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a
- without petty annoyances
W10 lull
That's why every Nor-
. walk home should read
The Sentinel.
W nsranusfinn 1870
r”. .m.
litittttt DiAIi.Wii80N MEN
MANY Hiilli iN WIN titttitl 0N
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all"!
lexicon Prisoners Wore Bola:
Iathodiiflil Solution llsod to;
llili Vania When Blast Ooctarod
iiiii0iiiilil (ii iii '
ittiiiti tilt not i
Americans obliged to flee Wiion
iloporl Sprosd oi Deliberate
Murder of Prisoners
A a
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El. i’ASO. Ten. March I.-—Eighteeu
persons are dead today. and a num-
ber of others are not expected to live.
as tiie result of the explosion which
. occurred yesterday iii the disinfection
bathroom of the city Jail. More than
forty prisoners were in the bathroom
when the explosion took place and
nearly all of them suffered serious
burns. nine dying within a short
time. .\'ine others who were taken
to hospitals died during the night.
A lighted/match ignited the vapors
arising Trout the mixture of gasoline,
kerosene and vinegar. in which the
prisoners, mostly MPXlL‘vile‘. were bee
iiig bathed in conformity with sani-
tary measures devised by City health
autiiorities to prevent the spread of
disease by Mexican arrivals. Sheets
of flames flashod through the entire
‘ asst Nihg'olt‘lbe prison and almost
immediate -tho atroet fronting the
jail was ad with naked. shrieking
men, enveloped in fire.
.. “ A fire company housed in the jail
building extinguished the flames.
The coroner's inquest and an in-
vestigation by officials ordered for
today, had to do principally with
statements made by guards and sur-
’vivtirs, who dealared that the explt»
slon was caused by the lighting of a
match by one of the prisoners.
While the. investigation was
needing on this side of the boundary.I
civil military authorities at .luaroz.!
opposite here. were searching for an
(Continued on Twelfth Page.) I
lili0lil iPPEll i0
Rllilll-llllllilll ClllllllS
Willi the coming of the snow last
night there cropped tip those most
annoying of problelns—unclcaned
walks and indifferent tenants. This
moriting Mayor Carl Axel Harstrom.
who has been giving this matter much
thoughtful attention. and who has
been co-oporstlng with the street and
police departments. was interviewed
concerning the matter.
“The. snow atid ice ordinance re-
(enlly passed by the city council,"
the mayor declared. "is 'now effective.
Our liberal minded citizens will un-
derstand that like any other police
regulation it is intended for the safe-
ty and comfort of all. and that it is.
therefore. no more a restriction of
personal liberty than is the rule of
society that a gentleman should take
off his hat to a lady. ’Big iuen will
conform with the ordinance and oth-
ers may have to be coerced.
“i hope, however. that the present
snow-storm will show all our citizens
to be on the side of law and order,
to them-
selves and to those who are charged
with the duty of enforcing the law,"
Mayor Harstrom concluded.
SillilililiSiiliN COllililliO !
. is not attain.
DENVER. March 7.—-For the second
time this winter Southwestern Colo-‘
ratio is snowbound. Durnngo. the,
. center of the storm. has for twelve"
bouts been cut off from outside com-
munioakion. and ironic generally in
the San Juan Basin is demoralizod. l
Thirty-live passengers on the Den-;
ver and Rio Grande passenger train
have been held at Chama. N. LL. for
five days on account of the drifting‘
snow. 3
pro- '
. included:
‘tht Nocturne. 0p. 27. .\'o. 2
. (cl Valse, 0p. 64. .\'o. 1
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. TUESDAY MARCH 7. 1916
00mm ilSilS
llilllllilll ll‘illll
This lilo tho Volonso Ilavo iloih-
iIg Bat Prdso forlsslitstioa—
ilid lion W Dissor is Fitto
—Asti Who floss Iothossos
Amount
, , cm, “It will nun so
All Absent Bonoorato Calls! to Ms."
Washington Moro They lists-7 ____
to 50m” “M m.“'* (loveriior Marcus i! lioiculub, Ad-
lutaiit General errge .\l. Cole, Sun!
g“ Resolm geoii General ‘i’. ll. lngalis, Judge
lA. B. Beers of Bridgeport and Major
-—---- lJohn H. Thacher of Hartford. con-
'Soidiers' Home at Noroton, were the
till 500‘ [Oil
WHEN strait
SIRIIiii Roll
spun-u manta-us m minim of continual;
“solos-Io: Sula: lay. li.oili.,asdcortlosrol0lit
Olfthstioostoflmil ‘ Erosion Porfomaaoofmontii
: oti in iloyt’s floatro
Plillilliilill lliil lililfl :
A“8iii|0lJS ;
_ PRiDlCiMiNi”.
l
. . !
ilillilli ottosmtt ..
guests of Department (‘ommander
(‘iiaries Griswold 01 the (l. A. R. at,
the home on Saturday during the
. Is IN “ME latter‘s annual visit to the institu—
tion. it was the first visit of the
a .governor since the iefornis result-i
ing from the‘ investigation of the.
- - - It-oudltions existing it tin home were
“ch'lmpflhfi ”Wkly instituted 'irgil ll. lit-Neil oil
[New iJ men the other member oi:
no“ "at "at W" :llli‘ board, was unable to be present.
linspectioii was made and the in
wAs‘illxttTox. March 7.--~iii the“"“"" “r“ ““9“ m“ 9‘" “‘"l
‘now treated in the itstitulion. Not a?
first test in tile liouse today on lllt‘i , 4
armed ship question. the Administra-t ““519 complaint "5 made ““d the.
‘veterans exprest their
tioti forces won. 256 to 160. ‘ .. . _ ,
Opportunity for amending the Mcisatisfgclion with the improvements.
le'fiiore resolution to on: Americans Tl" m““"""°” which ha” been‘
off the armed ships 0 TOM“ bH‘iordered have not yet been delivered:
ligerents was removed and the Houssl‘" ”‘9 home. in?" Wm" been]
ttimed to debate on the resolution it-: ”1”de from M‘“ ‘97,” m" 0“"
self. with ”My indication that it to the freight congestion their de-j
would be tabled as President Wilson‘ livery h“ W" delayed. ‘
desires. a demonstration to foreign} ‘(iovernor “Nu""l’ said ““1“” M.
nations tii‘fit disst‘nsions against his was pleased ‘0 film the llllpi'0\e~
“Mg" pom). do llOi ments recommended by the board
re iresenl the
l [had been carried out and that thcl
i inmates of the home were more con-.
tented. He had seen a sample of.
the mattresses which the contractor‘
would furnish and he found it to-
be comfortable "and good enough'
for any one." .4
Governor-Holcomb and the other;
visitors took dinner with the vetee:
ans. It was an old-fashioned New;
England dinner. The governor saldi
it was wholesome. well cooked andi
well solved. ,
Governor Holcomb was particu‘
lariy interested in Comrade Ft-iin. a
veteran of the Mexican anti f‘iviii
wars, and who was an uncle of the}
late Justice Augustus H. i-‘enn ol‘
the supreme court. Comrade l-‘cnaf.
is in his 96th year and is remark-i
ably well preserved. i
‘ "Comrade 'Fenn told me he waul
(Continued on twelfth PM“) . lpleased with the present conditional
————— ‘of the home and that everythingI
was satisfactory." said the governor.‘
'Itiaior Thatcher said one of the1
inmates exclaimed to him:
“We are treated as well as any
one could be treated in his own
home. When we get the iiiattressesr
we will be as well off as those who:
live on Fifth avenue." i
/
iliilii iiiiiiiiiltili ’
. iii illiilliiiliii titlii
Sovoa floaters Found Slain in
lions oi Fo'rtsor in billions—
Infants tutu Victims-45d
Ian iii» no to thin By
Slayor two lisod Potions
majority of t‘ongress.
The rule providing for four hours
debate on the motion to table the Mc‘
hemore warning resolution was thcnl
adopted by 271 to 188. One man votod
present:
With this action the Administrflion
forces Wt! 'lltoflkfltdfi‘ld‘ phcod ‘
the Nclremore resolution before the
Ho‘s! for dabaic and a vote without
a on‘dmcnt, The Administration teati-l
c said ‘erc was no doubt the twoi
previous votes showed they could
table it by a large majority.
WASHINGTON. «March 7.—-—'l‘iie Ad-
ministration's tight to ltlli Congres-
sional agitation for a ' warning to
American ‘citizens against travel on
armed merchant ships reached the de
cisive stage today in the House.
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Although the storm interferred
iiiticti with the attendance, it seemed|
to increase the excellence of the de~
iiglllfui musical which watheid last
evening in the First M. E. church of
South Norwalk. The affair was in
charge of Mrs. B. M. Andrews. There
were about 1in present. the young
blizzard keeping many away Large
delegations were expected from sub-
urban towns but they were frightened
away by the snow. All the artists
who performed pleased hugely. They
Alice E. Smith. soprano.
who sang charmingly: Harold Micklin,
violinist. who created a very deep int-
pression: H. L. Quantain at the vocal-
ion and Gerard Chatfleld at the piano.
The following program was well ren-
dered:
L anrturc "1812."
Tschaikowsky.
The Aeolian-\‘ocaiion. "m
2. Romance. 0p 26. Svensoti. .ir.~ __
Iiiicltlin. l
3. tat Etude. Op 2:3. No. 5. Chapln! LAWTON. Okla, March 7.~-Sevetll
Chopin} members of the family of llan 0ksne,|
.C'hopinla farmer, w re found tiiurdered" in
Grieg their home.‘ 12 miles southwest of
Grieg Lawton. yesterday. Okane himself.
'Miss Smith } iny beside the body of his father. pro-
5. ‘Carmen (Toreador Song) BlzPli'flably fatally shot.
i. (a) Guten Morgan
tbl Eiu Traum
Thé Aeoliansvocalion, accompaniedl- Razor, Hammer and Rifle.
by the Pianola. _ { i A negro hired man discovered the.
ti. (at Le Cygne Sain Baensi bodies. The murderer had used a
lb) Serenade
tci Ave Maria
tPierne razor. a hammer and a small. calibre
Schubert‘ rifle. These were found on the floor.
Mr. Micklln iXearby was -a basin of water min»
7. (a) Liebestroum. No. 1 Unit soned with-blood from the minis 0!
(hi “obestraum. ’No. 2 Liszt: the murderer.
(c) Liebestraum,4\'o. 3 him. Those who were 'killed were
Mr. Ghatfleld Okane‘é wife. aminfant. four children
8. (a) Phillis H38 Such Charming. ranging from four to 10 yeargof age.
Graces. Wilson ; and Okane's father. who lived with the
tin The Birth of Mom Leontfnmily. '
to) A Birthday Woodman Cain's Throat stashed. _
Miss Smith The children Were found in bad.
9. (:2) Festival Te Deum in B Flat Their throats had been slashed and
- -- Buck their heads crushed. Mrs. Ghana and
lb) Athelie (Priests' March) the boy were shot. to death. The-ri-
lendelssohn fie also had been used to slay the
The AeolianNobsllou. aged father.
10. Elegie ‘Massenct Okane lay on the floor beside his
Miss Smith. Violin Obllgfbto '3' Mr. father, a ballot to hlfl new. oun-
Mtcklln. ' formerly was 939W
ll. Blue “fissure mar” Strausoltnon't to we roi-
Mr. Chattiold prisoners of war.
by the gimm-
the cattle of Apacho
into liiiiiiiill Sliiiiiiii
WEE ”W3: toilet 0f niotllttt
slit» sum for a. tuition,l
Iatlloiloasisloooivod ‘
sax’ros. Brazil, Marci: 1.-—Thel
Spanish steamer Principe tie Atlurlua.
has been ‘suuk by striking a rock. She‘
went to the bottom in five mlnutes.‘
WWI: Exoollostlnd “HI-f
I“ Gold's—Eaton“ at!
t'nder the auspices of Court Laurel.‘
complete; Eighty-sit members of the crew and‘ i). of (‘.. and (‘ourt Laurel Club, "A an attack of heart trouble, and had
57 passengers have been omnght tolSenous Predicarnent." a musical coin-
Santos. edy in two acts and several special-l
Th survivors were brought in by the,ttes. was presented ‘last night ini
l-‘rench steamer \‘iga. A Spanish ‘ lloyi‘s Theatre. Nearly every seat in
steamer is standing by. Ithe house was taken. notwithstanding
RlO .IANl'JlllO, March 7.—lt is fear- ' the fact that a baby blizzard raged
ed here that 400 lives were lost by’outsidc.
the sinking_ot' the Principe de As- The affair was produced lllltlt'.‘ iht.
turias. Tue strainer remained afloat direction of John W. Sculiey A very
only a short time after striking .i‘creditabte performance was put over
shoal off Bari Sebastio and there was’ by all those in the cast. The singing
little time for thr- escape of passen, was sweet and musical. the stage-
settings all that could be desired. and
the sketches of a worth-while charac-
1tor. The whole thing had about it
[that suspend-go that is so coveted
.‘ (Continued on Fifth Page).
Will $400 "iiilillii '
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iililili liifiiiiiiiiiil
Mina-to, FWStoro;
t... m s... m... stools icotiiittot
manuals-mm}
:llflmllllt‘o Mercurio a storekeeper of; I” .0 Mills m EM“ C
l-‘airfieid- esterday afternoon filed ac-l '0' I Stars Earlier ll m
tion for amazes of $400 in the com-i
mon pleas mtm-ogalnst Leslie Gam-y
(Continued on Twelfth Page.)
‘ SENT INEL
W110 "I” NEWS FRO! ALL PART. 0' TH. WORLD IV A I'ICIAL Will A" (III own 0 PEMTOR.
Jill AlllNllS if ‘ililPlllillS MAKING filRllilR‘
ble a contractor
chauffeur John Pierce Jr. of the same
town for an accident in which a horse
and wagon the total
was 8300. were damaged. The horse
was in Spring street, it is alleged.
when the automobile crashed into the
wagon. Attorney Bacon Wakeman of
r‘airfield represents the plaintiff.
Trustee Named.
Edward P.‘ Jordan was appointed
trustee of the bankrupt estate of the
Stamford Seed and Nursery company
of Stamford yesterday afternoon at
the first meeting of the creditors held
beore 'Referee John W. Banks. Mr.
Jordan, who was temporary receiver
after the firm failed. tiled a bond of
82.500.
Banks vs. Banks Divorce.
Marvin A. Banks of Ridgaileid yes-
terday filed a suit in the civil superior
court for a divorce from Emma. Pris
hie. Banks of Brookileld. whom he
claims deserted him on September
15. 1912, The couple was married
Juno 3, 1908.
Sue for Accident.
Two suits for aggregate damages
of 81,700 were filed yesterday after-
noon in the common pleas court
against 0. V. D. Titsworth of Green«
wich resulting from an auto accident
on the evening of October 25 last in
Glenville, in the town of Greenwich.
Prank ‘Bodna and John Milchowsky
claim damages of 8600 and 31,100
respectively. They were on a wagon.
which was run into by the defendant's
autontbblle. and allege that serious
injuries resulted. '
$600 to 3700 wow.
ttiitt- stow iffiiiilii
(
The Board of Estimate will soon be
called upon; it is expected. to appro-
priate from 8600 to $700 to cover the
tcflcienoy madr in the miscellaneous
fund for snow removal. When the
anow‘fund was exhausted the street
department was obliged to draw upon
the miscellanebus fund.
[The young blizzard that e
Sorwsilr last night is estimst
pea
be
the street rtmoat that sum to
handle the snow olictontly.
of Norwaik and a5
value of which '
a 3860 to 3400 blissard. It would cost
P",
DEVON. March 7.-J. F. ()rr. 3
, Bridgeport trolley conductor was shot,
«but not fatally wounded, late last
'night. when a‘liighwayman, who was
riding on his car, held him up. The
thighwayman was the only passenger
*on the car when it left Devon for
‘ Bridgeport. When Orr went down to
get his fare. the fellow pulled a re-
volver from his pocket and ordered
lOrr to hand over all cash that ho
: had. Orr complied; also giving up his
tgoid walch. According to the chief
iof police of Bridgeport. Orr saw an
opportunity to grapple with the rob»
.‘ber. and jumped for hint. The re-
‘volver accidentally discharged in the:
struggle, and the bullet wentWhrough‘
{Orr‘s hip. A second shot was fired at
fOrr as he lay on the car floor. but.
{the bullet went wild. The tuotorman,
:hearing the shooting opened the;
ldoors and came into the car. after‘
the had stopped it. The robber jump»t
’ed off and ran towards the junction
lnear Stratford. He had not been
lfound up to a late hour last night.
iThe police believe. from the descrip-I
ltion. that the robber is the same one‘
i
.‘who entered a store in New Haven
leariy yesterday morning. escaping
lbeiore. he could be even shot at by
1the New Haven police.
iiiiiili-iillili. Diiiiis
iiiiii italic titttitt
, There is a radical falling off in the
{number of deaths in Norwalk during,
February when that month i com-i
pared with January. In Janusr there
were 63 deaths. host month there
were 34 deaths.
According to statistics compiiéd by;
Town Clerk Herbert R. Smith, during;
Nbruary there was 1 death due to1
typhoid fever; 1 to whooping cougli;'
4 to is grippe or influenza; 2 to
tuberculosis; 5 to pnoilmonia; 2 to so.
cldents, and 15 to other causes.
0f the twenty-four . persons. who
died in tf'cbruary. 3 'we‘ro under 1 year
of age: 2 were botwoen‘rthe ages ‘af
‘1 and 5 years. and 18 .woro over ‘5
[years of age.
706’ ‘T-
a4
lthrougli the detours in Wastport and
a. van-m~
‘.'
Of The WI ..
I features. They wil
predate it later.
' Rain or snow but“ Vlad. eloady.‘ TWO cm
PROGRESS IN“) lRANCE lilllll‘
DEM" Will WILLIAM Succeed. by Violent Ion: - .
SlEVlllS, lllllfl lllllllifll
bard-cut, In “faking VI-i
logos Along lite llsilrol
Passed Anny ll 3 o'dook this
Morin, following Attack of
to Ileanavllle— Crew ‘-
liosrt lroalio
—-—.——_
Italian Stealer Glass.
Pick Up a British Boat
Further progress has be.
made by the Germans' in the V3-
dun region, to the west of—b
Mouse. Amounceinnt was tub
in Paris semi-officially today thlt
they had succcdcd. by means ‘
violent bombardment, in pushir'
along the railroad in the neigh-
borhood of Rogneville. ‘
The French War Office an-
nounced today that a division d
German troops. advancing to ti.
attack. has captured Hill No. 26‘.
Silvio Potcnzani, communist
expired ban“, of the Italian Steamship Gil-f
summoned. IWhich was sunk by a subsonic
For a number of years be M! be?" - on March t in the Meditm'
i
William Stevens. manager of the
Hotel Clifford. died suddenly about
three o'clock this morning in the ho-
tt-l, following an attack of “heart!
trouble. He was born in Sgt: York
{its years ago. His wife and a sister,
Mrs. William McPherson, of York.
Penn, survive hint Funeral services
will be held at 2:30 Thursday after
noon. Rev. F. A. (‘oleman will of—l
tictatc. interment will follow in Nor»
wulii Cemetery. ..
Mr. Stevens came from his room
early this morning. and went down
stairs preparatory to carrying out his
usual duties. lie was stricken with
i
physicians could ho
a popular resident of this city. llt- - - s
and ills broth . law, William thi-lyh‘lG’ ”ah" “’3! .fm‘“ “15°. 3
Pliers-on t lil J the Clifford for o In pom With passengers
at. ..e. thlll‘ over a year ago and a cargo of cgment, gives fur.
Mi. McPherson sold his interests inither details of the degtmcfion .f
the business to Henry J. Miller. oi‘lhis ship. '
Trenton, N. .l.. Mr. Miller going into .
partnership with Mr. Stevens. The commanding Officer 0‘ d”
The deceased managed the hon-it‘llbmnpe refined to tow ti:
very capably, winning many fricntiaiboats w'th the Crew M Ml-
during his residence here 18‘“ to the neighborhood of W
tcoast of Milo. the nuns! land.
lOn account of the not” of the
L\
. Silli m illlfll imm‘ms: mutt.
v V . . -
Is IO‘SMHW . traction of the! noI on wood a.
‘ ;tmo 3-inch guns which than
_ —— icrai't carn'ed. It was regain!
_ 2forty-five shots to send ‘ ch _
Poor Cosimo: ixpoctod—‘fofloo . freighter m the bottom The cap- '
Cllllil "I'll - - - itain affirms that he stopped hh
0 OI II‘IIIII! -!vessel at the first warnink shit
”I"! from the submarine. but that tin
.lat'fir continued to fire. - '
. e-ses was calm and th .
J. nell , re resentstive .
othltEHsttal‘e highway), compmission tantrum!" 9‘ crew and Wu .
this district. who has installed an of- to the boats was acoompluhol .
lice tn the First National bunk btflldslwithout difficulty. They We.
ing. in .Bridgopm‘t. annou’nzedflyl'lestgrgé n discovered by a. Bfififi
t xtens we to I . . .
ljillfleitthakltene Just as sooft‘as the snowimmfsh‘p md taker ‘0 the 1M 'f
has melted and the weather permits‘0f M110. where they found. at
work on the roads. six hundred survivors from d8
A “meme {0:2de is I“? “flirting; French auxiliary cruiser La Pro-
the 't rout tween orw -- . ..
“Darigr‘tib which at present is in excep‘Evemw.~ The.BntESh vessel MOE
tionaily bad condition. Many gravelirfadlmg M'lo Sighted 3 whma- ‘A'
roads will be dragged. This is mushnne‘which began mama-Ma
ly an easy undertakingrend can bt',‘attack m, but was frighm
completed in about a week. M120“- when a British “my“ 33‘
1
».
a
'Donneily declared that as yet he has‘ . .
received no official statement fromiShowed up tn'the mm“-
Hartford regarding the proposed planj A ‘ diSPQtCh from Helm; ‘
of making part of Main street a con—published in London today, Infi-
“8‘9 flmléd lnh mflfihmmglggufigg-ing that Minister Of Defend! *t
crete 5 us were e so ". ,V 1:
tion is particularly poor, and is laioiieaiceuhad announied shat WI“...
in blocks with a crevice between to1 mm an Siege P83 3 .2
allow for expansion in summer. lighting at Verdun, Is the "fit. 7
Mr. Khulna!!!" “mint chars: ‘1’! “atheisutement printed here that Brin- - Y
road reps ring it owns, no ng - f e i .
all the towns along the sound from 311:: F9::ne(s:hwth:eopflfl “3 With 1
New Haven to Port Chester, and in. . .
land as far north as Shelton and It had been reported here that
Branchvilie. This year he. :xpects its British amllegy had m mon‘
find the poorest condition 0 roads n to v" and had been 1.,
the vicinity of Norwaik and wait»... dun . . W -- 1
~ . . - .great execution. but it was nu_ X
People who hate occasion to travel ,
known whether the big gun -i'.
Georgetown are of the opinion that transferred there were being at;
something should he done at once w‘snanned by British or French m
. t
it
,2-
a
t
remedy—conditions in those places. till
. erymcn. . _.
'lhe mud and rats are a foot or two. .
deep -\\’ithvt;,littic crushed stone or Renter's “Pen-1133511 CORGI-lg.
a few planks the places could be made. , pondent sends, the following on
passable for autoists and tesmstorsJLondon;
Enough money goes into the state: u . pout“ *
each year to have detours kept in fairl A dISPatCh to the . * ’
. . . from: Stockholm says it is state! .
condition, as well as the main roads. l in Swedish political circles ..
ithe Swedish government on m
2““ SHOW Slllllll PM“ ““9”“ ’awlicd to u..-
I'Unitod ,Sirates to‘vb'tiain iIfresndos‘sl:
tilt liliililllt: outwit? °' ”"
_._._. 1
.rd‘ M; I
"President ‘ Wilson, who i-
The 24th snow storm of this winterl
started yesterday shortly before noon
ready at an early stage of the was
had his offer reiectcd, adds tho
and continued until about o o‘eiociiimovemcnt unless - requested
last night. leaving behind it betweeni‘he belligerent..-
’1
——-———-————‘
dispatch, declined to join ‘ on
live and six inches of snow. .
his
The storm did little damage to tel-3 1‘ “ “t“ that in SWCW
options and light jinn Tho trolleys
and other neutral capitals
and; trains.
somewhat. .No serious damage or so.
cldents worereported locally as a re-
sult of the storm. _ .
however. were-delayodouestion is being discussed '
. "l m
lg" (clintiniieii on Third Pant/‘9‘“
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