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Ollice as Second Class Matter.
Fair tonight and Wednesday.
was Bill ANDSNDW SIDRNDIIINDS or
SINCE ’88 RAISES HAIUB HERE
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Train Service Crippled»:
Trolleys Not Running-«I
Street and House Lights
Snuiied (tut-Telegraphi
Poles Blown flown-nine:
Alarm Systems Out of;
Order I
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RECORD BAIE AND SNDW?
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T! ees Uprooted--Street De-
partment Rushed-Electric .
light Stations [lard flit-
Telephones flut of tlrderl
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A “living" gale of trcdcmdous \‘cioc
ily, accompanied by one of the heat-
lest snow falls since the memorable
blizzard of ’88, swept met Nunvalh’:
last night, and iii its wake left more
.ruiu than has been wrought in this‘
city by a storm at one time in den
caries. I
Early yesterday a light snowfallI
developed into a blinding rain. Alonn'
toward 3:30 o‘clock yesterday utter-I
noon the rain gave way to huge drops“
of snow that were driven in all direc-l
tions by a lively gale. The storm'
lessened somewhat after 4 o‘clock.
when it'again had the appearance of,I
developing into rain, but at 6 o‘clock
it started snowing in earnest, and the.
wind set its teeth, flurativeiy speak~
ins. and “whooped it up."
The storm paralyzed business last.
night. The only people in the stores
in the business sections were .
clerks. Those who had no urgent need‘
of going out, stayed at home ratherf
than take chances in the small bliz~
zard. .
As the night wore on the wind tn-i
creased. At 8:30 o'clock a falling tree,
or pole snapped wires that resulted in;
the streetAIigihtlng throughout the cm]
tire second district going out. Wonw
derful as it may seem the downtown
plant, crippled seriously as it was with;
the street lighting join, and Its lar-T
gest engine out of order with a brokenI
shaft, furnished, all during the storm,I
the lighting for the homes and storesI
of the second district. ‘,
Four huge telephone poles were;
blown down by the wind on Railroadt
avenue. The largest of these, at tho'
corner near the Central Food 'Com-‘
pany, ripped up a portion of the sitte—i
walk and earth with it as it fell.‘ The!
other three poles so tied up truffle;
and made it dangerous in this then!
oughfare. tihat Officer Frank V. Ray-I
mond‘ stationed Officers John H. Smith I
and Milton I. Lockwood at the corners I
of Clay street. and West Washington]
street to warn any chance passersby.i
Police headquarters, all through tliel
night, was continually beseiged withI
scores of telephone calls, telling the
desk sergeant about wires being done
In all sections of the city. These re-
ports, ware relerred to the proper air
thorities.
Street Foreman Horace Lewis S. O.‘
Sit for half a. hundred men bright
and early this morning to set them at
work cleaning up the snow drifts.
Very early in the morning snow
piougbs were sent out .by the street
department ,and workers this morning
found paths cut in the deep snow for
(their convenience getting to the toe
tories and stores. ‘
Connecticut avenue was rendered
impassable by the number of trees
and poles that were overturned by the
gale. Wires, telephones, electric
light, telegraph, cables. etc., were,
swept to the roadway by the failing
trees. I
A high tree blocked one end ofI
Spring street this morning. ‘
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PIAN IN DISIAIDRE
Guardsmen Feel Proposed Schemef
is Not Practical—lose interestI
During Winter—No Social Fear,1
t ores and Small Rate of Pay:
Against it I
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While officers of thc t‘onncctttul.
National tluard will not allow inch,
opinions on military subjects to hi I
quoted. ii is apparent that the pi‘o-‘
posed t ontinentni army scheme meets
with little ft1\0l‘ anion: thciu. ’l'hc
otlicers of the state militia are bound,
by the same rule which sans the of .
iiccrs of the regular army, aitd arc‘
expected to support loyaily any plan
announced by their superiors. repaintl
less of thcir own opinions.
The proposed Continental army,l
honeter. has caused tnitcli informal
discussion among the‘oliicers. \In atl-I
ditiott to the feeling that the scheme
is not practical, there is a sentiment
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that the scheme, as propose '
ti to t‘on-‘
gress. entirely ignores the charts of
the national gttardsnien to give the
country some measure of protection,
and that its proposals, it carried into
effect. would result in a force of men.
as untrained as the militia of anic—,
helium days. officerctl. for the most
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IS ‘IUE SNDII BIEANED' ,
DEE IUUR SIDEWAINI
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If the snow was ttoi all shovcled off,
your sidewalk by 1 o'cloek today you
are liable to prosecution. There is
in force a street ordinance th
Iates th
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at stipu-i
'a snow storm, Io clean your walks of
snow. i
. It. was stated this morning that this
ordinance will be strongly enforced.I
The street department is cit—operating
with the police that the ordinaucemav
be carried out to the .
In other wards:
(let Busy!
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fullest extent. ‘
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BRIDGEPOR’T CHURCHES T0 1
UNITE. ‘
BRIIlGI‘JPORT. ilec. li—A’l‘he first"
announcement of definite action Io-t
ward the uniting of the First and Sec-I
otid Congregational (‘hurches in this.
city was made Sunday. When the niem~t
bers of botlt parishe-z were informedl
of the chances decided upon. ‘v
At a meeting of committees from'
the churches, it was decided that the,
name of the new and united body will-
be "The l'nited Congregational1
Church."
The Board of Deacons in eachI
dhnrch will resign as a preliminary"three-story rooming house at No. 55 Exceptionally
The United Church will then East Grand avenue. early todzoz 't‘it.~,““°k9-
step.
select deacous. I
These decisions are contingent tip-I
on the agreement of the congrega.
lions. When full plans are made. them
proposition will be put to a vote.
KUNZ DID NOT FIGHT.
The snow storm didn‘t treat Bat.
tling Kunz right last night. It pre-
vented him from motoring front this:
city [’0 the Casino. in Bridgeport,I
where he was to take on Jim Kelley.!
Young hicAulit‘fe was substituted, butI
the bout was stopped. Other fightI
fans were stalled by the snow. A;
Party of sports from this city got»
caught in \Vestport. their machine de-l
citning to go further in title gale andl
blizzard. and still another partv wereI
stalled at Fairfield. ‘
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SUFFRAGISTS AND ANTIS BUSY.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 14.—Both suf-
frage and anti-suffrage organizationr
were active here today. Delegan‘s
representing the two camps were to
call on President Wilson at the White
.“are creating positions to help
d tearing!
ovm wires. ‘
tHouse, and also requested a hearing
A large force of workmen from the b
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downtown station were out all duringfmjgég tIhe Republican National Com
the storm last night, endeavoring toI The.
repair the wires fitted the street light-l
ing might be continued. As soon as
National American - Woman
(Suffrage Association began Its forty-
!seventh annual convention today. The
gm break we fixedi a We {’{We’lpnncipai business before it was the
it some section 9' .t l? F‘l-‘a W‘s. .WP' iciection of a president. to succeed Dr.
pied 0"“, and the service was again I-Anna. Howard Shaw. who after serv-
‘ 1 ing eleven years, has announced her
intention to retire.
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ABBBUNIANIS
ARE ANSWERED
gil. W. Bissell & Associates Takeiflames Broke Out at 4:25 o'clock
Exception To Insinuations of
“Unfavorable and llntrue" lie.
port Was Draw lip
SNIEEIN’S SIAIEMENI “IIIII
NDI NBID WAIER"
Assertions Made By lodge Walsh,
“SOUTH NORWALK, CONN” TUESDAY, DECEMBER I4. 1915
III SNBP
I Yesterday Afternoon In Drying
I Room of Keer Duroin Factory
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In DEPARININI
. SERIOUSLY NANDIDAPPED
{First Call Was By Telephone, their
Two Alarms Were Sent Ire-Fire-
fmdh
$3,500 and
IHRUUUUUUI
THE COUNTRYtlho—uthn in”
Railroad. Telegraph and
Telephone Lines Put 0m Ladles’ Board Yesterday Atterttoon‘
oi Com-lssion ior Many
flours
ARE IAID IIIW
Electric Power of New
Mr. Ilipson,SuperintendentldacyZ men Bonfire Blaze To Erick "ave“ une 0m 0' the
fire Denied and Explained
The following; letter has been re
ccitcd front ll. ii. liisscll. whose ac-
countanis rendered a report of the
financial condition of the third dis»
.trict at a recent. meeting The WWI”),unknown origin.
report, as considered last Friday
night, tins subjected to considerable
criticism which was reported iii The.
Sentinel. The follouiiic cmitmunica
tion from Mr. lIisst-ll full) explains
the points bronchi up and condemned
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DDIDDEPDRI am
BUREAU DENIES INIEIIEERINB
llllllliilCl‘OIl’l‘. Ilcc li, . Iiccausc of“
the iniimntions that hate been made
and the investigations that have been
conducted, the German and Austro-
Hungarlan Labor information and lie
at you are allowed six hours”?1 Bureau, which has an oiliee in ”I" “”1“ of chemical.
ingot daylight, following, the Cessation or,Viarner Building in this city, has Ik‘preit't' well and“.
sued a statement. Through Felix
.auier, who conducts the bureau, the
organization calls attention to its
aims. as follows: l?
It deities taking men out of mini.
lions plants for the purposc of crip-
pling their manufactures.
it admits that some manufacturers
the
cause." :
Hans Liebau. consulting: engineer“
and architect of 11‘. liibcrt street. New
York, issued the statement.
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BURUEB I0 BENIN:
CHI ‘ACO. Dec. 14.—-Threc persons:
jured iii a fire which deifiitroyai a
victims were:
Edward Barry. 27 years old.
Mrs. Josie Barry, 26 years old. ,
Aaron Barabro, :33 years old. .
Many trapped in their rooms when?
exits. jumped front the second and;
third story windows and sustained in
chance to escape. as the building:
burned quickly. ,
Thei‘ire, it is believed, started from!
an overheated furnace. I
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EDIIDII lliESE DililiiliDNSI
in case of fire today do not run to
box to ring in onaiarm. You will
’be wasting time, for the entire sys
tem, throughout the city, is out of or-
der. as a result of the storm. Run
for the nearest telephone and call, ac-
cording to districts, as follows:
First District-4-3 or +2.
Second District—~24 or 123.
Tliird District—170.
Chief George W. Bogprdus said this
morning that the first district alarm
will be practically rebuilt. The mass
tar-boxes, in case of telephone calls of
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Ilitlllittzt‘, amounting to about $21.30".
was situated by fire in the lveri-ilurn
lli hut factory on \\ood\\urtl atenue,
,icstcrtiay afternoon The fire was of
insurance carried
with the J. M. Layton Agency, en-
iircly coveted the damage The in.-
department was seriously crippled by
the lack of men at the start of im-
,htitzc. but did wonderful wtrk in coit-
lining the tire to the brick portion of
Alllt‘ building, prctcttting its spread to
the wooden :--t‘f‘lIUll§ of the factory.
The tire broke out about riii’il
.o‘ciock in the drying room on the top
floor. There were 12 men at work
time but no one
knows “but caused the blaze. fine
of the oilice force telephoned to the
Central Fire station that there was
a small blaze at the factory. One of
the regular men was at supper, and
Chief George W. iiogardus and the
driver of the auto truck responded.
When t‘liiet Bogardus arrived at the
scene of the fire, he fought the
flames alone for fifteen minutes in the
stifling ltot drying room with a single
llc had the flames
control but when
exhausted the blaze
g up anew, more serious than be-
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his tank was
sprun
fore.
The chief shouted from the second
story window to run a single. line of
hose frotn a nearby hydrant and send
in an alarm from the Cross street box.
This was done. The fire had gained
good headway by the time the water
was forced onto it.
On the first alarm there were not
enough men who responded to tight
the tire. (‘hief' liogardus ordered a
second alarm turned in to call out
more men. This resulted in a good
crew turning out, and the firefighters
went to work with a will.
The firemen worked under the
greatest of difficulties. The light was
very poor. it being late in the after-
noon. and a very strong wind swept
the cutting particles of hail and am
into their faces. Then, too, the dry—
:Were b rned to death and a score in»? log room, where the tire was, “'33 fill-
ed with hat fur. tutti this causes an
heavy and choking
The men ditl good work in keeping
the names confined to the brick part
of the structure, preventing it front
making its way to the wooden build-
ing. Had it succeeded in getting out
Itbe flames cut. 0“ the front and rear,“ the firemen’s control. it would have
resigned In a serious tire.
T..e men who were in the factory
|juries. Those who lost their lives oc-Jmad“ themselves scarce, and it was
icupied third floor rooms and had iiolnecessarl‘ {01‘ the department to sta~
tion two men at the factory, these
men doing duty all night, through~ the
storm, up to 6:30 o‘clock this morning.
Three lines of hose, totaling 1,000
feet, were played on the blaze.
Damage L0 for amounted to about
$1,500. and the building suffered a loss
of about 31.000. This is the third fire
at the hat factory within about a year.
EAIRIIEID BUUNII 'l
EARII BUREAU UEEIBERS
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The annual meeting of the Fairfieid
County From Bureau was held yester-
day afternoon, in the headquarters in
the Town Assembly Hall. The secre-
tary's and financial reports were read
and officers were also elected f r the
following year. The newly eected
fire, will be rung.
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.\l']\\' \tlllix’. llct‘. it. The center
of one (it Hit heatiusi snou stomps
this ;~:'I'.lt.ln of III“ country has cx-
petltnccvl in smcrnl )1'1tfh passed
tiottlitust oi New Yorlt loin}, iratine
iii its \t'nho‘ .i tangle of broken If’lt'
graph poles and “ties. railroad trains
limit-d lI‘ :IltHMtll'Ills or luilévdtIIUI’ti,
and a huge portion of thv Yon-1., New.
Jersey. l'cunsyltanitt and Nov. 1-inc-
latiti hianuutcd \\‘llIl soon from six to
illiccit lnt'ltws deep.
Snov. via:- still falling early today,
tlIlllUllL‘Il tlit- sctertty oi the storm Izod
abated.
'l'hc heaviest fall of snow reported
in this \icinity was at I’oukhkcepsic.
N. Y., \vht-rc it was fifteen inches
deep. Some of ths’an
iral's thmugh express trains forced
their way through the drifts. hours
behind their schedule.
known to the railroad oilleials, anti no
one could say when they might arrive.
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DIIDUEPDDI DNIIDREN
cam AlllND SDNDD
HARTFORD. Dec. ll,—~»Secrciury
t‘harles ll. time, of the State Board of
Education. has been informed that all
the children of school age in Bridge.
port have not the means of obtaining
a common school education. The agent
says that when he reported to the
Bridgeport school authorities names
of children not attending school, he
met with the reply that there was no
room for them. In a number of in
stances the children belong to fami-
lies of immigrants lately arrived and
whose names aitd ages of the children
were reported to the State Board of
Education by the Immagration
thorities in New York.
Some of these children have nearly
reached the age limit for school and pOultry Association was held 185,,
received no education whatever in
their native countries.
Secretary Hine thinks that
crowding of sixty or more children iii
a room Intended for l’oriy is a condi-
tion_ which ought to be remedied and
without delay. He suggests that the
Bridgeport school authorities provide
temporary school buildings.
Mr. Hine said the State Board
might think it its duty to interfere in
order to secure for the children ample
opportunity to receive art education.
The interference might take the shape
of the refusal of the board to pay the
state grants to the city.
BDARD Di mu that
tomorrow EVENING
The adjourned meeting of the South:
Norwalk Board of Trade will he held
at the Mahuckemo Hotel
evening. at 8 o'clock.
SEVERE smut
York (‘en-
The wlicre-‘
abouts of other 'tlirouuli trains was till-l
an. '
tomorrow I
Matters of im-
inane
BRIllSH Al
. NBSPIIAI’S IINEN
Held Enjoyable Party For The
. Benefit of The institution
\\ oodscotirt, tho beautiful home of
'ltr and .\irs. A. ll. \vadsworth, was
yesterday afternoon the scene of an
exceptionally I‘IIJU} able card party
that was a smart soeial affair. There
were 1:5) tables. The party was held
under Ih* auspices of the Ladies'
Ilourtl oi the Norwalk Hospital, and
the Sill“ whitto ocheted to have
been cleared as a result, will go to
card purchasing lint-u for the bus-
pit-til.
Mrs. John hit-Mullen and Mrs. Henry
t‘. Slit-'lt‘l' were in charge, and they
were assisted by the members of the
citlci‘lttlillltt‘lll committee of the La-
In
dics' lioard. Following the playing,
which has enjoyed immensely, ten.
and refreshments were served. The
cool party was among; the most pleas
an: affairs or this nature held during
the season.
ElRENEN ARE IDSINB
INIERESI IN WURII?
can II he said of Norwalk's volun-
leer firemen that they are losing in»
terest in their work, and have not
ilieeii responding in as large numbers
as they could, to fires recently?
At the Oscar Squires and Kerr-
Ilurnin fires it was necessary to ring
in two alarms before the required
number of tire-fighters could be so
cured.
‘there is a lack of interest, and the
linen do not turn out as they could and
should.
This indifference has stirred, again,
iille talk or a paid department. Con-
lditions, to those who are familiar with
Ithem, warrant. officials say, the addi-
jtiou of more paid men to iihe depart-
ment's stations. The Board of Esti-
mate. liowever, doesn't think so. for
they turned down the department's re-
quest for three additional men.
The last three fires that have occur-
red in Norwalk. (‘hlef G. W. Bogardus
said today. have been among the most
stubborn in the history of the depart-
meni.
INEII UEEIDERS EUR
PUUIIRI ASSUBIAIIBN
The annual meeting of the Norwalit
Inight. Matters concerning the recent
-. very successful poultry show were dis-
‘Ill‘ ‘ cussed and routine business transact-.
ed. Oflicers elected for
Iyear included:
' President—H. J. Bracken.
. \'ice-President——A. W. Nicholls.
: Secretary—~A. I). Morgan.
I Assistant. Secretary—Charles
‘ Macomber.
; Treasurer-«Roy C. Lester.
Superintendent—E. H. Patterson.
‘_ Assistant Superintendent—William
‘H. Thels.
the following
‘fsroaas OPEN EVENINGS NEXT
3 WEEK.
I The downtown merchants have de‘
'cided that they will not keep their
‘52iores open evenings until next week;
,but from next Monday evening they
Iwill be open every night_until Christ.
‘mas. Shoppers are urged to do their
Ishopping early and give the clerks. an
equal opportunity to have a. pleasant
IChristmas season. This agreement
was decided on through the Retail
Merchants‘ Association.
n is said that in all three districtsltinued
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portance to the business men of thci
city will be discussed and acted upon. ' REPUBLICAN CONVENTION JUMJ’
A good attendance ought to be as-i WASHTNG’ION. Dec. l-l.——Thc Re
sored. The enthusiasm for the con. publican National Committee‘s sub-
tinuanco of this organization is un- committee on call, appointed to frame
abated, and the success of the ro-or» the call for the Republican National
ganimion plans seems beyond ques- Convention next year, reported today
lion. Show that you are alive. to the in favor of holding the conventirn
interests of your city by attendingthe June 7, 1916, but did not mention any
'mceting tomorrow, even though not not the four cities which want the ex:-
_r.icinber of the organization.
.venilon.
moan
SERBIAN iilDNl
Illeavy Losses Suffered by
. the Retreating Troops.
and Long Section of
I French Front Taken by.
Storm ---Peace Discussion
May Be Continued in:
Reichsiag
Not only have the Anglo-
French armies been driven out i
Serbia by the Bulgarians, as Bet"
lin reported yesterday, but prev-
iously their front was broken
through and the French force.
cut off from the British, accordv
ing to an official statement from
Sofia.
Heavy losses were suffered by
the retreating troops. the Bul-
garian report declares. At one
point. a French battalion was rout-
ed and its commander captured.
A Macedonian division was the
Bulgarian army unit which broke
through the allied line and divid~
ed
right bank of the Vardar a long»
‘scction of thtn French front was
taken by storm.
Protests against any further
concessions by Greece to the Enr
tentc Allies will be made by Ger-
many. Athens advices declare.
Germany, it is said, already hafi
asked Greece whether Greek neu.
trality has been compromised in
‘ any way by the new facilities ac—
corded the Enteme. ’
i The Italian Clamber‘of Depth
.ties has adjourned until March I
after a demonstration of tribal.
to the King and “the victoriouI
army at the front." .
Peace discussions may be con—
in the Reichstag. accord—
ing to a Leipsic newspaper, which
that thirty-four Sociali‘
Lmembcrs have signed a declara-
'tion expressing dissatisfactiou
with the results of the recent dis.-
cussion.
; France has abandoned, as too-
'costlv and ineffective, the plan to .
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it. In.the operations on the ,
rm».
; purchase a merchant fleet of fifty , _
ships from a British firm, a Par-
£is dispatch states. Other means
Iof increasing the fleet and do;-
,creasing freight rates Will be
‘sought, it is said. _ _
" Unofficial Berlin has no intima-
‘tion as to how the American notc- '
on the Ancona has been received.
Iin Vienna. It is not expected it}
the German capital that the Aus-
tro-Hungarian newspapers will ,
comment on the note until that
tVienna Cabinet decides definitely V,
'on its course.
Paucity of war news from Eur.
ope is explained as due to the
storm, which has interrupted.
communication along the .land
5routes of the cable companies.
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SEPH‘S LEGS PARALYZED
‘ PARIS. Dec. 14. 5:15 a; m.—:—-
IA report that Emperor i'raims
Joseph's legs were DaraIch last.
year. and that the Emperor also
has lost the use of his right arm, .7
is forwarded by the Rome cor.
respondent of the Mafia. He says
it is understood in Rome that this
information was
Vatican by Cardinal von Hart-
’mann. Archbishop of Cologne,
who recently went to Route for
the Consistory.
According: to this report. the 3"
Emperor is able to Sign no state
papers and a special stamp has
been made for use in his pres~
encc by his private secretary.
ITALIAN CHAMBER OF
taken to the I
DEPUTIES ADJOURN ,W
ROME, Dec. 13. 8:35 p. m.~—'—V.‘
The Chamber of Deputies ad—
-iourncd.todav until March 1. Ad?
inttl'nnlt’lll was taken after an
imposingr tIctttonstration in tri~
bute to the king and the army.
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