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HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ==y NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEX BETTER BUSINES 3 _PRICE THREE CLNTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1917. —_TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876. e "MUNITION LADEN VESSEL AGAIN ENDANGERS HALIFAX » Brave Body of Riflemen, However, Board Ship and Throw Burning Cargo Overboard. STEAMER IS LATER SENT TO THE BOTTOM Work of Burying Dead From Thurs- Today, day's Explosion Started There Being Not Enough Clergymen, Hearses or Pall Bearers—Hundreds of Dead Still Lying Under Wreckage of Buildings. Halifax, Dec. 10.—The deck cargo of the British steamer Picton, laden with munitions caught fire last night and only the quick and courageous work of a half company of riflemen pre- vented another big\explosion in the | harbor. The men boarded the ship ! and threw the burning cargo over- board ond checked the flames before they could spread to the holds. The vessel was taken to sea today and sunk. After the Plcton had gone to the WE ARE READY NOW, Wise Case Before *amous Reply Made by American Beard of Pardons Officer to British Admiral Hartford, Dec. 10.—Final appeal to save William J. Wise from the gallows was made to the board of pardons today at the stage prison in Wethers- field. Wise killed Mrs. Anna Tobin at New Britatn early on the morning of September 26 while on leave of abscnce from Fort Slocum, where he was at- tached to the quartermaster’s department. At the trial he alleged that an unknown man ad attacked Mrs. Tobin and Nimself. Secretary of the Navy That the Marines Have Lined Up (o Their Best Traditions s Will Bc Scen When War Closes. Washington, Dec. 10.—To a young officer, commanding the first flotilla of | American destroyers to reach the war 7one when the United States entered the world war, Secretary Daniels turns in his annual report, to find the war | slogan of the naval service. Asked by the British admiral to whom ne re ported when his ships would be reudy for work against the sulim the'long “We are ready “That v not the boasting,” Mr. Daniel; scribing the incident. prophe: nd pledge of our with tho. ~&igming in a common cause. “During peacetul years the Navy has been quitly Lut steadily perfecting itself to meet the time of war. Now the hour for which it has been pre paring has arrived. Our sword 5 drawn, and no one will dispute that METHODIST MINISTER DECIDES TO REMAIN now." Rev. Warren ¥. Cook Accepts Unani- mous Call to Continue in Pastor- ate of Local Church. Rew. Warren F. Cook has accepted the pastorate of Trinity Methodist Elpiscopal church for another vear. Rev. Mr. Cook’s decision was made known today and was in answer to a . bottom it was officially announced there was no danger of other explo- | slons in 1he harbor. ! e 1| Halifax, Dec. 10.—A revised casual- | ty list today showed 1,200 known | dead, 2,000 unaccounted for, 6,000 | wounded and 25,000 homeless. This to date is the toll of the great fire herc | Thursday which swept over an area of | two und a half square miles after the | _ explosion of a munition ship in the | harbor. Only a part of the burned scc- | tion has been explored for dead bodies. ! Burlal of ‘the dead was begun to- day. “Men wanted immediately at | Fairview cemetery,” an advertisement in the morning papers, called atten- [ tion to another problem, that of get- | ting men to dig graves for the victim: of the catastrophe. Health authoritics working with the general relief com- | mittee made it plain that burial must not be delayed for a thousand or more bodies in morgues and elsewhere the danger in delay was apparent to all. | , But under thé plan already in effect | there was no delay for laborers ware | assigned to the cemeterics, and men | who never had expected to do that j sort of work went about the task as | cheerfully as conditions permittcd | Little groups of sorrowful people | went silently to cemeteries adjacent to ¢ the Richmond district, utterly wiped § out by¢flames, and laid away their | Qead without friends in attendance, | and with the commitment rites omit- ted. 'There were not enough clergy- men to officiate for all. Fhere were not enough pall bearers and not enough | hearses. Pungs laden with coffins went slowls over the snow covered streets und within sight of the section where hundreds of unburied bodies were still-in the ruins. The city, facing the most serious of problems, had no time to stand about open graves, and dead were laid away with none there but the folk from homes now but a mass of ruins. One general service was held tor all. Flurry of Snow. There was a slight flurry of snow early today, but during the forenoon the dkies brightened and clear weath- er was indicated. Snow covering every foot of the streets was a frozen mass at daylight. General weather conditions, however, were favorable and soldiers were sent early to tho burned area to begin the search for hundreds of bodies in the ruins. Trains arriving from Montreal and other points brought hundreds of vis- jtors and the general rush added to the difficulties of handling the situa- tion. | Supplies from New York brought in Jast night were distributed pramptly. There is enough food on hand to meet immediate’ needs, the local branch of the Nova Scotia wholesale grocers’ guild reported to the lieuten— ant governor today. No arders from | outside cities will be filled. ‘Wholesale Arrests. Halitax, Dec. 10.—Wholesale ar- rests of German residents of Halifax were begun by the police today. This action was taken under instructions from the military authorities. Sixteen Germans were taken into custody within a short time. Officers after an inquiry released a few of them. The others are in the county ail. : The authorities refused to disclose whether they had obtained evidence associating Germans with the explo- ston. A number of citizens of birth heretofore have been full liberty with the exception German allowed that | they were required to report once a month. Daybreak today ° rapidly emerging from found the chaos into which the city was plunsed by | the explosion last Thursday. The suc- cessive snow and rain storms which followed the disaster greatly hamp- Halifax | the blade is keen and free from rust and its temper true. | _“While I may not speak in detail of | i the greater naval operations, it may | be stated that the record is one of in- creasing power, of developing ourcefulness and of achievement which the American peo- | ple may well survey with national j pride. While the details of what ve | have done and how we have done it must wait until it is permissible 0 | spread them upon public record, this immary may be given to our people: “In the Navy we havé prepared for, and have met the duties of the pre | ent; we are preparing for and are con- | fident we will be able to meet any ! call for greater dutics, for more e acting fesponsibilities. The bes to secdre enduring peace is to prepare unceasingly, night and day, for winning of the w or short. are doing | to do.” For the coming vear, Mr. proposes a naval budget of 660 which is not itemized report.( In varions he it - | will he neeessi for addition al funds as {iip Hefi howevoer re- 4 < . whether it be long This we have done; this we and this we will continue Daniels $1,039, IEN 1. COOK. in his Wity 1l sion ion extended seve the baard of directors | procecds. He points out appropriations for the st fiscal ye Rev. Warren F. Cook came to New |totalled $1,542, 9 for the MNavy, Britain slightly over two years ago,|and for a thirteen month period %i,- succoeding Rev. J. B. Adams. He was | 905,410,930, Congress provided liber- graduated from the Yale Theological |ally, he says, and legislated for the school in 1908 and then attended the | Navy with vision and wisdom. Hartford Theological seminary, at the { “This was done, too,” he adds, “in same time preaching in St. Pawl's |the broadest spirit of national patriot- church in Hartford. Before caming to |ism by members of all political par- this city, Rev. Mr. Cook had a pas-| ties torate at St. James' church in Brook-! Striking figures contained in the re- IVn N Y | port showing the war expansion of the Since coming to this city, Rev. Mr.|navy include the following: unanimous inv < al days ago by the of the church. that COLD IN SCHOOLS This morning was probably the coldest of the season and in several ered all efforts to alleviate the suf- | injured | thousands of people but the return ther yesterday made pos- tematic work. agencies have now been ough doctors and fering of the and homel of fair w sible more All relief co-ordinated. (Continued On Eleventix Page). of the schools the janitors found it | difficult to keep the rooms sufficiently warm, nt Cook has made a large number of | Since Jan. 1, 1917 the naval force friends, all of whom will be glad to|has increased from 4,500. officers and Jearn of his decision to remain here. | §8.000 men to 15,000 ofijcers and 25 He was chaplain of the state senaté| 000 men, the number of st at its last term. all kinds operated by the Navy has in- _— | creased from 130 to 36 lof civil employees from 35,000 to 60,- ! from a few hundreds to 49,246 men; | the average monthly eXpenditure from $8,000.000 to $60,000,000; the number | of ships in commission from a little | more than 300 to more than’ 1,000; A | the hospital corps from 1,600 to 7,000; the National Naval Volunteers from H i zero to 16,000 men; the Marine Corps Sick and Cold in ISland‘tmm 344 officers and 9,921 men 11,197 officers and 30,000 men. In ad- Cellar, Is Taken to | dition to this and to the vast orders . for mate: placed, the expansion of His Home. the air service and to many wholly new activities developing from war conditions, training facilities have South Norwalk, Dec. 10.—Rescued | been l;’:’fi"‘fi;fi '0; 1 | sive of the Nava from Cockenoe Island where he had | 38 B 0 0T T .stayed Saturday night as a result of | foop the fimad tro Seoret: inis boat having filled with water | does not make public the roport of during the gale on Saturday, Robert | the General Board of the Navy. His Rowen of this city, who had gone to | Synopsis of the board’s work shows the island on Saturday morning to | that it has been of 2 most confidential shoot ducks, owes his life to the | character bravery of Captain R. G. Hendricks | for that reason, Mr. Danicls says. government harbor light tender who | This report is the usual sourct of the in his frail boat yesterday morning | future building program of the Navy. set out to find-him. A gale esti- | The secretary contents himself tnis mated at seventy miles an hour was | year however, with recommending blowing at the time, but Captain |that the remainder of the three-year Hendricks kept on and reached the | program already approved he author island where he thought the . boy |ized, including three battleships. one might be. He found him half frozen | battle cruiser, three scout cruisers in an old cellar on thetisland the only shelter that the boy had had all night. | auxiliary craft. They made their way back to the| The secretary asks that the mainland safely. This is the second | manent enlisted personnel be increas time the captain has rescued people | to 129,000 blue jackets, 10,600 appren- from that island this year, the first ! tic men, 7,000 men in the trade time being when he rescued threc |schools and 4,000 for the men from there last March during a | Jor war purposes he asks that the fix- terrific fall of snow and a high gale [ures be 180,000 blue jackets, =4.000 blowing. wprentices, 14,000 in trade and 10,000 in aviation. Mr. Daniels again emphasizes { feeling that promotion should | made on the basis of merit throy lout the Navy and that the *‘fett of seniority be abandoned, “from : miral (o ensign.” He recommends that the sclective system now tended to the staff as well as the lne. e also expresses the convietion that cvery candidaic for admission to the Naval Academy uld be comype ve a year before the mast the more so because of the ur- need of the strictest fuel econ- omy. At the East street school it w necessary for Principal B. E. Weeks | | to send two classes of children home | ! heciuse their roon.s were not habi® Wle. (Continued On Tenth P HE WAS NOT BOASTING | ! rison of Lisbon taking part. | the other allies and we co-operative | the | rumor | experience along tions of | i the number | | experiencing to.| 0 men exclu- | Academy and other | and the report is withheld | | the soldier | canvz nine fleet, submarines and a number of | | Christian Gunther { of | the | toda | West Camden, e ox- | REVOLUTION OVER IN OAYS YOUNG OFFICER, THREE DAY FIGHT Those in Charge of Outbreak Over- come Government and Troops THEY PUBLISH MANIFESTO Fighting Started by Those Who Want- ed to Save Country From a “Miscr- able Government Formed Totally of Monarchists. Paris, Dec. 10.—Telegraphic com- munication with Portugal is being re- established according to a Havas de- spatch from’ Badajose, Spain, near the frontier. from Lisbon say the uprising was a military one, nearly the entire gar- Govern- ment troops attacked their positions at Campolide, but were defeated af- ter forty-eight hours of fighting. The | sovernment then resigned and later surrendered The revolutionists have the following manifesto: “The revolutionary forces com- posed of nearly all of the Lisbon gar- rison fought during three days from entrenchments dn the Park Edouard VIL to save the country and the re- public menaced by % miserable gov- crnment formed almost totally of monarchists. The revolutionists will organize a cabinet composed of reli- able and competent men. We affirm solemnly that we will remain at the side of our old ally, England, and all engage to maintain all international obligations of the Portuguese nation. “The republican guard, guard and part of th joined the revolutio published the naval forces ts. The battle- ship Vaso de Gama and the destroyer ! Guadiana bombarded the positions of | | the revoluti@nists for two days with- out effect.”~ WILL QUIGLEY ENLIST? Executive in Washington and Rumor Gains Strength He Ts About to Join | the Army. While it is not known what bu ness takes Mayor George A. Quigley to Washington, there is a persistent about the city that he has heard the tall to arms and is rious- lv contemplating offering his 1o hix country in the army it ix ot known that it ix for pose that he has gone to the capital, the fact that he ington lends some strength surm The mayor has previously exhibited an interest in all that is military and inasmuch as he h had considerable construction especially in concrete work and building, it is possible that he may enlist, or even receive a commission, in one of the United States Army Engineering corps now recruiting for active and immediate service in France. pur- al Wash- this tio is in to AFRAID OF THE WAR. Personal Tax Reg: erable Difficulty Thi Thomas J. Smith, registrar of ers who, with William Zeigler, re; lican registrar, is compiling the rollment for the personal tax that while the work is ng favorably the registra considerable difficulty with people who refuse to divulge names because they fear the ‘regis- trars are getling them for thc draft. In one house Mr. were 42 hoarders and the women charge denied absolutely that she knew the name of a single man there. Other families are also trying to evade this registry. fearing it means compulsory military service. ub- lists, pro- are POLES RAISE $6,092.21, The campaign for funds for the re- Jief of the men enlisted in the Polish Legion for Service in France has re- sulted in $6,091.91 bheing donated. ac- cording to the returns of Friday night. After tonizht there will be no more canvassing for this fund but voluh- tary contributions may be sent Rev, Lucyvan Bojnowski. _Inasmuch as the ire procceds will go for benefit there will be no premiums given to the young ssers. BERNSTORF! Eerlin, Dec, The mar MARRIES. 8. Via London, Dec. 10. ge here today of Count von former ambassador States, and Mrs. M Vivian Burton Thomason, of Burling- ton, N. J., is reported by the newspapers, the United to the is GEORGYE P. Bristol, Dec. 10. retired business maun Civil war, died at hi aged 77 s a COOK. -George I. Cook, a d veteran of Rome here native of N 10.—Fore- and vi- smity: Fair colder tonight, imum neer zero, Tuese day fair, continued cold. e Do New B Hartford, Despatches received there | fiscal | services | hough ' lines, vot- | en- | Smith savs there | in | " PERRY women | Bernstorff, son | zuerite | | sult of 4 fall from a building on which ! Berlin | | to the | ber — JERUSALEM SURRENDERS TO BRITIsH, BONAR LAW SAYS London, Dec. i | | | i 10.—Andrew Bonar Law, chan- cellor of the exchequer, announced in the house of commons today that Jerusalem after being sur- rounded on a“ sides by British troops had sur- rendered. In sentimental and historical capture of Jerusalem surpasses even world famed city of Bagdad. The modern city ofjerusalem has a population of about 60,000 and is the home of filth, pestilence and fevers but has a historic ipterest above all others. SECRETARY BAKER STRICKEN IN BERLIN GIVES HIS REVIEW, WHILE ON AUTO TRIP Says Were Forced to Enter Peace the the importance that of Retired Manufacturer Goeo" Blind at Wheel and Dies Later. ' Rumanians Negotiations. i Thomas Grant Thompson, a wealthy retired paper manufacturer of West- | field, Mass., died in Berlin at the home of Luther B. where he had been taken when he was afflicted with an attack of heart trouble as he passing | with a warning that the enemy is pre- | through the town with wife en | paring to put into execution in France | route to New Haven to visit his plans he has been maturing since the | daughter. Mr. Thompson was well defeat of the Itussian armies at Tan- | known in manufacturing circles in | nenberg early in the war. The peace | M husetts and was a relative of negotiations with Russia have per-|ex-Senator y Crane. mitted the troop massing on the west-! Mr. and Thompson sta crn froht for that purpose. | from their home in Westfield Saturday The review asserts the (German |in their 12-cylinder National touring counter-offensive on the Cambral{car for New Haven where they front meant a British falling back ! tended to visit their daughter on less than one-third of her terri-|Charles W. BeVier. While driving tory captured by Gen. Byng. The!along Worthington Ridge in Ber- statement > notes that American [lin. Mr. Thompson exclaimed to engincer troaps, “exchanging shovels; his wife that he was going Dblind. for rifles, fought off the cnemy sids|He | promptly turned into the by =ide with the British.” lside ' of the road ana applied The tement “deseribog . ey the emergency brakes, bringing his the It froat wit idin Vs e still. Mes. Thomp- Tl ormatio it won rnshed the L Williams v Gk Do it pt oo [ for j doctor and in peHic \Uss the m ime members of the family carricd My, Thompson into the hous where he was attended by Dr, W. . h Robhins. WHhen the physician ar- in Italy rived he was barely able to detect the 4 negotiations on | gick man’s pulse, but Mr. Thompson an front, the ement cov- | ind yesterday morning e | later rallica crsEnogeiiline Sincs Tran L gtile e ol l"t“n.\ considerably improved, so much the Black Sea, as well as the region | ' , s oy {50 in faet that his daughter and son- e Salcaal p Lin-law, who had heen summoned, pre- The Rumanian 1ifdonsll e : A : pared to leave for their in tinues, “while Tepudiating all at- | A g New Ilaven last evening. tempts made by the enemy to frate o5 | : A5 they were about to leave, Mr. plzefvishichermghoycrbeengb: i Thompson suffered a relapse and died | circumstances compelled to i ooty Ui { | proposals for a truce.” ‘Washington, Dec. ssed on the western front her | great rmy of the war, Secretar Baker says in his weekly war review today: To meet the menace the United States must speed up the mili- tary preparations, the secretary adds, 10.-—Germany has 50 its on, " to a sin or Lk doncc GAies the outeon maa thrasts, declaration now| now It of: ociates going on Discussing armistice Our Austria war us with ainst | the | armies,” home to force of t the 2 PERE | imost immediately. He was 46 yvears old and on October 2 of the present year suffered an apoplectic stroke, dangerovs inasmuch almost immediatel 11y improved to he | daughter’s weddine on Chair | ‘2. October | daughter he i ederick A, as he lred \nd was sufficient- able to attend his on the following Besides his wife and survived hy his father, son of Westfield. | S | Young Woman Employe of Health Department Sceks Safety When White, Mice Escape, Amusing excitement broke loose in the hoard of health office today when four of the 17 white mice, kept there for experimental u ged an “over BEFORE U. S. COURT | the top” act and succecded in making ! ftheir escape from their cages. Superintendent H i ordered an immediate pursuit soon all of the rodents were once e more in captivity, but not until they of Non-Union Men is i had driven one of the young women Unlawful. i employes to a place of safety on a | cha One of the mice was found by | Washington, Dec. 10.—Right of Sanitary Inspector Ired Mclnroe | employers to prevent labor unions nestica comfortably in the toe of onc from solfciting non-union employes | of his overshoe Two others were | to join the labor organizations was | found snoozing behind the stcam . upheld today by the court by | radiator and the fourth was finally | divided vote of 6 to 3, in test cases locatcd in the waste basket, where it | against the United Mine Workers of had successfully camoufiaged itsclf. | America and the American Flint Glass Workers union. Methods of the labor organization in attempting to unionize shop work- men and bring about strikes were de- clared unlawful and malicious. In- junctions, previously given by Federal Judge Dayton, in West Virginia to prevent the union activities were sus- tained. I The court admitted the right of " workmen to organize into unions for lawful methods, but held that the em- ployers—the Hitchman Coal and Coke company and the Eagle Glass Mfg. Company of West Virginia were en- titled to operate their plants ‘“open shop” and to protection and injunc- ! tion against the labor union were or- dered for that purposc, Justices© Brandeis, { Clark dirsented. Moore ! and ipremie Court Decides Soliciting | DIES OF INJURIES Fell 10 Feet From New Building of Stanley Works — Retained Con- scionsness Until End.g M. J. Perry the New about of New York city died Britain hospital this 4 o'clock as the re- at marni he was working at aturday. Despite the fact that he fell 40 feet | round Ierry retalned con- until his death. was taken to the under- of M. J. Kenney & Co. | The funeral arrange- | mounced oon relatives located. the Stanley Works sciousness The bod taking parlor on Main street. ments will be the dead mun's Holmes and MANY AL NFMIES HERE. i Should the government issue any. ‘druuce rules regarding the conduct of Austrians and subjects of Austro-Hungarian empire it would have a vital effect on a large num- army ordnance department and . ber of people in this city. It is esti- | ¢ today for Iort Slocum, N. Y. mated that there are upwards of were employed in the office of | Austro-Hungarian subjects Russell & Erwin Mg Co. here. ' a ar IN: ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Richard Mycrs and Clifford Cham- hin of this city have enlisted in the left Both living the | Dutofr i thrown | center ! tion | gates but it was not regarded as especially #ijg i { capture Tcheein {in a and the Dutoffs, the people with their aid.” announces the necessary l the ANOTHER RUSSIAN UPHEAVAL MAY DEFEAT BOLSHEVIKI Statements Issued Say Enemies of the Peo- ple Are Trying to De- stroy Governmet. | THE FLAG OF REVOLT ‘ HAS BEEN RAISED Decrce Is Issued Promising “Most Severe Punishment” to Those Giv- Aid to Revolt, and Outlawing Conspirators—England and France N Deny They Are Willing to Discuss . London, Dec. 10.—The counter reye olution in southeastern Russia under the leadership of Generals Kalendines, and Korniloff, apparently A aimed at seizing the authority in thal region and in cutting otf food sup: plies from Siberia. According to the proclamation of the Bolsheviki govs criment Gen. Kalendines' forces are menacing Ikaterionosla Khakov,| and Moscow. In the province of Orens=| burg the Bolsheviki have been over: by Gen. Dutoff. Tcheliabinsk, an important railwai in northeastern Orenburg, besieged by Gen. Dutoff’s troops. the Caucasus Gen. Kadakaloft i i tacking Tchechenrev and Ingusher. The proclamation salys the ‘e emies of the people” have undertake «a lasting attempt to destroy the cas ., and says the constitutions tic power is providing the for the revolt. The proclam reads “While representatives of the com zress of workmens' and soldiers’ del and the congress of peasan! deputies were negotiating to -secu an honorable peace for the exhdusted country, the enemies of the peoplef the Imperialists, the land owners, thi bankers and their allied, the Comsacl generals, have undertaken a final at fempt to destroy the cause of pewco wrest the power from the hands @ the soldiers and workmen and land from the peasants and to comd pel soldiers, sailors, and Cossacks ~hed their blood for the henefip the Ru nd Allied imperialists, E s Kaledines on the Don af Dutoff 2 I provinces haw raised the flag df revolt. The com itutional democratic party is prod : the necessary means to enab them to carry on the flght againgt ¥ veopl The Rodziankos, the Mih Gutchkoffs. and the Knoval to regain power and with id of the Kaledines, the Kornfl s and the Dutoffs are endeavoring 1o turn the Cossack laborers into @i instrument for achieving their crim I aim 2 “Genergl Kaledines 'has declared state of war in the Don region ani hindering the supply of bread front and collecting his fore menacing Ekaterinoslav, Khai and Moscow. General Kornilol fled from prison, has arrived side. In Orenburg Gen. Dutoff has ai rested the executive and the milita revolutionary committee has disarmy the soldiers and is endeavoring 1§ binsk in order the supply of bread from .Sif to the front and the town, Gen. Karauloff is attacking Tcheche rev and Ingusher in the Caucasus. 4§ “The constitutional democrats af the political leaders of this rising a the bourgeoise is supplying scores the seek the 15 kov who h cut off beria, | millions to the counter revolution: generals. The bourgeoise cents committec of the Ukranian republ which is waging a struggle agad the Ukranian workmen’s and soldi council ting Gen. Khleding \wing troops to the Don' regi and is hindering the workmen's soldiers councils from distributing necessary military forces throughgy the Ukraine for the suppression of Kaledines rebellion. “The copstitutional democrats, thf worst enemies of the people, who, to gether with the capitalists of af countries prepared the present worl war, are hoping that as members a the constituent assembly they may able to come to the assistance of the! generals, the Kaledines, the Kornilo in order to strangl The proclamation then makes | appeal to the people to sweep awi “these encmies of their cayge' a mlxz:ry al positions have been made to suppre: uprising. Tt concludes with t | following decree: “Declaring a state of siege in a | the regions of the Ural and Don pro: inces and wherever tionary detachments orders to local re counter revoly are discovere: olutionary garr| soms to act with all firmness again the enemies of waiting for orders from supreme af the | thorities. the people withoy Forbidding negotiations with op tempts at mediation with the lud »f the revolt. Threatening the most severe (Continued On Eleventh Page: