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EUGENE, OKEOOX, MONDAY KYKN1NO, JANUARY 5, 19:25
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'? THE WEATHER
j Oregon. Cloudy tonight and
1 Tuesday with probable local
j rains. Moderate' temperature;
1 atrong westerly winds.
1 Chamber Is Invited
: The Kugone chamber of commerce
i as been invited to send delegates to
" 'ihu convention of tho International
: tliuiuber of commerce to be held at
' tirussels, Belgium, June -0 to 7. "If
iny member of the Eugene chamber is
planning a European trip next sura
pier there will be a local delegate
present for the session otherwise it
looks as if there will be no reprcsn
(tition," is the chamber verdict ou the
Invitation.
Returning from Nebraska
Roy Bryson, student of the L'ui
Tersity of Oregon, who have been at
Unicorn, Nebraska, attending the an;
Buul meeting of the l'lii Mu Alpha,
Rational honornry musical fraternity
ir men, is expected to return here
Jodny or tomorrow. Mr. Bryson was
a delegate representing the Univer
liiy of Oregon chapter of the frater
nity. The session was held at the
University of Nebraska.
Livestock to Be Shipped
!J A car of sheep and hogs from Lane
county will be shipped to tho North
Portland stockyards next week pro
viding enough are ready at that time,
'It the announcement of the Lane
County Cooperative Shipping asso
ciation. "Dad Fowler will have
' charge of the shipping during the
illness of W. A. Ayrcs, manager.
; Pmphlet Is Sent
. K. J. Adams, secretary to Senator
Stanfield and a firm backer of the
Eugene chamber of commerce, is still
active in behalf of the local chamber.
Mp. Adams has sent here copies of
publicity pamphlets issued in the cast
. as suggestions for copy of literature
to be printed by the Eugene chamber
for 'distribution.
Returns to Moro
i Herman Christianson of Moro has
left for bis home after a visit of a
(wctk at the hoine of Mr. and Mrs. O.
C'asperson of the Itivcr road, parents
of ilrs. Christianson. Mrs,. Christinn
tto n und baby will remain here for u
' further visit before leaving for their
' eastern Oregon home.
Teacher Resigns
Audrey Fowler, teacher tit the
school at Linslaw in district llu, has
resigned. Xo appointment of n teach
er to the position has ns yet been
made. Miss Fowler '.a now Mrs. Mcl
vin Turnout! she having been married
December 31 at Kale in.
Divorce is Asked
j divorce complaint was filed to
day in circuit court by Leon tine Lusk
against I talc E. Lusk. Charges of dc
ecrtiou in that the defendant has en
listed in the United States navy and
has failed to provide support since
then are alleged.
Mr. Olson to SpeaX
l)r. David Eugene Olson, president
qf the Guaranty Oil company of Ku-
(Continucd on pnge five)
CITYWATER TO BE
I A number of water timers In Eugene
will be affected by a temporary shut
down of the wnter supply for the pur
pose of making repairs Tuesday morn
. inf. announces C. A. McCIain, super
intendent of the city water board.
'At S o'clock tomorrow morninz
water will be cut off on the 12-inch
main running from the railroad cross
ing on Ei &hUi avenue east to High
street, on High strict from Eighth
avenue to the ailcy between Ninth anil
Tenth avenue?, in the alley between
Xinlh and Tenth avenues to Willam
ette street,
'The repair work will lake only a
short time it is ann'mm-crl.
Christian Church
I Revival Is Opened
The ChilrJcrs-Hohgatt revival meet-,
lug opened Sunday at the Kirt
tbritian church, and four nnw mem
bers were added during the day. Tli"
Sunday school drew a Inrge attend
anc and tiie evening meeting taxd
the capacity of the rhun h.
I'rof. Childers preached on "Fun
damentals." which was a plea for thn
filith of the individual to lw founded
upon three grijth truths the fact of
God. the rnpremary of his word and
the deily of his ion.
Officers of (he churrh Mat (hit
pfO-pecta are for a successful hcrie
of meeting. Tonight the evangcli-tV
subject is "Is th Itible Scientific?"
The (ptfutiun boi it being "n-ed and
toftieht the questions plncrd in the
Uol tiuuvla wiU be ajuawcrcd.
Klamath Man
THREE BANDITS
ESCAPE AFTER
FATAL ROBBERY
Belief Expressed That Hold
Up Men Lived In City;
Officers Inactive
Sheriff And Police Forces
End Terms, So Fail To
Aid In Man Hunt
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Jan. 5.-
OP) Police and sheriff's officers
were without clews of any description
today which might aid them in ap
prehending the trio of outlaws, who
early yesterday morning shot and kill
ed Oscar Erickson, transit laborer,
in a $100 holdup of a card game in
the Scandinavian ball here.
Sheriff L. L. Low retired from of
fice at midnight last night and be and
his deputies devoted most of yester
day to straiglfteuing up their office
affairs instead of prosecuting a vigor
ous manhunt.
Practically the same condition was
true of the police department, where
Police Chief George Humphrey and
all patrolmen retire today. Humph
rey admitted that he had devoted but
a short time to the investigation.
Belief prevails here that the rob
bery and murder were committed by
locnl men by reason of their knowled
ge of conditions in the supposedly
secret rord room, which was not un
der city license. It is also thought that
tiio outlaws took advantage of the
fact tbnt the sheriff and police of
ficials were retiring from office and
timed the robbery with that in mind,
knowing that the investigation would
be less vigorous than ordinarily.
The iupiest which originally was
scheduled for late yesterday after
noon, was postponed until 4 o'clock
this afternoon. Earl, Wbitlock, coron
er, announced.
Ben Forbes Chosen
Secretary of State
Public Service Body
SALEM,' Ore, Jan. 5. Ben F.
Korlies, who for scvcrul years
has hern a reporter for tho pub
lic servlie commission, was today,
at the reorganization of the com
mission, elected secretary. It
wtys said tho election was tem
porary. Forbes succeeds Edward Os
trander, who today succeeded
Newton McCoy as a member of
the commission. Ostrander was
elected in November to represent
the western division of the state
on the commission. McCoy was
elected in a recall election sev
eral years ago. -
Thomas K. Campbell was today
elected chairman of the commis
sion, succeeding . It. If. Corey,
who has bem chairman for the
last two years.
The elections were unanimous.
Oregon's National
Forests May Gain
4 J J ?A 1 1
ivuuiiiunai ianus
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. About
li!7,inw acres of private land wou'd
be added to the I'lnatiils, Wallowa!
and Whitman national formats in Ore
gon .timbcrhnds valuable for'
forestry purposes being given in ex-j
change uiid'T a hi 1 parked today by i
tlie hmifcjir-d nmiie to the senate, j
Trading Frenzied 4 !
On Stock Market
NKW YORK. .Ian. fl. OP)-Kren-!
xied trading clmracterirefl today's
itM-k mirket. which oiicmI irreguhtr
lv. re;nt'd pharpl. before n"u. ral
lied brifUy aflrr mM'liy and sold off
asain in tlie late afternuon.
The d's ilc eroasi'd tiie 2.'KHK-
mm fdiarca m irk abort ly after two
o'clock.
SSS
Justice Resigns
JUSTICE WXRVWA
LEAVES BENCH OF
IE
WASHINGTON Jan.'- 5. Harlan
F. Stone, attorney general was
appointed by President Coolidge
today to succeed Joseph McKenna
on the United States Supremo
court.
The nomination of Attorney Gen
eral Stono to succeed Justice Mc
Kenna, whose resignation ,bad been
announced earlier in the day wns sent
to the senate just before that body
adjourned.
JUSTICE RESIGNS' .
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. OP) The
resignation of Associate Justice Jo
seph McKenna was announced today
from the bench of the supreme court.
By virtue of the upward of 'AO
years service on the supreme bench,
Justice McKenna is the ranking ns
aneinfe justice of the court.' He re
tires hecaurte of his advanced age.
t hief Justice Taft, making the an
nouncement as soon as the court
met, said the resignation had been ac
cepted by President Coolidge.
Justice McKcumi is in his 82nd
year and three weeks from today will
mark the" twenty-seventh anniversary
of his elevation to the supreme bench
by I'rcHidcnt McKiuley. Before that
appoint incut, he had served in con
gress as a representative from Cali
fornia, had been a I'nited States cir
cuit judge under the Harrison admiu
istration and hud occupied a place In
McKinley's cobinet as attorney gen
eral. His health ban been unusually ro
bust for a man of bis years and be
baa applied himself with great vigor
to the heavy tasks of the high court.
Several i,rnths ago, however, the
death of his wife added an additional
weight of Borrow and loneliness to the
burden nf the advancing years and he
decided to lay aside the official cares
which for so long had taxed to the
highest capacity his brilliant capabili
ties. Lieuts. Miller And
Kelly Forced Down
ItMNl'IU'ltG. Ore.. Jn. 5. Lieu
lennnln Kelly snd Miller, flying from
Vancouver to San I'iego, were for
ced down here thin afternoon when
they were unable to fly through Can
yon Creek pas. aonth of Id-seburg.
They tried to negotiate the canton
l.etween Canyon vi He and Glendale,
but met mica a ptorm nf rain and fog
tJiat they rould not get through and
turned back, reaching Rone burg with
barely enough gtrs to make the land
ing. They refuelled inelr planes, and
will try to reach Medford tonight if
the weather elcurs aufficieiitly.
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ID
85
Is Slain
Charles Mayhew, Night Clerk
Breaks For Help, But:
Cannot Find It ,
Hold-Up Makes Escape With
$45, Taken From Cash
Register
A masked hold-up man entered the
Smeed hotel at 3:13 o'clock this
morning, held up Charles Mnjhcw,
night clerk, at the point of a revolver,
and took $45 out of the cash register.
Mr. Mnyhew mado a break for the
front door while the robber was bus?
going through the cash register. The
clerk, who was standing with' bin
back to the hold-up man, facing .the
windows pa Willamette Btreet, crash
ed into a corner .of the cigar case on
his way out, nearly breaking a rib.
When be reached the street, Mr.
Mayhew turned and shouted "Hold
up! holdup:" at the top of his voice,
but could not locate the night patrol
man.,. In. the meantime the niiifka'l
man attempted to escape from the
back door of the Smeed, but found it
locked. He then came out ihc front
door, keeping h!s revolver pointed at
the clerk,-' and disappeared down the
alley.
Mr. Mu.vhrw is convinced that he
has met the hold-up man, as the voice
sounded familiar. 1'bo robber is de
scribed as about C feet 11 Inches tall,
wearing a toboggan cap pulled down
over his face, with holes cut in it to
see through. He wore a dirty yellow
slicker. ,
Seventy-one dollars wns saved to
the hotel owing to the fact that just
previous to the entrance of the bandit
a check for that amount had been
cashed by Mr. Mayhew.
CRIPPLED FOR LIFE
Wayne Hawke, 18, a Springfield
boy, will never be able to walk again,
doctor, say. Wayne was hurt in a
motorcycle accident recently so ser
iously that one leg had to be ampu
tated, and the other injured so badly
that it is uspIcfs. The boy und a com
panion acciilenlly ran Into a wreck"d
wngnn standing without lights on the
highway.
Hecause the youth Is In need nf
money to pay doctor bills, and because
nf bis popularity in Springfield, where
He was a leader in athletics, the
Ainericnn legion p'mt nf Springfield Is
sponsoring a benefit basketball' game
tomorrow night, much along the line
us the Tiny Shields benefit in Tort
Iuiid. The game will be between Uie
high school and alumni.
Members of the post are making a
concerted drive to sell tickets, anil
promis. one nf (be fatct games ever
witnessed in Springfield. Iteceipts will
be turned over to Wayne Hawke. The
game witl be at the gymnasium of the
Springfield high schnol.
Tickets are on tale at Obak's cigir
store in Kugene.
TWO DIE IN WRECK
SAN DIKtiO. CfU .laa. 5 Mrs.
Dan Mulkern. J,o Angeles, nnd J. I'.
N'dan, Centro, were killed snd Mrs.
Son Miller, Sin lvdro, was injure.
no aeriouMy fhe is exported to die, Id
a collision of two automobiles here
early this mornirg. Four other per
sons wera Injured.
FUNERAL ANNOUNCED
Funeral services for Andrew C.
Sorennon, wh died ft bis ii mre here
Haturriiy, will be held from the
! Ventch chapel Tuesday morning at
' 10 :.'() o'clock, it is announced. It".
. mains will be went lu Albert Lc,
SMEED HOTEL
IS ROBBED BY
MASKED In
j Miun., for burial
2s
By Hold-Ups
Non-Voters
Are Dropped
From Lists
More than 6000 postal cards arc
being sent out by It. S. Bryson, coun
ty clerk, to Lane county voters in
forming them that as they have
failed to vote for the past two years
that their names will be dropped from
the registration liats unless tho of
fice is notified and registration is
completed.
"In many cases these cards are
sent to voters who have moved to
other precincts of tiie county but who
have failed to cancel their old regis
tration." Mr. llryson said.
Voters who received the cards and
who know that they have voted in
pome other precinct has never been
cancelled and it is that that will be
dropped from tJie liats.
In some cases there may even be
three addresses if the voter has mov
ed twice during the pant two years,'
the county, clerk explains.
About U100 names are on the coun
ty registration rolls at the present
time, but this will be cut down con
siderably as a result 'of the check
now under way.
TO BE. INSTALLED
Old and new Kugeno city councils
will meef tonight at (he city hall,
Mayor IJ. H. Parks anubunees. The
businefs to be transacted is as fol
lows: z
Adoption of tho city budget.
Passage of the budget ordinance.
Installation of new councilmen.
Organization of new city council.
Appointment of department 'beads
for jiV-Tt.
Little discussion is anticipated
when the city budget comes up for
consideration, it ia believed. At the
laut council meeting the only citizen
to appear wns lien V. Keeney, county
assessor, who pointed out a discrep
ancy under the statutory (I per cent
liiii.tntion. This has been remedied, it
is announced, by reducing still further
some of the items on the city budget,
until now the document is ready to be
certified over to the anscssor.
The oath of office wilt be adminis
tered to the new council men by Judge
Uilmorc and the council will organize
for (he coming yenr. Mont uf tho com
mittee heuds und incmlicrs of the va
rious committees have already been
announced. They aVu as follows:
Finance Carl tiT Wuwhburno chair
man It. A. M fully, Kinney Hugh.
Printing Fred Lamb, thuit niun,
Itainey Hugh, K- A. MrCully.
Police Uamey Jtugh, chairman. V.
I-Jrgc, (Jeorge V. Monroe.
Judiciary K. Lnrgt rhairuun, L.
K. Simmons, Mr. Iamb.
Htreft (icorge V. Monroe, chair
man, Mr. Wushimrnn, Mr. .Simmon,
Fire and Water Mr. Kimmnus,
chairman; A. L, Williamson, Mr.
Large.
Health-. It. A. MrCully, chairimm:
Mr. WilliainHon, Mr. Lamb,
Sewer Mr. Will a inson, chair num.
Mr. Washburn, Mr. Monroe.
S. M. Calkins will be appointed nw
city attorney, nnd tome change, msy
be made in the personnel uf (he police
department. All department heads will
remain the same as in ll)-.
Man Held Here on
Board Hill Charge
A prisoner giving the mime of ''John
iJo' is being held in the county jail
here on charges from tl ranis Pass,
where he Is allegH lo havi beat a
b'-nrd bill and stole a blanket.
Karl Luckey, deputy sheriff, nrrest.
rd the man nar Lngene thin morning.
He was traveling in a Ford coupe
bearing California ir.-ne nundier
747-410. Authorities at Crmitu P.it.a
will be nolificd, and are expecttd to
arrive. In F.ugene tomorrow to luke
custody of tho prisomr
PU C s
E
Kays - Anderson Mill And
Stevens-Farris Plant Are
Being Sold
Considerable Development
In Lumbering: Industry
Is Forecast
' Negotiations now under way for
the purchase of the Kays-Anderson
mill nnd the Slevcns-Fnrrla sawmill
both near "Walton ore expected tn.be
closed in the near future and this is
forecast as the first move in consid
erable development, nf the lumbering
industry in Lane county.
"Washington state capital is inter
ested in the project, according to loc
al lumbermen nnd plans nre tentat
ively under way for the installation
of seven to eight miles of railroad
up the f'hickohominy creek where
considerable timber ncreago is now
held under option by the buyers of
'the mill plants.
. The KajH-Anderson plant has been-
closed down for the past two" years
but the Stevens-Karris mill has been
in operation. Hot!) planta have a
combined cut of approximately ttO,
KH) to 70,000 feet per day, accord
ing to present estimates.
IteprcHentntiveH of the Washington
lumber interests, which recently clos
ed opemtioiiH in that atuto have, been
here within the past two wenka in
specting the Lane county planta and
timber tracts adjacent. The Stevcns
Farria mill is on the rail linn and
the Kays-Anderson plant ia about one
and one-half miles from (he line.
It iH (be intention of the new own
ers lo install mill equipment recently
in use In Washington mills nnd the
capacity of both plants ia expected to
be considerably increased.
Lane county's delegation will be
"sittin' pretty' at the legislative ses
sion which opens next Monday ns
hoice acnts in both (be Semite and
lower house have been aligned t
the senators and representfltives from
here. KepicH'ntatlvcH Judge K. O.
Potter, II. C. WJieoler and Kmrnllt
Howard will have seats ''(( ami 1!7 ami
in (he third row. Senators Fred
Fi"k nnd J. S. M;igladry will have
numbers 1!) and in the second row
in the urn He chamber.
Lvidenily no chnnee.i are being
taken (ii any of ibe law mtikers be
coming confuted in finding their prop
er pbecs as diagrams of the limine und
senate with e;i'Ji plainly milked have
been sen) out lo c.icli of the delega
tion, Brookhart Seat In
Senate Is Opposed
WAflllNC'IOX, Jam. 5. Jnmrs L.
rnrsonfl; lire Moines, l.i., cornisH for
I frin V. Strck, il'-ni'Trntic cui'lidule
for senator uanliiKt Smith W. Hrook
lnirt, conferrcil Willi ntoinliprn of the
senate privilPR.-M ntmI plrctions com
mi(ti.ft here today rpfiirding a contest
to nnsput Mr. ItrooMmrt.
REV. BLISS STRICKEN
NKW YoltK, .Inn. n. Tim ronili
lion of the lt"v. Willisin II. Illis nf
Nrnttle, who Is critirnlly ill st St.
Luke's ho.iilnl here, wns re,ortel
iiiii'liiitiReil toiliij-. Canon Itliss was
siriiken with heart tlitps"? Iieccintn'r
Jl on his return from (ietievn, where
he attemleil the o)intn conference as
nn unofficiul obfcsrcr.
MLLSNJJW
S NEGOTIATED
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Inaugurated Today
v
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MRS. NELLIE TAYL0E ROSS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
CIIKYKNXU, Vyn Jan. o. VP
Dedicating her efforts to the slate
nnd "relying upon divine help for
strength nnd guidance," Mrs. Nellie
Tayloo Itosn, at uoou today, wits
sworn into office as governor
Wyoming and been me, the first wottmn
executive of any commonwealth m
iJie I'nited Slates,.
In an atmosphere that wns hushed
and reverent to the memory of titc
newly elected governor's laic husband,
(iovernor William II. itosn, Chief
Justice Potter of the Wyoming state
supreme court, (piielly ndminialered
the oath of office. Tho ceremony
opened with an invocation by HfsJiop
Thomas of (ho Protestant Kpiseopal
diocese of Wyoming. An audience that
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Seizure of Ship
Peclared Legal
SAN FKANCISCO, Jan. 3. Seiz
ure of the, Ilritlah Htemner Quadra,
with It h reputed cargo of liquor val
ued at If.'inO.OOO by (he roust guard
cutter Shawnee of San Francisco re
cently, 'ws legal in every way and
the crew of the Qundni violated the
law of the I'nited Slates," I'nited
St.ites District Judge John S. Par
tridge decided Jierc today.
LEADERS AGREE ON BILL
leaders agreed lute today upon tin
pa-snge at this session of :tS.OW).000
rivers ami hnrborn bill. The hill, as
reported, carried $r7,0HI,000, but the
rivers nnd Ji arbors committee plans
to meet tomorrow to pare down the
figure to the amount agreed upon by
(he leaders.
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TODAYS
lty AHTlIt'll HKISltANK
(Copyiight, 111-1, by Star t'ompnn;)
If on snjel sent all Hie way l"
to tin a favor ns the new year begun,
offered you ni y two qualities which
two would you select, Inning out
high inoral quality that ou d"ltle
poscva already ?
Concentration nnd personility arc
tiie two qualities uiot desirable In
the opinion of this writer, nnd of
others more Important.
Personality is largely hereditary,
the power "f concentration also. Hut
pewer to concentrate can be develop
ed through the will. And with con
centration conies prraouality.
.
As a ear ends human beings wish
for each other two things, happiness
nnd prosperity. Also tucfulnei'a ought
to be milled, hut it usually not added.
Happiness comes from within; each
must niuke tbnt for Jiimself. rroapn.'
Ity comes from without.
As the old year died away,' there
were inniiy sitis of prosperity.
Stocks aud bonds, wheat, corn, cotton
E
8! OFFICIALS
Confession Is 'Alleged To
Have Been Made By One
Of Men Held
Detectives Searching Tor
Others Of Party Who
Planned Hold-Up
POIITLANI), Ore., Jan. 5. Twu
men and a woman were iieid by the
police today, and officers were sc-k-mg
two others in connection with an,
illegrd plot to hold up the Stuta
Hank of Hcavcrtou, a suburb.
, According to the detectives wh-
iitiidn the arrests n confession win
undo by. (ienrge Jacobs, .'JO, one of
those held, that he had been hired to
drive an automobile wJiich wn to
have been used in the lio'dup today.
The others being held are Kddio
Hush, whom the police charge used
several aliases, including lfoyer, Jtuv
er, Ittnmlic nnd Wlntey; and Mr-i.
Nettie II race, II,".
ltalph Huff, brother cf Mrs. Grace,
was being snmiit today. Huff, hi
wife, Kddie Hunh and two other men,
cime to Portland the first o last
,week from Hoseville, California, and
for a time bunked in the basement of
Mrs, Grace's home. .
According to detectives, tho plan
was to -enter tho brink after tho
vn ults were opened, get away with
(he money and flee towards Portland
in a waiting automo'ilte.
On the Canyon road, they were" to
abandon a rented cir and enter ono
in whicj. .Mrs. Grace was waiting.
Two of the robbers were to crouch in
the rear of (lie ' rair so as to divert
suspicion of offiecrn who wuld bo
expected to start a hunt.
Vote On Veto
To Be Taken
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Ef
forts of administration leaders to
provont a straight vote on Pre"-;
Idont Coolldgs's veto of tho post
al pay bill tailed late today In th)
senate'.-
A motion to recommit tha
measure to the postofflco com
mittee was dci'eated and lha sen
ate must vote on the veto. -
The vote was 52 cgalntt 30 for
recommitting tin measure. ' .
On the tails cf this vote,
friends of tho bill aro three short
ol tho two thirds majority necos
sary to ovorrldo tho presidents
voto. With 82. votes cast, D5
would be necessary to pass tho
bill over executive objection.
Tmportiuit QunlitiM
tpiiinoss, rrospcrity
More NowH of Air
and copper were all going lip when
the bell rung and l'.l-'l dropped into
the grave.
The right mental nttitude, plus
common spuer, will keep things o
iug up through
The presideut'a excellent sllpp'y of
Niw Kr.gluud romin.in s.'iiso will help.
May he live long and prosper.
...
HoSert Lsnaing. once secretary of
state, forcibly removed by AVoodrow
Wilson somewJint ns a dentist lv
moves a tooth, has discovered lh.it
there Is no danger whatever of war
between the United Stairs nnd Jap in.
Why, d i you ak?
"For the reason,'' if you please,
"that Japan hasn't enough Iron W
earry nn a war."
Mr, Lansing apparently imagines
that war still depends on the firing of
large round iron bullets,
. ...
Hid Mr. Lansing notice tint one of
the Japanese shlim unfortunately on
jjire at night, was carrying to Japan
I a very large cargo of nitrates. Nitrate!
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