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VOL. XXYIL, NO. 142
NSIORBAIMBERS
IN ITALIAN COURT
Id
E
TbIrty-SIx Members of Notor
ious Organization Are
Placed on Trial
ACCUSED OF MURDERING J
NEW YORK DETECTIVE
of Evidence Submitted
Was Compiled by Police
of New York
VITEBBO. Italy. March 11. For
ma! proceeding began today tn the
trial of thirty six members of the Nea
politan camorra Including the alleged
head of the organization, Enrico Al
fano. also known aa Erricone, for the
murder of Gennaro Cuoccolo and hla
wife. Maria Cutlnelll Cuoccolo "the
beoutlful Sorrentina." For the first
ONMURDERGHARG
i time In Italy two presidents of the
.court appeared to direct the trial, so
that If one should unavoidably to ab
sent the other might take hi place.
Trouble Selecting ury.
Most of the day was given over to
the selection -of. a Jury, , but-notwithstanding
the threats of the presiding
Judge to apply the severest fines
against citizens offering pretexts for
not serving on the Jury, almost unsur
mountable difficulties arose at the last
moment and. the trial was postponed
On n til Tuesday.
I The crown prosecutor strongly stig
matized such want of ctvio feeling,
' which, he declared, if persisted In.
would deprive the accused of their
personal liberty and their right to be
tried. The authorities Intend to leVive
nothing undone, howwver, to bring the
! prisoners to Justice And to keep out
of the Jury box any person thought
, susceptible to fear engendered by the
Gunorriat organization or Influenced
by threat from supporters of the ac
cused. "Erricone" learning that the
penitentiary in Gradl belonged to the
- doroJnlcan inquisitors and was the
seat of the supreme tribunal of inqui
sition, made complaint to the director
; that ha also was the victim of inqul
, alto rial methods and protested strong
. ly against the accusation that he had
-'Inspired directed, it wi In any
way connected with the murder' of Hie
.Amerksm detective Lieut. Jos.. Petro
, lr at Palermo In 190. one of the
I crime that 4he government authori
ties are moat anxious to connect the
Cammorlst with.
v Questions to Prisoners.
When the Jury had been sworn,
. President Blanchl questioned the pris
oner closely concerning their careers.
This examination concluded, a mass
of documents was presented by the
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RIITFCTHPKrc
PLANNED AT GAUM It
SPEED II JACKSONVILLE
Twenty-Five Racing Cars
r Are Now Entered for
A Great Event There
POLICE PREPARING
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 11.
The coming speed carnival at the Atlantic-Pablo
beach will receive the
best policing attention that has ever
been given a speed contest of this
kind In automobile racing history.
The fatalities of the last Vanderbllt
cup race on Long Island caused Sher-
Qlff Bowden to consult the law and
ihe found on the state statutes a law
'compelling the sheriff to provide pro
tection to spectators during automo
bile road and beach racing. Deputies
will be Instructed to arrest all violat
ors on second notice end quick ac
tion will be the rule.
With th entry of three Mercer
ears, which were shipped from New
York today by Hughle Hughes, the
star of the Mercer team, the limit
now total twenty-five cars, providing
that the Oldfleld outfit of two Bern's
and the Darracq, which are under
suspension, are reinstated by the con
test hoard as per the application for
their reinstatement by E. A. Morcas.
WILL REBFILD- VILLAGE
KENOSHA. Wis.. March 11. The
Dupont Powder company officers,
after an all-day meeting In the ruins
of their plant at Pleasant Prairie
promised to rebuilt the village and
io pay every cent of actual loss sus
tained by any person as a result of
th .miration of Thursday night.
Th promise was made by J. P.
iLaffey, of Wilmington, ueiaware. gen-
'eral counsel for the company.
Thru mare deaths caused Indi
rectly by the. eiplosion were report
ed coincidental with the announce
ment by the company. The plan to
rebuild'th plant will be resisted by
the residents of Qenosha county.
PELICANS DEGEAT CTBS.
NEW ORLEANS, March . 1 1. The
New Orleans team of the-Southern
league defeated the Chicago Nationals
thia afternoon) tn aa exhibition game
by th sor of I to 1. '
PRESIDENTS FACE
IS
BY
Spends Afternoon Chasing
Little White Golf Ball Over
Augusta Links
CARES OP STATE ARE
UTTERLY FORGOTTEN
President Taft Is Renewing
Energy For Coming Con
gressional Session '
AUGUSTA, Ga., March 11. Presi
dent Taft pursued a little white golf
ball around the elghteen-hole course
of the Country club here today and
returned from the course with the
broadest smile ithat has Illuminated
his face in many months. For three
hours the cares of state had been
forgotten in the .absorption of the
game the. first the president has had
an' opportunity to play since the clos
ing week of the season at Beverly last
October, Mr. Taft has long felt the
call of the links but through stress
of weather and excitement at Wash
ington he had been prevented from
taking a club in hand until today.
The president had been in Augusta
but two hours when he put on his old
gray .golfing shirt and trousers and
started for the links.' Despite the
long lay-off Mr. Taft'a game was In
very good form. He played with W.
J. Boardman. of Washington, and
Beverly, and with MaJ. "Archie" Butt,
his recently promoted military aide.
Rockefeller Seldom Seen.
Mr. Taft began his eight days' va
cation Just as If he were the most
commonplace of the guess at the ho
tel where rooms had been engaged for
him. He mingled today with the
throngs in the lobby, renewing ac
qualntancea made, with many of the
winter visitor during his stay here
two years ago and he ate all of his
meals in the public dining room. In
striking .contrast to the president is
the seclusion of John D. Rockefeller,
who 1 a fellow guest at the same ho
tel. Mr. Rockefeller Is seldom - or
ever seen about the plaot. , All of hlrf
meals are served in a private dining
room connected with his palatial
suite. Mr- Rockefeller golfs dally but
there is little likelihood that he and
the president will ever meet on the
links. Mrs. Taft and Miss Helen Taft
will arrive tomorrow to spend the
remainder of the week. The presi
dential party will return to Washing
ton March 20. This afternoon the
president went for a long motor ride.
He was gone more than three hours
and traveled about sixty-five miles.
CHINESE NEGOTIATIONS
FOR TREATY WITH RUSSIA
Tl
Certain Trade Privileges in
Mongolia Wanted by
Russia Denied
HAS TEA MONOPOLY
ST. PETERSBURG. March 11.
The Russo-Chinese negotiations have
again taken an unfavorable turn. Chi
na's second reply to the Russian de
mand for a closer adherence to the
provisions of the treaty of 1881 indi
cates an attitude In regard to Rus
sian consular and commercial privi
leges in 111 and Mongolia that is un
satisfactory to this government.
China contends that the opening of
Russian consulates is conditional upon
the Introduction of custom duty. Rus
sia takes a view directly opposed to
that and demands that China aban
doned her monopoly of the tea trade
In Mongolia, basing the demand on the
Chinese-American treaty of 1884 In
Which monopolies are Interdicted. The
prescent prohibition against Russian
merchants dealing in tea is enormous
because tea serves as currency in
Mongolia.
NOTE TO ECROPEAX POWERS.
WASHINGTON. March U Fran
cisco Madero, provisional president of
the Mexican revolutionists, according
to the confidential agency of the rev
olutionists here, has addressed a note
to all foreign governments in which
is explained the causes of the insur
rection and giving guarantees for the
persons and property of foreigners.
This communication will be delivered
to the diplomatic representatives of
the countries accredited to the I'nited j
States and is expected to reach Wash- j
ington next' Tuesday. In a statement j
MINED
VERY BROAD SMILE
the revolution agents "attribute the
mobilization of the American troops
to the secret intrigues of the Diax
government," and that "Diax had
hopes that he would be able by the
threat of the possibility of a foreign
war to unify national sentiment In fa
vor of hi government The contrary
has been the result, and the people
Dow ara accusing Diax of treason and
an uprising in the capital seems Im
minent.' ' ' ' "
ASHEVILLE. N.
AVALANCHE KILLS
E
Sudden Fall of Iron Ore.Earth.
Rock and Ice Buries
Thirty
SUDDENESS MADE
ESCAPE IMPOSSIBLE
Arms and Heads Protrude
From Open Pit Which.
Was Filled Level
VIRGINIA. Minn., March 11 Five
hundred thousand tons of iron ore,
rock, earth. Ice and snow tonight
slid down upon and buried thirty
track layers working In the Norman
open pit mine. Only four escaped
the avalanche and three of these are
In a hospital suffering of Injuries that
may prove fatal. Ole Johnson, fore
man of one of the three changes of
men that were caught by the cast
mass, is among those whose Injuries
are critical. The place which was an
open pit Is now almost' a plain of
rock, ore and earth with here and
there parts of a bodj In sight. A few
crushed heads protrude from the
mass. "
Arms and legs could be seen at
varying angles as the great lantern of
the steam shovels swung over the
half filled pit
An army of men with shovels
worked desperately to recdver th
bodies. The work was tedious and
difficult.
Women and children ran screaming;
to the pit and some fell In while
looking eagerly for lost friends. It
will be days before all the bodies can
be recovered and all the parts of sev
eral may never be assembled. Mass
of earth and rock ground many of
them Into shreds. The only four men
near the outer edge had a chance to
run as the landslide swept into th
hole. So far as can be ascertained
all the men caught In the slide were
Fins and Austrian., Many laft large
families. Paul Paulson, whose, wife
died month ago,-' left seven children
wtmamrv; Th iUUM formaa
group at th edge of the pit tonight
The miner who were taken up one
of the two tracks In the pit to. permit
the 'shovel to work In another part of
the mine were for the most part bent
over with bars and slaws when the
avalanche swept down. The four who
were thrown clear out of the pit had
been working half way up the side
of the excavation. The mine Is nearly
a mile from the city limits.
The catastrophe was due to the
thawing of the embankment.
NEARLY THREE MILLIONS
VALUE PLACED UPON THE
ESTAIE0FLITE1S.E0DY
Old Home Sold to Friends
Who Will Preserve It as
Fitting Memorial
EXECUTOR'S REPORT
CONCORD, N. H March 11.
The estate in New Hampshire of the
late Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy,
founder of the Christian Science
church, has been appraised at
2.5 1 2. 1 4 in a report filed in the
Merrimack county probate court to
day by Gen. Henry M. Baker, of Bow,
executor of the estate. While the
property left by Mrs. Eddy In Massa
chusetts has not been formally ap
praised. Gen. Baker estimates it as
about $250,000.
The chief Items In New Hampshire
are stocks and bonds to the amount
of tl. 057, 146 and copyrights valued
at $1,400,000. Gen. Baker announced
today that Pleasant View, which was
Mrs. Eddy's home when here, has
been sold to Boston friends of Mrs.
Eddy, who will preserve the prop
erty. DISTIXCriSHEO VISITOR.
NEW YORK. March 11 Baron
Paul EHtournelles dc f'onstant, mem
ber of The HKue peace tribunal, re
clp'ent of the Noble prize and former
French minister at London, who has
come to visit America, and- like hl
fellow apostle. Omint Apponyl. a re
ceit visitor, to lecture here on Inter
national peace, arrived today on the
Steamer La Provence.
The baron Is Insistent on the neces
sity of preparing a platform for the
.hird Hague conference and of Im
proving methodically the process of
compulsory arbitration.
STREET CAR STRIKE SETTLED.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. March
11. At a conference of city officials
of the street railway company and
an attorney for the labor interest
held this afternoon an ageement on
a settlement of the street railway
strike wa reached. Running of- the
car will be resumed on Monday
when they will have been Idle a week.
WORKERS
HORRIBLE MANNER
C, SUNDAY MOKXIXO,
vj The Voice of The Family.
INVASION OF
ONLY MEAN WAR SAYS
Mexican Minister of Finance in Interview Declares That
no Other View of American Occupation. 1$ Not
by Recent Developments,
NEW YORK, March 11. After
Diss what Senor Jos JB. Yva Llrn-
antour, the Mexican minister uf
finance, sat In hi spacious apartment
overlooking Central Park tonight and
addressed to thje question With an In
dignation foreign to his usual poised
and courtly temperance of diction.
He had just been shown th report
printed In some evening newspapers
that American financial interaut. In
Mexico hav on 'foot ' plan to pro
cure the resignation ( President Ils
and to set up Senor Wmantour him
self In th executive; chair, T sug
gestion that private Capita and for
eign capital at that, ould Irak and
tinmak Mexicaartin!iJi!rtos n't
mrotatrto provoke.! Jhoth l Hulcul"WUt'U dearh -would hav on "Mei
and hi anger. t ' : ; Ico. President !IM. I truly u great
Plan DcMarcn fctmpid. - man and hi death would be an In-
How stupid" whs the first word
"I should be the last person to be
suspected of lending myself to such
a design," ho added, "even If by a
stretch of imagination one could sup
pose it true. It Is no secret that
President Diss has several times ask
ed me to accept the presidency at the
expiration of his term. I have al
ways refused, Tiecause the duties
which 1 now fulfill are those most
congenial to me and because I be
lieve I can be of most service to my
country by continuing with them.
There Is no truth In the report
"If It I true that the Insurrec
tionists, or certain of their leaders,
hold me In some esteem, that Is he
cause I have acted as adviser for
the grandfather of these Mndero's
who are now prominent In the pres
ent uprising. They have grown to he
a wealthy family, and their wealth
would seem to Indicate that they have
prospered unkier I he government
which they now attack.
IS
First Certificate for Water
Rights is Signed and De
livered to Owner
WAHHINOTON. March 11 Walter
L. Fisher, who on Monday will take
the oath of office h secretary of the
interior succeeding Klchard A. Hallln
ger, resigned, spent' part of today at
the scene of his n w duties learning
more of the details of the office. He
said he had no s.-t policies nor has
he made any plan as to the future
administration of the department. One
of the last official a. ts of the retiring
secretary. Bailing' r, was to sign the
first water-right certificate which h:i
ever been issued. Th-certlflcate was
made out In the mime of Lyman N.
Huggs. who -receive the benefits of
the waters si rved l y the Minidoka
project in Idaho. It nhowK that
Huggs has paid Mn ten annual install
ments of, $15 each "O account of the
building of the project.
Mrs. BalllnKcr. wife .of the' secreta
ry, left for Seattle tonight. She will
be followed In ahcut ten days by the
secretary.
hNOWKU ISDEK.
ATLANTA, Go., March 11. In the
first baseball game of the season ttie
Washington Amerhans defeated tho
Georrla Techs team by a score of i
to 1. Gray and I'.usaey pitched for
fthe Senators, the Tech boys getting
seven hits oft the tio.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. March 11 Fore
cast: North Carolina Kalr Sunday; Mon
day, fair in outh. probably rain In
north, slightly warmer Sunday, mod
erate northeast and east wind be
coming South. nd Increasing.
MARCH 12, 1911
its u, rm .
OT ' ;-ii-Xtm.:M
MEXICAN TERRITORY CAN
The Mexican minister was asked to
explain a despatch frum, Mexico City
received this afternoon that th gov
ernment proposed to suspend th con
stitutional guarantee throughout th
republic with th explanation that
"thia mean mild form of martial
law."
National Law Not Intended. A
."Not at all" he sty "what It mean
is, not martial law even In a mild
form, hut an abbreviation of civil pro
eeedure. Prisoners will Mill b tried
before a civil Judge, hut the court
proceedur will be curtailed. 1 ' .
"To return. to president PI for a
moment. I wish to mM myself plain,
Much ba been printed of tiio effect
surname loss to Mexico, but even
a natlnal bereavement doe not mean
that civil government would disappear
from the face of the land. It ho
been wild. I think, that tho novel n
ment has under advisement a pro
gram of reform quite Independent
of tho present urtrcHt. In any event
It la certain that such a program is
under consldcriitlon and that Its de
velopment only await the laying
down of arms by the rebels.
Intervention Means War.
"Now, as to this matter of Inter
vention, the word hns been much used
and loosely used although I recog
nise that It haa not hen employed by
ynur government. I wnnder dn the
newspapers that print It and the per
sons who speak It. so freely realise
what It means? I have said today that
I am a great believer In the keen
sense of the American people. I wish
to reaffirm most emphatically, and
most seriously fo call to attention
what Intervention, so called, in this
SEVENTEEN MOLD WIFE
EH
Plea That She Shot Young
Floyd in Defense of Honor
Believed by Jury
WILMINGTON, March 11 As the
finale to the sensational trial in the
Superior court at Whltevllle, N. C.
the Jury late today, after only brief
deliberation, returned a verdict of not
guilty both hk to Mrs. Rosa Hayes,
charged with being the principal In
the killing of Robert M. Floyd, a med
ical student of Charleston, K. C, on
the night of February 4, and as to her
huHbund, Nelll M. Hayes, charged
4,1th liftlnr fin Nccesflorv before the
laet.
I.loyd Hayes a younger brother of
Nelll Hayes, also charged with an ac
cessory, vas dlr.chnrged earlier in the
week on a nolle prosse; Mrs. Hayes
admitted the killing of Floyd but
pleaded that she Bhot in d'-frnse of
her honor.
IXJI3NNT ItlXOOJJlZK PEACE
TEGUCIGALPA March II Not-I
withstanding that sevvral notlflca-j
tlone have been sent -fey Fehlon It. !
McCreary, the American minister to
the revolutionary force under Col
onel Ferrari that the peace confer
ence at Puerto Cortes had agreed
upon peace and urging the suspen
sion of military operations, Ferer
rarl has refused to comply with this
request.
Th revolutionary commander ha
communicated by telephone with
Minister McCreary declaring that he
Would not dlwirm until ordered to
do so by General Bonllla. On learn
In of this attitude the insurgents the
government Imme-Slately armed all
Its force and occupied th height
around Tegucigalpa, .;, :'
LIMANTOUR
His Government CouldTake
in The Least Disturbed
-: .
cam must mean.
"Whan an armed fore cross, th
border of a neighboring power with
out invitation or permission what doe
that meant , It mean invasion, occu
pation and what d Invasion and o
ouimtion meHn but war? ; I ask th
sober sense of the great masses sf th
American people to dwell on that
word. What ha Mexico don to de
Serve a threat of war? Nona ha been
mad by th America ffovernmant,
but th inference of sutih threat ha
been drawn by th newspapers, I do
not' believe it i warranted by th
wishes of th A marteah . paopl. On
thr border thrr may b the Who
sytnptithlM with gt lnurct)oifcJiV
jn art. that ther i
maker In plenty, and that
to another point , v
are trouble
lead ms
Most Wop dniiutgllna; Arms.
"Alt that Mexico desire and needs
from tn United State Is prevention
of smuggling and recruiting within
it border. My government I a
strong on and, perfectly able to take
care of Itself. Much ha been ald
within th past few day, tn the ef
fect that general condition In Mexico
are good. Apparently these tat
ment have not been taken at full
value. Nevertheless they are tru.
"I said this this morning' possibly
most of the money for th movement
had been raised In the United Btate.'
"Understood I do not wish to Imply
that responsible person hav Inter
ested themselves. I do not say that
much money has been raised becaus
much has not been needed, but I do
say that we have positiv evidence
from many sources to show thst th
agaregnte of small contributions from
Americans ha enabled the Insurree-
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Said to Have Forged Name
of Draper for $5,000 and
Number of Others
BOSTON, Mass., March 11 Robert
8. Brown, a Btate street broker, was
arrested In New York today at the
request of Boston police charging
him with having forged the signature
of George Otis Draper, of New York
snd Hepedale, to a note for $5,000
on Sept. It last. Mr. Draper Is a
son of the tale Oen. Wm. F. Draper,
former ambassador lo Italy. The
police officials allege that the forged
note on which the warrant was Is
sued Is only one of several, the ag
gregate value of which the police say
is more than tsO.eOO, Ilrown was
treasurer of the Southern Maine
Btenmshlp company, now in the hands
of receivers.
RED CROSS NURSES
AnnnT ISA nnAvnt!
VJK.U3USS.SaU 1U X A
DALLAfl. Tex.. March H. Mrs.
Mary Sherman Allen, of Dallas, presi
dent of Texas Red Cross society, to
day received orders from the war
department at Washington to report
at once the number of Red Cross
nurses under her control who would
be immediately availsblo for service
on the Mexican border. There are
21 nurse In the Texas society sub
ject to the orders of tha war de
partment ;
.I,,..
SCORE WAdlTO t,
- DALLAS, Tex. March 11. Me
Graw's regular New York team had
no difficulty at all In defeating t
Dallas team. Texas league, today by
a ror of to 9. .
MARTIAL
LAW MAY
BE
Drastic Measures Undertaken
by Diaz to Stamp Out
The Revolution
CERTAIN OFFENSES TO
MEAN SUMMARY DEATH
Long Forgotten Clause of Con
stltutlon Invoked For Ex
traordinary Action
MEXICO CITY, March 11.
Thoroughly aroused by tho spread
of brigandage and vandalism inci
dent to th revolution, led by fan
Cisco I. Madero, and , determined to
protect property, th I)la govern
ment next week will begin to wag
against th JlawleiM element a, piti
less war of extermination.
Resurrecting a provision ' of th
Mexican . constitution not used for
fifteen year and acting under II
nithorlzaHon, the gnvernment will
set asld for:! month pertain, jpjr
sofial guarantees. .. Then person de
lecvud In the act of highway eob-'
bery, of raiding, and any form of
train wrecking, of cutting telegraph
or telephone wire or 1 n of , r
moving ' a aplk from th railroad
track or throwing a stone at a train,
will b summarily shut by thosi
making th arrest. f
Today th bill providing for' thlg
drastic measure was sent to th per-'
manent commission of the federal
(loiigress. It f wa signed by r Miguel
Mscedo, ub-eeretary of th depart
ment of Interior and clearly state
that It i enactment .1 tho wish fci
the president, . ' ,
t That tha measure did not imme
diately become a law I due only to
official form. Th number of the ,
commission approved the measure,
hut Under th law It 1 necessary thai
th hill com up for second read
ing, it wa referred to a subjoin
mlttee end this . sub-c ommlttes wat -Instructed
to report n in th corn.,
mKtee Monday a special- session,
That H will b favorably acted upon.
hr I no do ii lit. i . ; j .
i No 1'iiriiiol Tunis,'
Under the .'jtiatlttuinn tiiVyi
efiiuuin( urlhcr utol ilm lurc
martial law but tho proviiimis In
voked doe not abrnttata l)i powers
of th civil authorities but does deny, '
in 'oases of certain crimes, th right
of formal trial to th accused, I'os
slbly the nearest approach, to this
provision of th Mexican constltu- .
Hon Is found In the constitution at
the United mate In thati It permit
under certain conditions, th with
draws! of the habeas corpus,
Under the terms approved by th
president th crime : - specified a
those which will tak from the ac
cused the ordinary right of formal
trial, Including Interference ' with
th operation of trains, th Inter
ference with telegraph, telephone and :
transmission wires, kidnapping, high
way robbery and assault, or raid
ing of villages or farms. It I ap-'
dried that for thv crime of Inter-'
ferenc with train, cutting of wire,
highway robbery and under eertsln '
condition, i raiding, kidnapping and
assault shall be punished by death.
It la provided that In cbm wher
th offender I deleceted and arrest
ed In tha commission of his vtt- th
men making the arrest shall ask n
other proof than the fat of th of
fense and th fact that he ha
personal knowledge . that .. th man
arrested committed the act to hoot
him. i t (
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JUDGE JONES EKES THE
HISTDHY OF CELEBRATED
RATE CISES IN Will
Comer's Message Assert
ed to be Absolutely With
out Parallel in Country i
STATEMENT IN COURT
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 11.
Judge Thorns G. Jones, of th United
State district court, placed on record
In his court this afternoon com
plete history of hi connection with
tho celebrated rata case which hav
created much bltternes tn Alabama
In the pat three years. If read th
document from th bench In th pres
ence of the bar and court- official.
In it he refers to the last metsag of
the late Governor Comer and analyses'
that part of It which dealt with these
cases.' ,
At the outset Judge Jone say: '
"It 1 difficult to speak with mod
eratlon of t) It message but It 1 only
using the language of soberness and
truth to aa; that In ton and in tern
per a Well a matter It ha no paral
lel In it bad eminence In the annals
of the United State." ,
HI own. reasons for taking cogni
sance of tho message are that h .
owe '. duty to the court to mak
known the fact In any legitimate way
open to him that th people .uv
know th truth and Judge k
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