TUV nrm?VTXa OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY. JANUARY 2, 1915. .
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Germans Abandon Attacks in
Effort to Retake Lost Town
of St. Georges.
AIRMEN DELIVER ATTACKS
FRENCH
GAINING AT
T,r.mr .ItTTMD T.TOT' C tl i X? CTflTJP iLlJi
Bombs Fall on Dunkirk, France, and
Mrli, Alsace Artillery Duels iio
6n BrltiHh lose Trpmh Cap
tive Allies Are 585,000.
PARIS, Jan. 1- While French avia
tor have bombarded the railway ata
tion at Metx, Alsace, four German air
men Thursday were dropping bombs on
Dunkirk, on the north coast of France,
and artillery duel were in progress at
many pointa from tha sea to the Swiss
Success for the French at Steinbach,
tn Alsace, are reported in an official
statement from the War Office today,
which also sajw six German infantry
attacks were repulsed at one point be
tween tha Meuse and tha Moselle.
-From the sea to Rheims there was
yesterday hardly anything more than
artillery engagements. The enemy
bombarded without result the village
of Bt. Georges and tha head of the
bridge position organized by the Bel
gians at a point south of Dlxmude
Gtrasa tVark Demolished.
Spirited cannonading resulted ad
vantageously for us between La Bas
ses and Carency, between Albert and
Roye. in the region of Verneetll. and
in the neighborhood of Blanc Sablonk.
which is near Craonne. At this point
we also demolished - certain German
earthworks.
In the Region of Perthes and of
BeauseJour we have held the gains
mad by ua on December 30. During
all tha day of December Jl the activity
f tha opposing artillery forces was in
terrupted. .
"In the Argonne the enemy attacked
violently almost the entire front in the
Forest of La Grurie. At certain points
ha advanced for a distance of io yards,
but counter-attacks were at once .de-
"fthe region of Verdun there have
been violent artillery engagements
-Between tha Meuse and the Mo
selle, to the northwest of Flirey the
Germans delivered, during the night of
December 80-S1 and in the morning
of tha list, no less than six violent
counter-attacks for the purpose of re
taking the trenches captured by ns
December 30. Kach of these attacks
was brilliantly repulsed.
Heta Statloa Bombarded.
"Our aviators have bombarded at
night the railroad stations at Met and
at Arnaville.
-We continue U make progress foot
by foot In Steinbach. Here the artil
lery of the enemy showed great activ
ity during the morning of December
SI but in the afternoon of this day our
batteries won a distinctive advantage.
BERLIN. aJn. 1. (By wireless to
London. 3:44 P. M.)-The fo llowing of
ficial communication was gien out
today at army headquarters:
"In the western theater of war noth
ing of importance has happened near
Nieuport. The Idea of re-taking the
hamlet of St. Georges, which has been
completely demolished by the ewray.
artillery fire, was abandoned in view
of the high level of the water there
-Last of Bethune. to the south of
the canal, we captured an English
tr-lnbthe Argonne our attacks made
further progress... Another 40 pris
oners, six machine guns, four mine
throwers and numerous other arms and
quantities of ammunition fell into our
hands. A French camp northwest of
St. Mlhlel was set on fire by our artil
lery. Attacks at Flirey and west of
fcennheim. which were repeated yes
terday, were repulsed.
Germans Mold 5S5.000 Foea.
The total number of prisoners of war
lield in Germany at the end of the year
amounts to 813S officers and 6ii,s7a
"This is shown in a summary issued
from headquarters, but which points
out that the lists do not include civil
ians Interned in Germany nor the pris
oners taken during the pursuit in Kus
sian Poland or those in transport.
Of the total, the French contribute
1459 ofTlcers. including seven Generals
and J15.S05 men; the Russians. 35. o of
ficers, of whom 1 are Generals, and
S0S.I9O men: the Belgians, 612 o'cr
Including three generals and 36.35Z
men. and the British, 492 officers and
IS. 828 men.
Headquarters takes occasion to say
that the report that 1140 German offi
cers and 134,700 men are prisoners of
war In Russia is misleading, since this
list includes interned civilians. Prob
ably not more than 13 per cent of the
total are military prisoners, it is de
clared. CARPATHIAN- BATTLE KAGKS
Russians Repulsed With Heavy
Losses, Reports Vienna.
AMSTERDAM, via London. Jan. 1.
The following official communication
from Vienna was received here this
evening:
"Fighting In the Carpathian Moun
tains and in Bukowina continues, but
the situation is unchanged.
"The enemy's attacks both day and
night at Biala and south of Tarnow
both in Galicla) have been repulsed,
our troops inflicting heavy losses and
taking 2000 prisoners and six machine
guna
-North of the Vistula fog hinders the
operation, but slight progress has been
made there.
"In the southern war theater nothing
has happened."
COURT TO BAR LAWYERS
Chicago Tribunal fur Convenience of
,lcople to Bo Set I'p.
CHICAGO. Jan. 1. A court of con
venience a court without lawyers
where the people may plead their own
cases will be established here late in
January as a branch of the Municipal
Court, Chief Justice Olson announced
today. Its aim will be to simplify Jus
tice and reduce the cost of "going to
law."
"The object of the new court will be
to make litigation lees expensive. -Judge
Olson said. "No lawyers will be
.needed to obtain Justice. The com
plainant will present his own case and
the defendant will voice his own de
fense. "Technicalities will be eliminated
from decisions and much Injustice may
be averted. Under the present system
both parties ara obliged to retain law
yers." The court will at first consider cases
In which amounta less than fSO are in
volved. Later its scope will ba broad-
, ened when other orancnes are eeiao
PARIS PREPARED
TO RESIST SIEGE
Army of Excavators That Be
gan Work in September
Completes Gigantic. Task.
TRAPS ARE SET FOR. FOE
French Capital Xow Lies In Center
of Entrenched Camp With Diam
eter of 60 Miles Existing;
Forts Strengthened.
PARIS, Dec 18 (Correspondence of
h Ae.ru.inta! Press.) The army of
excavators who, early in September,
began to dig Paris in when a German
siege was threatened, have completed
their work. ,
The General Confederatiop of Work
ers alone sent 6000 volunteers, wuu
nr-wirid their own digging tools and
were merely recompensed by a daily
ration of food. Tnousauas or jo'b'"
hunted from their own land
have also assisted in the work.
Th r-itv now lies In the center or an
Ar,n.hAH mmn whose diameter is
about 0 miles and whose circumfer
ence is nearly 200 miles. This is sur
rounded by row after row of trenches
e-hlv covered in with logs and
turf through which loopholes have been
left for rifle fire. All of tnem com
municate with each other and contain
. h.nira nf Arfh to nrevent their
being enfiladed by Infantry or machine-
gun fire. Out beyona tnem are tiu
i . ,i Kafhori virA entanglements
placed in all positions where an attack
might originate.
Tram Set for Attackera.
r.!ii twwn nt irn have been
taken in front of the advanced line of
trenches by digging or aeep aucnes
i .i.t.noo ia hlrlrlen bv a light
covering of branches and turf, making
them Invisible to approaching cavalry.
infantry or artillery, una iuiwus
table traps into which an attacking
fnrr misrht fall a prey to the defend
ers' machine guna and rifles.
The approaches to tne trenqaes irom
the rear consist of subterranean gal
itA., wkltvh nrm!t thn reliefs to be
made without any exposure of the men.
All along this rront posts or ooaei--vation
have been established, each of
. . . . .. . , I ..ft Kv m lAnat
wnicn is roraimuj.uvvi.!.. , r , " , , j
three men provided with powerful field
glasses and ln. uirecc wiepnoniu vum
munication with headquarters and with
the artillery batteries in the immediate
vicinity. The emplacements of these
batteries are known only to tne neaa
quarters staff and to the men who
serve the guns, all of which are buried
in the earth, only tneir muzzies pro
truding. For the benefit of the gun-
ih& ..ii.cu nf fill nrnminent ob
jects in the front have been measured.
Behind the lines of trenches runs a
City Inspired With Confidence.
u",u .(hands of pretty unirameu 6ia
lirht railroad line for the purpose of n""a .ri;i.oii 0n0Aline.
bringing up ammunition and food and
also, if necessary, remiorcemenis oi
men to any point which might be men-
m .1 v r I ' . n ..w tha .nn. I
aced. Further provision for- the con-
veyance of reinforcements is a hand
in the large numbers of automobiles of
all kinds, which can make the journey
enooritiv fpftm anv one DOint to another.
carrying groups of armed men.
The existing rorts also nave oeen
strengthened, but now only serve as
....nnvilnv nninti anrl Hennta for laree
bodies of troops resting from their
trench duty.
T- v. T? n r- i i i n n AaHtrtm In mfilcins- Sun
day trips to observe the works Intended
for his defense and, aitnougn ne is nor
permitted to learn many of the secrets
of the arrangements, he has been able
of the arrangements, he has been ame
to see sufficient to Inspire him with
,-.i. . I
t BRITISH NAVAL LOSSES SINCE BEGINNING OF WAR TOTAL
en WARSHIPS. WITH NEARLY 6000 DEAD.
British naval losses confirmed In
20 warships, including a superdreadnougnt. two u.jj, "J-"!"
armored cruisers, submarines, torpedo-boats and other craft, but not
including seven vessels which German accounts say were sunK, out
who"" loss is not officially admitted. The loss of the superdread
nougnt Audacious never has been the subject of-a report by the Ad
miralty. The battleship Bulwark is said to have been destroyed by
'"Tn" adamon'to" th. loss of these JO warships reports from German
sources, unconfirmed by the Admiralty, tell of the r
ing of the destroyers Druid, Laertes and Phoenix, and the light cruls
erf Fearless Arethusa, Falcon and Brilliant. The losses in detail
have been:
Date, Phip and Class.
Auk. . Amphton. light cniiaer
Sept." Pieetiv. torpedoboat destroyer...
s.pt. . Pathfinder, light crulwr
Pept. 7. Warrior, armored cruiser
spc 17. FiFard II, nchool ship ....
S-rt- 1. AK-1 (Australian), aubmarine.
Sept. 2", Priau, llht cruiser
Sept. 22, Cressv. Houue and Abouklr,
moretl crulsarw
Oct. Ii. Hswke. lidht cruiser
Oct. IS. D-S, submarine
Oct. 20. E-3. submarine -
Oct 27. Audaelou. uperdreadnousirt ...
Nov. 1, Good Hop. ana Monmoutu, -
ov. I, fteriue". nam ' 1 w. . . . . .
Nov. 1t.Nirstr"7nb;r: I"..- . Swnmm.'?aaine 5
,lt time a ' 4I7S officers and men killed. 453 wounded. 96S missing
and 1671 captured or interned. This estimate Included the loss to the
marine division sent to the relief of Antwerp. Of those recorded as
r.inar It is believed a large proportion were drowned. To the total
Tf dead then issued must be id-led the 76S . ol 'the Bulwark and the
6S0 of the Formidable, making at least 2J2 dead.
l i-icw- -Am-- .... r
1 W- fwm- r vVV -M I ; ,
S?"TV s--Jifzr" . r""! r n S
- 'tire " f cAiAnl fllll
r ' , Kirr r h I II II
Top Battleship Formidable. Middle
British Navy, as It Appears Leaving lunt. neiw
Burl, Where Formidable Sank.
NURSESANNOYWOUNDED
TOMMY ATKINS VICTIM OF SEJfTI-
BIEXTAL IXCOMPETENTS.
Young Women of Social Influence, At
tracted by Romance of War,
Hamper Serlons Work.
LONDON. Dec. .-(Correspondence ,
of the Vssociated Press.) Too sick io makea the autonomy of nations a pre
be nursed today," a placard, said to mminary condition; because the pres
have been placed over the bedstead of 9A- pU- JB44 jbujbSb jbjh bi j-b a
a soldier wounded in the South African are not among the pacifists who are
campaign, is much needed in British for peace at any price.
. thn Nation-
nUBptLtLlS UUWi " ) - .
al Council of Trained Nurses, which has
sent to Lord jtitcnener a piuiw.
against the employment of Incompetent
nurses. In acknowledgment of the res
olution, the Secretary of War asKea
the council to submit evidence in sup
port of its charges, ana a repori. id ex
pected shortly.
The orofessional trained nurses are
complaining that young women ot
means and social influence, attracted
by the sentimental side of nursing at
the front, have stormed the hospitals
and have in many cases obtained posi
tions notwithstanaing mai mc
r .nrt "If Lord Kitch-
ener had aBked for 500,00a nurses to
eijlst for service insieaa oi
000 men," said a trained nurse, 'he
would have had the number the next
morning."
Such being the case, according to the
allegations of the Nurses' Council, the
rush of amateurs has pushed aside the
competent, greatly to the misfortune of
the wounded Tommy, who has to sub-
"fussing" and petting ai ine
m'' ..J,,,t,.iiM.n eirls. which.
faj toward ministering to his
reaJ eeds
Th aeitation against the Incompe-
. . 1 Ua tl r-
t nurse wag raised early in the war,
but only just now have the organized
nurses numbering some 6000, brought
the matter officially to tne anenwun
of the War Office.
PACIFICIST DEFENDS WAR
Belgium, if Annexed ,to Germany,
Promises to Be Thorn in. Side.
im-nnn Dec. 8. (Correspondence of
the Associaiea rr.( " --
permanently annexed to Germany, sne
.-ill nrove a new Lorraine, another and
. . . n .T HaWIiiiti he
part by the Admiralty, now total
Toasage Cause.
, "3.44H Submarine.
Loss of Life.
131
800
Pybmarine.
Submarine.
Stranded.
Foundered.
Accident.
Battle.
..13.5.-.0
.. l..".0t
.. ' 4.10
.. 2,13
21
....12.000 each. Bubmarlne.
... 7 S."0 Submarine.
.... S70 Sunk, gunfire.
. . . . 450 Punk, sunt ire.
. . . .2S..""0 Mine.
14K0
471
2S
'I
40
1360
,
5,0u buomarinc.
- . .
Ulant Torpedo or wn 1 C. ..
more truculent Finland," said M. Emile
Vandervelde, the Belgian socialist and
labor leader, in an address here under
the auspices of the wounded allies' re
lief committee. ' M. Vandervelde, who
accepted a cabinet ministry at King
Albert's request at the outbreak of the
war, gave the views of his party as
follows: ,. . ' -i
"Speaking as a socialist, an anti-nationalist
and a pacifist, I consider this
war must be fought to a finish, pre
cisely because I am a socialist, an anti
nationalist and a pacifist. x
"Why? Because socialism has always
rernernlzea mat a nation, wiikii -.-
tacked, possesses . the rig :M . -of legltl-
END OF WAR PREDICTED
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE EXPECTS
PEACE THIS TEAR.
Forecast Is Made Before Members of
Diplomatic Corps Who Extend
Season's Greetings
PARIS, Jan. 1. The belief that the
year now beginning will see the end
ine nf thn war waa expressed by
President Poincare in an address to
day to members of the diplomatic
corps who went to the Falace of the
Elysee to present New Tear's con
gratulations to tne President.
"I do not doubt that next year, at
.1.1- ...Jl.ln.ol VAAanttnM 4l'a ehall
HUB UaUlUUUBl iti-ciinwiit -j
celebrate together the establishment of
a beneficent peace wnicn, souaiy oasen
on rectitude and respect for interna
tional treaties, w.ill give necessary se
curity to the nations," said the Presi
dent.
The British Ambassador, Sir Francis
oo HAan nf th a Hlnlomatic
corps,' presented the congratulations
Ot his colleagues aaa hihijscia.
address Sir Francis remarked, that the
diplomats present at the reoeptlon
comprised "representatives of the na
tions fighting at the side of France
and of other nations upon which neu
trality imposes special duties In the
grave crisis which Europe is travers
ing." William Graves Sharp was present at
the reception with a staff which was
unusually large for the American Am
bassador. The American embassy is
now the hardest worked of any in
Paris, having the affairs of Germany,
Austria and Turkey, as well as Its own
to look after.
With Mr. Bharp were- the three
former Ministers designated by the
State Department to serve with the
American embassy during the war
John W Garrett, H. Perclval Dodge
and John G. Coolidge. There were also
present the four secretaries of the em
bassy Robert W. Bliss, Arthur U.
Frazier. Arthur Orr and Louis A. Suss
dorf, Jr.; Major Spencer Cosby, the
military attache, and Lieutenant-Commander
William F. 3rlckar. the naval
attache.
President Poincare exchanged New
Tear's greetings by telegraph with
General Joffre. the Kings of England,
Belgium and Servia and the Emperor
of Russia
SEA SURVEY TO BE URGED
Representative of Coast States TJnite
to Secure Action by Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. (Special.)
Representatives Kahn of .California;
Hi.mnhrev of Washington and Hawley
- . nf Tm
ciflc Coast Representatives in tonsrraa,
were appointee, a commiti.ee iw usib
the House appropriations committee toll
recommend a suitaoie apiirupnauuu ui
a wire drag survey of Southeastern
Alaska waters and for a lighthouse
, .1 1. T-
PaeJfio Coast shipowners are a unit)
la asking the appropriation.
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Williams & Hoyt's celebrated Pla-Mate ShoesT sold regularly
oaii th
MIES SHELTERED
CITIES OF CAVES
Life Made Agreeable for Hun
dreds of Thousands of Sol
diers on Firing Line.
HOWIES SHARED' BY-WORMS
Under-ound "Villas" of Surgeons,
Clubs, Restaurants and Homes
Described In "Jocose Vein In
tetters rtom Front.
Tsi7.T?r.1v Dec. 17.i (Correspondenco
of the Associated Press.) Not since the
Pleistocene age ha cave-dwelling Deen
so universal a mode of life in Europe
. . .3 .. a i. ha. thnrA are nun-
dreds of thousands of men, on and on
the firing: line, who Durrow iui
from the enemy's fire and the weather s
thi Winter. Vast under
ground cities have been built.
In Oallcia tne Aswciniei.
respondent saw a hill which had five
tiers of caves, in rows of 40 each. Tne
entire establishment sheltered 2500
"Life tn the earth dwellings is &yee-
. . j : . - rt oil aicniintS. 1 h6
men in their letters, at least, speak of
' ; . v. . mnrh fpclinir as
they do of home. Though snow and
i iiKont the wind howls
ram ucfc ' " " ' " ' . . .
and great guns- boom, the cave l al
ways snug ana warm, "
has been possible to gather enough
straw for the floor and bed, and usually
SafeFIrst Aid Station Underground.
So agreeable is life in the cave. In
fact, that the little humor contained in
letters from soldiers at the front is
nearly always connected with it.
"I have been in this bombproof turn
out for 10 days," says the letter of a
German army surgeon. "Toward the
front not a house or bam is standing.
There is not a place in which we might
stable our horses, and since our am
bulances would be a fine target for the
enemy's artillery, we have established
our first aid station in a roomy cave,
about 120 feet from the firing line. Two
passages, cut deen. in the earth, give
access to the cave, in which there s
room for about six wounded in addi
tion to several persons of the sanitary
service. Close to our cave lie the under
ground villas of the surgeons and the
battalion commander and his Adjutant,
also the club, which has-been named
the Thirsty Cavedweller.
Cure for "KPves" Excellent.
"The inn is a pearl of an Institution,
suited alike for Summer and Winter
traffic and recommended to people suf
fering from nerves, ennui, super-culture
and sickly esthetics. It is also an ex
cellent cure for alcoholism. A Physi-
cian
is constantly in atrenaanw.
reasonable, and living in the club
are i
costs :
b nothing except, possiDiy, ft
interior equipment and decorations
i i Vrti, wria-ele through
The
the
narrow passage into the restaurant.
and
then rail aown twu " .
cover afterwards tnai you
upright in the dining-room, which has
a floor area of about 0 square feet.
"A homemade table and two rough
benches are the furniture of the res
taurant. On the table stand two can
dles in artistic holders fashioned from
beets. Th .walls are covered with
expensive' hangings, and the ceiling
has an old-fashioned wainscoating, both
outbreaks of luxury having been made
necessary by the efforts of moles and
worms to taste our soup; drink our beer
and wine and make excursions down
our backs between skin and clothing.
I will say that these creatures are
gTeatly interested in the splendor we
h.v established in their midst.
r-annot StoD Songs.
In another letter from the front an
other Captain, who is laconic and terse,
says of cave life!
"We are as wet as young dogs, as
dirty as swine, hairy as monkeys and
keep singing with the enemy 320 feet
away We live in caves which are now
and then destroyed by shells of the
enemy. When that happens we crawl
iiir Bt manv rabbits, and continue
live on pigs, steers, hens, goulash
i xl a mi t- hair stair-iasn-
i to
and
ied. write by light of candles, upon
which
we do tne cooKine i m
nr nn-ar nil r (tn antedilu-
time.
.nH dad v anticipate
ayonet attack for the relief it gives
through a change of air. Make a
cialty of fighting English, Belgians,
us
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ROSENTHAL'S
French, Indians and what not. Have
earned the iron cross and live for King
and fatherland."
PAY FOR DRILL ADVISED
Governor Dunne Says Nation Should
Offer Inducements to Militia.
KPnTMnTriEL,!). ill.. Jan. 1. "If the
National Government wishes the vari
ous states to maintain aWtlxen soldiery
if should furnish a greater incentive
to the young men of the country to
become soldiers," Governor Dunne to
day said' in addressing the officers of
the Illinois National Guard, who went
to the Capitol today to pay their annual
New Year s call on ineir -.uuiiuuini-in-Chief.
. . Federal
Government for attendance on drill or
state troops, the Governor aeciarea mi
such drill was for the benefit of the
National Government, which should
compensate the soldiers for the time
spent at drill.
VERDICT WON BY. PRINTER
Award of $10,000 Made for Alleged
Lead Poisoning.
CHICAGO. Jan. 1. Miss Mary Sheets,
a printer, who alleged she contracted
lead poisoning at the cases, won today
a verdict of $10,000 in her suit against
the International Harvester Company.
The case is said to be the first in
which lead poisoning in printing shops
has been proven. -
ui,.. Ehui. ttiflpil that after two
years as a type distributer in the har
vester company's priming piani
became ill of lead poisoning. The evi
.i .knvui ahn ia now a partial
paralytic. More than 50 printers tes
tified, a large numoer oi mem
they never heard of lead poisoning
resulting from work in a printing
plant.
RULER GREETS PR2EMYSL
Francis Joseph Expresses Thanks
for Resistance or Besiegers.
t Avnnv Ta 1 Th following
lv i.'i'.i, " "" - -
wireless dispatch was received here to
night trom Berlin:
"The following message of greeting
has been sent by the Austrian Emperor
to the Prxemysl garrison:
"'His Royal Apostolic Majesty notes
with heartfelt gratitude the spirited
allegiance of the garrison at Prxemysl.
t .1. Br,iAnHiri rpaistance of its de
fenders, the Emperor perceives the calm
security with wnicn ine r.in .i.ii
will successfully rel"t th enemy.
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GERMAN VESSEL HIT
British Flight Commander Be
lieves Bomb Found Mark.
BEARINGS LOST IN FOG
Formidable- Fire Directed at Aviator
by Enemy's Warships as lie
File Over Great Fleet, but
He Escapee Miswlles.
LONDON, Jan. 1. The experiences of
Flight Commander Francis Hewlett
during the recent aertal raid on the
riAwman naval haaa at CuXhaVCU Ttl
described tn an interview with the avia
tor transmitted to Renter's Telegram
Company from Amsterdam. Commndr
Hewlett, who was believed to have lost
his life until it was learned yesterday
that he bad been picked up by a steam
trawler and landed at Metdnn, Holland,
says he believes that he hit a German
warship- with one of the bombs he
dropped.
"I led the airship squad," said Com
mander Hewlett. "I ran Into a thick
fog, and after a time found myself near
the coast of Schleswlg. I flew over
German torrltory and eventually came
near Cuxhaven.
"When the mist had cleared I w
that I had lost my direction. I de
scended at a certain point ascended
Again and flew over the great German
fleet and the trawlers which were lying
under steam behind Heligoland.
"A formidable fire was directed t
me and I replied with several bombs.
It Is my opinion that I hit on of tha
German vessels, becausa soon after
wards dense smoke arose from her.
"I was unable to And the Urltlh fleet.
My motor was running hot and I waa
compelled to descend. I was picked
up by a Dutch trawler, but destroyed
my motor and sank the hydroplane be
fore I boarded the trawler at 1 o'clock
on Christmas morning. 1 stayed aboard
the trawler six days during a terrible
storm."
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