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Show Consuls Prepare to Leave. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. Three Pacific Pa-cific coast German consulates were preparing pre-paring to close today and two of the consuls were packing their effects to leave for New York to join Ambassador von Bernstorff and aides, who are to sail next 'week for Germany. Fritz Hirehhoff, consul in Portland, Ore., will remain in Portland, where he was in business before he entered the German consulate service. Dr. Emil Ohit, consul general for the Pacific northwest, with headquarters in Seattle, will start tomorrow for the east, accompanied by his staff. Erich Zoepffel, consul general in San Francisco, plans to depart for New York within a few days. The affairs of the German consulates in the three cities are to be turned over to representatives of Switzerland. |