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POBTLAyP, OREGON, FRIDAY, 3IAY P, flOlD.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
2 OF 3 BIG PLANES
ARRIVE IfJ HALIFAX
One Machine, NC-4, Fails
to Reach Destination.
CANADIAN WHEAT TO
BE BROUGHT TO U. S.
DIRECTOR BARNES TO DISTRIB
UTE 4,000,000 BUSHELS. .
AUSTRD-HUNGARIAN
ONE DIPHTHERIA GERM
IE TO
UNION DOCK WORKERS
CALL FOR STRIKE VOTE
TEACHERS' SALARY
DRIVE WEARS END
MAY DELAY WEDDING
GARRISON
PACT MADE READY
'eace Delegation Leaves
Vienna for France.
REACH JURY TODAY
BRIDE-ELECT BREAKS QUARAX-
ALL PACIFIC COAST PORTS AF
FECTED BY ORDER.
TTXE IX CALIFORNIA.
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SEA IS COMBED FOR TRACE
First Leg of Trans-Atlantic
Flight Covered Swiftly.
RADIO IS USED BY FLIERS
Communication Is Maintained With
I Shore Stations and With Fassinjr
Ships by Xavy Aviators.
WASHINGTON, May 8. With two of
the three navy seaplanes which started
from Rockaway, L. I., this morning on
the first leg- of the trans-Atlantic flight
arrived safely at Halifax, navy officials
were bending every energy tonight to
locating the third, missing since early
in the afternoon. No report of the miss
ing machine, the NC-4, commanded by
Lieutenant-Commander A. C. Read, had
been received after the machine passed
the destroyer McDermut first station
Bhip, located more than 60 miles north
of Cape Cod and less than half way to
Halifax.
Orders were issued at once sending
the McDermut and the next ship be
yond, the KJmberley, in search of the
missing seaplane. Commander Read had
reported just before reaching the Mc
Dermut that the oil pump on one of his
motors was giving trouble and he might
have to come down. Later the NC-4 re
ported to Commander Towers, in the
NC-3, that the trouble had been re
paired. Planes Snowing; Good.
Commander . Towers with the NC-1
and NC-3 made the trip to Halifax in a
fraction less than nine hours, the dis
tance on the map over the course they
took being 525 miles. These two planes
went through the test in euch fashion
as to convince officers here that pros
pects for reaching Plymouth, England,
the ultimate goal. of the navy airmen,
were exceedingly .bright.'
Each of three planes bad a triple
radio installation when it left Rocka
way. One set was the telephone by
which they communicated with each
other while In flight at a distance of
a. score or more miles. Stations and
guard ships "listened in"' on many of
these" conversations and reported them,
The 6econd set was the regular long
distance radio installation and the third
was the equipment for the radio com
passes.
Communication Is .Satisfactory.
As the planes approached one of the
patrol vessels long before it was eight
cd, the long-distance radio was buzzing.
Questions and answers flashed back and
forth, relating to direction for naviga
lion. Important communications were
relayed to and from the speeding sea
planes, some from Washington. One
carried greetings to Commander Towers
and his crews from Acting Secretary
Roosevelt, who watched the trip with
keen interest all day as the depart
merit's messages came in. Another re
Iayed cabled assurances from London
that every facility of the British ad
miralty would be at the disposal of the
American airmen when they reached
British waters.
The communication arrangements of
the navy department worked out per
fectly. Repeatedly messages from Com
mander Towers, sent from his speeding
flagship of the air equadron, the NC-3,
reached the desks of .officers here in a
few minute? of the time they were sent.
Intercepted by any of the radio stations
ashore or afloat on the chain reaching
clear to Halifax, they were rushed to
.Washington on the navy's leased wire.
Log Kept of Flight.
The entire operation of the system
Was grouped under direction of Lieu
tenant T. A. M. Craven.
Throughout the day Lieutenant Cra
vens kept a communications log on the
flight made up from the messages that
came. The log pictures graphically the
swift rush northward of the big flying
boats with their crews. Even the 50
minutes that elapsed after the NC-1 and
NC-3 were safely moored for the night
at Halifax and before the cruiser Bal
timore, stationed there, sent In the of
ficial report of the arrival, is shown
Had not that slip occurred, it could
have been known officially in London
that two of the three American sea
boats had made the first lap of th
transatlantic journey on schedule time
almost before the machines themselves
had been moored.
More difficulty will be experienced
In setting word through promptly
when the long lap from Newfoundland
to the Azores starts. When the fifth o
elxth station ship nas been left behind
communication will have to speed ahead
to be relayed back by cable. The dc
etroyers cannot communicate more than
250 miles by radio in day time and they
will leave their costs after the last of
the fliers has passed.
Six Men on Each Plane.
Each seaplane carried six men. con
eisting of the commander, a navigator,
two pilots, an engineer and a reserve
pilot. The reserve nilots will go onl
to Newfoundland. The planes weighed
8.500 pounds apiece with a full loa
and each is driven by four Liberty mo
tors of 400 horsepower each, connected
with individual propellers. The wing
spread is 126 feet.
The crews on the three seaplanes
are:
NC-S Commander J. H. Towers,
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Orriclal Says This Will Be Sufficient
to Supply Mills Until Xew Crop
Is Available.
NEW YORK, May 8. Julius Barnes,
United States wheat director, an
nounced tonight on his return from
Chicago that he had completed negotia
tions to bring 4,000.000 bushels of Can
adian wheat into the United States for
distribution to the mills.
These negotiations have been In prog
ress for several days with the Canadian
authorities, it was said.
Director Barnes announced further
that this qantity of Imported wheat
will be sufficient for those mills which
have not provided their stocks up to
the lime the new crop is harvested. He
has reached this opinion, he stated.
fter a survey of the entire mill sit
ation in this country, in which he
found that many mills are stocked with
more than they can possibly grind be
fore the new crop is harvested.
Reports reaching the grain corpora
tion today indicated that the nervous
ness and excitement heretofore ruling
in the flour market in the United
States are being gradually allayed and
that flour prices have ehown a distinct
decline in the past week.
Mr. Barnes tonight reiterated that the
grain corporation will sell from its
current stocks and its current move
ment through the ports, particularly
Boston, New York, Philadelphia ' and
Baltimore, its standard grades of flour
at $11.50 per barrel In carload lots to
bona fide users, and that the grain
corporation offices at all these ports
have been instructed to continue to sell
on this basis until the domestic situ
ation is relieved.
A fair reflection on the government's
fair-price, resale basis for wheat Is
shown by the grain corporation's offers
to resell and by the prices fixed for
uch resales, Mr. Barnes said. More
over, he declared there is no reason
why all the domestic grades of flour
hould not bear a reasonable relation to
that basis.
OREGON BOYS COME WEST
Slembers of 63d Infantry Leave New
fork for Camp Lewis.
NEW YORK, May 8. (Special.)
Companies D, E, K and headquarters of
the 18th engineers left today for Camp
Lewis. They are under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel George M. Rics
of Seattle. As all the Oregon men" ot
other companies were transferred into
one of the companies going to Camp
Lewis, there are about 380 men and 30
officers of Oregon and Washington men
who will make a good showing in pa
rades and maneuvers when they reach
the coast. Of the five companies, E, I,
K, L and M of the 63d infantry, prac
tically all Oregon and California men
about 300 are going west this week.
Today 65 of K company, an Oregon
outfit, left for Camp LewiB.
EX-CONVICT MAKES GOOD
Former Cans Leader of Xew Xork
Regains Citizenship.
ALBANY, N. Y., May 8. Governor
Smith today restored the privileges of
citizenship to Edward ("Monk") East
man, ex-gang leader of New York
City, who had served a prison term.
The governor's action was influenced
by recommendations 'of army officers
who said Eastman's record throughout
the war was exceptional.
During the attack on Vierstaat ridge
Eastman was wounded and sent to i
casualty clearing station. Upon hear
ing that his regiment was expected to
go into the line again he escaped from
the hospital, equipped himself from a
salvage dump, rejoined his company
and was in action throughout the en
tire Hindenburg line assault.
JAPANESE BUSY. IN MEXICO
Oil Prospects lit Tampico Region, and
Elsewhere Investigated.
MEXICO CITY, May 8. A Japanese
government commission headed by
Baron Hasegawa has virtually com
pleted an , Investigation of petroleum
possibilities in the Tampico region.
The department of industry and com
merce states that the commission plans
to conduct surveys in other parts of
the republic particularly in the states
of Durango and Chihuahua.
These activities constitute only one
phase of what apparently is an almost
frenzied campaign of exploitation of
Mexico by foreign interests.
HUMBERT HELD NOT GUILTY
French Senator on Trial by Court-
martial Acquitted.
PARIS. May 8. (By the Associated
Press.) Senator Humbert, who has
been on trial by courtmartial on
charge of having had dealings with
the enemy, was acquitted today.
Captain George Jlle Ladoux. former
chief of the intelligence bureau of the
ministry of war, a co-defendant with
Humbert, was acquitted. Pierre Lenoir,
still another of the co-defendants, was
sentenced to death, while William Des
ouches was convicted and sentenced to
five years In prison.
EIGHT-HOUR DAY ADOPTED
Postal Telegraph System to Pay Time
and a Half for Overtime.
NEW YORK. May 8. Charles P.
Bruch. genera manager of tho Postal
Telegraph system, announced here to
day that effective June 1 the eight
hour day and time and a half for over
time had been adopted for all the oys
tern's employes in 51 large and small
cities in the United States,
MUCH CASH TO EE DEMANDED
Estimates Fix Indemnity at
Five Billion Crowns.
ARMENIA WANTS U. S. AID
When Peace Is Made With Turkey
America May Be Asked to Act
as Armenia's Mandatory.
(By the Associated Press.)
V hile- the Germsn ncarA nlnhwitAn.
Maries are digesting the text of the
ngthy peace treatv linndtd v.-m
Wednesday and communicating with
the Weimar government as to the de
mands made unon Germanv hv th si.
lied and associated powers, the council
oi rour is engaging itself with the
formulation of peace terms for Austria
and Hungary.
The German-Austrian MMraiInn fa
reported already to have startH rnr
St. Germain, France, there to awn It th
summons to Versailles to learn what
to befall the one-time dual mnn.
archy in the-way of the payment of In
demnities, the makinar of
and the relinquishment of territory.
Blar Indemnity to Be Asked.
Estimates have been made In Parli
that 6.000,000.000 crowns will be de
manded as indemnity from Austria
Hungary in addition to, the delimita
tion of frontiers. The pre-war debt of
ine iormer empire and kingdom, it is
said, is to be divided among the. newly
formed states which have arisen or are
to arise in their old territories.
It is reported that 'when the term
of peace with Turke are concluded
the United States is to be requested
lo Become the mandatory of Armenia,
and that President Wilson will place
the matter before congress In orde
that a decision may be arrived at.
The communist government irt Win.
gary is declared to have du;lin4 t
accept me terms laid down by Rou
mania tor an" armistice' and hm do
elded to continue- fighting. The terms
of the Roumanians included disarm
ment and the surrender of war matert
als and also the return of war prison
ers without reciprocity.
Afghans Came Trouble.
Trouble seems to be brewing? for fh
Afghan tribesmen, who. aided hv Af
ghan regular troops.-have-violutd-'i
.British Indian Border by crossing it
and occupying certain positions on the
Indian side. The British are taking
military precaution and also have ad
dressed a strong note of protest to the
Amir of Afghanistan.
PARIS. May 8. The French foreign
office received Information late today
that the Austrian peace delegation had
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QUITE.
HIGHWAY 1
Health Officer Sends v Warning to
Capital' to Hold Girl and
r -Mother for Examination.
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SANFRANCISCO, Cal.. May 8. (Spe
cial.) One little diphtheria germ may
stand In the way of a wedding In Wash
ington on May 15 of Governor-General
Francis Burton Harrison, of "the Philip
pines , and Miss Elizabeth Wrentmore,
18-year-old sophomore at the Univer
sity of California, if Dr. J. J. Benton,
the Berkeley health officer, has ' his
way about It.
tDr, Benton-. today sent a .warnlng'tel-
egra.ro to the health officials of the
District. of Columbia that, the girl and
her mother, Mrs. Clarence G.- Wrent
more, are en route to the nation's cap
ital, . after ' breaking quarantine at
Berkeley, where they were detained as
diphtheria germ carriers.
According to Dr. Benton, the bride-
to-be and her mother (if her mother is
along) will be detained by the Wash
ington health officers, a culture taken,
and if diphtheria germs are found, will
be placed under close quarantine. This
will bar a public wedding, he says, and
will even prevent the private wedding
unless the bridegroom consents to be
ing quarantined in the same room with
his bride, nearly 30 years his junior.
"I do not wish to appear harsh in this
matter," said Dr. Benton tonight, "but
it is time people were made to realize
the seriousness of disease, carriers. They
are a menace to the health of everyone
who comes In contact with them."
BONDS AVENGE SON'S DEATH
Father of Major Richardson Sub
scribes $50,000.
. TACOMA, Wash.. -May S. (Special.)
Charles Richardson, father of Major
Peter Richardson, who died of pneu
monia while serving with the army of
occupation In Germany, today sub
scribed S50,C)0 to the victory loan. Mr.
Richardson, who is a millionaire, was
former president of -the Pacific Cold
Storage company. Another son. Cap
tain Charles Richardson Jr., Is still in
Franca. w
Among other large subscribers today
m. Tacoma were tho . Weyerhaeuser
Timber company, $100,000; John S.
Baker, $50,000: .Todd Drydock & Con
struction corporation. and Pacifio
Steamship company, $25,000 each.
HUNS TO PUSH INDUSTRY
National - Commission Named to
Stimulate Production.
BERLIN. May . (By the Associ
ated Press.) Dr. Bernhard Dernberg,
minister of finance, announced today
the creation of a national commission
of three cabinet members to stimulate
industrial production so Germany can
pay for foodstuffs - in manufactured
articles as well as in gold.
WIRES OUT 0FPEK1N CUT
Only One Line of Communication
,Left, Sys TJ. S. Minister.
PARIS, May 8. American Minister
Reinsch at Pekin has informed Sec
retary of State Lansing that all wire
communication out of Pekin has been
cut except one wire which goes to Si
beria. DIFFERENT FROM RUNNING THE
Closing Arguments Limit
ed to Four Hours.
MENTAL STATE IS CHIEF ISSUE
Ex-Hospital, Head Says Brain
Development Is Lacking.
GIRL DEFENDANT IS CALM
Expert Testimony of Dr. F. S.
Bourns for State Riddled Upon
Cross-Examlnatlon by Defense.
SEATTLE. Wash, May 8. (Special.)
Ruth Garrison's fate will be placed
In the hands of the jury at about 3
o'clock Friday afternoon. After the
close of the afternoon session today
counsel for the state and the defense
tentatively agreed upon a limit of two
hours for each side to sum up their
respective cases for the jury. Though
the law places no time limit for the
argument in trials for a capital offense.
It Is a common custom for opposing
attorneys to stipulate a time, which
needs only the sanction of the court.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Charles
E. Claypool will make the opening
argument for the state. He will be fol
lowed by Attorney A. R. Hllen of the
defense counsel and Attorney Hllen. will
be followed by Attorney Thomas M.
Askren. his associate. Deputy Prose
cutor John D. Carmody will make the
closing argument for the state.
Girl Defendant la Calm.
No question Is taken into the Jury
room as to the facts In the case. Ruth
Garrison sat on the witness stand and
more calmly than even the witnesses
for the state, told how she placed 10
cents worth of strychnine In a frilt
cocktail and then watched the wife of
the man she loved go into a fatal con
vulsion. Left for the consideration of the jury
Is only the question of whether that
act was prompted by a brain that func
tioned properly and differentiated be
tween right and wrong or by a brain so
ravaged by Inherited disease and so
subnormal In Its reasoning processes
that Justice can not hold Its owner re
sponsible for the terrible toll that its
incompetency exacted from an innocent
woman.
State's Testimony Riddled.
Further expert testimony submitted
by both sides and given by alienists
of years of experience in the handling
of psychopathic cases, and the annihila
tion by the defense of the testimony
submitted by the state's last witness.
Dr. F. S. Bourns, were developments of
the last day before going to the Jury
ot the case of the state against Ruth
Garrison for t,he murder of Grace Storrs
on March 18. Dr. Bourns, called by
the prosecutor an hour before adjourn
ment, failed utterly to impress upon
the court or jury his belief that the
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WORLD.
Walkout Resolution Follows Confer
ence Held With District Rail
road Director.
SEATTLE. May 8. Proposal to call
a general strike of union waterfront
workers in all Pacific coast ports from
Prince Rupert. B. C, to San Diego, Cal,
In sympathy with the demands of the
Seattle longshoremen's union, will be
put to a ballot of all coast longshore
men's unions. If approved, the strike
will be called immediately afterward.
This was the unanimous recommen
dation of the Pacific coast district. In
ternational Longshoremen's association,
adopted at its annual convention here
today. The strike resolution, followed
a conference held with District Rail
road Director L. C. Gilman. who was
asked by union officials to discharge
non-union workers at railroad terminal
docks, the cause of the local contro
versy. The federal representative, it
was said, made only the concession that
in future waterfront workers required
would be engaged through union halls.
This reply was considered unsatisfac
tory by the union delegates.
Dock operators today asserted that
if they complied with the union de
mands many soldiers would lose their
jobs and that many other capable work
ers would have to be discharged. They
also charge that the longshoremen's
association broke faith with their
agreements during the Seattle general
strike of February last.
Should the strike be called it will af
fect stevedores, truckers, checkers,
weighers, spotters, cereal and flour
mill workers, grain haAdlers. coal and
other longshore workers, according to
statements of the district association
officials.
The convention today also recom
mended, establishment of the universal
card system between all unions, par
ticularly between marine and transpor
tation unionists.
CLAM DIGGERS MAKE GOOD
Present Season Said to Be One of
Best In. Years.
ABERDEEN, Waslu, May 8. (Spe
cial.) Auspicious weather and tides
have made tne present clam season at
the Grays Harbor beaches, which .will
end May 31. one of the best in many
years. Diggers, who have been paid
from $3 to 13.50 a hundred pounds for
their clams, have made larger earnings
than ever before. In some Instances
as high as $20 a day has been earned
by expert diggers.
Packers and diggers alike believe
that the nine months' closed season
has been a boon to the Industry, the
closed season being sufficiently long
to permit clams to multiply and the
young to reach full growth.
BURNS PREFERS PORTLAND
Merchants Would Transfer , Trade
Vw Going to Salt Lake.
BEND, Or.; May 8. (Special) That
Burns merchants are anxious to have
their goods freighted from Bend in or
der to give them a chance to trade with
Portland Jobbers is the statement of
Harney county good roads delegates
who passed through Bend today re
turning to Burns from Portland, where
they attended a meeting of the state
highway commission.
At present most of the Burns business
goes by way of Crane to Salt Lake City.
Agitation may be started soon for a
re-routing of the Bums mail through
Bend, instead of through Crane and
Ontario. A 24-hour saving would be
effected by this change. It is Baid.
GERMANS TURN ON JEWS
Berlin Citizens Invited to Join in
Massacre, Says Dispatch. .
LONDON. May 8. An Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Berlin reports
that hatred against the Jews has been
displayed recently in the German capi
tal, and that placards have been dis
tributed asking the citizens to massa
ere Jews because the notices assert the
Jews killed 200 children at Easter.
As a result of this feeling and of re
ports from Vllna that Jews have been
murdered there, it is added, leading
Jews have requested the American
commission in Berlin to assist the Jews
in Berlin and other German cities.
CLASH CLOSES AUTO PLANT
Strikers and Police in Conflict.
Stones and Clnbs Used.
TOLEDO, O., May 8. The plant of
tne uiya-uvtnand company was
closed late this afternoon by Clarence
A. Earl, vice-president of the company,
following a clash between strikers and
police in which bricks, stones and clubs
were used as weapons.
The trouble resulted when several
hundred strikers attempted to talk with
employes who had refused to join their
ranks.
BERGER PLEADS FOR SEAT
Convicted Soclaiist-Editor-Lav mak
er Issues Appeal.
WASHINGTON. May 8 Victor Berger,
socialist representative-elect from Wis
consin and under jail sentence for war
time violation of the espionage law,
has sent a personal appeal to every
member of the house that ha bo seated
while on bail pending appeal to the su
preme court. -
Representative . Gillett, the coming
speaker, declared today that Berger
could not be seated under any circum
stances.-
Taxpayers Tomorrow Will
Decide $531,000 Levy.
CAMPAIGN ACTIVELY PRESSED
Opposition Quiet, But Large
Negative Vote Forecast.
CITIZENS ATTACK REPORT
Educational League Declares Sum
or $200,000 Inadequate to
Meet Demands.
FACTS ABOUT SCHOOL. ELEC
TION. Time election Saturday. May
10. from 12 M. until 8 P. M.
Excess tax levy to be voted
upon 1531.000.
Purpose Increasing teachers"
salaries approximately 30 per
cent. Fund to be administered by
present school board at its dis
cretion. Those qualified to vote (1)
Taxpayers whose names appear
upon .the tax roll: (2) owners of
stock or members of firms the
names of which appear on the
tax roll.
Election called by school board
at request of public school teach
ers' central salary committee.
With . the special school electiott
scheduled for tomorrow, when taxpay
ers of the city will vote on an extra
levy of $531,000 to be distributed in in
creasing teachers' salaries, one of the
most active campaigns In the history of
Portland is coming to a close. Seldom
has any campaign been so well organ
ized or vigorously promoted as that in
behalf of the teachers. The opposi
tion has not been so much in evidence,
but it is thought that the negative vote
on the measure will be large.
There were several developments In
the campaign yesterday. One of these
was the reply to the special committee
report that was filed with the Commit
tee of One Hundred Tuesday. This re
ply, signed by Clarence M. Eubanks.
secretary of the Citizens' Educational
league, took issue with figures Included
in the report and also attacked the
Kerr resolution which recommended
that the salary Increases be held to
1200.000.
Many Applications on File.
Also of interest were figures sup
Plied by the superintendent's office
yesterday, showing the number of
teachers leaving the profession during
the year and the number of applica
tions now on hand. Statements have
been made in the campaign that there
has been a great it-crease in the num
ber of trachers dropping out the past
year and It has also been said that
there was considerable difficulty in
filling vacancies. Actual figures com
Diled yesterday from the school files
show that there are at present 939 ap
plications for teaching positions, while
the board of superintendents Is called
upon to recommend not more than 123
new teachers for the coming year.
Klfty-two Portland school teachers
resigned during the period from July
1. 1917, to June 31. 1918, while 59 teach
ers have resigned from June 31. 1918,
to the present time. Six weeks of the
school year remain and It la possible
that as many as 10 teachers may yet
resign.
Teaching; Staff Knlarffpd.
More teachers are being employed
this year than last. The number varies
from week to week, but on February
21. 1918. only 1145 teachers were em
ployed, while on February 21. 1919.
the names of 1201 teachers appeared on
the payroll of district No. 1.
The season is closed for filing appli
cations for teaching positions for the
coming year. Applications are received
from April 1 to April 15, giving the
board of superintendents a month In
which to consider applicants they will
recommend for election by the school
board on May 15.
Based on the present and probable
number of resignations, the board of
superintendents has estimated that 90
to 100 teachers for the eleinentar.- or
grade schools, one or two special teach
ers for domestic science or art and
cooking in the elementary schools. 10
to 15 for regular high-school positions
and one or two for special courses in
the high schools will be needed for
the school year of 1319 and 1920. Ac
cording to this estimate not more than
125 new teachers will be elected.
Qualified Persons Held Few.
The following number of applica
tions are now on file in Superintend
ent Grout's office:
Elementary schools Regular teach
ers, first to eighth grades, 500; special
teachers, for sewing, cooking, etc. 47;
total. 547.
High schools Regular teachers. 306:
special teachers, for drawing, cooking;
etc.. 86: total. 392.
Grand total of all applications. 939.
Superintendent Grout believed the
present number of applications on hand
will not be sufficient to fill with eli
gible and desirable teachers the com
ing vacancies.
"Out of the 500 applications for ele
mentary school teachers, not more
than 10 per cent will prove to be of the
highest type." said Mr. Grout. With.
out doubt we can squeeze out the num
ber until our actual needs are filled
but during the squeeslng-out process.
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