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Democratic Vlce-Presldentlal Nomi
nee Told of Action of Baltimore
Convention mid Agrees to Make
Race With Wilson
INMANAI'OMH, lml Auk. 20. -Fifty
person wero Injured hern iIiIh
afternoon when ii grniiilNtiiml 111 toil
ullli hpi'i'lnlnr ill tliu ii(ilifii!iilini of
(IciVITIHM- Mliollllll of IliH nillllllinli.lll
fur lint vleu presidency en tliu demo
fiHlin ticket, nlliiwcil, Threw Illlll-
llM'll IHTKdllH occupied tint hlnml, llllt
no mm wm fiilnlly injured. A wlnm
pedo followed mill ii number of nthci-M
mcic Injured in llii' tiiirli.
It In fen red that several of tho I it
Jurcd H ro In n dangerous cotulltlon.
Th Htnml had been erected for spe
cially Invited giicm unit nollnpxcd
shortly after Judge Parker began
speaking.
Firemen nml police removed tint
Injured from tliu debris. Tlio pollen
declare overcrowding of llm stand
won responsible for tho accident.
Tim ('cruiumili'N wore Interrupted
for mil) n fow uiliiiitiV, when Judgx
Parker resumed hU speech.
INDIANAPOLIS, lint., Auk. 20.
In t tin presence of hun (I roil of proinl.
limit democrats Governor Thomas
It. Marshall of Indiana, was today
fcirmctlly. notified here of hla nomlnii
tlon for tht' vice presidency of thn
United Stales. Marshall replied
briefly, pledging hi support to tho
llnltlnioro platform.
Governor Woodrow Wilson, of
New Jersey, ttiu democratic presi
dential nominee and William 1',
McCnmbs, clmlrinan of thn domocru
tic nnttoiinl rnnimlttoo were unable
to ntti'iid. Governor Marshall wm
formnlly notified by Jiidgu Alton I).
I'urUor of Now York, who wm temp
- ornry?,cliilrinii,of,tlio llnltlnioro con
volition. The) cnramonlca wero hold
on n platform erected In front of tho
democratic club.
Judge Parker was Introduced to
thn gathering by Samuel Ralston,
domncrntlr candldiito for governor
of Indiana. After tin ceremonies thn
iiotiflentlon couimltteo nnd other dls
tliiKulshcd vlsltora attended n recep
tion ut tho home of Governor Mar
shall. Mr. Marshall Miiil in purl:
"llelievinu iik I do that the repub'ic
liml i(K origin In mi inspiration which
did not (nine from the mere liraiu
of ii mere mini Iml sprang from the
heart of humanity, believing that
IIiIk one more than liny wliieli hn
preceded it iiiiIIh for conscience mill
hrotherliooil in uoveriiiuoiitnl nffnirj;
Imping thai every snorifice of uund
nml hotly mill perMinnl good whleli
Iiiih been made, Ik ii guarantee of the
perpetuity of this, Hi" latest and
greatest experiment upon the part
of u deinoerney to work out iln Ideals
in government; nnd trusting t tint the
Him) of Washington, tlio foiiiiilur, and
of Lincoln, tlm preserver, will still
he the (lod of the republic, nml will
not permit IiIh elioKeii people to for
ever wonder In tho wilileriiiH of
JeKiHiative uln, I ueeeot upon thin
pint form, tliu nomlniitiou of the demo
emtio party for vleo-prnHldent of the
tluitcil Klales. And tuny my right
liiiml forget its ciiiuiing nml my
tougtin elenvu to the roof of my mouth
if in nil my gottiugK I fail to get
Hint grimiest gift wisdom and uii-ilei-Hlanding
to know the heart -heal
nml llm need of our common human
ity." E
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WASIIINCITON, Aug. 20. Sonator
IIoIh I'ourouu of l'onnsylviinlii wits up
parontly nnnffoctod today by talk of
IiIh Impeachment on tho chargo that
ho ucuoptod In 1001 it chock for J25,
000 from .lolut I), Arulihald, gonoral
maiiUKor of tlio Bttindurd Oil Com
pany. 1'onroHo, who arrived laat night,
eluded tho roportora who wuro Book
ing hint, Ho mild ho Intondod to dla
(iiiHH thu mutter In tho sonato.
Whon tho sonato convoked today
Huuator Poui-080 guvo formal notice
that ho would upoult tomorrow on it
quoutlou of privilege, nnd would thon
(IIhoiibs tho corroapouduueo hobtwoutt
hlinsolf and Arohbod. '
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Nnvni Appropriation Dill Approved
liy Vote of 151 to 50 Nine Demo
crats and One Republican Vote
Atjalnst the Measure
WAKIIINflTOK, Aiik. 20. - The
naval appropriation hill, provliliiiK fur
one ImtlleHliip, wus paMhi-d iImh after
noon by the home of p'preHeiitntiviM,
thn ooiifereiien report heiug approved
by u vole of I'll lo .'ill, Niiin ileni'i
eralh and one republican voted
ngniiiH concurring in the report. Tic
UieiiMure now guru In the prexiilcni
for IiIk upproviil.
The ilciuucnit hii voted au'ain-l
Ihe hill were tho-o uho oppime ninl,
ing tiny iipiiroprinlloii for the con
Ntruelioii of balllchlp'i.
In the debate which preceded ibc
vote, CongreHiiniiii J. Shivilen if
Texan ehiirgeil Hint an nruii nixed at
tempt wn lit'lny made o "brow heat"
thn houe ilemoenitH into fit vo ring
the eoiiHlruelioii of Iwo battlehbiH.
CuiigrcHwiinii J, I., linriieii of Aln
hnimt accused ('oiiuM-eHmtimi Williin.i
Snlzer of .S'ew York who had iiinde
ii htroug lluln for two baltlehliips
of iillempling to oe n the "mnu
who poMnctl nil Ihe (oiieeiilrl-'d
wUiloin of the lioiike "
ran; campaign
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Kor the
purpose of teuklng miKKentloiiH,
Chiirlcn I). HllleR, chairman of tho
ntiubllran national commttteo, hold
n coiiforeurtt with repnldleun nu'in
hem of tho Iioiiho today. No pro
KresnlrcK attended tho meotlng. Con
Kreaninnu W. M. MclClnloy, head of
the Taft publicity bureau, denied that
tho ptirpont) of tho mootlnR wan to
"amoke out" tho prOKroxulvet.
Milieu announced Inter thnt (leorgo
Sheldon of New York hud beon ho
lected iin treaiiircr of tho national
repnbllcnn coniinlltee. lllllea took
breakfast with I'renldont Taft and
tllacutmed with him plana tor tho
campaign. ,
Thirty-flvo republican congrcaa
men nw lllllea todny. Only three
uiembera of congrexa claansl aa pro
groHHlvcH culled upon him. Theao
wero It. It. ItecH of Kanaua and 0. N.
HuiiKon nnd I. V. Wood of Iowa.
Wood and It eon nhook hamlH with tho
nittlonal rhiilrman and then hurried
itway, but Iluughen rrenmlned and
ehutted hrblefly with lllllea.
aUATTUJ, WiiHh.. Aug. 20. A
larKO numbor of lumber mem In the
Nortliwcat will bo examined next
Monday by Clark Muckorchor, aa
alatunt United Stutcn dUtrlct attor
ney at Chicago, with roforonco to
thotr knowlodgo of u combination In
ruatrnlnt of trado alleged to oxlat
among middle west rotallora,
Service of Biibpoonaa on tho local
lumber mon, which lucludod Victor
II. Dockinnu, furmor sucrotary of
tho Pacific Coaut Lumbor Manufac-
turorH' ABBOclutlon and Fred D. Dock
er, manager of tho Pacific Coast
ShlpporH' Association, was attended
with a good deal of socrccy, Tho
taking of testimony hern Is merely
to niivo costs and to oxiudlto mattora.
Tho main hoarlug probably will bo In
Chicago,
NEW FEDERAL JUDGE
SBATTi.K, Wiuli., Aug. 20. A
special (llsputcli from Washington
announces that Senatora Polndoxtor,
Horah and Cummins will oppose thu
confirmation of tho appointment of
Clinton Howard to succeed C. II. Han
ford, It developed horo today that Taft'n
Seattle lulvlaom wuro not consulted
lit tlio selection of llnnford'a Biiocoa-
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INVESTIGATION
PROGRESSIVES
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Unknown Fiend Slashes Throat of
Preachers Daunhter While She,
Sleeps No Trace of the Murderer"!
Supposed to Dc Railroad Laborer
KtOKNIC. Urn.. Aug. 20. Kntor-
lug liar bed chamber early today nu
unknown fiend brutally murdered,
Mildred (Irenn, 12 yenr old ilaimlitor
or Ititv. II. A. (iroeii, n llaptUt mlnlH-J
tor, ut their homo here. The chlld'a
throat wiih Hlnahed clear ncroHM, the
hund being almoat severed from tho
body. There In no rluw to thu mur
dnrer'a Identity,
Tho crime, wiih dlftcovt-rml at 8
o'clock thla morning by tin child'
fnt her when hu went ilpatnlra to
waken tier. The child wna lying in
a pool of blood. Tim body wna cold
Indicating the murder had been com
mitted ecvcrnl bourn prevlutuly.
Tho fntlu'r. with whom tho little
Klrl lived ulono, declared today he
did not hear n Hound during tho nlhL
or early morning. Nothing In thn
Iioiiho wiih dlttturbcd Indlcatlm: tho
fiend did not malie any attempt at
robbery. Coroner Cordon, after an
examination of tho body, declared tho
murdered had not unnanltcd the
child.
No weapon of any kind wiih found
near tho body.
The police Incline to tho belief
I tttnt tfttfi ftafrtjt tmiu n i 1 1 1 tut ! nnn
lltV UIV 1.1 llllt.' i0 Wit lit! - lf WHV
of tliu many foreign railroad labor
ora In and near Ktigouo. The city
and vicinity uro being combed by
ovory nvallabla officer In Kugcnu and
offlcera throughout tho atuto are
notified of tho crime.
PKKIN, Aug. 20. llollevlnB that
bombthrowors arn prepared to kill
President Yuan Shi Kal. tho palace
of tho president hero today Is com
pletely surrounded by troops. Presi
dent Yuan fears niiiiURslniitlon. and
only his closest and moat friends are
allowed to approach him.
Vice president LI Yuan Hung nnd
(ho president are now bitter enemies
In tho event of n civil war, which
now seems probable, It Is believed
that vlco president 1,1 will head the
southern army against President
Yuan.
It was roportod today that Ur. Sun
Yat Sen Is safely at soa today, some
where between Shanghai nnd lien
Tain, en routo to Pekln.
No credence Is placed hero In re
ports uf Dr. Sun's assassination.
SENATE TO FIGHT
HOWARD AS JUDGE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. A stub
born tight to prevent tlio confirma
tion by tho sonato of tho nomination
of Clinton Howard of Uelllughnm to
succeed Cornollus II. Hunford ns fed
eral Judge for tho western district of
Washington will bo mudo by progrcs
slve members of thu upper Iioiiho of
congress,
"Tho pcoplo of Washington," said
Senator MllesPolndextor thlB after
noon, "object to Howard's appoint
ment, ond that Is tlio reason 1 nm op
posed to him. Ho Is affiliated with
and controlled by tlio same Interests
that corrupted Hunford. Ho was a
lobbyist for tho Intorests b.ofora tlio
stato legislature."
Doth Senator Polndoxtor nnd his
colloaguo, Sonator Jones, today pro
sontod to tho sonato Judiciary com
mittee protests thoy hud received
from Washington, Tho commlttoo
hold n special mooting to consider tho
matter, A sutt-commltteo was ap
pointed to Investigate tho the pro
tests, EIGHT THOUSAND MEN OUT
ON STRIKE AT WINNIPEG
WINNIPKO, Mnn Aug. 20. Kight
thousand of tho Iruukurri employed
by tho Canadian Northern KiiUwny
oompnny on tho docks nml Irelght
hIiciIh ut Port Arthur, Ontario, who
wont on strike today. Tho strikers
demand 127 1(' cent nn hour.
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DREAD OF
BOMB
THROWERS
OKl'XJQN, TUESDAY, ATdTST 20, 1012
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KL PASO, Texas, Aug. 20. Ituh-I SACUAMKNTO. Cal., Aug. 20.
Ing to the aid or a dozen American Hocause tho agitation for tho aboll-
nntl English miners who are besieged t,ou of tho dealh nna,t ln Callfor
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n thousand signatures to the petition
camp. clKhty miles from the coast. !80t!kinK t0 ninko hangings Impossible
Mexican federals are en route from J hencefortn, Governor Hiram Johnson
Macallan today. The Americans and J announced today that all of the soven
Englishmen aro 'without food or
water aa well aa ammunition, but are
reported to be stnTjtJghtlng.
The American Riinboat Denver Is
expected to arrive at ..Mamitlan today
and marines, may bo landed and
rushed to tho scene.
Tho country surrounding the
Tomlnll mining district la over run
with rebebls and tho situation Is con
sidered desperate. A massacre Is
feared uuloss aid reaches the defend
ers Immediately,
CRAZED BY LOVE
BELLE PLA1NE. Kan.. Aug. 20.
After attempting to kidnap Ethel
Mnnahau, 22 years of ugu and shoot
ing and killing her father. Matt Mnna
hau, ami James Thompson, sixteen,
near horo today, Samuel W. Wood
shot himself lu the breast and Is now
said to bo dying In a hospital.
Wood went to tho Mnnahau farm
and domauded to know whero Miss
Manahan was. The gtr, seeing him
approaching, took refuge In n closet.
Thompson rofused to raven 1 tho girl's
where nhouts ami Wood shot him
dead. Tho girl's fathor, hearing the
shootlug, rushed upon Wood. Wood
fled to yard, ami seizing an Iron bar,
beat Manahan Into unconsciousness.
Ho then returned to search tho houso
for tho girl.
A young i.on of tho elder Mittinlian
toll on his kueos and prayed to tho
Blayor to spare his sister. Wood at
tacked him, but promised to spare tho
boy If ho would help him to escape.
Wood was surrounded by a posso
of farmers near his own farm two
miles north of llelleplaluo this uf
tornoou. Ho ran from n cornflold
Into tho road and fired thro bullets
Into his breast. HHo was taken to
it hospital horo, and tho attending
physicians say ho will dlo.
SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND MILE
JAUNT ON MOTORCYCLE
STOCKTON, Oil.. Aug. 'JO.-IIuny
Humphreys ml hi" wife, Mne, nrrived
in Stockton today on a 115,000 mile
motorcycle trip, In ho completed in
u thoiisund !(. 'I'hey will visit
ovory stnto capital in the union be
fore Hiiilini; from Boston for Europe,
Africa and Amu. M'h. lluiuphroys
Iiiih n if -11,000 wngor with a Now York
theatrical man. Tho ride is a tent
of woman' endurauco. The lluni-
phroy lido a motorcycle with trailer
holding; tents, budding ami cooking
utonsils. They
leave 'tomorrow for
Sacramento.
SHOOTS
FAMILY
HANGINGS
PROCEED
GOLDEN STATE
i mon whom ho had reprieved from
time to llmovbecause of the existence
of this petition must die. He de
clared" that he-had no other-alterna-tivc,
and that the law must be en
forced. Alexander Szafscar and George
FiiBeroa are utjiler sentence to be
hanged at San Quentin September 6,
the week, of the state fair and Just
proceeding tho celebration of Admis
sion Day;' Willie Luis, a Chinese;
William Ilurk and Frank Bauwer
erls are to die Friday, September 13;
Charles Carson, whose sanity has
been denied by the warden nnd prison
guards, is to rIvo up Ills life Septem
ber 20 and Kd Williams Is under
sentence to be hanged September 27.
KILLS COMPANION
REDDING, Cal., Aug. 20. Splera
Kcstnkls, a Greek who shot and
killed George Kcnomas in Delta, a
llttlo railroad town 38 miles north of
here, Is today at largo in tho hills
and the sheriff and coroner aro on
their way to the scene of the crime.
Kenomas was an assistant foreman
of tho work train and during a vlo
lont quarrel was shot five times by
Kestakls. Tho shooting occurred in
tho work train and tho murderer Im
mediately took to tho woods. No
effort at pursuit was made by tho
slayer's countrymen and thero are no
officers ln Del(a.
This Is the second murder within
two weeks at Delta. Frank L.
Dlmock, a hotol man there, was re
cently slain by bandits.
MEETING TAKES RECESS
TO LYNCH A' NEGRO
KUSSKL-U'lMiti. Ark., Aug. 20.
It was learned toduy Unit, during the
pi-ogre- of a hig mass mooting held
hero for tho puiK)h0 of discussing
water and light rates, a negro named
Mnnroo I-Vankliu had attacked n
white woman. Tlio ineetinir wns ad
journed long enough to hang the
negro to a nearby telegraph pole a.id
then lOMiinod.
AGED SEAMSTRESS STRUCK
AND KILLED BY TROLLEY
TACOMA, Vn., Aug. 20, Uuahlo
to seo in the dense fog, Miss Jtt'ia
Putniim, aged 7(1, a seaiustross, was
struok by vnrly morning intor
urban train a Auburn, n suburb,
yesterday, and instantly killed, ovory
bono in her body being broken by tho
impact.
REDDING
REEK
7 INDICTMENTS
IN BECKER CASE
Grand Jury Accuses Police Lieuten
ant and Aliened Conspirators
Becker Dented Access to Evidence
Schepps One of the Witnesses
NEW YOrtK, Aiib. 20. Seven In
dictments, each charging murder ln
the first degree, were Issued today by
the Krand Jury, which has been In
vestigating the Itofl.mthnl murder
case here.
A suspending indictment was ro-
turneil against Police Lieutenant
Charlea Ilocker, who is alleged by
District Attorney Charles 3. Whitman
to havo ordered tho death of Rosen
thal and to have furnished the money
to pay the Kangsters for the actual
killing. Others against whom indict
ments were returned are "Whltoy"
Iwla, "Lefty Loulso" Rosenberg,
Harry Horrowltz, alias "Gyp the
Ulood;" Jacob Reich, alias Jack Sul
livan, alleged to have been Becker's
agent, and William Shapiro.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Police
IJeutennnt Charles Becker held In
the Tomba.here for the murder of
Gambler Herman Rosenthal was to
day denied permlBslon by Judge Mul
qucen to lnapect tho notes cf tho
grand Jury indicting him. Becker
was indignant when Informed that
his motion had been denied, charg
ing that he Is being discriminated
against.
Jack Sellg whom Schepps says is
the man who engaged the gangsters
to kill Rosenthal, was brought here
from Providence today and taken be
fore the grand Jury. He testified that
he was arrested on a trumped up
charge several -weeks before the
Rosenthal murder by Detectives
White and Stelnert, declaring that
White and Stelnert slipped a revolver
in his pocket Whitman, It Is said,
plans to indict both White and Steln
ert. BUTTERFLY BALL
. TERRE HAUTE, Iml., Aug. 20. -Hitter
denunciation of Mrs. Stnyves
nnt FishV ball ut Newport last night
when lives butterflies and white
doves were freed in the reception hull,
was voiced here today by Eugene V.
Debs, the socialist nominee for presi
dent. "Seeley dinners nnd monkey par
ties," he said, "forehow the doom
of modern aristocracy. Tho latest
exhibition of morbid .-elf conceit mid
heartless defiance of the social
misery of tlio uiusm.s ha been given
by Mrs. Stuyvesnnt Fish. The de
scriptions of this riotous affair are
well calculated to impress upon the
minds of thoughtful people tho fact
that there is something radically
wrong with the country in which such
a display of luxury can bo ramie
within a stone's throw from where
hundreds of thousands of men, women
nml little children are struggling for
a more existnnce."
TWO UMPIRES HURT
IN BASEBALL GAME
PITTSBURG. Pa., Aug. 20. No
tional League Brennuu and Owun
wero seriously Injured during tho
first two Innings of today's doublo
header horo today botweon Brooklyn
and Pittsburg. Both wore taken to
St. John's Hospital for troatmont.
Brennnu, whilo running to first
base to muko a decision ln tho first
Inning, slipped and sustained a pos
sible fracture of tho log. During
Pittsburg's half of tho second Inning
Umpire Owon, who was calling balls
and strikes, was struck over tho
heart. Ho fell to tho ground uncon
scious. Catcher Phelps of Brooklyn and
Outfielder Hyatt of Pittsburg woro
chosen us umpires and the gamo pro-,
coeded,
Investigation at tho hospital
showed that Bronuan suffered a
fracture of the right kuco and Owon
u fracture of tho breastbono,
DEB
DENOUNCES
NO. 328
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Car From Daggett Ranch Sells at
$2.50 Box Half Boxes are Ex
ported Was First Car to Leave
Valley This Year
An advanco of GO cents to $1 a box
on Bartlett peara Is reported today on
tho Now York market. Fruit which
sold at $1.25 to S1.C0 a box Saturday
sold Monday and today at 12.50 to
$2.75 with tno demand heavy and
tho market consequently strong,
Tho first car of Bdrtletts to be
shipped from tho valley, going for
ward from tho Daggett ranch August
3, Bold Monday at New York at an
average of $2.50. Half boxes In the
car wero exported. Thla car was
handled by tho Producers Fruit com
pany. Advices received by the Mall Tri
bune direct from New York today Is
to the effect that the market Is
strong and tho California-crop fin
ishing. Last week California shipped
336 cars. This figure shows a falling
off of more than 100 cars from tho
previous week and the decline la
still greater this week. All "neavy
producing section havo now shipped
their crops and decreased shipments
will continue for tho remainder of
tho season.
Tho California Fruit Distributors
advlso that shipments of Bartletts
will be noarly flnlshofl from all Cali
fornia sections within the next two
weeks. A few Buerre Hardys are
now offering and Clalrgeaus will be
in evidence ln about two weeks. Ship
ment for the season now totals 1710
as against 1108 cars for last season '
same date.
With shipments being made today
30 care havo been sent ont of tke
valley. None of these care except
the first one sent forward from the
Daggett orchard has beea ottered In
tho east. Th,e tJrst..car shipped by
the Rogue River Fruit & Produce
association were sold F. O. B. Bed
ford and they will have nine to offer
In the eastern market for several -days.
Every sale so far has bees at
a price ranging between $2.40 and $3
a box or $1.40 to $2 a box F. O. B.
and Judging from the condition of
the market this prlco will bo better
later In tho season.
Harvesting la progressing rapidly
and as the fruit comes off It be
comes moro and more apparent that
tho crop has been under-estimated.
The fruit is sizing exceptionally well
and Is said to average best ln qual
ity ever shipped out.
POOR ARE TAXED
AND RICH ESCAPE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Denun
ciation of tho systom by which the
poor of tho slums of Washington are
mnde to bear tho heavy burden of
taxation, whilo millionaires oscapo,
was mado to the house today ln a re
port returned by a special investigat
ing commlttoo. Tho report asserted
that tho over-assessing of small
homes had dlscouragod laboring men
and resulted In paralysis to building
operations.
The report alleges that tho homos
of August Bolmont, Lovl 1. Letter,
William Boardman, Lars Anderson,
John It. McLean and former United
States Senator William A. Clark, all
millionaires, uro under valued,
Referring to John R, McLean's
country home, tho report says that It
Is assessed at $3,000, por acre, add-ly
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"Tho land could not be bought for
$25,000 per aero. Improvements aro
assessed at $25,000, which amouttt
would not pay for tho stono wall lu
front of tho property.
LAND IN BLUEFIELDS:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The
stnto department announced this uf- '
tornoou that fifty-four American
marines had beeu landed ''at Blue-,'
fields, Nicaragua, from the United ,
States cruiser Taoonm to protect
American lives and property (row
rebels, who are reported-to ba prej
paring to burn the town.
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