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GIRL SWIMS TO FREEDOM. Spécial Dispatch to The Star. ~ PARKERSBURG, W. Va., July 23.— Onelda Smith, aged fiftecn, who escaped from the Girls’ Industrial School, jump- ‘rd into Worthington creek, swimming proach she had ol . to take her back to’ the school. covered them. escaping into th ‘trafl. Best—Cheapest - < in the Long Run e 9 “MURCO” LIQUID PAINT The Lifelong Paint Ingredients that go into making “Murco” Paints are the best and have been used by practical painters and specitied by architects since the world began. MURCO PAINTS are made of i00% pure lead, pure linseed oil, pure turpentine and Japan drier. White and most colors, $3.75 per gallon. E. J. MURPHY CO. 710 12th Street N.W. Our enta d Comfrtable -You Smile While We Work ¢ Plenty of electric fans sen pure air through the rooms. Our 3 mended by over five hundred thousa patients. work. Lewest prices for firat quality guaranteed e el Terms of Payment ¢o Suit—Examinations Fres. 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Semple bottle, with essy,. complete directions, sent . direct on receipt of 11c for postage, packing and war tax. THE KENTON PHARMACAL C0. 608 Coppin Building ’ across, thus escaping officers, whose ap- E’.‘n They mstfla o was sitting on the bridge when she dfs- The officers followed her to the other side, when she swam baclk, brush. - They- lost. the. WHO LYNCHED SLAYER Acetylene Torch Used by Missis- __ #ippi Mob to Cut Way Into " Murderer’s Cell. By the Associated Press. L HATTIESBURG, Miss., July 23.—Ef- foyts today failed to establish the identity of persons in the mob which early this morning lynched Casey E. Jones, convicted of the murder of Mrs. J. 8. Mosley. Jones, a white man, was |taken from jail and hanged to a tree in front of the prison. Coroner J. E. Hullett and a jury of six apent the day on the Investigation. The jury decided that the front door of the jail was pried open with a crowbar and that two other” doors were broken similarly, but that use of an acetelyne torch was_necessary to force an entrance into Jones' cell. Hardware merchants failed to identify the new rope which the mob used. A Hattiesburg citisen who was said to have suffered serious injuries in the fight Jones made upon his assail- ants told Coroner Hullett he was th victim of an unidentified man who at’ tacked him on the street,,and that a passing motorist carried him to the Methodist Hospital, where he still is. The patient sald he knew nothing o the lynching. About seventy men are said to have {composed the mob. Delay in the exe- cution of Jones, effected through an appeal to the supreme court, had caused much public resentment. Tarred and Feathered. LUFKIN, Tex. July 23.—George Lee, a service car driver, last night became the third victim within a week of masked bands. He was un- loaded from an automobile in the heart of the city about 10 o'clock clothed only with a_generous coat of tar and feathers. He is about thirty years old and married. As in:the similar cases of Ben Wiley and Sher- wood Vinson this week, the identity of the masked men s unknown. —_— REPUBLICANS TAKE UP GEORGIA REORGANIZATION Clarence C. Miller, Secretary of National Committee, in At- lanta With Aids. ATLANTA, Ga., July 23.—Clarence C. Miller, secretary of the republican national committee, and other mem- bers of that party arrived here late today for conferences with members of the republican party in Georgla prior to a_meeting here next Tuesday at which Mr. Miller said steps would be taken toward a reorganization of the ty in the state. « Differences which resulted from the action of one group which ousted C. P. Goree and M. H. Karnes as chair man and vice chairman, respectively, and elected John J. Martin chairman and Ben J. Pavis vice chairman will be taken up by the republican leaders, which include beside Miller, C. H. Houston, assistant secretary of com- merce and Jos. Keeling of Indian was sald the question of patre would not be discussed. SILAS L. COOPER DEAD. Spanish War Veteman Leaves Two Sisters in Washington. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., July 23.—Sllas L. Cooper, a life-long resident of Cul- peper and prominently known in busi- ness here, died suddenly at Craig Healing Spring, where, according to spending part of the summ The body was brought back to his home | here this morning and the funeral was held from his residence this afternoon. Rev. Kensey J. Hammond of St i Stpehen’s Episcopal Church conducted {the service and interment was in the | Masonic cemetery. The deceased was-a veteran of the Spanish-American war, in which he Virginia Regiment. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Roberta O’Bannon of Rappahannock: two sons, Robert Cooper, a tobacconist of Rocky Mount, N. C., and Henry O’Bannon Cooper, attorney for the Southern Railroad, who lives in Alexandris, Va.; two brothers, Dr. Willlam Cooper of Newport News and George Cooper of Fauquier Springs, agd three sis- ters—Mrs. Korkel of North Carolina and Mrs. French Derrick and Miss g.tco Cooper, both of Washington, HIGH IN SOVIET COUNCIL. Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, uUnce Agent Here, Holds Important Post. NEW YORK, July 23.—Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, one-time agent of the soviet Russian government in this country, was elected to the preaidium of the supreme council of national economy, the hij jgoverning body in the mvy‘l'e!. lf!es'h;l: virtual deportation from America last winter, according to advices just re- e, tamitad tronen e ces, So. viet Russia, the-official publication here of the’Lenin regime, said Martens is also a member of a special committee appointed to obtain the return of Rus- sian citizens from this country to their native land. REILY SAILS FOR POST. | Porto Rico Governor Urges State- hood for Insular Possessions. NEW YORK, July 23—E. Mont Relly, who salled for Porto Rico to- day to assume_his dutfes as governor of the island, expressed himself as |opposed to the: United States grant- ing mfl:ye:den;:!e to a?dy ortl lu‘lnlnur possession: e sa statehood for thém. o “The Porto Ricans, who are discuss- ing independence, will get farther it they will start talking statehood,” h . “They could elect all of their officers, as do the various states of the Union.” He added that he Intended to en- force the law strictly. The aims of his administration will be set forth in his inauguration address next Sat. urday. A Place for Friendless Animals. To the Dditor of The Star: y I appeal through your paper to all Hlfll»mlndsfl. Chi ltllnpclpll- zens of this Capital city and | urbs_to refrain from "“losing” cat and dogs along its streets, or country roadsides, instead of taking or send- ing them ] imal Rescue .‘Iul Maryland avenue south- phone Main 8088, which stands ready to relieve persons of surplus animals and the creatures them- selves of unnecessary suffering from wandering, fright ‘and. starvation. Lately several instances have come to the attention of the writer, one in which a kitten was dropped on the glereol. the others where several have en_found wandering forlornly by roadsides. Just a few days ago a couple of kindhearted boys brought to me a good-sized, very hungy kit- ten, which they had seen an automo- bile party deliberately - drop at ads near'Garrett Park, Md. £ ague hope that. charitabls “somebodies” will befriend the little waifs, but hundreds of them mnever run across these kind ‘“somebodies,” and it is only justice to them.to them, insf of this cruel, hopeless abandonment, a merciful death, or possibly a good home, through the easily accessible Animal escue League, always ready to receive ‘hem. VIRGINIA W. SARGENT. It pays o read the want columms o1 The Star. Hundreds of situations are throl Shem, - t{able tuberculosis among children, or e |a condition growing from it, can be |served as quartermaster of the 3d | e Lfor the ministry. FAL TO IDENTIFY MEN - | w2z cosT oF BLACK BREAD HIGHER, GERMANS WISH KAISER WAS BACK By cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1921. BERLIN, Germany, July £2—A loat of black bread will cost the German burgher 7 marks (normal- 1y $1.66) beginning August 16, when the bread card system is done away with. This increase in price, which has been approved by the government, has done more to arouse the ire of the people and make them wish the good old days of “Unser Wilhelm” were back than anything else, not ex- cepting the signing of the indem- nity 'bill for billions of dollar: Every individual feels himself affected by the tremendous cost .of the indigestible black bread, loaves of wfil(g bread being few and far between and costing thrice POLICE HUNT WOMAN IN “KIDNAPING” PLOT Cleveland = Waitress Alfeged to Have Aided T. M. Randolph in Attempt to Obtain $50,000. CLEVELAND, July 23.—Chlef of Po- lice Lansdowne d three detectives of Sharon, Pa. came here today. to arrest a woman said to have been with Thomas M. Randolph, Sharon as much as the dark variety. Be fore the war, black bread sold at 20 pfennigs (about 10 cents) a loaf and was eaten only by the poorest people. the .kaiser's soldiers and occasionally by the smart set, be- cause the kaiser never stopped praising its muscle-bullding quali- th es. Now only war profiteers can afford to eat wheat bread, which is not ‘'supposed to be baked at all under the food restriction laws ex- cept for invalids, but it is to be had at most of the large restau- rants throughout the country at extravagant prices. The sugar re- strictions will also be lifted Au- gust 16, which date will see the end of Germany’'s war ration sys- tem, which during the blockade proved the most efficient the world has ever seen. PLAN BIBLE TEXT BOOK IN SCHOOL FOR BOYS —_— Pastors Say Trend in Colleges Tends to Destroy Faith of Youth. Protests against what as the “infidel and evolutionary phi- losophy” of American colleges, Voiced at the Victorious Life Conference of book merchant, in what police al- lege wgs a $50,000 “kidnaping’ fraud to victimize E. V. Randolph, retired Sharon merchant, father of the book merchant. She is charged with con- spiracy to defraud. The officers had a warrant for the woman. She is employed in a local restau- rant, but was said to be out of town today. Randolph, the son, according to the Sharon police, drove up to the resi- dence of his father-in-law at Sharon; dnesday while the “kidnaping mys- wnaylt its height and admitted He was Wet tery" d a “plot to obtain money. arrested later that day. —_— ORDINANCE TO REGULATE MILK SALE IN FREDERICK State Veterinarian Says Cases of Tuberculosis Have Been Traced to Bad Milk. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., July- 23.—The milk supply of Frederick will be regulated by ordinance, beginning November 1. This will place the city on a plane with Washington and other cities which forbid the sale of milk considered unsafe. The most important feature {8 the requirement of the tuberculln test for cows, from which milk is sold in this} city. Dr. R. V. Smith, member of the State board of veterinarians, who has for years advocated the Frederick milk ordinance said the regulation Would “clean up” dairy farms in Fred- erick county. The veterinarian clalms consider- traced to the milk sold in this city. He maintains th loal physicians have traced disease among children to the milk. ARRESTED AS JOY RIDER. Roy H. Sloane, Sixteen, Held After Disappearance of Visitor's Car. ‘Within an hour after the automobile of H. J. Jaeger of St. Louis, had been taken from its plrklnfi place near the Rialto Theater, oy Herbert Sloane, sixteen years old, of apart- ment 106, the Burlington, previously convicted in the Juvenile Court of forgery, housebreaking and twenty- ore instances of joyriding, was un- der arrest again yesterday, charged with “joyriding. Jaeger, who had motored here from St. Louf: in company with his brother-in-law, Richard A. Slack, had entered the theater for the last show, the police state. When they left it was found that a large touring car belonging to Jaeger had been stolen. Immediate report was made to the police, and Slack started in his own car in pursuit of the one stolen. Lawrence A. O'Dea, in charge of a detective agen noted retired licenses on_an automobile at 15th street and Pennsylvania avenue and held the driver to investigate. It was found that 1920 tags had been placed on the automobile and the zero smeared into a figure The out- of license tags were issing. While O'Dea was talking to oane, at the wheel of the car, Slack’s car drove up, and the entire group proceeded to police headquarters. After questioning, Sloane was senf to the house of detention. > |MULCTED oUT OF $13,000. Confidence Ien. Posed as Agents for :Government. CLEVELAND, July 23.—Confidence men posing as government ‘entl and ‘wealthy _stockholders were being sought by the police today for swin- dling a_Toledo business man out of .000 here recently. lieved to have been one of a series of similar swindling is said to be E. ‘W. Hamann, tailor of Toledo, who is alleged to have been interested by a “government agent” in selecting a site for a government airplane fac- tory, and later‘swindled in fake stock market transactions. —_— PASTOR BALL PLAYER. Activities of Crack Outfielder Do Not Interfere. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., July 23.—Activi- ties as a crack outflelder and hard hitter with the Lynchburg College team does not interfere with the ability of John L. Suttenfleld to train A ministerial stu- lent at’ that college. the student has now undertaken the pastorate of Fairview Christian Church, in the suburbs of ‘Lynchburg, and he is inaugurating a wonderful and effec- tive work there.. Recently the stu- dent held a meeting without outside assistance, during which there were forty-one additions to the church and the attendance :at all services of the congregation have grown so that the present bullding is‘ no longer adequate for the needs of the congre- gation. Mr. Buttenfleld will return to the college in September and, it is expected, he will be a candidate for first catcher for the ball team next spring. STEAL 5,100 PENNIES. Bank Robbers Also Take Silver- ware and Liberty Bonds. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. RIPLEY, W. Va,, July 23.—"Penny ante” robbers entered the First Na- tional Bank,jat Ripley, in the “we sma’"” heurs of the morning and car- ried offt a bag of 5,100 pennies, a market basket full of silverware and about $1,000 in liberty bonds and war savings stamps. The robbers, number unknown, sup- posed to have come from Parkers- burg, arrived and departed in an automobile. They jimmied the front door of the bank and secured the pennies, silverware and bonds from the vault, which they forced. The safe ‘was not tomched. No clue to their identity has been discovered. The silverware, valued at $200, be- longed to W. E. Walker, one of the bank’s directors. Mrs. Walker had gone to New. York: for the _Jummer, leaving. of the silverware in. “vault- of the = & g Most™ of the of the | tests churches here today, was followed by announcement that the Stony Brook Presbyterian Assembly would estab- lish next year a Christian school for boys, in Which the Bible would be used as a text book The attack on so-called modernism in colleges was led by Charles G. Trumbull of Philadelphia, editor of a religious paper, and the Rev. E. J Pace of Philadelphia, both of whom declared the present-day trend in col- leges tended to destroy the faith of American youth. The conference, composed of several hundred delegates representing va- rious denominations, also heard pro- against recognition by the United States of Afghanistan until that country opens its gates to Amer- ican missionaries. Referring to the fact that Secretary of State Hughes recently had received a royal emissary from Afghanistan, the Rev. L. I. Letgers of Bishopville, 8. C., urged the conference to go on WEST VIRGINIA RAISES STOCK SALESMEN'S TAX Adds 100 Per Cent to Charge, With Probable Material Increase in Revenue Obtained. Special Dispatchto The Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va, July 23.— West Virginia “curb brokers,” stock lesmen of every description, are now paying double their former fee into the state treasury for the privilege of di pensing their engraved certificates to investors. . Under a new provision of the tax laws, pasged by the last legislature and effective July 1, the state license tax for the privilege of selling stock was increased 100 per cent. This jumps it {0, 3100 yearly, instead of thé ormer Deputy tax commissioners are now engaged in the collection of the stock brokerage tax. The income (hus pre vided is_expected to swell the state's revenue very materially. | Although no statistics upon the num- ber of stock sulesmen in the stat aside from the regularly organized bro- Kerage companies. are availuble, the total is said to amount o a surprisingly large figure. Every person who sells or offers for sale any shares of stock comes un- der the provisions of the statute. SWEDES PREPARING . EOR AMERICA’S MAKING The ~interest of the Swedes in America 18 now largely concentrated on the forthcoming cultural and edu- cational exhibition, “America’s Mak- ing,” which is to be held in New York next October. The purpose of the organization commitee is to show the American people what the Swedes have done and are still doing for this country since the establishment \ i » 600 SHOPMEN TO GO BACK. OFFER $10,000 REWARD “Lost’® Since R 1, : fei FOR CHICAGO BANKER Buddy From Georgia Awakes in Los Angeles By the Associated Press. io! ANGELES, July Z3—A nodding, and from a bench in Pershing Square here, when the him shook him L] Woryl-Wide Hunt for Warren C. Spurgin Is Started. CHICAGO, July 22.—Directors of, the Michigan Avenue Trust Company, which was closed three days ago by the state auditor, today voted to offer a reward:of $10,000 for the arresi of Warren C. Spur- gin, the missing president, Lloyds of London, on Spurgin’s bond for $100.000, is expected 1o offer an additional sum. Following the directors’ meeting it | was announced that the state examin- ers have been unable to determine the value of securities in companles organ- ized by Spurgin and left in the vault Lo cover the million-dollar shortage in the bank’s funds. | .| W.C.Burns, representative of Lioyds, announced today the belief that th missing ' president had approximately $300.000 in cael and secyrities in_hi possession when he left town six days ago with wife and children. A world-wide hunt has been started for Spurgin, Mr. Burns said. . The first pair of spectacles was 5 his eyes, the aroused ed: “Where am 1?7 ALBANY. N. Y. July 23.—Six hun- dred men will retarn to work next Mon- day at the New York Central locomotive shops at West Albany, it was announced today. The number represents one-half | 4e by Alexander de Spina, a monk, of the normal working forcc. The shops | who lived in Florence in the latter Fave been closed for the Jast six months. | half of yhe thirteenth centur. Sensational Sale Electric and Gas Fixtures at less 0 than cost of their first permanent settlement in Delaware Iin 1638, but eighteen years after-the arrival of the May- flower. - As to the valué of the Swedes' con- tributions to tHe upbuilding of Amer- fca, an idea may be gained by a re- cent analysis of the publication “Who's Who in America,” which shows that Sweden has sent no less than seventy-three cotemporary out- standing characters to this country— 12 scientists, 12 authors, 11 educators, 11 clergymen, and 7 engineers—which places her fourth among the foreign born, the seventy-three Swedes being exceeded only by the numbers of record as opposed to recognition of that country. Afghanistan and Tibet, he sald, are the only two countries still barring American missionaries. ———————— $100,000 ESTATE LEFT BY GOLDFISH BREEDER Special Dispatch to The Star. * FREDERICK, Md.. July 23.—The estate of Martin E. Kefauver, pioneer goldNish breeder of the east, who re- cently died from the effects of a fall from his bedroom window at his home, at Fort Loudon, Pa, is valued at less than $100,000. The will was filed for probate In the orphans’ court this week. Half of the estate is given outright to his widow, while she de- rives the income from half which is held in trust. At her death the trust fund is to be distributed among fauver's heirs. Kefauver had a chain of goldfish ponds in Frederick county, M d Loudoun county, Va. The holdi Pennsylvania were the largest, and at one time the bulk of goldfish sold in the east anq middle western states were bred in the Kefauver ponds. In addition, he owned two farms, one in Middletown valley, this county, and one at Fort Loudoun. Three months ago Kefauver, a chronic sleepwalker, fell from his bedroom window to a cellar door, fourteen feet beneath. His spine was dislocated and seven ribs frac- tured. He died about six weeks later. BERLIN DECREES POWERS MUST ASK SAFE CONDUCT By the Associated Press: | BERLL July 23.—Dr. Friedrick I Rosen, the foreign minister, replying |today to the French representations for the safe conduct through Ger- many of a new division of French troops on its way to Silesia, told M. Laurent, the French ambassador, that fn his view such request must be made not by one of the three occupy- ing powers in its own name, but by the three powers as a whole. He asked to be informed whether the request 18 so made. —_— KILLED IN AUTO CRASH. Head of Defunct Power \Comp-ny and Companion Die. FRANKLINTON, C, July 23— H. B Jones of Norfolk, Va., president of the defunct Cumberland Railway and Power Company and S. B. Hutchinson, prominent Norfolk bus ness men, were killed shortly before midnight tonight, when the automo- bile in which they werd-riding over- turned on a railway crossing three miles north of here, according to a report received here. C. B. Poole of Clayton, N. C., third passenger in the car, escaped unhurt. SPONGE EVIDENCE BARRED Red fiye From Floor Fdils to Con- , viet Bartender. NEW YORK, July 23.—Liquor mopped up from a barroom floor with a sponge and then squeezed Into an inkwell is not sufficient evidence to convict a bartender of illegally po sessing liquor, Magistrate ruled today. The sponge-wielding po- liceman protested that he had tast- ed the product of his efforts ang that it was real red-eye. “You took an awful | chance,” said the magistrate. Prisoner dis- charge: IDENTIFIES DROWNED MAN NEW LONDON, Conn.. July 23.—F. W. Loomis of New Britain today identified the body brought ashore at Fort Terry, Plum Island, as that of his brother, Burton O. Loomis of Southwick, Ma: who disappeared Saturday_ night while rowing from Poverty Istand to Saybrook Point. A dispatch from Greenport, N. Y., yesterday said the body was believed to be that of Arthur Irwin, retired baseball player, who was thought- to have jumped from a steamer last Friday. . Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., July 28.—The city of Lynchburg finds that it is steadily cutting down the extrava- gant use of water here by the in- stallation of meters, and, although less than 1,000 have been installed during the past year, the water con- sumption has drepped from 6,300,000 to 5,000,000 gallons a day. with an increase in the number of connec- tions since a year ago. This means a saving of $500 a month now alone in the areation of the water, for last year two pumps were required to lift the water to the standpipe for the higher levels after passing through the areation. The reduction has also been a_means of conserving the sup- ply in Pedlar lake, in the Blue Ridge, .50 that there has ‘been an overflow from the dam at all times this season. ACCUSED IN WAGE CASE. TOPEKA, Kans., July 23.—A war- rant charging W. C. Sheehan, super- intendent of the Wolff Packing Com- pany, with violation of the nsas industrial court law was sworn out here today by County Attorney Tink- ham Veale. Sheehan is charged with discharging four effiploves after they had testified at the court’s hear- ing of A wage case British, German and Russian immi- migrants who have individually helped to make America great. , SEIZE LIQUOR SHIP. U. S. Customs Officials Take Over Pocomoke Pending Probe. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. July 2 Customs officers from Philadelphia today took possession of the two- masted British schooner Pocomoke. *hich arrived here Wednesday with a story that it _had jettisoned one thousand cases of intoxicating liquors during a storm, while taking the cargo from Nassau, Bahama Islands, to Quebec. The government officer said they would hold the vessel, pend- ing a thorough investigation to de- termine definitely whether the liquor was thrown overboard or was con- veyed ashore. No charges have been against the skipper or members of the grew and Capt. Joseph A. Ray is permitted to come and go as he pleases. Two members of the crew of the local coast guard station were placed on the little schooner as government guards. —_— | CLOTHING PRICE RISES. Food Cost Goes Down, Reports Na- tional Conference Board. NEW YORK, July 23—Clothing, with an average increase in price of nine-tenths one per cent was the only necessity that went up during the month of June, according to sta- tistics covering the entire United States, made public today by the national industrial conference board. Food was the only item that went down, the decrease being figured at | three-tent of one per cen'. Al other items, the report said, remained stationary The decrease in the j average living cost of a typical wage- brought | ] $12.00 $12.95 $9.00 Old Ivory Finish Bronze, Finish Did Ivory Finish INSTALLED COMPLETE We Carry a Large Assortment of Electric and Gas Fixtures. Let Us Estimate—We'll Surprise You. \ Wholesale and Retail. Mail Orders Solicited. Manufacturers of Fixtures. PENN ELECTRIC & GAS SUPPLY CO. 911, 9th St. N. W. Main 512. We Save You Half .Open Evenings ©B&BIMN Let No Corn spoil one happy hour jearner's family for the month was figured at two-tenths of one per cent. The statistics showed the decrease of livigg costs during the year end- ing July 1 amounted to 21 per cent. Continuing the reductions up to July 1. however, living costs still show a | net increase of 61 per cent over those of July 1, 1914. —_— BODIES ARE SENT-HOME. Two Will Be Interred in National Cemetery, Fredericksburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va.. July 23. The remains_of Private Harry Lee Bowen of Fredericksburg arrived here oday from overseas. He went to France shortly after the United States entered the world war and was wounded while on duty at the front, dying shortly after. The body will be interred in the national cem- etery here, under the auspices of the Bowen-Franklin-Knox Post,- Ameri- can Legion, this city. The body of Byrd Wallace Boggs of Spotsylvania county also arrived today from France and will be in- terred in the family burying ground at_Livingston, Spotsylvania county. The body of Lieut. U. F. Bass, a prominent colored physician of Fred- ericksburg, who was killed in France, {arrivea_here last night and will be interred | here. SBES A Q (9 L e J, The @\ V3 Anycornachenowadays Harshtreatmentsareunnec- is unfair to yourseif. You essary now. It is vouched can stop it by a touch. for by this great laboratory, famous the world over. If you use wrong meth- ods, cease them. If you pare corns, quit. 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