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SECOND
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WEATHER
Unlit tonight nml tomorrow
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forty-fourth Ttar.
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BEDFORD, OKKOON, TUESDAY, .JANUARY 5, 1915.
NO. 245
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Allies' Propess In Upper Alsace Is
t Most Slunlflcnnt News of Day
Swnmpy Ground Checks Belgian.
; Advance Germans Still Attack
! Inn In Poland.
LONDON', January fi, I 'J 'III j -
'i'liu right wiiitr '!' llm French army
is today less tlimi (liiity mile from
tlu river llliini, holding llio Alsatian
village or Nteinbnoh, nml tin height
Id tlio southwest of tin ullage, a f tor
one of the iniixt Nliililiurii localised
lights of tin war. At mi other point
nf tlio w I'stri n front has them been
miy noteworthy change. Tin? news
i'iiiiM'(iifiilly dwells chiefly tmliiy on
tln IiimI weather conditions.
In I'oliiml tlii'ru has hci-u little shift
in tin relative positions uf tin invinl
in;,' mill defending untile. Tim (ler
iiiiiiih continue to deliver tlii'ir furious
mill intermittent attacks mi the
llr.ura-llawka line To lliu ninth the
KiiHklmii have swept forward to Su.
una, near tin Itiiiniiiiimi frontier. In
tint Caucasus tlio Turkish invaders
nml tin' Hiiomiiiis mi appaicutly still
fighting out llirir buttle in the region
of Kuri ICuiiihIi, both hiiIch claiming
ii victory.
I'ri'iuli Progro KlKtilflcnnt
The Frcneh progress In iiicr Al
sace is probably the most Hiiiifi'tiiit
news t'roni tin' western fuuit in n
nninlicfof weeks mil) liy some nlixcrv
cih lien- it is token to indicate future
iittcinilM nn the part or the allies to
lucnk through in this region, main
taining meanwhile a hiioc on llclfort.
Tor the moment the swauipv coiuli
lion or the ground in YVt Flanders
pi collides a general advance move
tnent in this locality. Furthermore
General .loffni'H feeling tnctlcM at
other point m have rcMiltcil in no giiiim
ami it oniiseipiently would not he a
surprise if the heaviest fighting dur
ing the next foituight eentcreil mi the
ciihtern slopes of the Vogc moun
tains. It it down these hills that the
French Alpine chasseurs, hackcil hy
the fnmoiiH Tfi-inilliinclro gnu,
swept to victory cstoriliiy at Stein
lincli after homo of the mot sanguln
nry fighting of the cumpiiigii. Only
a little farther mlvancti to the south
east, IIHIimIi commentators point out
toilay, will give the allies poxscKHion
of the village of ( ornay. Ihev now
holii the heights to the went of this
town, mnl IIm fall would throw open
the way to Muclhnuscii.
In the duirnmiH
Whether lliu Turks are oMiggcrnl
lug their successes or not, they aic
doing Hoinu linnl fightiii'r in tlio Cau
casus, judging from tlio dispatches
leaching Loudon, l'.xeu telegrams
from Pctrogrml mlniil that this situ
ntiou in becoming one of first im
portunce. There is no Niu iik yet,
liowever, of Hnnhia'n moving troops
i'rom her weHtuin to her houlhern
frontier.
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HATK UNION
WAHIIINuTON, Jan. fl. The hii
preiao court toilay affirmed .fJ."iO,t)tltl
jmlginviil iiwardeil hy thu Now Vork
fcilurul uoiirlH to I). F. Louwo & Co.,
Daiihury, Conn., hattorri, ngaiiihl
home 1 8(1 luemhcrH of tlio United Unt
ie in" iininn, under thu Shcnuan antl-
Iriiht law, iiH diuuagoa ichultlng from
a hoycott.
During u strike at LoowoV hat fnc
tory in 101'J tlio United Sutter of
North Ainorlcii were, charged with
having hoycottvd the Louwo hatH, The
mantifacturei'H alleged that largo
lohHiis roHtilti'd. The hat company
hegnn Hiilt in 11HKI ngainrtl .18(1 ineiu
hurt) of the union. Judgmunt for
$2r'J,i:iO was awarded to (ho uoiu
imny and affirmed hy the circuit
court of appealK,
Justice, ilolmcg announced the
court's unanimous decision, Ho held
that lliu dufciulautH, ns memhors of
n labor union, were liable under the
Bhcmiiiii anti-trust Juw, for the acts
pf tho officials of the union,
BY I
COSTS
250,000
CASH
PANAMA CANAL GUNS
PLENTY BIG ENOUGH
SAYS COL GOETHALS
WASHINGTON, Jan. ,r.. (lovcrnor
floelliulrt of the l'minniii eanal .one
lolil the Iioiim' aioironriatioiiH huhnti
tutu cniiiiiilttce on forlifiontionx today
that while mniH ami aiumiiiiitioii at
the caniil were ample now, it wan
nccchNitry to have orovihion for du
plication, 'Tinilil fiirclgn wnrxhlpH outrange
lliu guim of the canal fortifications f '
iikHciI rhainiiiin FitKcrahl.
".Vor replicil the uovcrnor. "Oar
guiiri am of equal rmiKc, ho far n
our information koch,"
(loviiiiior Onclhalrt did not helicve
the government would hit justified in
imilalliug linger guiiH.
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HEAVY PENALTIES
I'AIMS, Jan. .'. One of the Ameri
can life uiMirmicc companiiw Iiiih paid
out ahoiit f 1(10,0(10 on policies held
hy xoltlicix who were killed in the
war. The hint policies isMied which
cover the war rink were dated July
LT).
A captain of ailillcry who paid hi
firnt pieuiiiiiu on a .."O0O policy July
'J.", wiih killed in one of the early en
giignurntM, Aiiuuitiert mid elaiuiM in ease of
death from natural cause ure heiug
paid promptly hy American compan
ies, Mhile olhcrn, iu accoid "ith the
proiMniirt of the moratorium, are
paying no nuuiiiticH in cxeexs of V-10
Kr-vvrar, ami no death elaiuiM.
'J'lt ere were xix (lemma and An,
trial life iiiMimiico compauicH doing
IniHinens in Fniuce heforo the war.
They come under the incnMiicK taken
against (lenaaiiM doing hiixincns in
France, and thuir icm-ivch deposited
with the national consignation de
partment will he used for the henefit
of policyholders other than those of
(lermuit or Aiistiinu nationality.
HALE'S PROPERTY
SEIZED BY SHERIFF
I.OS ANOFI.KS, Cnl Jnn. &.
Southern California property valued
nt $ I Til), 00 nnd relouglng to Nnthnn
W. Hale, former representative In
congress, wns In tho hands of tho
sheriff toilay under n writ of attach
ment In connection with a Judgment
affirmed sonm llmo ngo by tho su
premo court of Tonnessee. Tho Judg
ment was tho outcome of n stock tran
saction Involving securities of tho
tlrent Southern Agency, nn Insurnnco
copany which went Into tho hands of
n receiver,
John W. Preston, United States dis
trict attorney of Sail FrnnclBco took
out tho writ, acting, ho said, In a
prlvato capacity. Among tho proper
ty hoUoiI was Halo's homo In l'asa
denn, vnluod nt SCO, 000, Hnlo said
ho had boon elected a director of tho
Insurnnco company without ' his
knnwlcdgo nnd that ho know nothing
about tho litigation which resulted
In tho Issuauco of tho nttachmont.
ALBANIAN REVOLT
HOMB, Jnn. fi, 1:1.") p. m. Tio
revolution in Albania is extending.
Assertion is made hero that it is be
ing fomented hy Austrian and Turk
ish elements with tho object of forc
ing Hervia and Montenegro to em
ploy troops along tho Albanian fron
tiers. Another ohjoct, it is Haiti, is
to engago Italy more deeply iu Al
bania, thus distracting her attention
from tho main conflict.
Home newspapers urge tho govern
ment not to fall into tho trap, as it is
called, and to reserve, all tho energies
of tho country for tho conservation
of Italy's supremo inloresls as in-
volvcd ju tho European wax;
WAR
COSTING
BANC
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GROWS EXTENSIVE
AUSTRIANARMY
SURROUNDED BY
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Unofficial Dispatches Claim Capture
of Elyltt Hunnarian Towns Sev
eral Divisions Reported Hemmed In
Vienna Asserts Austrian Success
Germans Loslnn In Alsace.
LONDON, Jnn. 6. Farther Hub
Man iiiiccciikch In oierntlonn UKiilnat
the Atintrlun n ru iloncrllied In unof
flclnl dliulc!ic8 from Pctrograd. Ac
conlliiK to tliPKu ndvlccii, tlio itunilnn
troopn which were unld novornl ilny
no to have penetrated tlio pom-ii of
tlio Carpnthlnn mountnlim nnd begun
nn InvnHlon of llungnry In forco havo
enpturucl dIkIiI Hungarian towns nml
Nurroiiniled Hcvornl dlvlilonH of Am
trlnn troop In tlio tnountnlnx. Thoro
wnn no Official confirmation of theso
NtntomcutH, however, nnd the latent
offlclnl nnnoiinromeut from Vienna
annertH (lint tho Aimtrlan forces In
Onllcln havo captured strong post
tlons nml nro preparing for further
operation!.
AIUioiirIi It Is admitted In I'otro
grail that tlio Hermans occupied
ItiiHxIan positions nt llollmow, on tho
liattln front heforo Warsaw, the Hus
sion war offlco states that tho Invad
ers later wero driven back ngaln,
abandoning six machine guns.
Tlio (icrman defenders of Alsace
nro still IohIiik ground heforo tho
French advance. Today's official
statements from Merlin, ns woll ns
Paris, sHnk of fighting to tho cast
of Htelnbnrh, showing that tho French
have pushed beyond this recently
captured vlllngo. Tlio Paris an
nouncement gives tho first Intimation
of another French udvanco Into Al-
hnco near Qrboy, 14 miles west of
Co I mar, capital of UpKr Alsaco.
Infantry flRhtliiK has boon resumed
In Uiilcluin, and the French report
states that ground was won by tho
allies near Nlcuport. Klsowhcro
military activity Is chiefly In tho way
of artillery duets,
IIKHMX, Jan. &. Kmperor Wll
Ham, replying to a congratulatory
messngo front Arch Duko Frederick
of Austria, tolegrnphed ns follews:
"My best wishes to your liuporlnl
hlghnoss nnd your bravo Austro-IIun-gnrlnn
troops, who In tho past year
havo shown nn unchanging spirit of
comradeship toward their Gorman
nlllos. With ntir combined, forces wu
contlnua tho fight, nnd with our eyes
townrd Cod wo will win; a decisive
success for our Just cause will not bo
wanting.
(signed) "WIl.I.IAM."
IMMIGRATION BILL
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. President
Wilson probably will give a hearing
to opponents and MipoHers of tho
immigration hill, which passed. Mon
day, heforo deciding whether to sign
or veto the measure. I.ouU N. 11am
mciTuig, pret-ident of tho American
Association of Foreign Language
Newspapers, anil llov. C. h. Orhach
of Tfow York, laid a request for a
hearing heforo the president today.
IS
WASHINGTON, Jan. fi. Tho su
premo court today upheld as consti
tutional tho Ohio workmen's compen
sation law.
Tho Maryland automobile license
law was upheld as constitutional to
day hy tho supremo court,
Tlio court held that in tho absence
of federal regulation of interstate au
tomobile (rave!, states may lvgulnto
sitoh traffic, .
DAN HORD
KIR REPLIES 10
AUSTRIAN MESSAGE
COMPENSATION
A Business Man On the Charter
To the Public: '
In violfition of my lifelong habit of keopiug, out
of tile public print, I desire to cull tho attontion of
Medford 'b citizens to one, feature of tiie new charter
that seeing to have been generally overlooked in its
discussion! which is of prime importance. T. refer to
the provisions for bookkeeping and reports to the
public. !
Any member of the present council will tell you
how hard it was for them to get on paper a statement
of how the city's finances stood, when they took of
fice. It was not the fault of the city recorder's office,
nor of the preceding council, but of our worthless
(barter. A system that has been worked out in the
east, at an expense of .$325,000, and found nearly
ideal, has been incorporated into the new charter. Tt
means absolute honesty and full publicity in the
handling of our money in running the city's affairs.
It means that every dollai's' worth of property
bought for the city must be strictly accounted for.
That means economy.
Tn my judgment this one feature of the new char
ter will be worth thousands of dollai's to Medford.
Isn't the fact that among the many cities that
have adopted this kind of charter, not one has failed
to show a marked improvement and better and
cheaper government, reason enough whv we should
adopt this charter? A. C. UUBBARDl
FRENCH VICTORS IN
FIERCE FIGHT FOR
TIIANN, ANace. Jan. -I, ia Paris,
Jan. f, 1 1 :.'l.i a. m. A race of three
milcrt up the steep slope of KngcW
burg, through thickets nml up rocky
step-, between a battalion of French
light infantry with mountain guns,
nml u Geniiati battery, determined
the result of the stubborn fight for
lue ikisniinu lown-ja nieiupacu.
The French surprised a movement
of the ClcniUui bnttcry ivscundini; to
ward tho KUiumit of the mountain hy
roml ami taking a short cut. accom
plished what seemed to he the im
possiblc. The French battalion arrived five
minutes heforo the (Jcnnans ao'K-ur-cil
in nn open space nml had just time
to put into position their mountain
guiiH. Five minutes more nml all was
over. Too late tho Germans at
tempted to retire and the hatter)' was
annihilated.
When tho French finallv succeeded
iu slipping around the enemy's right
along the Steiiihach brook, thero com
menced a. fierce combat for the pos
session of bteinuneu itsell. I lie
church nml tho ccmetcrv twice wero
taken and twice were lost. Since
hand-to-hand fighting was now coin
on night nml day nml from door to
door, the Germans, unable longer to
use their nrtillery, resorted to incen
diary bombs nnd pot firo to a number
of barns and houses occupied hy the
French.
The Germans held on till the morn
inv of January -I, when the last cour
ageous resistance of tho defenders
was worn out by the persistent nml
impetuous charges of the chiihserurs
and the whole town was occupied.
TEN LIVES LOST IN
XOGALKS, Am., Jan. ,". Ten
lives vcrulost in tho floods whioli
swept portions of Northwestern
Mexico ten days ago. Heports re
ceived from tho valley of tho Mavo
river, iu Souora, today said that the
towns of Sail Pcdror San Ygnaeio
ami Ktchojoa had been destroyed.-
llitututahampo and Old Navajo suf
fered considerably. Only 'Jfi per cent
of tho wheat crop iu tho valley can
ho harvested.
OBREGON CLAIMS
CAPTURE OF PUE8LA
VBOA CRUZ, Jan. 5, 1 p. m.
Gonornl Obrogon reported to Carran
xa at headquarters that ho had cap
tured tho city of Puobla, capital of
tlio state of that name, at 11:30 a.
m. totlny, All Vera Crux Is celebrat-
,mK 4U.
ALSATIAN
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MEXICAN
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WILSON
NAMES
MEOIATRSTENO
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.- Secretory
Wilson of tho department of lnbor
toilay appointed Daniel J. Kecfe, for
mer commissioner general of immi
gration, and Hywel Uuvies, a Ken
tucky coal operator, as federnl con
ciliators, to attempt to settle the eas
tern Ohio coal Mnkc. The mutest
for intervention of the uV-rtment of
labor was made by the Wheeling, W.
Vii., chamber of commerce.
C'LKVKLANI), O.. Jan. 3. That
the 1.1,000 coal miners iu eastern
Ohio who havo been on strike since
the first of April hint will be given nu
opportunity to resume work soon un
der the "open shoo" --oliev nt n ware
contract which calls for 44.01 cents
a ton the offer reiected hv the min
ers' organization us a result of nu
adjourned meeting of the Conl Oper
atort.' association, was tho belief ex
pressed by several imorators before
they went into session today.
Sentiment expressed hy individual
operators indicated that the organ
ization probably would decide to dis
regard negotiations with tho union.
WHEAT REACHES
CHICAGO, Jan. o. Directly as a
consequence as wheat iu Chicago to
day sold nt J?l.:illl4 a bushel, the
highest price iu more than forty
years. Moreover, tho chief epeculat
ivo option, Muy delivery, roso to
1.:17) to $1.37:h a bushel, an ad
vance of mom than 10 cents a bushel
since a week ago, and tl cents above
last night's figures. The market
closed unsettled, hut not far from the
top level of the day.
POItTLAND, Or., Jan. fi. As a
result of the unprecedented ikmauil
for wheat, tho lid flow off in the
flour market hero today and prices
jumped t!0 cents per barrel on all
grades. The rise brought flour quo
tations to the h'mhost point recorded
iu fifteen years. Patents sold today
n.1: ij-0.40 per barrel, straiahts at -ffi.UO
iid $0.10, and exnorts at $.1,110.
WANTS' RHODE ISLAND
IGIVEN BALLOT
IMtOVIDKNCK, It. I., Jan. 5.
Tho extension to Ilhodo Island women
of tho right to vote for president was
advocated by Governor Hoekmnn In
Ills Inaugural address today. "In
tho Interest of plain justice and of
sound political principles," ho said,
"I recommend tho passaogo of an act
by tho present gonornl assembly
granting presidential suffrage to
women,"
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1.36 AT CHICAGO
WOMEN
NO PROTEST By
GERMANY PON
WAR SHPMENTS
Kaiser's Government Throutjh Berlin
Foreign Office Makes Position
Plain Expect Exports to Continue
Bartholdt Declares It Immoral to
Furnish War Munitions.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. Chairman
Flood of the houtc foreign affairs
committee today told proponents of
legislation to prohibit exports of war
materials, that the German govern
ment through the Berlin foreign of
flco had made It plain that it did not
expect the United States to stop such
exports.
Chairman Flood made his state
ment to Representative Dartholdt,
who at a public hearing today was
making a general argument for his
resolution to stop exports.
llnrtlioldt's Opposition
"Suppose," he asked Dartholdt,
"that you understood that tho Gor
man government, through the Ger
man foreign offlco. had said that It
did not expect this government to
pass this legislation. Would you sup
port It?"
Representative Dartholdt asicrtcd
that he knew nothing of the attitude
of tho German government and that
ho and his associates opposed tho ex
portation of arms on tho grounds of
"International Immorality."
Chairman Flood.repcatcd the state
ment In his question and added:
"I said that they realize, and so
state, that they don't expect this gov
ernment to pass this legislation."
"The stato department," said Flood
to Representative Dartholdt, "has In
vestigated your charge that dum-dum
bullets wero being shipped from this
country to tho allies. They have
found that not more than 700 of theso
bullets havo left the ctuntry and that
non of them would fit modern mili
tary scrvlco rifles."
Neutrality Violations
Representative Dartholdt said ho
had heard that tho neutrality of tho
United States had been violated by
(he shipment of Canadian troops
over American territory in Maine, on
their way to the war zone.
"I havo never heard If that," said
Chairman Flood.
Representative Dartholdt said that
ho knew of the Incident only as a
matter of gossip.
"Tho shipment of war supplies to
belligerent nations," said Chairman
Flood, "has been recognized for 100
years as a right of our citizens by tho
Inw of nations. When this war be
gan that right wns recognized. Eng
land, through her foresight and tho
expenditure of her treasure, had
gained control of tho seas. It would
bo to her disadvantage to chnngo this
situation now. Would It not bo an
unneutral net?"
Representative Dartholdt said that
only "equality townrd law" could
morally Justify tho exoclae of the
right to ship arms to belligerents.
NKW YORK, Jan. fi. Tho Amen
can Round Hale Press company, n
New York corporation with $0,000,
0Q0 authorized capital, filed today a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in
which its liabilities wero given us
$1)0 1,000 and its assets ns fifty-nine
cotton gin plants in the south, and
presses, value not stated.
Paul Jonos, a lawver of this eitv
was appointed receiver under iffiO.OOO
ihond,
Attorneys for tho receiver attrib
uted tho failure to the European war.
"The business of tho company had
been prostrated hy paralysis in the
cotton trade, resulting from the F.uro
pean war," their statement read.
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SNOW COVERS COLORADO
AND MOUNTAIN STATES
DF.NVFR, Colo., Jan. fi. Snow,
driven, by a high north wind, fell iu
Denver today and over u large part
of Colorado early today. Thu storm
was general over Colorado, with a
lighter fall of snow in Wyoming and
parta of Utah and Now Mexico.
COTTON
GNNERS
FILEINBANKRUPTCY
UNCLE SAM TO
CERTIFY CARGOES
AS TO CONTENTS
Government Urges Co-operation Be
tween Exporters, Shippers and Au
thorities Believed Action Will
Solve Difficulties Regarding Seiz
ure of Ships and Stop Searching.
LONDON, Jnn. 5. Tlio nritWi
government was informed today of
the decision of the Washington au
thorities to certify American cargoes
as to their exact contents heforo thoy
leave American orlH. It is felt hero
notion of this nature will assist ma
terially in solving tho difficulties
which led to tho presentation of tho
note from Washington concerning
British interference.
WASHINGTON Jan. G. Tho deci
sion of the United States government
to certify cargoes as to their exact
contents before leaving American
ports was believed by officials and
diplomats alike today to offer a
means of solving one of the points
now under dispute In tho shipping
controversy between Great Britain
and the United States.
Tho circular which had been for
mulated by Secretaries Hryan and
Rcdflcld and Acting Secretary of tho
Treasury Peters for Issuanco today
urges co-operation bctwees American
exporters, shippers and tho govern
ment in regard to tho manifests of
neutral ships used to carry American
cargoes.
Exporters were to be urged to ac
company their products with affida
vits telling exactly tho contents of
their shipments, nnd treasury offi
cials were to bo Instructed to certify
that the manifests contain the ar
ticles mentioned. Treasury officials,
however, -will not rule on tho subject
of whether n product Is contraband or
not.
SCOTT ANO VILLA
MEET TO ADJUST
WASHINGTON, Jan. fi. Admliiis
tration officials today awaited with
interest the outcome of a eonferencu
to be held probably on the interna
tional bridge at Kl Paso between
Ilrigadier Oeneral Scott, chief of
staff of tho United States army, nnd
Generul Villa, commander-in-chief uf
tho forces of tho Gutierrez govern
ment in Mexico, the object being to
reach an agreement if possible to pre
vent (urlher firing into American ter
ritory by Mexican factions fighting
along the border.
Roth Generals Scott and iYlhi weru
on their way today to Kl Paso, thu
mooting between the two having been
arranged by telegraph.
General Scott had been at Naco for
the past fortnight iu an effort to
bring about an agreement between
Generul Maytorenn, commanding tho
Gutierrez force, attacking the lexi
cal! town of that namo, and Generul
Hill of the Carranza garrison. Al
though Hill hail agreed to withdraw
to Agua Prietu, Maytoreua has de
layed entering into any final agree
ment, awaiting, it is stated, tho ar
rival thoro of Gonornl Cabral with his
force of 8000 troops to take charge,
of tho situation.
It is understood that the confer
ence with Villa ww sought not only
on account of tho ilelay at Naco, hut
in order that if nu agreement weru
reached it might apply to the entire
holder line.
KATY LIMITED ENGIN
WRECKED IN TEXAS
DALLAS, Toxas, Jan. 5, The en
gine of thu Knty limited No, 9, south
bound from St. I.ouls, on the Miss
ouri, Kansas and Texas railway, over
turned near Dells, Texas, toduy. In-.
Jurlng tho fireman and engineer.
None of- the coaches left the ralU, ac
cording to the report at the railway's
general heudo,Uarters here, atd. n
passengers were Injured. v
BORDER
TROUBLES
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