ESTABLISHED
JAMES GOLD!”
EMDAY. JANUARY 8, 1918
mull-rune mum roe
TOIOBROW
High tide 7:40 a. 1:3,; 8:17 p. to.
Sun rises 7:19; set: 4241.
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The Acsoclafed Press is. exclusively
entitled to the use for pubiiczitmn Cf
nil news dispatches credited to it or
not otherwise in this paper and also
the best new: published herein.
All rights of republication of spe-
80m NORWALK like no much m.”
of the country.
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Similar ”counts are given of the
Greeks along the Mediterranean an
outlet. where for thousands of years
they have formed the most intelligent.
prosperous element
From that section.
according to reports from lionstan'i-
nopic. at lc'ist 400,000 Grecku have
been driven forth, mostly into desert
‘ progressive and
t'cgious. to rcriah from hunaer, told'
ficxhatmtion and disease. "At a sweep."
'Says one report. “the entire tire-ck ele-
I‘ment alon: the sea coasts was wiped
out." t
The Pro slut over-lords of Turkey:
permitted this. when they might ilan':
Stopped it by a word. just as they per-l
milled the appalling fate visited upon
the Armenians. indeed. they Scent to
Scribbles and Scrawls
By “WY.”
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War breed hasn’t proved so alarming but wait until they give us old
New wander! n ubltltlte for pie.
The Chicago News oboervcs that—J1 Ian's idea of being popular in
tbeing allowed to buy drinks for people who wouldn't do anything for bill
if they could." ‘
Some day we. will have to publlrh «one of the exchange («unionist on
things in general and cplsiuus in particular. .
The chip who says that he Wtrlllt'. giro- cwrythlnz. hc ha» in the world
to marry a girl frequently as to after he let: her.
These are. the days when fit." bone wiabsw that he had Mn born
trial dPSilBll”ht’5 herein 3"“ “15° '9' have [won more than mere punitive»; motor trullt.
ported.
Ermine smog: 'rnLn.
rnonz onus
Editorial Ebony—92.
Business Mice—93.
larval]: Bronco Office-1388.
Editor's Residence—218.2.
Oity Editor's Residency-14924.
Business Manager's Bandeau-—
1113-12.
MILITARY HEALTH l
Tin-re has been considerable- cil'il-
ion worn latclv_ about our reoltlierfi'
health. Sumo of it ltus.becn based on
the concrewional iitvi-Stiuation show—
clotltitiz in cer-
of it on armv
llll: ti lack ol proper
thin camps. and some
health reports giving the number of
cases of pneumonia. measles. etc. ‘
It may be taken for granted that the
worry has ccrtainlr not been due to
the appearance of army recruits on
their home visits. Nearly every one
must have remarked the big ituprOVe
ment in hearing. color and general of»
pent'zlnco after. the tnen have been Soi-|
diers for ti few Wet-ks or months.
With hardly an exception, the re?
turning hula/fore transparentlr rigor-
And in most cases
Maj. (ion.
of-
ous and im/lthy,
they have gained
Murlin of the SUTKO‘O“ generals
ficc. rays that the Sch-cute Service
' men in funeral have zuincd five to
ten pound: :incc thcy entcrcd'lupon
in some canton-
wt-iuht.
tltcir tnil‘itar,- life.
merits the twin i~' said to art-mgr» neur-
lv If. poupdS. And it's not :uilimr’r tia-
. true. but flood. hard. rcd muscle.
lt--':.u‘,;tr bstbih‘, “'hllll‘rluu" exercise
and nourisltin': food do it, _'l‘hc tmvI
that usually
prorccwm '~ much illo-
nbsi-rivd in (toilet-:0 freshmen :tt
ion~ where there iigood food, oh-
amount
in-
uituut .
liz'itm'r exert-ho and a proper
of discipline. .
But what about
cool: And the ltorpital li.t.—'.’ u
i'lt" lztt'k ill "Vol”
f'fll’l
j that tnmsltu and some other contag-
ion.- diso-tm-s \x‘erc allowed to make
inexcusable headway.
been sick who should not have been
sick. Some hate died who rhould not
hate died, Some of the cantonments
hare fallen short of army Standards»
which are ”xtrcmely high.
. But when We apply normal stan-
dard:. there's more t'fltlf‘t‘ for admirzr
The arcrnr't- Hol-
than
tion than criticism.
dier has enjoyed better health -
the average civilian. Moot of the men
are in better
they ever were before.
good for them. and rhould bo- increas-
ingly good an early defect.H are rcme-
died.
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GREEK MASSACRES
lt isn't only the Armenian?- and Svr-
lam that have suffered from Turklnr
atrocities during this war. (lroeltn in
I
igalllZPtl the natural brutality of the
iTurk and made it many times more,
Many men have;
leper-tutors. The Greek merchant quot-l
t-d above says: .
"Sermon efficiency has Simply or—
‘efi'ective than before."
All of which adds to the profounu
pollster-tion fell by the civilized world:
[in the fact that allied arms are slowly.
,Jhut surely crushing the murderous
"power of the l'rumianized Turk.
”-Hm
SATIN SUPPERS FOR BELGIUM .
A young “roman sent abroad by ”W:
Ladies Henley-Journal to visit one vii-l
lane in the invaded districts and give
an accurate report of it. tolls a hilittll-i
idling story of. the things. sent llyi
Americans to» gifts to the Belgium: ‘
‘The first box she opened wait in a boy wants to be a policenlan. lct himhavc his war, iii/our rote. An so say
i , .
section which corered the entire end
of the relief nation but. This m-ti. l
\vns‘iletoted to "usclees gifts." lt con“
tabled a pair of soiled while until:
slippers. n pair of pink satin com-ts,
much worn, and old crepe tie chino’
underwear.
York ‘firm also graced the hut, They
contained long. narrow. pointed-med.
cioth-toppcd, patent-leathcr Shoes.
Says the writer. "These were for wo—
men who had mood to their knccs in
freezing water. or had ‘ to, step into
their cellar homes over chunk“ o
mortar. broken sinus and rusty iron,
pieces}? ‘ . l
The writer odds that it I.-t only fair
to say that these things were tho c:-'
t‘ccptions to the usual rule of sen-tilde
generouity. 'lzut thc cxcs-ptiom occur-
red in number worth writin: about.
Why will pt-oplt- no: l‘lwt' illilt'rlfliilitmr
—if they haw .lnr'.‘ Sun-it thcrc cane
not bl' one woman lclt in the country
who has not. heard cttouuh about con“
(“Mom in the invaded lands m" know
that what the people need in the way
. cf clothine is simple Stuff. warm and
. . >1 Strong.
.m “6' denied thuf norm ciothmr; was Kindness m ”w “momma“. i. (me
not rilllillir'l‘ promptly. «pouch in some thimz. letting rid of junk i, a (mm.
camp:‘. that many soldiers were at- out matter. .
tacked by pneumonia ttuncct‘ssarill‘. - l -
A TRUCK TUNNEL
New York in planning to build an‘
other tunnel Hundl-r the Hudson ri'wr.
And this om will he not for railroad
passengers or freight. but Simply fot'
motor truclw. The cost is estimated.
int. $12,000,004). There is to be a sin-
tbrcc.
-zl
gle tube. with two. pottsiblv
roadways one above another, intend.
for traffic of different Speeds.
Nothing could better illustrate the.
importance assumed the motor
truck in modern transportation.
by
:4"
shape this minute than fore the war. or even a year 3.20. such, mm? m lirht
Thc life is a proposal might not have been taken that he (dunner! a more serious handl-
Todav. with trucks run-
ning in cndless procesaion between
New York and Philadelphia, and with ,
"truck trains" becoming familiar as
lsubstituten for freight trains in many
sections of the country. the line of fu~
lure development is plain.
The truck is coming to the front
t-‘ct-ioml y.
There is a shortage of everrtbiu ucept reg-ms of phonon-n.
Those new reatrictlomt will be good for what lil‘l n number of alien».
dw—
.\nd that is
5- or
“Robert. Jacobo. a well known Mint: woman of the. Milt kind will
leave!" where he in to enlist in the our of l'nclc 8am. etc. ctcs—ltcm
culled from the esteemed Bridgeport Telegram, Wonder who their proof
Many a girl with a fret-tiled face has a dear women»,
something that seldom gets into the papers.
; .
. Half Price. Coats made to sell fr
. OUR SALE PRICE
$12.95 to $19.95
BLANKETS
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ét
‘ FOR REAL 8W SATISFACTION
g 6 WE REGOHHEND
1‘ ,i
BEACON WOOL-NAP BLANKETS
“they are warm through and through}
to
COAT SALE
THE GREATEST OF THE SEASON
‘ Beautiful, Luxurious Coats for Women at About
om $20 to 335-,-
For Comfy Motoring, We Recommznd
MOTOR WEAVE WOOLEN
AUTOMOBILE ROBES
Our assortment of these attractive, durable,
. nude in generous sins tint tuck in till around.
guaranteed robes is now complete.
,M”
readtir is?
“Satapariili ‘pop' found in a wreck
found to have a rare flavor."
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A paper from the middle went curries the following item: They have
started to build a new reformatorv rince ltm Strong's boy. Erasmus. be
can to read the Police Gazer» though
we all of us.
The same paper carries this natur
been eutinu nothing but tucks lately. which has Yam worrying sum. Maybe
She wants to luv a carpet, Yam." Hula
Even New York is in the throw ot
'nini: paper the following when» is found: Old friend no newly drafted
A dozen boxes of Shoes from a .\cw man on into from Yaphanlt) "Well. . ld boy am you mm downtown?’
NI‘WIV lll‘flfi~*d man. “Nope, tlptonI'.
\
Oh well. it‘s just as easy licking a three can: stamp as a two cent one
———r '
The Brooklyn standard l'nion "tlit'f‘." the thoughts” of a grout many poo
pic when it observes parazrapbicaih,——”Red tap» with! mssibly sen-.- as
n bathing suit of l‘oney island in the
clothintz for n noidier." '
HOECEN'. 3
HOME RAIDEI)
. .BromctALS.
VON
(Continued from First Page-l.
Want Him to Move.
.\n aftermath of the mmmnrr
treatment you llocgen receircd Sai-
urdhy ninh' came todayhin a letter
“f.“fqm" llavid ll. l’itzcornld from
com ns of the Ninth Ward where
”in young proflermnn lawyer has
becn lit'ir‘i:v .llt‘kllll if strps could not
to taken to compel him to chance
lit-i risidcnce, The letter. says that
hit home m’t‘rlookrl a large ammuni-
tion and arms factory and the pc-
titionrrs cxtmss the belief lhfll’ hi.-l
proximity to the plant is "a menace
to public safety."
The taking of the. young than from
his home Saturdav night. the boat-
ing civcn him and hi4 belnz com-
pello-d to kiss the American has and
malt.» reuaclion of his statements.
and to declare loyalty to the l'nired
Statics. was twin: widely discussed
in th.- city today. it was Said that
tht- young man's questionnaire. which
in had cndnrwd "tiemscbland nber
ANN" and in which be bad record-
ed it is said.)0thcr disloyal senti-
mums. woe to come anr» the uixtl‘.
ditix‘ion draft board for connidera-
tion today. Officials of the board.
lmwrl’cl’. maintained rclicence on the
matter. '
Puller details. of just what hap—
pened. last Saturday night who ran
limut-n was taken from his house
today. it is known
in: by the crowd. or "citizen's com
l-tillPP," only because he lay whimp‘r
inc on the tzround; pleading for mercy
and protesting that it? who a
“ripple." l ‘
Flnalty realizing that any amt-k
in numbers on the cringing form on
the ground would be inhuman. one
man mailer build than you “Nor-
hen invited him to "th up and show
what kind of a man you urn." the
others giving ”purine that no our:
Arlflllc Turkey” "3"“ met ”w ““9 rnpltllt’. not as a rival of the frclghr cit-1c would touch him. but Von Kw
fate.
A Greek merchant who arrived rc-
centiy in Sew York declares that at
least 1.000.000 Greek men. women'and
tZ-Mrcn have peritihed‘ain the result
.. «tanked Turkish massacre:- and
t! 'ff’lllfllloflfl. He himself escaped
rim the Turbo raided Trebizond.
'i‘hr firm-it nicn between 16 and 60. be
A tum f-fl't‘f‘d into the Turkish
car. but as an auxiliary rclievint: the
tremendom- strain on railroad trans-
portation! and building certain forms»
of epsy.’qulck transportation to which
the’rallroadti are not so well ndapted.
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DR. WILSON'S BODY
INTERN!!! AT PANAMA
BRlDGEPORT. Jan 7,—A cablegram
from Panama to Dr. Durinnd Smith.
busting" partner of the late Dr. ?. M2"
.Wileon. sutures ’that Dr. Wilm'l Lilith
gen kept his place on the ground.
Stripped of all bravado. a. picture of
abject tctror. .
His father. mother and sister
however. had put up spirited 09m
tion as long as they were able. and
in three inatauccs are reported to
have inflicted painful erratchca and.
bruises on the members of the cou-
mittrvt. The scrappy Menu pill up
by the people what were not wanted
by the citizens». presented a marked
mtnct to vou Ham's action.
Repor 5 current today have." that
one other of the attack.” party
wars, "Our «son and androi- “‘1 m death it: m‘nw u. was kind bv one of the. women and
the o'atcr ".l :l were dispel“! of in up-
] pit-red Tul‘fi.‘ir'a'm laptop. wife]. In
this lmlt’" turned at to to whole-
pc drowninz. 1% We ur-
Warn of deportation were towed out
'51:“: mile. m the to.“ an
' than «II-tr «ls-wit w duct
. r
'1911. wt: mud by null m. o-
I“ of the weather Ind disturbed
.bortbOto-a.lhmto~
confirm inf-ind!
tnnoportntion conditions. temporary,
luau-at w‘utnodeilm Mfih the my tool: an H
mm; who Int W ”me-71mm
that be in Mill black and blue. No
violence was oaend the women or
the father of m flung/bovine
Mimi-only I“
News item,
‘man finds come old wine buried during the dot-e of the Revolution.
.sthippr-rs of the l'nitetl‘snteu. charg
i
AM“
cf ship sunk filty~tro years alto was
.tbou' litm- that the Winn-ted
;! plaid: and block designs.
CALIFORt ’IA WOOL ll
we can't ace podium in that, if the
Game and no our stock of
are supplied to provide exactly
t
F
0? note: “Yam Kildew's white hen but
till? courtesy of the Ministry of' Mu-
‘ nitions. welfare work in the Govern»
ment munition factories were seen.
In London. experience in an actual
airrald wlxn thirty 'Gothas came
‘over the coast in two squadroné.
three piercing to the bean of Lon»
don. madc- u-ncretc a study of thr
effect of air raids on Childmn. Miss
Curtis addreascd the London Focbcl
Society. and tho- London lieud Touch»
crs' Association aura special flitetinL’.
receited tltr ('dlllllllrltiltlll. ill which
function a ll'lit'l'l‘flls read from Miss
(’olburn. pmitlent of the Women
.l'rtncipuia‘ AdhOClitilOll of New York.
and a half hour devoted to the Mill's
r p, to! the profession. "
Smaller/than “m 1.093?“ stelnpj‘d “1, Return.” to France. Miss Curtis
and askod the tlcnnan if hr would and ”“3 Orr ”HM“! in ”w army
“gm. . Who-n "w”, u.“ no answer. zone on a military pass of the Amer-
”... rum NRPW'J run Hovccn's f“... lcanlllcd (then for the purpose of ob
L'un then hr" made- no attempt to Nu’Van tha- condition of children in
..-t~nd butuclf. and in “mm”. sec- the war zone. At Nancy they wct-
unit. it. hcn‘)’ flnmh to his law foiled "“4"" by ”"1”: M' .‘lirtnan and
him. / camo- iti touch with it’s (wondcrful
\'on ”when“! on tilt? ground and work “A“ r"””-'""-" Th"? ‘3“ in
whimfwrni and tbv-gzvd no: to ho ”“1““ “ll"mn's ‘3"l‘“"”"‘,‘m ”‘9
killed. 1;” was pnllul to his pug. hindcl of the arch which to bc czt-tt
:in-l lnvfto-d to filbl on-- man. up cd by the Department of .llettrthn c!
:“t-llwl ”m. h” could not fight as he Mom-ll», over the prior-eh of the tirst
4 an tnmiid and eltoultl be in bed. American solditr: iullcn on the [it-Id
it» um lnlOFYlll‘d lltnl hr- would be of hcnor in France.
in bed mum. «on. a “may 3,. M..- The pork with tho children in [lico-
:hcn on. “Suits-d tor a fewnmmr-nu Sections under the shf‘ll Willi-,1" 0‘ ”l“
wa. enentit-s‘ Suns will be llllly‘d't‘llul‘i d
l humor is a great thing.
a return to rural humor. in one erc-
summer, but it maker! poor winter
and berominrr a trifle bold,
'pmztr‘hl-d" :5er more limos L'nr to "WI! committee; also their rcpoit
WEI: m.“ wt..." 13... will du-pict the rwork at l'Zl'iztn. tlr1
me- great. French nceivinu station for
”lug-cs who» return to France
through Belgium. Germany and Swit—
[' S' WILL CURTAIL - zeriand. in thc convoys the chi]-
Exmm 0F COAL «Bren I‘I‘illl'lir'll number .300 a day.
PUBLISHERS ASK"
FOR CHANGES IN ..
PAPER CONTRACTS
(Continued from First Page}.
:mnl tannin-f it.
we“ broken.
(Continued from First Page).
The round 8mm in now playing a
major part .n filling the bunkers 6t
thd merchant marine of the world
This it due in part to the fact that
coal is rbtnper at American ports
than abroad. ' Howerer. next your
Franc» and, <pain and ltalt tutu! look
to ‘tlreat Britain. it is mid. for part
of the loci which formerly was rent
from Amt rica.
Authority also would be. given the
Proficient to negotiate
for limiting American exports to
“(‘anada to government account.
fill“! of the fight of the publishi
33.98 and $4.98 pair
They come in plain white, greys, fancy
$6.98 and $7 .98 pair
‘the
with (‘anadgr
LANKETS
Blankets. We
whet you need;
value $6.50.
“mum. 4*}. do; a
have the commission set a price for
them products. were eyident in some
of the exchanges at the hearing to-
today between witnesscs and Henry
A, Wise of New York. counsel for tip
manufacturers. lmil Schulz of the
“New York Evening Post" testified
he signed a contract for paper With
out reading it, because he learned it
be "1311’? objection he could get no
paper at all.
"ilut you mad no objection what
ever to the terms of the contract?"
insisted llr. Wise. "'
"i wouldn‘t make any 0b]~‘l:iloll.
cithcr. if 52‘ burglar held :1 pistol it
my head and asked for what i had."
lt'iOl'lt'd lht‘ “linen-4. 4
Chairman Harris , intmruptt-d ‘ to
tray that Fut‘h remarks did not aid in
reaching just conclu<ions. and Mr.
Scholz :iilid he would retract the ref—
crencc.
At another time. Mr. Wis.- (lllcs-
tioncd the witness rctzardin: the or-
ganization and Dilf‘lml‘l'fl or the Amt-r-
lan Newnpapcr . Publishers Associa-
tion. ‘ ' .
"ls it not an association of buy-9:5
for the purpose of holding down tho-
prico of the product they purcltmc?"
he asked.
"it is not." rv )licd Schulz vintznlr.
"Few publiuhet‘s consult on' cumin
er."
Objections by PM"; ll_“..1ztn rf t’2‘
department of justice t'lif'l't‘tl from
ttm manufacturers-V cOunHel llw stat.»
mom. that he wishcd to Show llmlll’“.
"l submit that it titt‘ :iifm'ncy gon-
r-rnl indicts the ntnnufttctutcrs for
adopting a standard form of con-
tract." he said. “then he i-‘hOlllil in-
dict ill'? publiwb’ers for Seeking to dic-
tate a form of contract."
.i. (l. McIntyre. papl-r expert for
Pubiiflhers' Association. outliuwl
in the commission the changtu‘. when
,the publish/Pm Wlaht‘l madc in the
Standard form of contract. Forc-
moat wax an instance of a. provision
making the paper the absolute prop
crty of the publishers after purchasc.
He said the usual contract contained
a clause limiting the mo of paper tr.
tho buyer within it spocificd tint» on.)
for certain editions of his publication
You are invitzd to examine them at Motor
Weave Headquarters, The Boston Store.
FANCY BLOCK DESIGN BLANKET
COMFORTABLES
Pink. tan, old blue, light blue and old .0...
a. l
34.98
other.
Objection was made also to clauses
. oviding for delivery in equal month-
instalments fixing the weight var-
;- it at 5 per cent., which‘wau dt~
(lord too large, setting the time for
paytmnt as the fifteenth of elicit
month, which was attired to herbali-
cd to the 20th or thirty days from
lill’tilt't‘, and providing for the return-
ing of pauper roll cores by prepaid
trvicht instead of collect. although it.
Wits ilti‘t‘t‘nl tllal tlu- publishrrs should
pay thu height in the end.
The publishers “greed to pet-nut-
n' nt widtiua of p; ptr in the interetit.
of economical ollcra'ion by the mom
ul'acturcrs and conceded that side-
walk or tween deiiwry wus unfair to
manufacturers. who >houid be lllowed
tortlhip his product i. 0. b., publishers'
city. it also was urged that “sub-
.stuntiallv literal." quality" Should be
changed to specifications more defin-
ite as to wright. color and finish.
.l. H. Zcrbcy. oft thc Pottavlllo
(P3,) Daily Republican." represent-
in: tho l“'lln~‘.\'l\'.’lnlll Associated
Dailies. and G. l-Z. lloetner of Den-
ver, Colmrepresenting the moon“
llditorial Association. appoun'dd {for
tho «mull papers. Frank P. Glass,
of the "ll.rmint;hutu (,Ala.) News."
now-pin <itlcnt oi the American News-
paper .l’ubliehrrs' Associttion, ’toltl
lht- commisuion that he expected a.
more 'cousctmtiic and reasonable
contract" to be adopted.
Jobbcts will l. heard by the com-
misxion Wednesday. and the general
hearings will be resumed Februu'y
4. Mr. Wise asked a continuance to
allow lht- production of figures on in-
\‘v“,~'tmcnt costs. lttalso was suggeso
ed that postponement until after tho
Canadian hearings in Ottawa. Janu-
_ary 10. would facilitate settlement of
the price question titre. "
Several Danbury people went to
AStamford and other points along the
Tshorc yesterday for the purpose of 03'
'loying the nmelty ot skating on tour
island Sound. From Stamford it we:
passiblcvto skate out to a neighboring
llslnnd. The sun softened the ice eon-
cd coal prices.
”‘0'“ ”l" 5PM“ Committee 0“ era. for lower prices. culminating in . ' . .
Manufacturirn [my Clifford. Thorpe the indictment of a numb” of man-”I‘lpgte‘dhfi) ggaiflit‘llx flailg’rb‘bzrt‘tnli‘twr- l‘ldt‘mbl)‘ during the (lav.-»«T)Onbill'y
denounced the Fuel Adimnistmzion ufacturcrs and their “mumpm ",me year could “at be tried n F“. “I“ .
policy as brine respon‘iblc for 3 mil— . s . . . . . . ‘
lion dollars a day being token array —-«-—- --.- --»--—-'- . , —— -~ ~. »- ~_-. .. . .1 -. ... ’ __
"""‘ "‘" "‘"‘"~”‘*““*““"V'° 'f‘ “‘“‘"‘"j . American Engineers Who Helped British» 11er German Attack .
)lr, Thorpe. who him appcnrcd many
times beforc the lnlt’l’sialP‘d'ommelh-
Committee in the interest of thr
ed the Fuel Administration permitted
the em! operators of the country to
dictate the price at which the min.
cral fur-l should be sold to the public.
Government purcbaces of omit at
the mouth of the mine and l-‘ederalt
control of the supply of ‘tbe whole
country was Mr. Tbofllr-‘c suggested
pointlon of th- dimcultmt. "‘l’ublic
utilities will a into bankruptcy if
pricer of coal not adjusted." said
Ir. 'l'borne. .
NEW roux EDUCATORS :
J ' VISIT WAR ZONE
(“flowed from Pint M).
FranwAmerlan Committcc for tho;
Protection of the ('hlldrm of ID'
Fro-tier. also In. Wharton's work'
with the children of Fla-dam. i
1- Liverpool. Ila-chum end other;
English citie- they but oppoftunlty to;
W cutter to than.
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