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Eight Leading Restaurants
Will Be Forced to Cease
Serving Intoxicants With
Meals Business May Be
Rained.
City Attorney Kavanaugh, on ,n"
formation furnished by Xtty Audi
tor Barbur, thi8 morning began the
preparation of ' complaints against
eight large restaurants for selling
liquor without licenses. .He expects
to file the complaints with the po
lice department tomorrow morning
and unless enjoined from enforcing
the law by the courts, the police, he
says, win at once serve warrants oi
arrest on the proprietors. ,
This practically mean that the res
taurants will nave to go out of busi
ness If the council flow not see fit to
grant their requests for liquor permit
us their chief source of revenue is their
bar vales. The cafes affected are the
Quelle, Iouvre. Perkins. Richards.
Turn Halle. Hofbrau, Tumwater and
Jacob Relsch's establishment. !,
artvtt'VM 4osass- Z.TP''
Cantr&rjr to' -th impression1 which
naa . generally. preyAtled, these, , tight
Restaurants" gTUl". Xn' whatever they
may be 'called, hav never had restau
rant Uauor licenses, and until the Cel1
lars ordinance became effective the
owners never manifested a desire to
procure them. Since, the passage of
that law, however. It is thought that
'restaurant men decided to get a sec
ond llauor license so that they could
not be prosecuted for violating the
women-ln-aaloons provision of the or
dinance. ,
Having heretofore had only one bar
for both the saloon and restaurant, a
strict Interpretation of the Cellars law
'would find them lumy ,f,ll;
women In saloons. To avoid this the
w , - rt t-Aetniirnnt license
ppucauiHin v .....-.. (
jrere made.
' tTnosrtain as to Xw.
"I am not sure that I can have the
proprietors of the eight places arrested
under any other lawhah the Cellars
ordinance," said the city attorney this
afternoon. I do not know whether
'vthey can be prosecuted on a charge
, Vof selling liquor without a license as
well as for selling liquor In a restaurant
without a restaurant license.' .
City Auditor Barbur says he never
made complaints against the restaurants
before the passage of the Cellars meas
ure because they had apparently com
plied with the law. Having only one
bar he thought that only one license fee
should be exacted of them. The two
grills that did pay the $300 tax had a
service bar as well as the saloon bar,
and therefore were only paying what in
the opinion of the auditor the law re
quires. ITlnetean Bell IJqnor.
There are In Portland 19 restaurants
which sell liquor. Of thesa the eight
to be prosecuted are the only ones that
have operated without licenses. The
liquor license com mine or that faction of
it which has held out for not giving any
more restaurants liquor licenses for less
than $800 a year will be asked by Coun
cilman Rushlight at the next meeting to
recommend to the council that all li
censes now held by restaurants b re
voked. . '
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Governor Coming Home.
Washington. Dec. 11. Governor Cham
berlain leaves at 6:45 p. m. today for
home.
I OREGON'S VITAL ISSUE
' From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Rep.)
X Good faith and moral responsibility ought to determine the
J senatorial issue in Oregon; but, in the final analysis, there is more
X involved in the issue than the good faith and moral responsibility
of members of the present legislature of Oregon. The organic
rights of the people of Oregon, representing a residuary sovereign
X ty which must ever inhere in a. free people under our system of
government, are at stake, and if Hhese rights are sacrificed it will
be to the perpetual shame of the commonwealth.
Legislators jn. Oregon may break their promises; except oy
T moral suasion, by an apepal to their manhood and their, consciences; " r
X there is no way to. prevent them from violating the solemn pledges Z
they have made to the voters of the state.
T But before they heed the bad advice of men who are urging T
X them to ignore moral obligations" they have legally assumed, it
may be well-for them to take a reckoning lest they drift too far
X from safe mooring and plunge themselves and their state into X
X. l8They are told. that they'vvill do violence t the federal con-
X stitution if they heed the instructions of thfr people on the senator-, X
ship. It is not true.- The constitution empowers them to elect, the
senators from that-state; but it leaves them absolutely free to say in T
what manner they will determine a chotcej-if they elect,; as they
have elected, to refer the matter of a choice, to the people of Ore-
gon, and declare their purpose to abide by the preference thus T
expressed, they have a right to do so, and there is not a word or a ,X
syllable in "the federal constitution to condemn or nullify such , a .
-procedure.': , . ; ':': j:&lt:':":
-- The people or uregou : nave. spuKcn oji tins ..question, i x ney1
may feave erred. But the issue is rio longer' a party ; issae'i it is ft
X now- a questio'n'of mdrals a question of political Recency on the part X
' of members of the legislature,1 and a question also which involves
the sbvefVignty of jhe 'people of Oregon and the good name ( the ' T
..X state, v It-:snpuld be settled right.' ' '
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
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y .taken n his -office. -(Photograph ' copyright, 1008, by Frederic
When. President 'Roosevelt asked Herr
birt Livingston Satterlee of New York
to accept the portfolio of assistant sec-
MtflTV nf the naw he nimnlv followed
out his usual coiitse of seeking the man
best able and competent to nil tne of
fice. Batteries has long been affiliated
Bepresentative Jones Does Not Follow Eastern Opera
tors in Proposed Tariff Eemoval Humphries Asks
Court Terms for Everett Coast Legislation.
(United Presi Imaged Wlre.
Washlncton.' Lec. 11: At the hearing
before the ways and means committed
coal operators of the eastern' states to
day declared that they were in favor of
tne removal or tarur on coai snipmenis
if a reciprocal relation could be estab
lished' with Canada.
Although the coal ; operators of the
state of Washington have taken no ac
tion, Representative ' Jones is -Inclined
to onnose the removal, of 'this tariff.
believing It would place the Washing
ton mines In severe competition with
those of British Columbia. " ,
The house has voted a 'reimbursement
OREGON MEN BEFORE
" HOUSE .COMMITTEE
(Special Dispatch to Tb Journal.)
Washington,: Dec 11. The GregonJ
delegation and J. N. Teal were before
the house rivers and harbors commit
tee on behalf of Oregon projects which
they hope to have advanced this year,
Adequate appropriations for the prompt
completion of work are advocated. The
committee gave no intimation as to 'its
views anent the probability of accept
ing the statements of the Oregon men
ror ruture reference.
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with-naVal affa-ira and brings with' him
to the' office a thorourh comDrehenslon
of present conditions. In other Hues of
usefulness he has already made a name
ror nimseii ana is a Druitant lawyer,
good business man, and a constructive
genius.
to Hawaii of $23,393.69 for expenditures
for the maintenance of lighthouses dur
ing the period from the beginning of
the American occupation until the light
house control was taken by the treasury
-department.
Representative Humphries of Wash
ington has Introduced a bill In the
house providing that terms of the fed
eral court be held at Everett, Wash.
Representative Englebright of Califor
nia has Introduced a bill providing for
the extension of the pension laws to
include the First battalion of mountain
eers, California volunteers, serving In
the civil- war.
FATAL QUARREL
OF PHYSrCIAHS
Dr. T. J. Birdsong Kills Dr.
A. B. Pitts, at Hazle
hurst, Miss.
(Coittd Press Ltnied Wire.)
Haaelhurst, Miss., Dec. 11. Dr. T. J.
Birdsong, one of the most prominent
Ehyslctans In this city, shot and killed
r. A B. Pitts yesterday while intoxi
cated. They were rival practitioners
and the quarrel grew out of complaints
Dr. Pitts made to the landlord of their
office building about Dr. Birdsongs al
leged disorderly conduct and drunken
ness.
Dr. Birdsong is a brother of Dr. J. S.
Birdsong, whose young, wife, former
United States Senator McLaurin 8 niece.
snot ana Killed Dr. Tom Mutler at Mon
ticello. Miss., a few vears aero, aliening
u Jiaa sianaerea ner.
ELOPED WITH BELLBOY;
HUSBAND FORGIVES
". (Caltet ptss Lcaaed Wlra. I
Seattle. Wash.. Dec. 11. Fortfvinsr
the -wife who. it is allesred. elODed from
Seattle to Spokane with John Conley,
a bellboy. 20 yeas old, H. L. Coneff,
mining; man. has prevailed on the
prosecuting attorney to dismiss the
charge against the elopers.
woiuey and Mrs. Jessie conerr were
arrested at Spokane several days ago
on a warrant and brought back to Seat-
u id woman was living witn ner
husband at the Ethelton hotel and Con
ley was employed as a bellbov at the
Raleigh hotel at. the time of the elope
ment.
Coneff begged his runaway wife to
return tor him and she agreed on condition-that,
ha would not Dress ths charsre
agaipst hsself and the bellboy.
' . , Frozen . to let h. 1
Baker CItv. Or., Dec. , 111. .Walter
Pardee "Started , from" Bourne at - 1
o'clock yesterday afternoon on snow
shoes for Dobbins' camp. His body
was found' last nlaht, frosen.- H had
been n this district three months doing
assessment v work. - The - weather- was
al&j md not axtra cold. v . - v -
COUP TRIAL
Candidate Meigs, for Speak
ership of the Washington
House, Stands Outside
While His Rival Gets Leg
islators' Pledges,
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.)
Centralis. Wash., Iec. 11. The meet
ing of the members of the next house
of representatives In the state legis
lature from southwestern Washington,
which was called for the purpose of
outlining a united plan of action for
securing needed legislation for state
roads and a state fair In southwestern
Washington, was diverted from its
original purpose and turned into a
meeting in the interest of J. W. Slay
den for speaker of the "house.
Slayden and his friends turned the
trick in a clever manner. P. M. Carl
yon of Thurston county ' was made
chairman of the meeting, which was
behind closed doors, and E. O. Erick
son of Tacoma was made secretary.
The southwestern politicians forgot all
about good roads and a state fair aft
er Mr. Erickson had occupied the floor
a few minutes, and when a pledge to
support , Slayden fpr- speaker of' 'the
next house was sprung on them they
signed It, forgetting to get Any prom
ises in return as to Important oom
mittee appointments, upon which will
depend the good roads and the state
fair nrnoosltion. .-
Of those who attended the meeting
onlv two refused to sign the pledge.
They are H.. W. Thompson of Lewis
county and C 3. Harris of, Thurston
county. Those who signed the pledge
were Dr. W. B. A. Beach, Mason coun
ty; G. D. Halferty, Chehalis county;
P. H. Carl von. Thurston county; H. W.
Hewett, Pacific county; Phil 8. Locke,
by proxy held by Dr. Beach; J. E.
Leonard. W. H. Kenoyer. Lewis coun
ty: K. L. French, Clarke county.
When the doors were closed on the
ytar chamber session O. V. Meigs of
North Yakima, with 49 signed pledges
from members of. the next house sup
porting 'his candidacy was on the out
side of the door and remained on that
side. He was willing to show his
pledges to anyone who wished to see
them. He did show them, and unless
some pledges are broken he had enough
In his pocket to elect him. But while
he had the pledges the rival candidate
had the audience, while Meigs stood out
side in the cold. After the meeting Mr.
Slayden refused to say how many votes
he had secured.
Those who attended the meeting
were: J. J. Bell. P. G. Shutt, E. O.
Erickson. J. J. Cameron, Peter Davis
and J. W. Slayden. all of Pierce county;
H. H. Fatland, Pierce county: P. H.
Carlyon and C. G. Morris, Thurston
county; Dr. W. E. A. Beach. Mason
county; E. L. French, Clarke-county : H.
B. Hewett Chehalis county; G. D. Hal
ferty. Chehalis county; J. E. Leonard.
H. W. Thompson. W. H. Kenoyer. all of
Lewis county. A committee composed
of E. L. French, T. J. Hell, Peter David,
Dr. W. E. A. Beach and C. P. Halferty
was appointed to see the other members
of the house from southwestern Wash
ington in counties that were not repre
sented, and attempt to line them up for
Slayden.
A committee of cltiaehs fro Chehalis
and Centralia was In Chehalis to work
In the Interest of a fair for southwest
ern Washington. After waiting several
hours, while the meeting proceeded be
hind closed doors, the committee was ad
mitted and stated Its business. The
pledges were then safely in the posses
sion of Mr. Slayden and what he tokj
tho committee gave no cause for en
thusiasm. t
FULLERTOH HELD
FOR ABDUCTIOn
Son of 3Iillionaire Lumber
man Released After De
positing $2000 Bail.
(United Preaa iMkejAmire.)
New York, Dec. 11. Robert H. Fuller-
ton, son of P. Fullerton, the million
aire lumberman, whose arrest In Seattle
last spring caused a great sensation,
was released under $2000 bail today
when presented In court on the phar
of abducting Miss Gladys Hobart, of
It Is alleged that after thev became
acquainted at Cornell, where both were
students, fullerton made love to tb
girl. When his father sent him to Pan
ama on a business trip, it Is charred
he induced the girl to accompany him,
promlsiiur to- marrv her at the flret
port of call.
Miss Hobart alleges that ha deserted
her at Kingston, Jamaica, and came back:
to tne ..united states by way or Panama
and the Pacific coast. Miss Hobart was
sent back to New York by the American
consul at Kingston.
District Attorney Jerome became in
terested in the case and Fullerton ,waa
found, in Seattle. He was kidnaped
there by two New York detectives and
talren aboard a ship on which he was
taken to, San Francisco. In thatj city
he was released on a writ of habeas
corpus and eluded the. officers. He ret
cently Was rearrested and brought here
ror - triat. .
When arralrned todBV he pleaded not
guilty but refused to make a statement.
His father "lives In SU' Louts and is
president of .the Chicago Lumber com
pany, which ' has big Interests in the
northwest - '
Matt Johnson, Who Killed
Holoek, Slashes His Wind
pipe This Morning but
Lives to Tell His Version
of the Murder. .
Matt Johnson, the elder of the two
Finns, father and son, on trial In the
circuit court for the murder of T. J.
Holock, this morning attempted to
escape the hangman'B noose by
cutting his throat with a razor In
his cell in the jail.
Although he succeeded In serious
ly wounding himself, he did not in
flict a fatal injury, and a few hours
later, wheezing and gasping, the air
crackling horribly through his sev
ered, windpipe, "he was able to take
the witness-stand in his own behalf
and tell bis story of the killing of
Holock. , .
VI am gftlng to hell to prepare . for
you your merited reward for your, ef.
fr-,y1 ' ' ' Thl.: wtaa w nlaivnnt w.
Bage the wouldbe suicide left for; his
jailors and the state prosecutor and
for the courts at large, which he termed
esteemed nigh justice or high injus
tlce. But the man did not get on a
through train and his efforts in behalf
of the officers of the prosecution will
have to be delayed for a while.
When Johnson was searched at the
jail, after having been brought back
from the hospital, a letter was found
in his trouse-rs pocket, written in Fin
nish, of which the following Is a trans
lation :
Johnson's Strang Lettar.
"Kstwmed High Justice or High In
justice I am going to hell to receive
and prepare for you your merited re
ward for your efforts. If you have
the least little bit of self consciousness,
then have mercy on my son. He Is in
nocent. Andrew Hendrlckson filled the
revolver last and had the nerve to sell
us both out arid he first commanded
to go and get It. With hellish hate my
devil will have to torture you forever,
hellish bloodsuckers and devil's slaves.
"I have been rather harsh toward my
son, for he obeyed me and It means a
great deal that he did understand or
know any better than I did. If you
have even a little human feeling then
spare him on account of my humble
family. Much of that you probably
have not. I have looked for Justice but
have not found It In America. I have
suffered wrongs all my life. I have
lessened the devils In this world by
one although l Killed mm accidentally
I am not guilty. I was forced to It.
Good bye. Matt Johnson.
Qlven Baaor to Shave.
Johnson was allowed to have a rasor
this morning to shave himself before
arolnar to court. This was about 7:30.
at a time when the other prisoners
were Deing given tneir oreaKrast. jonn
son was in his cell. Mrs. D. J. Cam
eron, the jail matron, as is her custom,
had gone to the kitchen with the cook
and some of the trusties, and while
she was gone. Johnson drew the razo
across his throat. Inflicting a gaping
wound almost rrom ear to ear.
Some of the other prisoners In the
same corridor happened to look Into
Johnson's cell, and saw him lying on
the bed. the blood pouring from the
wound In nis throat. They railed the
matron, and she. In turn, called Jailor
Hunter of the day shLft. who hud just
come on duty.
When Hunter entered the cell, John
son was still lying on the bed. The
rasor had been taken from him by
some of the other prisoners. Johnson
was brought out of the cell and an at
tempt made to staunch the blood with
wet towels.
Long Slash Hade In Tain.
An ambulance was hurriedly called
and the bleeding and apparently dying
nian was placed into It and taken to St.
Vincent's hospital, where his wounds
were attended to by Dr. C. C. McCor
(Continued on Page Three.)
NEGRO SOLDIER
WANTS BACK PAY
Strange Contention in Ap
peal Filexi by the Browns
ville Private's Lawyers.
(United Preas teased Wlr.)
Washington. Dee. 11. "Kxecutive en
croachment of the powers of the legisla
tive and judicial branches of the srov-
ernment," is. the keynote of the appeal
or attorneys for Oscar W. Read, a
negro soldier of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry, from a court decision following
an order of President Roosevelt dis
charging him dishonorably from the
service of the United States because of
alleged participation In tha Brownsville
l-IOl. .- - :n
Read broucrht suit in New York to re
cover S122.J for pay he claimed was
due him from the time of bis discharge
to mat or tne expiration or nis enlist
ment The New York court dismissed
the case and . hn matter la Dendlnar be
fore the . supreme court ot the United
States. . - f .
Several of the members of the battal
ion discharged by the president have ap
plied lor reenlistment. among them'Scr
geant Mingo Hinders, who had been in
tlio army for iu years -i ,
Her Health
Is Failing
flu u r -
rV .
IW.V N V-t if
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mill "N
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I J0M
m&jM first it
Frftzl Srliiff, actress and singer, and
John Fox to whom she was re
ported engaged.
(Cnlttd Preaa Laaacd vfira.l
New York, Dec. 11. Frltlzi Scheff.
who Is reported to be engaged to John
Fox the 'alithof ' 'is ' said to ' be
falling rapidly: her health has been
very poor ana it may be a long time
before she will engage In active theat
rical work.
PREPARING FOR
GREAT STRUGGLE
Shippers and Carriers Will
Lock Horns Over the
Freight Rates.
Hy John E. Lathrop.
Washington, Dec. 11. Predicting the
greatest struggle between shippers and
carriers that has marked recent discus
slons of freight rate matters, attaches
of the Interstate commerce commission
are carrying out orders from the com
missioners to check up new tariffs that
have been filed by the railroads. The
task has been merely begun but al
ready, it Is clahned, surprise has been
evinced by Important members of the
commission's forces, at what they re
gard as heavy increases affecting trans
continental freights both eastward and
westward.
About 50 tariffs have been checked at
this time but I was informed quite
autnoritalively that tne increases run
from five to 25 per cent, The theory
nas neen lormea, on me oasis or in
vestigations thus far carried on, that
the average of the increases will likely
be more than the 10 per cent which
carriers have been alleging is necessary
for them to realise the Increased reve
nues needed to meet alleged existing
ennriltionn '
It is claimed that if the increases
prbvrfled for In these new' tariffs be
permitted, with the recent increase al
lowed carriers on eastbouhd lumber
from the Pacific coast, the .entire sys
tem of freight of all classes in all busi
nesses will be affected materially.
No one here questions that the ship
pers of the coast, as well. an those at all
points eastward . whose Interests will
be influenced by these increases will
take part in the fight which will do
velop Into a struggle greater than any
witnessed in recent years over traffic
matters. ; , -' ; ' : .
I am Informed by mh who have tnirt
me they believed It probable that the
shippers will invoke the Sherman anti
trust law, alleging these increHses to
be the fruitage of conferences held t
New York and Chicago, of the carrlrs.
tion of rates, contrary to the ltfw in
muiting auen acts, as ocuig in
of trade. "
restraint
GRAFT S FOES
EXULT OVER
VICTORY
ITeney, Johnson, Langdon
, and Burns, Sponsors for
San Francisco, Say ; Polity
ical and Corporation Boss
Rnlerls -Done With.
San Francisco, Dee. 11. Ths satlsfaa.
tlon of the directors of the graft pros
ecution over the conviction of Ruef Is
shown in the following four statements
made toda:
Special Prosecutor Francis J. Hsney
said: -
"The people of San Francisco and of
the state of California owe a debt of
gratitude to the 12 men who have given
more than three months of their time
and submitted to what was practically
imprisonment, in the performance of tho
most important public duty which, an
American citizen can be called on to
execute. It Is needless to say that I
am deeply gratified with -the results- I
fully expected a conviction If none of
the jurors - had been reached by tho
agents of Ruef, -and it is evident that
they were all honest." ...,.
Hiram W. Johnson, who made tha
final summing up for the prosecution,
said: '. ...
"Yesterday's victory -means more to
San Francisco than a score of triumphs
in warfare. We have disproved that our
law Is a sham and our administration
of justice a travesty. Ruef 'a race Is
run. His conviction sounds the death
knell of his system and that of his
accomplices public service -corporations
the system by which a politico! boss
ells to. the equally guilty corporation
boss, privileges and rights which be
long to all the people. Henceforth
i.uefs personality will be eliminated
from this cltv." . 1 ' - i
Bnef on Boad to tb Fen. .
"The public is familiar with the evi
dence presented by the - people in the
Ruef case. From that evidence it was
apparent that no honest jury could do
other than find a verdict of guilty. Tha
conviction of Ruef Is but a forerunner
or other convictions. ' The craft oros-
ecutlons will go on until it is demon
strated that San Francisco . is capahls
of enforcing Its laws and that courts
and juries are not a mockery and 4
snam. iu arcn criminal or San Fran
cisco Is now on his way to the penlton-.
tlary."
Detective William J. Burns said:
"The verdict rendered by the jury in ,
the ' Ruef case is a vindication- of th
fieople of San Francisco the law nblri
ng people of the city. .The conviction '
clearly demonstrated that, once publics i
opinion is aroused, the people can be
depended upon. This verdict shows that
right minded, honest men cannot fail
to discern the guilt of Abe Ruef. Ths
howling pro-graft press, that has been
a stumbling block to the prosecution of
crime in this city, must read in thnt
verdict the signs of tho times. - It was
plainly the people's victory." - - .
Ths Bsndsrinr of -the Verdict.
The verdict was returned at a few
minutes past 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon. There was no demonstration, nor
even confusion in the courtroom, since
the precautions for preserving .order !
were complete.- -
Ruef declined to make any statement.
Henry Ach is ill, and was not in tha
courtroom, but later he said the verdict
was due to Special Prosecutor John
son's intimidation," cantained In his
address to the Jury. The jurors, how-,
ever, do not support this theory. Fore
man McNamara asserting that tht
strong language of Johnson ... was . re
sented and was a consideration tu. b
overcome in arriving at a verdict.
Foreman McNamara - said 4hej Jurv -stood
eight to four for conviction on
the first ballot Two were won over .
on the fourth. The other two cama
over on the fifth. j . - .
Ruef heard the verdict without anv
marked display of emotion and remained
calm through the succeeding scenes,
until he was taken back to the Jail.
San Franclscoj Pett 1 1, Whet -Francis
J. Heney, tho graft . prosecutor, re-
turned yesterday afternoon to the court-
(Contlnued on Page Three.)
SEVEJilGROES
Opens Fire in a ' Memphis
DiveKills Four and
Wounds Three. -
(Halted Praae Leased Win. '
Memphis, Tenn.. Dee. 11. Apparently
without the sligbest provocation and.
certsinlv without the leant varnln
William Latura, a desperado with a -t -ord
of having killed and wounded a score
of people, shot up a diva full of n
groes last night, killing fuur sn.l
wounding three more, one of them fi-
ally. . ; . - - i - .
Latura, with a number of comnarina.
had been standing at the bar. irink i e
He seemed to have nJ particular irin. -.
against anybody in the linn an i V i
action was apparently mmlv .
r-Without .' saying' a wl h, i ,-. s
suddenly and fired his vvi.!v-r i -crowd
of colored men in - tit 1 1 .
Before he could he mi... ,.. i . ,
emptied every weapon I" l,i pr-,- .
1 nt-n, when every fiim In n ,
had fallen, killed or wt!t.'.-i t - .
pocketed hl e'i-.m .!) ,i. ;
iftK-prs w-te I" -i' ;, ' !
wji uriers'
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