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Empire Two Square Miles of City Territory Devastated Scores Burn to Death Fatally Injured Crowd Hospitals Crews of Both Ships Escape By the Associated Press Halifax Nova Scotia Dec 6 Probably 2000 persons were killed according to careful estimates tonight when the French munitions ship Mont Blanc blew up in Halifax harbor after a collision with the Norwegian steamship Imo carrying Belgian relief supplies at 9 oclock this morning Thousands were injured and it is expected many of them will die The Ioma was beached Had Cargo of 5000 Tons Virtually all the north end of the city was laid waste and the property damage will run far into the millions A part of the town of Dartmouth across the harbor from Halifax also was wrecked Nearly all the buildings in the dockyard there are in ruins The Mont Blanc carried 5000 tons of munitions including 1000 tons of trinitrotuluol the most powerful explosive known Two Square Miles Devastated The zone of destruction in Halifax itself extends from the North i street rail way station as far north as Africville to Bedford basin and covers an area of about 2 square miles in the section known as Richmond The buildings which were not demolished by the force of the terrific explosion were destroyed by the fire which followed Scores of persons were injured by the collapse of the railway station arena rink military gymnasium sugar refinery and elevator Soldiers and Sailors on Guard All business has been suspended Armed guards of soldiers and sailors are patrolling the city Not a street car is moving and part of Halifax is in darkness tonight All hospitals and many private houses are filled with injured As the search for wounded and dead progressed the total mounted and at a late hour it was said that there probably had been more than 2000 fatalities Long Processions of Dead Temporary morgues have been established in many buildings to which a steady procession of vehicles of all kinds have been carrying for hours the bodies of men women and children Most of them were so charred that they were unrecognizable Thousands of persons seeking a trace of relatives and friends have passed by the long silent rows attempting by the flickering light of lamps and lanterns to identify the ones they sought Rescue Work in Dark Virtually every building in the city which could be converted into a hospital is filled with wounded many of them so desperately injured that there is no hope of their recovery Scores already have died in these temporary hospitals An ever increasing num Featares of Greatest Disaster in Dominion Halifax Nova SeotlaT Dee 6 Main points In the greatest dls nster ever suffered by the Dominion are Th number of dead may pass 2000 persons Twenty-five Vr a 1 a of bodies vrere delivered at one morgue nt the same time The Mont Blanc loaded With munitions carried a deckload of benzine which caught Ore from the boiler room The collision was due to a confusion of signals snld Frank Mnckie pilot of the Mont Diane Aid has been asked and sent from nil cities throughout Nova Scotln Generous offers of all kinds of nld have been received from many cities in the United States The governor of Massachusetts telegraphed that that State would go the limit American lied Cross sends train from Iloston and another Is going from New York Glass tar paper building board putty bedding and blankets are needed The weather is bitterly cold and thousands of homeless persons have no bedding and few clothes Many millions of dollars Is the nearest approach to nn estimate of damage done Numerous vessels In the harbor were turned over on their sides and sunk The shock rattled houses 30 and 40 miles away and was heard more than lOO miles Two miles of freight ears trere lifted from the rnfls undscattered over fields Peoplehelleved a German bombardment was at hand and fled to the bombproof cellars remaining there for hours Scores of bodies of seamen have been picked up in the harbor There were no troops for em barkatlon for Europe in the harbor at the time The area of devastation is 2 square miles ONE SENATOR CAN OBSTRUCT Inclusion xt Turkey and Bulgaria Opposeri by State Department tU Will Soon Be Sending Men to Aid of Italy House Committee Re ports and Is Now Rushing Ships Mpnex and Snpplliesr Aetlrityyof Dumba and Spy System Depredations of TJ Bbats Held Sufficient ConferstWiuf IerafExperts in RaiLFfaahclaLCrisIs C0NTR0L HELD PROBABLE InterstatevComiiierce Commission or Board Kay Gpvern Boads President and Secretary McdooHear Every Angle of Sitoationf fxpbnnd ed Supplying oFUnds py Congress is Madev Impossible by War 7 Project to Operate Carriers With Guaranty of Profit Is Impractical By george RorirwELVBaowj President Wilson ias takfen persptial charge at Vthe railroad sltuatlOL He tias jbtfii ia close toticljwlta eyery fnqve1 that has eenmaiievrheii thor otighly inJTorniedr as tffJw Ha is soing onJnahd outqt WasfilhtonVantj no body Js gpfng tcfpDrKtm Tjie tjjttifea states iWn ireBholja pfFJt newrj epoch Ith rjjttqrttVre latiotisi wlth thriilroa1asAndthe tjiaw lattons of the raiirp44 to PJK THe Old order la passing newTrayOit by the shower of glass which followed the explosion In the Richmond section the scenes enacted defied description Seriously injured men and women crawled from the wreckage of their homes and lay in the streets until they ber is being taken from the completely devastated Richmond dis were removed in ambulances and trict to the relief station An army of rescue workers is searching among the ruins or bodies The city was in darkness tonight except for the flames from the fires still burning in the wrecked buildings in the north end The electric light and gas plants have been virtually destroyed and the only lights available are kerosene lamps They furnished the illumination by means of which surgeons and doctors toiled heroically throughout the night caring for the injured hurled to the ground Occupants of office buildings cowered under a shower of falling glass and plaster Houses in the Richmond section I crumpled up and collapsed burying Open Temporary Morgues Temporary hospitals and morgues have been opened in school houses in the western section of the city The damage along the water front cannot yei De esumaieu many ui tner tenants the men composing the crews of the ships in the harbor were killed and Houses Blown to Bits injured On one steamer the Pic In the main part of the city where tou it is reported that 33 of the the buildings are chiefly of stone or crew of 4 2 were killed Eodies of concrete the damage was confined to many seamen have been picked up the shattering of windows and most in the harbor Rescue parties work I of the casualties in this section were ing among the ruins of buildings are caused by flying glass removing the bodies of the dead In the west and northwest ends the The collision which resulted in i damage was more extensive and probably the worst disaster in the there the walls of many houses were history of the Dominion occurred blown to bits It was in Richmond i automobiles to hospitals Those less seriously hurt aided those more gravely Injured In the streets piled liigh with debris were found the shattered bodies ot many women and children Several children were crushed to death when they were hurled against telegraph poles by the force of the explosion See Loved Ones Barn In scores of cases occupants of homes who had escaped without injury or who were only slightly hurt were baffled by the flames in their search for members of their families and were forced to stand by impotently while what once had been their homes became funeral pyres for loved ones A government employe named Mac donald who made all speed to reach his home after the explosion found that his wife and four children had perished His 2Tyear old daughter had been killed while playing in the yard of her home Democratic leaders were hopeful last night that the declaration or war against Austria Hungary would be in the hands of President Wilson late this evening Delay will depend entirely upon the Senate where ari objection by a single senator can send the resolution over until tomorrow Chairman Stone of the foreign relations committee said last night he did not believe any senator would object He thought the resolution could be disposed of before adjournment this evening In a simplified form the Senate committee bj a unanimous vote Or dered a favorable report on the resolution and Jt will be brought before the Senate immediately after convening this noon Consideration of this declaration wilV also beginlnfthe Houseitoday underan agreement reached yesterday to take Athe vote before tbdaya sessionends Expect Overwhelming Vote Although there was considerable sentiment in both houses for the inclusion of Turkey and Bulgaria nvthe war declaration facts submitted to the committee of the two houses by the State Department checka the growth of that sentiment an here ia little danger the resoiyyodMinsanifaed inKthat respect IJeadefsM oiEh the Senate and House expreasfe the CQ vie Won tnat debate would be compara tively brief an3 that the resolution would be adopted by an overwhelming vote in both houses The House committees report dealt in considerable detail with the causes for the declaration It recited Au3 i trias submarine depredations in tlie Mediterranean by which American citizens had been killed and her unquali fied approval of Germanys ruthless submarine policy May Send Troops to Italy Attention also was paid to the in trigues and plots of Austrian official representatives in the United States particularly those in which Ambassador Dumba and the Austrian consuls at New York and St Louis were implicated and their activity in procuring forged passports and aiding in the German propaganda One interesting statement in the report is that the United States may soon send troops to Italy In the main the report deal3 with COXTINPED OX FOURTH PAGE SHIP PLANT WM OF TORONTO MR rdethods are being rNithleiycrappeil in xonseouenee 7of thefe exigencies of war Many of these aire gp lng never to return yinefScientvIn wari they will neyer again be tolerated ln pface The railroads of America itvlii never bethe same after the war as theyare today Opportunity Seized by Wilson This is the opportunity which President Wilson is grasping not merely to see that the railfoadsiaVe run to the extent of their capacity as a part of the nations wax machine but to direct aiTd guide to foster those tendencies which Will make for good and to check those that will work for HI in the future internal development qt the Te public It is one of theSbVggearSpppor tunities that ever cajiie to a president of the United States President Wilson is giving these ques tiorishisi personal attention lils Ircnie diate objectibeing to end the existing freight congestion in the War zone speed uptrafflc and relieve tire catteries of trade for the freer movement of the military and commercial business of the country Iniew of the increasing scarcity of the sinevfs dfwar jbpthnioneyaodnia ivi JE MmMmmMtBmfiMmimmmmNEmmMBMM mEimmmmmMM mm it ls tc lsrirV 9 t2 4 Xr ln JS iik 1 ifrstra A a i JA 1 f3yjfe frri rm cV3i itr 4BM HiiiiiBip Twenty five TMafies RaiS Eog land Only 6eacli tQiidoin TWa raLLED jCREWS CAPtiyE VlIirKTIf MM 22 i euzonrrontaiJAizacR YYjnsarioumuin Bastion on Asiqgo Plathdufbixt lVwf a 1ail iTfiictn JsA v5JC iV jl Vh EiMll El 7M Coast Machine Guns and Barrage Fire in CapitaLpelttacks Three Bersorir Slain and Ten injured in IiOd0nFon teiid iiitdfleTeii sHurt wXereartAir Attack on British JsjieWi 6v a Mont Six Cities Bombed Says Berlin Fires Started but Quickly Extinguished tffBy fbe Aocitei Prem doing things are coming insMj8ldl XMSo Dec Afteraeveral weeks of respite Jndoh Jnvthearly hours of this morning experiinped another Ger tiaTi air raid one of the rnostSdeter Inihed but the most futile yet atr temptedj The flrs warnings were receivedreceived from the outlying districts Bvns Advances Line Near La Vacauerie and Shortens Front by Givinx Uv Salient dtiBotirlM 55rVl w3rWu Ion Wood Hermans Occupy 7vacttateai vnf lages on Front of Six Miles Claim 9 i i tc A EJlLja rirrri cn nnrc nrtn i finv i ninir i vnt 5 fLA7 r4 DMfJd T1 Jsvf ZTirW9 rtj XMW ww rj4t Monte Castelgomberto Given Up Hi i2t VSI srWltSt sW fef Many Aliens Emplpeil Unfinisheid Freighter Damaged Toronto Ontario Dec 6 Fire hich originated in the pattern shop oj the Polsq Iron Works on the Toronto water front early tonight completely destroyed that building and a number of sheds and badly damaged a large freight boat and a trawler The totalniaihage CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE near Pier 8 in the narrows leading from the harbor to Bedford basin The munitions ship was bound from New York for Bedford basin when the relief ship Imo bound for sea crashed into her Flames Follow Crash i The Mont Blanc was pierced on the port side almost to the engine I room The other ship which was i only jslightly damaged backed away when flames burst out on the muni I tions ship and was abandoned by the i crew i The captain of the Mont however opposite the scene of the explosion that the havoc was greatest Whole blocks of dwellings mostly of frame construction were leveled Street after street is in ruins and the structures which were left standing by the explosionwere destroyed by fires which broke out simultaneously in a score of plaees and which it was impossible to check until they had burned themselves out Believe Scores Died It is believed scores of persons who Blanc I had been injured by the collapse of also ordered his crew to the boats as he realized an explosion was inevitable The men reached shore safely before the tremendous blast 17 minutes later which blew their ship to pieces and wrecked a large part of the city fcv KiR The business life of the city had just begun for the day when the town was shaken to its foundations by the explosion Persons in the streets were picked up bodily and their homes perished in the flames from which they were helpless to flee The fires in this district still are smoldering tonight Five tainutes after the explosion the streets in all parts of Halifax were filled with fremsled panic stricken throngs striving to reach the Outskirts in an effort to escape what they believed was a raid by a GermanGerman fleet Hundreds of them had been cut In The Sunday Posts Big 12 Page Illustrated Magazine of Fiction How McOratJi Got an Engine By Frank Spearman One Man in a Million By Robert Champers The TruthAbqiitPyecraft By Wells The Kinvdaerrase By Ellis Parker Biitler The Little lonely Girl By OctaveiThanet Who Is Number One By Anna Katlmrine dreen A Man anodpVQman By Dale pXMiiivtond Among those Killed were the Chief was estimated at from 250O00 to 1300 opo covered by Insurance Therigin of the fire is a mystery William Newman manager of the iron workswhen asked about thnum ber of aliens employed at the plant and I whether they might be responsible re plied Iijdorit know remember Tire are MV 4-Three large ocean freighters of 3500 to 4000 tons displacement arLijinder 1 construction at the works as rjsll as two trawlers Two of the freighters were oyerboant but the qthertwasph the ways and was so badly damaged that its launching will be set baiSk several week3 vi Men of several nationalities areem ployed as laborers at the works lt was stated that wprk of reconstruction would be started at once BRITTSBT AIRPLANE BOulfesiX wkr4nniitiein6r th raloMfl frottj the eicieral Treasury could JSUJCCeed 4Biif6d6oooQdo irk Therailro4s are requiring for ithelr apnual iexpehit1ures noVr fido iOOOOOO and it Has been estimated that it would take noteless than 1000000000 of new capitalTrearly for their upkeep That is James Hjllsflgure Both proposals of the majority of the Interstate Commerce Commission which meet the approval of Railroad men call for flnanpial assistance from the gov erpnient Few well Informed men In Washington believe any senators or representatives would advocate bond issues or taxation that would take from 500 000000 to 1 000000000 from the pockets of an overburdened people except those couFting political suicide Financial assistance from the Treasury being regarded as out of the question there remains only operation of the railroads under Federal control not by the expenditure of additional capital or the creation of new equipment but by utilization of present equipment in a way to get ftfU measure of war service from eYeftr mile of track every car and loebmotive and every terminal This can be done only by complete pooling legally Only by the government under the law only by the President President Goes Over Ground For an hour yesterday the President went over a this ground in conference with a committee from the Interstate Commerce Commission composed of Chairman Hall and Commissioners Meyer and Clark Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo also was present The President was a good listener while the governments railroad specialists talked There was a distinct impression in Washington last night that the President is preparing to act That action may come at any time The railroads yesterday took their case CONTINUED OX FODRTH PAGE SUFERWAR BOARD HiSilRtSliQN Navy Control of Mer chant Ships Discussed in War Dept Barley Brings Down One ot Foes inTestine and Others Jee London Dec 6 An official sJagguncnt on the operations in Palestlne4yT The situation Is OnchanaVlOn Tuesday one British alrlantiAfctJM1 six hostile airplanes Qneof JOetwaf brpugHdown theothersrfled ruaii uvfuuj buh mi i urei st airfurnr ture atiDubllc auction atSloMFAfcliflr fl itrect Satllrdav 11 rr LLAr I By tlie Associated Pressu The carefully laid plans of Gen Byng to withdraw his troops at 3J various points on the Cambrai salient to more tenable positions have been carried out in prefect order and apparently without tliej Germans even having knowledge ofrhe movement The falling back was made necessary by wedges driven into the salient last week by the Germans which on several sectors threaWg enea aisasier 10 rne tsnusn snouia iney couuuue lo nwuMieui shortly after lisp oclock when a group positions From an arc extending before Cambrai a distance ot yi of cotrras crossed the coast of Kent about 18 miies the new British front has been lessened to a length Apparently their intention was to make ii for London but after dropping bombs ofabout 10 miles with the bases resting the north in the regjon ffj along the coast they made off seaward of Moeuvres and in the south near Gonneheu jf i a Ainutie less than two hours later I Advance Two and a Half Miles Says Berlin yjd warnings were Eriven aerain when an I Ao a raonH nf Cha haplrirard ninirAiTiAtlt th flerrnftHH claim the reOCCU tit I lVO VI rT yl JK I other group of raiders started up the patioil of Graincourt Anneux Noyelles and thewood3 andlieights northof 1 Thames But like their predecessors it aj tnth I I JViarcoing anu lliai iuir uutuunaicu gam nao uccu ty ucv ui ouvmirj1 alter nymg oyer iem mey remrneu mileg fron Qf QUafter mileg The BertiB the way they had come I Jlt LTft rm nfflcA nssprs that since the German offensive in the Cambrai reirloir Real Attack Follows I bean British prisoners in excess of 9000 and 148 guns have been takeiufg xl anpueu tuav wcc wnv Qn Italian front the Austro Germans are malting iraniio attempts preliminary attacks maae wun tne Dreak thr0Ugh the Italian positions and debouch upon the plan0f object of drawing forth gunBre and battle Qf almQst topncedinM aisciosing tne location or we astenpes i for an hour later five groups of ma violence are taldng place the Teutonic allies jising a great array of guns chines crossed the Essex and coasts and flew direct to London attacking the city from two directions The raiders were niet with tha tre mendous barrage of the Eoridph de 1 iehss which quickly awakflned those residents of the nltiil bnbt alreagvreceivea warnings una continued or Upwardof jsn hour and by its slackeninjfi intone dlsirfci only to increase in ptners ittoia tnenpw fully awakened pHdflners of the progress of the enerny rraachlnes five or six of which5 made their way through the barrsige and flew directly across the city from the south to the north No Bombs in Center of City There are no reports of any bombs having been dropped in the center of London Several fell in the suburbs but without doing any great damage The casualties are reported to have been light Unlike the previous raids the Germans relied more upon incendiary than explosive bombs with the result that a number of fires broke out It was known befpre the official report was issued that at least two of the raiders had been brought down and their crews captured and that others of them were damaged Kent and countless thousands of men in their efforts to overcome the Italian resistance Qn the Meletta sector the enemy maae some slight ajivancee but only through the sacrinceoi large numDersoi men ine Italians resisi9K determinedly foot by foot lr Repulse Foe on the Brenta J1 iH ft iiejestcxx ssneiyaUempttfcrry theItUline pdfense intyaf fi rintupper Brentavalley met wVh repulse and heavy casualties hKJ The Berlin war office in a communication announcing me raising oisUieir3t Meletta nositions savs that in tnft neisr Offensive of the Teutonic illl4l ilOQO Italians have Taeen made prisoner arid that more than 60 of tkw guns have beencaptured sx Zi IT An a Ate niTiinrji yj 1Z A mm UjJuvl wjMtauntrrstji a FIGHTING TO NEW LWE BYNGSMENPUSHON BUT YIELD SALIENT in the house of commons by the chan cellor of the i exchequer seven persons were killed arid twenty one injured as the result of the raid Three persons were killed andvten injured in London The other casualties occurred in the outlying district i The text of the report byPield Marshal Lord Freilch Vimmander of the C0XtPOr FQKBTH PAGE London Dec 6 The British have advanced slightly their line southwest of La Vacquerle on the Cambrai front it Is announced officially On Tuesday night the official statement says the British troops withdrew to the southwest of Noyelles sur LEscaut and Bourlon wood The withdrawal it is added was accomplished without the Germans appearing to be aware of it until late yesterday The text is as follows Withdrawal Unhampered EASlIfiRiFF 1SHI1ARM jsa j1 On the night of Tuesday our troops Accordlngto an announcement made holding the salient formed by our po sitions in the neignoornooa or woyeiies sur LEscaut and Bourlon wood were withdrawn a short distance to a position southwest of these localities Tha withdrawal was made successfully wlthoutinterference from the enerny who until a late hour yesterday ap 1 peared not to be aware of the move ment Prior to the withdrawalthe enemys field works In the abandoned area were systematically destroyed Further hostile attacks yesterday evening in theneighborhopd of La Vacquerle were repulsed Local fighting conttnued in this locality during the night Southwest of the village our line has been advanced slightly German Attacks Repulsed Tonights report says Local fighting is taking place again today In the neighborhood of La Vacquerle without any change in the situation In the area south of Bourlon wood minor hostile attacks were re pulsed with severe loss to the enemy from the fire of our artillery and infantry Like OTtii2r Rocks From Patilia8es Say sf JMicteaiian The superwar council composed of the flye cabinet officers in the Council of National Defense the food and fuel administrators and the cnalrman of the shipping board had its flrsj working meeting yesterday at the Warpepart ment Among the subjects discussed Was nayy xontrol of merchant ships Secretaries Danlelsand Baker have approyedthe suggestion and it is up t6 the shipping board for adoption The plan calls or recruiting into the naval reserve allseameu and officers on ves lswhich enter the war zone Br the AssociatedPreaa New lorlc bec onfldence men came to New ork from all parts of the rourrtry tprejruponL persons jready to contribute to war charities Michael Delahhnty dla District AttdrneyJ Swanni6yi after pleading not guilty to an iniifetmen ichafging him with forgery aala grh3Jlarcehy in connection wjtfithe Raising of funds to aid soldiers fdepenents The defendant annpunea he 6uldiJhelp in the war charltieslaulnrheje and went before the grJurv It was thealt graft I ever en gageOljprJelun ald to the prbse cutor50Byery person you met fell and feU hard Itaseasier than picking up rock along the palisades I was not tbeonly one dpjng It Deadsure menycafiijs from alf Over the cquntry to NewvTorkwJiereMt had gone forth the jrrafttwas easyand the town was soonflllwith con men Thats whaf spoiled the gmeSome of eimfiverenpr satisfied withi a couplBfafv hundred JOUarstand started rj il i By the Aaxoelatrd Pre iSyj Berlin Dec 6 via London Eleven thousand Italians have been captured by the Austro Germans Jn their new offensive on the mountainous front of Jiorthern Italy it was officially announced today Dy tne uerman war omce AJ Strong Italian positions in the mlettar region of the northern front were tVketx fbgf and held by the Teutonic lorceswhP captured more than 60 guns the statement says Italy Admits Withdrawal a Rome Dec After flghtlng all day the Italians withdrew their line from the slopes south of Monte Castelgomberto toT tne jroza spur on tne northern frontthe war office announces On Monte Flor and Monte Castelgomberto some Alpenl the statement sayir preferred defense to the bitter en4ioJ retirement The enemy took advantage othis ri erninit nt TiiABrlnv hafnrH TLTrtnt rrrr Jfi fc AAWVV hji darecar and Monte BadenocheVsyar the statement and carried the engage Sg ww wa isiioi yiivn iu aa 5iiuitsftf in falrA Via nrtia1 Votr 2jL JJ wv Vcnu xuiiuuuiD uuiivh iurJHBUJfi5 by Monte Castelgomberto and Meetta dl Gallia from the rear He hsdVoCj give ud this effort howeuer and TMnTiAil I a irontai attack which the Italians 1 Xt I resistea siuDDorniy giving up ground only foot by root and retlrlngto ha rear line only when support troops haa tl a Art CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE Index to Todays Issue Page 12000 Die In Halifax Blast Vote on War Today Wilsbn toAct in Rail Crisis BritishWIthdraw at Cambrai Teuton Raiders Kill 7 2 Gardiner Against Vote in 3 Wives Alien Enemies Carranza Crisis Near 13 Americans Wounded 4 Armistice Jot Ten Days ClerksPtfshPay Fight Reds ArrestTJoarnalists Us Pledges to Swiss BoatsPickVlctlms 6 Editorial Comment 7 ocletff 8 City New JnBrief i NewsfvAiexandria 10 Sports 11 SheliPragment Kills Man onian warj uonaucto axe only been brought up to hold IL uaiue xteneweu witn violence Sffe The text of the statement reads1 vl On the Aslaeo nlatean hp lnnfni at dawn yesterday thebattle waare1 newed with violence The enemy prof 31j Itlng by the advantages gainedf thelJ previous day between Monte Tondars i5 car finH UTrtntA Pinuli fc Avat VhL1 jik order to carry from the rear the jfor midable bastion of Mone Castelgom 4 berto Meletta di GalHowhlch effort 4 he bad to give up and take frontaUy The fightingcontiWed7erclytbre 1 whole day from thWsIopea south of Monte Castelgomberto to sthe Foza i spur The ponderous effort of theven IrtfK I emy carredout with crushing miig I merlcal nrerondernncp Wof mnv tiv bornv resistance andnumerousi counter attackstbyourUroonswhfhiirArV 1 5 cr i iK i 4 tJ ilLS nffiFAn fAmAng tiallttniAltAft1i rf vU7 mjB nwuuvjio tnere TSwnre liquit w4UkD8 iConyerwa intonavaiureaarve i tj i i ist iw ntumin inautM ifh iv i irrviTno avn iinnmr jiti ii4 iiuo ui ubicuB i lnvina iinni Krm scnooivana tne present naval reserve yv ij it Ci lC iAlS ji rrT i ff schools would befutlllzedialsf totrain rel8Jintjrtrata pleaded notillty andv Mens DeafesHerg SpVAjt YPfXVM Repulsed wlthheavjrlosSM 1 men fothe merchant servjee wiatefyroefore theAgranduVy OfisilS MOitWSSM 1 Useful holiday i sU ts ofJ nev urnr Vsrfnl holiday Kills of nW urni 13lnalit tyfurBolldayteifUof aeirlefc 1 tureAfcrpnblJc auction atS16ansl407 turetjrubltoUBUonjiatloanpaior ifcfKrTrf tUTiitvuWcInioAbS 1 sm invsw mte mHWMWskMfMmmix ijrL4 viA vr i Mra i fe i rr i i iiiJAiairstfai i5 rr Aitv riiTJit ttf attackstby ouritroopswhlchtwere de fending the Meletta stronr pointy 35 being garrlsonedbx NOur mnAwas thelCS gomoerto some Alplnrtroopsjwhich had 1 remained Isolated preferred tothe4s ruuiuauiy 04 ui uiiucriairureiirement a glprtousvsacriaceAanda0 heroic de fiQz rene tojhe irnjZAQ Jgk AowerfulaUemprtifa1 llneor df eai1n4theuppVrPre.