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RUSSIA FACES
NEW MENACE
IN CIVIL WAR
Cossacks Meet Bolsheviki
in Furious Battle Near !
- Bielgorod
I JRED VICTORY RUMORED 1
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COl'EMIAOt.N, Dec. 12.
Demobilization of ltuitaian forces j
San begun, according to the Bcniiof-
h Scial German news agttic. This
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liviu un iiiv iiuDmail Hunt nail: ifvcil t
authorized. (General OherbatcholT, it
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is said, has been desiunated to open
the neROtiotions with German).
NEW YOKK, Dec. 12. y pr out Hcnw in.i-.tlm; ihlikui"
Dispatches from Washington Ullll,ll1 " W 1I" tu " mitH. and
. . .. , .1 .. , , 1 Inidliini ronttlnK III' Kciih toUilicd 0
btate that authentic information has t(.m ,lu lnLan. oZ ju ,,u iellt
reached there of occupation by the uinm pim'n i.n wirr
Japanese army of the great railroad ulUl. l0ln7In,' I1Uuh tlm rLoU ....
lorks at Vladiostok, the I'acilic Mondaj . iw Kjiui crcanuij tui but
terminal of the Trans-Siberian 1'Pr(lm I0'1"'1 "'""I"10 ,f,,tH f,onl "T
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Jlailwa). The dispatches point OUt lmi ucunierj liilut. cood ircanierj
the importance of the occupation. 1
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lAJINDOiN, wee. l.
Russia's chil ur lias nnn.irentlv
L begun
Diiputches today, all gieatly de
layed, reported the first actual Lhiilt
between llolBheviM and Cossack
V rebels around TamunoKti, about
'tightecn miles from Diclgorod. The
''Cossacks wcro part of u force com-
tnanded by General Kornilolf, well
furnished with arms, machine guns
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STOCKSteAK BADLY
ON NEW YORK 'CHANGE
Further Liquidation Results'
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in Losses of From 1 to More '
-'Than 3 Points
Some Big Stock Losses
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Continued liquidation today eiit many
railroad and Industrial stocka to new
low records. No ulnslo eauso could bo
j found for tho Bacrltko, which In com-
i nusaion nouses wu uii-iiy vjihvu
B,a real liquidation, but Wufehlnffton noww
that Justice Urandeis might become di-
rector of railroad operation and tho
1 money situation wero partly blamed.
under nrtMiure and recorded losees
nranclns from I to more than 3 point.
-followlriB Bllfc'ht lnprocment early In
J the session.
vono of the liealet losera waa'Nortli
Jeru Vaclflc, which cold off as much as
4lK pomtH to 78. andrennslanlii
jfdecllned to another now low record price
ftt 41, off a quirter. , ,
' .United States Btcel common and In
dustrial Alcohol wrro among the healtst
i Jotters of the Industrial group, both
idllnif off mere than 3 points,
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Advance in Retail Prices
Ranges as High as
13 Per Cent
STOREKEEPERS BENEFIT
'J he 1001I nki list itmipuiu .J today
y Ja I'ooko, 1'edetal food uifiiilnli
tialor fur JMilluiltlhliUi, hIiouh un in-
'" i Uw rctiii miccs of nwt ot
in iukji iWuj jitr cent uuu is uiiriuuitu
to iiltUoun tulinlnli-tratlou prktx Inning
fnilcd tu kInc the lclull denier 11 f.ilr
proiit. TUo 'wiioies.no j.rlies xmh.iIiiciI
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This .llllllo 11 foull 'W.IH
Ullln -0 Hill" ' IliCixCU IHM Mllie
iuKli)'iii tin khiciui in.i..ni m i.iu.x
Mu firim; fojxib udwiwtd it iu
mil to JJ tenth 11 I'ihiikI, 11ml liuillunl,
11 ti.l llrrlil.M t I 'lit fntl itii 1 . 11w1.1l tiliiitit
print. Rood ueamciv tuh and iold htor-
ubo liutttr acli ndanctd one icnt n ,
pound. In tlio oiiho ot butter the utall
pioiu u not incivisiil. Tho iholcfak
prim. as mlsed propoitlonateh.
IIrkh Kiualncil filil Ltendy. fliowlnir
an Itnuaho of on, ifnt per dozen In1
iold HoruKo laiulled tstratf, (old fctor-
lk'o i.inillfd Hi mm and iold Hornsc
ciackid and dlny tlihdrt In both the
U10ltsalo and tlm retail prUo
fvo piho us ltsiied today for Hvai.
potutot-H, lard, beam, turnips onions' or
cabbaRcs.
These prlien weio UfUtd fnlTowlns a
icmfeicneo between tlio nholealc und
ictail fattora and Jlr. Cooke The
said at" this meeting tliaj. fonm r food
(onlliiurU on I'ac hern (ulunui lour
AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIP
TORPEDOED AND SUNK
Wien Sent to Bottom While!
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Trying to Run Allien
Blockade of Adriatic
AMSTERDAM, Deo. l.
Tho Austrian battleship "VVIcn was
sunk by u torpedo In tho Adriatic un
Sunday night whllo tnlng to tun the
blockade which British, Trench and
Italian warshlpt. are maintaining on tho
Austrian ccust, said a telcciam from
Vienna today,.
S'Vnna of the olllcrrs and bcuuicn wcro
lost, but the Austil.'in Ailinlrulty ubterts
tltat most of tho irew wero fa.d.
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Tlie Wjen was n clasa D battleship
of C513 tons, the keel for which was
laid In 1S93. The tossel watt SOS feet
In length, had a, mean draft of twenty
one fcit uud a spied of seventeen knots,
bhe wan armed with Itarvclzed armor
and had four nine liu.li guns luHurrets
foro and uft. six the Inch and other
smaller f'uns. prdlnarlly fcho carried
111 men.
HELD AS BOMB I'LOTTEUS
Six Aliens Arrested for Conspiracy
to Blow Up Ships
-NEW YOIIK. Dec, 12. Six enemy
aliens suspected of participation In a
conspiracy to place tlmo bombs on out
Kolng steamships earning foodstuffs and
other supplies to the porta of the Allies
wero today held without ball for trial
on January "1.
Tho men uro said to lune been cm
o'oyed on the steamship Krledrlch der
lUrosM) prior to the beginning of the war.
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VICTIM OK EXPLOSION
Theodoie .Tttcobson, of HurriMin,
N. J., chief of police tit the Uetli
lelie.ni Steel Company's munition
plant near New Ciifetk', Del., who
wns instantly killed by 11 blicll
5n today's bl.iht.
ALLENBY OCCUPIES TWO
MORE PALESTINE TOWNS
Conquc!1pn of J' " ' A.
Mince Nortlt of Juffti
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I..OXDO.V, Dec. 1.. funeral Alknb
Ii not conUnt now tliat ho h-m t iken
Jerusalem. Ills forces are. ftlll lushing
ahead ill Palestine, according to his of
ficial repoit today,
Midway between Jtrusa'em ami Jaffu
ho Kild tho Ilrltkh line had L.ru ad
Minied to lludrus and bhelk Hobeld
rihld, north of aildleh. both of whkh
tonna had been ctptured.
Army HecruitiiiK Breaks Itccord
A.sllIXOTO.V, IHs-. J". Itwrultlng
for thu et.'Ulur. iinny again jestttday
bioko all urordit, mot tullstinents bu
Ing reiorted this iifurnoon. This llgure
does net include teturns from Chhago,
Kansis City and Indiana po Is, whkh
will probably tuin In 1C00 moie.
New Orleans llcsulth
FIllhT HACK. two-jenr-oM niaijn, claim
ln, pur $4ihi t (urlonK:
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hi Cupllano. UJ. l'ar-
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Hootv, 1011 Ilotilnbon... 3 to 1 rveu I to i
Tllim. 1 - - - ' SayMh. ShunJon, lirtnn
r. UrautKul katturjn und ltunr cucKIc
ulo ran
sKCosn hack. I j.jq mii:
Toura, too, llottuli .... B toa T to ' 1 to 1'
t.jiui. 110, Merlins' ern -to.'
Cliuron II l'l-', Johnson , .... a to 3
Tlmo. a 00,
Skaters Find Ice Fair
on Three Park Lakes
There- is skating on Gustlne,
Hunting Park and Concourse
Lakes today, and the Ico is, fair.
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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1917
WOMEN, SNUBBED,
'Pennsylvania Suffrage
Head Says Liquor Inter-
ests Rule Senator
REFUSED THEM HEARING1
Uy M'LISS j
WWMlINV.Tu.V, 1ee l.
i;inb.iria-td h lliu taut that they did
not daro to n.k of K.aator Bulcrt Vui-, AUSTRI ANS ON FRQNT
roi tlio 1 urn icf ot a hc.trlu wlikli the' t r
tAr Iciiatort fionfothrr Maffrs liaM't"0"'' " "" ' "' '
eranlul todav tu dc lenalioiiH ot tulTr.n-' ll WILMAM I'HIMI' SIMS
Kltts from th.lr oinmimwealtlii, tho , WI I'll 'HIE IIKI1 ISH AKMICS IN
Itnnl inla unit 11 who aie licm loi i THU l'EI.D Dec. 12.
tlm fom-nliitli annual cumtntlon uf Uic. - .".,. n
.Vailon.il Ai.i.il.mi ,m.,n SulliaKi: Lo"S ' ,,f transports literally
Athuiiition ihiiu out todav with the i swarming with (erniaii re-enforcc-ilurhe
that llipior lu,"r.-slH n'lirn-enlril , , .,. i.i,:.i i',,
s lVnio-.. in. .nntiolMl b - n in "U,,,s wiro slin ,,ll,lml (,crn,a
uud ;iiu-(linn hi nitM.M- lines on the northern HritMi Hank
.Muirofi" Ahti John o stiller ot i the Cambr.ii .. ctor lodaj. (Jreat
i-iiiMiuii.il. in. iitKiiiiu m mi- i-.nii
the
smanli Mate MifTian- Atroi I illon it
authorlu loi llu stuluiiinl Hut should
Stnitoi IVnioi' hlp to ilefe t tin. lid
el al auif iidnient wlikh th- wotmn nu
biinlliu ir iffott tn hai pisid l.
thH luiisres tin- Liinriiitl-t of Hi
KtMoiu hi Hi wit l.u lulu Ih mil
BIO-Hir.lMl llifllillH l.fl.l. till 1 t S
eliUlnn with the idi i of dtfuitlni; iiv
"anil ' l onKf-ii!!'! in. I
It ilectopcd hImi loda. tint tla I'enli
(l.inla woini it iiiii1 -' thiuMii down
liv t- n.itoi riillindirf Knos tt-unln
wh'n thc nquisti.l that In nU iih tluli
hott for toda) In tht phuo of 1'iiiiom
Tho trnliir t-eiiitm nf onj --1'itii to
da h ih loi railed into his otll. i Ills junior
senator and II th" r pit m ulitl t h rf
hl Statu to Hurt the eurti.iKlMe of hie
parthulii Man Tin IVniu.l.inl i
wonnii. how. u. hao,t;oiii) Hipaiutth
and iiuliiNltid I" Hid ullli i ." nf tin li Mirl
oils CongirhsniLii lo atsl. fcuppoi t loi til.
ledeial iiiu ndint at Stiiatoi knov,
who told tlulr tcitinilttii estcrdi Hut
hn faoid tlis Main li Mutt im-tlicl
of Kiilnhii,- tulfruKi, added that Ik iiiuhl
not hoii.il 1 KieUo tlulr diliKaliou In
tho inteict of the lideial aim mhiKiit
Continued lii 1'uco K. uIuihii Thu
COULD YOU SLEEP IF
YOU HAD.$2,500,000,
Colonel Thompson Couldn't,
So He Sat Up All
Night With It .
I
M ASU1NUTOX. Dei. II.
llow would sou like to liuxu botuet
one enter jour ollico und calmly depo.lt
a suiU-aso luntaliiiug j:', 500. 000 hi ne
gotiable loupou bonds at our dotl. .'
This was tho (.xpcrlemo ot Sectttnrj of
Warllaktr
Tol AV .M. lliympkon, of tin llnani la
,11. Idln.i .if tt.A s.lirnnl tc.riis. itrrlltd 1
at tl .ecittau-s ollko with n suitcase
front New Yolk.
"What hio jou thcro?' Jmiulnd the
seen tar), Indicating ttia bultcate,
tfonathlug for jou," replied tho
colonel. "Two and a half millions."
"Take it out of Iierul" tho secular
almost shouted, und the colonel did.
It being too lata for tho banks, the
eoloml was forced to lake It to his room
at a local hotel, und he sat up all night
watching It.
The bonds wcie tho collateral- fur
nished by the l'aikard Motor Coinjuny
for an udsaiue loan on War Department
orders, us reirulrul by 1 iw.
Alleged Hold-Ups Wear Khaki
NEW YOIIK. Dec, II. Threo men In
khaki, claiming to bo United States sol
diers, wcro arrested today In llrooklyn
suspected of holding up an,all-ulght res
taurant and stealing Jlud. They gao
their names as John Dudley, Herman
be-haefer and John Rcotr, nnd said they
were uttaclud to the Wyoming troops
at Camp Mills.
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FRESH TEUTON
TROOPS HURRY
--. uTr-inrr m
HJ YVHol Lili
Enemy Feverishly Pushes
Plans for Great Stroke
on Front
,,,.,i r :..,. i.. ,i, ,,.a
iiiisiiciisifiillj lo preent llritish
aviators frtm Marching out just
Mic 1 1 information.
Early llik nioriting the Germans
de eloped a wrj Ilea gunlire on
the JlrilWi nor(ln.r.i Hank. 'I heir
loiictntration ol air force.-, was the
greatest the Germans lue jet dis.
cloed. Itritish .niators reportotl
sieing grt.it lints of motur lorries
bringing up fresh (termini troops.
l.ll.MKI.V lKi- U.
llu Cci'i.iau h.sh toniiiiaiitl N ftct
Ishli It itttiilns Mm pit paiatioiih fui t-ouie
kit at Htink.' on Hi weisletn 1 1 (ml Ilt
p itt hi -t tptlav te ol tell lb! lol.tbbctllK
linn-", il tin) and nUht at :u lulls polntK
.iIoid; Hi" 1 i. mi i -Hi Hlsli Un. Moie
itiniaii all plain '. than Ii.im- be n ii.ill
iii,ii!oiiltis hint Ken atsre -lit tt t k
Iiik t H'N out I trit l-.Ii pohltloiiH liattilky,
niuiiltliiii .dumps und i-u;ipl; bUitkma.
I iiiibiial raldini; imlilH. pint of the
C tinllniitil tin I'.tzi- k' tliiiiin One
U. S. PATR0LB9AT SUNK
OFF ATLANTIC COAST
Wireless. Word Reports, Crew
and Much of Ship's Equip-
ment Saved
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X AlLAMIf l'ultl', l'f. 1-
A United Mutes patiul boat haa been
! uuk off lulu in cjIIIsIuii with two othtr
Mt-ily, tho Identity of uhk
his 1nt
5lt bteii established
WlnkkH dlfpatelKS hero stated that
tho iu of tho palrol 1 was saxtd
and si gnat ileal of hct iqulpimnt ic
nioved before lio tank unl the lnoit
""'' lIcl""3 " Uw ,MMon "ero t0"
tallied in thu
radio nusfagi tel!'n7 ot the
dkalr.
WORD OF WIFE RESULTS
IN ALIEN ENEMY ARREST
Woman Uepents Action und Hangs
to Husband's Neck Following
His Appichen&ion
UAIriMOni:. Dee-. i: .Denounced as
an alien spy by his wife, following a
quarrel. William Xandtr, one nf many
a icu euemltM ordered out of Washing
ton by the retent action of the Gotrn
nunt is held today for an Itmstlgatlon
for, tho Federal auUiorltlcs.
All Imestlgatlotl by United Mates
Marshal Mockham developed tho fact
that Xander had failed to report to the
marshal when ho reached lialtlmore.
For Uiat teasoii he Is being held for
action by tho Attorney General of tho
United Mates.
Ills wife repented her action after the
an est, and clung to her husband us ho
was being taken front the polica syttlou
to the Marshal's olllcc.
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QUICK
BASKETBALL SCORES
CENTRAL SHS. .. . 0 413
CENTRAL JRS .. . 5 G 11
JENKINTOWN-ft.UJ 1225
NARBERTHH....10 010
ADDITIONAL RACING RESULTS
Third New Oilcnnb lace, G fuilongs Pilsen, 110, fteUey,
ii tu D, 1 to 0, out, wbn;Adalld, 118, Lowdei, 7 to 5, 1 to 3, second;
Paw, 115, Willis, 8 to 5, thitd.' Time, 1.10 1-D.
NEWS PRINT MAKERS ORGANIZATION DISSOLVES
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. The News Pilnt Mnmtfnctuieis' Asso
ciation met heie today and ndopted lesolutlons fotmally dissolv
ing the association. This follows Feclcinl Judge Meyeis's lullug
that the organization wns woiktng in lesttnlnt of tinde.
NEW YORK SUGAR SHORTAGE RELIEVED
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. The sugar shoitnge heio was relieved
today by distribution of 7,000,000 pounds to wholesnieis. An
additional 7,000,000 pounds is moving to points in neaiby States,
under supeivislon of the lefincts' dlstiibutlug committee.
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HONAR LAW
I.O.NDOX. Dei. I.',
credit of iSJw uuu.otO lapproNliiiately
this ufteiuooii
SENATORS SEEK TO RELIEVE FUEL FAMINE
"WASIIIXOTOX, Dec. 12, The Stuato Invcstlgatlor. of tho eoal nhortase
will Ik Kin nt otiio Clialiniaii itoed uiiiioumid toilay that roil will l( taken
up Uifoio sugar in un effort to Und up Immediate remedy for tho fuel famine
In States wheto thousands lire nutTtilng Initio wenthtr. itecd "111 announce
late today n llet of wltiusses who will lie called tomorrow.
BERLIN CLAIMS ADVANTAGES IN AIR
BLUtLIN (li London), Dec. II, During November Oermanj's enemies
lost twcnt)-tuu eaptho balloons and 205 iilrplancs, against German) 's los3Cs
of two euptlvo balloons und sixty ulrplans, nn olllclnl Btatcntcnt today
ustertcd.
MUNITION EXPLOSION
.
LONDON, Dec, .12. tttploslon of tho big chemical factory of Grlobhclm.
near I'ranl.foit. on November 22, Is declared to huvo caused destruction ot
one of tho greatest munition factories In tho world. Tho dlsastsr Is eompar
ublo lo a xcry tetlous military dtfeat, Tho factory was of prime importance
us u r-ourco of sjntlictlo tilt rate und played n leading part In tho production
of poison gas. Hcorts ot trained workmen and specialists wero Hilled,
v SPAIN'S WAR SPIRIT ROUSED BY SINKING OF SHIP
MADRID? Dec. 12. 'The torpedoing
provoked a storm of Indignation. Uven
declares that continued German uggrcaslons must force Spain to defend her
territories Tho Government Is urged
many.
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NEWS
CENTRAL SOPHS. . 0
CENTRAL I'RESH. 0
7 7
G 15'
ASKS S2.65 J, 000,000 WAR CREDIT
C'lianectloi nf tho K.-tchcquer Dunar Law mocd a
f.'.bol.OOO.oou) In tho llouso of Commons
BLOW TO GERMANY
of tie-Spanlsh steamship Claudlo has
tho moderate newspaper, tho l'cralde,
to make a vigorous protest to Gcr
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Ua MfTMITIAM
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PLANT SWEPT
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a;
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jKetnienem uompanyj:
New Castle Work!
Are Damagerf'
BUILDINGS RAZ1
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Incendiarism Suspected, ,v
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Ritrid Investigation M
jicinir aiuuu mm
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ONE MAN UNDER ARREg
riflecn thousand JJ Inch and
hlltlln exploded today ill tho luunltto
plant of tho IJcthlchcin Steel CowpuiVf. J
nilla below Xcw Castk, Del , blowing.!
Hrgo buildings to pieces and wreckf)
fcever.il) small onm, but killing qnlyjd
man and slightly Ihjurmg flvo otherfe
n., ... . -.. i-iJJ'''i
mo property loss iuu rcuen 9&v,vuo. x f -
Tho mill who was killed was The
Jaeclif-uii, twent-hvn jears old, 4,w
was ehlcf of the police foico at the pl
vvitn erReanl Wain, or the
force, und John Herri, u foreman InAt
plmt, Jacobsun w.im walking along' jtK
h'gh wiKiUeu wall vuikh turrounduth
plant when n Using pkco of steel i
caws struck him and tore off tho top's
left side ot his head. II- was klli
instantu The other to men wereV
llljllled
Mispeetlng tho llr to have betr
itietnuiary oilirln, guards arrested J
Lalll. an Italian, who la said lo'H
eonslderablu Influenie Iimong tho for
Ali..nt ..t tit ..ap It. 1 I.
questioned , .
ederal agents. Deputy Coroner
Crcary, of Wilmington, and h'uperlniej
dent 1'arrls, of the plant, began an I
(k.lll nllmi I... ....! In . 1 r. . ,. , . 5
ive,i,wii .iiiiinuh.i;ij uurf lllqre
plohlou. The flro is ieffnrd.d"ili,
trcmetv euplclous bv the nuthoril
Hceorning 10 -iiaor cavander, of
Castle. ' ' ' '
TCXhK FrnXU rOLLOWri ATW&jk
i.aiirs nrrcit was followed Xtfi
uraiiijiiu necuo ouimuo tun plant.
"1 ..uc... iw tiu ttaiu to uq
auout nun, rearing that ho had
killed. Guards refused her ahv Info
tlon, increasing licr lt-ara for hla cM
,ir Haiti nun pmiui UIH1I AOmO I
told her he was ullve and unhurt,'(jl
uuuvr unene. g"
I.illl, who Hies at New Castle.',
seen In tho building tliortli- before It
explosion. A point in his favor Is til
ne ucipcu iignt tue uro ancr the x
slon. He Is fort cars old and a tu
having recently obtained work atTl
piaiu. w.
There were nbout 350 workers,' at
of them women. In tho plant at thn.t
ot tho cxplotlon. That the casualty .
wa nui hivuitr ttitH nscriofu to
fact that the khells were loaded wkb
.- i. minus mo snrapuci; imt into
tlon of trolley ser.vlcc, due to tliortai
coai nt mo riectrc jwwer plant.
vtruieu uui.ui nav men jrom conih
Cpnlinuetl on ro Mr. Ci
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tcttlnt tonight mid' Thursday.
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ureca; moderate fo
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