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ASHLAND CLIMATE, wit lout ♦
the aid of medicine, cures aine ®
cases out of ten of asthma. 4
This is a proven fact.
Q
A shland D atj . v T idings
♦ MALARIA GERMS cannot sur-
4 vive three months in the rich
oxone at Ashland. The pure do-
❖ m estic water helps.
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(International News Wire Service
VOLUME
3
(Successoi to the Semi-W eekly Tidings, Voi. 43)
JUDGE CALKINS
HUNTER SLAYS COYOTE
TILAT RAIDED LIVESTOCK
CORVALLIS, Or., Ju ly 27.— A
coyote th a t had killed $500 w orth
ot sheep th is year was shot by A.
W. Hawley, of Alpine, who had
hunted the slay er since Ja n u ary .
The coyote had killed 60 lam bs and
12 sheep belonging to Hawley. A
$40 rew ard had been offered for his
hide.
ASHLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922
o
Eloped With 18-year Old Girl
Minister Gets Prison Sentence
No. 277
NO “SPECIAL” LETTERS
AFTER 11 AT NIGHT
j WASHINGTON, Ju ly 27.— Special
¡delivery le tte rs will not be sent out
! from any post office in the country
a fte r l k j j ’clock a t n ig h t, under new
postal regulations. Such le tte rs not
delivered prior to th a t h our will be
"delivered as soon as possible" the
¡next m orning.
DECLINKS TO STOP
RECALL
ELECTION ON GROUNDS OF
INEXPEDIENCY
ON K. K. K. Al THE
111
In His O pinion Denying; th e Applica
tion Ho Points Out That Both
Sides Have T h eir Rem edy at Law,
W ith«.ut R e stra in in g O rder.
GRANO JURY IS
HALE CASE
WILL PROBABLY DELVE INTO
HENRY JOHNSON AFFAIR
NEXT
Scores of W itnesses Are Vet to Be
Examined and Sessions of Jury
Will Not Be Concluded Until
Next Week.
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, MEDFORD, July
2 7 — It
was
JACKSONVILLE, Ju ly 27.— The
■
s
thought
th
a
t
the
investigations
of
a rg u m e n ts against g ran tin g the
In the neighborhood of th re e h u n -1 t he .grand ju ry in the H ale case
plication for an injunction re s tra in
At a m eeting of th e county court
dred people g ath ered in the Armory wouW bp conclude«! today, and that
ing the holding of th e recall elec in Jacksonville W ednesday, July 26,
last n ig h t to hear th e T errill side of im m ediately th e re a fte r, the ju ry will
tion, were heard yesterday afternoon the county com m issioners voted the
the controversy which has split th e dplvp InVo the H e n rv Johnsôn affair.
by Judge C alkins in the circuit court necessary a p p ro p riatio n to secure
. county from end to end. W hen the Johnson is a resid e n t of Jackson-
— p retty nearly all the afternoon be th e R ockefefler F ou n d atio n u n it for
m eeting was called to o rd er th e re Tjjje and his case is said to have
ing tak en up by Jo h n J. Jeffries, the Jackson county.
D elegations from
was assem bled on th e stage a num m ore ram ifications than the present
1'iirtland a tto rn ey representing the A shland. M edford, Phoenix and Cen
ber of the stau n ch su p p o rters of the one, its inception being novel and
sponsors of the petition. Judge Cal tra l Point, each delegate re p re se n t
sh eriff, am ong them A ttorney E. D .;unique> and som ew hat coralc if , a k .
kins who went to G rants Pass yes ing a large group of people, urged
.B rig g s, of A shland, who presided en in a less serious light
terday evening, this m orning filed th a t th is app ro p riatio n be m ade. T h e;
and introduced th e speakers, in te r j It is also rum ored (bat thP grand
his decision w ith the county clerk, increase in taxes due to th is extra
jectin g betw een the Introductions. jury> bpforp lt8 sessions arP cou.
in which he denies the injunction b u rd en in the budget was estim ated
i com m ents which left no doubt as to ' cludpd wi„ probp a closPiy p u a rded
sougiit. His opinion follows:
■ at one-tw entieth of a m ill.
w here he stood on the recall.
¡local happening, of which little has
MEMORANDUM
From A shland, Mrs. Galey repre-
These speakers included J u d g e ,b e e n divulged.
T here are several reasons net out
. . .
, ..
„ , i
____________ j
W illiam M. Colvig, who b itterly de
in th e com plaint why the election rented the school board, Mrs. Eng e
Two w itnesses who w ere called
nounced the Ku Klux Kian as being yesterday form erly were m em bers
should not he stayed; th a t an or- th e
P aren t-T each ers
association,;
ganization has conspired and by j^rs. F u ller the Civic club, and Miss
the in stig ato rs of the recall in order of th e Ku Klux Kian. They were
From left to right (to p ) are r.hown E sth er H ughes, th e “ the other w om an” , the Spring Valley th u rch
fra d u le n t rep resen tatio n secured the c h a m b e rla in th e ch am ber of com-i and Rev W vV. Pulp, who occupied the pulpit. The bottom picture, le ft to rig h t, show the nine Culp to get control of the law enforce
Janies E. E dm iston and R aym on
sig n a tu re s of a num ber of persons
children— Florence 14- Gladys, 12; C larence, 11; H arley, 10; B eulah, 8; B ertha ", and Violet,
Mrs.
m ent offices of the county, in c i-jR Pte r and it is said they told the
to th e recall petitio n ; th a t the recall m erce- A - petition was sent from . : C l p
shown a t rig h t ho,ding h er «wine, Bery, and P e arl. » „ m o h .h . a,d.
|y
, , so . M d
p e tit'o n states no valid r 'son for a the Jackson County Medical associa-«
re c a ’.': th a t sufficient electors q u a li- ] tion, and a n o th e r from the com m it-j
----------------- I year-old E sth e r H ughes.
ciously to Culp, declaring th a t it ciatlon and the W. C. T. U. to at- h e a rd at "klonklaveg.:- they attend-
fied t i do so had not signed the ie- ^ee appoijtted bv the local chamber;
DAYTON, O„ Ju ly 27.— F a te in
The m inister, who was tak en into was “ the will of the L ord." th a t they i ta in th e ir ends.
He pointed o u t ; ed. E dm iston was on the stand for
«all p. tion; th a t certain persons
th e person of 12 ju ro rs of his peers custody in M ichigan and re tu rn ed should go on to g eth er.
She d e - « th a t over a m illion and a q u a rte r i a iong t imP
who sig 3d the petition had applied ; o: com m erce.
to the clerk to have th e ir names«
Mrs.
Perozzi
com m ended
th e; b ave decided th a t Rev. W a lter Culp here for tria l, was d efian t even a fte r d a re d , follow ing (he a rre s t of the dollars had pas,.ed through the s h e r - , O ther w itnesses who testified yes-
strick e n troni the petition, and the splendid w ork done by «Miss F alld in e p a sto r of the M ethodist church in
his a rre st.
He loved only E sth er couple, th a t th e m in iste r’s wife had jif f ’s hands d u rin g th e past year, a n d j terday were W. H. Gore, p isident
clerk had failed to com ply; that th e and tbe necessity for a n o th e r n u rse ,. Spring Valley, m ust serve one y ear H ughes, he declared to officers, and helped her pack her
bag and told ¡th e m anner in which he had handled Of the M edford N ational bank;
John
clerk had tailed to notify the sher-
w hich would m ean the exp en d itu re ’ j n prison for d esertin g his wife and could not again live w ith his wife,
them good-bye when they dep arted I the county funds called for th e com
S. O r'h . cashier of th e in stitu tio n ,
of at least $1800.
Miss P a lm e r, | children and ru n n in g aw ay w ith 18-1
Am azingly the girl clung tena- from Spring Valley.
m endation of the au d ito r, him self a « and W alter 8. Gore. The n a tu re of
in excess of the co n stitutional limi- Mrs. Peil and Mrs. T ilton w ere also s
m em ber of the Ku K lux K ian. He ! th eir testim ony was not know n, but
¡declared that in the enforcem ent of ; ¡t was sajd to b^ ¡n connection with
tatio n .
« present and wholly in accord w ith
The d efendants have each <ile d l th e u n it p lan .
BASEBALL RESULTS TODAY »
; the V olstead act S heriff T errill h a d j an a iiPgPd th re a t carried by word of
an sw ers thp clerk denying some a '
,
,
„
; arre ste d m ore bootleggers than any ] m outh.
legations, a d m ittin g oth ers, aiTdi
Mrs. N oblitt, tem porary head o t ;
<®> <®> <s> <s>
<$> <s>
Q <•> <5‘ <£ $
sh e riff the county had ever had.
National League
pleading affirm ativ ely ; the o th er de- the Red Cross in M edford m ade a«
O ther w itnesses exam ined were H.
Colonel Gordon Voorhis confined E. G riffiths, kleagle of the olcal klan
fen d a n ts m erely denying all of the fo reel’Ul plea for the estab lish in g of
At New York 12; St. Louis 7.
a lleg atio n s of the com plaint
the unU jn Jackson county.
H er
his rem ark s m ainly to an attack on realm , and his associate w ith th e
At P h ilad elp h ia 6; C incinnati 5.
T he situ a tio n presents itself in
„„O£S„ I
the klan, which he declared was an sam e official title, John J. Hoog
At Boston 8; Chicago 7.
these circum stances w here the court own w ork Sives proof of the press-,
un-A m erican in stitu tio n , whose o r s tra a t.
American L« ‘ague
is called upon to decide th e issues ing need for such a program of w ork
ganizers were actuated by no higher
in the case in gran tin g the m otion. as g r Covington o utlined in h i s :
A t Cleveland 2; P hiladelphia 11.
If it is tru e th a t th e organization taJk tQ the com m issioners a week
principle than g raft and in carrying ENGLAND IN RECEPTIVE
At Chicago 4; Boston 3.
did conspire and did fra u d u len tly ;
out th eir ends had spread venom,
Mr. Frobach dw elt upon the
At
D
etroit
1
;
W
ashington
9.
MOOD TOWARD RUSSIA
p ro cu re sig n a tu re s to the recall pe-j a S()
„
h atred and dissension th ro u g h o u t
P.acific Coast Ixtaguo
titio n , then if this is a vital factor advantages ot securing $10,000 for
th e valley, w here heretofore on If.-
to holding the election, the election th e extra exp en d itu re of less t h a n ’
(Y esterd ay ’s Gam es)
LONDON, Ju ly 27.— “ In the event
if held will be void. If the recall j j s o o j i y th e court. Dr. M alm gren
;
m
anly good fellow ship had pre- of a satisfactory reply being re
At P o rtla n d 5; S eattle 8.
petitio n is insufficient in not sta tin g
p h o e n -x w&g an o th p r en thus-1 CALLISTA RAMMED B).' ORIEN-
At V ernon 11; San Francisco 5. STRONG HOPES ENTERTAINED! vailed.
ceived from Russia on the H ague
OF CONFERENCES NOW ON
by°Uboth sides that* the election if lastic su p p o rte r of th e proposed}.
TAL L IN E R IN PA L L OF
P e ter J. Neff m ade a forceful proposal, the B ritish governm net
At S alt L ake 4; Sacram ento 3.
AT WHITE HOUSE
speech in which he declared th a t, will aid in tra d e negotiations with
held will be void. If the petition as m easure, as was Miss C arlton, of
SMOKE
At O akland 12; Los Angeles 5.
| politically, lie had opposed the sh e r R ussia.” Lloyd George declared in an
filed did not contain the req u isite c e n tr a l Point.
Sliop Craft Workers Are in Consult- iff, being a dem ocrat, b u t th a t he
n u m b e r ' of sig n atu res of persons«
Passengers Were Rescued From
Coos county was the first to a c - '
address before the house of com
q u alified to sign a recall petition,]
»tion w ith th e Pr«-side„t am i Hope had almQst d aj,y dealingg wjth hjm
Steamer
Before
She
Went
Down,
th e n th e election if held'w ill be void.’ cept rite offer extended to five conn-1
m ons today.
B F n te rta in e il T hat Outcom e Will since his election, and had found
and Hawaii Mnru Brings Them
If th e clerk w rongfully refused to tie', in Oregon, w hereby two full-
"A lthough G reat B ritain is not re
Call Off S trik e.
Back
to
Seattle.
him a thoroughly efficient officer. sponsible for the condition of the
s trik e c e rtain nam es from the peti- tln)P nurses, a full-tim e physician
tio n . and th a t failu re is a vital fac- and , lab o rato ry a ssista n t will be
He scored the K. K. K., faking the R ussian peop’e, she is unw illing to
to r to » ^ recall e le c tio n /th e n the
ex tp n slv e ,
SEA TTLE, Ju ly 27.— F o rty pas
WASHINGTON, Ju ly 27.— Defin ; sam e ground as the o th e r speakers,
see them the victim s of the ju n k ers,
election if held will he void, i tne c
1
-
j sengers of the P uget Sound ste a m er
1 ite progress tow ard establishing a
who by a coup d 'e ta t are now ru l
expense incurred in holding the re- h e a lth program .
< C allista had a narrow escape from
(C ontinued on page 4)
tru ce in the natio n al s trik e which
call election exceeds the constitu-
Jackson county is to be congratu-
,
ing by th e sw ord," he added.
I is slowly stra n g lin g th e ind u stry
»Link wa
m
av , j,ltPd on having
,
. com m ission-
. . . death . a . t noon
today, w hen the ori-
tio n al • n.„i»Q»i^r,
lim itatio n , i 1 tiiniK
\\
ina>
county
.
and com m erce of th e nation, was
relv noon the county court refu sin e
__
e n ta l liner H aw aii M aru ram m ed
i SWEEPING CUT MADE
to au d it th e bills; and besides all
s _
.. ¡and sank the sm all vessel off W est
j m ade here today in a series of con-1
th e expense except the per diem of see into he fu tu re and to realize
IN TARIFF5 ON SILKS
I fereuces a t the W hite House which
th e judges and clerks of election has th e grow th and needs ot new tim es
b rought before P resid en t H arding!
in« been in clin e d .
m n u n n tv
,
T h© Pal1 ° i sm oke from the tor-
now
If th e co
n and , nPW people,
WASHINGTON, Ju ly 27.— Con-
est fires in th is vicinity has been re
S u p erin ten d en t G. A. Briscoe has a11 p arties directly concerned in the;
________
c o u rt fails to do its duty in au d itin g .
i fronted by continued opposition to
any taxpayer aggrieved has a well-,
sponsible in th e past two weeks for com pleted his list of teach ers for th e controversy.
i the ta r iff bill, republican m em bers
know n rem edy.
grounding th re e vessels, the sm oke com ing year, including the principals
Peace in the railro ad s trik e actu-
j of th e senate finance com m ittee once
On th e o th er hand, if the m otion
obscuring approaching vessels.
for th e th ree buildings. Prof. Wil- a llX appeared in sig h t th is after-]
! more m ade sw eeping changes in
is dqnieil, and th e plaintiffs are
The H aw aii M aru, which was son. who has been principal of th e n0°n when the leaders of theK strik -
rig h t in th e ir contention, the courts
I some of its m ore im p o rta n t pro-
will declare the election void in a
bound for V ictoria and Jap an , picked ju n io r high school for the last sev- ing shop c ra ft w orkers resum ed
i visions in an avowed effort 4o ex-
p ro p er proceeding.
P la in tiff T e r-1
up the passengers and crew of th e eral years, resigned at th e end of th e ir conference w ith
P resid en t
! pedite final consideration.
rill Will then only be injured in his
sinking ship w ith o u t m ishap, and the last school year, and his place H arding, which was begun th is
The silk ta riff has been re w rit
feelings, and if all counsel says
proceeded
back to Seattle.
has been filled by Miss Florence Al- m orning.
a b o u t th e m ethods employed to I
ten so as to elim in ate five pages of
len, who has been a tea c h e r in the
favorably did officials regard
b rin g about his dow nfall are t r u e .;
PORTLAND. Ju ly 2 i. The n e t ] duties oil silk products: to su b sti
m ost of th a t dam age has a h e a d '-,
R eedsport— Je tty construction to local school for several years.
the situ a tio n th a t predictions a te railw ay o p eratin g income of the tu te a b lan k et ad valorem ra te of
been done. P la in tiff Daley will not
com m ence soon.
Several changes w ere m ade in the m ade th a t the m en will be back a t S outhern Pacific com pany as shown >55 pPr CPnt . Ou woven fabrics coin-
be in ju re d in anv way if p la in tiff’s
teaching corps, necessitated by Cup- work on m ost of the roads by Mon- in the rep o rt of earn in g s and e x -ip O8ed wbolly or in -chief of silk, but
co n ten tio n is correct, for any ex
id ’s d a rt having hit hom e in several ^ a Y
penses for the m onth of Ju n e, m a d e ;n0^ especially provided for.
pense connected with the holding of
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Ju ly 27. j
th e election will be no legal claim
public yesterday, continues to show
cases, and o th er w here the teachers
a g ain st th e county treasury.
— A fter having w ithstood a ten day
a gain over last year.
desired to change location.
BENNY LEONARD BATTLES
On the o th e r hand, if the signers siege while b arricaded in his home
The net railw ay o p eratin g incom e
,
Follow
ing
is
a
com
plete
list
of
the
WITH TENDLER TONIGHT
of th e recall petition are rih h t in
x
. . «
for Ju n e, 1922, shows an increase of
' selections as m ade by Superinten-I
th e ir contention, and the court a t H inton, «luring which period he
stay s the election, a valuable lig h t killed one man and wounded four,
$1,813,984.64 over th a t of Ju n e ,
JER SEY CITY. N. J., Ju ly 27.-
] dent Briscoe;
will be tak e n from them , th a t of ex- including his fath er, Jo h n Frede-
192J.
The n e t railw ay operating] The crisis of his career will he
I Principals^— B. C. F o rsy th e, Ila M.
prossing th e ir will at the polls, k jng paroled some tim e ago from
income fo r May, 1922. was $1.893,- faced by Benny Leonard in the arena
! M yers, Florence Allen.
probabiv th e m ost valuable rig h t nn- . ,
. . .
,
,
j ' /
839.22 m ore th an th a t of May, 1921. here to night when he craw is through
High
School — W alter H ughes,
d e r o u r form of governm ent. It is thp sta te '^ a n e .asylum, su rre n d e re d
The
railw ay
operatin g
revenue] the ropes to defend the ow nership
sta te d th a t if the election is stayed, ] t°d a y to the sta te police.
Callie Vogeli. E vangeline Poley
It ,m av be held at a la te r date if
His early c ap tu re was prevented
i “ g ro ss” for Ju n e, 1922. was $22,-jof his crown against the hard hit-
M innie Poley, Leota R ogers, G eral-
p lain tiffs fail in this suit, and P lain- by a refu sal of the ju stice of the
¡897,098.65. a decrease of one per-«ting, aggressive Mr. Lew Tendler.
j dine Ruch. M arie R idings, Grace«
tiff T e rrill will agree not to raise
issug a w a rra n t ch arg in g
cent from the gross revenues of Ju n e
T endler, the younger of the two
ASTORIA, Or., Ju ly 27.— C attle H aw kyard, P hila B. H all, Alice D.
any question as to the le sa litv or
1921,
but
by
efficiency
and
econ
m
aulers
by th re e years, is looked
such la te r election. Rut who is to k ' m w'th lelony and a w ain in g b> k illing cougars a re reaping a gbast Heyes Leona M arsters, Amy Stifle,
omy
m
easures
the
railw
ay
operating
upon as the logical successor to the
fix th e date for holding such an th a t court th a t anyone killing ^ iim , jy toll am ong the herds of the upper Mabel Bay.
SO l’TH BEND, W ash., July 27.—
election? The county clerk cannot, would be charged w ith m u rd e r
Nelialem valley and the ranchers are
Ju n io r High School— E thel Reid, One of th e distinctive c h a ra c te rs o f' expenses were reduced, which ac th ro n e of lightw eightdom . W ithout
fo r he m ust fix the d a te a t not more
Iso alarm ed in one region th a t they Sue Thim m , C aribel M orehouse, El- the old N orthw est is being buried counts for the increase in the net doubt he is the tougjiest opponent
th a n 20 days a fte r the filing of th e
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I a re keeping th eir children indoors, sie Howell, W inifred. Spencer, Doro ; hpre today in tbP ppr8on o{ .yidge railw av O p e ra tin g incom e, which is ¡now seeking to have Leonard ahdi-
p e titio n : th e court has no such an-
o b ta in e d ^ a fte r d e d u c in g th e rail- cate from his ezardoni over th e d i
thoritjU and a d m ittin g th a t T errill ITALY IN THROES OF
The cougars a re unusually bold, th ea A braham s, Leonilla Sm ith.
John N athan Skidm ore, who died
w ould not object, it would seem th a t
way tax accruals, uncollectible rail- vision.
SOCIALISTIC UPHEAVAL in one instance killing a calf w ithin
G rades— E dythe Stevenson
Bu- a t the age of 89 years.
every tax p ay er in the county so dis
wray revenues, equipm ents, rents.
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¡100 feet of a ranch house door and enna Tem ple, M ildred M illion, S arah
He cam e from K entucky to Ore
posed’ could do so. and p laiptiffs vir
e
t
c
,
from
the
net
revenue
from
DREAM
OF 50 YEARS COM33H
ROME,
Ju
ly
27.—
The
e
ffo
rts
of
in
several
o
th
er
instances
s
trik
in
g
W
illiam
son.
Em
m
a
K
elting,
R
uth
tu a lly concede th a t by m aking Daley
gon 69 years ago, and helped clear
railw
ay
operations.
j
TRI
E WHEN R. R. ENTERS
Deputy Meda to form a new cabinet down th e ir victim s close to barns Pearl Davis. Vera Zinn. Vera Man- the forest from the present site of
a plg ln tiff
.
,
As I in te rp re t ^he case o- Coopev succeeding the Facta m inistry, h*as and buildings.
'
nel, Mabel M. Eby, Ella Lischefsky, P o rtlan d .
In the Indian uprising
The " et railw a r « P erat.ng Income
VERNONIA. Or.. July 27.— The
vs. K eadv. 81 Or. 224, th is case ended in failu re.
j
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E dna K ennedy, V etric McCredie, of 1855, Mr. Skidm ore joined th e iB tb e am ou,,t « ^ lia b le for th e pay- railro ad has come to V ernonia!
fails com pletely w ithin its provision
A dream of nearly 50 years, dat-
M eanwhile th e political situ atio n SID E OF JA IL BLOWN OUT,
Hazel B runer, Lysle G regory, Isa- Oregon m ounted volunteers and en m ent of in te rest on bonds and o th er]
— th a t th e court ought to weigh th e
fixed
charges,
and
for
dividends.
ing
back to the days when the first
PO LITICAL PRISO N ERS F L E E bella WattCTibarger.
rela tiv e convenience and inconven- grows m ore tense w ith rum ors of a
gaged in a num ber of b a ttle s d uring
\
The o p erating ratio , which is th e h u n te rs and tra p p e rs invaded this
lence to th e respective p arties by th e p o s s i b l e
m ilitary dictatorship.
LONDON, July 27.— A h undred
-----------------
the. w arfare. It was in 1871 th a t
g ra n tin g or refusal to ^r a a ^
Twelve
A storia— Lung Bell L um ber com-
b
aro
m eter of railro a d efficiency and erstw hile secluded d istric t of Colnh-
3lV( person^ a re rep o rted as h av -!an d five republican political prison-«
he settled in th is county to m ake it
good m anagem ent, was 69.71 for bia county, is ju st realized as th e
if p l a i n t i f f s a re rig h t, they m erelv *nS Yieen
killed in the fighting be- ers escaped from th e D undalk ja il pany plan n in g to build big m ill soon. hig hQme for 51 ypars
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Ju n e, 1922, as com pared w ith 7 8 ;66 steel for th e P o rtla n d . A storia &
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RAILROAD STRIKE
MAY BE ENDED
OVER SUNDAY
40 PASSE
ARE RESCUED
STEAMER SINKS
BV SÜPT. T8ISCBE
II
INSANE KILLER .
GIVES UP AFTER
TEN DAY SIEGE
OVER LAST YEAR
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