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THE- OREGON D AlLY jOURN;:;PORTlANDtHWEDNESDAYt DECEMBER 1,; 1915.
FRANCIS ; DENIES .HIS
DECISION TO REFEREE
BY
Went to Spokane Because He
Warned, to GetMore Ex
perience Jn .Big Game.,
O'ROURKE IS RETICENT
.Mlt Tackle Won't Tell Vum of Xea
- triw Approached Kim Bay Dis
sensioa, Cin4 Idle Talk.
-That there bas been dissension in
tne Multnomah . elub football ranks.
ail Muon and this, combined with a
lot of Idle talk, la responsible for the
charges that some of the club play
ers laid down" it" the Oregon game
to give a coterie of gamblers a chance
to win jnoney. Is the opinion of con
servative members of the club.
All sorts of rumors have been go
ing the rounds and the latest is dl
. rected at Grpver Francis, crack back
field man of the club, who deserted
its ranks Thanksgiving day to offi
ciate. In the Washington -State-Gon-J
aga game at Spokane.
This Is the Kamor. ,
" It is asserted that the gamblers.
artsr they heard that Francis had.
URGED
m
BLERS
turned down an offer to officiate in
tba Aberdeen-Hoquiam high school
game, to play with the chib. and had
later been tendered a chance to um-
. pire In the Spokane contest, urged him
.to accept the ffeolcan offer, bo that
- he .would not play against the Uni
versity of Oregon.
It la alleged that the gamblers went
to Francis and offered him the "split"
- . ends of all the bets they won against
the club.
, When he heard this rumor this
looming Francis was Indignant.
Aad Here's Treads Answer.
- "It is absolutely untrue. ' I never
-. saw any gamblers at -all," eald Fran
.. cis. "I was urged to accept the po
sition of umpire at Spokane by Grad
uate Manager Bohler of Washington
fctate collere in a wire received on
; Monday. He was up against it for
, an official and I concluded to go. I
Intend to get as rrtich experience as
possible in handling the, games and
tor that reason I took the Job. You
can say for me that nobody ap
proached me relative to betting and
that the first I heard of getting
splir bets was when I was informed
this morning.
"It is too bad this matter came out.
I don't think there is anything to It
"There has been dissension in the foot
. ' "ball eleven all year. Borne were sore
because they were not taken on trips.
k . others were peeved over style of play
the club was using. The game itself
- was absolutely on the square and It Is
a shame that this talk has started. The
club should sift this matter to the bot-
. torn and the parties who are responsl
. We for the talk should be properly
. censured.
. Wotting More to Say.
I W. O Rourke, the big tackle, about
i; whom the storm broke, yesterday.
- seated today, that be did not say Cap
.tain ' Rupert of the elub' team had a
bet on the Olympic game. He says he
- does not. know, that anybody had a bet
on the game. He know that he did
' pot have a bet. O'Rourke says that he
'. will not tell the names of the two men
' . .who came to see hira with money to
bet on the game, or give their ad
i' ' flresaea. He says 4t they want to coma,
V- through and disclose their identity, it
;" la up to them.
' One of the Portland men who saw
the Olympic game states that there
j was very little money wagered. He
V aay he had a couple of hundred to bet
;:; on the game with Instructions to give
. aix points on Multnomah, but that
' " thr were no takers in San Francisco.
rV Wilbur Issues Statement.
' At a meeting of officials of the club
last night President Ralph W Wilb-ir
issued tfie following statement:
"Kelatlve to the statement in one of
. . ur evening papers entitled, 'Scandal
Over Game,' referring to the game be
' tweea Oregon university and the foot-
v ball team of the M. A. A. C. -will gay
-:- that this entire matter ie a surprise to
tha board of directors.
V t "All X can say at the present time
. - ta hat tala matter will be taken up
; by the board and will be sifted to the
, bottoao, and If. Ue charges made are
. found to be true, the club will hew to
.': the line, without regard to anyone. Tf
V anything bas been done along the line.
mentioned in the evening paper, it oer.
taioly was without the knowledge of
the officers of the Multnomah club,
i ana also the Oregon university official.
are equally free from blame. We are
' - going to find out what truth there is
in these charges, and the same will be
"-. dealt with , accordingly.
"Not having had time to investigate
this matter, we are not in a position
- to state-any tiring further at the pres-
ent time.- RALPH WILBUR,
- - - . "President"
Kaaafer Pratt's Btatemeat,
Speaking r the' affair. Manager
Pratt said: "Captain Rupert told me
f that -' FhUbtook had told him of
; ' O'Boorke's alleged association with
-some, fellows who-wanted to bet mcney
a the game, Phtlbrook asserted that
'. CReurke told blm that they could
..make around X lid apiece for laying
- -down'and made a date for Phllbrook
Kum ucu uiwiun msj prop-
-. oaitton, be led O'Rourke on by agreeing
. ' to jta into the thing and then informed
Rupert. . Phllbrook said, that neither
O'Uourkajior the mysterious party had
ghowa.'up jkV the appointed meeting
place. : a; As soon as : he had heard of
i-VKflWWi proposition, FhUbrook in
; , tot mcd" Captain Rcpert, wto la turn
i I r cam to mew , . .
: "I did not know the merits of the
i ( affair, bwt in order to take to eitanAea
4 ? I benched O'Rourke. J investigated as
i well as 1 culd on the- quiet, but could
; nt reach to the bottom.' In years past
; when - f : have . managed . teams, there
have been quiet tips, but I thought I
. knew .-ray boys pretty weB -ehd never
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- L. Samuel,
Ceneral Manager.
PATROLMAN TO BE
BURIED TOMORROW
v
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James C. Gill.
The funeral of Patrolman James C.
Gill, who accidentally shot himself in
the Hibernian hall. 340 Russell street,
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, will
be held tomorrow afternoon. The body
was removed from the public morgue
last night and taken to the A. D. Ken
worthy undertaking estabiUhment at
Lents. It will remain there until noon
tomorrow, but the services will be held
ar2 p. nr.- at i.he Flnley chapel.
The services will be under the aus
pices of the Odd Fellows, of which
Gill was a member. The pall-bearers
will be selected from members of the
day relief patrolmen, and Police Cap
tain Moore with a detail of day police
will attend. The police band will fur
nish music. The interment will proba
bly be at Rose City cemetery.
In addition to the. widow and five
year old daughter. Gill's father, Ethan
GUI of Dufur, a sister, Mrs. Flora
Kaust of Ortney, Or., and five brothers,
Edward E. and R. W. Gill of Portland.
Charles W. Gill of Washougal. and F.
M. and George 11. GUI of Dufur. sur
vive. paid any attention to them. I shall
sift this to the bottom."
"Passing tie Buck."
"This .seems to be a case of pars
ing the buck, with me the vic
tim," said Tackle O Rdurke. On the
San Francisco trip I roomed with
Philbrook. and after the game he
cam- up t our room and made thl
statement: 'There's something rot
ten in Denmark. Rupert was no
more kicked in the head than I was.
Anybody who will bet that his team
will win a f,6otball game by 14 points
margin is crazy i the head; I never
heard of the thing before. Rupert
had a bet on the San Francisco game.
"I didn't think anything more about
it until a couple of fellows came
Into my office with some money.
They paid it was all fixed for the
Multnomah club team to lose and in
timated that some of the club players
were on the Inside. They wanted to
be sure that the game was 'going
all right and figured they would
clean up from 18000 to $1 000.
O-Souxke Talked With Poilbrook,
"Inasmuoh as Philbrook had spoken
to me about the. matter, I mentioned
the fact that the fellows came Into
my office with the money to buy off
players, and asked him if he knew
who was on the Inside. I told him
that these fellows must know what
they were about, for they went out
to incresse their bets.
"I did not play in the game, so,
therefore, they csn't pass the buck
to me There were plenty of pla7
erg on the sidelines to have won th
game If properly handled. I never
played In but three losing fames In
my life, one was in school In Min
nesota, another between -Georgetown
and Virginia and the third between
the Club and Corvallls.
Game Speaks fox Itself.
"The Thanksgiving day game
speaks for itself. Rupert was send
ing DeWltt through the Oregon line
in the second half as If it had been
a sieve, and a touchdown was im
minent. Then, with a couple of
yards to go on the fourth down, he
signaled a place kick. Striebig twice
refused to kick, but at the third
demand did so. Oregon broke through
the line and blocked the kick, and a
chance for a Multnomah touchdown
was gone. That certainly wasn't
football.
' "I have never bet on a game of
football since I have been with the
Club, never took any money from any
body and never gave any to any
body." H. B. Miller Named "
Committee of One
Be port to Be Hade Upon Beferendnxn
Measures Submitted by Chamber of
- Commerce of ' Halted States.
II. B. Miller was appointed by tho
trade an! Commerce bureau of the
unara-er oi -commerce last night a;
a cvuiuiiiicc to uiorc r repvri upon
the referendum measures submitted
by the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States. Two referendutns
were passed on to the trade organi
sations of the country; one recom
mending extension of the scope of
the American trade sui-verg of for
eign countries and' the other recom
-mending . that the United States take
the initiative in regulating trade con
ditions on the high seas so that
commerce would be made safe.
Jitney said Track Collide).
No one was hurt in a collision Of
Jitney bus and delivery truck owned
by the Wiley B. Allen company, and
C riven by H. W. Green, at (Seventeenth
and Overton streets, yesterday. J. O.
Grove, of 7811 Fifty-Sixth avenue, was
In charge Of the litney. The Jitney
automobile was considerably damaged
and one .of the ..fenders of the auto
truck' was broken.
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Assistant Manager
GREECE DECLINES TO
QUHT SALONIKI AND TO
Following Conference Be
tween King and Premier
Terms Are Stated.
INSISTS ON SOVEREIGNTY
Proposals" of Entente Powers Are Ac
cepted li Principle, " Sayt Unof
ficial Statement.
Athens, Dec. 1 (I. N. S.) Premier
Skouloudis conferred wiTT King Con
stantino for an hour today.
Later Premier Skouloudis called a
cabinet meeting which was attended by
the chief of the Greek general army
staff. Military developments are im
minent, according to reports.
Following the meeting of the Greek
cabinet It was unofficially stated that
Greece had accepted "In principle" tiie
proposals of the entente powers, but
that the nation could not submit to a
diminution of her sovereign rights and
military status which would result, it
was claimed, if Greece evacuated Sa
lonlkl, handed over her railroads and
permitted naval policing of Grecian
waters. Without these conditions, it
was reported, the negotiaOox,Vi70uld be
successfully entertained.
CUaaing the Seri.
Berlin, Dec.' 1. (U. P.) To check a
Junction with the southern forces.
forces of the central powers are pur
suing the Serbs southward through
the Albanian mountain!. Meantime the
Serb resistance has become disorgan
ized, and the central alliea have re
peatedly found themselves trapped in
bloody ambushes.
While this chase Is on. the Aus
trlans are pushing their Invasion of
Montenegro, meeting with a heroic re
sistance from ranks of fiery Serb men,
women and boys.
Whether the Bulgars have taken
Monastlr as reported is uncertain. The
latest official news, however, declared
the Serbs have evacuated it and that a
commission of civllans had started
negotiations for surrender.
Would War on Greece.
London, Dec. 1. (U. P.) Germany
and Austria will make war on Greece,
should she grant all the allies' de
mands and allow Balonikl to become
a permanent base of operations, accord
ing to press dispatches today, quoting
an Athens newspaper.
Other prese dispatches told of hasty
preparations to meet an expected Rus
sian attack at Rustchuk, Bulgaria, on
the Danube border of Roumania. This
town waa reported a few days ago to
be evacuated by civilians under the
order Of military commanders.
Strong Teuton reinforcements are
said to be en route there.V
erbs Flee to Greece.
London. Dec. 1. (I. T' S.) thi
Serbians who abandoned Monastlr hav
sought refuge in Greece, according to
a dispatch received here today frora
Rome They are expected to bring to
an Immediate head the negotiations
now pending between the entente pow
ers and Greece.
Greece will decide immediately. It Is
expected, whether the Serbian troops
shall be Interned or permitted to re
organise and inaugurate an "offensive
against the central powers.
Report Monastlr Captured.
London, Dec. 1. (XT.- P.) Uncon
firmed Athens dispatches told today
of capture of Monastlr in southern
Serbia by the Bulgars.
All indications have pointed to eaxly
surrender of the city, hence the re
ports are more or less- credited here.
Anti-Sunday Closing
Fight to Be Waged
Campaign Will Be launched at Mass
Meeting in Salem Tomorrow Bight:
Speakers Are Warned.
A mass meeting to be held at
Salem, In the Liberty theatre tomor
row night, will be the opening gun
in a whirlwind campaign against
Sunday- closing laws in this and
other states. Under the leadership
of H. W. Cottrell. secretary of the
North Pacific Library association. 1
similar meetings are to be held in
Eugene, Portland, Tacoma and Seat
tle. The movement Is backed by the
Seventh Day Adventist church.
Prominent officers of the Religious
Liberty association of America, will
be speakers at the mass meeting.
The meetings in Portland will be held
In three theatres at 11 o'clock Sun
day morning. For this purpose the
Baker, the Helllg and the Pantages
theatres have been secured. The
meeting at Eugene will be held Fri
day night.
Among the speakers will be C. S.
Longacre of Washington, D. C, na
tional secretary of the Religious Lib
erty Association of America; William
H. Healey of San Diego. Cal., secre
tary of the Southern California Re
ligious Liberty association, and Rev.
J. O. Corless of Los Angeles, secre
tary of the Pacific Religious Liberty
association. They will oppose Sun
day legislation.
Patrolman Nelson
Out, Then In Again
olieemSB One ef Vive Cat From
roroe Vat Ts Reinstated VThen Gill
Was XlUed.
Patrolman Earl Nelson of Captain
Inskeep's relief, who bad been on the
Burnslde Street detail for months and
consequently had daily cases before
Municipal Judge Stevenson, bade court
officers good bye yesterday morning,
for he was one of the. five police of
ficers cut frosn the force.
At 10 o'clock Patrolman James C
Gill accidentally shot and killed him
self. Kelson was still around the
station at 11' o'clock, and Chief Clark
called Mm into the office and rein
stated bltn. Kelson headed the list of
eligible for reappointment. P. A.
Powell now beads the list.
- Governor Johnson HI.
Sacramento. Cah, Deo. 1. (U. P.)
word received at the capltol today
from San Francisco was that Governor
Hiram Johnson Is seriously " Hi with
bronchitis At his residence In that city
and - may not - be - able to return . to
Sacramento for, at least. week,
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RAILROADS
Black Leather
: Wallet Is-Sought
-By Detective
City. Detective Frank Snow lfj
seeking a black leather wallet,
.lost yesterday morning In the j
- municipal court clerk's- office. . -
Mr. Snow laid the wallet on the.
counter and walked out. Re- i
4t turning, the wallet was missing.
4e It contained' checks and other,
if- evidence to be used In criminal
prosecutions now pending, and , 4t
Snow is anxloue to recover it.
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SANTA CLAUS WILLI
MEET OBSTACLES Off
TRAVELS THIS YEAR
Parcel Post Service Suspend
ed Between Many Coun
tries Because of War,
Due to the disturbed condition of
Europe as brought about by "the dread
hand of war," Portlanders with friends
and relatives "in the old country" will
not send as many gifts abroad this
year as has ' been customary.
It is doubtful if Santa Claus will
even visit some sections of th conti
nent. With the suspension of parcel
pest service between this country and
several European nations it will be im
possible for an exchange of gifts in
many Instances. Both postofflce and
express officials look for large sales
o money orders in place of remem
brances.
ICoaey Orders Suspended.
But even the exchange of interna
tional money orders has been aua
l ended with several nations due to the
Influence of the present war. Here
are the countries upon which interna
tional money orders cannot be drawn:
Belgium, Greece. Egypt and Austria.
The parcel pest la suspended be
tween this country and Germany, Aus
tria, northeastern France and the war
zrne, and Belgium.
It Is expected that the holiday rush
in postoflce and on railroad will be
gin about December 10 when the cus
tomary stream of packages will begin
to come in for distribution in all parts
of the country.
"Mall Early" Suggested.
Mindful of the strain put upon carry
ing agencies at this season of thoeyesr
Portland people are being appealed to
to shop early, and ship their packages
early. A package mailed or expressed
in ample time means that gift will
reach the person for whom it is in
tended by Christmas and not after
Christmas, as is so freoxiently the case.
When it is certain that the gift will
reach its destination prior to December
25 it should be marked, "Don't open
until Christmas."
m
M. L. Kimmel
Put' 'Under Attest
M. L. Kimmel. formerly a well-to-do
lancher, was arrested last night by
Detectives Mallet and Price charged
with writing checks on a bank in
which his account was insufficient to
cover them.
Kimmel was alleged to have passed
the checks on V. S. Estes, a "saloon
keeper, of 100 Sixth street. He said
that a bank which held a mortgage on
his ranch property had foreclosed and
put him in financial straits.
Owen Paulson Recovering.
Owen Paulson of 351 Morrison
street, who shot himself at the home
of his father-in-law, J. M. Batcheller,
669 Girasd street, in St. Johns, Monday-
night, is at the Good Samaritan
hospital, on the road to recovery. The
suicidal act followed an unsuccessful
attempt on Paulson's ijart to effect a
rtcbnciliatlon With his wife.
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COLLECTOR
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COMMITS
SUICIDE BY SHOOTING
Was Collector of the Port of
San Francisco for More
Than Twelve Years.
MENTAL TROUBLE, CAUSE
Strattoa Wave Well Known on Coast
and in Political Circles fcecsntly
Kan fox Mayor of Oakland.
San Francisco, Dee. 1. (P. N. S.)
The body of Frederick 8. Btratton, for
more than 12 yen re collector of the
port of San Francisco, lies at the
Alameda county morgue today, follow
ing his suicide by shooting in a creeK
bed at Pleasanton late yesterday. .
Stratton was on his way to Oakland
to visit his brother, pr. Robert T.
Stratton. He had been under treatment
for ngEKOus and mental troubles at the
Llvermore sanitarium for the last three
months.
Hl condition had improved recently,
the physicians believed, and he was
permitted to make short visits to his
relatives.
Used Xdrroy to Point On a.
At a general merchandise store at
Pleasanton he attempted to purchase
a revolver, but his appearance aroused
suspicion and the storekeeper refused
to make the sale. He was able to ob
tain a weapon- during the next hour
and shortly after 5 o'clock residents
near the creek called the Arroyo Del
Valle heard the report of a revolver
and found Strattorr atretched In the
bed of the stream with a wound in his
temple and a revolver In his hand.
He had used a small pocket mirror
In making sure of his aim.
8tratton suffered a mental break
down in Oakland early in March when
he was a candidate for mayor, and
he was taken to his ranch at Alamo.
Contra Costa county. Later he went
to the Llvermore sanitarium for treat
ment. Wedding Old Sot Occur.
This wti just aftr he had an
nounced his intention to wed Mrs.
Ermina Peralta Darkle, widow of the
Oakland newspaper publisher, and one
evening went to her home with Rev.
Francis J. Van Horn, prepared to wed.
Mrs. Dargie was not at her home.
Later she announced that there would
be no wedding.
Btratton leaves two dauchtem Ann
who resides with her grandmother, Mrs.
urace r V. Gregory, at Colorado
Springs; Mrs. Carlton Parker of Berke
leyand a son, Frederick, who ! at
the family home at Alama. A
brother and a sister also survive
They are Dr. R. T. Stratton of the
University of California faculty, and
Mrs. Walter Good of Alamo.
tit rat ton was born in Oakland. Janu
ary 12, 18&S, a son of James Thompson
and Cornelia Smith Stratton.
Jitney Driver Arrrted.'
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arrested last night, charged with tres
pass, aft Milton EV.Kahn, Hi Twelfth
street. joHplained that Drake ran over
Vacant property with his jitney and
tore away a chicken wire fence.
White Slavery Is ChaTjred.
George Palanxo Kinsey. a saloon man
44 years old. Is held In the city Jail
charged with white slavery. He was
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Scene -Painter
Admits Taking
Preacher's Coat
While Rev. Philip C. Hay
ward, an evangelist of the
Seventh Day Adventist church,
conducted services in the church
at Kast Eleventh and Everett
streets, Saturday right, Novsm
ber 20, Jullue 'Ward, scene
painter and singer, wandered
in and listened respectfully to
a portion of the sermon. He
left before the services closed.
Shortly afterwards, the min
ister missed his overcoat. Ward
was arrested in his room by
Detectives Hill and Howell
this morning, and be put on
the minister's coat to wear to
the police station. There it
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SPLIT OVER PUN TO
NAME PEACE TERMS
One Element Wants Govern-
ment to Announce Its
Terms, Other Resents It,
Berlin. Dec. 1. (U. P.) Socialists In
the reichstag are threatened today with
a split. But, with exciting canouees
on. and a week's recess of the o)leh
stag likely, party leaders hope to effect
fusion and present a solid front when
sessions are resumed.
One group in the party Is insistent
that the t-overnment shall state accept
able terms of peace. The opposing
group believes such an announcement
would be a confession of weakness.
Moreover, there is a split over the sub
ject of the g-overnment regulation of
food supply and prices.
A recess of the reichstag will allow
time for the Greek diplomatic situa
tion to develop, and while authorities
are confident that Greece will remain
neutral, they are uncertain as to how
"benevolent"' she wHl be toward tbo
allien. As for Roumania. officials are
even less worried than over the Greek
problem. It is pointed out that Rou
mania is not likely to antagonise the
central powers, in view of the fact
that forces of the latter surround Rou
mania cn three sides. It was declared
further that the Berlin-Constantinople
line cannot be broken.
In the reichatag's opening session a
bill was introduced providing that cor
porations shall set aside 50 per cent of
their profifs of the war years to meet
final taxation. Dr. Kaempfe, president,
rehearsed Germany's victories, ex
pressed himself as confident of the
finale, and declared England has under,
estimated Germany's strength in seek
ing to starve her oufor In expecting
flnanlal exhaustion to halt the
struggle. .
qrlef iCsine Too lt.
Ban Pedro, Cat; Dec. !-(, KB-
Archie Cooper, mortally wounded -in a
street duel yesterd-ty with William
Newby. a friend of 10 years, died early
today. The two had quarreled over
the division of expenses In their bach
elor apartments. Newby wept when
told of his old friend's death. He will
be held for murder.
Exclusive
GERMAN
SOIALSTS
Toilet Wares
an unusual degree, marks
The "Hampden Festoon" pat
is Just one of several hand
which we are showing this
Sterling Cola Hole! era
Jewel Cases
Powder Pencils
Tatting Shuttles
Bodkin Sets
Lingerie Clasps
Hem Gauges
Porter's Not Bowls
with anvfl eenter and
cracking hammer, etc.
since 1868, at
Abbot says-
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Columbia fans
know good
pictures when
they see
them and
they see
then. hire.
Wm So Hart
In his earnest impersona
tion of the fighting parson
in that great western drama
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An I nee
Stirring in action
perfect in 'detail.
Also a Laugh or Two at
E
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Showing the trials and tribulations
of a matinee girl.
fSayMculyrs thfe Alamo
COLOMBIA
THE THEATRE BEAUTIFUL, Sixth at Washington
"Established Before
the War
Today and Remainder This Week
The Incomparable
EA1RA
IN A NEW ROLE
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Slave
Hear the Majestic Novelty Trio ;
Joe Roberts. M. P. Ogden; E. E. Ransom
: Omung'5iinday
The Most Deg
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TRIANGLE PLAYS
Real Plays
j No second
run on
Triangle
astDay
Esqp.
Production.
tedH
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Ed Win lames,
Manager-
With Little
In William Fox's
Latest Triumph
Picture Ever 5creened . h
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