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EINEIIR SEAIN
INEORII OE NEW PORN
O OONNEOIIOUI POIIO
Ad Stains on Cushions of Coppola’s Car Point to Mur-
der, They Say
tion
Gasolene Receipts to Aid Prosecu-
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CITE WIREINEI WITH
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NIEIEI’I’ E1... ENEROREEIES [IN NESTEEEE
alim- Actions of Pratt Had, Been Noticed by
His
i'riends a Week Before Coppola Disappeared——
:«12‘ rack Oiliccr in Vain Attempt to Escape Police
. {1111.11- :ii'i- rum \vtIl‘k
. ioniuntmon witlv tlzv I‘onnI-Hi
in Nor-nail: in an I'llul'l to
titu hht'ilin: injustivt'y 111' Ill-'
l..ll"7v"t 11 'II-ai-oltl
‘.£".\ tivpindzi, Ii\ [iuuzoii street.
IEII'IiI: nothin: ii'i2' b.4111 seen or
:III II!‘ .21.1i-- 1 0'1 Ew'h Friday :il'ti'l
'II. I‘i-hriury ltth 'l'hu investiua
. 21'- Iar has bet-n in vain. but now
I nmt turn \Vilii'Il will iIi'olIablv
~i~':ii- (Ii-tinite action beini;
I";Ii( E'
war up
()1
I .«,
-In Mr nrxt few days.
--'1';.'e' ('asi' is devolvin: around
i‘;..tt. lilll‘tj; 2‘i.\’. in Harlem.
;I'ici.2|I'Il in New York City
,1... k on 1h:- iivt-uing of I‘oppo-
'I‘EH‘JII'JII‘H‘I‘ as Ilv‘ “as trying to
1 Lil chauffetn"s new Max-
'-si' 3:100 l‘i iiiII's I‘CI'I'llIl'lt
II-Ith pmtedlng and following
disappefliunro and his
. ultimate arrest. are quite an-
LII». unless he is connected
--;I.l.i'.~; (lisrtiIiIIIIIIIiii'-I~ in a
IIII'iI Iii\t':.1I-;' :iI Ilil\'..‘
I I’ I ' 1 i d lttt for the lI'i: tI IIF\(I- NI‘V. FPI’). 25. ~~Ilohcrt (‘_’
1"! I 1.2' ma '1‘ +- . I . ”I" . x -. ... ‘
Vt'ai'(01' more is known It) hate b- . 1‘. AIIIIFI. '1 II .21d( nt of tin dnmu (ol-
I n in llll SIG‘HIV coinp'inv oi 1.I"I,II"'“II(ISO “(I'IIIII-V Wtdovved 111011191
)t‘(’ ‘ . ( , ( ‘ i
youngr woman living in the first. dis-
tiii”. He was it frequent caller at. hvi
homo and
own Hudson stripped 1'1111.iboi;t,i.I' had
illl'tr'tl local jitni'urs to take him to
the house and later drive him to his
Ihomo in Darn-n or to one
Ihei".2 coring-1122' on Pratt's Island. He
had bi cu in the habit of hiring: one of
LIIIUI‘ (Il'l\t'l'h‘. oi’ "whom he was .1 stut
ily customer. but is known to hate
hired (Hoppoli on lllUH than one Ol-
( :ision dcspit - his repeated a..2'.~' (:1'ti0l112'
to III! elt'rt't 111.11 he nitei kil'
ltalian.
Pratt. had been zictinu \( 1') suspic-
EOIlHIV for some, that motions to the}i
tlisappi malice ol Coppola and “as no-
tit-oil by several 01 his friends. Onet
a him 111' who had known him for soxnel
liltlt met him in front of the \lahackn
ii. iiI llt‘II El :hout week bi 1"'()1I he
(Continued On Page Eight)
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3. IEIINOE Eliiii I3
i 'I OE l PER EENE
Beverage Containing
lanned After July 1
'. i}
“are
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\SHINII’I‘UN, Feb. :3. Any hem-r
.miaining more than one-halt" ol
«In! alcohol will be banned by;
' . v 'nii piohibi'ion act eftu
.\.:
i:_v In tho ”(11.121 jutliC’Ialt‘
-.. tn iii..li-- the .1rt (It‘ll-'ctite.
IIIIiIiiiiirm-i. iii-.inition of in-
‘ziic liiiiioi 11:12 written in the
. .tIltims;
iii-1
in
(1011- t
i...- winds beer. wiuu. or other
- . ill: malt. or \‘inoiis liquors
..:i1' piohibilion act shall be
'iI-II any liquor which contains
“Xi‘ew$ of one—halt1 of 1 per cent.
Ill'uliul." t
:iit'orcvnient of tile war-timi- prohi-
iIn law which cocminues in effect.
.il after demobilization, is placed
uh 1hr internal revenue buieau l)\'
. hill framed by the
111.2 (I! it; w hurzoiu would jn\e.' Iigale
i'1tinn_2 m the “(I
Hit in: tondmtml b)
271’it't ZtilOlTle)F-. Any plate whet-“e
- in is manut‘attured 01 sold. would
~ (in: 'lith'Il a public nuisance. subject
. line and imprisonment as guilty of
misdemeanor.
FTOIIE'I'IX that owners knowingly per
to be hard for violating the Liw
{id be Sllbjt' (t to .1 litn for fine and
212'. of i 12t2 its: llllnL’ from the pio-
IiIi- It:
.ISS ELSIE HILL
HELD IN BOSTON
HS
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committee 'i
'Ind prosecutions'
[nits (1 Status:
IIIIEE PORN EOOAE
AIEERIEANIZATION
COMMITTEE
IIltl'l‘lhttll E. Win-awn. direttoi ol
lIlt' Department of Americanization
which is working under the atlspi-es
ot' the State Council of Defense wi
be in this iity tomorrow evening at 8.
:Itlh l by :1 measure approt- o‘clock at the (‘ily Hall to form a lo—Ibpmre I start. fm home.
cal Americanization (ommittee. and a
numbei of prominent local people
have receivedinvitations to be pre-
SI‘nI. at the meeting.
The purpose and aims of the State
campaign of Aincricanization is easily
explained in five paragraphs:
To Americanize Connecticut.
To assist in maintaining a united
[HI ople ba. k of the fighting line.
To promote understanding of Amer-
ican ideals ideas. habits of thinking.
ti aditions (u2'toms life and citizen‘
ship on tho p.111 of persons of foteign
birth rtsiding in the state
To piomote mutuality of undeistand-
in;' 'is benwn 11 persons of native and
iortien birth re2iding in the state.
To stiiiiulati i--.oopcrttion between
persons oi natiu- and foreign birth
looking t0\\.11'tl.2' (mnmon state and
national aims.
The 'tbme sums up what the aim
of endevu 01 will be in the state in the
c .impaign.
Those who haw 1‘?'e(ei1ed invitations
to attend the meeting should do so as
Ii1i2' (ampaien will be one of thé most
important post \\11111H()manls that
‘zhiie been Stalled. It will tend to
thamp out Bolshevikism to a great (19
nice. and properlv carried out, it will
:mean that the state will be a greater
Isl ate in more W :13.5 than one. both 11 .
SU FFRAGE R‘AIDI itellectuallv, moially, and patriotically. I
a2 ii1.\’ l-‘I II. :3, sl'ndaut‘ited by IBATT‘LESHIP PICKS UP I
ME
,.-~ III' l-lltll;
NationaII' ;
burnt-d yesterday 111-,
“(Istt'n common. extractsi
i'r'Sltlt‘XlZ’a‘ address at Me-
ii... \l'liilt speeCth were
gm; (1 airived and arrest-:
:zwii. I\\U ot whom were re-
'IIi I lxld Miss Els‘ie
: o" Illf lat. Con qressnmn'
I ")lln ttic,ut was taken
:’ II‘EPHEEOH
'~"I!llt‘ll arrested were
".Illill bail last night
i'tvluiil} Prat I, Miss
.I lrt'ing G0122 and
The others re-
All of the wo-
today on
i’i'lizntt—tu'ti
a d--'ail from the
2 Party
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full.
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SHIPW’RECKED CREW
NElV YORK. Feb. 25,—The battle-
i ship New Mexico. which was forced
.to abandon her convoy of the steam-
ship George Washington because of
tuibine trouble has since picked up
1 19 crew 01 the three-mastcd 50110011:
or Charlotte T. Sibley, which was lost
at sea and is bringing them to this
port. according to a wireless message
sent by George E. De Lorie, first
mate of the schooner, to his brothei
in this city
The schooner left New York, _F’eb-
ruary 10 for Rio Janeiro with a gener-
al cargo. She registered 377 tons
gross and was owned by William.
(:1 eerie of Boston. -
whenever Il(‘ (lid not use 112.2.
of his mo ,
I1 oton Heights.
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I ARRESIED Al
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Robert C. Miller, wWho Mar-
ried Cabaret Girl During
His College Days at Yale,
Stripped of Insignia in
Fashionable Cafe
EXPOSE SEIRS
ENE RIVOROE NET
Must Now Face mthe United.
States Commissioner
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:livrs in Stanilotd. (‘onnu was arrested
'b} government aoents last night on
the (charge that he was impersonating
an oilii'er or the l‘nited States Army.
Miller. who is :31 years old. was a. pri-
\ in in the aviation service, and it is
:1. 'tv- Itl that he po2'ed as a captain of
that hrant- h and wore. all the insignia
:iitaI-hed to the rank. He will have a
.liiai'ing before the United States coup
Iiilssitlttor.
Continued on Sixth Page
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IExpects to Land in Odessa
I or Persia First—Tells of
Ride in Baby Tank in
Greece
Lieutenant Horace Gray. who has
Its-en overseas ever since the UnitedI
;St.'1tes entered the, war, has written
Ithi following interesting letter to a
he latiic in Nor w .1111, and expects short
Ilv to return to the lnited States
sALONIC‘.\,i
3 Dec. 15. 1918.I
;l)ea_r
l
\our lt—:llt‘ r of Oil
noon from Athens
1 am being held up now waiting fora
instinctions from “'ashington to see:
(“11.11, my status will be in Constantin-
ople. I may land in Odessa or Persia
I don't ex-
pect. to get back much before spring,I
if I do then. '
In the meantime. I have been keep- I
ing my interest amused. Gen. Fain
holme took me out to a tank demon-
stration and I rode in a. baby-tank‘
through some ditches and over some'
rough and smooth ground. They are
wonderful little machines and did 11’
great deal towards pushing the Huns
back.
315i arrit ed this
(Continued on Page Twelve)
8AM MURIIOON SHOT
NEAR NOROIONIIOME
Wound in Shoulder Is Not
Serious, Says Dr. Costanzo
—-—Has No Enemies That
He Knows—Weapon Sup-
posed to Have Been Fired
by Some One on Road
I
Mystery surrounds the shooting Sun-
{day afternoon, of Sam Murdock. of No-
He received a bullet
in his left shoulder. His condition is
not Serious, according to Dr. Castan-
7.0.1th attended Ihim
Murdock says that, as he was walk-
ing across a lot near his home, in N02
roton, he heard a shot, and found that;
he had beben hit in the shoulder. HeI
)lSited Dr. Costnm in Stamford. The:
matter was then reported to the po-
lim who are investigating.
It appears that somebody passing on I
the road at the time fired a gun at
Murdock, while he was not looking.
He could not tell from what direction
the bullet came. -He has no idea who
could have done the deed.
Murdockhas no relatives ,in this
country. He rooms in Newton. He
stated that, so far as he knew, .he had
110 enemies ‘Who might want to shooti
I
,or more
,employes and others who
,Bres. Wilson referred to.himself as
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House Committee Submits
Legislation Authorizing
Issue of Short Term Notes
I
“'ASIIINGTON. D. C. Feb. 25,—-
The. Victory Liberty Loan to be float.-
ed late in April is expected to be for
five billion dollars. the House. “‘ays
and Means COllllllIllt'I’ reported yes-
terday in submitting legislation author-
izing sale of short tcri "notes in-
Istoad of bonds. The bill 1 ll be call—
Wd up in the, House today. I
I After the; “111's and Meant: Com-
'mittee had 1E-ported the 'l reasury au
.Ithorizcd the statement that the $5,-
000, 000. 000 mentioned by the commit-
tee as the possible size. of the Victory}
Iloan was not necessaiily exact. since
[the amount would not be determined
Itittally by the 'l‘rcasnry for a month
and a halt“ The .2120 then will do-
Ipend on now 111111: 111 twp: uses, which
( 'innot be l0l""l( 4.21 tor the next monthI
(Continued On Page fight)
ISNOT MINE NURT IN
PASSAIIJ SERINE RIOT
Women Pickets Start Trou-
ble—Policeman Arrested
The most serious disorders in tth
three weeks' strike» of 16,000 textile
workers in Passaic, N .l.. occurred
yesterday. when one Stl'lkcl’ was shot
in the foot by a special policeman.
and a score of men and women were
beaten by the rioters.
Owing to reports thafihc Botany
\Norstcd Mills would reopen for any-
body who Wanted to work. about 2.-
000 strikers gathered at that plant yes-
terday morning. and stopped all office
are still
working there. One of the office
force was stopped by six women strik-
ers. lle called for help and Peter Fa-
gan. a special policeman, responded.
HI was attacked bx other strikers.
1nd fwiiid .1 shot from his revolver.
The bullet hit John Pandy In the foot.
(Continued On Page Eight)
NORWAEII EENS’
EOIIIiE PAIR ENDS
The fair of Norwalk Lodge. No. 709.
Benevolent and Protective Order of
P‘lks came to a close last evening. af-
ter a very successful eight nights run.
There was an unusually large attend-
ance, and the many attractions at thei
fair 11 ere liberally patronized. The gift-
Iof $100 in gold was awarded to Fred-
terick Pickering, of Bridgeport son of
the late Hany S. Pickering, 8. past ex-
alted Ruler of Norwalk Lodge The
handsome gold watch. as well as $25
worth 01‘ gent's furnishings. went t01
Charles H. Taylor, better known as
Battling Kunz, the champion light-
weight of Connecticut.
It is expected that over $2,000 will
be netted as a. result of the undertak-
ing, and this is considered very good;
in view of the many other demands on
the purses of Norwalk people during
the past few months.
METAL SHIPYARD
' STRIKE ENDORSED
PORTLAND. Ore;, Feb. 25.—~En-
dorsement of the metal shipyard strike
at Seattle and Tacoma, which has tied
up shipyards in those cities since Jan.
21, was given last night by the Pacif-
ic Coast Metal Trades District Coun-
cil, which ctmcluded an eightvday con-
ference here by calling for a referen-
dum vote of all jurisdictional councils
on a proposal for a. coastwide strike
on April 1. The proposed strike
would be for the purpose of enforcing
wage demands made by Puget Sound
shipyard workers in excess of those
fixed by tho Macy awards, which ex-
pire March 31. .
WILSON SAYS WE MAY
. FEEL PROUD or 26TH
In his speech at Boston
yesterday
the comnmndeein—chlef of the army
and natty and later said of the 26th
Division:
IOhio, had telegraphed a welcm lt.‘
'EWENT Y PIVE YEARSI
MR, WILSON
PREPARESEOR
A BUSY WEEK
Presides at a Meeting of the
Cabinet This .‘Afternoon
and Dines With Foreign
Affairs Committees To-
morrow Night
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Large Crowd on Hand to
Greet President and Wife
at Station in Washington
WASHINGTON Feb. 25.~Back in
the White House after an absence of
nearly three months, President Wilson
was working away at his desk this
morning, when members of the stair
lot the executive offices began to lé~
Iport.
His first act. without waiting forthe
office force. was to send a telegram
to Theodore E. Burton, president, of
the League of Nations Union. at New
York. reiterating his confidence that
the people of the United States with
Country
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I Mr. Wilson Aflixes Signature
While En Route From
Boston to Washington
virtual unanimitv would support thm VVAISHINGTON I I" 9
, 2. h - I eb. 5.—Signing
,League OI I‘dIIOIIB' MI" Burton. R” of the Rev enuc bill by President “il—
publican and fennel Senatci
1mm son. on his special train enroute
I"' ;w hin ton last ni ht, ut
the President as recognized leader (1qu g g I) S
to
into oper-
etion the machinery for collecting six
the Le no of Nations' movement . billions of taxes this year.
The mSI‘IenIS "III“ axiom mice provided in the new
bill go into elect. today on liquor and
soft drinks. including near beer. grape
Juice, soda Witt and mineral waters
and on tobacco and on 5043111196 luxur-
Iies. Anticipating the imposition of
from -New
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ANNUAL MEETINli
OE RIPEE EEIIIII
Elect Officers, Enjoy Lunch
and Make‘Plans For Com-
ing Season
Whiskey had been withdrawn from
Government bonded warehouses with-
in the last. week. with tax paid at the
old rate of $3.20 a gallon, to escape
the higher rate of $6.40 a gallon now
effective.
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
EIOHTEEN ARMY
The annual meeting of the Nor
walk Rifle Club at the- Mahackemoi
hotel last night was not only a. most'
enjoyable affair but one of much en- DIVISIUNS T0 SAIL
couragement to the many' members
present. The various reports of the
President, treasurer, and secretary VVASHINGTON Feb. 25 ——-Announce;
showed the club to be in Splendid ment by General Pershings Chief of
shape and ”‘9 large number 0‘ “I’PII' Staff that eighteen National Guard
cations fox membership proved that and National Army divisions were
the club was popular with local sports-I scheduled to 8,,“ ”0m France before
men. July 1, apparently confirms reports
which have been current. here that the
'Iexpeditionary forces were to be re—
Iduced to a total strength of three hun-
Idred thousand by the end of the cur-
rent fiscal year
Calculations in the various War De-
partment bureaus. it is said, have been
based upon the. three hundred thou-
'sand strength in figuring on the main-
tenance of the army abroad after
Jul yl
(Continued on Page Eleven)
TO PAY WAR BERT
“’ASHINGTON, Feb. 25. —It Willi
cost the American people about 31,-;
200,000,000 8. year IONLhe next twenty-:
five years to ‘pay off the war debt, I
according to estimates of the Treats-I
ury, based on incomplete knowledge
of precisely what the fi/Jl war debt!
will be. This calculation is made on
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
AMERICAN DEATTIS
IN WAR 107,444
W'ASHINGTON, Feb. 25,—Deaths
during the war in the American Ex-
the assumption that the net war debt,
with deductions for loans to the Allies,
will be in the neighborhood of $18.-
000,000,000. Interest on this amount
$765,000,000 a year. to be raised by
taxas, and then repaid to bondholders
In addition about $417, 000. 000, would'
have to be provided every year as a
twenty-five years.
This would require a. cumulative
sinking fund provision of 2. 32 percent.
Congress has not yet authorized estab‘
lishment of a sinking fund as recom-
mended by Secretary Glass.
RECEPTION AT HIGH .
' SCHOOL THURSDAY
The reception and entertainment at
the Norwalk High School, postponed
from last week. on account of the wea
ther, will be given Thursday evening
at 7: 45 o 'clock. There will be music by
the High School ore tra, and the
Glee Club; selections by the High
School Six, recltations by Miss Edna
last, and an address by Harry Rider.
,“You may be monitor is]: 26th Di- .
at the rate of 4 1-4 percent. Would be;
sinking fund to redeem all bdnds inI
'pedltionary Forces and among troops
in the United States from all causes,
the “’ar Department announced today,
numbered 107, 444
:tal was 12 951 Of these, 20, 829 re-
sulted from disease, 48, 768 from in-
juries received in battle, and 3,254
from all other causes.
IBADEN REPUBLIC
NOW~ PROCLAIMED
PARIS. Feb. 25,
ing a meeting at Mannheim called in
, ( Ha vas) .——-Follow-
Ihonor of the memory of Kurt Eisner,
the republic of Baden was proclaimed
says a-‘Havas despatch. The people
ppened the gates of the military pri-
ison and libemtted men in prison and
then raided the castle and burned the
archives
. TION A REFININGw
I PLANT DESTROYEDI
I
:daon, owned bytthninu Petroleum
has
new taxes, thousands of gallons of;
,tinue to indicate that he
RARVIIRIIIN SPARIAOIINSI ERIE
I0 ORGANIZE REVOIIIIION
EOR SOVIET GOVERNMENT
Baden Authorities Matched Troops to Karlsruhe and
Nipped the Movement, But in Mannheim It Was
Successful, and Place 15 Cut OR From Rest of the
PREMIER CEEMENIIEEIIWIEE SOON
BE ABLE TO RETURN IO WORN
Wheat and Sugar Selling at Unheard of Prices in Rus-
sia, and Women Refuge es Have Clothing Stolen
LONDON. Feb. 25.—-'l‘l1e at-
tempt of Bavarian Spartaeans to
organize a revolution in Baden
and establish a Soviet govern-
ment has failed, except at Mann-
heim. The energetic action of the
Baden government, which imme-
diately marched government
troops into Karlsruhe, arrested.
Radical leaders and proclaimed a
state of siege. apparently killed
the movement. according to ad»
vices receivod here.
The Mannheim outbreak, which . .
is said to have been organized by
the Bavarian Communist leader
Muehsam, _
than those elsewhere. The Spar- ~
tacan forces still hold the city,
which is cut off from the rest of:
the country.
BASLE, II‘Eonday. Feb. 24,—A
telegram froanarlshrue reports.
that serious fighting continues at.
Mannheim, with varying success,
for the possession of the newspa-
per Volkstimmo. As everything
is quiet in Baden, with the excep-
tion of Mannheim, the. state of,
siege has been raised. Six persons
arrested on suspicion of being“
connected with disorders at. Mann-
heim have been released on de«
mand of the Soldiers’ Council of.
Karlsmhe.
BERLIN,’ Feb. 25 (Associated.
Press).———Herr Fuldzennek, Spar-—
tacan leader in Bottrop ' district,
in Westphalia, has been killed
while resisting arrest by govern»
ment troops. He had attempted to
incite mobs to further rioting',
there, it is allegéd.
The Gerstenberg I)ivisi0n,, which-
restored order in Bremen, has lit—-
rived in the Bottrop district, and.
will be reinforced by an army“
corps which has been stationed at:
\Vilhelmshaven.
PARIS, Feb. .5.~Premier
Clemenceau now is classified as;
convalescent. Latest. reports com
is im»
proving and that he will soon re“
turn to work.| The greatest dif-v
ficulty now experienced by his .
physicians is keeping him in his
apartment. While at first it was.
very hard to prevent, him from
exerting himself and talking, he
now wants to be taken out of
In the Expeditionary Forces the to-IdDOTS-
Emile Cottin, the Premier’s.
W0uld~be assassin, will be inter-
rogated today by Captain Bouch-z
ardon, of the Paris Military‘ E
Court. Several arrests were made
yesterday, those taken into ens-r-
. tody having political inclinations:
\
similar to those of Cottin.‘
A Haves report issued at 11..
o’clock last night said:
“Premier Clemenceau’s condi-
tion remains satisfactory and;
there are no complications. The .
Premier is resting. ”
WARSAW, Monday, Feb. 25
i (Associated Press)—Forty pounds.
I
of wheat flour is being sold at Mos-
cow for eight hundred 111le
jsugar is fifty rubles a 110111111,th-
WARREN, Pa, Feb. 25. ~The Tionaiboth commodities virtually mob. w -
Howard Norwalk's favorite __eloeution— ,Rennmg Company‘s plant at Gluten-I
tainable. Starving horses whi 7 ,.
'Ihll' thestreetsarc tfippedot
it ,.
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