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DEEEMER
House Majority in Favor of
Amendment Lacking De-
spite Fact That
Lined Up For Measure
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SAERRNS SEER
A REEERENRUM
(.‘crtain People Would Vote‘
liown Prohibition andl
Pave \Vay For Repeal off
l-‘ederal Amendment '
': ‘.i£'l‘l"OIiD, April 11—11mm one or
tin- coon remarkable legislative battles
lll liit" general assembly"s history. the
proposed prohibition amendment to
H“. van. constitution was again de-. day. of hearings on the “nine sism-siRevenues LESS Than Operat-
_of infamy. as one state senator ra-
t'm .wl in the House yesterday. ,
The vote was 149 for to 39 against.
. not "i" necessary two-thirds required
by -: v constitution to send an amt-nth
mum. to the people. it would require
.1 will») of ten votes to approve of the.
lull.
'. - sulpt'isinfi feature of tlit- debati-
~ but the sli'ou'zi-st proliihilirmists
Itn‘W‘t‘d the \t'l’)‘ bill some of their,
A =.- :"s had originally put in. while
~ known to be against prohibition
‘lli'.~ joined with a few who had
“ly supported prohibition to force
measure through. '
'Wcts" Push Amendment.
.\-.l the strangest part of all was
ill» the liquor elements throughout
thr- srate worked to get through the
IllllF'T-(lmf‘ht. The object of this was?
to ." "ill it to the voters of the. state inf
it:-- "All, in the belief that it would be'
sols- to suffer defeat. and possibly in-’
ill!" . -e future ac‘ion. to a degree at
l“tt\. at “'asliinetoit and iii ()lllt‘l’;
Amt.»- by way of repeating or hamper-z
All; the federal ailiendment.
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S’A’Slflltlfillllll ? .:
Anita: iiitAiii
it iiNiAAi Wiltlll:
(‘hicf Defect Is Not in
.‘iiacliinery. But in Inex~
:Aericnced Officers, Hei
Srtys
H.
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minerals of
‘1 SHINHTON.
- liiajt‘i’
April 11—:
in tho.- l'eztilar}
a illf- Leonard ‘Nood and Hugh l..l
Sui" (retired). formerly chit-ts of A
tlu- General Staff and each of whom
truloud and commanded divisions dur-
‘11:: ‘he war. atid John L. (‘liamber-l
l-Aio l‘ispectov' Generate opposed ves i
ll'lllJ} before the American Bar As»i
st-iJioii Committee inquiring into.
l
A ~ Liubject of military justice any?
“he of taking it om the President!
and the. conimandim: generals the!
control they now exercise oi‘t-i' court's:
martial. ,
The, present controversy regarding‘
Mul‘ time sentences began with the
p-nposnl of Lieutenant Colonel Sam-l
wt 1‘ Ansell. then acting Judge Ad-
\lit'ltl7'~ (it‘né‘l‘ul. to repose in the
:(‘ontimied On Pane Twelve)
SRiJNR llNER RllS' .
RRlllRE: 3 INJURED
Ship
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li’S'l'ON.
i'r‘tt Line pa
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Ripped-Cape Cod
al'lic Blocked
April l7.~~Tlie Metropol
ssenger steamship Bel-
hound from New York for this
t '-.~ collided with a bridge over the
‘ div-4 Cod Canal at Sagamore early
3% ~rrlay. About twenty feet of the
if“ it'll deck. including .3 portion of
'1‘" .n'm house, .was torn away and
it ’W- persons were injured. Tile jam.
Pint : ot‘ the steal-in: gear vas be-
lmw-d to have been responsible for
the accident.
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any protiiinelice in Enclantl to
'tlizlt before lllt‘ war
. Baron von llorst Wolkcd forth
$l,tlllll,
murmur
‘v LONDON. April 17'.
Office as Second Class Matter.
.slm Child
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AIOOCIATED PI!“ NEW. FROM ALI: PART. OF THI WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN O’ERATOI
Entered at the South Not-walk PoSt
ERR ASSISTINR
lHE TROELEYSF
iiiliiiiiiiint
iAitis UP iiiiisAi
'Committee Appointed to In-
A
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vestigate Matter—Large
Concern Wants to Locate
Here
It took more than the deluge. to
keep it large number of the members
Hearings on “Nine Sisters"; of tho South Not-walk Board of Trade
Bills Brings Out ,Opposi-v
tion and Few If Any Have‘
Chance to Go Through
Assembly
[RAN MEASURE
l3 RRJERTIRNAREE:
Members of Special Commis-
sion Which Prepared
Them Under Fire—Feel-
ings Hurt
HARTFORD. April 17. »“‘ith the
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titer unkindly called them yesterday"
as he talked over the trolley bills.
closing yesterday afternoon. mem-‘
bers of the general assembly are tak-
ing stock. The conclusion now is
_ that hardly a single bill has a chance
to pass as it came from the special
('oliiuiission. and it is very doubtllil
if even vastly amended measures ““1"
run the legislative gauntlet.
The real trouble is found in the
astounding foolishnesu which led Iht-
trolley companies to ask for the asd believed that‘ the gorerninent would
So surprising tilfli‘l return the room to private" own-
bliis been in the case of at least four ersllips as upon’u practicable. w“
sage of such bills,
(continued On Pole 31!)
”MAR .Sllllll lRI‘i
DUSTER RY RRlTAlN
Friend of Interned Baron
von Horst Now on Way to
America
LONDON. April' l7 . r'l‘lle (lcpol'tir
ition from the linited Kingdom of Lile
liaii Scott ’l‘roy of San Francisco, an
American slit'fragette, as announced.
.\liss Troy was a friend of Baron Lt-w—
ies \on Slot-st. t'oriiiei'iy of San Fran
cist-o. who ivns interned by tbs. lti'ltrcii
govt-riiinent in August. 1914. Miss
Troy. it is said, Worked indefatixably
to l'rOclil'e the rvlcrlw of lilti"l'l \l‘n
llorst.
Miss Troy is the only Aiiicricati of
surfer
is exciting
It is Sillll
Troy and
e \vom-
deportation and the case
considerable interest here.
Miss
(Continued on Page Five)
000 BRlllliE
Residents of Bridgeport,
Sll'atford and way stations will
pleased to know that
ington bridge' which s
atonic river between
Stratford is title for
and in its place
000 concrete.
will be erecte
structure is
about June 1
'Tllr‘ county commissioners of
Haven and Fairfield counties
pans the
Milford and
the scrap heap
‘ a brand new $1,000:
iron and steel bridge
d. “'ork on the new
expected to commence
Ne w
met
Continued on Sixth Page
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RRIEISH PEER PAYS
Rlfi INERME TAX
(Correspond
ence or The Associated PI‘BSS).-—~
That a man should pay more money
for income tax than the total of his
income seems the limit of taxation.
This is said to be the plight of a
well-known British peer
His property is in the United States.
Being a British subject. he is com-
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be Whippet tanks are scheduled to make;
(no old W'asb- their appearance in the town to lend
Hons-i interest and color to'the campaign.
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who , was 5 the as
born an American and became natuq? soldmihe
'alized in England some years ngo.‘
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' not be able to get all of
'Will be «i 3-4 per Cent., higher
3 that of any of the bonds yct issued
from attending a special meeting
called for last evening in the City
('ourt room. (‘ity Hall Building. Pres
idcnt David ll. Miller presided and
after the minutes of the previous
approved called on
Charles B. Hoyt, chairman of the
their activities during the past few.
weeks. Mr. Hoyt stated that many
inquiries had been received regarding
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l8 IllllED AND
RANDDEEEMED?
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’Recently Landed in the Vera
Cruz Region to Start 3
Revolution Aganist the.
Carranza Government
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locations tor industries in Norwalk.
(Continued On Page Twelve) l
“NEW RA
IN FEDEllA
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ing Expenses, Says Prest-
dent Buckland—Govern-g
ment Expected to Return;
Roads to Private Manage-t
ment
April 17. That the
"New Haven" road'
Nla‘\\' ll.\\'ll.\'.
rcycnucs of the
the
operating expenses and that he
the statement made yesterday by
President Edward G. Buckland of the
“New Haven" road addressing the
annual meeting of the stockholders
here.
President Buckland explained that
the vote taken at the last meeting
had been held as sufficient to (‘hvl-l'
this year‘s operations. it was \oied
to accept the statement of affairs iii A
(Continued On Page Six)
VlEllllll’ llllERlY ‘
AAAN iA3i L‘HANCE
\\'ith the announcement of yester-
day that Norwalk's quota of the com»
ing Liberty Loan was to be only $1.-
is assured that the town
will be eager to respond with sub-
scriptions when the opportunity isof‘:
fered. This will be the last Liberty.
Loan; there will be no fulihcr
portunity to buy government
except in the market and
higher rates. The quota for the town
is smaller than before. making it
quite possible that. the people may
these bonds I
interest rate
than
()p- 3
bonds
probably at
The
making these bonds the iimst attrae1
tive security in the world. Added to,
all these incentives to buy is the ev-~
or present patriotic motive.
The campaign will open next Mon'
day. Everything is in readiness; the?
organization practically completed.
and the workers all on their toes toi
It is on Tuesday that the
[EASE Fllll lHEllNlllii
HAS BEEN SlliNlZl];
Governing Board Sure of:
Possession Until Septem-:
her 15th, and Plans for‘
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Xtas‘ Cabinet. who
:pOl'lCd to have landed
'City
ALVAREEW iHiAié
iAltiA Pll Aiiiis
VEN’lTBSES jBattle Occurred (Near Vil-
LHARIISA-a
lage of Chavaxtla Yester-y
day
.‘lh‘Xlt‘O ci'rv. April 17, (Associat-
Gcneral Aulvllnno lllan-
duct. “'al' Minister in President Hucr~
recently \vas l€--
in the \‘era
(‘ruz region for tliu- purpose of start
ing a revolution ulzainst the Carran-
za Galeinmcnt. was killed yesterday.
in a fight "(ial' (‘huvaxtla village. ar-
cordlng to press reports from Vera
(‘ru7.. which quote a report tram.
General Francis-to L. l'muize. Chief
of Military Operations. in the region
or (‘ordova and ()riznba.
According to telecrams given out
by General ['iqtllze. the commander
in the region or (‘hnvaxtla General
Guadalupe Sanchez. met a party of
rebels under Blanouct lfllt- yesterday
afternoon. defeating them. The body
of General Blunquet was, found later.
Gcneral Sanchez teleg-nifliedvthm- lit“
was bringinr General Blanniivt‘s
head to Vera Cruz to establish the
identification.
(Continued ()n Page Sevnn)
AiiiAiiivl: MUSlE
lllll iAAiiitsIANiAi
Church Choirs W'ii
Make Joyous the Greatest
Festival of the \ ear
Many of the church choirs have
their programs arranged for next
Sunday and thc music will undoubt‘
cdly be of a high character. Sonn-
ol‘ them are as follows:
0
South Norwalk Congregational
Church ‘
l‘lolutle Buster March , ..... li‘lagler
..\llillt"lll ilallcujah: (‘lirist is illicn
(‘aleb Simper
Arum Font |" i.)
{liendclsshun
Violin Solo Andantt.
(Continued 0n l‘axe Eight) ,
EPUNJAUB MOB WRECKSE
RAILROAD STATION .
SMILA. India. Tuesday. April iii.--
Ail'plnnes were used today in coping
with the disorders that have broken
out in the Punjnlib. .\ mob attacked:
a passenger train in this district, and
wrecked the railroad station at (lujrarr
wala. Airplanes were sent from La-
bore and the mob was bombed and
subjected to machine gunfire from the
air. .
(‘onsidrrable unrest still existu in
Delhi and Lahore. The commissionerf
for the district ’has appealed to thej
leading men to use their influence for
the reopening of the shops. 0:herwlse.f
he announced. the authorities wouldi
take action.
Arrested For Burglary
As Jail Sentence Expires:
Joseph “'liite. a wellkmnvn young,
Opening 0f the Season l man of NorWalk was placed under ar
Plans for opening the Knob
were made at a meeting of the
erning board. held
retary Clarence A.
that he had secured
Club !
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Brown reported '
from Attorney George Sawyer.
cutor for the Burchnrd estates.
that. it was positively assured
the club would have
tlirougho t
llity of the property being
Knob members would re-E
tnln possession until September 15th;
or later. '
The terms of the lube also condor
IWhiteotolosseomofmcunbu
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rest this morning by Detective Her
geunt Thomas Hunt at the request Oil
the Bridgeport police. by whom he is'
last evening. Seen wanted on the charge of burglary.
Vv'hite was arrested last full in"Norv
the lease of the: walk for the theft of tools from fellow
grounds and buildings {or the season; wor‘lrfi'mn in the R. U V...
Company
one? and was given a jail sentence which
and; he finished but a few days ago.
that returned to hiorwalk and had
possession} here but a abort while when he
the entire 898800: even in taken in custody by Sergeant Hunt. A
He
been l
was ;
White was a. former employe of the:
American Graphophone 00.. of fifldge-
porLunditiscluimedbythemmt
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He in ma:
gl‘tilllit‘ and a little l-‘urd otcurred at,
.bcrtinc up.
.zti hilco.
~(liOVf' the injured man to Dr. I. Ro-
' pnlice either by Benjamin or the wit-:
=mu
: probably local ruins,
Cloudy tonight
AAiiiiAi; BRUSHES '
ltlllll At New
WARE WRNER'
Wife of Purchaser of Famed
Mark Twain Place in Red-
ding Figured in Exciting
Accident—One Man Sent:
to Hospital
GERMANY MUST
A collision lit~t‘.\rcli :. big Cadillac?
Nttsli's corner at Main street and the,
.\'tyv Canaan road. shortly after touri
o'clock yesterday that 'scni
threw (llllf‘l'r wcic brtiis: d and cut wit ,
broken class. llotli cars “'(‘li‘ badly"
damaged. . 5
The l‘adillac is owned by .l. \\'_ lit-v A
titan of Nee. York city, who l> inter
ested in the Cadillac Motors head
me until
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ACCEPT 0R
. RUECl lERMS BY MAY 15,
0R AlllES Wlll lAllE ACl|0N
iCouncil of Ten Announces That, Various Articles of the
Pact Are in the Hands of the Drafting ( ommittee
and Will Be Completed Soon ,
.. ._ mastENlENlE PllWEllS MAY AAAAAiiitliAiu
lAllE CllNllltll it ERNSTANllNlll’lE
quarters at 71st and llroadu'ay, Newl‘r‘lbania Also “rants Complete Independence and [‘nlted
York city. and who tut-enily pur: ‘
chm-ed thi- Mark Twain l‘9'>itlt"‘("e in; States May Take Temporary Charge
lletlding. ; fl—r 1-
The Germans inside at 'lu- Hotel 1 li 'l‘l A . t d l’itssl
Berkeley and Mrs. Herman was re- 3 l .‘ w «0cm P .’
lamina from a trim to their new home; NAME" Fun '“NEI : (it-villain will he forced will"?
in Reddilg with her chauffeur. Muu-A 1" accept or reject the Allied
rl‘cc Marks. who says that he was
driving at about 20 mjlts an hour and
on coming down Main street noticed
llF AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Richard J. Cutbill, of South
Norwalk, Honored by G.
A. R. Veterans
DANHI'RY. April 17; The titty-
sccond annual encampment of the lie.
Aiiitiiiiwi ;
it liiiililil [Aim ..
5 session here. elected (Forge 1 .
of Middlt-lown. department command
er. yestepday afternoon. Mr. Mcecli
has bten senior yice-commnndcr dur»
in; the past year. lra R. Wlidnian or
. Dnnbury was elected senior vice-coni-
§niandcr and Orrin .‘lf. Pierce oi Norv
\vich. jtinlor vice-conlnmiider.
Other otflt ere chosen are:
Department tChaplain. \Vi‘lllam l~‘.
Hilton of Hartford: Medical Director.
Vi". l". llinckley. M. 1)., of “'aterbury.
Assistant Adjutant-General William M.
Barnum of Bridgeport: (‘ouncil of Ad-
‘ ministration. Henry A. Reach of liar:
ford. H. .l. Seek-y. Bridgeport. Richard
J. (‘utbill of Smith Norwalk. Sclah (i.
lllakeman of Derby: and \‘l'illiam l“.
Smith of New Haven.
The ()filtt‘l‘ are installed by (it‘til'gt'
Smith of Notwich. the oldest survivintl
past dcpattment commander.
(Continued On Page Five)
Samuel Libertine Struck by
Modern Grocery Com-
pany's Delivery Carr
Stepping hum the cnibitlt: in front'
of Tarim‘s cigar store on Washing-
ton sll‘cl-t last evening around 8
o‘clock. Samuel Libertine. a jitney
driicr, was snack and kilocked down
by a. Ford udelii'cry car owned by the
Modern Grocery Company and driven
iy Raver Benjamin. oi 16 Lincoln
avenue.
Libertine claims that he did no'l see
the approaching car that “as beingl
driven around 18 miles an hour and
slates that Benjamin did not blow his
limit to warn him. lle stepped tramI
the curb and was instantly knocked
-.
(loan by the car. He was struck on The next annual PnCRlllPllltlli' will
the left side. thrown to the ground he llt'lti ii; Middletown in April. 192"
and dragged tor a considerable dis. --————-—-—
lant‘t’. ‘
Jack llanfcrd. drivcr of the Hope MAN
Hose truck. was a witness of the cn- I FBRMER HER
tire affair and he ran and picked Li-
Benjamin did not stop'
as it is doubtful if he was‘
ill" tact that he had struck
\‘Chcn he discovered this.
backed his machine and
ERRWN PRINEE SREB
Princess Cecile W’ants 3 Di—
vorcc and Brings Charges
of Cruelty and Infidelity
Zl'lilt‘H. April 17. the
German (‘roWn Princess Cecile
taken steps to divorce her husband.
an a l'0 of
the man.
honey cr. he
South Main.
was gixen
sciitlial‘s residence on
street. ~where Libertine
medical attendance.
The matter was not ieported to the
. . former
ness. and it. was not until this morn-: has
ing when Libertine went to lieadquctr-.
ters to complain that it was lllfldeip‘rvderick \\'illia.m. according to a
known. Istatement giien today to the Swiss!
.____ _-.____ ' lit Wspupers by "m lormm' (it"i t
- iDuchess Anastasie of Mecklenberg-=
' ESchWei-in. mother of the formeri
' ' The statement says;
. crown princess.
TELEPHHNE Slllllilil'flm it long has been the'desiro of
(‘ecile to divorce her husband. but!
that the presence of the Hohenwl-
Chairman John C. Koons.
Arrives in Boston, But!
..
letn family up to this time had pre-
vented her from carrying it out.
The statement of the grand dllf‘ll“
cruelty to his wife. saying:
. . . a .
More Unions Join Strik.rs (“ a finned 0n Pa“ “gm,
BOSTON, April 17.—- The expectedt
First Assistant. Pestmaster-General
of the “'ire Control Board. gave some
hope of a speedy adjustment of the I
started Tuesday, when young women Tnuflps WElmMElli
operators in all the New England .
States except Connecticut walked out 1
the operators. and today a strike of A
electricians whic leaders claimed in From France Today on the !
yolved 12,000 m n in twenty-thrc- Transport PBtI'ICla ~
ess charges Frederick Vl'illiam “ith‘
l
arrival here today of John C. Koons. A YANKEE ”IVlSIHN i
l
strike of telephone workers which
'i’esterday the cable splicers joined 2921 More Men Arrived
unions, took place.
“'ord that Mr. Kooni war. on his ‘
way here was bmugbt by United BOSTON April_17.—More units on
the Yankee Division reached here tor
day. They arrived on the naval trans-
port Patricia in a driving rainstorm.
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3 he Patiiclalmd hardly poked be:
t
(Continued on Pate Four)
none thromrh the to: at the entrance-
of the harbor at noon before she 'a“
MERCHANT FLEET .
SALE BEGINS TODAY surrounded by a fleet of small boats
' ‘beu-ing relatives 'and friends um
infifiiflfifiicfifiiflefif when °' “m“ we“! “'1‘”
item.
3“ ”a“ ”Y “‘9 s“’"“ ”“3“ The units «and the PM to-
“ii‘h'mnmr‘” ‘ “ m‘mwimmimmou
m » H , m it
“$4,
Sl‘t‘lllN
pence terms by May 15. according
to reports printed in Paris. It is
indicated that no reply is expect-
cd before May b'. the Peace (‘on-
t'crciicc being disposed to give the
}crmali government «but it ('Ull~
sidcrs ample time All which to di-
iflest the terms il‘ml frame its re-
‘ply.
What action would follow rc-
jectioli of the terms by the (let'-
mans hits not been form-list in re-
ports front the French capital.
The refusal of Stephen l’icholi.
the Fl't‘lu‘ll
divulge the details of the provis-
ions of the proposed treaty while
speaking in the Chamber of Depu-
ties yesterday. and the failure of
Premier David Lloyd Gem-ire to
speak in more than general terms
before the llousc of Himmons
\vould seem to indicate that no in-
timation of the terms will be
made public at present.
lt was announced at a meeting
of the t'oilticil of Tell in Paris yes-
terday afternoon that various ar-
llclcs of tlic pact now are in the
hands of the- drafting committee,
and that the remaining articles
\\'(Illl(l be disposed of today. It
prob-(tide. thercfoi't‘. that
Vllit.‘ treaty is ill a i'air‘way to be
completed very noon,
Nornay and Switzerland Will
act as lill't‘lll\ of the Allied and As-
(‘ontiiitted on Page Nine.
EVERY Aiw ENlilANll
lilll’EllNllll lll SEE
26TH IN iiiiiw
\Vhole Division \Vill Be De-
mobilized by May 1
(‘AMl‘ lll-I\'l~2.\'S. Mass. April l'l.--
Every New England gown-nor has up.
(‘l‘pte‘t‘l Major General Harry C. Hulfl
invitation to at'u-nd the grand review
of the Twentyvsixth Division to it
held here April 22. After the in!”
regimental colors have been decorated
with the battle streamers that tell the
Yankee Division's glorious history.
Major leneral Hale will present tho
division to the people of New Emil-of
who will receive it through their 307.
ernors. Three major generals. on
many as was: t-ver gathered at a mili-
tary cereiilony in New England will but
Continued on Sixth Page
Archduke Joseph Alive.
Foreign M in inter. iii":
With Family at Aicsuth :
COPENHAGEN. April l?—-A Vien-
na despotch to the. Acht Ubi- Blatt. of
Berlin, says that
bar of the Soviet Minimry :it
pest, has arrived there and but do-
ciared that Archduke Jooeph. Dr.
Alexander Weherle. formerly Premier
and Boron Joseph Szteprenyl, Minio-
ter of Commerce, have not been put
to death. to Woo reported yesterday
at Berlin.
“Amuke ill-id «tom
Ill ~17 o: WWW-Pr. V
Mr. Boehin. mom . "
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