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SOUTH NORWALK. CONN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29. 1916
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Grillod by Bridgeport Police, Cath-
arias sums Tells Story the
loads to Ian's hast
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DADSED HER [0 [EM
'llEE 0E SHANE, SHE SAYS
Prim, lie I: Married, Ileld
in $1,000 Bail—Denies Charges
of Girl
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itltllitlrll’mt’l‘. Aug. ”:3. SPnrilllOT.
at disclosures growing out of the ar-
Tr‘wl of 2'.’ year old (‘atliei’ine Sheets
of Oil t‘ily. l’a., on the charge of theft
of $5 from the F. W. Woolworth cout-
‘pny. have resulted in the arrest of
Nicholas lieSesa who boards with hi
Wlft‘ at No 170 Golden ilill street.
tieSesa is charged with living on
the proceeds of the girl's immorality.
following her full confession of an un-
usual life story. How she came to
this city in June. made the acquain-
tance of Iler‘tesa oil the streets. led a
life of shame liraddition to working in
the Woolworth store and stole from
the cash register. turning over every
cent she got hold of to lieSt-stt, with
the exception of just enouglt for her
ltvulg expenses, are some of the points
to her statement made to the police
authorities today.
80b. Out Story.
During a two hour grilling! today
the girl made many other sensational
statements between soils. They are.
such a nature. involving many other
men in Bridgeport. that the authori-
ties are jealOusly guarding them“ and
are starting to take up each point in
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INARSHIPS EEARE
HEXIDAN HAEERS
SAN DIEGO, Aug, 29.-—Fourteen
'Utliled States war vessels are in San
Diego harbor today. five cruisers,
seven destroyers, one boat and a trans-
port, comprising the largest fleet as-
sembled there in.months.
Most of the vessels recently have
i been withdrawn from Mexican wa-
ters, eight having arrived from the
south Sunday.
The destroyers are to remain a
Week and then steam to the southern
drill grounds for torpedo practice.
lllDDE NIIHDRANS
ERDN RAHRDAD CASE
TBOSTON. Aug. 29.—Unlted States
circuit judge William 1,. Putnam to-
day withdrew from the Boston and
Maine Railroad receivership proceed-
ings because of a bill filed by counsel
for minority stockholders, which ac-
cording to Judge Putnam, attacked the
integrity of the court.
Judge Putnam further ordered that
the ’bill be sent to the. office of the
federal district. attorney for investi-
gation by the grand jury.
James H. Hustis. president of the
{Boston and Maine was appointed tem—
porary receiver for the road.
ARNEDHEXN‘ANS
‘ RAIDED A MINE
EL PASO.
armed Mexic
Aug. 29.——A band of
s raided the Big Bend
mine near T lingua. Texas. Monday
and destroyed the mine and machin-
ery. A troop of the Sixth United
States cavalry followed on: raiders.
killed seven and chased the remainder
over the border.
NOOHOLERA EPIDEMIC lN PHILIP-
PINEt , ‘
MANILA. Aug. 29.—The health dir-
ector denies the report that an epi-
demic of cholera .15 prevalent in the
Philippines.
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,Vlell rm'citii its organization
landed tip-County loan Yester-
day. For Best line in it: iii:-
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IDINNER SERVED ID
jiuiotiiiitis Di
SEVERAL HUNDRED!
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Exercises Ileld in the Hilton 00n-
gregatiomi Church
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A For the first time in its history the.
lighting Seventeenth surrendered yes-
terday. The Veteran's Association‘
lllHltJ‘tl Wilton sortie sixty strong. but
when they began to realize the efforts
that. the good people of Wilton liati'
made. they capilulated without a strug-l
ale. liven tlllt‘ little firing suuad of;
four fiilllllllllt‘l‘lllt‘n, with a small sup-
port of boy scouts made them wavei‘.‘
but when they entered the dining hall
and were confronted by dozens of the
prettiest girls in the whole town they
liorsted the white flag for good. it
was elllr‘l)’ a great day for all concern“
eti. Nearly seventy of the old bt).\\
answered the roll call. and with tlteir'
ladies numbered fully one hundred.
and fifty. The heavy showers during}
the morning altered the plans some-
what but did not dampen the ardor a;
particle. The original plan called for:
serving the dinner on the lawn in front,
of the Wilton Congregational church}
‘with ~tables to accommodate 200. bur,
when the rain came. the use of the
chapel was promptly offered, and it‘.
was necessary to serve. the guests in'
ielays of 100. So many of the dough-t
tern of Wilton responded to the call.
of the committee that a separate squad!
was in attendance at each of the. three‘
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relays served. and to their good looks,
lpleasant smiles. and deft attention. aL
large measure of the success of this
important feature is due.
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f0R_D_ll_El’AREDRESS
Escorted between lines of the Sixth
Company C. A. (‘.. and the local Naval
Militia. and headed by the Rowayton.
Fife and Drum Corps, a goodly nuni-i
her of veterans of the Douglas Fowler
and Buckingham Posts. and McKinley"
Camp. U. S. W. V.. marched in parade-
last evening in the Second District,{
before the admiring gaze oi hundreds.
of enthusiastic onlookers.
A Last night‘s demonstrations were;
given over entirely to the cause of:
ipreparednesssand it was to this end"
,that the members of the procession)
aimed.
At the ”conclusion of the parade.
which left the. City Hall at 7:30'
o‘clock in the evening. and marchedi
down South Main street, and then back!
to the Palace Theatre in North ‘Main
street, the marchers filed into the ille-‘
:tlre to view. as guests of the generous ‘
management. that tremendous patri-‘_
otic preparedness spectacle. “The
Battle Cry of Peace," which is heingi
shown for three days‘at the downtown
playhouse.
The photo play itself was a gigantic;
de nstration and appealed lti the;
people of the United States. which}
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showed clearly just how adequatet
their present army and navy and its:
equipment is. and it pointed out clean!
ly. by the picturisatlon of apptfilingi
examples, just what a foreign enemy.I
;would do. once he landed on cart
shores. By the hearty and enthusias-'
ltic applause which rolled forth from
every corner of the big playhouse.
upon each and every appearance of the
American soldiers. the Yankee navy.
or the star spangled banner, the les-
son appeared to be well driven home.
ART COLLEOT|ON ROBBED.
NEW YORK. Aug. 29—A great art
collection somewhere in New York
city has been looted of objects valued
at nearly 850.000. The robbery took
place on ‘Jllly 29 and became general-
ly known today through circulation by
the police of a circular warning pawn
brokers and dealers in antiques and
art objects to be on the lookout fc\
the stolen goods.
Most of the articles desadbed in the
police circular are of Mount! crystal
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inTheEvcningSentiH.‘
Showers this afternoon and tonight.
we can!
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0verlud and laid leaf in first:
port Ave-e. and 0nd oer-nt-
i: in the Hospital
in an accident which happened yel-
terday afternoon on the Weatport
road. just this side of the Westport
(‘ountry Club. the Overland touring
car owned by Frank Roback. of Bridge-
port, and which has been used in
jitney service in this city for some
time. and a Buick touring cor bearing
the Connecticut license No. 24255.
were both badly damaged, and all of
the occupants were badly shaken up
David Walsh. of 100 Wells street.
Bridgeport. was: quite badly injured
and was removed to the Norwalk Hoa-
ii. P. Silliilis titlllS
EiDHl EDR DAY AND
SHERIEE DDES HDNE
fraction lag-Ito’s Iliat
“trouble Ahead" Fails to Shake
health officer
CAMP WONPOSET. Bantam Lake.
Aug. 20.—After a three days‘ skir»
mlah. Theodore P. Shouts of New .
Yorkibuilder of railroads and master,
has been forced to bow .
of millions,
in defeat before a Connecticut town
health officer and Herbert Thomas.’
aged ll. son of Mrs. A. C. Thomas of
490 East End avenue. New York. re-
mains in the quarantined boys' camp
pital. lie was badly out about the; ~;lothl:ill'm:nnd fikeégggfi '22:? bell};
face. and received a severe scalp; lfig‘htin to remove him Mr Shouts
wound. Al the hospital this morning; mm ”AV 1 ' '
it was stated that he. won resting very;
comfortably. and that his injuries wbret
not so severe as first suppoyed. All
it the other occupants requ red med;
cal attention. The Overland was head- " 0
ed in the direction of Norwalk. while:
the lluick was going in the opposite.
direction, Fiom information lllltl canl
he gathered since the time of the ac-‘
idea lea 00th Tired of Delay
and Walt Scale-eat Very Seal
suggested dire results unless the boy
was released. and Health Officer
James M. Whittlesey oi Morr's stood
his ground. Now Mr. Shouts and
Mrs. Thomas have given up their el-
forts to get the boy out of camp be-
fore the expiration on Wednesday of
‘ the quarantine period.
All is quiet at Camp Wonposet at
Bantam Lake last night. ilerbett
cldent. it seem: that the driver of llll“
liliiek was at fault. as he cut across
WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.——President
Wilson will address congress in joint,
on the wrong side of the Overland car. . warm on the railway strike situation'
The lllll(‘l\ was coming down the hillth 2:30 o'clock thll afternoon. V
at a tltitlgei'tiUs speed and as it neared. The president reamed his decision
the corner, and the driver saw that lio' soon after I meeting of the brothers
could not make the corner and keep in- hood heads had come to a conclusion
Sltlt‘ the approaching Overland. he on the latest preposalofthe committee:
decided to go on the outside of it. At . of railway presidents to defer a strike;
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the same time the driver of the ()ver- pending an investigation. .
land turned out in get on the extreme‘ Their decision was not announced.
right hand side of the road. with the‘ but the president's action in deciding
Blunt) l‘t‘hllllr. The iluick was taken} to address congrutl was interpretedl
to l". i: Lotkwood's garage for rel plainly as meaning they had rejected‘
pillf‘n, while \‘aast Brothers' servicelit. '
irtitk towed the damaged Overland to
the garage. .
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fictional Guard: of Nutrient, Ohio
and Kentucky Ordered Suit
0n the part of the railroad execu‘
lives there existed a remnant of
chance that they might grant the 5.
hour day. providing it should not go,
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not considered probable. however.‘
Legislator. won at work flaming
showy mam providing an
8 hour day'lo become elective at a
moderately distant (intend to estab-
lish a permanent system of ameliorat-
ing railway labor disputes by making
them subject to investigation by a
commission and forbidding strikes or
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NDN'l Dill. [HES
WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.-—-Soma 12.-
000 men of Ohio, Vermont and Kim
tucky National Guard ngimentn still
held in state mobilization camps
were directed by the war department
yesterday to proceed to the Mexican
border. The department revoked
suspension oi an order for their
movement issued two weeks ago. All
the regiments will go forward to jolnlc“. E.” m.‘ IS hi0” ".
General 'l-‘unston's command as rnp-. 1° t. 12 r.“ "M M‘
idly as the transportation can be
supplied. Some units were on thei
111M918“ night. A NEW YORK. Aug. 29.—The extra-
There remain approximately l3.—‘g{dinary prices asked for the dye-1
000 guardsmen. scattered throught gum brought to this country by the?
many states who are not affected by! Deutschland and recently dislributedl
yesterday's order. The? 3150 were “ll-i among the lending importers in this:
der orders for the border two weekstcny. are having the effect of fending.
880. but the suspension so far h“ of! prospective buyers who reluse tol
not been revoked for them. i pay the prices demanded. This let
The original order sending south-ipnrtlcutarly true as regards nilnrinel
ward all troops called into the fed-t wool and cotton dyes, the users of.
,tratlons
mentioned on Fourth Pan.)
DDDl NEAIHER EDR
CNN WAR lElERANS
0ltl Soldiers at KIIISIS City at
Gmt Parsoul Sacrifices
KANSAS CITY. M0.. AC8. 29.——That
have for months made great persoul
sacrifices so u to be able to attend
the annual encampment of the
Grand Army of. the Republic. in sea-
Ilon here. was a statement made
today by Captain Elias R. Monfort.
commander-inchief of the blueclad
veterans.
"The ‘boya' have saved their money
for months to attend this encamp-
ment." said Captain Monfort. Some
of them are not well fixed in worldly?
goods. but they were eager to come
hero and march in the annual parade
and to shake hands with their battle
comrades. I‘ve known men who
should have spent their
money for food and clothing.
saved it for the reunion.”
Cool weather will make it possible
for the veterans to take a more active
part in the celebration than had been
expected;
The auxiliary'organlzations of the
Grand Army. totaling eight, opened
their headquarters in various parts
of the city during the day and re.
of members continued
throughout the morning and after-
noon.
Routine huslness meetings of the
councils and commanders of both to.
Grand Army and the auxiliaries were
held, completing arrangements
the sessions of all the organizations
to start Wednesday afternoon. fol-
lowing the annual parade of the vet-
but
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gtireek Stealer leadros Stink. But the Crew Snitch? '
Norwegian Stealer lsdaleii Also Lost - French m '
Are Leading the Offensive lover-cut in the Send
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German Imperial Chancellor Refuses to Give an later»
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view to the Rumanian Minister. Who leaves Berlia’i
Many general st'afi officerfifl
Washington believe B
818 ESCAPE” . ! it b all d t bear out
1 . ‘Wl. e c e upon 0 _ _
DRHARMED ERDH iii intrastate.“ R -~
Many officers in Waawfl‘
ook for a fierce Bulgarian (kl
ginto Rumania as soon as war H ‘
ideclared between these two lu-
itions. _ .
The Greek steamer Leadroo has
been sunk. incoming to a 6.9
.patch from Valencia, Spain. to
lLloyd's Shipping Agency.
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.Nt‘lli‘l)‘ :00 people escaped in their
night chilling from the New lmeia
liiotel when fire destroyed the four~
story wooden structure just before
.miduight last. At a late hour.
!the fire department. aided by sam-
.‘nier-guest volunteers. was fighting to
prevent the flames from springing l
tndjoining cottages. All the guests
into me" for some time. This was the L'nion veteran's of the Civil Wat-tescaped uninjured but 19" were ablt‘fLondon, The crew was 3".“
lie save their belongings. The nearby; . . .
comm were mm —- The Rumantan mini
The hotel. which was a huge four- View! called fit the
[story wooden structure; “Milli 200 byiyesterday and received .
150 feet. and cont: :1 ug rooms” -
was thirty Years old.‘ it stood nearisEaxysl,‘a "I???“ mend by...
Ithe new harbor on the westerly side! c angc e egraph 0mm _,
1of the island. it was particularlyiLOndon today from the A" "7 ,'
popular with Connecticut people. and capital by way of The “RAID. (4": .
imany Hartford people were guests Officials in Washington
[there at the time of the fire. ed .
Last night nearly all of the guests PVC-53 no surprise If R
‘retired early. The fire was dis-laction. which was known to
faint-ed“ by Lloydt 1);va all" elec-tdependent entirely on Italy" deco"
: rc ra way magnae o .'ew ersey.t ~ -‘
‘one of the guests. at about 11:3011“.atlon 0‘ war on Germain 1"
o'clock last night. He smelled smoke? ex‘suqceiOf 3_ sect“; 05M“: ,
and on investigation he found that aidei‘ensive alliance between I
llively fire was going in a cupola. Heiand Rumania as affectingtho
immediately notified the oiilce. and:
jbell boys hurried through the struc-‘l‘am has be”? 1mm m WW
of ington some time.
iture notifying the guests. All I u ‘.
lthoso in the building hurried out. On the Somme as at Vorduar;
'Word of the fire was telephoned to’we are leading in the ’oifeuoiu“.
the other hotels at the old harbor} » -
.and MD was .and dominating the adversary
quickly on the wayn. . ,.
When the firemen arrived. however.'.say5 an officml anCh nae. .
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there was nothing that could be . viewing last week's operIthIII'flt
done to save the place. The waterithe French front. “There in not
.supply was poor and there was:
point in the general theatre '
.operations where the em
not actually reduced to the“
fensive.“ continues the unto-f.”
tions which we. have unde .
continue despite thenesietuice
practically no means of fighting the
flames except by- bucket brigades.
,The big wooden structure burned
like tinder and soon was a u-zss ot
smoking embers. The guests were
itaken to other hotels. Although
iBlock Island is twelve miles frm
the fire
eral service was issued by
department in order that the di-t
visionai units along the international]
‘. line might be filled up. and also that‘ than pay from 10 to 12 times
those ’regimcms which were notl
ready to go in the first rush might.
share in the training as\soon as they:
could be fully equipped. When thei
railway strike became threatening:
General Funston recommended that.
the whole movtmient be held up as:
the supply difficulty. in case of a rail:
addition of
mand.
The department now has decided
that the strike situation may con-I
tinue unchanged for some time. The;
officers are anxious to complete the;
divisionar organization on the bor-i
der in rder that full advantage may
be taken of the opportunity to train
a large number of men. It has also
been concluded. it is said. that the
supply difficulty can be met even in
case of a strike.
The war department
following statement:—
“0rders previously issued tempor-
arily suspending the movement of
the militia of Vermont. inentucky
and Ohio to the southern depart-
ment. have been revoked. Them
troops will join the divisions to
which assigned in the recent divis-
ional organization of the militia
called into federal service."
Camps Prepared.
EL PASO, Texan. Aug. 29.—-Camps
have been prepared here for thirty
regiments in addition to the 40,000
national? guard-men and regular»
now on radon in the El Paco dis-
trict. Brig. Gen. Charles G. Horton:
assigned to command the Tenth Di—
visibn of the national guard is here
awaiting the arrivalaod his troops. ~
25.000 men to his cone.
issued the
its from 10 to
with the dyestuffs furnished to them
by American manufacturers rather
the
normal prices.
In the issue of the Oil, Paint and
Drug Reporter, which appeared to-
day. it is said.tbe cargo of dyestuffs
on board the Deutschland was about
125 tons net..and in stating that
American textile manufacturers re-
fuse to buy the dyestuffs. the journal
Elie-up. W011” be complicated by the. advances two reasons for this action.
The first is that the prices asked
is times greater than
those which existed before the war,
and the second that many American
manufacturers have so adjusted their
lines of goods that with the aid of
American dye makers, they are get-
ting along nearly as well as in nor-
mal times. .
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DANVIL‘LE. 111.. Aug. 29.—Six rob-
bers blew the sofas of two banks at
Homer. [1].. near here early today and
oacaped in an automobile with $13,000.
The robbers' plans were weil laid.
a. they had cut all telephone wires
into the town and the explosion! at
the two bonuswue simultaneous and
sotmmed that only a few
persona
worthwhile-ed. slime-hundred}!
dollars was taboov from the. Raynor
and Robb bank, “.600 fronrtho
cm' Bulk. .
“10 “P which seem content to struggle along'erflns that mornlfls.
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NIEUHANHD HDNAN’S
CASE DDNHHDED
WILLIMANTIC, Aug. 29.——Diega
Zara, who shot her husband during an
argument over domestic affairs yester-
day. was charged in the city court to-
day with :tssault with intent to conr
mit murder. She was not put to plea
as Prosecliting Attorney Bugbee asked
for a continuance until tomorrow.
Coroner Arthur G. Bill of Daniel
sons, who talked with Mrs. Zara yes-
terday. says that the woman told him
that she could stand no longer the
abuse of her husband. and since he
bought some real estate. she felt as
if she would be killed or she would
have to kill her husband in self de-
tense.
in court Mrs. Zara was asked if
she had a lawyer. She said she had
none but would do as told about so-
curing counsel. K
Zara is in a critical conditi‘o‘n‘dt St.
Joseph’s hospital with a bullet in the
left lung. The surgeons hardly ex-
pect him to pull thTough.
TOBACCO CORNER ALLEGED.
MANILA. Aug. 29.->Clgar manufac-
turers of this city asserting tha't a
tobacco corner is in operation. have
”battled to the government to inter-
vene. The price of tobacco in soaring.
ho. gallon-em sandal-Jay. they be
.lieve [his imdun to 8.. world shortage.
l ”Wants" bring mulls.
ithe mainland. could be
tseen from all along the coast. The‘
[New Hygela was one of the largestl
iof the summer hotels on the lsland.i
It was owned by J. C. Champlain:
and was valued at about 875,000. i
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jdining room on the second floor of the
|Hotel Essex yesterday aiternoon and
walking up to the’table where Charles
man had darted for the front stain,
way and disappeared.
The police sent out a genera} alarm
for the arrest of Stell Zackarack. 49
Albert Bolano. assistant head waiter
who was dining with Cranaey. told
the. police that he is positive the man
with the revolver was Zackarack. Bo-
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W. ‘Crnnney. the head waiter. was
eating. fired five shots, killing Cran-
years old, a waiter at the hotel for H
years. who was discharged for in
fund himself had a narrow escape.
Cranuey, who was 45 years out. was
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A BOSTON) Aug. 29.—A man carry-
ing his hat in one hand and a revolver
ney instantly. Before the small group
of persons in the room could act the
s'ubordination by Cranney two hourtm
before the shooting.
married only two weeks ago.
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”Barri. waste the days in waiting
'fO-Q. try to m.mam:.sinn.
an 001' sounding you may now
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reaction of the eeemv."
Commenting on the Bulgarian
occupation of Kavala. Bofifl
Premier Venizelos of Greecé‘f‘ '
to the Associated Press corny}
pendent: ’ ‘
"1 predicted that the Bates
assurances that thev would
occupy Kavala would not},
good five days. They lasted.
four days; .
“Can you cfitceive an -
more criminal in a military '
than the action of the. Greek' .
eral staff in demobilizing ' n .
army corps and leaving th
tire artillery and ther sup
behind to fall into e hand
the Bulgarians?” V.
The French official antic
ment of Saturday, Aug. 26, m
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all the forts at Kavala ex».
one. ' "j
The Bucharest correspond‘
of the Petit loumal of Paris
graphs that he is informed .t'
Bulgaria has decided-Int: .to
clare war. on. Romania-d;
though that country permit; ‘
passage through it of 't
troops-
President Poincare of Ft
has sent congratulation}. .
kings of Romania And-1t: e"
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