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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
BANDITS LOOT
z MAIL TRUCKS
Daring Holdups Occur in
Eastern Cities

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. April Six
heavily armed bandits early to.
day held up n government mail
truck here and escaped with
nine sacks Of registered mail.
The robbers intercepted the
truck, covered the driver and
armed guard with revolyes,
seized the mail sacks and dashed
awny In an automobile.
No estimate OF the amount OF
money contained in the sacks had
been made.
The truck was carrying the heavy
Easter week end mail from the main
postofflce TO the bridge branch post.
office. in the heart OF the commission
house district, near the water front.
Federal officials. investigating the
holdup. worked on the theory 1t was
carried out by tho same gang which
robbed mail truck at Springfield.
Sunday morning. One OF the sus.
poets captured at Springfield was a
we'll known st. Louis police char
acter.
The st. Louis holdup was car
ried out In regulation "Wlld
West" methods, as was done in
the Springfield robbery.
Bringing their auto TO a stop d.
rectly in front OF the truck. the ban.
dts leaped out, five of them holding
sawed.off guns and the sixth leveling
two heavy caliber reviewers at the
driver and guards of the truck.
All OF the bandits were masked with
large handkerchlefs.
Working deliberately, three of the
robbers transferred the mail sacks
from the truck 10 the rear seat OF
their automobile.
The other bandits forced the chauf.
feur and guard from the seat of the
truck and locked them in the iron
cage from which they had taken the
mail They drove the truck down a
narrow alley before driving away in
their own automobile, The impris.
oned men called vainly from their
cage for half an hour before they
We're rescued by n passerby.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
JaDanese Problem Is Not
for Yakima Valley Alone
Menace Of the Brown Race Threatens All
Caucasian People

still, some white men--had tried TO
bribc them to enter into n conspiracy
against the government.
heard dark thrcats--talk OF "dl-
rect action whispers about the ku
Klux Khan.
And. all tho while. Japanese work
Ing away in the fields tho fields
that legally belong TO Americans, who
are walking tho streets for lack OF
work.
Yes. IL was an impressive expert
encc--und rather horrible.
A sinister tinge seemed to creep
into the warm spring sunshine, Tho
azure sklcH seemed to darken,
And | was oddly depressed as I
started back to town.
Yet the most significant occurrence
was yet 10 come.
I was only about half mile out.
side OF Wnpato at tho time.
School had let out possibly half an
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
Lightning Kills
Man on Golf Links

STOCKTON, Cal. April 2,-Walter
G. Hunter. we'll known engineer
and sportsman, was killed and
Francis Hodgkins and Jack Pond, OF
stockton. were confined TO their
homes today, severely injured as q
result of lightning striking near
while they were playing golf ON tho
Stockton links yesterday afternoon.
Hunters death was instantaneous.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
FAKE STOCK
DRIVE IS ON
Charge Promoters
u Sc d Mails to
SWindle Public

FORT WORTH. Texas, April
2.-The government today struck
its first blow against stock pro-
motors. alleged 10 have swindIed
hundreds Of people In all sections
Of the country thru alleged
fraudulent oil deals.
twenty-five promoters were
charged with using the mails TO
defraud, In warrants placed in
the hands Of federal marshals.
The first man arrested was y. :.
Hennlnger, OF the Petroleum Pro
ducers' association. which IS headed
by Doctor" Frederick A. Cook, for
mer Arctic explorer.
Others arrested were ]. C. Verser
and A. II. Sheppard. trustees OF the
Revere Oh company; William G.
Meresner and John G.. Guerin. for
mer employees OF the Revere conf
pany; Charles ID. Spann. OF the Tex
as-Mexia Drilling syndicate. and ].
Frank Heard, OF the Doredo on syn
dictate.
The government action today fol-
lowed campaign against alleged
fake promoters conducted by the de-
partment OF justice and postal inves.
tlgators.
The evidence gathered by the fed
eral operatives was presented to
grand jury in session here last week
The alleged swindlers, govern.
ment agents claimed, have cost
investors of the country hundreds
of thousands OF dollars.
An organized "swindle ring" operat-
ing with sucker lists which were
passed around by various promoters,
operated in the Southwest. with
headquarters In Fort Worth, the fed
eraI agents claimed.
The complaints were lodged by fed
cral authorities in order that the men
might be arrested and held until a
federal grand jury now investigating
alleged oil frauds had a chance to re-
turn indictments.
Authorities would not make public
the names of those against whom
complaints had been filed until they
had been arrested.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
CHINESE TO
JAP
Youngest College President in World
Describes Movement in Orient
BY BOB BERMANN

a(,HlNA cannot hope TO drive out
~ the japanese by armed force
We arc not military nation and
never viii be- But Ws can wage
an economic war against them
and, eventually. accomplish iar more
than we peasibly could with gun.
powder
The speaker was Or william Liu.
chairman or the Chinese Students
Union. header OF the autiIapancss
movement ia China nnd--lu addition
the younscs, college presldcn, in
tho world. He was in Seattle Mon.
day ia The course Of tour Of the
United States IN the interest Of his
college and tho ansiJapaneso move.
meni.
Or. LAu. a, "a. Il president Of vii.
iIams College. Shanghai. which II
maintained by his father. Y, r. f.iu.
civil governor OF the province OF
RlanEpu. Aitho oniy seven years
old. tho college has 1900 enrolled
students. which makes Il one Of the
largest educational institutions In
tho Orient. and work Ia al present
under way on tho construction Of n
dorrnItory building to accommodate
2 900 students
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
BIRTH RATE vAGARIEs
pARTI.Y TO BLAME

There are 7o,0oo. o0gx.1aore females
than males In EuropJe Ecday because
Of the vagariss Of tho birth rate, the
survival Of more girl infants than
boy infant babies. and this decima.
ton Of men by war and the heavier
toll OF males taken by famine and
pestlleuce.
These millions % so-ealicd super
fluous women arc creating questions
involving everything OF fundamental
Importance: the slnctity and preaer-
walton OF the homo. the social and
political equality OF women. work
and wages. and the next generations
heritage % good or evil.
In the British isIes the superfluous
women number 100000. In Russia,
s 900. 900.
Their 100000 sisters are scat
tered turnout the other countries
Not only arc there no legitimate
mates for these 10000. 900 Eiperflu-
Gus women. but eligible young men
are deferred from marrying by lack
~ work. cuts In wages. scarcity Of
houses. higher cost OF necessities aud
threats OF new wars.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
Six Men in Raid
at Springfield

SPRINGFIELD. ill.,, April a.
six unmasked men, who seized six
sacks Of mail at the Chicago &
Alton railroad here yesterday and
staged a running gun battle with
police in making getaway. were
sought thru three states today.
Police claimed TO have informa
ton that the raid was made hy
gangsters known as "Egan's Raps,"
having qualifications in Chicago and
st Louis, Haunts In these cities,
as well as in Illinois, were being
watched.
Tho robbers, suddenly descending
on tho station with Nvolvers and
sawed.off shotguns, obtained little II
any valuable loot, postal authorltlos
said today. They missed a sack OF
registered mail, II was declared
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
MORE LAX
IN MORALS

Tho result Ia that spirit Of after
the-war recklessness pervadss Eu-
rope. Men and women alike spend
more OF their wages. they are keener
in pursuing pleasure. they are more
defiant Of the conventions and lax In
their morals
The male Is supreme. At dances he
has six girls 10 pick from. where
formerly he had TO compete for a
partner. Everywhere you 500 many
girls dancing together: hostesses Civ.
ing balls have a hard time getting
as many men as women.
a new type has developed: tho
paid male escort. In Paris, In Nice,
even in Monte Carlo. you'll SEQ him
dancing with well-to-do women OF
middle ago while charming girls are
wall flowers.
In every clnss OF society girls viii
put UP with almost any sort Of q
man for the sake OF having him TO
go out with.
More children nre being born out
OF wedlock than ever before. In Eng
land the increase has engaged par
liamcnt's attention, but the latest Of
fetal figures show England least
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
Rain Follows Sun
on Portland Easter

PORTLAND, April 2,-Tho
weather man predicted rain for
Easter. but didn't say at what hour
Il was to start The sun shono
brightly until everybody had n
chance to 20 TO church and got
back home again. and then rain
fell In torrontH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
MAN ATTACKED
B Y KIDNAPERS

TAYLOR. Texas, April ar. ".
Burleson, of Wear, Texas. today told
authorities OF being severely flogged
and otherwise mistreated during the
night by band of lidnapers.
Burleson, after being beaten until
he was nearly unconscious, was
taken to spot near The business
district here, where chain was
placed about his neck and he was
beaten over the head with revolvers,
he told police. Before he was re-
leased buckets of creosote were
poured over his head. Burleson
said.
The man was in n serious condi-
ton In hospital here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
Gets SPECIAL
WEATHER HERE
Storm King Goes When
Chief Forecaster Arrives

Somebody must have tipped Off the
Storm King.
That'a what Or. r.. y. Calvert
chief or the forecast division OF the
national weather bureau. thinks.
"strangesi thing IN the world"
pr Calvert commented Monday,
There hasn't boon a speck OF rain
since reached the Pacific coast--the
woather's been acting az II Il wanted
10 show mo just how good II could
be.
in Sacramento tho mercury rose
to so--espocially in my honor. Il
seemed. In Portland. last week,
while was there. the thermometer
climbed To Sc. tho highest mark ever
reached In March in the history OF
tho station there.
when / arrived In Seattle !
thought there'd be n change. There
was every indication in the world Of
rainy Easter. But the storm vecred
off. Every other station In the
Northwest had rain, but Seattle and
Tacoma were as sunshiny as pos.
pff,in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02

oosed TO emanpe these German provinces and 70 make aca
political body Of them.
grateful to Louchew He specifically proclaimed what Germany
bitter experience centuries be policy namely
menbement of Germany
There's French challenger
remain an integral part Of Prussia.
permit interfere with sovereign rights this
country.
"The dimmbemn Of Germany would only the rnaon the
German people, but disaster and peacene Europe the
whole world.
"For this policy political aggression
regarded
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
international danger and the peaceful development of
entire world"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
MAKING AN
INSPECTION TRIP

Il only hope that the same luck
holds out when I'm In Alaska"
DIR. Calvert is making an inspec-
ton trip. in the course of which no Is
visiting every weather bureau on
tho Pacific coast. He win leave
Wednesday for Juneau and then 70.
turn TO Seattle TO complete his work
here. which will bring his tour TO II
close.
Seattle, Or. Calvert said, Is ono Of
tho most difficult cities in the coun-
try for tho weather forecaster.
THE Typographical irregularity Of
tho region. together with its geo.
graphical position. makes It extreme.
~ difficult TO tell what's coming" no
declared Tho only thing possible Is
to do the best one can, and then pray
for luck
DR.. Calvert and Or. @. n. Sails.
bury. head OF tho local weather bu.
reau. were in conference Monday
with representatives OF the Mer.
chants Exchange and the Chamber
of Commerce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
COLLEGE TEACHES
.ANTIJiP MOVE

"Thc whole idea Of the college,"
Or. IIn explained Monday, Is the
Of tho anti,Iap move.
meus We recognize that We can.
not drive out the laps by military
means--hut ws can and will get rid
OF them by using the more modern
weapons Of education and economic
development
"seventy-eiFht per cent ~ all the
goods manufactured in Japan are
sold in China. Twenty PER cent are
used at homo and the remaining
per cent IN other countries.
Destroy the market for this Ts
per ccnt--and whore viii Japan boz
Certainly tho effect will be far
more DISASTROUS than anything that
could be accomplished in military
way"
Dr. LIu explained that williams
college had been founded In 1918,
Immediately after the Japanese gov.
eminent presented their 81 demands
TO China.
FAST on
DISGRACE DAY
at Williams college" Or. Lln
said, "wc ohserve May tho ami.
versary OF the day on which the in.
famous demands were presented rs
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02

bloc In the city council.
Judge Moore. candidate for the
council. wis once mayor Of Seattle
bat don't hold this against him.
Hereafter icc'rc 0oiug 70 treat
Mayor Brot0n toiih silent contempt.
BIZ his mHmaHlU silence The past
month he has robbed ia NJ fire
trheeSes d1p.
Every third man nowadays IL
wearing golf suit The great dan.
ger Of wearing golf suit Is that
somebody might challenge you to n
round Of golf.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
70 MILLIONS
Are MANLESS
Host of European
Women Doomed
to Die Old Maids
ny MILTON BRoNNER

LONDON. April Nearly $4,000. .
oc0 girls and women In Europe today
are doomed 70 die old mgids
They are sentenced 20 acx-8iarva.
ton. no husband. no homo. no moth
erhood.
It's a situation without precedent
In history. Tia the biggest human
interest story In the world.
Yet gaycrnmenta close their eyes
to II. statesmen and politicians ignore
IL. reporters and authors avoid Il. It's
too vas, In all Ia aspects political
economic and morai--for them TO
graphic with.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
Tomlinson Is Named
Rainier P ark Chief

WASHINGTON. April Owen
A. Tomllnson. superintendent of the
air mail service ut Reno, New, was
today appointed by Secretary of the
Interior Work as superintendent OF
the Mount Rainier National park in
Washington.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
CHANCELLOR CHARGES FRANCE WOULD CUT UP GERMANY
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS

ham orprrh hw. Rcprduc hrybRhed
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
PERRIN April I'm interview given writer Wilhelm
se Chancellor Co of Germany openly charged France aims at the
Unemployment of Germany and the people,
composites her according disaster
esSness for Europe and unrest for the world.
The German chancellor clearly
authorized the following statement
Thruo the Ruhr invasion Germany whole world
been waiting ultimate her action
THAT she PREPARATIONS shown by the universal
shared by the aehat the invasion dmnhes the getrepon
But last politicians NJ L. Louchur whose
work minister for the liberated territories has engaged universal aten
public speech hint the French motives
He Rhensh definitely further
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02

as he looked AZ
the age Of 7. when
he was earning his
first dollar. skin
ming mules IN Mis-
souri,. II elected.
Judge Moore
carly training
should assure him
the leadership OF
the mule skinner
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
FLIES IN PLANE
WITH 10 H. P. MOTOR

TOULOUSE, France, April g.
Barbet, famous French aviator,
made four flights hero today In
an airplane driven by motor of
only ten horsepower, On one
flight he remained aloft at
height of 100 feet for 10 minutes.
In an Interview after his flights
Barbet declared ho used only half
the power Of his motor part OF
tho time, and that he could Fly
with five horsepower motor.
III foresee an err of light air.
planes that will cost only a few
hundred dollars" the French air.
man said.
"With development OF para.
chutes, these planes viii be as
safe and easy TO run as a bicycle. =
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02

No WHY don't YOU fire MI attorneys In this sacr
public utilities
apparently than brilliant
paid lcRn counsel
the filed by Clcand he only defends the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
GALA DAY HERE
FOR FLAGSHIP /!
City to Welcome Its Very
Own Namesake Tuesday

All Seattle viii welcome the new
flagship OF tho United States navy.
the Z. s. s. Seattle, when the sal.
liant crulssr arrives Tuesday morn.
ing TO be feted and honored by her
mother city.
Chosen by Admiral Hilary p.
Jonca. commander OF the naval
fighting forces Of tho country for
his aea home. the Seattle has bcen
recommissioncd and win NY tho nd.
mlrars flag. distinct honor 10 both
the vessel and tho city whose name
she bears.
Tuesday trr Seattle win drop
anchor In Elliott bay. coming from
Bremcrton. She will be boarded by
Mayor Edwin ]. Brown and a re.
ception committee headed by Capt.
]. S. Gibson. chairman. Capt. @. l..
Jones. commander OF tho vessel.
will receive them and in return for
tho keys Of tho city he viii open
tho ship 10 inspection and place
naval launches Mt the disposal OF
sightsecrs thruout the day. the
launches leaving the Washington st.
dock.
Shore leave will he granted 10
many OF tho crew Of 1000 sailors
on board tho vessel and they will
receive bronze medals and souvenir
street chr tokens.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
LII GEE GEE, TIL OFFICE
FAMP, sEI:
Tn nearest some men in golf
clothes come 10 playing golf IL
beating tn carpets for tn wife.


Golf ia an insbriated game. Even
the golf balls get teed up.
Homer; Up here on Queen Anne
Hill We have man in the coal bust.
ness whose name u Kllnker. lie
ought TO do well, don't you think
p. " ID.
But wc1l wager his slogan is not.
'Klinker Sells Klinkers."
J0DAYs DEFINITION
intuition II that sixth sense
winch enables ones wife 10 smell
thru package Of Sen.Sen and
even cloves and say, Henry,
you've been drinking again.
Speaking OF gliding the lily apd
painting the rose, how about dyeIng
the pusgywiliow7
a diplomat Is girl who gmlles
wnen her sweotle steps on her pet
~, Lil Geo Gee has unique dlstinc.
p' She's one Of the few elIa n
h ssa'uc who spells her name iust ns
n w, parents spelled # Ut the chrIHcn.
EDUCATION
man Is educated when In
''n mlsquoie Shakespeare, mis-.
uurn TO Page ., Column u
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friend Indeed Nothing

length of proposing
Increases that failed to mention.
OF OF
the Hurt administration
any retainer fees to private counsel THE STAR.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
CANDIDATES

This Is william Hickman Moore.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
PARADE TO
START AT $3.50

AZ $3.50 p. m. parade Of blue.
Jackets will form at tie foot OF
Washington ST., march TO. Stewart
ST. and return to City Hall park,
where Mayor Brown viii present
the crew OF the vessel with beau.
tlful engraved silver set q gift from
tho city 10 the city's own ship.
A luncheon for the officers and
their wives viii be held al the Rain.
er club and a combination grand
bali and revue win close the days
festivities at the Hippodrome Tues.
day night An entertainment, in.
GLIDING singing, n vaudeville revue
and motion pictures, win form part
Of the evenings program
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02

~Amerscanus.~ the successor al
The wayfarrr." win be produced
at the Stadium this summer.
You're rIzhts There VIII Dc sesHs
showing George Washington al Val.
Tey FORGE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02

-Americauus" IN patriotic pa
eeant We hope there Is scene
shoWiHg tcar protiieers bcing sem
tered 10 jail That's the only
chaace me public has 81 seeing en-
coHrtctsa.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
~ OpEN LETTEIO

Gentlemen; Just friendly suggestion ,-,,
glad TO cut down expenses o VIC
telephone rates Tor seattle
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COMMISSIONED
FIRST IN 1906

Tho Seattle was originally com.
the cruiser Washington In
1906. sho wns then ono OF tha
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02

Yesterday saw a 10, Of April Fool
Jokes. not excluding the Etnk who
appeared in straw hat
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02

The University Of washington
oargmsn are going to turn out a
good crew this year. X they have 70
exert every bit Of pun they've got.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02

The fishing season opened sunday
and lot OF Seattle's crack anglers
caught cold.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
AND THEN SHE CROWNED Us

IND TIftIsN .sNFf NFkVFf sNFfFF = y
Herr i that SIS for n new
spring suit" we shouted At Mrs.
Homer Brew yesterday. April
Fool"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-04-02
TODAYs DEFINITION
EDUCATION

EDUCATION
q man Is educated when In
van mlsquoie Shakespeare. mis-.
uurn TO Page 0, Column II
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But well wager his slogan Is not.
'Klinker Sells Klinkers"
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bloc In the city council.
Evening star., 1923-08-12
Keepers Voice by Radio Stirs
Only Contempt Of Elephant
By Cable TO The Star.

By Cable TO The Star.
LONDON, August live don't
care much for wireless" was the
verdict Of Indarini, one Of the ele-
plants of the Regents Park zoo,
when an experiment was made to
see whether the animal would
obey the keepers voice, coming
from a loud transmitter of a wire
less telephone set.
Pondering on the spread Of the
broadcasting craze, some zoo off,
cials wondered whether 1t would
not be possible for the keepers to
give orders to their charges over
the wireless. They arranged a
demonstration with Indarini as a
subject.
At o'clock Syed Ali, the Indian
mahout who rules over the zoo
elephant, began issuing orders in
Hindustani over the phone. His
first command was Lie down."
Evening star., 1923-08-12

van to the departmental command
er of the legion, in which Donovan
criticized his post for it's plan to
raise funds for a clubhouse by Civ
ing the promoter SO per cent of the
proceeds.
Donovan in his letter had charged
that DIR. Walter F. Sullivan, post COM
mander, and the executive committee
had refused to carry out the express
ed orders of the post, which Donovan
said had voted against going into
the fifty-fifty proposition. The con-
tract with the. promoter has since
been Cancelled by the post officers.
The motion to oust the district
auditor was presented by X. A.
O'Brien, vice commander, and sec
onded by E. j. Lefferts, vice COM
mander, and precipitated a heated
argument. which waged until mid
night Attempts to adjourn the
meeting at II o'clock without voting
on the Donovan custer failed.
Refuses to Resign.
st will not resign" declared Mai.
Donovan, following the meeting. II
will circularize the entire member
ship of the post, which Is about $50.
and see that the whole matter Is pre-
sented to them" 49,.
The anti-Donovan forces, led by
O'Brien, and the commander, DIR. Sui
livan, charged that Donovan had been
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