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NO. 4659
WASHINGTON. D. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1919.
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8.000 TROOPS ARE ORDERED OUT IN CHICAGO
BUREAU WOMEN
FORCED TO HOLD
2 JOBS TO LIVE
U. S. Employes. Inade
quately Paid, Work Out
side Union Chief Says.
GIRL CLERKS STRANDED
Cannot Even Save Carfare
Home Because of High
Expenses.
Women employ s of the Burean
of Engraving and Printing are be
ing forced to seek outside employ
ment. some as soda fountain attend
ants. to increase their inadequate
wages and meet expenses.
This revelation was made to the
members of the Senate Subcommit
tee investigating the high cost of
living in the District yesterday
afternoon by Miss Nora James,
president of Local No. 105. Federal
Employes* Union, who testified as
the representative of 2.600 women
employes in the bureau.
Miss James told the committee mem
bers that Miss Ethel M. Smith, execu
tive secretary, had ready for distri
bution a questionnaire which ad
dressed "to women in the government
service" and is designed to gain ac
curate data on the number of women
who have dependents and who are
obliged to do extr* work to meet
expenses.
70 Per 0?t Hav?* l)fp?*ndfiil?.
In anwer to queries by Chairman
Ball, of the subcommittee. Miss James
taid latest estimates showed that 7')
per cent of the women in the bureau
had dependent.- She said that they
receive approximately twice as much
each hour for their outside work as
they do for their government labor.
They have worked a year in the
medical branch of the Zone Finance
office and have been unable to save
enough money to pay the railroad
fare home, is the plaint from a
number of girl clerks who camo
from other cities to do war work.
Force Cat in Hnlf.
From seventy-four employes Jan
uary 1 this force has been reduced
to thirty-four, owing to the re
duced appropriation allowed by
Congress.
Competent clerks are accepting
offers of better positions and
weakening the medical branch's
staff.
Recently J. C. McClellan. Miss
Gladys Hansbergrr. Miss Cora Frte
bele and Miss Gertrude Friedman
were transferred to the Treasury
Department.
SENATORS TOLD
TREATY SECRET
Wilson Admits French Pact
Resulted from "Tiger s
Lack of Faith in League.
Senators who conferred with Presi
dent Wilson at the White House yes
tenJay obtained a distinctly new im
pression as to the reason why the
special treaty with France was signed
by the President in Paris.
The Senators were Riven to under
stand that President Wilson himself
did not believe the treaty was neces
saj-y because his faith in the effective
working of the leaeni* of nations was
so great that he felt It would afTord
France all the protection it would
ever need In the event of fresh at
tacks by Germany upon the eastern
frontier.
Rot Premier Clemeneeati was un
willing to place entire dependence
upon the leaaue. the Senators learned,
and feared the downfall of his minis
try unless he could present to the peo
ple of his country a more tangible
and concrete weapon of defense than
the league appeared to him to be.
Hence the binding agreement, which
the Senate now has before it, where
by the United States Is asked to
pledge immediate assistance to France
if the Germans should attack.
Miner's Murder in Mexico
Investigated by Britain
[.a rede. Texas. July 30.?A com
plete report of the murder of Theo
dore Patterson, a British subject,
superintendent of the Mazapil Copper
Company's mine at Concepcion del
0ro> Zacatecas. July 18. has been or
dered by the British government It
was announced at the offices of the
company here.
The British government, officials
said, would demand a thorough ex
planation from the Mexican govern
ment. company representatives .aid.
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GIRL CANOEIST
METHER DEATH
BY DROWNING
I
Autopsy Yesterday Shows
Deceased Was Stunned
Going Over Dam.
NO WATER IN LUNGS
Police Stumped by Numer
ous Contrachctions in
Unusual Case.
Pompton. Lake. N. J.. July 30.?An
, autopsy held at Riverdale this after- j
* noon on the body of Mabel Harris.
; which was recovered early today at I
the foot of the dam in the Ramapo
River, showed that the girl met j
death by drowning. There was but ?
! little water in the lungs, but Dr. j
Colfax, who performed the autopsy.
I said this probably was due to the;
'fact that the girl was stunned in;
going over the thirty-foot dam and
was suffocated without taking much!
I water into the lungs.
Lester Decker, the girl's flancr j
; and her companion on the fatal
.canoe trip Sunday evening, is still j
. held as a material witness in the;
{ case. County Prosecutor Dunn says I
OONTtXUID ON PAGE TWO
PULLMAN SHUNS
RAISE IN SALARY
" I
Refuses $500 Increase to
Aid Subordinates' Fight
For Adequate Pay.
Srenting that a proposed annual 1
j increase of $500 for himself by the
! Board of District Commissioners!
might be used to the detriment off
l obtaining more adequate salaries
( for th?^ men under him. Superin
! tendent of Folic* Raymond Pull
? man yesterday wrote a letter to
j Chairman Sherman, of the Senate
District Committee, requesting that
i he "not consider any increase in
salary for me."
A meeting of the newly-formed
Policeman's Union is scheduled for
j tomorrow night to plan fighting
I for a minimum wago of $5 a day.
, The policemen expect the aid of
the American Federation of Labor.!
Brownlow Explain* Proposal.
Louis Brownlow, chairman of thei'
j District Board of Commissioners, at 1
j a hearing before the Senate commit- }
1 tee yesterday explained t*hat Maj. \
j Pullman had not asked for an in- j
j crease, but that the board had <
merely proposed to increase hisj
| salary and the salaries of other ?f-j
I ficials immediately under him to;
! compare more favorably with those j
j in other cities.
Maj. Pullman's letter is intended j
to offset any inclination to make a
proposed increase in his salary a!
, target for criticism against the bill!
| introduced by Chairman Mapes of the
District House Committee, Tuesday.
This bill provides for increased sala
ries for every member of the Metro
politan police service.
Merchants Indorse Raiaea.
A petition from the Merchants and !
j Manufacturers' Association yesterday
asks Congress to increase the pay of
the police and flre departments in the
j District to a minimum of *5 a day.
It also asks for an increase of the
! police force to 1,000.
J Ths petition is signed by the follow- j
I ing members of the board of gover- j
Inors: Joseph A. Berberich, Isaac
! Gans. R. P. Andrews, M. A. I^eese
and Sidney W. Straus.
200 Yanks Want
To Bring German
WivesBackHome
Two hundred American
soldiers in the army of oc
cupation have made re
quests to bring back Ger
man wives. Representative
King, just returned from a
tour of the European bat
tlefields, told the House
yesterday.
"Although American sol
diers are not permitted
formally to fraternize with
the Germans, the sight of
a doughboy with a fraulein
is a common one," King
said.
THE FAT MAN AND THE HOT SUN
Army Food to Be Sent
Postage Free to Homes
Assurance Follows Conference Between
Secretary Baker and Representative
Kelly, Author of Parcel Post Plan.
Housewives who order package* of ?
army surplus foodstuffs will sacrifice ?
none of their net saving* through
payment of postage.
This assurance was giver, yesterday {
following a conference between Sec
retary Baker and Representative M. I
Clyde Kelly, author of the parcel j
post plan, in Secretary Baker's office, i
Members of the division of sales of j
the War Department will this morn
ing finish their work on the prices to!
be asked for the surplus foodstuffs
and send their list this afternoon to i
PRICE CUT ASKED,
NOT WAGE BOOST
Engineers' Brotherhood1
Tells Wilson Living Cost
Reduction Is Vital.
Charging that "conscienceless prof
iteering" has produced a spirit of un
rest among the working classes, who
no longer can provide adequate food
and shelter for their families, the en
tire advisory board of the Brother
hood of L*>comotive Engineers, head
ed by their chief. Warren S. Stone,
called on President Wilson yesterday
and asked him to take action.
There were sixteen men in the dele
gation which visited the White House,
and their mission practically chron
icles a new era in the industrial life
of the nation. Briefly, what they said
was this:
Did Not Want Wage Boost.
"Mr. President, we do not want
another increase in vtages, for anoth
er increase wHKjiimply mean that
higher prices?higher correspondingly
than whatever increase we might re
ceive?will follow for the necessities
of life. What we do want is a de
crease in the cost of living."?
The President was deeply impressed
by the plea of the men. who earlier
in the day had conferred with Walk
er D. Hines, Director General of Rail
roads. on the same subject. It was
announced at the White House, after
they had presented their memoran
dum that "any action by the Govern
ment to remedy the situation would
have the President's very serious con
sideration."
Other developments in the flght
against the high cost of living were
as follows:
Representative Igoe, Democrat, in
troduced two resolutions ?n the
CONTINUED ON PAGE TW*.
be printed and generally distributed
among housewives throughout the
country.
Postmaster M. O. Chance is en
thusiastic over the practical plan of
delivering the foodstuffs to the door
of the consumer and promises that
he will expedite this program to the
utmost of his ability.
Po*tmii?ter? to <iet Price LUtn.
Batches of price lists on the
staples to be distributed will be
dispatched to the 54,000 postmasters
in the United States within two
days. These postmasters, in turn
will immediately assign their letter
carriers to the task of collecting or
ders for the surplus articles.
Within .one week, Representative
Kelly estimates, housewives who
live in a reasonable radius will be
enjoying the surplus War Depart
ment food at painless prices.
Within one month. Mr. Kelly
CONTINUED ON TAGS TWO.
PROTEST MOVING
BODIES OF YANKS
j
Gen. March Tells of Re
I quests From France to
Allow Dead to Remain.
I
The French government is pro
! testing against the removal of the
bodies of American soldiers from
cemeteries in France until after
January. 1922, Chief of Staff March
told the House Foreign Affairs Com
I mittee yesterday.
| The agreement with the French
j for the return of the American
dead provides, March said,' that
} none of the bodies were to be
I brought back until after the war
j was over, and then details of th*
j return were to be determined by
I a Joint committee.
"France Is protesting that the re
I moval of the American dead num
i bering 77,000, will threaten the
health of her people and overburden
her transportation system," March
said.
"The people of France are also
clamoring that their own soldiers be
I taken from the battlefields and
I placed in home cemeteries, but this
the government has refused to do.
"Great Britain, Italy and Belgium
I have agreed to allow their dead to
' remain in France."
Citizens Form
League to Cut
Costs of Food
Three profrfnnlTf nteps
"frf taken lust ni|(h( at the
meeting of the committer
rfprfufntlng: varlona rlvlr,
rronomir nnd KOvrrnmrnt
?r*nnl?nllon* which are bat
tling v* itli thf hlfk rout of
llvlag.
First?A name tth* adopt
ed. I'pan the sujcicrxdoii of
John ii. Mf(irati, the com
mlttff derided to call the
new organisation "The Citi
ienn' IIa> inu and Distribut
ing l/riiROf.''
Second?The food eard sys
tem was deelded upon which
will operate xomenhat on
the order of the men I ticket
idea.
Third?It was decided to
rail opon Congrrn* to cutab
llsh with the War Depart
ment a credit ?o that "The
t'ltisens' Bo* iok nnd Dlatrib
atlng league" conld have a
*>und financial basis.
THINKS HUN FUND
CAUSE OF RIOTS
Secretary Lane Points to
| German Agents Activities
During World Conflict.
| Th&t German propaganda may be
i an underlying factor of the race riots
! in various sections of the country
| is the belief Franklin K. T^ane. Sec
| retarv of the Interior, expressed in
an interview yesterday.
The Secretary pointed to the known
fact that German agents were active
during; the war in trying to stir up
| race hatred in thickly populated ne
j gro sections of large cities, addiny
j that he thought their activities in
j this direction had not ceased with
the signing of the peace treaty. Th*i
recent riots here and those now in
Chicago might he directly traced tc
their sinister work, he believed.
"The situation must be handled by
the State nnd governmental authori
ties." observed the Secretary. "Th*
police, if unable to handle the situa
tion, should have prompt assistance
from the military."
In reply to a question as to what
the government could do to eliminate
race hatred, Secretary Lane said:
"Give us more schools like the Tus
kegee and Hampton Institute. I do
not believe that one of the blacks
connected with these riots was a grad
uate of these schools. There the col
ored man and woman are tai>ght the
proper conception of their duty and
relation towards society, and this
teaching develops what properly con
stitutes a 'morale.'"
T? Stay Out tf Russia ud Hungary.
Rome. Italy. July 2?.?Italy will take
no action aimed at intervention in
Russia or Hungary, Premier Xitti an
nounced ,n parliament today. The Pre
mier said persons who had spread
the falsehood would be punished.
ICE MAKERS TO
REFUSE SUPPLY
TO PROFITEERS
Dealers Accused of Boost
ing Price Are Warned
By Committee.
f ?
COOLER WEATHER AIDS
Demand Decreases and Con
servation is Expected to
Solve Problem.
Ice profiteering In the District was
nipped in the bud yesterday by Dr
William C. Fowler, chairman of the
ice ronserration committee, it is be
lieved.
Three dealers were Called before the
committee to answer charges of ex-1
tortion.
Two, it is alleged, attempted to In
crease the price from ft) to 80 cents
for 100 pounds, and the other was ac
cused of demanding; II for 100 pounds
They left Dr. Fowler's office, in the
District Building:, firmly impressed
that th* ice commission, harked by
every manufacturing plant in the city,
will brook no profiteering
To Cut Off Profiteer* Sapplfte*.
Dr. Fowler declared last night that
any dealer caught overcharging will
receive no more ice. The manufac
turers concui with him. he said, and
any consumer paying: more than the
regular price of 10 cents for IT. pounds
? is requested to report it to the com
mission.
F. A. Kimberley. manager of th^
American Ice Company, sounded an
optimistic note last night.
"Fooling of \h" city's ice and its
equal prorating to the various dis
tributing points will alleviate the
situation." he said, "if the plan con
tinues to be properly carried out.
One trouble has been that some peo
ple were able to obtain mor? than
they needed to the detriment of
others. This is no longer true and
I believe the result soon will be
i noticeable.
Barae* Bringing Belief.
"Our supply from outside sources
is decreasing because of a shortage
throughout the Kast. Little ice was
cut last winter. A barge with 1.000
tons aboard will reach Washington
probably next Monday from the
i Hudson River, to be followed by
'others, and this will help consider
ably.
i "If consumers will conserve dur
ing the next few weeks, there is no
j danger of actual suffering, take it
from a veteran's iceman. About
CONTINUED ON I'AGE TWO
I
Militia Relieves
Police as Fresh
Outbreaks Occur
Chicaga, July 30.?Got. Lawden tonight ordered the 8.000 miKha
men mobilized for the emergency to active doty ym tW Ckjcago roe*
riots. Tke governor issued the orded following the request of Miyor
Thompson and State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne. made at a conference
with the governor and Adj. Gen.. Dickson.
The offician announcement from Mayor Thompson i office was
to the effect that the militia would relieve the 4.000 police on hot
du*p. It was stated the call for the troops did not place the city nnder
martial law. The troops were to be nsed. the mayor said, "wherever
needed," but they were to be under tbe command of the general
superintendent of police.
POLICE FAIL TO CHECK RIOTERS
Orders were given tonight for three regiments of militia to go
on duty in the black district. The request for the troops was made
when re|iorts of fresh rioting and gathering by large mobs of blacks
and whites were received.
Although the black district had been surrounded by police, riots
continued in other sections of the city, and night promised repetition
of the preceding nights and days in which the death list mounted,
i continued pressure was brought on the mayor by State and county
| officials to put the militia on duty. Mayor Thompson ha:- innMed
I that the police were well able to handle the situation .
DICKSON TOURS CITY
Adjt. (jcn. Pickson mad?* a tour oH
? the riot areas- and returning- just
, before !? o'clock went into confer
ence with the mayor and governor.
i He is said t<> have reported that the
I situation had become more grave
I than at an yprevious time, due to
the continued development of feel
ing among both blacks and whites. I
The mayor's request for the mi-1
litia follows:
"Chicago. July 30. !?!!?.
"Gen. Frank S. Dickson.
I "Commanding the Militia, Chicago.
I "Pear Sir: In consonance with your
[ direction by the governor of Illinois
I to report as in command of the mili- (
| tary forces now mobilized in Chicago,
: for the protection of life and prop
j artv and the pr?servatK>n of law and
order. 1 now request that such of this
| force as may be deemed necessary
1 he'called out and moved Immediately
I into affected territory within the city
of Chit-ago where public disorder ex
? ists.
"You are requested to assist the
j general superintendent of police in
: suppressing riots or any other dis
; orderly conduct and to carry into ef
t feet the ordinances of this city *nd
| th? laws of this State, respecting the
J protection of life and property and
| the preservation of law and order."
Ho>ne ( rgc* Mnrtinl Lin.
' State's Attorney Maclay Hovne
(made the following staetment tonight:
J "There's only one way to handle
} the situation and that is to disarm
] these people who are killing and
i wounding throughout the city. The
} police can't *Io this, so the best meth
j od in my opinion. wa? to declare
! martial law. The situation requires
) stern and thorough measures rompt
i ly applied. *~he soldiers should be
! sent to all sections where there are
| disturbances and a stop put to this
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Pleaac m .?I me The llcrald'a Auto Atlu, for ^klrb I ?,u..
23 cents. In Mumps, ronplrir coat. ""lea I eaclaac
Nome
Addrr am
Make of Automobile. .
Also for Sale at The Herald Office and the Followtnx Place# >
liberty Car Sale* Co.. 1212 E St. N. \V.
National Hewitt Co.. lae.. 718 Eleventh St. X. M.
Fidelity Auto Supply Co.. 6th St. nnd >!??*. Ave. IV. W.
Lauton ti. llerrlman. Vermont Ave. at L St. >. W.
McClellan Cl?nr More. IIS Eleventh St. X. W.
Hotel llarrlnirton. Eleventh nnd E Sta. X. >\ .
Hotel Sterling. Thirteenth nnd D Sta. X. \%.
U. M. Hcnderaoo A Sona Clsar More. 14th and X. *. Ave. X. w
lloyd'a Tire Co.. Wl Pa. Ave. S. E.
Enatern Auto Supply Co.. 322 Hh St. S. K.
14tl? ?V llelmont Auto Ser* Icr Station. 14th und Relmant Ave. > w
Central Auto Supply Co.. 1004 Pa. Ave. X. W.
Weut'n Cltnr More. 405Va Hlth ?il. \.
Columbia Auto Supply ('??. Thirteenth nnd II Sta. X. W,
Madden Auto Supply Co- HIT H *V ' V~?
j i> Krwmnn. Xew* Stand. .10 14th St. X. W.
K. FUher. Xewa Stnnd. 1703 Pcnna. Ave. X. W.
city Clarar Store. 1404 (i St. X. >\.
William Fa?can. 1404 X. Y. Ave. X. W.
Ch"" E. Miller. Ine.. 812 14th St. X. W.
W. J. Krouae Stationery Co.. 90S t. St. X. \V.
J II. Xev*mnn. Oth nnd G Sta. X. W.
Security Auto Supply Co.. 11th nnd Eye Sta. X. \\.
tieo. C. Rice Auto Co.. 11113-1327 H St. X. W.
Nchafer A Rld*ley, 1411 * St. X. W.
General Auto Truck Co.. 21 at St. and Ya. Ave. X. W.
Mid City Auto Tire Repair A Supply llouae, 706-10 M St. X. W.
J T Duabar. Xewa Stand. 1S3 Pennn. Ave. *. I-;.
W T. Mcntel. Xewa Stnnd. 304 Pcnna. Ave. ?. K.
Conareaa Hall Hotel. ?wa Stnnd.
American Auto Top Co. 16?* 14th St. X. W.
Hohberaer'a, I1304 Fourteenth St. X. >\.
l.lberty Auto Supply Co.. 2214 Fourteenth St. X. \V.
Fdnard .1. Ervln. 21W-S Fourteenth St. X. V".
1.. E. *?illl\ nn Tire Co. Xo. 2. 3213 Fourteenth St. X. \V.
Waahlnston Auto Supply Co.. 1227 Xew * ork A*e.
Ij. M. Hnaklna. I?l \lnth *t. X. W.
Adnma Xewa A*cncj. 002 <1 St. X. W.
Dan Courtney's Clsar Store. Xo. 8 G X. >?.
The Gilbert Garnfrc, 2O07 18th.
Federal Auto Supply. 477 Pcnnaylvanla aveaue.
Capitol Tire C*.. 630 Pcnnaylvanla S. K.
Clarendon Garanr. Clarendon. A a.
Boyer'a Pharmacy. Clarendon. Ya.
C. E. Cornncll. 113 II St. SE.
\hem llroa.. :i6th and M Sta. Terminal.
Rlehard E. Miller, r.27 Nth St. N. E.
Kbbltt Hotel Xewa Stand. 14th nnd F Sta. V \V.
D. C. Auto Supply Co., 14th nnd P Sta. X. H.
USE THIS COUPON
DEALERS SUPPLIED UPON REQUEST
lawlessness. ?hil is needed m %
thorough Hfanuit
Every person r.uilty of riot in c hi
I subject to r>roaecution under the Stat*
laws and t how prow rut ion* will he
prosecuted by my office
Wliitf W oi.ua Kills \rtr>
William Moore. li-year-aM negro,
was shot and killed toda> by a whit,
woman living in the "Black Beit It
was the tweniv-se\?nth death in tna
| race not* which began here Monday
After a twelve-hour lull, there wen
sporadic outbreak* today, in whjab
several white* and black* were i?
i Jured
Two white men were reported la
have been shot by a nepro who bor
tieaded himself in his home and fired
on white paftsersbv When police
riu?hed the house the nuii?u
idered. Two rifles and l'?i rounds o'
ammunition were .veiled Augu ?
Stillman. a white man. was tatait*
siabtied by negroes
George F. Wilkins. white
wounded by a sniprr'i shot from a
? negro home
Two buildings, occupied h> n- ^'-?
families, in the extieiue South Siu
oi ihe city were destroyed h.
white*. Another building in 11?.
vicinity, occupied by a negro lain
lily, was wrecked by sum.-, and
' fired.
Wosndrd H1|? pin.
The twenty-sixth death w?.
recorded today when Bei jj, i tjomn;,
white, succumbed to injuries r.?ceil
ed Monday night.
Investigators sent into the "Mack
belt today reported negroes had
enough ammunition stored in tii.i
homes to enable then, to carry on a
guem.a warfare indeiinitely
Police stationed in the black
belt reported increased firing bv
snipers. Both whites and black*
filed on each other from places of
concealment and uniforms of pa
trolmen and soldiers were no pro
tection. Scores of negroes crowded
depot watting rooms and were pas
8Png*?r? on outgoing train*.
Foreigner. i B Troakif.
Foreigners of dark complex,on
I were In trouble Greeks. Syrians.
Italian* and Cuban* w<?ro Among
those seeking police profit.on
They said they had been threatened
when entering th? "loop."
Rev. Willis Thompson, a negr??,
was the first prisoner fined for pai
t ticipating in the riot* here. Officers
charged him with running through
the streets brandishing a loaded
; pistol. Thompson said he had no
diploma, but *aid he had stud'ed the
Bible. He mas fined $in and sent
[ ' home between two detective.-.
Jennie Adams, colored. cliarg? .1
with inciting the riot, said tb*
flower pot which struck r whit* mpn
fell from her window. She may hav*
leaned against the receptacle a lli
1 tie., she said.
tiraad Jar? to ln> igatt.
The August fVand Jury. which c*>?
venes next week, will obtain evid< no*
! on the race riots through it* own in
' vewtigation. Maclay Hoyne. state's at
torney. announced today. Vigorous
prosecutions will he instituted. Hoyite
said, and charge* of murder by riot
ing will be made if the evidence c-n
i be directly connected with any p?r
i son.
"Pum-dum" bullets were found on
Thomas Smith and Bob Jones, negr**
porters, according to police. Th* ne
groes were former soldiers
Scheduled addresses of former Sen
ator Albert J. Beverklge *nd Senator
McCormick on the l.?eagu* of Nat ?n*
were postponed because it was feared
to form the audience
MrTanalfk Seores Nf^ron
S^nitor McCormick. in an inter\ iew,
said:
"The entire matter i? one of justi
fication. Thousands of theso colored
boys came to < *hlcapo from lh*? Houtb.
They were used bo beinv handled wit1 -
out concern down there, aid mhet
they came to f^iicago they had a
kind of an idea th*y could sit in vo?te
lap or do a.nyibiac they pleaaed
?*I can best define the situation he-*
by an instance that happened in Wash
ington the othfr day. A colored bov
carrying ? packrv under his aria
got Into the elevgtor whr rc he a *a
i followed by a whit?? woman. The
men have a habt, flown <bere of tsktn*
1 off thoir hats in *n elevator * has
1 women enter.
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