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Rising temperature. Moderate north
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BOTH VESSELS WENT
TO THE BOTTOM.
So Far As Known There Is
Only One Survivor of the
I Disaster Loss of Life May
Reach Three Hundred.
London, Nov. 4. The London and
Northwestern railwa steatuor, Con
nenian;, bound from Gfreenore to Holy
head, with passengers, has collided
with another vessel and it is feared
the dAithroll will be 300 or more.
The Connemara collided with the
steamship Retriever, in the Irish chan
nel last, night. Both vessels were
sunk. So far as is known there is
only one survivor from both ships. It
is said that about 300 lives h.re been
lost.
The marine superintendent of the
London and Northwestern railway said I
today that so far as he knew there '
were o0 passengers on board the Cou
nemara. She carried a crew of 31.
THER FOR
ELECTION DAY
Yf r i o r
Wiseacres Declare Signs Point
to oalmy Ulements r or 1 he
Voting Event.
Washington, Nov. 4. Generally
fair weather for neairy all parts of
the country oil r elecioik.f slayi iu:
dieted by the Weather Bnreau t To-J
day this forecast was. issued: wz: ?
"The indications are that oqsTnext
Tuesday, election day, moderate tem
perature and fair weather will prevail
over all parts of the country."
POST GRADUATE
Physicians of the State Think
Summer School at Chapel
Hill Worked Wonders.
Raleigh, Nov. 4. President Ed-
ward K. Graham, of the University '
and Dr. W. S. Rankin, of the State
Board of Health, yesterday discussed
with representative physicians over
the State the permanency of the uni
versity's post-graduate medical course
which had its first trial the past sum
mer.
Six physicians from as many differ
ent sections of the State attended the
conference in the office of Dr. Rankin
and went over the work done by the
lasses of DfTL. W. Hill in the east
and Dr. J. F. Gerstlev in the west.i
COURSE
POPULAR
Statistics were compiled showing theary to the mayor than it was to Bai-
general esteem in which the doctors
"ho took the course held it, and with
hardly an exception the reports made
anonymously were as full of compli
ment as they could be. The average
attendance was about 75 per cent.,
the percentage of those who Regarded
the course in the highest - favor, was
almost as large while those disap
pointed was infinitesimally small.
The first experiment was unqaulified-
ly justified of its promoters.
The conference was attended by
Dr. Charles H. Laughinghouse, of i
Greenvillp- nr t w wifrh?Tnith of .
Fayetteville; Dr. M. J. Saliba, -of Wil
son; Dr. J. W. Long, of Greensboro;
Dr. A. J. Crowell, of Charlotte, and
Dr. W. L. Dunn, of Asheville. Dr. Sal-
iha organized th Mstom class and
Dr. Lonthe western. They were! Francisco. From 1872 to 1874 he was
the representatives of the university) dean of Trinity Cathedral, in Omaha,
in theirsections and they organized and in the latter year he was elect
bi? classes. ed missionary bishop; of Northern
In sending out letters designed to
ascertain what success the course
had so far as the students were con
cerned, 71 of Dr. Gerstleyfs 88 men
replied and 62 of, Dr. Hill's 81. Other
answers may come as one of the doc
tors replied today -after the meeting,'
adjourned. Dr. Hubert Rovster. ofi
Raleigh, attended the conference to
day, biit he was not connected with
the course. It became known dur
ing the session that other States have
adopted the plan and Wisconsin's
university has made its appropriation
f $3,000 as a starter. Nothing of
Permanency as a policy was done today.
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Charter f or ja Two Hundred
Thousand Dollar Concern
Applied For Today.
Raleigh, J$ C, Nov. 4. Application
for a chartSQft.MuUiak.Cotton
Mill of Gastoriia was filed with the
Secretary of 'State today. The cor
poration is capitalized at $200,000, of
which $5,000 has been .subscribed. It
is announced uthatihg. . anUi? mil en-
gage in the manufacture. oTdoth fmm
cotton, wool, hemp, silk and other
fabrics.
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Raleigh Man Charged With
Letting Collector Bailey
Run The Postoffice.
Raleigh, Nov. 4. Postoffice inspec
tors who have come to Raleigh to in
quire into the Office of, Bartholomew
Moore Gatling have not had the bene-
fit of James H. Holloway's testimony
and Mr Hoiioway is responsible for
their coming
The Raleigh man who has excited
nil nnTTnm nun i
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FOR GASTONIA
CHARGES AGAINST
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some interest in. a secies of . articles back" field for Harvard. Several see
on Collector J. W. Bailey and Post-'ond string men were also expected to
master Gatling has been, away from
the eUjjHgt 50RuWicajaj ga
comes around. 3The accusations havB
not been, in the main, specific. The
traveling writer charged the collec
tor with the perniciousest sort of ac
tivity and the bossing of - the post
office and alleged all sorts of derelic
tions as to Mr. Gatling.
The collector's office has been in
spected. Nothing that would indi
cate any dissatisfaction with it has
been hinted. The inspectors, how
ever,, will need Mr. Hplloway's assist
ance, it seems. The drummer wrote
lurid letters to Washington and some
of them were printed. They caused
much amusement, as did his corre
spondence during the primary cam
paign. It is understood here that the post-
office department has instituted the I
inquiry solely upon the Hoiioway let
ters and if that write-as-you-please
individual comes back and gives evi-
clence ne win De doing only wnat ne
said he was willing and ready to do.
The officials have never shown any
solicitude for themselves and the
much writing of Mr. Hoiioway may j
have had something to do with it.
Aftor the attack upon Congressman
Pou, Collector Bailey, Postmaster Gat
ling and Collector Watts, the Demo
crats uncovered the files of a State
paper and found something that Mr.
Hoiioway had written of Major Sted-
man. it wasn't any more compnmen
ley. What that had to do with it no
body knows, but nobody has worried
since, '
DALLAS PRELATE
BEGINS 35TH YEAR.
Dallas, Tex., Nov. '4 Rt. Rev. Al
exander C. Garrett, bishop of the
Episcopal diocese of Dallas, came in
for a flood of congratulations today
on the occasion of the beginning of
his 35th year. Bishop Oarrett was
born in Ireland and received nis edu-
cation at Trinity College, Dublin. In
1859 he came to America to engage
in missionary work in British Colum
bia. Ten years later he was made
rector of St. James cnurcn in fcan
Texas. When the diocese" of Dallas
was created he remained its bishop.
4
LINER BEAT OFF SUBMARINE
, , ,,
ToulOh, France" (Via London),
Nov. 4. The French liner, Douk-
kala, today reported an attack
on her by a submarine, which
she beat off after fighting three-
quarters of an hour at a range
of 6,000 yards. The submarine
is said to have fired seven shells
at her. . v.
DIKE
ON THE GRIDIR01 619 W
STARTS TODAY
Two Contestants For Southern
Championship Will
Meet.
HARVARD LOOKS
FOR EASY TRIUMPH
Coach Plans to Send In Sub
stitutes Against Virginia.
Eastern Battles
Today.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 4 With the
starting today of the November drive
for the football championship two con
testants for the southern championship
were scheduled for games. Georgia
was to meet Auburn, at Columbus, Ga.,
and Alabama and Sewanee clash
at Birmingham. All four elevens up
to today have not met defeat.
Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt and Ten
nessee, the three other contenders,
iwho play today a11 meet comparitie-
; ly weak competitors whose standing
will have not the Southern title. Tech
I meets Tulane here, Vanderbilt and
j Rosepoly play at Nashville and Ten
i nessee and Chattanooga meet at Chat
j tanooga.
Virginia and Washington and Lee
co: 'irue the invasion of the East the
former playing Harvard at Cambridge
and the latter the Navy, at Annapolis.
North Carolina and V. P. I., meet at
Roanoke, which furnishes the biggest
attraction of the Virginia-Carolina
section. North Carolina has been de
feated several times by strong east
ern teams and Held Harvard to 21
points and Princeton to 29. V. P. I.
held Yale to 19 points.
To Play Subs Against Virginia.
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 4. Coach
Haughton felt so little fear of the Uni
vjfity of Virginia eleven today hat
'he planned to send in a substitute
start' in the Harvard line,,
Eattefr Games.
V New York, Nov. ,4. Close scores
are expected today rln at least two of
the eastern college games, these beins
Yale against Colgate at New Haven
and Army against Notre Dame at
West Point. Last year Colgate de
feated Yale 15 to 0. Neither team
has met defeat this season.
Notre Dame has to her credit a score
of 182 points in four games without
being scored upon by her opponents,
and she is rated by criticis to be ex
ceptionally strong.
Princeton will meet .Bucknell and
Cornell will tackle Carnegie Tech at
Ithtca.
Among the other games to be played
today are:
Pennsylvania against LaFayette at
Philadelphia and Washington against
Muskingum at -Washington.
A BOLD HOLD-UP
; TRIED AT FORT
Two Masked Soldiers At
tempted Rob Southport
Bank Cashier Arrests.
Southport, Nov. 4. While carrying
a suitcase filled with money that he
had collected from soldiers at Fort
Caswell, late yesterday afternoon,
and when on his return journey "to
Southport, Mr. D. O. Daniel, cashier of
the Bank of Southport, was set upon
by two masked men wearing the uni
form of privates in the United States
anny.
Mr. Daniels, in company with his
eight-year-old son and Corporal
Moore, was passing the barracks
gymnasium when the cashier was
asked to step into the building for a
moment. Thinking, that some one
wanted to see him 'on business Mr.
Daniel accompanied, by his son, en
tered the building. Corporal Moore
remained outside.
On entering the building the two
masked men attacked him and en
dearored to gag him while taking the
money from his hand.- They were
frustrated by the resistance of Mr.
Daniel and the scream for help that
his son gave, which soon brought
assistance.
Un tne arrival or neip me iwo men
ran for cover and later Privates Mc-
Cormick and Biggs were found hid-'
ing behind some barracks. They
were arrested and Mr. Daniel identi-
fied one of the men, Biggs, by the
cap that he had snatched from his
head in the scuffle.
Both , men declare their innocence
and will later be tried before court-
martial. Mr. Daniel was not injured I
nor was any oi tu muuy
from mm.
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UNDIflC -MM
Hughes Speaks Five Times in
New York dv Wilson
Once at Shallow Lawn.
OTHER CANjBDaTES
HAVING feUSY DAY.
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Both Republican and Demo
cratic Nomirejl'Appealing
Today -For Support of
Home States.
New York, Nov. VJandidates for
the presidency and Campaign orators
in general will make he last speeches
of the campaign tod4y.
When the last bonfire is out the
last cheer has died ay and the lastj
parader has gone home the National!
campaign will virtually.be over.
President Wilson, it Long Branch, j
will make his last speech today be- j
fore an audience of .people from his j
.home State. ;
Charles Evans Hughes ended his j
political journeys yesterday, but the
last day of the campaign is one of
nam worK niaes nve speecnes
dross tonieht 1
Both candidates will spend the two
days between now and election day
quietly, the President at Shadow
Lawn and Mr. Hughes at his hotel
in New York City, -where he has
made his home since leaving Wash
ington. They will receive the returns
at these places-. t
J. Frank Hanley, be; Prohibition!
presidential candidate will reach his
home in Indianapolis tonight, after a
final day of. speechmaldng through
Indiana. Since September 8 Mr.
Hanley has. traveled 20,000 miles
through 34 States.
The Socialist candidate, Allan L.
Benson, who 'has made campaign
speeches in all parts of the country,
is today in Kansas City.
Increase in the . numoer or States
where women cariirvten the pres
idential ticket have r given .women af
ever DSfore. ' The most extensive
campaign trip ever undertakenby the
female, political workers ended here
last night, when the special train
brought back women who went out
to win votes for Hughes. They have
traveled 11,700 miles and addressed
191 meetings in 28 States.
Berlin Claims Allies Attack
Repulsed Rumanians
Holding Their Own.
Heavy fighting continues on the
battlefields of Galicia and along the
Zrrd' f, J?ut percep"' i
In Northern France the night was
quiet all along the French front. Ber
lin reports the French and British at
tack yesterday, north of the Somme,
was repulsed.
The Austro-German forces have
made little additional progress in their
campaign against Rumania. Berlin
announces the recapture of positions
southwest of Predeal, which the Ru
mains took on November 2, but con
cedes a victory to the Rumanian troops
southeast of Altachanz. Petrograd
reported the advance of the Ruman
ians in the Jiul valley is continuing.
On the Russian front, the Teutonic
armies have taken additional ground
from the Russians, southeast of Lem
berg, Berlin announces.
STYLES IN WEATHER
FOR NEXT WEEK.
Washington, Nov. 4 Generally fair
weather and mild temperature are
forecasted for the Southeastern
States during the week beginning to
morrow. Local rains about Thursday
will be followed by cooler weather in
the South Atlantic
States.
and East Gulf j
Naval Wedding in Washington.
WashinKtont D. C., Nov. 4. Of in-
ar.aa. . tho mntin.lnt n wash.
ingtoocjets tdding today
of MfTfciBieit6ntniery and
Ensign Terry Brewster Thompson, U.
g N The ibrIde is the daughter of
Mr andvMrs w. ; EmIle Montgomery
and a nI of Mra , Edward Douglas
White of the Chief Justice. The
of at uraha
Churcfr BSwas3, followed by a recep-
tion at theome, of the bride's parents
Rhode Island avenue.
HEAVY FIGHTING
STILL IN EALICIA
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EARTHQUAKE
IN
ALABAMA.
Nov. 4. A
Birmingham, Ala.,
distinct earthquake shock was
felt here this morning at 6:15
o'clock and announced by the
-X- Weather Bureau this morning. -55--X-
Windows were rattled and china
4fr was knocked from cupboards in
-X- several homes. , 4f
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SETTLE SPOKE
I Republican Speaker Attacked
Both gtate and National
I Administrations.
Raleigh, Nov. 4. The Republicans
closed their campaign here last night
with Thomas Settle as chief orator
and the auditorium for a speaking
place.
The former congressman from the
j fifth came in yesterday afternoon p.nd
received the boys until the speaking
hoiir He found Eailey at Wake Vor
est, Bickett in the far country, and
only the county Democratic candidates'
to rally at McCullers. No counter
attraction worried Settle and he had
the best shot at a crowd that anybody
has taken this year, but the auditorium
was admittedly a trifle big ' for any
meeting thus far held .
Mr. Settle was introduced by John
W. Harden, of Wake, candidate for
insurance commissioner.
The former congressman was in
looked better since 1896 and thoue
days when he was retired ef,Bie Up
this afternoon when Ex-Gove?nor W.
W. Kitchin and Mr. Settle met and
shook hands for the firs- time in
years.
The two canvassed the fifth jointly
and made about 50 speeches. Kitchin
was saved from the Democratic wreck
of 1896 when only three Democratic
congressmen, were elected. Mr. Set
tle had been the strongest man in a
strong district that split. He was the
outspoken gold bug of the Republicans
Jas Joseph P. Caldwell was of the
Democrats, but both other parties
with their Senators Butler and Prifcch
ard were crazy on free silver. Settle
i liked the recollection today.
The coming of the mountain orator
was a delight and the Republicans
gave a great sendoff when he began
tonight. He would not admit that
he had any special speech. He just
turned a broadside at Wilson in the
nation and the", state administration.
He couldn't say it too hot.
AGITATING PLANT
FOR GEORGIA.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 4. That the
government plant for the manufac
ture of nitrate, for which Congress
appropriated $20,000,000, should be
built in the South, and should logi
cally be located on the Chattahoo
chee river, was the opinion express
ed in Atlanta' yesterday by Congress
man W. C. Adamson, of Carrollton,
Ga., author of the famous eight-hour
law passed by Congress to avert the
threatened nation-wide railroad
strike. It is Congressman Adamson's
belief that if all the communities of
Georgia will get together and advo
cate the location of the plant in this
State,' without regard to any particu
lar site, the advantages of the Chat
tahoochee river will win out with the
government engineers.
UNDERTAKERS MAY
ENDORSE CREMATION
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 4. That crema
tion may be generally advocated by
undertakers as a means of offsetting
the advance in the cost of funerals
is believed by local members of the
embalming profession.
Not only is the cost of living con
stantly on the rise, with the end not
yet in sight, but the cost of dying
and being buried has likewise ad
vanced on account of the war. At
least, that is the explanation which
the undertakers give.
Increased cost of chemicals has in
creased the cost of handles, orna
ments and breast plates used on cof
fiins and likewise increased the cost
of the trimmings used.
Where bodies are cremated, as the
undertakers point out, the cost of
coffins is eliminated, and likewise the
cost of cemetery lots, 'j 4. j
IN
STATE OFFICIALS
TD VOTE AT HOME
Many Have Already Left The
Capital City Many Col
ored Voters in Raleigh.
Raleigh, Nov. 4. Judge W. M. Bond,
who has been holding Wake county
courts since July, left yesterday for
Edenton to spend Sunday and to re
main in Chowan county until after
the election.
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Judge Bond will vote in his home
county before returning to Raleigh.
Many other officials of state will do
the same thing. Colonel Bryan Grimes
goes to Grimesland, Col. Penn, Wood
State auditor, votes in Randolph; Gov
ernor Craig ballots in Asheville; Dr.
J. Y. Joyner will be in Greensboro;
W, T. Lee will vote in Haywood, At
torney General Bickett in Louisburg;
E. L. Travis in Halifax; Justice Piatt
Walker in Charlotte; Justice W. R.
Allen in Goldsboro; Justice George
H. Brown in Washington; Maj. W. A.
Graham in Lincolnton, James R.
Young in Henderson, and M. L. Ship
man in Hendersonville.
So far as is known all will actually
vote, no pairs having been arranged.
Secretary, Josephus Daniels of the
Navy is expected to return o Raleigh
and deposit his slip in the South ward.
This ward has an abnormally large
number of colored voters in it, intel
ligent men who are qualified to vote.
This circumstances has caused con
siderable comment.
The Bailey faction has
charged t&& reJjjfttyaUp.tohppl
n in; tne uemocraxByawy
Republicans arp QOt jUnder aeons-j
again into politics. It seems that thcy
were put on In the.'mWicipal primary,
one of those non-partisian elections,
which hadn't any 'spVecial objection 1o
registering colored .Voters. They voted
their choices in' the city figtif and they
are going to vote again.
It is well understood that they will
support Mr. Hughes but will not vote
the entire Republican state ticket.
Their number Jan't . .considerable in
tne ngnt oi me (uuu vuh m ..m. try and signed to the machine gun
county. It is ,: highly probable that company whicn will be located in
they will not support the entire coun- Raleigh when the 80idiers return
ty Republican ticket. from the bogr.
More colored people have attended Regimental Sergeant-Major Daniel
the speakings this year than have been G Sullivan ha8 Deen appointed lieu
seen since 1900. The Republicans have tenant and assigned to the machine
had nearly all oi tnem, out witn mat
thfi Renublicans are not hoping to
count all the black votes cast Tuesday.
ACTRESS HAS
OLD JEWEL
Artist Claims Jewel Was Sold
By Queen Isabelle to Fi
nance Columbu's Voyage.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 4. Local jewel-J Raymond Pollock, of New Bern. ,
ers and curio collectors are agog with j All officers are ordered to appear
interest over the claim of an actress j before this board of fourteen naval
playing at a local theater that a militiamen for physicial examination,
large diamond . worn in a necklace t it will meet Nov. 11 at 9 a. m. in New -pendant
is the stone which was pawn-1 Bern. During the examination of
ed by Queen Isabella of Spain to raise these officers conferences will be '
money to finance the voyage on which
Christopher Columbus discovered
1 America.
She claims that the diamond has
come down from generation to gene
ration in the hands of a Spanish fam
ily, and has displayed what appears
to be an authentic record of its entire
history, going back to Queen Isabella.
Thfi diamond is very large, pure1
white and perfectly carved, and ex-
nrts. who have examined it are will- s
ing to admit that its value is several excitement when the big canine attack
thousand dollars, regardless of wheth- ed a fine pointer belonging to Mrv
er it has any such romantic history J. -T. Newman and later killed the pet
as the actress claims, or not. j cat at the police headquarters, where
It is a matter of history that Queen j the dog was taken, was taxed with the
Isabella of Spain, becoming interest- x costs for violating the dog ordinance
ed in the theories of Christopher Co-, by letting the animal roam the streets
lumbus. pawned a number of her
gems to raise funds for financing his
first expedition.
Quite III. Friends of Mrs. E. H.innea o ana cobib ior hjbuh.iu6 iu
Seay, of No. 4;8 South Fourth street, Brown.- John Bishop was taxed with
will learn with regret that she is .the costs for an assault on Nora Mo
quite ill at her home. While her con-Lean. Arthur Drew and Le Roy Ber
dition is not considered serious it is ry, young colored boys, were given
sufficiently so to keep her in ner.over to-meir parent w u wmyvw.
rooms for a period yet.
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Over Score of Miners Los3
Their Lives When Explo
sion Occurred Today,
BRINGING BODIES
TO THE SURFACE
Nine White Men Amdng
Those In The Tragedy
Explosion Was Caused By4
Gas Rescuers Are Hard af
Work. - .
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 4. Eight
een negroes and nine white men,, en
tombed in the Bessie mine of. the
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Com
pany, 20 miles west of here, lost their
lives as a result of an explosion aid
to be thought to have been caused by
gas. Two bodies of unidentified ne
groes have been brought to the sur
face. Rescue crews from the govern
ment and State mine bureaus are .try
ing to reach the entombed men. Two
white men and three negroes in the
mine at the time of the explosion, es
caped injury by working their way
through the debris that was at the
mouth of the mine, caused by the ex
plosion. The Bessie mines are in the region
of Palos, Ala., where a few years ago
92 men lost their lives in a mine' ex
plosion. The entire force of State rescuS
workers, together with a crew from
the United States mine bureau, were
summoned to the scene shortly after
the explosion and everything possible
is being done to reach the entombed
men.
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miii itadv nmrrQG
always lull I I 1 II 1 1 I III Mill Mil
Naval Militia Must Stand Phys
ical Examination Before
Examining Board.
Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 4. Second
Lieutenant Robert C. Young, of Ra
leigh, has been promoted to the
! flrst lieutenancy of the Third infan
gun COmpany.
Second Lieutenant Wentwortb, W.
Peirce, of Goldsboro, has been1 made
i first lieutenant and assigned to the
machine gun company of the Second
Infantry at Goldsboro.
It is further announced from the"
adjutant-general's office that all offi
cers of the North Carolina naval mil
itia must take the examination . un
der the new naval militia act and
Inspector-Instructor J. J. London will
hold the examination Nov. 9.
The Secretary of the Navy has ap
pointed a board of medical examlpers
of the North Carolina naval militia
composed of Lieutenant Commander
Duval Jones; New Bern; Lieutenant
of the Junior Grade Claude B. Wil-
i liams, of Elizabeth City, and Dr.
held with the State officers. This is
done with a view to making recom
mendations for such changes as .will
cause the naval militia to comply .
with the new Federal laws, which are
substantially the same as those on I
land. M!
BULL DOG OWNER TRIED.
Mr. George R. Moore, owner of th0
bull dog which yesterday caused much
unmuzzled
Alanzo Mallette, colored, was fined
$5 and costs for assaulting his nephew.
Naomi LaMont., William Brown was
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for stealing a bicycle lamp.
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