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0 0 o l Tribune -8T Prediction Itin iiml wnrmcr Miixlimim yoNtoilny 30.5 Minimum today v 41 ljvcJJUitluu v....10 Weather Year Ago MjixIiiiiiiii ..rH Minimum 1!8 04ll TwMitlrtb Ym ITwtlT FlftT lourth Ttu MEDFORD, 0KIX10X, MONDAY. NOVUM HKlt :i(. 1 Y2r NO. 21$ Medfoed Mai W.R.LLOYO HANGS FOR "Victim of Bad Company and Booze," Declares Slayer From Scaffold Bequeaths His Tobacco to Tom Mur ray Condemned Convict Is in Repentent Mood. BALL'M, Oro., Nov. 30. AW. K. J-luyd jmltl tho deuth nomilty at tho Htato penitentiary today for tho 411 u I' ll or 6f Clinton I. liaun of Independ ence on the nifjht of September 1. luut. JJoyd dropped through tho trap at 10:04 o'clock and at 10:17 wuh pro nounced dead by prison physician, It. 1. KthvardH nnd Dr. V. Jl. Mott. "I am a victim of bad company and booze," Haid Lloyd when asked by Deputy Warden J. W. JJllfe if ho had anything to say. "I wuh drunk when I commltteed tho crimfr and i there wan boozo in the car. From my boy hood I have associated with bad com pany. 1 have no ill feeling towards anyone and want no one to have hard feelings against me." I.loyd, before he went to, the execu tion chamber bequeathed his tobacco to Tom Murray, who is under bA tence of weath for the murder of John. Kweeney, prison guard, in the penitentiary break of last August, except u pack of cigarettes in which two or three cigarettes remained. These he gave to Prison Chaplain C. Jl. Dryun. . 1 K "1 am going to use incite in a talk some day. uL the boys' training school," Vald the chaplain. I III 111 Itllllil MfMlsfl Lloyd, when visited by the chap lain late yesterday waa utterly unre pt'iitent and- "hard boiled," damning everyone he could think of. Most of the , night ho-Mpuut iit tho Windows'" of the, little room- in which ho was lucked. Whnn visited by tho chap lain this morning ho. was in repen tant mood and, nccordlng to the chaplain, seemed to have undergone a complete change overnight. The chaplain pronounced tho exe cution the most perfect he had ever witnessed, there being no hitch any where. Lloyd was nccompanicd on the scaffold by Principal Keeper Miller, two guards and the chaplain. " Women Arc Kxclmlcd Among the persons present from Independence were Mrs. Clinton I. liaun, widow of Lloyd's victim; Irvin liaun, his brother; Mrs. Irvin-Haun; It. Ij. CnincH, W. A. IMckinson. Henry Ohcrsoit, and 1-Yank Ijih. The two women wanted to enter 1 1te execution chamber and see the hanging but were not allowed to. On the night of the murder Lloyd engaged Hiiun. a taxlcah driver, to tiike him to Albnny. He shot and killed Biiun on the road, evidently for robbery, stole the car, and was caught a few days later at The Dalles. Lloyd was 2W yours old. Prior to the crime for which he was executed, ho served two years In t he Oregon penitentiary for forgery. Ho now has two brothers In the Oregon prison, Tom Lloyd, who was received July 1, this year, to serve a year for burglary and H. L. Lloyd, received -June l, to S"ive two years for forgery. Both Were sent up from Lane county. a not her brother, (leorge. Is in the state training school. Superintendent Gilbert of tho training school says George Lloyd, who Is Hi Is a model In deportment. He was allowed to visit his brother In I ho penitentiary. The parents of the Lloyd boys, Mr. and Mrs. G. 11. Lloyd, live at Cottage Grove. KKnt KkvplrsK Nlglit KALKM, Ore., Nov. 30. W. It. Lluyd, who is to hung at the state penitentiary here at ten o'clock this morning for the murder of Clinton Liaun, ( independence taxi driver, p:issed a sleepless night last night, It was Ntated today by prison guards. Lluyd retired to his bed early In tho evening and made no disturbance of uny kind throughout the night, but his oyes did not once close from the time he first lay down, on his prison cot until the time he arose Hnd put on the clothes ho was to wear to his grave. Lloyd was sent to the prison, here following conviction in Polk county PREDICTS WINTER AS COLD IN U.S.A. AS WHEN THE THAMES FRDZE OVER CAKX, France, Nov. 30. It !' Kiting to be a cold winter all around, the forty-first parallel of latitude, j a- rold as the winter of 1740 in j Kland, when the Thames frosei over. This prediction Is mode byj Ahlte Gabriel, France's most dlstln-j ytiishtd meteorologist ohd professor! Outbreak of Rabies in Klamath County; Dogs Vaccinated - K LA MAT IH-'ALLS, Ore., Nov. 30. All dogs in the vicinity of Keno, Klamath county are now being vaccinated with tho Pas- teur treatment, following dls- eoveiy of an outbreak of rabies fr among coyotes in that section ot the country. This is the first reported out- break of rabies since the early Hummer of 1124, when a con- slderablo amount of stock fell victim to tho malady, Negro Paroled By Woman Governor Is Charged With Bootlegging $300,000 Is Raised for Special Session to Consider Impeachment. AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 30. (A. P.) intimation that a fund of $300, 000 had been pledged to defray the cost of a special legislative session, marked the Sunday interim in the Texas political situation along with the governor's liquor law proclama tion, the filing of charge against a negro butler ut tho executive mansion. 1 lteports of the fund raising fol lowed declarations of Speaker Lee Satterwhite that the expenses of the session would be cured for, Mr. Batterwhito is leader of the move-' ment to bring official acts of Gov ernor Miriam A, Ferguson's adminis tration before tho legislature George itrady, the butter, who said ho was the beneficiary of an extended parole and conditional pardon from Gov ernor Ferguson, was arrested when officers said he was attempting to sell liquor to white men on a street corner. Charges of possessing liquor for sale were made against him. Another negro In whose automobile officers found a supply of whiskey also was arrested. The political row appeared ready to produce fresh fireworks today but what the new week would bring, none would attempt to say. Those who have followed the poli tical fortunes of James E. Ferguson, husband of Governor Miriam A. Fer guson, since his hnpenrhmeut in his second term as governor about eight years "ago, are inclined to' look for unexpected moves on his part. Ferguson, who once ran for presl dent as tho leador of tho American party, has always commanded a strong following in Texas, even when1 his political career Heemed lowest. His aggressive attacks on his enemies ami tactics of assault on their moHt vulnerable spots long have been known. His abillly also to turn at tention In the direction he wished has stood him In good stead. 1 Whether his political c n c m I o b would regard the offer of the gov ernor made Saturday to pay ft. re ward of $500 for the arrest and con viction for the violation of the liquor law or any Texan worth as much as $5000 as a screen to turn public at tention somewhere from tho agita tion for a special session of the legis lature to Investigate state depart ments had not been made known by them. Texas newspapermen, accused by Mr. Ferguson of suppressing vital parts of Governor Ferguson's liquor reward proclamation have informed him that there was no stated "agree ment" to do such, as ho insinuated. He was told that the Texas reporters would not handle tho portions In question because they considered them "actionable, under Texas libel laws," The extracts referred to con cerned prominent men unnamed but possible to identify by the illusions. Lee Satterwhlte, speaker of the Jiouse, who says he wilt call a special session of tho legislature by Decem ber 15 to meet probably January 4, if tho governor does not do so by December 10. was on his way home last night. He said expenses for a special sesslsnn If ho had to call one, had been provided for and that he regarded a special n ess ion necessary. in the University of Con. New York. Chicago, all of Canada and the whole of the northern part of the fnited States will have a bitterly cold winter which ought to set In about the middle of December or early In January, said the prlest nuiteorulngiHt to the Associated I'rftss. MA FERGUSON S B1BI1D0N III CM JAPAN WILL INSIST UPON LEGAL ACTION Nippon Refuses to Let Toledo Deportation Go By Default Governor Pierce Agrees to Grand Jury Action in February Witnesses to Be Called. . KALKM,- Ore., Nov. 30. Deporta tion "of Jnpanese from Toledo, Lincoln county, by citbtens of that place last Kummcr, Is to be sifted by a grund Jury In February, 1926. This is the development after a three-cornered correspondence by K. Midzusawa, Japnncso consul nt I'ort uaud; Governor IMcrco and Karl J. Conrad, district attorney for Lincoln county. . ' The Japanoso government appar ently Is nor taking tho affair lightly and is not disposed to forget It. Under dato of November 19, Midzusawa wroto Governor Pierce asking infor mation on the following two points on which the Japanese government had Instructed him to report: "The result of tho Investigation made by the authorities con cerned In regard to tills matter." "The present stage of tho prosecution proceedings of the persons who participated In tho affair." No prosecution being under .way. Governor Pierce under dato of No vember 1!1 wrote a three line letter to District Attorney Conrad asking for a dotalted report on the status of the affair. . On November 28. Conrad replied to the governor as follows: "I am in receipt of your leltor of November 'Jl, requesting a de tailed statement of the condition of affairs relative to tho Japa- . .H,f) situation -at Toledo'. I beg ' to -upologb.o for. not giving this matter sooner attention, but an Illness of several days has kept mo away from my office. .. "As to the present condition of affairs In regard to tho above matter, I beg to submit the fol lowing: No prosecution as yet hits developed from this Inci dent. . 1 had intended to submit the matter to tho grand jury at the last term of tho circuit court in this county but owing to tho shortage of time the matter was not tuken up. "The grand Jury for . Lincoln county will be in session in the first part of February. 1U26, at which time I expect to submit evidence and subpoena sufficient witnesses to have the matter ful ly presented to tho grand Jury. "This In brief lu the stntus of tho situation at present and I shall be more than pleased to furnlsho you Information nt any. time and upon any phase of this matter that is within my know ledge." On Novrmber 30 Governor ' Plerco Wrote Mldzuawa, simply quwtlng tho above letter from Conrad and on tho sumo day tho. governor wrote Conrad approv ing nn Investigation and urging that it bo done as soon us possi ble. , This series of letters was preceded by auothor series last summer, Imme diately after tho Toledo nffair, be tween the governor and II. Okamoto, who was then consul nt Portland. On July 14. Okamoto wroto tho governor asking an investigation of tho nffair and the governor, who was then In eastern Oregon, also received several telegrams urging n probe. On July 16 tho governor wroto Okamoto that he had sent his secretary. W. A. Delzell, nnd C. II. Gram, state labor commissioner to Toledo trf investi gate, that they had been Informed by tnc district uttorney that warrants fgr arrest hnd been issued against several of tho persons Implicated in the removal of tho Japancso and that tho law would take Its course in tho case. A second lettor was recolved by tho governor under date of Julv 17, again urging a thorough Investi gation and urging that tho governor take oil measures to protect tho pro perty and porsons of Japaneso resi dents In Oregon who Wore engaged in, lawful occupations. Nothing further was heard ot tho affair until the recent Inquiry made by Consul Midzusawa. Whilo Gram and Delzell wero nt Toledo a large delegation of Toledo men nnd women who ; sympathised with the deportation were given a heailng In the governor's of rice. Tho deportntlon resulted from the employment of Japanese by tho Pa cific Hpruoo corporation mill at To ledo, which tho Incensed citizens claimed militated against local labor. I nthe hoarlng before the governor they elslmed that tho deportation was peaceful and that no violence had been attempted against tho Japaneso. The Japanese were yut In automo biles and taken to Curvallls. LONDON H to get thin: .For breakfast suck a lump of ice slowly. That's the main part of tho secret of one of the most Jashlonable fig lire of the capital, M an's Last Stronghold Falls mi 5 F W I III It The exported !ms happened. Tolmceo stores "for w.imrn orlv" rc such a success in Paris that the idea is to be adopted in New lork. Pliuto show, feminine customers in Paris tiuoke shon. MARRIAGE TRIAL DEFENSE RESTS. BRIDE WEEPS Notorious Rhmclander Annul ment Case May Go to Jury Tonight Plaintiff Surprised By Attorney's Action in Not Calling On Defendant. WHITE PLAINS. N. V., Nov. 30. . (A. I.) Tho defense In the thine-. lander annulment suit rested Its case five minutes after court convened this morning without calling to the stand Alice Heatrice Jones, defendant In the proceedings. Tho case may reach the jury by tonight. It has been In progress three weeks. Mrs. Ooorgo Jones, mother of Alice was recalled briefly to the stand this morning to testify whether Alice's body wuh the siime color at her birth as It Is now. She asserted that It was. Lee I'nrsnns Davis, counsel for tho defense turned to Justice Mnrsch nuser after Mrs. Jones had left the stand and said: 'Acting on -my own responsibility nnd on my experience us an attorney the defense now rests.' T.ho announcement cnused surprise as it had been believed that other witnesses were to be caUed; Young Khinelnnder was rem lied to the stand by his attorneys. Ho made a sweeping denial of the testimony of Hons Chldester, former chnuffeur of the Ithinelander r.tnujy. Chidest er had said that he told young Khine lnnder of Alice's negro blood before the latter married her, but t hat Rhlnolnnder had retorted, "I don't give n damn." Following his denial of Chldcstor'n testimony, Ithinelander was cross examined by Davis In nn effort to show thiit Ithinelander und the for mer chauffeur hud been .on Intimate terms. Ithinelander testified that Chldester had driven him uyd Alice to the Hotel .Murio Antoinette on the occasion of their first visit thera be fore their marriage, but that he hnd given no thought to tho chauffeur's knowledge of his Intimate relations with the girl. Six weeks' Inter, lie said, he Icnrncd that. Chldester had related the Incident to Ithlnelander's father. Just before tho noon rocess, TJnvIs moved tojmve struck from the record any representatlnns as to color h I leged to httvc been inndo by the Jones family . subsequent to October 1 I. U24, the date of Ithlnelander's tnsr- rlage to Alice. Tho court ruled that the testimony should stand but that It could bo used only for the limited object of showing Intent, If any,' to defraud, prior to the marrlugc. Davis begun his summation before tho Jury Immediately after the court convened fur the afternoon session. Alice wopt copiously us he referred to the ordeal through which she hud gone during the trial. At one point in his address ho declared that the plaintiff Jias'tom from her ruthless ly ewy scrap of respectability," lie pictured himself ns "tho only one to stand between Allco and absolute ruin." Had n Iong VIsIL SAN FUANCIHl'O. Miss fay Ijim phler, who was named "MIms Amf. k-a" at tho Atlantic City bouuty pa geant this summer has rolurnou from New York. ' . . 9. S"WA, S- OVERSEA PILOTS DENY CHARGES BY MITCHELL VAHIiI.(iTONV .Vnv. HO.-A.l'.) Naval avltoi-H took IhHr.lunv U'dny in roplyipK ttefor; tho Mitchell court martial to Colom-I William Mltcholl's charu'PH of Inefficiency in' tfovornincnt uviation.' ..' -. Appeal-Ins for (ho proHceutlon, vct crana of two famous ovpijiPa fllKhttt nave-their opinion!, an to the cupahil. lly of the naval aircraft in which they hail flown ami in which other notahlo attempts had heen made to navigate the air. (Vnimander IT. ltlchardnon. who took part in the attempt to cros the Atlantic in 1973. told the court of that fllulH an dtcHtlfled also that tho planus given the MMcMillnn arctic ex pedition lawt summer wore as capable ns any in existence for that work, al though they had heen sent north with out completion of preliminary tests. Tho "ory of Ihe cffort(of the I'N-D Ni 1 to fly to Hawaii was related by Lieutenant ltryan .1. Connetl, a mem ber of her crew, who denied that non fllcht officers had made any nr nuiKcmpnls not spproven by Com mander .tfihn U'idKerH, flight captain. I Asked why there was, nfc station rhip at Ihe point where the 1'M-ll No. I came down, I.loulciinnl ' Conhell said: , , "There was an error in radio benr incn given us by Ihe Aroostoonk." ' WASHINGTON, Nov. .10. (A. I'.) The Mllcbell court 'martial loday expunged from Its record all mention of the episode of Friday when re marks by llrlgadler General King, a member of the court, brought vig orous objections from counsel for Colonel Mil. hell. Iteprcsenlatlvu frank It. lteld of Illinois, chief counsel for the ac cused army officer, unhed that tho record be amendud to oblltciuto the ,pussagc. General King, Mr. lteld Indicated at the time, had remarked that cer tain phases of the examination ot a witness were "damned rot." Gene ral King apologized at tho tinio. At the opening of today's proceed ings, Major Allen W. (lulllon, assist ant trial Judge advocate, ultumptod to address the court regarding tho defense ovUlcnro, but the court up held an objection by Mr. Held. Ilofore he. was slopped Major flul llon asserted that the ilclenso had utterly failed" to prove tho truth of Colonel Mitchell's charges of In competency, neglect and nenr trea son by the war and nnvy depart ments In their conduct of the na tional defense. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE CALLS 'MA'S' REWARD KALI. AX. Texas. Nov. 30. (A. I'.) The Texas Anil-Hslooll 'league lo-i-hiil!eniiil ftoveinrfr Miriam A. Ferguson to "niako good" on her offer of u reward or ."00 ror the conviction or every liquor low vio lator worth nioro than .1000. Through tho He v. Attlcus Webb, superintendent, the league offered to ''tiiae 'down the reward as fast as ,iii,I' rovernor can9pul.1t up until ihfflmrls 'are, -exhausted." Phoenix Presents CoU j Mitchell With Large Lemon for Enemies WASHINGTON. Nov. yO. (A. 1'.) Colonel William Mlt- clnU received In court today n r birne box, boating the lanol ov the chamber of commorco of l'hoenlx. Arlr. An accompanying letter said tho contents of the box a giant lemon was intended for . the 4 prosecution counsel. Colonel .Mitchell remarked that ho would use tho present t hi nisei f. for he believed that f lemon Juice, If mixed properly, won hi help cure a cold which f was cn using him some annoy- anrr. ' John McCord Denies He's Rich Or a Cinderella Man- Wants to Help Girl and Will Ask Parents to Permit Him Sisters Dislike Publicity SAN FKAXC1SCO. Nuv. 30. (A. 1'.) .llin Warii'ii McC'uril, Alaska miner iinil prowporlor wIioho nil nouncfMl inli'ijtltm of iiilopllnjt - 14-yciir-olil victoria JJo.ichumPH of MlH- i Koula, . Mont, cmitou rnnsMorablo cotiinioiiL liol'i'. (l.onitMl today that lio Ms a "t'iiuli'i-olla umil." or pnwu'Hfled of falmloiiH wealth and InHlHtg that i ha in KninR- thvoiiKh with tho adnp. lion if ii. in humanly poHulblo to du mi, ''Hiey' liavo gotten me all wrong," he .aald. "Those walor front Alaskans of Seattle havo marked mo as an adventurer, while disregarding tho proof of iny subslantlal business connections. 1 am tho representative of the Howard chamber of commerce' to the western regional meetings of the Culled states chamber of com merce In Seal lb. in a few days. I also represent banking interests In Alaska, drew up the contracts where by tho big oil companies entered tho territory for exploration work and um Hie overseer of a government farm. "Forget this rot about 'Cinderella,' I have to work hard for what I get and If I do succeed In udoptlng thin girl I will nut be a bin to lavish any luxuries on her. I am contemplating sending her to' a convent school, where the simplest of Ureas Is com pulsnry. "There will bo no piled up trunks filled with pretty nnd expensive clnilies. Also I um not taking any chances with my business career and my prospects in Alaska by ontoriug Inlo any iiuestionablo adventures with a child. I know what 1 am doing." Mcf'onl said be had heard of no Invcstlgallon by tho Juvenile court. Ho added that ho Intended to visit tho girl's parents In Montana to ob tain their consent to her ndoptlon. As for taking her to Alaska, ho did not expect to do that for four years or until she had completed her education In the Noire Dame con vent school at llollnont, Cul. KAN KKANCIHCU. Nov. 30. (A. IM John Warren Mcford. Alaskan mining man and promoter, who last Friday announced ,is Intention to ndopt Victoria Dcschamps, 13 year old gin of Missoula. Mont., now at tending high school hero, stooil little chance loday of seeing fulfilled his hoics In this respect. A chnnco acquaintance Willi Vic toria last August in Portland, Ore., led McConl lo take u great fancy to llio child, she was onrnuto to San Francftco from ber borne Willi a sis ter and Ihe Alaskan miner assisted lliom when they hccnnio confused In traveling details. Two slaters or Victoria, with whom she lives here, previously had .con sented to the adoption plan, hut yoslerday wilhdrcw their approval with Hie statement Dial "too much 17 FRENCH AIRPLANES j I'AKIH, Nov. 30. -(A. . IM Thnj niorms will-ill nw i-pi 1110 .niMuiwi 1 itu-1 can ami Atlantic coasts during tho week-end punctratcd as far soutli ns I rYeneh Morocco -und ns far east as llulgarla, reports show. At Kez. Morocco, a cyclonic wind cuuHcd the death of threo foreign legionnaires and Injured . thlrteon. Seventeen airplanes were wrecked MM MINER REFUSES 10 DROP HIS CINDERELLA I 111 BRITAIN WITHDRAWS ill TROOPS Evacuation of Cologne Area Started a Day Ahead of Time Preparations Com pleted for Signing of Lo carno Treaty Tomorrow High Honor for Chamberlain COLOGNE, Germany, Nov. ,10. (A. I'.) Hrltlsli troops began the evacua tion of the occupied Cologne zone this morning, a day earlier than arranged nnd before the signature of Ihe Lo carno Bocurlty agreement, which tokos placoH tomorrow In London. '. The occupation of the zone bridge head was unilertnkon by the RrHlsh seven years ago under the stipulations of the treaty of Versailles.- LONDON, Nov. 30. (A. P.) Prop nratlnnR for signing the treaties of Locnrno tomorrow morning at 11 o'etoclr n ra vlrtiiMllv nnmitlnla Tlin Igreat conference room of the Mrltish foreign office, which was divided dur ing the world war Into offices, has heen restored to its . UBual magnifi cence for another historic gathering one that Is expected to mean futuro peace for all Europe. - . i Ilns'de the room there still remains to be set up the moving picture ap paratus which is to record for future generations the nign!r.' liy the various plenipotentiaries of the treaties form ulated In the lPllo Swiss village . or. Locarno. The gathering Is not o lie limited to the actnsl s'aiistorlos and will Inc'ude Premier ; Hnldwln and several of the members of his cabinet and Horon d'Ahnrnon, Hrlt'sh nmhas BRdor lo Germany, who 's regarded as having aided materially In bringing (iormony's, adhesion, to- tho security II Is understood Ilia' rt;'.n'iny Me- ..n.,.M V.namln. 'tiiul .Otlt. prominent, personages have, boon In vited tn ntlnnil tho signing. .; There Is an unconf'nned report that King Ueorttn will confer a high honor nn Austen Chamberlain, .secretary for foreign .affair, prior in. the slon'ng of the treaties In the presence or tho visiting plenlwtentiarles .. .Mr. Cham berlain has been highly praised for his work at Locnrno nnd If he should be honored by the king It would prove a dramatic. Incident, probably without precedent. ' Decisions of U. S. Supreme Court WASHINGTON. Novl 30.IA. P. I The Paacagoula rase Involving tho validity or regulations requiring par clearance of cheeks was sent bnck loi day by the supremo court to tho court of nppeals. ' ." ' ' ' The order was based upon ' tho technical ground that the appoal had been Improperly hrouuht lly tho bank from the federal district eourt to the supreme court instead of having gone to the court of appeals.- ' . Tho supreme eourt. did not go Into the merits of the controversy, which lias been a ha id fought 'h Issue In the hanking world. I The Paacagoula. Miss., National bank asserted that II had Ihe light to make a charge for cashing -chocks drawn upon It by Its depositors, oven 'though the checks were sent-through the Federal Heserve bank Hi: Atlanta ror collection, It asked! the federal district court for northern Georgia to enjoin tho reserve bank ot Atlanta from continuing tho practices com plained or, hut Its application was re. fused. Daily Report on the Crime Wave HAN iniANtMHOO, . Nov. J7 An axo wrnpipod In nowmmiwr wim uhcmI, by a woman In iitltirkftiK MIm Anfc"la Koboi-p, an aired widow, tho usMiiHnnt pal nnd entmnco to Mm. Pebpro'fl home . nn a timtrxt and aftor .HorloiiHly in juring tho oldorly wnmnn imidn her iniin.n. Kohbory whk believed t'f b tho motive for ht ft n tilt. ' WRECKED BY and five mechanicians Injured at nn aviation field near thh legion en campment. Tho losses nro very heavy. - '' At Kofln, llio Hulgorlitn capital, 33 houses wero destroyed by a "0 vero windstorm. The wind - strurk tills city In tho mlddlo of tho night and many persons fled tholr homos cantlly clad. No mention la mauo of casualties. . I ' ' -",-"' '.-. '..