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PN JNOB NOTE TO, WILSS
KY. GOVERNOR DEFIES MOR
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The
Ent’ente reply to President Wil
son's peace message to all the
belligerents was received at the
State Department today. The
department experts at once began
decoding the note as sent by Am
bassador Sharp at Paris. It was
known in advance that the reply
doea not bar further action by
this Government toward peace.
As soon as the reply was pre
sented, Secretary of State Lan
sing hurried with it to the White
House to lay it before President
Wilsen,
(By International News Service.)
LLONDON, Jan. 11.—The Entente's
reply to President Wilson's peace ini
tiative should now be in the hands of
the American State Departfment. A
dispatch from Paris today sald that
the note had been cabled to Washing
ton immediately after it was handed
to the American Ambassador yester
day afternoon. ?
Along with the Allies’ answer Pre
mier Briand handed to the American
diplomat a note from the Belgian
Government, declaring its adhesion to
the allled cause and expressing grati
tude for the relief work done by
Americans in Belgium
The Belgian Foreigr Minister,
Baron Beyens, was present when the
notes were delivered
The Times, in commenting upon the
nature of the.document, said today
“The Allied reply to President Wil
son is understood to differ consider
{ ably in tone and tenor from the an
swer given to Germany It is be
lieved to be conceived in a spirit of
frankess and cordiality and to define
broadly the only terms upon which
the Aliles would contemplate peace.
‘lt appears to be addressed, in
reality, if not in farm, quite as muc!
to the American people as to Pres
fdent Wilson, and to constitute a
crushing rejoinder to the German
pretension to h mmanitarian sentiment
It is said not to be much longer than
the recent reply to Germany.”
Dispatches from Paris stating that
the answer is “ultra sensational” have
aroused much speculation here Brit
fah papors apparently have taken an
cpposite \lew According to the Eng
lish press in general, the note is a
calm and studied effort, setting forth
in principle the aims of all the Al
lled Powers, and yet at the same
time making th Charge that Germa
ny is responsible for the war
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Reply Not to Close
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Door so U. 8. Efforts
VASHINGTON, Jaa. 11 The door
to peace—or, at least, to further es
f ¢ U'nited States to rd that
end—will not be closed by the Er
tent ' to President Wilsor
According to the inf ation rea
ing o 1 i advance of the note. the
reply w not prove entire satisfa
tor n that it does no efir e
oift tery on which the Allied cou
Irie will consider a peace discussion
Howeve it indicates the oblects for
swhich the Entente Allles went to war
and it Is eved mtain In a
broad wa the oblects whic must be
accon shed annd the ncessions
which mus e mads the Centinl
Allles articulari (yermar wlore
peace is poss "
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Peace Talk Must End,
s German General
Says German Genera
BERLIN, Jar 11 \ eace tal
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ter general of 1 G n nd
chief of the P 3 Mars 3
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estly and stnoerely madas Tha i
enemies callied £t 8 War "um ’ 41
nsult to flerman honor Al pencs
alk flnutu bean postponed
BRITISH BAT TLESHIP TORPEDOED
Snow Is Over,
Will Drq
It was not a really and truly snow
storm—just a “cloud on the ground,”
a sort of climatic accident, Mr. Von
Herrmann says, with a bit of moist
air encountering a’larger bit of chilly
alr, near the surface of the earth,
By 9 o’clock Thursday morning the
flurry was done, and the weather man
promised it would not be repeated—
soon.
“But we are in for some sharp
weather,” he added. “It will be fine
and clear, and cool. Also wind, all
of Thursday and Thu. sday night, with
a strong current of cold alr from the
northwest. The thermometer stood at
34 degrees at 7 o'clock this morning.
At 9 o'clock it was 30 and going down.
It may get as low as 22 degrees by
Friday morning. But the weather
will be clear.”
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Ramsey, Crucible
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Steel Head, Dies
(By International News Service.)
PITTSBURG, Jan. 11.-—C. C. Ram
sey, president of the Crucible Steel
Company of America, dled in tRe Al
legheny general hospital at 4:30
o'clock this morning. He had been il
for the last six weeks, a victim of
lobar pneumonia. With him at the
end was his wife, who had stayed
constantly by his bedside since he
entered the hospital \
Mr. Ramsey rose from a steno
grapher to president of the Crucible
Steel and its allled companies. He
was known as one of the foremost
of American experts in steel. Mr.
Ramsey wa¢-born in Allegheny, in
1862. He belonged to the New York
Athletic Club, India House, the En
gineers’ Club and the Pennsylvania
Society of New York. His Pittsburg
clubs were the DuQuesne and the Al
legheny Council.
Bowdon Mayor Is
Beaten in Election
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BOWDON, Jan. 11.—At a spirited
election the following named were
chosen to serve as mayor and council
men for the ensuing year: 1. H. Bur
fon won out over former Mayor Dr.
R. M. Lovvorn by a majority of §2
votes; W. G. Brown, A. J. Beck, W.
A. Stephenson and J. M. Butler are
the new council.
Following the installation of the
officers, J. A. Walker and J. H. Me-
Dow were clected as marshals: ¥, P,
Groover, electrician; Verner Word,
night fireman at the electric light
plant.
Get a Good Price for It
An automobile that has been used. but is in good eondi.
tlon, commands a fair price at any time,
g Plenty of men azg on the lookout for cars at slightly re
duced prices,
But you must locate them. The best, surest and quickest
way Is to scatter the news broadcast that you have a car
for sale.
The Georglan-American circulateg among a class of people
with money to buy. Put an ad In the classified section
under the heading “Automoblles,” telling in a-simple and
direct manner what your proposition is,
Mention the name of the car and say what year it was
made. How many miles it has been run and the condition
it is In are also important
Purchasers are quickly attracted through advertiging in
The Georglan-American,
When you have the ad ready leave it with or
Telephone It to The
Gcor&)& an-American
Main 100 or Atlanta Mairt 8000
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Efforts to Cite Lawson for Con
' tempt Also Dropped by the
Committee,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11,—The ef
forts to force a congressional Investi
gation of the alleged information
“leak” to Wall Street on the Wilson
peace note to the European belliger
ents, as well as the efforts to cite
Thomas W. Lawson for contempt of
the House, collapsed today, and the
‘whole investigation was abandoned.
By votes of the Democratic mem
‘h»-rs of the Houwse Rules Committee,
1t wos decided to report to the House
adversely the second Wood resolution,
providing for Investigation in the
charges made by Lawson, by a com
mission of five members of the
House to be appointed by the
Speaker,
The resolution seeking te find out
through a congressional convention
whether anyone high in the adminis
tration, or any relative of any hig!
officials, profited through the fluctua
tion of the stock market on December
20 and 21, the committee voted to re
fuse to consider. The Campbell res
olution asking that five members of
the House be appointed to investigate
whether anyone connected with exec
utive or legislative hranches of the
Government profited through the
stock fluctuations December 20 or 21
was voted down by the Democrats on
a strict party vote
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National Highway
Finished in DeKalb
o’
Commissioner Freeman, of DeKalb
County, announced Thursday the
ten-mile strip of the National high
way from Decatur to Stone Mountain
had been completed except for a short
distance near Ingleside
The new road, surfaced, oiled and
covered with crushed stone, cost
about SI.OOO a mile, and is sald to be
one of the bhest in the Stat«
OLIPHANT TO PLAY MOCKEY.
WEST POINT, N. Y., Dec. 11 Eimer
Oliphant has decided to forego basket
ball for hockey this seasor Having an
“A" for basketball, Oliphant wi now
try to annex another for hockey
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ATLANTA, GA,, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1917.
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lElghteen Thousand Dollars Cut
( From Salary List Asked by
Chief of Construction.
When the Council Finance Com
lmiltoe met Thursday to continue the
| work of preparing a city budget, all
‘the members seemed convinced that
|they should not hesitate any longér
to use the pruning knife on city de
| partments,
‘ With only a few thousand dollars in
‘(he budget for street and sewer im
provements, and all big projects left
tout, the result of three days’ work
.'wa. a deficit of $107,000,
| A comparison of the administrative
l'umt of the city and county construc-
I!mn departments revealed one of the
| reasons for this deficit,
Oscar Mills, chalirman of the Coun
ty Commission, told the committee
that the county did approximately
$1,000,000 worth of work last year at
an administrative cost of not more
than $17,600,
$89,000 Is Asked.
With only $50,000 in the budget for
general street improvements and $25,-
000 for street repairs, H. L. Collier,
Chief of Construction, asked the com
mittee for $89.000 for salaries and
maintenance expenses in his depart
ment,
Committeemen groaned ®yer this
proposition. Alderman [Edgar Dun
lap moved that the maintenance ex
pense of the department be cut to a
lump sum of $25000, leaving it to
Mr. Collier to decide how this should
be spent. He gotg@ second to his mo
tion, but & majoy of the committee
| voted it down.
This motion was made after Mr
Collier had finished his talk to the
committee and left, While He was
present he was asked a number of
questions
The organization of the department
as outlined by Mr. Collier was vir
tually what It was last year. He was
asked if he thought a full depart
ment should be maintained with such
a small appropriation for work Mr
" ollier replied that he thought it best
to start off with a full force and drop
the men when the work was com
pleted
He asked for an appropriation of
$2,400 for the salary of a chief clerk,
who also would conduct an informe
tion bureau for the public. The man
who Is scheduled to get this place is
ex-Councilman Sam Freeman
l Salaries Pruned SIB,OOO.
’ All during the long session of the
{committee Wedneaday afternoon |t
{was eually divided on the propos!.
;th to cut down expenses lin avery
id»g‘nmv'n! Finally a majority voted
fto cut off SIB.OOO from the 343,000
Emlnn account of the Chief of Con
’1:! etion Aldermen Dunilap, Spratt,
{Johnston and Bwing insisted on cut.
ting every department, one by one
| Chalrman Kelley, Aldarmen Nutting
| Seawright, Richardson and Sisson
wantied to proceed In a different way
i The committes voted unan'mously
jto recommend that an asuditor e
[th“')"" to go through the various
ir'-ynmmur.'u and point out where
| money could be saved
CONCORD BANK RE-ELECTS.
CONCORD, Jan. 11 The Concord
| Banking Company at thelr annual
I meeting re-slected all ofMicers, ( ¥
| Smith, presidént G. B Strickland
i,r,‘,. president, and M, A King, cash.
1‘,,, A 10 per cont dividend was or
"\"'r) paid, The sseete of the bank
on January | were 3219000, cupltal
stock 335,000 and undivided profits
823,600 k
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Relieved of
Command
LLONDON, Jan. 11.—The German
Crown Prince, Frederick William, has
been relieved of his command, ac
cording to a dispatch to the Daily
News from Paris today. It adds that
the Crown Prince may be made Gov
ernor General of Belgium.
There are three groups of German
armies on the western front. The
northern one is commanded by Grand
Duke Albrecht, of Wurttemburg; the
central group by Crown Prince Rup
precht, of Bavaria, and the armies
along the southeastern end of the line
by Crown Prince Frederick William.
The Crown Prince was in command
of the German forces that undertook
to capture Verdun.
Body of Col. Cody
l To Lie in Capitol
- (By International News Service.)
| DENVER, Jan. 11.—The body of
Col. Willlam F. Cody (Buffalo Bill),
lwfll die in state at the Capitol here
for four hours Sunday and then be
placed In a vault with appropriate
services. Burial will not take place
until next spring, when the body of
one of America’s most picturesque
characters will be placed-In a tomb
hewn from the reck at the top of
Lookout Mountain, near here, Already
plans are being made for a suitable
monument.
In accordance with the wishes of
the veteran scout and plainsman, all
the “socleties to which he belonged
will have a part In his funeral sery
ices which will be conducted by the
Denver Lodge of Elks.
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Buffalo Bill Qutlives
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Nation, Says London
(By International News Service.)
T.ONDON, Jan, 11.—The Daily Tel
égraph, in commenting today upon
the adventurous career of the late
Willlam F. Cody (Bufralo Bill K took
occasion to point out the mistaken
idea that most Englishmen hold
about the United States, It says, In
part:
“The Wild West exists no more, It
has been swallowed up In the United
States of which we talk so glibly, but
of which not one BEnglishman in a
thousand has any conception The
States form, In fact, not a nation, but
A group of nations, each one molded
by a separate and distinet expearience,
Buffalo Bill was an American first
and last, and all through his life, but
the America of his day has already
passed.”
Five Points Idl
er
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Fined by Recorder
Idiers about Five Points and other
downtown sections must heed the po
lee order to "move on” Recorder
Johnson held Thursday in fning K. J
McOM], of No. 27 1.2 South Pryor
street, for falling to obey such an
order
Policemen Jones and Arnold have
been stationed in the Five Points ter.
ritory with orders to scatter the curb
ocCupants who watch the daily pa
rade
Hampton Cotton
Mil? to Pay Dividend
HAMPTON, Jan 11.-The annual
mesting of HAampton Cotton Mills was
held yesterday and a dividend of 15 per
cent was decliared
The capital stock at the beginning of
husiness wan 50 000 The Investment
now shows over 1300000 with a surplus
ol #llOs oup Hince the organisation itue
stockhnoiders have bean rnm In dividends
SIERSOO. Following offlcers slected for
the —nv-m"' :r‘e' W. M. Harrin. pres
ident;: 9 Wilson, vies president. and
M Harris, seoretary and treasurer
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Copyright, 1008, N PAY NO MORBE.
Ry The Georglan Co. 3 CE‘NTS ON TRAINS, 5 CENTS
e eet ettt e AAINS, 9 CENTS.
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Only Thirteen of Crew of 750
Missing—Mediterranean Is i
i Scene of Attack. i
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I.ONDON, Jan. 11.—The British
'hanlvflhlp Cornwallis has been sunk
lh_\ a submarine, it was officially an
nounced by the Admiralty today. The
.anack took place in the Mediterra
nean on Tuesday.
Th)rtoen members of the Cornwallis’
crew are missing and are believed to
have been drowned,
The ,\dmireny also announced that
‘tho carrier Benuche has been sunk tn
'Kaa(olorizzo harbor !
The Cornwallis displaced 14,000 tons
and carried a crew of 760 men. The
torpedoed warship was protected with
Krupp armor and was €quipped with
four 12-inch and twelve 6-inch guns.
She was.put In commission in 1901,
and was a sister ship of the Duncan,
Exmouth, Russell and Albemarle.
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British Take 1,600
| Turks Near Suez
' (By International News Service.)
ILONDON, Jan. 11.—-The British
'hnv;- renewed their uthgvks against
the Turks east of the Suez Canal and
the War Office announced today the
capture of a strong Turkish position
near El Arish, along with 1,600 pris
oners The Turks lost 600 men _in
killed and wounded, the official re
port adds.
/Six lines of Turkish frenches and
three redoubts were stormed by the
British
The village of Shalal was ecaptured
by the British and destroyed,
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Germans Pounding at
| Moldavia Defenses
BERLIN, Jan. 11.—-All of the Rou
manian province of Wallachia has
now been conquered by Field Mar
|shal von Mackensen's German and
| Austro-Hungarian troops and the
Teoutonic allies are now biting into
Moldavia
The Austro-German forces are
pounding with sledge-hammer blows
|At the Sereth River Iline of the Rus
| slans and Roumanians and digtnteh
én from the front today ipdicated
!'h.n' the Russo-Roumanian e was
lin danger of breaking
’ In the Carpathlan Mountalns the
| Russo-Roumanian armies, after re
{eelving reinforcements, have under.
!'..)--q. t violent counter offensive, bhut
| they have been unable to bend the!
! Austro-German line
Hard fighting Is In progress around
;';;«1.'/ on the Danube where the
!'hvmoz wilies are attacking desper
Ately to get possession of the city
‘ (Roumania is made up of three
Provinees Wallachip, Dobrudja and
| Moldavia Dobrudin as well as Wal.
:],..l * now In the hands of the
{German alllesn)
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'Russians Deeply Dent
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Prince Leopold’s Line
! PETROGRAD Jan 1" Desplte
| strong winter attacks by the Qer
!t:v-!h- the Russians continue to make
headway in thelr offensive along the
lm-:'h-ln end of the western front,
| The fighting s being carried out
jover stretches of frozen swamp land
flong the Dvina River and In some
xp!urn in snow drifts six to ten feet
deep
Prinos Leopold's line has been deep
Iy dented west of Rign, where the
Russians have advanced between one
and two miles Powerful blows are
being struck by the Russinns toward
the (jermnar f Mitan and '
Possibies thint this ¥ the mmediaie
oblective of the RHussinn commander.
EVENING
EDITION
|D hooLikely
to Recover;
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Paul T. Donehoo, the young nfl-|
road shopman who was called to the
door of his home and shot Tuesdl.y‘
night, had a better chance for re
covery Thursday after a fairly rest
ful night at Wesley Memorial Hos
pital.
Gordon Yeakey, the young plumb
ers’ assistant who did the shooting,
has engaged the law firm of Adam
son & Miller for his defense, and
will claim the attack was justifiable
on account of Donehoo’s alleged mis
treatment of the assailant's sister,
Lily Yeakey.
The Yeakey girl is now in Grady
Hospital, where she was sent the
night before her Lrother did the
shooting.
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Marion Jackson in
Fight on Bond I
| Fight on Bond Issue
| Marion M. Jackson, representing &
| committee from several rallroad labor
unions, apperred Thursday before the
| Georgia Railroad Commission to ask
that the hearing on the proposed bond
issue of the Georgia Rallway nnd‘
Power Company be postponed until
Thomas B. Felder, counsel for the
unfons’ committee, could return from
Washington,
The commission heard Mr. Jack
son's argument and took the matter
|under consideration. The hearing had
| been set for Thursday.
The labor unions had filed with the
commission a request that the com
pany's accounts bhe audited to Ascer
tain whether the proposed bond Is-
SUA WAaSs necessary
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ißlectlon Corruption
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- Bill To Be Left Ower
’ (By International News Service.)
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—The cor
irupl practices bill, designed to pre
%vrn( “boodling,” urged by President
‘wnmn In his annual message, stood
'!n danger today of being ditched un
;tll next session to make way for
| more pressing legislation.
| When the blll was taken up by the
iflvnale it provoked so much oppos!.
'tlnn that it had to be sent back to
| the committee for redrafting. It is
| now in form to be considered by the
{Senate again, but there is so Mhuch
| other legislation demanding imme
| diate attention that many Senators
ffu\'nr postponing action untll pext
invntnn.
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'Neutral Conference
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With Peace Planned
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Jan. 11.--An Internation.
al eonference of neutraly may be held
simultaneocusly with the peace par.
ley at the end of thew War., A Stook.
holm dispateh, printed In the Morn
ing Post today, says that Norway,
Sweden and Denmark have sent notes
to Holland, Spain and Switzeriand
suggesting a conference to discuss
the rights of neutral powers when the
War ends
The United States WAS not men.
tioned iln the telegram, but it I»
taken as a foregone conclusion In
most circles that America will be
represented in the neutral o nference
If not in the actual peace pariey
City Detective Is
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| Struck by Paralysis
‘ W ¥ Harper ity detective,
Thursday was suffe ring with a stroke
of paralvsis it hisx home No. 1
Herne street He was stricken Wed
Pesd Jternoon. Ihe right mide being
affe ted
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| MURRAY, KY., Jan. 11.—Governo
;A. O. Stanley, of Kentucky, who made
a hurried trip here on a special train
Itn quiet a mob threatening to lynch
| Circult Judge Charles Bush for fail-
I,In( to hand over a negro accused of
Imur.lv".vvg a policeman, arrived at
Idu)llV'»ak and immediately took
\rh.\rw' of the guards surrounding
Judze Bush in a local hote
| Governor Stanley sent word to the
leaders of the mob that he was deter
mined to prevent the lynching of an
other negro in Kentucky even at the
risk of his own life.
’ “I Intend to see to it that Lube
’,\hrnn is given a fair trial at any
cost,” saild the Governor
| Governor Stanley telephoned the
l"«hfh ah authorities instructing them
:Yu disregard the judge’'s order and to
hold the negro in Paducah
J A few hours after his arrival the
| Governor seemed to have the situa
]Y‘.n.'. well in hand Posses of citi
zens were formed at Princeto: AN
l”-vpk:nsvxllv- and were about to start
for Murray to protect Judge Bush and
l.'ime", The QGovernor ordered them
'nu' to come, and sent word to Pa
ducah that the negro should be held
there indefinitely
Lube Martin is the negro wanted
by the mob When brought before
Judge Smith, charged with the mur
der of Guthrie Duiguld, a white man
| Martin was granted a continuance
|and then rushed to jail at Paducah
i A mob formed quickly hent or
IZ‘» nching the negro, but learned that
|,‘.' had been apirited awas The' mob
"I‘en surrounded the hote! in which
Judge Bush and Commonwealth's At
torney Dennis Smith had taken refuge
and threatened to dynamite the bulle
1 K unless Bush sgigned an orddr so
| Martin's return to Murray
‘ Judge Bush, 1t is understoc wigy
i"’. the order and then sent an ADpea
[ to Governor Stanley for help
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Judge Now Likel
Judge Now Likely
I WASHINAGTON Jan. 11 Follow
lul a long conference which Attorney
!‘.nv,".\! Gregory had last evening
with the President and the intorview
today of John T. West. of Thomson
ind T. 8. Felder, leading candidates
| for the South Georgia judee AR ™
“?;‘,u" that the name of the sue
cessful candidate will be sent to the
‘.‘a nat by the President faturday of
|early next wek. It Is known that Mr
I'.r'-i: iy has been going over the iln
{ dorsements of the varlous eandidates
{ for several days and reied (et
| thereof to the White H . vith '
{in order ¢ Kive the | i nfo
| mation thersunt
The Senator .
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