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VOLUME XVI ' :.';: ; 'LA GRANDE, UNION COUNTT,-OREGON, j 'j .ATURBAY, JUNE 6,'l912. I: '" " '
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ROOSEVELT CONCEDES
ALL BUT ONE STATE
1 TO TAPT.
1A FOLLETTE IS PROFITING
BY STEAM; HOLLER ROUTE
Bis Friend Ctalra He Will Be In a
Position to Dictate Platform and to
Same the Nominee Roosevelt Com
ing to Flifht His Case Kow -Agreed
'.'' Missouri, Alabama an! Florida for
Taft.
Chicago, June S. Koosevelt lead
ers here tbis afternoon are convinced
' that all contests except that ol Wash
ington state will be decided in favor
-of Taft and began preparations to fctt
control ot the national convention loi
Koosevelt. Fifteen representatives!
as many states where Roosevelt is the
strongest, conferred at the Congress
hotel and elected William Fiynn, of
Pittsburg, chairman in the meeting,
and Frank Knox of Michigan, secre
tary. They , plan to round up all the
delegates possible and whip them into
lino for Roosevelt whether Instructed
or otherwise, They say that Roose
velt's only hope is to get individual
delegates to agree to vote against sut
talnlng the national conmlttee's tem
porary roll.
Flynn declared the national com
mittee would oust every Roosevelt
contestant.. It1 is declared that if Taft
got every contestant his majority will
not exceed 2D, and urged everyone at
the meeting to Influence the delegates
so that this majority may be over
turned when the convention meets.
Taft leaders held a meeting at the
same time, and leaders of both fac
tions' are worried this afternoon.
; Flynn Is hot over the report that
he iiad planned a popular demonstra
tion, to .Impress the national cnmu'i.t
tee with the fairness of the Roose
velt claims. "It's all a damn lie,"
was his answer to the' request for a
verification sf the report. After say
ing that Roosevelt was coming here,
but that he could not say when Flynn
said, "The committee is already under
suspicion. I feel certain it Is plotting
to deprive the people of their rights.
The colonel is coming to show the
people he is still their friend and rep
resentative.'" f"
Chicago, June 8. It Is reported here
that Taft men plan to get the pro
gressive: votes by adopting a progres
sive platform with the exception of
the Judiciary recall and nominating a
progressive for vice president. Sena
tor Cummins of Iowa is mentioned In
this connection. His friends say. he
would not accept. ' , ,
Arkansas Taft Men Seated.
A motion of Committeeman Frank B.
Kellogg of Minnesota, the republican
national committee today by a unani
mous vote seated the Taft delegates
from the third Arkansas district.
The committee also by a unanimous
vole seateed the Taft delegates from
the fourth Arkansas district. .'
That Koosevelt is coming here to
direct his fight for contesting delega
tioii8 before the republican national
committee was the flat announcement
here today of William Flynn. state
senator of Pittsburg and leader of
the progressive republican element" in
western Pennsylvania.
The committee by 42 to 10. voted to
seat the Tuft delegates of the Fifth
Arkansas district. On motion to seat
ho MJie P.ooseyelt and Taft delegates,
naif to a vote' each, was lost. This
completes the Arkansas hearing.s As
u result of the ruling of the committee
in the Arkansas and Alabama hearings
32 deelgates have been added to the
Taft column. The Florida situation
was then considered and the Taft dele
gates at large were seated by a vote
of 44 to nothing.
Roller Hels In F!' ''.
Chicago. Jun' 8. Vi y-litt?. Is
profitluit more tlan any other randl
date Ly"rhe steam roller lelng used
by the "old g-csrS ' to fla'ten Roose
velt 'a boom for the presidency, ac
cording to the assertion or his sup
porters. They say tat if the nation
al committee seats all the Taft con
testants, La Follette will have to be
reckoned with in the convention. Such
a tonc!;t!on will enable him to name
a nominee and dictate the platform,
U.t- sr.y.
Talk of Roosevelt, his leaders, and
delegates bolting became still louder
today. It now seems certain the na
tion committee will not seat the
Rooevelt contestants except possibly
those from Washington. The belief
Is current that Roosevelt will hold
his own convention. Robfevelt xnen
are expected to deny they are bolter's
and Insist tbey are the only regular
republicans and will demand a place
on tte offklRl ballot as republican
nominees.
WON
FAIRGROUND
NEEDS $5,000
COMarSlTT PROJECT SEEDS COM.
-, ' MUSITI AID. - ).
MANY CLASSES HELP
Early xt 'eek General Cant ass of
All Elemets to Be Made. -
" n "thmioAnit dollars are of nec
essity needed to complete the new
fair grounds institution at It should
nni trill ha aivnrrilnir to directors of
the association who find that the $10,
050.00 subscribed is slightly more than
$5,000 short of the sum needed A 'IWe
are placing a permajieui uiuuuiucui
to tne wenare or ine cuy uu viuuu
oni) It U ' nn tn . th mmm u n 1 fv ! at
large to help make it so," said Secre
tary A. B. Cherry loaay. "ivexi mes-
day tne Directors win name a eoiu
mittAa in rnntlnup . thA canvass for
fetflr In fhla nrnnnflfttnn Anri wftwould
like to have the community understand
fully that tne money piacea in cms
project is going to be a lasting monu
ment te the county, therefor needs
universal support. If anyone Is. in
doubt as to the scope of this project
tot him vialt the site where the track
is all but done and the huge grand
stand under way." ..''. '
While the $10,000 and more raised
itiiin far hnn hpn rinnp. hv the nubile
subscription "route. It has been prin
cipally among tnose wno were airecc
ly interested in the construction .of
t'ha raoa triw-b- anit hnlt srrOlimlR. . NOW
the fair contingency and friends of
high school atniettcs are w oe caiieu
upon in more detail so that the com
mnnltr In pntprnrlnp. can become a
community affair because of communi
ty support. It is nilirnj a saaiy-neeaea
want in La Grande and Vnlon coun
it 4b pntltled to the. greatest
support possible. More than a 'half.
dozen elements or classes o; peopie
u-m riprlvo itlrpf-t hpnpflt frnm iti larid
the directors are anxious to "carry out
their original idea of permanency and
3cope. ... , ;.
BULWARK OF TA COMA'S'' ISDUS
, :.TRV RIIXED. ,t
Twelve TlunodBnd Men Emiloyedr at
- , the Plant Sow Idle, .! '.'
Tacoma, Wash., June 8. Mill A, of
the St, Paul & Tacoma Lumber com
nanu with . inn. lnmhpr sheds con
taining several million feet of lumber
was destroyed today at an esnmaiea
loss of $1,000,000. The fire was caused
by a blare starting yesterday-which
the workmen thought had been extin
guished. . .
The flame burst out anew, earry to
day, and before the entire fire fighting
force of the county could come : to
the scene, the mill covering 30 acres,
W89 in flames.
The mill was built in 1888 and. was
one of the industrial bulwarks of the
city. At the present time it employs
about 12,000 men.
Portlands Rose Festival; ,. , 1 r
Portland, Ore.. June 8. Hotels and
boarding bouses are filling with visi
tors in . anticipation of the opening
of Portlands annual Rose Festival.
The event this year will be the sixth
annual affair of its kind given , in
Portland and the committees in charge
declare, that it will rival the Mardi
Gras carnival at New Orleans In the
A V.nUonnA ft Ita BttmP.
tlons. The. preparations have been
going forward lor almost a year.
Special sermons in the churches to
morrow will serve as a preliminary
to the week of festivities. Rex. Ore
gonus, king of the festival, will make
his entry at Monday noon and will
receive the keys to the city from the
mayor. His arrival will be the signal
for the beginning of a bewildering
succession of entertainment feature
that will continue until the end of the
week. .Floral pageants and battles of
flowers, electrical parades, free band
concerts, elaborate displays of fire
works, outdoor spectacles, automo
bile parades and a wide variety of
aquatic sporu and pageants on the
Wiljamette river will be among the
attractions. , '') (
To Lay Cathedral Corner Stone X
Buffalo, N. V... June 8. The corner
stone of the new Catholic cathedral
to be erected In Buffalo will be laid
tomorrow and the plans for the cere
mony give promise of one of the most
notible events of Its kind- in the iili
tory of the City. A monster paradf or
Catholic societies will be one of the
features of the day. Cardinal Farley
of New York will lay the corner
stone and Archbishop Keane will de
liver the sermon.
MILLION DOLLAH
MILLDE5TR0YED
comparison is discovered
drawmbybryan: .paid homage
HOLDS HIMSELF ABOVE
IROOSEVELT IN HIS :
t
HISTORY
ROOSEVELT ATOIDED .
TARIFF ISSUES BBTAS
Roosevelt When He Reads Comparison
Refuses to Be Classed With Bryan
, Gives His Own Interpretation of the
Article Bryan Points Out Where
The Two Men Do Agree at This
Time. - J ' ' .
! By William Jennings -Bryan.
(Copyright, 1912, by the Newspaper
; Enterprise Union.)
Complying with your request, I beg
to say that I was at first inclined to
ask you to change the wording of
your question so as to permit me to
show this difference between Mr.
Roosevelt and the democratic party,
together .with the points of agreement
between him and our party but as
we shall not know until the platform
is written at Baltimore Just what lan
guage our party will use in defining
its position, as compared with his,
rather than to attempt to speak for
the party, I shall' content myself with
setting forth Mr. Roosevelt s position
on 12 subjects and my own on the
same; six upon which we differ and
six upon which we are now In sub
stantial agreement.
v First He believes in a third presi
dential term and he has not yet an
nounced any limitation to the num
ber of terms a president should be
permitted to enjoy. I am not only op
posed to a third term but I favor an
amendment to the constitution limit
ing he president to a single term.
Second He desires international
peace but believes it can be secured
by such an increase in the navy as
will make other nations fear us. I be
lieva !n securing It by a policy of Jus
tice to all nations and have faith in
the persuasive influence of a good ex
ample, -i
' Roosevelt Avoided Tariff.
' Third On the tariff question I do
not know what Mr. Roosevelt's posi
tion is. During his seven and a half
years as president he never discussed
the subject. He cannot have objection
to the existing law or he would ren
der some assistance to -those who are
trying to secure a reduction. I favor
a tariff nr revenue only and regard
the principle ot protection as wrong.
I favor an immediate reduction of the
tariff along the lines of the last demo
cratic national platform.
Fourth On the trust questlcrh Mr.
Rcosevelt stands for regulation rather
than prevention, notwithstanding the
fact tha he had seven and a half
years in which to test regulation, with
the result that we had more. trusts
whne he went out of office than when
he entered the white house. . He has
recommended the national incorpora
tion of large industrial enterprises,
the very thing the trusts desire, and
ho has endorsed the decision of the
sujiivmc court amending the'anti-trust
law in the interests of the trusts. I
believe that a private monopoly is In
defensible and intolerable and I favor
laws, i state and national, making it
impossible for a private monopoly to
exist. . I am opposed to federal In
corporation and believe that national
remedies should be added to state
remedies, not substituted for them.
Fifth Mr. Roosevelt believes in im
perialism. I am opposed to imperial
Ism and believe that the holding' of
colonies is antagonistic to the prin
ciples of a republic-
Sixth Mr. Roosevelt Is Hamiltonlan
In his ideas on government, believing
in a highly centralized organization.
I am Jeffersonian, believing that the i
reserved rights of states should be
preserved and protected, on the theory
that the people can decide best those
questions with which they are most fa
miliar and in which tne have the
largest interest.'
Where Roosevelt and 1 Jiow Agree.
There are a number of quesitons
upon which Mr. Roosevelt and I have
differed In the past but ujon which
we now agree:
First We have differed in the elec
tion of senators by the people. I be
gan this reform 22 years ago, and se
cured uu endorsement of it in our na
aional platform in 1900.' Mr. Roose
velt, although president for seven and
a half years after 1900 never referred
to the popular election of senators In
a message to congress or in a public
speech until about two years aro.
Second I have been advocating an
inrome tax for many years. He be
gun toward the close of hid second
administration.
Third I have fota number of years
Advocated publicity .before election as
to campaign contributions and I se
cured the endorsement of this reform
In the Denver platform of 1908. Mr.
Rooevelt at that time. opposed pub-,
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SHAFT IS UNVEILED IN
HIS' MEMORY- AT
WASHINGTON
OJiE OF WASHINGTON'S ; 1 ,
BIGGEST ASSEMBLAGES TUEKE
Au Eient That Rivals the loaugnra.
.' lion of. Presidents Witnessed by
' Thousands in Washington Today
.. .When Columbus Shaft Is Unveiled by
-Proper Service at Washington
President Taft Attends. . . -f
Washington.. t. C. June 8. The
magnificent memorial to Christopher
Columbus, having as its central fea
ture a statue of the great discoverer,
moulded by the hand of the, sympa
thetic sculptor to show him as he
stood on the deck of the Santa Maria
on October 12, 1492, the fateful day
when Amreica was seen for the first
time by the eyes of the European, was
unveiled here today with elaborate
ceremonies and amid the enthusiastic
demonstrations of an Immense, con
course of people. In connection with
the unveiling there was a civic and
military procession which proved to
be one of the largest seen in this city
of big parades since the grand re-
view of the union army after the close
of the civil war.
The ceremony of unveiling occurred
on the plaza in front of the new union
station, where the massive memorial
has been erected to catch the eye of
every visitor to the capital immediate
ly upon arrival in the city. Surround
iug the memorial were great stands
to accommodate the many officials and
guests invited to take part in the exer
cises. On every hand the colorB of
Italy, Spain and the United States
were blended. Within the amphithe
atre were gathered representatives of
every branch of the government, in
cluding the president of the United
States and members of the cabinet,
the chief Justice end associate justices
of the supreme court of the i'nlied
States, high officers of the ary r.nd
navy, senators . and repersentatives.
The diplomat!; corps was brilliantly
represented, while another section of
the- stands was allotted to the digni
taries of the Catholic church, many of
whom were In attendance.
President Taft was the principal
speaker on the program. . Philander
C. Knox, secretary of state, was given
the place as presiding officer, and to
the Marquis Cusani Confalonierl, Hai
tian ambassador to the United States
was assigned the task of pulling the
cords tfat released the bunting around
the memorial. - Rt. Rev. Mgr. Thomas
Shahan, rector of the Catholic Univer
sity of America, offered the invocation
and Chief Justice Victor J. Bowling of
the supreme court ot New York, made
the opening address. The marine
band, In Its uniform of scarlet and
blue, furnished the musical features of
the program.- , . .
As the president concluded his. ad
dress the Italian ambassador caught
up Jhe cords to the flags enveloping
the . memorial, and the iriasalve pile
of marble and stone emerged through
the-'folds of red, white and blue. Al
the lain e instant tne boom of an ar
tillery salute came from a battery of
heavy guns near by and the strains
of the national anthem came .from
he band.
But, after ail. It was the great pa
ride aud not the unveiling exercises
thnt.furnliucd the spectacular 'portion
of the das itlebratlon and the fea
tnre in which the public generally
displayed most, interest. Countless
lho.ita.ulg lined Fennylvnnia avenue
and -other leading thoroughfares and
for hours saw rank on rank on sol
diers; blue Jackets and marines, fol
lowed by 50.000 marchers represen!in;
the. Rnights of Columbus, the Catholic
frate;nul organization to whose efforts-
the erection of the memorial
un veiled today I" largely due. Dele
gations of Lie.r.bers of the order from
prat tlcally every state were In the pa
rade,, togethor with other delegations
from Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines. In addition to
the marchers there were a dozen or
more magnificent and costly floats depicting-
v.uif.'is events in the life of
the great discoverer. Brig. Gen. Rob
ert K. Evans. U. S. A., was the grand
marshal of the parade, while Supreme
K,ntght James A. Flaherty, of Phila
delphia, rorle at the head of the
Knlahte of roliimbus section.
The Coli.inbus memorial is a fit
Hog ti'luiiit.ii to the long list cf
statues and memorials that dot the na
tional capital. It Is the largest and
most imposing of them all. The mem- I
nrlal takes the form of an immens'"
shaft, at the back of a fountain, sur
mounted by a huge globe Indicative
of the world, upon which Is delineated
the western world In relie, the cor-:-p:
ol the globe being guarded by
eagler in stone. The gure oKCqlum-J
tils '.f'tcen standing on the Stgft of
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DMVERSQUIT
teams Again
CRISIS COMES AFTER THE JIEST
j s j LOADS START.) . !
DEMANDS ABE DENIED
Manager Lynth ' Refuse Settlement
j Became of Poliey Involved. '
.
. With' their wagons loaded to iae
roofs with early morning deliveries,
drivers ' on the Central Delivery -tern
who struck a few days ago and
were re-instated, assembled their wafc
ons on Adams avenue and peremptor
ily struck again. - It is generally said
that the morning's atrike was occa
sioned by an interview in the Observei
yesterday In . which Manager. J,' It,
Lynch affirmed the strikers had not
won their point at the first re-instate -ment.
For a matter of an hour or
so the delivery system was crippled
but automobiles were drafted Into ser
vice to handle the early morning
sales. By noon new drivers had been
instated and with the aid of automo
bileB Mr. Lynch was able to get Ihv
goods delivered about on schedule. The
ofhee this afternoon accused the boys
of .removing address slips from the
packages while the teams were wait
ing for a settlement ot the first pha&e
of the Btrike. . ' . ! ' ,
When the strike was precipitated.
Mr. Lynch refused, he says, to slf,n
the article presented for his sjgnat'irj
principally because -of the policy In
volved and not because the demands
were particularly obnoxious.
"To quit in the middle ot the foie
oon would drive me to refuse a set
tletnenwlf nothing else would.
The settlement which the drivers
wanted signed, was dra&ed prior to
the presentation and reads: ;
La Grande, Oregon, June 8, 1912.
1, J. D. Lynch, hereby agree to employ
as regular drivers on my delivery
sytiem, commonly known as the Cen
tral Ie!lvery System, of La Grande,
Ore., th-; ciiivers now in my employ
who hove made my system a success
Continued on page 6
sea's on
SUBMARINE SINKS WITH 24 MEN'
. , . ABOARD. . ! . .:
No Hope to Rescue Men In Crushed
Boat. . -
-'Cherbourg, France, 'June ' 8. The
French submarine, Vandemalre as a
result of a collision with the battle
ship Saint Louis, Bank In 180 feet of
water today.- All hope for saving the
24 men uWi:d has been abandoned.
Divers were sent down to search for
the Vdiulemaire hut could not reach
the bottom.
Evjieits sMd'liie submarine currents
are so strong nt the scene of the dis
aster that 'tliey probably carried the
vessel far from where she sank. The
naval . maneiivtr. being conducted at
the time of the uisaBter, has been cal
led off.
,, ' Ileal y Qnake Felt. ., ... ,
- Washington, June 8. Sever earth
quake shocks, believed to have occur
red within 2-i00 miles of Washington,
were erllered last night and early
today by the seismograph at the
Georgetown university.- Father Torn
Cicill, the observer at the university;
sa'ld "I am certain the shocks were
veiy dvstructive. The disturbance
meiisured up to about 2400 miles dis
tant. My belief Is that this indicated
the shocks were connected with the
olcanlc disturbances in Alaska."
German A nibasiilmr at Harvard
Cambridge, Mass., June' 8. Count
von Iiernstorff. the German ambas
sador at Washington, delivered the
principal address today at the laying
of the corner-stone of the new Ger
manic Museum at Harvard university.
Among the guests of honor was Adol
phus llosh of St. Louis, who contrib
uted $250,000 to the building of the
museum.
Commencement at Lehigh
So'ifh Bethlehem, Pa., .'une 8. A
baccalaureate sermon by Bishop Tal
bot tomorrow morning will mark the
beginning of commencement week ex
ercises ot Lehigh university. Mondn.v
will he celebrated as class day :ind
Tuesday iil be commencement diy.
with an pddrcss to the graduates 0.
Congressman W. D. B. Ainey.
Mrs. Schenk Is Freed.
Wheeling, W. Va., June 8. Criminal
Judge Jordan today dismissed the
charge against Mrs. Laura F. Scibenk
of the attempt to poison her husband,
' Jonn O. Scbenk, a millionaire.
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BOAT AT
TOSWtiS;;
PRES." GOMEZ' 'MXJ33i'
STOF ,REBELLIOjf,
SAYS UNCLE SAM
HASTY TRIP BT BNTOT 19 .
TAKES TO MEAN MXaC
Condition In Cnba Today Little tm
proved. In Faet Worse With Tmt
dent Gomes Pnt to the Final
' More American Marines Landed
Cuban Soil This Afternoon, Say 1
i iBeports. ; 'i.., : .
Washington, June 8. A cable
sage ' received - here today Indies
that the rebellion In Cuba is spesnSr
Ing rapidly. Outbreaks are repentant
near Havana. It Is believed here dan-
United Cu.ie& government has gJta
President. Gomez one week in wkidtt
to suppiess the negro insurrection.
That Speaker Ferrera of the Cute
house, who is en route to Washlngtaav
Is coming for the purpose of interne
ing for President Gomes of Cuba h
the general belief tn official clrcon
here. It Is believed hewill ask Ssr
more time to put down the Cutaa
revolution before, the United States An-
tervenes. . One hundred and twexQt -
United States marines were landed aC
Santiago today.
LAWN FESTIVAL' PLANNED.
First of lis Kind Given by Lyle Tmv
day Mnslcnle.
' Don't forget the open-air concert
the borne of Mr.s T. J. Scroggins aa
Fourth street next Tuesday , eveniia.
Rerrcsl-.ments will be' served on Urn
lawn while the 'most excellent hiss
is dispensed from the veranda. Wit '
out for your evening drive, or -mill
pass this pretty corner long entm,
to empart ot the ice cream and
and leave your silver offering. , Eve
tro,e is cordially Invited.
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News Forecast for the Coming 9-.
: Washington, D. C, June i.Cmm
mittee meeting, political c on f enemies).
and other activities preliminary .tsca
assembling of the republican nations
convention will get . Into full
during the next few days.
the end of the week the great
of delegates and-visitors will hesta
their march on Chicago. . Until a
battle for the presidential nominatis
is ended the western metropolis w
continue the center towards which tks
eves of the, nation will be dir
With th end of the republican co
however, public attention will males. ,
quick shift to Batlimore,. where thm
will be' a similar gathering of tki
clans to name the htead of the donsr
cratic national ticket.)
The week will mark the beglnUn
of the college commencement seaaosk
At several of the well known lns&t-tions-
Df .learning special i ililiinfli
are to be held in connection with cfcn.
annual commencement exercaanL
Hamilton college celebrates its cenw
ilton college will celebrate Its centen
nial and hopes to have President 7ktk
among the visitors. Pratt InstiUtsi ,
Brooklyn, will celebrates its 25th an
niversary. At the University of ObV
cago, the week will be made noUSSn
by the dedication of the William twm
ey Harper memorial library.
The eighth triennial congress
the chambers of commerce of the Brit
ish in r'ii'e Is to assemble in Loxdiat
durlftp the week. Among the tew
for discussion will be commercial re
lations' between the mother couirjy
and the colonies, the Panama cmd
emigration, remedies for labor
pute.'. mid reciprocity between Can
ada tnd the West Indies. .
The uthletes who will represent fat
United ftntes In the Olympic gtitiasi
at Stisci; holm will sail from New Yrir
on the steamship Finland on Frickr.
The Canadian Olympic team is sclaa--uled
to sail the following day r-ra
Montreal.
One of the Important wedding
the week will be that of Miss Marjcr
Ide, daughter of Henry C. Ide, Untt
States minister to- 'jdrld, and sir
of Mrs. II. Bourke Cochran, to Stuw
Leslie, which will take place Tuyetea
at the summer residence of Mr.
Mrs. W. C. Bourke Cock ran art 3fenr.
Washington, L. I.
The annual celebration of Flag'f;
throughout the United States, .jt
meeting of the National Confemsm
of Charities and Correction in t'Wwt
land, the annual Rose Festival - as
Portland, Ore., the -celebration abrntn
of the second centenary of the biirf.r
Jean Jacques Pousseau .the convro- ,
tlon of the National Electric Light As
sociation in Seattle, and the prujm,.
of the revolutionary movements Be
Mexico and Cuba are also expecteian
contribute much to the news ot
week. t , i
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