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!ete Acccrd Arrived at on All Ques
tions In pisputeArmistfce to Be
Arranged
ssia Is Not to Pay i
Sakhalin Will Be Divided Between the Tvo
j 'I?ations-Treaty.BeMg Drava Up.
"i ;'V-; :r; ' (Journal. Special -Service.)?' r? :-r V"';; v ? :-
'v;iV..';'..I--Po-ttsrtiouth,' N. H., Augf. 29. Kor6j.tovitz speaking for the'Rus
sian entoys trlephoned the newspapers at 12:30 o'clock the follow
h V; ine statement t -J '. vr?: 'vfi ;':.-':-" -V-, ",;',.
"At the session this morning the peacje conference arrived at
' - complete accord on-all questions. ' '.;- V-;''.;'! i ,
-' "It has been decided to proceed to the' elaboration bfra'treaty
' laoail and Russia haveaereed
fas details can be completed
-meaiaieiyv-" ne envoys aiinc- mecung tnis morning mrrcu ai
"complete accord" on, all questions" in disputiji VThis startling result
:, was fpresha'dowed in these dispache? this morning; but t had not
' been "expected that the agreement could be reached upon aildis
puted points before the noon lunch hour.! ? v : " r,'
-ri " Taoan absolutely waived ,
J"his decision Ayes' arrived at " by
statesmen at tneir exiraorgmary session .jvionaay, , A nere ; was
-r neyef the least doubt but that when the Japanese envoys presented
! their concessions 4n complete fornf unanimous agreement to draw
r'up a treaty of peace would' be reached. rp-.'; -c '..-" 'i.V.
- - - -,The only-doubtv this, morning was whether the: Japanese gov-
. ' : ernm,enti' in View,!f. tli alleged
'deem it advisable to expose their
. , . . v Witte announced upon "his
. been agreed upon. He says that
7 JO payf a jcopecK Oi inuemnuy, mnu a.uuii is iouc.wy iucu,; ; ;
isi:niJ
KEEP OF
Takes but 'Three JHcoirs for Envoys to Agree on Term for Cessa
-; C ; titin of hostilities Orientals at Portsmouth Shed r '.I
Tears and Declare It
i Portamouth. . Au.' I9l Ruulaii 'td
JspancM pac. nToya announco. that
1 thar hava raaohad acoord on all polnta
U. and that a traaty will ba Immediately
i - araiiaa oeiween ma Miiimrcni nuinmi
' andln tha bloody conflict In tha far
aaau eaee waa : brought about by
'' Japan'a withdrawing, at tha InaUnca of
.. President Rooaavelt, ait oemanaa lor a
, ' caah Indemnity and ofrerlni to dlvldo
Bakhalin with Ruaala.- , An. annlatloa
, will ba at onca concluded and tba aan
. irulnary atrugKla which haa coat, tna
, urea or nttnoreoa ot mouaanoa. 01 now
"' natlona la at an an"' .
It la peaca with tonor for both na
' i tlona. but Witt baa won a notable Tic
" ! tory In diplomacy in aocurinr tba aban-
. domnanl -of Japan a claim a tor tribute.
--'All of 4ha original demanda by Japan,
, which -Avar th orhjlnal caua of th
' war, have been won and war readily
. V cancadad by th caar'a enyoya. Japan
:wln Kra. th avacuatlon f Man
churla. th" opan door, th integrity of
I .--China, th eouth hnlf tot Sakhalin aa
. n.UMAM. fn bun nP nrfuiura In -Im nan
th Llao.Tana- pant naula.-and haa th
' Chinee Saatarn railroad odd to Chlna.
'. - Nina of the .contested point have been
. ; won by Japan, thre by Rnaela..-Thee
..itoV in ih. nuTininl oflndemnitr. the
'. Interned Ruaalan ahlpa and th curtail-
If" mant of naval power in tn rar eaat, v
'!;,.''"'; - Oet riial Xnctrvettoma. - ."
' Both Ruaalan and JapaneeV-nvoya
. received final lnatructldna from their
reepectlve . government laet ' night.
. Thoaa received by the Japaneae per
-mltted them to make th necaary oon
' ' ceaalona to obtain peace, 'whll thoa re-
. eelved by Witt from the caar left him
no leeway, but reiterated the, no In
: demnlty payment InatrucUona.
' With th withdrawal by-Japan- -the
formal demand for Indemnity the' big
, atumbllng block of th conference waa
removed and peace rendered a certainty,
i , Brigllt aunahln uahered In th day (n
Which the fat of many natlona waa, to
be ttled. The weather waa cool and
v crisp with a trace' of autumn, rn th air.
' Th envoy early left their hotala and
rode in automobiles te the , navy-yard,
while the ' aecretarle took ilectrio
- lftunchea: On reaching the iavy-yard at
1:10 o'clock the peace delegate reUred
to their respective- apartmenta and aoon
aaaembled In -th conference room a.
Formal greeting wer aoon over-ana
. the envoys began the buainesa before
thenv '. "' ' -'' .-' '-, .'-
XndamaltyXa. Waive.
Th fire subject eonsldered Was th
.v' protocol of last Saturday's meeting. A
; comparison , of : . French and English
texts waa completed and the document
. . alaned by both Russtens and Japaneae.
The Japanese presented new demands
mod I fled, according to th recommenda
tlon of Komilra and Takahlra. .with the
consent of tha mikado, withdrawing
V their demand for Indemnity. Tha dlvla
, Ion ef Sakhalin waa also proposed. .
lit required Jnat three houre of the
ya' time, Nio reach . an . .unanlmoaa
' , i-eoment. The new terms offered by
"'.. jm.ura were of uch sweeping charac
-v .t
at Once.
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Kopeck of Tribute While
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-i.',-".--y.
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to sien a tfeatV of oeace as soon
An armistice w-to be arranged im-
her demand for a ' cash indemnity.
the Japanese cabinet and "elder
craftiness of theRussians, would
full hand.vVi," r.
arrival at the hotel that-peace had
under the agreement Russia is. not
Is Peace With Dishonor. V ;
ter and were considered by the Ruaalan
aa each radical , conceaalon to their
vlewe s to leave them no farther bests
on which to prolong objections. - - ..
Witt agreed to algn the- treaty of
peace with Comura a aoon a th de
tails can be completed, and aa armistice
la to be arranged immediately.'' '
CabIe have been saent to- St. Peters
burg and Tokio announcing the peace
agreement and urging the declaration of
an armistice at onq Japanese corre
spondent at the hotel are almost in
tear. They declare It la peace! "with
dishonor and aay that their country, will
be wUd tonight with Indignation.' ; V' .'
'p. - Japaaaae tm -y r". ,' f:,
. Responding to congratulations pon
th conclusion of peace on euoh good
term .Pokotiloff.-Buaalen minister to
China, . who la har aay a: fit waa a
atroke of genltn, and. only one man In
the world could have done It. That man
i7witte.- ... . ;,- ,fr- " "
. It la announced that J a Dan. la to be
paid a reasonable, bunt for th mainte
nance of, to.100 prlmwiera, the amount
to no decided upon ' later, wmcn m ex
pected to be about m.ooo.eoo. . '
lt haa Just been learned that at Sat
urday' meeting Witt assured the Jap
aneae that It they 'would waive th de
mand lor a cash indemnity th Ruaalan
envoy would bind themselves to pro
ceed immediately to negotiate a treaty
of peaoe. - Upon tha reoommendatlon of
Takahlra and Komura the mikado and
hla cpuncil yeaterday decided to take the
Russians at their word : and walv the
demand for Indemnity.. '
t Th following points have been - de
cide npon. ea the baal of th peaoe
agreement and treaty ending th war:
; . .JU RaoognltlOBi of Japan' preoonder
atlng lnfauanc and auserainty in Korea.
I. Mutual r obligation to ' evacuate
Manchaiia and Russia te, relinquish to
China all concessions add special privi
leges. - i.N'. - : -
I. Japanese obligation to- tutor tba
sovereignty ana administration of China
la Manchuria, -
4. Mutual obligation to respect the
territorial and admtnlatratlve Integrity
ox unina ana tn principle or th open
(.-Tb dlvUlen ef th Island of Sak
halin, Japan to retain th southern half
of th bland' and to be repaid for the
keep, or Rnaalan prisoners In Japan.
. The surrender of V the i Ruaalan
leases to the llao Tung peninsula. In
eluding Port Arthur, Ualny-an Blond
and . Elliot island. - ,
; T. The ceding of th Chinee Eastern
railroad from Harbin south to China.
' tr Th retention , by ' RMssla of th
northern Manehurialv railroad,, to be
policed by Chid. 1
.-Fishing tight en th Siberian
ooaat granted Japan from Vladivostok
to Bering straits! - ; i
' All of these points- have been con
ceded by Rnnsia. Jpn abandoning Ita
claim for indemnity, , for the -Interned
Rusetaa ahlpa and for th curtailment
of Rneatan naval power Jn th far least.
;4Contlnue4on Pag Two.) ;
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"FAG" SYSTEM
English College .Custom of Fore
irig Freshmen. to Be Servants
.''.Xo "Seniors Introduced.
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SUBSTITUTE FOR . OLD. j
METHOD OF HAZING
ThoM ,Who. Refui tax Carry Trunks,
Haijf Picture and Decorate Upper
: Classmen 'a Room Are Forced to
"Shine Shoes by Way of Humiliation
(Joanal apeelal Sorvlee.)
' Stanford University, , Cat, Aug. t.
Th English "fag" ' system, aorneWhat
modified, '. has been Introduced - bare.
Freahrden In the .men'a; dormitory of
Stanford; ar undergoing a .course 'of
training at - the hand of the upper
elassmen never before tried at this uni
versity. . f.:;. 1 yj k .'::! i ;..,"'
' Heretofore', th new -. men have gon
through, nothing more serious than cold
hatha and - eon recitals,- but this- year
the faculty ''haa 'taken declalv aetlon
against such forma of. basing. wtth a
result that the elder men have turned
to new forms of teaching, the "fresh-
lea" that they rnuat show a .certain
amount of reapeot for upper classmen.
Instead of being thrust" Into . a tub
of cold -rwater'Or put before a crowd to
sing. - th freshmen at - Enolna hall are
moving trunks for. th upper Classmen,
or assisting th older classmen to deco
rate their room. . ,'. -.
In aome eaaea,- when the new - men
show a' disposition, to disregard the re
quests- ana aavrce ot . toeir upenors.
they are mad to shins shoe and do
other menial tasksjintended tn humiliate
them ao that they wUl show,' respect
to seniors Irr th future. , . - t , '
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BREAKING! MAST CAUSES
- DEATH AND A STAMPEDE
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- inpeeui xtwpaira to- Tae Joamal.f :
Seattle. Wash.. Aug. . PtUlIp .
Spldaen, a Finnish Bailor. wae , d
instantly killed thla morning by ; d
the breaking of the mainmast v4
on the steamer Melville Dollar. .
Rpldsen was helping to load the . d
ahip. with cars for ' th Alaska 4
Central railroad- - A derrick waa 1 -
attached t th malatnaat The .
wetabt of a. car caused the mast e
S - to snap' at the baae and In fall e
Ing It Btrucfc Bptdsen on the 4
head. JT he maat broke awcy there
upper, part of the' deck and
stempeded cattle In the hold. -
8eveialcatOewerelnJured. d
ATFIRS
C"YortMXitortthrKer Hampahlre. Wgtchinr
Pyvi':r, -Vi'--iv'W
T IMIIOIML
DATTLE Willi
Determinatfon by Supreme Court
' County Recalls Case In Which . Financial Institution
'TP?'1 2V - Bought Invalid Road Warrants.,
By a decision v rendered yesterday by
the State supreme court In the i base of
Multnomah County va.' th First Na
tional Bank of this city, th batik has
com out vlctoriou In a hard-fought
legal' battle which ha, attracted' much
attention. '- , y ; , f:j
' , The suit was Instituted by th county
for th purpose of setting ' said an
order made four years ago. by the board
of county cammUsloDerewbereby JLsy-
aai cerunoate or a -race value of
1 7,1 It wer assigned to the bank in ex.
chang for about 1 4,00 of Invalid road
warranta. , v.- .-
. Th trial court decided In favor of tha
county, but faUed to giv th full relief
prayed for, and the county' therefore
appealed. . The supreme court has not
only reversed the decision of the lower
court but has ordered tbat the suit be
dismissed. -; -' -. " ',.., ....... ,.
" In the year lm the county clerk Is
sued about 15.000 worth of road war
rants, which wer baaed jn forged time
checks. The First National bank pur
chased for value and in good faith about
14,000 of these warrant, but when the
forgeries . were discovered'" uit was
brought by th county to annul' the war
rants and to enjoin the bank from pre
senting them for payment' ..-The county
Miwcd CArcc' ncATu it:
iiiiiikii i rivku Ukn i lit : - t
r; I iTWENTY-FOUR. HOURS
' Uoenal IpecUl gervlca.1 ." ; . ; '
' Butte, Mont. Aug. JJ. After; facing
death for 14 hours. Con 8ullivan,' a Utah
miner, - was ' last . night ' resmd ' by a
force of SO minora, who for the paat day
bad. been working in gangs of three and
four with feverish haste. Sullivan was
on the first shift, he having come her
from EuTekaV.to bury a brother, who was
killed in a eave-ln three weeka .ago. He
waa working en th 100-foot level of
the Mountain - Conaolldated mine when
a cave-lri of many ton of rock, cover
ing a -dlafhne of more than feet, en
tombed him..-. Sullivan had barely room
enough to stretch himself, but with rare
presence of mind devoted many hours
of his imprisonment to leep,'.bellevlng
he could- thus better - preserve. his
strength, aa th air .waa growing bad.
By tapping. Sullivan waa able to 'let
hl fellow - miners - know that - he was
alive. When hla rescuer reached him
Bulllvaa emerged ' from , hls narrow
prison with a amlt. undeleted. . and
climbed the ladder to the top. i .
Big Itr im'ohastowm.- -(Jooraal
Bpeelal ervlca.l ' "
Johnstown. P Aug. 20. The build
ing and stock of tha Pann Traffic com
pany, the largest department store In
the city, waa totally destroyed byflre
last night The loss 'is 1500,01)0, par
tially eovsred by Insurance. -
theAt
Ae ForegroupA
BjlllK HIS Ml
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of an Appeal ' Brought by, the
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won Itssult, and the Injunction
granted. ,'.- .- . . i .. ,
"ln 101 .'the bank presented a petition
to th county board asking that it, be
permitted - to ' exchange - the warranta
for tax aala certifloaUs owned, by the
county. .Inasmuch -as thbank had
originally acquired th warrants In good
faith and without-, knowledge of the
fraud with which they wer tainted the
county-commission! .consented to the
proposed exchange. In th maanttm
the bank requested that-tb tax eertffl
eatea be turned over to Wi, F White, as
th bank's assign, jnd thla was don.
When George . Blfck waa' employed
two year ago to investlgat county st
rain he reported this transaction with
th First National bank and W. F. Whit
a one that shtrold Mm aside. Suit
was accordingly brought by the. county
to annul the order and to recover from
th bank and -Whit the, full value Of
the 'tax certificates.. .."4
In Its decision the supreme court
holds that ln-aoaordanc with it ruling
In tha recent oaa of Multnomah count
vs. Title Guarantee .te Trust company
the county court has power to compro
mise tax claims. Having such power,
the settlement made 'with - the First
National bank wit a valid on and must
b. uphsld. - ', . - ;,. ' : '
FIFTEEN INJURED IN r V,V;
!f BARGAIN-SALE RUSH
''" i:' Jeraal Rverlaf Berrlea. ' ' : ' '
' ' Indianapolis Ind, Aug. ' It. Fifteen
person ti womn and three men-
were Injured in y rush for bargains at
a Washington street store. , Whev the
police : reached th scene nearly 1,000
person wer crowded in. knocking down
and trampling each other-in their anx
iety to secure some ofytb coveted bar
gain A showcase ws knocked off tb
counter., ana. aemonshaa. just aa the
crowd was admitted to-, the store. one
woman . who. had. been "waiting -for an
hour fainted and fell Just inside the
docir. Other pushlnst behind kpocked
two other, women down and then there
waa a promlacuoua- falling Over th
prostrate bodies.- Th polio wer com
polled -to as their 'clubs to clear, the
ator. . .-. r ' .
ONE KILLED, MANY HURT :
; IN TROLLEY-DISASTER
(Jonnui BpeeUf aervke.) "
' Ivts Angeles. Aug.. 19. W. B, Erwtn,
manager of the local branch of the
Standard Blacuit company, formerly of
Oakland, was killed In a atreetcar acci
dent this morning and 11 others badly
lnjuredv Tha airbrakes refused-1 work,,
the car ran down a steep hiii, ovsrturn-,
Ing at the bottom. .- , - 1
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OREGON FRUIT IS
Discrimination by ;' Washington
Inspectors ; Without , ; Just
;"-v Cause Is Plainly Shown!
LEMONS CON DEMN ED FOR
v v IMPOSSIBLE DISEASE
Klickitat Inspector Says They Hava
,! San Jose Seal Department of Ag-
rlculrure Declares That This Dis
ease Does Not Attack Citrus Fruits
i It .ha long ; been ' noted by frtt.
shippers of Oregon and wholesaler of
Portland in particular,' that Oragon fruit
or in fact any other Oregon product la
not well received by the dealers and
authorities of th state of Washington.
- Fruits that are raised In Oregon ar
condemned upon arrival In the Ever
green state, whether becaus of -ignor-a
no , of .fruit diseases on th part of
tb Inspectors or from -other motive.
Apples that come from this state never
reoelve th same treatment say th
dealers,' that do th apples from .Call
font la or ven Idaho. - ------
" Front Street dealer " have t become
tired of receiving clips from ' various
Washington commissioner telling- them
that th fruit is a menace to the publlo
health and therefor ha . been - con
demned and confiscated. - I
Citrus fruit from th . South that
passes -through Portland dealers' hands
la held up. in the. various Washington
cities and generally eondemfied. Deal.
re here aaaart that California Shippers
themselves have no difficulty Fruit
with m Portland stamp on it haa been
condemned while fruit from' thS same
car. but -bearing the California stamp,
(Continued on Page Two. ) .
LIKE SHORT ST0RIES7
READ SUNDAY'S JOURNAL
What's beat f un-to-date
notion that describes th series,
S of short , stories secured by. Th
e Journal, th flrt of which will
be publtahed next Sunday. It
d needs but a glimpse of the name
to show you what you wUl eet
e Robert Barr la the author of the-,
nret to be published. "A Deal on' A
e 'Change.- , on of - the Uvelleet e
moat Intereatlng short stories
e aver put on paper. Morgan Ron- k
e erteon. Booth Tarklngton, Octave
e Thanet I. Zanywlll. Jack London
ana jonepnin Iotte Itaakara
are a few c l"i r' y who pon
trr "e t i .i . s t ie bent
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Consul Cederberh Calls C
duct of Lawyers In Jin;
' Case' Reprehensitls and
v ;A Also Urtprofess.ior-J. ,
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RUFFIN AND IDDELUr r 1
CENSURABLE, HE SAL
Jtids Webster Promises TherlWi3
Be Full Investigation Into Uan
ner in xWhkh EaUts of Rudolph
Jansen Was Handled srd Tat 14
Guilty They Shall Ba Punished. "
"I will do my utmost to hava H. H.
Rlddell disbarred from practice la th
courts of this state." said ;Endr M.
Cederbergh, Swedish -,snd ' Norwgia
consul at Portland, today. "Th way -Rlddeli
ha handled th aetata of Ru
dolph Jensen, Imposed en th county
eourt madei mUrepreaenU.tlon to the
court without authority ompromlaed
a settlement with th streetcar com
pany ' and accepted the same, xep. tns
money tn th bank la hi own nam
without turning it over to tn aamtni
trator, paid 17(0 of th money ot th
estate to R. W. Ruffln without permis
sion of the court and va at different
time falalfled oo. th witneaa-ctand..
tried to get away from th facts la the
case and in general eoadaoted! hintsolff
in a manner Jin worthy th profeealon
of eh Uw, idessrves that dieoarmeTi
prnoiedlnf sJr Instituted at oooe, and
shall, not rest untu sucn pxooeeaui. j .
have been brought ' - -. - '
"The sam may b said of R. Wi J
Ruffln, who a a lawyer has deoelvevl
xh Swedish youth, Herman Jansen. '
brother of Rudolph, 111 conduct ha
been rDrhnalbl and should b pun
ished in the interest of the good nam
of the United Btatea. I shall report the
case to-my. government offlcially, set
ting fJrth th facts in ftOJ,1, - ,'
. radg irm at Satav. - v..
County Judg WebaUr la Aaarlns; th
evidence In th settlament of th eatau
of Rudolph Jansen. who waa killed Feb
ruary t, 110S, in an accident toia Mon
tavllU streetcar.- Th oaa baa devel
oped sensational features, with? de-,
mand by Endre M. Cederbergh. m':.u:i
and Norwegian consul, for th dlsoar-
ment of H. H. Rlddeli and R. W. Ruffln
from practicing law in Oregon.
In th hearing th county Judg wlX.
probe th charge that Rlddeli aa eoun--seUJEL
O. Scott as administrator of th
estate and Jay Upton. Judge Webster1
prlvat secretary and ballllC of. t..e
county court f war guilty of lrrer -larlties;
Prr to going en th bench.-JucT-
Webster refused to dlacua. the ca- i,
saying only that h wouldfko to t-. .
bottom of it and learn all fact. .
R. W. Ruffln, who cam froca.LonJ
Beach, Washington, yeaterday to de
mand hearing on. allegations that he
had taken 70 of the money f te
tat Improperly, today produced a
written contract algnsd by, himself a
Rlddeli, of the law firm of Dufir .
Rlddeli, in which Ruffln sella to Lx 'at'
St Rlddeli on half Interest Jn his c t
tract with Herman Jansen," brother c '.
the deceased, for 10 per cent of at!
money recovered from th Portland
Consolidated, and Dufur A Rlddeli sell
to- Ruff ha on half Interact la their
contract with th admlnlatrator of th
state for (0 per cent ot all money
realised from th company.
' ; "t -- rstrTI. " "
"I Wa paid 1750." said Ruffln. "b
Rlddeli on his own check oo tb Mar.'
chant a National bank as myehar-.of
th 11,600 which w were to have from;,
th 12.100 w collected from th Street! ,
car company. Th renorde of th bank'
wUshow that Rlddeli himself paid we
th money, and, if k now attempt to
load on m th responsibility for th .
transaction. 1 shall sbqw in court today
this eontraotu-
"I had a contract with Herman Jan.,
sen. and Rlddeli bad on, and w mere t
pooled Issues, and war to divide
0 per cent which w obtained front X
oompany.
"If there was anything wrong. W' H
I do not admit." saM ha. "then Rk. t
Is Just aa wrong as t am. for we sck1
together, went together to Colph, i -1-lory,
Hlroon aV Gear!' ofnc and settled
th Janaen claim for 13,1": the com.
panVe check for that amount was mad
in Rtddell's name, wh banked it sntf
then drew hla personal check for me f .
70."
Herman Jansen asserted today t"
he bad been induced by R. W. Ha!T
sign papers the true nature ef w.
he did not know, i , :
"Kufflri promlsei-ni 14,0
share of th 1S.000 whl-h he "
would get from the railway e
II told me absolutely that be k .1
arrangements with lb mn"" I
It.StfO, snd that he woiild t. . .
give jrie half." .
"llarman W. about i j
edacated m fwni-a ai t
formed on matters - r
viietnma of tt'a
letters front l.nf " I
r-r.ri to the 14..
-re re f ir Uarmaii -.
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