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HARRISBURG l§ilgfe> TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 23
HEARERS SHUDDER AT
HORROR OF SCENES
DESCRIBED BY COBB
Journalist and War Correspondent
Presents Vivid Picture of
European Slaughter
NEWSPAPERMEN ENTERTAIN
Expresses Belief That War Will
Continue For Years; His Lec
ture Strictly Neutral
Irvin S. Cobb, journalist, author and
<var correspondent, painted a vivid
word picture of the European war be
fore an audience of 1,000 in the Chest
nut street auditorium last evening. •
Scenes and Incidents in front of the
forts at Liege and Namur; in quiet,
peaceful villages in Belgium and
France yet untouched by the war; in
crowded, improvised, unsanitary field
hospitals within the sound of the
booming guns; of armies on the
march, soldiers in the trenches and at
play—all were described by Mr. Cobb
in much the same style which has
characterized his writings.
Contrary to the expectation of many,
Mr. Cobb—the gifted Mr. Cobb of the
pen—proved to be a forceful. Impres
sive speaker. His versatility was
shown by his complete ease on the
lecture platform and by the manner
In which he evoked round after round
of applause by his apparently inex
haustable store of anteedotes.
Descriptions are Realistic
Mr. Cobb described a new kind of
war, and there were few in his audi
ence who left the hall without shud
dering at the horror of some of the
scenes he described. Himself a son of
a soldier, Mr. Cobb declared he al
ways associated war with proudly
marching men, flying standards, clank
ing steel and gallant charges against
a shouting, visible enemy. A few
months with the lighting millions in
Europe, however, cured him of all
these visions, he declared.
The new kind of war, asserted Mr.
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Justice Found Murdered
in Home of His Friend
Wllkes-BarTe, Pa., Jan. 29.—Justice
of the Peace Michael Hopkins, aged 4 3
years, of Pittstown township, was mur
dered In the home of Michael Brown,
at Du Pont, during the ntght. When i
the crime WHS discovered to-day Brown
WHS asleep on a cot in the same room ,
with the body. Joseph who
spent the night in the Brown home, is
also said to have been there.
Hopkins was killed by a bullet,
which entered his chest and came out
of his mouth. The wound could not
have been self-inflicted, according to
doctors who performed the autopsy.
Lampman is said to have lirst dis
covered the crime and to have de
clared that he tried to rouse Brown
from his sleep. Brown says he re
members nothing of the happenings in
the house after reaching there with
Hopkins and Lampman. with whom,
he says, he spent the night carousing.
County Detective James Price found
a revolver in a box In the room. All
chambers were empty. The buillet
which caused Hopkins' death was
found near his body and was of the
sire used in the empty weapon.
Brown' has been taken into custody
by the police and closely questloried.
He tells a disconnected story. Tyamp
man has disappeared. County De
tective Price claims that cither Brown
or Lampman can tell who caused the
death of Hopkins.
Blankenburg Wants Bell
Sent to San Francisco
Philadelphia, Jan. 29.—Mayor Blank
enburg declared to-day In an interview
that he was in favor of sending the
Liberty Bell to the Panama-Pacific Ex
position in San Francisco, as lie has
been since the matter was first pro
posed and investigated by him. Hun
dreds of thousands of names signed to
petitions by residents of western cities
who have never seen the relic, which
ranks with the original Declaration of
Independence as the nation's greatest
treasure, convinced the mayor that the
bell should go to the "West —that it
was the duty of Philadelphia as cus
todian of the national relic to send it.
OXF, KIM.EI) IV NEWARK FIKF.
Newark, N. J., Jan. 29.—Fire swept
a four-story building which takes in
an entire city block In St. Francis
street to-day, causing damage esti
mated at SIOO,OOO and the death of
one man and serious injury of an
other. The man who was killed jumped
from a fourth-floor window.
THE WEATHER
For Hnrrlnhurft and vMnltyt Fair,
continued eold to-nlfcht and Mat
urdayt lowcßt temperature to
il I K h t about 10 deKrecN.
For Raatern I'ennityl vim In s Fair,
continued cold to-nlxht and Sat
urday; moderate nortlnvent nlnda.
River
The river and all It* branch** will
ft continue to fall *lowly, except
local H*e* may occur, due to Ice.
A *tage of about 4.1) ft. I* Indi
cated for HarrlMburg Saturday
mora flns.
General Condition*
Uicht unow ha* fallen Rcnerally In
the I.ake Heglon and 'thence
eaatnrard to the Atlantic coant
"lice la*t report, and condition*
continue *omr<ihal unsettled,
with anon will I falling along the
northern and eastern border of
the Lakes at 8 a. m. to-ilav. The
cold wave from the Northwest
haa reached the Atlantic coast,
temneraturea fell A •!<, 34 de
cree* In the Upper Ohio Valley,
la the Atlantic States from North
(afc-ullna northward.
Temperatnrei R a. m.. 24.
Sunt lllses, 7ilK a. m.t sets, fiilD
p. m.
Moon: Fall moon, to-morrow, lli4l
a. na.
Itlver Stage; fi.2 feet above low
wirter mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Hlglient temperature, :»4.
I.oweat temperature, 2M.
Mean temperature. 31.
>orma! temperature, 28.
LARGEST SINGLE PIECE OF ORDNANCE EVER MADE BEING
k SHIPPED BY UNCLE SAM TO PROTECT PANAMA CANAL
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Tliia enormous rillc, believed to be the largest single piece or ordnan ee ever made, is being- shipped by the
Lnited States government to protect the Panama Canal. The photograph s hows the great lfi-inch gun on its way
to atertown, Mass., where it will be made ready for shipment to the can al. It weighs 284,000 pounds The
car on which the gun is carried Itself weighs 192,420 pounds and no few er than thirty-two wheels were neces
sary to iiold it.
GURU in lira
CIPITILSECOIDTIME
General Obregon Leads His Army
Triumphantly Into Mexico
City
Fy Associated Press
Mexico City, Jan. 29.—General
Obregon, the Carranza leader at tha
head of his troops, entered Mexico
City shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
At first he met with little or no re
sistance, but when the national pal
ace was reached shots from the cathe
dral roof and other buildings nearby
caused his soldiers to open up a fusil
lade which, however, lasted but a
short time. After the fighting was
over a correspondent counted three
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CARRANZA FORCE SHELLS PORT
By Associated Press
(in Board IT. S. S. San Diego, Oft
Mexican West Coast, Jan. 28, by wire
less to San Diego, Cal., Jan. 29.—A
Carranza force aboard the steamer
Korrigan 11, recently commandered,
yesterday shelled the port of San Bias.
An attempt to land artillery was re
pulsed. At this juncture the United
States cruiser Cleveland appeared and
the Korrigan II sailed northward.
"How Many Toes Has
a Horse?" Answer at
Schiedt Lecture Tonight
A hoof is a hoof, all right, but was
it ever, far, far back in the family
lineage of a thoroughbred, a toe?
Right off the reel, now. can you say
whether the ancestors of some proud
equines of to-day had five toes or
none? Where did the modern race
horse and the heavy Percherons come
from? Stumped, eh?
"The Modern Horse and Its For
bears" is the subject of the llarrisburg
Natural History Society's monthly free
lecture to-night in Technical high
school auditorium at 8 o'clock. The
speaker will be Dr. R. C. Schiedt, of
Franklin and Marshall College, and
the lecture will bo fully illustrated
with, lantern slides.
Tries to Kill Surgeon
Who Saved His Life
Special to The Telegraph
Millville. X. J., Jan. 29.--Threaten
ing to kill Dr. E. P. Rickert, a surgeon,
because he saved his life, Samuel
Pangburn. a glassworker, was arrested
here to-day. A few weeks ago Pang
burn attempted suicide by tiring a bul
let. into his breast Just an Inch above
the heart. He was rushed to a hos
pital. where Dr. Rickert performed an
operation, removing the bullet and sav
ing the man's life.
To-day Pangburn appeared at the
physician's office wielding a pistol and
exclaiming he was going to shoot the
doctor who wouldn't let him die. He
was promptly arrested and lodged in
jail.
Many Wear Carnations in
Memory of Wm. McKinley
McKinley Day, in commemoration
of the birth of William McKinley,
assassinated while President of the
United States, was observed to-day by
the wearing of white carnations by
many citizens. Many florists report
largely increased sales for the occa
sion. Prices ranged from 73 to 80
cents a dozen.
William McKinley was horn Janu
ary 29. 1843, In Xiles, Trumbull coun
ty, Ohio. He was of Scotch-Irish de
scent and his father was engaged in
iron manufacturing. He was elected
President as the Republican candidate
first in 1896 and again in 1900. He
was shot twice September 6, 1901,
while in the Temple of Music at the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo,
X. V.. by Don Is Cssolgos;; and died from
the wounds September 14.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1915
THAT OLD TOOTH-ACHE HOWL
DOESN'T HELP TIRED SCHOOLBOY
Court Learns City's Dental Clinic Has Put End to That Pity Engen-
dering Excuse YOU Used
No longer will that heretofore sym
pathy-inspiring excuse of a "nawful
toothache" suffice when the youthful
heir of the house wishes to legiti
mately "bag it" from school.
What in the olden days could easily
have been used with wonderful effect
upon mother and even sisters—and
perhaps father —has been shattered.
The school dental inspector has
done it.
That fact developed in January ses
sion of juvenile court this morning
when one 12-year-old was arraigned
for truancy. Dr. F. E. Downes. the
school superintendent, explained that
the boy had been playing truant con
sistently, although he always pleaded
as an excuse to fond mother that he
was suffering untold agonies from the
toothache.
BUSINESSMEN TO
HOED CHIUTIOU)
"Billy Sunday" of Commercial
World Will Give Lecture Course
Next Month
| llarrisburg is to have a business
j Chautauqua.
Plans for the event, which is to in
j elude a series of talks to businessmen
and employes of mercantile and manu
facturing concerns, were completed
this morning. The decision to hold a
chautauqua was reached following a
"get together meeting" of business
men under the direction of the Cham
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Local Boy, Victim of
Wanderlust, Killed in West
I John Gartner, who was killed at Fox
Lake, 111., last Friday, is a son of John
J. Gartner. 304 Mulberry street. It is
probable that arrangements will be
made to have ttui body burled at Grey's
I.ake, near whelro the young man was
killed.
Gartner was identified by the father
following the receipt of a description
of the dead man at Fox Lake. The
young man left Flurrisburg some
months ago and had been working in
various parts of the West.
To Replace Red Lights With
Globes of Pretty, Ruby Hue
No more will patrolmen be fooled bv
the false glare of red lights on patrol
booths, for something new In a red
light has been adopted bv City Elec
trician Clarke E. LMehl, and they wIU
be installed next week. The present
light# give a red glare whenever the
sun shines brightly, and many times
patrolmen have been reprimanded for
i ailing up.
The new lights will be a ruby color
when not lighted, but will show a
bright red when illuminated. They
will have a frosted globe. On the stan
dards in business districts green lights
are used to call patrolmen. The
trouble has been on the districts re
mote from the business section.
BELIEVE AM, OF 3<M) MEN
SENT ADBIFT ARE SAFE
By Associated Press
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 29.—Fire tugs,
which resumed to-day the search for
lisherinen believed to be marooned on
the ice floes In Buffalo <hurbor found
no trace of the men and It is believed
that all of the 300 men who were sent
|adrift by a steamer breaking a chan
nel through the harbor lee, were res
cued last night. When taken from
their precarious position on the float
the men said that several of their
'companions wore misalng. I
"So," smilingly explained Dr.
Downes, "we had our school dentist
inspect and do some necessary repair
ing of John's teeth. That eliminated
that exepae."
Of the score or more of youngsters
who appeared before Add+ttonal L&W
Judge MoCarreil thlß morning two
were sent to Glen Mills.. One of the
boys had been Joyously shooting chick
ens. Three youths who were arraigned
for sending In false fire alarms were
released on parole with promise of
direful penalties should the offenses be
repeated. The four youngsters who
were a part of the organized gang who
robbed so ninny uptown houses and
stores last Fall were nlso released on
parole. Four of the older boys of the
crowd were sent to Huntingdon Re
formatory at January court.
VETEMIU FLAGMAN
KILLED BY TRAIN
Oliver Crawford, Aged 55, of
Altoona, Meets Death Near
Duncannon
Oliver Crawford, aged 55 years, an
Altoona flagman employed on the Mid
dle division of the Pennsylvania rail
road, was this morning struck and in
stantly killed at JO tower, near Dun
cannon, by westbound passenger train
No. 76, leaving Harrisbu'rg at 7.65.
The accident happened at 8.18.
Flagman Crawford stepped from his
cabin to the westbound track directly
In front of the approaching train. His
body was badly mangled. The body
was placed in charge of an undertaker
and will be shipped to Altoona this
evening..
Flagman Crawford is survived by a
widow and four children. He had
been in the employ of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad for thirty years and was
an extra conductor. He was a member
of the Veteran Emplbyes' Association
of the Middle Division and of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Relief Depart
ment.
Mileage Books Stolen in
Railroad Station Robbery
at Carlisle Last Night
Special to The Telegraph
Carlisle, F*h.. Jan. 29. —Last night
about 10 o'clock tho Philadelphia and
Reading passenger station here was
broken open and robbed. The thieves
forced the front door and then took
the screens out of the hinges on the
door of the. inner office. Since this
office was burglarized about a year ago
and the safe blown open, no money
has ben left there at night, and the
thieves secured only mileage books.
The burglary was discovered by the
railroad watchman on his midnight
round. It is believed the thieves are
the same who have robbed stations
at Biglerville and Waynesboro re
cently.
Indications Point to
Skating on Wildwood
Skating at Wildwood to-morrow, If
the temperature drops ;igain to-night,
is a report from the Department of
Parks this afternoon. Ijaat night the
mercury went to 11 above lero, caus
ing many of the smaller streams and
ponds to freeze. J3. R. Demain, local
forecaster, predicts a temperature 10
above to-night.
The SUsquehanna river is not ex
pected to becomo ice bound at this
point.
Warmer weather Is due here Satur
day night or Sunday, according to in
dications.
COUNTY DIRECTORS
WILL DISCUSS CODE
Dauphin's Association to Hold
Two-day Midwinter Session
at Hershey
CHOCOLATE KING A SPEAKER
Berks Superintendent Will Talk;
Elect Officers; Convention
Closes Feb. 13
Dauphin county's school directors
will thresh out a score or more of
suggestions for amendments to the
school code relative to Increased effi
ciency In the rural schools, elect offi
cers for the year, and delegates to the
State convention, hear committee re
ports. and an Interesting musical and
literary program at the midwinter
two-day session of the county direc
tors' association at the Central The
ater, Hershey, February 12 and 13.
The program has been definitely
completed by Professor F. E. Sham
baugh. county superintendent The
exercises will begin at 1.30 o'clock
Friday, February 12 and will continue
Friday evening, and Saturday morn
ing.
The speakers will include Milton S.
Hershey, the "Chocolate King." W. R.
M. Murrie, president of the Hershey
Chocolate Company; Superintendent
E. M. Rapp. Berks county schools; A.
W. Snavely, secretary of the Derry
township school board, and Reed B.
Teitrlck, deputy State superintendent
of public instruction.
Some of the Amendments
The proposed amendments to the
school code are all included in rec
ommendations that are to be made to
the Legislature by the State Directors'
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COUNTY BUDGET 111
ON 4-MILL BASIS
Controller Gough Submits Schedule
Calling For $366,484.64
Outlay in 1915
Dauphin county's maintenance bud
get for 1915 based on the 4 mill tax
rate was adopted by the county com
missioners this afternoon as compiled
and presented by County Controller
Henry W. Gough..
The total estimated appropriations
amounted to $366,484.64 of which
$282,484.64 is provided for the ex
penses of the county commissioners
offices, conduct of the court, sinking
funds, elections, and miscellaneous ex
penditures, $58,000 for the poor board
and $26,000 for the prison board.
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"Good Morning! Who's
President?" Popular
Salutation in Mexico
Special to The Telegraph
Mexico City, .lan. 29.—The popula
tion of tlie Mexican capital Is Iwcom-
Ing ho callous to changes of govern
ment that a popular form of salutation
is:
"Good morning! Who's President?"
Man Who Planted First
U. S. Flag on Cuban Soil
Dismissed From Service
By Associated Press
San Francisco, Jan. 29. —Captain
Frank H. Ainsworth. awarded a medal
by Congress for planting the first
American (lag on Cubun soil, after the
outbreak of the Spanish-American war
and for five years inspector of immi
gration in San Francisco, has received
notice of dismissal, it became known
to-day. The order was based upon
charges preferred a year ago, in which
Ainsworth was accused of improper
action In excluding and admitting
aliens. Ainsworth began serving the
United States in 1898 as an ensign. ITo
entered the immigration service in
New York In 1903.
Brodbeck Faces Charges
Under Criminal Code
By Associated Press
York. Pa., Jan. 29.—Congressman
A. R. Brodbeck, Democrat, of the
Twentieth Congressional district faces
charges under the criminal code for
alleged payment of money for political
purposes on two occasions to William
House, an employe In the Hanover
post office. The information was
brought last night by Constable C. H.
Wilson, before United States Commis
sioner Raymond F. Topper, at Gettys
burg. The warrants will not be
served Immediately as Mr. Brodbeck Is
in Washington at present attending
the session of the House. The Con
gressman's own sworn account of his
election expenses. It Is claimed, show
the payments of money to House.
The prosecution is an outgrowth of
the contest instituted by Congressman
Brodbeck charging fraud in the elec
tion of C. William Bcales, Republican,
of Gettysburg, hie opponent last No
vember. Testimony was taken here
to-day by two notaries public In supr
port of the Brodbeck allegations con
cerning elections Irregularities in
York.
CHARGED WITH HORSE STEALING
Special to The Telegraph
Llttlestown, Pa., Jan. 29.—"Bowser"
Hesson was arrested in this place
Thursday morning charged with the
larceny of two horses from K. S.
Schriver, at Union Mills. Karly yes
terday morning Hesson yas trying to
sell the horses to H. J. Spalding, a
dealer here, When Mr. Schriver tele
phoned his loss to town and the man
was held until the Carroll county sher
iff arrived. j /
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RUSSIANS ATTEMPTING TO
BREAK THROUGH GERMAN
LINE IN EAST PRUSSIA
Czar's Forces Answer Now. Austro-German Offensive in
Hungary; Turks Bring Up Reinforcements in Trans-
Caucasian Region; Furious Assaults of Germans in
West Have Effected No Important Result
Russia has answered the new Austro-
German offensive movement in Hun
gary and Bukowina with a sudden re
sumption of the attack on the Ger
mans in their own territory. The Rus
sian army in East Prussia is again
attempting to penetrate the German
lines and an official report from Petro
grad to-day indicates that heavy light
ing is in progress. In two sections of
the front, it is stated, the Germans
were defeated and driven back. For
several months there has been little
change in Kast Prussia, the Russians
having been halted after penetrating
nearly thirty miles beyond the Ger
man border.
To the south the new Austro-Ger
man plan of campaign is developing
rapidly. The Austrian army staff an
nounces that the Russians who in
vaded Northern Hungary have been
defeated and forced to retreat. Petro
grad military experts expect that the
main attack will be delivered on the
extreme Russian right wing. In West
ern Bukowina, a supposition which is
supported b> the concentration of Aus
trian and German troops in Hungary.
Turks Reinforicfl
Simultaneously with the stiffening of
I the Austro-German attack the Turks
have brought up reinforcements in (lie
Transcaucasian region and are again
on the offensive. Russian and Turk
ish reports are contradictory, but It is
apparent that severe fighting is in
progress.
In the West there is less activity.
The furious German assaults of the
last few days seem to have effected no
Important results.
Russian claims of victory in East
Prussia are disputed In the official
German communication of to-day,
which states that the attacks of the
Russian invaders were defeated with
heavy losses to them. Tn Central Po
land, it is said, the Germans took the
offensive and captured Russian
trenches.
A German aeroplane squadron made
a night raid on Dunkirk, dropping
bombs in an effort to destroy the Brit
ish supply stations there. The French
official statement announces that one
German aeroplane was brought down.
Only minor engagements were.
SWISS MINISTER MAKES DENIAL T
Rome, Jan. 21, 7.55 P. M.—King Victor Emmanu' ■
to-day received tk« newly appointed Swiss miaiater, M. De i
Plants. Later, the minister denied in an interview the ex- j
istence of an accard between Gem Switzerland or I
with Australia. Switzerland will remain neutral, he said. I
VILLA REPORTED INJUP.SD
Washington, Jan. 29.—An unconfirmed report in Mex- I
ico City that General Francisco Villa kad bee* sariously in- I
jured was received to-day from Consul Sillima*. Mr. Silli
man also sent ward that General Obregon, Carranza leader, m
entered Mexico City unresisted at 2p. at., yaatarday with K
ten thousand men. A
, MRS. ROGERS INDICTED (
Ne\fc York, Jan. 29.—The Bronx County Grand Jury C
today returned twa indictmerits charging murder in the first %
degree againat Mr*. Ida Sniffen Rogers, common law wife V
of Lorilys Elton Rogers and alleging that ike poiaoned her ' I
two, babies. j i
!;
APPROVE 4 MILL RATE 1
Harii-sburg, Jan. 29.—The County Commissioners this i
afternoon approved a four-mill tax rate.
APPLICATIONS NEARLY ALL IN 1
Harrisburg, Jan. 29.—A1l but four of the 119 saloons in |
the county had applied for licenses, up until a late hour this .
afternoon. {
MAY REPASS IMMIGRATION BILL I
Washington, Jan. 29.—8y a vote of eight to three the |
House Immigration Committee today voted to report the |
immigration bill, vetoed by President Wilson yesterday back ' >
to the House with the recommendation that it ba repassed i
over bis veto. I
MARKETKILOSLS WEAK '
New York, Jan. 29.—Prices receded to the lowest of th< I
day in the final hour under heavy selling of Union Pacific |
and Reading. The close was weak. ,
Liquidation in United States Steel and other active C
issues, partly foreign account caused severe declines in to- •'
day's stock market. Losses.of 2to 5 points were numerous. C
MARRIAGE LICENSES T
John A. Splttal, ctty," and Mjrtlfi A. Shall, Newport. f
Oliver Jour* it ml IIHKCI H. CarrfnKton, city. &
Wforge H. ltobln«on HU<! Sadie Warren, olty. J
fought yesterday in France and Bel
glum.
ADMIRAL AND NINE STAFF
OFFICERS REPORTED KILLED
By Associated Prtss
. Amsterdam via London, Jan. 23,
3.40 a. m.—The "Handelsblad" savs
that news has reached Kiel to the af
fect that the admiral and nine staff
officers of the German squadron were
killed in the haval battle off the Falk
land islands between the British and
German squadrons. The commanders
of four cruisers also met death in the
battle. The newspaper says the com
mander of the German cruiser Nurn
berg, when leaving Honolulu Septem
ber 1, declared to the German consul
there: "The Nurnberg will be our
cotfln, but we will not surrender."
LOCAL. ENGAGEMENTS RESUI/T
FAVORABLY FOR THE FRENCH
By Associated Press
Paris, Jan. 29, 2.45 P. M.—The
French war office this afternoon gave
out an official statement on the war
which says:
"The day of January 28 saw nothing
more than local engagements, which
resulted favorably to us. In Belgium,
in the vicinity of Nleuport, our infan
try secured a footing on Grande Dune,
a locality which was mentioned In th*i
communication of January 17."
QI'IET AIjONG LINE IN FRANCE
By Associated Press
Paris, Jan. 29, 2.25 P. M.—January
28 was a day of comparative quiet
along the buttle line In France, judg
ing from the ofllcial announcement
given out by the French war office this
nftwiioon. There were artillery en
gagements. some of them fairly violent
at different places, and one or two
infantry encounters are mentioned.
Apparently long sections of the line
showed no activity whatever.
WANT SUPPLIES CONFISCATED
"Venice, via London, Jan. 29, 9.25
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