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no Senilacl’s Super-
iority llas Been Titer-
osghly Demonstrated
AOOOCMTID PIER “W. FROM ALL
Mummamm
Gunman-latter.
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”OHIO Mont
liaison Ian, Stealing a llido
on the light Train from New
lime to lion York, Hoots
Death on Israeli llraebridge
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COMPANION POI
ONOEN ARRESI
Hold for oil‘ttmsat tlto Inquest,
and charged With Drunkenness
and Train iliing
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An unknown "knight of the road"
was instantly electrocuted this morn-
ing. on the Norwalk drawbridge, as h.
attempted to climb from between the
baggage car and the engine. onto the
roof of the motor of the 1:45 a. m.
ANENIONN
MININO'NEN
AUAONEO
Iiad iletsrssdto Caaasoa, Sonora
Whoa lexical lgaia logos
looting and Sabisg Tactics
ONNEO Siiils OiNNOl
OONNANIEE Sift"
Telliiinsrs in San Francisco Tim
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Can Return of Own first !
lllSBEE, Arts, July ‘21—».lmerican'
mining men who returned to t‘ananea.1
Sonora, Monday. are fleeing to the‘
i American side following rifting by the|
‘- Mexican population, according to threei
.Americans who arrived here today.
vThe refugees said tlte i‘ananea Min-‘
ing Company's store one mile north‘
of (‘ananea was looted by civilians
Tuesday night
i‘po:t the Atnericans‘ arrival bion-
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fill in Harris
iiartford frost Conan! land
by Coort to Conserve Gil's
[stats—Girl lads: Moo-
iiovorlriodts Eiopo With Any
of Ion laud She Says
HARTFORD. July 21.—Judge L P.
Waldo Marvin of the probate court.
who has been hearing testimony on a
petition for the appointment of a con-
servator in this state for Marion Pom-
eroy Smith of Hyannle, Mass, named
the Hartford Trust Company. yester-
day afternoon The young woman has
property in this state and her con-
servator in Massachusetts had applied
for like powers here, to which the
ward made vigorous objection in the
course of court hearings.
Miss Smith. cool and pmlling,
took
ithe witness stand in her own behalf“
in the probate court.’ She told the
story which she expected would defeat
tlte application of her relatives to
have a conservator appointed over her
affairs in Hartford.
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“Merton." as she was called by her
counsel throughout her testimony. told
most of her story in a low voice, and
at times had to be asked to speak
louder.
Showed Emotions Once.
Only once did she show much emo~
tion. and that was when she said she
had come to Hartford to see if she
icould not tlnd “a good. honest. true
train. W93! bound. in 33 9H0“ 10 95‘ illi)’, according to the refugees, a mob [Dd-1 '~" ”k? “"9 0‘ my “idle. Mid ‘0
cape detection. by
v - .' l . . . i '. 'n
trains CNW- A man U‘ill't‘lhntl uttn the military authorities escorted the prned 1’"
the unfortunate victim, giving his
name as Thomas Degnon, and his rest»
dence as New York City. stated to the
police this morning that 1th compan~
ion's name was unknonn to him. hav- mining men who catne out of Mexico;
ing just become acquainted with him
last evening in Bridgeport. Degnon
confirmed the supposed belief that the
men were stealing a ride on the train,
mm Bridgeport to New York. He
said. however, that train» Iome re-
marks the man made. that.he believed
he came from 'Rhode island. Degnoti
is now under arrest awaiting the cor
oner's finding. and his case will not
come up until Monday morning. He
is charged with train riding and with
drunkenness.
Conductor John Shea. in charge of
the train when it left Bridgeport, told
the police this morning. that he had
seen Deguon and his companion loit~t
ering about the train in Bridgeport.
as it was about to start and had or-
dered them away. As the train was
composed of eight baggage cars na-
rnediately following the motor.‘ and a
few passenger cars in the rear, it is
supposed thfit the two riders after
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isnots itilil
Americans to safety. Most of the
Americans are expected to come out
today,
SAN FRANCISCO. July 2l.—-Twelv'\
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Passorsby, Soto Firolto clothes
and Barns Alive—Woman and
Child Saved- Explosion
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Police Before Firemen Are Call-
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members of the of t‘anancans attacked the train, but ”Y ‘0 R“ “0‘1“!“ 1 had 1’9““ de-
Mias Smith was very elo-
iquent in lter recital, and in telling
.her counsel her wishes she sobbed
i once aitd wiped her eyes with a dainty
! handkerchief
According to Miss Smfih. all of her
'troubles are traceable to her grand»
mother. Mrs. All. E. l’omeroy, with
whom she lived from the time or the
death of nor mothers-whoa she was
a very.,.gm glrL~ a Smith de-
clared that» or gran mbther’s story.
told on the witnespotand Monday. was
not true. She said flit? Ml’s. Pom-
eroy sald~that these checks totalling
close to 81,000 in three months, were
cashed and the moneyuent for .\lar-
lon or given to her.
Becomes Excited.
Marion became excited when she
reached the part of her story concern-
ing Maurice Phinney, the married
fisherman. who has been mentioned
by several witnesses as a very close
friend of hers. She brande: their
stories, in which it was said he prom~
iaed to divorce his wife and marry her.
as untrue. _
She first met Mr. Phianey on the
wharf last June. when she went down
to get fish. she said. He had taken
her to ride when she had to go on
scorn uoawauc. come. as
PART. OF THE WORLD IV A "GOAL Will AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
I - "Ian“.
NOiNlili sun
ill intuit
smut
CitesooLliator fall on the‘
leased Ioodsod Sorioao Is-
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timers oitzooi
, W Pliiiiilif
'I'apors Sovorod This Afternoon on.
,3 no our loss: it Jen-tr
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The City of Norwalk has a suit for
damages on hand as the outcome of.
a tail on a slippery sidewalk on South;
Main street. March 22d. 1915. wheat
Clarence L Webster claims he sue-i
tained injuries which may permanent~
ly incapacitate him. Through the law
office or Keogh & Candee he has sued'
the city for 02,006. and papers were,
served on City Clerk Dohus this after-
noon by Deputy Sheriff Edward B
Douletis. The plaintiff claims that on
the above named date he slipped and
fell on the ice in front of the prem-
ises owned by Mrs, John W. Stuu‘
well. 75 South ‘Main street, then oc-
cupied by ii‘rank Goodchild. The claim
is made that the sidewalk was in a
dangerous and defective condition.
being covered with snow and ice. am-
ple time offer the storm having
.structlon. As a result of the fall Mr.
Webster claims he broke four ribs and
sustained injuries to his back which
put it out of shape. He has and is
suffering physical pain at the present
time and cldims permanent injuries.
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fills Oil on
muons-inn. of Stanford lio-
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IDAY. JULY 21 1916
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noun SONli
Lloyd's reports that the Brit-
ish steamship Yser has been
sunk.
The You sailed June :5 from
Portland. Maine, for Cettc,
France. Her gross tonnage was;
about 3.300. 1
Three Americans. George Ivey,
of Philadelphia: Richard Neligan,
of Boston, and Davis Rosseneu,
of Oldtown. Maine. were mem
bers of the c of the British
steamship Yser. reported today
from London as having been
sunk. The Yser carried a cargo
of 257,730 bushels of oats. i
The' British steamship Grange}
moor. 3.198 eons’ gross and own»
ed by the Moore Line of New-i
castle. has been sunk by a sub:
marine. Her crew was landed.
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l tiiiillt SORPR'
Yossg Ion Friends (if-Con lion?
Drop Occupants Fronds“ ' ai
Salptaooa lopaot
The young ladies who are enjoying.
camp life at the Knob Club received'
one of the most agreeable surprises of
their lives on Wednesday. About two
o'clock in the afternoon, Messrs, Har-
old Nash. Stanley and 'Ralph Baldwin
requested the chaperone. Mrs. Frank
R. Starr. that she order the girls to
vacate the camp as soon as possible
and not to return until sent for. Mrs.
Starr unaware of what was to follow,
complied with the young men's re
quest, and shortly the three young
men were ltr solo possession of the
camp.
All during the afternoon the girls
were isolated from their own home~
and were kept in a state of suspensei
f‘lnally the chaperone
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Restaurant Owner and Clerk Shot
,pollce estimate that at, least ten men; in one sector of (11° V.
Fair tonight and Saturday.
RUSSIA ” EXPEOIS i0
SINK All TURKISH ,
Hosinti sun,
t;
Seeks Revenge for the loss of the Hospital Ship Portugal
,.,Slbll'lld in thaliaoit Sea helm-later the O
Soot to the Bottom
Jlilll
NOSSIANS IN HIE NOiNNNllN SEOION NONE '
RHIREO, AOOONONIO iO NONONINAN Nfl'.
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comm nu Pushing the rum in its Vsihyaia Sector u...
i A Renter’s Petrognd
Asstriaso Destroyed Two Ssh-arises
Esayn am the Russian Mia
:roretgn Affairs has MW
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iTurkiah government. ow,
Eambaasadorsoftthnihd; ' '1
t and Spain, that Russia will“ ‘
forth disregard the princw“
t¥he Hague convention ooh
' urkiah hos ital chi s an”
Down By Gang of at least Ten i cerncd. p p
. Men-Iii lake Tull EW._' The Russian hospital 8MP.»
--~ - - tug l unk b .
Police Enter Smoke-Film; ne’aiiti‘sa 11.32%?“ a...
to Find One Dozen this About
'were a large number of M
hill! Bodies
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Milli iii in lilili
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on boardat .the time, afi
‘lives were lost. lt‘wss in '
stated that the ship had ‘ g
i by a German submarine. W
NEW roux. July ll.——Joseph de in later accepted the ' ‘
Marco, owner of a restaurant in ai bigty declaring that the ”t a"
omen of she cit him as the Upper
mlerloln, and Charles Lombardi, a _
clerk, were murdered yesterday after- W‘s mime“ for a t .
noon in an unoccupied flat of the teno- On July 9 the Vporiodey.
ment house at St James street by aj took the place of the p. ’
band of gunnten who. the police be-,
Have, had a part in the Barr/ht Baflz‘byu towed.“ and 8"“
murder and several shootings in mm ottom Wh‘le on her my‘
"murder” stable on the upper eastttunkto embark wounded -
side- {The official report of the . ‘
Two minutes after the. shots ”'“imade no mention orb“ '
ended the lives of the victims were of th ti 1' “ ~ ‘
heard. the police entered the smoke-ior 'ne. e m on “*7.
filled room. Twelve bats were all. .
they found with the two bodies. The} A retirement of the
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not fly the Red Cross
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The ;
took part in the double murder. -
bodies of de Marco and Lombardi bore batfldm‘ ‘3 reported
evidence of many bullet wounds and} AWW“ "my
were slashed repeatedly with stilettosi quarters report of July 20”
A score of bullets were lmbedded in. sgyg:
the walls of the room.
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3 business. Mr. Phlnney had lurnlshed‘ NI!“ "uh N9“! "0m“! “It that the time had come when thel According ,0 the police, the mur- In Volhy‘nia the
i NEWARK. N. J” July 21.-—Four pas~ her with provision. and coal, and lt’ 0f Sanitorilll IMO” young ladies might return to their; ders are the outcome 0‘ a year's feud‘ PilShed' tlle ”flux NP‘Ck '
' ; 89mm. "1 me Wee, opposm his lock- wae’ln payment for these that she ' camp. They needed no second invites, to establish the leadership of a ganglthe Zutntacze (Svmtuekyflf
SIAwamE-Immc ;smith shop were shot and deriously 53“) him money, ”he “‘d- She said! \ “0“ “d in a ‘9“ minutes all 0‘ ”19‘ of gunmen and horse potstvters. {lands toward the nonh,
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1m IN OOONI NOON
Detective Unable to llooordfoots
Aeoaratoly, Says Noise Preveni-'
ed
NEW YORK. July 21.-—'A police wire
tapping demonstration was staged yes-
terday before ‘Justlce Greenbaum. who
is conducting an inquiry into charges
originally preferred by‘Mayor Mitchel
against Catholic clergymen and others
as a result of information alleged to
have been obtained [by the police who
tapped telephone wires during the in-
vestigation into charitable institu-
tions.
“fin an effort to prove the fallabtlity
of the police when they "listened in"
counsel for the persons accused by
w the mayor reached an agreement with
Ilse district aftflfleyto have a police-
map take down. a conversation they
.would carry on over the telephone.
The detective who recorded most of
the conversatibns introduced as evi-
dence against the clergyman who are
charged with having attemp .
duce a witness to leave this jurisdic-
tion while the charity inquiry was un-
der 'way. was selected ,ito record the
test talk. The exact methods of the
police in recording conversations on
lapped wires were reproduced as far
as possible in the court room.
Three tests were made. In none of
them was the detective able to record
accurately what had been said. He
protested that there was too much
noise in the corridors adjoining the
spoke too rapidly.
“These tests are practically worth-
less,” declared Justice Greenbaum
when they were over “mm evident
that Detective Kennel was laboring
finder “great. exclusion?
ted to in?
__ 'selvos.
wounded here last night by Salvatore that she discharged the Swedish ser-
Castronova. 53 years ,old, an inventor.
who had gone suddenly insane before
he set fire to his clothing and burned
to death.
Armed with four revolvers and a
double-barreled shot gun. Castronova
pumped bullets into the street until
policemen began firing at him
ilay before? because the girl was sul-
. en.
, “Sid you ever try to elope with a
gun?" she was asked.
“Well, hardly."
had gathered there, but alr‘the bullets
went wild.
The flames from the lnventor’s
clothing set fire to the house. A wo-
man and her five-year old son were
rescued by firemen just in time to es-
cape death.
Before the fire started there was an
explosion in the locksmith shop. The
police believe Castronova touched a
match to the fuse of a bomb just be
fore he fired his bedclothlng. .
George Erhsrt. 20 years old. one of
the inventor’s victims. is believed to
be dying at the hospital to which he
was taken. The three others are less
seriously wounded and none of them
is expected to die.
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Sililli‘iiii hit '
JO stuns
tug Navajo and the lighthouse tender
Columbine have abandoned search for
the five enlisted men of the engineer
corps from iFort Shatter .who put to
sea last Saturday for a pleasure cruise
in a fifteen foot whaleboat.
The whaleboat was equipped with
auxiliary Worst in addition to sail.
The waters off Oah where the miss-4
ing soldierrwere e lslng. are infest-
ed with sharks and if the launch cap
sired, as the military authorities ex-
press fears that it did, the men'would
have l.dlittle chance of saving them»
: “I never thought of it."
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to Hyannis,
weeks with
of her own business if left alone.
MORE Oilliiilliii tutti
abatement of infantile paralysis.
M ETRNC OF FiGERS
state optometr
tE. Woodward of Indianapolis. Ind;
Lewis of Topeka, KL;
tee, William 8. Todd of Hartford;
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C. “but: of Little Rock, Ark.
married man by the name of Flani-
through the windows on the second married man by ”1‘3 name 01 L3-
floor of the building in which he llv- tham? m
ed. Then he ran to the other side a; “I“.mm‘b‘e;
the house and tires at a crowd which ‘Philtliiiyy'g'u ever try 1° elope With MP.
The first witness was Mrs. Edith
Covell, of Boston. who told of a trip
where she spent three .
Miss Smith. asne consid- beam
cred Marlon capable of taking care picked the girl up and took her to big.
NOON iNE OOONTN NONE
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. July 21.—The
county commissioners announced to-
day that no children would be re-
ceived into Fairileld County Orphan
Asylum, at Norwalk, pending the.
TWO HARTFORD MEN OPTO.
PROVIDENCE, n. 1., July 20.——The
following oflloers were elected yester-
day by the national organiatlon of
board of examiners in
connection wt in the optometrlc con-
vention here yesterday: President, H.
B. 4H,, Whitney." Boater and Frank,
N Miss Grace Chamberlin. 18 years
noon was found in a hysterical condi-
’tion at Noble and Barnum avenues,
Bridgeport, and was taken in the
Emergency ambulance to the Bridge-
port hospital, was on her way to Fair-
.fleld Beach, having come to that city
“Did you ever try to elope with a from Milford where she had been a
patient of 'Dr. J. W. lves because she
'fell from a trolley car on Wednesday
night when she sulfered convulsions.
Morse Assists Her
Shelton
night when “she ion from a Bridge-
port-boui’d 'car as it passed Merwins
The accident happened at
.11:30 o‘clock. William A. Morse
Istore. Dr. Ives was called and he
brought her to his home. She did not
regain consciousness until 3 o'clock in
the morning.
On Way to Beach.
She left Milford yesterday after-
noon. intending to go to her brother‘s
cottage at Faicfleld Beach. She trans-
ferred cars at Barnum and Noble ave.
nues, Bridgeport. when she became ill.
tUpon reaching the sidewalk she top-
pled over. The Emergelfcy ambulance
was called and Dr. C. C. Taylor took
her to the Bridgeport hospital.
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Sillill to it 52330
Mrs, George Fr tBetts, chairman of
the Norwalk imbalance Fund, reports
that the amount so far raised is 32.830.
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first vice-president, C, M. Parker, of This amount is deemed sudlclent to
Hartford: sewnd viceapresldent. W. J,
lgo ahead with the purchase of a new
third vice-‘ambulance and in a very short time
PRIME“. E. 8. Owen of Idaho: soo- lt is predicted that ambulance will be
rotary-treasurer. Albert Myer of Ai~ in use that will be a credit to tlfd‘
bort Lea. Minn; executive calamit-
Norwalk Hospital. Those having
charge of this fund endeavored to
raise 02.500. and it may yet be possible
for that sum to he collected. '
The girl was on her way from the.
sanltorium on Wednesday
, campers were on hand. Shortly after-‘
had been secretly invited by the other
tmales in the party, appeared. Whent
] all was in readiness, Messrs. Nash and
l Baldwin appeared attired in regulation
.waiters' coats of immaculately clean
Iwhlte duck. A fiultleh'sly set table
[greeted the guests. Then the three
; waiters proceeded to serve what‘every
one who was present agreed was nae
"best feed ever." Nothing was lacking
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itittttstttt continuum
The Rev. Mr. James, of Belle Island,
will conduct a Christian conference
at the Rowayton churches, Baptist and
Methodist, next Wednesday, July 26.-
at 3 and 7:30 o'clock.
The afternoon session will be held
in the Methodist church and the even-
ing in the Baptist. "Preparedness" will
be the theme considered at botlt ses-
Jions in lts'diflerent phases from a
spiritual standpoint.
Alnong the speakers will be the Rev.
Kenneth MacKennie. of WEsi‘Fort,
Conn; Rev. George S. Avery of Mt.
Vernon. N. Y., and the Rev, J. White-
hurst, from iBrooklyn: Mrs. Carrie
Wilbur Wood. of New Canaan, Conn,
who conducted a successful revival of
Rowayton last winter for these
churches.-~ will also speak and Miss
Martha Graebe, a missionary from in-
dla, who will also exhibit some curios
from that land.
Minn Gladyslells will have charge
OONiNlON, JOlN 26?
The hats left behind have led to the:
ram girl. ‘l-‘ror,‘.rom, who testified the old of Stamford, who yesterday after-' wards a number of young men who identity of some 0! the assassins. the‘
police declared. Deputy Police Com-
missioner Scuily said last night he ex-
pects to capture the gunnten without
difficulty.
Two BiG BRIDGES ARE PLANNEIIJ‘l
FOR WINDSOR.
iBids will ho’received by the state
highway commissioner next Wednes‘
day at the Capitol for two bridges
to be constructed at Windsor as a
part of the improvements connected
with the elimination of the so-calletl
death trap in that town. One will
be a three track. half through. plate
girder bridge about e bty feet long
on the Hartford divisitn of the New
York. New Haven and Hartford all»
road. built over Palisade avenue.‘ It
will weigh approximately 470,000
pounds. The crossing of the avenue
will take the place of the present
one about 260 feet away.
The other bridge will be across
Farmington River in Windsor and
will be 246 feet long and approxi-
mately 250,000 pounds in weight.
Both bridges will be located on the
same road within a half-mile of each
other and not far from the railroad
station. Work will be begun within
ten days after the contract has been
awarded. according to information
given out yesterday morning at the
Capitol.
~INDIANA PROGRESSIVE TICKET.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., July 20.—-A
complete state ticket is to be nom~
mated at the lndlana Progressive state
convention here today.
,electore were chosen at the meetings
of delegates from the various dis-
tricts in the state last night. and
of the singing. assisted by the choirs
of both churches. "
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noon and evening sessions. All friends
interested in Christian work it?
cordially invited.
The ladies of both churches vyill'
serve a collation between the after-t
electors at large are to be chosen lio-
Presidential -
“In the Italian war th
situation is generally quieu’“?
The British line nerdy
zentin and Longueval hats.
pushed forward to F- '
Wood, the British War.
announced today. The
drove the Germans frogt
wood, but lost part of
flora subsequently.
The destruction in the
em Adriatic on July :5
submarines, one of them
by Austrian torpedo boo. _
nounced in an official co . -'
tion received in Berlin toda
Vienna.
Threats of air raids 0
French towns. as measur
sprisal, are made in an
istatement made in Berlin
The statement says 4th E‘
French airmen have be ~ ‘
towns in the Black Forest
are outside the zone of , ‘
ovations while the German”
tacks have been directed ‘ "
slvely against fortresses.-
works. In one of the Fren
it is said that a woman < -
children were killed. ‘1?
“We shall now be fore -
the report, “to use our "
battle squadrons for the .
of reprisal. A'great num '
peaceful French subiects
the zone of field of o
are within the reach of
squadrons." .
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fore the convention closes.
News that former United State:
Senator lbort J, Beverldge had in-
dorsed C arles E. Hughes reached
the state committee while it was per
tecting its plans for the state converts
(ion. '
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The State Department? f
received from Austria-H ‘
‘lmbhssador Pen _
Melina. a request for ad .
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