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Tucson, nov. 24. 1919
Fair tonight and Tuesday. colder.
TWO cum.
AcllAIAIA IN
ARCH fORWARD
Agipear to be Proud of
Achievements and Are
’ll‘rying to Put Country
Under Bolsheviki Control
; AAA Alllfili MAY
BE llllli 0N Alli
itelsponsible Authorities Are
Restless and Anxious Over
the Situation ‘
_ ROME. Friday. NOV. 21.—Rumof's of
‘ he wildest character' ‘ regarding the
wasibility of a very serious crisis. in-
'olving not only the 'Cabinet. but also
ulllion as the opening of Parliament.
...A for December 1. ‘abproacllex'.
The Socialists. proud of their rec-em.
iciory, are eager to continue what
hf'v call their “march forward."
liter, more authoritative members of
_ lcali. lgader of the lntransiceants,
‘ “Dilly Trevor and Signor Modicliania.
rs against an} emesses.
The new rlclllents which hu‘fie
All the Socialist- Parliamentary
run are declared to be animated bf?
vililtionary sentiments. and to fa-
"A. an extreme policy which. in their
opinion? will inevitably lead to the
:ldven‘ of Bolshevism in ltalv. Th5}
section now is undoubtedly the most
mmierous. if not the most important
on”. ill the party. it is considered
" it. will almost certainly com-
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Hill the party becnuAi- of the audac-
lind determination of its lllelll-
'n' to attain control by whatever
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AAAE Silifllflil SHIP
‘l’ictims Call Vainly as Gale
Prevents Rescue
."l.l.A PLATE. La., Nov. 24.—-The
pie-l0 list of those who lost their
. in the dance hall fire here. Sat‘
. My night, was announced today as
About, 300 persons" were guests at.a
. w- on the second floor of the two-
wv frame building, and, in addition
he heavy death toll. scores Were
My burned or seriously hurt in the
I rush to escape through tlle one
row exit.
'll" the dead 14 were crushed when
terror-stricken Crowd rushed for
stall-way leading to the street and
(‘il collapsed, cut-ling off the ascape
ltllers. The remaining 14 were
zgllt on the second {loci and many
heir bodies Were so badly charred
~ 'o make identification difficult. The
ms: vivors escaped through windows by
.A-mping to the streets or an adjoining
1 fit".
The fire was said to have started
from tin. explosion of an oil stove on
which a 12-year-old boy “as making
A‘l'cl- in the store-room bent-.ltll the
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Sergeant, Thomas Hunt
. tied a letter of commendation
ll. P. Diers. Ré‘thIIY.»N.
(-i' the girl who was married
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Week. thanking him for ma-
:-.A.~l.tance. Through Sergeant
Afforts a. witness to the mar-
,‘7 ‘ was located in New Canaan.
. M” isllleld in ball of $1.000 for trial
"‘3 It lwrj'lry charge: it being alleged
lilitdt‘ false statements in swr‘aring
‘ a lTiiil‘l‘agf‘ license. with which he
ll'll'ti the white girl.
.~; AsoUA HILL SHOW
ESTATE SOLD To . ..
Tu. RAYMOND
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urchased
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All CONlINUi‘
he reigning house of ltalv. are in cir-'
The, ‘
he rparty. however. such as Deputy
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PlllllJEEAPTUllE‘EIfiH’lPLAlEllSAND
,$lfl“Plll” IN um ii [iii] MUD slow
Acting on a. letter of protest. Chletileged gambling rendezvous, passing
of Police VVilllam R. Pennington and? close Enough to be closely scrutinized
Detective Sergeant Thomas Hunt atfand identified by the two watchers.
5 :25 o'clock. yesterday afternoon. raid- I, One or the group returned and he was
ed an old mud-scow on the meadows'detained and requested to unlock the
across the railroad tracks from Keysegz door. He said he had no key. When
place, and arrested eight men, Who are , the policemen were preparing to rap
held in bonds of $75, for trial tomor-‘for adinlttance, they are said to have
row morning on charges of gambling. overheard the making of beta. Upon
The players were holding newlyventrance, Chief Pennington confiscat-
dealt poker hands, and a "pot" of about t ed the money on the table.~
'310 was on the table when the raiders. The men, who are represented by
Were admitted after Chief Pennington Attorney Joseph J. Llnxweiler. gave
had smartly rapped off the door. Twoithelr names as"l’ollows: David Green.
minutes before the policemen enteredvGeorge Harris. Joe Beckman. ‘ Earl
the boat. while they were waiting for%Wllliams. Fred Brown. John W’ebb,
a train to pass. five men left the al-lFred Dagon and Chris Welsman.
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‘lNlIHlJIlllH X-ilAY PHYSIBIAN
Shipment 0f Cloth Intended 7t Tilte Norwalk Hospital has been for-
. . .una e. in securing the services of Dr.
fOI Government Airplilnes I). Edwin Howell, expert radiographer.
IS. Stolen From Frelght for some time assistant instructor at
Cars in Saybrook ,
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the Military School of Roentgenology.
New York: also. for some time ‘in
charge of the X-ray department of Base
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Dr. Howell. fox
has been in
gcllarge of X-ray work at. the Stam-
lford and Greenwich hospitals. He was
S.\YBROOI<, .t'OV. 2l.—-C‘lotll valued Expeditionary FOTCGS
at several thousand dollars was stolen the ma“ eight 3.631.;
' from freight cars at the “New Haven" 7 ' 7'
‘yards here Saturday night or early
;ycsi.erd;lv morning and more than $3: connected well wi th _ -
‘000 worth of the stolen goods were re-i ’ as ' th e xm" de-
eoverell this morning stored in the old 7 partment 0’77““? Flower Hospital, Of
, New York city.
; Methodist church on the Saybrook Fer-l
’ry Road. Included in the goods recol" I dagréafigwigefiafofiife; to g7“! one
{ered was a consignment of special’thc‘, Norwalkflospital'
made cloth for the United States gov-z ' ' * ’
f eminent airplanes. and a great deal of"
other valuable, Silks, llnen and cotton of the X~ray department. a most val-
Igoods. Railroad detectives are work-,uabk1 addition has been made to the
instill ('ll'le'WllH‘h wdl lead to 9“"9"“1‘ser\'ice which the local institution can
‘flllt‘STR “1min a few days. render this community.
, Wagon Tracks Offer Clue. l
‘ Edgar Smith of Saybrook while
lwnlkinc down. the road this morning!
.noticcd wagon tracks leading to the:
Continued on Page Twelve. AT REEEN‘T THEATRE
more. if need-
ed. and to answer all emergency Calls
the same day. With the introduction
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AMEN’S CLUB HAS
A liRii_A_T__liEEliN
The men's Club of the South Nor-
walk Congregational church is be-
coming noted for the great program
of live discussions it is putting on this}
year. The club meets each Sunday
in connection with the Sunday school
of that church. but holds its meetings
iin the large basement room where its
deliberations are in no way disturbed
by the movements of the Sunday
school above. Its membership con-
sists of some sixty men from the va-I
rious churches and from no church at
all. and it spends an hour in the dis-l
lcusslon of live topics of the day. The i W“-
‘ncntly printed annual folder shot-s:
7nbout thirty topics each well worth
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members will be found many of thei
'Norwulks. Yesterday's topic was ”Co—i
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r walkers is that of the Regent Theatre.
rl‘beginning Willi the matinee on Thurs-
ufday. of this week. ThanlrSgiving Day,
twill inaugurate the policy of three
days‘ vaudeville, every week.» The en—
ltire city has lacked entertainment feat-
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decide in just what form additional cn-
tertainmcnt would be given. His con-
clusion in favor of vaudeville has al-
ready met with wide approval. and the
arrangements that have been made to
present this new. feature. through the
:Regent Theatre. are complete.
I Alterations’have been under way for
.some time to put the Recent in shape
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busiest and most active men of the
operation." and Dr. allrstrom was the ’
! NEVVXORK. Nol‘. 2l.——Book and job
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:Leon H. House. president-of the “Big
.Six"‘l"ypographical Union. as "loyal
iinternational unionists," bowed todail
Am a mandate from the executive com-
mittee of the. lnterational (Typographi-
cal Union. and ended the eight weeks'
“vacation” which has contributed larg-
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rather industriouslycirculated through- Peturned could not be aseertained this
Jout the city. by some of the local jjt- morning. About 2.250 out of ahtal
ney drivers. that a large number of. Of .3900 who attended a meeting of the
7the men would go out of. business‘ 0111111120“ last night Voted in favor of'ac-
iJanuary Isl, 1920, when the new law. } cepting fhepwndale. however,
,requiring that each driver taking out Pressmens Lnipn 01. whose strike
G license for a public service car. must . ODefl9d the printing trade Willlues,
,furnish an indemnity bond of' $5,000,,WfllT0te on 3 proposal to return to
becomes efl’ective. l‘vm'k tomorWW- and Officials of the
This was flatly disputed by one oremmoring printers are Optomistic that
the drivers, this morning. who proudly . ”1? “1.6115”? “'11le restored to normal
Ad‘isplayed a certificate' from a Newi‘mthin a .39“: days._ /
York agent showing that he had paid,5MR C AV AN AGE HOME .
stile premium of $250 with a well known;
FROM EUROPEANTRIP
ToupRRow magma
Surety CompanY.,Which will enable;
Ex~Mayor John Cavanagh.» general
him to procure} his new certificate;
through arrangements made by the
Ear of theft. k K. Hat Company.
might-zen togethextemive Eu
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Bonding Company with Secretary 01“
State. ' ,, ..- _ ‘ _
l The man said that quite} ingenuity -
ber otlmthe . bets 7 _ ma
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Allospltal Number 44, of the American'
ray work in ‘
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welcome announcement to Nor-
‘ compositors who were described by was nearly knocked out. this morning,
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'REPORIIHAVING :
CAPlllRED 1,700
DURING ilGHl
LONDON, Nov. 24.—Continued ad
vances against General Deniklne and
Admiral Kolchak’s forces are,claimed
' in the Russian Soviet communique re-
, A celved by wireless today. The Bolsher
M viki are asserted to be fast approach-
‘ ing Tact-inn, on the Lower Volga.
They report the capture of nearly 500
prisoners in the region of Tsareff and
900 in th vicinity of Omsk, Three
hundred pr soners were taken when
Libistchensk was occupied.
WT”... 23.5 Allis sill AS
«the v» ' Pullman illllM
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John L. Lucy. 66 Plattsville avenue,
was removed to the McFarland sani-
tarium, Greens Farms. Saturday. by
Chief of Police William R. Penning-
ton. as the reputed victim of halluci-
nations in which he believed himself
to be prosecuted by gunmen. Luv-A
terrorized neighbors by patroling the
yard of his home armed with a revol-
iver and shot gun. He was by trade a
Fuel Supplies Are, Further
’Curtailed and g2“ Com-
mittee Advrse giving
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l CHICAGO. Nov. ' fim-fiflutrial
plants all over the mid ,1“: con-
lunued to close down t 'y. me! sup-
plies to public utilities wore curtailed
further and regional cog committees
ladvlsed individuals to have coal no
{the notion-wide strike it bituminous
miners entered ltegtwengy-fourth day.
l The only large producing center re—
.porting an improvemeng during the
ilast twenty-four hours” “wore West.
:Virginia. where the out . » in the non- l
‘union fields of the So Worn part or!
the state was said by thg’opemtors lo '
lESA-tgfilrmai‘hay T113835? 1 (yr-22313717; Ihatter and well known throughout the
mines obNew River a Manawba city. Chief Pennington was accom
panied to the sanitarium by Detectiye .
Sergeant Thomas Hunt and Po..
man Page and Barney.
xdistricts in that state .113 expected
:to open today. “ .,
in the great bituminous fields of ll-
linols, the miners We. Wm do
té‘rmined to remain idle'alntll a set-
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Alllillll Will
Nicolo Tavello, 21. of 1 Spruce street, ' 10.331 territory.
who was discharged November 14 as 8 Citizens from Rowaymn. Wimipaur;
private in Battery B. so!!! Field Arm-Zand other portions of the city, most di-
lery,‘ after 15 months‘ service in; .
France. is preparing to secure pass-i
ports to enable him to return
SPEEDY Aillull rA—A
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At the regular monthly meetin': ol'
5the Nor-walk City Council, November
11th. considerable attention was given
lie the new system of zone fares which
lhad just then been instituted in the
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The. pool tournament of the South
Norwalk Club was started Saturday[
night. The players were: George A.‘
Whelplely, 68: ‘William F. Hoyt, 75.
and Earl F.‘ Baker. 52: A. N. Theriault.
90., The following schedule has been
posted of the dates and opposing plav-
ers: tonight. Charles J. Prescott and
A. W. Dreyfuss: November 25. Henry
R. Minor and Joseph Davis; Novem-
ber 26. W'illiam E. Mathews and “’il-
liam O. McLean: November 28. John1
Dwyer and J. Irving Dibble: Novemy
ber 29, Frank D. Hatch and Lawrence
Paul; November 29, Kenneth Taylor,
and Paul Lawrence; in class “A.” to-§
night, Vi'. E. “Feed and F. J. Hodges; !
when a tank. containing 200 lbs. of am-l November 25.“E..H. Jones and Samueli
mania on the refrigerating systemtvelsor: November 25, L. M. “’right
gave way and, .before he could reach-and Elblrt \V. Fitch; November 28,;
gthe outer air, he was pretty well ex- George L. Lockwood and Frank J. Fin-'
hausted from the efiects of ‘the power- negan: November 29, Irving
ful fumes. He made his way through - Robertson and \Villiam Baker, Decem-
to ’
\F‘rance as a private citizen. where he?
is‘ to claim his bride, a young Frenchi
girl he met and married while on act-.
ire duty in the American Expedition-F
ary Forces. Tavello this morning ob
tained through the City Hall Recrutinu
Station a Victory button. He is cm A
ployed in the plant of the Norwalk
A'l‘ire and Rubber Company.
All” EllfilNEEil Al
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Peter. the night engineer at De-
Kiyn's ice cream plant. on Main street.
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ithe alleyway, to Main shoot, and met ' her 1. Maurice H. lNutting and Domin-
iPoliceman Murphy, who went with him A ick Eulla.
fand advised him to shut off his engine. A
This he managed to do, andlthe trou-
ble was soon remedied With no dam-g
agar. ' '1 stun;
FOR HITTING BOYi ST. 1'0"” PflflPERTY
The case Of Fred Bennett, 01' Mead- George Keeler. Washington street
ow‘street, whose auto struck Valburda, shoe merchant. Saturday ‘aftemoonz
six years' old. 011 Email street. Satan purchased -the St. John homestead,’
100“”. before Judge Candee, this mean ; lots. on Osborn avenue. for the sum of
mag. What little evidencerm present—236.975. Mr. Keeler is the owner of
;ed in the cast was to the-eflect that
Where was a crowd» of Mime more the St. John estate. and is said to be
. planning to make the newly pmhased
the chili! ran tree manger 89d house his family home.
;then turned back directly lathe paint. The pmperty'm gold at auction by
’of the can ‘ ‘ " . John Olmstedrfiea‘ ’ yiewnvenne, incom-
The was no down and pneumonia.
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day afternoon, came “9 in the uptown “comprising a 14-mom house and two
property on Cottage street, adjoining
§ children playing in the street. and that;
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Allen Davis Ashburn. of Washington.
D. C., class of 1921, Yale College, lies
in the Stamford Hospital, probably.
dying tonight, having been injured in
an automobile accident. Cornelius!
Vanderbilt Whitney, of New York. was '
seriously hult, and Vi’illlam Shet‘l‘ieldu|
Cowler, Jr., of Farmington, Conn, a7
son of Rear Admiral Cowles. retired,
escaped injury. Both also are Yale
students.
The three men were returning to
WilllllWINll DRIVE 'i
A filliljjllflllissg
A Large Sum Contributedi
for the _. Support of thei
Home for the Aged i
A meeting of the officers 7
of the;
Home. for the Aged, together with the!
men‘s advisory committee, was held-
Friday afternoon witlpa full attend-
ance of fourteen members. Reports 7of
the "Whirlwind Drive" were gone over
and verified. There are quite a few.
pledges yet. ‘10 be added. Gifts of a
load of wood and a ton of coal were a
part of the "drive," not put in flgures,‘
but gratefully‘received. Several men
and women offered to become mem-
bers of the contributing chapter, which
is a group of people giving $10 or over
vea rly toward the support of the. Home.
It is hoped many more such members
will be added and then the Home will
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initiation l
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mar: YG'RK. Nov. 24.—-le rnilod
:‘ta‘vw Navy's “Sncide Club"—~3.R00 of-
ficer-z ’llld men of fifty-nine
ii“ 00,. is just returned from the peri—
lous lust: of cicarinc the North Sea
of mines-v- was honorcd'today by high ‘
(lft'irfa‘vs of the Navy and city.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels
Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, comv?
mantler of the flotilla. reviewed the
craft in the Hudson this morning. The
flagship Black Hawk fired the secre-
tary‘s salute 1.5 the reviewing destroy
er‘passed. .
Reports of the officers of the flotilla
showed that the sweepers, sub—chas
ers and trawlels succeeded in rower-A
ing 50,000 mines planted in an area
of 250 square miles of the North Sea.
The work began on April 29. 19l9,A
and did not end until September. The.‘
officers and men risked death every
minute during their work. Some of the
little craft Were. injured by explosives
and many offile men were injured.
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The following notice has been re-
ceived by members of the Norwalk
Country. Club: ‘
.After partaking of a Hearty Turkey
Dinner to the extent of making your,
evening clorhes feel uncomfortable.
slip on your “overalls" or the outfit
you when fussing around the. barn
or garden; have your wife titre that
Calico dress off the peg in the attic.
put it on and come down to the Conn,
try club. Thanksgiving night, Nov. 27.;
to an old fashioned barn dance.
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pie. crullers and sweet cider will
served during the evening. for wh
there will be a small charge.
To add to the enjoyment of the eve-
ning. the committee has arranged to
have 2 lucky number dances; winners
to be awarded appropriate prizes. Call
up Steward Hen on and tell him
how many of yo ‘gang” will be there;
this will enable him to know how
,many pies to make. ,
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'SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT
Aroncno BY BURGLARS
' . who our 3100.900
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Christian Science had ,bjought into tho
minew
liw HAVEN MAN, VlCllM or
DARIEN ACCIDiNl. I8
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New Haven from New York. In peso-
:lng under the railroad viaduct. Ash-
burn, who was driving. turned sharply
to avoid a horse and wagon. driven by.
J. B. Glavis. The horse was grilled
and the automobile struck the abut-
ment of the viaduct. Aehburn, who
was on that side, was flung headforo-
most against the concrete and receiv-
ed a fractured skull. Whitney’s hurt.
came in being thrown from the ma.-
chine. '
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SCIENCE iiillllli
John C. Lathrop, C. S. B‘,
AddreSses Large Audience
at the Regent Theatre,
Sunday Afternoon
The interest in Christian Science
was again demonstrated yesterday of-
ternoon in the Regent Theatre by s
large audience which listened to an
able speaker. John C. Lathrop. C. S.
13.. on the vital subject. The lecturer
was introduced by Mr. Arthur J. Wal-
lace of this city who said:
My dear friends: If those who are
here today to hear perhaps for the
first time a little something of want.
Christian Science really is. couldjalk
for a few moments with each of the
people in this city who are trying to
live in accordance with its teachings
they would for a certainty find that
lives of these people. at least in part;
many of those things for which you
and I and all of our fellow men have
realized a very great need.
These people, and thousands upon
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nonunion
The failure of the Greenwich pub—
lic authorities" to provide nuitablo‘~
roads and sidewalks where there is
heavy traffic by pedestrians and auto-
mobiles was cmllmented on recently.
by Coroner John J. Pllelan in his find-
ing on lllv death of Miss Mary Grace
Martin. th’e pretty eighteen-yearn!!!
resident of Hubbard Park. Greenwich.
who “'35 killed by an automobile on
the “3:71 of November Tlfl.
“la is to be regretted." says the cor-
"ihat the public authorities per-
mitled to exist a lacl’ of convenient
pubiic sidewalks or footpaths,“ in re-
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\VILTON MAN HOLDS
1UP APPLE THIEVES
A well-known “'ilton resident, living
'not far treln Wilton station. hill-A been
troubled considerably this fall by all-\
tomobile parties “110, without asking
permission. invade his fine orchard.
near the Norwalk-llanbury turnpike.
and carry off quantities of fine fruit.
despite the fact that conspicuous signs.
warning against trespassing, are plac-
ed all about the lot. Yesterday, as he
was about to drive away in his car. ho
saw a. machine. with if New York num-
ber, drawn up by the orchard fence
and. on investigating, found three met!
calmly gathering apples into several
bags that they had brought with them.
They had about four bushels gathered
and were busy picking up more. when
the owner appeared and gave them tha
choice of arrest or payingrihree dot.
lars for the apples. After some trou-
ble. the three of themv succeeded in
making up the amount, and were then
allowed to go their way. with the warn»
ing to keep off in future. ’
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Miner-e passed this morning it;-
Winter
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