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CHINESE REBELS
SLAY FOREIGNERS
Missionaries Victims
of Massacre.
PEKIN CONFIRMS REPORT
Legations Worried Over Fate
of Workers at Sian Fu.
DETAILS STILL LACKING
America a and Japan?: Warships
Are Reported to Have landed
Force at Chl-F German
Crnlsrr on Scene.
TANKEE TIM IANDr.D.
BERLIN. Xev. !. A dispatch
th. Otmta Cable Company from
Tslng-tso asserts that th. Americas
and Japanese warship bar each
landed a fore of m.a at Chl-r.
Th. G'rrna cruiser Emden baa ar
rived at Chl-ra.
PEKIN. Nov. 0. Chinese official
confirm the report that a massacre of
foreigners. as well as Manrhus has oc
rurred st Slan Fu. Th legation b
lirve that the report will prova true.
There were 40 foreigner In Slan Fu.
r.J many missionaries In the smaller
Kin !l towns. I p to th present only
I'hlnese report, have been received re
putdtriK the massacre.
There has been no telegraphic or
postal communication with Slan Fu for
n oi 11. an three weeks.
The Swedirh missionaries. Messrs.
ndlorg and Erlckson. arrived her
lnit night from Tien Tsln. They said
a telegram had been received frlm Elan
Ku before their departure from Pouth
rrn Slien SI. announcing th murder of
Miss Becklngsdale. a school mistress,
and five foreign children.
Btaeee f.lrla ftlala.
Many Chinese girls In yilss Recking,
dale school who were mistaken for
Manchua. because of their big fret,
wera a. so reported to 'have been mur
dered. A German. Philip Manners, who
wss In the Chinese postal service, was
among others killed.
Messrs. Fandborn- and Erlckson said
a magistrate In their own town offered
them 1400 each to leave the province.
Shea fit I probably the most antl
forelgo province In China proper, not
having received a lesson at the hands
ef the foreign troop In 1300.
tebkera Attack Fare-laraer.
Highwaymen In Ifonan attacked and
robbed a party of fugitive missionaries;
Nowhere le. apparently, have for
eigners been attacked, the rebels every
where giving them protection, but It I
feared that lawlessness might Increase.
Th Pekln government is powerless be
yond Honan and Chi LL ,
Th legations have taken no action
a yet. but they have the reported kill
ing of foreigners under consideration.
Without a strong Invading; force, how
ever, nothing can be undertsken be
yond th Tangtse.
Most of th. legations advised their
people) la th Interior to depart three
week ago. Many disobeyed, believing
they mere In no danger. Some of the
women and children were sent to th
coast.
Among the foreigner at Stan-fu,
where 40 are reported to have been
massacred, are:
Mrs. Beck man. the wife of R. Beck
man, of the Scandinavian-China Al
liance; mission at 61n-fu.
Miss J. Becklngsdale. belonged to th
English Baptist mission.
Among other members of "the Scan
dinavian Alliance are Rev. J. C. Ander
son and wife. Rev. O. Bengtxson and
wife. E. Paulson. C. J. Jensen and wife.
Miss D. Lindvall and Miss C. Anderson.
Rev. B- L. Bordlund and wife and
Mrs. C. tl. Ifonrlkson also are members
ef the mission, but In the last record of
Ihe Institution published this year are
reported a being absent from th sta
tion. Others st th Baptist mission at Slan
fu. In addition to Miss Becklngsdale,
are Rev. A. C Bhorrock and wife. Rev.
K. J. Ellison. IL S. Jenkins. M. D.. and
wife. Rev. Donald Smith and wife, Q.
A. Charter and wife, C Rober and son.
M. M- Stanley. J. M. Watt. Miss Frank
lin snd Miss Thomas.
l-MFKItOK'S MOTirKR KI.OPE3
Chinese Princess Decamp With
Actor and Manrhus Mourn.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. SO. Princess
I -a!, mother of the baby Emperor of
China, and wife of the Prince Regent,
has brought added burden to th
harassed Manchus by her elopement
with an actor. Yun? Shu Lu. according
to advice that have reached San Fran
cisco through the medium of Chines
newspapers.
A number of newspapers published
In China refer to the "dlsicrace that
has come to the royal family, but only
one. the Min Lu Pa. the largest news
paper published In China, gives th
Princess' nam and s full account of
th elopement.
Th story Is that th mother of th
Kmperor fell In love with the actor
ICenciudsd ea rase
POLICE HOLD DIARY:
AS LOTTERY CARD
JCTXTE O'DAVS SERVANT EX
PLAINS HIEROGLYPHICS.
Chine Freed With Ten Wln He
TH1 Court Ticket Bear Namra
of Matrons Who Employ Him.
After thre policemen had passed
nearly all yesterday morning on th
witness stand la th Municipal Court,
striving to prove that a certain slip of
paper covered with Chines hiero
glyphics was a lottery ticket. Ah Toy,
bouseboy for Atfarney Thomas O'Oay.
on of th attorneys In th case, took
th stand and Identified th paper as
his memorandum of certain house
cleaning transactions with his women
patrons.
This Missy Dan Maiahkey ." said Toy.
running a lean finger up th lines of
characters: "this Missy Kendall, this
Missy Howard, this Missy Moreland. I
werkum they bouses, pattern down, no
forget turn."
-I no gamble. said th witness In
answer to a question of his employer
attorney. "1 go store of my cousin. On
Hlng Company, and police catchee me."
"1 have known this boy for 10 years."
said Judge O Pay, "and he has lived In
my house for sis. I know him to bs
perfectly truthful and no gambler. His
arrest was an outrage."
Other Interest was brought Into th
rase when Judge O'Day. denouncing th
police for bringing In case without
adequate proof, aald that three out of
every ten case appealed from the
Municipal to th Circuit Court, wer
all that were sustained.
"It baa nothing to do with this esse
that Judge Catena Is making a lot of
political decisions." said Deputy City
Attorney Cahalln.
"Thar ar too many rase brought
her on mere supposition," said Judge
raswell. "and It takes up th time of
th court and la unfslr to th defend
ants.' Ah Bo, accused of running a lottery
game at 17 Second street, and ten visi
tors wer discharged on th statement
of Ah Toy.
REBEL FLAG IN CHURCH
Chinese) Children Wave Emblem.
$600 Raised for Red Cross.
Following- a meeting Sunday even
ing at th Presbyterian Chinese Mis
sion, of which Rv. a K. Chan Is pas
tor, 100 Chinese, all Portland residents,
subscribed more than $00 for the bene
fit of th Red Cross now laboring In
China.
rrofessor 'Wong Tse Tsol, who re
turned recently from Chins, where h ,
visited eeveral districts In which th
revolutionist hav been mot active. I
lectured on th work the Red Cross Is
doing and the part th Chines ar
playing.
One hundred or more Chinese chil
dren who attended the meeting Sun
day night, sang and waved th new
Chines rebel flag. Miss Bertie Chan, i
daughter of "he pastor of the mission,
led th children In th march to their
seats and directed the singing.
FIRM MAY REFUSE TO PAY
Powder Company Probably Will
Try Out Insurance Law In Court.
. OLTMPIA. Wash..' Nor. JO. (Special.)
That th Dupont Powder Company
will refuse to make th first payment
for Its assessment under the new In
dustrial Insurance commission law be
cause of th eight lives lost In th fir
of th Imperial Powder Cog-.pany at
Chehaila Is the belief In Olympl. Fol
lowing a conference with the commis
sion today Attorney P. C. Sullivan, rep
resenting th powder company, said he
would give out Wednesday whether or
not his company will pay.
When th state sues to collect It Is
believed th powder company will take
th rase to th United State Supreme
Court to test th constitutionality of
th law. although the Washington Su
preme Court has held It valid.
WOMAN GETS SCORCHERS
Fair Chauffeur Takes Policeman In
Wild Hide After Speeders.
OAKLAND. Cal.. Nov. 10. The loan
of a touring car and a woman's Intrepid
driving enabled two patrolmen to chase
down and capture a pair of scorching
motor-cyclists yesterday who bad
greeted commands to halt with loud,
coarse laughter.
"Jump Into my car," said th fair
chauffeuse. who saw the Incident as
he was pssslng. The officers hopped
In and a moment later th speedometer
was pointing at the 60-mile mark.
At the end of 35 blocks the cyclists
surrendered. They wer Otto Toung,
a chauffeur, and Lewi Lansing, a ma
chinist, who wer booked for exceed
ing the speed limit. v
BULLET SAVES POWER LINE
Man Shoots Off Insulator Before
Swaying Pole Can Break Wire.
TACOMA. Wash, Nov. JO. (Special.)
One of the Puget Sound Eleetrlo
Company" linemen armed with a 30-10
rifle, this morning saved the streetcar
service of Tacoma from being dis
abled. Standing upon th Tacoma-Se-attle
lnterurban bridge across the
Puyallup River, the lineman carefully
shot away the porcelain Insulators on
a pole carrying th electron high ten
sion wires.
The pole was about to fall and dan
gerous to climb. After th bullet re
leased the big wires from th tottering
pole It wa pulled down.
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TROOPS TO BORDER
Orders Are to Seize
Mexicans' Arms.
GOVERNMENT IS ACTIVE, TOO
Federal Soldiers Are Ready to
Halt Hostile Moves.
AMPLE AUTHORITY HELD
Governor Determined Revolutionists
Cannot Begin Campaign From
American Territory Madero
Orders Men North.
AUSTIN. Tex.. Nov. JO. At th re
quest of th Sheriff of Cameron County
who reported It was his Information
that a party of aUeged revolutionists
would attempt to cross the border Into
Mexico at Brownsville. Governor Col
quitt ordered out a company of Stat
Militia stationed at Brownsville, to
night to assist the county authorities
In enforcing the neutrality laws.
A detachment of state rangers has
also been ordered to Brownsville.
A later dispatch from Brownsville re
ported that Jth tat troop had re
sponded to th call and were working
In conjunction with the county offi
cials. Stat H Aatborlty.
Assistant Attorney-General Lane has
Informed the Governor that the Stat
Militia and rangers 'are vested with
ample authority under the laws of Tex
as to seise arms being accumulated In
time of peace when circumstances In
dicate threatening movements against
friendly powers or neighbors.
The movement of United States
troops to the Mexican border. In con
nection with a rising said to be Im
minent, has centered on Laredo be
cause that place 1 reported to be th
most Importsnt just now as sn outlet
for supplies and munitions of war.
Troop la Readiness.
General Duncan, commanding- the
Department of Texas, said today at
San Antonio that enough troops would
be held In readiness to meet any emer
gency. Two troops of the Fourth Cavalry,
stationed at Fort Bliss, have been or
dered to the border at El Paso, pre
sumably for patrol duty.
Reyes sympathisers In Jaures sre
quiet and there ar no evidences of
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INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Mailmom temperature. M
decrees; minimum. 47 degree
TODAY'S Rain; southwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Persia, bes.t by Russia, begs Powers to In
terfere. Pace 4.
Chinees officials confirm report ef mas
sacr. of foreign missionaries. Page 1.
National.
Promoter says general fear railroads will
build ships to destroy competition by
canal route knocked proposed Sl.000.0O
fleet In head. Page .
Shoe Industry cltled as business ideal after
which Federal regulation should be
based. Page 6.
Domestic
Oosnpers haa tilt with Socialists In Labor
Federation convention. Page 4.
James J. Hill tells of wonders of Ore
gon at Chicago Land Show. Page i.
Los Ang.lea women hold balance of power
In coming city election. Page J.
Talesmen at trial of beautiful Mrs. Patter
son surprisingly ready to Inflict death
penalty on woman. Page S.
Men pop In and out of McNamara Jury
box: but little progress Is made during
day. Page f.
Yokel describes tarring of Kansas school
ma'am. Pag 1.
Texas rushes troops to border with order
to seise Mexican arms. Pag 1.
Millions will change hands In Loe Angeles
If Socialists are defeated. Page X.
Imperial Council of Shrine programme qpm
pieted at Los Angelas. Page 14.
Prominent Christians of world to attend
Portland conference In I'll. race 14.
Pad Me Northwest.
Feat tie alarm grows ae water supply 1
gradually diminished. Page L
Centralis strongly Indorses commission phut
of government. Page 4.
Oregon 8upreme Court reverses eaees ts ap
peal. Page 4.
Judce Lovett and Harrlmsn officials 'make
tour of lines to Albany and Corvallla
Page 4.
Sport.
Oustavus T. Klrby. of New York, new
president of A. A. U. Page .
Frits Holland looked upon by fight fans
as possible champion. Page a.
Draft privilege Is boon to advanced minor
leagues. Pace S.
Commercial and Marin.
Ending ef war In China will stimulate Fa
elflo Coast wheat trade. Page 1.
Damage in Argentina affects wheat prices
st Chicago. Page It.
New York stocks lower because of declines
at London. Page It.
Golden Gate to carry only freight en Tilla
mook run now. Page 18.
Portland aad Vicinity. -""
Chinese freed when he shows aUeged lottery
ticket to be list of matrons for whom he
works. Pa-e 1.
East Portland Library, completed, to be
thrown open to publlo December L
Page It.
Many port commissions depend on defini
tion of watershed to be decided by Fed
eral Court. Page 11.
Mayor Rushlight ftles budget requiring 4.1
mills tax to meet 1913 expeneea Page 1.
Two women deputy County Clerks testify
.discovering many forged name. In Park
Ison referendum petitions. Page I.
New Pantages Theater opened. Page s.
Giprr Hmlth tells Salvation Army It doesn't
need badges or bonnets to proclaim
Christ. Pace 14.
Oil land promotors accused of dogging mln
tnc prospector who Is mysteriously ar
rested, rage 4. '
SURGEON-GENERAL IS DEAD
Walter Wyman, Head of Public
Health and Marine Service, Gone.
WASHINGTON. Nov. Jl. Walter Wy
man. Surgeon-General of the United
States Publlo Health and Marin Serv
ice, died at Providence Hospital at
11:10 o'clock this morningr after an Ill
ness of several months.
Th direct cause of Dr. Wyraan's
death was a carbuncle, which developed
four weeks ago after he had been In
poor health several months.
The body will be taken to St. Louis
and the funeral probably will be held
here Thursday.
YOKEL TELLS HOW
GIRL WAS TARRED
Fake Holdup Prelude
to Night Attack.-
PLOT IS HATCHED IN MILL
"Go-Between" Names Two of
Men Who Applied Coat.
GIRL'S CRIES DESCRIBED
Schoolteacher Sits Motionless) In
Court Betraying Xo Sign of
Tears as Kansas Laborer
Cnfolds Story-
LINCOLN CENTER, Kan Nov. 10.
While the youns victim sat motionless,
betraying not th least sign of -a tear,
Chester Anderson, a laborer, related to
a Jury this afternon the startling story
of how ten men of Lincoln County, him
self on of them, dragged Miss Mary
Chamberlain, a school teacher, from a
buggy near Twelve-Mile Schoolhous
and spoils a coat of tar to her naked
body.
Under cross - examination, Anderson
admitted that he had never heard any
gossip against Miss Chamberlain, and
eaid his part in the tarring followed a
talk at Clark's mill, th day of the
"partyi" when "Sherrlll Clark or Mr.
Slmres asked me If I would take Mary
Chamberlain out that night; that they
wanted to tar her.
"I said no."
"Gang;" Is Notified.
Anderson told of how he had ar
ranged with Ed Rlcord to take the girl
for a buggy ride, and of going- back to
Clark's mill to notify the "gang." The
night of the tarring Anderson and Del
bert Klndelsparger drove to the scene
In a buggy, while other members of the
mob went on motorcycles.
When .he got to the scene of the
tarring. Anderson said he was forced to
laugh, for there stood Everett G. Clark,
the wealthy miller of Everett, with a
gunnysack over hie head, through
which eye and breathing holes had been
poked, and by his side was Jay Fltz
water, his head covered with a mill
bag.
Toy Pistol Flourished.
When Miss Chamberlain and Rlcord
drove by, Anderson said, he and Kln
delsparger steped Into the road and,
pointing a toy pistol at them, halted
the two.
"Two other men, wearing masks,"
said Anderson, "came up and took Mary
out of the buggy. Rlcord got out and
hid. Another man held the tar can."
Anderson said two of the men were
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HILL TELLS ABOUT
OREGON'S WONDERS
RAILROAD BUILDER SPEAKER
AT LAXD SHOW.
Central Oregon Wonld Hold All of
Iowa, Rail Chief Says Exhibit
of State Best at Big Fair.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20. (Special.) The
wonders of Oregon were related at
length to an interested throng at the
Land Show today by James J. Hill, the
railroad builder and chairman of the
board of directors of the Great North
ern Railway.
Mr. Hill touched in particular on the
great possibilities offered by the Cen
tral Oregon country to the homeseeker.
He told . his audience that it was a sec
tion so large and so undeveloped that
the entire state of Iowa could be
dropped into it and not be touched by
a railroad.
Among the distinguished visitors at
the Show today, besides Mr. Hill, were
Louis W. Hill. President of the Great
Northern; William Hanley. of Burns,
Or., and ex-Governor Brady, of Idaho.
All expressed their pleasure at the
splendid showing made by products of
Oregon and the Pacific Northwest,
which easily surpass the exhibits from
all other sections of the United States
and Canada.
Mr. Hanley, In a short address, ad
vised homeseekers to look Into the
opportunities presented by the Central
Oregon country before going else
where, and promised those who went
there to better themselves to assist
them in every way possible.
The Great Northern Is conducting
moving picture and stereoptlcon lec
tures of Oregon every afternoon and
evening to standing room only. The
Coliseum was packed with 25,000 per
sons yesterday and today.
FRIENDLY BET COSTS LIFE
Winner Wants to Collect Cash After
Ian Has Drowned.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 20 (Special.)
After Bill Konidas, employed by the
Northern Pacific Railroad .at Chehalls.
wa drowned today in an effort to win
a bet with a companion, the companion
went to the man who held the stake
and also the clothes which Konidas had
discarded before he attempted his fatal
swim and asked that the money be paid
to him. Konidas" body has not been
found nor has the money he left in the
hands of the stakeholder been paid to
his companion who won the wager.
Konidas and his companion were
working near the city on the main line
of the Northern Pacific. The bottom
lands between the railroad and the old
Union Pacific grade are flooded with
water and to show his prowess as a
swimmer Konidas declared that he
could go to the old grade and return.
His companion thought to the contrary
and laid a sum of money in the hands
of Louis Daskalos,- an Interpreter, to
back his argument. Konidas handed
Daskalos a watch and $65 which he
said his companion might keep if he
failed to return for it.
When some distance out in the pond
Konidas disappeared and a search by
Coroner Sticklln and others for the
body has so far been futile.
WIFE PRETTY; DIVORCED
Comely Spouse Too Great Luxury for
Worklncnian, Says Husband.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 20. (Special.)
A comely wife Is too great a luxury
for a workingman, William J. Gal
lagher told Judge Van Nostrand In the
Superior Court today while testifying
In support of his complaint for divorce
from Mrs. Blanche Gallagher.
"I could not afford to pay for the
automobiles she thought her good looks
entitled her to be supplied with," said
Gallagher. "She also thought she
should wear clothes of a texture en
tirely too expensive for a man earning
$5 or S6 a day at the ironmoulders'
trade. I did the best I could, but ah
was too pretty for a poor man, and be
came discontented."
After listening to the husband's de
tailed recital of his wife's necessities,
the court granted Gallagher's petition.
PRESIDENT MUCH BETTER
Improvement So Marked That Doc
, tor Sajs All Hunger Is Past.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. President
Taft's cold had so far improved tonight
that it was said to be virtually certain
that a session of the Cabinet would be
held tomorrow.
The President's Improvement today
was so noticeable that Dr. Delaney said
there was not the slightest danger that
anything more serious than a cold
would develop. Mr. Taft felt so much
better that he summoned Attorney
General Wlckersham. Secretary Nagel
and A. H. Sanders, of the tariff board,
to discuss the forthcoming meeting.
LAZY FATHER SENT TO JAIL
Improvident Califomian Sentenced
to Work Two Years.
SACRAMENTO, CaL, Nov. 20. Ed
ward Westlake was sentenced to two
years In the county Jail by Superior
Judge Hayes today, as a "lazy" father.
The Sheriff was ordered to put West
lake at work on the roads.
The law under which Westlake was
sentenced, provides that a husband or
father who fails to provide for his
family shall upon conviction be made
to work for the county and be paid
$1.50 a day, the money to be used for
the maintenance of his family.
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PIPES DRY
Second Storm Adds to
Seattle's Danger.
RESIDENCE SECTION THIRSTS
Schools Closed and Hospitals
Are Without Heat.
RAIL TRAFFIC HAMPERED
Mayor Dllllng Orders Installation
of Additional Pumps to Keep
Water in Downtown Mains.
Repair of Conduit Rushed.
FLOOD CONDITIONS IN WEST
ERN WASHINGTON.
6eattle Two-thirds of city with
out water; streets dark and schools
closed.
Tacoma Railroad traffic demor
alized by washouts.
Everett Residents driven to house
tops by rising water.
Belllngham City without train
service sine, beginning of flood.
Ellensburg R a 1 1 r o a d telegraph
linesman believed to have lost life
In landslide.
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1SEATTLE, Nov. 20. Another storm
swept inland from the Pacific Ocean to
day carrying great masses of mist
which will be precipitated over West- (
ern Washington tonight. The rainfall
today was light and the rivers fell
materially, but 75 per cent of the pre
cipitation in Western Washington is
at night and the Weather Bureau
gives no reason to believe that the
end of the flood is in sight.
If the rain should stop, the railroads
would get their tracks clear and their ,
bridges repaired in two days. Th
roads have all their trackmen at work
with steamshovels and plledrlvers.
There are no trains between Seattle
and Belllngham, Wash., and Vancouver,
B. C.
Water Famine Alarms.
The lnterurban to Everett is run
ning, but the Seattle-Tacoma lnter
urban was closed down today by wash
outs. Trains to Portland get through
with little delay and all the Great
Northern, Northern Pacific and Mil
waukee transcontinental trains are
routed by way of Vancouver, Wash.,
and the Columbia River.
Seattle's water famine, at first a sub
ject of Jest, has now become alarming.
All of Seattle's principal residence sec
tion Is deprived of water. The schools
are closed and hospitals, apartment
houses and fashionable hotels on the
hills are without water and steam heat.
Water Is being hauled to the hotels
and hospitals in street department
wagons. Private householders can ob
tain water by going to the reservoirs,
which still hold a few days' supply
for the downtown district. Mayor
Dllllng has requested manufacturers
to discontinue the use of city water.
Additional Pipes Laid.
The water in the reservoirs will last
three days and the City Engineer
promises that before the expiration of
that time the pipeline from Cedar
River will be repaired. Orders were
given today for the laying of pipe to
connect the old Lake Washington
pumping station with the low service
mains. This plant has not been used
for years and is Inadequate to supply
the city, but will be of great value in
case of fire in the downtown district.
Seattle's streets were dark tonight.
The city had arranged with the power
companies to use their surplus cur
rent for the city's circuits. To handle
the extra load the Seattle Electria
Company put its emergency steam
plant into service, but the city offi
cials decided that this required the use
of too much water and ordered the
steam plant shut down, preferring un
lighted streets to the use of any wa
ter that could be saved for emergency,
First Reservoir Kmptled.
In addition to pumping water from
Lake Washington into the low service
mains. Mayor Dilling decided tonight
to install four pumps at Swan Lake
and from that body supply 10,000,000
gallons of water daily.
Three pumps for Swan Lake have
been secured in Seattle and an order
was telegraphed to Portland tonight
for the fourth. Mayor Dilling esti
mated that the normal consumption of
water in Seattle at this season of the
year is SO, 000,000 gallons daily. The
Volunteer and Lincoln Park reservoirs
will be empty by midnight tonight.
The city will then draw Its supply
from the Beacon Hill reservoir, which
contains 60,000,000 gallons.
A telephone message from Renton
indicates that the crest of the flood in
Cedar River passed tonight and the wa
ter is falling slowly.
The flood has apparently shifted 'to
the White River Valley, a. fertile dis
trict south of Seattle, where the water
is rising rapidly.
Damage has been done to property In
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WATER
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