VOL. LTVI NO. 17.297.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BOMBS ROUT REBEL
FORCES IN DUBLIN
Heavy Loss Sustained
by Sinn Feiners.
HALL SHELLED BY GUNBOAT
Four Hundred Made Prisoner
in St. Stephen's Green.
COUNTESS AMONG LEADERS
Tolfday-Makcrs Killed by Wild and
Hcokless Shooting Ttehcls Oc-
' rupy Newspaper Office,
With Military Opposite.
It)N"DON'. April 29. The Dublin reb
els have been driven out of their posi
tions in St. Stephen's Green with bombs
after sustaining heavy losses, says the
Daily Mews.
KINGSTON". Ireland. .via London,
.April 29. Four hundred Irish rebels
were mad prisoners when the troops
captured St. Stephen's Green and drove
them out with bomb).
BELFAST. April 27, via I-ondon.
April 23. The first official intimation
of the outbreak in Dublin was received
here yesterday. Telegraphic and tele
phonic communication between Belfast
and Dublin is still interrupted eeri
outily. The Belfast News Letter says today
It understands the- postoffice at Dublin
has been retaken by the military
forces. The newspaper also publishes
the following? statement:
"The police authorities desire the
widest publicity in your district of the
following: 'During the night (Wednes
day?) a. royal naval reserve gunboat
shelled Liberty Hall, the headquarters
of the Sinn Fein force, and It was sub
sequently occupied.
Large Reinforcements Arrive.
" "Meanwhile large reinforcements
have arrived in Dublin. In other por
tions of the city the situation is well in
hand and repairs to the railway line are
being effected rapidly.' "
NewB has been received here of the
safe return to Dublin of Lord Basil
Blackwood, secretary to the Lord Lieu
tenant, and Lieutenant Murray Gra
ham, who came to Belfast before the
outbreak of the disorder in Dublin.
DUBLIN. Tuesday, April 23, via Lon
don, April 28. Dublin now has been
held up for 21 hours by a combination
of members or the Sinn Fein Society
and followers of James Larkin. head
of the Transport Workers' Union, and
widely known as a strike leader.
There has been the same violence
in the city as marked the big streetcar
strike in 1913. which was headed by
Larkinv but supplemented by the use
f an armed force with military pre
tensions and the seizure of strategic
points designed to give the disturbance
the aspect of a revolution.
Stern Measures Proclaimed.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in
a proclamation today, calls the move
ment "insurrectionary," and declares
that it is due to foreign prompting. It
is. he says, "small." He adds that
'stern measures are being taken to
suppress It."
The revolution thus far is considered
an imitation, though on a much ex
tended scale, of "Fort Chabrol," in
Paris, which was held by political
rioters some 15 years ago. and the riotr
in Sydney street in London. While it
is declared not to have the support of
the people generally, and even is not
considered by some of the authorities
as a rising, the situation certainly is
serious and far beyond the dimensions
of a riot.
Business at Standstill.
The trouble has gone on now for 24
hours and has completely dislocated
the life of Dublin. No shops are open
nd no business is being transacted.
Streetcars have ceased to run and
the gas supply has been cut off. Use of
the telephone between the city and the
suburbs has been forbidden by the
military, and the running of trains to
and from the country is irregular.
Yesterday (Monday) at midday the
Sinn Fein revolutionists were as
sembled as if for one or their usua'
parades. They were supposed to be
aoing for an Raster Monday march.
come of the rank and file even im
agined this was their purpose.
PoatoMer In Srir.ed.
About 600 of them, however, took
possession of the General Postoffice in
Sackville street, which at the time
was attended by a usual small holiday
staff of clerks. There the 600 men
remained all day and night and still
bold forth.
Telegraphic and postal communica
tion, insofar as it goes through this,
the chief postoffice in Ireland, has
reased.
The raid was beyond the power of
the police to deal with. Small detach
ments of lancers appeared on the scene,
but after two or three of their horses
had been shot and two or three of the
men wounded, they withdrew. Since
then the Sinn Feiners in the Postof
fice have been left alone and they
hoisted the flag of the Irish republic
over the building.
Wire Barricades Ererted.
Various corners in Sackvilie street
have been occupied by the Sinn Feiners
and barricades of barbed wire erected
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Column 2.)
MASKED MEN DUCK
ALBANY PRINCIPAL
UlC.1t SCHOOL STl'DKXTS SAID
TO HAVE PAIIT IV AFFAIR.
Face of One Is Uncovered During
M ,! Hostility at Utiles Hinted.
Board Considers Case Today.
ALBANY, Or., April 2S. (Special.)
Professor W, B. Young, principal of the
Albany High School, was tossed in the
Thurston-street canal here last night
by a party of maeked young men. The
mask of one fell off during the melee
and his identity is known. The school
authorities are said to be in possession
of information that some were students
of the school and others were not.
Professor Young was working at the
high school in the evening, and when
he started home was surrounded and
captured.
The motive of the affair is said to
be founded in hostility toward Princi
pal Youn among the students ovrr
some new rules' enforced rigidly this
year. It is thought to have come at
this time owing to a rumor that he
was about to be re-engaged for
another year.
The School Board will meet tomor
row to consider the ducking affair,
and decide what action will be taken.
KLAMATH FALLS STIRRED
Parade Held in Interests of Road to
Shippington, Mill Center.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., April 28.
(Special.) Two miles of automobiles,
motorcycles and marchers tonight
paraded in behalf of the new muni
cipal highway proposed between this
city and Shippington, the important
mill center on Upper Klamath Lake
three miles north of this city. A
measure authorizing an issue of $20,003
of bonds for this highway will be
submitted to voters at the regular city
election Monday.
The entire line of march of the
parade tonight was brilliantly illumi
nated with red fire and torches and
the Klamath Falls military band
headed the procession. After the parade
speeches were made in the Courthouse
Park by City School Superintendent
R. H. Dunbar, Charles F. Stone and
other prominent taxpayers.
REGISTRATION TOTAL GAINS
Incomplete Figures Brin;; Xumber
for Primaries I'p to 240,005.
SALEM. Or.. April 28. (Special.)
Heavy registration in the week prior
to the closing of the books throughout
the state for the primaries May 19
has resulted in an increase of more
than 10.000 over the number registered
for the primaries two years ago.
Figures compiled in the office of
the Secretary of State today show a
total registration in the state of 240,
005 with not all the returns yet re
ceived. Two years ago the total reg
istration was 229.601. Republican reg
istration so far is approximately 161.000
as compared with 136.282 two years
ago. So far only 18 out of the 35
counties have sent in complete regis
tration lists.
HOOD RIVER VOTES BONDS
Grade School and High School An
nex Will Re Erected.
HOOD RIVER. Or., April 28. (Spe
cial.) At the most largely attended
school meeting ever held in Hood
River, by a vote of 1S8 to 172, a bond
Issue of $45,000 was voted today, the
proceeds to be used in the construction
of a new grade school and for an an
nex to the high school.
Because of the spirited contest be
tween opponents of the issue and
those favoring it, and to prevent any
irregularity in the election. A. J. Derby.
County Attorney, was present to pass
on the legality of the voters. County
Assessor Jasper Wickham was Judge
of the election board. Only taxpayers
were qualified to vote.
90 PER CENT FIGHT AGAIN
German Surgeon Says Only 1.5 oi
Wounded and 111 Die.
BERLIN, April 28. (By wireless to
Sayville. N. Y.) The annual meeting
of the German Surgeons' Association
began today in the presence of the
German Empress with the Austro-IIun-garian,
Turkish and Bulgarian chief
army surgeons in attendance.
The Surgeon of the German army
and president of the association. Dr.
Schuerning. read a paper regarding the
recent achievements of army surgeons.
Tetanus, he said, had been wiped out.
while in German hospitals 90.1 per cent
of the total number of wounded had
completely recovered and were fit for
service, and only 1.5 of all the wounded
and sick died.
WAR ENRICHES RAILROAD
Northern Pacific Records Broken by
Gain of $2,504,727.
ST. PAUL. April 28. Revenue- from
carrying war munitions and barbed
wire for shipment to Vladivostok, has
caused all previous Northern Pacific
Railway income records to be broken.
The statement shows March operat
ing revenue as $6,470,535. a gain of
$1,699,093 over March 1915. Net in
come for March totals $2.594,727.. an
increase of 50 per cent over the same
month last year.
Railway operating revenues for nine
months ended March 31. 1916. was $36.
291.402. a gain over the previous .nine
months of $7.78,4T3.
ADVERSE BRJUIDEIS
REPORT PREDICTED
Stormy Debate Breaks
Out in Senate.
FILIBUSTER CHARGE IS DENIED
Democrats Admit Their Party
Is Cause of Delay.
EARLY ACTION IS PROBABLE
Cummins, Republican, and Hoke
Smith, Democrat, Agree In State
ment That Unfavorable Ac
tion Has Reen Probability.
WASHINGTON. April 28. A stormy
debate over the nomination of Louis
D. Brandeis for, the Supreme Court
broke out in the Senate late today and,
before it was over, predictions were
made by two members of the judiciary
committee, one of them a Democrat,
that an unfavorable report on the ap
pointment would follow when the com
mittee reached a vote.
Discussion was precipitated when
Senator Sutherland, a Republican com
mitteeman, read to the Senate an in
terview published yesterday, quoting
Senator Ashurst as charging that Re
publican members of the judiciary com
mittee were filibustering in order to
delay a vote on the nomination until
after the National political conventions.
Senator Ashurst steadfastly stood by
the quoted statement in the course of
the heated argument that followed, un
til assured by fellow-Democrats on the
committee that there was no such fili
buster. He then withdrew the charge.
Karl j- Committee Vote Probable.
It generally was believed tonight that
the debate would serve to bring the
committee to a vote on the nomination
within a few days. All the Senators
who took part in the discussion were
members of the committee.
Senator Sutherland took Senator Ash
urst to task both for revealing to news
papermen what had taken place in the
Judiciary committee and for saying that
the Republican members were filibus
tering. "Newspapermen did ask me if I
thought the Republican members were
filibustering against the confirmation
and I said I did," declared the Arizona
Senator. "I said it and I would like to
see the color of the hair of the man
who can imprison my thoughts."
Truth of Interview Denied.
Senator Sutherland replied that if
Senator Ashurst had been as faithful
in attending the committee meetings
as Republican and other Democratic
Senators he would not make such a
charge, and Senator Clark, of Wyoming,
also said the interview stated far from
the truth.
"I am not one of those Senators who
pretend to deliberate after their minds
are made up," continued Senator Ash
urst. "I can well imagine the con
sternation of Republican Senators when
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTRR DAY'S Maximum temperature. 57
dcKrcfs; minimum, 44 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, warmer; northwesterly
witids.
Mexico.
Obrepon willing to meet United States half
way in conference Page -.
Additional forre of American cavalry to
cross border today. Page 2.
War.
British battleship KuksoII sunk by mine in
Mediterranean; 1-4 men missing. Page 4.
Verdun in ruins as result of long bombard
ment. Page 4.
Greece on verge of outbreak, rage 4.
J oreign.
Dublin paralyzed by acts of rioters. Page 1.
.National.-
Un favorable report on Brandeis forecast In
Senate. Page J.
Ioinefti.
American Ambassador's son returns home
with Belgian bride, who met him in
luspital. Page 4.
Carnegie honors two Oregon heroes. Page 5.
Roosevelt boom started in dead earnest.
Page o.
port.
Pacific Coast League results: Portland
Vcrnon frame postponed; San Francisco
2, Salt Uke 1; L.oa Angeles S, Oakland
4. Page- 1'2.
Who owns Catcher Roche, is worrying
McCredie. Page 32.
Dr. A. D. Browne will direct athletics at
Oregon Agricultural College. Page
Pennsylvania wins Pentathlon at annual car
nival. 1'age lo.
Pacific Northwest.
Oswego woman of 70 acquitted on arson
chcrge. Pag 6.
Corvallis guard company to take practice
march and field work. Page 0.
Business men's excursion completes round of
visits. Page 3 4,
Masked young men duck Albany High School
principal. Page 1.
. Commercial and Marine.
Heavy forward buying of Pacific Coast hops.
Page 37.
Chicago wheat affected by reports of insect
damage. Page 17.
Rails again lead in stock market advance.
Page 17.
Keel of Alaska Fisheries craft will be laid
at Seattle on Monday. Page 3 4.
Portland and Vicinity.
New shipyard will adjoin Peninsula Lumber
Company plant. Page 1.
Engineers pronounce Montavilla sewer per
fect. Page 3.
Women angry at political trick played by
evening newspaper. Page 7.
Festival parade plans to be arranged def
initely tonight. Page 0.
JeffTson Hih interpretation of "Tom
Pinch" praised. Page 7.
Young surveyor, Cornell graduate, takes life
by shooting. Page 6.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17,
MORE RUSSIANS IN FRANCE
Military Honors Also Are Accorded
Xcw Detachments.
PARIS. April 28. A Havas dispatch
from Marseilles reports the arrival
there of a further contingent of Rus
sian troops, the number of which Is
not given.
The Russians reached Marseilles this
morning:, the dispatch says, and disem
barked immediately. They wewe .re
ceived with the same military honors
which were accorded the previous Rus
sian detachments and were cheered by
the people as they marched to Camp
Mirabcau. They will be sent in a few
days to Camp Mailly.
ANOTHER U-BOAT IS SUNK
British Capture 1 8 of Crew of Sub
marine Off East Coast.
LONDON. April 28. A German sub
marine was sunk off the east coast
yesterday, it was officially announced
today. Eighteen men on the submarine
were captured.
The destruction of a German sub
marine by a British trawler off the
north coast of Scotland confirmed by
reports today. Dutch newspapers say
the submarine was of the latest and
largest type and carried a crew of
60. all of whom, were lost.
CITY TO HAVE NEW
SHIPBUILDING PLANT
F. C. Knapp Is.t Head
of ,?v v" iect.
ARTICLES SOON TO BE FILED
Yard Will Adjoin Peninsula
Lumber Company's Sawmill.
$200,000 MAY BE SPENT
Lumhcrnian Says Proposed Industry
Is Logical, Safe and Perma
nent Business, Develop
ment for Portland.
DETAILS OK PORTLAND'S NEW
WOODEN SHIPBUILDING
ENTERPRISE.
First investment from $100,000
to $200,000.
Auxiliary schooners planned for
lumber trade.
First unit will comprise five
ways, and more space is avail
able. Vessels to be sold as com
pleted, and others started.
Proximity to big mill, drydock
and railroad tracks makes site
valuable.
Home and outside capital in
syndicate, headed by F. C. Knapp.
backs permanent plant.
BY W. K. MAHONET.
Portland and Eastern financiers have
joined with F. C. Knapp, president of
the Peninsula Lumber Company, for
the establishment of a wooden ship
building plant near the foot of Mc
Kenna avenue on property adjoining
that of the lumber corporation on the
south. Ways will be provided for five
vessels there and they will be erected
as soon as a fill on the site is com
pleted, and. that is to be started next
week.
Auxiliary wooden schooners are to be
turned out, intended for the lumber
tra.de, capable of carrying from 1,000,
000 to 2,000,000 feet. Some of the ves
sels will be smaller than others, and
all now planned will be-built for sale.
In spite of the demand for semi-Diesel
engines, and the fact certain manufac
turers are swamped with orders, ar
rangements have been made for the
power for these vessels and the first
delivery will be made in September.
Articles to Be Filed.
Articles incorporating the new com
pany are to be filed next week. At
present it is contemplated to expend
from $100,000 to $200,000 on the project.
Other land is available below the mill,
and the shipbuilding development may
be greatly extended.
Announcement by Mr. Knapp last
night of the launching of the new en
terprise, which stands forth as the first
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T. R. FOR NATIONAL
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
HEPIV MADK TO COSGRESSIOX
Ali VNIOX COMMITTEE.
Statement Says Time Has Come for
"Cireatt-r and Truer National
ism'' in Country.
NEW YORK, April 28. In a signed
statement prepared here today for a
committee of women representing the
Congressional Union, who appealed to
him as the head of the Progressive
party. Colonel Roosevelt declared that
the question of enfranchising women
has become National and pledged his
support of the proposed amendment to
the Federal Constitution giving the
vote to women. Mr. Roosevelt's state
ment follows:
"I believe that the time has come for
a greater and truer Nationalism in this
country. I believe in the Nationaliza
tion of the issues which affect not only
men. but women also.
'"The great problems of our country
are National. In the matter of the
railroads, for example 46 different sets
of laws for their regulation merely
check and handicap their development
and management. A universal Federal
law is essential for results. In the
.same way, the question of the enfran
chisement of women has become Na
tional and demands Federal action.
"I, therefore, heartily endorse any
Federal amendment which shall sub
stantially provide:
"First That the right of the citizen
of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United
States on account of sex.
"Second Congress shall have power,
and it shall be the duty of Congress by
appropriate legislation, to enforce the
provisions of this article."
SEIZURE IS CONFIRMED
British Take American Power
Schooner Chartered by Germans.
VALLEJO, Cal.. April 28. The re
ported, seizure of the American power
schooner Oregon by the British cruiser
Rainbow in the Gulf of California is
confirmed by advices received today at
the Mare Island Navy-yard from Guay
mas. The seizure occurred on April
23 while the Oregon was en route from
La Paz, Lower California, to Guaymas.
The Oregon, a vessel of 350 tons, is
owned by the Crawley Company, of
San Francisco. She is under charter
to the German, firm of Lin pa & Co., of
Mazatlan, for use in the West Coast
trade.
ARMY CONFEREES AT ODDS
Senate, However, Said to Be Willing
to Give Vp Nitrate Plant Idea.
WASHINGTON, April 28. Conferees
on the Army reorganization bill reached
tentative agreements today on many
minor differences between the House
and Senate bills, but made no progress
on the three big point3 at issue the
size of the regular Army, the Federal
volunteer Army, and the Government
nitrate plant.
It is generally expected that the Sen
ate finally will agree to abandon the
latter proposal. Two sessions daily
will be held by the conferees until they
are ready to report.
TIE ORDER STARTS MILLS
Rock Creek Plant to Cut Railway
Material lor Europe.
RIDGE FIELD, Wash.. April 28.
(Special.) The ' sawmill of the Star
Lumber Company, located on Rock
Creek, near the north fork of Lewis
River oi the Clarke County side, will
resume operations Monday, after being
idle for nearly two years. This com
pany has secured a contract for fur
nishing 100,000 railway ties for Euro
pean shipment, which will require
at least two months' steady operation
to complete the order.
The sawmill of the Star Lumber
Company cuts about 75,000 feet a day,
and"wlll furnish employment to about
80 men.
ARMY SYSTEMS COMPARED
Colonel Baker, at Vancouver, Dis
cusses Swiss and German Plans.
VANCOUVER. Wash., April 2S. (Spe
cial.) Colonel David .T. Baker, Jr., of
the Twenty-first Infantry, delivered an
interesting- lecture tonight at the Rex
Theater, dealing with the military tac
tics of Switzerland and of Germany.
He compared the military systems of
each country as to power and effi
ciency. He discussed the educational
training of the young men of each
nation.
Moving pictures were shown of the
Glacier National Park. The Knights
of Columbus orchestra entertained.
GARRISON'S RELIEF FAILS
Ship With Supplies for Troops Shut
Vp at Kut-el-Amara Grounds.
LONDON. April 28. A relief ship
sent by the British with supplies for
the garrison at Kut-el-Amara grounded
in the Tigris four miles to the east of
Kut, it was announced in an official
statement tonight. The report eays:
"An attempt made on the night of
April 24 to send & ship with supplies
for the Anglo-Indian forces shut up in
Kut. though carried out with the ut
most gallantry, unfortunately failed.
"Our aeroplanes discovered the ship
aground near Magasis. about four miles
east of Kut."
Service to Be in English.
English services will be held tomor
row night in Immanuel Lutheran
Church, Nineteenth and Irvington
streets. Rev. J. Richard Olson, pastor.
MONTAVILLA SEWER
DECLARED PERFECT
Report of All Engi
neers Coincides.
DEPARTMENT SHAKEUP PENDS
Residents of District Ex
press Satisfaction.
MR. CALDWELL MAY GO TOO
Conncilmen Comment on Cost of
$2 ISO Forced Vpon City by Un
faithful Servants mid Puni
tive Action Will Be Taken.
Presaging a general shakeup of
sewer inspectors, engineers and labor
ers in the city's sewer bureau came
the final official report yesterday of
two committees, one representing the
Oregon Society of Civil Engineers and
the other the residents of Montavilla,
both to the effect that the alleged
Montavilla trunk sewer frauds recent
ly investigated by the City Council,
were without foundation and that the
sewer is in perfect condition.
The reports which were made after
extensive investigations of the phys
ical condition of the sewer over its
mile and a half of length, constitutes
an unqualified vindication of Commis
sioner Dieck, City Engineer Dater.
Sewer Engineer J. C. Sharp, Chief
Sewer Inspector Charles Smith and- the
contractor William Lind, against whom
the charges as made by inspectors,
laborers, engineers and others were
aimed.
Shakeup Promised Soon.
The shakeup in the sewer depart
ment will come within a short time.
Commissioner Dieck said as much to
the Council after the reading of the
reports. It probably will be a com
plete cleanup of all those who were in
volved in the case to the extent of
giving testimony as to alleged faulty
work permitted in the sewer.
No names were mentioned by Mr.
Dieck yesterday. He said he is busy
now going through the testimony in an
effort to determine whom he will try
to get rid of. The list may include the
following: Richard Walsh, inspector
M. L. Dowling. engineer; J. B. Need
ham, inspector; Martin McCarthy, in
spector; A. F. Lawson, laborer, and C.
D. Jameson, inspector. Mr. Dieck also
will request the removal from the
Civil Service eligible list of two in
spectors not now employed. They are
II. L. Wright and V. A. Newell.
Mr. Caldwell May Lose Head.
The investigation may result further
in the removal of George W. Caldwell
as chairman of the Municipal Civil
Service Board because of his activity
in the case. Mayor Albee would not
announce his plans, but it has. been
rumored about the City Hall for some
time that this move would result.
Mr. Caldwell invoked the wrath of
Commissioner Dieck by stirring up the
Montavilla troubles in the first place.
He conducted an investigation and
took testimony which resulted in the
Council investigation. Mr. Dieck as
serted that he was given no oppor
tunity to give his side of the case be
fore Mr. Caldwell and that his method
of investigating was absolutely unfair.
Mr. Caldwell denied this and gave Mr.
Dieck an opportunity later to present
his case, but the latter refused, pre
senting his side to the Council and
ignoring the Caldwell hearing which
was held the night before the Council
investigation! started.
Investigation Coats 21K.
The investigation of the Council cost
$2189. according to a cost record kept.
Of this amount $874 went to the re
porter who made a stenographic record
or the case involving 900 pages of legal
cap.
"I wish to call attention to the fact
that the taxpayers have just paid out
J2189 to investigate gossip," said Mayor
Albee.
"That is absolutely the fact," said
Commissioner Dieck.
"But it may be worth it," said the
Mayor, "if we can get rid of a few of
the inspectors who showed their hands
in this case."
"Well, believe me!" exclaimed Mr.
Dieck.
"We'd better get rid or enough o
them to make the investigation pay,"
said Commissioner Daly.
Discussion Is Harmonious.
Commissioner Dieck suggested thai
photographic records be made of the.
reports of the two committees of engi
neers. "And include, the photos of some of
the inspectors." said the Mayor.
"Yes, in stripes," suggested Mr.
Dieck.
"And some of the members of the
Civil Service Board, too," said Mr. Bis
low. "Well, I would say one of them, at
least," said Mayor Albee.
In the report of the committee of
the American Society of Civil Engi
neers, comprising George C Mason, .1.
P. Newell and J. L. Stannard, the sewer
is declared to be in perfect condition.
This committee recommends that the
city get rid of inspectors who aided in
spreading the reports and gossip about
the sewer being defective.
The report of this committee follows:
Gentlemen The. committee appointed by
the Portland branch of the Americau Society
of Civil Engineers to assist in the investi
gation of the Montavilla -wwer. beg to submit
the following: report:
Inspection Jeclarel Minute.
We listened carefully to all the testimony
submitted to the Council, and then Inspected
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