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Omab Daily Bee '' i - THE WEATHER ; rair VOL. XLVII. NO. 120. OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5, 1917. O Tratat, It Nttelt, Mm Stuft. ttt.. M. SINGLE COPY 5 TWO CENTS ITALIANS- IE ' 1I11UM 1 S1S1 mici i 3 i iJ il ilsJ F(M MM FIXED BY U. S. SAMMIES AT GERMAN LINE OF LORRAINE IF REPORT OF KAISER'S CHIEFS IS TRUE Belief That Americans Are Holding Gateway to France on Eastern Part of West Front; Expert Believes x Scouting Party Was Taken in One of Many Night Encounters. British Artillery Overcomes German "Pillbox" Defense; Solid Concrete Forts BecomaJtl Traps for Boches crLv v,-r; ,l I J ; (By FRANK SIMONDS.) Kew York, Nov. 4. (Special Telegram.) Granted that today's German official statement is accurate, the position of the American troops in France has been disclosed. The German statement announces that prisoners have been taken Vt the point where the Rhine-Marne canal crosses the battle front. The Rhine-Marne canal crosses the firing line at the village of Par roy. Parroy is on the road from Nancy to Strassburg, and 1 rather less than two miles inside the old French frontier between Pr.nij snrl A 1 car A.T .nrjlin. O ' SAMMIES IN LORRAINE. It is about five miles north of the city'of Luneville and six miles east of the town of St Nicholas Du Port. Nancv is about a dozen miles due west. If the Germans are right, then the American troops are in Lorraine close to the old frontier, and are covering one of the main roads between Nancy and Strassburg. Along this road the Germans came in their great advance of 1914, which was stopped just east of St. Nicholas Du Port. The forest of Parroy, just south of the town of the same name, has seen some of the severest fighting on the whole Lor rdne front. ' There has been no fighting on this f roni for more, than two years, but if the German statement is correct, the American troops are now holding lines covering the easfern gateway to France. The positions which they hold' were lost by the French as a corsequeiice: of the defeat : of Mor . 1 ti$e-n August, 1914, and-regained '-in 4ite-&Hiays i September,. 1914, .., : catoi on German .Report, ; All the, foregoing speculation rests Woi the German official statement. Conceivably the Germans have issued this statement in "the hope of elicit in?; information. But the chances are thr.i they have known for many weeks cr.i' jt; where our troops were. He-'i'i's terse announcement today t'ir.t Worth American" soldiers had i:r,i captured by German patrols on the Rhine-Marne canal on' the French fvojit, brought ,the American people a rtep nearer to the heart of the great struggle..-". - There was no doubt here that the men referred to were members of General Pershing's force undergoing final training wjth French regiments in front line trenches. Confirmation from General Pershing was lacking, but In due; course he will transmit the names,-of--ahy men missing and this may furnish some light. . May Have Been Scouts. If,"' as is assumed, a small scouting party was surprised by a German pa trol in No Man's Land and all cap tured, details of the incident may never be fully told, since only captors and captives would know what hap pened in the encounter under cover of darkness..! .. This is . the -first report received here of Jhe capture of any members of. the American expeditionary forces, but a numbj& of naval gunners taken from Americalranned ships sunk by submarines and civilian members of the crews, of other ships are held, in German prison camps. Night patrolling is a vitally import ant part of the final training of the American forces, aS it is on these pa trols that the commanding officers re ly, for information of activity in the enemy's 'front line. ; ' Every night the scouts creep- out with faces blackened against the keen vision of enemy lookouts and a swift, deadly spurt (. from a machine gun. They go creeping across the shell torn ground up to the enemy's entangle ments, crawling and listening, drop ping flat when a flare breaks out in the air above them, sometimes lying still for hours, while rifles and ma chine guns hammer above them. Not a night passes on many parts of, the line but patrols encounter each other. Sometimes it results in firing, (Continued on Page Three, Column Five.) The Weather For Nebraska Fair: colder.' Temperatures at Omaha Tetterday. U in: ' a. m 7 a. m. ......... S a. ro..ija.... a. m......... IS a. m 11 a. in......... 12 m.. 1 p. m 2 p. m S p. m..... 4 p. m..... S p. m..,. p. in .... , 7 p. m 44 42 42 42 48 SO 57 58 64 65 66 67 60 62 60 ComparatiT Local Record. 117. 1116. 1216. 1114. Hlgheat yeaterday.... 67 71 64 62 Loweat yesterday..... 42 46 4S 46 Mean temperature.... 64 68 ' 6'4 64 Precipitation .00 .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation departnrea from the normal: - , . . Normal temperature......... 42 Exees for the day. 11 Total deficiency sine March 1 421 Normal precipitation...,..-. Oi inch Deficiency for the day. ........ . .06 Inch Total rainfall since March 1.. ,,.21.24 Inches Deficiency since March 1 6.2S Inches Peflrlency for cor. period, 1916. .12 15 Inches Deficiency for cor. period. 1611.. 2.26 inches I A. WELSH, Meteorologist. ROSS DIFFER WITH ALLIES; FEAR BREAK Kerensky Insists Delegate of Workmen Be Seated In Paris . Conference to Discuss War Aims. .I 1 1. Washington, Nov. 4. (Special Tel egram.) A new issue has arisen be tween Russia and the allies which is regarded in Russian circles as possi bly critical, v It concern! "the 'adrttis. sioa of $kobleff, the delegate, from the Soldiers and Workmen's union, to the coming Pari conference. Within the last few days Jules Cambon, for the French, has siad that Skobeleff would not be admitted, the ground taken being apparently that this was a conference of representatives of na tions and that Skobeleff was not the representative of a governmental, but of a private organization. KERENSKY'S ULTIMATUM. "Now comes word 'to this city that Kerensky has declared that the Rus sian democracy must be represented, which is taken to mean that he will insist upon the seating in Paris of the representative of the Russian sol diers and workmen. The administra tion here, which in general sympa thizes with and supports Kerensky more heartily than others of the allies, does not sympathize with him re garding seating Skobeleff. The posi tion that is taken is that the confer ence should be the judge of the qual ifications of its own members. In the meantime some doxibt has arisen over the two governmental del1 egates from Russia to the con ence. Terestchenko within the last few days' has got into a controversy with the soldiers' and workmen's organiza tion and ha ; publicly criticized it an it is supposed here that the issue raised over Skobeleff has led the rad icals to object to Teretchenko and, perhaps, to General Alexieff as dele gates from the Russian government to the conference. Would Take Up War Aims. Apparently the aim of the Russian radicals is to force the Paris confer ence to take up the question of war aims in detail. This is one thing that the rest of the allies are determined not to do. And, whereas, when the Russian revolution was new, a re definition might have been forced, the disposition today everywhere, except in this country, is to feel impatient with Russia and to make it plain that it is possible to pay .too much for such a support as Kerensky's recent state ment promised. - : ' Italian Army Says U. S. ' Should War on Austria Washington, Nov. 4. America can best aid Italy : in her present crisis by declaring war on Italy's arch enemy, Austria-Hungary, an official cablegram received here today from the general headquarters of the Italian army, said. "Thus America will best answer the blows which Austria-Hungary has given Italy and in a short time render the most important service to her al lies undergoing such a strain at the present moment," the message said. Hun Wreckers Dismantle Belgium s Big Plants Havre, Nov. 4 The Belgian government continues to receive details of the Germans' systematic destruction of plants in Belgium. Organized wrecking crews have been engaged in dismantling blast furnaces. Seven out of 11 rolling mills at Cugree-Marihaye have been car ried oF At Anglenr everything has been removed, as well as at Grivegne, where nothing remains but the steel works which the Ger mans are working for their own needs. Took Heavy Toll of Allies' In fantry Until Gunners of Heavy Artillery Learned to Smash ' Them. By FRANK W. GETTY. ' (Special Cable to The Bee.) London, Nov. 4.-The "pillbox" has come and gone. Like the submarine, the giant Gotha biplane, the liquid fire and gas, and other German inventions which were to turn the tide of battle in Germany's favor, these much talker! of concrete forts have been laid on the shelf as far as settling the war is concerned. They are not . inef fectual, but they are not decisive fac tos. 'The "pillbox," or pillar-box, as the German communiques have it, is a rec tangular structure, built generally by piling boxes of concrete one upon the other, like children's toy blocks. They are then allowed to form into a solid mass of concrete about a yard thick, which affords the gunners inside pro tection against anything except a di rect hit by something over nine inches. Occasionally they have robfs of sim ilar thickness. More often they are left open to the sky, the better to be concealed from hovering enemy aero planes. : In action they bristle with machine guns, which are thrust out through numerous cracks and loopholes, the gunners, safe behind their thick walls. being able to rake advancing in fantry without exposing themselves. Each "pillbox" holds from 40 to 50 men, and becomes a veritable death trap if a British heavy does land, a shell on it or a cloud of poison gas sweeps that way. . Were Hard Nuts to Crack. The Boches have shown t great' adaptability in placing these pillboxes where they will be most effective. They had sowed them in and out among the little hollows on the west ern slopes of Passachendaele ; ridge, frequently running up a rim of con crete.arrurfd -shell rattfrr lvifn the top uncovered,' Where they-did this, of course, a high trajectory Brit ish barrage quickly made the position untenable, but such pillboxes as es caped the hail of steel and lead which preceded the British advances were difficult , nuts v. -for the infantry ' to crack. ? ' ;' 11 . ' Many a decoration has been won in the last month or two by men who, bv a sinfcle act of bravery, have taken a pillbox which was holding up an advance. ' I talked with a Tommy who was later awarded the D.- G. M. for dis cosine of one of. these obstacles sin trie-handed. "It was a cinch," he said. (He was a Canadian, by the way.) My com oanv was held ud by one of the in fernal things, which kept spitting bul lets all over the ground we had to cross. So I took a couple of Mills bombs, and crawled up behind a little rise, hardly higher than your hat, with bullets picking up the dirt all around us. Then', when I got within a dozen yards of the place I rushed it, taking a chance they wouldn't get me. Some how, I got through, and flattened my self right up against the wall of the blessed thing, whera the Boches in side couldn't get me. I .could hear 'em swearing away in fneir hut, know ing I was there, but not being able to hit me. Then I just pulled the pin out of one of the bombs, ' reached around quick and shoved her in past the nose of one of those little quick firers they had playing on the boys. The explosion darn near blew the thing to pieces, and when we got in by the rear door every one of those OaSSURE FARMER GOOD PRICE FOR HOGS SO HE WILL BE CERTAIN TO MAKE MONEY Meat Administrator Cotton Outlines Policy of Government in Regulating Packers; Price Not to Be Permitted to Go Below $15.50 Per Hundred on the , Chicago Market; (Continued on Pago Three, Column Two.) Clip Wings Lower Prussian House to Beat Third Estate Copenhagen, Nev. 4. The German authorities think it advisable to clip the wings of the Prussian legislature finally before the power is turned over to art under-house elected on equal suffrage. The billion budget rights, mentioned recently as part of the Prussian re form program, ' forbids the lower house to introduce new appropriations in the budget or increase the items as submitted without, the permission of the government. , The House of Lords is authorized, if the lower house rejects the stand ing appropriation of the budget, to demand a revote or a discussion in a conference committee of both houses. The bill also provides for continu ance of the standing appropriations of the preceding budget if the estimates are not postponed at the opening of the fiscal year. Women Drive Nails and Tacks at Ralston Factory , Women are now driving nails and tacks jn the upholstering department of the Ralston Furniture factory. The superintendent has recently put five young women to work in the plant, and he declares they are peculiarly ef ficient. "These - young women are turning out some of the best and neatest work we have ever had done," said the superintendent, after he had watched them work for several days. "If enough help can be obtained, this factory will increase its output by 50 per cent this year." ' ' Policies for the development of the live stock industry of the state, which will include plans for the encouragement of the breeder and especially the hog breeder, will be determined today when the live stock committee of the Federal Food Ad ministration for Nebraska will meet in the directors' rooms of the United States National bank. O This meeting, which will be directed by E. L. Burke, will be the first since the appointment of this all important organization. Mr. Burke returned yes terday from an extended visit to Chi cago, where he was in conference with Joseph P. Cotton, chief of the United States Food Administration, meat de partment. ACCORD WITH GOVERNMENT. "The policies of the Nebraska com mittee will b4 in sympathy with that of the national policy, as outlined by Mr. Cotton," said Mr. Burke, "and can best be told in his words: "The main purpose of the food ad ministration as to hogs are four: "To see that the producer at all times can count on a fair price for his hog, so that it will be profitable for him. - "To see that the, farmer increases the number of hogs bred. "To limit the profit of the packer, , "To eliminate speculation. Must Have More Hogs. "All 'these are necessary because we must have more hogs, so that the ultimate consumer nhall at ali times 3U dqu4te supify xf -hog r t ifie lowestlfeasible price. ' ' ; t- ; "We shall establish rigid control of the packer.: Fair prices to the farmer we believe, will be brought about by the full control which tne food ad ministration has over the buying of the allies and other big consumers. "The first step is to stop the sudden break in the prices paid for hogs at the central markets. These prices must become stable so that the farmer will know, where he stands and will feci justified in increasing" his produc tion. The prices so far as we can af fect them will not go below a mini mum of $15.50 per 100 on the Chicago market until further notice. Practical Growers' Advice. "We have had, and will continue to have, the advice of a board composed of practical hog growers. That board advises the best way to determine prices is the cdst of corn. "The board further advises the ratio of hog prices to, corn prices for a series of years has been about U to one, but to bring the production back to where it should he the ratio should be about 13 to one that is, the farmer should get for his hogs farrowed next spring 13 times the average cost per bushel of the corn fed into the hogs to get them ready for market. "Let there be no misunderstanding of the meaning of this statement. It is not a promise by the packers. It is a statement of the intention and policy of the food administration, which means consideration for the farmer." CARLOADS 'SPUDS' LEFT TO FREEZE BY SPECULATORS Police Find Great Quantities of Cabbages. Onions" and Beets Rotting in Freight Cars . Marked "Hold.", ; . a . , Bf AMociatcd PreM.) Chicago, Nov. 4. Report was made to the police tonight of the finding of several hundred loads of potatoes, cabbage, onions and sugar beets that have been allowed to freeze and rot in thtraflro$'jrards detectives -assigned to ihelcne assert, to force' a' higher market. ,'" v V Fbod Administrator Hoover, Harry A. Wheeler, representing the, federal fodd commission in Illinois and the Department of Justice have been ad vised of the' discovery. The detectives declare they found a hill more than. 30 feet high and 100 feet long, composed of decomposed vegetables, recently dumped from freight cars. In the railroad yards they ' said they found many freight cars bearing no destination tickets and markod "hold spuds.". They also discovered that in moving the de cayed vegetables to the dumping grounds the cars were marked "rub bish" and the contents were covered with a thin layer of dirt and sticks. The reoort showed that between 300 and 500" car loads of decayed vegetables were found m the yards with orders that they were not to be moved. All were marked "hold." The car numbers are in the possession of the police. v - Trainmen Must Talk . Before They Decide Whether to Strike Chicago, Nov.1 4. The ' conference of the 'executive committees, of the Brotherhood of Railroad . Trainmen and the Order of Railroad Conductors continued yesterday .with no an nouncement made as to plans for a contemplated demand for wage in crease which, it is, said, affects 250, 000 railroad employes. Officials ex plained that the subject under dis cussion was too important to be de cided without-deliberation. W. G. Lee, president of the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen and one of the conferees, answering a ques tion as to probability of a strike, said: "I would rather talk a month than strike a minute." . . Spain Forms New Coalition Cabinet; Name Personnel Madrid, Nov. 4f -A monarchial na tional coalition ' cabinet bas been formed by Marquis Manuel Garcia Prieto De Alhuemas, who takes the rost of premier. The cabinet in cludes: ' ' Minister of foreign affairs, Senor Alvaredo. . Minister of interior, Senor Baha monde; finance, Senor Ventosa; pub lic works, Senor Alieal Zamora; jus tice, Fernandez Prida; war, Juan De La Civera; marine, Amalie Jimeno; public instruction, Senor Rodes. The cabinet comprises three demo crats, two catalanists, two friends of Maura, one friend of Romanones and one independent. Emperor Charles to Sit ' On Throne of Poland Amsterdam, Nov. 4. The Munich Nueste Nachrichten prints a report from Vienna that Emperor Charles on Sunday, which is his birthday, will be proclaimed king of Poland, and also ruler of the south Slav states, embracing especially Bosnia and Herzegovina and that part of Serbia already occupied lay Austria. These states, it is added, will receive a certain measure of autonomy. Catch Lithuanian Carrying ' Bomb on U. S. Transport (; New York, Nov. 4. A high explos ive bomb, so made that it could be timed to explode, was found in the possession of Matthews Vailickouncs, a Lithuanian, by representatives of United States Marshal Power yester day, as he walked aboard an American transport, where he has been em ployed as a carpenter. The machine, described as "an electric detonator of unusual shape," contained powder, gun cotton, sul phate and chloride of potash and was closed at one end with hay." The tube was slightly more than a foot long. The man told conflicting stories of how he came to be in possession of the bomb. ' CADQRNA'S ADVANCE GUARD STANDS LIKE WALL IN FACE OF ARTILLERY SHOCK FIRE Report From Battle Line in Italy Show Romans With standing Early Attacks - of Foe ; Germans Make Counter Attacks From Line to Which They i Withdrew in France. , (Br AhmIiM Fkm.) v Rome, Nov. 4. -Heavy attacks were launched on the Italian lines in the Giudicaria zone on the Trentino front yester day after extended artillery preparation. The war office an nounced ioday that these attacks which were dirwAed at ad vanced posts in the Daone and Giumell valleye were repulsed after hard hghtingr. The artillery duel along the Tagliamento is proceeding and the Italians are replying with vigorous measures to stronger Austro-German pressure on the Italian left wing. ' REPORT FROM BERLIN. Berlin, Nov. 4v-Artillery acivitiei of varying degree are reported along the line of the Tagliamento in northern Italy by the army headqTEarters staff in today's official statement : A vigorous artillery battle is in progress in Macedonia between the Vardar and Lake Doiran, the state ment says, British troops have made tentative thrusts, which the Bulgar ians repulsed. . No change in the situation on the eastern front is reported. LIVELY CANNON FIRE. ' Lively artillery fire and reconnoiter ing clashes along the i Ailette river front in northern France are reported in today's Verdun region, German de fensive fire prevented a French attack which was preparing at Chaume wood. In Flanders, the improvement of the German lines st various places, to. gethev with the repulse of local Brit- VACCINE POINTS USED IN OMAHA ARE INFECTED Drs. Conneil and Langfeld As sert Supply Contaminated and Believe Pro-berman Mis creant to Be Guilty. Vaccine points . manufactured by the Nationat Vaccine company at Washinston. and used in Omaha, have been tested 'by ;City Bacteriologist Langfeld and found to contain vpds germs in dangerous quantities. : ; Health Commissioner Council and Dr. Langfeld assert that these points have been contaminated and their be lief is that a' pro-German miscreant (accomplished his purpose. I ' , t, Df. Conneil urges air physicians to return without delay all vaccine points of the National Vaccine company's manufacture. A telegram received on Sunday by Dr. Conneil from the Na tional ,Vaccine company requested that all of its points in. Omaha be re turned af once, and stated that the company had called in all of its points in the United States. The health commissioner and city bacteriologist believe that vaccine points used October 3, when 200 chil dren were inoculated at Madison school, were polluted before reaching Oma'.ia. ' 5 Points Tampered With.. "I made a bacteriological examina tion of some of these points, as in structed by Dr. Conneil, and found evidence of pus germs in such quan tities as4o cause me to believe that the points had been tampered with bv a person having a 'sinister design,' stated Dr. Langfeld. l. One hundred boys and girls of the Madison 1 school. Seventeenth and Madison ' streets. South Side, have sore, arms as the result ' of general, vaccination applied at this school on October 3, on order and under direc tion of the city health department. There were 20Q Vaccinated .at this school on that date.. None of the stricken cases is serious, according to the health commissioner, who gave the following statement yesterday: ' Pro-German Miscreant, ' 0 " I am convinced, that the stricken children of Madison school are 'vic tims of a pro-German miscreant who contaminated a supply of vaccine points used by us and manufactured by the National company at Washing ton, D. C. This company is one of the oldest and. most reliable in the country. I have just received a tele nxam from them, asking me to sen l them airy supply I have on hand an? theystated they have called in all of their points in this country. These points were contaminated with: pus germs which cause sore arms, but l do not look for any serious results from any case. The National com pany 'advised me that in some city, the name not being mentioned by them, tetanus , germs were discoverd in their points. . , "Two weeks before the Madison school children were vaccinated, 800 children at ; Long school were vac- (Contlnaed on Vnga Two, Column wo.) British Sea Lord Tells Why Big Fleet Could Not Succor Russia London, Nov. 4. The passage in the interview of Premier Kerensky recently given to The Associated Press, which has aroused the greatest interest here was his inquiry as to why the British fleet had not been sent to the Baltic Sea. A detailed and authoritative reply to that question was given by Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, in his speech before the House of Commons delivered the same evening on which Premier Kerensky talked to the correspondent. "Before the Germans attempted operations in the Gulf of Riga they deemed it necessary to occupy the islands commanding the entrance to the gulf," he said. "The islands which command the entrance of the Baltic belong to a neutral power, Denmark. Would it not be an act of madness for the British fleet to pass through into the Baltic, with the certainty that the Germans would occupy and fortify those islands in our rear? "If we did pass through, should" we find the German fleet there on our arrival? The leading vessels of our fleet, debouching from the Great Belt the only possible passage in a necessarily deep formation on a very narrow front, would find the whole German fleet deployed and concentrat ing fire on them. . "I do not touch upon such questions as those of line communication to be maintained with the fleet once in the Baltic and the fact that every supply ship passing through would do so within 30 miles of Kiel. Our fleet in the Baltic, if it got there, would soon wither to impotence with its vital communications cut and our Russian ally could not supply it with fuel, am munition or stores." j ' , ish attacks, is reported. ! . British. Take Two Ports. . ; London, Nov.' 4. On the Flanders' battle ' fronf lasr night small 'detach ment of British troops captured from the Germans . two stronpf . defensive -points, '.east .of Broodseinde . and outheast-of Pqelcapelhvtbe, war of- fie says. . irtshitisillicrs carried out" a successful raid southwest of Havrin court. Two raids by the Germans on, the Arras, front near Monchy Le Preux were, repulsed. , The British army in Palestine cap tured IS guns in. the recent attack which resulted in the taking of Beershba, it was officially announced today. e " ..,'', . ,, Repulse German Attacks. , Paris, Nov. 4. Notable artillery activity is continuing on the Aisne front north of the Chemis Des Dames, where the French are occupying ad vanced ground along the Aillette river, the war office announced today. In the Verdun area the Germans fol lowed up their heavy bombardment with two attacks north of Chaume wood, with both of which the French artillery dealt successfully, causing ' the Germans to sustain heavy casual ties. A surprise attack in the Dam loup region. was repulsed, as was a simitar German enterprise northwest of Rheims.' . . County Of ficials )?' ' ; RaidEoadhouse; Arrest Waiters i Sheriff Clark, with two special state agents, raided a roadhouse at a place known as Schlitz Park, Sixtieth and Center streets, Saturday and arrested three bartenders and an entertainer. The proprietor is out of town. The officers found a. half pint bottle of whisky in the place. The roadhouse , was t enlivenecf by strains of popular music, and 30 men and women were having a hilariour, time, when the officers appeared. Softdrinks slightly "sticked' with whisky were being served. , f i The four employes -of., the place wer taken to the county jail and later released on bonds. Thcv Grave the names of h. D. ' Westover, Carleton hotel; "George M. Elliot, 624 North Eighteenth street; James. Falconer 1314 Douglas street, and R. W. Daugherty, 1026 Park avenue. . V The others departed for more pleas-1-ant realms. Officers have had the road house under - surveillance; for sornct time. : " ' ' a , Reserve Board Official : Tells America's War Needs! Philadelphia, Nox. 4. To win' the! war the United States must devise a system of economic, financial and in dustry strategy that will unite the whole nation and its energies as a basis for the armies in the field. A. C. Miller, of the Federal Reserve board said yesterday at the war fin ance conference ' of the " American Academy of Political and Social Sci ence. ' . - . "Such a system will be as infinitely important as the strategy of military force," he said. "Those who have been producing " must produce more." -, Mr. Miller pointed out :that at least 15,000,000 nien will have to labor in the United States at the- exclusive task of maintaining and equipping the military forces of America and the allies. - . ; . "The gross earnings 'of the Ameri-' can people total : $50,000,000,000 an- ' nually and under r present conditions $14,000,000,000 or $15,000,000,000 of this is clear profit,, which under an enlightened borrowing system might be enlisted for the rtr-" '-". -ST-ii
