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VOLT VIH
JAPS ENTER WEDCE
Kuropatkin’s Lines Reported
Hopelessly Severed,
SOME LATE WAR NEWS
Czar Scorns Peace Propositions and
Will Never Negotiate While Army
Reverses Are Being Daily
Recorded.
1 An . Associated , . , . Press _ dispatch from „
.... Liao-\ang says: General _ , Kurokl „ , , has ,
joined . . , forces _ with General Oku in . an
attempt ,, to cut the Russian line be
twain <. Anshanshan and Liandstansian.
the battle ...... of August 25 raged . along ,
uie eastern front. A strong Japanese
force , attacked . , , the , Russian „ , positions ...
Miao-Pass, 11 miles east of „. Anshan- .
at
shan, . and , at „ Sandiatzi .... and , Tsegow
tDagow), 12 miles southeast of An- ,
siUBshan. , ,
. Nine batteries of „ six . guns each . , bom
harde. the Russian outposts At this
pomt the combat repeatedly * developed *
into , hand , to . . hand , fighting. , _ The Rus
sians stubbornly ... , held , , f the . outposts ... the
7. '' *
whole . , day, , falling , back , on their . , main
position at night. . , ___ The chief ... artillery ,,,
engagsmeqt was In front of . . Liandian- . ,,
Man. tho Japanese concentrating the
nro of ten batteries and simultaneous
advw.ncing on Torintspu. 4 miles south
ejrst of I.iandsiansian, but they were
arrested by Cossacks who were after
wards reinforced by infantry and ar
tillery. The Japanese resumed the
bombardment of August 26, devoting
most of their attention to Liandsian.
,.ian. The Russian field guns were
very effective. They dismantled 32
Japanese guns, mostly mountain
lieoss.
Advie- s from Tokio say: The gen
oral staff maintained silence through
wit Sunday concerning the fighting in
the vicinity of Liao Yang. It is report
cd that General Kuroki has seized and
cut the railroad south of Mukden, thus
separating the Russian forces and cut
ting Liao Yang off from a direct line
of retreat, but confirmation of this
report cannot be obtained.
The Russians retired from Anshan
shan Saturday after a fight which com
menced on the morning of Friday, and
continued in a desultory manner al!
day and night.
Czar Scorns Peace.
The Associated Press at St. Peters¬
burg learns that Emperor Nicholas
only recently announced in Lite most
positive terms that he would not per¬
mit peace negotiations, even should
Port Arthur fail and General Kuropat
kin be driven back to Harbin. This
fact, well understood in official circles,
has prevented the British government
from taking any steps in the direc¬
tion of mediation. It is known in St.
Petersburg that Germany understands
this attitude of the emperor as well
as Great Britain.
The report from Paris that Emper¬
or William is prepared to suggest
peace is dismissed as groundless for
the present at least. If General Kit
ropatkin, however, should win a decis¬
ive victory at Liao-Yang, which, in a
measure, would restore Russian pres
t , it is believed that tho restoration
of peace would undoubtedly be facili¬
tated.
To Assemble Second Army.
A dispatch to The Tageblatt (Ber¬
lin) from St. Petersburg, says the Rus¬
sian government fs determined to as
r-cmble a second great army in Man¬
churia, consisting of three or four
corp3, under the command of General
Baron Kauibars or General Soukhora
linoff. Its headquarters will be at
Mukden. The object of this step is
to meet the situation that will arise
should Port Arthur fali, thus releasing
the beseiging army for operations
northward. The TageblaU’s corre¬
spondent names the various com
mands out of which the new army
will be formed, and says he believes
that more rapid transportation oi
iroops will be possible, owing to the
approaching completion of the railroad
around Lake Baikal.
CONSTABULARY AMBUSHED.
Superior Force of Bandits Whelm
tary in Philippines.
A Manila special says: A detail ol
the native constabulary has been am
bushed On the island of Leyte by a
superior force of bandits. Captain H
Barrrtt, of the constabulary, was kill
ed in the fighting.
There has been trouble ia the prov¬
ince f M:serais, island of Mindanao
where meits have looted severa.
towns The native authorities were
t : -nd Pabio Mercado and bis fam
Ly were kidnaped.
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ill m = 3 llsal' m
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JESUP. WAYNE COUNTY GA,. WEDNESDA Y. AUGUST 31. 1304.
ELECTORS TURNED DOWN
Georgia State Democratic Committee
Declares Eleven Ineligible on
Account of Holding Offices.
Eleven democratic nominees for
electors and alternate electors for
Georgia have been declared ineligible
to hold those offices, the tribunal
passing upon their qualifications be
ing the democratic state executive
committee at a meeting in Atlanta
Saturday.
The eleven nominees were pro¬
nounced ineligible on the ground that
they already ' held state otfiees, the dis
'
qualifying , offices , being ,. three , notary
H * B
public f commissions, . . two colonelcies . , . on
the governors staff, .. ono membership . .
of city , board . of education, . ,. ........ two may
a
oralties, ... two . county . court solicitor
ships , . and , one membership , in the state
senate,
_. The men deprived of their nomma
tions, together .. with ... the ,, offices ... tor ,
which ..... they were nominated . , by . the
democratic . ., state , , convention, arc an ..
follows: „
j H Estill , savannah, elector from
gUt0 al larg ana excluded la
’
cause he . is . a member of , the ,, bavan- „„„„„
nah . board of , education. . .
„ R. J. , Bacon, ,, of , Albany, ,,,____ alternate .
, from _ the .. second . congressional ________ dis¬
... trict, sxcluded , , , because . ho is a notary
Forrester> o£ Lum pkin. al
tcrnatc from the thjn , di8trlct> exclud
ed b0cau3e he , s solicltor of the coun .
(y court
j R Madden, of Concord, elector
frQm the sixth distrlot , exeludcd „ e .
^ hp , g a rae:rll)er of tho govern .
()rs 1 glaff j
M Head, of Tallapoosa, elector
from tho eighth dlgtrlcl> „ :cludt , d hc .
cauge |]e jg a BOtary puW!c .
p B shlpp, of Greensboro, elec
tor from tho eighth district, excluded
| )ecauge he is mayor of Greeneshoro.
Mr L UKltord of Blairsvillc, elec
tor from tho ninth d , strk . t( excluded
because he , g a memUor of the pres .
ent statfc> sena t 0 ,
T w Webb, alternate from the
n j nth district, excluded because he in
a mon)ber of the governor's staff,
Ira E Farmer> o{ Thomson, elector
from the tenth district, excluded be
cause he is may()r o{ Thomson,
R N Hardeman> of Touisville, al
ternate from the terllh district, ,-x
c , ud6(1 because |K , lg solicitor of tho
county court.
A. T. Woodward, of Valdosta, elec¬
tor from tho eleventh district exclud¬
ed because he is a notary public.
This action followed after a lively
debate, during which several commit¬
teemen contended that to deprive the
eleven men of their nominations for
electors and alternates would exceed
all bounds of prudence and place Geor¬
gia in a class all to herself.
The exclusion of the eleven was
based first on a provision of the con¬
stitution of the United States anti sec¬
ond on a section of the political code
of the state.
Elections for their successors were
then held, and resulted as follows:
George B. Monroe, of Buena Vista,
to succeed J. H. Estill; J. M. Strick¬
land, of Spalding county, to succeed
George B. Monroe; W. D. Ki’ddoo, of
Randolph county ,to succeed R. J. Ba¬
con; John W. Forrester, of Lee, to suc¬
ceed Graham Forrester; George Col- |
Her to succeed J. R. Madden; John |
F. Madden, father of J. R. Madden, to
succeed George Collier; John W. Dais
to succeed M. J. Head; Lloyd Thomas,
of Tallapoosa, to succeed J. W. Bale;
M. G. Michael to suceed F. B. Shipp;
James B. Park, of Greenville, to suc¬
ceed M. G. Michael; Samuel C. Dun¬
lap, Sr., of Gainesville, to succead
M. L. Ledford; William Butt, of Blue
Ridge, to succeed T. W. Webb; W.
M. Wheeler, of Hancock, to succeed
, Ira _ E. _ Farmer; „ P. „ IL Johnson , to , sue- :
_ . _ .
cee ' ‘ ' F 1 ' V,' i
to succcei . <'■ wan r, *•
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n.it , ot aid->sia, J - u -- ran
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Genera! KuroJjj has joined forces I
wit. Genera 0.u<.u an a n ; i). > , ut j
the Russian line between Anshanshan ;
and Liandsiansian. 1
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AUTO TAKES TWO LiVES.
Owner Lost Control of Machine and
■ Disaster Resulted.
I Blinded by the dust thrown by an j
auto in front of him, Barney Oldfield, his j
of Cleveland, Ohio, lost control of
machine in a false start of the fit h
event of the world’s fair automobile |
speed contest at St. Louis Sunday.
and crashing through the outer fence j
of the course, instantly killed Johu |
. Scott, a watchman, and inflicted in
! juries upon Nathan Montgomery, a j
negro, from which he died a few hour.,
later. Oldfield was painfully injured
“pno so/xo puBLieo.
RAILROADS DEFIANT
Refuse to Reduce Freight
Rates in Georgia.
ANSWER TO COMMISSION
Replies are in Letter Form and are
Emphatically Worded—Atlanta
Freight Bureau is Also
Turned Down.
Tho railroads entering Georgia's
capital have all refused to comply
with the ruling of the state railroad
commission that freight rates from
Ohio river crossings to Atlanta be put
on an equitable basis as compared
with rates to other southern cities.
This action of the railroads was
formal and deliberate, taking the form
of written letters to the commission
filed with that body iu Atlanta Fri¬
day morning.
The fight for fair freight rates for
Atlanta has now shaped Itself into a
twofold preposition. The Georgia rail¬
road commission has pledged itself to
enforce just, fair and equitable local
rates where shipments go out of Geor¬
gia, while the Ultra state rates must
be fought before the interstate com¬
merce commission.
The Georgia railroad commission
has fixed September 7 as the day upon
which it will consider and discuss tho
last step of the railroads, and the At¬
lanta freight bureau, in the name of
which the fair rates crusade was and
is being waged, will probably take no
further steps until the railroad com¬
mission has expressed itself after the
meeting of September 7.
The railroads refusing to comply
with the commission's rulings are:
The Southern, the Nashville, Chat¬
tanooga and St.‘ Louis, the Georgia,
the Seaboard Air Line, the Central ol
Georgia and the Atlanta and West
Point.
The formal refusal of the railroads
purport to set forth the reasons or ex¬
cuses upon which they base their ac¬
tion in the matter, these excuses be¬
ing different in each letter filed Fri¬
day. Some of the roads assert tnat
they have no voice in fixing rates from
Ohio river crossings to Atlanta, al¬
though a part of the haul is made over
their lines. Olher roads declare that,
to carry out, the orders of the com¬
mission would be a re-adjustment of
freight rates of such magnitude that
it would create endless confusion and
be practically impossible. Again, It
is asserted that it is not fair to give
Atlanta the same rates as Birming¬
ham, because “there is competition to
Birmingham such as does not. exist in
Atlanta." Another road states plainly
that it refuses to obey the commis¬
sion because in so doing it would lose
revenue.
emblems are not filed.
Alabama Political Parties Fail to Reg
ister Ther “Trademarks.”
Alabama laws require that each par
ty having a ticket in a general elec
tion shall have on such ticket an cm
blem of such parly, and that copies
shall be filed It. 'he office of tho secre
tary of state within sixty days before
elections. So far none have been
filed, and tho time Is up September 8.
The democrats have adopted a rooster
with the words “White Supremacy
over it and “For the Right” beneath,
WORK OF DAGO MAFIA.
“Black Hand” Members Take Venge
ance on Italians .... in Athens, ... Pa. _
The Black Hand” of the Mafia bo
oiety struck a blow of vengeance in
Athens, Pa., Friday night and two
men are lying in the hospital as a re
suit of that mysterious band of Hal
ian bandits.
The men who were attacked are
j) om j n j co Mostello and Gilseppo Sci
f i talians .
STRUCK FLOATING MINES.
One Russian Torpedo Boat Destroyer
A dispatch fro.vi Tokio says: Fi ve
steamers and three torpedo boat do
stroyera emerged from Port Arthur
Wednesday morning and began the
work of clearing away floating mines.
Late i n the day a two-funneied
pedo boat struck a mine two miles
Liaoti promontory and sunk immedi
ately. Five minutes later a second
stroyer, with four funnels, ran against
another floating mine, which exploded
This second vessel was at once
rounded by other Russian ships and
towed into Port Arthur.
BAILEY’S PHILIPPIC.
Texan Scores President for Alleged
Social Equality Proclivities in
Opening Campaign Speech.
A New York dispatch says: The
campaign in Brooklyn was opened
Thursday night by a. meeting held un¬
der the auspices of the King s County
Democratic Club, at which Senator Jo
seph W. Bailey, of Texas, was the prin
cipal speaker, Resolutions endorsing
the nomination of Parker and Davis
were read, and after an introductory
address in which, he viewed the politi¬
cal situation, Edward M. Shepherd,
chairman of the meeting, introduced
Senator Bailey, who was greeted with
prolonged applause. In part, ho eaid:
“Not content with having nominated
a candidate who had taught, by his
personal example, the pernicious doc¬
trine of social equality between the
Anglo-Saxon and the African races, the
republican party has gone still further,
and, as if bent upon the mischievous
design of aggravation in racial antago¬
nism, it has deliberately proclaimed its
intention to reduce the representation
of certain stales in congress and in
the electoral.college, but the people o'
those states will not consent to be rep
rosented by ignorant and inferior men
"Do the men who made and wlp:
adopted that platform know that if
their threat should he carried into exe
cution the south would not be the
only - ufferer? r.o those men not know
that this country is so closely and so
firmly knit together that the whole
must suffer from every injury inflicted
on any part? The millions invested in
southern railroads are practically all,
except the foreign holding, the proper¬
of and eastern men.
“But there is another and liighot
standard. This attempt to resurrect
sectional differences is in painful con¬
trast with the teachings of that great,
and kindly man who was elevated to
tho presidency by an election and not
by a tragic event. As this nation stood
with uncovered heads around the mar¬
tyred McKinley's grave, men of every
section blessed his name and memory
because he had restored good will be¬
tween the brothers who had been es¬
tranged by tho civil war. Tito sorrow
over his untimely death was universal
and a-s genuine in Mississippi as it was
in Massachusetts. And yet, his suc¬
cessor, who prom,sod to follow in Mc¬
Kinley’s footsteps, has reversed Me
Klniey’a policy and is now fomenting
diecord where McKinley had peace.''
“Tlte.race problem which now con¬
fronts tho southern people will lax
their highest wisdom and their most
unselfish patriotism in its solution. Ex
cept for a single and nameless crime
against he women of our land, there is
no thoughtful man in al! the south
who does not deprecate lynch law.
"If, however, there are amongst us
men who justify the lawless spirit,
which sometimes expresses itself in a
public lynching, they could not. find, in
all the range of English literature, a
more pointed and complete defense of
such conduct than has been furnished
by the republican candidate for the
presidency in his work, ‘Ranch Life
and Hunting Trail,’ in which there is
the following:
] “ ‘During the last, two or three years.
the stock men have united to put
down ail (Tie these dangerous characters,
often by most summary exercise of
lynch law. Bands of horse and cattle
thieves have been regularly hunted
j down and destroyed in pitched fights
; by parties of armed cowboys, and, as
a consequence, most of our territory
j is perfectly laV-ablding.’
j i “The president, as if relating a
monplace incident, adds this mild
j statement:
“ ‘A little over two years ago, one
I committee hung of vigilants in Montana shot
j or nearly sixty—not, however.
i With the best hidtrment in ail eases ’
| I rejoice , to know har whatever .
may be done and said in the southern
states which thoughtful men cannot in'
1 dorse, it has never happened among u?
; that any man with intelligence enough
i to write a book or with charactci
j enough to command an election to ac
important office has ever justified
i lynching as a punishment for theft.
PAYMASTER AN EASY MARK.
Foup HighwayrT , en Re) j eve construe
tion Company Officer of $5,000.
.
F ' our mashed men held up the pay
j “Aster of the O’Rourke Construction
Corapany ' a Mr - White, on the Ridge
: road - near Patterson, N. J., Wednes
day > aDd ribbed him of $5,000.
j 0ther J he m0 paymaster, “> accompanied his to by the two of
was on way
bce °* the company, driving in a bug
® y ’ wbe “ £our ™ en came out of Ul ®
j ''' oods shot horse the
; - and covered
occu P an '-s of the buggy with guns
got awa y with the bag of moiiey.
j
COURT OF INQUIRY
Ordered by Gov. Terrell Re¬
garding Action of Iroops.
JUDGES ARE SELECTED
Rigid investigation of Whole Matter
will Be Had and Blame Placeci
Personnel of the
Court.
A court of inquiry to investigate the
part played by tho military in the .e
cent Statesboro episode was appoint¬
ed by Governor Terrell, of Georgia,
Tuesday.
This action was taktn a few hoit.rs
after the governor's arrival from St.
Louis, but after lie had discussed the
matter at length with Adjutant Gener¬
al Harris and had read the various re
ports and affidavits filed since the
burning of Reed and Catu.
The court of inquiry was called to
meet in Savannah Thursday, August
25, and to bo composed of tile follow¬
ing militia officers, their first named
being tho president of the court:
Colonel A. H. Lawton,, of Savannah,
retired; Colonel W. E. Wooten, of Al¬
bany; Lieutenant Colonel W. W. Bar¬
ker, of Atlanta; Major R. L. Wyly, of
Thomasville; Captain Warren Grice,
of Hawldnsville.
No charges will be filed with tho
court of inquiry and no particular indi¬
viduals will be cited to appear, tho in¬
vestigation including every militant an,
either officer or private, detailed for
duty at Statesboro. Iu addition to the
ora! testimony of witnesses, the court
of inquiry will have before it for con¬
sideration the reports and affidavits
filed with Adjutant General Harris and
submitted by him to the governor.
The Statesboro affair was, of course,
uppermost iu the mind of Governor
Terrell when he arrived in Atlanta
Tuesday. Ho was more or less famil¬
iar with iho situation from newspaper
reports, official and private telegrams
and letters, and had been considering
the matter since 11s occurrence. So
the first thing he did on arriving at
his office was to arrange for a confer¬
ence between himself and Adjutant
General Harris, which resulted in the
call for an inquiry.
in announcing the appointment of
officers for a court of inquiry, Gover¬
nor Terrell discusses the lawlessness
! on that occasion at length.
The crime against the negroes who
t were burned at the stake, declares the
governor, was of small importunes
compared with the great crime against
the state.
He docs not censure either the civil
or th omilitary authorities in the ab¬
sence of a full investigation, but de¬
clares they were both there to pre¬
serve the peace and protect the majes¬
ty of tho law at all hazards and failed.
The govermfr says:
“I was greatly surprised and shock¬
ed over tho Statesboro occurrence. 1
had been advised of the necessity of
sending to Statesboro during the trial
! of the murtJerers o£ th ® HodRes famlly
I a m!litar y guard for the preservation
{ of P Gace aD<1 ortlor ’ which I did. Bo
I toro my departure for St. !x>uis I was
biformed that the trial was proceeding
! ord<ir,y ' aUfl ^ al: ‘’"where was there
any evidence whatever of an intention
on P art hioje present to Inter
! £ere tbo regular administration
j of justice. I was therefore not proper
0(1 t0 beliove aa !rue the n0WS - whlch
I race!red en route, of the action
the mob, so horribly revolting and
j s ' reat c kening >y mortified in its details, the I have been
j S ov'r entne of
! lb * s m oh. I take comfort in the fact
i that It did not represent the sentiment
! , o£ state, for its action is con
'i emn Pd by a large majeriy of the pee
: r^ e f be state, arid as for that mat
! Statesboro and Bulloch county,
j ( ' le BC<?no ot the crime. No defense
| can ^ - and no a Dology should be, made
j )r ac,lon *be mob. It should
i k® denounced by law-abiding citizens
I everywhere."
WAGING GUERRILLA WARFARE.
General Wood Determined to Crust
the Rebellious Moroa.
A Manila special says: The forces
j under Datto Aii, on the Island of Min
j j (laDao _ have adopted guerilla tactics it
flg h tlng the American soldiers. Tc
counteract this departure, Major Gen
• , Wood ha8
j era organized font
crack 8gh ting companies of 100 men
each> composed of infantry and cav
j airy, which are to operate independ
p(kt iy and conduct a vigorous campaier
for th(J cap t ure or destruction of the
enemy.
NO. 48
County Directory.
Ordinary, J. D. Crawford.
Clerk of Superior Court Ira M. Ray
bon.
Sheriff, J. T. Overstreet.
Tax Receiver, J. E. Joyner.
Tax Collector, W. A. Goins,
Treasurer, W. M. Austin.
Surveyor, R. A. Thompson.
Coroner, COUNTY John G, Smith. COURT. N
Monthly sessions, fourth Monday in
aaeh month.
Quarterly sessions, fourth Monday
in January, April, July and October.
S. R. Harris, Judge; C, C. Tindall.
County Solicitor. > I
MUNROE A POOR FIGHTER.
Champion Jeffries Floored Boasting
Miner in Second Round.
A San Francisco dispatch says:
Like the veriest amateur in the prize
ring, Jack Munroe, of Butte, Montana,
a miner, went down and out before
Champion James J. Jeffries in the sec¬
ond round Friday. The man from the
mining district made such an ex¬
tremely sorry showing that, the great
throng in Mechanics’ Pavilioif roundly
hooted him as he protested to Referee
Graney against the decision thaf had
been given in favor of Jeffries.
The two giants had not been in
ring two minutes when it was fore
seen that the aspirations of .Munroe
would be quickly disposed of. The
miner was scared and awkward, and
Jeffries, iu the first round, had him
twice on the canvas taking the count.
Jeffries directed his bombardment,
against the stomach of his opponent,
and each shot was followed by a blcrw
on the jaw that sent Munroe to his
knees. Jeffries went back to his car
nor after the opening round with a
sneer and a laugh on hia swart by fuoe,
while Munroe'g seconds busied them¬
selves with smelling salts and restora
tives. Wheu the two came together
for tho second round, the laugh on
the champion’s visage cljqnged to ill a
look of determination that boded
to the miner.
Forty-five seconds after the gong
sounded Munroe was lying on the floor
a bloody, bruised mass of hunNinity.
JAP9 ASSAIL KUROPATKIN.
Conflict is Resumed by Armies in in¬
terior of Manchuria.
Tho advices of the war office in St.
Petersburg from the front are very
meager. in fact, they are confined to
a report, dated August 24, giving an
account of the advance of the Japan
ese column of 20,000 men along the
main road toward Liao-Yang, which
began at daybreak, August 24t:h. The
Japanese drove in the Russian out¬
posts and when the column reached a
point a couple of miles west of Lian
diansian, the Japanese attempted to
install batteries, but they met with
such a hot fire that they only succeed¬
ed in placing ono battery, which was
soon compelled to change its position.
The opposing armies are in contact
oast and south of Liao-Yang, and fight¬
ing has been in progress since Wed¬
nesday. The advices at. hand are too
meager to enable the officials to form'
a corr *ct opinion as to whether It
will result in a general engagement,
b ut the extent and character of tho
Japanese movement leads to that con
c ] us jon. Since the rains ceased a
week ago, there have been continued
intimations that General Kuropatkin
v/aa about to assume the offensive,
b u£ instead of this, the Japanese at
tacked the Russian commander s
eastern and southern positions.
: SHERIFF.
EVIDENCE AGAINST
j Work of “Statesboro” Inquiry Board
Begun in Earnest.
The court of inquiry appointed by
i Governor Terrell to probe the States
! boro affair, began Us real duties at
Savannah, Ga., Friday morning, and
the testimony of Colone* Grayson,
commanding the hirst regiment, of in
lantry, and Captain R. M. Hitch, tho
| officer in charge of the Statesboro
troops, wag taken,
Damaging evidence against the part
Sheriff Kendrick played in the States
| boro affair was adduced at the after
! noon session of the board. A num
| b er of witnesses testified that Sheriff
prisoners’ ^00^with a key and had
pointed out the negroes to the mob,
j and brushed the few guards authority, aside on
* bc plea that he had the
| was Auo the '_ her 1Dt P° J[® int P ld c,0ar darlnR | y br 0 ° ug ^ £
b,le « £ ® nant M ® I In . yr ® * n °i Luto,) 3 *)!,
i bIeed, “ g b “ dy br “ s * d .’ *
! ? ad the ® nt * r ® de ‘ ai ' ” ,° ? .. ,,
the mOJ wb ‘ cb had " 1 th „
ou£po0ts W!th tw0 _ „
e
3Ud ,ieed Near . ., mpn
' * ? a
volunteer,id 10 g0 ' bat Cap an 10
refused to sanction the move an
raid bttd to be abandoned.
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