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Show LB DOCKS? (j II H S ilTillJ !i Mauretania Makes ' Run Despite Heavy Passenger List Laj i NEW YORK, Dec. 25. Tbo l.'t" docked in New York on Ciui?1' having made tho. run from France, which it left on W-vbriZ less than seven days, despite -'i, rough weather. There were more than liM ' on board and from some of tli learned that on last Monday suddenly dropped from tho ": "mountain high wave" into a d' of the sea. Tho shock of t';i caused the big liner to shake i from stem to stern. Many of these on board at'3' she went completely unrii-r. ;:: Christmas eve was celebrated. A tree was provided for the i -concert waa arranged and Christina s eve dinner was se.r Among the passengers was Soreaton, foreign representative- York department store. Mr. s'c;-: been abroad since October inV for his firm trade conditions in-" Belgium and France. lie naUH gland, particularly the norther is rapidly recovering from the the war. Mills handling voul' E7 products are booked up almost -advance and the factorir-s of are enjoying what might bo te; usual prosperity. France, he added, is also p rapidly. Raw materials are ne , systematic return to normal cot; rapidly bringing the country bar. war conditions. The low rat. change, he added, is one of Uu; handicaps tinder which all of r pean and continental countries filing. |