Medford Mail Tribune
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MEDFORD, OREGON", THURSDAY, OCTOHKIl !:, 392-1
NO. 183
M NEAR
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10
Medford Orchardist Who Killed
Sister and Slashed His
Throat Has Good Chance of
Recovery Police Plan to
File Charge of First Degree
Murder.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 23 Consid
erable improvement In the condition
of Merle I. Minear, demented wealthy
Medford fruit grower, who yesterday
killed his slier, Mrs. W. E. Nickerson,
with a hatchet and then, unsuccess
fully attempted suicide, was reported
from Good .Samaritan hospital this
morning.
Minear severed the jugular vein on
the right side of his neck with a razor.
He rallied through the night and
was given more than a fair chance for
recovery by attendants, who said he
had Bpent a good night. He is umler
constant police guard.
If Minear recovers, tho police will
prefer first degree murder charges
against him, they announced today.
It will remain for the defense attor
neys To prove him Insane, Captain
John T. Moore, chief of detectives, de
clared. When questioned by police, Minear
was able to whisper that he had kill
ed his sister because she had been at
tempting to poison hlin since he had
been brought to her home from the
Mountainview sanitarium last Sunday,
officers said.
Mr. Nickerson. husband of the mur
dered woman said there was nothing
. to indicate Minear was contemplating
any such crime Wednesday morning.
Minear, he said, talked rationally at
that time with the family.
An examination of the dead woman
disclosed the fact that she had suffer
ed eight fractures of the skull from the
blows of the hatchet in the hands of
her brother. Following the killing of
his sister, Minear returned to the
first floor of the house and ransacked
it looking for a razor. After slashing
his throat on the right side, he stag
gered to the bathroom and then Into
the dining room where he was found
lying on the floor.
As the details or the murder in
Portland yesterday of Mrs. W. E.
Nickerson by her brother, Merle 1.
Minear, and his attempted suicide fol
lowing, become more fully known to
' the people o( Medford and vicinity,
where the family is prominent, the
shock of tho almost unbelievable trag
edy Is succeeded by deep sympathy for
the surviving members of tho fam
ily. Especially is thta. sympathy felt for
the wife and children of Mr. Minear,
and Mrs. It. C. Minear, mother of Mi
near and Mrs. Nickerson, who has-been
spending some time at her old home
In Ohio, after living in Medford for
years. . "
A letter was received from her the
other day by Medford friends from
Findiy, Ohio, in which she stated
that she was about to return home to
can lipr nn. 11 la the belief of Med
ford friends todttthat the mother is
en route to Portland and Medford, Ig
norant of the son's act In killing his
Bister, and his attempted self destruc
tion. Mrs. Nickerson, better known as
Mrs. Maudine Anderson during her
years of residence here until a little
over a year ago when she was marrie'd
to Mr. Nickerson, was the tormer wite
of a Dr. Anderson of Portland from
whom she obtained a divorce prior to
,,. r n thin cltv. A son 14 or 15
years old by this marriage has been
residing in Portland witn ait. ami
Mrs. Nickerson.
Mrs. Maudine Anderson had a large
circle of friends In Medford where she
v fPontlnnorl on Pago KlghM
F
HAS
SCHOONER IS CARRIED OFF
NOME, Alaska, Oct. 23. (Dy As
sociated Press.) The gasoline schoon
er 8ilver Wave of Nome with four
men aboard her, has been carried off
by the ice of the Arctic ocean, It was
learned here today.
The Sliver Wave, fourth vessel to be
seized this season In the fatal grasp
of Ice In the Alaskan Arctic was
caught In Kotzebue sound, 1K0 miles
north of Bering straight, whither she
was hurryinit for safety on her last
)rlp before winter.
Truly S hat tuck Has
69 Pounds of Fat
Removed by Surgeon
CHICAOO. Oct. S3. An oper-
ation on Miss Truly Shiittuck. 60
years of age, vaudeville conic-
t Kattna on.l mllolnnl onTIIOllV Rttll fe
of twenty years ago. has reduced
her weight from 192 to 123 t
waist line to 34. according to
surgeons or a hospital nere. v
Superfluous fat, weighing 69
4 pounds, wns removed they said.
if TEAR THE
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WASHINGTON',' Oct 2. "Preser
vation of initiative and enterprise is
the primary thing which we must have
to do In our country," President Cool
idge today told the executive commit
tee of the New York businessmen's ns
sociation which called at the White
House.
Initiative and enterprise carries
with It. the nresldent said, an obliga
tion upon every business organization
to the consumer.
Declaring the economic system of
the government fundamentally sound,
the nrosidont criticised those who em-
I phaslzo "out of all due proportion" its
abuses. Correction or tnese aouses, ne
held, lies In the hands of those admin
istrating commerce and Industry and
only they, he added, can prevent the
necessity of government Intervention.
"Already they have made great ad
vances in this direction," he continued.
"Their sense of responsibility has
made steady growth In the last two
score of years. We no longer hear the
nviirosBisnn of indifferent attitude to
.relations between business and the
public. They are seeking to deliver
something more bosiues ; tneir goons
and they are delivering it with unite.
That new something, is the sense of
service to the community.
"These are the lines of real prb
gress. To tear down a system under
which so much of genuine progress
has been accomplished in so short a
period, merely because the minor de
fects that have not yet been entirely
eliminated would be a policy of de
struction. We need not fear that the
Americaivcoinmunity will ever commit
itself to such a policy, it is the long
expressed genius of the American peo
ple to build up, to construct. That
genius was never more vigorous, more
intent on exercising itself than now.
It will still continue to be Bitpreme in
our country."
IP F
GUILTY OF FRAUD
SACRAMENTO, Oil., Oct. 22. Dr.
Frank 1". Young, prominent Los Ali
t.,i iihvHlcian. was found guilty of
! charges of fraudulent Issuance of
diplomas In connection with the Pa-
Iclfic Medical college or which he is
the head and his license to practice
iniedicino In this state was revoked
shortly nfter midnight this morning
by the slate medical hoard of examin
ers, following a hearing that lasted
two days and all of last night.
During the hearing, Professor Wll
linm P. Sacks, former official exam
iner for the superintendent of public
Instruction in Missouri and Jointly lu
I dieted with Young In San Francisco
: -,t i Annenlt-n rv In rnnnertlon
lor uiit-Bcu ... -
with tho asserted operations of the
so-called "diploma mill" ring, admit
ted on the witness stand that while
I employed Dy tne siaie ui
lHsued more than 1500 "fake" elemen
tary school credentials and diplomas,
"purporting to he for courses complet-
1 . . . i n..tl..aa whlrh
eu in scnooiH
he received $10 each without ever see
ing the party to whom the credential
or diploma wns Issued.
The Silver Wave first stranded, ac
cording to reports reaching here. Her
enrgo and passengers were tnken off
near the end of a long peninsula run
ning into Kotzebue sound. While
Captain Hegness, master and owner,
nnd the engineer were ashore, the Sil
ver Wave was seen moving out to the
ocean.
Slush Ice prevented the master and
engineer from reaching the vessel and.
kept the four men, the remainder of
the crew, who had remained aboard,
from coming ashore.
DO
EM DOWN
BUT IMPROVE IT
PHYS
BY ARCTIC ICE
FALL NOTE
SIGNATURE
01
Mrs. E. L. Doheny Declares on
Witness Stand That Fall's
Signature Torn From $100,
000 Promissory Note Is. in
Hands of Frank J. Hogan,
Doheny's Attorney.
LOS ANGELES, Oct.. 23. A prom
issory note for $100,000, handwriting
of which was identified as that of Al
bert B. Fall, then secretary of the in
terlor and made payable to Edward L.
Doheny, wns Introduced by the gov
ernment here today In the suit for
cancellation of contracts and leases
in the Elk Hills naval oil reserve to
the Doheny concern, Pan-American
Petroleum and Transport company.
The government charges this note was
receipt for $100,000 given Fall In con
nection with an alleged conspiracy to
fraudulently grant to the Doheny con
cern leases out of which Doheny esti
mated a profit of $10110,000,000 would
accure to his Interests.
Ernest K. Hill, recently clerk of the
senate public lands committee and
now assistant secretary to Senator
Lenroot testified that the note handed
to him by Owen J. Roberts, goorn-
ment prosecutor,, was the same note
produced at the hearing of the senate
investigating committee.
Theodore Mack, stenographer In the
department of interior at the time Fall
was secretary, identified the handwrit
ing In the body of the note as that of
Fall. ...... 1 '
Roberts then introduced the note as
an exhibit for the government, not
ing that the portion where tho signa
ture should be had been torn oft'.
Mrs. E. L. Dohnoy, wife of the oil
magnate, called to the stand by Sena
tor Pomerene, government counsel, lo
cated for the first time the missing
signature torn from the Fall note. She
said it was in the possession of Frank
J. Hogan, counsel for Mr. Doheny.
E. L. Doheny, Sr., and his son, E. L.
Doheny, Jr., when called to the wit
ness stand, both made formal state
ments refusing to testify on the ground
that any evidence they might give
might be used against them in the
trials pending following their indict
ments in Washington, D. C.
ATTY.GEN.STONL
DISSOLVE TRUST
ST. PAUL. Oct. 23. "Effective dis
solution" of the International Harves
ter company's alleged monopoly of the
farm machinery business Is sought by
Attorney General Stone In a brief filed
in his behalf In federal court here to
day by tho United States attorney In
proceedings supplemental to the con
sent decree In dissolution entered in
the same court In 1918.
Mr. Stone contends that greater
competitive conditions In the farm
machinery trnilc should be afforded.
The consent decree did not go far
enough, he said, demanding that ac
tion be taken to give "proper protec
tion to the farmers nnd land owners
who are dependent upon agricultural
machinery and implements obtainable
at reasonable prices."
"One of two things ought to be
done." the attorney general suggests.
"Either the great Judges who decided
this case ought to be reversed on the
ground that their decision was wholly
erroneous, or else nn effective dissolu
tion should he decreed."
The consent decree fulled to effect
"any substantial competition." the
brief adds, during a test period which
ended eighteen months nfter the
declaration of peace. On the contrary
it says, eight of tho harvester com
pany's competitors went out of busi
ness in that time and tho defendants
compnnles' percentngo of the total
actually Increased In 1922 the last
selling season under the test period,
which was established to permit an
accurate survey of the results of the
consent decroe under peace time con
ditions. Death Toll of
the Automobile
LORAINE. Ohio. Oct. 23. Six chil
dren were killed nnd fifteen Injured
late thin afternoon when a school bus
wns strucK oy inieruroan near dn
field Lake, ope mile east ot here.
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C00L10GE US!
WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. With n
view to determining whether there
have been "concealed'' contributions
from big business men to the repub
lican campaign fund, Suniucl fnter
myer asked tho senate Investigating
committee today to subpoena the re
publican state chairmen of New York,
K'... loranu Oliln nml Illinois.
l. TTntorniver. who is assoclato
counsel fbr Senator Iji Kollette, said
it was strange that there were miss
ing from the official republican lists
the names of such men as Elbert :H.
Clary of tho United States Steel corp
oration, J. 1'. Morgan, the Rocke
fellers : and officWK ,of "tho i great
Standard Oil interests," nil "recog
nized republicans."
Chairman Koran of the committee
announced that the request would be
granted and the state chairmen would
be called to Washington. .
Mr. Untermyer also submitted a
telegram from Senator Thomas J.
Walsh, democrat, Montana, saying
was rumored that $100,000 would bo
sent to Montana to bo used against
him fn his campaign for re-oloction.
Tho telegram, dated at Poplar,
Mont., October 20, and addressed to
Frank P. Walsh,. added:
"Rumored that $100,000 coming to
Montana to be used against me. Not
passing, however, through cither na
tional committeeman or chairman re
publican committee. Kindly ciucstloi.
carefully concerning remittances to
this Btale."
When Mr. Untermyor cnlled atten
tion .to tho absence of the names of
a number of capitalists from tho list
of republican contributors, Senator
Kdrah remarked:
"I am mighty glad their names
are missing."
"If they are really missing," lntor-,
Jected Untermyer.
"We will try to find that out," re
plied Senator Uorah.
VOTiPORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 23. In order
that the several hundred exhibitors
of champion livestock and their herds
men attending the approaching Pacific
International Livestock Exposition,
November 1-8 inclusive, may not lose
their privilege of voting on state meas
ures and for state and national can
didates through being absent from
their home voting places on November
4, General Manager Plumiuer of the
stock Bhow organization urges that all
non-resident putrons and participants
in the big annual cxixisltlon bring
registration certificates with them.
These certificates, upon request, will
be Issued to any -registered voter by
the county clerk of his own county
upon assurance ot necessary absence
from his home precinct on election
day. lly presentation of Biich certifi
cates, exhibitors, herdsmen and others
In attendance at the exposition will be
enabled to vote In Portland.
The Portland Chamber of Commerco
and units comprising the state Cham
ber of Commerce are cooperating with
Manager I'lummer in notifying the
farmers, llvestockmen and herdsmen
of the state that they may secure theso
certificates.
Eugene Priest Elected.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 23 The Rev.
Thomas R. Carr, LaPeero, Mich., was
reelected president or the Catholic
rurtil life conference at the annual con
vention here today. , Other officer
elected Include the Rev. E. V. O'Hara,
Eugene, Ore., secretary.
iRGlsli
NOT FOUND ON
SHENANDOAH
HPS IM
ON ROCKIES
Big Dirigible Throws 175-
Pound Tank of Gasoline
Overboard to Lighten Load
in 6500-Foot Climb Moun
tains Safely Passed After
Rough Trip.
KI T'ASO, Texas. Oct. 23. The
Shenandoah passed over Port Han
cock. Texas, -15 miles east of Kl l'aso
at U:45 o'clock mountain time. '
Kl, I'ASO. Texas. Oct. 2.1. Fighting
n strong head wind. the dirigible
Shenandoah passed over 101 l'aso to
day at eight o'clock, mountain time,
enrnute to Its home station at I-Jike-hursl,
N. J. The big ship was not
moving more than twenty miles per
hour, according; to estimates of air
officials from Fort Ullss and appar
ently had all motors going In an effort
to gain speed.
AHOAUI) Till-: U. S. S. SHENAN
DOAH, Oct. 23. (Via- Fort Ullss.
Texas). (Ky Associated Press.) lhe
last of the Itocky mountain harriers
was passed by the U. S. S. Shenanhoah
early today, leaving a clear course for
the return of tho big dirigible to her
hangar at Lakehurst, N. J.
I Arizona and tho worst of the Ttock
'los were left behind when Rodeo, N.
M was reached at 2:30 a. ni. Tho
big ship had groaned and" strained as
it drove Into the eddies whirling over
the peaks. Tho wind currents rushed
'thru the mountain passes liko mill
races.
The ship sped at fifty miles nn hour
over the ranges of Arizona at an alti
tude of 0500 feet. Turning southward
'at Benson at 10:40 p. m. last night the
Shenandoah followed the railroad
'southeast towards tho Mexican border.
After a short spurt Klsbeo was seen
glistening under the moonlight and
.in a very few minutes had been
(passed. The noso of tho ship was
pointed upward until it was on a
' C700 foot level and another 17!i pound
tank of gasoline was dropped through
tho silken bottom to lighten tho load.
With a broad swing over the Mexican.
border sho was again speeding east
. ward.
10 GIVE RELIEF
TO U.S. F
DAVIS TRAIN "EN ROUTE TO
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Oct. 23 (Hy the
Associated Press.) With but one
more formal address that scheduled
for Cleveland tonight, John W. Davis,
democratic candidate for president,
was on his way east today completing
the last leg of his two weeks' final
campaign drive In the middle west.
The final drive of the candidate's pres
idential campaign will be sturted Sat
urday In New York.
Mr. Davis put the finishing touches
on bis Indiana tour last night at Evans
vllle after speaking earlier In the day
at Vlnccnnes and for a brief period
of time at Princeton.
In Evansvllle ne replied to Secretary
of War Weeks in Now York Tuesday,
characterizing tho war secretary as
one "of the still unmuzzled" members
of the cabinet.
In Vincennes Mr. Davis chatged that
the three and one-half years of power
of the Hardlng-Coolidge administration
had "produced the radical third party
of which they complain."
Mr. Davis pledged In the namo o!'
democracy, to give relief to the farm
ers of the country; to bring about a
thorough house cleaning of the Wash
ington government; to put an end to
bureaucracies and Instnll a govern
ment based on a sane, forward looking
and progressive liberalism. In addi
tion, Mr. Davis said ho would cause
the tux and tariff laws to be re-written
along the lines that know no class
or section, privilege or favor.
Referring to conditions which he de
clared were responsible for the crea
tion of the Independent party, Mr.
Davis said: '
"Three and one-naif years of power
by the Hardlng-Coolldgo administra
tion has produced this radical third
party which our republican friends
complain spilt the republican party.
They aroused the American people and
have given the opportunity for men
to offer new and strange doctrines and
urge them on the pcoplo as the cure
for all their Ills. Will you seek to cure
the patient by giving him an Injection
of the same virus that produced his
disease?
MMDS
Dynamite Blast
Forces Town to Go
On a Milk Diet
CHICAGO, Oct. L'3. T-onmnt,
20 milt's Houthwi'Mt of hore, is 4
buying Its water from milk iiumi 4
since a dynamite llunt in a quarry
4 near there causing an artesian 4
4 well, the town's Hole source, to 4
fr no dry. The only free water !
available comes from a spring 4
4 in an abandoned rock quarry 4
4 until pipes can be laid to another 4
' spriiiK some distance from town. 4
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PUN FAILS 10
THE CITV GS1ES
TIRNTStX, Oct. 23. (By Associat
ed Tress.) Portions of the Eleventh
division of the Chinese national army,
under command of Ken Yu-Hslanfr.
"the Christian general, " revolted nt
Peking this morning, seized the city's
Kates, out all telegraph and telephone
lines and stopped all train service, ac-
cording to reliable Information reach-
Iiir hero.
TRAITOR W IN
General Fenpr nnd his army were oi'Kanled in April. 1918. The incor
supposeil to have been at Jehol p orators were M. L. Sahlstrom, L. H.
(ChenKtehfu ) about !( miles north- iGllham and llutfh Koch.
east of Peking, where they were sup-
posed to stop nn 'expected advance and experience the concern failed to
from Mukden ot the Manchurlan ar- prosper and in March, 1919, found it
mles of ChanK Tso-lan, who Is making - self in serious financial straits," It Is
Will V 11 111- i-i-llll ill ' iiiM-i -
inpr. Apparently General Kent? never
progressed beyond the reat wall
Whether General Fentf is acting in-
dependently In the present revolt or
with the collusion of the Mukden gov-
eminent has not yet been learned.
Humors that General Feng was not
in sympathy with the Chihll (central
government) have been current how
ever,, ever since tho outbreak of hos
tilities of Manchuria.
RE
ACCEPTED BY CHURCH
BUI L0SSJ3EPL0RE0
NEW YORK, .Oct. 23. Dr. Harry
L'mmcrson Fosdlck no longer Is
preacher in the First Presbyterian
church. Ills resignation was unani
mously accepted at a meeting of the
congregation last nlujlit. An invitation
was extended to him, however, to . wltnoul a chance of recovery. In our
preach nt the church on "such Sundays opinion there wns no time in the hls
as ho finds It convenient." I lory of the -company when Its net
t A letter from Dr. Eosdlck, Including ! worth was greater than when Clark
a copy of a lotter to the New York bought the business for $10,000."
presbytery's commltteo was read. Dr.
Eosdlck In Ills communication declined
to renounce his affiliation with the
Uaptlst church.
Dr. Fosdlclc was told In a letter sent
to him nfter the approval of the report
which accepted his resolution:
"We will suffer an irreparable loss
If you loavo us entirely. Moreover,
the Presbyterian church at largo will
suffer seriously.
"Thousands of young men and young
women, attracted by your preaching
and writing, will drift away from any
church association whatever, but the
greatest loss will be to the cause of
Christian fellowship and church unity,
to which you and we are committed."
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct. 23.
A conference of civic organizations of
Medford, Ashland, Grunts Pass, Hcnd,
Lakevlew, Malln and Klamath Falls
will bo held here November 12, ac
cording to announcement made today
hy tho local organization. Civic prob
lems confronting all southeri Oregon
will he illHciiHHOd.
RIVER FEUD AGAIN
ALEX HATFIELD
P.LUEFIELD. W. Vn., Oct. 23.
Another violent death has been re
corded In tho family history of tho
notorious Hatfield clan of West Vir
ginia nnd Kentucky. Recalling the
days of tho Tug river feud between
the Hatfield and tho McCoy clans,
veteran officials of Mingo county to
dny were Investigating the killing of
Alex Hatfield, the latest ot his lino to
feel the sting of a bullet.
Ate Hon nf the man who started
the far-famed feud ot yenrs ago, was
the victim. During an argument over
FAKE STOCK
DEAL IDE
AH
In Another Report Oswald West
and George Black Claim
Public Paid $730,500 for
Stock in Phonograph Com
pany That Was Never Worth
Over $10,000.
roitTJ,AND, Ore., Oct. 23. A re
port lo tlovernot IMoce covering the
affairs of tho St null vara Phonograph,
company was tnuilo public Wednesday
by OHwald- West and George Black,
tho Koternor'a committee. investlRut
hiK stock sales in this state. 13 y direct
statement and the use of a series of
detailed and complicated financial
statements tho report charges that
practically worthless stock to the
amount of (8(M,00 was sold to the
i public by F. N. Clark and company
and tho Dundas-Martin company. The
! company had Us beginning, the report
(says, with the Sahlstrom corporation
"Owinjr to the lack of both capital
declared.
Through the" influence of F, N.
Clark, a reorganization, the first of
several was effected In April, 1919,
when tho name of the company was
. changed to the Pacific Phonograph
tal stock was lncrousod from $25.1100
to S76.0O0.
Tho second Increase In the com
pany's cupital stock, according to the
report was made December 11, 1919,
when the total was raised to $300,000,
of vhlch $200,000 was preferred stock
and $100,000 common. " A campaign
to sell this $'200,000 preferred stock
was then undertaken In May or June,
11120, It Is-reported and a prospectus
Issued hy F. N. Clark and company
carried a (slowing account of tho com
pany's prosjirlty, estimating the an
nual profits at $140,000, or ten times
the amount necessary to pay seven
per cent dividends on the preferred
stock.
The total amount of stock sold, the
report says, appears to have cost tho
public $H64.000, and of this amount
tho Stradivara company received only
$091,200, tho balance of $172,800 go
ing to the Dundas-Murtin company as
sales commission. S
"Tho promotion of this undertaking
tt tho nnhllc S730.&00 nnd loft It
LIPTON TELLS STORIES
ON SIR HAM LAUDER
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. Sir Thomas
Llpton who la here on business, Is
tolling two now stories about hla
friend Harry Lauder. Here they are:
"I asked the noted Scotch comedian
to whom he was going to- leave all his
money and Sir Harry replied:
"'To the widow of the unknown
soldier. "
"I was walking along Piccadilly
with Lauder one morning. ' When we
came to a big sign which read: 'One
thousand pins in a package for three
ponce.' Tho comedian wont In and
purchased a packet and left later for
Glasgow. When he met me on his
return to London he said:
" There were throo pins short. I'm
going back to tho Bhop.' "
SALEM, Ore., Oct. 23. Cracksmen
last night blew the Bafes of the Ore
gon Gravel company here and the
J. W. Copeland Lumber company In
West Salem, but secured only $15.75
Investigation by the police and Sheriff
Orr of Polk county revealed.
Amateur methods were used by the
yeggs, the authorities said. The loot
wiib taken entirely from the gravel
company.
BITES THE DUST
the coming election, Hatfield Is said
to have called Thurman Chambers a
"liar." Chambers told offlciuls that
ho struck Hatfield with his flt where
upon the latter drew a pistol and in a
struggle for possession of the weapon
Hatfield was shot.
) Alex Hatfield, former postmaster of
' Matewan. W. Vo.., was the Bon ot
Floyd Jlutfield. whose suit for a litter
of hogs against the McCoys of Ken
tucky marked the beginning of a feud
In the hills olong the Tug river, during
which many members of the two fam
ilies met death,
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