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ESTALISHED 1870 on... .. SecOnd cum Matter.
soon: uonwux, cont, “Torin“, AUG. 18, .1917
Fair Tonight and Sunday
S500 Hill EXPENSE
‘ [ll liilNIl ISSUE
Third District Voters Ap-
prove of the Action of the
Commissioners
illl'l'lllullll '
or ill ill
1 ll lilillll
Short and sweet was the meeting oi
the "voters of the Third District,
which was held last night. in! the Mar-
vin school for the purpose of approx"
called 'to ill ‘~ ri‘
\.
Provides For a Tax UpOI’I i it t‘ fit it salon-eta
iii: le ac ion 0 le con uh. u.
l A“ owners of. Man” ‘76-. in securing a $73,000 bond issue for
zone. attended the meeting. and a res-
l the Manufacturers olution which .was presented in two
' ‘ tioil by the people of the acts of the
MINE SEHEDULE cmntnissioners ill securing the bolid
‘7 ' ' 7 a sum of money not to ext‘eed $500
a hitch.
The niteting was
_ ,l missicner Kuhiier. and Council; r‘ l:
(Proposed Increase in Second‘lmug o. Robertson was 'elerttd
The. call of the meeting was read
1 Debated in hand was taken up at once.
. l ("mm the suggestion of Judge John,
lby the Senate yesterday of many an ‘ . ‘ . .
7 . . llleen prepalcd was taken up in two
. . . . . ) _
montested piousions of the 5-000000 1 sections.
. v o . v ' i . 1 I v '
£21,); giggleggflgagglgvgrhmigcflgg7:“?!a ratification by tile voters of the ac-
‘. Among important features disposed 1‘;-‘31:)[snlflwi'nbi‘l‘i5:3":“'lllllzn‘lfiif
lot’ during the day were the wine and ‘ " ‘ “
‘ hides Instead Of Uponithe East Side. About a dozen citi
parts, the first calling for the ratifica-
issue ,aiid the second appropriating
‘ Alsu "ISPUSEH ”I: to cover expenses was voted ert‘lou!
. . about 8:15 o'clock last night by t'
‘ chairman.
i . Class Postage Rates Is=
and accepted. and the business matter
WASHINGTON Aug. 8.—Disposltion-Jl Walsh. the resolution which had
N00 war tax bill almost cleared that The list of the first section was the
“War profits taxes ltions of the coiiiiilissioners 'ltt s-ecur
. . t.
mitotor vehicle schedule. The revisions. ’ mm“
The second section provided for
thoen “0 000 000 and ssopoooowm the payment of not more than $500
- . 1 t‘ the treastliv of the district. to
- of motor vehicles instead of ““1 0 - .
fimmh on ltianufilcturers as pl‘ti-ii‘ow‘l‘ (’Xl't‘ll-“t‘S "ef‘t’lis‘dl‘l’ ill getting
gonad by tho-House hill were adopted.l ”‘0 ism“ Th“ "0‘9 O“ ”1“ second 59"“
'us were the increased rates on wines.‘ ”0" “"‘m ”l“ “in“ “113' “‘9‘ did the}
fistimated to raise $2,000,000 against i first vote. and inasmuch as there wast
536000 000 under me “0“,". rates. a no other tillisli. ss .to Tom? hetolvl
‘ilodse provisions levying :i 3 per: the meeting, the motion to adjourn
‘ .ent tax upon gross sales of mail)" was made and carried. ' 1
'tiiianutactiirers and designed to miss «limit a oozcn lOlPFS WHO I“ a
3:1I8,7'50,000 also were formally eliiui- Wilda“? ill“ nigh“
7777:7277 itililNlElTiil
till W , 3“"WNI__N_NEwuw
19d. The Sellulejlio-acceptt‘d the li-
iIt Will Be in Operation at
SBIBIERS VUTE {N Next Term of the Super-
‘EANIUNMENTS?
ior Court in September
I
{New Army Will Be In‘Camp
When Town Elections Are
1 .
f Lawyers in Fairfield County are
! wondering what will be the tall effect
Held This Fall
The question has arisen whethet"
‘
.
{of the new law which is now in op-
.eration. calling for the appointment
{of a public defender. thi’ity days be
More the criminal term of the Sir
vperior Court. to look up and prepare
rall cases hound over when? the do
liendallts cannot pay for counsel.
I'ndcr the old way of doing busi-
' . ness ,a lawyer was a) ointed b ' the
the drafted men. many ot whom are' court for each case 1.3; the aogused
frficm?‘ EC.“ x7018 thisffall ‘14“ [11}?va called to plead ,tllcn stating ill
-_iown elections on H" ”.M.‘ ”m a} l response to questions that he had no
in October. tinder the existing lawa,l l'lWVGl‘ and desired counsel.
there is no provision for taking the1 Iii this 'wav a large number of law}
u 1' . . _ r >
pott- lot/the anon .ill’lull‘tll (zillion .yers were recognized. and the {003‘
“lent“: “here mRDy'JHII he by NFC'inot very large. in most cases amount-
hon time. .and they would undoubt-; int: to about $10 were divided up.
edly not. be SHOWN to return homei At; some criminal terms, especially
to vote. for .lf this was allowed. the. the September term when the crim‘
gyms Emil? kcoftifc'futmTeSC “all mill docket was large .often showing
.wou ,ac I ' urge iii r . , .
* - v ses there would be thirty
men for one day. at least. The Gen-l eight. ca ’ ,
enil Assembly last year passed a spe-t _ .
cial act, which allowed the soldiers. (Continued On Page Twelve) ,
at the Mexican border to vote, the} .
votes of those out ’of the state. being, .
taken by a special commission, and:
brought to this state and counted!
’l‘his was for the presidential and. ~
station election only. 1
During the Civil War. a special:
7amendlilent was passed Whereby the.
but this was good only for the '(Illl‘lt'l
trion of the Civil War. it is possible;
that a. special session of the yen--
oral Assembly will be held this fall
and that the soldiers will- vote as!
they did last year .il. special mumps-t
sion taking the vote.
LIGHTNING THROWS
FLATIRON IN AIRI
TORRIXGTON. Aux. lfin'Thr“?
hour-es in East Ltichfleld were daili-
asi-d by lighting dorm: the thorn
lfi'odnr'sdny evening. Al the Ii. It.
Godu- miuienro the lightning it"? up
in owl/om til the door ripped on clap
“a cleaned the water. (he
cl» a» it was narrowly mime
Oman, 1. thrive on the Mod. A
film which an we placed by like
him to hurt 0 m “a tune-1‘» min
a» r l' and MM no a sum! mr- Remai- at this city,
M. The other in»: km were mm with! Nb is m
1M»?! mwi be Jam IL ”crown wit! me ail-ti m vermin” u- um
WHdIth-‘memmutkmmdm
, ,mhwnlrsiinohmm ”tumum.
,lflmutinummmmam W ow Wing. it it:
Woman’s Committee. En-
gaged in War Service
Letters were sent out. yesterday
Sloill the headquarters of the Con
‘hecricill Division. Woman‘s Commit-
iiec. National Council of Defense. lull
in: influential women In the various
r-zics and towns about the state to
Imp lurc.‘ ~lib$>nlinlttees for war
hfin'lf‘P.
firm of the problems "hlch the
wuiimli'w cuttiodtioo is taking up it;
food conservation. such as pretend“.
rant- n-g, will so on. economy in the
months. of the household. the saving
of Waste. hath in the brittle M In
burial: at the sum». and mom of
litu- iniezwrv 't'ahi committee know
es the toad We cosmetic:
will». 3" banded-by Iii-ii Estella
bud»
l ' BETWEENIJNlllNS
walliiltsuli
DANGER 0f” Willi wlllllill ill
liltillllulltli
Banner-Bearers— Arrested
After Defying Police—
'N [NGlANDi Hartford Woman on List
t WASHINGTON. Aug. 18.~»Formal
lnotice was served by the police yes-
lterday on leaders' of the woman's
v _ . [White House would be tolerated no
I‘nemeni Numbering 40i'liongter and that in future banner-o
000 Making 8 Demand for! bearers would be arrested as fast as
’ ' . they appeared.
an Eight-Hour Day i
SflME liliililil 7 7
warning to take effect. Then six
women posted at the executive than
sion gates were earlied QR in a pa-
trol wagon much 'to the}. delight of
a watching crowd. . All the. prisoners
gave bond for appearancb tomorrow
‘to answer charges of obstructing
l tratfic.
Superintendent of Police Pullman
Some Men Have Been Work-
1
‘ ‘ . said the women themselves or some
mg Flfteen Hours d Dayi body else certainly would7 get hurt.
Zii‘ the near -riot scenes enacted dur-
Recently
ing the past few days were contin-
l.Ol\'lX)N, Aug. lS.»~'l‘here is confiuiad; that the only way to {top the
sidcrable danger of an inunmmm tilsordcr was to remove its cause,
strike involving about. half the cmzi-l anti that h“ proposed to do that. ,
ulcers and firemen employed otl Brit-i . The 'ttomen ‘Hl‘i'Efili-‘d were Misses
isll railroads. The main point. at is~lI (flinging M' ““88“" ”(Jurumdll
rule is the recognition of the principle 1 Milan” ~H'. “m" at Colorado Spring»
of an eight-hour day although the do} COL: Lavinia “(’Ck' 0’ Harrisburg,
l . v . r' .
mand titles not. ncccisat‘ily lllt‘ludt‘ipfl‘” Lucy H' D‘Hng' 0! Chidngo.
limiting the principle effcnive during ‘ Edna Dixon. of Washington, and Mrs.
concerned nunl-yi
her about 40.000. and belong to the- mam
Associated Society ol‘ Locomotive En-1
gineers and Firemen. 'l‘h‘ls humanist
distinct. from the much larger Na;l ,
(tonal Union of Railwaynleil.” whichli .
The. trouble has been brewing some; . ASSHEIATmN
time. the Government recently statcdl
in the llousc of Commons that that
but. President Stanley 01’ the Board . --r'
. Elected Prestdtmt; undid.
. , l . . . .
(“WWW 0" ”3° T“) ‘ S. Whiteside Vice-Fresn-
I: ' ’ i dent
I mm—
"RA TEN] MEN T“ i The annual meeting of the Belle!
.l:~'llind lniproveiiient Association. ltic..l
illichard H. Golden.
l ' There was a large number of meth-
TRAININE EAMP7 Lei-s present, and from the reports
was never in more ,tloulttahlng condi-
. -—-—- ‘ . tion. The report of the treasurer will
Bill of Fare SoundsLtkeReg-l Show That the expenses of the as-
- isoctation for the year 1917 will be
0181' Feed at FIrSt Class paid, leaving a small balance in the
, .. i ., , i . The following officers were elected
NOW Being Mobilizedr‘ tor the year 1918:—
Will Cost $288,540 a Day , ~77
I F Ed F t A f (Continued on Fifth Page.)
0 C II‘S may 0 y m“
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18.— now well
Alilcrlca's 087.000 drafted American}
writ be fed when they enter canton-l
iiieilt camps next month was outlinedE
the war. The mm lMadeline Watson. of Chicago.
is not involved. ' ,
. , v" .7 . . . , l in
Stitlcty s chums tieie. iniidlilisaiblo. Joel L. BPLISII, 0f N: QYOI'k,
. ‘ | was held last night; August 17th,}
1 1917, til the residence ofthe President
submitted. shows that the association
l
‘ Hotel—3,500 COOkS Are: treasury.
b‘y Quartetnlaster General Sharpe‘s .
repartitleilt. . 7
Thirty-live hundred chief cooks Men Destgned to Ad: as AS-
are bein\g mobilized. They will aver-
age 225 to each camp. Ab/ut 10.000
assistants will be employed to beta
the chefs. New cooks will be devel-
oped aliiong the. drafted men as they
are. . needed.
Estimated at 42 cents per day per:
sistants Throughout Cunn-
ty by General Frost
Following along the‘lines of its re-,
cent activity in facilitating military;
mobilization and recruiting and other“
ll'l’lm ri‘t will cost the goverlltnent‘wise assisting the National and state.
$.88..>40 a day ‘0 5901') the iii-schoolincil of defense in matters pertain-‘
ting to federal, national, militia or home
igllard troops the committee on mill-'
tary affairs of tho ‘Fairlleld county as-
sociation for the mobilization of re-l
sources is preparing another campaign 3
One of the first steps in this direc-‘
ltion took place this morning when Gend
Following are the names of the “merit! Russell Frost. chairman of the.»
met)“; two from each district, appoint- committee announced appointments in.
ed by Mayor Harstrom today to act'me various towns and cities through:
as it committee to investigate the Ro-'out the county to work in ”Mullah“
ton poi," proposition as per the peso, with him. These men will have charge.
lution introduced by Councilman Nut?0f the work m their respective d‘S'
ting at last Tuesday evening's co“nitrictii. and will in turn appoint assist
cll meeting. 'ants as the occasion arises.
T : ' '.7 .
(ire orv G {If}, are “Sh?” Vi i The appointments to date are as fol-
g " E" ' ‘ urp 5' I" “m H“ arltlgeport. Coltlml John H.
McMahon. .u. it. Nuttln . Howard allover
Loundos. "VIN! D. Rolliertson. Wit-L‘Wd‘h Captain "fill." C.‘SI(“€II.‘0YI.
llam Mn...” Robe thorwnlk. Commander Eben Hill.i
, n E» Landon. ‘
Charles W. Bell and George w ”PM" Henry T- Prowl": Dentin".
Stevens. '~(‘aptaln Parrot! D. Ryder. Captain
in,“ committee is to report at lb 02 Clarence W. Judson tithiiiiiirl. Flip
uln William A. Pratt; Bethei. Cyrus
”mam" ”m" °E "m ”and" is. Ryder: new. \Vlflihfl'lt ti Pir-
‘ryz Greenwich. Willem 2*. B'MVQ'I'
RUSSELL Fm. JR. A l The Fairlie“ some: Association
FIRST-CLASS WOMAN
(Continued on Page Twelve)
MAYOR NAMES ROTON
POINT COMMITTEE
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tool: to active part in the recon: it»
«airbus for gas wit :2 am: and m
. national cull f ill I: aim ht
3W" M 1h. '50 minted alum-nixed when rill tn‘gpmmtnn
m- Hairy on til-ti it! at him. to be music. uni-rm “int am more
on duty at the My. NI“ Yut’ts mt limb-It its- m
u ”mm rm atrium: ithfl’mfi min-m
”mammalian-thumbs missiles at m mm mil
ummrhflnkuat' its»: the was will
m 7W um “ M. ‘
Half of the Engineers andinanv that socalled picketins of tho
personally delivered his. warning at;
the women's party headquarters. He‘
GERMAN ll0Yll
SEEICER HELD
llllllils e lllllED lN townil"
llllll iXPl08l0N acclaim: ‘
Al RIGAUD, QUE
‘ A8 lllll llijllll lllll
‘5 l'
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4" “
Henry F. Ficke, From His
Home, Could See Move-l
ments of Ships, and May}
Have Posted Berlin 0117
Sailings . l
illllailiiilillll “£33;
utilitarian
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' ilillllltlltllllll
Right Is Illegal and De-
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Secret Service Agents Re- Draft
fuse 'Au Information 1%.; New'Rulos for physical examina-
garding the Arrests
result of which many slackers who
m ibavo thus far escaped, will be called
NE“! YORK, Aug. 13‘”;th arrest' and accepted for the National Army.
hpre last night of Heinrich S. picked Before the exemption boards or-
[“9 auditor m this oity of the Northl gaiiized, thousands of men all over
German Lloyd Steamship Couipanyfilht‘ COUIIU‘Y began rYONlllS dieting ID
as an alien enemy, was expected to lcduco their weight and to ensure
be followed today by the detention of-l rejection as 100 ligllL {01' height.
Iiuiiie'rous other men. all of whom} Many succeeded telliporariiy.
probably will be tntcrncd until ll)8.Pr0V“m Marshal General has now
end of the war. United States Mar-l sent otlt notices that the regulations
shat Power said today that ‘lhrough‘ for physical examination are amend-
thig arrest and other; to be nladoied to authorize acceptance of "men
soon, the leak to Germany will beg “XIV-0m? “1101'“? high, weighing 110‘
stopped." ‘ lless than 110 pounds; sixty-two
The Fiche. home on Staten Island? inches high. ditto: sixty-three inches
is only a short distance from Foullllg’h, not less titan 112 pounds."
Wadsworth. one of the main fortifica-f The Surgeon-General has also Em'
lion's guarding the harbor approacltl thorized the acceptance of men sixty-
to New York city. From the house.: four inches high and over 61‘ less
it was said. It.“ ships leaving New'lhfln 51,811de weight NOVWDS ill“
Yorlc during the day can be seem; underweight is due to temporary
and a short jouiney to.St. George of, causes and can in the opinion 01‘ the
Stapleton would make it pomp“. mfiiicdical examiner. be reasonably ex-
obtliin information of the movements plained.
. 7 Not. only will evaders of duty have
.lto m'cc Mid ‘eXititlincrs‘ Virginia. (but,
‘nlany men who wanted to get ‘in and
i who were rejected under the old rules
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
twill get. in. l
I Dr. Robert H. Rose. of New York
‘ law, a well-known medical man and
xauthor. whose recent work “Eat Your
iWay to Health," attlactcd so much
SliNli AT NEW lllllli
The Rhode' Island, Once
Transformed Into Coal
Barge and Then Into a
[Continued on Eleventh Page.)
ENE" unis
Six Masted S¢h99§l§h Suc- WAR FUN“
cumbs to OldLAge‘ ‘-
NEW YORK, Aug. till—r'df you don't _"“‘
Statement Showing How
Norwalk Contributed in
the Recent Campaign
get out of there you'll get into
trouble." shouted a patrol boat oilicer
to the first mate of a six-mastcd
schooner which had dropped onchor in
the channel off Tompkinsville
“You can’t make any more trouble
for me. than I've got already," replied
the mate. "This boat is taking wa- ‘
yer faster than an eel loaded with Fund was held in the office of Judge
bricks.” I iH-enry W .Gregory. yesterday after.
Just about that time the schooner‘st “00“, .‘Vhfi‘fl the IOHOWIHS Statement
captain cams;a out of the hold and or-l “'33 presented:
dered the crew into the lifeboats. The' Receipts.
ship stink lazily until it rested on the ‘Cash contributions .... . ....$1-t.187.86
‘ Anvimportant meeting of those hav-
ing in charge the Red Cross War
WllN’l SAVE MEN
Crowder Warns;
That , Includingl‘
W .- Is Illuminati I?
feats Object of Selective’
l tion went into elli‘ct yesterday as the|
The l
‘1
W
gln the Neighborhood of 250 y
} Persons Lost Their Lives,
nd Forty Houses in the
i Vicinitly Were Blown Up
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tflMMUNlllilflN
l
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{outer Persons Killed and
l Many Injured During a
l Mimic Battle in England
MONTREAL, Aug. ‘ 18.———A ters-
tritic explosion at the powder
lplallt of (‘urtis & Harvey, Limited,
fiat llgialiil; Quebec, today, is be-
at Itig'autl, Quebec, today, is be-
:of life. Five thousand men and
Iwomen are elliploycd at the plant.
’ll‘lllt‘ll covers an area of five square 1
miles. .
Reports received here soon af-
ter the. explosion said the plant:
was nearly all ill flames.
i The explosion disrupted tele-
lpllolie and telegraph communionM
tion with liigaud. making it dif«
ficult to obtain information.
"Profile on the Canadian Pacific‘ 1
Railroad’s Ottawa-Montreal line,.
which passes closeto the plant,"’““‘
has been suspended. From points “' ‘
near Ria‘aud it was learned that;
lthi'ee explosions took place. The
lfirst was heard it] Vaud‘reuil,
twenty miles away. It was fol"
lowed by two others in quick sum
cession.
ltiuatld is a post village in
\’alllili'cliil (.‘tillllly, Quebec, on the 7
Rivicrc ii la (i‘risse, forty-five miles 7;
southwest of Montreal. It had tr" 7“
population prior to the war of.
about 1,000 persons. . . -
Trainmeli who got away from ‘
the scene of the explosion reported
that forty houses at Dragon, a lit-'
tlc village near the powder plant,
occupied by workmen, were razed
by the force of the explosion.
The whole countryside was '
covered at 10 o’clock with a dense
copper-colored smoke. A special
train of doctors and nurses left.
Montreal for the scene of the dis»
aster. . ' 7“ '
OTTAWA, Aug. 18.——First re-
ports rcccived here. from the scene
of the powder explosion today at;
Rigatld, Quebec, state that in the
neighborhood of 250 persons have
been killed.
bottom of'the bay and the crew rowed Pledges ................... 18,286.75 LONDON, ‘XUg- 18.—TII8 Ad‘
for $310M , - . ——————— iniralty announces that a hostile ,4;
And this is what seems to he the last Total horwalk contribir destroyer and two ininc sweepers g;
chapter in the life of the Rhode Island, tlon .. .................. $32,474.61 .. .. 1 1 . . l . b . Brit'sh. ‘
which thirty years ago was a crack: Payments. “‘ u ( amaget 59‘ ere 3 g 3 1
Fall River liner. When “the PuritaniExpcnses of administrations 804,3] “twill forces on Thursday. The
and Pilgrlnl‘ went into commissionlAmount transferred. to cred- IBl'llSll \Val'ShlPS were 110i dam-
years ago the Rhode Island became ul
coal barge. Tlien she went to the junk!
it, of W. G. McAdoo, treas-
urer, being 75 per cent. of
heap until the outbreak ‘of war, when? $26,774.61 cash collected
the old boat was resurrected. convert-3 to July 31st ......... 20,080.95
ed to a six-masted schooner and sold; ' __
to tr Norwegian firm. i ’l‘otat ................... $20,885.76
The . government inspectors. how-i Add.
ever. declined to pass her and in deS',Balance in Nation. _
reratlon the Norwegians took on a- at Bank of Nor.
cargo. without insurance. and sent the{ walk at July 31 $5,888.35
old ship to Tompkinsvllle. She was to Uncollectcd pledges
hm Failed loda-V- ! at July 31........'5.7oo.oo 11,533.83
Wrecking crews, after working all.
the morning. have partly raised the‘
ship from mldchannel. where she is at
Total ‘ .................... 532.474.611‘
. Statement of Details of Expenses
‘1“ nace '0 shipping. l of Administration.
"T"— ' Salaries or slenorrapilels l
I“ «lit anltor ............... 3 Stifti
wgggégga’ANTEDI rubllciiy ................... 7
EI'Ofilafl‘ .slatlont ry and sup-
pltes ...................... 66.?!
At the riveting of the Board of Edit.“ Tclwhone and tell-graph ..... It If.
cation last evening, when the report. Campaign luncheims ........ not:
of the building committee was re‘ «MM-v
grind. it I” voted that the board; Total ...................... 0801.81
so lulu-MI with the amt-mm that?
Inn he. ammo. and that till! unit Mum wont». columns.
mu at the Khulna when! tat FRANK LAWSON. and tor.
«my to sum m in its: ”will Nmuk. (1m August 9 mt.
nit-II to wt to «.009 hi The which: ale‘nlii bail it lam
m m rim “mitigation in the airmail of the some
a all! M his m the Mimi: Mm (”whim Jolie.
7 ‘ {o m
96-67:“ the mine sweepers were seen to
the very severely. tliiitiiigt‘d. but,
ii”. OTIS FITCH. treasurer. ‘.
and» WW.
aged.
The announcement follows:
“Some of our light naval forces ,
scouting a German bight on Aug«' ‘
list 16 sighted an enemy destroyer
at 0:45 a. in. Fire was opened -»
and the destroyer was chased. She ,
was seen to be repeatedly hit and l
to be on fire, but she escaped
through the mist. over the mine
ticld.
“Enemy mine sweepers were
sighted shortly after the sighting
‘of the destroyer and it heavy fire-
‘was opened on them. At least. two
jsiniiliirly with the dcstroycrmur
isliips were unable to follow then. “
owing: to the proltiiiiity of ill. ,
mine fields. ‘
“During the encasement our r:
rem-is were attacked by I atria.
marine and lflttlf the action I lion»
'ontI submarine “tucked. in W
“:60 3.77:3“ ”units. (for m»
in it sit e no durum. ' ‘
masons. m. limbs in.
«disarm
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