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asheville; k g., Monday) mousing, may 22. 3911
VOL. XXVII., NO. 213
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LOWER HUUSE HAS
IT
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Only Wool Schedule Remains
for Action and That Conies
up This Week
SENATE IS JUGGLING
WITH RECIPROCITY BILL
LaFolIette Today Will Again
Open
the Case of Lorimer
in the Senate
WASHINGTON, May
31. Demo-
re worried. Having disposed of
practically all their legislative pro
gram, except the wool schedule and
that is almost ready for action, they
now face a puzzling situation in the
senate, the chief feature of which is
ABO
COMPLETED
NA0U1
INED
the Canadian reciprocity bill W,el(,n ., turt . Br,BtoI playln,
democratic councils for several days
the attitude of the senate toward the
reciprocity agreement has been dis
cussed by house leaders to And out
Just what is to be done. The demo
crats argue that they took the reci
procity agreement Just as it came
from the inter-conferees and the pres
ident and passed It as a matter of na
tional policy without attempting to
encumber It or embarrass the admin
istration with tariff riders.
Senate Is Juggling.
The farmers' free list bill which
followed It, they argue, was an affair
of their own and need not stand In
the way of the bill to consider which
the extraordinary session of congress
was called. Now they say the senate
Is Juggling with the agreement.
Should It be amended and the dem
ocratic house be called upon to con-
slder It In an amended rorm, the
house leaders fear that they might be
placed In an embarrassing position.
One democratic leader today de
clared that there were two forces at
Work In the senate to amend the bill,
one force sincerely trying to strength
en the agreement and the other seek
ing to muddle affairs.
Th, democrats are determined to
stay In session until the senate has
taken some action on the bill. A vir
tual ultimatum from the house to the
' tu.
rjaU.ea.ders that the senate must
also vote, one way or another, on the
farmers' free list hill and the wool
bill when It is passed in the house. Is
regarded by some as a sort of a whip
to hasten the senate along on the reclr
proclty measure. If the reciprocity
hill is passed by the senate arter the
house has disposed of the wool sched
ule, some democrats think that the
house would not Insist upon anything
more than a clear indication from the
enate that it would not act on other
tariff hills nnd that It would agree to
come across.
Raw Wool Not lo Be Free.
The ways and means
committee
(Continued on Iao Three)
CONFERENCE j
TO
fllHM THIS WEEK
Many Experts Will Tell of I
Building Modern Roads '
i
Which Will Last j
UPBUILDING COUNTRYi
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., May 21.
Delegates and visitors have already!
begun to arrive in this city to attend j
the Fourth National Good Roads
conference which convenes here ;
Tuesday morning. Over 4,000 per-j
sons representing eighteen states j
have notified tne local committee oi
their Intention to be present
All preliminary arrangements have
been completed for the entertain
ment the go ! roads advocates M
many elaborate functions.
The city Is gaily dressed in honor
of the occasion and is waiting to w el
come what will be perhaps the larg
est gathering ever held here.
President Arthur C. Jackson, of
Chicago, one of the first to arrive
for the event, says that he has found
complete preparations have been made
and says that indications are that the
congress will be the most successful
and most largely attended in the
history of the organization. One of
the features of the congress will be
the visit of five of the governors of
Southern states. There also will be
a number of senators, congressmen,
state commissions of agriculture, rail
road presidents and good road ex
perts. The good roads car of the
United States department of roads
and the good roads train of the
Southern railway will both be lo
cated here for demonstration purpos
es during the congress.
COMMITTEE REPORTS TODAY
LOUISVILLE. Ky., May 21. No
sessions of the Presbyterian assemb
ly were held today. Visiting minis
ters filled the pulpits of many
churches of the city and visiteoXthe
dvthe 5
Presbyterian, collage mission
edy. ,
ASHEVILLE OPENS
HER BALL SEASON
AT THEPARK TOD A Y
Bristol Term. Will he the First Sac
rifice at Riverside Four O'clock
This Afternoon Monster Crowd
is Looked for
Today's the day. Riverside's the
place. Bristol's the go4.
At four o'clock this afternoon at
the Riverside diamond, "A pey" Mlllli
and his husky sot of Mountaineers
will compete for honors In the first
I same of ball of the Appalachian
1 league, which Is the newest league f
I organized bull.
I The preceding ceremonies will be
i conducted at eleven o'clock' when the
gran(i baseball parade, composed of
bolh teams In uniform, the directors
of the Asheviiie club, the first regi
ment band nnd a number of citizens
of the city in automobiles will leave
the squaro and traverse a number of
the principle streets of the city.
At four o'clock this afternoon the
Asheville, Johnson City at Cleveland
and Morristown at Knoxvllle. The
opening of the local season will be
conducted by Mr. J. E. Ranjtln. mayor
of Asheville, who will pitch the first
ball to Mr. Erwln Patton, chairman
of the board of county commissioners.
Mr. John A. Nichols, one of the most
loyal fans of the city, will act as um
pire bf the first ball pitched and Mr.
O. E. Stradley, president of the re
tall mercahnts' association, will cover
the outer gardens.
Bleachers are Ready
Immediately after this ceremony,
the game will be on. The bleachers
will open up, the grand stand will
make a noise nnd the plas'ers will get
Into the game. Barnes1, one of the
most promising pitchers of the local
staff, will pitch the opening game
here for the locals, and Peaster will
be on the receiving end of the bat
tery. Brown will twirl for Bristol and
Fulton will do the catching act for
the visitors. That the game will be
a close one Is not doubted In the
least if present plans do not miscarry
and If present prospects are a tip.
Bristol Is generally considered one of
the strongest teams in the league,
having spent barrels of money on Its
team this year In an effort to take
the pennant home at the end of the
season. Davy Crockett, On of the
veteran players In the world of base
ball, has been chosen as manager of
the team which represents the Virginia-Tennessee
city and he has been
at work rounding out a team for
something like a month. He has about
completed the task of thinning oat
his men and comes to Asheville with i
the bunch that will In all probability
play for Bristol throughout this sea- i
son. I
AsIieTllle Is Came j
Asheville. on the other hand, hav
ing for the past few years placed a I
team In the field at a loss to the pro- i
moters of baseball, had poor pros- I
perts for summer baseball a few I
CHINESE BANKER WITH
DRAGGED ABOUT STREETS
Mexican Rebels Capture
Town and Commit Num-
ber of Atrocities
FOUGHT THREE DAYS
LAREDO. Tex., May 21. At the
end of a rope which had been tied
around his neck Dr. J. W. Urn. a Chi
nese banker, was dragged around the
plaza at Torreon, Mexico, until hit
body was a mass of broken bones and
then shot, according to reports reach
ing here today. He died within a few
minutes. From the same source of
Information details of a three days'
battle at Torreon between revolu
tionists and federals were received.
The battle is said to have occurred
May 13. 14 and 15, resulting In a
rebel victory.
Dr. I.lm was one of the wealthiest
Chinamen In Northern Mexico, and
was at the head of a banking Institu
tion controlled by Chinese capitalists.
An unconfirmed report said that one
of the Sternau brothers, hotel pro
prietors at Torreon, was hanged by
rebels after a number of Spaniards
had fired at revolutionists from doors
and windows In the hotel.
The reports of the Torreon Inci
dents were brought from the town by
an American locomotive engineer and
conductor who escaped. Friends of
the railroad men arrived In Laredo to
day and said they heard the reports
from two sources and thst they tal
lied In detail. Wire and railroad
communication with Torreon has been
cut off for over two weeks.
The railroad men leaving Torreon
declared that at least 200 federal sol
diers were killed during the battle,
but they did, not attempt to estimate
the rebel losses. It Is stated that 17
Chinese were killed. It appears that
the wrath of the revolutionists was
kindled sgalnst the Chinese because
thV latter fired upon them when the
relel. appi oarhed large truck car
dans where the Chinese ware at wjrk.
months ago. However, a few of th
clty'a most substantial business men
bought the franchise, solicited sub-
rlpltlons for the support of the
team and decided to make one more
effort to see how the people of this
city wilf support a team.. They fig
ured the thing out like this: for a
number of seasons the tei-m which
has represented us has been a com
paratively poor one.
'The people of the city have grown
tired of baseball like our teams have
been playing. We will this year put
out a team that will win a pennant
or make the others teams of the
league play the game III. old hands.
We will put the money to the man
ager and will give the patrons of
the game here their money's worth.
If they appreciate It, we will end the
season even, If they don't we will lose
our money, swallow our medicine and
chuck the game here."
Good Manager
They have so far followed their In
tentions. They have secured as mane
ager of the local team. "Apsy" Mills
who last year managed t team of
Wilmington of the Eastern Carolina
league In a way that was entirely
successful. He knows a good player
from a bad one; he's not the man
who talks continually and does lit
tle, but he says little and aawa wood.
He has brought here a bunch of play
ers who know the game thoroughly
and who play as if they like the Ashe
ville climate. The fielding and hat
ting averages of the players took like
they mean business and it Is now con
fidently believed by all those who have
seen the playera perform at River
side that the team this year Is going
to be a creditable one. It Is believed
that with the support of the fans.
the Mountaineers will do great things.
This afternoon's game will be a -well
played one and It Is confidently ex
pected that the game, whoever, wins,
will be worth the price of admission.
The Iine-up
The following is the way they will
line-up, though neither manager has
yet decUUd upon the batting ordar
that will be used at this afternoon's
game:
Asheville Position Bristol
Bowers 3b .'. Rogers
Prim or
Bharpe 2 b Dyer
Iandgraff ss . Click
Mills lb Crockett
C. Smith c. f Barr
Woodward 1. f Willis
Gudger or
Parnella r. f Luck
Barnes p Brown
Peaster c Futon
Officers of the League
The Appalachian league Is In class
Continued on pace three)
FIVE LITTLE 6IRLS
TO 0E.TH FOUOWING IN
EXPLOSIONJK GIISOLI
Father Stood Waiting foi
Them to J ump From Win
dow but They Died First
GASOLINE IN LAMP
UTICA, Kan.. May 21 Five daugh
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Roach,
of this place, ranging In ages from
7 to 16 years, were burned to death
late last night in a Are which started
In the Roach restaurant.
The parents were badly burned.
The ni"ther of the young girls by mis
take filled a lamp with gasoline. Pre
paratory to ascending a stairway lead
ing to a second floor room, where
her daughters were asleep she ap
plied a matrh to the lamp. An ex
plosion followed, the fire being com
municated to a two gallon can of gas
oline, sending a burst of flame up the
narrow stairway.
The woman's dress caught fire but
the flames were extinguished by her
husband, who had been asleep In an
adjoining room.
He rushed up the burning stair and
caught) his youngest daughter, five
years oldfl, In his arms, calling to the
other girls to follow him and leap Into
his arms, he ran to a rear window
and Jumped to the ground, the little
girl In his arms. He stood with up
raised arms to catch the others as
they Jumped, but for some reason they
failed to follow him and a few minutes
later, when another window was
broken Into, the bedrooms In which
the girls were sleeping was a mass of
flames. A half hour later the bodies
of the five girls were recovered.
All had died where they lay. The
dead are:
Bessie, aged IS years; Leah, aged 14
years; Ruth, aged 12 years; Hazel,
aged years; Fern, aged 7 years.
The girls will be burled together
'a one grave tomorrow.
Today's the Day '
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THE BOOKKiEPiR A NO
CLERK StCK,$TNoC.fiiAPHtn
I HAS A HEAt ACHI COUlbNT J
C0A7 BACK AF7IHNCON- I
; . J GttAsoMorHeps' ftj.trAi Off r ""VWi
x .lit -siiiA " c"
FRANCE PA
ATTEMPTI&
Driver Loses Control of Aer"
Killing Minister of WaT
His Son and?
PARIS, May Jl. France paid a
terrible toll today for her magnificent
endeavor to attain supremacy of the
air when an aeroplane, the driver of
which had lost control, plunged Into a
group of members! of the cabinet who
had gathered to witness the start of
the race f rom Paris , to Madrid, kill
ing the minister of war and Injuring
the prime minister, hi son nnd a well
known sportsman
The. dead: i
Henry Maurice). Berteaux, minister
of war.
The Injured;
Antolne Emmanuel Ernest Monls,
premier and minister of the Interior.
Antonle Monls, son of the premier.
Henri Deutarh fcii Motb,r th
aged patron ro1istJni:aTitm
blllng and sports.
A large number of other persons of
note had narrow escapes from Injury.
Two Hundred Thousand Saw It.
The accident occurred on the avia
tion field at Issy I.es Mollneux. where
200,000 persons hnd- gathered to see
ih. "f V ram
With the driver In the car was M.
Bounler, a passenger. Neither or
these meti was Injured. The machine
was wrecked.
Minister of Wsr Rerteaux was hor
ribly mangled. The swiftly revolving
propeller cut off cleanlv his left arm.
which was found ten feet away from
the spot where he was struck. The
back of his head was crushed In. his
throat gashed nnd the whole of his
left side lacerated
Prime Minister In Wreckage.
Premier Monls was burled beneath
the wreckage of Hip monoplane. He
was taken out us quickly as possible
and examined by military surgeons,
who found that he had sustained
compound fracture of two bonos In
NITROGLYCERINE CAUSE
OFTHE DEATH DFTWO PEN
One Fired Pistol Into Can
Containing the Powerful
Explosive
MTJ8KOGEE. pkl. May 21. -Clarence
Henderson, Look keeper In a
bank In'fieggs, fiklH . Is dead, and Kd
ward Bright, son of a real estate man
of the same place. lll die as the re
sult of mistaking a quart can or nitro
glycerine for muddy water. The
young men were hunting today when
they discovered th 'a'. Of explosive
under a boulder. They pWced It on
top of the rock and "ne of them fired
Into It from a small .allber revolver.
Henderson Was so Uidly mangled by
the resulting ei!""'"r ,hut n"
within an hour. I'.nght's body wss
cut In a hundred partl'-les by can and
the rock on which it stood. He
crawled to a farm bmise a mile nnd
a half away and told of the accident.
There Is no recovery.
The accident occurred In the oil fields
and the ntlroglycenne had been hid
den by well shooters when they quit
work last night.
WA8HIVGTO.V. D. C, Hay Jl.
Probably fair Monday and Tuesday,
not much change In temperature;
light variable wind mostly couth.
president, '"because of experience if T T?
many parts of the world, to observlf XXrfXj
the wonderful usefulness of the ounltjr f"l rrJTT Tf A TT
Men's Christian association In taklnaT Jj? 1 XJitli J. X t
hold bf the characters of young men
at a time when they are In the for ,
matlve period at a time when IhejfOUp of Cabinet MtwberS
are likely to yield to temptations that , " 1 , ,
wllllead them down to destruction Together With
ltd, ottering to them an Induce-' i
ment and tin opportunity to msket tielpleSS
tnemseives men worthy and userul
the community.
, Very Veeful Abroad.
Ic-
"It was peculiarly useful In
A.
places as .ifinlla and Hong Kong, this moment. It was observad by
wnere young men irom nomii mat
rn
from America or from Enftand with
of
out families were exposed to the
temptations of those far off land. It
has reduced the science of taking
homeless young men and offering
them en attractive Christian' club In
which all the Influences are good, In
which there la nothing of the molly
coddle, nothing of softening, enervat
ph
10.
iie-
y-
H.
ing Influence, but everything tending
to vigorous manhood, snd everything
tendli to "restrain them from de
moralising vices and practice.
id.
TO
h-
mg
"Now It does not need any logic
Lh
tol
... ., -JI i,, ,(Ji where tha parly of officials were
over this country need Inat lnnu-tHlK , v " . -.. . .
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TS
V-ir.
ence Just as much as the young white!
men need It.
fhy
life rtlie, mount easily from
the ground and head down the aero
drome, only suddenly to capslse and
fall but emerge unhurt from the
wreckage of his car. Aero Train,
whose monoplnane was destroyed,
meanwhile had taken his position at
the start of the line, levers In hnnd.
with M. Bounler beside him.
The breeze had been steadily fresh
ening and the meleornlglcal observer
In the Eiffel Tower telephoned that his
gauge showed a velocity1 of close to
thirty miles an hour.
Cirdcil t.'rcat Field.
Train, however, left the ground.
Ascending swiftly ho circled the great
field, curving round to lli sinning
YOUNG MEN ARE FAILING
TO ENTER THE MINISTRY
Serious Problem of the I
Churches Discussed by:
Baptists at Jacksonville
JAi'KSOXVll.l.K, Fla., May 21.
There was no business session of the
Southern Haptist convention today.
All the evangalltlcal pulpits In Jack
sonville, with tlm exception of the
KplKc'ipallan. were occupied by visit
ing preachers.
A special mass meeting for men
was held at the Duval theatre, the
addresH being' made by Rev. Weston
Ilrunncr, general evangelist of the
bi.me board. At the Y. M. C. A
building a epe lal meeting for boys
was addressed by Dr. W. W. Hamil
ton, pastor M the First Church,
Lynchburg, Va. At the IHrst Haptlst
church a mass meeting wna address
ed by a number of returned mls
clonnrlex. At the Morrocco Temple a special
meeting was held to seek an answer
to the questions, why are so few new
preachers coming to the front and
how can more of the young men be
Induced to enter the ministry? A
!HjnjTf'r reasons were given by
the speakers, hut the general opinion
Heemed to h- that It was due to the
In-k of piayer on the part of the
churches.
SHOT 31 A X OS STRKKT
lKCHEia, Tcnn , May 21. Henry
Bunn. a prominent merchant, this
morning shot and killed Harvey Han
nah on the main street of this town.
The two men. It Is said, have en
tertained a grudge against each oth
er for some time and when thev met
this morning blows were passed and
Dunn, drawing his pistol, fired two
shots, both of which took effect in
Hannah's body. .
Bunn has not been arrested '. .
In
,1 and flying down the courts at 40
euch lies an hour salt.
is
commandant of the troops that
crowds wre breaking the line
nation on on aids of the field and
dispatched a ironp of cuirassiers
tt Ihnw back in order. Ths rul
iters galloped across the field,
thing into double lines as they
it.
aln's monoplane hers swooped td-
VI the earth under the impulse of
tlr flurry, snd it appeared as
l.ligh the aviator was about to dash
he ravalry. ., The pilot's atten
m seemed momentarily . to, havt
for
ma wvariea worn bis course, anil
1 nAn' m ilrW lnn a' Ka t.f
finding. Then hs lost control tit the
aft and It dashed violently Into the
inisterlal group.
Struck With IVIgluful Impact,
The Impact, knocked M. Berteaux
n feel away, ..where ha lay In a pool
t blood, badly mangled, while under
In wreckage of the monoplane lay
Premier Monls, his son and M.
Deutsch. Train and M. Bounler
emerged from the wreck uninjured, ,
A scene of frightful confusion fol
lowed the fall of the monoplane.
Kmm all parts of the aviation field
srose cries of alarm and dismay and
tens of thousands of persons broke
through the lines and moved toward
the scene of the accident. The cav
alry, however, by repealed charges
managed lo clear the field and the In
jured men were given first aid to the
Injured treatment by the field sur
geons. There are various Versions as to
the cause of the accident, hut every
Continued on page three)
Portions of Country Are
Still Sweltering With No
Change in Sight
WAHIIINCJTON, May 21 The cool
spell thst whs expected to displace
tho record breaking hot wave In the
east and south swerved a bit from
. Its schedule today and all this ser
! tbm of the country again sweltered
'.with high murks on the weather map
'all along the line. It was 9:1 at the
I weather bureau today, while down
Jton thermometers carried the rn-
cord up to 07 and the only encour
: aging future of the situation was that
j down In famous Yuma, Ari.. the of
! fil ial reoort was 10 flat, with other
towns hovering close to that mark.
Weather bureau experts tonight
said that no appreciable change in the
conditions can be expected for several
days.
Hhowers have lowered the temper
ature through the Mississippi valley,
the lake regions, the Ohio valley and
the gulf states during the past two
days. The storm center was headed
this way. being scheduled to resch
the Allantlc coast by today hut It lost
its way out In the Ohio valley and all
hope forfelief must come from some
dlsturbance not yet on the more.
KXTIKK FAMILY K1I,I,KD
. NEWARK. Ohio, May 21. The
family of D. W. Dodson, of Hebron,
was wiped out today when an Inter
urban car on the Newark division of
the Ohio Electric railway struck their
buggy and killed Dodson, aged 19;
Mrs. Podson, of the same age, and
their two littl girls, aged 7 and 4.
The Dodsons war riding along th
highway which flanks th electric
line ,s mil east of Hebron and were
passing a car, when their horse br
eam frightened and pluc l ncro-
th track la Xront of v
SIX NEGROES WIRE
-TAKEN FROM JAIL
SI
Dozen Men Masquerading as
Officers Cot Them on Show
ing Bogus Telegram
NEGROES WERE CHARGED
WITH MURDER OF TWO MEN
Party of Lynchers Came' In
Automobiles and Prisoners
Wera Soon Dead ,
LA CITS', 'la May It. Rlx nv.
groea wera lynched her early thla
mitrnlng after a party of more thn
a don men, masquerading as affi,
cer, appeared at the county Jail and
secured possession of tit men re
presenting a bogus telegram to tht
i-yesr-old son l tha shsriff, order
Ing the release of the black to th
llged posse of officer. Th n.
groea we being held her for safe
keeping on th charge of murdering
11. H. Smith, ww mill man or Wade
borough, Leon county, and wounding
another man named Register on My
',i-r nmr ; ..
Cam la Automobile,
' The men, who had com from Tal
lahasse to Lake. City In automobile,
took th negroe about a mil outsld
of I.ak City, compelled them to
stand abreast and' about 'ten men
commenced, firing . with : Winchester
snd pistols until every on of th tlx
had been riddled with bullets. The
firing lasted' hnut half sn hour snd
a few straggling rltliens at davbreak
found the negroes butchered brvond
recognition just after th automobile
left the seen of the lynching.
1'laas Wrro Most paring.
The 'plan of th lyncher wer
most during and but . for a eurlcus
combination of circumstances would
have never been accomplished. Th
sheriff of Columbia county ws out
of th city and left th Jail in charge,
of th boy who, aroused In the arlv
hour of th morning, allowed the sit
negroes to I' taken from - th jail
without Knowing th sinister purpor
( th mob. ;".,',
' Th telegrm which 'th efler ef
iw-iniir fiwwffff 'xrtr wny was sup
posedly from Ih sheriff of Leon coun
ty and stilted that th sheriff had re
ceived Intimations thst a mob wa
being formed in Tsllahas in
th negroes from th Lake City Jail.
The message ordered that th men be
carried further south to frustmte th
suspected mob, Th telegram sppesr
ed authentic ss the all negroes 1inv
been moved frequently. - .
Show Worn First Warning,
Residents of Lake City knew noth-.'
Ing of th lynching until a fuslllad of
distant shots wer heard. ,
A few cltlsena went in th direc
tion of th firing snd found th ne
groes but th lynchers had disappear-'
rd: By some it la believed that th
negroe were to he hung but resisted
and were Instantly kilted to prevent
escape. Borne Indication of a strug
gle substantlste this belief.'
Tb crime for which th negroes
were held for cafe keeping hsd creat
ed strong feeling In Leon county, ss
the men shot wer promtlnnl, snd s
a general race wnr wr intimated at
Potwimiwt " lg Sir)
IT
COf PLETEDJTSTfBST YEAR
Judge Pritchard of Ash
vllle is the President of
Board of Directors
DOING GOOD WORK
DURHAM, N. C, May JL Th N"
tlonal Religious Trslnlng school for
negroes began th ceelbrstlon- of it
first year today listening to tb bac
calaureate sermon of Kv. Augustus
K Iteccord, pastor of th church of .
Unity, Hprtngfiold, Mis. ' " '
Dr. James E. Hhepard, of Durham,
founder of the school began two year
ami oreDHratlona which hav result
ed in the erection of llv building
upon a site largely the girt Of Broai
h. Duke, of Durham. ,
hcv Reccord-. sermon wss preach
ed In Avery auditorium, th first of
the group to be built. It gathers its
name from the lat Salomon P.
Avery, of Hartford, Conn., who glftg
hnv been near 110.000. -
Th school will send out lit men 1
snd women during its first year. It
probably has now mor friendship
from Southern whit men than any
single project every accomplished in
rsctal betterment in sucn snort time
Its founder. Dr. Shepard, began on -the
theory that th rel leader of th
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