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TUB 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY FEBRUARY IT, 1920 2 f - J ... - JURY WILL VISIT IE MASSAGF SCENE 21 Witnesses Called by I. W. W. Prosecution.;. JUDGE REBUKES DEFENSE Case Confined to Gnilt or Inno cense of Accused, Vanderreer Is Repeatedly Told. BY EES HUR LAMP MAN. VftVTFSASiV Wash- Keb. IS.- (Special.) Apainst the flat denial of , . the defense that any shots were urea - from the .Arnold loOKinK house, the ' state todav nroduced witnesses, mem bers of the parade, who told of seeing ' - the ass in an upper mo - smashed outward, of hearing rifie re - - - ports and of seeing smoke and flame spurt from the weapon or some nia den rifleman. ; . - Testimony to establish the fact that ' shots were fired from the Arnoia, ; - and that riflemen in the upper room ' did participate in the fusillade, is the latest move on the part of the prose- cution in the Centralia Armistice day ' -- , use, now on trial In superior court, where 11 I. W. W. defendants are - charged with the murder of Warren - O. Grimm, leader of the Centralia : contingent, who was shot whil standing at the head of his platoon. Wltaesaea Testify. Coupled with the proof brought forward regarding the Arnold as strategic point in the I. W. W. plan of attack, was testimony relative to the firing from Seminary hill, which has never been seriously denied by the defense. Twenty-one witnesses in all. with two in the uniform of America, testified regarding the ef feet of the firing upon the paraders, and of the shots that came from the two points. The day was further marked by the repeated attempts of George F. Van derveer, 1. W. W. counsel, to inject the Issue of capital versus labor Into the case, and by the reproof adminis tered by the court. Judge John M. Wilson, presiding, has ruled that the issue in the present case is wholly confined to the guilt or innocence of the accused men with respect to the charge of murder. Jar j to Visit Scene. By agreement of counsel today It was decided that the Jury rhall view the scene of the Armistice-day trag edy probably immediately after the state rests its cas This will be either In the latter part of the present r.tu week or the first of next. Many dis ' puted points, it is held, will be clari fied In the minds of the Jurors if they are enabled actually to go over the ground. When the Centralia visit is made it will be In the nature of a traveling session of the court. Judge, Jurors, prisoners, attorneys, bailiffs and all court attaches will comprise the of ficial party. Ex-Serrlce M 9 Staad. A. R. James of Centralia. who was tai the car driven by A. B. Purvis, tes tified that he noticed the front win dow of the Avalon broken out and that Purvis told him that shots were coming from that window. Tbe first ex-service man in uniform to take the stand wag Everett S. Mayes of Tenino, who was stationed near the front platoon of the Centra lia contingent. He heard shots from ahead, and the whistle of bullets, glass and splinters flew outward from tbe front of the L W. W. ball, he testified. riadow. Smoke Seem Mayes also testified that he saw the upper window of the Arnold broken and saw a smoke haze float out. He did not identity any particular report as coming ?rm the Arnold. Dr. A. C. Robinson, who also testi fied in uniform, was in Grimm's pla toon and heard the commander of the Centralia contingent give the order . to halt and close ranks at the lnter . section of Second street and Tower ; avenue. At almost the same instant I shots sounded from the eastward. He ' ran west on Second street and over his shoulder saw a flash from the windows of the Avalon hotel. Down Second street, at the rear of the co-operative store, he saw one of the gunmen firing an automatic pistol. This man, it is held to be certain, was Wesley Everetts, who killed Dale Hubbard while resisting capture and who was himself lynched. "Why are you wearing a uniform?" asked Vanderveer. "To have .a great effect on the Juryr Two Attormeya Clash. The witness was replying that such a purpose might be possible, when W. H. Abel, special prosecutor. Inter jected the remark that the uniform seemed distasteful to Vanderveer. The two clashed at once and were censured by the court.' m Testifying that he is a member 0T the 1. W. W., Harry R. Gardiner, a cement worker, took the stand for the state this morning and related the circumstances of his visit to the Centralia I. W. W. hall on noon of Armistice day, when he accompanied Klmer Smith, attorney, now one of the 11 defendants in the murder trial Ip progress here. "I met Elmer Smith at noon." tes tified Gardiner. "We went to the 1. W. W. hall between 1:30 and ! o'clock, probably 45 minutes before the shooting. Me la Rail Are Named. "There were present in the hall at that time. Britt Smith. Eugene Bar- nett. Wesley Everetts, and several others whom I did not know. I was acquainted with Barnett; had worked with him. "Elmer Smith asked Britt if he was ready for the raid, and Britt said he was always ready. They went to a bench in the rear of the hall and entered Into conversation." Gardiner was asked by W. H. Abel, special prosecutor, if he could de- I scribe the hat Barnett wore. One off I the fleeing riflemen, who was seen to emerge from the alley at the rear of the Avalon, had been described Dy a previous witness as wearing a large hat, of cowboy style. "He had on a large black hat," an swered Gardiner, "with ' the crown -smashed np to a peak and with a broad brim." Barnett Is Identified. Before the witness and Elmer Smith left the hall. Gardiner testi fied. Barnett went out. He Identified Barnett as one of the defendants present in court. Asked if he recognized Ray Becker as one of the men in the hall, Gardiner answered that the resemblance was strong, but that he would not swear that Becker was the same man. The witness also. testified that, some days after the shooting, he was visit ed by Rev. T. T. Edmonds, one of the secret investigators employed by the defense. On cross-examination by George F. Vanderveer. I. W. W. counsel, Gardi ner said that he has been a member of the radical organization for two years. He had attended several meet ings in Centralia and had seen various papers ana propaganda of the 1. W. W. None of these, he testified, had counseled violence or the destruction of property. He had no knowledge of any Im pending raid, save when he heard it mentioned by Elmer Smith in conver sation with Britt Smith, tboifgh he had read references in newspapers to action toward ridding Centralia of the L W. W. "I read in the papers that they were planning to get the I. W. W. out of Centralis," testified Gardiner, "but 1 didn't know what the method was." John E. Watt of Centralia, one of the legionaries wounded during the attack, was recalled for further cross examination. In previous questioning Vander veer had sought to show that Watt was shot by Wesley Everetts, on Sec ond street. Now the defense took an other tack. When the firing opened. watts testified his platoon was be fore the L W. W. hall, marking time He ran toward the Roderick hotel Vanderreer Pats ftnery. Isn't it the fact," asserted Vander veer, that you were shot while op posite the I. W. W. hall?" Absolutely no," answered the witness. Burt G. Clark. Seattle attorney and expert on ballistics, was recalled by the state. He testified with respect to the bullet that struck the sedan car owned by A. R. Frlsbie of Cen tralia. when parked at the southwest corner of Second and Tower. Several employes of the Eastern mill testified that they heard the firing from Seminary hill, just south of the mill where they were at work. Among these were Byron Epperson. William Ryan, J. O. Imsb and Bardine Frye. The last two testified to find ing suitcase, field glasses and coat on the summit of Seminary hill. W. H. Tooley. Centralia. testified that while unloading a car on the tracks east of Tower avenue he heard a number of shots fired from the hill and later saw three men leaving the hill in a southeasterly direction. From the railroad tracks, testified O. B. Farrell, foreman of a Nortnern Pacific extra gang, he heard shots from the hill wnizz overhead. A few minutes later he saw three men run ning in an easterly direction. Ail three had rifles. Most of these witnesses were not cross-examined by the defense except in an occasional attempt to show that they did not belong to unions, and that the Eastern mill is an open-shop industry. PEACE TEIMM, SAYSHEJIPKE have been the innocent victims on the high seas. To help bring to Justice the author of such crimes plainly accords with the aims of the league of nations. - "How can anyone fail to be im pressed by the reactionary manifes tations which have followed the re fusal of Holland and the dangerous encouragement to all those who are opposing the just chastisement of the culprits and their exemplary condem nation, whatever their social posi tion? "Holland, whose history tells of long struggles for liberty, who has suffered so grievously through dis regard for Justice, could not place herself by such a narrow conception nf her duties outside of the comity GERMAN SYSTEM PRAISED '"Vlr weighty they may be. is to institute order to mete out exemplary punish ment to responsible authors of the So Other Army Suffered in War as I endeavor to revive conceptions of Wilhelm Lauds Soldiers of All Nations. Did Prussians, Asserts Former Heir. BOND BUCKING ASKED APPLICATION "OF $2,205,900 BEFORE STATE COMMISSION. Certification of Drainage Issue Amounting to $680,000 Is Also Sought .by Districts. SALEM. Or, Feb. 1. (Special ) Applications are before the state ir rigation securities commission for the certification of irrigation and drain age bonds amounting to $(80,000, and payment by the state or interest on securities aggregating 2,205.000, ac cording to a report prepared today by Percy Cupper, state engineer and chairman of the commission. The Silver Lake irrigation district. including more than 8000 acres of land in Lake county, asks certifies tion of bonds in tbe sum of $300,000 and state payment of interest on the securities for a period of five years. The Gold Hill irrigation district, covering an area of about 1100 acres, asks state guarantee of interest on 185.000 in bonds issued, for develop ment purposes. The Talent irrigation district, com prising 12.000 acres in Jackson coun ty. requests state guarantee of inter est on 1600.000 in bonds. The Grants Pass irrigation district. including 6000 acres of land in Jose phine county, asks both certification and state guarantee of interest on bonds in the sum of 1290.000. The Teei irrigation district, located in Umatilla county and comprising about 16.504 acres, would have the state guarantee interest on bonds ag gregating J330.000. The Enterprise irrigation district, covering about 24.000 acres of land in Klamath county, requests the certification of bonds amounting to $40,000. The Kingman colony drainage dis trict, in Malheur county, asks for certification of bonds totaling $50,000. Under a law passed at the 1919 session of the legislature the state is authorised to pay interest on irri gation and drainage bonds for any part of the first five years after their issuance. solidarity and humanity -in the Ger man nation, which is still uncon vinced of the falsity of the tenets of its government, which professed that might was right and success condoned crime. "It was from this point of view, and not exclusively from a national standpoint, that the powers requested the government of the queen to hand over William of Hohenzollern, and from this point of view they now re new that request. The powers desire to remind the government of The Netherlands that if It should persist in its attitude of detachment toward the presence of the imperial family on its territory so close to Germany it would assume direct responsibility both for sheltering from the claims of justice and for that propaganda which is so dangerous to Europe and the whole world. TREATY WAR AGAIN RAGES IN SENATE Foes Counsel Republicans to Oppose Compromise. OLD ISSUES ARE REVIVED The New Yorfc World has obtained d- rance proofs of the book written by Fred erick William Honenzoliern, former crown prince of Germany, white in exile at wier insen. Except for a briet reference, the ex-nrince does not attempt to justify the standpoint of Germany in the war or to complain of the peace, but devotes himself to a study of the men wno ma tuv fiehtine He does not limit himself to Germans, riving his impressions of the men of other armies, and some of his pictures of the fighting; men are Riven below. (Copyright by the New Tork World. Pub lished by arrangement.) BT FREDERICK MIL.LIAM HOHEN ZOLLERN. (Former crown prince of Germany.) it is indisputable that the perma- BERLIN, Feb. 16. (Special Cable.) nent presence of the ex-emperor under After four and a half years of ineffectual supervision a few . kilo- herolc fiKhUne. sucn as the world's meters distance from -the German history never saw, our fatherland lies frontier, where he continues the cen- on the ETound. bleeding- from a thou- I ter of active and increasing1 intrisrue, sand wounds. A peace Is concluded J constitutes for the powers who have which is no peace not oven, lor the made superhuman sacrifices to de victors. Through this peace, material I stroy this martial danger a menace for conflict has been heaped up in which they cannot be called upon to Europe as before the war it never accept. The rights they possess in even approximately existed. Even I virtue of the most express principles the leading entente statesmen have of the law of nations entitle them said that Europe has been Balkan-I and make it their duty to take such ized. I measures as are required for their statesmen of the nations hitherto own security. enemies of Germany must represent "The powers cannot -conceal the events as though Germany wer to painful impression made upon them blame for the frightful war and the terrible misery because their peoples. too, suffer heavily under the conse quences of the war, and perhaps be cause they must bear still heavier burdens as a result of the peace. That there are Germans, too, who from party passion seek for proofs of our own blame for the outbreak or the war Is sad and painful. by the refusal of the Dutch govern ment to hand over the ex-emperor to them without any consideration of the possibility of reconciling the'scruples of Holland with some effectual pre cautionary measures to be taken either on the spot or by holding the ex-emperor at a distance from the scene of his crimes, making ft impos sible for him to exert his disastrous One can understand that during the influence in Germany in the future. war our enemies employed their bril- I "Although a proposal of this nature liant propaganda against German in- I would not correspond fully to the re stitutions. Now, however, at arms quest of the powers, it would at least Hitchcock Indicates Opposition to Modification of Withdrawal Reservation, rest, sober matter of fact, judgment should be resumed. There is no sense in continuing to inflame mutual angry passions. It would be states manly and wise to dam hate. The nations, after all, are dependent on one another and to heal the deep have afforded proof of those feelings which Holland cannot but possess. ine powers urge upon the Dutch government in the most solemn and pressing manner the importance at taching to fresh consideration of the question put before her. They desire wounds which the war inflicted 0:1 tha it may be clearly understood how grave me situation mignt oecome 11 the Netherlands government were not in a position to give those assurances ACTRESS TELLS SECRET Tells How to Darken Gray Hair With a Home-Made Mixture. Jolcev William, the well-known actress, who was recently playing: at the Imperial Theatre In St. Louis, mads the following- statement about (ray hair and how to darken it: "Anyone can prepare a simple mix . ture at home that will darken gray, streaked or faded hair, and make It soft and glossy. To a half-pint of water add 1 ounce of bay rum. a mall box of Barbo Compound, and ounce of glycerine. These ingredients can be bought at any drug store at very little cost. Apply to the hair twice a week until the desired shade is obtained. This will make a gray-haired person look twenty years younger. It doea not color the scalp. Is not sticky or greasy and does not rub ofX Adv.- RETAIL BODIES CONVENE DELEGATES AT JOIXT MEETING NUMBER TWO HrXDRED. Automobile Trip to Seaside Feature of Day's Entertainment at Astoria. ASTORIA. Or Feb. 16. (Special.) The consolidated convention of the Oregon State Retailers and the Ore gon Retail Merchants' associations was convened here this afternoon with approximately J00 members pres ent. Frank H. Sanborn, president of the Astoria chamber of commerce, called the session to order and ex tended a welcome to the visitors. He was followed by Mayor Bremner, who extended the welcome on behalf of the city. Norman L Grout of Portland responded for the out-of-town dele gates. Charles V. Brown and G. C. Barlow, presidents of the respective associations, spoke briefly on the work of the past year. After the appointment of tbe stand ing committees and the presentation of the annual report of Secretary Ed ward A- McLiean. the convention ad journed for the day and the visitors were taken on an auto trip to seaside. At this evening's session addresses were made by Charles W. Sobison of Astoria. Walter A. Denton of Salem and Jared Wenger f Portland, 11, the co-operation of all nations is essential. Economic Growth Causes War, One who has followed the relations of nations In history and whose judg ment is not dimmed by popular phrases must, if he examines the causes of the world war once more, come to the following conclusion: The enormous economic development of Germany in the last decades made it a dangerous competitor of England. This fact, I lr.A with the logical necessity, was bound to lead to harsh controversy.. By the right policy on Germany a part, however, as I believe, ways might have been found to come, per haps by peaceful and fair means, to an agreement with England, either through a military alliance or great business agreements. The German government did not want this war. History will show this clearer. But German diplomacy did not understand how to eliminate an ever-increasing opposition which automatically had lead to the world war. The following study which I hereby make public will not deal with the problems of large policy. The world war did take place and thereon noth- nit can be altered, W hat I undertake to describe is the soul and individ uality of the man at the front, who four and a half years long, under the greatest privations, endured the hard' est nhvsical test ever imposed on i human being. These men in the steel helmet, cut off from all kultur, hourly looking death in the face, who fought for their fatherland, bled and died whether the black, white and red or the tri-color or the union jack waved over them these were soldiers ana did their duty without asking why, Criticism la Resented. In the ranks of the Prussian army voices were not lacking who said that nnr exercising took up too much space in the two years' training and that too little value was placed on modern combat training. That may appear to a. certain degree justified. Without harming the principle that a soldier's training' must rest on good exercising, many rules of the drill lations might best be left out. Therewith in the last years before the war a systematic beginning had been made. In any case, it was exag gerated when on many sides it was said that in the army there was noth ing out "" from Australia. wnoAver trained a cuinptmjr ... neace time can judge what a good school the old army was for Ger mans. Even regarded from the ex terior, who ever saw 70 raw recruits before their enrollment in a com pany and saw them again after one year of training would hardly be lieve that they were the same peo ple. Body had developed, the re cruits had good self-conscious bear- ng. looked healthy and fresh, ana despite the strenuousness of the serv- Father ice had mostly gained consiaerame weight. When such young fellow went out Sundays in his trim uni form, one could see the pride in his face over what had been made of him in one year of training. French Army Is Kxamplc Photographs too furnish docu mentary evidence. Photographs oi French troops drawn up for review during the last years of the war show an astonishingly good bearing, align ment and the holding of rifles in con tradiction to such photographs dating from the first period of the war, since the French army in peace time had attached only small value to such matters. The punishments Inflicted for viola tions of discipline in the French army during the. war were very consid erably harsher and sharper than in the German army. The tactics forming the basis of the training of our army Vancouver rested essentially on the .principle of emphasizing in every leader and out fit the attacking idea. The tactical defensive on the other hand took a back seat. This attacking spirit of the Prus sian and German infantry was main tained until the last heavy days be fore the collapse. In the field only the attacker holds the cards of the Bliga and game in nis nana. xriwps i?iu long time continuous on the defensive must inevitably lose in value. The defensive can temporarily be useful; productive it is not. which the safety of Europe demands.1 COMMERCE CLUB MEETS ENGAGED IX FOREIGN TRADE HOLD BANQUET. James Crockett of Australia De clares America Stands on Thresh- liold of Great Development. Members of the newly formed for eign commerce club of Portland, composed of representatives of Port land firms interested in foreign ex port and import business, met at the Portland Chamber of Commerce last evening for the first banquet and programme of the club. About 7 5 men, including practically the en tire membership of the club, were in attendance, and following the din ner a programme of addresses upon foreign trade topics occupied the evening. Among the speakers were J. F. Buckley, newly appointed oriental traffic agent for the Port of Port land, who will leave soon for the orient; W. A. MacRae, local man ager of the Bank of California: Charles A. Malboeuf, in charge of the fruit and canned goods division for the Pacific International company: and James Crockett of Sydney, Aus tralia, head of the Gunnerson -Crockett, Ltd., who arrived in Port land yesterday morning on an in vestigation of trade possibilities be tween his Australia house and Port land concerns. J. F. Larsen. vice- president of the Pacific International company and president of the new foreign commerce club, oalled the gathering together and at the open ing of the programme told something of the purposes for which the club was formed. America stands uDon the nortal of a great international development," declared Mr. Crockett, -the visitor A study of the his tory of trade shows us that foreign trade follows the debt, instead of the flag. America has been changed by the war from a debtor to a creditor nation, and if the opportunity is grasped a great period of foreign commerce is bound to result." HENRY MOSHER IS DEAD of Oregon City AVoman Succumbs at Her Home. OREGON CITY, Feb. 16. fSDecial.) Henry Mosner. who has been mak ing his home with his daughter, Mrs. J. A. Shobe, of this city, died sudden. ly at the Shobe home at 410 Third street Saturday night. Mr. Mosher was born in New Tork July 27, 1837, and came to Oregon City last October from Nebraska. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Brid gett Mosher, of Boone. Iowa: seven children Mrs. J. A. Shobe, Oregon City; Mrs. Jennie Sanderson, Daven port. Iowa; Alfred Mosher, New Tork: Lyle Mosher, Ottumwa. Iowa; Walter Mosher, Ottumwa. Iowa, and Edward Mosher, Arthur, Neb. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Laying aside Its legislative business, the sen ate, by unanimous consent, took up the treaty of Versailles again today and resumed in all its vigor the rati fication debate Interrupted last No vember. The opening gun in the new phase of the fight was fired by the treaty's irreconcilable foes. Senator McCor- mick of Illinois reopening the discus' sion with a speech bitterly assailing many provisions of the document and counseling tbe republican leaders not to consent to further compromise. He wag followed by Senator He- Cumber, who flayed the heads of both parties for their failure to com promise and declared that "child's play obstinacy" alone stood' in the way of ratification. Drawn into the debate by charges of the North Dakota senator. Senator Hitchock asserted that the democrats already had "abandoned" their pre vious stand and had offered a com promise, but that the republicans were demanding nothing short of complete democratic surrender. ' Old Debates Revive. Once it got under way, the debate speedily revived the whole scale of issues which the senate had debated from last May to November. The sub ject technically under consideration, a motion by Senator Lodge to modify tne republican reservation on with drawal, was not mentioned until late in the day, when Mr. Lodge took the floor to explain briefly his reasons for moving for the change. When the debate was reopened the private negotiations for a compro mise apparently passed into the dol drums and some of the treaty's most active friends on both sides of the chamber predicted that there probably would be no settlement until discus sion on the floor had spent itself. Acting under an agreement with democratic, leaders. Senator Lodge asked unanimous consent that the treaty be taken up and then present ed the first of the proposed reserva tion changes he made public last week. His amendment would nake the withdrawal reservation stipulate that notice of withdrawal from mem bership in the league of nations could be given "by the president or by con gress, acting alone whenever the ma jority of both houses may deem it necessary." In the original draft, the notice might be given "by a concur rent resolution of the congress of the United States." Hitchcock Indicates Opposition. The modification was proposed, said the majority leader, because the reservation as previously worded would be "wholly ineffective" in per mitting a majority of congress to take the nation out of the league. Although considered by the bi-par tisan conference, the modification was not agreed . on there and Senator Hitchcock indicated that he and many other democrats expected to vote against it. Most senators were inclined to be lieve that it might be several days before action was reached on any pro posals to modify the 14 republican reservations as adopted at the last session of congress. 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MOTHERS, DON'T MISS IT! SPECIAL MEETING OF COUACIL CALLED IX AFTERXOOX. Chief of Police, Recovered From Smallpox, Again on Duty and Confers With 31ayor. Our Store Now Opens at 9 A.M. The Most in Value The Best in Quality Store Closes at 5:30 P. M. Saturdays at 6 P. M. 1 and is now president of the West Coast Lumbermen's association. A. B. Hammond, president of tbe Hammond Lumber company, who is here for a short time looking- after his business affairs, stated this after noon that Mr. Shaw's successor had not been named. KAISER SCORED BY ALLIES : (Continued From First Page.) crimes which outrage the elementary sentiments of humanity, and civiliza tion and of which in particular, so many Dutch nationals themselves BANANA SNAKE SHOWN Interested . in Reptile Found at Oregon City. VANCOUVER. Wash, Feb. 16 (Special.) A snake nearly two feet long, and with a head similar to that of a Russian hound, is on display in a local window, having; been found in a bunch of bananas in Oregon City. It was brought to Vancouver by Earl Bliss and a friend. The snake is a dull olive color with bright reddish brown marks over the back and sides. While the snake is a new one in this vicinity, it is said to be a banana snake. It attracts much attention. Mayor Baker was back on the job yesterday. Looking none the worse because of his illness, the chief execu tive of the city delved into a stack of papers, signed them, listened to the messages of a score of persons who appeared at his office early in the morning, and called a special meet ing of the city council in the after noon, so that matters delayed might be taken from the councU table. Reports that the council had decid ed to abandon the plan of construct ing the contagion hospital aroused his ire, which was appeased some what when the mayor found that his colleagues were quite willing to favor the hospital construction if his honor could1 devise the means of raising the funds. Chief of Police Jenkins, who has been ill with smallpox, also appeared for work yesterday, and held a long conference with Mayor. Baker late yesterday afternoon discussing, po- j lice matters. It is expected that lar more activity will be seen at the city hall now. as it is generally conceded that Mayor Baker s presence is neces sary "to start the baa a-rouing. ROBERTAS. SHAW RESIGNS Manager of Hammond Lumber Company to Go In Business Here. ASTORIA, Or., Feb. 16. (SpeclaL) Robert 8. Shaw, who has been man mrer of the Hammond Lumber com pany's plant in this city during the mot' elerht years, has resigned his po sition and will leave with his family within the next few days lor Port land, where he will engage in busi ness. Mr. Shaw has been associated with the Hammond Lumber company ior about 16 years, having been in charge of the company's interests at Mill City before coming to Astoria. 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