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you will purchase with the wisdom
Salem as an Educational Center
'r Tills weeks Slogan Topic. See
Thursday's paper for full Informa
tion on this subject.
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LeoDOId and Loeb to Hang
or Get Life Imprisonment
on Dearee of "Moral
.Turpitude
NARY HEARING
PLANS ARE COMPLETED
Youths ! ADDear Today for
i Hearing Preliminary to
Formal Sentence
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' CHICAGO, July22. (By the
Associated Press) Fixing of the
degree of; "moral turpitude" nay
be the legal problem by which
will . be determined tbe ultimate
late of Nathan Leopold, Jr., and
Richard Loeb, who kidnaped and
killed young Robert Franks for
ft thrill. I
Upon . the development of this
; question, legal experts - say.- will
binge whether they shall hang or
go to the penitentiary. First steps
Jn arriving at a solution of the
question will ,be taken tomorrow
when, the youths, who yesterday
pleaded guilty will appear 4in
court for; a hearing preliminary
to their formal sentences.
Court Enlarged
The court room where will be
decided the punishment to be
meted out for one of the most
startling and sensational crimes
' in , Chicago's history, was given
wver todar to carpenters and wire
men, who were busy installing
benches, j telegraph circuits ana
eai for i one of the largest as
semblages of writers in the history
of local courts. : Harassed court
Attaches were kept at work issu
- Jag passes and settling disputes
as to. the seating arrangements.
Kearly 100 press tickets were
Issued.
No; less than 81 witnesses will
fc railed bv the state unless the
court decides that he-: does hot
need all this detail. The- state
will also offer about 60 exhibits,
ranging from a chisel with which
the youth was killed and the type
swriter on which the ransom de
mands were written to the hotel
registration cards tilled i out ; by
toeb.in an effort to cover the
tracks of Leopold and himself " in
.pase they had to flee.
Oral Testimony Today !
- The oral testimony, according
to plans, will begin tomorrow
with the calling to the stand jot
Jacob Franks father of the mur
deredboy. Today Franks ap
peared before a grand jury, tn
testify, regarding , a letter sent by
two other youths now in custody
In which' his daughter's life was
threatened. In a statement to
day the father of the slain boy,
termed Ms wn as martyr, -declaring
that he, by dying, saved
the lives of five other children,
Leopold and Loeb were consid
ering as victims., , ;:
, .After the father's testimony
"WjU come 'the statement of a cor
ner's physician as to the body
Itself. The state expects to fol
low this with testimony by hotel
clerks and - bank tellers indent
lfylng both (youths as imperson
ating "Morton IX Ballard," In
whose name a room was taken
at a downtown hotel by Loeb and
a bank account opened by Leop-
:pw. ' ,. ; A : li--.
: May Not Call Boys
' : "Whether- the boys themselves
will ever take the stand Is also
unsettled. By entering f guilty
pleas and holding a hearing j to
determine the degree of punish
ment, the boys are subject to be
called by the state, the defense
tor by the "court Itself. The names
of, 'the youths are not on the
state's list of witnesses made pub
lic, today, but it Is possible that
the state may place them on the
fctand later. The defense has
not indicated its intention.. -:
THE WEATHER
..OREGON Fair Wednesday;
v warmer In the Interior; mod-
"erate
: winds.
north rand northeast
' ' LOCAL WEATHER
' .-.y (Tuesday)
Maximum temperature, 81.
'.Minimum temperature, 50.
Hlver. 2.1. stationary.
Rainfall, none.
Atmosphere, clear. ,
Wind, north. .
PENNILESS GIRL
NOT DAUGHTER
OF MILLIONAIRE
Father of Grycea Sykes Who
Slept at Los Angeles Jail
. Is Attorney
TULSA, Okla., July 22. Cfrycea
Sykes, who is reported to have ap
plied at a Los Angeles police sta
tion last night for a place to, sleep
and to have told police that she
was a daughter of a Tulsa oil mil
lionaire. Is the daughter of James
H. Sykes, a Tulsa attorney, accord
lng to acquaintances. The Infor
mants said Sykes is not a million
aire nor in the pil .business.
Sykes is reported to be in Ar
lington. Va. It. is said the . girl
became estranged from her father
and left about three weeks ago,
saying she was; going to New Mex
ico. ' iu - ; -
Attorney General to Fight
Modification of Divorcing
Court Decree
WASHINGTON, July I 22. At
torney General Stone has given
instructions that any effort to
modify the consent, decree taken
during the .Wilson 'administration
against the Big Five Chicago
packers, should be "vigorously re
sisted." This was made known to
day in a statement which denied
that the attorney general had re
fused to make known his views on
the subject to a recent correspon
dent. ! .
The department, of justice has
observed bints, it was
that counsel for some of
trig companies planned i
indicated.
tht pack
an "on-
slaught" on the consent decree
entered in the District of Colum
bia supreme court by which the
packing business was j . divorced
from "an other lines of effort tn
which the packers were engaged.
Willi this knowledge, Mr. Stone
Immediately ordered his. subordi
nates to be prepared to fight "and
to hold onto tbe ground gained
unless the court reverses tbe gov
ernment's contention. He has told
department officials that the gov
ernment's position is "perfectly
obvious" and: believes . that the
public interest requires; that the
department fight any'' attempt to
reopen the proceedings.!
Record Breaking Crowd
t Concert Last Night
Fame of the Cherrian band and
the excellent concerts that are be
ing offered by Oscar Steelhammer,
director, is evidently spreading,
for one of the largest crowds of
tbe season attended the concert
in Willson park last night. The
weather was ideal for! those at
tending the open air program.
Oscar Gingrich was again heard
In several splendid vocal nnmboTs
and was greatly and heartily encored.-
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Thursday- night the Cherrian
band will accompany the uni
formed Cherriana to SUverton
where they will appear in a pa
rade and concert. ! -
CALIFORNIA CATTLE
Feed Shortage Will
Be 20
, De-
Per Cent iThis Yea
dares Governor
Investigations made by the live
stock sanitary board and ktockmen
indicate a pronounced shortage of
feed, Governor Walter. M. Pierce
advised G. H. Hecke, state direc
tor of agriculture, Sacramento,
Cal., Tuesday afternoon in request
for permission to graze California
cattle on Oregon pastures. -
"Less than 20 per cent hay crop
will be cut in parts: of j Oregon,"
the "telegram said. "Additional
stock will endanger carrying
through the winter of our Oregon
range animals. I must deny your
application for California cattle."
An adverse report of the situa
tionwas made by W.1I. Lytle un
less conditions exist. In brief
these wei'e ; the ownership of Ore
gon ranges by ' Calif ornjlans ; . tbe
cattle originating within a cone
of 15 miles bf the Oregon-California
line or providing that the Cal
ifornia cattle had been driren
from their usual pastures by f or-
est fires. " -
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DEI ED PASTURAGE
10 LECTURES
PLEASE
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"Sour Grapes" and "Getting
By Your Hoodoo',' are
Topics Discussed By Ott
and Grathwell
FINAL NUMBER WILL
BE OFFERED TONIGHT
Masterpiece of DeHoven,
"Robin Hood," Comic Op
:! era, Is Fitting Close
i This Afternoon 1
X Special children's after
noon, "Circus Day," parade
on; street to tent.. Clown en
tertainment, Herbert A. ! Tay
lor, clown, ventriloquist and
juggler.
' !i XiKht
; "Robin-Hood," DeKoven's
comera opera. May Valen
tine's ; original cast of 30
people. ; 1 ,
Afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
Night at 8 o'clock.
! Final program tonight.
.Men are different, one from an
other, because of the laws of
heredity, according to' lEdward
Amherst Ott, noted lecturer j and
author, 1 who appeared on the
Chautauqua program last night,
giving his famous lecture of. "Sour
Grapes." One of the greatest
blessing to the human race is va
riety, he said. :
"Out of every 100 persons in
America, one becomes a failure,
simply because be does not know
how to live," Mr. Ott said. "Per
sons "who complain often visit a
physician and dictate to him. Both
are ; surprised when ; tney i get
well." ... i . ' ;.-:". :' u
Speaking about schoois, the lec
(Continued on pige 3)
British Flier Proceeds:
To Paramashiru Island
TOKIO. July 23. (By, AP.)
Ai Stuart MacLaren, the British
aviator and his companions who
are on an around the world flight
bopped off from Tokotn" bay,
Uruppu island, Kurlles, at 7:40
this morning for Murakami, bay. '
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Murakami bay is not shown on
available maps of tbe Kurile is
lands. MacLaren's destination
when he left Tetorofu and was
forced down at Uruppu island last
week was Paramashiru Island,
Kurlles. : i
SHERIFF REMOVES X
3 NEGRO SLAYERS
Murderers of GirL Spirited
Away to Prevent !Mob
From LynchingThem
MOUND CITY, IllJjuy 22.
Three negroes held here' In con
nection with the murder early this
morning at Villa Rldger 111. of
Daisy ; Wilson, 18-year-old girl.
were taken from the Pulaski coun
ty jail late tonight! by Sheriff I.
J. Hudson, when crowds gather
ing about the jail threatened
trouble. . J . ' ir :
It is believed the negroes were
taken to Murphysboro. ; ;lf L
Stirred by repeated assertions by
J. C. Wilson, father of the slain
girl, that he positively identified
the negroes as his assailants,; the
crowd became hostile and made a
sally for the; jail. Several shots
were fired but no one was Injured.
SPRINGFIELD, July 22. Gov
ernor Len Small tonight ordered
Company -K, 130th infantry of
Cairo, to mobilize Immediately: and
proceed to Mound City.'
ADVISERS PAIL TO AGREE
WASHINGTON. July 22. Sena
tor La Follette of Wisconsin and
his advisers failed today to reach
a final agreement on the personnel
6f the' committee which will have
charge of bis presidential cam
paign.? The makeup bt the com
mittee, however, has been virtu
ally determined, only one or two
of the 11 places remaining to he
filled. i :
CHAUTAUQUA
Getting party
BROKEN UP; MEN
DRAW $100 FINE
Eugene Youths Arrested for
Automobile Sparking; Of-
fenses to Stop
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EUGENE, Or., July 22.- .Pet
ting parties In automobiles along
the highways of Lane county are
going! to 'stop, declares (Sheriff F.
E. Taylor, and accordingly, two
men were fined $100 each late
Monday afternoon for just such
an offense when baled before Jus
tice Jesse G. Wells. They were
taken? near this city in company
with !a single girl and another
man's wife. The. women were not
arrested. ' ' ?
PIERCE IS LAIR
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SAYS IRATE DOLLY
Mrs, Quartierj Pays Newspai
per ' Offices Vjsit and
: j Speaks Her Mind
Not, only isj LaRonda Pierce
the- biggest coward on earth but
he 1s t he biggest liar also," declar
ed Dolly Quartier, known as the
queen' of the Portland bootleggers,
after she had read an account in
local i papers of an alleged noctur
nal vim by she ahd William (Bill)
Quarter, to the i Pierce residence.
Pierce positively; identified the
pair land called I the police three
times', he said. ..:"
. Dolly Quartier admitted being
at the Pierce home, but in com
pany! with another woman. She
said there were: seven people in
their; machine to back, up .her
statement. The phonograph, now
in possession of Pierce, was said
to be her own and not one taken
from a Margaret Donnelly, as al
leged by Pierce who claimed he
was holding the musical, instru
ment after Quartier and the Don
nelly woman had been arrested in
Portland under the name .of .Mr.
and ; Mrs. Watson while Dolly.
Quarter was in jail. ;
The visitor was quite irate when
she called upon; local newspaper
men; and was exceedingly explo
sive fn her statements.
"Bill . Quartier don't have to
sneak around in the dark after
La Ronda Pierce." she said. "If
he wants to lick- La Ronda Pierce
he can do it in the daytime, on
the street, as he did before. I arri
not paroled to La Ronda Pierce
any more. I was; jerked out from
under his parole and am now to
report to Judge; pampbell." .
She said that she and Bill were
not near the Pierce home, as tbe
two are separated pending divorce
proceedings. She denied that she
bad married Quartier in Salem or
that ishe had ever lived here and
had never camped out in the vicin
ity, as has been said.
World Fliers to Proceed
j For Home By Greenland
WASHINGTON, July 22. Ma
jor General Patrick, chief of the
army air service, has cabled in
structions to Lieutenant Lowell
Smith, commanding officer of the
world flight, to start the trans
Atlantic hop as; soon as supplies
are distributed along the path , of
the flight andnaval vessels have
taken their position on the water
stretches between stopping points.
A statement Issued today by the
army air service said "tbe flight
is not expected to leave England
before August 1."
President to Give First At
tention to Executive
Duties for Summer
WASHINGTON, July 22. -Par
ticipation by President Coolidge
in the national campaign is ex
pected to be limited to less than
a dozen speeches and to Involve
no extended campaign tour.
This announcement was made
today- at the White House. De
velopments doHng the campaign
may;; cause an alteration in, the
present plans for the president's
campaign activities,-but it now is
the strong belief of Mr. Coolidge
as well as - William M. Butler.
chairman of the republican - na
tional committee-and other lead
ers,! that executive - duties mnst
receive .first .attention , and cam
paign requirements - he relegated
to a:secondary place.
CAMPlie ISPEECIIES
EDITOR HELD
Oil CONTEMPT
GIVEN PARDON
Executive Clemency Disre
garded By i Sheriff in New
Mexico for Man Who Be
rated Court
GUARD MAY BE CALLED
TO EFFECT RELEASE
Second Jail Sentence Still
Served for Declaring
t "This Is No Court"
EAST LAS VEGAS, N. M., July
2f.-wAt nine o'clock tonight Carl
Magee, , Albuquerque editor,
was still held In the San Miguel
county jail despite notification of
a pardon by Governor Hlnkle-on
Sheriff Delgado. Notification of
the pardon was made by Adjutant
General Skipwith, of the Mew
Mexico national guard who made
an automobile trip, from Santa Fe
to secure the release of Magee,
who today was sentenced to three
months in the county - jail by Dis
trict Judge D. J. Leahy on con
tempt of court charges.
Sheriff Delgado' resisted the re
lease of Magee oq ground that the
governor had no power to pardon
In the case of direct contempt.
I Following Sheriff Delgado's re
fusal to release Magee,' General
Skipwith immediately got x into
communication with the gover
nor's office by long distance tele
phone, seeking authorization to
call upon the 12th Engineers of
the national guard, near here, in
summer encampment, for assist
ance to release the editor.
i SANTA FE, N. M., July 22.
Carl C. Magee, editor of the Albu
querque (New Mexico) State Tri
bune, sentenced at Las Vegas to
day to the county jail for contempt
of court by Judge D. J. Leahy and
quickly pardoned by Governor J.
F. Hlnkle. "has been before Judge
Leahy before on similar charges.
More than a year ago, he was
tried for contempt by Judge Leaby
and found guilty on four counts.
He was sentenced to Jail (for 90
days on each one of four counts
and in addition he and bis paper
fined more than $4000. At this
tme the editor furnished appeal
and appearance bonds amounting
to $14,000 and did not go to jail
pending the appeal, "Two days
after being sentenced he- was par
doned by Governor Hlnkle;.
i At the conclusion of today's
trial before Judge Leahy at Las
Vegas, Magee.. was sentenced on
three counts to three months in
jail, the sentences to run concur
rently, and committed. Two sen
tiences were on contempt charges
fior editorial utterances in the Tri
bune,, and the third was for al
leged direct contempt of : court
When Magee asserted "This Is not
a court." . i
BELIEVED F
p;
stol Employed in Murder
Discovered in Home
N Tallies With Bullet:
TACOMA, Wash., July 22.
"IJhe pistol shot which Mrs. Pearl
Conner is neiieved by county omc
ials to have been shot: to death
on the evening of May 19 in a
lonely clearing of the Camp Lew
is military ' reservation was dis
covered this morning by. Sheriff
Thomas ' Desmond j and . deputy
Fred Ewen in the Conner home
Prosecuting attorney J. W Sel
den announced tonight.
j. It is a ,35 caliber German pis
tol ; and the shells In i It corres
pond exactly with the' exploded
shell found 10 feet from the spot
a bullet , hole ' through her,; head
from the i weapon in the hands
Of the mnrdeded, who,1- the state
alleges,' is her husband, Richard
Conner. The giin has been clean
ed since being used.
Conner;: who has been held at
Vancouver. Wash., since his ar
rest last Thursday was removed
to the Pierce county jail today
where he is, held as a federal
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prisoner, following discovery by
Seldon - today that the scene of
the crime is a half 1 mile Inside
the Camp Lewis military reserv
ation from the - state's highway,
along the Ro7 Boad,'
COn DEATH BUN
ID
AMERICAN AMBASSADOR ASKED I
TO BE CONFERENCE MEDIATOR I
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Frank B.
Frank B. Kellogg, American ambassador to England, has been
called upon to play the difficult part as mediator to1 relieve the dead
lock at the inter-allied conference
American Hankers, have refused
German loan, which is essential to
Mr. iveuogg s alternative will doubtless provide the . solution.
GROUND INGlfy
Brazilian Forces Recapture
Parts of Sao Paulo;
Morale Breaking
SANTOS, Brazil, July 22.
(By The Associated Press)-
Reliable information received to
day from Sao Pan 16 is to the
effect that the government forces
have recaptured several outlying
sections of the city from the reb
els and are, bringing up heavy
artillery and placing, it at stra
tegic points commanding rebel
strongholds.
Monday night there was a brisk
artillery dal between the federals
and government forces, who are
now surrounding the' city on
three sides leaving the rebels
only thfe west for retreat. '
It fs" claimed' that tbe effective
marksmanship of the government
gunners who are landing shells
on the barracks of! the rebels.
(Continued on page 2)
RESIST SUBPOENAS
Railroad Labor Heads May
Opposq,' in Courts Efforts
of Labor Board
CHICAGO, July 22. (Hy the
AP Morel than 90 general chair
men of the! Brotherhood of Loco
motive engineers and the Brother
hood, of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen1 are expected to con
fer here tomorrow with their na
tional officers, to determine
whether or not they will offer
resistance through the courts, to
subpoenas served upon them at
the instance of the United States
railroad labor board.
This was learned tonight from
reliable sources several hours af
ter the arrival here of L. G. Grif
fing, grand chief engineer of the
engineers, and David B. Robert
son, president of the firemen.
Griff ing and Robertson conferred
today with fcounsel, and Harry P.
Daugherty.ljvice president of the
MiEiseera. who van their chief
representative , in unsuccessful
wage negotiations with a commit
tee representing managements of
all railroads west of Chicago,
BROTHERHOODS MAY
::x?V-ii'.;ix-:i
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n
Kellogg
which Is meeting in London. The
to accept the Theunis dan for
the operation of the Dawes report.
538, Passengers Arrive in
New York With Stories
of Collision
TORKi July 22 Five
hundred and twenty-eight women
and children, passengers of the
eastern -. Steamship company's
sound liner Boston, which was
rammed by the tanker Swft Ar
row late: last night- off , Point
Judith, arrived today with; dram
atic stories of trieir rescue at! sea
In a dense fog. 4 '
Four hundred and eighty were
landed by the Priscilla, and the
others by. the Providence, both of
the Fall River line, which .'picked
them up. from crowded life boats
some time' after the crash.
A few were slightly injured.
The passengers,, many-of whom
were jwithout shoes or stockings,
seemed to take their experience
cheerfully. . ?!
, Several persons on the Boston
said they had narrow escapes, but
probably none came nearer death
than S. K. Paige, Jr., of Winches
ter, Mass. ; Mr. Paige wasiawak
ened when the bow of the Swift
Arrow crashed into his stateroom
and stopped against the side of his
bunk. Other passengers chopped
him j" out with axes. He was
slightly hurt. .
ST
IlilOKH SCHOOL
Unfavorable Vote on Joining
vvjin lyiacKamas uisincis
f " 1" Defeats Plan
A majority of 120 to 84 was
recorded ' in Aurora : against - the
proposal for a union high school
with; five other Clackamas coun
ty school districts at an election
held from 4 o'clock; to 8 last
night. Although the Clackamas
districts; ; voted favorably, : the
plan is defeated by virtue of the
vote In Aurora. The high school
was i to have been located at Oak
ley hjlls, one mile from Aurora.
Tn.e reason given for the unfav
orable vote in Aurora wis that
the town has a . fund, now i not
available.; with which they aim In
the near future to build a high
Bchool ot their own. .
AURORA IS A6A I
KELLOGG PLiiiJ
1Y BE BASIS
FOR SOLUTIOi!
Allied Conference Turns to
American Ambassador for
Scheme to Break Repara
tions Deadlock
DELEGATES ANXIOUS.
OVER LOAN GUARANTEE
Independent . Action By
France Mooted Question;
May Cause Trouble
LONDON, July 22.-(By Asso
ciated Pre88.)With the . inter
allied conference , on the Dawes
reparation plan not yet. a week
ff tllA A rrt artna n ' .mhncMin,
Frank B, Kellogg, haa been caUed
upon to play the delicate role ot
mediator, which all the " dela
tions , confidentially predicted
would be his sooner or later, when
the statesmen Opened their par
leys here last, week.
Mr. Kellogg's opportunity came
this afternoon when the -French
ideas of security were found to be
put of harmony with the goaran
teee required by American finan
ciers who are expected to take' up
a considerable portion of the 40.
600,000 pounds sterling -loan io
Germany, with .which the Dawes
plan is to be inaugurated.
Agreea on Dawes Plan , '
i The situation, although tense to
night, is regarded by most obeer
yers as capable of amicable volu
tion, through the offices of the
American ambassador an4 hia eel-'
leagues. On one principle all the
delegations eeem Btill to 'be agreed
that the i Dawes plan affords the
only solution lor European ills
and that the alternative Is chaos.
Accordingly, the position is one
of anxiety, but not of despair, and
the delegations do not regard the
hitch which ha occurred because
of the bankers' demands for pro
tection of the loan in the light ot
crisis. It is emphasized that the
conference, which haa made uch
remarkable progress during the
first eix days will yet find a way
for the restoration of accord whic
characterized its earlier , Importatl
decision. . j i
Bankm Demand Protection
When it! was iinally determined
at the meeting of the allied finanq
ministers with the American and
British hankers that the safe,
guards unanimously agreed to fcy
the committee on sanctions and
defaults respecting the German
loan were considered Insufficient 1
by the financiers. Premier Theuais
of Belgium is understood to have
advanced the first alternative.
- M. Theunia proposed '- that a
German default, which the flrtrt
report stated might be adjudged
by the reparations commission,
could be declared by that coram la
sion only after consultation with,
five members of the Dawes com
mittee, who would act in an ad
visory capacity. Thi 1 ni;
stood to have n roved whnllv n .'
satisfactory to the American bank
ers. Then it! was announced fhl
Mr. Kellogg's alternative proposal
was brought forward.
Commission to Act.
It wae not concerned with tie
declaration of a German, default
but deals entirely; with the man
ner of application of sanctions -o
Germany. It proposes that sane- ,
tions : may not be ; applied until
recommendations - for ' a y default
have been made by the agent cen-
eral of reparations and the bond
holders', trustee, and aleo by, rive
members of the Dawes commtttes
who would be called in.- Then t ho
question of sanction's would be put.
to the reparations commission and
if there was a unanimous vote In
favor of sanctions1 all the - allies
would join in imposing them. ,
The hitch t comes In- the nos-
sibility of the reparations cora-
missionVi Tote 4 not - being ;unanU
(Continued on page 8.)
Bits of News From
Today's Want Ads
Lost "Yukon"" ring at Chau
tauqua tent or on street. Val
ued highly as keepsake. Re
ward.' ; I-. -. i
Good stepladders and porch
swings for sale. ;!
Home near - Hood - River to
trade for acreage close to Sa
lem. . ' : , .
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