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VOL. XVII NO. 17,638.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE . .2, 1917.
1M1ICE FIVE CENTS.
FOILED ROBBER IS
SPOKANE JITNEURS
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III SHARON
MUTINOUS TROOPS
SEIZE FORTRESS
TOWIIS RAZED, DEAD
LEFT BY TORNADO
COOLER WEATHER
DR. HILLIS AROUSES
SENSE OF DANGERS
HOLDS UP FRESHET
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SUICIDE III BANK
CASE DEFY COURT
NET PROCEEDS TO BE GIVEX TO
SOT-IERS AND WORKMEX DEFY
.aVSSIAX GOVERNMENT.
"
RIVER TO BE RICHER TODAY
RED CROSS, SAYS SECRETARY.
AND THEN SnOCLD DROP.
JURORS
Cashier Wounds High
wayman in Seattle.
$3000 DEMANDED IN NOTE
Threat Made to Blow Up Block
With Nitroglycerine.
LETTER WRITTEN TO GOD
Spokane Merchant, Mason and Mu
sician Leaves Letter Saying Ills
Family Is Hungry and Some
thing Must Be Done.
SEATTLE, "Wash.. June 1. Franklin
' I. Whitman, late of Spokane, commit
ted suicide In the King County Bank,
In the University district, today by
ehootlngr himself after he had been shot
In the thigh by William A. Nordqulst,
assistant cashier, to whom he had pre
. sented a written demand for $3000, at
the same time laying" an empty bottle
labeled "nitroglycerin" on the banker's
cage sill.
The would-be robber pressed his
" pistol close to his abdomen and fired,
i inflicting a wound from which he died
10 minutes later.
Letter Addressed to God.
At the morgue a letter was found In
the dead man's pocket, indicating that
he was of unbalanced mind. It was
addressed "To My God," and said the
writer was hungry and was going out
to get something to eat.
A receipt for dues made out to
Franklin I. Whitman by officers of Or
iental Consistory No. 2, Scottish Rite
Masons, Spokane, was found in the dead
man's pocket. There was also a note
to his wife, another to the police and
a third to a clergyman of Seattle.
Printed Note Given Cashier.
Whitman removed to Seattle from
Spokane last September with his wife
and six small children.
The man entered the bank and laid
on Nordqaist's desk a note printed with
a rubber stamp and reading as follows:
"Do not give any alarm while I am
in here and you will live. I have two
pint bottles of nitroglycerine and Just
want, to die. One signal of alarm and
I will blow up the entire block. .
"I want $3000 in gold or currency.
Tou don't need to hurry. When I am
tired of waiting I will make the ex-
plosion.
Official Opens Fire.
T carry a loaded gun, too."
Instead of complying with the man's
request. Nordqutst suddenly ducked be
hind his desk, and, seizing a revolver.
began firing through the counter,
wounding the would-be robber In the
thigh. The robber turned his revolver
on himself, pulled the trigger and died
almost Immediately.
He was well dressed and about 40
i years of age.
SPOKANE, Wash. June 1. Franklin
I. Whitman was until a year ago a
member of a commission firm here
- Whitman had a wife and six children.
who are thought to be living in Seattle
Whitman was prominent here in Ma
sonic circles and was a well-known
singer.
OFFICERS MISS DINNER
Field Mess Is Served Decause of
Water Shortage at Presidio.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1. The water
supply gave out temporarily at the
Presidio here today and the Army Cooks
were unable to wash the breakfast
dishes.
Consequently, when several hundred
leg-weary "rookies." candidates for
commissions as officers of the Re
serve Corps, returned from a two-hour
march, during which they carried 20
pound packs and rifles, there was no
dinner.
The men were forced to line up and
take their "chow" according to strict
field methods.
TAX CLASSIFICATION TOPIC
Commissioner Galloway Addresses
La Grande Business Men.
LA GRANDE, Or.. June 1. (Special.)
Charles Galloway, Tax Commissioner,
came from Salem today to address 100
La Grande business men at their week
ly luncheon concerning the tax class!
flcatlon amendment which Is up for
consideration at the special election.
"He dwelt upon the fallacies of the
present method and urgently advocat
ed the new, vigorously defending the
principles the amendment proposes.
NATION'S CALL ABOVE JOB
Supt. Chase, of State Training
School, Goes to the Presidio.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. June 1 (Spe
elal.) Assistant Superintendent O. J
Chase, of the State Training School
4. this place, resigned and left today tc
enter the service of Uncle Sam. Hi
application has been sent to the Offl
cers' Reserve Corps at the Presidio,
San Francisco.
His successor at the school here has
not been named.
Mayor Fleming Thinks Move Is to
Evade Law and Declares Oper
ators Will Be Arrested.
SPOKANE. Wash., June I. (Special.)
Jitney buses in Spokane will begin
running again Saturday morning, not
as Jitney buses, but as "free buses,"
according to an announcement of F. B.
Kliphouse, secretary of the Jitney Mens'
Union.
The Jitney men held a meeting this
morning at which time it was decided
to start running again. Large signs
with the car's destination and bearing
the words: "Free Bus," will be placed
on the front of each Jitney, Mr. Klip
house declared.
In the inside of the car will be a
small box upon which will be the
words: "Voluntary Contribution to th?
Red Cross of AU the Net Proceeds.
We expect that the Red Cross will
get 10 per cent of the gross receipts,"
said Secretary Kliphouse.
The fir6t Jltneyman who attempts to
operate his car will be arrested." said
Mayor Fleming this afternoon. "The
new move looks to me like an attempt
to evade the law, and in any case, we
will give the courts a chance to decide
whether the Jitneys will run or not.
"In any case, permission from the
City Council or the Charities Commis
sion is necessary before contributions
for any purpose may be solicited in the
city. Under the new scheme, the Jit
neymen would be operating passenger
vehicles for profit, and, under the con
struction of the law, would be guilty of
operating without a bond."
WARDEN CAN'T HEAD BOARD
Xewly Elected Chairman of State
Lime Body to Ask Change.
SALEM, Or., June 1. (Special.)
Warden Murphy, of the state peniten
tiary, who yesterday was elected chair
man of the State Lime Board, discov
ered today upon an examination of the
statute creating that board that he is
ineligible to serve as head of the board.
The law provides that the chairman
shall be one of the appointed mem
bers, and Mr. Murphy serves on the
board in an ex-offlclo capacity as
warden of the prison.
He will call the disrepancy to the
attention of the members of the board
at a meeting to be held at Gold Hill
soon and ask that another chairman be
named.
FRESH FRUIT SENT TO NOME
Ice-Bound City of Alaska Will Wel
come Steamer Umatilla.
SEATTLE, Wash.. June 1. The
steamer Umatilla, which left Seattle
today for Nome, Alaska, takes news
papers, vegetables and fruit to the
Seward Peninsula city, which, since
November. 1916. the 1500 people ice
bound there have not received. Goods
which have reached there were trans
ported by railroad, stage and sled
nearly a thousand miles overland from
Prince William Sound.
Two other ships, Nome bound, pre
ceded the Umatilla from Seattle, but
they are much slower vessels.
LAD, ON LEAVE, GRADUATES
Sailor Goes From Bremerton to Al
bany to Get Diploma.
ALBANY, Or., June 1. (Special.)
On three days' shore leave from Uncle
Sam's Navy, Francis . X. Beal tonight
sat with the other members of the
senior class of Albany High School,
of which he is president, and received
his diploma as a graduate. He is serv
ing on a torpedo-boat destroyer at
Bremerton.
Several other boys of the school have
enlisted in the Oregon National Guard
but have not yet been" called.
DISLOYAL DOCTOR DUCKED
Citizens Compel Retraction as Cul
prit, Kneeling, Kisses Flag.
WABENA, Wis., June 1. As a result
of alleged remarks in which he at
tempted to discourage enlistments. Dr
Hugo Miller, of Laona. Wis., a Govern'
ment physician on an Indian reserva
tion, was seized by citizens, of Wabena
last night, arid thrown into the river.
Later he was made to kneel, kiss
the flag and retract his alleged utter
ances.
ALIEN TAX IS SUGGESTED
Levy of $200 on Foreigners Would
Raise $400,000,000.
WASHINGTON, June 1. A war tax
of 200 on every adult masculine alien
who has resided in the United States
five years or more was proposed as a
means of - raising 8400,000,000, in a
speech in the House today.
Representative O'Shaugnessy, of
Rhode Island, made the suggestion.
JAPAN NOT TO SEND ARMY
Russians Dor Not Need Troops, but
Munitions, Says Toklo.
TOKIO, June 1. The foreign office
has informed the Associated Press that
there is ;no truth in the report that
Japan was to dispatch troops to Rus
sia to reinforce the Russian army.
It is stated that Russia does not need
men, but munitions and supplies.
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Directed Sict.
JODGE NAMES NEW FOREMAN
Half of $2,600,000 Estate Is
Denied Claimant.
PAPERS LOST IN 1906 FIRE
F. W. Sharon, of Tacoma, Bases
Claim to Property on Alleged
Adoption as Son by Lato
Frederick William Sharon
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1. A verdict
for the estate was returned tonight In
a contest brought by Frederick Wal
lace Sharon, of Tacoma, Wash., to se
cure half of the $2,600,000 property left
by the late Frederick William Sharon.
The Tacoma man asserted he was the
decedent's adopted son.
Judge James V. Coffey had Instructed
the Jury to bring Jn a verdict for the
estate. .
Jary Rrfn.es to Obey.
The Jury, after retiring to delib
erate, returned and reported that nine
of their number refused to bring in
the Instructed verdict of the court.
Judge Coffey thereupon directed that
they return to their room for further
deliberation.
After Jurors had refused to follow
the order of the court to bring in a
verdict for the estate. Judge Coffey,
acting on a suggestion made by Garret
W. McEnerney, of counsel for the
estate, dismissed the foreman, Joseph
J. Durham, one of the nine, and ap
pointed in his place John R. Hamilton,
one of the three In accord with the
court's instructions. Hamilton there
upon signed a verdict under the court's
instructions.
Notice of Appeal Given.
Thomas B. Dozier, of counsel for the
contestant, filed notice of appeal with
Judge Coffey,- following the dismissal
of the Jury.
This was stated to be the first time
In the "history of the local courts that
a Jury refused to bring in a verdict
as Instructed by the court.
Judge Coffey in instructing the Jury
said the burden of proof rested upon
the contestant and as his contest was
based upon the complaint which he
had filed, it would be necessary for
him to prove all the allegations of his
complaint. The court reviewed In de
tail the allegations as Bet forth in the
complaint and In conclusion, said:
Court Roles for Defendant.
"There is no proof in my Judgment
which entitles this case to go to the
jury, except that they shall give a
verdict under my instructions. My
instructions aro that they shall find a
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x. at Stronghold Is Chief Defense
of Pet rograd Ministry Asks
. . Order Revoked.
LONDON, Jane 2. A Renter dispatch
from Petroarn nay A. I. KoaovalozT,
Minister of Commerce and Trade,
resigned, owing; to a complete diver
gence In views with M. SkobelefT. Mlm
Ister of Labor, concerning; the economic
and flnnnclal measures necessary la the
present crisis. .
PETROGRAD, via London, June' 1.
The fateful decision of the Workmen
and Soldier delegates to assume control
of Kronstadt. the great fortress which
defends Petrograd. was carried by a
vote of 210 against 40, with eight of
the delegates abstaining from voting.
It is announced by the Workmen and
Soldiers' delegates that henceforth tho
relations of Kronstadt with Petrograd
and the remainder of Russia will be
only through the intermediary of the
Petrograd branch of the delegates.
The local Workmen ajd Soldiers'
Council at Kronstadt announces that it
has taken In v Its hands the effective
power of Kronstadt; that it does not
recognize the provisional government
and that It has removed all the govern
ment's representatives.
The Minister of Justice has notified
his colleagues of this "development and
on their instructions has communicated
with the Kronstadt Council through the
Petrograd Council with a view to In
ducing the Kronstadt Council to revoke
Its orders.
Newspaper Circulation Grows.
CHICAGO. June 1. War news has
greatly advanced the circulation of
newspapers and periodicals, according
to members of the Audit Bureau of Clr
culiatlon In session here today.
DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS IN LIB
ERTY BOND CAMPAIGN.
Total Portland subscriptions to
date, $1,943,950.
Total outside subscriptions to
date. fl. 221.650.
Many small investors apply for
subscriptions at local banks.
Albers Bros, subscribe ' 125,000
and arrange for sale of bonds to
. employes on installments.
Portland Railway. Light &
Power Company offers bonds to
employes on monthly payments
of 5 per cent of subscription.
Blake. McFall Sc. Co., Northwest
Steel Company and Willamette
Iron &. Steols Works, a'so ro
' pose installment . plan for em
ployes, s
Publicity committee distributes
many red. white and blue posters
and placards through business
district.
Series of noonday meetings
planned, at which bond salesmen
will explain liberty loan to em
ployes of industrial plants.
Ellison -White Chautauqua
managers arrange for liberty
bond addresses at every Oregon
Chautauqua.
Dr. Newell Dwlght Hlllls and
Lawrence Chamberlain address
big audiences at Eleventh-Street
Theater in afternoon and even
ing. Details of bond campaign on
page 17. .
PULL THE FARMER OUT OF THE
Oklahoma, Missouri
and Kansas Swept.
21 ARE DEAD, 100 INJURED
55,000 Barrels of Oil Burn,
Loss Being $180,000.
GUARDSMEN CALLED OUT
School Teacher Saves Lives of Her
Class by Marching Charges Into
Storm Cellar Just as Build
ing Is Blown Away.
KANSAS CITT. Mo.. June 1. Twenty-
one known deaths, injuries to more
than 100 . persons and large property
damage resulted from a series of tor
nadoes in Southeastern Kansas, North
Central Oklahoma and Southern Mis
souri late today.
Coalgate, Okla., the county seat of
Coal County, a town of 3500 inhabl
tants. reported 13 deaths, 100 persons
Injured and the entire western portion
of the town blown away. It was the
mining section of the town the tornado
struck, where the buildings largely
were miner's cabins. The names of the
dead were unobtainable, but it was
said half "of them were negro miners.
At least 400 homes were razed.
Teacher Save Lives.
The extent of the tornado's work at
Coffeyville, Kan., was not known to
night. The only report of any sub
stance gotten out of there before all
communication was cut off was that 200
houses had been demolished. It is
feared that numerous deaths had oc
curred.
Drake, Okla., suffered five deaths,
and the destruction of two residences
and the schoolhouse. A school teacher
marshalled her charges into a storm
cellar when she heard the tornado
coming and probably eavedmany lives,
for the building was razed over their
T heads. . v .
Morse. 'Kan., 25 miles from Kansas
City, was seriously damaged by a
twister that took three lives.
From Ottawa. Kan., came a report
that many farm houses in Franklin
County had been wrecked and a num.
ber of persons injured.
Strip Cleared Between Towns.
Lehigh, Okla., near Coalgate. was hit
by the same tornado that struck the
latter town. Several persons were in
Jured and extensive property damage
done.
Buffalo. Mo., reported a tornado
whirled through- the section between
that place and Lebanon. Mo., late to
day. carrying down farm houses and
doing other damage.
Another storm was reported to have
passed . between Buffalo and Lebanon
ARDMORE. Okla.. June 1. Velma
iConcluded on Pasa 2. Oolu-nn 3. t
MUD FOR A CHANGE?
Depth at Portland at 7 P. M. 22. 3
Feet, Showing Increase of Close
to One Foot for 21 Hours.
"Temperatures are lower over British
Columbia and In the eastern part of this
district, but they will probably be
higher tomorrow, and while the river
will be slightly higher here tomorrow,
it will fall then for at least two days
and probably three." was the observa
tion last night of Assistant Forecaster
Drake, of the Weather Bureau, after re
ceiving reports from various sections.
The gauge registered 21.9 feet above
zero here yesterday morning and at 7
o'clock last night it was 22.3 feet, a
gain of four-tenths of a foot, and it
was thought at the last reading it was
almost at a standstill. The increase
In depth for 24 hours ending at 8 o'clock
yesterday morning was nine-tenths of a
foot and the same relative gain had
been made for 24 hours ending at 7
o'clock last night.
Early reports yesterday were that
there was a gain of eight-tenths of a
foot at Wenatchee, with a fall of one
foot at Kamiah, one and two-tenths feet
at Lewlston and two-tenths of a foot
at Umatilla, and a rise of one and four-
tenths feet at The Dalles.
The official readings yesterday were
as follows:
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Wenatchee 40 37.8 0.8
Kamiah 25 12. 6 1.0
Iwl.ton 22 1.1.7 1.2
I'matilla 25 22.5 tt.2
Th- Dulles 40 88.7 1.4
Eugene ................. 10 5.6 I O
Albany 20 6.4 0.8
Halem 20 6.1 I 0.3
Oregon City 12 6.0 O
Portland 15 at. a I -t-O.a
The Columbia at Vancouver at 8 P. M.
ill 23.1 feet. It was 22.7 feet at 8 A. M.
It was yet rising tonight, but the rise bad
crown slower.
LATINS BUY MANY APPLES
Sales to Brazil and Argentina In
crease Steadily.
WASHINGTON. June 1. American
fruits, particularly apples and pears,
are in great favor in Brazil and Argen
tina. This is evidenced by a Govern
ment report .mads public today, show
lng that the two countries now Import
80,000 barrels of apples and 65,000
boxes . of pears annually from the
United States.
This trade started in 1910. has in
creased steadily since the war began.
DENVER HAS JUNE SNOW
Fall Is First Ever Recorded In Cor
responding Month IIere.s
DENVER. June t. Denver had Its
first June snowstorm this morning.
It soon changed to rain.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAFfi Maximum temperature, 62
deirMi; minimum. 52 degrees.
TODAVS Probably fair and allfhtly
warmer; westerly winds.
War.
Mora than 81.000 prlaoners takea by French
In six weeka. Pass 2.
Three American veasls sunk by German
submarines. Pace 2.
Alllra twice aaved by Italy, says member
of war mlaalon. Pasa 7.
France Isnorea aoclallatlc peace move. Pase 8.
Brltlah food outlook la brighter. Pace 7.
Foreign.
Russian soldiers and workmen seize Petro
rad fortreas. Pace 1.
National.
Autl-draft plot la believed la hand. Pasa 10.
War Department decides on 16 inatead of 82
mobilization cam pa. Pace 4.
Final vote on food bill likely In Senate
today. Pace .
Prealdent promleee marketing protection for
Nonhweat tprlns wh.-nl (rowers. ase 6.
Movlna" picture theater war tax eliminated.
Pase 10.
Lumbermen make atronc eaaa against 13 par
cent freight rise. Pace 5.
Domeatle.
Towns razed, dead left In wake of Southern
tornadoes. Pace 1.
Jury in Sharon ault refuaea to atgn in-
atructed verdict for eatate. Pase 1.
Snorts.
Pacific Coast League reaulta Portland 4.
Vernon 6; Loe Anselea 7. 6an Franclaco 2;
Oakland 2, Bait Lake O. Pare 18.
George Stovall. Vernon manager, la in
definitely auapended for verbal attack on
Umjlre Braahear. Page 16.
"Cholce.ball" foureome Introduced in San
Francisco. Page 16.
Faclfle Northwest.
Foiled bank robber, wounded, ends own life
In Seattle. Page 1.
Jltneya to run as "free buses la Spokane.
Pase 1.
Practically no bids received for rural credits
bonds. Pag 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Protest against ship merger by Chamber ca
nceled. Page 18.
Oregon woo'.growere holding clip for publlo
aalea. rage 21.
Exporters pay high premiums for cash
wheat. Page 21.
Stork market more than recovers from early
depression. Pago 21.
Portland and Vtrtntry.
Newell Dwlght Hlllls brings to Portland
plea for liberty Dona issue, rage l.
Cooler wealher' delays freshet. Page 1.
Civil War veteran gets divorce from nagging
wife. Page 13.
"Give Chiefs Hell" slogsn of two-platoon
workers. Page 11.
Daly'a record shows what he would do as
Mayor, rage s.
Shipping Board ready to recelva timber
bids. Page O.
C. H. Llngenfelter. ex-United States Attor
ney for District of Idaho, la aulcide at
hospital. Page s.
Iteed atudents to take river trip today afs
first event or commencement week.
Pace 8.
Seventh - Day Adventtsta elect officers.
Pase 8.
Big men named for Red Cross 'drlve.
Page 8.
Chamber makes report on measures on
ballot Monday. Page IH.
Weather report, data and forecast. Fata SI.
Kaiser's Dream of Do
minion Exposed.
THOUGHTFUL MEN GIYE HEED
Necessity for Success of Lib
erty Loan Brought Home.
DEBT TO FRANCE IS GREAT
Brooklyn Preacher and Xcw York
Bond Dealer Stir Fatriotlsm of
Portland Audiences In In
terest of Bond Issue.
"Not since Fort Sumpter was fired
upon have thoughtful men been o dis
turbed as today." declared Dr. Newell
Dwlght Hlllls, eminent preacher and
lecturer, in opening his liberty bond
address at the Eleventh-street Theater
yesterday afternoon.
His words seemed prophetic of the
effect that his speech was to have upon
his audience.
Audience Realises Stress.
For it was apparent before ha was
half through his eloquent, patriotic ad
dress that not since the present war
started had his hearers been so aroused
to a realization of the overwhelming
duty that confronts the people in the
Nation's crista
Dr. Hlllls repeated his lecture before
another large audience at the stmt
theater last night.
Sharing honors with tr. Hlllls in his
magnificent work of arousing the pub
lic conscience to the necessity of mak
ing the liberty loan a success. Law
rence Chamberlain, prominent New
Tork bond dealer and financial author
ity, explained, in language readily un
derstood by the layman, the purpose.
the terms and the plans fur the sale of
liberty bonds.
Bismarck's Plan Exposed.
Both meetings were opened witt
patriotic songs. Hartrldge Whipp lead
ing "America In the afternoon and
Mme. Luclle Valalr in the evening. Mrs.
James N. Davis, prominent member of
the Daughters of the American Revolu- -tlon.
and A. L. Mills, president of the
First National Bank, presided at the)
afternoon and evening meetings re- '
spectlvely.
In both his speeches. Dr. Hlllls laid
bare the scheme for the Germanlzation
of the world, conceived by Bismarck '
and carried forward by Kaiser Wll
helm. This scheme, he declared and he
quoted from official documents of the
Kaiser and other German officials to
prove his assertion contemplates tha
subjugation of the entire civilized
world by the Berlin authorities.
It is to carry this grasping ambition
Into effect that Germany is engaged in
the present war. he continued. Every .
organized effort of the German peoplo .
and every movement of the German
tConcluded on Page 4. Column
Liberty Loan Facts
No. B
How the Liberty Loan Must
Be Subscribed to Make
It Successful
The liberty loan of 82.000.000,000
will be fully subscribed.
But its success will not be de
pendent on its being fully sub
scribed. It will be successful only if It is
substantially oversubscribed and
the money comes from the right
sources.
What are the right sources?
The best source is the idle money
now kept in safe deposit boxes and
at home. At the same time, the
person who has money in his safe
deposit box can immeasurably bet
ter his position by buying these
Government bonds.
He will receive at least JH'per
cent on his money, which is not
earning anything now for him. He
will lose nothing in security.
The next best source is current
savings. This applies to the rich
and to the poor.' It is Just as neces
sary for you, with an Income of
13000 a year, to subscribe for your
share of the liberty bonds as for
John D. Rockefeller, with a sup
posed income of 830,000,000 a year,
to take his proportion of the bonds
oat of Bis current ssilszi.
When you buy a liberty bond you
are saving a psrt of your Income
exactly as If you deposited the
money in a savings bsnk. You aro
helping your country., too.
If you have a savings account in
the bank, you can transfer a part
of it at least into liberty bonds.
The bank will not suffer. Their
deposits cannot fail to grow as in
creased industrisl activity results in
greater savings of employes.
Subscribe for a liberty
bond today from the money
in your safe deposit box,
from your current savings,
from your savings account.
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