FROI FRIDAY’S DAILY
Paris, Dee. 11—Fighting from
trenches filled with water and
in roads knee deep in mud, and
slush snow, the Allied Belgian
Brit sh and French armies are
t day advan mg against the Gcr
man front of 250 miles in
length. 1 he town of Roulere
has been captured by a mix
ed British-Iinlian and Belgian
force, the Germans being driv
en al the point of the bayonet.
At Armentierres the artillery
fire was hoi that the Ger
mans fied leaving their camps
and headquarters behind them.
In many places, so many Ger
mans l ave been 'em to East
Prussia -,nd Poland that their
lines are weak and little diffi
culty is experienced by the Al
lies in driving them back. Food
seems to be scarce among the
Germans and several of their
guns which were captured were
completely out of ammunition.
French Government
Is Home Again
Paris. Dec. I i~The seat of
the French government was of
fically declared moved from
Bordeau to P -r-.s. this morning.
This coming on top of She news
that the Germans w.s’e having
to fall back has livened up tlii>
city k< ~ h an extent that it
almost svenis ikge its old self a
gain. «
Germany Willing to Take Rest
Berlin. Dec. 1 i—The govern
ment has answered the Pope's
request that thy are perfectly
willing to grant a three weeks
truce k»r Christmas, provided
the other natioi - now at war
are willing to d • the same.
Jap Spy Caught
Constantinople, Dec. 11—
Eight Japanes? spies have beer
arrested in Turkey during the
pa<{ ten days. They are held
prisoners of war.
Sunk With All On Board
London, Dec. 11—The Ger
man cruiser Nurnberg was «unk
Kvith all on hnjard by the light
cruder squardon. She was so
far away at the time she found
ered that Pi her crew had dis
appeared by the time the Brit
i'li vi—el» rea.-hed iihe spot
and not one mars wa- saved.
Dresden Is Cornered
Buena- Aires. Dec. 11— Wor
*' received by wire!e = s that the
fast cruiser Dresden is now
cornered in the Straits of
M ge.:an must either fight os
be sunk.
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HUMBOLDT IN AND OUT
The Humboldt n: ie por‘
last night iittl- e .rlier tha* j
w-.' exr-e I, .. g between
11 and 12 o'-io k. She load
el --i boxes of halibut at tji> j
Kef hikm G 1 j Storage plant
and quite a number of passed
gers. including prisoners or:
their way to M Ne 1- Island
sentenced at the present term
of court.
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WALKER WILL EXPAND
A. E. M iiker. the seconi
hand mm ha- oncluded thn
lii- present quarters are to
small fo, his increasing bus
ine-- m l to g*l more room i‘
now p-.i'ing d<wn the little
building on the south side of
the store. As soon as thi
work is ione. the rock will le
blasted out and a larger build
ing erected in its place.
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OFF TO CALIFORNIA
W. T. M : hooey. propr!ete>r o’
* Ketcr «kan Soda Works, lef
o * the Alameda last night fo
»’ <» 'tales. He is on his way t
p:ue Lake. Cal., where Mr.
honey has been -.siting b
o re:;t- for -ome time. Fh*
V1 ■ ite- “Doc” that -he will lo
compel! i g. to the haspi*
there to s-,bm f to an oper
ation hence his trip down.
BRINGS PRISONER OVER
\Y. n. McMillan. United
states llcpnly Marshal a! Craig,
arrived over on lasl nights mail
boat with Willie Gardner, a
half-breed boy, of Craig, who
i< charged with having broken
mto the United States mail
and stolen two registered tri
ers. \< ibis charge is a ser
iot - one. and the boy is not
more than It or to years of
[ \sc. there is some probability
that he may be tried for a les
ser offence. As i: is now. the
j 'harge against him is that of
I robbing the mails.
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WON’T DO IT AGAIN
Isi the case of the Unit 3d
| States versus Matt Perk \\. • h
ind Michael Biliich. which
has been on trial for the past
■ouple of days. The jury found
the defendants guilty of seli
;ng liquor without previously
pr.n l ling themselves ‘with a
Territorial license. Judge Jen
nies- on pronouncing sentence
imposed a fine of -^700 an 1
s-v.i,-, respectively upon the de
fendant'. who were ably de
fended by Chas. H. C -grove.
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ALKI BRINGS COAL
| Tn? Alki with a big load of
■oal ■ j general merchandise!
>n board arrived from the
'Oulh about i 1 o’clock last
j light and got away this after
j no *n. after discharging 21 tons
of local freight and something
aver 300 tons of Jinglepol
! ump coal. She had seven pa
sengers for Ketchikan and fif
teen for other ports. She wit:
be i:i -outhbound Mondav.
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MAY SEE AGAIN
Among the passengers nor to
>o • l on t •day'.. Alki weir J.
1. McTague r*nd wife on
vav home to Wrangell. M
M'Tag •<?. it will be rememebr
ed, sustained an accident some
ime -,r. e. *whi h apparent!
deprived him of hi- sight, re’1:1
ering him. for the time, t da:
ly blind. During the r3'*- sev i
oral wee k-. nowever. iic ha-!
been in the States undergoing
reatr.ee: an.j now seem; : j
have a h u, -• of reoovr r’-m the
e ej T . i
oine news to hi- inrun |
frie: U ':■-■■■? in Ketchikan.
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•I W. S ted man. wh
n - «; »- ■ 'v of the weli
l 7. Side’u cigar in this
egion. arrived down on las: I
-?h !< if >nd is making flu j
ounds among the buxine--1
nen todav
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NORTHWESTERN BEING
OVERHAULEr
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Seattle, Dec. 1 i—The -team
r N "thw.-,- f-r,, ,t the Ala- ;
-a Steams ompany i- ba
ng thoroughly overhauled in
be harbor here. |„ addition tr
ha.eg-. being mode in her
ahir-. and other places, ai
1 i bur cr - being installed
. thathvh-;. 'he old ship, come
■ . - — w-H be practic
oy as go'd as new.
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MPROVEMENTS AT
THE QUADRA CANNERY
g o Kgil Ruschmam
operate ,t of the Vorth
vc-erri 1 -hcrie- company
annery at Qua Ira. that com-'
any I- p-ari. lug many change;
nd improvement af tha‘
da at. A new wareh n-c. 50
v 150 will be b di. and an a ’■
it'Oiia! hi !ft.- 50 wiP be added
<o the present or e Then •< new
lifer room Will he built, and a
ho I . K5 !c. Before
-oee*-ilin(r be! g-,v Mr. Bnsch
»aiin signed contact- for
00 pile- f> r next year- bus
wiilo'i makes if apnea
hat fhe cannery will have a
:-v season this coming year.
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FROM SATURDAY'S DAILY
Buenos Ayres, Dec, 12
.Ships arriving f *:n the sot;::
report that the lie .uaa Cruiser
Dresden -- t vktog s
mong 2 o i-auk' an! • y> u.
the soutfciern co«s e Pa,ago
ilia. I; is not known is. v much
fuel she may have on b ard but
unless she lakes p i .e very
>horlly, she is b r j to run
out. A hniral 8tur.av’> sleet is
said lo have ^ e \? : i their
'Oar, h for ! > Go •:«»•> vessel
and Stuii<-e ha- ' 1 h ■ i hi>
Government that he wUl have
her within the next fen days.
Turkey Bombards Batum
Constantinople. Dee. i2The
Turkish fleet has successfully
bombarded the Ris-ian port o'
Batum on <:>e B: ek Sea. Ra
tum is a principal slopping
oort of the R’>si. n petroleum
district and it' distraction w ■!
he a seri u> handicap to the
Slav G vernmert.
Training The Youngsters
Par s. Dec. 12—T e Govern
ment tc lay announces that
over 400. >00 youths between
the ages of I s ,n,i 21 are now
in training in !':e various mob
ilisation camps in France. They
constitute the tOlo class Of
recruits and re called to ‘he
colors ahe. J of time -o that
they may be trained and ready
to take an active part in the
field in next season's cam
paigns.
Reject Christmas Truce
Berlin. D \ 12—The Ger
man G vorime- t is infO'med
that R’lS'ia has rejected a Chri-t
rna- tr : e plan, suggested by
’he Pope.
Germans Give Gtounct
Berlin, D<*..-. 12—Advices
from 'he fc nt are to the ef
fect tha? the advance of th
German army from Lodz o
War-tw !i - been -. | an 1
n - -m- place- th. advane n:
coops have been forced to
give ground before the Rus
sians. The line in Galicia, hew
■ ver. - r rigly held and the
Russians are unable to inake
my iarpre-- n on it.
Raid By German Subma ines
London, j12—Th•> - •■;?!.
■oast •!' Eng' -,;.? - gr ■ ex
over * reported ret 1" vf
he ’ r> bv n > b ■ . : sub
marine fleet. No d.image vva>
!OM6.
Rebel’s Body Foird
1* - * ri.. Dee. 12-The bo b
<f G • .»— : Beyer-. who \\ ■
-hot by a Bri-i-h pair \ wa
’ :m ! by the -earch party !a-'
; was ••;!
i? el as to hi- death, hcne<
, rjrrli. Gen Bey.
®r- v,- - .... of -' ’em lers in th
■ Bot-p jprisiug 1 Sou'!
\>ica.
Hunting Ge-man Gh’p
Ti-k'o. L- . 12—Jap mes(
•v r-hips -eekirie the Her
■ .-..averted crui.-ec Brin- *
'riedrich ff the* eoa-t of Chili
■'he we- la-t -■»■n -oinc I".’
ay- ago.
Horses For German Army
It ’ Dr-. 12—1? lei
•ns believed fo represent b
;; 2 ot • -*
to be negotiating for the p{:
cha-e of 30.000 I, r.?r- .n tlo
r 'h w-- .
Must Clean ’Em Up
L ndon, De,-. 12—'The Ad
morally ha- given Adfir.al Slur
dee until the new year 'o d’Si
<p the ore vi of the G rman'wa
e-sels.
Pope’- C'forts Fail
fli.na-, '■'•■, f 2--The Yalic.v
.■nno’iui-e.- ibis morning the
he -ffort- of the Pop* lose
. i,re ;i Chrl-tma true: ha1*
failed, a - Ru--«.a h - refuse
‘o e-rnp.y with the suggestion
IN FROM HOLLIS
Dry Webber ami wife are
vor from 51 I ts. Owing to the
ol i wea her. mining' operations
r practically a I a standstill
vor on Ivasaan Bay.
LEAVES FOR CALIFORNIA
Mrs. A. A. Isbell will be a
las-eiisger for California on to
morrow's City of Seattle. She
plans *o remain there until Mr.
I-! ' completes construction
work here and joins her in
tile ~ -util. Meantime he will
he a member of Ketchikan's
Widowers Club.
L*AMPTON SELLS OUT
Jimmie Lampion has sold
out his interest in the City Mes
seiigor Service to his partner
1 k Hines. Accompanied by
his wife ’he will g> south on
‘he -Mki tomorrow, expecting to
lo. to in the States.
MARIPOSA IN SOUTHBOUND
W ‘h 31 passengers on hoard
in M ;r:p s;l made port north
bomi 'as* night, remaining
here until about midnight.
P -.■> f ■>" Kelehik were Mis.
.M B. T d 1. S. B. VanZandt and
'aosditer. Daisy Wi'!i> I f
Jones a:id Mary C. Johnson.
>he had i ght f f;vb* m li>..rd.
‘ s . which »•••.* < f>».. Kit
hikan. Miss Helen Mercer was
i passenger n rl: ft.- •. -1 !»er
i*a'ho; a* J mean. U:t.f ] Shite
v<‘ \ttorne' J T
] h\< n«>i<4;>;*i II PI
-• :n nr 1 MPs Leklheart his of
•i' e stenographer, also were
d'O r>- "Ciiger- north on the
Ma riposa.
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STENOGRAPHER ARRIVES
M -- M. R. Todd, the new
- -apher for the local
■ ~ Sorvu e office arrived up
o-i +<T night’s Mariposa and en
'“red into the discharge of her
•day. Mi's Todd is a
iR'petenl typewriter'and short
•'' I operator and will, no
•Id m ike many friends here
n Ketchikan.
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LIGHTS UP THE STREET
The Citizens Light, Power &
Go.,-' new sign recently
'* v i at 'he intersection o'
"r'cc a i ! Grant streets i< a
.h and a credit to all thos<
" ••"i-tc | in the making o'
■■ It ;s in the form of a hugr
' --'cn electric bulb, and *wa
by Newman, th"1
>;gn Man.
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IMPORTANT CASE ENDED
The ■ >»-■ of the New Eng
! Gish company against L.
f. Hv arising out of the lal
■ erectine- a wharf in front
' of their p” party which
- been op before the District
o rf *> ■ the past ten days
- e-oted v -terday. The evi
'p’u-n jn { e case was thor
■ igh!y gone into by the lawyers
m j Judge and the Aftor
will present t/beir argu
;c ts in writing at a later date
:ze denniugs notified Mk
'"s' i" parties at the begin
■s> f<r fh • ease that he intend
,(l ke same under advise
* >!* a ,• i the probabilities ar<
’ ■’ ■,' decision will not be
a • fur -ome time.
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TAVES HIGH DIVE
I'1 c 'he plumber, did sour
:'h .'«I lofty tumbling foda
h-n rn whine got out o
'i f F <■ Dill just this sid
■f h •• Thompson’s residence
' < n he came to he foun ’
• nisf'jc f.r, n top of the pore'
the P rwr'itz house and It1
'it-’ ’rn hnnsrinir off the ed<*'
f n -idesvalk. Forfunatel
either the machine nor tin
•nl • r were injured to an
eaf d. The latter ha
'or a cm i Of] f many crimes
d this i-- probably the firs'
'■ e ls<- ever tried porch climb
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.ORGANIZE PARENT
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
About thirty people, the great
or number of them of the gent
or -ox. met in the high sellout
roam of the local sciioolliouse
last night for the purpose of de
ciding on (lie advisability of
organizing a I*arenl|—Teacher
Association. The Miner Man
went up to see what they were
uoing to do. and incidently to
find out what a parent-teacher
Association might he. The
meeting was called at the sug
gestion of the Draper Club, the
i president of ‘which, Mrs. B. L.
j Myers, 'officiated as chairman.
The presiding officer thanked
those present for their presence
and then the program was rend
ered. It consister of instrumen
tal music by Mrs. MacDoland:
an original paper by E. L.
i Sampson an the “Co-Operation
! of the Citizens and the School,”
! a.reading by Ella Lacy Gardner,
j a vocal solo by O. Williams nc
! eompanied by Mrs. Williams,
! and a general discussion on
! “How Parents Could Aid in
Securing Better Results in the
; Schoolroom.” At the conclus
; ion of the discussion a very
| tasty and satisfactory luncheon
j was served, and everybody was
i given an opportunity to meet
! everybody else. When every
1 body had eaten their fill, Mrs.
Myers called the meeting to
j order again, and on motion the
j Ketchikan Parent—Teachers’
Association was organized.
| Then came the election of of
j ficers, and Mrs. Dobbs was
i unanimously voted Preside u
' with R. L. Sampson, V-ice
' President and Miss Mitchell
I Secretary. R. L. Myers, Miss
i Vos - iter and Mrs. Mac Donald
; were appointed a committee
! on by-lakvs and constitution and
i tie meeting adjourned, leaving
i ‘he Miner Man still up in the
j tir as to wOiat a Parent Teach
j ers Association is anyway. 1 he
;exf meeting of the association
j will be held on the call of the
President.
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LOOKS SUSPICIOUS
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The actions of George L.
j Drake of the Forest Service
look very suspicious. It is
rumored that he has been look
ing for a house just large e
nough for two and now is taking
a trip south presumably to get
the second one of the two.
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FROM MONDAY’S DAILY
SON AND HEIR ARRIVES
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A wire was received yes •
■rnay stating that a son an t
j ieir had arrived at the G. M.
i Veils home in Tacoma yestar
ay. Mrs. Wells is the daught
er of F. J. Hunt and wife, and
he arrival of the boy~Is quite
m important event. Mrs. Hunt
- n w m Tacoma.
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iXAGWAY WHARF
IS DESTROYED
>kagway. Dec. 14—Fire de
coyed Moore’s wharf in this
c cc, yc.-terday, the damage a
*’ mting to over two hundred
' msrind dollars. The cause
* the conflagration is un
^•vn. Owing to the isolation
f I he place the firemen were
c.'dde fo save the structure
bicii was the most expensive
barf in the wh le of the
orili. The coal hunkers with
ndreds of tons or coal were
-ved, as were the White Pass
•re bunkers.
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QUINAULT IS LIBELLED
Seattle, Dec. 14-The Alas
* •‘steamship company as own
- of the Mariposa have libeled
'0 Ouinai.ilt on account of
heir claims against the boat
'■ palling off Flat Island when
he went ashore on her lasl
ip south.
i
| Paris, Dec. 14— Dodging the'
dozens of mint’s planted lo
ruard the Dardanelles, a Dril
ls :> submarine from Malta co
lored the Sea of Marmora yo<
u> I’d ay and torpedoed and sunk
the Turkish cruiser Messulh
iving at anchor there. The al
, lack was most successful, the
; de si never escaping without, be
ing discovered by the Turks,
j the balance of the vessels id
: anchor near the Messulh slip
ping their cables and running
I for it.
1 Germans Defeated In Poland
j St. Petersburg, Dee. 1 i —
\ Both ends of the German line
1 were crumpled up yesterday
j in Poland and thrown bark on
| the center, which will be forced
: lo reform. Today the main
! ;rmy fell hack thirty miles and
■formed « new front. The figlil
ing continues very heavy with
tremendous losses on both
sides, it, js believed here that
tile defeat of the German \vings
will force a stoppage of the
advance. *»n Warsaw.
Goeben Is Busy
St. Petersburg, Dec, 14
Word comes from the. Black
Sea that the cruiser has been
very busy of late, having cap
tured several Russian sailing
vessels and taken an active
pari in the bombardment of
Bntnin. She is faster than any
of (lie Russian fleet on the
Black sea, with the exception
of the torpedo boots.
Asks Protection For Canal
Washington, Dec. 14—Gov
ernor Goethals of the Cana!
Zone has asked to have a bat •
ties-hip and a fast torpedo boat
stationed at each end of the
Canal to enforce tlhe observ
ance by toeligerents of the
rules of war as applied to the
canal. These rules pr^.idc that
he ships ot one nation can
lot follow the other through
within twenty-four hours, and
in anticipation of the possible
arrival 0f the Dresden pursued
by either British or Japanese
vessels, he wants to be in u
position to enforce the rules
of tihe canal.
Will Pay War Tax
Brussels, Dec. 14—The Ger
man government has decided
to accept Brussels’ offer of pay
ing the eleven and a quarter
million dollar war tax on the in
stallment plan.
A German Takes Command
Constantinople, Dec. 14—
Field Marshal Baron vop Golf?,
has arrived from Germany and
will take over the entire com
mand of tlie Turkish forces.
He brought .a. large retinue with
t)im of German aides who will
be placed at (he heads of the
various military departments
of the 1 urkish giovernment.
Dresden Is Reported
Buenos Ayres, Lee. 14— Un
official word comes from
Bun (a Arenas that the Ger
man cruiser Dresden has been
'ce'< near that place.
sEattle SOUTH YESTERDAv
The City of Seattle on he
way south, made flirt abom
': i() .Yesterday morning and g.T
away_about an hour later, flue
had 50 passengers on board
when she sailed, 43 from north
erii Points and 13 from Ket
chikan. Her cargo included
•1 boxes iof fresh halibut front
Juneau arid three boxes of
bullion from Treadkvell. The
vabie of the latter was $246 -
050. ’ ,
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For rd the plumber installed
' ,'es' cnir,(i oil burner in the
"rnare at the Stedman Hotel
' esterday, and today it is hum
mmg merrily along, delivering
he goods in fine shape, and all
rn,halors working Jo the
queens taste.
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gHHHBCBSnHHHMMBaHBMBI
HAD TO TURN ’EM AWAY
With ever> room occupied
an,| passengers sleeping on the
'etleos, tihe A1 ki got iJvvay for
ihe south between three and
four o’clock this morning. Of
the 00 passengers 11*11 board 19
were fiom this city, and the
Northland Hock office reports
that at least twenty more tick
ets could llitave been sold. Her
fish cargo consisted of 02 boxe3
of fresh halibut from Juneau
and Petersburg, 13 from this
port, and 150 boxes of frozen
lisli from the local plant of the
San Juan Fislh company. A
moug her passengers were H.
G. Hi rang, Wm. Strong and
wife, (i. L. Drake, \V. A. Wil
liams and wife, Mrs. J. C. Wil
lard, J. Anderson, James Lamp
Ion and wife. Stic sails from j
Seattle on her next trip, Friday
Lee. IS. j
I lie steamer NivrthWeslern
operated by the Alaska Steam
ship company, will he entirely
i ('modeled this winter and
made into an excursion boat for I
the exclusive Southeastern Al
aska run. The Kansas City re
cently purchased by President
Baxter in San Francisco, will
take the run of the Niorthwest
rrn to Juneau and the west
roast, of Alaska.. The Alaska
_■ fa o r>i r<K !x____
coming season owing [o the
European war, the constant 'ad_
\ortising Alaska is receiving
and the operations in building
a railroad next summer.
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Seattle,—More than 2.500
-eal and blue fox sni.ns, valued
at •‘r.200,000, were brought to
Seattle by the United Stales
revenue cutter Manning, Capt.
<*. Podge commanding, fpom
he Bering sea and L'nalaska.
I he sealskins were received
'r°m the government rookeries
on ;SL Paul tend St. George Id
a,'ds, forming the Priblof
group.
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Fairbanks—A new kennel
'lab has been formed in Tan
u,a and already plans are im
ler way to hold several races he
ween Fairbanks and there the
oming winter. It is the in
cut ion to hold a big inter-city
■ace at the height of the season
irnilar to the races held in
tnby each year.
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Regardless of the sea test,
however, it is regarded by
I homias Riggs, Jr., a member
>f the Alaska Engineering com
mission, and by Alfred II.
Brooks chief of the United
states geological shrvey in AI
ska, that an annual market
or approximately 3,000,000
ons iof coal from the Matau
iska field ‘will'be developed as
'Ooji as it can be mined.
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The power vessels Enos and
'ermoril cleared for the soufh
oday. The former vessel is
leaded for Bellingham, the
'alter for Seattle.
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