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Show WOMEN SOLD FOR $10, AND DOGS ARE EATEN IN CHINA VICTORIA. March B. Advices from central China report famine conditions becoming worse. Middle-aged women are being sold for from $10 to IIS and children chil-dren for $3 to $4. Complaints are made that officials are delaying shipment of flour sent by the foreign relief committee. commit-tee. A correspondent who toured the famine district reports it denuded of animals, ani-mals, and lawlessness Is growing. In some places dogs are being caught by stsrvlng people by means of traps and honks, and are eaten as soon as captured. |