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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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