The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, February 02, 1922, Image 2
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THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. 8. C.
STREAM OF BODIES
TAKEN FROM RUINS
LITTLE CHURCH THROWN OPEN
AND USED AS FIRST AID
STATION.
Graphic Description of tbs' Pitiful
Scene of Mangled Dead and Living
Is Given by Eye Witness.
Washington.—Kecovered from the
wreck and horror of the mined Knick
erbocker theater, a pitiful stream of
mangled bodies, dead and living, (low
ed all Saturday night and Sunday into
the lower rooms of a Christian Sci
ence church a few hundred yards
away. At the first word of the disas
ter, the place was thrown open to
these stricken folk and the hundreds
of others who came to search for their
dead or Injured.
And as the full weight of the losses
became known, the dead monopolired
the space, crowding the injured in the
all-too-gmsll rooms.
It was merely a first aid station for
those taken crushed, but alive from
the wreckage. They were carried on
stretchers over the slippery pavement
with lines of soldiers keeping the
crowd far back.
Doctors and nurses and women
•ager to bring their sympathy and
cheer to the suffering or bereaved
waited In the church. They tenderly
washed away the gray dust of the
crumpled concrete, the grime and
raked blood, blackened sometimes by
hours of waiting pinned under the de
bris until the rescuers cut the victim
loose. Bandages were snnlled and
the Injured were whisked away to
hospital or home
But ^the dead lay long in double
rows in which they stretched across
the floor, lay until a tearful relative or
friend a husband or wife or father or
mother, recognised the crushed form
at last Dp and down these aisles of
the d’ad walked those whose fears
had drawn them here because of aome
ope missing in the family circle *
Women already weeping In cer
tainty of what they must find sooner
or later beneath the kindly blankets
that shielded the sleepers msde the
Joomer of sorrow tnlnv times before
they found what they sought
Men with working faces leaned to
draw bark the coverings and th»n
gasped wtth short lived reMef as they
moved oa to the next hud (led form
Rome of these seekers came wtth
the d*rt and grime of the wreckage
upon them ■till Rome had passed
through the crash of roof and balcony
only to leave a dear one dead In the
Unxled mass
They bad worked hours wtth the
reeruera to find that one. nsly Ut re
turn now and then for a hurried trip
to the chamber of death
Eleven Husbands and Wivea.
Eleven, ttmee death struck down
hnshend and wife, aide by side They
died as they had sat to see the swift
picturing of the film
Rut many other times it was only
the wife or husband Who perished
-and the survivor must make the ter
ribie pilgrimage of recognition in the
grim chamber of the dead
The times when children were taken
were sparingly few
Usually the big theater has been in
Its earlier houra uX a Saturday night
the gathering place of a host of young *
aters who come with their parents lor
the week's amusement. But the
atorm that wrecked the Knickerbocker
kept moat of the little folk at home
that night.
Up the long path, trodden through '
heavy snow, that ran from the Im
promptu morgue to the Knickerbocker, '
struggled the stretcher squads, army
and navy men chiefly. Commissioned
officers of the military services held j
the doors of the church entrance, and
with exquisite gentleness and sympa-
they sifted out those who sought their
d»ad from others drawn by morbid
curiosity.
Above all there was quietness at the
church in spite of the urgent and
never ceasing activity Of the losers
in the Knickerbocker disaster, neither
the physically hurt nor the bereaved
gave voice to their suffering, and it
was the testimony of the first who
reached the theater that the outcry
there in the ruins was little and soon
•tilled.
Died In Rulnt.
Some of the victims were alive
when the reseqe work begun, but died
before the saving hands could reach
them. One girl child pinned under
k beam died with both hands in
those of an army officer who ^as
those of an army officer who was dt^
rectln her releagse. One man, pin
ned beside his dead wife was freed
from pain with hypodermic needles
and survived the long night to a safe
removal. (
A moment after the crash, Father
John Floerch, priest of a nearby
church, entered the ruined theater.
Knee deep in the snow that covered
all for the benefit of the, dying
around him, he gave general 'ab-'
solution and the final rites of the
church to the dying. Then he helped
In the rescue work.
Notable was the speed of the Red
Cross organization, whose local chap
ters forced their way to the theatei
•It# across the city whose transpor
tallon lines jiad been para tried the
■bow and set np canteens for the
hospital facilities for the
ambnlanoee for the deed
the in Jared who had to raagh
DELEGATES PLAN
NEW CONFERENCE
List of the Identified Dead In
Washington Theater Catastrophe
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UNITED STATES, JAPAN, ITALY, j
' GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE
TO BE REPRESENTED.
J. S. TO NAME TIME-PUCE
Preparations Will Begin Immediately
Upon Conclusion of the Washing
ton Negotiations.
Washington.—The ground work for
another international conference to re- >
write the laws of whr for the subma
rine and other nevT agencies of at
tack on land and sea, was completed
by the arms delegation. %
Under a resolution adopted by the
armament committee, preparations for
the new conference will begin imme
diately upon conclusion of the Wash
ington negotiations. The United States,
Great Britan, Japan, France and Italy
wilf he represented, and the American
government will select the exact time
and place of meeting. I
The first step toward revision of
warefare regulations is to be taken
by a ‘'com miss ion,’’ presumably com
posed of international law experts
without plenipotentiary powers, but
the resolution provides that after they
have agreed the five governments shall
"confer as to the acceptance of the
report and the course to be followed
to secure the consideration of its rec
ommendations by the other civilised
, powers ■’
It is Taken for grajited $iat
questions of national policy as well
as legal considerations will enter
into the final decisions reached, and
that the whole problem of the sub
marine. one of the storm centers of
the Washington conference, will be
reopened when the power* face
each other once more about the
council table It is possible that
the tentative agreements reached
here both a* to submarines and
poison gas will be passed along in
their present form to provide a basis
for the renewed discussions
The armament committee adopted
the resolution at a short meeting call
ed while most of the other activities
of the conference were waiting on a de
cision of the Shantung controversy, i
The far eastern committee likewise
met and readopted Ita recent declara
tion on the Chinese radio sitnatlon. at
the tame time entering oa the record
supplemental suggostlona of the pow
ers and of China on which no unani
mous agreement couM be reached.
Washington, Jan. 29. — The
identified dead ia„the Knicker-
bocJieP-theater catastrophe are:
* Former Representative,.. A J.
Burchfield, formerly of IfitUourg,
Ph
Miss Helen Barchflcld, daughter
of the forme** senator.
Archie Bell, formerly of Vine-
land, N. J.
Cuauncey C. Brainerd, Wash
ington correspondent of the BrouJfc--
lyu Dauy Eagle.
Mrs. ^hauncey B. Brainerd.
Wilfred Brosseau, North Adams,
Mass., student of Georgetown.
Guy S. Eldndge, Salt Lake City,
burother-in-law of Senator Smbot,
of Utah.
Oscar G. Kanston, Chicago, his*
wife and two daughters, Helen and
Anlyn.
Cutler LaFlin, Jr., aged 16, Chi
cago.
Miss Nannie I^ee Lambert, for
merly of Asheboro, N. C.
John W. Murray, The Plains, Va.
W. B. Summon, of Wyoming,
sthdent of George Washington uni
versity.
W. L. Schoolfield, Danville, Va.
Laverne Sproul, aged 17, Chi
cago, nephew pf Representative
Elliott W\ Sproul, of Illinois.
Lewis Strayer, Washington cor
respondent of the Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
H. Conroy Vane, Fredericksburg,
Va.
William Waiters, Brooklyn, N.
Y. student at Georgetown univ-
v^rsity.
Mary Ethel Atkinson.
__ Joseph W. Beni.
William <> Hik^e.
Thoma* R. Berne.
Mrs. Daisy Carvey Bowden.
Albert Btiehler.
William XI. Candy.
Mr*. D. H. Coveil.
Mr*. C. M. Crocker.
Vinson W Dauber.
Thomas M. Dorsey.
Mr*. Helen DorscB.
A. C. Kidridgs.
V H Ernest.
MrC. Farr.
Chrtallan Felge.
John P. Fleming.
Miss Mary Lee Fleming.
Tbomaa Fleming.
G 8 Freeman
Mr*. Clyde V Gearhart.
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F. H. Hall.
Douglas Hillyer.
William G. Hughes.
Daniel K. Jackson.
Miss Elizabeth Jeffries.
John M. Jeffries.
Howard W. KneesL
L. L. Lehler.
LeRoy Lehmer.
Mrs. LeRoy Lehmer.
Wyatt McKimmie.
Julian McKinney. •»
" Ernest E. Natellio. ,
Mrs, Norman E. Martindale.
, Misk Agnes Mellon. j -
Mrs. Jean Mirsky.
Miss Veronica Murphy.
Miss Vivian Ogden.
D. F. O’Donnell.
Miss Lois Price. /
Miss Marie Russell. /
Mrs: Cora C. Sigourney.
Miss Marie H. Smith. 1
Victor M. SCurgin.
Mrs. Gertrude Taylor.
William Tracy.
Miss Glayds Thomas.
Charles Cowles Tucker.
Mrs. Charles Cowles Tucker.
Jacob Urdong.
Mrs. Jacob Urdong. i »
Louis F. Vellyntlne.
Mrs. Louis F^, Vallyntine.
Miss Mildred Walford. •
John L. Walker.
Capt. Wm. E. R. Warner, quar*
terninster corps. U. S. A;
Mrs. William E. R. Warner.
Mrs. Charles M. W’esson. wife of
Col. C. M. Wesson, ordnance de
partment. IT. S. A.
Ivan J. While.
MUs Margaret Dutch, Luding*
ton. Mich.
Mis* M. C. R kle.
XIrs. Virginia Ferrai’d. sister of
Julfo Rlanchi. • G'lhtsrnniNn minis
ter to the United State*.
Scott Montgomery.
William A. Walters.
D N. Wa«*h.
Jack McKimlie (brother Wyatt
XIcKImliei. *
Christine Thompson.
Thomas Lamhv.
Mias E M \Val*h.
Kirkland Duke.
Esther Foater.
Russell Xfalne.
Mr* CarHe Parson
Albert Baker.
Mis* Frame* Rlkln.
Dr Jamea F Shea.
W, N Crawford.
EARLY ACTION ON
F
RESOLUTION' PASSED INSTRUCT
ING WAYS AND MEANS COM
MITTEE TO FRAME BILL.
NO ^POSITION TO MOTION
Declares that Once Reported the
Measure Will Be Given Right of
Wayln the House.
'“'Washington.—Early ’action in the
house on a soldiers' bonus bill was
forecast when republican members at
a caucus adopted a resolution instruct
ing the ways and m&ans committee to
frame a bonus bill and declaring that
once reported the measure should be
the continuing order of business until
passed. No opposition to the resolu-
{tion developed, it was said.
While ways of raising necessary
i revenue for a bonus were discussed,
it was said no instructions were given
the ways and means committee as to
what revenue raising provisions
should be placed in the bill. Members
were generally of -the opinion that
jit would be advisable for the com
mittee first to thresh out this point,
and have the republican memhersbip
of the house privileged, after the bill
ia reported, to caucus again, particu
larly on that feature of the measure.
Sentiment was expressed, it was
YOU CANT TRUST
CALOMEL AT ALL
It’s Quicksilver, Salivates, Causa*
Rheumatism and Bone v
. Decay. r \
said, in favor of making the cash pro- f twentj-Nve.
visions of the bUl less attractive and ' mofhw * t , * 1
URGE CHINESE TO ACCEPT GENOA MEETING POSTPONED
Far Eastern Committee Debates With
out Final Action the Wlreli
Facilities of China.
PROLONGATION OF WASHING
TON CONFERENCE GIVEN AS
REASON BY YTAllANS.
Would Be Impossible to Assemble So
Large a Gathering as Contem-
pieted for Genoa in Six Weeks
those providing for insurance and
borne and farm aid a more desirtbie
option Several members were said
to have urged that ra*h payments be
somewhat reduced *o that more vet- J
ernas will be inclined to take advan
tage of other benefits.
Thla, It was »Mid. would requlr* less
init'al revenue.
Incidentally several ways of provid
ing necessary revenue were suggested,
among them a sales tag, issuance of ,
bonds secured by the foreign debt 1
and use of interest paid In bf nation-
Indebted to the United States.
Chairman Fordnry. of the ways and
means committee, assured his col- j
leagues that his commuted would art |
with the prospect ritat they would be
brief and that tfte bill would be report
ed very
Harvey te Talk With Poincare.
Parte —It was reltlhly stated that
George Harvey. American ambassador ,
to Great Britain, will tail Premier ,
Polnrare during hla brief sojourn In
Paris oa hie way from Cannes to Lon
don. that the United States may yet
consider being, represented at the
forthcoming economic conference at
Genoa, provided France will consent
to full partlrtpatioa In that gathering.
The next dose of calomel yon takm
may salivate you. It ittSay shock your
liver or start bone necrosis. Caiotnel
is dangerous. It is mercury, quicksil
ver. It crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, cramping and sickening yon.
Calomel attacks the bones and shonltl
never be put Into year system.
If you feel bilious, headachy, consti
pated and all knocked odt, Just go t<F
your druggist and get a bottle of Dod
son’s Liver Tone for a few- cents which
Is a harmless vegetable substitute for
dangerous calomel. Tftke a spoonfttl
and if It doesn’t start your liver and
straighten you up better and quicker
'than nasty calomel and without making
yort sick, you Just go back and get yoor
money.
Don’t take calomel! It can not bw
trusted any more than a leopard or n
wfld-cat. Take Dodson’s Liver Tonw
which straightens you right up and
makes you feel fine. No salts necen-
sary. Give it to the children becausw
It Is perfectly harmless and can not
salivate.—Advertisement*
Hi* Inquiry. ^
“Paw,". began little Lester IJver-
more, who Is of unusual width betwixt
the eyes. **lf,n man fifty years old mar
ries u girl of,seventeen, and his son.
marries the glri’i
that make'the old ma
i he son-in-law of id* own son and tbn
fatlier-in-Iaw of himself, ami—say.
Paw, enn I go to the pirture show to
night if I won't ask any more ques
tion* V*
“)>*!*• yelled XIr. Livermore.- Kum-
ma City Star.
is
GET COLOR
INTO YOUR
PALE CHEEKS
If
Your Face is Your Fortune^
Don't Look Like a
Bankrupt .
Robbers Kill Caabtar.
Pittsburgh Five men walked Into
the First National Rank of Crafton Washington.—The aid of President
a suburb and after killing Harold Harding baa been enlisted by the
Moss, assistant eashier. forced five arms delegates to bring Japan and
rlerks and a woman customer Into a China into agreement on Shantung |
vault They robbed the bank of ap- Taking a direct hand in the Wash- Washington.—Postponement of the
proxtmately Sin 000 In cash and ne ington negotiations for the first time, assembling of the Genua conference,
gotiahle securities and escaped in an the President urged the Chinese to set for March I. will be necessary, it Ihtion of the country IS yean of age
Small Number of Bachelor*.
Washington--The proportion of
married men to the |o(al male popu-
automobile toward fhe open country.
THOMAS GETS 18 YEARS:
OUT ON 120.000 BOND
Concord. N. C —Bond in the sura
of $20,000 was arranged here for
O. G Thomas, and he was given his
freedom pending the outcome of his
appeal before the gupreme court.
The bondsmen are C. W. Swlnk.
Cdfcrord; C. E. and J O. Lowe, of
Kannapolis.
A sentence of 18 year* In the
state prison wa* imposed upon
Thomas, found guilty of second de
gree murder for killing Arthur J.
Allen, by Judge J. Bis Ray.
Notice of appeal to the supreme
court wa* given by Thomas' attor
ney*. and Judge Ray fixed the ap
pearance bond in the *um of $20,-
000.
In sentencing Thomas Judge Ray
declared that his decision had been
infltieiic'’d by his sympathy for the
wife and mother of the defendant,
“who have sat faithfully by Tils
side.” "At first I intended to give
the prisoner the full limit of the
law.”’he stated, “but I feel a great
sympathy for the wife and mother,
and I cut the sentence to 18 years.”
accopt the latest compromise offer sad was aald. In Italian official circles be- a ,d over Increased from S&.8 per rent
thus remove from the field of c-on-i cause of the prolongation of tbe to 69 2 per cent la the ten years pre-
troveray a subject which haa become Washington armament meeting. ceding the 1920 censes, according to
a serious barrier to the progress of i Even If all other (actors were fa- a compilation of martial statistics
the whole conference. vorable. It was said. It would be prmc- made public by the c-entua bureau.
Whether the move is to succeed ap- tlcally impossible to assemble so The bureau believed, however, that
pears to rest largely with Peking ^rge a gathering as that contem- thla wa* probably more indicative of a
The Japanese already have Indicated plated for Genoa in the six weeks re- change in the age compoaition of the
informally their. willingnesa to make m<l l Q ‘ D K before tbe tentative date, population—an increase in the per-
the principal concessions proposed, Tbe difficulty has not been lessened, rentage of males between 16 and 2S
and the President approached the Hallan spokesmen said, by the delay years of age due to increased immt-
Chltfese only after the Japanese am-, un the part of the United States to gration—than a growing propensity
basaador had informed the state de
partment that his government wai
ready to accept a tender of good of
fices.
The settlement plan aponaored by
Mr. Harding deals only with tbe re
turn of the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu railroad.
formally announce their attitude to- of matrimony.
ward the projected gathlring. J Of thl total m^le population of
Members of the Italian delegation 53.900.431 ahovp the 15-year clasatfl-
do not tfFsitate to express the opinion cation, the census figure* showed 21.-
that the proposed conference could 849.266 married. 1.758.308 widowed,
be expected to accomplish almoit and 235,284 divorced, the tatter figure,
nothing without the participation of however, including non-divorced and
the great credit nation of the world, repiarried: The divorce total showed
substantially all other questions hav
ing been agreed upon in the seoarate C,(,8e connection between' the Wash- an Increase of 20 per cent in its ra-
ington conference and that in Genoa tio to the total population during the
was seen by some delegates, who de- 10-year period, constituting six-tenths
dared there could be no effective of one per cent of the latter against
exchanges between Japanese and Chi
nese. . Under the proposal Japan
wquld abandon -her proposition for
Who does aot want red lipa. a
| d*ar, healthv compieziuo and brtgkC
1 flashing eyes?
Some people have such wonderfully
good health nothing srema to hurt
them. Others could so easily have Sow
color and more strength and vigor If
| ’bey would help nature with Gude’s
1‘epto-XIangi.n. It la a splendid irou
tonic that physicians have prescribed
for thirty years. It Is not an experi
ment. It la n«t merely a temjN*rary
help, because It makes plenty of red
blond and. as everybody knows, red
blood Is the only sure foundation of
permanent health and strength. Get
I’eptn-Xfangsn of yoor druggist—and
take It a few weeks and see how much
l»etter you feel fcnd look. SoM In liquid
and tablet form. Advertisement *
Domestic Science.
Selhy—Won't you dine with me?
Grime*—Thank you. I’ve Ju*t dined!
I have l*een home and had my regnlqy
niftir uf apples, apricots and u*|Him-
gus.
Selby—Isn't th.it a rather mid <<m>-
blnatlon?
Grtnies—Well, you see. my wife
went to n. douiestie science school and
had to leave lifter . the first week
—before she- bad reached the second
letter of the alpbnbet!
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a loan to China, and the latter would Pining and rearrangement of Euro-
purchase the road with treasury notes
payable at option 5 to 15 years hence.
North Carolina Negro Released.
Hamilton, Ont.—Matthew Bullock,
American negro, wanted at Norlina,
Considers Doctor Work.
Washington. — Dr. Hubert Work,
first assistant postmaster general, as
a matter of formality, has submitted
his resignation along with that of his
chief, Postmaster General Hays.
1 ean budgets, considered a necessary
preliminary to any successful read
justment of European economic con-
five-tenths In 1910.
Housing Projects Will Be Sold.
Washington. — Shipping Bpard war
time projects at Wilmington, Del.,
N. C., by authorities on a charge of Chester, Pa., Bath, Me., Groton, Conn.,
Inciting i lot, was released by the im
migration authorities.—An Immlgra-
lion board first ordered Bullock de
ported but the government oa an ap
peal, reversed this finding.
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Nelly Bly is Dead.
New Ydrk.—Nellie Bly, newspaper
woman, who achieved fame by a spec
tacular trip around the world in rec- jut brick or brick and stucco construc-
ord time, died at St. Mark’s hospital, tion.'^wijl be sold at auction.
and Essington, Pa., whose total orig
inal cost approximated 111.650,000,
will be sold by auction within the next
few months, it was atated by Sidney
Henry, commercial manager of the
Emergency Fleet corporation
Union Park Cardens, at Wilming
ton, Del., comprising 503 dwellings,
one apartment house and two stores
Urges Appointment of Farmer.
Washington.—Apopintment of Dr/
Alva Agee, secretary of the New Jer-
Superphone Gives Absolute Secrecy.
Washington —The "‘superphone/’ an
Thousand Injured.
London.—A cable dispatch to the
ditions, until positive steps have been Evening Star from Rome says it is
taken toward reduction of naval arm- reported there that fresh disorders
aments at least. Unless such reduc- have broken out in Cairo, Egypt, ra
tion is assured, by the Washington suiting in 190 persons being killed and
conference, it was declared it would more than 1,000 others injured. British
be useless to hold a conference in | troops, the message adds, quelled the
Genoa for economic reconstruction., insurrection. “
Ford Offer Reported. .
Washington'—Legal officers g)f the
war department completed the final j
government Loans.
Washington. — The Boston and
Maine railroad applied to the inter
draft of the contract which Secfetary i state commerce commission for a loan
Weeks will send to j^mgresa with
frojn the government of 15.000,000-to
comments” • attached covering the run fbt^!3 years. The money will be
proposal of Henry Ford for the pur- used to pay off a note of like amount
chase and lease of the government The Atlanta. Birmingham ft Atlan-
properties at Muscle Shoals, ^ Ala. tic raRfoad also aslted for a govern-
Final touches were given the docu-iment lofin of $816,000, offering the
ment after, it had been carefully government ■ receivers’ certificates as
studied by Mr. Ford’s representatives security.. The application said the
here and said by them to be a very money would be used to pay off exist
satisfactory ^.presentation of the of
fer. —.
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Training of Men la Planned.
Washington."'— Training of 3.000
ing short term Indebtedness held by
banks.
apparently simple attachment for tel officers and 20.000 men In each of
Preserved Greens Cause Five Deaths
Boise, Idaho.—The death toll stood
at five In the family of Charles W
sey state board of agriculture, as a ephones which is said to assure abso- th*» nine army corp* areas during the rsmhridxe Idaho &a a result
member of the Federal Reserve Board, lute sdcrecy of'cOvnrnunir^Dn and rummer ts planned by the war 1 ,
was urged upon President HardLng^by egrity from maJLe.d-MUHnrnJL Brigadtee -Gettrsl Wffr- ot botuBuus poisoning
"Senator Frellnghuysen o? New~Ter*«y possible multiplex telephonr.'was dem- Lasajter informed the house preserved greens at a b
and Dr. E. W. Kemtner. professor of onatrated in the office of ^he chief
economics at Princeton university; *cignai officer of the army. It wa*
the appointment to b« contingent upon «hown that one telephone
line to
the
of pending legislation ia- w tilch “superphonea ' were attached
creasing the membership of the hoard could be used tor a number of cob
t6 eight Seaxtor Frellncbuysen at vernatloes almuluaeooaly and.that no
the White House declared his belief pair of speakers eenld hear or tM*r
military committee.
x Outl'nring the
Deportment, General
from eating
birthday dinner
for Harriet Tuttle, youngest member
of the War of tbe family Two daughters and
Lassiter said three som are dead and the father is
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^“Yes-; he mrnle a ruftuiic out of am
Idea.”
ilou cntpo4^
"Jn*t ms as he saw that
' o**lt-n hosiery u<>uld be in vicpe ho
he troops would be aaalra d aot only not expected to live Mias Bessie | forward with a woolen
to the oae mala r^mp which the War Clare. 16. a guest, and Russell Tuttle ! ’*** effect —LoulaxUhp Cs
Department desires to ret*la to aach another soa. who sfeao partook of the °nL
corpa area, but to a a ember of other potaonosm veertab et. have net yet
of the
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