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Declares He Will Tell All of
Damnamble Condition De
spite Any Penalty
TUMULTY DENIES HE
KNEW OF LEAKAGE
Committeeroom- Is In yproarl
As Bostonian Shakes His1
Finger in Chipperfield's ;
Face Clerk of House Pulls '
fllSIQOPlwlfr'PPi CanSTITUTiONALTY
ui I v uuiu m-m niwu 0 RAD
Ml WSl l 1 i
sen Breaks Through Strong
Washing. on, Jan. 8. Thomas W.j-. Sereth Barrier
I luson. ci Boston, occupied-much of 4.
::i:.::JL: "?usi russ alsoporced
lio(d -iok" on President Wilson's!
n,;,fp note, with a running row with'
. ,;,.r, j'r.- i i -e-r . . ;
me ciimiaaur cuuCU . iu
much ci his statement being-expunged j
it. heilHr-exnnnral
from uie recora, ana conciuaea witn
:,!r. Lawscn declaring that he could
H il who is responsible for the "leak,
would not.
,i ; he outset Secretary '.Tumulty
rci.i statement endorsed by Pretei-
ileu: Wilson stating that he had ? no;
knov.!t.!i;e of the peace note before
i: w;i:; announced in the newspapers.
swt.-,; ..ri. -s Tumulty and Lansing town, taken about 4,000 prisoners and
piv, i stiuiony about the handling of three guns. -th.
nou. Both denied they were able ! This notable success Ha the attack
to find a leak. Ton the Sereth was won by a flanking
Mr. Lawson began his statement operation, Berlin reports indicate,
to the committee with a general; The Russians also have lost ground
declaration which soon led to an up-'on the entire frontier along Moldavia,
roar, ended by the clerk of the House? Berlin also announced,
forcing .Mr. Lawson back into his Towards thpattube. river from
feat, and the whole exchange ex-j Folk Shani ' latest! reports show a
punged from the record. The stenog-;
rapher missed much In the confusion.
Finally, when Chairman Henry,
brought Mr. Lawson around to a ,
cro.ss -examination the- Jioston flnan-i
sponsible for thert:Mi3ajj
TIip committee then
recessed for?
iisnch. j
Tumulty, secretary to President j
Wilson; Secretary - Lansing and
Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, were j sitions and makes the river line more
the first witnesses to testify. Tumulty ; liable to defeat.
violently declared that he resetted) While the fighting is in progress in
"unjust information that I gave int!-j Rumania the Russians have launch
ma; ion 10 Mr. Baruch in regard to the ' ed an offensive on the extreme north-so-called
peace note sent to the bel- j of the line between Dvinsk and Riga,
ligerents last month by Secretary of j
contained in a statement received
from Mr. Wood. '
Secretary Tumulty denied that he
has any information and stated that
he did not know of the note existing
until after it had been given to the
newspapers for publication. In con
cluding he said:
"I am authorized by President Wil- i
son to quote him as follows: 'I wish,
juoulb iu iyh . i uiuuil lu Day iiiai
he has stated the exact facts He had i
no knov. ledge of the note until it was
published."
Tlin A - i. ! 3 nn
the preparation of the -note and its dis-!
patch after received at the state de-
panment from the White House. He
utuarea secrecy was maintained oui Saturday for the prevention of big!glven partial application,
of courtesy for the nations to whom it strikes and lock-outs without nine j The principal provision of the Ad
was sent and stated that it was not to ! days notice to prevent them from g(m act which beComes effective
b- wibhshed before its receipt. 'blocking the commerce of the nation. Jaduary 1 and wll0Se operation was
n. - .l ed tc , tV sVand Lawson
ctLlZTt
,m , T "
" - in ins wu way. iuu
i" J ' d in your own way for the .
I"' . -at," was the answer. Lawson j
i!l 'i wanted to know whether he!
"'ouid bp cropped at any point.
Chairman Henry said it would de
Pod entirely on whether he confined
hls 'aik to the subject under inquiry".
1 win give testimony regarding j
'hf damnabl? conditions existing for!
"wo years with the purpose of finding j
--v.j mi iiil Bii.uai.iuu nuivu
caused hundreds of thousands of per
sons to be driven to big losses," he
said.
Litt'i:rTi f l nffan Via,
Piocf odrd for hnif n hour "vhen i
tnive!-
"
nil'Pf i field. He said he proposed to
Sa' ' H ho had io say, regardless of
conserjuf-nces.
"'lint are the consequences " he
df inand. (1. "I'll take them in ad
vance." l!lf committee room was in an UP
rwr a:s Lawsongestioulatedly shook
h's finger in Chipperfield's face, de:
faring that he was an American cit:
IZfen and would see that he gdt his
"gilts
.ry south, clerk of the House, '
fined mm back until order was
re-
stored. ' ;
Lawson declared that all he had to
v in the press xin regard to the
v;k" U(-- believed . true.
"-peat it all now?! x
. 'lt 's one of the commonest things
Wall Street to receive news from
Washington about government affairs
and they frequently affect the coun
try's - "cv, urines. '
"I
mean also leaks from Supreme
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4,0000 PRISONERS
Tillfl 0! TEUTONS
IN SHANI CAPTURE
D Tl i e.
BACK "IN MOLDAVIA
rxussians Launch iif tensive m
r - V 'v T,"I "
.eINortu'dl-'Ljne
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Riga,
Field Marshal von Mackensen has
broken through the strone defensive
barrier before the River Sereth which
the Russians had constructed before j
Folk Shani and has raninred that!
Russian offensive which has "admit
Uedly given up grounds, ft is alsoH
indicated that Russian lines towards
the Danube - were advanced- by
the Austro-German-Bulgariana being
from' the Sereth itself and the Rus'
sians still bavaj the river the fall-back
after the capture of the town of Folk
Shani has weakened the Russian po-
HOUSE TO HURRY
Starts Effort for Early Passage
of Railroad Strike
Measure
Washington, Jan. 6. Representa-
tive Adamson today started efforts to
get some action by the House on
the new railroad bill, introduced .
18 exf.eCtea Z'Z
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nepreSeiiLativ ux
active today seeKing action on me
resolution to continue the life of the
Newian(i commission investigating
railroad matters. The commission is
technically dead today.
Attend U. S. Suoreme Court 1
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State Withdrawn.
By George H.' Maiming.)
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Washington, D. C., Jan. 8. Governor ; commerCe within the authority of conv
Locke Craig was at the supreme court , but a temporaiT eiperimeni
today, waiting for the suit of Cuha unreagonably and arbitrarily" in
against North; Carolina, , in tn(S debt ereg with constitutional liberty of
case, to be called. Governor-elect ;contract 4as- well as depriving the
.eca railroads of property in. violation of
It was expected that when the case,! nrncesa of iaw. ciause of the
i the second on the docket, is reacnea .
MSaV the suit, 1
edmg thecase and leaving nothing
for tte North Carolinians to do or say.
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mo I 'AT TR IMRTJRG
fiJT
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riat,e $100,00(1, for a site apu.
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WILMINGTON, NORTH
AMS0IH LAW IS
OED BY GQUBT
Last Stage of Battle Over
Validity of Act to Stop
Threatened Strike )
ARGUMENTS UP TODAY
IN SUPREME COURTl
Trial Will Be Expedited by
Court Decision Will
Probably be given within -Three
WepO
Washxnj?ton, Jan. S.Xtumenls
over th nnnatHiitinTvolifv hf'thv Afl-
msfln T.nw namo tnrlnv "ffrt "Sti.
!nrfmi Hntivt. A larp-n nrrn-tt Af attor
neys for the -railroads amd counsel for
the government were on hind for the
last stage of the battle over the val-;
idity of the act of Congress last Sep- i
,tember when tne country was threat-'
iened with a nation-wide railway strike,
i; First ucon the court's call of cases
r irst upon th(
!
luua - wiivwiuk its tuiee eens mii-
iday recess, was the Missouri, Okla-.
t J l i i .i .
jtne uepartment of Justice and the ril
i roads for the test. It was not expect-
ii..
ntstSwould be con
eluded before tomorrow.
When the court will announce a de-
, cision is problematical, but it is ex
pected within a few-weeks as the
court has consented to expedite the
proceedings and placed the test ahead
of all others upon today's call. The
case was appealed last November,
from the decision of Federal Judge
Hook at Kansas City, Mo., that the
law was "unconstitutional, null and
void."
The railroad lawyers were headed
by Walker. D, Hines. Arthur Miller
represented specially the ' Missouri,
Oldahoma and Gulf road. John G
Johnson, of Philadelphia, also appear
ed for the railroads,
v.; In charge of the defense of the Ad
ainsn 'ct for. the Department of Jus-
ivfe; Assistant 'AttomyTf feflfejtnfif'oeav' Saturday and
E. Slaryin Underwood 'and G. Car- lViIT... rl j;- '' ymi , r
roll Todd, and Frank Hagerman, of
Kansas City, special assistant to the
Attorney General.
The railroad brotherhoods were not
formal parties to today's test suit;
Judge Hook dismissed the Missouri,
Oklahoma & Gulf railroad's bill as to
unfon officers named defendants.
Today's arguments, technically,
were upon appeal of United States At
torney Francis M Wilson, of Kansas
City, from Judge Hook's decision in
an. injunction suit brought. by Alexan
der New and Henry C. Ferris, receiv
ers for the Missouri, Oklahoma &
Gulf, to enjoin enforcement of the
law. Actually, howefer, the case will
determine application of the law to all
railroads.
By a stipulation, signed by railroad
and Department of Justice counsel,
all other litigation over the Adamson.
act has been suspended pending the
Supreme Court's decision. The rail
roads agree meanwhile to keep special
account of wages due employes undor
the new law, to insure payment if the
act is 3Ustained as constitutional or
landed by the piesent legal pro-
eeedings, declares "eight hours shall, ,
,n contracts forlabor and service, be
deemed a day's work for thepurpose
of reckoning . compensation fo!r ser
vices of all employes . . . em
ployed by any common carrier by
. . railroads actually engaged in
any capacity in the operation of
trains."
The law was passed by the House
September 1, by the Senate on Sep
tember. 2 and signed by President Wil
son twice, September 3 (a Sunday)
and 5th. The general strike of rail
road brotherhoods previously Ordered
for Labor Day, September 4, was call
ed; off,
That the law is ntot in reality an 8
jhour.day statute, but a wage increase
act is contended by the railroads. In
the present case it is also contended
that the lawis unworkable, incapable
- . . , , . ... , T
I of application; Is not a regulation ot
While the. Missouri, Oklahoma &
Gulf has- but few employes suoject to
fthe - act, being a small line and in
nanuS OI rcutuveio, v.uuucj auxuibi.cu
thkt the test case is not typical of
'many other large trunk lines, 'having
thousands ofNemployes under contract.
j Utmost' freedom to present evidence
regarding operation of the law, upon.
data afecting ali railroads.
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CIRCULATION IN WILMINGTON
CAROLINA, -MdNQAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 8, 1917.1
Names Tumulty ; Baruch and Otto
; Kahn in Peace Leak Probe
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Washington, Jan. 8. :Qfficial Washington is still in a state of violent
excitement over the introduction of the
dent Wilson's secretary; ;,Otto Kahn,
uch, a New York stock operator, into
concerning the Prestdent peace me3 sage. Representative Wood, who
brought about the probestated that he wished it "clear that he did not in
tend to make charges against anyone. He said that the names mentioned
were furnished him in a-lftter from Mr. A. Curtis, of New York
Many Changes Will Be
Noted in Standing of Candi
dates ' Five More-Days of
Second Period, ,
.y. .v. .v. .v. is. it. if. a
it. i.'. y, ir. i
TODAY'S LEADERS.
if.
Edna P. Brown.. .. .. .. 7-3,645
r Antfabelle Nurnberger . . 73,576
Mrs. L. F. Saunders 73,350
Lillian Bartiey 72,965
-X Blanche Surles 72,845 -X-
K- Mrs. Fred W. Dock 72,780 -X
-X Almeria Wolff 72,075
Ethel Grimsley -rr,058r X
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THE PRIZES.
$685 Overland Automobile.
Ford Automobile.
Carolina Beach Lot.
$100 in Gold.
$75 Victrola.
$50 O. K. Mystic Range.
$75 Sellers Pvitchen Cabinet.
$25 Wrist Watch.
Two $60 Diamond Rings.
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Prom well down in the list of the
candidates to first place and the
"spotlight" for Miss Edna P. Brown,
of R. F. D. 2, Wilmington. Miss
Brown had not been near the top of
the list for" many days, and she evi
dently thought it was time to let her
friends know that she was still to be
reckoned with when the .time comes
to award' the prises. Miss Brown
cast over 35,000 votes, which was
one of the largest votes cast any one
day--by any candidate.
Miss Annabelle Nurnberger, Wil
mington, cast over 25,000 votes Sat
urday and - moves into second place,
climbing many rounds of the ladder.
This is the first time Miss Nurnber
ger has had her name among the
leaders, and her many friends will !
be agreeably surprised.
Mrs. L. F. Saraders, Wallace; Miss
Lillian Bartiey, Fair Bluff; Miss
Blanche Surles, Proctorville ; and
Mrs. Fred W. Dock, Wilmington, oc
cupy third, fourth, fifth and sixth
places, respectively. All have occupied-places
among the leaders before.
In seventh place appears the name
of one who has never occupied ,one
of the places of honor. This is Miss
Almeria 'Wolff of Wilmington
Miss Ethel Grimsley, Freeman, is 1
once more among tne leaaers, tnis
time being in eighth place!
Many candidates, aside from those
who ark among the leaders for today,
cast big votes, and. are so near the
top that before many days have pass
ed it is expected that they will be in
positions- of' libnor. Miss Iola Ivey,
LumbertCn, has 'the honor of casting!
fnbre votes In one day than, any can -
didate since the contest : was Unaugu
rated.- She cast 53,565, votes-Satur;! Blade. f. .v . -
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" JOSEPH'
names of Joseph Tumulty. Presi-
of Kahn, Loeb & Co., and Bernard Bar-
the investigation of the alleged leak
Officials From Six States Talk
ing Over Plan to Knock
Out Tick.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. S. Discussion of
the cattle tick situation in all its
phases for a method of arousing the
interest of farmers and other persons
interested in cattle to the realization
of the annual loss by cattle tick, to j
the scientific methods for destroying
it was made by government and state j
officials from six states at conference
here today under the auspices of the
Bureau of Animal Industry.
Much work has already been done
by Federal and State inspectors to
wipe out the cattle tick in order to
aid the industry in the South, but in
some sections serious efforts have
been made to destroy cattle :dipping
laws by violence. Vats have been dy-?
namited in South Georgia and Eastern
Alabama.
Part of the time of the conference
is being given over to discussion of
launching an educational campaign for
the prevention of this violence.
day and while vit was not quite enough
to get her name in the "Honor Roll,"
it-is expected that she will land there
within the next day or two.
Only five more days and the sec
ond period of the contest 7 wijl.1 be a
thing of the past. Five more days to
get 140,000 extra votes for each $15
worth of subscriptions. Just five
more days to work for the $60 dia-
mond ring, offered -as a special prize
All of these offers will close at 9
o'clock nexi Saturday night.
The candidates will be required to
do some effective work during these
five days,, if, they expect to be niim
bered among the winners on Janu
ary 29. Most of the caididates are
doing better this period than they did
the first, and are securing subscrip
tions from . people who failed to as
sist them when first approached. Pub
lie interest is much greater now .than
any time since the contest began and j
wherever one goes in the territory
reached by The Dispatch he hears
the contest discussed. In a; number
of the towns the most important
topics of conversation each day is,
"Who's ahead in the contest?"
(Continued on Page Seven.)
Efforts of the high cost; of cabbage
.are,, far-reaching. An inch ls to be
GUTTLE TICK MEET
IS OH IN ATLANTA
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Washington, Jan, 8. Th& Fed-
eral Webb-Kenyon law designed
to prevent liquor shipments to
3f and from V'wet" States Into
"dry" States.was declared con-
stitutional here today by the Su-
preme Court by a vote of 7 to X-
whiclr also upheld the Washing-
ton-Virginia law hairing - com- -"--X-
mon carriers from interstate vS
sAr shipments. -S-
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HOT LOCAL FIGHTS
ARE STAGED TODAY
Bffrarw
Pasquotank Sends Big Delega
tions to Ettae in Battle
BRYAN INVITED
TO-fVIAICF SPFFPH I
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Nebraskan Asked to Address,
peneral Assembly' Tar
Heel Electors Vote
for Wilson
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 8. Eastern
North Carolina local fights took up
more time of the General Assembly
today than any State wide measure,
Pasquotank county sending great del
egations here to fight Scott's bill to
restore the county salary system, to
perpetuate the "" school boards and to
abolish the chain-gang road system.
Ike Meekins, W. O. Sanders and
Senator Walter Cohoon, of the last
General Assembly, came up -to fight
the bill and Phil Sawyer arid Roscoe
Turner aire backing Scott. It is the
hottest of them all. "' .
The House dashed for two hours
through local legislation and caught
up at 11 o'clock, adjourning until 3
o'clock this afternoon. , :.
Thet Senate, beginning at noon, gave
when Cameron Morrison omlnatect
Woodrow Wilson a&d Felix, Alley sec
oned it.- N A. - Sinclair, one of y the
electors-a,t-large, presided.
In the Senate, Warren, of Beaufort,
introduced a bill, prohibiting the pri
vate sale of piiblic bonds without ad
vertisement of thirty days in the
! newspapers.
William J. Bryan was invited by the
House to address the General Assem
by here when he comes to make his
speech to the Anti-Saloon League.
The Senate had not received the
resolutions, when the House adjourn
ed, but little trouble is expected.
Senator Scales, member of the
finance committee and head of the
judiciary No. 1, offered a salary bill
today increasing the Governor's pay
to $7,500, and superintendent of pub
lic instruction to $3,500.
Senator Pearson. from BicketH
comity, introduced an act repealing
the crop lien law, a great blow at the
"time' merchant.
HOOD WILL BE
RAGE NEXT TIE
Congressman Denies Stories
That He Will Not Be a
Candidate
(By George H. Manning.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 8. Con
gressman George Hood denied today
reports that he will not be a candi
date for Congress again. Mr. Hood
said:
"I cannot understand how the sto
ries originate that are sent out by
newspaper correspondents at New
.Bern to the State press, stating that
I would not be a . candidate to suc
ceed myself. I have never intimated
such a thing to anyone. These fabri
cations are calculated to injure me.
I am here unceasingly working in be
half of my constituents. And I be
lieve that I will be able to render
such service to my people as will
merit tneir continued good will and
support."
TEST ON FOR 8-CENT
A DAY FOOD CLAIM
New York, Jan. 8. A test of wheth
er a person may live happy and
healthful on three meals a day cost
ing eight cents, is b4ing made here
with several husky police as recruits
for a period of three ' weeks.
They have been placed on their
honor to do all their . ; breakfasting,
lunching and dining at the . Diet
House, and- to eat nothing between
meaMimov t - . - t
S
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BOHD stelWU;S: ;1
MADE BY GERMAUY
Hydraulic . Pressure Packs
Bonds in Box; Shi japed to
America in "Siib.M
BONDS BROUGHT HERE
BY THE DEUT SCHLAND
f!-Are Said to Pay Attractive
Rate of Interest, and p be
A Part of A Recent v.-
Issue of Germany
-if
New York, Jani 8.- The vNew lork
Sun prints the following : f . : -y -
Word was received Saturday from
Chicago concerning a visit to that
city recently of Dr. Hejnrich F. Al
bert, commercial attache of the Ger
man embassy,- with the purpose of dis
posing of the greater part of between
$25,000,000 and $30,000,000 worth of
German government war bonds. It" is
reported that war bonds to that
amount already have been sold to
German-Americans.
The bonds were brought to this
country by the Deutschlafhd, Ger
many's submarine merchantman, f it
is said the bonds were if subjected, to
hydraulic pressure and beihg pressed
together as closely as possible were
sealed in tin boxes.. Upon' the arri
val of Captain Koenfg and his sub
marine at New London, the bonds
were shipped at once to the German
embassy in Washington.
Fearing lest the submarine might
be captured by the allies, it is said
the bonds were so praised that-, they
were of no value without the signa.
ture of Count von Bernstorff, the Ger ' i
man ambassador, . . ;;
Once' the signature of Count ,von j
Bernstorff was put on the securities
they were handed 'to Dr. Albert to- of- , ;tif;
fer to sympathetic German-Americans
throughout the country. The negbtia- . '
tions 'for their sale .were carried, on' v
Quigtlyand only staunch projGermana ':
wefe approached and giveijt' an oppotv . - '.,
fijmityrto. siri
saia io j)e -greaiiy ,aeiigniea ,wn;n xno. ; ,
bonds received!" r"" V; s
. The bonds are said to pay, an at p
tractive rate of interest, large enougft ' I
to appeal to the -buyers- from-a mon- f
etary point of view, as well as from a j
patriotic side. They are said to be a ' ;f
part of recent issue of the German )
government.
Leopold Zimmermann, of Zimmer- ,
mann & Forshay, the firm which is
selling interim- calling .for the deliv
ery of German bonds after the war,
said last evening that he did not , ,
know of any war bonds being brought. .
over in the Deiitschland. He said
that a quantity of ammunition bonds
were brought over on the Deutsch
land to be disposed of In-this country.
OREGON LEGISLATURE
TO MAKE STATE "DRY v
Salem, Ore., Jan. $.Proposals to
make operative the rural credits law ;
and to provide penalty clauses for the ; ;
"bone dry" constitutional amendment, , ,
both, of which .were pased by popV,
ular vote at the last election, will be
the most important nmtters to receive .
atention from the Oregon . legislature
at its biennial session 'which conven- S'
ed here today. Of 'the.Be thei rural
credits law is expected to (JCcupy most ' '
of the session of forty days becaust f
of the many features of, the measure .
which require discussion. The RepulK
licans are in Overwhelming control of ;
both branches of the legislature. ,
JACKSON'S VICORY IS
OBSERVED IN ORLEANS
New Orleans, La., Jan. 8. New Or
leans kept its customary holiday to
day -in honor of the 102W' anniversary
or General Jackson's victory over the
British. The , event was commemor
ated with exercises in' the schools and
under the auspices of the various pa
triotic and historical: societies. In
further 'Observance of the anniversary
the public vonlces, qburts, ; banks and
many 'places of business remained
closed for the day. t ;
"SLACKER HELPER IS
ARRETED IN N.J.
New York, Jan. ,8.-rMrs.,- Rosina j
Aquino Redo, arrested at the' r6quest
of Canadian deteclives in an alleged .
plot to aid "slackers' out of the'
Dominion by means of forged pass
ports, was held, "today" atI,Paterson, N .
J., for thirty days pending extradition,
proceedings. V
Vihcehzlo lGondia,";v also" -arrested
with the woman, ; yrks held ' for . 24
hours pending further - investigation
of his icase.- ;Mrs.. Redo : Isdeclared -to
be a fugitive - from justice, being
wanted' in - Canada onth4 charge . of
abandoning her family and ; embez- ,
2ling property' f romi her husband. '
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