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Beatty Denies Charge That C.P.R. Aims to l Take Over or Injure Competitors’ Lines.

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(Special to the Guardian)

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Several Million pounds to be Cut off Various Departments —- Op- position Expected.

lIlONDON. March 15.—1n its

search for economy the Govern- ment hopes to save millions 0|

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Estimates For Next Fiscal Year Tabled in House — Premier Takes Seat.

(Canadian PrQse) OTTAWA, tMarch 15.—The main estimates for the next flscul year. amounting for government services to $345,771,351 were tabled in the House of Commons by 1-ion. J. A.

pended From 19 Disaster Due to ‘

sionists.

" (Canadian Frees)

Which Was Carrying Party 0f Excur-

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address to the Canadian Club here ttoday E. W. Beatty, President of the Canadian Pacific Railway- made an important contribution to -the public understanding of tilo Canadian ‘Railway situation in the! ihe outlined more closely ‘than he has yet publicly done the position taken. by the Canadian iPac fic and its executive head towards U16 Hell‘- eral situation and the publicly owned railways oi Canada.

iW-ilile franloly stating his lack of faith in the principle of public own- ership. dilir. Beatty said that the Canadian Pacific was not now and llQVC-r had been anxious to take over llu- other company's lines or on!’ part of them and that the Cana- dian Pacific was in no way charge- able with the desire or act to in- jure the publicly owned railways. thltt his company had met them on- ly with fair competition and pro- posed to con-tlnue along such con- structive lines by developing its facilities and business growth and development of Can- ada required. ~Mr lBeatty voiced MS belief in competition an a spur to efficiency and said that he did not see the atlvlsa‘b"lity of a rall- wny monopoly for this country whatever might happen in the ftl-

pounds in the coming ‘flllllliPilll year. its estimate for the llrmy of £42.400.000 is 512000.000 less thlln last year. it expects to save £12.-

ltobb. Minister of ‘Fills is a decrease of $5,652,672 from the total estimates of 1925-26 Fstimates fcr the (lauudlan Nu- tionai Railways nutoulttiltl: to $3.-

Finance today. -

000.000 on civil service estimates, 000,000 as comlpllretl wllh $5,000,- whlcll include pensions, and then 000 lust yeur. were also tabled.

there is a special economy hill ()i the total amount oi the main which, by u system of tparing in the estimates $202,783,000 is required various services, anticipates redllc- for statutory nnd post-war expen-

ing expenditures ~by another £10.- tlitures, leaving $142,088,000 for 000.000. other public services. Provision Tile strength of the regular zlr- for construction and bettermeuts

my is to be cut by 12.000 men to on the Hudson Buy Rail\vay amoun 159,400, and‘ to these should be ad- ling te. $3,000,000 is made. An off-

SAN JOSE. Costa tlticaqi/larch 15 ~Two hundred and forty-eight ‘per- sons were killed and ninety-three injured in Sunday's disastrous train wreck on the C0813. Rlcan railroad. It has thus far been es- tablished that three cars ‘were de- nlolislled. one fell to the bottom o! -the Valbill-n River from the bridge iotver the stream and two others were left hanging from p 190 foot. (precipice.

The disaster ~'is believed to have been due to over-loading 0i ill“ train which was carrying excurs-

ded over 100.000 reservists, 147,000 terrltorials and 61,500 British troctps on lndian establishment, making the grand total over 460,- 000.

‘The proposal to issue clasps com lnemorntlng the special battles of the world war has been dropped on the score of expense.

A good deal of opposition is ex- pected to the economy _biil. lt is

Rs iile excessivey comlplicated and deals maturing loans at lower rare-s oft

largely with comparatively small savings, such as in, the insurance and unemployment fund. The Gov

lcial summary says:

l “The amount required for inter- mums or a party organized to r8 Be

0 Foot Precipice - Overloaded Train

'funds for the hc-me for aged at Car tage. The passengers were almost exclusively farmers and laborers whole families perislling together.

The Red ‘Cross has started a pub- lic subscription to care for the in- jured and aid families oi’ the dead. The President of the Republic h8ilti8d‘ the subscription ‘list. Three days of lpubllc mourning have been declared.

The organizer of the excursion Professor Francisco Gomez Aliza- go was among the dead. The en- gineer and conductor of the train are being held. '

est on bonds outstanding ill iile

hands of the -p11l)ii(! is $l2s.lzo,lno.lBa,1dwin Qpgns

This is u decrease of $302,413 unti-

cr the amount for the previous year. and $8,700,000 under the; . ‘ amount required in this connection“ ‘

in the year 1922; the decreases lie-l int: title to the reduction of debt

. (Canadian Press) and refunding from time .0 time! LONDON, March ‘firflprenfler

.~....e,,est_ The rfimmmng svrflcesiiialtllvin opened) tile inftcenlntlolttzl nude‘. ‘he heading ovum" (iehu. coltfcrcncc c-n touts o alor

|-~ -'r.-'l'of ior sinking funds and other lt-sscrtddi‘ ‘vchmmm’ “mm mm stem

mm’ tain to arouse .1 grout. tlc-‘iii oi‘ cri-

ilclsnl. A small but interesting point is that the iblil would grunt the post- ‘ master-general permission to make what he estimates at £250,000 an- nually by selling advertising space in the dating stamps on letters to commercial firms. ‘lt is proposed to cut out one of (ovum-n Pa“) two registers ol‘ elections and to LONDON’ ‘March 15___The Em, redllce the residence qulllillcutlon pire Policy Committee of the ln-m" "lung "ill" “ix i" “"90 dependent Laibor party nus publish illiillilli- ed a report tieclaringiilat lhc Soc- “ iii" “Mi liilllmle iisiilililie 1'0"" m.“ Mm ought no! m he towards sions hnve risen from $227,000,000

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low-av‘- '-

Should Build Not (Break ‘ ' Empire

the breaking of the emlplre bu‘t to i“ “ililily £30-0O0-000t blli i-lils (levelopmg a r01“ commmlwcanhyelu‘ pensions llll-ve (lroppetl to oi nations, but no scheme it ndtls "63’50""""l “Vi” LLOUO-iiiiii will‘

tlltln lust your.

nllould be prejudicial to the tio- velopnlent of international social-I ——<°¢-———~ ism.

High Commissioners of the Do- lninions should be transformed ltl- to ambassadors with full access to nil departments of the British Gov- ernment particulariy the Foreign Office. while Great Britain should have her-own ambassadors in Dn- mlnions catpitals, the committee bo- llcves. The report states the cont- mittees opinion to any scheme of

Heavy Fines Im- posed on Fruit Companies

tolullitlg $200.000 wtrc imposed by Mr. .lt|‘.=t't-t~ Mrlmulllti. in the As-

wmmmimry "nllgmthm i" rmlevenlzr (Tour! ltcrs- Suturtltly evening "unammoyment fnlitnvlul: at vt-rllitzi. of guilty i...‘ ' _"_*—‘ ‘““—“ hroulzltl in by lllt‘ _lttry ltgulust. 4 of

l1 lllllliaildfih‘ and -i of lht- i2 com- panies rimructl \\' til couspiczlvy ln t-oltntrtlovt with ill" tnttrktallng of fruit "ml prutltlt-t- tllrnlllrllollt west.- t-ru (‘.'|tl;l<|u. All other ll’l't,‘li(liI|JlS lwt-rt- nrqlliiit-li.

Condensed (Specials lATL-dc. per word. net "Bil iiilertlon in this column.

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ernme... muinmlns that it will not liabilities, show nu inc. ms- fyllslriiywofl Jmil-fliudin.lwriziulljnn it)‘: affect efficiency, bllt it touches so $42L659 over last yc-afs lcqlllreWl." y “ ‘TM. " u M‘, H. - t many people and Wm 0mm“ M) moms‘ pllilcreuscs oi the lntuliut. illll0lltOl much mcnnvenicncu “m. h i“ cm“ (),lvp_\“.f\l March 15v“ twvhno lllu clght iliilil cunvcut on .lt op et

l, “m $311,001.00 as conmmrefl wnh number of points per head follows.

the mm. vote, m‘. mule “m. 6mm by the Wzlsltitlgton Labor Confer- mercc shows n tie-crease rf $1.001. one” of I919‘

150 there are two items which , Eillgglosgbslfllltiltl increases,‘ namely . or the administration of S " COUPE l Position

tho grain act and $500.'J00~for the bureau of statistics to meet ex- penses of the ‘western census of i926.

"Capital expenditures show ruli- wnys uni anals it l. l “i. icanadia" PM“) $2055.39; illclurlingupnpaw _“"N"’°N- ‘Mllidl '5**T"“ b” $3,000,000 for ille Hudson ‘Buy lhtn-‘iliii’ “m” "l smlil‘ Mill“ have “my and M. amount of $1_|v000_000ithe distinction of winning tile first fm. the wenand Sh“, can," a roJfiulfhllfiiiliflll for Kin-g ‘Georges chnl

.1...“ 0; LOOOIOOU f i ileugo trophy against boy conllpet- yezlrsnvote‘ s mm hmdtors in Great Britain. Canada, Aus-

“The mm "m." national dc_‘il'illiil and blew lieaiantl with a to- tt-ut-c for milltnry nnvul anti ulrlm] “I 152mg points 0r a“ average

services totals $12,538,835 which is "i 7“ will‘? ll" “mlllleimll- l decrease otf $8.268 from 1925-26J (‘Hem 311mm was, $600M‘ Aim‘

“Tm. budget requirements Ofltfllliil third, tNew Lenlaud fo-urth lit‘ (innutiinn National Railways “ml Cimada fifth‘ The nvwage 8500041000 lust ear. This includeasimtl‘ Ame“ 76' are“ Brim“ 72‘ provision no, may w], the ulnounfimlstraiia 70, New Zeuland, 66: hy which it in estimated the lines Cilliiiil“ 63-

will fall short of meeting their fix- slrhz: is: :.":..':.l"2:..‘l.fi:ii J 01011989 Course of Action Not Yet Published

refunding requirements. .The esti- mate for the Canadian Government (Canadian Press) TOKDO. March iii-The (lecls-

mercllant murinc is $600,000 a de- ion arrived ht by Burnn Shitlara.

twvcnse from last your 0f_$68,000.“

()’i"1‘AWA. March l5.-—Tllo sum ltklrcign Minister and Admiral Ta- kuibe. Minister oi Nuvy who ‘heir’

of $36,000,000 for European wur

unti‘ ltctivc nlilltury lpcnslons is

provided for in the estimates inh-

letl ill the llouse of Commons to- u (wonifcrenctv yesterday l0 consltl- cr what stops J:l‘;::n should inkl- |ll regard to tilt.‘ llctlon of (Illin- use national troops in firing on

tiny. This is one million dollars more than the tlmount vntetl for the same purpose at the lust ses- sion of prlrlinmnnl. ()'i"l‘AWA. March 15.—Eslilnzllcs two Japanese destroyers at the entrance to the Pei River has not been ‘published, but it is under- stood they will recommend to- the cabinet thnt Japan act independ-

for the Department of immigra- ently of other powers. it is also

tion for thb next fiscal tabled ill the l-lotlse of Commons today amounted to $2,806,000. This is a tiecrense oi‘ $412,201 from the ZfQOLElLrGuOtGd ‘for the." Dissent m‘ oxlpecteti that Japan will demand IOWAIWUM ‘March ls__pfiunlmefl punishment of ‘Chinese stoidlcrs tabled in the House of ‘Commons who du the ‘flmlg’ cumpemilhio" tor wounded officers and pledges that there will be no recurrence of the incident. The press surprisingly has not commented on the incident beyond

today show lm item of $100,000 for

the prevention oi smuggling and urging that Japan demand guaran- tees th-lt there will be no repeti-

agalnst the revenue. This is all ill- crense of $90,000 over a similar vote made at the inst session of parliament.

'l‘ltl- jury apt-til thirty lt-zurs dc-

OQAUNQQM llllvvlltiu" in fort ll vertlict was burg 3195:‘ gtgeipefaiih l'l‘ili'llit|.h 'l‘llt- 'tlllf'.'itil|n'".~l t-mlvlt-t- every day-.fl|unde" Ncjwaoli“. otl “'(‘l'i\ nut-it llnotl itiooti ill on.

& Co., Market BM; ' 234m“. tlliltm in but. titty lutprylollnlent. -—-—__..______' Anti tho l-tlttlpzlnlcs w r flllctl $25.- WANTEIL. LADy K , 000 i'ilt'll.

Kent St, ‘QARDEESSfi 'l‘llt~.<t\ ('illl\‘lt'it‘tl u" J A. Sim- -- ‘ngttm hour] til‘ tlu- .\' ‘ll Sililillgltlli. ‘JUST ARRIVED ill. illlllltltptrlis. S l‘. Lloyd. lilili‘

(jm-n‘ m" hmnfig: Yvqol-E -~t'i'i>‘"|' oi‘ (‘roll is for the

Ouicllife and Cmclm m d] Mg?‘ Ntvll tircnnlzttiiiln. Winni-

Rlver. c‘ Rum“ non, \\"llltlnl id. Colqll- ._.___ 8l2(’.16.“"'\li'l t-t‘ lit-ulna. Sash. Superint- ‘WQT __ ‘ '- I- t ' I W. F. (‘urrtllllcrs. (‘ill-

iliueAs-Tzfks lwHn-gs’ REDS‘ will?’ .\lllll:l'|‘l. Supervisor. The

km p-flce _cnTtIaily. lhgllost mat‘ ...,,...~----|t--. f"tlutl zuiltv were: flint-

George ab] p I08. ilieer cor. Gt. n"; \"\r\t~ tt------ Ltd; .\itltu=|l lirok-

( "H07 ‘ ‘are 1~.|_ t‘,»,l;;|t~‘v‘ iluttrll limiters liiiii-iil-iii r v- " "v-l .\ltltunl broth-rs

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tErsnllgibEl) on MIARtCH 4th F550 "m" "r “H‘“"“"'“'

m] ; at Nomi “You one nice

rmsiltlr: giver black ‘fox. Liberal r return. J. F. ‘Lei-d.

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w °B Pntnrmo or zvsnv d°‘°"l’"°ll- cheaply and expetll

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Pill“ 60 tot- I00‘ lio r

m m: sat soo k1,. “our an, up: for $1.9 . ‘I ' o’ I'M“ (Canadian Press)

01h“ 5 P°'”P'l4- iiifltflie» Moscow. March

‘ONE P '__""“ in the assassin ti f Alexnntlcl‘ Robb, in tht- llottst- today- B "of: o’ Fox‘. "cAp 11 Emperor o: lgllesll‘: on Aiurch loinl cost 0!‘ i’ ranch on Tuesdav '

23rd, m".

'3. 1881. ‘were today granted pen illlfk silver.

marks mil-E. 14c.

“ions of m2 mcnthi for life by‘ ilfiwlll of the Jubones River after miliiitlm liiYllfn-llzlllflt ‘ndlleehpg "l9 Council of P9031133 Cnmmirrlesl nll-lnbt-l" tlf Pulittlllfs H0090 ifltorrenlzial rains. which lasted 1S Gel"!!! E. “chum “int-hut sion. This was in commemora-llktmnlolts was luirotlut-‘ltl to Mr- hotlrs. Dlunsgc to property is es-

§opa_1a_1'k tion of the forty-nflh anniversary Rpt-nltt-r this aileruotln’ it was “mated M 32,000,000,

7* ‘ _ __,,_. Oil’ that event. Frontier .\illl‘i\'"illi" Mill! Will-i - —-—————>- Fox IQCAPIID. —- IIICAPIQ MBXIn-der ll. fell victim to n Nl- came up tltt- tlisic between 1W0 0i and members on every liile 0f iii" "'0'" Ulgiivlle Ranch, U510“ hliist plot, when driving in one of his ministers untl was prt-sclttcd to House bod already donned them

“tl- P- Jnonefflliliefox m.

t. saiild iifiollii" r ll

{am- upon or mum e m:- . m of n “W ~+'lifi.lir- “rut-p

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lb.-—-llliglli ~t| “ill hr rcqtllrt-ll to tromfililifl iiie women and one man, participants \\'t-lltr.t.| tfunsl suited lion. .1. A.

the streets of Si. Petsrsburg (now lflflillcred) near his winter palace l" w" milliilii! wounded by an ex- llolflbs and died soon ef-

to investigate reported frauds OTTAWA March ]5'__An “per tion of firing on Japanese vessels.

tiling loss of $1,440.33“) W88 8081MB .-t| in 192i ‘by the Canadian Gov- crltnletlt Merchant Marine in op- ertltlon of the 44 vessels of that lint‘ during the season it was stat- ~ti in the ilouso of Commons today in nnslvcl- to n question. it was al- so illiltiltl lhut twelve vessels of llu- govcrttnlent marine ‘were not opt-ruled lust your.

REV. R. H. STAVERT preach in Elliot Hall, Tuesday evening. 7.30 p. m.

ill Pilllfilllll Ill

will Fairvlow March 16th at

o1‘-taunts, ‘filtlrch i5.-Canatla _ e lntportctl hinder twine value of , v iltililldiil tlttrlltg i025.

Annil\cl' $55.ilili|.ilill| it. is estimat-

(Censdlsn Fran) GUAYAQUII. EQUADOR. Mart-h 15. - Approximately fifty persons have lost their lives 1‘n floods in Oro province caused by the over-

Tile lht- t- lui to Del-cm- - h... --_|_ |.._..v our» $tlu."lTfl,57-'i.ii3.

13. -Tht- new-

(Yi"l‘.\\\'.\. .\l:|rt~ll

the (‘hnir with tlnu‘ honortrtl cere- when the Prime Minister tofifi iii!

iChild Swallows

To Make Show Bigger. and ‘Better Than Ever

(Special to the Guardian)

TORONTO. ‘Onto March 15 — Plans were laid for a still better Royal in 1926 ‘at the annual meet- lug of the men behind Canada's grellt agriculture show in the Cnrls Rite Hotel yesterday.

improved accommodation. parti- cularly for the live stock. is assur- cd. untl it is predicted that entries

ntil previous records tHon. John S. Martin. on behalf of the Ontario government promised ‘a. grant of $35,000 annually for the next 20 years.

Among the officers was J. -A. (Webster town. tP. E 1.

Dead After Two Years of Sleep- ing Sickness

(Canadian P1188)

TORONTO. March 15.—I’liy1iis Gowan, i9 years of age died Satur- day after suffering from sleeping sickness for two years. She ‘was born in Ottawa.

To Build Tower in Honor 0i Mussolini

(Canadian Press) MILAN. Mar. 15. —An iron tower modelled after the Eiffel tower in Paris but "bigger and better" in “very way is to be ibulit here by the Raséist institute of Culture and named alter Premier Mussolini.

reelected of Charlotte-

King Now Enjoying Excellent Health

(Canadian Press) LONDON. March 15—-Tl19 King's health is so good that he will not; spend Easter in the Medltterran-i can as he did last year. He will go to Windsor with the Queen for Easter and probably stay there dur ing April.

Chapman Refused Review oi Case

(Canadian Prue) .WASi-1lNGTON. Mar. 15. — Gerald Chapman the mail ban/lit under sentence to dis April sixth was refused a review of ‘his case by the Supreme Court.

Tooth Dentist i Sued

_ (Canadian Press)

BRANDON. “Men. March l5.- When six year old tBernice McTag- cart of Punrea, |Man.. was having some teeth extracted she swallow- ed a tooth. Her father fPercy Mc- Tagqrt, sued the dentist Dr. IO. A. Powers, of Brandon, charging neg- ligence. and was awarded $2,000 by a jury. One Eaif of the amount will be set aside for Bernice.

menial by lion. l-Irtlcst lnpolnte. seat. Prolonged applause greeted on gygry desk in the chamber and Mr, King when he came in and ia- pm” gallery e pink carnation lmtltm-r when he rose to malts a formal onrtiere awaited their orcupanlsimniion in the House.

tA ltey of execution hes been granted pending oonsiderorion of

KI

One Car Fell From Bridge to Bottom of River While Two Others‘ Were ~Sus-

for the coming show would eclipse.

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Before Customs In- vestigators — Func- tioning of .Commit- tee Criticised at To- ronto Meeting.

TOIRONTO. March 15—'“i\\'o are fighting against organized dlshon esty." said iRusse-ll P. Sparks, oi Ottawa head cf the Commercial Protective Association and recent- ly a witness at the customs en- quiry ‘being conducted by a commit. tee of ‘the ‘House of Common-s. in an address to the Manufacturers‘ Credit Bureau here last night

"There is n fight ‘before that committee of right against wrong, o1‘ justice against injustice, of tax. payers against tax-cvaders. That's the issue.

DANGER IN POLITICS

“The danger at this time to the

Speaking of the

llrst August that the association's’ work was completed. The rzovern-T ment had appropriated $350.0001 for a preventative service. butt l“the law was gcare-ly onvforced and the money hardly used for its tle-| sign. ilt is quite apparent. then; that it is our duty to place our. knowledge at the disposal of par-l liamenlt, to present fairly anti fully the conditions as they now exist.

COMBATS STATEM ENT

Mr. ‘Sparks tool-r issue with statement which he attributed to HonrG. H. Boivin; Minister of Cus- toms. and Excise. that there “should be no comment otn the work of the

committee until all the evidence

is in. "The time to discuss the probe is as the evidence comes ln." he said.

T0 Replace Hon. J. C. Elliot

(Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Mar. 15. -W. T. Goodison. Liberal member for West Lampton‘, Ont.. will replace Hon. J. O. Elliott in the Committee of nine which is investigating the conduct of the Department of Cus- toms and Excise, The apppilii- mcnt of Gocdlson to the committee was announced in tho ilousc this afternoon by Premier Kins!-

The Weather, Etc.

Ftusrtsi‘ simulates‘ pow-r ALWAYS RUN ‘sneak-castes?

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TORONTO. Mar. 18. —-Maritime moderate winds. partly Clilliill’ with snow and little higher tom- perature.

Maximum and minimum temper- aturss:

Toronto. fair Montreal, snow .

Quebec, snow .. 1il—6 Halifax, clear . 26-22 St. John. tfelr .,.. 22—2b Boston, cloudy . 32-22 New York. clear . .. 32-426 Charlottetown, clear 22—8tb

High tide this afternoon at 12.4! and tomorrow morning at 1.04. Sun sells this evening at 6.07 and rises tomorrow morning st 6.08.

Hlfilli VEHSIJS WllllNl l5 THE

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MERCHANT

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The natural lender ferlel ahead ut oft-times find; hill path beset by

envious bandits.

Ahnnnl Subscriptions Delivered $.00

B! lull,

Britain Sweden ‘and

Brazil Obstacle.

(Canadian Press) GENEVA, Mart-ll |5.--—l‘l'tts|\t t-ts

for settlement Nations crisis totiay with illc

conltprcnzise - by France

of tile League of appeal-cil ‘brighter acceptance of n anti Grellt

Canada and U. B. A. IMO

Pttsrltn llllllillill] ti snnttl nu lllH ll NIJW ntttlltl titan Pill

. ‘ l ooénlzromlseF ReachediLittle Girl Two and a e wee“ r a n c er Half Years Old Dis-

. covered in Snow -

Czecli" Died Shortly After-

wards.

(Canadian Press) FORT WILLIAM, ()nt.. -.\iur. l5. ; - Te-"iillv mllplzltltl by a husky pup diary Sharpe aged twu anti a hull yell“. tltlut-zlltct‘ oi‘ Mr and Mrs l‘. Sharpe farming near Flint. died from hemorrhage and shock Sun- dlly- Tho ‘husky was four months