Morning Oregonian., July 28, 1913, Image 1

VOL. LIU. NO. 16,434.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY. J ULY 28, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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DEMAND ON HUERTA
IS PLAIN IN TERMS
Vigorous Action Taken
in Washington.
IV POLICY IS IN BACKGROUND
Mexico Told to Punish Sol
diers, Release Miners.
DRASTIC LANGUAGE USED
'Bryan Says Government Intends to
Pursue Inquiry to End Consul
Instructed to Go to Extreme
In Protecting Men.
WASHINGTON, July 27. Strong rep
resentations, the most drastic in
phraseology that have been made since
the present American Administration
came into power, were made to the
Huerta government In Mexico today.
The TJnlted States Government de
manded not only the prompt . arrest,
courtmartial and punishment of the
Mexican federal soldiers who shot
Charles B. Dixon. Jr., an American Im
migration official at Juarez, Mex., but
the Immediate release of Charles Bls
sell and Bernard. McDonald, mining
managers, imprisoned by federal sol
diers at Chihuahua City and said to
be threatened with execution.
Incident Regarded as Serious.
So serious were tnese incidents re
garded in official circles that they
overshadowd largely the discussion of
policy which the visit of Ambassador
Wilson had brought to a climax. The
Ambassador himself was so alarmed
over the developments that he dictated
two strong telegrams, one to the em
bassy at Mexico City and the other to
the American consul at Juarez, and
while Secretary Bryan slightly modi
fied their tone, they were approved
and promptly dispatched. ,
Ambassador Wilson declined to dis
cuss the affair, but he probably will
explain his views on such happenings
when he meets President Wilson at 2:30
P. M. tomorrow for general explanation
of affairs In Mexico.
Ambassador's Report Studied.
The President had Ambassador Wil
son's long report in hand today, studied
it carefully and after an early confer
ence tomorrow with Mr. Bryan will be
prepared" to inquire of the Ambassador
what remedies he would suggest.
In the meantime the Ambassador
would give no inkling of the recom
mendation he had in mind beyond the
general statement that his plan would
conserve the friendly relations between
Mexico and the United States and pro
tect likewise the interests of Ameri
cans In the southern republic.
The demand that the soldiers at
Juarez be courtmartialed and that the
guilty be punished is a much more
pointed request than has hitherto been
voiced by the American Government.
Although McDonald, who is Bissell's
fellow prisoner at Santa Rosalia, is re
ported to be an English subject, the
demands for protection covered both
men and the American consul at Chi
huahua was ordered to go to the ex
treme of precaution to prevent harm
from befalling them.
Vlcorona Course Promised.
Secretary Bryan was at the State De
partment for a short, time today con
ferrlng with subordinate officials in
the Latin-American division. He said
later that the telegrams ordering an
Investigation constituted, the only ac
tion that would be taken for the pres
ent, but that the American Government
Intended to pursue its inquiries vig
orously. There is little information about the
status of McDonald and Blssell. They
were en route to Parral in an auto
, mobile to bring out refugees when ar-
rested at Santa Rosalia. The machine
was confiscated and the two men taken
to the City of Chihuahua, where news
of their pending fate was carried to
the border by Americans.
While the demands today were di
rected toward the Huerta government,
the constitutionalists, according to re
ports, are making every effort here
, to gain favor with the United States
by affording all possible protection to
Americans and their interests.
CITIES TAKEN" BY REBELS
i San Lute PotosI and Other Towns
Reported to Have Surrendered.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., July 27. Not
only Torreon but the city of San Luis
PotosI, capital of the state of that
name, has been captured by Constitu
tionalists, according to Lieutenant
Colonel Luis Horcasltas, of the Con-
i Piedras Negras today. It is also re
ported, but not verified, that the cities
Cullacan and Mazatlan In the State of
, Sinaloa, have surrendered to the rebels.
Four thousand men have been dls-
k patched to .attack Saltillo, according
to Horcasltas, who reported that he
did not encounter a single Federal be
tween Zacatecas and Hernandez, a dis
tance of 600 miles.
"Wounded Federals Returning.
KL FASO, Tex., July 27. In spite of
'the refusal of the federals to furnish
Information regarding the encounter
1 yesterday between guarding parties on
Vthe last freight train sent south from
CConcluded oa Pago .
GIRL GIVES LIFE TO
SAVE BABY SISTER
8-YEAE-OLD CRUSHED AFTER
TOSSING 1NTAXT FROM TRACK.
Child Rushes to Rescue Under Very
"Wheels of Locomotive Althea
Stark Dies In Hero Role.
SPOKANE, Wash.. July 27. (Spe
cial.) An eight-year-old girl gave her
life yesterday afternoon to save her
baby' sister.
The children, Althea Mary Stark and
Susan Stark. the latter only 14
months old, were playlrig in front of
the store at Trent, about nine miles
east of Spokane. The Northern Pa
ciflo main line runs close to the house
where live Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Stark,
the parents, and the wagon road
crosses the track almost at the very
spot where t,he accident occurred.
Althea heard the rumble of an appro-
shlng train, a fruit special, and
saw her baby sister on the track with
the engine thundering down upon her.
Althea leaped toward the child in peril,
evidently giving no heed to her own
danger. She reached the rails only a
couple of seconds before the engine
came on. There was strength enough
in the arms of Althea to lift the baby
from the track. After that there was
no time for the little heroine to save
herself.
The cowcatcher on the engine tossed
both children, but the baby was far
enough from the track to escape al
most unscathed.
Althea paid for her heroism with her
life. She was tossed nearly 20 feet,
and lived only a few minutes after
she was picked up.
Mrs. Stark, the mother, saw the ac
cident and ran from her home to pick
up the baby, calling to a neighbor to
care for Althea.
Edward E. Lillie,' superintend
ent of the ' Spokane & Inland
Railroad, and Dr. E. R. Northrup
were approaching the crossing in au
tomobiles and saw the children run
down. Dr. Northrup ran to render as
sistance to Althea, but found the child
had suffered a fracture of the skull,
besides broken limbs and that she was
past aid.
SULZER FAVORSSUFFRAGE
Governor Signs Petition to Senate
for Constitutional Amendment.
NEW YORK, July 27. (Special.)
Governor Sulzer has put his name to
the petition to the United States Sen
ate which is being circulated by the
Men's League for Woman Suffrage.
The petition urges an amendment to
the Constitution of the United States
extending , the right of suffrage to
women.
In signing his name to the petition
Governor Sulzer made the statement to
R. Beadle, secretary of the league:
"I am now and always have been and
always expect to be In favor of grant
ing women the same political rights
that men possess. There should be no
abridgement in the United States of
the political rights of women just be
cause they are women. In my Judg
ment a woman can vote just as honest
ly and Just as intelligently as a man.
I hope the day will come when this
view, will be expressed in the Consti
tution of our country."
DEER HINDERS TRAFFIC
Buck Chooses High-way In Linn
County for Run and Dodges Teams,
ALBANY, Or., July 27. (Special.)
Running along on a well-traveled coun
ty road, a big buck deer dodged its
way between three teams of horses and
escaped unhurt last week. The deer
was encountered near Brewster station,
on the Woodburn-Springfield line be
tween Crabtree and Lebanon, by three
men who were hauling lumber to the
railroad line.
On both sides of the road at this
point there are wire fences, with a
barbed wire on top, and the deer did
not attempt to Jump them. The men
stopped their teams, thinking the buck
might catch its horns in the fence, as
it darted from one side of the road to
another seeking an avenue of escape,
tried to catch it. "
As the season is not yret open for
deer no attempt was made to shoot it.
DROWNED RAT IS REVIVED
Electrical Experiment Thought to
Presage Important Discovery.
BOSTON. July 27. (Special.) A dis
covery which may prove to be of high
est Importance in resuscitation of
drowned persons has been made by Dr.
G. W. Eastman, a Lynn physician, and
his associate in Dr. Eastman's labora
tory. Electrical experiments on a
drowned rat led to the discovery, which
Is considered of prime importance in
medical circles.
The rat was placed in water until
pronounced drowned by Dr. Eastman
and then placed in the field of action
of a high tension, low frequency cur
rent. It Boon began to stir and before
long it was running about. The physi
cians will not make any claims as to
the efficiency of the " apparatus, but
prefer to wait until they have had time
to study the effect of the method on
other animals and on men.
SOUTH AFRICA TURBULENT
Situation Again Grave, Miners Be
ing Completely Dissatisfied.
JOHANNESBURG, July 27. The mine
situation here again has become grave.
There is danger of a general strike
throughout South Africa, the miners
being completely dissatisfied with the
concessions offered them by the mine
owners and the government.
DANIELS AND PARTY
GROPE WAY BY FIRE
Burned Bridge Does
Not Delay Secretary.
VISITORS TO ARRIVE ON TIME
Two Special Trains, Short
"Hike" Necessary.
OREGON' SYSTEM PRAISED
Direct Primary Ruling Factor in
Putting Politics on Cleaner Basis,
Declares Cabinet Member on .
His Way North.
ROSEBURG, Or., July 27. (Spe
cial.) Josephus Daniels, Secretary of
the Navy; Mrs. Daniels, Governor
West and other members of the
Daniels party tonight groped their way
by the light of trainmen's lanterns
through a gulch 75 feet deep by 150
feet wide that they might reach Port
land on scheduled time tomorrow morn
ing. It required two special trains and
volumes of telegrams to get the Dan
iels party past a bridge that burned
tonight over a gulch near Isadora.
Despite this delay, the party will reach
Portland only a few minutes behind
schedule. I
When it was learned that the Isadora
bridge had been destroyed, a special
train was made up at Roseburg to
carry the Secretary and his party to
the gulch. Beyond the burned bridge
another special train was waiting to
carry the cabinet member and his
party, on to Portland.
Secretary Daniels is on his return
trip to Portland after a journey
through California. He reached South
ern Oregon this afternoon feeling like
a "recast mariner" and more than ever
enthusiastic over the possibilities of
the Pacific Coast.
r Naval Bases Need Attention.
"I have - nothing at all to anounce
as to the plans of the JJavy on the
Pacific Coast at this time," said the
Secretary. "The chief object 6f my
visit has been to Investigate the situa
tion at Mare Island and at Bremerton.
More extensive development at Mare
Island and Bremerton needs Immediate
consideration.
"When the Panama Canal Is in op
eration it will be necessary to have
docking and coaling places on the Pa
cific Coast as we now have on the
Atlantic Coast. It is probable that a
large part of the Atlantic fleet will
be kept on this Coast.
"I am Intensely interested in Ore
gon and the Columbia River basin. It
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 81
degrees,' minimum, 57 degrees
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds.
j Foreign.
Police check big suffrage demonstration In
London. Page 3.
Yang Tm cleared by capture of forts.
Page 0.
Heavy fighting continues, although Balkan
peace conference is called. Page 2.
National. ' 4
Administration makes vigorous demand on
Mexico. Page 1.
American shot by Mexicans set free.
Page 6-
Domestic.
Woman defies Chicago police to test ordi
nance requiring bathers to wear skirts.
Page 3.
Salary question raised by Bryan interests
"Washington. Page .
Calumet copper mines to attempt to resume
work today. Page 2. -
Women carrying plea, for 'suffrage to Sen
ate. Page 8.
Sport.
Pacific Coast Laasue results: Portland 6.
Sacramento 2; Oakland 4-4, Venice 2-3:
Los Angeles 3-2. San Francisco 2-2.
Page 8.
Northwestern League results: Portland 7,
Victoria 2; Spokane 7-0, Seattle 4-2:
Tacoma 7, Vancouver 1. Page 8.
Interest m major league races begins to
lag. Page 8.
Baum announces that Northwestern League
is to be barred In Portland after 1813.
Page 0.
Pacific: Northwest.
Portland boys cling to capsized canoe four
hours. Page 1.
Bobe Is corner railroad activity. Page 6.
Oregon City preaches would stop Sunday
circus. Page 7.
Secretary Daniels and party compelled to
walk when bridge burns. P&ge 1.
La. Grande fire loss $400,000 and Incendiar
ism suspected. Page 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Commissioner Daly to introduce car ticket
ordinance Wednesday. Page 5.
Farm scenes near Sllverton amaze younsgters
of "Fresh Air" party. Page 1.
Motor trips and teas will engage society
people during week. Page 7.
Girl swimmer resoues sinking youth at
Oaks. Page 12.
Knights of Columbus hold first annual
picnic Page 12.
L W. W. orators berate one another and
Sheriff stops fight. Page 1.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 9.
Canadians here studying commission plan.
Page 7.
'MESSIAH' STIRS PANAMANS
Adherents Building Ark. and Collect
ing Pairs or Animals.
PANAMA, July 27. Word has reached
here from Pononome, a town in the
interior of the republic, that Sagundo
Sanchez, a native of that section, has
proclaimed himself the Messiah. He
has predicted the destruction of the
world by a deluge in a short time, and
some of his 80 adherents are'engaged in
building an ark, while others are busy
collecting in pairs of animals of all
species found, in their region.
His followers have also armed them
selves, and in view of this fact the
government is taking steps to avert
possible trouble.
3 FALL 3500 FEET IN ALPS
Climbers Who Ascend Peak With
out Guide Plunge to Death.
ST. MAURICE, Switzerland, July 27.
Three Alpine climbers were seen to
fall 3500 feet off the Sallieres tower
of the Dent du Midi last night.
They ate believed to have been
Frenchmen who ascended the peak
without a guide, despite warnings of
danger.
SOME "FRESH AIR PARTIES" IN THE
LA GRANDE FIRE
LOSS IS $400,000
Two Shots Fired at
Night Watchman.
BLAZE BELIEVED INCENDIARY
Yards of Paimer Company at
La Grande Destroyed.
BIG MILLS MAY ALSO GO
Change in Wind Means Much Larger
Loss Area Quarter Mile Square
Is Furnace r-Two Fire Depart
ments Lose Hard Fight.
LA GRANDE, Or., July 28. (Spe
cial.) Fire, believed to have been due
to incendiarism, caused, a loss of about
$400,000 near here last night when the
yards, - several sheds and a large
amount of equipment of the George
Palmer . Lumber Company was de
stroyed. At midnight it was declared
that - there was great danger, of the
huge dry sheds and. planing mills being
lost.
The fire started about the time that
two unidentified men fired two shots
at a nightwatchman and made their es
cape. Flames Defeat Firemen.
The fire started at the most western
point of the yard. and. swept through
the dry lumber northward like powder.
The city fire department and the Pal
mer fire department were unable to
cope with the situation.
The wind spread the sparks to every
section of the yard, and in an hour an
area more than a quarter mile square,
and piled high with lumber, was a
solid mass of flames. Great tongues
of fire swept over 100 feet into tle air
and were swung by the wind over
against the huge mill, rated as one of
the largest in the state, . and it was
there that the fire departments made
their last stand. v-
""' Wind Sa'fs B-S-r;. !TZ
Fortunately the-wlnt. -hlch ns t been
largely responsible for the gret de
struction of lumber, swerved about and
forced the flames back.
A water tower 200 feet high caught
fire, but was saved. It carried the
main Water pressure. Gradually the
flames were forced back by the wind,
all the water available having abso
lutely no effect on the blaze.
At midnight the flames settled down
and the mill may be saved. If it Is the
loss will be kept to $400,000, wtelr some
insurance. A change in the wind' would
destroy the entire plant
Thousands of - people rushed to the
scene and volunteers dragged hose
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COUNTRY.
TWO CLING 4 HOURS
TO CAPSIZED CANOE
LOCAL BOYS HAVE HARD TRIP
FROM EUGENE TO SEASIDE.
Pair Thoroughly Chilled and Lose
Effects Before Being Rescued
Near St. Helens.
SEASIDE, Or., July 27. fecial.)
Telling a tale of clinging for more than
four' hours to the bottom of a capsized
canoe, Mell O'Shea and Earl Crow, Port
land students, tonight reached this
place after having paddled the frail
craft from Eugene since last Monday.
The youths said they 'paddled down
the Willamette River to the Columbia,
down the Columbia to Astoria, carried
their craft across Baker Bay to the
Wahanna River, paddled down the
Wahanna to the Necanicum River and
thence to this place, arriving at 8
o'clock tonight.
Their craft, they said, was overturned
Friday when it hit a snag five miles
above St. Helens while they were pad
dling at the rate of 11 miles an hour.
the current at that place being eight
miles an hour. ' The boys say they lost
all their effects.
After drifting about four miles, and
being thoroughly chilled, they said.
they were rescued by S. C. Henry,
keeper of the Harrington and Roe Duck
Club, who was out on the-Columbia in
a launch. He took the boys to his home
and cared for them until they were
able to resume their journey.
The distance of the route given by
the youths is about 330 miles, and they
said they carried their canoe about 40
miles on the trip.
O'Shea attends a business college in
Portland and Crow has been a student
at the Lincoln High School.
FILMY SKIRT TOLD TO HIDE
Spokane Officer Orders Transparent
Gowns Off Streets.
SPOKANE, Wash., July 27. (Spe
clal.) Women who saunter about the
streets of Spokane clad in filmy, trans
parent, silhouette or tango gowns will
hereafter do so at risk of arrest, ac
cording to the announcement today by
uavld C. Coates, Commissioner of
Public Safety. The much-heralded
silhouette gown appeared on the streets
in the Sunday sunshine and created so
much commotion that the Commis
sioner Issued the warning at once.
"If necessary I will order the police
department to make arrests," said the
Commissioner. "If women desire to
wear that kind of gown in private, thajj
ics meir uuouitsBB, um wneu int; ap
pear on the streets clad, in sensuous
garments it becomes the business of
the police. Right thinking wives,
mothers and sisters shun such dis
plays." Mr. Coates is a Socialist.
MARSHALL EXPLAINS 'P. C
Letters Meaning "Plow Corn" Often
Misread, Says Vice-President.
AURORA, 111., July 27. "Too many
persons who see the sign 'P. C in the
heavens think it means. 'Preach Christ,"
when it means 'Plow corn,' " said
Vice-President Marshall today, in ad
dressing 20,000 persons- who had
gathered at Mooseheart, 111., to attend
the laying of the cornerstone for a $5,
000,000 industrial school and home for
orphaned children and aged persons.
The Institution is to be erected by the
Loyal Order of Moose.
"Out of the superior educational ad
vantages of to-day," he continued, "one
unhappy corollary has developed. A
vast army of persons whose labors
would make for the Industrial advance
ment of the Nation have conceived
themselves fitted for fancied nobler
pursuits, and thus the progress they
would have made in the work they are
fitted for is lost."
OLD MAID HOME ENDOWED
Pennsylvania Spinster Leaves In
Will $150,000 for Purpose.
YORK, Pa., July 27. (Special.) If
provisions of the will of Anna L. Gard
ner are successfully carried out York
will have a home .for old maids. Miss
Gardner died a week ago and left an
estate valued at $400,000. In her will
she provides for the building, at a cost
of $150,000 a home for unmarried wo
men of good character and habits in
the State of Pennsylvania and not less
than 50 years old, "who by misfortune
in business or means of support may
not have sufficient to maintain them
selves in comfort and refinement which
they were accustomed to enjoy."
According to the will it will not be
an "asylum for paupers, nor insane,
nor a retreat for the vicious nor haven
for those afflicted with contagious or
infectious diseases."
MINISTER AIDS DISTRESSED
Women Surprise:! When Gallant
Man Doesn't Swear.
As two young women were speeding
along Lombard street in an automobile
Friday there was a lound report as the
air went out of a big rent in one of
the tires of their car.
While the young women were regard
ing the damage with dismay a man,
who, they learned later, was Rev. A. C.
Saxtbn.of the University Baptist Church,
offered his assistance. The sun poured
its rays on the unprotected minister as
he repaired the damaged tire. He said
that he never owned an automobile,
but had seen a tire repaired and that
was all. In a short time repairs were
completed and the tire pumped up, and
Mr. Saxton went back to his study to
finish his serman.
"Wasn't he fine? He didn't even
swear," said the young women.
CHILDREN
AMAZED
RY FARM SCENES
Pigs Make Some Glee
fully Speechless.
YOUNGSTERS WRITE OF TRIP
Wonders of 'Fresh Air' Outing
Told in Scrambled Letter.
FUND FOR OTHERS GROWING
More Than $1000 Contributed by
Portland People Otlier Towns
Expected to Follow Example
Set by Silverton Folk.
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE "FKHSH X
AIR" FUND.
Previously reported S 77'-.30
Cash 2.oO 4
Lasn ........... o.i'f
J. A. Haak :i.00
F. O. Downing 10.U0
Ion Lewis ' S0.00
Carl Spuhn 3.0O
Acme Restaurant 5.00
Blanchard & Ciemson 10.O0
Cash 4.0O
J. H. LaMaree B.00
F. N. Clark & Company 5.00
R. F. Arndt 3.00
H. D. Ramsdell lo.oo
George Good 10.00
V. M. C. Sllva 0.00
Columbia Supply Company . . 6.0O
W. H. Crawford S.OO
T. Wallace Bulst COO
Dr. Lee Klcen 5.00
Ira F. Powers 2H.00
F. I. Fuller 10.00
F. Li. Shull 3.0O
Cash 25.00
Mrs. Flora Jacobs 10.00
Charies H. Carey 5.00
John J. Burling 3.0O
"West Side Lumber & Shingle
Company 12.00
Mrs. Elise F. Oberdorfer .... a. 50
Mrs. May H. Stowell 1.00
'For a good cause", 5.00
Don't mention my name'.... 3.00
Fredrick Franklin Harris, of
Eugene S.OO
Total J 1005. SO
Contributions are sent to R. S.
Howard, at Ladd & Tilton's Jank,
. V T Uflnntnr, At 511 f"" ti-. r .
clai block. . j , , . , , , f
. Displaying their childish happiness
in much the same manner as would a
world's people on suddenly finding
themselves amid the undreamed beau
ties of a new-found paradise, accord
ing to reports, 60 Portland children,
many of whom had never before been
lii the country, yesterday passed their
first entire day of their outing of two
weeks. They are guests of the big
hearted agricultural folk near Silver
ton who initiated the movement to give
the poor of this city vacations in the
farming districts.
Seventy others, in two parties and.
including children of all ages and
working mothers, this week will fol
low the first excursion, which left
Portland Saturday, and still others
will be sent later, as the "fresh-air"
fund Is growing steadily.
Wonders Anuc Youngsters.
Mrs. Margaret Thoroman and Miss
Ruth Barlow, of the Associated Chari
ties, who conducted the first party to
Sllverton Saturday, returned to Port
land with a story of 50 children en
Joying to the uttermost a ride into
the country, which was to the most
of them an utterly new experience.
The windows of the car, as it sped
through the rural places, were filled
with faces of youngsters, who hung
out breathlessly trying to look in all
directions at once, so as not to miss
any of the new and wonderful sights
that were being whirled, past them.
Pigs Make Some Breathless.
"Lookee! Lookee!" was the continual
chorus, and tiny fingers stabbed the
air, indicating where the wonders
might be seen.
A drove of pigs was sufficient to
send into breathless ecstacy one family
of little ones who had never seen a
live pig in their lives before; and a
windmill was a source of Immeasurable
wonder to another lad who had never
been outside the city limits of Port
land before.
"When we reached Sllverton," said
Mrs. Thoroman, "It seemed as though
the whole city had. turned out to wel
come us. The people from the farms
where the children were to be sent
were waiting eagerly to take their
charges from the train and carry them
away to the country. They drove in
from the farms in buggies, in wagons,
In automobiles and thronged about the
newly arrived "fresh-air" women and
children with whole-hearted expres
sions of welcome.
Pathetic Scenes Numerous.
"There were 100 little scenes enacted
on the platform of the station in Sll
verton that would have warmed the
hearts of the contributors to the fund
which made the trip possible, if they
could have seen them."
Two little boys were called for to go
to a dairy and berry farm several
miles out from Silverton. At first they
were bashful and backward and
scarcely knew whether they wanted, to
be separated from the rest of the party
or not. But when they were shown
the horses that were to take them to
the farm and their host assured, them
that they would, be allowed to ride
horses on the farm they could hardly
wait to be started cn the road to the
farm.
Another child of three, who had been
noticeable during the trip because of
the enormous suitcase she took with
her. left the station with two 14-year-
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