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LER it Worth Thou ofDollars OF MYSTERY ltd and Three Men lecessful Getaway in Jork. De?'. 1?.--Three masked .entered the rooms of a tncej a gn the eight h floor 'e budding in the h-?trt of avenue shopping district nmoon shot and killed Kd Aadrews, a member of the j^brOUnU sad gagged three other ld escaped with Jewels valued M*. from the crowds of Christ >er? passing the building - between Forty-fuurth and streets in the center of bf department stores, bunks luslve shops-?the men took itor to the door upon whici Arm hss offices. Mr. An atous. a occurr*.-!. police, Inves the esse, have been unable bjSge. They believe that An attempted to close the door da's snd that one of the men Itt? Ne shot was heard in Ogives and Andrews was dead found. Mull'gan. a messenger, was to disturb the robbers. As red he was grabbed. t>ound, gild thrown on the floor, bc t drew a. Two salesmen. Arthur Of Newark and Vincent Prov vo tared soon afterward snd 1th .the same treatment, two salesmen entered sep i They corried sample cases rstfy Tfce robbers "covered" With a gun-?believed to aave send barreled revolver or 7As. fitted with a silencer? heir canes. While two of ilia bound the salesmen, a the safe. is and Merthe Utter crawl hallway, where they were 4 women stenographer from office discovered the two *4u her cries brought oth ef Whom had hoard aoy ||orsrever, found an ld*^ in the room [Ueve the three men wno ibed as having the ap lOf foreigner*, walked down >J0 to*.'Street and there nilagliog through the fejrgN. De<. II *?The murder of Andre*-** a Fifth avenue *er>4 the 'heft of Jewels 4 today lead repre . JeS/elers and silversmiths digg hero tonight to adopt Hop calling upon Governor bike "Lw. mediate snd encr te cause.the proper au furntsh necessary pro to /.he life and property" of ~|& New York, gpvemor then wss asked "to lite the conditions in New York sad to take measures to safe tae "life and property not only fSmgufscturers and dealers In PC snd Jewelry, but of the futile" tUdliy the entire Jewelry and If,trade of the United States It aaae?aced was represented at nftetdrtng FIRE IN DARLINGTON Two Hundred Bales of CottM Burned is, tatgton. Dtec 1%?I he of sn Hewrn origin last night destroyed WliS of loar. suple cotton, 17f? of cotton seed. the gin he use, stdfe house belonging to D. T. Ithsvn The totsj loss is esti dt ISO.000, without insurance. rARD o+?:nKi> txni k*;lly. 'ObKinShi v. IVc 17 -Three hurt 1* dollars reward has been offered iown of New llrooklnnd, su of Columbia, and by relatives K4 Capture of Newt Kelly, chsrg " coroner's J|iry with the killing ivid* M. Khull. prominent whnlo Irdcery salesman of Coiumim '*srst shot while rolling on some if tddles of lirooklsnd last Mon dlgtlt As yet Kelly In at Urge, ?Hochland and Lexington county dais are slgSjrtng the country for There are In Columbia many roTsU?y *? well ss of Shuli. killed. IHBNIls Tt? ttUDCT UUMVTAI4. Coiumbia. I>er. 17?Nhrlnera of Carolina are Interested in the _LI*> erect a series of hospitals reghout the eountry. The first will ?ly be at Rochester, Minn Kerb ? 480 000 Hbrtners of North Am 'will b*? assessed $2. and nearly itliofi doll-.r* will he available hospitals will be erected in the Cities, where needy children bo helped. All of the hospital. Wo for crippled children. (WAY On-T-K IAI.S I Kiut>:t> Tit Uf M? riumbls. I>ec. 17?Ralph Shrop , .who ha* heeri division fraught for the Southern railway. < '?? |S> division, sine/* hist March, has transferred to Savannah, and ?' JClder. who has been dlvlsiod Sgent at Muvarnah. has been 'to Columbia. .0 sssumed his today, the two agen** simply rmg position* Both are exper raUrotid orhViaK BRITISH CENSOR CABLE MESSAGES American Business Cablegrams Diverted by British Officials CHARGE MADE BY NAVAL ATTACHES President of Western Union Testifies Before Senate Inves? tigating Committer Washington. Dec. 16.?Direct tt sti Kiny that American business mes? sages sent over British cable during the war had come into the posses sion or British interests was given t<? a senate committee today by Capt. P. K. Hill, 'ormerly an American naval attache'in South American countries. The committee also learned from Newcomb Carlton. president of the Western Union Teh graph company, that the British naval intelligence au? thorities now were holding up for ex? amination all cable messages from Otaat Britain to the United States. He was unable to say whether messages to Great Britain or diplomatic mes? sages of the American government were being subjected to such exam ination. but promised to let the com? mittee know as to the latter. Captain Hill testified that the most glaring instance . of American mes? sages getting into the hands of Brit? ish concerns was when the (Jonen;! Electric company submitted a bid for certain electrical installations for a Brazilian firm. Next day an offer came from an Knglnh concern to sup? ply the same articles at a lower price than the American firm offered. This testimony was adduced at fm tber hearings hy the committee into the general question of cables com munications and the three corner .i controversy over the landing of a South American cable at Barbados which involvos a question of British cable inter-coastal monopoly in Bra? sil. Mr. Carlton in discussing the In. M ing up of American messages in Great Britain now said there was some Jus? tification for the practice o.s the pur? pose was to throw light on "Internal disturbances in Great Britain chirti? dy with reference to Ireland." 11?* added that his company had taken a firm stand on the matter but had been assured that no censorship would be imposed. The Western Union president testi? fying ntrther ;?? to the attempt to land the Miami cable. *ald his com? pany was proceeding In an orderly way through the courts t?? get the Cable connecteJ. While the hearing was in progress it was said at the state department that the company had been informed that if it landed tho cable via Cuba the permit under which' existing cables at Mia*r.i wer?; landed would be altered so as to pre? sent the transmission of through messages to Brazil over the British Western company's linen from Bar? bados Ehhu Hoot. Jr.. counsel fo rthe All American Cables, Inc., was again ex? amined and said the Miami contro? versy was '"merely a step in a great Intsrna onal struggle for the con? trol of communications to South America. A struggle between the United States on the one hand and Great Britain on the other. "It is a very great national prob? lem." Mr. Hoot added. W. W. Hawkins, president of the United Press association. told the commute,, that cable facilities w. r< the chief limitation on distribution of American news abroad and said conditions were SUeh*hat his orgun izktion could not get into South America all the news II desired to *rnd there. "The situation between Mm United States and Japan/' he said, "is largo? ly affected 01 the fact that news roue \ uiunlcutlons are :dow and limited "European countries realise the im? portance 01 news distribution. How? ever, wo doh*t want subsidies and prefer that American press associa? tions be left free from Inlluences that lead to tho making of propaganda machines. "I think congress should amend statutes to allow naval radio tlon to handle pr?ss ami government dsspatehea I don't believe the heads of the cable companies would Obje t to that beoaaot it would relieve lh>m of a burden." The S. C. Hille Team at .National >|, or Columbia? Dee. i4.?Appreciation of South Carolina's part in tho Na? tional Rifle matches .??? Camp Perry, Ohio, last August, is express. I by M. a Winter, president ol the Natlo ii Match Civilian Hille teams* aSSOClii tlOtl, in S letter from his Washing' -n office to Qorernor fjooper, made p b lle py the g??\ej or loda). In ref< i ring to tie- elvHIrn rifle team sent by South Carolina t<> Camp Perry, . i Winter says: "Just such learns ure responsible for the unprcccd< I and splendid sue ess of this gOVCril? ment institution." Mr. WlfltOr pays a hieb tribute to the sport] ot r.. b. Smith of Charles? ton. in his leadership of the team, "Bermit me to state." he Sayn, "thai Mr. N. Battle Smith, of Charles! n captain o| ihe South Curollns civilian rille learn, through personal etTorl ?ad Influence exerted ovor ihe mem' bei? of tiis team, has helped to make this year's government contest ? most profitable, patriotic and altogether i lor) even! The si n l< b ho renderod not only endeared him to many, bat II had in it ti. I quality <u digplty which made him, in the opin? ion of those who cams In contact with him. i Atting representative of the state o! Botlttl Carolina" Mr Winter .'tales that it will al wavs be a pleasure to roOOiVO Smith Carolinians at the national civilian i |fl? matches. IS ARRESTED I Alleged Slayer of David I Shull Now Being Held I in Penitentiary Columbia, Doc. 18. Kewt. Kelly, | {who. it is alleged, shot and killed David H. Bhull bf Columbia In Brook land lad Monday night, was eap ' turt tl about ? o'clock ycatorday af l ternoon Just as he was entering the house of M. C. L?rick near the Broad tttver Bridge, Constable n A. L?rick, laalatod by O. V>\ L?rick, making the arrest. ' Tho ofllcere, Informed thai Kelly \vas in tin- neighborhood went t<> 11?? - river bridge, arriving at the L?rick J bouse just as Kelly came up. Kelly made no effort to resist arreel and carried no arms when arrested, the officers say. M. C, L?rick, outside WhOOC bouse the arrest was made, Is .. brother of Constable L?rick. BILL HELD FOR INFORMATION Committee Wants to See Ho.. Federal Finances Stand Before Acting on Compensation Eill Washington, Dec. is.?The senate finance committee decided before act? ing ??n the soldier compensation bill to seek inf irvnation regarding federal I finances front Secretary Houston. MURDER IN SPARTANBURG Former Employee of Car Lines Kills Superintendent Srartanburg. Dec. 17.? D. A. r.uek heister, superintendent of the street railway lines for the South Carolina Light. Power and Railway company. of this city, was shot ami almost In* atantly killed here tonight shortly after I o'clock by George W. Putnam a former employee of the company. Th?' shooting occurred on Fast Main atreot at the railway crossing. Four .shots wire hred, all of which are said to have entered Buc&holster'fl body, the fatal shot enterinfT the brain just over the eye. Putnam was arrested almost immediately after the shooting and is said by the po? lice to have been in an Intoxicated condition when taken to the police station. He was transferred tonight to the oounty jail. The police say there has been in feeling between Putnam and the SU? perlntendent for the street railway line since the days of the street rail? way strike more than a. year ago ;it which time Putnam was an employed for the company and was among tho men who Struck und were neVSff re? instated. TROOPS ON GUARD IN KANSAS sssssasasi ?m Independence Under Martiart Law as Result of Hate Riot Independenc, Kansas, Dc, 17.- ? Troops are patrolling the streets aS tho result Of the race disorders in whieh a white boy and a negro were killed and four whites wounded. ACS I DA LI A MI'JITS Till. < O.MMI.ID IAL SITUATION New York. Dee. 1:. The Austral? ian government has taken steps t<? enable countries whose currency haa depreciated (o trade with Australia. according to advices ro< eived by Mark Sheldon, comm'ssloner for that do? minion. Australia has been collecting cus? toms duties at the mint par rate of' exchange based on the value of in? voices in the currency of the country where the goods originate. This, the commissioner says, has made it vir? tually Impossible for certain countries whose currency has depreciated to trade with Australia. 1- ?cause the du? ties would he too hb^h. t At the same time jr tended to pre? vent French and Italian exporters from using the exchange position to dump goads at prices with which I neither Australian nor British manu? factions could compete. To remedy this situation, lh< Aus? trian house of representatives has pasted a bill prop' sed by the minis? ter oi oustoms which provides that I the board of trade shall review the position whenever tin exchange rate in any country falls ten per rent he low the mint par t?te and authorises ib.it board to recommend to the min? ister that the bank rate of exchange should be adopted in assessing duties. BAN KIM ITS n w DlisPI 11 DKPIIKSSIOX Columbia. Dee. 17 ---Six cases of bankruptcy during the year 1020 are reported iry Harry N. Rdmunda, ref? eree in bankruptcy for lllchland, Lex? ington and Alken counties. The small number li taken t., indicate thai the financial situation has noi yel proved disastrous, as compared with past years of financial depression The , i-1. es are; Carolina Veneor Co., whieh sfas destroyed by lire several years ago; Clamp Brothers of Alkon; Cora Let Bumtnorsutt, widow m the late K T. Bummersett, t 'oluntbl1; 11. It. Smith, meat market, Columbia; A Wong row, Columbia; (lelger Drug ? *o., 1 .? Rington, Waahlngton, Dec, m, -The formu? lation of h constructive program for the relief of the national housing shortage will be undertaken at tho meeting of the chamber 01 commerce of the United state.-, .1 bankers en pocemher |7ih? Department of Labor, Finds Further De? crease of 2*/2 For November Washington, pec. 18.?A further decrease of two und one-half per rent in retail food prices in November as 1 compared with Otcober was reported today by the d< partim ni of labor. The decreases are noted In all fifty-one cities from which quotations w< re rb ? ceived. 1 FOR M ER SOLDIER S LEARNING TRADES) Forty-S'x Thousand Ex-Service Men Now Taking Vocational Training Washington, Dee. is.?The number of ex-service men In training during the last fiscal year Increased from ?'<>?', to over 46,000, \l. T. Fisher, of the federal board of vocational boat.! training reported thai ventcen hun rlred schools and collegen arc glvlns this training. five"years~for man killing Taylor Cole Sent to Prison For Involuntary Manslaughter in West Virginia ? Williamson, W. v.l.. Dec 18.?Tay? lor Cole was given the maximum sen? tence of five years at hard labor for voluntary ma ? . ughter in connection with the death <>f state policeman ftip ley. HARDING STILL ASKING ADVICE Marion. Dec. 18.?Sonatoi Harding conferred with Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, Democrat, and bit ter opponent to the Versailles league, and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, of New York, an advocate of the treaty with reservations, <>n n plan for world peace, He also discussed cabinet ap? pointments with Harry M. Daughcrty, Hardmg*s pro-convention manager, and Senator Harry S. New, of Indiana. EARTHQUAKE IN ALBANIA ) Dome. De?-, is?N"o\," earthquake shocks completed tho destruction of the Albanian village of Tepeleni, sc l^eordlng to reports. The tremor was I accompanied by a tidal wave and Ij&ndslldes. Twonty-two are known to have been killed ami many buildings I w ere ruined. KELLY IN TKtE ! PENITENTIARY (New Brookland Alan Killerin Safe Keeping -_ Columbia. Dec. 20.?Newt Kelly, of Columbia, and New Brookland, is be? ing held this week at the state penl Itentiary, charged with Ihe hiring of 1 David H. Khull popular Columbia I grocery ..salesman, who was killed I Monday evening of last week, w hile Icalllng, with other young men, on two lyounK lad lea of New Brookland. Kelly j I disappeared ufter shooting Hhull, and for several days lie was searched throughout the stale. Be Wards to? taling $300 had been offered for his arrest. He was captured on the out? skirts of Columbia last Friday after? noon. Ilf will be held al the state penitentiary until orders come for his transfer t.> the Lexington jail, unless! tail Is arranged, Frank Goff, one of the young men in the put: , was also arrested. He Is oul on 11,000 bond. DESTROY TWO STILLS LAST WEEK Walhalla. De\. 19 B. R. Mass. .?Mate constable, and .iahe CrOSncll deputy collector, destroyed two large blockade distilleries in the western portion of tin county this week. Tho 'ohbeers spent several days in this sec? tion and gave almost every valley and hollow the once over and wore re? warded for their labors by destroying I t.wo web equipped plants. No arrcsftl Were made. FOREIGNERS IN PARIS ' Dan.-. Dec. The foreign popu? lation of Paris on November I totalled 420,000. \t least : ueh Is the number 01* foreigners residing in Paris who have compiled with Ihe French law and taken oul cards .>; Identity al rile Prefecture of Police. These 111 tires do not include tourists or that class of foreigners whose nationality is some? what vague apd who have no desire 11, call ai police headquarters unless compelled to do so 1 y gendarmes. America with 22,000 permanent res-| ideal.-, in Paris occupies fourth place. Italy, Switzerland. Coed Britain with 81,000, 27,000 and 25,000 respectively heading the hst. HKXKT) HAS WliTUKIl IIOMDAY. Mexico City, Dec. SI?Mexico lias a nov holiday to add to the many al rohd) observed, Congress has de L'reed th.d Soveniber 20 shall be a legal holiday, commemorating tie revolt of Francisco V .Mader?? ugalnst hd Hucrtn toj Inie, i Fifty Detectives Called On to Help Police in Suppressing Raids of Gunmen - New ITork, Dec. is.- Fifty ex peri* I on cod detectives have been c j i< 1?> i? 11 \<> co-operate with the police in sup-1 pressing the crime wave. The detec? tives lire equipped with high speed automobiles to pursue the gangsters. Numerous organisations arc consider-] ir r means for protection, a wl mer? chants arc p'.n ing weapons in easy reach of clerkn ."i i customers. There wore two holdup i last night. FOREIGN TRADE TO HAVE BANK Southern Bankers Complete Pre? liminary Organization of Rig Seven Million Dollar Corporation New Orleans, Dec. is.? An Inform? al meeting was held preparatory to a stockholders' meeting on January 7th Of tho international banking company, capitalised at seven million dollars to finance the south's foreign trade in ? taple products. SHEPPARD POISON PLOT EXPOSED Son of Farmer Testifies He Was Asked to Poison Millionaire Peach Grower Macon, Go., Dec. IS.?J. A. Turner. ? dr., a son of a tenant on the Cutts ' farm testified in the Shopard case , hearing that Mrs. Annie Cutta asked him to poison i>. Prod Shoppard, the millionaire, tho alleged victim of the ; i oison plot for his money. He raid he I refused. MARMAGE LICENSES Marring" llct nses have been issued to the following couples: Mr. William Brabham and alias Margaret Caubert, of Ai.oiu. I Mr. George Bennenhaley of Dateeli and Miss Lillian Kay. Turks, or Sum I tor coutty. j Mr. C. u. Pandifer of Denmark and Miss Liouine Qsrdner of Sumter. t Colored: I Rhodt s Burns of Sumter and Win ; nie Cook of < ?sv. ego. i Clayborn Williams and Henrietta : Frlerson of Borden. A. C. Hartsog of Sumter and Cas sie Johnron of Pinewood. Manly Cantey, Jr., anil Luc y Black* well, nf Sumter. M. Langley Johns and Mamie Hil? ton of t >s\v< go. Johnnie Bcriven and Fannie Davis . of i lalsell. } Robert Jones und Kmma Illndorson , of Wedgefh Id. , D. M. poleman and Isabella Xi ? thaniel of Sumtt ftoberl Hicks and/Delia Gallcrhead j of Sumter. CANNOT STOP WHEAT IMPORTS Washington, Dec. SO. --The presi? dent is withae.it power under existing law to shut out wheat imports, under apparently has certain powers under the Lev* r acl to stop future trading in wheat, the federal trade commis? sion says in a special report In Pres Idenl Wilson. The commission said it appears that ;i large volume of fu? ture trading is mere gambling, and involves great economic wast.-. Chamber of Commerce, was notified tonight tl .it the State Tax commission would allow merchants to make re? turns on the stock of goods at the price.--- prevailing when th>- inventories are taken. or at replacement values. Chattanooga, Dec. IS?-The Ten? ness .? Alabama and Georgia railrou? has been thrown into the hand.:-, of a receiver. Tho applicants claimed Hut the road has been a losing proposition since its organisation. It is owned by the llusscli Sage estate. Spartan burg. Dec. IT. -The spar mills have announced an additional wage reduction of twenty per cent. The management said the reduction was necessary i-> avoid closing. Washington, i ?<?>?. so.?The house | ways, and no ans committee Voted out the Forney emergency tariff bill do signed to protect farmers und In? structed tin chairman tomakeanef fort to obtain action on the bill be? t?re the Christmas recess. 151 Paso, Doc, 20.?Clam Smith, who Is wanted In Oklahoma In con? nection with the death of Juke Ha? inon. will surrender and face the dtnrges, her parents announced. They paid their daughter was hiding to ivoid notoriety, not on account of guilt. Chicago, Doc. 20.?The University >f Chicago students have organised a vigilance committee t<s protect the co ? is from criminals. Many co-eds It ? reported are being attacked on Up ?ampus after dark and one girl was brown from a hoi cab by three n \ ho Jumped Into Iho v ur and r< .I tor. Berlin, l tec. 20, Th * miii rem!? i ot Ight hundred ihousaml milk cows, inda- the Versailles treaty would Is iisastrotis t" ttormanj and wea ? tubllc stamuia and Individual r< as ance and reduce Ihi abllit> of tier nan; to fullill the treat) obligations, a\ s a lott? r to the Fi euch w omen rom t Senna u women, TO ENACT HIGH IMPORT TAX Ways and Means Com? mittee io Place Tax on Wheat and Vege? tables Washington, Dec. is.?In the first st p toward the enactment of an ? m< i.. noy tariff the house ways and means committee tentatively agreed to place a high import tax on wheat, corn, wool, beans, potatoes, peanuts, and onions. CHARGES AGAINST THE SOUTH Effort to Reduce Southern Rep? resentation in Congress Re? newed Before Census Committee Washington, Dec. 13.?Char gee that in grocs in the south arc not permit tod to vote will be aired by the house census committee that is considering the reapportionmenl hill, chairman jgeigel announced. He said that re* I quests had been made by organiza? tions and Individuals that southern Irepresentation in the house be cut Idown and. charging thai the negroes j were coerced. GREEK RIOTJIN CONSTANTINOPLE News of Return to Athens of Constantine Provokes Bloody . Outbreak in Turkish Capital Constantinople, Dec. 1ft.?When the Incus reached here of tht embarka ?tion at Venice of Constantine, on his j way to Aihons to resume the throne, tho Creeks manifested strong feeling against Constantine. They engaged in street lighting, roughly handling pcr ; ton.; friendly to Constantino* threat? ened to lynch his cousins, and the chief of military mission and wrecked a royalist newspaper often. ROBftEltS ACTIVE. Robber} of Joncs-lloss Office supply Company* Sometime between closing time on last urday night and 10 o'clock Sunday night a burglar entered the store of Jones-Ross oircc Supply Co., and ma le a getaway with a number of articles that woulj go a long way toward someones Christmas list of presents. The burglar used his "Jimmta" on one of tho Windows at the rear of: ; ti e building and was soon in the store and mas.or of all that he sur . eyed. Ho boldly stalk* d up to the very front of the store ami extricated I from the show windows one of the ; most expensive boxes of writing pa ? per on exit I ilion. Probably he had I passed by that window prior to lbs inside work and had his best girl pick out her favorite box of paper promis? ing hor same ::. a token of his cetcora. i4 wOjls hard to tell just how many articles tho thief took along with him I at Iiis departure but a number of I boxes of* paper are missed, some loose leaf note books and quite a number [of Other arti< les that were easily nan died. The window was discovered open by one of the police* officers while on I his bear Sunday night al about ten [o'clock, an! this discovery probably saved a number of additional articles. POST UOUTKM i \ IMJNATION. The f ''i wing hi a report <>f the ix ?-?{ mon m examination made last | Saturday aftcritoon by Dr. C. 1>. Bpps ' c? fthe body or a. h. Barber: "One bullet apparently si ruck sonio i hard obj< et in Ins right lower vest pocket, glancing off and leaving a , large I rulse hat not penetrating the skin. One entered back of right hen, itrikli b the shoulder blade and glanced upward, being found above the right shoulder point.. Neither oi" these bullctf did any seriOUS damage j at a'i. ' "The third bullet entered right sido breaking the sixth rib, passing entire? ly through the liver, penetrating tho interior vene oava, the largest vein in the body, and passed directly through the opening of the vein into lh? heart and almost through the heart and was found m the cavity of tin- heart St the apex. Death was duo to hemorrage from the liver, the vein and from the heart through the cp< ning in t he vein.'' Doth bullets found in the body of Barber were caliber pistol bullets. The course which the bullet took thai pierced the liver and wae found finally in ib.* heart was indeed one of Ihn most exceptional examples on rec? ord. it was Indeed alsa marveloue how Mr. Rarlv r lived for approximately 00 hours with i bullet in his heart. (On tu in nit- < Iwistmas I rce We are inakl ig an effort to have ;i , . rnmuiity Xmas tree ;:t Clinton V Aj j; y. on i hui ch on Harvtn Bt. Friday afternoon at i p. m.i JCmas a:: are rordlwlly Invib d and we will , r ,?. ite m- thing that i riends c an ..'Vl. UH ,o ihe way of toys, okl or new ii*tirii i of cloth ngi candy or fruit. \v . v t t.> make happy the heart .,? .- ?, vi \ ?: :? v or that ot'm rwlss may i,. forgotten. Tours very truly. U llragg Anthony. \ card sent me, 1 will bo gtnd to nil for any contributions. Hojc i .. Sumter, s. C. Washington, Doc. 20.- Cotton ex lusive of Unters ginned pvlor to De ember 13th amounted lo 10,171,265 unninK bales.