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PORTLAND, OREGON, 31 0 XL) AY, APRIL 3,. 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VILLA CONTINUES
TO ELUDE PURSUIT
CHINESE CITY IN
ZEPPELINS. HAKE
GERMANS REPULSE
FRENCH NEAR VAUX
TEUTONS WIN FIGHT,
AGAINST r';,TuS
SE OF CONVICT
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OPEN REBELLION
ENDS IN CAPTURE
TWO MORE
HIDING AFTER RIOT
CHAXG CHOW-FIT DECLARES IX-
DEPEXDEXCE OF YTTAN.
TEUTON'S REPORT. CAPTURE OF
1000 YARDS OF TRENCHES.
CEOKCli CLARK, WHO I)HILL1
OUT OF CELL, RETAKEN".
TURNER
YO
RAIDS
Systematic Search to
Be Carried On.
REPORTS NOW CONFLICTING
Pershing May Have Been De
ceived as to Wounds.
ANOTHER REVOLT RUMORED
Colonel of One of Heavier Carranza
Forces Engaged in Search Is
Said to Have Gone Over
to Bandit's Side.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 2. Unless
the whereabouts of Francisco Villa is
definitely ascertained within the next
day or two, it is believed here that Gen
eral Pershing will begin a dogged
search for him in the mountains west
and south of Guerrero.
Since the defeat of Villa's forces,
March 29, in and near Guerrero, Gen
eral Pershing has had lightly equipped
mobile detachments of cavalry sweep
ing in whirlwind fashion through the
district about the headwaters of the
Santa Maria River, in efforts to find
the elusive bandit, reported to have
gone in that direction after being des
perately wounded.
PrrnhlHM Ijlno Intact.
General Pershing did not get a re
port through to General Funston today,
but his chief of staff reported, indicat
ing that the line of communication was
maintained, and no mention of news
of Villa was made. There is increasing
belief that General Pershing may have
been deceived in regard to the direc
tion taken by Villa and even concern
ing his injuries. Some reports indicate
that he was not injured at all, and, in
stead of going northeast of Guerrero,
he has moved into the hills to the south
and east, a route the American officers
expected him to take.
The new information is not consid
ered more credible than that which
caused the cordon of troops to be
drawn across every exit from the dis
trict northeast of Guerrero and it was
believed here that General Pershing
would not adopt any new plan until he
had thoroughly satisfied himself Villa
was not in the indicated region.
Slow ProsreM Probable.
failure to run villa down since
Wednesday strengthened the belief that
he is south of the railroad and if Gen
eral Pershing has to send his scouts
and cavalry into that country, broken
by mountains and sparsely settled, it
was realized that slow progress would
be made.
News from Mexican sources that Car
ranza's force had proved his promise
of co-operation by preventing Villa's
escape into the mountains was anxious
ly awaited at headquarters, as but lit
tle information as to the operations of
the Mexican government troops has
been received and that only in an un
official manner.
General Funston today was in receipt
of State Department information in re
gard to conditions in Chihuahua and
other parts of Mexico, but refused to
make it public. It was said at his
headquarters, however, that there ap
peared to be reason to believe that
Colonel Cano, who was leading one
of the heavier forces against Villa, had
revolted against Carranza and had
Joined Villa.
Villa May Head for Chihuahua.
Another story out of Mexico that has
been credited at Arnr V headquarters
was that Villa was hes Jed for Chihua
hua City. The advanced cavalry of Gen
eral Pershing is not ; far from Chi
huahua. )
EL. PASO, April 2. The first train to
arrive from the Casas Grandes region
In a week pulled into Juarez today from
Pearson, SO miles south of the military
base established by General Pershin
at Colonia Dublan.
Several mormon colonists were on
the train, but they threw no light on
the veil of mystery which has envel
oped the operations of the American
troops since the decisive defeat of the
Villistas last Wednesday by Colonel
Dodd. They reported that everything
was quiet at Pearson and Casas Gran
des. and that the Mexicans had appar
ently become reconciled to the presence
of the American troops on Mexican soil
American Currency Popular.
Mexican merchants were selling their
goods freely to American soldiers, the
colonists said, and were more interested
in the American currency system than
in the pursuit of Villa-
There is no indication here that the
American military authorities have any
anxiety over the supply problem for th
troops at the front. No attempt has
yet been made to ship food or forage
by the Mexico Northwestern Railroad.
The question of the loyalty of the
Carranza troops has again come much
to the fore here 'following persistent
rumors that Colonel Cano, the Carranza
commander at Namiquipa, has joined
Villa.
Andres Garcia, the Carranza Consul
here, has refused to credit these re
ports on the ground-that Cano i
bitter personal enemy of Villa, but he
admits that nothing has been heard
from the Namiquipa commander fo
more than a, week.
The only direct information that has
come from Namiquipa since then has
Officials of Amoy Send Request to
American Consul '.That War
ships Be Sent to Port.
AMOT, April 2. Chang Chow-fu, one
of the largest cities of China, has de-
Iared its independence of the govern
ment of Yuan Shi Kai.
The officials at Amoy have sent a
request to the American Consul ask
ing that an American warship be sent
to this port.
Chang Chow-fu is a city of about
900,000 inhabitants in Fo-Kien prov
ince, 24 miles northwest of Amoy,
which is Its port. It is a seat for the
ilk manufacture and has extensive
ron works In connection wiin luj
neighboring mines.
PEKIN, April 2. President Yuan
Shi' Kai today issued a mandate, an
nouncing the state council must con-
nue acting as a legislative body until
Parliament is regularly elected, in ac
cordance with the provisional consti-
ution of the Chinese republic.
CANTON, April 2. River traffic be-
ween Canton and inland ports is grad-
ally falling off in volume owing to
the unsettled conditions in many ais-
ricts. Business in the old city virtu
ally has been suspended.
It is -understood the rebels refuse to
make peace until Yuan Shi Kai resigns
from the presidency.
Admiral Lung Chi-Kuang. military
ommander of the Canton district, has
been ' superseded. Tne general is
making preparations to withstand a
2re.
DEAL FOOD IS SOUGHT
Thousand Hats Being Used in Pro
fessor's Experiment.
MADISON, Wis., April 2. (Special.)
More than 1000 rats are being used
in the Agriculturist Chemistry Depart
ment of the University of Wisconsin in
an effort on the part of Professor E.
V. McCollum to discover the ideal food
hat will make people live the most
efficient lives and grow at the best
practical rate.
Results are believed to be the same
as if made on human beings. Professor
McCollum has worked seven years on
this problem and has had some satis
factory results.
He has nearly discovered the perfect
food, and is still in search of the
chemical parts of two unknown com
pounds that will make up the ideal
food.
SANITARIUM HEAD SUICIDE
Charges of Mismanagement Break
Doctor's Heart.
CHICAGO, April 2. Dr. Theodore B.
Sachs, until recently head of the board
of directors of the Chicago Municipal
Tuberculosis Sanitarium, was found
dead of poison today.
His demise, apparently premeditated.
came as a dramatic climax to a con
troversy as to his management of the
sanitarium. His friends in public
statements asserted that charges of
gross mismanagement broke his heart,
as he has devoted his life to the in
stitution. Dr. Sachs left a statement in which he
said that the institution was "con
ceived in a boundless love of human
ity."
SENATOR TO AID WOMEN
Montanan Pledges Vote for Federal
Suffrage Amendment.
HELENA, Mont., April 2. United
States Senator Myers, of Montana, will
support to his utmost the efforts of the
Congressional Union to secure the
passage by Congress of the Susan B.
Anthony suffrage amendment to the
Federal Constitution, according to a
letter from Senator Myers received by
the Montana branch of the union and
made public here today.
The pledge of Senator Myers' aid was
made in connection with his acknowl
edging the receipt of resolutions adopt
ed by the state suffrage convention
held here two weeks ago.
BOOKS ARE OPEN AT NIGHT
Twentv-three BrancTi Registration
Bureaus Also to Be Opened.
The registration books at the Court
house will remain open until 9 o'clock
at night. This will continue until
April 18.
Twenty-three branch registration
booths will be opened today or Tues
day throughout the city to encourage
a full registration.
The registration. Saturday was 1062,
bringing the total to 47,893, as follows:!
Republican, 35,047: Democrat, 9164; In
dependent. 1709: Prohibition, 9o0; So
cialist, 670; Progressive, 453.
EX-OFFICIAL IS SENTENCED
Idaho Man . Gets 2 to lO Years as
Public Embezzler.
COUER D'ALENE, Idaho, April Z.
Charles E- Acton, ex-Assessor and Tax
Collector of Kootenai County, at a spe
cial session of the District Court last
night, pleaded guilty to a charge of
misappropriation of county funds. He
was sentenced to serve from two to
10 years in the penitentiary. The in
formation filed charged Acton with em
bezzlement of $74.75.
He was arrested today as a result
of a report of a special auditor. Acton
16 Killed, 100 Injured
on Saturday Visit.
SCOTLAND ATTACKED SUNDAY
Women and Children Dead;
Military Damage Denied.
STRONG DEFENSE IS MADE
Aviator Is Said to Have Dropped
Bombs on One of Friday's Haid
ers Asphyxiating Gas Is
Used for First Time.
LONDON, April 3. Following Friday
night's Zeppelin raid over England, two
others have followed in daily succes
sion. A North coast raid on Saturday
night cost the lives of at least 16 per
sons and about 100 were wounded. The
coast of Scotland and the northern and
northeastern counties of England were
attacked Sunday night. The particu
lars of this last-named raid have not
been given out.
Friday night's casualties are now
given as 43 killed and 66 injured.
Only One Reaches Coast.
The official account of Saturday
night's raid says: v
"Two airships approached the north
east coast Saturday night. Only one
crossed the coast. The other turned
back.
"For the present we know that 16
persons were killed and about 100 in
jured. ,
"Eight dwelling houses were de
molished and a serious fire was caused
in a French polishing shop."
A correspondent in a northeast coast
town says that a Zeppelin was sighted
there at 11 o'clock Saturday night. It
dropped 14 explosive and seven incen
diary bombs. Ten men, three women
and three children were killed and 25
persons were seriously injured. In
addition about SO others received
minor injuries.
Woman Conductor Injured.
A tramcar inspector was killed and
a woman tram conductor suffered the
loss of a leg. Several houses were
wrecked in one street. One house was
demolished but the family of five es
caped without serious injury.
The Official Press Bureau gives out
the following statement dealing with
the Zeppelin air raid on the English
east coast Friday night:
"The total casualties reported in the
Zeppelin raid on the night of March
31-April 1 now amount to 43 killed and
66 injured. Nearly 200 explosive and
incendiary bombs were dropped.
"A Baptist chapel, three dwelling
houses and two cottages were demol
ished. A town hall, four dwelling
houses, 35 cottages and a tramcar shed
were partly wrecked. There was no
military damage.
Aeroplane Scores Several Hits.
"A number of our aeroplanes went
up to attack the raiders. Lieutenant
Brandon, R. F. C, rising 6000 feet, saw
a Zeppelin about 3000 feet above him.
At 9000 feet he got over it and at-
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Paris Admits Enemy Has Penetra
ted Wood With Strong Force
to Sou til of Douaumont.
BERLIN, via London, April 2. The
German official statement issued today
announces that " Teuton troops nave
cleared 1000 yards of French trenches
northeast of Haucourt, in addition to
the positions taken March 30.
The only mention of fighting around
Verdun yesterday tells of the repulse
of a French counter attack after a
terrific artillery bombardment near
Vaux. The Germans took 731 prisoners
in this battle. - .
PARIS, April 2. The-" Germans
launched heavy attacks, again today
against the French positions, both to
the west and east of the Meuse. To
the west the attacks were repulsed, but
to the east, in the neighborhood of Fort
Douaumont, the assaulting forces were
able to penetrate the Calllete wood,
lying to the south.
From the northern part of -thtf .wod
they were almost immediately ejected
by French counter attacks.'
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature tO,
decrees; minimum, 4;i degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, northerly winds.
M exico.
Cavalry pursuing Villa, bandits In teeth of
gale. Page 2.
Villa continues to elude pursuit. Page 1.
YVa
eastern
Germans rid
Page 1,
marshes -of typhus.
Germans win fight against typhus in east
ern marshes. Page 1.
Czar blamed for starving Poland. Page 5.
Germans repulse heavy attack by. French
near Vaux. Page 1.
Foreign.
One of largest cities of China in open re
bellion. Page. 1.
National.
Preliminaries of gasoline inquiry completed.
Page 3.
Immigration bill now bars militant suffra-
gists. Page 2.
Domestic.
Many Princeton seniors have never kissed
girl. Page 3.
More arrestw intimated in connection with
stowaway's capture of British steamship.
Page o.
All kinds of steel products In growing de
mand. Page 2.
Sports.
Walt McCredie Is star, of brilliant shutout
victory at Stockton. Page 12.
Beavers shut out Colored Giants, 1 to 0.
Page X2. .
Brad fords beat Baby Beavers in opening
game of Inter-City League. Page 13.
Hundreds go trout fishing, page 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Turner Mayor in hiding after riot. Page 3.
George Clark, escaped convict, is caught.
Page 1.
Two Klamath lumber mills to resume oper
ations. Page 4.
Women's activities Important factor in Cas
tle Rock affairs. Page 7.
Seattle man accused of $100,000 theft ar
rested. Page 6.
Marine.
First of Alaska salmon fleet Jeaves Colum
bia River. Pago 11.
Portland and Vicinity.
Society girls construct scenery for Little
Theater plays. Page 10.
Socialist make up state ticket. Page 16.
Pasadena's hunt for first baby ends In Port
land. Page 16.
Railroads preparing for western rush says
New York official. Page 10.
Mr. Caldwell says he does not intend to
quit. Page 10.
Today is last of Y. M. C. A. content. Page 11.
Portland spends first Summer day in frolic.
Page la.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 6.
Theaters
Star shines at Orpheum. Page 16.
Pretty Ruby Lang makes hit at Lyric.
Page D.
Vaudeville at Strand pleases. Page 4.
Hetlig Theater presents dramatic tea tore
films. Page 16.
VOTERS, TAKE NOTICE. ,''. J
Pinsk Marshes Ridded
of Disease.
HEALTH OF TROOPS IS GOOD
Frequent Holidays Given Sol
diers on Eastern Front.
OLDER MEN ARE ACTIVE
Two Winters of Active Campaigning
Have Inured All to Hardships
ind There Is Little Influ
enza in the Ranks.
BY JAMES O'DONNELL BENNETT.
War Correspondent of the Chicago Trib
une. Published by Arrangement.
PINSK, Russia, Feb. 24. Dr. S- ,
the German oberstabsartz stationed at
Brest Litovsk, has Just won the fight
of his life. It has nearly killed him to
do it, and now, with nerves shattered
but heart light, he is going home to
Thu- ' ia on four weeks' leave.
"And my deur oberstabsartz," the
governor ofthe fortress said in giving
him his leave, "be assured, I beg: of
you, that if four weeks are not enough
you are to take eight."
"It was kind of his excellency to say
that," Dr. S said, in talking of his
work, "but in these times it is hard to
sit quietly at home when there i3 work
to be done at the front."
My remembrance is that the doctor
said he was 62 years old. For three
months he has been fighting- typhus
In the Brest Litovsk region, and he has
beaten it at last. There is not now a
case in the whole district over which
his authority extends.
Difficulties Are Overcome.
lie has had to fight the lethargy of
dog-weary prisoners and he has had
to fight deadly vermin, the chief among
which he counts the louse. His work
has been as much a work of sanita
tion ani prevention, as of the treat
ment of individual cases.
Now the fight is won and he can
survey a: absolutely clean bill of
health zs regards both troops and
prisoners. He is proud and happy and
he wears the ribbon of the Iron Cross
in his coat. But he has had to pay
for his victory.
While we were talking at dinner a
military band in the next room was
playing operatic airs. The old doctor
put his hand to his head and glanced
resentfully at the leader of the band.
"That music seems fairly to pound
on my brain," he said, jdding: "I sup
pose I'm tired. I shall be glad to see
Thurirgia again but I shan't take any
eight weeks.
Doctor I" n Philosopher.
The doctor is a gentle, meditative
man; a good deal nf a philosopher, too,
as appeared when at last one was able
to draw him out. He was finally
roused to a fleeting interest in my
existence when I happened to Jot down
some.-figures with my left hand.
"Do you always do that?" he asked.
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Bars Pried Open and Prison Wall
Descended ly Sloans or Blanket
Rope Break January 25.
SALEM. Or., April 2. George Clark,
who escaped from the penitentiary
here, has been captured at Rakersf ield.
according to word received in Salem
today.
George Clark, sent up from Lane
County on a conviction for burglary to
serve from two to five years, made a
sensational escape from the Oygon
penitentiary early on the morning of
January 25. He drilled away the bars
in his cell and pried apart bars to a
window of the main building. He then
scaled the roof and descended to the
prison wall by the use of a rope made
from blankets. From the wall he
dropped outside the prison yard to
freedom.
Clark's escape was discovered about
1 o'clock on the morning of January
25. In his cell was found a drill which
he had used. The bars had been
worked on for several days, the pris
oner using bread crumbs to conceal the
marks of the drill, which it was sup
posed he stole from the prison shops.
Clark was committed from Lane
County June 5, 1913. He was serving
his second term at the Oregon peni
tentiary. Bertillon Expert Hunter, at the Tort
land City Jail, has a record of Clark
and believes he is a convict who has
served time also in Nevada and Cali
fornia prisons. He Is supposed to be
a dangerous man.
On the night of January 25 the Sher
iff at Albany believed he had appre
hended Clark, when he was advised
that a suspicious character had been
seen several miles south of the place
on the Southern Pacific tracks where
Hooper shot Harry Minto. The Linn
County officers organized a posse and
surrounded the place, only to learn
eventually that the character was an
unarmed, hungry knight of the road.
JEWS SENT TO SIBERIA
Rnssian Government Banishes Hos
tages Taken in Galieia.
NEW YORK, April 2. The Russian
government has decreed that Jewish
hostages from Lemberg and other Ga
lician cities, who now are in Kiev, and
those who have been expelled from
Galieia, must be sent to Siberia, accord
ing to information obtained by the
American Jewish committee.
The decree of expulsion to Siberia is
said to hae been made in response to
the Jews' petitions for release from
arrest and permission to return to their
native country.
Non-Jewish hostages may choose
places of residence outside the sphere
of military operations.
TAC0MA CHURCHES FILLED
Protestant Pastors Say Plan or In
viting Strangers Succeeds.
TACOMA. Wash.. April 2. ""oial.)
Perfect weather aided in filling Ta
coma churches this morning in ob
servance of go-to-church Sunday.
Pastors of the Protestant churches said
that the attendance for both morning
and evening services averaged 100 per
cent greater than at similar devotions
on other " "'-"vs.
They reported that the plan was an
unqualified success, and church work
ers were enabled to come into contact
with many strangers who heretofore
have had no denominational affiliation.
TEACHERS TO BE TRADED
AH Privately-Supported Colleges of
Oregon in Past.
All the privately-supported colleges
of Oregon have agreed upon a system
of exchange of professors for the com
ing year and, if the approval of the
University of Oregon and Oregon Ag
ricultural College is obtained, the sys
tem may be extended to include all
Oregon colleges.
The object is to promote mutual un
derstanding and sympathetic co-operation
and to enable each institution to
profit as far as possible by the work
of the others.
GREEK PROTEST PROMISED
Aeroplane Raid on Saloniki Stirs
Macedonians in Parliament. ,
ATHENS. April 1, via Taris. April 2.
Macedonian members of the Greek
Parliament presented to Premier Skou
loudis a written demand for the pro
tection of Saloniki against aeroplane
raids. The cabinet is called on to send
a declaration to the central powers
saying that any bombardment of Greek
territory by aeroplanes will be con
sidered as directed against Greece.
Premier Skouloudis accepted the doc
ument and promised to make the rep
resentations demanded.
KELP PLANTS UNDER WAY
Powder Concern and Packing House
in Field at San Diego.
SAN DIEGO, April 2. Approximately
$1,500,000 is being expended on plants
here by two Eastern concerns, one a
powder company and the other a pack
ing house, to produce potash and fer
tilizer from kelp.
The powder company will operate
three kelp harvesters, now being built
Councilman in Jail Is
Rescued by Others.
BATTLE IS CLIMAX- OF FEUD
Rival Factions Patrol Town,
Fearing More Trouble.
SCHOOL, CHURCHES SPLIT
Bonding of Town for Water System
Causes Breach That Has Been .
Iniensified by Many Incidents,
Finally Resulting in Fight.
SALEM. Or., April 2. (Special.)
With a charge of assault with a dan
gerous weapon against him. Lee Jeans,
City Councilman, of Turner, passed to
day in the Marion County Jail, while
Robert Hunsaker, a member of the
Turner brass band, lay close to death
In the Salem Hospital, a victim of tlie
knife said to have been wielded by
Jeans last night in the battle between
city officials and members of the Tur
ner band. James Kelley and Martin
Nicely, who were plashed durins? the
melee, supposedly by Jeans, will re
cover, physicians declared today.
Late tonight Jeans was released
from custody by Sheriff Esch after
members of the Turner Council had
deposited $500 bonds to insure his ap
pearance when wanted.
Frn, Follows Long Feud.
With the town of Turner divided
into two factions for the last two
years as the result of a bitter contro
versy over the installation of a city
water system, the clash last night is
declared to be merely the culmination
of the feud which has been growing
more tense ever since the faction
known as the "wets" won in the courts
over the "drys."
The battle, resulting in three nn-n
being dangerously stabbed and at least
30 others sustaining severe cuts or
bruises, has only served to accentuate
the bitterness heretofore existing, and
further trouble Is not unexpected.
Apparently in fear of bodily harm,
R. O. Thomas, Mayor, went into hiding
last night and efforts to locate him
today failed.
Sheriff TnkeH Control.
Throughout today the main street of
Turner was dotted with little groups
of men and women, discussing phases
of last night's clash. The Browning
Carnival Company dismantled its tents
and attractions early today and "si
lently stole away."
Sheriff Esch arrested Councilman
Jeans this morning after Marshal G.
W. Smith, of Turner, had failed to
comply with the Sheriff's request to
make the arrest. Following the
struggle in the streets, male residents
of the little town divided into groups
according to their sympathies and pa
trolled the town, apparently in fear
that the other faction would "start
something."
When Sheriff Esch reached the scene
early this morning he found Jeans'
home surrounded by groups of citizens,
all afraid to enter.
Aecaxetl Alleges Self Defenne.
Jeans, who is proprietor of a butcher
shop and married, submitted quietly
to arrest. He seemed relieved that the
Sheriff had arrived. "I thought you
would be here soon," he greeted the
Sheriff.
First attempts to obtain $300 bonds
at Turner for Jeans proved unavail
ing, as Justice Earl refused to issue
the required bond. He told Sheriff
Esch that he doubted if it would be
legal to issue a bond on Sunday. Esch
then brought his prisoner to Salem,
lodging him behind the bars until to
night, when a bond was obtained here.
"They all jumped me." declared the
accused Councilman tonight, "and I
merely used my pocketknife to defend
myself." The knife which he says he
used he turned over to the Sheriff.
It is covered with blood stains.
Chora-ties Said to lie Involved.
Since the feud began two years ago
over the proposal to vote $10,000 bonds
for installing a municipal water sys
tem, it has spread into nearly every
family in town, so that now the fac
tions are about equally divided. It
Is declared that the trouble has been
carried into the public school and
also the Methodist and Presbyterian
churches, seriously affecting their
work.
Last June criticisms of the factional
fight by Evangelist Nichols, of Hood
River, who was holding special serv
ices in the Methodist Church, led to
threats and he was forced to leave
the city after a clique, said to be com
posed mostly of "wets," had hanged the
minister in effigy.
School Work Is Affected.
Because he became involved in th
controversy. Principal Horton, of the
public school, was dismissed lajst year
and a. new principal. T. K. Wilson, is
now in charge of the school. So far
he has remained neutral. The work
of the school in a measure, it is said,
has been crippled through children of
parents belonging to one faction re
fusing to maintain amicable relations
with children of parents in the op
posing clique.
After a long-continued legal strug
gle which was carried to the
was in office in 1313 and 1914.
in San Francisco.
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