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Dally Seventeenth Tear.
Weekly Flfty-Kocond Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1923
NO. 292
) NOT GUILTV
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Portland Banker Tried On
Charge of $25,000 Embez
zlement From Morris Bros.,
Bond House, Is Acquitted
More Indictments in Case
Pending. .
(. 1 rOUTLAND. Ore, Mar. 3. John L.
', I Etheridge was round not guilty today
i by a Jury before which he was being
V tried on the charge or the embezzle-
mont of 25.000 worth of securities
airoin me uonu nouso or. Morris urotn
;crs, Inc., of which he was president.
. ... v The acquittal of Etheridge Is an
. I ablio of the collapse of the bond house
I of ''.Morris 'Brothers, Inc., of which he
,3 was president. . Etheridge left Port
land with his wife December 23, 1020,
on a trip east after having turned oyer
( the affairs of the bond house to Fred
4 B. Morris. . '
Etheridge was arrested at Minnea
polis, December 27, as a result of
J charges developing from the crash of
i the bond house, a voluntary petition
s in bankruptcy having been filed here.
A receiver was appointed on the peti
i tion which stated interim bonds of
i $2,066,000 had been issued by the
.''i bond house, whose assets were stat
i ed at $1, 49.1,31.). ,
J During the past two years Etheridge
i whllo out on bonds has been active in
I reorganizing the affairs or the bond
4 house, which have been taken over by
a new corporation.
I Trial of Etheridge was repeatedly
delayed until this year when he was
brought to trial on the charge of om-
; bezzllng $25,000 securities of Morris
I lirothers. Inc. - " ' '"
Other Indictments .. are,, pending
Jagainst Etheridge. - - r
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SANTA CRUZ. Cal., March 3.
The niotorship Babinda which caught
fire at sea curly today will be a to
tal loss and probably will sink be
foro night, Captain William Olson
of tho whaler Port Saunders an
nounced today nfter having returned
In bis ship from tho immediate
i-ceuo of tho disaster. He tried to
approach close to the Dablnda, but
was driven off by tho flames.
Tho Babinda had drifted more than
. 17 miles southwesterly from the
I point opposite the city whero sho was
first sighted after the fire started
Captain Olson reported. Tho fire
fanned by a brisk wind, wus sweeping
rem tho ougino room noar the stern
to tho tip of tho stem and was roar
i ing In and about the whole super
structure when he left. The Babinda
was riding high with a decided list
but tho flames were making fast pro
gress down through tho, dock works
and to the watorline.
Tho rescuo ship Celilo which took
tho Bablnda's crew off. steamed
away to San Francisco as soon as It
was determined that salvage was Im
possible. Senator f.lnss Declines.
WASHINGTON, March 3. Sena
tor Glass of Virginia, nominated nnd
confirmed yesterday to be ono of the
three democratic members of the
world war debt funding commission,
today declined the appointment.
W BIOS $800,000 WORTH
F- ii mm ta
IU
PORTLAND, Ore., March 3. Bids
on approximately $SOO,000 worth of
highway work which It is. proposed
to carry out during the coming sea
son, will be advertised for at once.
according . to decision of the state;
highway commission which closed Its
regular March meeting yesterday. In
addition plans for nioro than ."j0,-!
000 worth of federal forest highway
work In which the state will cooper-,
ate were approved and bids will bc
called shortly by the United States
bureau of public roads.
The following are among the state
projects ordered advertised:
Pacific highway, Eugene to Gosh
en, resurfacing nntl widening pave
Tear Bombs Force '
War Veteran From
Barricaded Home
CLEVELAND, March 3. Efforts
of moro than a score of poliomon
to dislodge John Woitzol, youthful
world war veteran, who, laboring
under the delusion that "murderers"
are nfter him, barricaded himself In
a room last night, wore successful
early today after every tear bomb
in t ho city had been thrown Into the
house.
Weitzel, crazed by a flaroback of
a nervous disorder from shell shock
In France, fired at every one who ap
proached the house. His brother
Herbert was wounded. Two police
men miraculously escaped Injury
when bullets passed through their
clothes. .
TOPEKA, Kas., Mar. 3. Hearings
before a supreme court commissioner
in the state's ouster suit against the
Ku Klux Klan will bo resumed soon at
somo other point In Kansas, possibly
Kansas City, Kas., officials indicated
today.
Because of the unwillingness of
klan representatives to divulge infor
mation the bearing concluded here
yesterday resulted in comparatively
little evidence concerning the order's
alleged activities in Topeka.
II. H. Kitchen, klan organizer, for
merly of Oklahoma City, and Guy A.
Swallow, former Topeka chief of ix
llce, are in Shawnee county jail, judge
in contempt of the state supreme
court.
At the hearing yesterday, John S.
Dean; defense attorney, charged the
state's attorney with unfairness in
bringing out at Thurday's session only
a part of the klnnsmen's oath, which
he said "would tend to give the public
a wrong impression of tho oath."
Dean read from tho membership
oath the following:
"f solemnly swear and nffirm that
to the government of tho ' United
States of America and the states
thereof, of which I may be a resident,
unequalled, and above any other and
any kind of government in the whole
world, 1 here and uow pledge my life,
my property, my vote and my sacred
honor to uphold its flag,. Its constitu
tion and constitutional laws, and will
protect, defend and enforce same unto
death."
Dean also read the concluding para
graph of the oath:
"Before God in the presence of the
mystic klansmon, on my sacred honor
I do most solemnly anil sincerely
pledge, proniiso and swear that I will
at all times, in nil places, and in all
ways staud ready to aid and assist
officers of tho law In tho propor dis
charge of their legal duties, so help
mo God. Amen."
nvi.
MANILA. March 3. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Murder nnd suicide,
with the woman in the dominant role,
today had rrplaced a suicidn pact as
the police theory v'u tho deaths in a
hotel here Wednesday of George
Baldwin, actor, and composer of New
York and San Francisco, anil Mrs.
Ann U. Sclilesslngcr, middle-aged
stenographer.
Tho polico said they believed that
Baldwin, thinking he had whiskey,
drank a poison potion prepared by
Mrs. SihleHslnger. who then drained
a similar brew. It was found that
sho had bought poison in a drug store
saying she desired to removo spots
from clothing.
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ment, 4.S miles, estimated cost $120,
000. Pacific highway, within city ol
Creswcll, paving approximately one
mile, estimate $2j0,000.
Pacific highway, grading ap
proaches to new Winchester bridge
over the rmpu.ua river now being
constructed.
McKenzic highway, Cllne Falls to
Redmond, grading and surfacing 4.S
miles, estimate 143,000.
Roosevelt highway in Coos coun
ty, grading Flat Elk to Lampa
Creek, betwene Coquille and Rnndon,
estimate $200,000.
Roosevelt highway In Lincoln coun
ty, grading, Agate Beach, to Otter
Itnck, estimate $200,000.
PARIS SENDS
HER FORCES
OVER RHINE
Mannheim and Darmstadt
Occupied Operation Purely
Fiscal, French Foreign Of
fice Announces London
Hints U. S. A. May 'Protest
British Interests Affected.
BERLIN. March 3. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) A telegram from
Mannheim says that French troops
crossed tho Rhine today, apparently
with tho Intention of cutting off the
harbor. Mannheim Is the third
lamest city on the Ithlneland and Is
tho chief commercial center of Ba-
I dun. It has excellent facilities for
i
shipping.
A dispatch from Karlsruho says
that Moroccan troops crossed tho
Maxau brldgo near that city this
morning.
BERLIN, March 3. (By the Asso
ciated Tress) thirty persons have
been wounded in a clash between Ba
varian national socialists and com
munists at Augsburg, in Bavaria, 35
miles northwest of Munich, says the
Central News.
, ESSEN. March 3. Tho principal
railroad station of Essen was occu
pied today.
LONDON. March 3. Tho French
crossed the Rhino today, occupying
Mannheim and n part of Darms!adt,
snys a Central News dispatch from
Berlin. Tho wharves at Mannheim
nnd the .workshops In Darmstadt
were taken over, whereupon the Uer
munomplpyc!) ilo(c their work,' t.
PARIS. March 3. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Tho French troop
movement east of the Rhine, south of
! Mayenco today, Vns an operation
purely fisrnl in purpose, tho French
foreign office announced.
TThero is no question for tho pres
ent of advancing further than tho
port of Mannheim, it Is stated.
Tho foreign offico pointed out that
the advance of the French troops this
morning was not connected with tho
Gorman railways control nnd had no
relation to tho sunctlons taken nt the
end of January when troops crossed
the Rhino to Strasbourg, occupying
tho railway station at Appenweir and
Offcnburg ho as to control tho move
ment of trains.
LONDON. March 3. Tho Ducssel
dorf correspondent of tho Evening
News quotes General DeGoutlo as
follows:
"There oro signs that tho Ruhr
magnates are thinking over settle
ment terms But. wo hold
the door for tho Ruhr nnd wo shall
not give up that door until wo know
that cur debts will be settled."
MAVENCE, Murch 3. (By tho As
sociated Preps) French troops today
advunced outside tho Mayenco bridge
head und occupied additional small
soctions of German territory. Three
railroad repair Bhops worn occupied
by thu French troops at Darmstadt,
which is just on tho rim of the
bridgehead.
The ports of Mannheim and Karls
huro respectively 40 miles nnd TO
miles to the south of Maycnce, fur
ther up the Rhine, also wero occu
pied. (Karlsruhe is not on tho Rhine,
lying about six miles to the cnAt. The
little town of Maxau, on tho Rhine,
whero other reports say tho French
crossed tho liver, is opposite Karls
ruho and In the Karlsruho fiscal dis
trict). According to information here
these ports wero occupied berauso of
cases of sabotage on the railroads and
cunnls In tho Rhlnulund and the
Ruhr.
PARIS. March 3 (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Bavarlun troops, not
ably near Munich, nro declared In un
confirmed reports reaching tho for
eign office, to havo been arming and
carrying on infuntry target practice.
It is also reported that during the
last fifteen days bunds organized by
Adolph llltlur, Bavarian fascist!
leader, huve been mobilised near Mu
nich. LONDON, March 3. A private. In
formal, but pointed hint hnd been
conveyed to Premier Poincare from
an American qurirter suggesting that
the United States cannot be Indiffer
ent to any European move whleh
would seem directed against Great
Britain, the Dally Telegraph's dip
lomatic correspondent asserts.
The 'American concern, adds the
correspondent. Is not exclusively n
matter of sentiment. Should any
menace to Great Britain arise, she
would necessarily have to Increase
her armaments, and her capacity to
repay tho American loans would be
impaired, the article says. I
FAMOUS WRITER'S
WIDOW CROSSES OCEANS
ON CARGO BOAT
After crossing from San Francisco
to England on a cargo boat as the only
passenger, Mrs. Ja,:k London, widow
of tho famous writer, Is about to start
for a long holiday, in Europe. ' MrB.
London Is as keen on adventure as
was her famous husband and many
or their South Sea trips about which
London wrote were made together.
The above photo was made or Mrs.
London shortly after she landed In
England.
By a strange ry'icldcnco.,as the
funeral procession of George W.
Wlmor, well 'knownxplonecr of Jack
son county passed through tho town
of Phoonlx yesterday afternqon,
flames broke out lu the old flour mill
ho conducted thore sixty years ago,
and before tho funoral procession
reached Ashland whero Mr. Winter
was buried, the old mill had burned to
the ground.
The Wimer mill was tho outstand
ing pioneer lnndmark in the southern
part of tho county and being on the
Pacific Highway has been an object
of Interest to visitors and tourists for
years. Tho structure was built In
1856, and like most structures of that
day was well built. All tho lingo tim
bers wero hand-hewn and although
tho mill bas been moro or less neg
lected theso many years, as far as re
pairs nro concerned It was In fairly
good condition at tho tlmo of Its de
struction. Mr. Wlmor operated the
mill about 1800, und supplied tho coun
try for miles around with flour.
Tho mill caught fire about throo
o'clock yostorday afternoon when
Frank E. Furry, tho prosent ownor,
was burning out brush In his berry
patch nearby. A high wind sprang up.
the flames spread beyond control and
soon the historic structure was ablaze.
An alarm brought out tho Phoenix fire
department, and a telephone call was
sent In for assistance from Medford.
Tho Meuford chemical englno waB im
mediately dispatched nnd assisted
effectively tho Phoenix department,
but though tho water pressuro was
good and several hundred feet of hose
laid, the mill could not bo saved.
In ract tho efforts or the fire boys
wero directed mainly to preventing
tho spread of tho flames which with
tho high wind blowing at ono time
threatened tho entire town. Tho
chicken house at tho Bob Furry home
caught flro nnd was destroyed the
chickens being saved; tho Louis Col
ver burn and house and tho White
Wing poultry farm a quarter of a mile
away also caught flro from blazing
shooks, but tho flamcB wero put out
beforo sorious damago was dono. .
According to report from Phoenix
thoro was no insuranco on tho mill
and no estimate as yet as to tho loss.
Tho mill had recently been used as a
barn by tho owner.
ROEBER SUSPECT
SAN" FRANCISCO, Mar. 3. Ted
Andrews. 21, arrested yesterday in
Ager, Siskiyou county, as a suspect in
the robbing of the lxjstofflce at Mon
tesano, Wash., recently, waived extra
dition In the United States district
court hero toiiy and expressed his
willingness to go back to Seattle for
trial.
OLD LAND IRK
PHOENIX BURNS
MEDFORD HELPS
All! FLEET
M C
Six DeHavillands Hop Off From
Kelly Field tor Land and
Water Flight Make 100
Miles An Hour to New
Orleans Field Carry 135
Gallons Gasoline.
CROWLEY. La., March 3. The
six DeHnvllland planes en routo from
ban Antonio to Porto Rico passed
over hero at two o'clock this aftor
noon. Crowley is 140 miles from
New Orleans, by direct route.
Tho planes were truvellng at about
100 miles an hour, covering tho air
line distance of CO miles between
Lake ChnrloBand Crowley in nbout
30 minutes.
LAKE CHARLES, La., March 3.
Tho six giant Detluvllland airplanes,
en route from Kelly Field. Han An
tonio, to Porto Rico, passed directly
over tho business section of Lake
Charles at 1:31 o'clock this afternoon.
The planes wero apparently about
000 feet in tho air. They did not
stop here.
SAX ANTONIO. Texns. March 3.
Six Klant Dellavillnnd plane carry
ing twelvo officers of the air Hurvlco
took off nt Kelly field shortly after
eight o'clock this morning on a flight
to Porto litco. Tho first Hhln left at
8:01 o'clock and a half minuto later
all were In 'tho air. After circling
over the field in close formation, they
headed due Routh and turned towurd
Houston. They wore flying in a 12
ml!o cast wind.
Tho hiigo plunes are equipped with
Liberty motors of twelve cylinders,
400 horsepower. A fuel tank with a
1H5 gallon capacity and a roserve
tank is on eni-h piano. I Each of tho
chips Is equipped with a Martin
liomher type propeller which enables
tho planes to attain a greater HpeoU
than by using the regular prupoller.
The planes havo a total wing
spread of 42 feet, nino-Inches.
OF
IS
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Mar. 3. To
oppose tho Introduction of soctarlan
teachings Intothe public schools ot
California and other states Is ono of
tho purposes of tho Grand Oraugo
lodgo of California, a proteslant or
ganization of Oakland, which today
fllod articles of Incorporation with tho
secretary of stnto.
Tho articles of tho luilgo stuto
among other things, that It proioscs
"to maintain the free, non-sectarian
public schools of tho United States
and oppose tho use of tho public
school funds for sectarian purposes."
Other alms nnd objects of tho lodge
aro given as follows:
"To Biipport.and protoct the princi
ples and prccopts of the protostnut
roliglon; Vroscrvo lnvioluto civil und
religious llborty and Improvo tho
moral, Intellectual and social rights
of Its members."
Attorney Gen'l. Will
Ask 30 Indictments
In Mer Rouge Case
. NEW ORLEANS, March 3.
Attorney General A. V. Coco
will leuve tqnlght for Uastrop
to lay before tho Morehouse
grand Jury tho testimony obtain-
cd at tho state's hearing at that
4- placo lust January into hoodod
baud activities Whlc'j roiultnd
on August 24 In tho slaying ot
4- Wat Daniels and Thomas
Richard of Mer Rouge.
Mr. Coco has Intimated that 4
4- he would ask tho Jury to indict 4
at least 30 persons alleged by 4
tho stato to have been guilty of 4
crnmcs ranging from minor 4
4 offenses to that of murder. 4
Same Old Prediction
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3. Weather
outlook for tho week beginning Mon
day: Pacific states Generally fair south
ern California and occasional rains
clscwhoro. Tomporature near normal.
Harry Manning Says
He's Rightful Heir
To $600,000,000 Cash
GRANTS 1MSH, Oiv., March 3.
(SiKH-iul) CMulmH to JiiUO.UOO.000
ostalo nro rur enough to not allow
rival clahiiH to lotnaln timlixiiuU'iJ.
'II, I). MuuninK of OranU Push, not
ing a Htory In a Portland paper from
AHtorla In whirh it wm Halil two Clat
sop county pooplu ilulmeil heirship
to tho hiiKf OHlatu of Anncku Juns
ItogardiiH ltrower. daughter of Wil
liam of Orange. J) as risen to assert his
rights in the cane. One hundred qnd
nine acres un Manhattan island, in
cluding tho Wall street district, tiro
included in tho property in question.
"My grandfather obtained a Judg
ment of heirship through Aaron Rurr
and tho papers urn now on filo in
New York," said Manning. "So as
to heirship. I havo tho court records
to show I am tho only heir on my
father's side, on which sido of tho
family tho heirship would descend.
DOCTORS BAFFLED
BY
HUMAN HOT-
I PAIIENI
ESCA.NBA, Mich., March 3. Miss
Evelyn Lyons, Escanalm, Is baffling
tho medical profession here with
what seems to be a strange fever
which carries with 'it a steady tem
perature of 114, which Is the highest
the physician's thcrmomotcp regis
ters. She has been in tho same con
dition for ten days but is conscious.
lr. II. J. DoKenet, city health
commissioner. In chargo of the odd
case, said tho reading of the clinical
I thermomotor is corroct. Five other
physicians verified his report.
According to tho commissioner the
young woman's body Is so hot that
tho placing of a bare hand on tho
skin Is unpleasant.
Miss Lyons suffored from an at
tack of Influenza which developed
into pneumonia and has been dan
gerously 111 for Bovoral days, yet, Dr.
' DoKenet dcclaros the patlont is ra
I tlonal. , , .
The Daily
Bank Robbery
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 3.
Three unmasked men drilled the
vault of tho Yacolt Stato bank at Ya
colt, Wash., about 3 o'clock this
morning and with about $500 in sil
ver belonging to the bank and
000 In Liberty bonds belonging to
patrons, aftor having cut all tele
phone wires and bound throo boys on
duty at tho tolephono exchange. The
roubors wore unablo to reach tho
Inner compartment of tho vault
wherein the funds of tho bank are
kopt. Tho boys, (Jlonn anil Ira Clo
land and Eddlo Dalton furnished a
good description of tho bandits. Tho
alarm waB Bent to Vancouvor by Mar-j
tin Clans, caslilcr, who had to travel
eight miles out of town to got to a,
lolophouo. Sheriff W. A. Thomp
son and Deputy Khorlff ThomuB
Kemp startod from hero immediate
ly and took chargo of tho search. Of
ficers loarnod that a high powored
car was heard speeding through
Iloisson, southwest of Yacolt, at
4:30.
P. M. AT GOLD HILL
WAWMNOTON, D. C, March 3.
Mrs. Nellie !. Heed has been nomi
nated and confirmed for postmistress
ot Gold Mill.
Hunk Kwcrvc InrrruM
NEW YORK, March 3. The ac
tual condition of clearing houso
banks and trust companies for tho
woek shows a deficit In rosorvo of
$88r,0C0. This 1b an Incroaso of
$10,742,190! .
FLEE! OFF N.
MAY HAVE
NEW YORK, Mar. 3. Preceding the
swallows that travel on wings, the
Atlantic ocean off tho New Jersey
coast was visited today by a now
variety of harbinger of spring. The
re-estublishmcnt of a rum .fleet after
soveral weeks of absence 'wag report
ed last night. Six steamers und five
schoonors wero the visitors.
Tho buccanoorB may ultimately be
forced to subsist on their cargoes if
customs officials obtain a ruling from
WILE CLOSE
Sunday Session Necessary to
Get Calender Cleared
Great Confusion Marks the
First Long Vacation in 8
Years J. G. McNary Gets
Favorable Report.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3. Tho con
tested nomination ot James G. Mc
Nary ot Now Moxlco to be comptrol
ler ot tho currency was reported fa
vorably today by the senate banking
committee
Thore was a delay in compiling they
final committee vote members being
polled Instead of tho vote being taken
lit full committee early results of the
l)oll, however, gave Mr. McNary a
majority.
Oppononts ot confirmation predict
ed that despite tho favorable recom
mendation of the committee the nomi
nation probably would fall with ad
journment ot congress tomorrow. A
recess apiwlntmcnt by the president
is expected.
A minority report said to critlelzo "
severely Mr. McNary's administration
ns president 'of tho Gl Paso National
bank, based upon tho evidence of na
tional bank examiners and others In
tho committee's recent extensive In
vestigation was prepared by Senators
Couzcns, republican, Michigan and
Hitchcock, democrat, Nebraska. Son
ator Cousens fflso proparcd a per
sonal statement doclarlng his reasons
for opposing Mr. McNary's confirma
tion. Excessive loans from tho El Paso
hank to Mr. McNary and other bank
officers "speculative" banking, espec
ially In Mexican currencyI und pay
ment of largo dividends wtthout rov,
(hieing doubtful loans wore said to
be the principal counts in tho mi
nority roport.
Not considering pairs of absontcos,,
tho lineup was said to bo 8 to 6. One -member.
Senator I'ago, ropubllcnti,
Vermont, who retires tomorrow, re
fused to vote.
Those said to favor confirmation
wero Senators Popper, Pennsylvania:
Caidcr, New York; Norbcck, South
Dakota: Shoi(UVga, California end. .
Edge, New Jersey, republicans, and
Owen, Oklahomn; Fletcher, Florida
and Kcndrlck, Wyoming, democrats.
Thoso In opposition wero said to bo
Chairman McLean, Connecticut; Wol
Ier, Maryland and Couzens, Michigan,
republicans, and Hitchcock, Nobras-'
ka; Glass, Virginia and I'onierune,
Ohio, democrats.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3. Its major
tasks all but completed, tho G7th con- '
gross found tlmo in Its closing hours
today to take up many of tho lessor
bills and resolutions such as usually
dlo unnoticed amid tho hurry and con
fusion of a session's final wlndup.
From tho oponlng of the final day's
work in botli senato and houso, discus
sion of legislation chicken food was
tho order of business, with many mem-,
hers seeking, and In many cases find
ing an opportunity to got a vote on
this or that private or local measure
which they noror hitherto had hoped
to bring to the stago ot action.
Tho only bill or first magnitude to.
which attention had to be glvon dur
ing tho day was the farm credits moo-'
suro as finally agreed to last night
by senato and house conferees.
Acceptance of tho contoronco report
by tho senate and house thcmsolves
was mora or less of a formality.
Last night sessions woro conducted .
lu both senate aud houso with a view
to finally clearing tho deckB and loav
ing only formalities for tho brief
meeting tomorrow preceding the final
full of tho gavels Sunday noon. To
avoid a technical sabbath meeting and
still comply with tho letter of tho law
Mr ending tho congross March 4, tho ;
loaders planned to rocess tonight until
an hour or so beforo noon tomorrow,
(Contlnuod on Pago Six)
JERSEY COAST
10 LIVE ON CARGOES
tho treasury department to stop food
from being forrlod to them from shore.
Officials aro Intent on starving off tho
armada If they can arrest the food
purveyors and conspirators to vlolato
tho antl-smuggllng and Volstead laws.
Observers at Highland reported
sighting crews of tho a!coholf armada
practicing with weapons ut targets in
anticipation ot raids by rum plratos
who have boon -organizing, R lg said,
slnco a scries of gules drove the fleet
away.
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