German
war : aims in the West.
"Third Direct representation of
the working class interests in the
peace negotiations in proportion to
the - representation of capitalistic, in
terests. "Fourth No further postponement
of Prussian franchise reforms."
UNITED STATES AND
CANADA ARE AGREED
Washington, Jan. 30 Agreement
betwen the United . States and Great
Britain and Canada on the terms of
separate conscription conventions.
Which only.' await the signatures of
the representatives of tne govern
ments concerned, was announced to
day by Secretary Lansing, in a letter
to Chairman Dent, of the House Mili
tary Committee.
The conventions give the citizens of
each country the option of -returning
to their own country, for military ser
vice within a fixed period, after which
they would be subject to military duty
under the laws and regulations of the
country in which they reside. ' They
would also permit each country to ex
empt nationals from military service
if deemed necessary. i
Finland Notifies Sweden That
It Cannot Protect Swed
ish Residents
Stockholm, Jan.- 80. The
FinnlSM
Kul
a tele-
revolutionists have formed a
ment under the , presidency
ierwo Manner, according to
gram from Helsingfors dated Tues
day. The members of the Finnish
Senate were not molested by the rev
olutionists. Monday night in Helsing
fors was calm, and the Russian sol
diers were passive. Viborg also was
reported to be quiet . i .
The Finnish government has noti
fied Sweden that it cannot - be re
sponsible for' the lives of Swedish
sub je jets, of .whdjm there are about
400,00 in .Finland.
All of Southern Finland as far as
Tammerfors is reported to be in the
hands of ' the Red iGuards, but the
government troops have vanquished p
Red Guards at various places in
Northern Finland. :.
General - strike condition continues
at Helsingfors and Socialists are reported-to
have common cause with
the. revolution. The Socialists " have
issued a . proclamation accusing the
government of attempting the organ
ization of- an armed force - to r crush
the Finnish proletariat, ; : , . -
REBELS IN FINLAND
FORM GOVERNMENT
FUUL LEASEDVKIE SERVICE
AMERICAN OFHCERS APT PUPILS IN BOMB THROWING
American bjfcers receiving tr
T.- Mencher, --who- succeeded General
' .
SAYS KAISER IS READY
E
Berlin Professor Declares Em
peror's Sympathies Tend
Toward EndinWar
Rotterdam, Jan. 30. Emperor Wil
liam is In ; sympathjf with j the' move
ment for peace by agreement, accord
ing to Prof. Hans Delbrueck, of the
University of Berlin, as quoted in: an
interview with" the Nieuwe Rotter"
damsche Courant's Berlin correspon
dent. Prof. Delbrueck, Bald the waning
nations were now divided into two
camps, the first comprising those who,
like Premier Lloyd-George - in Eng
land, and Admiral von Tirpitz, in Ger
many, wanted a . fight to a, finish, and
the second"- consisting of those who;
like Emperor William," the German
government, e -Heichstag majority;
and -the - great' major ftyoi the.' people;
wereworkfnfeDf ''ilg'dl&teijcfeJ
hAS no thought of infringing upbU the.
Integrity or sovereignty ' of Belgium,
and he regretted that Chancellor von
Hertling, in his Reichstag speech, did
hot say so more definitely. NoUiing
was further from the chancellor's in
tention than the carrying out of a pol
icy of force. In Prof. Duelbreck's
view the masses of the people were
behind him, The professor thought
the fear that Admiral von Tirpitz
might get the power .to shape things
as he desired was quite unfounded.
Prof. Delbrueck pointed tp the .fu
rious attacks by the pan-Germans
upon the Emperor something hith
erto unheard of in Germany as suffi
cient proof of ihe Emperor's sympathy
with a peace by agreement.
UNITED STATES USING
Approximately Half Million
Tons Ready, and Much
Already in Use
With the American Army in France,
Tuesday, Jan. 29. Announcement
was. made here today that the total
tonnage of former German steam
ships ready for the high seas service,
most Of which are now bringing men
and materials to France, ; is approxi
mately 600,000. ; Among tne consider
able number already arrived safely in
Entente Allied ports is the Leviathan,
formerly the Vaterland, . and 15 other
of the Germans' largest ships. These
figures demonstrate the- falsity of re
cent German, claims and the publica
tion of this information is permitted
for that reason. ' ' ;1 .
The figures are authoritatively de
clared to prove that -Germany has
been deliberately circulating false re
ports to belittle to her own people tne
assistance given to the Entente al
lied cause by this shipping and; thus
to create unjustified confidence in the
German submarines. , Among the
former German steamships which
have arrived in' Entente allied ports
are these: , ' . .
Covington- (ex-Cincinnati) ; America
(ex-Amerika) ; President 'Grant,- Presi
dent Lincoln, Powhatan (ex-Hamt
burg) ; Madawaska (ex-Koenig Wil
helm II); George Washington; Mount
Vernon (ex-Kron Princessin Ceceile ) ;
Aganaemnon (ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II) ;
Aeolus (ex-Grosser , Kurfuerst) ; ,Mer:
cury ( ex-Bar barossa); Pocahontas
(ex-Princess Irene) ; , Huron (ex-Fred
erick Der Grosse); V6n Steuben (ex
Kronprinz - Wilhelm) ; De Kalb (ex
Prinz Eitel Friederick)
rtalian Duke Killed. y
Paris, Tuesday; .JanOi The ' Duke
of Chevreuse was killed today while
making a test flight in an airplane; He
was 26. years old,, son of the Duke of
Luyhes 'and ; grandson of the 'Duchess
nUzes., ----' -' h . j
FOR PEACE AGR
EWIENT
FORMER
GERMAN
SHIPS
aiuing in a British school "Somewhere in France." Insert, Maj. Gen. Chas.
Mann in command of the "Rainbow Division" now in France. r
, Copyright, Underwood & Underwood.
MANY AUSTRIANS CAPTURED.
Rome, Jan. 30. More than 2,600
prisoners have been taken by the
Italians in their successful attacks
.upon the Austrian lines on the
".Asiago plateau, the war office an
nounced today. Six guns and 100
machine guns also have been cap
tured, x
BY HIIN RAIDERS
Another Raid Made on Non
Military. Points in Eng
land Tuesday. Night
BRITISH AIRCIJUvlW
AGAIN MET ENEMY
Several Aerial Fights Took
Place Three Known Dead
and 10 Injured as
Result of Raid
. London, Jan. 30. In last night's air
raids three persons -were killed and
10 injured, it was announced official
ly. It is feared Uhe bodies, of six
other persons are-buried in the ruins
of a house.
German airmen, as far as could be
learned yearly today;- ailed last night
to penetrate to the heart of London.
Bombs, however, were dropped in the
suburbs.
r The enemy raiders during the past
two nights1 did not succeed and ap
parently did not attempt to bomb any
military objectives. They merely at
tempted to kill civilians and a major
ity of the victims as usual were chil
dren and women.
In last night's raid bombs were
dropped at various places in Kent and
Essex, it is announced officially.
There were several aerial engage
ments. All the British machines re
turned safely.
About 15 airplanes took part in last
night's raid. One of them; dropped
bombs, in the. southwestern outskirts
of London a.nd another in the outly
ing northeastern district. . There
were few casualties 'in southwestern
London.
, : ,
. Successful Patrol Raid.
London," Jan. 30. "Last night, one
of our patrols Successfully attacked a
German post northeast of Havrmcourt
and killed or took prisoner a number
of the enemy's garrison," the war of
fice reports. "Farther casualties
were inflicted on the enemy n patrol
encounters' in the neighborhood of
ullecourt, where we : captured a ma-
hine gun." -' x
: The Attacle-Continues.
Vienna,- (Via London), Jan. 30.t
The Italians who are attacking on. the
Northern front are being reinforced
constantly by large numbers of troops.
,0ays today's facial .announcement;
After a stubborn struggle in which
the Austrian troons are ' said to have
made a heroic defense they were forest
ed to give up Monte Di Val Bella and
Col Del-Rosso.
baker Lunched
with chamberlain
Washington, Jan. ' 30.--ecretary
Baker and,-Chairman Chamberlain, of
the . Senate Military Committee, chief
factors in -the controversy, over 'army
efficiency, lunched together ; today at
the . capitol and -the event, generally
was .regarded as a sign or eirorts to
secure a better understanding ; and
friendly composing of-differences
MORE WOMEN AND
CHILDREN KILLED
skaTV VIMS Maik
V. "
nmffliiriitniTiwiniiw.il
VENICE STANDS 1!
TO
Mayor of the City Discusses
Conditions Among; - His
Heroic People v
Venice, Monday, Jan. 28. "Of the
necessities of the war require. Venice
will not hesitate at any sacrifice, even
-the- supremest, if for the safety of
the mother country." said . Count
Grinami for 22- yjjars mayor of
Venice, to The Asociated Press cor
respondent.
"BUt,' he conttiued, "the beat way
to avoid sacrifice is vigorously to
continue the war for civilization to
which America has given. hers loftiest
adherence as just. Life. in Venice to
day is difficult, but- the city i. tran
quil, serene and ready for 'any tack
allotted to her.
"Venice, althou understanding by
sad 1 experience all- the suff eringai of
desirii
years sne -not- only iiasioerne'it wm-
agly but 'has contribit3d generous
ly toward it' - f . - ; - ,
Now; the population is reduced to
one third .but those who left dldnot
leave from fear but in order better to
help the common cause. ;
"Owing, to the heroism of our sol
diers v the Piave has been held, but
from Venice constantly is heard the
rumbling of the cannon. This does
not cause us unrest; inded, it en
courages 4is and gives constant proof
of our strong resistant, although it
is a 'sign of peril near r v.
"In i.ase of a fury tr advance of
the- enemy, the- vqiHrf.vj i -whether
Venice , shall resist or give in with
out resistance is essentially a mili
tary problem on. which I may offer
no opinion. The last remaining art
treasures are being removed.
Venetians see . them go with sor
row, but also with satisfaction that
they are safe, realizing the joy they
will feel when they : are returned. In
robbing, the enemy; would commit the
greatest infamy of the war, for she
would be robbing the whole world,
to which the supreme beauty' of
Venice belongs. . '
"But Venice realizes herself , the
naval base Of that Adriatic for which
and fqj the people inhahltated its
shores Italy now is fighting. Thus
Venice feels herself first-Italian and
then Venetian." , ' .
ADD TO BEAUTY
Godwin Urges That 30 Foot
. Strip Near Binlding
- Purchased
(By Geo. H. IVranrirng.)
Washington, D.C, Jan.", 30 Con
gressman Godwin is - making an ef
fort to have the governments purchase,
the 30-foot strip of land on the east
side of the Wilmington Custom House.
Congress appropriated - mOnay to buy
additional land and to erect the Cus
torn House and is' a: small sum left
Over unexpended, that would Mkely be
enough to purchase, tjb e. lajid on which
unsightly buildingsnow starid. . Mr.
Godwin talked with Assistant -Secre
tary of the Treasury Jtfoyle .about it
today ' and 4t" was .agreed to - send an
inspector to Wilmington -to' report on
the matter.
. "The , taking over of lhi strip of
land wouioV do away with the unsight
ly buildings, give the Custom House
more light and ventilation and beau
tify the surroundings' saidMf. God
win, "After the inspector.- reports oh
thIsv,IJhopevto have, the , government
purchase this land
Fire at South Boston. -
t South Boston, Va.', Jan. 30 Fire
early today destroyed" the Indepenr
dent tobacco warehouse here with a
loss of $45,000 v Fojty horses, stalled
in "tte basemeat, and f5,000 worthy of
raw tobacco - were burned -''- 4: r
WOULD
OF G ; ' j
TODAY'S 'riEVVS
: TODAY':.
PRICE FIVE; CENTS
Both Berlin and Vienna MrVste
v. mit the Recent Successes I i
of Italy,
TEUTON POSITION FORf
NEW DRIVE WEAICENED
. ivusso ana montc ui. y ai :
BelJaRepturedrAiri
Kaid luesday r. lfid
Italy is following up- energetically
her victory over the Austrians'in tfca
Asiago pla.tea,uv. "Her. troops : scored
n ....A. A , . . . ' . . .
up
RVICTI
AGAI
tag and holding' the important peats I X
of col Del Rosso and Monte , Dr Vi
Bella. - - ; y
Both Berlin and Vienna , todayf- ad- i
mit the Italian vfctory On this, fczt, I
conceding the loss of these valuatla r
eminences and the holding of ;rthem '(
by the Italians after: they had resist- 4
ed heavy , counter; Attacks v .The" Aus
trians took the two positions on' De- i
cember 23 last, just as their prwohgesi I
offensive .was reaching.the limit of its
extension, so that they , succeeded: in I
holding on there but little, mprehVn
a month. . The loss nieana greatei; dif- 4
ficulty in any attempt theymayjnak
hereafter to push their way downJha:
Frenzela " valley toward , Bassand vand". i
the Italian plains. Iv'-A : r&&?fi 1 1
The second air raid of the' yesr to ( '
which London was subjected last night
was much less , serious intellect; than ;
that of the flight tprevioujvhen;vit'Iv t
persons were kinM;and;i69 'Ahjurei;
This time tho known- caSusltleaVwer
odiy three" filled and-nine' Injured, -;al-
Ihultas eteM-thatixjadditi.: -deiithmaiibe
revealed bv-the i:rri.
veringbbdi:burm
or va..- nouse. xne raiders: tauea, ? to
penetrate to the heart of Londotu snch
bombs as they were able ,to launch
being dropped in the outskirts ; : '
ANOTHER (X)LD WAVE :
.- . , - - I? . i
TV CAUS& HARDSHIPS I f
mm
vtt i . V " A -" 1 m
w asnuiKton. j an. av. jj-urtner nara-. i
ships from lack of coal, anothet'ti-eup f
of the badly congested-railway - sys-, H
terns, and a slowing downs oIndUstq
are in prospect with the appearance '
in , the northwest of another severe
cold wave which , today covers V - the
Northwest and Central ' West It 'will
cause cold weather over the - astern
half of the , country for ' several days,
reaching the Atlantic coast Friday. .It
is accompanied by general light snow.
Tnroughont the: Northern a - districts
east of the Mississippi river there, will
be snow tonight and Thursday, while
tor the Southeastern .; sections of the
country there will be rain. ; f. i
The cold -wave wlU spread through
the Upper Lake Region, the Ohio Val
ley and southward through v the ast
Gulf States tonight and -Thursday-' be
coming Intense in the QhJo .valley
mursaay. it will strike "the i Middle
Atlantic States and New EngljndiFrl-
aay. . y : - -. '
TWO AMERICANS
KILLED IN 1TAV
1 m 1 " ;,. ' . --v '-s ' '
Italian "Army Headquarters . " la
Northern Italy, Tuesday, 'Jan 23.
Two Americans attached to thet Red
Cross were killed at Mestre Sunday
night by bombs dropped by German
raiders. They were William iPIatt
and Richard Cutts Fairfleld. ' ;n y
They were the first American. , t3
be killed on the Italian front, v. ;
The exact addresses of the' two.
young men are lacking, but one is be
lieved" to be from Pennsylvaniaand
the other from New York - They had
not enrolled in the American organi
zation, ' having previously- enlisted in
the Wynne-Bevan branch of the Brit
ish Red Cross. J ;
Piatt and Fairfield had Just Wrrled
at a Red Cross hospital on a motor
cycle when the . raid began.- V Five
bombs fell In the court yard of the
hospital, killing four persons - and ;.
wounding a number of patients, t! The
Americans were killed outright. '.
The funeral of the victims; of tha -raid
was held at Mestre today.-. 1
SENATORS HUGHESJOE
- NEW JERSEY,JDEAD
-' - - ' X -.
Washington- " Jan. -' 30. Senator
Hughes, of New Jersey, died to4ay. af
ter a" long iUness. Wwd of his -death
was received at the White Houa. rt
" ' ' ' '' ' v
. , Italians Hold Ground. n 4"l
Berlin, .(Via London) Jan.30The
Italians retained possession, of Col
Vel Rosso and Monte- Di Val Bella oa
the" mountain' fronti' after ;, renewal
of their attacks with; strong f forces,
army headquarters : announced todsr.
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