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Entered at the South Nomalk Post
Office a; Second Clue Matter.
inundation NAMED
AS collation COUNSEL
ESTALISHRD 1870
JUDGE Hlilllllll DiClINING
New Board of Councilmen Elects Irving D. Robertson as
1 City Clerk, Mayor Donavan Breaking the First Tie-—
:1- Wilfred Bodwell For Auditor and William T. Sheellan
‘jr; Succeeds Himself as Assessor For Three Years
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i APPfllNlMENTS—Wllthll Miltliililltllt
{Announces That Other Appointments Will Be Filled at
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1 Meeting Next Tuesday Night When He Will Have
1 a Brief Message
} Mayor Jeremiah Donovan spruns ill
'fiurpris-e on the newly elected lithll'dl
pf couiiciimen and many ‘a‘pet‘llltol‘s
,I'tllsenlbleil in the city hall last even-
Ing. when he announced that .llldee
‘pnmes 'r. Huhbell had declined the or- 7
'filre of corporation counsel, and that.
file position would be titled l) ‘
filey Edward J. Quinlan. ,
3‘ The eelectlon of a city ciei'k le-f
‘fiillted iii a tie vole of four ballots?
beach for ’I‘. ll. Leonard Robins and"
jrving I). Robertson, and Mayor Done-i
{you broke the tie by voting: for MRl
'llobertson, who for the past two years '
inns councilman from the Third Ward.)
_. Wilfred Bodwell, former city trons?
'rer, was Mayor Donovan's choice for
‘ uditor. aiid William T. Slioililln was
filmed to succeed himself as a mem-
r of the board of assessors for
three years. , _ , “fig;
¥ Other appointments and a message!
£10m Mayor Donovan will be l'ortlr,l
flaming at the regularitieeting of thel
@ouncil, to be held next Tuesday eve-l
lune .
if The meeting opened at 8:30 o'clock,
our New City Clerk
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IRVING D. ROBERTSON
The Popular Partner Third Ward
Councilman, Who Last Night
Was Elected to the City Clerk-
ship of Norwalk
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j 0MPARISON or tNEW POLITICAL
- MAYORAL'I‘Y VOTE: PARTY FORMED
. M, the city election in 1915, Carl A.“
LustronL candidate for mayor. ref of a new political party national in
ivcd 723 votes» in the First Ward. l scope, out of five minor party groups,
.1 Monday's 9190“,,“ he received 725 was expected to be completed hero
Iriz‘ios. an increase of two votes. In' “Ma-‘3 The ground work ““5 bee“
l‘o Second Ward,'llis vole two years' laid in a series Of conferences and
310 was 738. and on Monday was 473p common meetings during the last two
glass of 265. His Third Ward votei‘li‘ys and when the conference reas-
l’l9l5 was 317 and On Monday 277_'sembled today the work remaining
_105s of 40_ In the Fourth Wam"consistcd of choosing a name for the
.to 1915 vote was 276 and on Mon Inew party and the adoption of a plat-
way was 285,‘ an increase. of ritual form which will suit the units to be
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files. In the Fifth Ward the 1915! carried into the new organization.
flow was 171 and other year 125, at The coalition which will enter into
lens of 46. . lthe new party is made up of mem-
9; in tho First and Fourth Wards, thel bers of the Prohibition and Progres-
Igolmer mayor's increased strength.l51"’3 Parties, former Socialists, Single
(cording to the figures, was 11 Votes-l tax adherents and Independents. John
In the Second, Thirdfind Fifth Wards Spargo, former Socialist, of Vermont.
[sis vote on Monday fell behind his who is chairman of the committee on
@915 vote by 351 votes. -
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EON VENTION FOR h
l . DELEGATES TO prglhrsgogfnl‘irtlfedvghnplatforln is com-
BE HELD SOON‘ [sOSu-“d Of three member's from each
‘ group.
TO PROTECT HEALTH OF
CIVILIANS NEAR CAMPS
in order to protect the health of
civilians surrounding three. or more
ainly encaiiipments in this country,
Red t‘rcss sanitary units are being
established. Fifteen cities are now
receiving the co-operation of the Red
Cress in making the communities
surrounding the camps safe. for the
soldiers and in taking measures to
prevent the spread of disease or cpl-
, Classes for the correction of speech danlics. The three latest cities to re-
” “3,ch will be opened atithe N01“, lk (ewe Red Cross aid in sanitation are
’ig‘h “th starting Saturday, ct.; Greenvdle, S. 0.: Macon, Ga; and
‘ Id, to 0.0mm. If yo'u" have aural-awaited Kan. It is near tbelatter
elildren who stutter, stanlrner, lisp or} “‘3’ ”1‘“ “‘9 F0” Riley ““0““! “‘1‘
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the conference essentially must be
patriotism and support of the Govern-
ment to the greatest limit during the
Under the rules of the Republican
party it. will be ns'oéssary to call the.
gel lularh's for the election of delegates
to the Republican Congressional cou«
_’.ion. on October 11th, and the con
_ .tion will be held at the Hotel
filratiield, Bridgeport on the 15th to
make a nomination for Congressman.
{Within a few days calls will be put»
linked and the 'necessary formalities
sheds known to the‘ public through
i .c- papers. '
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pogo speech 5-,, defecti‘ve in any way,l tonment is located, and ‘there are 'Na-‘
mm them, to the high school at thettional Guard encampments near the
”‘3va time and they will receive' other two cities, Each sanitary unit
fentlnent free of charge. Saturday operates under the direc‘tion 0‘ an of“
9,555,913 will “,9 held from 10 to 12’ ace of the Public Health Service. and
.‘her classes will be. held every day ”‘9 field directors of the Red cm”
W“ 3:30 to 4:30. pawn“ and bureau of,.enmp service have been
‘ “ " attend the
'::- are. invited to
time Saturday morning. ,
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(‘Hlt'AGQ Oct. ii.——-'I‘he formation.
platform. said the first. principle of
~ tion inkuta. First.
BSOCIATED Passe news FROM ALL more di- THE WORLD av A crucial.
‘SIXlilEN cits
lilVlE RAILS
in Pill it
Most Serious Freight Wreck
in Many Years Occurs at
Berkshire Junction, Near
Danbury, This Morning
jlllillillll Hill FAIR
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Little Prospect of Clearing
f Up the Tracks Until Late
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Today
i IDANBIIRY. Oct. 4. ----- One of the most
:serious freight wrecks in this vicinity
,‘ln. several years, occurred at Item-
.‘.~'h;re Junction, a tower station three
miles east of here, about nine o'cloril.
this morning, when sixteen cars of an
eastbound freight, running at a high
late of speed, left the rails and piled
up. completely blocking traffic on the
'east and westbound llighlund divi-
sion tracks and ulsoon the north-
bound Berkshire division track. The
wreck occurred at a point knoun av
the "site." there i‘wisllt trains “‘11
a maximum Speed in order to get
over a grade two miles long, and has
been the scene of several wrecks in
‘ ~ recent years.
The only mick open for traffic lit;
the southbound Berkshire division
track and the heavy travel to the
llaiibury. Fair as well as regular
trains will be seriously delayed.
Thursday of the llanbury Fair is the
heaviest day of the year for ll‘ilfllt‘!
over this section of track. and it will
be necessary to detour speclill trains
from New Haven, Bridgeport and
Waterbury via the Brooklielll Junt-
tion route and over ti single track to}
Danbpry. The special train carryim:
the ‘Ilanbury contingent of limited
men to Camp tievells. Ayer, Mass.
was also delayed by the wreck. it is
thought there is little prospect of
clearing the Highland Division trucks
during the day. No one was injured,
although the towerman on duty hall a
narrow escape from injury.
will until“
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President Wilson Signs
Measure Without Formal-
ities
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WASIllNGTON. Oct. 4.~‘l‘lle wur
tax bill became a law late. yesterday
with President. Wilson's signature.
No formalities attended the signing:
tot tllc measure, which levies to: this
year more. than two and a half billion
dollars new taxes to provide war rev-
t-nues. It. touches directly or indirect-
.ly the pocketbook of everybody in
the country. through laXt‘S on in-
lcomes, excess prtt‘lts, liquor. tobacco,
soft drinks. passenger and freight
transportation, proprietary medicines.
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POLICE STATION
1s REDECORATED
The work of redecornting the in-
terior of the First District. police sta-
tion has been practically completed
by Herman Schmidt. the local painter
atld paperhanger.
To say that the appearance of the
station has been imprtlved one hun—
dred per cent. would be putting it
mildly. In fact you would hardly
believe yourself to be in the. same
building. The Old brown paper and
paint, of the, vintage of 1888. has been ,
entirely taken off or emf-red up. and
the interior of the. station is now a
spotless white. The bars and walls
of the cells have'also‘been painted
up. and are now in pretty respectable;
shape. '
The front of the building has been
given a new coat of green palm, and
taking it all in all.. the-old station
is now quite some swell place. ‘
Thanks to last year's city council
and police. commissioner who secured
money from the board of-estlmate to
do. this », necessary .work, the present
administration newline a. policestk
SPECIAL TRAINSJ
AIJl0MOBlE
' lllllS WilMAN
Robert Watson, of New
Haven, Held Without Bail
For Causing Death of His
- Aunt While Speeding Ca
in Durham ’
[IRASHEll INTI]
Then Hit Stone , Retaining
Wall of Bridge and Wreck-
. ed Auto
DURHAM. Conn. Oct. {.~Mrn.
Laura Robinson, of Durham. is dead,
:zlnd her nephew. Robert. Watson, of
I New Haven. is being held without bail
,to await the, outcome of the coroner‘s
5 inquest, as the result. of an automobile
:accid-z-ut here last night.
son. it is alleged, was driving the car
at high speed over the stone bridge
ton Main street, he collided with a
lluotor cycle crushing it to the stone
,mtl of the bridge. The driver. John
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“I r “‘ilfe. of this town, and his broiher’Ambass
gliriiest, who was
> seated behind him.
i were throw
it to the ground. John
was picket up unconscious. but want
found not to be seriously him.- Ern‘
est suffered only a shaking u” I .
! Watson was unable to in misma-
.clline after the collisoin and It crash-
led into the side. of the bridge, swerve
ed completely about and overturned.
Besides Mrs. Robinson and Watson,
there were in tile car Frederick Stew
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initial Ntlilltillt
. MAN ARRESTEI]
Hill liifiAlll
John Gleason, Formerly of
Franklin Avenue, New in
Jail in New Jersey
John Gleason. who has a wife and
child living in tilts city at the pres
ent time, and who formerly lived on
Franklin avenue, Norwolk. was ar-
rested recently ln Dover, N. .l., where
he had gone and married a girl. wh ‘1
he still had his first wife living here.
The charge brought against him was
bigamy/ and he was brought before
the court in Dover, pleaded guilty.
and is now in the Morristown jail
in New Jers y. \
It. seems that Gleason left Norwalk
quite Jsome. time ago and left his
wife and child hem. They are still
living ill Norwalk, although they can-
not be located. He was arrested in
Dover on some minor charge and
when the police there sent for his
record they found out that he was a
married man and then pleferred a
charge of biganly against him. At
least that is tile story that is going
the rounds here today. This much is
known that he. was arrested on
grounds of bigamy and was sentenced
to jail. How it was found out that
he had a wife and child here from
whom he was not: legally separated,
is not known.
intuit-"lift?
* ill filitl TERRY
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Chief of Police William R. Penning-
ton, Patrolman John Toothill, Prose-
cuting Attorney C. Hegemao,
Charles’ C. Moore and Louis Udleman.
all went to Ft. Terry yesterday in Mr;
lldleman's car. They went there to
visit the boys of the old Sixth com-
pany. now the 35th company. L. I. S.
C. D... and Patrolman Toothill went to
visit his son. A lot of tobacco, which
was especially welcomed by the boys.
was taken by the visitors, who left
Norwalk at‘z o’clock yesterday morn-
ing and who returned here at about, the
some hour this morning. The trip. up
initials”
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IRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
sour}; nonwux, comm. fiDAY, our. 4, 1917
01le till“
BANKS HIRE
Details of Amazing Plot Re-
vealed by Attorney Gen-
eral Lewis, of New York,
Resulting in Pacha’s Ar-
rest as a Spy
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CHAUFFEUR HAINES
nutritional
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Former German Ambassa-l
dor Bernstorif Turned,
But It Is Not Proven That
He Was Under the In-
fluence—Employer Pays!
$23.37 in Darien Court——
Stories of Collision at
Tokeneke Related
Fred liaines, chauffeur for E. Hope
Norton of Tokeneke, was found guilty
lot reckless driving by justice Selleck
WAS RECKlESS
wulio Wot-l
over $1’§83’500 t0 Hlm ,in the “alien court. Tuesday evening
NEW YORK, Oct, 4,..1‘1“. inwmgflflas the result of a smasllup which or-
ition of Paul liolo-Pasba’s secret actiyi- ‘ curred dill-mg the noon ‘liour near the
ties and bank accounts here by Merton: ’T'm'"? cottage m ”’0 “Ohm” 5"“
E. Lewis. state attorney genel‘ul. is ex»' “0” ("h”k‘s ISS'Jice. the iiurseyman
.llrcted to go far to reveal the chitin EM (1.”? pa“ road anl Lem-V. avenues,
lstructure of German plotting in the testified that he was .dr“.‘"g.“”9“g
United States. like road in the direction “of Darlen,
} Proof that German money was sup-3he “W Hume's (ill; filli’i‘dma toward
plied in this country by (‘ount “m llilli lit a pleat Miami, and ht dilly
lam-“mm.{armpraprmfln Allihassador' up to the side of the road. as close
5to 15010 Pasha was to be forwarded til-31° ii“) 5,10“? “'3" as he could 3""
idly to Jules .l. Jusserand, the French ‘0 Bite the man plenty of room. But
y, to be ('omiliunicuted bv mm the latter. driving along the middle
to his gov-ommem Bole-Pasha ‘15 un,;0f lite loud, struck the end of the
tier arrest in Paris as a spy. Included: ”SM?“ , ear. notwdllstandinl; over—
in the documentary proof. according' turning liulness car, With the latter
to Attorney General Lewis. are photol “Dd” “- H" ““3"“! ”‘3‘. “‘0 “‘9?
Bubble reproductions of checks, bank “’5“ were in an “111°, delii 9’! "”0“
records. letters, cablpgrams and owe, of Stems Bros. of New York, had
evidences of the disposition of the Gen; said that they had seen flames tear
man money furnished ”010.13%“ “Hing along and that he came wnhin
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was rathersiowcwlngto there being a
Mistrial. , which '
. “infliction
can loo upon it]:
this country by ex-Ambasaudor Bern-t
storff. . l
The amount of money which Bern-3
storff. through his financial agent,‘
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NllllilEXAMlNE .
lllifilillillill Mill.
Conferees in Congress Kill
Appropriation in Deficien-
cy Bill
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4.-~—Tlle pro«
panel to examine for military serv-
ice all their registered for the army
draft and not yet called. was killed
for the present, at least yesterday,
when the House, and Senate con-
ferees eliminated an appropriation for
the purpose from the war deficiency
bill, the conference report on which
was promptly accepted by the Sen-
etc.
This plan was
suggested by the
provost marshal-generals offlc'e in
order that every registered man
might know whether he was liable
for service ilnd. if so. the actual or-
der of his liability. The war depart
ment asked for expressions of Opin-
ions from the governors of states, and
[only two signified disapproval.
In passing the deficiency bill the
House included the appropriation and
the Senate added an amendment
limiting the men to be examined to
the number soon to be needed. The
conferees eliminated the whole pro
vision. Their report will be adopted
today by the House.
GOVERNOR ISSUES ‘
WRIT FOR ELECTORS
Writs were issued yesterday and
sent to the sheritf of Fairfield county
by Gilvernor Marcus Ii. Holcomb, for
a call for a meeting of the electors
of the_ Fourth Congressional District.
The. rut—pose of the meeting is to
elect a ‘successor to Congressman
'Ebeuezer J. Hill, to fill' outflie un-
expired term.
College President and
Wife Killed in Auto
FORT WAYNE. ‘Ind., Oct. 4.—Dr.
P. W. McReynolds. president of Dell-
ance College, Defiance, 0.. and his
wife were kill-ed yesterday near
Curryvilie, Ind., southeast of here
when their automobile hvhs istruck
by a passenger train on the Clover
Leaf railroad. Frank Knifi'en. a broth-
er of Mrs; McReyn’olds, who was also
in the car. was severely injured.
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NilllWAlll’STHlllll
UUllTA [EFT Tilllill
Fifty of the Eighty-Seven
Men Had Breakfast Early
at the Hotel Mahackemo
Norwalk's third addition to the Na
tinnal army at Camp Devens. Ayer.
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Showers This Afternoon or Tonight
Otillltlllltllli} ’80l0 PACHA "illnsll BEGIN l
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GERMAN Hills
‘iN llANDiRS liRllll0lll '
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Some of the Heaviest Fight-
ing on the Western Front
Follows the Advance of
! the English Troops on the
j Ypres-Menin Road
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alluvial ,
StilllllllllilllNfi
Intense Artillery Fighting
, Northwest of Verdun
l . Striking again on a wide front;
least. of Ypres, the British this
inlorililig began another drive at:
the German lines ill Flanders.
Field Marshal Ilaig, ill his early
report, announced that satisfac-
tory ‘ progress was being’ made.
Already a stream of German pris-
oners is being sent to the British
rear.
The renewal of the Flanders
drive comes after all eight-day iii-
terval. On \‘i'clinesday of last.
week the. British swept forward
over grOund on both sides of the
YpresMellin road, advancing
from a half-mile to 'a mile at var.
ious points along the line.
Some of the heaviest fighting in
the war on the western front fol-
lowed, tile Germans making as-
saitlt after assault ill desperate at-
tempts to retain the valuable high
ground they had lost. Almost
every lllt‘ll of it, however, was
llleltl intact by the British, who
‘llleailwllile were preparing for the
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, \Vitli today's renewal of the"
ydrive, the battle of Flanders is
lgrowiug more and more to reas-
semble last year’s battle. of the
[Somme which was followed by
{the memorable Hindellblirg “stra-
tegic retreat.” The same general
Mass. left the south Norwalk station , tactics now being pursued of per.
this morning aboard the special traiu;sistent drivmg at. the same pomt
that , started from Greenwich ,andzin the line evidently are expected
which contained Grenwich and Stamv by ”m British to achieve a similar
was scheduled . .
to 1.3m... hm. :31; :6???" did not haveresult. This time, however, the
until about 7:15. lground which would have to be
Eighty-seven men Jet! this mominsgabandoned would be far more val’
and “my “"0 0‘ "‘0 “email” were.uable to the Entcute and its loss
taken. They were Freeman Landt‘rsta correspondingly heavy blow to!
and George L. James. who took the- for the German-held
' 'the Germans
places of Giovanni Ville who is in the, . l ‘ _ '
Stamford hospital with it broken arin,'fBClglflll coast lute, With its subma-
end George A. Kelsler. who lS‘B mem- rine and aerial bases, is at stake,
ber of the old Sllxtlh gages“. no“ ‘h°,togethcr with the great. French
35th Company. 1. . . . . . . L' la and
About fifty*of the men took break-lmigmfatcn‘lzring mtg (tirriltlor in
fast with the local board at the Ma- W1 6 sre ctes 0 Y
hat‘kemo hotel where about twenty-five. Northern France and Flanders.
had stayed all night and a line break- Today ’3 attack followed sharply
fast it was. too. a last, despairing effort of the Ger-
Jllst before the men boarded the: . .
train a lot. of cigars. cigarettes and tofim‘mS to stave It Ofi' Crown Prince
bacco, together with matches, WereiRupprecht struckat the British
given them. the boxes being left over.line yesterday at its most Vital
{points—between Tower Hamlets
land Polygon Wood, but his troops
iagain were mowed down by the
British guns, the assault making
NEW HAVEN ROAD - , . , t e, 0,, the
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TO INCREASE FARE lB‘i'itllilli) 112;: 0or afiecting the Brit—
1‘4 CENT A MILE 'isll purpose to attack today.
Tile French fighting front. has
been comparatively calm, exceifit
. . a for intense artillery activity nort -
fififg,§§fg‘ffi,‘§“°§f§§2t.fj fijcfgggfimlgkast of Verdun. The French air
passenger fare rates one-quarter of alforccs have been busy agaln‘ at
cent a mile. If the authorities agree'reprisal‘work, however. viSIting
to the new 1"““3- “de ”emis’the Prussian city of Frankfort
will be so” at 8 Charge or 2 3'4 cent; once more, and also bombarding
. ‘l, d 'l e books will be. . -
saoihmtft Surat3'o‘iai 1.2 cents.\—'Phe Rastatt,ac1ty0f14,000pouulation
ford quotas.
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' The New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad company, accord-
present charges are 2 1-2 and 2 1-4
cents a mile. respectively. The direc-
tors estimate that the. increase will
add,$3,000,000 annually to the revenue
of the company.
The same announcement also men-
tions a revenue increase of 51.500.000.
resulting from the recent increase in
freight rates, and says there is also
a movement on foot to increase fares
on the trolley ear line's. and if these
increases the granted they will im‘
prove the value of the, trolley prop
erties." The, trolley properties re.
ferred to are those owned by the New
Haven road, among them the Connec‘
tlcut company, whichhas Just raised
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in Baden.
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE
AND BELGIUM, Oct. 4, (By The
Associated Press) .—Ficld Marshal
Haig’s forces in the offensive be-
gun to the east of Ypres this morn-
ing in some places have penetrat-
ed the German lines to a depth of
one mile and have overrun the
crest of the Pesschendnele-(lllclw
velt ridge.
. At an early hour the Germans
were surrendering by hundreds. ,.
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