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Cross Examination of the "Sec
retary of Wax Was Begun
This Morning
MORE TROOPS NOW IN
FRANCE THAN PLANNED
Declares Transportation of the
Men Faster Than Was First
Scheduled To Give
Figures v
Washington, Feb. 6. Secretary
Baker came up for cross examination
before the Senate Military
Committee on his picture of the state I
of preparedness 01 tne army, wuiuu
Congressional critics" have attacked
as "grossly exaggerated." j
Bat the principal point of the
thole controversy the question of
whether the army is going to get
ships to transport a million men to
France this year was left untouch
ed, partly because Secretary Baker
did not have the detailed figures to
show the committee on what basis
he made his assertion, and partly he-
cause the committee got into afdriver who -returned .them to their
squabble over whether it would be
proper to have the Secretary of War
disclose the figures in public.
The upshot of it was that the ques
tion of ships was left to be presented
in detailed exact statements to the
committee in secret session tomorrow
and the cross examination went on
to other subjects of a general nature.
Senator Hitchcock, who has attacfe;
ed particularly the Secretary, :iE:.-i--."wo:'TltW
War'g statement that tbeUniiiWW
States could put a millioir Jnenin
France this year in addition to 500,
00 there early this spring was in
sistent that Mr. Baker should show
the committee what grounds he. -had
for believing there' were ships avail-,
able for their transport and supply.
Secretary Baker replied he did not
have the exact figures in his mind,
out that his statement was made on
figures which had been prepared by
experts who took in the information
at the disposal of the Shipping Board
as well as what ships might be avail
able from neutral and foreign
sources. The Sscretary made plain
that he was not counting wholly on
American ships to transport the
troops.
SecretaryBaker did say, however,
that probably the form of his original
statement to the committee, . which
has been made the basis of attack,
ttas unfortunate in .that it expressed
his general opinion of a broad situa
tion rather than the exact statement
of experts dealing in details.
"The misfortune for me, if I may
call it such," said Secretary Baker,
lay in the fact that I attempted to
Sve opinions of the broad general
situation as I saw it, when the infor
mation lay in details that ought to
hare been gotten from the experts in
toect charge, or in statistics giving
specific facts. I was attempting a
general survey. It was a misfortune
lQr me to do that."
An estimate of 781,000 tons of ships
available for transport on February
J. the Secretary said, he thought was
8&all rather than too large.
ne Shipping Board, Senator
7,)C said, had advised him that
?J November 1 there were available
lVni r? erican shIps' a11 of more than
a'nS eacb' deluding tank ships
w tne German and Austrian - ships
iaen over. -
w Blker dia not know how many
tmnS .at number of ships would
5Sf ' but Promised to inform the
cmmittee later.
oJJQ lamination turned ' to the
suon of supplies Jor the army it.
SecrS! apPare31t from the nature of
Prefl taker's replies that he and
in? t 7ilson had been discuss
tici form of further reorganiza
thev iL , War department which
hoped
would satisfy those who
ofmnSSlag the bm for a director
munitions. - ;
also? jicate earlier in the day,
VpiLther official Quarters that
arC i?1 and the Secretary of
ft" dpnfnl, y a further move to -meet
.jemad for tv.G Km
T l Ul lu Dili.
in rem,'. a,3eeimg," Mr. Baker said
'slatio ' ,i:'lr- Wadsworth
"that leg-
dentv LUdL would
free
the Presi-
fer tZ, ana allow him to trans
and pn-nrHiTiato tio
-IS
Srise ronn u partments as ' they
the f-iif'icun; the best answer to
Coastantlv' AJ1 dePartments are
KCo-, pontic , mg- 1 am as -yu
ami 'UJ,uly creating new agen:
h- to f? . ;iaeuaies when in doubt
0 sse w; lQe statutes carefully
ill v h. nririrv irnaa
'Zed . 'uent were oiTnl- o,tfV.
transfer r,, ganize re-coordinate and
uli go t.:IOns as he seesJ fit,- we
u "'in and secure the nec
LIVLL nU LLLIi Un t -mJu . v xSn lrV??MI
THE AMERICAN fRONT I 'l' ?iJwy,
There Was Almost Continu
ous Excharige Throughtout
' All Day Tuesday
With, the American . Army In
France, Tuesday, Feb. 5. American
artillery; kent up a continuous fire on
the eneny batteries" throughout
Tuesday and the Germans responded
witb. the result that there was lively
shelling along the entire sector.
At the same time the American
anti-aircraft guns were busy repell
ing attempts "of enemy airmen to
cross . over the American lines. Two
German airplanes finally abandoned
the attempt after having been shell
ed heavily. A - member of the mili
tary police today found three little
French children, a girl and two boys,
wandering along a road immediately
behind the, front, . which is shelled
very frequently by the enemy and' is !
considered very; dangerous. He turned
the children over to an . , ambulance
homes in a nearby village. .
ACCUSES VON TIRPITZ
OF
ice
Was Project Against Peaces
by Annexationists
Amsterdam, Feb. 6. At his trial be
fore the court martial, Deputy Wil
helm Dittman, Independent Socialist,
according to The Koelnisch Zeitung,
ascribed the strike movement' to reac
tion against the maintenance of a
state of seige and the machinations of
the Fatherland party. The accused
deputy denied that he promoted the
strike and declared it was only a
demonstration strike against a peace
of annexations, and in favor of peace
by understanding.
"If thfr government had entered in
to negotiations as requested," Deputy
Dittman said, according to the news
paper, "the strike would have lasted
only three days. The intellectual or
ganizer of the strike was Admiral von
Tirpitz."
The strike movement could not be
connected with the Russian revolu
tion, Dittman testified. Philip Scheid
emann, the majority Socialist leader,
corroborated Dittman's testimony that
the strike was in favor of a peace by
agreement and that it had no conn ec
tion with affairs in Russia.
Deputy Dittman was sentenced to
five years confinement for inciting to
high treason and was given two
months additional for resisting public
authority.
PLANS FOR DESTROYING
AMERICAN PROPERTY
Paris, Feb. 6. The Petiti ParisieU
publishes a letter of instructions to
German military agenst in the United
States dated January 15, 1915, . and
signed "General Headquarters, Dr.
Fisher." In the letter, directions are
given concerning the destruction of
property in the United States by ex
plosions and otherwise, and the fol
lowing is added: - 1
"Agents to carry on destructive
work can be J recruited among the
workmens' unions which .have anar
chistic tendencies."
essary orders as were deemed desir
able." ."
Senator Wadsworth said he referr
ed particularly to the statutes plac
ing innumerable checks and balances
on expenditure of - army funds.
. fit might perhaps be; wise," Secre
tary Baker continued, "during the pe
riod of Ithe war to authorize the Pres
ident to suspend any restrictive stat
ute that might be found to impede
such efficiency; I'm not sure that it
is wise npt to have these checks and'
counter-balances. We are spending
very large . sums . of money and it
seems to be wise to check expendi
tures very carefully."
Senator Wadsworth cited delays in
paying ; troops ' and Secretary Baker
said thatf was a disappearing, dimin
ishing difficulty. ' "
" Questioned as Ho delay in payments-
to; the families of soldiers, Mr.
Baker said,, indefinite addresses of
dependents f left by, one . soldier . had
frequently produ'eed ' that result. Dif
ficulties ff or ; accounting for Liberty
bond payments,'-" insurance and depen
dent' allowance? also served to hold
up pay'df lrwTile: regiments as long a
l
CAUSING
STRIKE
a mor: atHme. . j -
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FRENCH OFFICER TEACHES OUR BOYS HOW TO TAKE TRENCHED
The hand grenade is one of the most important weapons in winning trenches from the Teutons add our
boys will know just how to handle them when they get to the other side. The French officer is teaching his
American pupils the proper way of hurling the grenades.
Copyright, Committee oh Public Information, From Underwood & Underwoods
RUSSIAN
CHURCH
AND
STATE ARESEPARATED
The Break May Produce An
other Serious Situation for
the Bolsheviki
London, Feb. 6. The separation of
State and Church by the Bolsheviki
government is explained in a long
statement sent abroad by the Bol
sheviki official news agency. From
this it is apparent that all ecclesias
tical property has been declared, to
belong to the people and Is to be
used for- the "commonwealth. . The
cbmmislsoners whiy have I been given
hawattfol oT the tjhttrch possessions aif
nounce it is their opinion, this prop
erty should be used solely "for the
alleviation of the lot of the classes
suffering most from exploitation by
the capitalist society."
Referring to the action of the
Most Rev. ' Dr. Tikhon, patriarch of
All-Russia, in issuing an anathema,
the Petrograd correspondent of The
Times says the church has long lost
much of its control over the people,
owing to the younger generation
tending toward irreligion. For this
reason he does not expect that the
patriarch's action will have much ef
fect. Dr. ikhon, however," it is add
ed, still has a powerful weapon at his
disposal If he should lay the coun
try under an interdict closing the
churches and not permitting the
priests to baptize, marry and bury
the dead, the effect on the population
might be immediate and far-reaching
as it probably would arouse in the
peasants every superstitious fear.
An official Russia wireless dispatch
contain a declaration by Lettish rep
resentatives from . the Lettish coun
cils of Socialists and soldiers, pro
testing against the assertion of the
Austro-German delegation at Brest
Litovsk that the Letts had, express
ed a desire for separation from Rus
sia. The demand is expressed that
the German and . Russian forces be
.withdrawn from the Lettish territory
so that the inhabitants can., freely ex
press their will for unconditional
unity and undivided existence.
"The ."Russian commission of war
prisoners announces that local Work
men's and Soldiers Councils are re
leasing enemy prisoners of war by
the thousands. These men . are mov
ing toward Petrograd in great num
bers and it is.saidrthat 40,000 already
are in the Petrograd .distinct. -
A declaration similar to that made
by the Letts has been issued by the
Esthonians. 'It demands, full and un
fettered self-determination for the
whole of Esthonia, including ; Cesel,.
Dago and the neighboring . islands in
habited by t Esthonians. 1
MINISTER STOVALL
PREPARES TO RETURN
Washington, Feb. 6. Pleasant A
stovall, of Savannah, American . min
ister to Switzerland, called on Presi
-dent Wilson today for a final confer
ence before returning to his post at
Berne.. :
Minister Stovall has been in this
country several weeks taking a rest
and also conferring with-State Dc
partment officials on the -problems
riiinH oa A tiiatI cslti ministfir-' in
neutral .country he ha sto rfeal with.
CIVIU RIGHTS BILL PASSES.
Wshington, Feb. 6. Th .soldiers
and sailors icivjl' uhts bill provid
ing a moratorium for men in the'
military establshment was unani
mously, passed today by the Sen
ate, virtually in the' form it passed
the Hoiie. -
AMERICAN SHIPPING
INCREASING SLOWLY
... -i.
All Craft Now in Service of
Over ' Five Tons Num
bered 37,984
r Washington, Feb. 6. American
owned merchant vessels of five tons
net register or more operating in in
land waters, coastwise, and in foreign
trade during 3.916 numbered 37,984,
and had a gross tonnage of 12,500,
000, according to a report issued to
day by the Census Bureau.
The report made public by Direc
tor Rogers was compiled under the
supervision, of JSugene ;.F. Hartley,
statistician -In .charge ,sof the recent
water transpOTiatjLoivririquiry made as
ofeGemberir:,,ISilTIt snowed neiTofraTi ThoV;ototo,i
increase. Ixi the number pt vessels aajas their big "pal," Vhose watchword
compared with 1906 was equal to only
one and one-half per cent., and the
gross tonnage showed a decrease
amounting to five per cent. The av
erage tonnage per vessel for t the
country as a whole decreased from
345 in 1906 to 323 in 1916. This is
accounted for, the report said, by the
marked falling off in number and
tonnage of sailing vessels and in the
tonnage of unrigged craft.
The geographical distribution of
12,500,000 gross tonnage was given as
fOllOWSl
Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico,
r6,509,000; Mississippi river and its
tributaries, l,621,-000;. Pacific Coast,
including Alaska, 1,186,000; Great
Lakes and . Saint Lawrence river,
2,738000; canals and other inland
waters, 196,000.
The proportional increase during
the 10-year period in number of ves
sels was most pronounced on the Pa
cific Coast, including Alaska, where
It amounted . to 61 per cent, but the
greatest rate of increase in "tonnage,
34 per cent., appears for the Atlantic
Coast and the Gulf of Mexico On
the other hand, a great decrease 4n
tonnage, from 4,412,000 to 1,621,000,
or 63 per, cent., took , place on the
Mississippi river and its tributaries.
The value of the vessels was fixed
at $960,00Q,O00 "and the gross income
computed at $564,000,000.
RICHMOND'S GAS
PljNf IS CLOSED
Richmond; ,Va.,' Feb. 6. The admin
istrative board issued; a statement to-
day announcing that. the city gas plant
has ceased operation , until a 'supply
6f gas oil can ' arrive; here. Several
carloads of oil are1, now on s the "way,
to the city. - The iclosing of: the gas
p'lan affects manufacturing plants, o-'
tels, restaurants and hundreds , or
homes. The sudden' announcement
caused great inconvenience through
out the city and among the plants af
fected are those -of. the four daily
newspapers here. A special ' train
bringing gas oil is being rushed to
the city and is' expected-here this aft
ernoon.' The . situation at . the gas
plant has been serious for several
days. -
STOPS SPECULATION
IN GREEN COFFEE
Washington, Feb. 6. Speculation in
green coffee on the New -York; Coffee
and Sugar Exchange was ordered dis-
rnntiniipd todav bv Food . Administra
tor Hoover. The prohibition is effect
ed by forbidding dealing in green cof
fee on the exchange at a price aboye
8 1-2 cents a pound for type No. 7 on
spot months.
The Food Administrator's action was
taken after a conference with mem-1
bers of the New-: York Coffee and
Sugar Exchange Tin . which dealers
volunteered to take, the necessary
stejis to eliminate coffee speculation.
Additional Taxes.
Paris, Feb. 6.rr-Louiffr Klotz, minis'
ter of finance announced, today that
additional taxes amounting ; to "3 61,
000,000; francs must be levied in or
der meet war expenses in 1918, '
A RNAt T
HUE
PAID
10 ft lift! CHAMPION
Crowds Turned Out to Attend
the Funeral of John L.
Sullivan
Boston, Mass., Feb. 6. Final trib
ute to a great champion was paid to
day when the body of 'John L. Sulli
van was buried in Calvary cemetery.
In the crowds that lined the snow
covered streets as the casket was
borne from the home of Sullivan's
sister, Mrs. Annie Lennon, in .the
Roxbury district, to St. Paul's church,
where the funeral mass was celebrat
ed, were scores of children bidding
Lfarewell to their -big "pal." For them
ereenwm; nest
was courage and who regaled them
with stories of Kings and Presidents
he had met.
Sullivan virtually had been out of
sporting life ever since James . J. . Cor
bett won the American -"heavyweight
championship from him by a knock
out at New Orleans in 1892, and the
honor paid his memory today came
from walks tar removed from the
"squared circle."
Leaders of the temperance move
ment were there to testify to their
regard for the man who boasted that
his greatest victory was gained
when he conquered drink. Many were
there also whom the fortner cham
pion had helped in their hours of
need, while unmindful of the bitter
cold and demoralized transportation
neighbors, who had watched Sullivan
settle down to country life journeyed
from his former home in Abington,
where he died suddenly of heart dis
ease, last Saturday. Nor did the
sporting fraternity forget their once
great idol and they came in numbers
from far and near.
The burial was in Calvary at For
est Hills, beside the body or Sulli
van's , wife.
ILL OF JOHN C: KING
A
Paper of Chicago Millionaire
Found by Gaston Means
' is Attacked
" Chicago," Febr 6. In; a 1 petition on
file today in the probate court, Ed
ward Brundage; Attorney General or
the State, charges that the will of the
late John C. King,5 filed some time ago,
i$ a" forgery and "hot. the' last testa
ment of the millionaire lumberman.
March 12 has been'flxed as the date
for hearing the Attorney General's pe
tition. ; .
After King's death in 1905 a will
was filed leaving 1 the' widow only -a
nominal sum. , It ' was understood at
the time she" had : waived 7 all dower
rights on receipt of $10,000 before her
husband's death. " Some years f later a
new will purporting to be the- lastlwas
discovered by- Gaston Means, secre
tary to Mrs. Maude A. King, who was
tried recently' in North. Carolina ..and
acquitted of her, murder. This ' latter
document was filed in, the
Probate
Court here. Byits' terms ;Mrs. King
received an estate the value of which
was approximated, at $3,000,000.
NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFF,,
London, Feb. 6. The t negotia-.
tions at Bvest-Litovsk have been
broken off,r the correspondent at'
Petrograd, of the Exchange Tele-X
graph Company 5ays he is inform
ed'.. .
IllllJ ipn.
DECLARED
OU
.Vifl v '- . .
With Scarcely a Day's Supply
of Coal, Administrators Be
came Alarmed
TUGS BATTLE WITH
HUGE ICE MASSES
Besides" Inability to. Get Coal,
General Freight Congestion
is Serious New Sngland
is Tied up
New York, Feb. 6. With. 150,000
tons of coal at tidewater points in
New Jersey cut off from New York
by ice fields in the harbor and scarce
ly a day's supply, of coal ahead, fuel
administrators- today - were alarmed
over the situation which they de
scribed as the most critical of the
winter. Only 14,000 , tons of anthra
cite reached the city yesterday, about
6,000 tons less than is actually need
ed to supply hospitals, homes, schools
and public utilities. More than 400
apartment houses in the Bronx were
reported to be without heat today.
On the poorer sections the suffering
ig, declared to be the .most acute iri
years.
With scores of manufacturing plant
already closed for lack of ftfel, almost
complete industrial paralysis here is
feared by the administrators, unless
relief comes quickly.
A fleet of tugs today attacked the
ice-floes in the harbor in an endeavr
or to release hundreds of coal-laden
barges, frozen solidly in the ice. Prog
ress was painfully slow for the ice
was" jammed into great hummocks.
Many tugsfwere unable' 'tor stand the
strain and were forced to. drydock.
Sixty-five were reported dilabled by
towing cjomjpaiues last night . . ,
'; The f refgnf Bituation alsd has heeri
aggravated by the cold and ..theon
?.-.wwrJ-,r vv wmM?a
some tihie according "to transpdrjtai-
tion officials. Nearly 1,800, ' freight
handler? at the .piers here quit work
yesterday," refusing to' faco the icy
blasts along the water front
New England in Bad Shape.
Boston, Mass:, "Feb. 6. Nei 'Engf
land found little hope today of early
relief from the fuel shortage- which
was made more serious -by. the shut
ting-off of most of the incoming sup
ply of cold weather. Reports of fac
tory closings; were . numerous and
many plants were i operated by the use
of wood instead of coal. ' 1 ? ;
In Boston an embargo forbidding
delivery of coal except for pressing
needs was replaced today ."to continue
in effect until Monday,' ijfir having
Deen urtea niy two aays rat the ,end
of a five day perioch of restrictoar
United States to Furnish Sugar
and Tin For panned ,
Goods "
. Paris, Feb. 6. Aiv agreement .has
been' concluded between, the French
and American governments Vby :which
the canned fruit and - vegetables re
quired by the American expedition
ary forces '.will be supplied by
France. This action was taken alter t
an investigation showed that the nor
mal fruit and vegetable crop in
France was sufficient to supply both
armies as well as all domestic needs.
The Americans will be ' required
only to Import sugar, for preserving
the frruit and tin plate" for the man
ufacture of cans. These- materials
will be sold to the French govern
ment which will apportion them
among private manufacturers.
The American army purchasing
board expects that by purchasing
canned goods in France there will be
a-saving of 70 per cent on the ton
nage required for. canned goods.
OFFICERS ON GUARD
IN VEEDER'S OFFICE
Chicago, Feb. 6. Deputy TJnited
States Marshals today still' guarded
the vault of Henry Veeder, attorney
for Swift and-company, after an' all
night vigil following a raid" on "the
larwyer's offices yesterday, growing
out of the Federal Trade Commission's
inquiry into alleged acts of the pack
ers. The deputies expected to re
main on guard at the' vault until the
court . decides some time today wheth
er papers taken may be examined
and the search: intb "other documents
continued. The raid: on. the Veeder
office was made under atfthority of a
Federal search and seizure warrant is
sued by Judge Landis and' conducted
under direction of : Francis " J; Heney,
cotmsel for the -Federal Trade Com
mission in its Inquiry into, the affairs
FRENCH VEGETABLES '
FOR AMERICAN ARMY
Success or Failure of tKelFro j
Upon Workmen J
GOVERNMENPS.ONLY
NEED NOW IS LABO:
General Manager of ; Emers.
ency Fleet Corporation
I
Talks Plainly-
sIKI
to Country
... - , " I
Washington, Feb. 6. Responslbilit:
for the succes or failure of. theg6v,
ernment's shipbuilding prOgrani wa
put on labor today by Charles ;PIe
vice president and general manager .oj
the Emergency Fleet Corporation; Ii.
an appeal for ship yard workers , l
"The shipping board has the neces
sary yards the materials and Sth
said. "All that: is lacking
is a spirit in the nation that will sen; .
chanics ihto the yards to givethlj
best and most efficient work."- ggf
The fact that shipyards are tkgt
ing only one shift -six days "a wee'
was characterized by
Mr.
-.a
p "If we are to keep ahead tTth
submarine campaign," saia ne, -.w-j
must run three shifts a day; 52 wee'id
in the year." ."v"I; l
Mr. Piez's statement follows?.
Within 60 days the gorernmeni
yards will be completed and v-op:
thereafer more thaA -60,000 'Wortaaei j
will be required to "furnish 'fcirthj
three 8-hour shifts nceessary if ,thes j ,
yards are to turn out their. ships 'acj;
cording to schedule. "V 'tM '4 !
.The shipping board now,, has ;71s !
shipyards; 302 are for . wbodeut ti
and 414 are for steel construction Tl. .
yards in which they are egtablis!: 4
are only working one 8hoar:HBhift:; ri
l-hnnm it m -1rett.-ahead c
the siibhiarifi6, we i&ttst.- keep ,ttf:
$blf ts per. day, 52 .weeks: in. Mhy ye u.
"Our program callsfor the ..cowtruc
tion in 1918 of eight times i the. tcr
nage delivered in 1 916 . at ' a jcbtti , c
more than a billion dollars. The 8ifv
ping board has. the, necessary Jtxti
the materials and. the money all ttn
t lacking is a spirit in the nation tti
will send a quarter of a million" Axnsi ;
ican mechanics into the yards ,to glvi j
their best and most, efficient work.
"l am sorry to say at the-ijreseis;
time hte native born Americait.wort
men is not the mainstay ot the shi
yard, for he is there only to the e
tent of 35 per cent of the men Yen;
ployed, and to. the extent of 65 per
cent. We are forced to depen(J:c:
foreign born labor. , y..i ' '
.'"We all honor the men Innifore
and the same: honor must be 3 gfyei
to the men who go" to work In th
yards. Just as the navy is the firs
line fo the British empire, and Js
as Germany depends upon her snbms
lines, so much America depend' 6
victory upon the shipbuilding in ihjj
American yard. - -vv :":' '
"To the women of America,- I",say:
.'Send your men to the shipyards ;fo
they will be doing, their, no less i(
jervice (than inbe army j6t Ate nav
and they will be returned; to you eaf
and well paid, after havfftg perf onnei
a duty that is a prime necessity c
this war.'" -i
- ,.-.4
ITTEE NAMED
mi
10 DIVERT TRAFF.;
' it
Will Investigate Condition;
Looking Toward Reliev i
. ing the Congestion H
" Washington, Feb. 6 Further' "step !
looking to diversion of raflroadtrai
fie from the most congested -.Easten
gateways were taken today ;" by U'
rector General .--McAdco ' byv appoir '
meat of a traffic - investigation ',cod
mittee. This consists of B.Vli, Wi2
chell, Chicago, traffic director "of 'th j
Union Pacific ; G.' F , Randolph NeH
York, head of a number. of trmik'llnj
committees, and i ; TV. C." Powell CiS
cihnati, ' vice president of the 'Soutt
era Railway. . ' '''f vV' -
"This committee," saidv-f Directo1
General McAdoo's announcement, "I
to make, a study of ..theTgreat "XtzZ
currents of the country with a viet,
to seeing what .steps can profitatl:
'be , taken in. order to shift traffic fro:
the most seriously;' congested ? gate
ways to Jess . congested - gatewayf
and from . the more' congested port
to . the less congested ports.?, ;. i
t Appointment :of the onimitteeis ii
line with the railroad adminlstrs
tion's policy of diversionan exams!
of which was the dispatch of betweei
50,000 and 100,000.bales of . cotton rc
cently. to Sout-jantic iattd; Gul
ports for trans-shipment.to NewjYori
lajn& New England orXor jexport,
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