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VOL.'XII. . NO.,194.
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STAHD AS PASSED
; UPOII B? VOTERS
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' Another "Election Not ! Neces-
sary and . Authority to Issue
' Bonds Previously -Voted Up?
;.,on Rests With People. 1
SUPREME COURTIS :
- l CLEAR ON SUBJECT
Power of Public Docks , Dc
: partment Now, Rests With";
' Y the Commission. v
' . .' . : re (SIm Bureau of Tba Journal.) - , ,
' Salem,: Or.; Oct !1. -It Is not neces-
, saryfor the people of Portland to vote
again upon the Issuance of publlo dock
bonds, or amend the new charter before
"bonds can be authorised for the comple-
tlon of the city's public dock system.
. The authority to Jsue the bonds pre
viously voted by the people rests with
the city . Council. ', Tbls IsAthe .opinion
. given by; the supreme court today when
it granted a -peremptory writ of man
t damus against Iayor Albee and Audi
" tor Barbur to compel them to sign the
' .Issue of dock' bonds authorised by the
city council and sold to Henry , Teal. -:
Jn this -'. case,- wherein3 the city of
Portland and Henry Teal are the plain-
tiffs and Mayor Albee and City-Auditor
Darbur are the ' defendants, ' the court
also held that the publlo docks com-
mission has nothing to do with the is
suance ot public dock bonds under the
provisions' of the; new , charter. .Thts
. authority is- given entirely to the city
'council. . The court u also "holds ; that
the council is not required to accept
' the bid of the city treasurer In prefer
ence to other! bidders. The matter Is
- discretionary with, the council, not, man-
datory,''C's"'::-"'?"'''''i ".'J''",; .;'".''
f ;.av5kv Csse'ea Kajrlts. uj ,-:-. V
" When -the petition for- a writ of man
damus against the mayor and auditor,
who had, refused to sign the Issue i of
dock bonds on the ground that the new
charter did not confer upon them such
' authority,' first came before the court
' last "Week a .demurrer,,! the complaint
was sustained on the ground that the
complaint did not 'state, sufficient fasts
or .. a cause of fiction, in that no. af-
' tlrmatlve Statement was made that If
thu bonds were issued . the city's, debt
1 limit would not be exceeded. The COm-
rtnm nniinn rh ill V
ll.l.'K IJIIl IIIV I'll 11 If
UUUIV Dl
'r ' plaint wee amended end the decision to
' day deals with the merits of the case. '
Thq., principal: point " ..mtftn&i
whether the council could Issue the pub
lie docktbonds voted by the people prior
A to the adoption of the commission, form
i charter without ' again " submitting he
v question to a-jvote 'of, the people.- ,
, - ' After -quoting section ' 73 and section
JJ of the new charter, tha opinion, which
Was written by Justice Moore, says: '
"As against , this , determination t the
' only doubt, that -can possibly arise is
as to' the correct' meaning of the word
authorised,' as flrst used in, a clause of
.- section 93., to-wit: v'1-, ;
"TD council 'of the city of Portland
" I 'hereby authorised to issue and sell
(Continued on Page Four."
FiERCE: HEAT TO TRY
ILB WESTE
Earliest Heavy Snow.fdrr Years
tJ-f"."- j.
Covers; Mississippi and , the
'.Great Lake Region
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r iTniit tvh tfd trir.i
Chicago, Oct. 21. -A btlssard was rag
ing : throughout 'most of , Illinois and
. five neighboring states at daybresk to
. day. iReporte from points In Michigan,
Indiana "v Wseonsin," ; Minnesota' and
Iowa showed that all were storm swept.
In fact, the. cold wave covered ' the
. entire central west, from- the lakes to
the gulf," though .' to the southward It
was less severe. ,
f From Calumet and Marquette,! lilch
' tgan, came messages saying the storm
had i compelled abandonment , of Lake
' Superior .traffic..- -Two disabled t boats
were towed, rudderless,, to port. ;' Lake
Michigan, too, was stirred to f u'ry. Con-
' lderab(e shipping Jossea were feared.
" Hnow here was two . inches deep on
the level, Btreet far traffic was ham
pered for ' time. f( . v - . . 1 .
- Throughout the entire storm-swept
region trains were late and Wires down.
It was known ths.t six liver were lost
' as a result of th blUaard and the lake
, storm, and fuller reports may increase
(the number. . ( ' , 1 ' , -.
' ConnidM'ing it 'severity, s," the storrt
was the -earliest In" years and everyone
" was taken by,, "surprise.
i j i ' ; v lit t k, 1. f (
"" Huston Btrwta Impassable. ;
Boston, Mans,, .Oct, 21, Many streets
T here were impassable today from wreck
age of the storm which swept here last
. : night Wires were dowriV everywhere
big trees were snapped short off and
Mtreetcar traffic was badly crippled; In
. land, to th eastward, the storm was
t equally .bad. At sea the nlghtv was a
frightful one and It was feared marine
losses iwlll proye to have been heavy.
, ,V" v.-;'- 'j-,..J-' r ''tvoVI-'1; :i &
' ' j, Ships Overdue on Superior.: ,
' J' Sault Ste. Marie, Mlchn Oct' Sl.The
t worst storm in years' was ' ro-glng " on
Iake Bupetlor today, At least eight
' ships were known to be overdue and it
was feared air. were lost:.
- Maryland Towns : Flooded." ,
.."'"Baltimore, Md.i Oct 2VA high tide,
diivi'n irfphore by a 80 mile gale, flooded
't Continued on l'K Tweuty-one.)
BLIZZARD
FOLLOWS
fit
RNERS
coiiFocr 111 mi.
Prominent Lawyer Says Alter
, ation of . Registration Act
'Gives Right to Vote on Ret
. erendum but' Not Initiative.
OPINIONS OF QUESTION v":
ARE , NOTIN ACCORD
Another VieWtls-That Appar
ent Defect Will Not Serve ;
'; -i to .Vitiate Election.'
Almost on the e(e of the election au
thorising the issuance of bonds for an
Interstate bridge between Portland and
Vancouver romea the technical legal ob.
Jection which, . if wlL taken,' may; seri
ously affect the' legality of the bonds
when issued.?!' Frederick V,' Holman, at
torney, has found what he believes to
be a nigger, in the wood pile In the
registration procedure of,' the coming
election scheduled for 'November 4. ,
: According to Mr. Holman, cltisens of
Portland are now assuming that elec
tors registered for the yea 112 are
entitled to vote on all measures at this
electlonv '-He" contends, : on the other
hand, that the wordlns; of the act of
1911 provides for a" 1912 registration
on referendum measures only and that
as the bridge question Is an - Initiative
measure, registration ' Is governed. . by
the general registration law .'passed at
the last .session, tf-fyvz 11. ,-; .. -:
X This, law provides that .every cltisen
(Continueo on raara 'Twenty-One.)
IIS VI
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Supreme - Court tied : oh ':Con-
: stitutionahty of Law; Wo-'
- men Defeat Opponent. 1
(United Prew teased Wire.) ' ' , '
, Chicago, ' Oct . 21,-r-Chlcago , suf frja
glstsf were JUbflant today over a- victory
in, their first big fight in HUnols as a
result of yesterday's special election in
the 'Fifth judicial district The influ
ence of tb women, accomplished the. de
feat of Judge Xealle Puterbaugh, the
Republican 'candidate for , the State su
preme court bench, " 1 ' t '
"The result of the-election saved the
woman suffrage law' said Mrs. .Sher
man Booth today. ""We learned that the
supreme. court was tied 2 to 2 ..oh the
constitutionality' of 5 the law." . We r favored'-
Judge Shay ' for . the . supreme
bench.- He is a- Progressive.' ;'However,
most of -us wanted to see Puterbaugh
beaten. Charles Craig, a Democrat, was
elected. ' ,' . . a, '''. : .
?"Women were not allowed to'Vote, but
many women leaders took an active part
In' the campaign-:i;;:;V.ov,t.--V'" -'': .'' "
Threatens Society Leader With
Inoculation " ifShe Doesn't
;:?"fefay$25l000;;
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I Chicago, Oct 21. Postoffice Inspec
tor Stuart today said be knew1 the iden
tlty of .the man Who wrote Mrs. Fred
erick Steele, a society woman, threaten
ing to inoculate her with deadly trop
ical disease germs unless she "paid' htm
125,00s. The man Is said to b a celleg
graduate, The . letter was' sent . Mrx.
Steele by special delivery. -' ? ' r v
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PRESIDENT WON'T MDC
fJ M'liE'S REMOVAL
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(Washing ton Boreas of Tb lonm.l.)' ' 'J
.Washington, Oct 21. The president
declines to Intervene In the matter, of
the removal of Major Mclndoe. ' He has
informed Senator Chamberlain the
opinion of the chief of engineers seems
very conclusive to him and ..that he
would think Jt wrong to intervene and
extend Major Melndpo's assignment in
charge of Columbia, river bar, Improve
ments. , ' w ' JS'." lS " M
CONGREGATIONAUSTS'."
LIQUOR TRAFFIC'S END
'"Kansas City, Mo., Oct '21.-Members
of a committee appointed three years
ago by the National Council of Congre
gational Churches to investigate the
1 iquor trade and report" at th council,
which ' will : open here tomorrow, said
today that their: report will outline a
plan for wiping out the traffic through
out - the country. ;' v' v , 'i-y'-'
THREE AVIATORS DIE
WHEN MACHINES. FALL
Kplnal, h France, Oct. 21 Aviators
Gamier, Jenrot rand v Dautroche Were
killed by falls, yesterday afternoon, v
MAY NULUFY VOTE
FOR BRIDGE ttONDS
LLINOIS WOMEN BEAT
ANTI-SUFERAG
JUDGE
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PORTANp, QREGON, . TUESDAY
'"B9s
PLACE OF SLAYER
Charles, Haas, for Whom Po
.;Iice Were Looking as As
..sailant of His Wife, Tries to
Himself to Hotel. '-' .
WOMAN DIED LAST NIGHT
; AS, RESULT OF WOUND
Fugitive Turned Gun on Him
self, Inflicting : Wound hr
Abdomen; Not fatal. -' -
. Charles B, , Haas, who shot his wife
Saturday evening attempted to kill
himself this morning in the Globe? ho
tel. First and Couch streets, where he
had spent the ; night The attempt at
self-destruction , revealed . the hiding
place of. the! man, for whom' detectives
and , police have been searching since
the-shooting Saturday night,
Mrs.' Haas: died lest- evening at the
Good Samaritan, hospital. v : ' , '
' When Captain Baty asked Haas this
morning if he knew his wife was dead,
the man replied he knew it, but refused
to talk further of the shooting.'. To the
detectives, t earlier this morning be
stated he shot-his wife for fun. When
asked why he shot 'William Hell, at
whose home the woman was staying, he
replied,' it was for un. :;. It was for
fun, he said, he. shot himself. -.
rClty Physician Frederic Zlegler, , who
operated on Haas this noon, states tout
the ; chances for recovery are slight
He found nine .. bullet perforations in
the intestines and is fearful that blood
poisoning will set In. : . ' v i
Deputy District Attorney Collier took
the statement of Hass at the St Vin
cent hospital after physicians had at
tended him. . To the deputy Haas said
he planned the crime one week before
the shooting.: Hia Idea was only to
wound his wife and Hell. -
"She didn't treat me like she used
(Continued on Page Seven.)
HANS SCHMIDT. IS SANE,
.SAY FOUR ALIENISTS
""' '"' ",M,"f "'4 lsssssjsjriiaswsas if - f-'. .
New Tork, Oct, 41. That, .pans
Schmidt ' was , ja.ne-when .'he 1 murdered
Anna .AumuUnr' and , la eane now wa
thref'i report made here today to District
Attorney Whitman by four alienists
who examined Schmidt on seven sepa
rate., dateeu .'H Whitman said he Intended
asking Judge Foster to fix an arly
iate for the confessed murderer's trial.
ROYALIST UPRISING IN
v PORTUGAL-IS REPORTED
: Madrid, Oct1 21. Fighting in Lisbon
and elsewhere in Portugal was reported
today. It was believed - the Royalists
had attempted an uprising against the
young -republic. .:v: '-X :?-''.,
suicide Antral
DISCLOSES HUG
LOOK AROUND AIL JOl) WISB. UUAU, BUT DOS'I IET UE
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EVENING, OCTOBER 21r.
I" i siiiiiiii i . ajjL- Ar-u-
mm RUSHED
TO SAVE SCALPS
OF HIS FAVORITES
Sulzer:c6ntinues,Story of His
. Fight WithTahfmany Alleg
ing That lecompetent Graft
Jers' Were 'Protected.1 -
WARD HEELERS KEPT ON.
ROLL AS ELECTRICIANS
Tells of Alleged Graft in Con
structiori of New- York; 1 -
K -
Capitol Building.
.1 i
', ftJnlted Press teased Wire. I "
New Tork, Oct. 21. The use by the
United Press - of1- a second Installment
of James .Creelman's articles dealing
with the Sulxer, impeachment case was
permitted today .by ' the New Tork
Evening Mall. i Creelman . wrote in, the
Ma,i In Pt as'follows:
By , James Oeclirtan.
(Copyright, 1913, by Mall and Express
. Company.) , . - , ,.
' The j charge - that Ed a ard E. McCal)
acted, 'as Charles F. Murphy's messen
ger, does not rest on William' Sulzer's
word-alone. ' :.'''- . (
. "Mc'Call came constantly to the ex
ecutlvo 'mansion," says ' Mrs. Buhter,
"urging the governof to do this or
that, :' He even said to me, 'Tour hus
band must do -those things or be de
stroyed; make your husband do them.' "
After Sulaer'a revelations yesterday
I ; asked t his lawyer, Louis , Marshall,
why SuUer. "did not make , these dis
closures on the witness stand.
Evidence Was Baled Out
"It swas attempted at the beginning
of the trial." answered Marshall, "but
the court would not allow us to go
into what It held to be outside mat
ters. The evidence was ruled out" -
One Incident bearing on ' the secret
authority assumed b,y , Murphy over the
state' government I omitted from yes
terday's account. Suiter had prepared
a. statement reciting all' the. Incidents,
Just as he would have told them on the
witness stand. " t ,,'.,,. 'f ,
. This-one reads: ," :'." , '
"After I took) office ln January I
learned that the State architect had ex
pended, more than JM.JOO.OOO during the
previous year practically ,ipoa his own
certificate and, that there had, not keen
a TOwWsodit!".". J-i I '' '
Appropriation Exceeded. .
ji 'T' learned also thst the 1912 appro
priation for the capltol had been exceed
ed ,bynearly 1500,000 without proper
supervision.
"I asked a committee representing the
American Institute of Architects to in
vestigate -and. I also asked John Hen
nessy. my special graft investigator, to'
dig Into some of the accounts presented
for payment - "' ;';..'."'.."""'.'
"The architects; reported that "State
Architect Hoefer and 'Deouty Powers
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-ADM I RAL EATON'S DAUGHTER , A WITNESS
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Dorothy Alnsworth Katon, uhoso testimony -tended to - strengtlien case
against her mother Jn poison case.
DAVENPORT MEMORIAL
SHOULD GET SUPPORT i
OF ALL PORTLANDERS
Journal Will Receive'Donatlons
' for Monument tQ Be Erected
at Silvertort, Or,
' To honor the memory of the late Ho
mer Calvin. Davenport, cartoonist, and
native son of Oregon, a movement has
been started to ' erect a monument- at
Silverton, the place where h was born,
artd where his body Is now at rest.
' With this object in mind, the Oregon
State - Ed Ug01 association at its con
vention ' la ..Portland last : week passed
resolutions calling upon each newspaper
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
CATCO VOl) SOlVlNfi TEISTUt
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:. N. Orleans
Jtew Tor
Chicago v
St. anl
' Xen. Ctt
P ortlan A
Copyright by Interoatiooal News Berrlce. ...
Y TOLD BY
Afcked -Neighbor, to Take 'Her
l .v Daughter, JuneJHorne-:.a?
one rearea oiepiatner,
Plymouth,. Mass.," Oct 21. Evidence
Intended to show.' that Rear Ad ml rat
Joseph Giles Eaton was a drug fiend
was - introduced at Uhe ttrial today s of
Mrs. . Jennie May: Eaton, charged with
poisoning the admirals Mrs. Charlotte
Dill was the first witness. V I ?
Mrs! pill testified , that sMr8.fEaton
frequently; told herthat her huBband
was addicted to-the use bf -drugs,'; and
that she was afraid of him..:, Mrs. Kath-
MAN
MRS
EATON ADMIRAL USED
DRUGS
AND
N
erine :Magoun : testified 'along similarly-
unes. ttne declared the defendant once
asked her to take Mrs. June Keyes, Mrs,
Eaton's daughtr, to her home, as Ad
miral Eaton "had mixed some , stuff"
that made June ill. .
v : ."Wished Xe Were Dead.
"I wish Admiral Eaton were dead,"
was : a statement attributed to Mrs.
Eaton by Harry dates of Rockland, a
witness.. He said that he never consid
ered the woman's alleged . declaration
as a threat Gates also testified that
the defendant : warned him not to eat
anything the admiral might offer him.
A letter alleged to have been written
by Mrs. Eaton,, to Professor Whitney of
Harvard said in part: - -
"I am alone . in .this isolated , place
with my husband,. Admiral Eaton, whom
I know-to be dangerously insane. He is
so -clever that he fools ; the world at
large but' he does -not fool me.-'
. "He has ' talked freely to me of .for
eign poisons nd is cunning enough .. to
use one that would be hard to detect
He has been planning my death all day,
I want the state to take charge ot him.
for he Is mad."
Supreme' Court! Finds Nothing
.Wrongs With; Poorly-Written
. Signatures on"-Petition.' ; v
v (Saleia Bureau ot Tb JirnV
Salem. , Or., Oct.. 21. Finding no evi
dence of fraud in the Workmen's- Com
pensation referendum! petition, the su
preme court' today sustained -the ' de
cision of the circuit , court for Marlon
county dismissing jtho , suit for an in
Junction brought by the eta'te, on rela
tion of . District, Attorney Oale SHlll
against" Secretary -of state Ben ,W. ON
cott. This means the referendum will
go on the ballot for the special elec
tion' to be held November , j. v
s "Evidence in the case is very meagre,
none being offered by; the defendant"
says the opinion, which was written by
Justice Burnett V "Much of it Was aft
erward : obviated by. a 'stipulation relat
ing to four' signatures of womea made
by men of their families,1 and. another
name ofl a . petitionee, who resided , In
Washington,' making a totai 'reduction
of five. The remainder of the testi
mony' relates to street ; numbers in
Portland. . " ;;r rv ,;, . .y v,L
"The'' testftnony ! of f crcd, '. aside, from
the facta stipulated, throws r no light
on the veal question of whether the
(Continued oa Page Eighteen.).
COMPENSATION
LW
REFERENDUM WILL BE
PLACED UPON BALLOT
TEMPERATURES TODAY
U, 63! Portland, 8 . m. E2
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..48Bole
...3R Im lraa.
s . , .16IKoseburg
' ...33. Spokane ,
humidity. a. m..,.
PRICE TO. CENTS. 4"T n
GIRL ASCEfJDS TO
CROSS Oil SAIIIT
FRANCIS STEEPLE
Miss Eva Wells Takes Dare: of
Friends and Makes Perilous
Climb, Part ofWay Hand,
Over Hand Up Rope. - v -
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SONG IS SUNG FROM '";
HER DANGEROUS PERCH
"Not a Bit Afraid.'TWasTTer
Declaration When She Re
turned to Earth.' :.
. Nearly , 250 ,- feet In air. - Miss Eva
Wells, pretty young soprano singer,
Sunday afternoon' surveyed the land- '
scape from ,?a ;"new angle. Shsr had .
climbed . the north steeple of St Francis'"
church, and sat perched on the. arm.: of
the big cross, i Then she' descended, un- h
harmed' and as she declared today, .not
a bit.scared. 'f.--1'-' v '
So far as is known Mlas Wells Is the
first glrj ever la have made the ascent, s
No elevator runs to the top. and for;
the last ' 23 feet Of the distance, inside
the cross, one must go hand over hand
on a dangling rope.. Braces at the sides -of
the cross give occasional footholds,
but these til's precarious. '
It was Just for'a !'dare" that Miss
Wells -undertook. 'the' climb. She. ami
John C. Abbot and J,.D. McCauier had
been looking at the spire .from the
ground and ; wondering What things
looked like -from the pinnacle, v
' v Bared to 9Kake Assent, '
Tve 1 been . up Vere, bald -Abbott
"Why don't you try itr i f
' And so Miss Wells decided she would. '
McCauley climbed . the s south spire
while Miss Wells and Mr. Abbott were
ellmbing ; the north, v Both .' parties
reached ' the top about-the Same tttxiev
Abbott preceded Miss Wells, so he could
open the trap, door atv the' top of the.
cross, hence he could not help his com
panlon aloog the, last struggling climb. ,
"Oh, the view I It Was Just superb,"
said Miss Wells today. ,.Tbe day was :
perfect, and we could see the whole
city, : the river, the' mountains, the for-
sets. i Do you . know,: I never . thought -about
being scared. -..Things were too .
grand and delightful up there for: that .
Some time I am going up again." . :' y.. ;
"' Olrl Xs Singer. . ,.','
Miss Wells lives at ' 228 - Wheeler
street , Stie ts well known In Portland
musical circles as a singer and hag
.often ppearM, Ju. pxbjlc. -
- f'Thaticllmte Sunday was the highest
1 ever sang, though," 'admitted Miss
Wells. "Oh, yes,I was so glad to be
up -there , tbat I Veally did sing, you
know. I waved my arms endyelled
that's it yelled." ,
t Miss Wells weighs 110 pounds, but
declares she had. no trouble In: lifting
herself by the rope on the last stage of
her Journey. - ' ' . " v
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OF P. E. E. ON NOV. 1
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Impracticability'; ot'; Working
-Same Line byTwb Compa
' nies Given ,as Reason. :,
According to official announcementi
given out today at the office of Robert t .
E. Strahom,' president' of the Portland,
Eugene A Eastern Railway company, the i
Southern Pacific, parent company, will,
after November: 1 handle all operating ,
and traffic matters connected with tha
new electrlo system"- until, actual lect.l-' .
flcatton haa taken p"lc.e. ; .-,; :'
'Along with this anhtnmeement . Mr.
Strahorn made public the appointment j
Of the operating and traffic officials of ti
the Southern". Pacific,-whoa duties are
(Continued on Page Eighteen.!
A Suggestion tb
Rent Payers I YX)
If you rcist" a 'house,
each year finds you stand- -ing
still; nothing: to show
for the inoney. It you buy '
' a home oa the installment
plan! each year finds you ;
nearer to owning that
'-home; "you are inventing; 1
' , ; :In The Suriday: Journal ,
. Want Ads 10 1 . houses
. ? were offered you the first t
payments were " from1 $25 ,
up.aiid the -monthly pay
t ments from $5 up; the lo
' 'i canons ranged from Coun
4 cil Crestto Lents. . Some
:jof , them- are, what you
""want? look them over,
' "-Mr. Rentpayer, and study
the question for yuurc'.f.
;;.v; Don't, stand with your
head In the - clouds', and
.your fct:t in a m -t '
f3 house; read Jourt- ' "'
Ad's, look a1- ' '
in your c '
SOUTHERN
PACIFIC
HER OPERATION
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