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MEDFORD, OREO ON", TIIUIfSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1919
NO. 288
Irlnnlh Tr.
TOILERS OF
BRITAINASK
NEW ORDER
Parliament of Unions Declare Work
ers Are Tired of System of Society
That Rennrds labor ns Mere Com
modify Demand to Become Real
Partners In Industry Causes of
Unrest to Be Investigated Premier
Addresses Workmen.
LONDON'. Fell. 27. The iiidustriul
conference, called liv Ihe gnvcrni
Imliiv mluplod it resolution moved liv
Arthur Henderson, llu lubor leader,
Inn 11 ininl citiiimiltcu consider tin1
niio-tiim of Imiirrt itml wngos of
wirkinguicit iintl women nnd general
riinililiniiN of cmplovmcnt.
All umenilmonl offered liv Premier
l.luvil George llml 1 110 coinmitlcn in
vi'hliu'iiln onuses fif unrest nml re
luirl l" Mm eoiil'ert i nut later lliini
Ann fi also was minuted.
Tlic blockade nf (Ifniiiinv could mil
lin mixed null (lermnnv linil sutni'
n ponce I real v which would mnko war
iiuiiomnhlc, Premier l.luvil Ueurge mi
iilnriiiL ..
Th premier said lie liiini'il Unit
within Iho next few weeks if prcliinin
II I V IIC'lll'll would li Hiumtil.
IHMtr unit L'nret
Pence linil been vlrlimllv establish
ril, 1 1m premier Muted, lint the spec
tre nf unrest IuiiI reappeared, linn nun
tiuii.1 lui iMittitn rid 111.
In his reference to the iinltislrin
' situation. Mi", Unvd George iloclnrrd
tlu uliiiimplicrc ' of suspicion was
thickening inlotnl nf clearing. There
wiri Inn t on Imtli.NiiliH, no run
mini. Thocmpliivera, Im snid. must
trust the workmuti mir. Industry
would nut thrive miles slim worker
fell thi'v linil tin interest in it.
The old sectional eontroveriscs
must Im notion rlit of. the premier
insisted. '-Wo will do tlmt urndunllv.
ho Nllill.
Mr. l.luvil Gi'oriro said ho hopei
Hint thin Hiinimor Iho cost of living
in the workingmnn's household wmilil
ho reduced fmir shillings week. Iliil
Hint reduction wnnlil occur hv lh
cud of Mnron. it mm his hope.
British Industry Assembled
LONDON. Fob. 27. Tho iiiduslrin
niirlinini'iit. composed of represent!!
livt'M of employers nml employes nml
ciivoninionl. ol I'iciuIh, assembled
(Yntrul Mull, Westminster, this morn
inif. -
Tlio nn iliiimotit wits opened lv Sir
Itnherl Stevenson Homo, minister o
labor, who ntltinunocd tho premier
wus anxious to hour tho views of the
mootinir.
Tho ohioel of holding tho purlin
niont was to uivo tlio government nn
opportunity to moot representatives
nl' ltrilish industry nml leiirn their
Views.
The dologulos to tho pnrliiinient
nnniher HOfl. Mora Hum 10,(111(1.00(1
workers are represented.
A million wiin submitted hv Sir Al
Inn Smith of the Engineering Einplov
its' I'Vili'i'iiliiin, for the furinntion o
nn iniliwlriiil ennimilteo emisiKtini: o
a renroNcnlnlives ot emploverH.
repreHonlnliveH of trmlos unions nml
n eertnin number of renresentntiveH
of tho ttovernmenl. This eommittoo
ivnnlilVcDort lo n further meetinir o
' tho piirlininent on tho piiiihos of Iho
iii'imnnt iinrcHt nml on metluiits in
jiiifoifiinrilimr interestd of workinir
penpln, emplovers nml tho slnlo,
Wnnt Blmro of 'U'cntth
Jnines llenrv ThomnH, member o
Diirliiiinont nml ironornl Renreliirv o
the Nntiuiinl Union of lliiilwnv Men
Hiiid ho wiih ilnpiitiRil to miika Iho fol
low in; oliKcrvnhon lor tlio tripla n
linneo of minerH. rnilwiiv men nml
I niiiKimrt workers:
Tho orunnizpil workers ot Clrent
nritnin hove innilo up (heir minds
oliliiin for theiuselvos nn inerenijinir
ulmrn nl' l ie wen lh wliii'h thair lulu
Iiiih proiliteod nml is prndiiHinu'. Tlie
Workers of the throo fold ormmi.iilion
nro determined to shnrlen ninlvrinllv
tlie hours of lubor in Ihoir respeelivo
Induslries. Thov nro dissulisfied wiih
Iho svslom of soeielv whieh tronln
ilieir lubor power ns n mflro euminod-
(Continuod on I'ngo, Throo.)
VAHHtN0TON, Fob. 27. Norman
llnpgood of Now York, was nomtnnt
od today to bo minister to Denmark,
succeeding nr.' Maui'lco Kgnn, who
rooontly roslBtiod bocuusovof poor
NEGOTIATIONS
OVER ARMISTICE
REPORTED OFF
Swiss Papers Report Sudden Suspen
sion of Conferences With Departure
of German Commission From Spa-
Reason Not
Given Washlnuton
Discredits News.
fiKNKVA. Feb. 2H.'l'liis ovoniim's
wish nowsiiiiners iiruu n noriin iiih-
nnti'h Hlulimr Ihnt owimr to Iho siid-
ii HiiNiienKiiiii or iirmiHlii-o neitoiiu
inns, t in lienilllll oullllUIHHlon ii'ik
Snu Ibis iniiriniik' for Herlin. II"'
roiiKon fur tho reported suspension is
lit uiven. (ienerill Ludenilurr is vx-
iieeleil lo nirive in llorlin tomorrow
ml Field Miirhnl ou J linileiiliurt'
will wo there shortly.
No Wont of fVUIs
Xeuutiiitiuiis between nllieil nml
(Ionium riliiineiiil. eeoiiomie nml mil-
liirv mixsioiis have been in nrouress
Sim for some lime bill Ihoro bus
tct' ti mi intimation I'roin nllieil souree
hat anvtbiiiir in the iiutiiro of n en-
sis IiikI ilevelolied there. Ill Iho lib
seiieo ol' ileliinle inlormutioii, it
would seem nrobable that tho ineol-
inus. if they had been broken, ns re
purled, have siisiionded only temiior-
arilv. On February M. Mnrshiil
'm il presenled lo Iho (lerinnn nrmis
iee omnmiNSioti III I roves tlie provis
ions for mi evft'ii-inn of the iirmistieo
lelween the allies mid (ieniinnv
Tbeso urovisions were neeoiiled bv
(lermaiiv, utter heinir referred to the
nntiiinal assembly nt Weimar, ami
were sinned by Iho (lerinan delettnles
on the ovenintr of Febriinrv HI.'
plm-nilltM IU'port k
WASIIIN'tiTOX. Feb. 27. Offieials
hero believe Ihal Iterlin ilispatenes
published in Switx.oiland roferrinc to
'su-iieiision" or the iinnistiee npirn
liiiliima en ber were liased inmn lillt.nl
foriiiatiiin'iir hnve bi-en lniseonstriied
bv tho Swiss iinpers. No nilviees
have been reeeixed in Wnsbimrton
to east doubl iiihiii earlier (lisimtehe
reiiurlinu eoneliinon of the noetir.n
lions witb l ie iieeentunee liv in
(lerinnns of drastic ronewiil eondi
lions.
TAXES
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Pbvsi
oinns, dentists, drunuisls und manu
Inoturers or dealers who sell or nn
minister nnreotio druss are reuuire
under Iho new reveifuo hill lo register
and pnv license luxes to revenue eol
lectors within the next 10 dnvs. Thi
umondment of the llurrison nurcotie
drug net iilso tuxes opium, coeiminc
mid derivatives or medicines eon
tniiiiiiL' these, nt Iho nominal rate o
one cent nn ounce, nml makes it illesnl
to sell drugs; nut beiiring revenue
slumps,
Mnnuliieliirors, imtmrlers nml
whnlesnlers hercuflor will be eom
pellod lo niako monlhlv reports.
I'Iicko new lounl provmioiw nro re-
carded as police measures by which
revenno officers hope to wane n union
strnimer fialil ngamst narculies.
VILLA CUTS OFF
TROOPS AT JUAREZ
JUAUKi, Mox Fob. 27. Frnn
clsco Villa's porsonnl commnnd yos-
tordny buriiod tho rnllroad station nt
Moctozumn. 110 mltos soiilh of horo,
cut tho toloarnoh wires, toro up the
railroad and Isolntod (lonornl Jesus
Cnstro and h 1b commnnd In Junros,
whoro Iho cnminnndor of tho North'
eastern r.ono nnd sttb-floerotary of
war hns boon slnco Sunday propnrlng
to tnko Iho field ngnlnsl Villa.
A work train preceded by a troop
train loft horo onrly today lo ropnlr
tlio burnod brldgon and roconnoltor
along Iho rallrond to locate tho Villa
force.
Flitbllnit in oxnoctod today south
of horo.
AT OFFICIAL TASKS
PARIS. Fob. 27. Promlor Clo
moncoan rosumod his- official tasks
lodny. Ho was at tho ministry of
war from 10:. IB o'clock until 11
SPECIAL
ROYALISTS PLAN
COUP D'ETAT TO
Old Officer Class Has Whin Hand In
Germany and Plans Overthrow of
Present Government and Restora
tion of Old Order Strikers Tear
Uo Railroad at Weimar.
LONDON', Fell. !7. Tho monar-
rlilfilH of Germany are conleniplntliiK
an early coup d'ottit, In tho opinion
of tho Mull's' correspondent at Hnrlin
who HHyn tlio old offlror elans bus
been Krniluully Rettln,; tlio whip-hand
til or (i nlnco January 13 and now
holds tho Kovernmont in III power.
"Tlio threatened roup would he
carried out In Merlin ulono." . he
writes. "A larito number of officers
nro unlit lo bo associated In tho plot,
which alius at iho overthrow of tho
present Rovcrumont rud thu rtstora
tlnn of tho old ordar of tiiliKs.
"A secret meolluB of m i.nrchlst
officers wn hmJ nt Cha-loitenburi!
on Fobrtinry 10. Thirty officer at-
tendod and onch pledxed lilmsolf to
hold In Ills resldenco n quantity of
munitions ready for ari-emorRcncy
and to ussomhle ot a eertnin pluce
when called upon. Kvcry member of
tho plot hns been requested to enlist
as many officers loyal to the former
emperor as possible. Tho government
has been warnod of what Is going
on."
The correspondent says the organi
zation of new bodies of troops by the
government, a atop which alono can
snvo it from tho Sparlacans and
other oxtromlsta, has been posslblo
only ly reason of tho government
yielding to tho old officer class.
Tear I'll Itnllroad
WKIMAU, Feb. 27. (By Associat
ed Preiis.) Tho special assembly
train running dolly lietwoon Weimar
and llorlin was diverted by the way
of l.olpslg yesterday because strlk
era at Halle have taken up the rails.
Tho Inst train over the former routo
passed thru Hallo at full speed be
cause It had been learned that Spnr
tnrnn adherents wore planning an at
tack upon it.
There Is danger of the strike
spreading to Uclpslg.
IlErtLIN. Wednesday, Feb. 26
(Ity Associated Pres. Tho parlia
mentary special for Wolmnr. which
loft llorlin this morning, hns 'been
stopped nt I.clpBlg.
ItERUN. Wednesday, Feb. 26.
( By. Associated Press.) Tho govern
ment has sont nn ample force of
troons to Unite. Saxony. Tho com-
mundlng offleors have been directed
to nuell disorders In tlio sternest
mnnner. ,
President for Snwiny
nASBU Swltnorlnnd. Feb. 27 The
now chamber of doputles of tho "Free
Stnlo of Snxony" met Tuesday and
elected Julius Frnshdorf, a majority
socialist, as president, according to n
dispatch from Dresdon. Dr. Dlestol
(ionnnn democrat, was named first
vlro prosldont, nnd Doputy l.lplnsky.
nn independent socialist, second vlco
prosldont.
LOST
VOHT OH FORI). Ore. Feb. 27 A
hill's (Nthin, uboul 12 feet in length,
honrinc the nimio of tho stenmor
(leoruo l.oomis. wns found yesterday
on tho bench near here, fins is be
lieved lo bo the first definite indien
linn that Iho nil tanker, which disap
peared several weeks ago during a
storm off the Oregon ,eonst, sank or
wns wrecked with the loss ol nil on
bun nl.
It was Ihouiihl for n time that the
George l.oomis might hnvo nttoniplod
to roach llunii iiln. if driven from ber
course, bill Iho continued absence tt'
news from the vessel caused shippiu
men lo give tin hope Unit sho had
weathered the storm.-
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb; 27. The
Standard Oil tank steamer Gedrgo W
Ijiiomis, tho cabin of whiidi was found
on tho bench near Port Orford, Ore.
voslnrdnv. disappeared in n storm off
tho Oregon const in tho Inltor linrt of
bcoembor, of I or clearing from here
fur Cons llnv wiih n cargo of oil."'
The l.oomis had been given up for
Inst nml slnto industrial accident
eluinis were paid lo widows nml oilier
RESTUREKAISER
rolulivos ol tho crow ot JO nicu,
CALL NO SPECIAL SESSION OF
CONGRESS UNTIL PRESIDENT
RETURNS AGAIN FROM PARIS
WILSON DEFIES
,' WASH IXGTOX, Feb. 27. Tn coufcri-iir.f.s nt. tho
Onpitol late today with' iwiiiIkth of tho sonatc Prcsi
dfiit Wilson rcitci'atcd with emphasis, his decision
not tO'cnll i-oiif'i'es.s in cxtnmrdinai'y session until ho
returned agnni from France. He re(iiested adrninis
Iration leatlers to so advise re))ul)licaus.
; , Administration lenders advised tlie president that
they believed tlie republicans were determined to de
feat the Victory Liberty' .Loan bill and thus force an
early call of the new congress.
President Wilson, it was said, set his jaws, and
with emphatic gestures, told the democratic leaders
to tell the republicans that they would be responsible
for failure jof the bill and that, regardless of their at
titude, he wonKl not call congress together until he
returned.
legislature to
T
IF
SAI.F.M. Feb. 27. After fniline to
carry out thoir iilaiis for adioiurn
mcnt yesterdnv. legislators here woro
still engnucd in debnte tndav with
prospects that the :10th legislative
session of Oreon would roach an end
sometime durin? Ilk duv. Tue resohu
tiun providine fur orcution of the of
fice of lieutenant governor, im office
not nt present existing in the state.
wns the center or nninmcnl toilnv.
The house passed a measure creat-
ing a commission for tho cure-of de-,
linouent nnd dependent children, ap-1
preprinting $(1,000 for the work. Tito i
senate 'concurred in house nmend-1
ments to the $.1,000,000 reconstruction
bond bill, for state construction to
provide work for unemployed. The
bill providing for completion of the
Tumiilo irrigation project wns passed
hv Iho Semite.
Governor Wilhvcombo ve.sterdnv
forwarded lo O. C. Inciter, in Kcw
York, n messnge unnouncing the per
sonnel of "the Oregon overseas wel
come commisison ,for returning sol
diers, sailors nnd murines," of which
Mr. I.eitcr is chairman, and the func
tion of which is to offer nn nppro
prinle reception to-Oregon soldiers
upon their landing in New York from
service overseas, llesiiles Mr. l.citer.
the members of tho commisison are
Thomas C. Ilurke. Sum C. Unit ton.
Itabbi Stephen S. Wise nml Walter
j.. Whilllescv. all in New York now
but who hnve been residonls of Ore
gon. WASHINGTON, Fob. 27. Presi
dent Wilson today accepted nn invi
tation to speak In Now York next
Tuesday night on the eve ot his sail
ing again for France.
Former President Toft is oxpectcd
to speak at the snmo meeting which
will bo hold under the.ausplces of n
non-pnrtlsnn committee of represen
tatives of various societies ndvocat-
lnir formation of a League of Na
tions. President Wilson Is snld to
be very anxious to have Mr. Tatt on
tho program with him. . .
Tho invitation- to the president
wns extended by Governor Smith In
a tologrnm from Albany.
Secretary Tumulty said tho presi
dent expected to leave Washington
for Now York about 2 p. m. after the
adjournment of congress nt noon
March 4. Ho will sail from New York
for Franco Iho following day. .
ESTHONIANS REPULSE
II
STOCKHOLM1, Feb. 27. An offi
cial F.sthoninn statement reports se-
vore fighting near , Narva, Pskov
Volmnr and Silisburg and claims the
F.sihoniuits hnvo repulsed Iho Holslio-
viki. inflicting serious losses in killded
iiud. woumled,
OPPONENTS
BY THE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. A Milch
ell I'ulmer todav was nominated bv
President Wilson to be nttornev gen
eral. Mr. Palmer probably will take of
fice Mjireh 4. the date tentatively fix
ed bv Attorney Oenernl Gregory for
ll:s .retirement when he resigned sev
eral months ago to return to private
prnetice of law. .
. The res:nation of Mr. Palmer as
alien proiiertv custodian mis not been
announced, nnd there hns been no in-
tinialion a to who mnv succeed hira
in that office. i
Mr. Palmer is a sativc of Strouds-
hnrtr. I'n., and 47 vears old. lie grad
uated from Swarthmore college in
1801 nnd two years later was ndmit
ted to the bar.
In 1008 he wns elected to congress
nnd served three terms from the 2Glh
Pennsylvania district, becoming n
member of the committee on wnvs
and means nnd framing the metal
schedule in the Underwood bill. Since
1012 he has been n member of the
National Democratic committee. In
1015 he was unpointed bv President
Wilson n judge of the United States
court of claims, but declined to ac
cept. It was generally reported that
be was offered the war portfolio in
President Wilson's first cabinet, but
asked to tie excused because he wns
ix Quaker. In 1017. President Wil
son named him alien property custo
dian.
LABOR PARTY
E
NEW YORK, Feb. 27 The organ
ization committee of" the American
Labor party of New York made pub
lic today a resolution supporting the
proposal for a League of Nations and
recommending indorsement of the
plan, together with President Wil
son's "14 points"' by the Central Fed-
orated Union of New York, the
Brooklyn Central Labor Union and
tho Women's Trado Union "League.
The committee called attention to the
activities of "the bitterest enemies of
organized labor in. conducting a vig
orous campaign against the princi
ple of the League of Nations.
The resolutions express "comment
hope that the plan now being consid
ered will bo extended to include rent
self-determination. In Ireland ns well
as In all other disputed territory.-
CUT INCREASES
E MOTOR CAR LI
' .'SALUM. Feb.27. The roads and
highways committee nl a meeting last
night reached a final decision upon
tho schedule license fees to bo as
sessed nguinst motor vehicles for the
noxt two vears as part of tho road
building program. In tho fees for au
tomobiles, proper, the bill wns
ninondcd bv milking increases ranging
from.' 5 Ip $U for the different types
uf oars, '
Wilson Confident Success of
Plans for Nations9 League
After Conference with Congressmen-Explains
Clause
WASHINGTON, Fob. 27. Confi-
I donee. In the success of plans for a 1
League of Nations was reiterated by
the president dtjring the conferences
with senators this afternoon.
"Its success Is Inevitable." the
president was quoted as saying. "The
United States cannot afford to fail
the world in this emergency."
Details of the president confer
ence with congressmen last night
continued to develop today. One of
the developments was the apparent
certainty that the president does not
Ish any formal expression at this
time on the tentative draft.
Some republicans who were at the
conference stated today that the pre
sident's discussion emphasized the
need for amendment of the tentative
draft to establish precisely many im
portant principles beyond controversy
or question.
President Wilson, It was under
stood today, did not venture any pre-'
dictions as to when peace would
eventually be established, but inform
ed the committee members that he
was straining every nerve toward the
conclusion of peace, adding that
every day of delay Increased the dan
ger ot complications, especially in
Germany.
Willing to Amend
Some ot the committeemen gained
the Impression that the president
was willing to accept a specific
amendment ot the proposed constitu.
tlon to guarantee maintenance of the
! Monroe doctrine. They said, however,
that he Indicated any such amend
ment might raise issues ot a related
nature which would prove so difficult
of adjustment that the possibility of
Its adoption was remote.
President Wilson does not approve
the sending of a joint committee of
members of the house and senate
foreign relations committee to an in
ter-allied parliamentary conference
in Paris during the negotiations.
BILL TO PRESERVE
RESERVE KILLED
SALEM. Feb. 27. Indefinite post
ponement was the senate's action ves
terdnv on the MeFarland bil to relin
quish to the United States govern
ment the rights of the state to Mal
heur lake relative to migratory birds.
The bill was indefinitely postponed
upon motion o Senator Gill, chair
man of the committee on game. .
Senator Pierce's oleomargarine bill
passed the house yesterday in a badly
mangled form, nfter a grand pow
wow and wrangle thnt lasted half the
morning and most of the afternoon.
Moth factions ngTeed upon n compro
mise, which was satisfactory to
neither.
Senator LaFollettc s hills to abol
ish the state parole offiee were com
mitted to the crave vard vestcrdnv
after having lnin dormnnt since the
envlv dnvs of the session.
The house last night passed the
new state health eoxle. introduced bv
Senntor Eddv. Stiff opposition de
veloped, led bv Mrs. Thompson. Dr.
Moore nnd Christ Sehucbel were
largely instrumental in putting tho
now code through the house.
FEDERAL ATTORNEY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Nomin
ations sent to senate by President
Wilson today included :
To be United States attorneys: J.
D. Clements of Holonn, Mont., dis
trict ot Alaska division (No. 2.
Mrs. Annette Abbott Adams of San
Francisco, northern district of Cali
fornia.
Charles L. Rtgdon ot Cheyenne,
Wyo., district ot Wyoming.
To he United Stntos marshals:
Samuel J. llurrls, Denver, district of
Colorado.
The president feels. Chairman
Hitchcock of the sennto eommittoo
said today, that the sending of such
a committee to Paris might cause
confusion.
To Irotect France r
While discussing the armament
provisions of the leaguo's constitu
tion the president was asked the rea
son for the clause referring to con
sideration being given a ' country's
geographic situation In' determining
its armed forces. Ho is said to have
answered that the clause referred
chiefly to France, whose people fear
ed Germany might 'become strong
sometime in the future and again
threaten Invasion. It was asked it
the provision might not also help
Great Britain in retaining its great
navy and the president answered this
might he the result because of the
wide distribution of the British col
onies. . . - " - ' .'
Senator Brandegee asked how til- :
ture American congresses were to be
bound by acceptance of the league
and the president answered that the
legislative body could not be bound.
In this connection. Senator Knox said
that treaties could not change the
constitution of the United States but
that a treaty, if acceped, would be '
doubtless observed in the future as a
matter of good 'faith.
. ' Jnpans Position
The possibility of Japan's getting
a base in Mexico was referred to
during the discussion. It being asked
If Mexico might sell or lease a part
of Its possessions, such as Magdalena
Bay to Japan.
Senator McCumber was the first to
answer, asserting that the league
wonld prevent such a transaction.
Senator Lodge replied that no court
would prevent such a sate or lease,
but that the United States would seek
to do so as a mater of self-preservation.
. The president, it was said, did
not reply, but noddlngly approved
the position of Senator Lodge.
PRESIDENT LEADS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. Wash-,
higton gavo President Wilson its for
mal welcome home today bv turning
out in thousands to cheer a. nnrnde
down Pennsylvania avenue headed
bv the president in honor of homo
coming soldiers of tho capital.
Marching with a swinging stride,
the president took the lend as the pro
cession started from Pence monumont .
at the Capitol grounds. - Army air
planes and dirigibles hovered over-i
head., .
It was the president's first pulilio
appearance here since his return from
France. He wus given an onthusias
tiee greeting bv tho crowds lining the
broad, avenue. He marched behind
the Marine band, shouldering n big
flag and escorted by h committee of
citizens. 1
The line began to move promptly nt
1 o'clock, and 35 minutes luter Mr.
Wilson had marched nearly a milo und
a half nnd was taking his sent with
Airs. Wilson in a reviewing stand bo
fore the White House. - .
NEW YORK, Fob. 27. Tho trans- ;
ports Wilhelminn. tllua nnd Cnsertiv
arrived todnv from French ports with
44!l(i American troops.
The Wilhohninu brought men from
convalescent dotachmcntH nt , Bordeaux-.
Company M, 345th infun'trv
und several medical and cnsmil units.
1 On tho Ulna were tho 317th supply
truin, the 3.17th trcnch mortal bat-
tcry tho 325th field signal battalion.
All these troops are negroes,
', The Cnsortn transported the B3rl
coast nrtillerv regiment made up of
30 officers nnd 1,300 men of th
regular armvand seven officers nnd
100 men from replacement units re
cruited throughout tho country.' .
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o'clock this morning, .
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