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VOL I. NO. 81.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1ft. lftOir FOUR SECTIONS 32 PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENT,
BALLIET
TOK 10 IS
VILL HELP
STRIKERS
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EXPOSED
Telsphcnc Lteea.pro
Jess Sympathy for the
t ': "Eello" Girls.;-
RECRUITS JOINING UNION
Hire That 209 Operators Row ii FoM
. . -v-G!rls ;ACt Rewonably to v
v ' "V Dlstartaaos Create by V
the Pickett od Govt -
' At meeting of the striklng-tolephane
1 operator lest eight mmmbom of aup-
port ftad w tstanoo were Uvea by em
ploy In other diptrtmnu oi tno "
v olflo Stat Telephone oompany. Rep-
t reeentatlv ot the lone distance eperar
tor who wert present declared that they
wee r dy to go out t any tim. They
will be called upo Monday. It Is said,
j to make rood their promise.
Reprceentativ of Um lloemen's union
y who were present el profeed their
wllHngne to declare sympatbtlc
; strike. Their cuwlll he submitted to
the Pederated Trades Council; which will
decide whether or not ft sympathetic
, strike shall bo called.
Other union were re presented at the
meeting and assurances) of sympathy and
; , support were given. 'Members of' the
advisory board said after the meeting
that three unions In Portland had agreed
to contribute per moath to the strik
er while they are oat. Other unions are
oneldertng contributing.
The meeUns; last night was held lnfae
v Federated Trade hall In Salmon street,
between Fourth and FUth streets. New
, member ware admitted which Increased
the membership ot the union to over MO.
Only seven of the wtrt Who were )-
1 ployed betoro the r remalr4 w -h
the company. TesteroM the nich who
were : employed In the opsrattne-rooma
joined In the strike. Only one man hi
left m the operating-room. The ncw
eotnn were greeted with cheer when
-. they Attended fbe meettn: last night. -The
union hi fully organised and It
officer assort that the light "has only
begun. Mine Ada Rappleye ha been
elected president and Miss Nolle Hamp
ton secretary and treasurer. Then dis
charge from the servlo areefpttated tha
. strike Wednesday.' The following young
women constitute the advisory board:
Wast side Ada Rappleye, Nell Hamp
ton, Stella Coddlngton, Maxl McAfee.
, Kate Cauley, Etta Gardner and Clara
Krngor. Bast side Gene MaxwelL,Myr
tie Lloyd, Agnes AlaTln, Bllft Chorlnakl
s and Lassie Krtman.
The places oif the strikers fcavo bean
.' fined a fast as they were- vacated.
Seriously impaired sorvlo . ha' resulted
front tho employment of Inexperienced
operators. In many Instances oonno
; tions were impossible yesterday.
Officials of the company assert that
. tho strike has been .broken, that all va
cated positions have beoa filled and that
la a few days tho service, will resume Its
; usual condition. None ot the striking
girls will be taken back to irork. they
say, until they forsawear all allegiance
to the onion. , They declare their willing-
nee to oonoodo other points of tho con
troversy, but positively refu to fsaofj-
' also the union. ,
Striker declare that tho company fcaa
refused -ovosr demand that was mad.
They assert that a sooa a Jtho company
learned that a union was being; organised
dismissal began and every one Who was
supposed to be Implicated In ihe move
ment was discharged.' Among the griev
ances, is a charge that tb company
forced tho operators to work overtime.
As soon as the operator wont out oa
strike at 1 o'clock yesterday morning
messengers were sent throughout the
city by tho company to every operator
who had been previously discharged or
who had resigned. ' Bfforta were mad
yesterday to securs relief from Butte,
,8a It Lake City, San Francisco and other
due. '
--It Is said that contribution are being
raised by telephone operators In Butt
and San Francisco to aid tho Portland
striker.
ploketsmth SkUa.
, Rain fell In blinding sheets for a time,
yesterday afternoon and evening. Early
In tha night, however, tho storta sub
sided and In It plao canto a steady
(Continued oa Pago Two.)
NEW SHIP SUBSIDY
(Iperfsl Dtspstek ay Leese Wire h Tbe Jomraal)
raahlagton Oct 1. A bill embody
the views of th . commission on
merchant marine,'' and designed to build
up American shipping, la to be Intro
duced on the first day of th ooming
session of congress. It Is believed that
the commission primarily agreed upon
the polloy to be pursued, and that the
minority will -confine itself to unimpor
tant phase of the subject '
The commission purposes to avoid
raising opposition to the direct sub
sidy measure, suggesting that an In
crease be made In the tonnage tax lev
ied on ships of all nations, which will
result In an income of several million
dollars annually, to be devoted to the
payment of subsidies. Another ilndlreet
method of Increasing the amount to be
paid to the" American merchant marine
will be suggested in revision of the
ocean msil subsidy act of 111.
M t . be nufcue to BO0rn
Trial Brings 4o Light
Senior KIs Plans
83d Methods;
BAKER CITY: SCHEME
i
Utters TcH ef Scbese for Gettlat
t fwsesslofl of HIaeaod Sbvttlot
; 0ot AUSive . Those Who .
(peekd nseatea brloased Who b1b taml)
Ban Francisco. Oct. lL-Somo of Lot
son Balllaf schemes m connection with
.the Whit Swan Mi nee Company, Lim
ited, are being revealed In Judge Troutt's
court In a suit brought by tho present
directors tp have cancelled soma hun
dreds of -thousands of shares, which
Ball let caused to too Issued to himself
and bis wife Just before ho resigned
from- the position of president and man
ager of the corporation. '
. Hal I let resigned because b had been
Indicted in Iowa for using tho mail for
fraudulent purposes, and U was impos
sible to raise any mosey to pay the
company's oobts while he remained la
control, as the postal authorities- refused
to lot any matters relating to tho com
pany go through the malls and com
munication could not bo had with the
stockholders, -i
Sftsaa Old kyMi , --After
his forced resignation last
March he sent out a great deal of printed
matter to stockholders. In the otrculars
which he first Issued he sought to in
fluence ether persons to buy more stock,
assuring thenar in his characteristic style
that bo Was nutting bis money Into the
mine,' that the stock was bound to go
up. and that he bad Implicit confidence
la the now officers. '
, . BoJiWl aotJOato thot ha had sieged
to have issued to himself largo blocks
uf stock and that If tho persons whom
he advised bosjght mora stock they would
probably get some of his. Later, finding
that ho could not control tbe new board
of directors, be sent out requests 'to
stockholders for proxlee. declaring that
tha new board wag planning to frees
out many stockholders by imposing as
sessment, ;";'"
' ffnti to Oaptor attao. . ' v
BallM wanted to have tho proxies
so as to have control of a majority of
tho stock, thinking that ho might then
direct the board' policy and avert an
aaseaament oa hi own enormous hold
ings, which would call for a very large
aum of money from him. He succeeded In
getting many proxies, but not enough to
restore his authority. Balllei who uaed
to advertise himself as "the Napoleon of
Flnanoe," formed ft plan to capture $h
comnanv'0 mine at Baker City. Oregon.
and detailed It In a letter which he wrote
on May IS, 1904, to Dr. C H. Xing of
Wabash, Indr. who had Invested tn stock
and also advanced money to moot at
tachments. 1 ; ' .
Whan Ball let was the dictator and
promoter of the oompany he described
tho richness of tho mine tn a way that
draw hundreds of thousand of dollars
from the pocketvof trustful Investors
la aastarn states.
The new managers are trying to find
where this money went. The letter to
Dr. Xing was produced In court yeeter
ddy by C It Btuller, the present secre
tary. In It Belllet w rotes - "
MniwuMB MM 4 " Hal. MMilA e.
vlte Sve or elx of your friends to your'
office and hold ft little confidential meet,
lnrt.mea with ft little money and men
who are not - interested tn tbe mine at
present. Tell them that there are gome
debts against the mine and that yon
know that the mine la valued at and
has VCe.OOO worth of machinery on top
of the ground, to say nothing of the
work, pumps and timbers that are all
under ground. Now, If these men could
get together and form A little combi
nation and raise dlee ft piece, making a
total of 111.009, and not send It to the
oompany, )uat put It In Df. Hale's hands
or your hands, and then you eome out
here and1 aee me and I will go with you
and we wll make ft deal that will sur
prise all the kickers. ,
' tlllll sTIsts Out. '
"We will Quietly go to Baker City
and buy .out the sheriff's deed to the
mine, I will then And all tha creditor
Uaued oa Pag Two.)
PLAN' PROPOSED
the establishment of American linen to
foreign port and countries not now
reached by American ships. Provision
I to be made for utilising the vessel
thus subsidised as auxiliary orulssre la
time of war.
The bill win also probably" melude
provleloa for the transfer of the govern
ment transport boslneas to commercial
lines which will receive a moderate sub-,
sidy. In addition an effort will be
mad t build up trade between tht
country and the orient.
opposition by foreign countries to a
direct discriminating duty on cargoes
brought to the United State In for
eign bottoms may be verteo by apply
ing this method ef subsidy only to
steamer running on no established line
and commonly known a tramp steam
era Foreign governments would hardly
object to discriminating duties oa tht
mall and Irregular part ef th Oom-
cm of th United States,
C JAPANSSM CHABOINQ WITH THsl BATOJCKX PBOM A
FIEHIIER
WtDS GIRL OF: U
SexjgCDiriai Accttel of AMuctlng
: Mary Robinson Marries Her at
falaiMCIwgeHustFail:;
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Xetlng ago wedded ' extreme youth
when Michael Plertlcr married Mary
Oarnett Robinson at' Kftlama, Wash.,
yesterday Ho waa released ' from St.
Vincent's hospital, this city, Friday, and
went at one to his homo tn St. Helens.
From there be went yesterday to Ba
lama, where
the- ceremony waa' per
formed.
He Is T year old and Infirm.
She Is U years old 1
Two months ago she mysteriously dis
appeared. It was said that she went
In oompany with a young man of St.
Helena, who Is satd to have paid her
some attention. Officers of many counties
ana cities oegan a rigid searcn ror tn
missing pair. The county commissioners
offered a reward for information that
would lead to their discovery.'
Finally the young man who was sus
pected waa found. He denied the charge
that had been made. No one believed
him. Then It waa discovered that aged
Michael Plertler waa missing aad had
not been seen since th disappearance of
the girl. Officers began to look for hltm
- Hs was found la oompany with the
girl near HUlsboro. He vowed that be
was guilty of no wrong. He attempted
suicide, then agreed to marry th girt
A license was refused them, be anus of
her youth. He, waa arrested pu the
charge of abducting her and ins listed on
a wedding. . ,
When he was arrested he attempted
suicide in Jail la Portland. He waa pre
vented from oa frying out his desires,
Finally he was released on P,O0t bonds.
Then he attempted suicide again. Hs
was found In Raleigh street suffering
from the effect of poison he had taken
He waa removed to St. Vincent's hosphal
and, learning that he would recover, tried
to starve himself to death. , . .
Friday he waa released. Be weaf to
hi home in St. Helena, There the girl's
father consented to his marriage to Mary
Robin on. With th girl , he Went -to
Kalama and waa married there yester
day. The child' father was present
and witnessed th ceremony. Rev. N. L.
Tempi of the Methodist Hplacopal
church read tho wedding service.
It was agreed that on account of the
bride's tender year she should remain
with her mother until ah reaches ft ma
ture age.
Plertler trial oa the charge of a bd not
ing the girt, which was to nave been
heard at St. Helen yesterday, vwae post-
Sned until tomorrow. Judge Mc Bride,
fore whom the oaee win be tried, waa
compelled to tear town and the ease
was poetponedv . V
The marriage makes preaece:tloa of the
abduction charge Impose! bie. -
' 1 (ftperlal MSfM'rt ts IwWmLI :
Setem. Or., Oct. IS. Sheriff Culver' to
day turned over s,2.lf on account of
tbe IMS tax cpU to the county, treas
urer. - -
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HALiF MlttlON FOR
TIMBER
Tn Booth-Kelly ' Lumber company'
deal, as finally closed yesterday after
noon, provides for the transfer of ft
one-half . Interest, la the entire properties
of - the oompany, valued at $. 000,000.
The purchasers are John W. Blodgett of
Grand Rhptds, Mlehlgatt; a- D, Danaher
of Chicago and Michael Kelly of Dnluth.
They paid IS.i00,000-.for one-half of the
Mock of the company.' - -
Contrary to first report. Senator B.
A. Booth does not dispose of all his In
terests be the. company. A .considerable
proportion of . th stock bought by th
easterners was purchase from ft group
of -the smaller - stockholders, . of . whom
there Is large number on the Pacific
coast,'- It is sanouneed that there will
bo no change tn the management of the
oompeny. While, the result ef the deal.
does not v. vest control of the oompany
In any one Individual, H Id thought that
th three purchasers have a holding that
is large enough to place them In a posi
tion of practical eoatroL So .far as can
TRAIN SET ON FIRE
" BY A LIVE; WIRE
v
it-
ttoeefsl Dtseeteb by-Leased Wtee to Tb feeraal)
Reno. Nov- Oct. 16. A train load of
passenger from Ooldfleld and Tonopah
waa thrown Into a panto on the inoom
lng Virginia V Truckee train tonight.
When four miles, from Reno the train
struck s heavll charged electrio wire
which oarrles the power that Illuminates
this olty. Tbe contact set the entire
train abktse with flashing light, th
deadly current permeating every portion
of Ironwork with which oonoectlon was
afforded. . .
-A wreck r shouted some one, and the
bright light and sudden etop of the tram
gave rise to the thought that tbe care
were oft, the track and had caught fir.
A rush started for the doors. By this
time the train crew bad cut the wires.
Thle put an end to the display and eul-
eted the excited pa anger, t ,
As a result of the accident Bene) was
In darkness for some ties. The wind
tor the wire" from Its fastenings,
MASKED KEN HOLD '
UP, WYOMING SALOON
fapefl SfsseteTi a tb leetaaL)
Red Lodge, Wye, Oct. II Reports
have reached bore that the Roth saloon
at Cody, Wye, was held up by two
masked men and that everybody In the
place at the time was lined up against
th wall and searched. The robbers
secured about IXi from the men In the
alooB about H0 from th eaah regis
ter and Ul from the safe. After get
ting all there waa la sight, th robbers
mounted their horees and esoapsd. .t
Asotin. Wart., Oetll. Oaoer Mallory
was Instantly killed by a log rolling
over him yesterday. He was driving a
load ef logs when a f eU ell.
SKETCH MADS PUBJNTJ THB FIRST BATTLB Or LUO TANO. , ' V;"' v 1 'y-
ha
INTEREST
'be learned, there will be n change In
polloy, or methods or operation., The
purchasers are experienced lumbermen,
and are well satisfied with ah present
condition of the property.
The bluk of the valuable timber hv
volved la the transfer consists of some
thing ever 1 00, 000 acres la Lane and
Douglas counties. It cruises at about
, 00 0.0 00, 000 feet A considerable
amount of the appraised value of the
property Is tn lerge and profltable eon
tracts ioow possessed by thaoompany, on
which but little money haa thu far been
paid. Tbe four sawmill owned by the
oompany will be kept running at full
capacity, and there 1 ' no Immediate
change of plans contemplated. The new
owners are strong believers la th future
of Oregon timber, and It Is certain that
they will continue a progressiva policy
of. development of . the .vast properties
in which they have Invested so heavily.
It Is not Improbable that one of them
will become a realdent of Oregon,
DECEMBER AND MAY
AT-PARTING OF WAYS
'-y, . , ' . , -
A v"' - " ' ' -
. (ieatkd Dtaoatea to lWJoarmL)
Seattle. Oct. It After $x days Of
married life. Bertha McMlan. 16 years
old, . was divorced today from John
Hutch in, T years of age, by Judge
Hatch la the superior oourt. The divorce
waa granted on the ground toat tbe girl
Is ft minor and the marriage waa void
able at her request. . They were married
by Judge Tollman on August U. The
girl govs her age as If years.
The aged husband told the Judge that
the reason for the. marriage was that
Mlss'McMlnn agreed to Hve with him
during hie life as his housekeeper In re
turn for valuable property that he owned
at Rainier beach. The girl, oa the witness-stand,
did not tell any story of
abusive treatment on her husband's part.
She Simply demanded that tha marrlan
'be annulled on the ground of her age.
This waa Hutching first experience In
married Ufa, .
PHYSICIAN'S ARREST r
'CAUSES. SENSATION
' (speak! Mspatea I The JeeraelV -Dillon,
Moot., Oct. II. Dr. B. W. Mil
ler," an oeteopathlo physician prominent
In church circles and one of the social
llona of DIHen, waa arrested last night
upon a charge of aesault upon ft lC-year-old
girl at Kirfcartlle, Mo., the former
home of Miller. The picture of the girl
tn th ease is to the posseIon of the
doctor, and according to friends, who
have eeea it they say the alleged vic
tim la strikingly beaotlfuL
Millar has been under surveillaa for
ems time but was not arrested until
the arrival of the V irks villa sheriff.
Miller was under arrest about a year
ago at Livingston, but Jumped ball and
disappeared. Millar decldiee he to be
ing blaokmalled. He la handsome and
an entbualaatlo athlete. Hi arrest has
oaud sensation. , ,
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OFFICIAL HOARD
Three States 8cprcfl1c4 at Pacific
Coast Jobbers' ari HaHfact-
rers AssKlatlai Hectlnf.
(sgeelal Dlspsteb bplaamd Wire to The Jeeraal)
Saa . Franelsoo Oct. nli. Busine
ma from, i three states California.
Waealnatoki and Oregon assembled tot
thai olty today a membera of the ex
ecutive committee of the Pacific Coast
Jobbers and Manufftdtarera aaeoc ta
ttoo to elect of floers to serve during the
ourrent year and to tranaaot other bual-
neaa. Tho., association Ineludoa 100
loadlner buslneee houses ef the1. Pacific
ooaat. It IS tntorted' largely with
matters relating to railway .and water
transportation, its purpose being to pro
toot the commercial welfare of busl
neee men tn the Paelflo coast states and
to guard the trade territory against the
aggressions of those outside who
strive t build ap at the expense of the
coast.
This . waa - the first meeting - ef the
nawlr elected - executive committee
since It, recent eelectlon. In the com
mittee are Included H, D. Loveland of
tho Paelflo Traffic - Commercial asso
ciation. Charles Holbrook of Holbrook,
Merrill Stetson of this city, Wakefield
Baker, of Baker Hamilton. Brace Hay
den, of tbe Dunham, Carrigan Hayden
Co., W. Ks Wheeler, of Holbrook. Merrill
Stetson, Adolpa Mack, of Mack A Co.,
A. C Rulofson, B. R. Lllleothal of
LIHenthal A Co.. H. J. Morton, of the
Pacific Hardware A St 1 oompany, A.
a .Town, of Blake. Moffltt Y Town.
L F. Ltttlefteld, of W. P. Fuller A Co..
Kdward Everett, of the Tubbe Cordage
oompeay, J. O. Carroll, L. C Sc heller ef
the Union Metal oompany of Loo An
geles, William Schaw, of the Schcw.
BatohOr oompany of Sacramento, John C.
White, ef Mary evil t, L. A. Lewis, of
Allen Lewis, of Portland, and J. S.
Ooldamlrh. of " tbe Schaw baober Bros,
a Co, of Seattle
The annual election of officers did act
occupy much time. H. D. - Loveland.
who served the association last year as
pr Ident, was unanimously re-elected.
Charles Holbrook waa elected vice-president
for Saa Francisco, William Schaw
for Sacramento, John C White for
Maryevllle. L. A. Lewis for Portland,
and J. a Goldsmith for Seattle, the dif
ferent cities rap resented in the associa
tion being all given recognition in the
makeup of th official board. . -
. (Spaetet Dtopetea to The JeeraeM
Salem. Or. OoL II. Ths iurv hi tha
oa of City Marshal D. W. Gibson
against The Capitol JournaL a news
paper of this city for ll.ooo damag
for libel, brought la a verdict for laa
defendant.
SKtO OS f1fB9's1
flaeaal mm to T
Pataha, Wwh., C -fever
Is becomlne ei
several death h -t -
being jJ-yar-ei h
V'' -'viv'
Koropatkln Reported to
It Hastening to
ft
s " Nnrf tiurarrl
lWt tUTTUIV
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BOTH. LOSING HEAVILY
Port Arthar latter Lucernes of
Secondary laterest li ll.ht af
WerDCTctepnents--Vla4l
mtok Sooa keboul J -
i
Iondoa. Oct If. (Bulletin.) A dt
patch received from Toklo, dated Sum
day morning, say General Xuropatkin, ,
thoroughly defeated, la la full retreat
oa Mukden.
Field Marshal Oyama' trtumpfaant
troops had driven al the Russians north
to a line along; the Sakha river. They
are still pursuing and pounding the foe
and will soon have tnemwkurled back
acroas th Hun river.
Tb diseeter to tha Rusetaae la eom
sUto. . .- ' - : , '
: Jsemal toeetal Barries.) ' : J
Tofclo. Oct. 16. There hi the greatest
Jubllatloei here tonight over bulletins
Issued from the war ofDoe to the effect
that Kuropatkin'a army has been de
cisively defeated and Is retreating as .
fast as possible to the northward, flght
lut savagely as It goee. but pressed too
hotly to find time for effective r tstaace,
It Is also reported lbat tha Japan
have captured a portloa of another of
aeneral Biederling battortee, making
th total aurobor of gun captured since
the retreat began M, la addition to which
great numbers of rifl have beoa picked
up from the trail of the fleeing army.
Oyasaa'ft measag tonight have been .
of tbe briefest character and contain
Slay usual statement that the progreaa
made by th Japanese h proceeding fa
vorably. A deeper t battle was fought at Tuv
mis pas, 1a which after r letlng almost
to the -point of annihilation one of the
eastern Russian columns was overoom.
and the pass occupied by the Japanese,
but later waa reoccupled by the Bu tans)
after gaining relnforoementa.
The Russian lo already r on e
poo men.
' Operation oa th Sakha river where
Kuronatkln Is making a determined
stand continue to be of the moot fatal
character, both armt loelng heavily
and fighting for every foot of ground.
Although the death lists are waited
with anxiety by tho who have relative)
at the front, there la universal rejoicing
over tn situation ana car erniei pre- .
valla am on tha msssire that the war Is )
olo to lta end ae the hope is entertained
that Russia after her vere revereea
wlU be In a temper to make soncs ion
or admit Intervention which would
ttoubtle tormlnate la Japans favor
Uearaal teirtil
St Pefersburg, Oct. 16. Although
durbig a good portloa of the day there
waa a oheorful spirit maintained by the
people la general, the lack of war news
from the front has been so trying oaf
the nerves that the optimism of pat
riotism is giving way under the atrala
and fears are openly axoreeeed that
when th final news of the battle south
of Mukden Is received there wtU be as
unprecedented tale of defeat.
H is as rtad by tbo who or fa
miliar with the situation that unle tb
retreat becomes an absolute rout Kuro
natkln will have Buffered no gr t loss,
aa he will be In practically tha me po
sition as that prior to the advance that
was -so gallantly undertaken.
Tho Port Arthur situation ass again
become a matter of secondary interest In
the light of tbe later development. It
I still believed that the fort re win
hold out until sucoored. No fear are
entertained for Vladivostok which will
soo be a closed port, owing to the
rigors of the winter, except to a fleet
carrying an loeovoekar suck as k th
Brmao.
m mom wvwmmu.
Joral Bpeetol errke.lk
. London, Oct. 16. Advices
here y that Koropatkln la making an
apparent ' Ineffectual atruggle to pro
vent ft rout, and has already dost B0.
area and 60 guns la the past five days. '
He haa been drive back M mllee. and
1b Still hotly pursued by the Jepaaeee.
Koropatkln had a narrow escape from :
a bursting shell, fragments of whloh
barely miaeed him. The dead are left .
strewn by thousands along the Una of
retrt oa the Mukdea road. , .
seattle man kills -k:;,:self
in street
(Bestial Dkeetoh to Tea JoeratM '
Seattle. Oct. 16- George I. Mile. a-
40 year, shot him If this auoirr
While eaoding In th '-t T U-m -ner
of eoond "I
-d m4 at Pro
mmmuk m MaTjnjv
Fears Tbat Bns of FigmtSaff Wffl
. Shew a Bef saa.
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