' THE 'WILMINGTON DISPATCH, URSDAYVAFTERtjOONf JANUARY 7, A 9 1 8:- r r PAGE TWO t i The" Modern Hun Has Emp- tied the-Gity t)f rlits Population With the French Army! In Italy, De cember 15. (Correspondence.) Be dford the menace of the modern Hun. -Venice whose lagoons centuries ago ,m(ViA1 xn Vkatrlurtv rT Raffttv for T6- ! - fugees fleeing from Attila, is today al 1U1 UllBUVU Ull MiiJ v most empitied. Of the OfiU.oou persons ' who ordinarily inhahitf. the city, only 1 about 1.000 remain. ButUhis is not because Venice fears for her own pro h tection.; Across the battlefield,; of the I reeds it is believed that no invader i will penetrate to the islands of the Venetian -lagoon. The city puts r her k trust in the lagoons as confidently as i she trusted to-the sea in olden times i - To -the visitor ; in Venice in these I aays wnen, me lnvaumg anujriios uix I ly t a short "march distant,- one 'of the i odd; memories of the war will be that ( of. Ithe music of the great guns, bomb j ingj from ; the Lidi and the nests of i reedy islets in the northern lagoou. ' That music accompanies you all day f iniVenice. vThe Queen of the Adriatic has her I face- to the foe. She has shut her ' shops and sent her merchandise away The army or the navy have taken her h young men. Those that remain have i bricked up or sand-bagged her church es es and monuments and now await the issue in entire calmjconfident that al i though the enemy is no more than a r long-gun shot away, it is not at her : own gates that Venice is menaced I ' From Burano, a motor-boat takes j yottlthrough a maze of channels into I the: canal Sflone where you thread your way between reed covered banks toward the mainland. You can see j nothing but the channel and the reeds, i' There is not a roof nor a spire in I sight. We ares getting up to what may j ' be 'called the artillery defense line of j 'Venice. On the way we passed j British monitor with her big guns pdinted inland. The coast batteries i and; big gun monitors constitute au- other; defense line. Here in the salt ; channel between the islands we come f suddenly upon a floating battery or pontoon, as the Italians call them. It is a big steel barge mounting a gun which has been pounding the Aus-trlans- on the Piave Vecchia all night. She ;is- manned by sailors for the ar tillery defense of Venice is entirely in the hands of the navy. . .From Porte Qrandi, as far as the -eya?can see the land is- covered with waste of muddy water, rows of half submerged willows marking out the fteldsf which it - covers and here and p there isolated clumps of farm build- tings'-emerging from the' floods. We ,' '-are -here on. the edge of the Piave fi undations and in. another tiaval. artil lery belt. High banked roads, dike j and farm houses are all that remain ahova water. Someof- these farm j house islands are held by Austrians ' and some by Italians and it is the aim j of both sides to destroy the farms held by the enemy. A few nights ago somev Italian sailors undertook a cut- 2 ting put expedition against one of the Austrian islands, captured and burn- , ed the buildings and came back with , Austrian prisoners. : ', Nothing more dismal can be imag- Mned 'than this' battlefield among the j reeds except the awful desolation of tne jjianaers iront. unending water, i naif drowned, willows and farm nous ; es under a bitter winter sky compose about, as melancholy a picture as even war presents. On many of the is lands "formed by the release of the floodso . protect Venice are brave families clinging to their homes in the'Jlope that 1918 will see the in- . yader; thrown back. ' ' On this sector the Italians have a ; superiority of artillery. It is at night ; that the Italian guns do their hardest work. At night the Austrians always attempt to construct field works or to lay. bridges of boats across the Piave Vecchia to the canals Thn-v talra a . J WMtAaW M number ofnboats, tie them together ; and swing - them out from one bank trusting to the current to float them Into place on the other side. It Is the -business, of the Italian floating catteries to drive away these bride builders and. to destroy the fruits of uivir lauurs una uuis iney ao Wlln SUT prising success. In Venice, herself, I have seen no sign pf actual damage, except a hole j tpro in the roof of San Giovanni and -San Paolo by an Austrian airplane bomb. The front of San Marco and the pillars of the Dodge's Palace have been bricked up so that nothing o ) tnem .remains visible. The same pre cautions have been taken with the famous statue of Colleoni and. in fact i with all the monuments of the town at can be so protected. In the Piaz , a: di San Marco almost all the shops are,i ciosea, put a number, are stil open, in the Mercena,. and, although aimost au tne gondolas have vanish ed it is still possible to find one to take you up the Grand Canal. .'.': A Mental Clinic. : . Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 17 A depart ment is to do added to the State Hos pital .here for the purpose of treat ing: mental diseases, the primary ob ject -Deing to afford treatment for persons before they reach a . serious stage; , . ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having this day qualified as Admin Istrator of the estate of Lizzie Hill ae ceasea, mis is w nouiy an persons Laving claims against the said estai to present the same to me. duly an thenticated. on or before the 10th i?a- cf January, 1919,. or this notice will be -lead in bar of recovery. Air persona lebted to the said estate will please .v.r.XQ prompt payment. -This the 9th day of January,' 1915. . ? a 1 J. H. DAVIS, Admilnlstrator, Estate Lizzie Hil MO-law. 6w-Thurs. TIDE WATER PRESENTS ITS M OF Letter Addressed to Council- man Bunting Relative to Ughtless! Nights 1 In connection, with the proposition of the Tidewater Power company with regard to the payment for elec tricity because "of the lightless. night rule, which was under discussion at yesterday's Council meeting, the f ol- owing letter, to , Councilman Bunting s of interest': - "January 14th, .1918. "Mr. L. Mr Bunting, Chairman, - "Special ommtttee City Council, "Wilmington, N. C. "Dear Sir: . - : " "Referring to the conference held with your committee in regard to a proper allowance, or rdeduction, for he street lights ordered to be extin guished two nights per week in com pliance with the ruling of the Fuel Administrator, we ould like to make the position of the . Tidewater Power Company entirely clear. It goes without , saying that both the City Administration and the Tide water Power Company (or either of them whose duty it may be) are as a matter of patriotism entirely willing to comply with the order of the Fuel Administrator, for the purpose of sav ing fuel. A careful reading of the instruc tions issued by the Fuel Administra tor shows that the intention is not to, interfere unnecessarily with muni cipal lighting contracts. The request is made to cover particularly 'clus ter' lighting, which is a wasteful sys tern, and which for that reason was not adopted for the new lighting sys tem of the City of Wilmington. As the street lighting contracted for by the city is approximately what is needed, and of economical type, the actual saying in coal to be made by complying . with the request of the Fuel Administrator is something less than $400 per year. There is a psy chological advantage, but also a real danger, in darkening the principal streets twice week, which should be considered by the City, in determin ing how far to go in this . direction, and whether an additional loss of $600 per annum is compensated for in results obtained In other words, there will be an expenditure of $1.50 (plus the loss of the lighting) in order to save $1.00 worth of coal. Any saving would, of course, be credited to the city. The Tidewater ... Power Company has"contracted to furnish this light ing to the city, atftrwa'tfart of the contract has t Invested , in the neces- ry equipment and assumed. all the icessry expenses. The city has Eflhtracted in consideration of this to use the lights, and it is certainly an open question as to whom the Fuel Administrator's order is . directed or given. In other words, whether the city is ordered to darken its streets for two nights a week, or. whether the Tidewater Power Company is or dered, to decline to furnish the city witha certain amount o f current which it has sold to the city. "It is the company's view that the city is, under the terms of the con tract, the party to say whether it de mands or relinquishes the lighting; and in order to maintain the integrity of the contract it is important that this point be decided. From the' report in the daily pa pers it seem b that your committee, under the advice of the City Attor ney, stands squarely on the terms of the contract with the Tidewater Power Company, and particularly as to lights reported out by the Police Department, under Clause No. 9. This clause, in our opinion contemplates solely causes due to accidents or negligence on the part of the com pany, or the inability of the company to furnish the lighting. But in the case under consideration the com pany is able and willing and is under contract with the city to furnish the lighting. The company respects the wish of your committee to stand entirely on the terms of the contract,, and is equally anxious to 'adhere to its terms. We therefore suggest that we select a committee of arbitration and abide by its Interpretation of the terms of the contract. "Yours very truly, 'TIDEWATER POWER COMPANY. "R. HUNT, "Asst. General Manager." The following statement was made by 'Councilman Shepherd with regard to the suspension 61- Fireman Frei- muth: "January 14, 1918. "Mr. L. Freimuth, City. 'Dear Sir: I am this day suspend ing you indefinitely for the following charge: For not giving ' your entire time to the city, which is required by ordinance. I have had complaints from the merchants of the city as well as the general public to that effect. I also know of my own knowledge that you have been neglecting your work, and it is my opinion that it is unfair to the merchants to allow you to give part of your time to your merchan dise business and draw a salary from the city. I am, therefore, suspend ing you, as I take it as my duty as councilman of the Fire Department. "L. L. SHEPARD, . 'Councilman of Fire Department." NOTICE. Annual stockholders meeting of tu Wilmington Homestead . and Loan Association . will be held ' tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock at office of J. Hicks Bunting Drug Co., Second and Princess street. Every stock holder urged to attend.-C. C. Brown Secretary. u THE CASE DESIRES SUPPORT OF , WATERWAY S FRIENDS Attention - is Directed to One Clause in Federal Trans - portation Bill (Special to The Dispatch.) Washington, D. C, Jan. 17.- "In the bill to provide for the operation of transportation systems while under Federal control, which has been in troduced in both the Senate ahd , the House, there is a paragraph which should command . the earnest support not only of every friend of waterways butt of every loyal citizen of the United States," says . Hon. Jos. K. Ransdell, United States Senator from Louisiana and President of the Na tional Rivers and Harbors Congress. "Section 6 of the bilV . continued the Senator, "provides for the estab lishment of what is called 'a 'revolv ing fund, of $500,000,000, and the iast paragraph of that section reads as fol lows: . " 'From . said revolving fund the President may expend Buch an amount as he may deem necessary or desir able for the purchase, construction, or utilization and operation of boats, barges, tugs, and other transporta tion facilities on the inland and coast wise waterways, and may in the ac quisition, and use of such facilities create or employ such agencies ahd enter into such contracts and agree ments as he shall deem in the pub lic interest. "In the city of New York, people have been found frozen to death in their hdmes and the death rate from pneumonia has mounted higher than ever before. In Pholadelphla, the City Health Officer says therd is Ill ness in 10,000 homes because of lack of coal. In Boston, when it was re ported that barges containing coal were to arrive, long lines of peo ple stood in the streets all night In the bitter cold, hoping to share in its distribution. In Washington, the capital of the nation, 11 persons were burned to death in eleven days, their clothing having caught fire from the gas and oil heaters -which they were usihg because coal was not to be had. These are only samples , of conditions which have extended -far and wide over the country. "There was in reality no lack of coal; the trouble was a lack of trans portation facilities for Its distribu tion, and it the waterways of the Unit fid States had been improved and utll ized, as they should have been, all of this suffering might have been avoid ed, "We have been told that for win ning the war the supreme need is ships, and ships costing hundreds of millions of dollars are now under con struction. -But, according to The New Yor Times, , more, than a hundred ships, loaded with a million tons of food,' munitions and supplies which are sorely- needed in England, France and Italy, have been lying in the har Dor, some or tnem lor more than a month, waiting for bunker coal! Ships are needed, of course, but for the coal they burn and the cargoes they carry they are dependent on in land transportation. "Another press dispatch recently stated that work's which normally furnish 10 per cent, of the total steel production of the United States were closed for lack of coal, and this when the country is at war and every pound of steel that can be produced is more urgently needed than ever before in th world's history, or will ever be needed again, let us hope, as long as the world shall last. "The United States is able to pro duce everything that is needed both for the health and comfort of its people, and for the supply of Its Na vy on the seas and its Armies in the field, but unless every possible meth od of transportation is made avail able at the earliest possible time and used to its full capacity, suffering and death will continue to stalk over our own land and we Btand more than an even chance to lose this war and see humanity go beneath th9 heel of the Hun. - "It is vitally important that this paragraph shall remain in the bill when it is passed, and everyone who reads these lines Is urged to write at once to the Senators arid Repre sentatives from his State asking them to work and vote for this feature of the bill.' JUNIOR CAMP FIRE. Big outing To Be Given by Y. M. C. A. Juniors Friday Night The Y. M.C. A. Juniors will have ;inoutin and o"1 camp on jxiuay, January &. a potato roast will feature the outing and the pota toes win De. iurnished by the teach ers. Campflre stories will be told and Jrof. John J. Blair will relate the story or tne stars. rne nrst -squad will leave the Y. M. C. A. at 5 : p. m. and hike to the Cabin.- The second squad will leave on car at 7:30 and the third squad win leave on car at 8:30. In addl tion to the potatoe roast, the boys may bring such things to eat as thev may desire. it is expected that several will spend the night in camp. Thes should furnish two blankets each for themselves. The club that has the most boys present will be awarded 25 extra points. All juniors are urged to come to the camp and enjoy the Dig outing. Registering -Alien. Greensboro. N. Q., Jan. 17. Chief qi , fouce .rousheehas received in structions from United States Mar shal Webb to register all alien ene mies in this city,, and this he is ar ranging to, do immediately, , It will be no, great task, it is said; as there are only .some-tour or;flve "here Jn that c;lass.r-' - -f ' ' . ADVICEVOF FRIEND WAS OF GREAT VALUE -Chance Remark'1 Put Woman on the Right Track ' She Acted on Suggestion Made to Her and Now Tells How Much She Gained by So. . "I happened to be talking to a frined and was' telling him how badly I f eit at times," ; said Mrs. Lucille Palmer 17 South Tryon St, Charlotte, in a statement in which, she explained a recent and most gratifying 'chartg3 in her condition. "My .friend sail to me," continued Mrs. Palmer. 'Have you heard of Peplac? Everyboly is talking about it in Charlotte. That i3 how I commenced taking Peplac." "1 suffered from stomach trouble for' years. My food would ferment and sour and- did not seem to give any nourishments I could not relish what I ate: did not sleep well and was ex tremely nervous. . , "My first bottle of Peplac brought a change. I am growing stronger and, best of all; 1 have gained , three pounds m weight, My work does not seem tiresome now. The effect of the Peplac I have taken has baen so good that II intend to keep on with it. "I gladly tell what Peplac has done for me, thinking .it mayybe the means of helping someone who is in a simi lar condition." Peplac, the new medicine for catair hal affections, stomach, liver and kid ney ailments, is now being sold at R. R. Bellamy's drug store and it all leading drug stores in Wilmington and vicinity. Adv. E E Thirteen Soutrimi States are Asked to -ConVbfcute $125,000 Atlanta, J. Eagen, chairman, Ga., Jan. 17 With John of Atlanta,- as ' geheral and Dr. W. D. Weather- ford, of Nashville, Tenn., as campaign director, the $125,000 campaign for Blue Ridge Association, Asheville, N. C, will be conducted simultaneously in 13. Southern States and the District of Columbia during the. week com mencing JFebrtiry- 8rJ. In several Staleii m'e securlnlr t Initialar ge subscriptions is, already under way by special committees, The States served by the Blue Ridge Association co-operative in the cam paign have accepted the following ap portionments as suggested during the recent conference jbf Y M. C. A. Sec retaries in Atlanta: Tennessee .... ...$17,500 17,500 .... 15,000 .... 12,000 , .. 12,000 10,000 . 7,500 , .. 7.50t) 7,500 5,000 Virginia North Carolina Georgia ...... Alabama South Carolina Mississippi .... Louisiana .. Kentucky . ... Florida . . . Arkansas 5,000 Maryland 5,000 West Virginia .' . 5,000 District of Columbia .. 5,000 The forces of the Army Y. M. C. A. in the Southeastern Department will be behind the Blue Ridge Asso ciation in the campaign according to S. A. Ackley in charge of the Red Triangle activities fn the training camps in this department. Army Y. M. C. A. Secretaries will be called -upon to speak in the various city campaign meetings and. three will probably released from each Camp to be placed at the disposal of the cam paign committee for this purpose. "In a large measure the success which has attended the work of the Army Y. M. C. A. in the Southeastern Department is due to the training and leadership furnished by the Blue Ridge Association. It would have been practically impossible to have manned our Camps without the assis tance of Blue ' Ridge Summer school in training 163 Secretaries for War Work in 1917," according to execu tive secretary : Ackley. Before mid-summer it will be neces sary to train' approximately 600 Army Y. M. C. A. workers and about 1,000 new secretaries for city associations in classes to be conducted at Blue Ridge. This institution serves the South as the i training center for re ligious leaders and. Y. W. C. A. sec retaries, as well as Y. M. C. A. work ers Its present indebtedness totals ?89,000 and the additional $36,000 which the Y. M. C. A. and Evangelical leaders in the South-will .be. called upon to give is to be used in improv ing the grounds and enlarging , the building accomodations. Present fac ilities will not accommodate the .num ber of students likely to attend dur ing 1918, largely, for Army and city Y. M. C. A. secretarial training. , Organized in 1911 the Blue Ridse Association now owns property val- noH of oi Q fA a .nv. oa V..JU: , 1,191 acres of -land located in one of the most beautiful, scenic -spots in the Blue-Ridge mountains. ' Reappoint Union Secretary. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 17.-Mr. W. C. Crosby, executire secretary of ;the Community- Service - Bureau of , the State X)epartment of . Education, has been reappointed by Dr. H. Q. Alex ander, president ; of the Farmers XJn ion i8 aecretsry - of the TJxiloa,' -. CAMPAIGN FOR B ASSOCIATION OF Young America Watched Vet- ran r ranee in Inspiring ; Military Ceremony v With the French Armies in the Field, Dec. 10 (By Mail). Young Am erica silently watched veteran France today in one of the most inspiring mil itary ceremonies of recent months, carried out on the edge of a shell bat tered city and within sound of the combined rumble of French and Ger man guns. ' 1 It was the aftermath of the recent splendid French victory on the Chem in des Dames where the poilus thor oughly beat the Germans and took thousands of prisoners and scores of guns. The' veteran regiments whose tatter ed battle , flags have appeared with glory in many t battles since 1914 were officially honored by the French army through its commander-in-chief. Men who had especially distinguished them selves iin the face of the enemy were decorated by the hand of the Gener alissimo himself. Young American student officers from a neighboring school who wit nessed the ceremony took no part. But they saw the counterpart of such a military procedure that could only come to them after American troops have emulated the poilus the hope and ideal of all of the young Ameri cans who today could only stand by and admire. An aeroplane view of the ceremony might have recorded it as a giant pic ture frame of solid horizon blue dot ted with the glistening pin-points of hundreds of bayonets and surround ing a sodden, rain-soaked field of many acres., Sprinkled along the in ner rim of the frame were , the war worn battle, flags of the various units. In the distance were the hills from behind which the noise of war never ceases night and day and nearby the partially ruined city. With the stage thus set, the commander-in-chief arrives. Followed by his staff, he makes a quick march of inspection around the enclosure and then takes a position in the center uf the field. Here, generals, colonels, captains, lieutenants, and poilus alike who have performed special deeds of individual valor are assembled.1 A priest in a long black cloak and wear ing a steel helmet is among them. A record of each man's achievement is read aloud and the Generalissimo steps forward, pins a medal on the breast of the soldier, congratulates him and steps back. A stiff salute from each ends the little ceremony and it goes on until every man has receiv ed the thanks of France and has been an actor with his highest comnander in , solemn ritual which he wlU re member to the end of his life. Then tne human picture frame iu une Blue anu iu iruui ui nis suiu, the commander-in-chief watches solid soldier columns parade before him. He salutes each battle flag as it pass es. Today, against a dull, leaden over cast sky the long polished bayonets gleamed as they rose and fell in per fect time. They seemed td almost pierce the low hanging clouds as the men who had most recently used .them on the Germans marched by in hun dreds. Leading those bayonets, on a prancing black horse, was their gen eral, who had just received the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honor. To the small group of budding Am erican officers wearing their new soup plate helmets, the spectacle, the rum bling of distant guns, the faint rat-tat-tat of a machine gun coming with the wind helped to irdpress them, as po tential leaders of American troops, that they were really part and parcel of the big war. But what impressed them most according to several, was the picture frame of French veterans, the proud smart stride of men who advanced toward their ;hief to re ceive their medals and the perfect rise and fall of the bayonets all aft er three years of battle. "Look at them after three years of it," exclaimed a young Middle West erner who a few months ago was a student at Cornell. "We may be as good some day, but we'll neverg5? better soldiers. Six months from I hope we'll be able to give the Gei mans what these fellows gave them at the Chemin des Dames. It's all we ask." The sentiment expressed was prob ably that of the whole American army in France. : Died From Overdose of Opiate. Raleigh, N. C.. Jan. 17 Mr. O. B. Harding, said to be a well to, do farm er of the Neuse section; this county, died Monday at a local hospital where he was carried. Sunday after having oeen iouna unconscious rronj. an over dose of opiate in a room at one of the hotels here. ' r rnn7W UUJL If Use Eicelfinto Je sv hair&rrow r7 ion, aoft and silky. AH I colored people ean hava nice Iocs Straight hair by Exelento QUININK POMADE It Is nir BTOwer, tenwrn dandroflend stop Jalliiist hair at wmm, Every paekagv Buarantoed. Accept ad fifo preparttJon. AskforExelento. Prlc 25o onxeedpt of stamps or com. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE WHtl Tor rw llanlai aOOEUUITQ MEDICINE COMPANY Attarta.O, ; . 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EYES TESTED FREE Dr Vineberg Masonic Temple Relieves CATARRH of the BLADDER and all Discharges in (24HOUR5 Each empnue bean the te-i j&toare or iMiuri : Sold by aU flrngrigt." - - mar- pnrt t the- boay. -kkmabmv . Lars; Settle, $1. Sample, loe. Sold at all TYm ud TepmrtBot Store. Jopaln Le Feyre Com Philadelphia, JPu SOU BZ ' Green's Drug Store, 109 Market St, Winston Saym- Morehead City-Beaufort Pullman Sleeping Car Line Be comes Winston-Salem-Goldsboro Sleeping Car Line Southern Railway System announ ces effective with last cars into and out of Beaufort Sunday, Aug. 12th, the Winston-Salem-Morenead City-Beaufort Sleeping Car Line will be shorten ed to Winston-Salem-Goldsboro Lin.e. Car will continue to be handled on trains Nos.. 232-112 and 111.237. For further details ask Southern Railway System Agents, or address J. O. Jones, Traveling . Passenger Agent, Raleigh, N. C. CANDY FOR WIFE MOTHER SWEETHEART 1 Before going home tonight to mother or wife, or the visit you contemplate . for tomorrow- "drop" in and slip a "surprise Joy" in your pocket There will be smiles for the giver, and a treat for the recipient. .Fresh Shipment of Delicious . . Whitman's Candies Just In . . i' FUTBELLE . . . Phones: 211-212 . . 1Q7 Process Street. IF You Wish to Gall 520 HARRY TV .1 bank In frvw Hi PAYNE ILLS DONTUSEA TOOTH BRUSH committee of dentists in greater New York has just stumbled over the fact that "two-thirds of the people don't use a tooth brush nor brush their teeth at all." Atooth brush is all right when confined to the teeth but it should never be used on the gums, be cause of abrasion. Riggs disease, for instance, is germ disease of the gums, and patients using pyorige for its treatment are being advised to con. fine themselves strictly to the finger, massage method of applying it. Pyorigg is a new prescription special ly for riggs disease, receding gums, loose teeth, etc., and comes in the form of a medicated massage unguea turn which stays where It is put, un affected by salvia and is being dis pensed in original packages, price one dollar, at best drug stores, including Jarman & Futrelle, in Wilmington, N. COMMISSIOXEK'ss 4A17E By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court, made on the 127th day of December, ; 1917, made - In the case therein pendlsc jfi ''Alice Iiarkins and husband John Lark- ins versus "Thomas Harriss. et al." the un- dcrsiffned trill sell, to the highest bidder, At public auction for cash, at the Court House door to the City of Wilmington, on Monday, the 4th day of February, 1918. at twelve o'clock M., - the following describe! lot of land in said City of Wilmington: Beginning at a point in the Northern line of - Queen street 80 feet East from North cast intersection of Queen and Seconu streets ; runs thence Eastwardly along the Norfhern line of Queen street 42 feet; thence Northwardly and parallel witn Second street 68 feet; thence Westward and parallel with Queen stret 42 feet; thence Southwardly and parallel with Sec ond street 66 feet to the beginning, ana being part of Lot 6, Block74. according n the official plan of the said City of Wil mington; This 3rd day of January, 1918. 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