VOL,. LI "SO. 15,841.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2f 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FIVE HOLD
Tl
LOOT GAR; ESCAPE
Gibson, Cal., Scene of
. .
uarmg KoDDery. .
FOSSES RUSHED IN PURSUIT
Three "Cover" Express Mes
senger, Two Stand Guard.
BOOTY'S VALUE UNKNOWN
Eafes Are Blown and Coin and Valu
ables Dumped Into 6acks.
Robbers Emphasize Com
mands With Pistol Shots.
ASHLAND, Or, Sept. 1. (Special.)
Five heavily armed and thickly masked
men tonight held up the California
Express, Southern Pacific train No. IS,
on a aiding- at Gibson, Cal, waiting- to
let the Shasta Limited pass at 8: BO
o'clock tonight. The robbers looted
the strong box in the express car and
escaped with the booty. A brakeman
on the train. It was learned tonight.
saw the five men leap Into an auto
mobile which headed for Dunsmuir.
This is believed to Increase the chance
of capturing the robbers.
The express messengers were eating
their supper and the side doors of the
express car were open. As the train
waited, three rlbbers crawled up from
the brush by the siding, covered the
messengers with their guns, and scram
bled into the car, ordering "hands up.
The express messengers were told to
stand with their faces to the wall, and
the robbers then blew both safes In
the express car, rifled them and es
caped, accompanied by two other rob
bers who had been riding on the roof
of the car. No one was hurt. The
value of the robbers' booty has not been
learned.
The robbers emphasized their com
mand to the express and train men
by frequent shots. Engineer Coleman,
attracted by the shots, climbed from
his cab, but bounded back as the two
robbers stationed on the outside of the
express car sent several shots in his
direction. Conductor Dickey, who also
ought to make an Investigation,
hastily beat a retreat when bullets
whizzed- close to his head.
As the train pulled off the siding
onto the main line the robbers began
their work. With the skill of experts
two robbers blew open both safes,
while the third forced the messengers
to keep their faces to the wall. The
teel express car was not damaged by
the explosion, except that one window
In the door was shattered.
The safes opened, the three robbers
crowded coin and packages that looked
valuable Into the gaping mouths of
gunny sacks they had slung over their
shoulders. Express Messenger Myers
was then made to pull the bell cord to
signal the engineer to stop. The en
gineer obeyed the order, stopping at
Rainbow, a mile and a half north of
Lamolne, when the men took to the
woods.
When Myers recovered from his un
conscious condition, brought about
through being bound and gagged by
the three confederates, he described
one of the men. as wearing a heavy
mask, 5 feet 6 inches, and his weight
150 pounds.
Good Description Given.
Tne outer two were described as
about S feet 7 inches tall, weighing 150
pounds each, one having a sandy mus
tache with about a, week's growth of
beard, gray clothes and gray slouch
hat; the third wore a pair of overalls,
and was in his shirtsleeves, with the
sleeves rolled up above his elbows.
Dunsmuir reports that No. IS will
arrive In Redding on time.
The robbery was reported at Delta,
Cal., by conductor Dickey within IS
minutes after it occurred. A special
train immediately was prepared at
Dunsmuir, Cal, and left, bearing a
posse. Sheriff Montgomery, of Tehama
County, also was notified and or-
ganizea anotner posse, wmch was
picked up by a special train at Red
Bluff. A third posse was organized
at Redding and Joined the Red Bluff
men. A battle is expected with the
robbers, who fled to the forest west of
the Southern Pacific right of way.
The first special train was not due
to reach the scene of the robbery un-
til after midnight The country about
most uninhabited, and It is believed
the desperadoes will be driven into
the open for food.
MAH NOT BELIEVED VALUABLE
Portland Express Officials Say Train
Carried Ordinary Amount.
Train No.. 15, California Express.
left Portland at 7:45 o'clock Thursday
eight. The train crew with which the
"express" left Portland changed -at
Roseburg and again at Ashland and
st Dunsmuir. The express car, which.
o far as could be learned from Port
land Wells-Fargo officials, carried
only an ordinary amount of business,
was In charge of Messenger Rudolph
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STATE PAYS HONOR
TO BATTLESHIP
INSCRIPTION' ON "OREGON" IX
CAPITOL RECALLS FEAT.
Rmnrkahlft Trln of Magnificent
'righting Machine m sPamSh-
I American war KememDerco
6ALEM. Or., Sept. L (Special.)
Mounted in a handsome frame, an in
scriptlon has been placed over the
figurehead of the battleship Oregon.
which is mounted In the main lobby of
the State CapitoL The ' Inscription,
prepared by the Secretary of State, is
as follows:
"When war was declared between the
United States and Spain the battleship
Oregon was ordered from San Francisco
to Join the Atlantio fleet under Ad
miral Sampson at Havana. This was
before the .days of the wireless tele
graph, and throughout the country
great anxiety was felt for the safety of
the warshlD after it left the Pacific
Coast.
"For weeks the fate or the Oregon
was unknown, and when the magnifl
cent fighting machine, after steaming
half way around the globe at forced
speed, arrived on the eastern shores of
the country, unharmed and ready for
action, the achievement was naiiea
everywhere as a supreme test of the
efficiency of American seamanship ana
the American man-of-war. The remark
able trip of the Oregon will be a bright
snot In American history as long as
love of country survives.
"This figurehead was on the Oregon
on the lsnz trio and throughout the
war of 1898, and in 1909 was presented
to the State of Oregon by the Navy De
partment."
SPEECH PACIFIES UNIONS
tmii o Back to Work in beanie
When Builder Points Lesson.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept 1. (Special.)
Following a talk by James D. Hoge,
nnildent of the Union Savings & Trust
Company, the union workmen who tied
up work on the Hoge building last
Tuesday because union carpenters re
fused to permit union metalworkers to
ho no- th doors, went back to work
this afternoon at 1 o'clock.
Mr. Hoge told the union workmen
that he was perfectly innocent, but
was losing hundreds of dollars every
day if unionists permitted a strife be
tween unions to tie up work on the
fcwlKinsr JTV snld. tr.v. I te outset
he had promised to employ union labor
and had done so, but that In order to
save himself from loss he would be
compelled to finish the building with
nonunion men If work was not re
sumed. .
Later In the day a delegation repre
senting the warring unions called on
Mr. Hoge and assured him that they
had no fight against him and would
go back to work and settle the dis
pute about the doors among them
selves.
COUGH PERMIT GRANTED
Asthmatic With Vociferous Wheeze
Made Safe From Arrest.
DENVER. Sept. 1. Ole Sklnden. a
victim of asthma, who came here for
his health from New York, appeared
before the Health Officer and re
quested a permit to cough in Denver
streets.
He said that when he sits on the
curb and begins to cough the first
policeman who comes along arrests
him and sends him to Jail In the ambu
lance, charging him with disturbance
of the peace.
The Health Officer issued an order
authorizing him to cough in the street
and told him to have the captain of
police O. K. it.
Hereafter when Ole begins to cough
he will have his permit handy to
show to the first policeman who dis
turbs him.
MEXICANS . SHOUT FRAUD
Nomination of Vice-President Is
Stopped by Uproar.
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 1 Jose Pino
Suarez had 615 votes as a result of the
progressive convention's first ballot for
vice-presidential candidate. Dr. F.
V. Gomes received 00, Fernando Igle-
slas Caldron, 321, and Alfredo Domln
gues 319.
Shouting charges of corruption and
yelling that the supporters of Suarez
had bought votes, the supporters of
Gomez marched out of the convention.
stopping the balloting for the time.
This followed closely on the clearing
of one of the galleries by. police assisted
by delegates, when students cheering
for Vasquez Gomez created a tumult.
gQY SEASONED TRAVELER
13-Year-Old "W. A. Raymond," of
Portland, Journeying Far Alone.
LOS ANGELES, Sept 1. (Special.)
'Some traveler," said the clerks of the
Alexandria, when W. A. Raymond, a
12-year-old boy from Portland, Or,
registered, ordered a fine room with
a bath and acted as nonchalantly as a
drummer of many Summers.
Young Raymond is the son of a
grain dealer, of Portland, who Is at
present in San Diego, and it is to meet
his father that ne is traveling alone.
Before coming here he went to Cata
llna and for two weeks enjoyed a visit
to the islands. The boy Is a student
of Woodlawn school and is adding the
present trip to bis education.
HAHRIMAN LINES
REJECT DEMANDS
Recognition of Feder
ation Refused.
LONG CONFERENCE IS HELD
Kline, for Men, Makes Plea
on Economic Grounds.
ANSWER IS FLAT REFUSAL
Dnty to Public, Say Railroad Offi
cials, Will Prevent Harrtman.
Unes Must Recognize Joint
Action, Says Union's Chief.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.. 1- Repre
sentatives of the five shop craft unions
whose application for recognition of
the Federation of Shop Employes -was
refused today by the Southern Pacific,
were still In conference late tr night
without bavins; reached any definite
plan of action.
It Is thought another meeting with
railroads will be held.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 1. The
Southern Pacific Company, through
Julius Kruttschnitt vice-president and
director of maintenance of the Hani
man lines, absolutely rejected today
demand tor recognition of the Fed
eration of Railway Employes, com
posing five shop trades and 25,000 men.
This would hamper the company In
performing its duty to the public, was
the position taken by its officials.
Union leaders asked for it on grounds
of economy and expedition and ad
mittedly because of a feeling that
greater centralization of capital and
power made corresponding centraliz
ation among various unions desirable.
The unions Involved had asked per
mission of their general officers to
strike in event of the refusal of -recognition.
Union Men In Conference.
A conference lasting three hours and
20 minutes was terminated by Mr.
Kruttschnitt's final answer and follow
ing It the union representatives, sober
faced, went into session Ufemselves. to .
consider the strike vote, which they
may accept as binding, or may reject
refusing to sanction a strike. .
Those who conferred today, were, for
the railroad. Mr. Kruttschnitt E. E.
Calvin, vice-president and general
manager of the Southern Pacific; W.
P. Scott assistant general manager;
H. J. Small, superintendent of motive
power; R. R. Cleary, assistant to the
general manager, and F. G. Athern,
chief of the bureau of economics. For
the - unions appeared J. W. Kline, in-
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! INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 82
degrees; minimum, 58 degrees. i
TODAY'S Fair and cooler; westerly winds.'
Foreign.
France's business interests disturbed by war
tension. Page 5. . -
Domestic.
Martin family to develop large holdings of
Oregon land. Page 3.
Atwood, In temper, throws away chance to
make (3000. Page 6.
Crowd goads aviator" into making fatal
flight. Page 2.
Woman who pitied Infirm man gets $330,000
In will. Page 8. .
Kruttschnitt refuses to grant recognition of
railway men's federation. Page 1.
Aviator Frisble, taunted by crowd, attempts
flight tails to death. Page 2. -Bride
kidnaped by detectives. Page 8.
Henry Clay Beattle, Jr., to go on stand and
tell own story today; delenso to ena case.
Page 3.
Schooner Comet from Grays Harbor,
beached after striking rock. Page 2.
Sports. -
Results' In Pacific Coast League yesterday:
Oakland 6. Portland O; Vernon , Sacra
mento S; Lo Angeles 2. Ban Francisco J-
Page 7.
Results in Northwestern League yesterday
Portland 6. Tacoma 2: Vancouver 7, Seal
tie 2; Spokane 10, Victoria 9. Page 7.
Harness races next week draw brilliant en
try list. Page 7.
Play in Irvlnyton 'Club's Fall tennia taurna
' ment opens today. Page 12.
Gotch is confident of defeating Hacken
schmldt. Page 7.,
Pacific Northwest
Toppenlsh scene of auto accident when two
die and six are injured- 2&ge &
Rain only saver of forests burning In Wll-
lametter Valley country. Page 6.
State pays honor to great battleship Ore
gon, page 1.
For first time State Railroad Commission
forced to set orders aside. Page 6.
Five men hold ud Southern Pacific train
near Gibson, Cal., loot express car and
escape. Page 1.
Indian accused of abusing wife is shot to
death in Grangevllle Jail. Page 2.
Commercial! and Marine.
All cereals bring higher prices in North
western markets. Page IT.
Wheat advances at Chicago on Moroccan
war talk. Page 17.
Stock market level is advanced materially.
Page 17.
First sale of 1011 Oregon apples made by
Northwestern Fruit Exchange. Page 17.
Quick voyage Is made by salmon-laden
ships from Alaska to Astoria. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Boy thwarts plan of father to kidnap him.
page 1.
Attorney blames Judge Tazweli, not Briggs,
for prisoners release irom rockpue.
Page 10.
Second Bull Run pipe line Is completed and
stands test, water supply to be ss.ooo.ouo
gallons. Page 1.
George Baker is Acting Mayor with full
charge while Rushlight vlolU' In Vancou
ver, B. C. Page 10.
Police busy In arranging after upheaval that
shifted 100 members of force. Page 10.
Auditorium Commission considers plana.
Page 10.
Organized labor plans to nominate nine state
representatives, a lew benators, ana
wants representation in Congress. Page
12.
Miss Kstella A. Hell Is reinstated as public
school teacher and transferred. Page 16.
Theodore Kruse, wealthy hotel-owner, re
ported by wife as missing since August
21. Page 1.
Lawyer subscribe to fund to hold election
for Tazwelrs recall. Page 4.
CHURCH OUT AFTER WILSON
Honorary Brewing Office Stirs Ire
' of Methodist Folk.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CoL, Sept 1.
A resolution calling on Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson to resign from the
honorary vice-presidency of the Inter
national Brewers' Congress and Hop
growers Exhibition, w,hich will be held
in Chicago, was passed today by the
Colorado Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in '.session here.
The resolution asked President Taft
to demand such an action on the part
of Secretary Wilson.
THEODORE KRUSE
ODDLY MISSING
Rich Cafe Owner Gone
Since August 21.
WIFE AND FRIENDS MYSTIFIED
Third Portland Man Lost From
Sight Recently.
WORD SENT FROM SOUND
Boniface Telegraphs From Seattle
That He Left to Get Singers Xo
Trace Found Since No Finan
cial or Domestlo Trouble.
THREE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEAR
ANCES DEVELOP WITHIN .
TWO WEEKS.
Theodore E. Kruse. prominent
hotel man. disappeared August 21.
Friends fear foul play or temporary
mental aberration.
J. Lloyd Magness. cashier of Union
Depot baggage department, left home
Tuesday night. Boat found next
day, empty. Father says river pirates
cause of death Other causes given
are mental aberration or drowning.
Charles W. Jones, assistant mana
ger of the Oregon Hotel, after setting
out to go fishing, failed to return.
Thought never to have left the city
and to harve been Injured or killed
here or drowned in the Wllamette
River.
Under mysterious circumstances The
odore Kruse, proprietor of the Belve-
dere Hotel, the Louvre Cafe and the
new Ritz-Carlton Hotel, disappeared
from the city Monday, August 21, and
every effort to find him has been of no
avail.
No cause for his disappearance is
given by his wife or Intimate friends.
unless It is that he is mentally de
ranged or has met with foul play. There
are no grounds, apparently, for the be
lief that he Is affected mentally, lnas
much as he had no great financial wor
ry and was enjoying health. Neither
can cause be given for foul play, as
he did not carry a large sum of money
with him.
Mrs. Kruse, after worrying over her
husband's disappearance for nearly ten
days, during which time she has made
every effort to find him, made publio
his disappearance last night in hope
that publicity might help to discover
his whereabouts. She says she has ex
erted every effort to find him, without
avail.
Financial Affairs Clear.
Mr. Kruse disappeared when he was
about to take over the new Ritz-Carl
ton and when he failed to live up to-
his agreements in contracts he held all
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BOY FOILS KIDNAP
PLAN OF FATHER
HALF-LOST SIGHT REMINDS LAD
OF FLIGHT BEFORE.
"Cut Out," Says 1 1-Year-OId to
Sire Who Watched House Long
for Chance Parent Departs.
After watohing for more than a week
the house In which his divorced wife
and her son are living, at (45 Market
Drive, Joe Cowden, a recent arrival
from Oklahoma, is said to have aban
doned his supposed effort to kidnap the
child and Is" believed to have left the
city accompanied by a detective who
worked with him. To Patrolman Gill,
who discovered the facts and watched
the house, is given much of the credit
for preventing the kidnaping.
Even more effective than the activity
of the police, was the refusal of the
child, 11 years old, to converse with
his father when they met Just before
the man's departure. "Cut It out1
said the little fellow as he broke from
the grasp of his father and retreated
to his mother.
The boy had reason, for through an
act of his father In kidnaping him three
years ago he lost the sight of one eye.
Soon after his mother, Mrs. Lulu Emer
son, was divorced from Cowden in
Oklahoma, the child was seized by his
father, who drove away, only to be
caught in a severe blizzard. The ride
in the intense cold caused an affliction
which lodged in the child's eye and
led to the loss of sight A week after
the seizure he was recovered by the
sheriff and was returned to his mother.
She went to San Francisco to avoid a
repetition of the act and thence came
to live here with her sister.
About two weeks ago Cowderi ap
peared In the neighborhood and began
watching the house closely, apparently
knowing that Mrs. Emerson and her
child were alone during the day. A
friend of the family fell In with Lewis
and gained information from him
which caused him to give a warning
to the family.
JOHN D. CUNNING AS BOY
Coup More Than Half Century Ago
Put Future Magnate on Top.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 1. (Special.)
That John D. Rockefeller, displaying
the same cunning in his boyhood days
that has made him the richest man in
America, won a hickory nut fight be
tween schoolboys years ago is shown
by an old newspaper clipping discov
ered by A. L. Bartholomew, president
of the First ' National Bank at Pres
ton, Ia.
The fight which occurred more than
half a century ago, was between the
boys of Prospect School and Cleveland
High School. While his comrades were
waging the fight with all their brute
strength. Rockefeller, a Prospect boy,
shrewdly made a reconnoltering trip
and captured a load of ammunition from
the High School boys. This coup turned
the tide .of battle. Other boys lined up
with the Prospects who.olnce have be
come famous were William McKlnley,
Thomas' A. Edison,' Mark Hanna and
Calvin Brlce. Mark Hanna was commander-in-chief
of the Prospects.
NEW MILITARY CAP HERE
Vancouver Barracks Officers Ar
rayed Like German Army Men.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash
Sept. 1. (Special.) The new style
military cap, to he worn with the new
Btyle officers' uniform, which becomes
compulsory July 1, 1912. has already
arrived and are being worn by officers
in this post The new caps are similar
to the German officers' cap, being
higher In crown and much broader on
top, resembling a huge pompadour.
There is no gold braid on them, but
are apparently made for service and
utility. The visor Is short and at an
obtuse angle.
The change In the uniform, from the
present style, is in . make and not in
color or texture. The collar of the
coat or blouse. Is standing. Instead of
rolling, as the present ones, and the
pockets are sewed to the coat on the
outside. Instead of being bellows style,
me new uniforms win make a more
military appearance.
MARK TWAIN HOME IS GIFT
City of Hanlbal 'ow Owns House
Famed by "Tom Sawyer."
HANNIBAL, Mo.. Sept 1. The boy
hood home of Mark Twain on High
street, built by his father, John M.
Clemens, In 1839, was bought today by
George A. Mahan, a wealthy attorney
and his wife and was given by them to
the City of Hannibal.
The old home is a two-sory frame
house in a good state of preservation.
It is only a few feet away from the
alley where "Tom Sawyer" had the
boys paint, the fence. "Huckleberry
Finn" lived at the other end of the
alley. It is a block to Holllday Hill
and across the street was the "news
paper" office of "Tom's" father.
NEW REVOLT BREAKS OUT
State of Slnaloa Rises Tip Against
Government of Madero.
EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 1. Accord
ing to a special tonight from Her
mosllla. the state of Sinaloa, Mexico,
is in rebellion against the Mexican
government.
Governor Juan Banderez heads the
revolt, declaring for an Independent
state.
SECOND DULL RII'J
PIPE IS COMPLETE
Water Rushes Through
Conduit in Test.
SUPPLY 68,000,000 GALLONS
Report That , Task Is Ended
Cheers Officials.
FAMINE PERIL VANISHES
Superintendent Dodge Informs the
Board That Big Tube Is 6uccess
and May Be Used Wednesday
After Main Is Cleaned. j
A scene bordering on the dramatlo
followed the sudden announcement by
Superintendent Dodge to Acting Mayor
Baker and members of the Water
Board yesterday that water was turned
Into Bull Run conduit No. 2 at the head
works at 4:37 o'clock yesterday after
noon for the first time, and that the
test was successful.
It seemed dlfllcult for those present
to realize that at last the big conduit,
which will deliver 43,000,000 gallons of
water into the city every 24 hours, was
completed and nearly ready for actual
service.
Probably by Wednesday morning it
will be possible to turn the supply
from the new conduit Into the distrib
uting mains for use over all the city
for irrigation and domestlo purposes.
68,000,000 Gallons Kept.
This project Is one of the largest
ever undertaken by the city, and Its
completion marks an epoch in Port
land's history. It means, in brief, that
there will be a supply of 68,000.000
gallons of water available for use here
every 24 hours. Instead of 23,000,000
gallons, as heretofore. Shortage of
water, therefore, will be a thing of the
past generally speaking, although, be
cause of Improper distribution mains In
some sections, there may not be all
that Is desired. Plans are under way,
however, to remedy this. It Is safe to
say that there will be no occasion for
the repetition of this season's famine.
Routine of business had been fol
lowed by the members of the Board In
the usual manner. Acting Mayor Baker
presiding, when the report of Chief En
gineer Clarke was reached by Super
intendent Dodge, who proceeded to
read It to the Board. At 4:40 Super
intendent Kruse entered the room,
whispered to Mr. Dodge, and the su
perintendent who had evidently been
expecting a message, said:
Cheery Report Made.
"Gentlemen, I have to report to you
that Inspector Maupln, In charge of
the head works, has Just telephoned to
my office that he turned on the water
Into the new pipeline at 4:37 o'clock, at
the orders of the contractors."
"Good," shouted Theodore B. Wilcox,
on whose motion, a year ago, the Board
awarded the contract to the Schaw
Batcher Company, of Sacramento.
"Fine business," commented Acting
Mayor Baker, and Commissioners
Mackay and Winn echoed their senti
ments likewise. Commissioner Alns
worth, who has taken deep interest in
the new conduit was absent on Impor
tant business, and did not have the ,
pleasure of hearing the announcement
which means so much to the city. ;
Superintendent Dodge then proceed- 1
Art tn riAtall t n b A Rnarri hnw fnrttiratA
it Is that the new conduit Is so nearly .f
ready for actual use.
Pipe Kills Shortage.
"This morning." said Mr. Dodge, "the
reservoirs showed a deficiency of 33
per cent Instead of having 66,000,000
gallons on hand, as we should have,
there were but 44,000.000 gallons; we
are losing at the rate of about 3,000,000
gallons a day."
Inquiry was made as to when the
water from the new pipeline can be
used for domestic purposes. Chief En
gineer Clarke said it would take but a
few days. Probably four days, he said,
would give time In which to have the
pipe cleaned and the reservoirs scoured
sufllclently to permit the turning of the
new supply into the distribution mains.
When the question of shutting off the
privilege of evening sprinkling was
brought up, Mr. Wilcox asked Superin
tendent Dodge what he thought about
It and Mr. Dodge replied that he would
not do so; that he would prefer to
make an effort to pull through until
the new pipe Is in service, when there
will be ample supply. All of the mem
bers of the Board seemed to be of the
same opinion, and it was decided that,
should the danger point be reached and
it be found necessary to shut off the
evening sprinkling, action will be taken
at the call of Superintendent Dodge.
The method of cleaning the big con
duit Is simple. There are about 50
blowholes scattered along the line, and
these are left open when the water la
turned In. This reduces the pressure
to make it safe, and throws off the
dirt. As fast as a blowhole show
clear water It Is closed. This proced
ure will be followed until the last hols
Is shut down at the Mount Tabor res
ervoirs. The reservoirs will have tc
be flushed much in the fame manner,
to clear out the tar and dirt that have
accumulated while they were in the
process of building,.
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