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'Bloody Herrin' Again Scene
of Faction Gunplay; State
Troops Called
FIVE OFFICERS KILLED
Apparently Unimportant Election
Brawl Takes Six LIres;
Furious Battle Rages
at Polling Place
HERRIN, 111., April 13, (By
Associated Press.) Bitterness be
tween klan and antl-klan forces
brought gun play back to faction
torn Herrin today as citizens went
to the polls to rote In the state
primary election. Six men were
killed and one slightly wounded in
the fighting. The town was out
wardly calm tonight.
The dead: K
Harlan Ford, brother of former
Chief of Police John Ford.
Mack Slzeinore and brother,
Sizemore, both constables. '
Deputy Sheriffs Briggs, Weaver
and Treadway,.
The wounded: John Smith, klan
leader, shot in neck. Condition
not serious.
Streets of the town were virtu
ally deserted save for the militia
man although there seemed little
likelihood that martial law would
be declared unless there were; fur
ther developments.; In general
there was little to remind one of
the fur(ous battle that raged about
the Masonic hall late today and its
counterpart, the pistol battle
around the. rarage of John Smith.
Shops., s open and places of
amt 'tLat carried on as usual to
night, but few people seemed, iar
cllned to take advantage of the
opportunity offered, although the
military was imposing no restrict
ions on free' access.
Comment on the day's events
was for the most part guarded, the
residents seemingly inclined to
hesitate about discussing the inci
dents. While some were inclined
to attribute today's flareups to
feeling engendered by a hotly con
tested county election, it was al
most , genetrally believed that the
election merely served to bring to
a head the bitter factional feeling
that had been brewing for some
months.
Out of the mase of conflicting
versions of the affair one thing is
certain a comparatively unimpor
tant election brawl served as a
medium for the opposing sides to
renew an old conflict which pre
viously had taken a toll of 14
lives.
The opening incident was an ar
gument between John Smith, klan
leader, - and an unidentified man,
growing out of Smith's action in
challenging votes at an election
precinct. Smith was struck on
j.he head in the ensuing argument
a.nd a man made hasty retreat.
After this, incident Herrin re
burned its normal atmosphere ap
parently in toe belief that the in-
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Tuesday
In Washington
The senate 'resumed debate on
the Italian debt settlement..
Secretary Mellon - outlined- a
plan for refunding; of '$230,0 00.
000 war time railroad loans. '
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Senator Schall - was upheld In
the Minnesota election contest by
a senate sub-committee.
, Attorney General Sargent and
Assistant Attorney General Wille
brandt urged law observance.
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The Cummins railroad consoli
dation bill was approved by the
senate interstate commerce com
mittee. Ttef&dipping board accepted
the t t,000 bid of R. SUnley
Dolthe Admiral Oriental
line aiilps..'
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Democrats at a Jefferson Day
dinner were told by Governor
Jlltchie of Maryland of his un
yielding opposition to prohibition.
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Secretary Jardine : urged crea
' tlon of a federal farm board; sen-
ate -agriculture committee -f en
dorsed the corn belt farm relief
JbilL
' i Wets continued their.testlmo ?
before the senate prohibition cor
mittee; the" house liquor trs'
fcommittee decided to, make
Tnjbute pi Friendship
Is Paid Luther Burbank
Judge Ben Lindsey Pays Sincere Mark of Respect to Wonder
worker of Plant Kingdom; Burbank Was Most
Contented Alan in World, Judge Says
SANTA ROSA, Cal., April 13. (By Associated Tress.)
Judge Ben F Undsey1 of Denver, who has transplanted many
a. drooping human tendrii from the sour soil of the streets
and brought it to the fruition of a fine citizenship in the
sunshine of affection and understanding, is here today to pay
tribute at the simple bier of another wonder worker for
human kind, Luther Burbank.
The kindly judge, who changes the nature of the little
human plants, and the kindly field worker and philosopher
I who has drawn a new flora from
CHERRIANS WILL MARCH
IN AL KADER RECEPTION
FAMOUS TEMPLE BAND WILL
STOP HERE ON APRIL 26
Tentative Plans for Summer Visit
to Eugene and Klamath
Outlined
Cherrians will appear in uni
form and take part in the 'recep
tion to be given members of Al
Kader Temple, Portland' and the
famous Al Kader band, which will
stop a few hours in Salem on the
afternoon of April 26.
On motion made by S. A. Kozer,
secretary of state, the Cherrians
attending their monthly dinner at
the Chamber of Commerce voted
unanimously to appear in uniform
and march in the parade the af
ternoon members of Al Kader
Temple are fn Salem.
Tentative plans for. the Cher
rian visit to Eugene and Klamath
Falls were presented by Hartley
O. White, King Blng.
Although the date of the Cher
rian visit to Klamath Falls is not
as yet definitely set, it is prob
able that the visit will be on Au
gust 19, 20 and 21.
According to the tentative
plans, a Pullman special with
Cherrians and their friends, will
leave Salem at 11 o'clock. Thurs
day morning, August 19, spend
ing the afternoon and evening at
Eugene. - The night will be spent
on the Pullmans.
Friday morning, August 20, the
Pullman special is scheduled to
leave Eugene about 8 o'clock, in
order that all may view the scen
ery along the- Natron Cut-Off
road, arriving at Klamath Falls
that evening about 5 o'clock.
All day Saturday and Saturday
evening, August 21, will be spent
in Klamath Falls, leaving for .Sa
lem Saturday night about 11
o'clock, and arriving in Salem
about 10 o'clock Sunday morning.
It is estimated that the three day
trip will Cost less than $40 each,
including all meals to be served
on the Pullman diner.
Before the business session, the
Cherrians were entertained by
Jean Rahn in vocal solos, accom
panied on the piano by Donald W.
Riddle and also by Earnest Beals,
an accordian player from the Ore
gon Agricultural College.
NEW WILLAMETTE FRAT
TAU KAPPA ALFIIA NATIONAI
FORENSIC INITIATES
Willamette university's' Bar W
club was formally installed Tues
day night as a chapter of the Tau
Kappa Alpha national forensic
honorary fraternltyv The meet
ing was held at the Marlon hotel.
Prof. L. M. Ross, coach of ora
tory at OAC and a member of the
national fraternity chapter at
Wabash college, did the installing.
Six were taken into the Willam
ette chapter as charter members.
They are Charles Redding. Joel
Berreman, James McClintock,
Hazel Newhouse, Warren Day and
Victor Carlson. Prof. Horace O.
Rahskopf and Dean, Frank M.
Erickson were also taken in.
The fraternity is said to be one
of the most prominent in' its field.
There are chapters at University
of Oregon and University ot
Washington.
WILL' PLEAD FOR CODY
PORTLAND DELEGATION WIIX
SEE GOVERNOR TODAY
A delegation of ' Portland, resi
dents will call on Governor Pierce
today in an effort to secure execu
tive clemency- for ', Archie Cody,
who is under C sentence to be
hanged at the state penitentiary
Friday: for the killing of Sheriff
Goodman of Harney county, it was
announced - Tuesday. - The' delega
tion will include members of the
central labor council, progressive
civilization league; prisoners'Trtd
society, in addition to club wom
en, business men and attorneys,
the committee said,
r Invitations tor the execution of
Arch'Codr. slayer, of ISbQrJft Aus
' Goodman ot . Harney county,
sent out by Warden Lillie of
Oregon penitentiary Tuesday.
execution U ' scheduled for
the soil of his Sonoma fields, were
friends ot years standing; drawn
together through a kinship in
growing things, plant and human.
While the judge conversed with
his friends in hushed tones men
were ,busy in the gardens across
the way dinning a grave in the
shade of a Lebanon cedar. Out
on the highway that fronts the
garden a throng of the curious
watched, some with hats doffed
and heads bowed in the strong
April sun.
Tomorrow when the sun is dying
out behind the hills toward the
coast, the body of Luther Burbank
attended by the Denver judge, the
wjdowj and close friends, will - be
borne across the wide highway-to
that grave and deposited .there
without ' requiem prayer, for he
was na believer in the literal here
after. "Burbank was the world's most
contented man," Judge Lindsey
said. "He had more real satis
faction and Joy from his work than
any other human being."
Referring to the religious con
troversy that recently swept
around Burbank, Judge Lindsey
said:
"It is a pretty pass when a man
cannot air his opinions and views
without a flood of criticism such
as befell Burbank. We are living
in an age of intolerance and fan
aticism approaching savagery.
What the country needs' is brave
men who will withstand such criti
cism. Burbank was one of the
greatest prophets of his time."
RETURN DEATH VERDICT
PORTLAND MAN IS1 CONVICTED
OF MURDERING WIFE
PORTLAND, April 13. (By As
sociated Press.) John Butchek
was found guilty ot . first degree
murder by a Jury tonight in con
nection with the killing of his wife
at their home here last January.
The verdict automatically carries
the death penalty. The Jury was
out about nine hours.
Butchek took the stand- in his
own behalf in the course of the
trial and contended that he had
killed his wife in self defense. He
related that after a quarrel over
her alleged affections for another
man she attacked him ' with a
hatchet. He wrested the weapon
from her hands and killed her with
It.
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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING,, APRIL 14, 1926
SITU HE
Calumet & Arizona Mining
Company Will Operate
on Present Capital
3 PROPERTIES BOUGHT
Cabins Going Up, Saw Mill, Air
Compressor and Rock Crush
er Will Be Installed
There at Once
(Under the heading, "A-Future
Butte City on the Santiam," the
"Aumsville Star of last Thursday
carried the following story:)
While on a trip up the Little
North Fork of the Santiam the
first of the week, we learned that
the Calumet & Arizona Mining
company of Blsbee, Arizona, had
purchased three valuable claims in
that section.
The Lewis . & Clark silver-lead
mine, the Dawes silver-lead mine
and the Silver King mines are in
cluded in the group of properties.
The company is now on the
ground building cabins and a saw
mill and will operate an air com
pressor and other labor-saving
machinery to break up the valu
able rock on these claims.
These properties have been idle
for the past twenty years, and
the Calumet & Arizona Mining
company, which is one of the big
gest mining concerns in the Unit
ed States, have had their eye on
the claims for some time and. fin
ally got hold of them. j
Engineers and geologists, who'
have been with the company for
20 years, are on the ground and
work Is started In earnest. New
roads will be built And every
movement the company makes
will mean money to them.
No stock will be sold as the
company has all the money they
want to develop the claims, and
outside of hiring a large number
of men and distributing a large
amount of money in this district
for labor, machinery and other
equipment, the profit "will go to
the new concern.
At present there are nine men
in the camp and more will be on
the Job as soon as the cabins and
necessary arrangements are com
pleted, and no time will be lost
for the want of equipment.
The Star editor has, for the past
two years, told his readers that
the Little North Fork of the San
tiam held minerals that were rich
and it would only be a matter of
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FISHEBMAN"S LUCK!
T HELD
PERMITS SHOW
; BETTER HOlES
Average Value in April $3,
783; Average in 1925
Below $3,000
TWO PER DAY IS RECORD
Analysis of Building, Permits In
cluding First Ten Days of
April Shows More Money
Put Into Houses
Home construction in Salem
meant a daily outlay of just
$7,567.50, through and including
the first ten days of the month.
Twenty permits for construction
of homes were taken out, repre
senting a total outlay of $75,675.
This is unusual for two' reasons;
first, it means an average of two
homes a day, Sunday include
and second, it means thaf the
average value of earfrnome for
this motttii Iras been $3783.75,
homewhile the average of homes
built in ISaTem last year was less
than $3000 per home.
Last year in April, 34 permits
for home construction were taken
out representing a total invest
ment of $107,425. In. order to
equal last April's home building,
Salem has to have issued .permits
representing a total of $31,750.
Three permits have been issued
so far this month for the con
struction of business buildings,
representing a total outlay of
$72,000. Four permits have been
issued for alterations and repairs,
representing $6250, and one per
mit was issued for the construc
tion of a $1200 garage.
, Thus, the total amount repre
sented by the building permits
issued in the first ten days of
this month is $155,125. The com
plete building total for last April
was $268,675, ac compared to
$3 65,300 for the total of April,
1924.
C. A. DOWNS INSTALLED
NEW MEMBER SEATED AT . A
BOARD MEETING TUESDAY
At the meeting of the school
board Tuesday night. Dr. C. A.
Downs was formally installed as
director to succeed P. M. Gregory,
who has resigrji. Dr. Downs
took his seat for the meeting. Dr.
H. H. Olinger, chairman of the
board, performed the installation.
Dr. Downs was appointed to fill
the committee vacancies created
by Mr. Gregory's resignation. He
Is now chairman of the finance
committee and a member f the
building committee.
Armed Bandits Terrorize
Several Wounded by Ballets;
Gunmen; Hundreds of Police Axe Bushed to West
Side Precincts
CHICAGO, April 13 (By
sluggings, ballot box thefts
cinct woricers by, Chicago gangsters featured, today's primary
here. , .... .
Disorder in one west side ward becAme so pronounced late
in the day that hundreds of extra policemen were dispatched
there after nearly a score of reports of i
irom nearly every polling place
before the polls closed.
One man was shot and seriously injured by a policeman
who tried to stop a factional fight
and was set upon by both sides in
the controversy. One of the bold
est ballot box thefts occurred in
the 24th ward, scene of disturb
ances throughout the day, when
12 armed men in three automo
biles entered a polling place,
forced the occupants into another
room and scooped up all the bal
lots in sight and fled. Later elec
tion officials said most of the bal
lots were blanks. Almost simul
taneously seven armed gangsters
Lraided another precinct in the
same ward and took all the ballot
boxes.
In another outbreak, earlier in
day, a policeman was severely
beaten while trying to quell a dis
order In a polling place. A balmy
spring day aided in bringing- out
what election officials considered
as a heavy vote for an off year
primary election although it was
believed not more than half of
Cook county's nearly 1,200,000
registered voters had gone to the
polls.
Late in the day several election
officials and "watchers in various
precincts had been reported kid
naped and spirited away by bands
of gangsters as they were prepar
ing to count the ballots.
Several arrests were made when
it was charged that voters were
duplicating their ballots, first vot
ing 4n one ward, then going to
another and voting under the
name of some registered voter
who had not put in an appear
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GEORGE W. EYRE DIES
HJEAKT ATTACK, FOUXmiNU
STROKE PROVES FATAL
George W. Eyre, vice president
of the United States National
bank since its organization, and a
retired farmer and stockman, died
at his home 1973 Mill street at
noon Tuesday, at the age of 69
years. Death was due to -a heart
attack, following a stroke suf
fered several months ago.
Mr. Eyre was born In Illinois on
July 10, 1856. He came to Salem
in 1904 and has been a resident
of this city since. He is the fath
er of David W. Eyre, president
of the United States- National
bank, and was one of the organ
izers of that institution.
He Is survived by his wife, Ida
M. Eyre, two sons,. David W. Eyre
and Charles E. Eyre, an employe
of the Salem postoffice, and four
daughters. Mrs. Edith Eyre White,
Pearl, Mary and Winifred Eyre.
Seven grandchildren also survive
him.
Funeral services will be held
from the Itlgdon & Son mortuary
on Thursday, April 15, at 10
o'clock. The -body will be for
warded to Onarga, Illinois, for
interment.
TEACHERS TO. BE NAMED
TEN EVINCE NO DESIRE TO
RETURN NEXT YEAR
Members of the city school board
will hold a special meeting Thurs
day evening at 8 o'clock for the
election of teachers for. .9 2 6-27,
George Hug, city school superin
tendent, informed the board last
night that about 10 teachers are
planning to resign, although the
outcome of the teachers' salary
election is said to have nothing to
do with it.
A report to the board from the
Marion county child health dem
onstration indicates that the
health service is to be for teach
ers as well as for students. v
WOOD CONTRACT IS LET
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S PAULDING BID ACCEPTED TOi
FURNISH SCHOOL FUEL -
C K- Spaulding Logging com
pany was allote the contract to
supply the schools with wood for
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noxt .winter. v Bid ; were read at
the 'meeting of the school board
Tuesday night and-. Spaulding's
w fout3d ta.be most satisfactory.
tntract ea'll for-the de-
f 735 cord-'
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Boxes Are Stolen by
to Bestore Order :
Associated PressVShootinirs
arid terrorizing of election pre-?
violence were received
in the
Ward within two hours
MUSSOLINI IS FLAYED IN
DEBT DISCUSSION
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PRIME MINISTER SAID CURSE
TQ
ITALIAN PEOPLE
McKellar'a Speech .Hit by Other
Senators; Is Declared Un
called For
i WASHINGTON, April 13. (By
Associated Press) Another storm
of debate! about Premier Mussolini
broke today in the senate as the
Italian debt settlement again, was
pressed fo the front,
i An address opposing the settle
ment and bristling with attacks on
the Italian prime minister was de
livered by Senator McKellar, dem
ocrat, Tennessee. It brought pro
tests from both sides of the cham
ber. ; Characterizing Mussolini as a
"despot," j Senator McKellar said
he was the greatest evil that has
befallen the Italian people in 100
years," aldding that the king was
"putty inj his hands," and that the
royal household has been "bought
off" by large appropriations for
their use
! Then, ibringing 15 specific in
dictments against the fascist! lead
er, the Tennessee senator declared
he had destroyed constitutional
government in Italy; abolished
free speech; muzzled the newspa
pers; in effect had abolished both
houses oj parliament and had es
tablished! an "autocratic rule" 'as
complete jas that of the bolshevlsts
In Russia!. " ' ! '
A protest against the speech
Was voiced by Senator Reed, Re
publican,! Pennsylvania, who de
clared n senator should make
such an address about a friendly
government. He added that one
reading ihe senator s" Remarks
might conclude that they were
prepartoryj to a declaration of
war. j .'.
"I wanl; it understood that the
senator is Speaking for himself and
not for th rest of the senate," de
clared Senator Reed. "His state
ments are bound to wound the
feelings of the Italian people." .
j Senator Copeland, democrat.
New York added his voice In pro
test, declaring that if the people
of Italy- 'vant a dictatorship -by
Mussolini, "that's their business."
STATE FILINGS TO END
ALL CANDIDATES MUST DE
1 CLAREl BY FRIDAY NIGHT
The tinVe for candidates to file
with the secretary of state for the
primary election to be held on
May 21 Expires at .the close ot
business jiours Friday. The re
cords show that approximately 100
filings had been received up ' to
Tuesday night which is 48 less fil
ings than were received at a cor
responding time prior to the prim
ary election two years ago.
j Whether, the secretary of state
will keep I his 'office open after S
o'clock Friday afternoon, as has
been his practice on the last day
for filing : declarations of candi
dacy in previous years, had not
been announced" -at the state, de
partment Tuesday, . , 1
DRY LEADERS MAKE TOUR
NEWELL
AND LEVEN8 START
TRIP OF 'INSPECTION
j PORTLAND, April ! 13. (By
Associated; Press,) W. K. Newell,
deputy federal prohibition' direc
tor for Oregon and W. S. Levens,
state prohibition director are on
a tour.ot jinspection through, cen
tral and southwestern Oregon.
Tiey plan; to go south from The
Dalles toj Bend ? arid . Klamath
Falls. Most of the cities of south
western Oregon will then be visit
ed before they return to Portland.
TRACTOR KILLS FARMER
MACHINE! ROLLS OVER ON OP
' ERATOR, CRUSHING HIM .
1 i ROSEBURO,: April lsl -(AP)
f-K. L. Thornton, a resident of
Green Valley, was killed shortly
before noon today when, a. tractor
rolled ove" on hinu. He was driv
ine the machine out ef a denres-
sion when1 it turned over be?--
wards and -crushed him bene
iti He was.rnshed to Oakr
but died oft the way to. town.
was 4 0 years . of age and lea v
slim il iirja tvzjn cv-
.PRICE FIVE CENTS
TUXEDO TRACT
Petition to Ask Place on Bal
lot for School Site
chase Starts
Pur-
BOARD HEARING
FIERY
South Salem v Residents
Outcome of Election,
Inp of Ballot Said
Discuss
Word-
De- 7-:
manded by Attorneys
j Although the Tuxedo Pajrk school
site had Apparently been laid to
rest as, the , result of the special
election, ..Monday, - it sprang to
fiery prominence at the meeting
of the school board Tuesday night
when several residents t; South
Salem, put; forth certain Questions
and-suggestions., , j .-
Outcome of; the. discussion re
vealed it is practically certain the
matter of transferring t&e bonds
to buy the : site and start the
school unit will be placed on the
ballot on June 21 when two direct
ors will, be up for election. Resi
dents expressed hope that the peo
ple would understand the meas
ure by that time. -
The board nioved to re new the
options for the two tract i in case
the matter should be brc ught up
by ballot again. -
Dr. JVO. Matthls, .pre! Ident of
the South Salem ; parent-teachers
association opened the d scussion
by asking the school bo ird why
it had chosen but. two tra :ts when
South Salem had spoken for three,
and-why the issue bad be sn. word
ed on the 1 ballot la th i special
election as It was. , .
- Dr H. JX. Olinger,- chairman of
the board had seen . fit t chobsa
but two tracts'- because t le third
is divided from the other, two by
Church .street Although .tha
street Is not, through : the sits
right now. It Is dedicated,' and
soundings from the city council
indicate Uiat there Is nc chance
to : have the street pert lanently
closed. , . t ' . i "7
: As for the wording of the meas
ure on the ballot, it had to go in
that way to satisfy the. liond. at
torneys. ,v Great, .fear; .has beeS
caused in bond . circles bepause of
certain bond troubles in the state
of Washington, and the attorneys
insisted that the bonds, slight; be
invalidated if t he measure should -be
worded differently j ' ;
Dr.' Olinger, further brofght out
that the measure was wooded the
same as , the Parrlah ' schiobl site
measure,;;, which carried; When
this explanation had beep given,
Mrs. LA-. McAllister wasj extend
ed the courtesy of the flor. -
. "The old phrase, penny-wise
and pound foolish, certainly ap
plies, to the school board,"! she de- ,
clared. .'.'You told us you would
go to bai on thre4 tracts ind then
you failed to keep your word. You
tell us if we had the thijrd, tract
we would not have a west ' front
to our school site. We doh't want
a west front. Wo want la north
front. . "--) ' - j
. "It's all nonsense that the city
won't close Church street!. They
would if wo bring pressure) enough,
to bear." - I - . .
'V: "As fbr you people who profess
ed to be working for the site," Dr.
Olinger, retorted, "your plubllclty
department ; failed to function.
You were going to explain just
what was : whatH to the taxpayers.
You did not make one attempt to
do so. Where we made ojur mis
take, it would seem, wa9 in trying
to give you . more than you were
entitled to." : j "! -
In reply ' to Mrs, McAllister's
assertion that the city would close ;
Church' street, ; Director Simeral.
(CoattsBao- ea pars 4.)
WILL SING FOR OHEGO'J ;
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WILLA3IETTE GIRL NA3IED BY
GOVERNOR IN CHORUS
: Miss Gladys Mclntyre of Salem
and a student at Wllamete uni
versity has been, selected Jfcy Gov
ernor, Walter M. Pierce asjone of
Oregon's singers at the jSesaai
Centennial ; in Philadelphia c a
July -it Approximately 2tf0 sii.
ers from, Oregon will par icipata
in the ceremonies, accord Sr z ta
announcement made at the; cxecu-
tive department. .: , .. ' v
Miss Mclntyre is a- member of
the senior class at the university.
a th time of her freshman
she has been, a rientcr ct
t Willamette university : s'
i club, and has been feature 2
g?!??n 3 til
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