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S7
CIRCULATION
Dally average net pala circulation for
month ending May 81. 1925
apitalJiJomrnal.
FAIR TONIGHT
Cooler In east portion; Saturday fair
and continued warm; light northwest
erly winds.
Local; Max., 99; mtn., 65; rain, nono,
river, falling; atmos., clear; wind, south
west. 6738
Average dally distribution 7073.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 152
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1925
PRICE THREE CENTS &JS&mh&
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JURY RETIRES
IN SHEPHERD
1R0ERCASE
Prosecutor Denounces Al
leged Germ Slayer As
"Shiftless Panhandler"
In Closing Speech.
Chicago, Juno 26. (A. P.)
The Shepherd trial went to the
Jury at 4:37 p. m.
Chicago. June 2d. (A. P.)
Denouncing William D. Shepherd
as the perpetrator of u now spe
cies of murder who had slain his
foster eon, William MeCiiutock.
with typhoid genua to obtain Mc-
(JlluU)cks millionaire estate, lms
triet Attorney Itoliert E. Crowe to
day aoked the jury to return a
verdict of guilty that would carry
a penalty ol hi'.ngng.
Shepherd. Crowe charged was u
"shiftless panhandler" who had
been content to live sixteen years
In plenty provided by another.
The prosecutor defended hlnr
self, Judge Harry Olson and Alex
andor Uolchmnnn against osser
tion! of the defense counsel that
the trial was simply a step In a
vicious conspiracy against bhep
hcrd to prevent his Inheriting Mi:
Clintuik's estate.
Crowe said the reason he put
Judge Olson on the witness stand
was to give defense attorneys
William Kcott Stewart and W. W
O'Brien, nn opportunity in make
gond their statements that "wo
wil show this case a trame-up:
that Olson has a financial Interesl
in It"
"V:'at do you think of tactics
of that sort?" demanded Crowe
as he accused Stewart nnd OBrien
"You can often tell whether or not
the defendant Is guilty by the kind
of defense he presents.
UNION SCHOOL
E
Another day of dcluy was added
to the decision oa the question u:
dissolution of union high school
district No. 1 today when the
bearing wt for department No. 2
for this afternoon was again post
fortnisafteiuoon was again post
poned. An order temporarily re
straining tho county boundary
board from declaring the dlstric
dissolved until the case had been
tried was granted by Circuit Judge
L. H. McJIalHin lesieiday.
Members of the school board of
the union district filed suit In the
circuit court yesterday against the
eounly boundary board in which
they seek to have declared Illegal
two votes cast In the election of
June 15. If their petition is grani-
,d by the court the boundary
board, authorized by law to make
the official cinvane of the election
will be bound to declare the meas
ure for dissolution defeated. If
the move to have the two votei
declared Illegal Is not sustained
by the court, tho boundary board
will proceed to declare dissolved
by a majority vole In the election
of the 16th.
No prediction could be secured
thla afternoon of when the case
will be heard for final decision by
the circuit court.
II DALLES HAS
$25,000 BLAZE
The Dalles, June 20 I 'Ire of
unknown origin completely de
stroyed the contents of the Walter
Williams company and Edward C.
Pea.e company warehouses here In
about an hour beginning At 11:30 a
m. today. Had It not been for In
creased water pressure from the
new city well put Into ue a week
ago, the entire went end of town
would have burned, fire department
officials believe. A strong west
wind was blowing.
Hardware, farm machinery and
a carload of newi print belonging
to The Dalles Chronicle were stor
ed In the Williams warehouse,
wh the fire started. Groceries,
drygoods and general merchandise
were In the Peace warehouse.
Mayor E an
Again f eks
Re-election
Now York, June 26 (By Asso
ciated Press) Father Knicker
bocker's political temperature has
started on Its quadrenni.il ascen
sion, which marks the opening of
his mayoralty fight. Wise or other
wise, diagnosticians predict a high
fover for the old gentleman long
before primary day rolls around In
September,
Hitherto those temperatures
(ContinueJ on Page Six)
L
TO LAP TIMBER
Minneapolis. .Minn., June 26.
Co'istructirm of a S3, 000. 000 fo.'t
mile line of railriad in the Clcer-
water timber district of Idaho U
serve the liiRoat white pine lum
ber mill in tho Pacific nonhwcit,
was announced today by Char ten
Donnelly, president of the No.-'.h
ern Pacific railwey.
The line will run northctut tr.-.m
Orofino, Idaho, and will !j con
strutted by the .orthcrn Pacific
and Union Pac'flc railroads to
serve the Clearwater Tmber com
pany a Weyerhaeueer int.Tiw-.t
which plans to erect a hui;o lum
ber mill at Lcwiston, Idaho.
Work on the now line will ytr
this fall, Air. Donnelly He
also announced that .tho Uiilitn
Pacific and 1 is line may cwstrjet
another lin? fron. Bend . Klnm
ath Falls, Or., another heavily
timbered district.
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Svam.iscott, Mass., Jane 26.
(A. P.) Alfred J. Pearson :f
Iowa was cppMnted today b
President Coolidge to ho ministrr
to Finland.
John B. Stetson of Philadelphia
was selected recently for the pos
He haa not railed for Finland in1
it was said hero today that h
would remain In the diplomat!
service, although tho president
waa not prepared to announce his
new assignment.
Mr. Pearson resides In Dvs
Mo in eft.
- V&Utf j
Community House at
Auto Park Opened;
Bare of Furnishings
After being allowed to lie Idle
for more than a month, the com
munity house at the Salem auto
camp grounds was yesterday tin-
locked for public use. Total equip
ment for the house remains to
date one table, two chairs, and a
few papers and other odds and
ends, the time equipment that hos
been kept under lock and key
since Installation there several
weeks ago.
A few people at the onmp
grounds are reported to have wan
dered Into the hoiwe, and wander
ed out again. Wall and floor vir
tnally da re, and seating capacity
for only two persons, are not con
sidered attractions of outstanding
RIOTS BREAK
OUT AFRESH
IN SHANGHA
Chinese Strikers and Sym
pathizers Invade For
eign Quarter; Street
Cars Are Stoned.'
Shanghai. June 26. (A. P.)
Several crowds of Chinese strikers
and rowdies entered the Interna
tional settlement today, stoned
and held up street cars. Later
they were dispersed by the police.
Peking, June 26. (A. P.)
The British minister is handing a
note to tho Chinese foreign of
fice today, formally protesting
against the action of the Chinese
at Can'on Inst Tuesdav In firing
on the British concession and
wounding British subjects.
Shanghai, June 26. (A. P.)
A meeting 'Ot the Shanghai stu
dents union yesterday decided to
issue an appeal to all Chinese
students throughout the country
"learn the art of war and be
ready to fight for their country."
It was resolved to petition the
military chiefs to select teachers
to "arouse the patriotism of the
people and soldiers."
The program for students
demonstrations In many parts of
China yesterday was largely a
Tlasco, owing to official prohibi
tion of meetings. The precautions
taken at Shanghai completely
frustrated the students' activities
hern.
Many volunteers have been
withdrawn from the Shanghai
streets, which are resuming a
normal appearance.
The additional Japanese destroy
ers have gone to Amoy and
Canton.
Spokane, Wash., June 2C Op
position to any change In the fed
eral reclamation policy was ex
pressed here by Senator Frank R
Ooodlt'g of Idaho, JuM before he
left for his home In Gooding, Ida
ho, late last night. He aluo de
clared thai he was opposed to the
proposal to change interest on con
struction money and to Individual
states assuming "the burden of land
settlement on federal projects. "
"We must not be diverted from
our reclamation policy as estab
lished by Theodore Roosevelt," he
declared. "It Is as much a func
tlon of the government to reclaim
arid western lands as It Is to
dredge harbors. Improve rivers and
build levees. The only difference
Is that the government gets back
every cent It spends on reclama
tion, while It never gets back any
money spent on river and harbor
improvements.
"I am opposed to people being
taxed In Interest for building Ir
rigation projects when the cost of
construction comes out of our own
natural resources Reclamation
hasn't failed. The men on the
other projects will meet all their
obligations."
msrlt, It seems.
Members of the camp grounds
committee In charge of tho com
munity house have declared that
public funds have not been, are
not, and in tho near future will
not be, sufficient to eniip the houpo
with fiirn!lui. and d'-coratlonn.
Proceeds which were counted on
from the tourist traffle this sum
mer are not forihromlng to the pa
tent calculated, they slats, the
camp being used by tewor tourlsta
this year than a yar ago. Up to
the present moment only $1 480.06
has been taken In slnee the rump
wsa opensd arly In the spring.
(Continued on Pag Eight)
NEW PARKING
PROPOSAL TO
GET HEARING
Members of Ordinance
Committee Willing To
Send Bill Before Coun
cil For Vote.
Fear, that the proposed city
ordinance providing for head-on
parking would die a natural death
in the ordinance committee to
which it was referred by the city
council was quieted this morning
when two of the three members of
the committee definitely went on
record as favoring reporting back
tho measure for the vote of the
full council. Mayor John B. Gclsy
further indicated that such a
measure, if passed by the council,
would receive his signature with.
the announcement that he would
favor a trial of the .new parking
plan.
Asked by a reporter why action
by the committee has been so long
postponed, W. W. Hosehraugh,
chairman, declared that the time
had been used to examine the traf
fic laws of other cities and to
formulate a more satisfactory bill
for presentation to the council
here. He declared that the pro
posal of head-on parking, at the
instruction of the committee,
would be made a part of the new
traffic ordinance now being drawn
and that it would come up before
the committee for vote with the
rest of the new traffic code.
Rosebrmiph Onnosed
"I have no doubt that the pro
posal will be included in the new
traffic ordinance, he declared
He was then asked for his own
position on the matter.
"I have no wish to conceal my
position,'1 he replied. "I have
gone over both sides of the argu
ment, which seems to be about
equally balanced, and my convic.
tions are opposed to the new pro
posal. My conclusion is largely
based on the Tact that the state
law holds tho man responsible for
an accident who drives away from
the curb, and In Salem, where we
have .to use side curtains most of
the year, it gives the driver at the
curb too much responsibility. It
Is difficult to see an approaching
car through side curtains."
Ho declared, however, that he
would not oppose reporting the
measure out of the committee,
with the statement, "I am perfect
ly willing that It should be re
ported out of the committee to
give the full council a chance to
vote on it."
Rimsral Favors Plan
L. J. Si mora I, another member
of the committee, definitely de
clared himself. In favor of the new
parking plan. "I have talked to
people here In Salem and people
from the outside, Including tour.
Ists who come from places where
head-on parking Is used, and I tm
In favor of the plan for Salem,"
he declared.
S. E. Purvlne, third member of
i Continued on Page Severn
IL BE LIFTED
Tho ban on the sate of firr.
cra-.kers and other Fourth of July
firc-.vorks will be lifted tomorrow
morning, so that after today local
merchants v. II by allowed to E(ll
them, according to an uunounrti-
metU mad" today by Mayor (jleej.
Firing of the crackers and pvr
technics will ontinue to br pro
hibited, however, until July 4'h.
tho mayor says. lie haa eoufvri'f :1
with Ihe firo department, and It Is
beltoed th.it with the denarlmon
usln extraordinnry precaution on
Independence day damaging fire
can be prevented Konm pcrsni?
in tne city want the ban to be
absolute on July 4 1 h as woll as on
any other day, hut It was thought
best to allrv Yung America to
relievo Its Mirptns of energy on
he one day.
FRAUD CHARGED TO
FRIEND OF ROOSEVELT
Chicago, Juno 28. St-pnen
Dcminon, an attorney, juci ft
menlier of prominent flub, who
claims to nave ones tntar Oncd
th. Into Theodora Roowtelt. wit
arrested today on ft (ufTtvt war-
ran: from Dakor. Or ahi'llnj
use ot the mall to defraul
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TOLLjDF LIFE
Explosion Topples Kansas
City Landmark Onto
Negro Audience; Few
Escape, Report.
Kansas City, Mo., Juno 26.
Early this afternoon no bodies had
been recovered from the ruins 01
'Jhe Oil lis theater building, de
stroyed by an explosion and re
sulting fire last night. The search
was delayed while firemen pulled
down standing walls that wore a
conaltint menace.
Kansas City, Mo., June 2tJ. (X.
P.) Persona who escaped f ro-n
tho theater following trio explo
sion and fire last night were
agreed today tha. not more tliau
twenty persons were m t i show
house at the time lie blast.
Last night the th. au;iience
was variously e3tim....l at from
15 to 100. How many n thoso
escaped from tho collapsing build
ing could not be estimated by ths
witnesses.
Kansas City, Mo., Juno 2C
An unknown number of persons
were ktlled and scores Injured
when an explosion, followed by
fire, destroyed the Glllis thcnicr,
a burlesque house here last night.
An audience variously estimated
from 60 to one hundred was view
ing a motion picture film.
This morning, hours after the
destruction of tho five story
theater building, no definite esti
mate of the number of dead could
be made, although police nnd fire
department officials said they be
lieved from 30 to 35 of tho hun
dred or more persons in the theater
and restaurants and stores of the
building had been trapped in the
debris.
Early today firemen had orgnn-
(Onntinued on Page tiighl)
CALLS FOR BIG
ISSUE OF NOTES
Paris, June 26 (By Associated
Prew) The chamber of deputies
finance committee rejected by a
vote of nineteen to fourteen the
socialists' proposal for a capital
levy.
Paris, June 28 (By Associated
Press) Minister Calllaux'a plans
for payment of maturing bonds
provide for an Increase of six bit
lion francs In both the circulation
and the Bank of France's advances
to the state and for the Issuance
of gold parity bonds exchangeable
for the national defense bonds that
mature In July and September.
When the national defenso bonds
are redeemed by the new gold
parity bonds the maximum of the
states floating debt will be fixed
at the amount existing on the day
tho bond subscriptions are closed
The Calllaux' bill fixes the circu
lation of bank notes at 51.000,000,-
000 franca Instead of 45.010,000.000
and the advances to tho state by
the Bank of France at 32,000,
000,000 francs Instead of 26,000,
000,000.
Tho bill gives the government
the right to fix the exact terms of
the new gold bond Issue by govern
m-nt drcrcc.
Tho preamble of the bill says
the treasury's shortage Is partly
due to the "continued repayment
of national defense bonds."
It says the maturing bonds for
which the holders demand pay
ment totnl 1,800,000,000 f nines for
July and 3,1(00,000,000 for Beptcrn
b. .
The new Ibhuo of gold parity
bonds will bs offered only In ex
change for the maturing defense
bonds, but the ex'-hanco will not be
obligatory, the bill says. It Is thus
hoped, to consolidate the greater
part of this floating debt.
Miner Killed '
Medford, Or.. June 2tl. n. A
Thompson, a miner, was kilkd and
hit ton, Anhie, was ivrloicily in
jured Thursday arternoon by th.
prematura explosion of a hlnst In
tht tunnel of their mine in th"
Trail district, according to word
received by tha coroner bore thin
THEATER FIR
HEAVY
morning.
Heat Wave Broken
Throughout State
92 Maximum Here
"With yesterday's light south
west wind continuing throughout
most of the day today, the mercury
at Salem was kept down to a maxi
mum of 92 degrees above sero, the
point reached at 2 o'clock this af
ternoon. Many Salcmltea declar
ed that they felt almost cool com
paring the heat today with that of
tho past two days, on ono of which
Wednesday, all records for heat
In the month of Juno were brok
en, with the maximum temperature
of 100 recorded on that day. Yes
terday's maximum was exactly
one point under that of Wednes
day.
Tho mercury started Us rise at
6 o'clock this morning recording
CO degrees at that time, 6 degrees
under tho point at which tho mer
cury started on tho previous day.
Rising steadily, it had reached 70
by 9 o'clock, and 88 by noon. At
ono o'clock this afternoon It stood
ON BROAD JOBS
Portland, June 26 The state
highway scommirdson this morning
awarded contracts os follows:
Klamath county Deschutes
county line Crescent section 'of
Tho Dalles-California highway.
13.36 miles of grading, to Newport
Construction company, $22,383.
Klamath county Modoc Polnt-
K la math Falls section of The
Dallcs-Califorula highway, 18 miles
of resurfacing, to Dunn and Bak
er, $57,302.
Coos county Cooiillle-Myrtle
Point section of the Coos Itay-
Ho.seburg highway, 8.4 miles of
resurfacing, to A. B, Grealley,
$43.fi0G.
Baker county Middle llrldge-
TjOw Bridge section of tho Baker-
Cornucopia highway. 3.8 miles of
broken stone surfacing to Triangle
Construction company $19,990.
Contracts for bridges were let
as follows:
Revetment bridge at Hanlsburg
to O. M. Olds of Oak Grove, $10,
000. Chelco J. J. Badraun, Auburn,
Wash., $71,625.
The commission late yestonlay
ordered oiling of a 45 mile section
of the Mount Mood loop highway
between Parkdale and Rhododen
dron to lay dust.
Height of trucks operating over
the Columbia river highway was
limited by the commission to 8V4
feot. It was reported that some
trucks now traveling over the high
wny are 10V4 feet and that when
passing through the Mitchell and
Mosler tunnels they take to the
center of the pavement to obtain
clearance, and when they do this,
they block traffic.
The commission also decided to
reduce the load limit for trucks on
the highway. Report was receiv
ed that massive trucks with heavy
loads are cutting out tho pave
ment In many places, District
Engineer Charles Wanzer will make
an Investigation as to what the
maximum for loads should be and
the commission will act at Its next
meeting.
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CorvnHls, Juno 2d Secretary of
AKrli'iilture W. M. Jurdlne wan duo
hero at noon for a chamber of
commerce luncheon In hlfl honor.
Afterward ho will vlKiL OreKon Ag
ricultural coIIcko and talk to the
1 oya and glrla club memberi, from
all ovor the atnto who aro there
for Hummer Instruction. Thl eve
nlnn hna been left open for him to
vlnlt with hla brother, Jumra T.
Jnrdlne, of the eollepe'a experi
ment atntlon. The secretary will
leave Hnturdny morning for Port
land. atopjdtiK en routo to aeo Gov
ernor Pierce at H.ilrm.
Governor Plorce la In Corv-:iln
today where ho will meet Secretary
of Agriculture W. M. .Innllne. The
governor expected to attend a
luncheon of tho Corvnllls chamber
of commerce at noon at which
Jardlne wna to bo a ftiiejit. The gov
ernor nleo waa acheduted to ad
drean the boya and girls club mem
bera at Corvallla.
at 90 degrees, and by 2 p. m. It
had reached 92. The two o'clock
record was expected to mark the
highest point to which the tem
perature marker would climb dur
ing the day.
The barometer began falling
rapidly late this morning. Indicat
ing a possible change. The offi
cial government report gave no
encouragement to the Indication, its
prediction being continued fair
and warm.
Portland Gets Relief.
Portland. Or., June 20. Ocein
breezes sweeping in last nigin
caused temperatures in this viciu
ity to drop considerably, with tu
result that the weather was Jess
torrid hero today than yesterday
when a new high record f Jr Juue
wns establlyhcd. The maximum
yesterday was 101. E. L. Wo) hi
(Continued on Page Seven)
I
FREE SHEPHERD
Chicago. Juno 26 fnv Awmint-
ed Press) An acquittal in his trial
for tho murder of Billy McClintock
wouiu not Tree William Darling
Shepherd, It devoloped this nftor-
noon;
Wesley West brook, warden of
nio Cook county jail, pointed out
he held a mittimus for Slwohm-.i
issued after n coroner's Jury rccom
mended ho be held for the murder
of Mrs. Kmmn Nelon McClintock.
mother of Billy, sixteen years ngo.
bnepnerd could he rlp:iHorl fmm
custody only upon nrrangoment for
Oall (lOMI)HO faVOIIlhlo n ft Inn nf
tho Billy McClintock murder cast-
jury.
ROB
KELSO SLAYING
IS
Kelso. Wash., June 20. An
onymous letters threatening tin
lives of Luke 8. May. crlmlnoloa
1st. retained by Cuwllti county to
InvcstlBatc tho murder of Thomas
Uovcry, and bounty Sheriff filar..
once Dunbar, aro tho developments
in me uovery murder mystery ro.
vealed todny.
May received his letter Tim
(lay evening through tho mall. The
letter, hand printed and with no
name signed. Informed the crlin-
onologlet ho had "bettor lav off
his Investigations In this field or
lie would meet the same fata
Dovery.
Officers believe the letters nre
the affort of "some crank" or of
somo ono who knows something
about the Uovcry murder who Is
attempting by these letters to
establish the theory that the crime
wna committed by a hnlf wit.
A. Iturlc Todd, recalled mayor.
last night departed for Seattle, It
waR learned todny.
"I have told my followers to
keep their mouths shut and their
oars open. "
Rancher Wins Race
With Avalanche by
Matter of Minutes
V. ) Ituclntf nh end of an nva
Innrhe with his and the safety of
his family and home at stako, and
winning by a mattor of minutes,
was the experience of (ill Huff,
Wyoming rnnrhcr, whose story of
seel iir the north side of Sheep
mountain crumble and fall across
tho Grosventre river valley near
hero Tuesday, becumo known to
day Huff said l,o was riding on
horseback at tho font the
mountain when It began to
move carrying on Its back a sec
tion ot the dense Teton national
forest. Ho waa rMIng near his
WD DRIVES
FLAMES BACK
IN OWN PATH
Serious Danger In Siletz
Basin Passes With
Cool Night, Heavy Dew
And Changed Wind. k
Dallas, Or., Juno 26". A cool-
night with heavy dew failing nnd
a north wind b'owing the fires
buck over the jurned lurrltory
havo reduced tho forest Jlros la
the Siletz basin tcduy. Yesterday
the Wllametto Valley Lumber
iuniiiuny's campi. were in dauber
of tlie rapidly spreatUna flames
but the change of wind reduced
the menace for tho time being.
Will Caliwell. ranger lookout
ut littld mountain, reported no
new Jlros tins mo; lung. The Sllctl
basin whore tho town ot Valsols
is locnted Is filled wltn s.m'kc and
tho old fires aro burning slowly.
small fire on Dutch creek near
Falls City 13 undir control.
The firo H the .lead ;,f tho llttlo
I.U'd.lumuic ilea? the top of the
Coast rango wai watchcj many
miles away laHt night. It was
burning brightly and the reflec
tion of the Ilamce on the smoky
clouJs in tho wen was wat.The-i by
tho people in Dallas and surround
ing valley towns
Klamath Five Inccitrtimv.
KIltlKiltlt Foils, Or., Juno 26.
The first forest fire of the year In
Klamath county was of incendiary
origin, according to a report made
this morning by the Klamath For
et Protective association. Arrests
are expected to be made within the
next two days, officials iid. Tha
fire waa started yesterday in a
six-acre trait of green timber In
the Illy dl.slrlct, but was placed
under contr.H bcr,re it had oppor
tunity to spread Into larger 'racts
Conditions Improve
Bend, Or., June 2G. Foreet
fire conditions were greatly im
proved thla morning, the relative
humidity having gone as high aa
75 last night and standing at 60
this morning, according to Mia
forestry office. This Is higher
thnn It has been In several days.
Nino forest fires have b?en re
ported so far as a result of the
electric storm yesterday. Seven of
these arc inside the Descnutee
national forest and two ire lo
cated in the Shevlin-Hlxnn com
pany holdings adjoining the na
tlonal forest.
FIVE SLAYERS PAY
DEATH PENALTY
State- IVnttrntlnry, Eddyvllle,
FCy., Juno 2fi (loorffc Farrell,
Richard NewJiouse and lilmer
Hall, tho "Bourbon bandltM," who
killed Frank Buchan In an at
temj.ted bank robbory at Cltnton
villn, a year ago, paid In full for
their crime today. Calmly, the three
Newport, Ky., youths entered ths
death house and woro electrocuted.
Little Rock, Ark., June 26 Jack
Fluster and I'erk Flowers, negroes,
woro put to death In tho electric
chnlr nt tho stats penitentiary
hero this morninff. Each was con
victed of a murder.
ranch, he said, when he saw this.
He t tinted and bopnn a desperate
ride for safety. The avalanche,
with a roar, bore down toward
him In the form of a moving wall
of boulders, trees and earth,
hundred feet high. His frenzied
horse, struck by flying splinters
nnd stones, ran to higher ground
at one side nnd th big tandsltle
missed hltn by only a few feet.
h3 declared.
Onee clear of the oncoming
mountain Huff raced to his home
nearby. He rushed hie wife and
daughter to a point of safety and
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