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I CONVENTION WILL
FCREDEN
COMMITTEE; AMIS SEATED
Report of, Body on Southern Contest Is
. Adopted by Assembly by Viva Voce
Vote After Two Hadley Motions Are
Tab!ed-Taft Gains Strength
RESOLUTION ELIMINATING "TAINTED" DELEGATES
LOST TO ROOSEVELT FORCES BY POLL, 569 TO 499
Judge Is Impeached
Move of Missouri Governor to Substitute Minority Report
tor Majority Report of Seating Board on First Case Is
Defeated 607 to 461, Twelve Not Voting; Steam Roller
Grinds Slowly but Calmly Over Progressives.
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AGREE TO PUffi
and Harriman
Operate on Friendly Basis
Common User Rights to Be
Recognized.
CONVENTION GIVES Bryan
PRESIDENT TIFT 6 -
votes of mump
Lines to ' But Chief Executive Loses
Some of His Strength When
Roll Call Is Taken; Result
Is 564 to 497.
S. P. WILL ASK FOR NEW
FOURTH ST. FRANCHISE
Only One Street Excepted
From Common User Agree
ment, Is Report.
I rait free. Lr.ar Wire t
Coliseum. Chicago. 111. Jun SI. Th
Hum roller ! under way again today
In th Republican national commute
and forever put th HmhiiII eonteatlng
delegate from th Ninth Alabama dl
Irlcl out of tb way. Thin cam when
th matoilty report of th wmmlltM
on rredcnllale. aratlng tn Tfl del-
((( from (hat d'.ttrlot. adopted
t vita vara tola.
Th rul of t! ronvantlon I thua (.
1 her la now no longer a quratlno bJt
Dial th coiiMtitlon will (o down th
line, aeatlne all -onttd Uelegalea rc
oiiimemled the rredentlala cunjinllt
And. of rouiM, thtr 1 llltlo chauc
that the rre!r:ittala tominlttea will d
Mate fro.n II. e irofctan of th national
committee.
Taft OalD Btranrth.
Taft (alne.1 airenath today In two
totra. Th fl rat n on Governor Ilad
)ry a motion tuat tha 72 Taft drlegatca
wiioae arati Imva been conleatml b not
Tcrmltted to vot on any qlletlon con
nc(rd with tha conxf-ntlon oricnnlaatlon
until tl.clr riaht lo alt an delefateJ had
lLn paaaed nxn by Hie convention.
Th tutfwM 6C9 in favor of the tabling
of that motion. 499 tor th rantag of
the motion, not votlnf 10.
Tho second vote tru on Wataon'a
motlou to tabk IUiIIcj a motion to aub
atltnt the minority report for the ma-
Jorltj' report et the rredrrrttala commit
tee on the Alabama caaca. The vote
here tvas ayea 607. noes i5i, not vot In
IS. and th lladley motfon kn tabled.
Then the convention oiopted the ma
jority report of the credential commit
tee ecallng the contested Alubuma dele-
aates.
Circulation of the report that the
credentials committee positively refused
to lid the steerini committee by report
ing In part on -the contests filed bofore
tt had a depressing effect on both dolc
Ktfs and spectators, and 16 minutes
lfore 11 o'clock, the hour set for the
convention to meet, there was only a
handful of spectators In the galleries,
while on the floor there were not more
than a score of delegates.
Would Not f anction Beport la Part.
Chairman Root communicated with
Chairman Devlna of the credentials
committee, hut tho latter still Inxlstod
that he could not sanction any partial
report.
"What would be the use?" he asked
tha meseenger. "As long as there are
to he minority as well cs majority re
ports on the action of this committee, I
see no aenee In scattering the fire.
VRather, I bolleve It would be better
toilet the delegates wait until we can
out the entire matter before them, and
04 their cheering, rennsj Irar.la and 11
Maachut la Itooetvelt men, Kanaia
and California bln tapeoially notice
able for their eluers for Ronaavlt.
while Wisconsin waa yelling for La
rollett.
In the mlJ.t of th dtninatratl"n
W. J llrjan cam In and waa loudly
cheered. To ahouts for a aneech he
shook Ms ,ad.
tvln ant word from th credentials
commltlr room that the partial report
waa being held up by the Kooaevelt
men. II aald som of them wanted the
entire matter held up until the com
pin report was raady.
At it o'clock, an hour after the tlrn
set for the convention to assemble, the
delegates were atlll waiting for the re
tort of the credenttala committee. liy
that hour all the vacant chairs In the
gallrle had filled up and there was
the usual crowd In the aisle, on the
floor apace reaerved for the delegate.
despite th best efforts of the polljo
to keep the men In their seats.
Calls OoBTntloa to Order.
It wss I2.lt p. in when TemporeVy
Chairman Hoot called the conventloo
to order and Introduced aa the chaplain
of the day the Rev. John Relcom Shaw.
Root announced as soon as the In.
ocation waa ended that the next order
waa the report of the committee on
redenUala and WrI. Dovell. of Wash
ington, handed up the report. It recom
mended that Taft delegates and alter
nates be seated from the ninth Ala
bama district. In the report the ma
jority mcmliuri stated that they haJ
fully heard both Widen and found that
the election of the. Tart delegatea wax
regular. The report. In effect, chargns
that the Roosevelt people tried to pack
the district convention and declared that
the resolution, under which the Roose
velt man acted in naming committee
men to get control wus either never
pusted at a regular committee meeting
or If originally passed was later changed
to benefit the Kosevelt mcrt.
Robert V. Arrhbold, Judge of the
court of ronvnerrc.
FOR IMPEACHMENT OF
JUDGE mm THE
VOTE IS
UNANIMOUS
House Committee's Ballot Is
Without Dissent on Com
merce. Court Dignitary,
(t'ntted rrrtajaard Wlra.)
waahlngton, June 21. The house
Judiciary committee, which Investigated
charges of Judicial impropriety against
Judge Robert P. Archbold of the com
merce court, voted unanimously today to'
recommend that the house prefer ar
ticlea of Impeachment agalnat him. The
house probably will adopt the report
of the committee, which haa already
drafted specifications.
The charges against Archbold consist
of his transactions In culm banks at
Srranton, Pa., with railroads while he
was sitting on the bench of the com
merce oourt. If the house votes favor
ably on the Impeachment recommenda
tion, member will be appointed by the
speaker to prosecute chars against the
juage as proviut-u unuer in constitu
tion of the United States.
HOLDS ISMAY AND SMITH
EQUALLY RESPONSIBLE
thVn cet an Intelligent solution.
'Devlne'a sucgestlon to the steering
committee waa that tliey meet and ad
journ until tomorrow morning; but the
Lt.eHno- committee refused to accept
fills decision as final, and continued to
Virirnr nrNBure to set some work on
wnich the delegates might get busy.
At 10:45 a. m. no final decision on the
matter had bean reached.
As the delegates filed rn.e their seats
there waa much bitter criticism of the
muddle in which the convention had been
placed. Many of the delegates frankly
confessed that they were finding Chi
cago too expensive a place to remain In
'and werr suggesting that possibly the
I hotel proprietors might have more to
'do with the muddle than appeared on
I the aurface. , - ,
At 10:o0 William Barnes and Colonel
Harry a. New went to 'the national 'com-,
mltte headquarters to make a last ap
peal to Chairman Jjevine tor action,
leaders Willing' to Take Chance.
The peculiar part of the situation waa
that the men who seemingly had the
most at stake Barnes and the Taft
leaders were willing to take a chance
and start things going, while Devine,
Malby and other organization men in
Ithe committee, who had been depended
upon to hefp out, were refusing to pull
tha blocks from in front of the wheels
of the convention chariot.
After agreeing to report on Oregon
and Alabama, tho committee got Into a
snarl as to what the report should con
Maln: Meanwhile t,he convention waited
ami the leaders fit quietly conferring.
At 11:27 there was no sign of the com
mittee's reaching an agreement. While
the convention rested the various state
delegations amused themselves by cheer
ilng andJhe band in the galleries pacified
fhe spectators with a aeries of lively
tunes.
Wait for Minority Report.
- At 11:41 It waa stated that the ma
jority report In the Alabama and Arl
. cona cases was ready, but that the con
vention waa waiting for the Roosevelt
' people to complete their njuiorlty re
port - .
The various state delegaTiqiia contln-
Tlm Is Xsedaqoat.
The minority report was submitted by
Delegate McCormick of the Illinois del
cgation, who efitd that he had asked for
time to prepare a proper minority re
port, but that the time furnished him
and his associates had been Inadequate.
He said that for the Roosevelt minority,
he merely presented a dissenting opin
ion, and reserved the right to submrt
tho facts In the case later.
Root said that "whllo there could not,
strictly speaking, be such a thing as a
minority report, an expression of the
views of the minority could always be
expressed."
Start to "Boo" Boot.
The Roosevelt delegatea started to
"boo" Root In the middle of the sen-
(I'nlted rr. loused Wlf.
London, June 21. That J. Bruce Is-
may and Captain smith were equally
responsible for the Titanic disaster and
that the tragedy was due to lack of
proper seamanship, was the opening I Unqutsh
statement today of Attorney Pcanlm,
M. P., appearing In behalf of the Sea
men's and Firemen's union, at the board
of Trade Inquiry.
SHONTS WILL RESIGN
PRESIDENCY OF C. & A.
(Till led Presi Leaned Wire.)
New York, June 21. Theodore P.
Shonts today announced that he would
resign as president of the Chicago &
Alton railway, effective July 1. Shonts
said he desired to devote all Ms time
to the local traction situation, as head
of the Interborough & Allied companies.
City hall was plunged Into a whirl
pool of eicltnient today following al
untipreted ronferenc between lanr
Rushlight and reprraf nlat! v.a of th
Mill and Harriman rallrnada and th
prediction I mad In official circles
that tha rival lavUthan of th western
railroad world hare agre! upon a com
prcmla by which both rompanlra will
le placed on an equal footing with Tort-
land shippers bfor lh city council
meet next week to art on propoaed
franclilaes of th two roada over varloua
city alreala
Mayor Kuahllght called In rottncllman
after councilman )tterdur afternoon
In private ronfereme and before I
o'clock twelve of the flfUen lawmakera
had answered the mayor- int.niona
It Is said that etnry one of tlx a 12
haa agreed to back the mayor a'program
with reference to the rnllmad fran
rhtaea to the full limit and that Pre!-
dent Joeeph H. Young of the Hilt lines,
and Huperlntandent I. W. Campbell of
the Harriman lines, were Informed of
this fact st this morning's secret meet
ing In the mayor's office.
Totting to Bay.
Neither Mayor Rushlight nor the
railroad officials, when Interviewed th!i
morning, would give out anything for
publication, but lhy did not deny that
a compromlae had been reached, or
at any rate, la Imminent"
Krom one of tha couricllmen who was
railed In by the mayor yesterday It
learned this morning that the
mayor would request the street com
mittee of th council to defer action
on the proposes franchises or th two
railroads until next week. The meet
ing of the street committee today waa
for the express purpose of considering
the franchises so the report of a com
promlae having been made seems to
be well grounded.
The mayor admitted today that h
would ask the street committee to de
fer action on the franchises until after
tha council meets next week and this
further strengthens the report as to the
agreement of the two companies on traf
fic rights over public streets.
From the councilman referred to, It
was learned that the details of the pro
posed agreement are as follows:
The Harriman lines consent to re-
U rights claimed by them on
ARKANSAS DISTRICT
DELEGATES SEATED
Little Interest Is Shown by
Either Side in Third Bal
lot of Day.
nl
Fourth street and to ask for an entire
ly new irancnise wun common user
privileges Included. They also agree to
the common user clause being Inserted
on the proposed Jefferson street fran
chise.
Grant Common Uer.
It has been further agreed, according
to the report, that the Hill lines are to
be granted common users on all the
streets now occupied by the Harriman
people on east side streets sought by
the Hill roads with the exception of
T.-.m . u , T- I. r- . 1 n- . .
Cianfc rnoi on cel. k iic ouuinern macule
is unwilling to grant a common user on
t elle' frtm ' Wtrt
CoIImuiii. I'hli ago. June ; Hr
vot of ( lo ;. IT not toting lie
Republican contention thla ef I-rnoiri
refuaed to accept ti e minority iri-.M of
the credenttala committee on the Arl
tona routeel. and a ore pled the Taft
majority rtport. Th al d-lrfalra from
I Mat atat wer eratr-d by tlva oio
vote.
Com hiklt proof II at the Taft fol-
owera have the totra to a-at ail of
their rortreted delrgatra In the Itrpub
ll'nn national ixintentlon waa furnlal.ej
today whrn U toi l. ;(- ae an
nounced on a reled v-uin votd on
eat the Taft delegatea In tlr ninth
Alabama dlatrlrt. Thla waa tha fl ret
letrlct that Colonel RiHevelt dr. Irc. I
waa atuU-n from him and the unu.j!l
I ah vulereally plraaed the Taft m.vi
After the vole In the Alabama tea.-
waa announced the leaders of the Roust-
clt forrra held a conference to deter
mine whether It would put Into effe, t
he non-partlclpatlng program adopted
y the Rooaeelt forcee The aattleinent
th Alabama caa came after wcarl-
aom parliamentary maneuvering, in
hlrh two record roll call wer forced.
sCavchln Holds Oootf.
Th Taft machine held throughout
Th aecond caet on which th laaues
wer Joined was the Arlxona conteal
Every effort la being made by the con
vention leadira to fore thing through,
u that flnul adjournment may b
reached. If poaalble, by tomorrow night.
Moat of the conaervati v leader to
dny declared that they felt certain that
President Taft would be th nominee
of the convention
WillUm Hainan Jr, tha Nw lork
leader, whose loyalty to the president
of th Inlted Htates had been ques
tioned, said at 2 45:
"I am eatttfled Mr. Taft will be nom
inated. New York Is now satisfied, as
It ilb generally accepted that If New
York landed the nomination for the
president. It would demand that Vice
President Sherman also be renominated.
although John Hays Hammond and
John Wunn maker are being considered
by The delegates."
As the roll on the question of tabling
tho Hndley motion to substitute the
minority for the majority report pro
gressed, It w as pin In that it WQLUd
carry. If a progressive state cast Its
vote with the Taft men. The Idaho re
sult caused n siifpenslnn for a few sec
onds while the THft men cheered and
yelled. But It was only a flash in the
pan to what the excllement was when
Wisconsin volcd 15 ayes with one dele
gate absent.
AVlsconsin's committeeman had voted
with the majority in tills case.
Call for Absentees.
As on the flr.it roll call, there was
another call for the abHintees on do
mand from the floor, ami the vote nan
finally announced Ayes 606, noes 464.
ot voting 9.
"IHie
Declares War on Parker.
Message to Progressives
L
LEAD FIGHI UPON
j " ill
s alii a
NEHHSKM 1
CONVENTIONFLOOR
Underwood, Harmon and Mar-i
shall Are Not on tho List
Addressed by Commoner cn
Campaign vs. Reactionaries.
William Jrnnlnj Ilryaa.
ROOSEVELT TO BE
BY
T,
NAMED
MA
HE
IHG IN FALL
There Will Be No Bolt, Writes
Progressive Editor, and
Taft Will Be Nominated by
Republican Convention.
.
(Continued on Page Nine.)
IS Wllllauj Allen White.
(Copyright, 1912?. th Associated News
papers.)
Convention Hall. Chicago, June 21.
The one sure thing today Is that there
will be no Roosevelt bolt. Two other
thlnga seem equally oertaln first, that
Roosevelt will be defeated at the Re
publican convention by tha delegates
seated by the national committee, and
second, that he will be a candidate for
the presidency, nominated In August or
September by a masa convention organ
lautg a new party.
The reason that there is an element of
doubt In the last proposition- is that
Governor Johnson of California declarea
that he will not leave Chicago with the
California delegation until Roosevelt Is
formally nominated. Governor Johnson
may assemble the mora radical of the
Roosevelt delegates less than 200 prob
ably and either nominate Roosevelt or
Issue a call for a convention that will
nominate Roosevelt.
This action Is not, however. In accord
with the best Judgment of the progres
sives. Most of tho progressives believe
that no action should be taken by the
delegates of this convention. This con
vention, they hope, will nominate Taft.
Then they believe that the Democratic
convention will repudiate Bryan and I
Bryanlsm. After that Is done and after
the parties are definitely reactionary,
It will be time In August to call the
mass convention of the Progressive
party.
announcement that the Taft
(Continued on Page Six.,
NEGRO REBEL CHIEFS
HAVANA QUIT
Havana, -Junatl. It was reported
this afternoon that General Estenes and
General Ivonet, negro rebel leaders, had
( curendered - to the commander of the
r1. naval station at Uuantanamo. . f
tence, but he merely smashed the tabl
with his gavel and finished his state
ment, first suggesting- sarcastically that
it might Just as well be considered ad
visable to wait for the completion of a
sentence instead of Jumping at a con
elusion. This resulted in a wild burst
of applause from the Taft men.
The Roosevelt men objected to repre
sentation on tho committee of members
from states where contests had been
filed, and also participation in the cre
dentials committee deliberations by
members of the national committee who
had originally passed orr the temporary
roll.
Asks for Substitution
Governor Hadley of Missouri moved the
substitution of the minority report for
tho majority and asked that McCormick
be given. unanimous consent to read a
brief dealing with the question. A Vir
ginla delegate moved to lay the Had
ly motion and th minority report on
the table,
Hadley raised the point of order that
this could not be done because unani
mous consent to McCormick to address
the convention had been given. Chair
man Root held that the request for
unanimous tonsent had not been passed
on.
... Rules Out Statement.
He was asked whether unanimous
consent was granted. A delegate arose
from the Illinois section, but Root failed
to recognise him and declared that the
McCormick statement could be" read.
McCormick a statement found that the
Taft convention In the Ninth Alabama
district was Irregular and a bolting one
ana - that the Roosevelt delegates were
the-only legal delegates elected In that
district.
As he read the report which was
repetition of briefs presented; to the
national committee at Its hearings the
Taft' men. occasionally Interrupted his
remarks wttn laughter
SEE WHAT COJVIES OF ONE CARELESS STEP!
McCormlck's declaration that the Taft
men -bolted" was greeted with a volley
of "boohs" from the Taft men,.
As McCormick concluded Dovell asked
unanimous, consent to make a fire min
ute reply to McCormick and it- was
granted. . , ,
Denies Tim Is Oat Short. '
Dovell said on behalf of thfe majority
of the credentials committee he denied
that McCormick was not git en time) to
prepare a minority report. H said that
tha committee -bad been In session con
tinuously since 9 o'clock yesterday due
to certain members of tha committee
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JODICIAL RECALL WILL
BE BITTERLY ATTACKED
CHICAGO
PLATFORM
Republican Party Will Stand
Squarely on. Conservatism
Tariff Not in Contest, "
(United Prraa Leaaed Ulr.
"Chicago, June 21. As a further In
dication that the regular Republicans
have decided to draw the line sharply
between radicalism and conservatism.
and that the party will stand squarely
on the latter issue, the subcommittee
on resolutions toaay wrote into the tem
porary drart or tne piatiorm a plank
denouncing the recall of Judges and re
call of Judicial decisions, two of the
favorite planks of the Roosevelt progres
sive '-...
It Is expected that the progressives
who do not subscribe to the Roosevelt
bolt and who Intend to remain "regu
lar" will oppose the plank In the full
commfftee and even on the floor of th
convention, but in view of the majority
held by the conservatives and their ap
parent desire to put an unequivocal
stamp of that sort on the "regular'
platform. It Is expected that the plank
will etand. Whatever Us fate; the La
Follette men will present a platform as
a minority report. No difficulty over
the tariff declaration developed today
and It Is an entirely new plank that Is
being drafted.
Italic rreae U.ee wtr.
CMiaco. iu. Jun :i. Colonel Wl.,
lUtn Jennings Ilryan tbrw bis hat Into
mr iwiiimor rins toaar. wnen na ae
clnrej opn war on th aelectloa ef the
lx-m.yrallo nominee for temporary
chairman Alton M. Peraer aod
nouiicd Ms Intention of leading a fight' .
to prevent th ratification by th o-
veulloo or iha national- commute S
rholc. l!ran's dcfl. which took tha
form vt a telegram to all th presiden
tial ram! hla tea whom he regards
pre greaalve, was followed by th n-nourx-emcnt
that he would leave Chicago '
for Halt I more tomorrow morning.
Th telegram la regarded aa an adroit,
move by liryan to put each of tha men
addreaaed on record as to his progrew-
alveneaa. Neither Underwood, Governor .
Harmon nor Governor Marshall ef 1 a-
dlarut waa addressed by Bryan, buti
Speaker Champ Clark. Governor Wllaon.
Governor liurk. Governor Koae, Mayer
and Governor Baldwin reoelved th fol
low Ing telegram:
Here Is th Telerraaa.
"In th Interest of harmony I sug
geated to the subcommittee of th Dent
ocratlc commltte tho advisability of
recommending as temporary chairman'
some progreaalv acceptable to th lead
ing progressive candldatea for th presi
dential nomination. I took it for granted.
that no committeeman Interested In -
Democratic auccesa would desire to of
fend th members of a convention over
whelming progressiva by naming- a.
reactionary to sound the keynot of th
campaign.
"Eight members of th subcommittee,
however, over tha protest of. tb re
maining eight, agreed upon not only, evn
reactionary but upon one Democrat.
who among those not candidates for the
presidential nomination, la In th ayes,
of the people most conspicuously Identi
fied with the reactionary element of th
party. I shall be pleaaed t Join you
and your friends In pposlng his selec
tion by the full commute or by tb
convention. Kindly answer here. L.
"W. J. BRTAN.
That Bryan will oppose Parker's Io ..
tion to the laat is declared by his close .
friends, who will direct the progressive -
forces until the Commoner himself ar
rives from Chicago.
Bryan Is said to be depending for sup
port on the followers of Champ- Clark
and Wood row Wilson. The Harmon
and Underwood delegates are entirely
satisfied.
Rumors were flying thick today that
the Clark people were dickering with!
the conservatives, especially Murphy, of
New York, and Taggart, of Indiana, and
that tha deal Involves throwing the,
Clark Btrcngth to Parker. In return for
which the votes of the New York and
Indiana delegates, besides som unln
structed delegates, would be given to
Clark on tho first ballot.
Bryan to right Hard. ,'
Bryan men prefer to disregard these
rumors and point out that If Clark t-
tempted such a deal he would lose mora "
than he would gain, because he would
lose Bryan's friendship and good will.
The Bryan men will carry the fight ,
' against Parker to the full national com
mittee next Monday. They are already
charging that Parker's selection la not, ,
valid, because he received.' only elgntl
of the 16 votes In the committee on ar
rangements, which made th selection,
whereas, they claim, h needed a mar,
Jorlty. Bryan men are in the minority1
on the national committee, which, there
fore, is expected to ratify Parker's se
lection. The fight will then, b taken
to the floor of the convention, ,
Bryan himself is expected to make ft
speech against Parker, v
Campaign managers for Clark, Wil
son. Harmon. Underwod. Gaynor. and,
Marshall are already making claims. 8o
far no ill feeling has cropped out. No
manager expects his man to be named
on the first lew Dauois. uiara: mana-i
(Continued on Page Five.)
SOLDIER
REMORSEFUL
VE
APPEAL COURT AFFIRMS
REMANDING
OF BRAND
T
(United Free ted Vflra.1
Albany, N. Y June 31. The court of
appeals handed down a decision . today
upholding-the decision of tha appellate
division In remanding Foulk K. Brant
to Pannemora prison. , ,
Brandt was employed 'as' "a 'valet to
Mortimer Schiff. the New York mil-1 blown off.
libnairevand was sentenced to 30 year J . McCormack was a cvk In w
imprisonment a a -charge-of attempt- I Ci age about 41. relatives not l
Ing to burglarise the Schtff home. , here. '
BROKEN PLEDGE
BLOWS OFF HIS HEAD
Thomas McCormick Expiates
Offense "of Drinking When
He Promised Not To. ,
(Special to Tb Journal.
Vancouver. Wash.. June 21. Thomas
McCormack was addicted to drink, Th,
habit grew, and grew on him til it In
terfered with duty, and Captain Ft ge,
head of McCormack1 company at Van.
eouver barracks, exacted a pledg from
htm lastrvweek that -h would drink e
more. ' ' . -,
Yesterday McCormack went en quit
a spre an,d when he reported to Cap-,
tain Page was threatened wun. tn
guard house. ,11 begged, one more
chance.'
This morning he was found wher he
had placed a Winchester in Ms maulh
and struck the. trigger. 1)1 hea l
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