VOL. LIU. XO. 16,478.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BUILDING CHANGE
UP 10 CONGRESS
WHITE RIBBONERS
SCORE HOP YARDS
PICKERS ARE HELD rXTRlE TO
CHRISTIAN STANDARDS.
Lane in Doubt as to
Policy to Pursue.
EFFECT OF DELAY IS FEARED
Resolution Might Encounter
Opposition in House.
LOCAL OPINION AWAITED
Treasury Department Tells Senator
It Must Build for Postofflce
Exclusively Under Appro
priation Now Made.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Sept. 16. Senator Lane, in con
ference today with officials or tne
Treasury Department, was Informed
that under the law appropriating
$1,000,000 for the Portland postofflce,
the Government cannot erect a general
office building to accommodate In ad
dition to the postoffice. all the other
Government offices In Portland which
now occupy rented quarters. The De
partment holds it must comply strictly
with Its statute and construct a build-
Ins exclusively for the use of the post
office.
While some officials with whom he
talked regard favorably his proposal
and that of Postmaster Myers to use
the 11.000,000 available in the erection
of a six or eight-story Government
building, all agreed they could not
alter the original plan unless authority
were granted by Congress.
Senator la ta Don tit. '
Senator Lane after a conference said
he was In doubt whether to offer a
resolution authorizing the use of the
$1,000,000 for the erection of a large
office building, or allow the Treasury
Department to go ahead with plans for
an exclusively postofflce building. Such
a resolution would occasion delay, for
It would have to pass both Houses, and
with suvi a resolution pending the
Treasury Department would not feel
disposed to proceed with- the prepara
tion of any plans whatever.
There has been se much demand In
foruana lor the early erection or a
postofflce building that Senator Lane
is in doubt whether he would be Just!
fled In occasioning further delay by a
resolution. However, If he finds sen
timent in Portland generally favorable
to a change in plans, and prefers a
general office building to a two-story
postofflce. he will Introduce the neces
say resolution and press it to early
consideration.
Temperance Union Decries Industry
and Those Who Aid It Reports
Read; Officers Elected.
MOT WOULD TELL
WARSHIPS TO LEAVE
"Visits of Vigilance" No
Longer Welcome.
Mexican President Advises
Against Renewal.
FAIR ELECTION PROMISED
Denouncing all Christians and W. C.
T. U. workers who pick hops or work
t- .u- . .,, in the rieht
standard, the delegates of the Mult- MfMIT IS NEARLY EXPIRED
nomah County women s Christian
Temperance Union, at their annual con
ventinn. held vesterday in the First
Christian ChurcTi. unanimously adopt
ed a resolution decrying the industry
and those who aid its progress. The
fact that beer is made from hops la
the reason for the denunciation by
women wearers of the white ribbon.
The morning and afternoon sessions
were devoted to reading reports and
during the late afternoon the election
of officers took place. Mrs. Mary Mai
let was unanimously re-elected presi
dent.
In her annual report. Mrs. Mallett
spoke of the great progress made by
the unions and of the wonderful op
portunities for work along temperance
lines In Portland. She praisea city
officials for their splendid efforts for
law and order, and touched on the pro
posed campaign that will be waged In
1914 to make Oregon dry.
Early shopping was advocated by
Mrs. Lucia Addlton In her report on
the department of labor. Sh suggest'
ed the establishment of "coffee carts1
to supply good hot coffee to laboring
men as a substitute for beer.
Reports were made by Mrs. Anna O.
Foote. Mrs. J. W. Wilklns. Mrs. s. iv.
Northrup, Mrs. Lutitia Ross. Mrs. Lora
C. Little, Miss Frances Gotshall, Mrs.
Ella HInes, Mrs. C. A. Poney, Mrs. Mat-
tie Sleeth, Mrs. J. S. Scott. Mrs. Alice
Hanson. Mrs. Kachael Kelly. Mrs. Mary
Post and Mrs. J. A. Banner.
Message Says Administration of
United . States Does Not Truly
Represent the People in Treat
ment of the Situation.
NATURAL GAS DISCOVERED
honed for an earlv Molutlnn nt t!iA Hff
Well on Olympic Peninsula Will Be ference8 between the two nations and
MEXICO CITY. Sept. 16. The only
striking feature of the message of
President Huerta, read to Congress
today, was the declaration that he did
not favor a renewal of the permission
to warships of other nations to remain
In Mexican waters later than nex
month. The limit allowed by Mexican
law was originally 30 days, but the
Mexican Congress recently Increased it
to six months. This limit expires next
month.
General Huerta said the strained dip
lomatic relations between Mexico and
the United States had caused the Mex
ican nation to suffer unmerited af
fliction and- had retarded the pacifica
tion of the country. Nevertheless he
INDEX OF TODAY NEWS
Sunk Deeper for Oil.
ABERDEEN. Wash.. Sept. 18 (Spe-
ial.) Gas sufficient to supply the
needs of 200 or 300 families has been
found at a depth of 1300 feet at Forks,
to see Mexico and the United Slates
once more united in bonds of friend
ship.
American "People" Called Friends.
The provisional President drew a dls
tinctlon between the attitude of the
above the Hoh River in the Olympic Government of the United States and
Honae May Delay Question.
lie can get such resolution through
the Senate without difficulty, but may
encounter delay in the House, which
has refused thus far to consider local
legislation. However, the Senator
thinks that. In view of the fact his
resolution would not call for any ap
propriation, or lead to an Increase of
any appropriation already made, but
"actually effect saving to the Govern
ment, House leaders might consent to
its .passage when its purpose was fully
explained.
Senator Lane will take no action
until he hears from the commercial
bodies of Portland.
CITIZENS'
OPIXIOXS DIFFKlt
Construction of Inadequate Building,
However, Is Opposed.
Prominent Portland men were asked
last night whether they favored Sen
ator Lane's plan to offer a resolution
in Congress authorizing the erection of
a large office building with the $1,000
000 appropriated for the new Portland
Postofflce. with the attending dange
of considerable delay, or whether the
original plan for a building exclusively
for postoffice purposes should be ad
hered to. Their replies were:
F. S. Myers, postmaster of Portland
If the measure appropriating $1,000,
000 for the Portland Postoffice doesn t
permit the building of anything but
low. shed-like structure of the present
prevailing Federal building type. It
ought to be changed. I certainly favor
the Introduction of the resolution pro
posed by Senator Lane. It will en
able us to put up a building that would
save the Government nearly $100 a day
now paid out in this city for rent. The
various Government departments in
Portland which are now scattered all
over could all be housed in this same
building, which would also provide
thoroughly modern postofflce quarters
for years to come. I don't think this
resolution would cause any appreciable
delay, but 'even if it should It would
certainly be Justified. If the Govern
ment ties up $1,000,000 here in an old
style building that never could be rn
larged we wouldn't be any better off
in a short time than we are now, for
postofflce facilities alone, to say noth.
ng of caring for the other Federal de
partmcnts. if we had adequate hous
ing facilities in Portland we could get
the 13th division of the railway mall
service, now located in Seattle, with a
branch of the dead letter office; the
postofflce Inspectors' headquarters for
the Northwest, now In Spokane, and the
headquarters for . the 11th civil service
district, now in Spokane. These three
big Federal departments should all be
in Portland, and they would be if we
had any place to put them. . Such an
office building would not cost any
(Concluded on Pax X)
that of the people of that nation, say
lng: "The tenseness of our diplomatic
relations with the Government of the
United States of America,' although
luckily not with the people," bad put
Mexico into a state of apprehension.
The message was disappointing to
those who had expected that President
Huerta would deal at some length with
recent diplomatic exchanges. This sub
ject, however, he said, "being so deli
cate and the permanent commission of
Congress being already Informed," he
passed with a bare mention.
The Deputies and Senators in Joint
CAR RATE AGREEMENT SET !s s:n f'"ed the"oor J". the. Chamber
Peninsula. The well Is said to have
been drilled by railroad interests. The
gas flows freely and has quite a pres
ure. The well will be sunk further in
an effort to find oiL
Thv- Jefferson " 0 Company No. 1
a-eli.i. near .ie inflfrli of the Hoh. Is
down 80 feet and the odor of gas is
strong. The Indian OH Company will
begin drilling soon.
Recently 16.000 acres of reservation
land have been leased by individuals
and corporations.
City Gets 3 Cents a Vehicle Crossing
Bridges Since May 3 Last.
At a conference yesterday between
City Commissioner Daly and President
Griffith, of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power Company, an agree
ment was reached 'whereby the com
pany will pay the city 3 cents for each
car operated over bridges of the city
from May 3 until the present. This is
considerable concession on the part
of the company, inasmuch as the orig
inal plan was to make the 3 cents a
car rate applicable at some later date.
Under contracts held on the bridges
bv the company the rental was small
At the" rate of 3 cents a car the amount
due the city will be much greater than
the amount which would be due under
the provisions of the contracts.
were
packed, the diplomatic gallery being
filled with foreign representatives and
their families.
The silence, which, prevailed during
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The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 82
degrees; minimum, 57 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and not so warm; norther
ly winds. t
Foreign.
Huerta would exclude foreign warships
making "visits of vigilance" from Mexi
can ports. Pajre 1.
National.
Treasury Department cannot change Post
office building to General Federal build
ing without Congress' consent. Page 1.
Domestic.
Witness says Sulzer borrowed extensively
and still owes balance. Page
Digits and Harris acquitted on subornation
of perjury charge, rage 4.
James J. Hill is 73 years old. Page 2.
Chicago matrons put $"u.OCO annually Into
dress. Page 1.
Priest confesses to counterfeiting. Page
Necklace worth $850,000 is found. Page
Democrats seriously concerned by result of
Maine election. Page 2.
Soeclal nrosecutor charged with belnr in
terested In defense of young man accused
by woman. Page 4.
Thaw lays foundation for appeal to United
States Supreme Court, page i.
Rival gangs of New York gunmen engage
in street battle in New York. Page
General Harrison Gray Otis gets bomb
through mail. Page 1.
Snorts.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland
Venice O; Sacramento 6, Oakland S (10
Innings): Los Angeles 5, San Francisco
4. Page 8.
Northwestern League results: Portland 13.
Seattle 2: Spokane 3. Vancouver z; ia
coma 4. Victoria 2. Page 8.
Richardson defeats Ooss in Irvington Club
tennis finals. Page tt.
Kllbane wins decision from Walsh. Page 9.
McCredle and Hocan declare they are In
fight to finish. Page S.
Standridge Is leading pitcher. Page 8.
Rltchlt. to fight Cross in New York. Page 9.
Pacific Northwest.
Fight over Speakership expected at Olympla.
Page 6.
Record attendance expected at Willamette
University. Page 6.
' Commercial and Marine.
European hop crop estimates sharply
duced. Page 19.
Wheat firm at Chicago on export sales of
Manitoba grain. Page 19.
Selling Dressure eliminates early gains In
stock market. Page 19.
Local firms offer stock feed to Federal
. Government. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Firemen's band returns, cheering for home
city. Page 14.
Temperance Union condemns hop industry
Page 1.
Multnomah County Fair opens at Gresham,
Page IS.
Major Mclndoe lauds Port's open-river cam
paign. Page 14.
Weather report, dates and forecasts. Page 15.
Schools make gains In enrollment. Page 12.
City bonds Ro at premium at first popular
saie. rage i.
County may cancel Insurance. ' Page 7.
Miss Anita Burns bride at brilliant wed'
ding. Page 12.
Campaign for Columbia bridge bonds be
gins, page i-'.
GOTHAM
GUNMEN
BATTLE IN STREET
"THE LURE" IS WITHDRAWN
Sliuberts Forestall Action Aimed at
"Red Light" Drama in Xew York.
NEW YORK, Sept. IS. (Special.)
The red ligh, drama. In-New York re
ceived a knockout blow today when
Lee and J. J. Shubert voluntarily with.
drew "The Lure" from the Maxine
Elliott Theater, as an acknowledgment
of a protest of public decency, and the
Henry B. Harris estate has promised
to tone down "The Fight," at the Hud
son Theater, so that objectionable
scenes and dialogues will be eliminated.
Both firms pledged themselves to the
District Attorney . to make no further
attempt to' show the interior of a
bawdy house on the stage.
The grand Jury was to have reported
on "The Lure" and "The Fight" today.
Rival Gangs Open Fire
in Front of Theater.
MATINEE CROWD IS EMERGING
Voting in New York Primaries
Thought to Be Cause.
CHICAGO MATRONS'
GOWNS ARE COSTLY
FEW WOMEX IX WINDY CITY
SPEXD $75,000 AXXUALLY.
POLICE IN TAXI CAPTURE
Two Sets of Gangsters Shoot From
AutosThree Men Escape by
Jumping but Four Are Caught.
All Thought to Be Repeaters.
NEW YORK, Sept. IS. Gunmen, said
by the police to be members of rival
gangs, whose activity in the primary
election today led to the renewal of an
old feud, engaged in a revolver duel
while seated In two automobiles stand-
ing'on upper Broadway just as a near
by theater matinee crowd swarmed
into the street.
The attacking party of seven, after
firing on three men in the other cat
half a block away and being shot at in
return, attempted to speed away, but
were overtaken by a traffic patrolman
in a taxlcab. Three men jumped from
the car and escaped. Four, including
the chauffeur, were arrested and locked
up. No attempt was made to capture
the members of the besieged party. So
far as could be learned none of the
gunmen was injured.
According to the police, the four men
under arrest are members of the "Jack
Slrrocco gang," and those on whom
they opened fire members of the "Hud
son Dusters" and the "Rose gang."
A search of the captured car revealed
nder a rug In the tonneau six pack
ages of typewritten slips containing
more than 300 names, supposedly voters
in the Eighth Assembly -District down
town, and the policy . are wock.ag oti
the theory that the "Wen arrested are
repeaters" who, after voting In the
lower part of the city went up to the
Fifteenth Assembly District to "work"
the primary there in the same way.
It became known tonight that the
hooting, which resulted in the arrest
of four men early in the evening, was
the second of the day. In mid-after
noon the same two automobiles met on
W est Sixty-ninth street and their oc
cupants started to "shoot up" each
other. Three men are said to have been
Injured, escaping before the arrival of
the police.
While One Hundred Social Leaders
Put $50,000 Yearly Into Dress,
Factory Girl Spends $200.
CHICAGO. Sept. 16. There are a few
women In Chicago who spend $75,000
annually in personal adornment, ac
cording to an estimate submitted at the
semi-annual convention of the Chicago
Dressmakers' Club today. The dress
makers figured that the average fac
tory girl spends $3.84 a week for cloth
ing.
These figures were arrived at by
averaging the estimates made by the
various delegates. The table reads:
"A few, $75,000.
"One hundred social leaders. $50,000.
"Ten thousand others, $5000.
"Well-dressed club women, $1500.
"The suffragist, $500.
"The club worker, $500.
"The social worker, $300.
"The stenographer, $275.
- "The shop girl, $250.
"The factory girl, $200."
Madame C H. Phair, president of the
club, declared that many working girls
lose money because they don't know
how to make their own clothing.
BOY SLAYS HUGE BEAR
BOMB
MA LED
IS
TO GENERAL OTIS
Japanese Servant De
tects Powder.
PUBLISHER SUSPECTS LABOR
Los Angeles Police Believe
Mexicans Are Responsible.
EXPLOSIVE IS POWERFUL
Attempt on Life Is Second in Threo
YearsOwner of-Times Attributes
Attack to Agencies Friendly
to McXamara Brothers.
Percy Hill, ot Hoke Point, Wash.,
Holds Cowlitz Record Shot.
Percy, the 20-year-old son of C. S,
Hill, of Hoke Point, Wash., in Cowlitz
County, shot what is believed to be the
largest bear, ever killed in that sec
tion, last Sunday morning.
The young man had to fire seven
shots with his 30-30 rifle to end the
life of the monster bruin, which
charged him from a distance of 300
feet after his first shot had wounded it
The seventh bullet broke its back and
laid the animal low when it was within
30 feet. .
Percy, in great excitement, ran two
miles in 17 minutes to his father's
home with word that he had killed
"the largest black bear in creation."
After the big brute had been skinned
and dressed, the meat of its carcass
alone weighed 225 pounds.
COURAGE. BROTHER. HE STILL LIVES.
FIGHT IN BOAT IS FATAL
Columbia Kiver Fishermen Irovn
When They Full Overboard.
ASTORIA. Or.. Sept. 16. (Special.)
Matt Pletlla and Emil Hakkanen. two
Columbia River fishermen. were
drowned in the Columbia River near
Desdemona Sands about 3 o'clock this
afternoon.
With six other men. they were en
route across the river jn a fishing boat
The two engaged in a scuffle and 'fell
overboard, sinking before their com
panions missed them. Both were na
tives of Finland. Hakkanen left a wid
ow and several " children, but Pletlla
was not married.
ASTORIA TO GIVE $25,000
Port Commission Appropriates Cash
to Be Used on Bar.
ASTORIA, Or.. Sept. 16. (Special.)
The Port of Astoria Commission at its
meeting today voted to appropriate
$25,000 toward assisting in improving
the channel across the bar at the moutii
of the Columbia River, provided the
Port of Portland subscribes the sum
of $475,000 for the same purpose.
Formal notice ot the action of the
Commission was forwarded to Major
Mclndoe. of the United States Engi
neers, today.
TARDY JUROR DRAWS FINE
Judge Davis Assesses $3 Against
Man Who Comes Hoar Late.
For falling to appear at 1:30 yester
day as instructed by the court Adolph
Schneider, a Juror, was fined $3 by Cir
cuit Judge Davis. Schneider showed up
at 2:30. The court considered his ex
cuse insufficient.
After waiting for him a while the
attorneys in the case on trial. Marjorie
Mirton against Dr. E. De Witt Con-
to proceed with 11
nell, stipulated
Jurors.
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WARRIORS RUN FOOTRACE
Hear-Admiral and Captain Fulfill
Wager Made 2 0 Years Ago.
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PORTSMOUTH, England, Sept. 1.-A
sprint- of 100 yards was run today by
Rear-Admiral Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot
and Captain Eric Back, of the Brltis
Navy, in fulfillment of a bet made by
them 20 years ago. The Captain won
by a yard in the excellent time of
seconds.
iotn officers were serving In th
Pacific on board the Warsplte in 189
when the challenge was given and ac
cepted for a race to be run on th
same date 20 years later.
iuu oir neawortu Meux was
commander of the Warsplte at th
time of the wagen, and was stakehold
er today.
Rear-Admiral Arbuthnot is 49 years
old and Captain Back 48 years.
250 HOTEL GUESTS ROUTED
Unconscious Woman Carried Front
Burning Building by Firemen.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Sept. 17 (Wedncs
day.) Two hundred and fifty persons
of the Hotel Brozel were routed out
bed shortly after midnight by a fire
that swept through an adjoining build
ing and set the upper floors of th
notei amaze. Many of the guests
rushed to the street leaving all thel
Deiongings Denind tnem and severa
unconscious women were carried to
the street by the firemen. The fire
in the hotel was extinguished. The los
to the hotel Is estimated at $100,000
At 1:30 the flames had spread to a
six-story building adjoining that in
wmcn tne lire originated. It was
feared that this property, valued
$100,000, will be a total loss.
SAN FRANCISCO IS HOT
Mercury ut 105 1-2 Breaks All Rec
ords, but Humidity Is XII.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. (Spe
clal.) This was the hottest day ever
known In San Francisco, the mercury
climbing to 105 V4 in the shade at
o ciock in union square, lour and a
half degrees above the highest previous
mark, scored in 1904. Forecaster Wil
son says tomorrow will be equally
warm, but by night the usual cool sea
breezes will blow again.
The city today had no wind from the
ocean, hence the heat was the same as
in the Interior valleys. Being without
humidity. . the heat "caused no suffering
among workers. Reports from the
country showed temperatures in San
Joaquin and Sacramento valleys rang
ing from 105 to 110 degrees.
FRANCE IS STORM-SWEPT
Great Damage Done to Property and
There Is Loss of Life.
PARIS, Sept. 16. Thunder storms of
exceptional violence have swept over
France, doing great damage. At Mar
seilles the streets ran torrents. Hun
dreds of cellars were flooded and mer
chandise on the quays was ruined or
washed into, the sea.
All traffic in the city was suspended
for a time. A boat containing a flsli-
ng party of six was capsized In the
harbor and five persons were drowned.
At Stagreve, in the department of
Ardeche, and other places, houses were
struck by lightning, with .some loss of
life.
LOt? ANGELES, Sept. 16. For the
second time within three years a bomb
today placed in Jeopardy the life of
General Harrison Gray Otis, owner of
the Los Angeles Times building, which
was destroyed by dynamite October 10,
1910. That he was not blown to pieces
was probably due to the watchful eye
of his Japanese servant, who received
from the postman an Infernal machine
mailed In this city, and called his em
ployer's attention to It.
The first infernal machine directed
at the life of General Otis was found
at his residence a few hours after his
newspaper plant had been destroyed
through the efforts of the McNamara
conspirators.
The attempt jn his life today was
attributed by the General to agencies
friendly to those for and whose con
spiracy eventuated in the destruction
of his newspaper plunt and the killing
of 20 men three years ago. But the
police and postal authorities believed
something might be developed from the
theory that the Mexican question had
an impelling part in it.
Otla Interested In Mexico.
GeneraJ. Otis iOiaavily interested in
lands 'si., t he Mexican territory of
Lower California, where iv years ago
Industrial Workers of the World
Joined the "direct action" element of
Mexicans in an effort to establish a
Socialistic commonwealth.
A few weeks ago there was another
outbreak caused, according to report,
by the employment of Chinese in the
places of Mexican laborers by ranch
ers in Lower California, but General
Otis asserted at the time that none
were employed by him.
The bomb reached "The Bivouac,"
General Otis' home, at 11 o'clock this
morning. It was contained In a small
package about five inches long, three
Inches wide and two inches deep. It
was wrapped In brown paper and bore
General Otis' address in what was be
lieved to be a disguised handwriting.
With other mall, it was given by the
postman to the Japanese servunt, who
removed the wrapping paper before
taking it to General Otis, who was
writing in an upper room of his resi
dence. He told the General that he
thought there' was something suspi
cious about the package.
General Skeptical at First.
"I pooh-poohed the boy's belief at
first," said General Otis, "but exam
ined the box carefully. I could see
parts of matches and black powder.
had the boy remove the thing and
asked the police department to send a
man to my house."
Captain E. B. Felts, a powder expert
In the police department, took the ma
chine to a sparsely inhabited section
of the clly near the Los Angeles river
and there pried open the box. He
found matches fixed to the Inside ot
the box in such a way that when
opened in the usual way they would
have rubbed against pieces of sand
paper and ignited. There was also
black powder, a small section of fuse.
wo fulminating caps and two sticks
of 85 per cent dynamite which tore a
great holo in the ground. He declared
hat its force was sufficient to kill 25
men.
The wrappings were given over to
postofflce Inspectors, who began an in
vestigation.
General Otis had "a surmise" only
concerning the bomb.
'That surmise," he said, "is that it
was sent to me by the devils who want
to blow up the Times and me and who
re furious because they have failed
so long to do so. They may be the
same old gang or segments of the same
old gang, with the same old animosity."
Police Suspect Mexicans.
Chief of Police Sebastian inclined to
the theory that the bombs had been
sent by some person violently opposed
to General Otis' newspaper policy with
regard to the Huerta administration in
Mexico. Chief Sebastian said the act
lght have been committed by persons
sgruntled because Mexican residents
' Los Angeles celebrated today the
03d anniversary of Mexican indepen-
ence. General Otis, who ia a dnxa
frltnd of former President Porflrlo
Diaz, of Mexico, owns large acreage in
the Southern Republic. Ho is largely
Interested in the California and Mex
ico Ranch & Cattle Company, which
owns much land in Lower California
and Sonora.
Reports from Tuma, Ariz., today,
were to the effect that a band of 50
Insurrectos who arrived yesterday at
Colonic, on the cast bank of the Colo
rado River, 60 miles south of Yuma,
hud declared their Intention to "clean
up" all the California and Mexico
Ranch &. Cattle Company's holdings.
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