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Attorney General Palmer
Calls On All Former Food
Administrators to Ap-
point Them
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Connecticut Official to Call
Old Associates Together
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to Consider Personnal of I
Committees
WASHINGTON. AUG... 1
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General Palmer started out yesterday
to ascertain how much of the. high cost
of living is due to excessive profits by
retailers.
in a telegram to all state food ad-.
.uiitistrators who worked with Admin-
Ietrator lloovcr during the War. the.
.mirney-general requested the ap-
Nilllllllf’llt of a fair price committee in
'.t~‘ll county to investigate what is
I»: charged for retail necessities
Ina ii‘ in excess of what the committee
Holders just, to publish a list of fair
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this is tin "extra Light" means of
within: the profiteering which
'Hiunr recently indicated was under
'*i3.‘nlilt‘l'll'l0n. lie has frankly ad-
rlmtud from the start that there was
. menus- to prosecute directly at man
,_\ :It' extortion in prices. Retail.
are gouging thr- ultimate con-
nz
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which oilicinls have
alert to the
Eu swntiment.
this is sufficiently
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illicit is 300!
Norwalk
Swath
v' .«llwz‘m have her-n
lliv) IIIm'Ix’ on West WashinE-;
or. owned by D. E. and Ely:
pz: into the hands of
\I-nvxnll; (‘niint'iL 1253, K. 0f (1'
till“ in the property has
«i. the deal is nt‘acicallyfl
mil vxithin a very short time
\.I!l h.- Commenced to im‘
IvHIu-I'Iy. it is the intention'
nti‘ to occupy the second
building as a lodge room.
be fitted up in a most.
; Illillt‘l‘ with many convent?
1. -Il' “’ul'li.
-‘.\‘:Iy of several feet, be<
.iurit and O‘Connor‘s can
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tiriil iu the rear of the
nu Ihi.~~ plot it is proposed
story brick buildinE. 40
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"ii-rd a fine dance hall for=
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tenants of. the
block
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stores.
the first floor will be en~5
Mr. ‘
inII lave to be disciplined hyf
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Council
lluys New Home FromI
:: lit-r dEl R ' omit
1“ L} if y aym . Handle Government Pr0-;
clos-ed
[the city Hall where the food can b
They will continue,
but the apart—C
entrance to the:
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Entered at the South Nor-walk Pout.-
Oifice a: Second-Clan Mail Matter.
IIIIIiII RIVER
DIVISION Still
In UP IIIIIII
Getting to Work
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Road Trains Temporarily
Dropped From the Time
Table
I NPAV YORK Aug. ILA—Thousands
of commuters who make a round trip
daily from their homes in -“’estchest-
er county and their places of business
.in New York. were confronted today
'wilh the problem of finding other
means of transportation than
trains of the New
and Hartford Railroad.
Service on
Twenty-Five Trains Fail to
Run and Commuters Have
to Find Other Means of
ultimatum
wo Hundred NeW’ Havpnin‘uiii Libraries Throughout;
the World and Was Strong;
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‘ pneumonia.
the
York. New Haven
the Harlem River Division. which was,
suspended yesterday owing to the
strilze oi' lllt‘ railway shopmen. result.
ed in the twenty-live trains usually
run on -thc Harlem River Division
daily each way being discontinued.
To relieve the situation. the major.
ity of the buses which were brought
from New Jersey to Brooklyn last
Sliil Mitiiii
titiitii DIES
II Lair Miss
Had Been Ill Wtih Bronchial
Pneumonia Since Friday,
and His Advanced Age
Was Against Him
Iiivia IIIITIiINS
’ IN CHARITIES;
Advocate of Peace
LENOX. Mass. Aux. ll.—~Andrew
nate. and philanthropist. died at his
Lenox summer home "Shadow Brook."
at 7:10 this morning. after an'iliness
of less than three days with bronchial,
So sudden was his death:
that his daughter. Mrs. Russell Miller."
was unable to get to her father's bed-
side before he died. His wife and
private secretary were with him at the
end.
Mr. Carnegie had spent nmsi of the
summer in Lenox, coming: hem late‘
in May, and up to a itw Wehk:
jenjoyed himself in almost daily fish-
Iand in riding about his grounds.
week on account of the strike there?
were being rushed to points along the
Ilarlem River Division. in addition
private automobiles Were pressed into
service in the emergency.
The seriousness of the strike situa-
tion upon the lines which run into
this city was indicated in a statement
which showed that twothirds ot' the
systems" carmen had walked out. Two
:hundred trains already have been
(dropped front the time tables tempor-
arily, with prospect of i‘nrther cur-
tailment if the strike continues.
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SEEIISASSISTANTS
Want to Know Who, Will
ducts if City Buys Them
The committee which was selected
at the special meeting of the city
council in the city hall, Friday even-
inz held a meeting at the city hall at
10:30 yesterday morning. to consider
the method to be used in the pricing.
handling and the distribution of the
government food which may be pur-
chased for this city. The committee.
Councilmen Wolfe. Eldridge. Clarke
and Russell. have found a place in
stored and how the food will be taken!
to this city. The only obstacle with}
which they are confronted is in that}
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borders his big Shadow “rock estate.
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was .inken ill Friday night and grew
steadily wome. ills advanced age apd
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. ljlll HEIS $0,000
initiations
Get the Same Amount of
Aid From State
Under the special acts of 1919...\'e\v
Haven is allotted a total of 89mm :or
state aid road improvement. The city
receives $6,750 on its basis as a mu-
nicipality and 2.250 additional its a
town. This appropriation is based on
a grand list of over 31,230,000.
Other cities and towns'in the county
which receive the same amount are
Darlen. “’ilton. VVestport. Fairfleld.
New Canaan and Stratford.
The total appropriation for three-
fourth's of the towns based upon this
proportion is 87209000. of which 5546.-
750 from the state and 5182.230 from
the town.
The total allotment for seven-elglits
of the towns having.r a grand list of $1:
250 or less is $471,000. East Haven
Ireceives $15,600 from the state and.
eI $5.200 from the town; a total of 520,-;
800. Thirteen towns receive a total
allotment of $497,800.
PLANS TO RESUME
OPERATIONS TUESDAY
The owners of the American LaDenv
telle Inc. plant in East Norwalk are
planning to resume operations tomor
row. The following notice was issued
today: '
To the employee of the American La
Dentelle In'c.: '
All who desire to resume work are
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ASSOCIAJSD mass Haws FROI ALL PARTS or vnewouw av A spoon-n. unit: mo OUR own cesium»! m
Fair tonight and TuoIday.
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Flames Ravage Amusement
Park, Turning Skeleton
Structures Into Blazing
Pyres—SomexBodies Re-
covered -—-Sousa’s Band
Plays and Bright Lights
Glare as Firemen Shout
and Victims Moan
MONTREAL. Aug. ii.——Seven"per.
sons were burned to death last night
in a fire on a scenic railway at Domin-
ion Park. an amuDCment resort near
the city.
The bodies of three men. three wom-
en and a boy were recovered from :xe
ruins shortly before. midnight. It is
feared several more persons lost their
lives and that the bodies will be re-
covered whensearch is resumed to
day.
_To alloy the fears of the thousands
who My crowded the park. Sousa’u
:band. which is pinyin; there this
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iweek. continued its concert. and while .
shouts of the firemen mingled with
the moans of the (lying. there came
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.time airs. Even when the
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front the bandstlnd the. notes or rug--
blackl
wagon arrived from the morgue. flying! ed another step in Congress t
its black flag. the gay tunes continued! when the Senate Judiciary comnu
The cause of the fire. which not. bagan consideration of the bill passed?
only destroyed part of the scenic rail-g
way. but also the “mystic mill" near-t
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Several Drastic House Pro-t
visions Have Been Elimin-
ated in the Senate Judic-
iary Committee’s Bill
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Intoxicating Bevearges Are.
Those Containing One-l
half of One Per Cent. or?
More of Alcohol I
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.——I‘rohibi-l
lion enforcement legislation advanc-f
by the House last June as amended
and liberalized by the Judiciary sub;
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by. is unknown. but it is believed iticommlttee.
IV'HS started by a lighted cigarette or.
. match.
The fire started in the mill and
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"WHEY!!!“
Sergt. First Class Hunting-
ton Returns From Over-
Service
Sergeant (flrst class) Arthur F.
Huntington has been discharged from
Several Nearby Towns Also the Army and has returned to his
home, in Norwalk. alter a year over.
5 seas in France and Germany. with the
417th Telegraph Battalion, Signal "
Corps. '
“'hlle stationed at Coblenz. Ger- a
many. Sergeant Huntington was the 3
‘ official organist of the Stadt Festhallef
large .-
and gave 160 recitals on the
three manuel pipe organ to A. E. l“.
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I Flank Scofield. 32. was arraigned be-
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\Vhich Slipped From Play-2
Although the general House plan‘
for enforcement of war—time and Con-‘
stltutional prohibition remain in the.
bill, the subcommittee eliminated
several drastic House provisions and
modified others. in its work. the sub-
committee. comprising Senators Sterl~
ing. Republican, of South Dakota,
chair-nun; Fall, of New” Mexico. and
. Nebraska. Republicans. Ind
Overman. of Nerth CMlnu;*Walsh.
of Montana. and King. of Utah. llama-
crats, first revised the Senate on-
forcement bill and then incorporated
unanimous vote to the full committee.
Like the House. the Senate sub-
committee adopted the plan of having
separate sections in the bill to deal
with war-time and Constitutional pro-
hibiiton.
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Arrested on a charge of drunken-l
ness and disorderly conduct by Olficer
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fore Ju‘dge George H. Vosburgu. in the
lCity court. this morning. in what is
lrecorded his eighteenth appearance
fibefore local judges, on Various charg-
es. fnom drunkenness to burglary.
Olficer Flynn .inflrmed the court
that he had given the prisoner several
warnings, but the man refused to go
on \Vashington streéix When Scofleld
took the stand he pleaded for another
chance and promised he would never
drink again. It was learned that he
had purchased the liquor without the
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'but the woman in the street dodged
:so doing, the mud guard of his car.
{grazed Mrs.
" her to the pavement.
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Not Disposed to Ask the Rumanian Army to Leave
Hungarian Capital at Once, Despite Fact That .
preme Interallied Council Asked Them Not to Em
TURKISH 0ENOAIIIIES ANIIBANIIITS KILL .
fillliEIIS W00 REFUSED l0 SUIIIIE ‘
Count Reventlow Disagrees With Count Von Bernstorfi
’ and Favors Japan in German Friendly Relations
PARIS. Aug. 11 (Associ
PreSs').———Tlie Peace Conference:
became known today. is oh
entirely its attitude toward .
Romanian army in Budapest. “ 1
Conference. it is learned, is
IIAI] N0 [IBENSE'
disposed to ask the Romanians
John McLaughlin, of Bdlefleave the Hungarian capital {in}
Island, Allowed A“‘°‘“‘*l‘l‘°i‘l‘l““§‘ (3.3
. . - vtta teriipr I
bile t0 Str‘ke Harbor View K il asked the Rumanians not to any
to
Woman _ 'lier Budapest. .7. .»
Vl'hile crossing the street in front2 PARIS. Aug. 11 (Assocutfifiz
of Hoyt's theatre. Saturday afternoon iPrt‘SSl.——\Vhllt‘ lllf‘ Supreme Cod,»
about 4:40 o'clock. Mrs. Vl'. McGI-aine, .- -. - - . . Ril' ' '
of New York city. and now u Usher; ”1. 1” "Khan?!" rot”: an .
in Harbor view, was struck by a.sexzur0s of with “fa {3 .
Packard automobile driven «by John Wml‘fliflry to slurping .
McLoughltn. 17. of Belle Island. lpumwm. many delegate; ,.
Accompa“.ied b." “”0 9th” “'ome’“ (‘ont‘ercnce believe the 3|]th ,
Mrs. MtGrrtine “as halt Via) accxoss i "(mpg will have to remain in
the street, when Slit? noticed the slow- . .
ly approaching automobile and be-.apcst to steady the situation,
came confused. Her companions hill“ ' least temporarily. ‘ ‘ . f ,
“9d back to safety or the Sidewa‘k'l The (‘ouncil was still without
lliret-t reply from the Ram
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back and forth directly in the path .
of the machine. McLaughlin, in try-lian’l'mm‘l” 1‘) ”10 “lhm3' ‘
ing to 3"?!“ 8 serious. aCCident, swery- : which it sent Ilumania last week;
ed his machine to the light and. mi BERLIN. July 21.———C0unt m'. ,
'entlow, editor of the Tages Zeitu' ' '
:takes issue with Count von Berna 1
fstrnff. formerly Ambassador 3 .
'Amcrica. over the suggestion . ‘
Vvon Bernstroff that Germany "‘
should cultivate a pro-Amelie ,
of friendly relations with Ame
ca. Instead. the editor favors Joe
pan.
“'arning his readers against f -. .
single trend of the German ‘ oy- it. "-‘
eign policy. Count Revent of“ ,
says: ; .
“The eyes of Germany must ‘1‘; a
suite turned in the direction of
the European East. and we flout
llnl forget that Japan was the post.
or among our foes which dur' '
the progress of the war did .
manifest intense hatred and ,m
for annihilation. where 3 st-
‘ current. even if suppressed ,inIh-r‘
fvor of Germany. was visible, wh' ,~
McGraine and knocked
McLoughiln as-
sisted the woman to his machine and
drove her to Dr. Burncll's office,
where it was found she had sustained
a sprained wrist and a bad shaking
“P.
In investigating the accident Oflicer
Frank S. Stratton found that the large
Packard machine in swinging around
had come in contact with a Ford de-
livery car and taken a piece of rUbber
out of one of the shoes. it was also
learned~ that McLoughlin carried no
operator‘s license. He was according-
ly locked up and released on payment
of a $25 cash bond. “'ben arraigned
before Judge George H. Vosburgh, in
the City court. this morning. the lad
was fined $15 and full costs, amount-
ing to $24.26. He admitted to the
court that he has been driving a car
for the past three years without a li-
cense. In view of his youth and man-
iiness in telling the truth, Judge Ves-
burgh was~lenient in imposing the
fine.
ers’ Hands
least bit of trouble. in a well—known
Arthur Brown of East Norwalk was; 531003 in SDHDEWOOG-
taken to the Norwalk Hospital yester-f In view Of “6 previous record.
day afternoon. suflering with concus-. Judge Vosburgh refused to extend any
slon ol‘ the brain. which he received lt‘nlency, and sentenced the man to
t Roton Point when he was struck on: thirty days in Bridgeport Jail.
head with a baseball but which
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the player's hands.
play with the Springwoods
Lockwood-Springwood game, .
day afternoon. The Springwood team. ‘Ct- 3‘3“”de ‘9 the present Statute
had completed their batting practice
in the turned over to the Federal authorities,
The one of the dealer who is vlo-,
had accidently sliped out of one of lilting the law by wilfully selling alco-I
Brown was tolholic beverages will undoubtedly be
3.93,"; as the local police have no power t0i
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treated our prisoners for be .
éthan other powers. and whidl; :.
alone among all our foes demo-- '
striated herself a nation of culture.
“The union of powers which,
calls itself the league of new
'if it becomes a fact, and id obi!”
assert itself any length of w
wili be nothing but an epitomutgif
Anglo-Saxon World damn“
which would absolutely control tit
. highest markets. ” ‘
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- Mr. and Mrs. “'llllnm P. “'ard. of
lWaahlngton street. ret’urned, yester-
day. after a week’s absence, part of
I which was spent at the convention of
the Supreme Council, Knights 0: Col-
Mr. Ward reports that the meeting
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and the bockfivoods were just begin-f
hing to take theirs. ““‘alter Blauvclt.
of the backwoods was at but 101‘ hlal
hilt-ll and the building . ‘ . r- . .. . M and considered SALOXIKI‘ Saturdu Aug.
, n— in bile accl- requested to report at . oclock a. m.. was most. success . r. , r y, 7
' “ltpmmmf‘msv I AS the ”awn“ 3 mm -° - Tuesday. August 12. . 'by the ofllcers of the K ‘Of C- the —An unknown number of Grab“
" 'Idem tha occu ed ”St ”“5 Side at practice. BM "as “3"de on ”‘93 into“ momentous and historical con- ' ‘
I peasants are reported to have bud
I Maple Sh. de Farm. Greens Farms. on .
Ikilled by Turkish (rendering; and.
side lines when Blauvelt. who was
the Boston Post road. at about 6:30 ~
batting accidentally lost the grip on.
I W vention ever held by this order.
The first day of the meeting Admir-
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False Report of Mexicans
- i-‘llili IIrisTRovs BIG .
PRINCETON STANDS:
til-3N. N 1., Aug. ll.-—The.
“3 '3 r‘a Osborn Field, the;
It. "‘l‘wlly athletic field.I
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Sl‘i't‘l'al sections of
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$13,000.
Several nearby
., .tml by the flames.
! l..'lt'»"tlil fire depart-
eu' 7.4) fight the fire
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. moi ;. hard battle get. Biidgeport,‘ tried to cutout ahead of
«Ash-:- control.
v:t‘--..i about
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twenty
Princeton “39d
"airflitill games We
tin, m pm”
‘ were unable to I
“a; if? . of the await-u!
it; acetdentally by:
firu yesterday after,
5 sand was also de«' pend. All four live at 108 Keep street,
The damage is cupant of the car, the baby daughter
All the‘of Louis Rose, escaped with a few .
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uu-ezs and baseball 3:
Saturday evening. two men and two
women now lie in the Norwalk Hos-
pital in a critical condition. The un-
fortunate victims of the accident are:
Pauline Rose, concth'sTonrcf head and
shoulders;‘ her husband. Louis, severe
scalp wound and fractured left arm;
Celia Rose. fractured skull; and her
husband, Thelma. concussion of the
Brooklyn, N. Y. The only Other oc-
scratches.
itom the various accounts 01 the
accident it appears that the Ford car...
bearing the Rose people on the way to
another car. and. in. sofdolng, skidded
on the roadbed and weft
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Firing on U. S. Airplanes.
YUMA. Ariz., Aug. 11.—-Reports that
Mexican soldiers yesterday fired on
American airplanes of the borderin-
trbl near Andrada, Lower California.
Mexico. six miles west of here, were
denied last night by S. N. Cromwell,
of Yuma, who spent all of yesterday
'within one thousand yards of the
scene or the reported club.
“The border airplane patrols did not
tire any shots at any one." heaaid. "I
was on the scene when they' came
from San and when they went
back.’ '
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his. m
his but which went wild toward the
I‘Brown. Brown was
looked after and he was in an uncon-
scious state. He was rushed to the
home of Dr. Brown of Belle Island.
where all enorjs to have the injured
man regain consciousness were or no
av 'l. The ambulance was summoned
an be was taken to the’.bospltal,
from which place it was learned he
crowd on the side line and struckl'
immediately.
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An elaborate musical program and:
very imposing ceremony marked the:
dedication of three new alters 178m
Ludhiana Roman Catholic church oni
Cllfl street. yesterday; at the 10:30I
mass, and the evening service at 7:30;
o’clock. 1
«A selected choir. accompanied by a
string orchestra rendered Steal-2’ \{gs
. [bandits who surrounded the‘vfl
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Athens news agency dispav. ,
“STONE FENCE” . The Greeks are said. to have
WRECKED WILSON I ed to surrender and to have
‘ l . armed a Turkish detachment '
Edward Wilson. who works on one . - ‘ m .
of'chkwix-e's moving vans. was treut- I :ntered tthe Winged!” ,..
ed by one of his customers with mmi‘tarcemen s arrive ' ‘ ’
generosity that! judgment. and nixed? e on the Greeks”
pen in B flat. Father D. Hutchinson
of St. Patrick's church of Raw Haven
pmchod the morning cartoon, in the
Hungarian m, while at the av-
cums, . m the- Rev.
‘W' *0! Wood, edict-ted; .tn 4
was suffering with concussion of the
brain. An inquiry "warding the con-
dition of Mr. Brown, made this morn-
ing disclosed that be had named
consciousness and ”was doing nicely.
The managers and captain: of the
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10"?“ i5 Leo-m
"Whlakgdsg hard cl'dter, known/In the; 'Another Greek villages
3°“ ' 7'” ””9 m ”-5“ meni, surrounded by u ‘
l"lg!”“can‘hflmm”an.""“a’iva’i‘nrkiuhforoe wont! 7 v'
mood heahoWth,at“ 9,. -.
' street ,fimmlo; night,“ tack by, the m ,. .
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