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VOL. XXIV. No. 86.
WILMINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AFTEIRNOON, APRIL' 4, 1918:
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Germany's "Peace Drive" Into
Picardy Enters Upon Its
Third Week.
BAD WEATHER HALTS
GERMAN OFFENSIVE
While Enemy is Struggling to
Bring Up Guns Through the
Mud, Allies are Strengthen
ing Their Positions.
Germany's "peace drlTe" through
Picardy enters upon its third week
with both forces preparing- for the
resumption of heavy fighting. The
weather has interfered somewhat but
the Germans have not renewed their
Vieavy attacks and the fighting front
hys remained virtually unchanged
sfr.ee Monday. North of the Somme
the British have-' improved their po
sitions In small attacks, white on tne
important sector South of the river
There has been no infantry action. In
he region North of Mpntdidier, which
lias been- the scene of much heavy
lighting, the artillery bombardment
has been violent, but the enemy has
m;1 V no attempt to attack.
""lile there is little doubt that the
ans must attack again and will
to sustain still greater losses in
r efforts against the Allied line,
interest centers in the plans of
i-al Foch. The attacks by tho
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;h between Albert and Arras and
i the French between Montdidier
-snd Noyon, apparently were for the
rurpose of improving local positions.
?ilenGe is being maintained by both
sides as to the next act in the titanic
military contest.
German newspapers declare that
tV.r German drive was halted by bad
leather" and not by he .Franco-British
defense. Admission is made that
the Germans are having great diffi
culty in moving up guns and supplies
ov?r the muddy, areas of the Somme,
.;!d that transport is in poor - shape
ocause of the necessity for construc
ting: new roads.
Amiens, the primary objective of
German efforts in the past two week3,
is far from danger for. the moment.
A military proclamation posted there
informs the population that threaten
ing peril has been removed and ex
horts them to maintain confidence.
American troops in the region of
Toul and in an unnamed place have 1
' oeen subjected to a heavy bombard
ment from enemy guns. Gas shells
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were used mainly m the fire against
h Amprirans in thft unnamed nlace. .
High explosive shells ands projector ;
were used in the artillery attack
Northwest of Toul, but no great dam
ase wa.4 done.
Reconnaissance and patrol activities
a,-e increasing on the Italian front, es
;fclaly from West of Lake Garda to
'he Piare river. The Italians have
captured several enemy outposts and
inr.de a number of prisoners.
A German force" has been landed at
Hankow, on the Southern coast of Fin
land, tc
aid in the campaigr. against j
uh rinnil rebels
l-'inni.h joverament forces are bom
harding Tannuttifors, North of Hel-instnr.-
wb !e new Prussian rein-
force merits are reported to have ar-j
rived io hold the rebels, who con-' Washington, rtt 4 Director Gen
trol moat of Southern Finland. eral McAdoo today made public a let-
fJermany'fi offehsive on the seas,, ter io A c Wharton, president of
"K.hOn.f 1 msKUF?Zl raUrod emp.oyes department or
I the American P'ederation of Labor,
Past week, while in the preivous sev
i! day period 37 were 'lost through
'he activities of German -submarines
Th British Josses last week were 13
hins. including six of '. more than
i.fiOO tons, which compares- most fav
orably with the loss of 28, includ
'riir 16 of the larger tonnage, thes? pre
vious Aveek. Fifteen British "mer
f hantrnen . escaped successfully from
submarine attacks.
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GERMANS SEND 1,000
FRENCH TO RUSSIA
Paris, April 4. One thousand
French civilians from the occupied
listricts of Northern France have
beeri sent to Russia by the Germans
and are being forced to perform hard
'abor, according to information ob
tained by Baron Cochin, a former
cabinet member. . These civilians, 400
of whom arewomen, are among those
'bom Germany offered to exchange
for Alsatians who have-escaped to
Prance. They were sent to Russia
after the rejection of & the proposal
which Germany attempted i jplace be
fore the French govmn through
the Holy See and Ba CocMn
Appraisers for -HobokHbJc&s...
Washington, April 4. Former Gov
ernor James F. Fielder,, ot New Jer
sey and Edmunud Wilson, formerly
attorney general of New Jersey were
appointed by President Wilson todt
to appraise the German 'taC docks
t Hoboken recently taKwf over by
ica Property Custdian Palmer.
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AW
SEVERE PENALTIES
Senate and House Conferees
Agree on a Most Drastic
Bill
EMPLOYES EXEMPT
IN CERTAIN CASES
The Proposed Law Would
Deal With Any Person Who .
Interferes With the Mak
ing of War Supplies
Washington, April 4. Conferees of
the Senate and House today agreed
on a bill providing most severe pen
alties for destruction of war materials
and for sabotage.
Penalties of 30 years' imprisonment
and $10,000 fine are provided in the
bill which was greatly broadened in
scope both by the House and the
conferees for acts which actually, or
are intended, or which "there is rea
son to believe" are intended to injure
or destroy war material and utilities.
The latter include arms, munitions,
livestock, clothing, food supplies, rail
roads, electric lines, canals, engines,
machines, vehicles, vessels, dams, res
ervoirs, aqueducts, water and gas
FOR DESTRUCTION
OF WAR MATERIAL
telegraph and telephone -plants andf"i hearts of those who lire among
"all other articles intended to be
used by the UniteclStates or any as
sociate nation in connection with the
conduct of the war."
The legislation also penalizes wilful
manufacture of defective war mate
rials, including their ingredients.
A special clause provides ' that em
ployes shall not be prohibited from
agreeing to stop work when for the
bona fide purpose of obtaining better
wages or conditions of employment,
but otherwise penalizes acts interfer
ing with produuction of war supplies.!
The bill was passed by the Senate
o to- i T-aBtT.iA fnrm 9nH ,a. i
j" broadened and Dassed bv?
centiy was oroaaenea ana passea Dy
the House at the.request of the De-
partment-of Justice.
HAVE fflT PROTESIED
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McAdoo Says Lmployes and
t-i i ri it vrr i
iLrnpioyers iiuuiu wurn. m
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armony
denying reports that railroad offiiacls
had protested agjtinst an order of the
director genera! asking co-operation
between .labor and railway manage
ments. "I have not received," said the di
rector general, "a single protest from
any railroad official. I feel that it is
most important in this new era of rail
roading in America that railroad em
ployes shall not live any longer in an
atmosphere of suspicion and distrust.
I earnestly desire to see them brought
together upon a plane of mutual un
derstanding and helpfulness. I know
that it will promote the efficient and
safe operation of the -railroads. I will
not tell you how deeply I appreciate
the assurances ot1 loyalty and support
I have been receiving from railroad
employes.
FOR SPEEDING UP
LUMBER PRODUCTION
Memphis, Tenn., April 4. Repre
sentative of Southern lumber inter
ests met here today in conference
wtth John H. Kirby, of Houston, Tex
as lumber administrator for the
South, and vice president of the
Southern Pine - Association, to perfect,
plans for the speeding-up pof timber
production and delivery and to- Re
vise oifcer measures to meet the in
creased needs of the government in
it- w program. The conference
which tras called by the Southern
Pine- Association, probably wui
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OFFICIALS
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Sll GOVERNORS
Drastic Action is Urged to
Stamp Out Disloyalty, in
p- ' America
GERMAN LANGUAGE
PRESS TO BE CURBED
Governors from Many States
Meet in Washington Mob
Violence Feared by
Many
Washington, 'April 4. State Gov
ernors meeting here today wiu mem
bers of the Council of National De
fense urged drastic action to stamp
out disloyalty and to cur the Ger
man language press. They) advocated
measures to prevent preaching in
German and the teaching of German
in elementary schools.
Secretary Daniels presided as head
of the Council of Governors to formu
late resolutions supporting the bill
drafted by Attorney General Gregory
to reach spies, traitors and disloyal
persons. The resolutions committee
of the Governors met later at Secre
tary Lane's office. When full Amer
icanization has been accomplished,
Secretary Daniels said, hot qaly will
every American be mobiUzedfor war,
us and fatten upon us -and are not
Americans."
"Governor Steward, of Montana,
sa& the Governors found themselves
in accord with the progress of Ameri
canization by education mapped out
at yesterday's Americanization con-
tference, but believed more vigorous
measures wre necessary.
"The greatest criticism heard," he
declared, "is against the timorous at
titude of the National government to
ward treason."
Former Senator LaFayette Young,
of Iowa, told of the organization in
ms Stale Oi lot jreriua.n-AiuBrii;a.u
patriotic society which he said was
doine eood work. He declared him
self for elimination of the German
press and of the German language fh
schools and churches.
"We have more trouble with preach
ers who preach in German than with
anybody else," he said. "They are
public enemies whether they intend
it or not."
"Federal judges should be. given the
nower to intern enemy aliens, Mr.
Young said.
"There are 5,000 persons in Iowa,
he added, "who ought to be in the
stockade this very minute. The nest
egg of all treason in the United
States is the German press and the
German language. I'm in favor of
clearing America now so she will
stay-put. I would suppress the Ger
maii press. This is our country."
Governor Frazier, of North Dakota,
read a telegram from his State saying
German-speaking people there were
asking why the United States was in
the war. The German press, he said,
had not told them truthfully the
causes of the war. He urged that the
foreign language press be compelled
to translate for the information of
their readers documents showing
what forced the country into war. The
German-speaking citizens, h.8 said,
were loyal and reports that they were
not going to raise bumper crops were
false.
Governor Alexander, of Idaho, also
declared that German preachers were
a menace.
Governor McCall, of Massachusetts,
urged careful framing .of legislation
to meet the situation and insisted
that the United - States should not be
hurried into any action it would re
gret later.
Governors Manning, of South Caro
lina, and Milliken, of Maine, warned
that unless drastic steps were taXen
soon mob violence was to be expected.
"If we drift along," said Governor
Manning; "there will be acts of vio
lence." FIVE INJURED IN
TRAIN COLLISION
Pittsburgh, April 4. Five passen
gers were slightly hurt early today
when a troop train ran into the Pitts
burgh and New York Express on the
Pennsylvania Railroad near Cono
maugh, "Pa. The troop train was
loaded with drafted me.n from Indiana
and was on. its way to Fort Hamilton,
N. Y. Ndne of the soldiers were injured-
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HANDLING ENEMIES
:0N THEIR JOBS
Stuck to TKeir Posts Until
Chased Out by the
Enemy
MANY BRITISH AND
FRENCH LIVES SAVED
Besides Aiding the Wounded
Under Fire, They Helped
Refugees in Flight
Some Brave Acts
Paris, April 4. As the excitement
incident to the first few days of the
German offensive dies down, reports
come in of the bravery in face of
danger of various workers in the Am
erican Red Cross.
Women workers of the Red Cross
what; ere aiding civilians in recon
stiijn and relief work at VillejJ
uflar the, river Somme, left their
ptt&'nst two hours before the Ger
man ' arrived in the townl Witii
their, automobiles they aided in re-n
moving" the civilians and picking up
many wounded along the roads. The
women were 4 the " last civilians to
leave the town, jnst preceding the
French troops. 1
Another Red Cross unit, stationed
in a hospital just back of the lines,
was ordered to evacuate in two hours.
They left at 2 o'clock in the morning
and were chased for miles by a Ger
man aviator before reaching a point
of safety. The next day the unit
went to a town inear the fighting line
and established soap kitchens for the
troops and first aid stations for sick
refugees and wounded stragglers.
The town was under continuous shell
fire and the unit j answered calls at
all hours to give -first aid to those
wounded by the enemy shePsH "
The unit then -took rttuhe
operation ward in j 'the
nurses working ,in- "
attending to;d" JW ,
who yrer
so acted as stretclietWari thrttuga
the hospital and took-over a hotel in
the town and conducted it for the use
of Red Cross workers and British
and French officers. They carried
tea and coffee to soldiers on trans
ports and wagons as they moved
through the town.
Four American army medical offi
cers attached to a Red Cross hospital
behind the Franco-Britisn front de
clared their intention of remaining
there "until hell froze" despite the
removal of the patients to points of
safety by automobiles. The drivers
of the motor cars returned with a
few American Red Cross nurses And
the nurses and the doctors worked
night and day, taking care of the
seriously wounded French and British
troops brought in from the battle line
only a few miles away. Heavy artil
lery near the hospital, fired over It,
and the German airmen flew over it
at night, attempting to locate the bat
tery, and the hospital was in con
sant danger.
Sleep-" was impossible for three
days
The ambulance drivers picked up
wounded stragglers and also aided
300 refugees in reaching a railway
station. They also acted as grave
diggers and pall bearers for soldiers
who died of their wounds. The Am
ericans in thir hospital saved the
lives of scores of soldiers who would
have succumbed to their wounds had
they not received immediate medical
attention. .
LENROOTS PLURALITY
IS MORE THAN 11,000
Wilwaukkee, April 4. The latest,
though incomplete, returns from
Tuesday's Senatorial plection, give
Representative Irvine L. Lenroot, Re
publican, a plurality of 11,669 over
Davies, Democrat. Additional returns
reported during the night swelled
Lenroot's vote to 148,244; Davies' to
136,575, and credited Berger, Social
ist, with 103,431. The latter . carried
seven counties where the population
was largely German.
Daniel W. Hoan, re-elected mayor of
Milwaukee, had a plurality of 2,110,
according to complete returns.
NINE THOUSAND BALES
LONG STAPLE COTTON
Boston. Mass., April 4. Nine thou
sand bales of long staple Egyptian
cotton valued at about $4,500,000, or
nearly a dollar a pound, was being
unloaded here today for delivery to
New England importers. It was the
second large shipment to reach this
port since July. The ship also brought
220 tons of gtim, which put the total
value of the cargo well above $6,000,
000. Dealers said the cotton cost con
siderably moFe than the last pre
vious shipment because of the-steadily
advancing . prices and higher rates
for shin snace and insurance.
AN AMERICAN AND :
GROSSLY
Threatened With Personal Vi
olence by Officers of Fin
. nish White Guard
WERE ORDERED FROM
A VASA RESTAURANT
Two OflFicers Were on a Dip
lomatic Mission When
threatened - Result of
German Propagandists
Stockholm, April 4. The American
and British army officers who recent
ly visited General Mannerheim, the
Finnish guard leader, upon orders
from their Stockholm legations, were
insulted and threatened with per
sonal violence by Finnish officers in
a restaurant in Vasa, .according to a
report from the war correspondent in
Finland of a Swedish newspaper.
The correspondent, who occupied an
adjoining table, says ,that the two vis
iting officers who figured in the in
cident, wearing the army uniforms of
their rank, entered the restaurant at
a time when it was crowded with Fin
nish officers, mainly from a unit
which had served In Germany. The
visitors had scarcely had time to or
der their meal before a Finnish offi
cer approached the table' and told
them their presence was not desired.
He withdrew, however, when he was
shown a pass from General Manner
helm. Later another Finn asked the or
chestra to play "Die Wacht Am
Rhein." Everybody - arose, the
American and the Englishman Dlain-
ly desiring to avoid threatened vio
lence also arising. Another Finnish
officer, continues the correspondent,
swaggered to the table and said:
"It is our principle not to sit in the
same room with Englishmen."
The American replied that he was
fran American, not an Englishman, but
m-Finn. responded: "It's all the
fThe visitors, who had finished their
meal, left the room accompanied by
insults from the Finnish officers.
M. Sario, the white government's
foreign minister, and a noted pro
German, sat at a nearby table, the
correspondent says, and made no ef
fort to protect the men, although
they were traveling on a special diplo
matic pass from his own government.
Americans and Swedes who have
recently been in Finland declare the
incident is typical of the existing
feeling among the great majority of
the Finns with whom they came in
contact. German doctrines are being
spread among the white army forces,
especially by Finnish soldiers who
have returned from Germany and
have been appointed commisisoned or
non-commissioned officers in General
Mannerheim's army.
A THING OF THE PAST
HAMPTON ROADS STRIK
All of the Men Were Back at'mS Mr- Guion spoke complimentary
Their Work This
Morning
Norfolk, Va., April 4. Work was
resumed this morning, on all govern
ment contracts at the navy base,
j army depot and the plants at St. Ju-
liens and Pig roint, full forces re
porting lor duty.
It was officiality announced that a
temporary arrangement satisfactory to
the strikers and government had
been reached and the men returned
confident that their demands for in
creased pay would be granted.
At a meeting of the union plumbers
last night, every" man present voted
to return to work as a patriotic duty
and all returned to their various
places of employment this morning.
Due to a misunderstanding some
of the workmen who returned to the
Bush Bluff ariiy base were told thatN
their services were no longer needed
by one or two of the- larger cqntrct
;ng firms there. A conference on the
situation by the Central Trades Coun
cil here followed, the result being the
adjustment of all differences on this
point.
TENNESSEE POSSE
HUNTS A MURDERER
Jackson, Tenn., April 4. Posses as-,
sisted by bloodhounds from jacitson,
today are searching Madison county
for the murder of B. E. Dickerson
40, of Denmark, who was shot and
killed last night. Dickerson was
seated in his room reading when the
shot was fired, according to reports
received here today. Great excite
ment prevailed in Denmark last night,
it was said, and the entire commun
ity has joined in the search for the
murderer.
lip 'THIRD
AN BOND ISSUE
TO RUN
BIUTIES OF
THIS SECTION ARE
FREELYJDISCUSSED
Thursday's Luncheon at the
Chamber Was Largely
Attended
WANT SITUATION
UNDERSTOOD CLEARLY
Meeting Was Presided Over
by Mr. Hugh MacRae
Luncheon Served by Y.
W. C. A. Girls
Conceived by the chairman of the
agricultural committee as a means of
bringing about a better understanding
among the business men of Wilming
ton of the unlimited agricultural pos
sibilities of this section and to im
press upon them the importance of
development along agricultural lines,
the membership luncheon of the
Chamber of Commerce early Thurs
day afternoon was attended by about
75 of the city's most representative
citizens. There were two visiting
speakers and talks were made by sev
eral local citizens, .a$ with the idea
of bringing about a clearer under
standing of the problems that confront
the farmer and securing a larger pro
duction of foodstuffs.
The luncheon was served by young
ladies of the Y. W. C. A. and was
faultless. Tfcre was no Hooverizing
in the lunchem. Mr MacRae.
chairman .of. the agricimvr cSJsaafF
tee of the Chamber, presided, and fol
lowing the luncheon he made a, short
talk in which he outlined the purpose
of the gathering. Mr. MacRae has
always contended that the future de
velopment and expansion of Wilming
ton depends in a very large measure
upon the development of the back
country.
Mr. MacRae said that this is the
day of the farmer the whole wor!f
has come to understand that the far
mer and his work is the basis of
everything. We are even now think
ing in bigger terms, said Mr. Mac
Rae, as the whole world is standing
together to prevent the Emperor of
Germany from carrying out an idea
he has. We are awake and we hope
we will be more active in the future,
he said. Mr. MacRae told of the ut
ter impossibility of doing anything
without teamwork and then told of
the vast resources of the coastal re
gion of the Eastern Carolina. He
said that if we are to develop them
they must be a mutual understanding
between the city business man and
the farmer.
Mr. MacRae then introduced Mr. L.
I. Guion, vice president of the Fed
eral Farm Land Bank, of Columbia,
S. C. and a laree planter. In beerin-
of Wilmington as a banking center,
saying that it was one of the .most im
portant in the South. His address
was ' on the pressing need for more
foodstuffs for two reasons. First, be
cause we have to ship foodstuffs to
Europe and in the second place it is
necessary in order to save transpor
tation facilities. We will . rind out
soon, said Mr. Guion, that the farmer
will have to produce his own food
stuffs or starve. Every ounce of food
stuffs raised above
requirements :
m
should be saved by canning, said the morning and a final agreement is ex- '
speaker, who then gave a most inter-J pected to be reached between the
esting explanation of the operation of, strikers and the seven other compan-
. I ies involved at a conference sched-
Continued on Page Seven).
DEFINITE DECISION
ON WILMING TON'S
SHIPYARDS TODAY
(By George H. Manning).
Washington, D. C. April 4. The
United States Shipping Board will ;
most likely sign contracts with :wo!
companies this afternoon for, the
construction of merchant ships at
Wilmington, Negotiations which
have been carried on with the Ship-
ping Board by two groups of business
men with a view to obtaining, con- j
tracts for constructing ship yards and
building -ships at Wilmington have '
now reached the point where it will ,
be definitely determined today or to-;
morrow whether the contracts will
go through or whether the. wholo
plan will he abandoned.
Senator Simmons called on Gener-
al "Manager Piez of the Shipping
Bcra'at noon; today and urged again .
that the contracts be speedily award-;
LIBERTY
TEN YEARS
Next Loan to Bear interest
from May 9, 1918 to Sep
tember 15, 1928.
CAMPAIGN TO RUN
FOR FOUR WEEKS
Sale of Bonds Will Open Mext
Saturday andClose Mayj4
Five per cent to be Paid With"
Subscriptions.
Washington, April 4. The third
issue of Liberty Loan Bonds .will
mature in 10 years on September 15,
1928, the Treasury Department today
announced and will bear interest from
May 9, next, payable semi-annually
on September 15 and March 15,
"Payment in full may be made with
the application on or before May 4,"
the treasury announced, "but bondrf
will not be delivered before May 9
on any subscription for an amount
exceeding $10,000. Full payment may
be completed upon subscriptions for
any amount on May 9 or any subse
quent installment date.
Paymen of any insallmen, Includ
ing the first, installment of 5 per cent
or payment in full, may be made in
treasury certificates of indebtedness
except those maturing April 22 and
June 25. Qualified depository banks
and trust companies may make pay
ment by credit upon the subscriptions
of themselves and their customers,
but only to the extent that they can
not make payment in Treasury De
partment certificates of indebtedness.
"Third Liberty Loan bonds ' which
have been owned by a person for six
months prior to the date of his death
will be acceptable at par and accrued
interest in payment of United States
inheritance taxes upon his estate.
This applies also to 4 1-4 per cent
bonds issued upon conversion."
The treasury also explained that
Liberty loan "bill provides for thepur "
chase of one-twelfth of the total 'ssue
of the third loan this year, and that
this provision also applies to bonds
of the second loan and converted
bonds of the first loan.
The Third Liberty Loan campaign
will last for four weeks, beginning
Saturday and ending May 4; the
Treasury Department announced tc-.
day. Banks wilt be given flvo days,
after the campaign's close to tabulate
and report subesription. ' .
Instead of requiring a two per cent
cash payment with the subscriptions, .
as in the second loan, five per cent .
will be asked for the third oan
Twenty per cent then will be due May
28, 35 per cent July 18, and 40 per
cent August 15.
The Treasury expects many, sub
scribers to pay in full on purchase and-'
these early payments may be suffi
cient to redeem the $900,000,000 of
certificates of indebtedness falling due
before May 9. Otherwise it may be ..
necessary to refund the certificates
with short time lots. Officials also
believe the May 28 payment actually
will be much greater than the 20 per
cent required.
The installment payment dates have
been arranged so. that none will come,
in June when the drain on the coun
try's financial resources will be great .
on account of income and excess prof
its taxes duev June 15. " i
BARGEMASTERS' STRIKE
PARTIALLY BROKEN
Norfolk, Va., April 4. Four firm -having
agreed to the demands of the
bargemasters, the strike which has
badly crippled shipping here for sav-
eral days, was partially broken this'
uled for this afternoon.
ied and actual construction begun
soon as possible. He urged that, the
Shipping Board give the interested
parties something definite to won
on; that the contracts be awarded oi
that the board tell the business, met)
positively that no ships will be buill
there so they ca nabandon their ef.
forts and waste no more time.
Senator Simmons arranged for- Fred
Coxe, of Wadesboro, who represent
one group of business men backed, by
the Illinois Steel Company, , and Mr s
Van Home, who represents anoUisi
group to confer with Mr. Piez an4
Chairman Hurley this afternoon, arid
see. if something definite can be do.
It is expected that some kind : ;
e'eal will fee dosed this afternoon OX
tomorrow morning, or that 'the whol
proposition will be dropped.
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