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Completely Ron-ted in
1 Hand to Hand Fighting
Hattie Fought Near the
Sidi Amaran Seashore, _
the Gunboat Lauria Aiding in Breaking the
Resistance of the Moors, and Helping the
Spanish Advance—Heavy Loss in Dead,
Wounded and Prisoners Is Reported.
.\.\i1liih. Aug. 16. Associated
1‘ »...) «Spanish forces 1/11 Morocco
1 . begun an offensive against the
1. vllsli tribe-much. who three weeks
ulminisfeied :1 severe defeat L0
Spaniards and forced them to re—
1. -l \ll'lutlll)’ to the gates of Meiiiia.
.1. lEIir‘llil statement issued here las;
plight says that columns commanded
General Sanjurjo and Colonel Ri-
lmu 1111-, comprising troops of all units
...n.1n.111ded by General Cavalcantl.
(ll-n. mils-limo in Morocco. have occu-
i-illi the town of Siiii Amaran. and
have dominated positions which com-
II-
it)
completely
fighting
wounded
and munitions upon the field.
of the. tribesmen lied and deserted.
mund the entrance to the peninsula
on which Melilla is situated.
dicated the battle was fought near the.
seashore. the. statement declaring that
the gunboat Lauria fired upon
flanks of the Moorish forces. breaking
the resistance of the enemy and aiding
the Spanish advance.
It is in-
the
It is declared that the enemy was
routed in hand to hand
lost heavily in dead.
leaving arms
Manv
it
and
and prisoners.
is said.
Connecticut’s
Is Now $2,039,187.40l'
20 DEAD IN
NIEW YORK WAR
0E BQIJIIEGGERS
:asurer’s Report for the
Fiscal Year Ending June
.‘lllth Is Ready for the
Printer
ll\l:'l‘l“(litil, Aug. lil.—Tllt" State.
1 . ill-1' and the State. Comptroller
1111 p.111-ll for the printer their rm
1' the receipts (ind expenditures
1 111- for the year ending June
receipts amounted to $17.-
nnd the expenditures to
gll'23 05. The deficit at the close
\l 111' was $2,030.18? 40. The
11 the close of the. fiscal year
v-m ‘1. 28161111 61. but that
uni included bonds to the amount
1 ,~'.‘.U(1_000 for the soldiers' relief
.1 .111 The receipts include the follow-
1 1. oil 111:; Motor Vehicle Department.
..~ ' .. Human 10 and 391.682.78 from
in»-.~.l111posedwby courts; inheritance.
"'1‘. 31.1155 856.34. a falling off of :1
lllill- more. than. $132,000 from the
gill-violin year. The income tax from
(mpnrnlions yielded a. revenue of
$2,044,737.19, or 11 little more. than
§i...l(100.000 over that of 1920. The
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SUME BLlIEIi IIlNIi
lEEEEIIS .lIlIIU E
Sileo was made in
crowd of fifty picnickers at New Dorp
day.
Deficit
NEW YORK. lAug. 16.——Joseph‘
Sileo was reported by the. police today
to be dying with sealed ilpH victim
of a bootlegge: war
quarter.
unity
months.
in the Italian
which has rolled up :1 cas-
llst of tWenty in the last three
Despite the factlthat the attack 0n
the midst of 11
Beach. Staten Island. detectives as-
signed to the case were una! in to gain
:1 single clue. as to
the assailants
identity.
Six automobile bandits held up an
“I” station in the Bronx. early tea
locked the ticket agent and chop-
per in the former-'8 booth and escaped
with $513. , .
Detectives still are searching for
three automobile bandits who held up
beniamin Siragusa. vicemresidcnt of
'1 condensed milk company. on the
with
street. yesterday. and escaped
\H -!1lile1nic or threatening iotlcrn 25691210101!th shooting him through the
t .
1.. 111.». in have struck the Second Disl
loorish T ribesmen
and Deserted
Attemey WoOdr
Constitut
END CAVANIIGH
Andrew J. Collins and Thorn.“ Cav-
anagh .this morhln‘ purcha‘led from
the Norwalk Realty (20.. Inc.. the two
story brick building on Wall streot.
known as the old National Bank
building, formerly a part of the James
property. the purchase price bring in
the neighborhood of 325.000.
Papers are expected to pan within
a few days. according to Mr. Collins.
this morning.
Rumors that the building would be
used to establish a new theatre in the
irst district were rife, when the sal-
was made known. but Mr. Collins saifl
that he did not beiiovl‘ it liken1 that
he would establish a theatre there.
He said that present plans called for
:1 remodeling of the entire building
and the establishment of two stores.
at least. 011 the ground floor. Just
what will be done with the rest of the
property he did not state.
This property was acqu'ted when
the Norwnlk Realty Co.. Inc... took
over the Royal James property. The
property has a 60 foot frontage on
Well street with a depth of some 800
feet.
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Mrs. Carrie Crossley. colored; of 117
\Vater street. was fined 37 and dis-
bursements for breach of the peace.
when she. was arraigned before Judge
Vosburgh in the downtown court this
morning. her appearance bung a se-
quel to 11 romantic clash between she
and Mrs. Margaret VViiklns. of 11
Wood street. early Sunday morning at
the home of Mrs. VVlikins.
About 10:15 o'clock Sunday morn-
ing Mrs. Crossicy went to 11 Wood
street. there to call on one Moses Pat-
rick. colored. who made his home on
the. ground floor of the. house. He
was not at home and Mrs. Wilkins so
informed Mrs. Crossiey. Mrs. Cross‘
ley informed Mrs. Wilkins that she
was a "d—n liar" and that she knew
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11'". there liming been three rc‘
3 l by local people within the past
'1'. If‘j‘i) ‘
1111 two Second district reporters
1. 'lu» Sentinel itilil liour. both rc-
Ill lll letters in “’llit’ll threats were
111 ll~ ,muinst them for certain articles
«111.11 they had written. At lirst it
“ llllivw l thit there might be
fuundition for the letters being
~.' inniie, but it 111s since been
that :1 stenogrnphcr in this
11‘, has rect-ivl d a letter which was
-' 'I' I “K11 Klux Klan." in which
ml. 11:1 were made against her as
n i
Just who the. practical joker is. is
n limiter that. is hard to determine.
but there 111 a. heavy penalty for n'lltll,
I 111: 1]
pmr-ticni jokes and there is every
llktllhood 1h :1 sh 011111 the ltll‘ ntiti of
In” writ-1 n: the w l1 tiers be a aaceru
411111111 thl lmirt action may be taken
11, rostrum tIiilill.
May
Save War Units
Of National Guard
New Military Emergency
oard, in Report to Gov-
ernor, Sees Possibility of
Preserving His to r i c'hl
Continuity -— S o u n d 8
Praise of Old State Guard
High praise for thu perSOnnel of tl—e
0111 Connecticut State Guard is voiced
ii}
in its final report submitted to Gover-
[11’11
the new military emergency board
Lake 01‘ the windup of the aflairs
PE WI EIWEI]
$IiIII ANI] IIIISTS
.lrlhn lPN'f—“alk of 3 liuga street. was
11.1. mmning fined $101) and costs. the
ilillillillllll penalty under the new sta-
11' . fol opeiating 11 motor veh
M1111. under the influence of liquor.
Th-l case, which occupied most
“w morning session of the court.was
lunnmwd from yesterday morning.
..
1 mill was placed under arrest
(Continued on Page Four)
State Troops Go
to Kannapoiis
‘
\‘llNS'l‘ON’ SALEM \fC. hug 16-
— (him-s to send an additional com-
to Kannapolis
with the strike
“1 ., 1 h operating there were re-
me last night by Captain Ben
commanding the. local comv
Adjutant- Gen-
will entrain
puny
in,
(if
11‘ state tioops
llu'y in c0111ection
l-xtile
H (.1. 1y
l""')'
in I
of militia from
Melts. Tho troop:
l mu Concord this morning.
N
. department plans.
of the old guard and, the reorganiza-
tion of the national guard under war
The reports signed
by Col. L. B. Barbour. Paul Waterman
and J. Moss Ives. who replaced the 61-1
board comprising L. F Bin-pee. B. M.
llolden Adjutant Gen‘eral Cole and
Major Ives.
The old board. which. under the
guidance of General Hui-pee. had
charge of the state‘ guard. ceased to
exist on May 31. when the new board
went into office by appointment of
Governor Lake foliowinu the gover-
nor‘s plans for hearty co-operation
with the United sfates war depart-
ment scheme for reorganizing the na-
tional guard. This duty the new
“
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*Traveling Salesmen
Favored in'Tax Bill
\VASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 16.—-In
the House Tax Revision bill travelling
salesmen are to get a. reduction in in-
come tax for all travelling expenses.
including the entire amount expended
for meals and lodging while away
from home in pursuit of trade or busi-
ness.
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One of the greatest events in Shrinew
dom will take place in New London.
Saturday. August 20. 1921. when Po-
tentate George G: Beers will lead the
pilgrimage of nobles. and their ladies._
for a ceremonial at the New London
Armory. and afterwards a *monster
clambake and outing. at Oswogatchie.
The ceremonial will be preceded. at
two o 'clock. by a short parade, when
the people of New London and visitors
will have a chance to witness a. novel-
ty in the line of parades. Shriners. ac-
companied by uniformed patrols.
bands. drum corps. floats and opeciol
features. The parade will be review--
ed by His Honor. Mayor E Frank
Moi-.gan together with his enact“ tam-
ily. . .
That it will be an affair of W:
importance in Shrinedom ism
by the fact that the Pyramid Tempie
will be honored by an ofllcial vidt-ot
(Continued on Page Four)
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France Accepts
Invitation to
Disarmament
PARIS, Angler-0:11am accept—
ance on the part of the French'Gov-
ernmentgof the invitation iextendedlb'y
President Harding to the conference‘-
on disarmament and Far Eastern-
questions was forWarded to Washing-
ton last night. Premier Briana who
yesterday told Myron. T. Her-fur. the:
Under a ruling of the Bureau of‘fn-
are/not now am . .
ternai, Revenue moot C! W W
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' SOUTE NORWAIE, CONN. TUESSAY, ANGUST 16,1921
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o Fair! tonight,
Wednesday cloudy.
museums
- ‘ The JriSh Republican
.\la‘ W HAV EN. Aug. I4. ~ The heal-
ing on
”may-men against those peace ollicers
of thq‘state who are charged with en'-
forcement of the new law regulating
public service vehicles operating in the
city of New Haven. was opened before
three federal judges of the L'. S. Dis-
trict Court today. Judge Manton. of
New York. presided. and with him
were Judges Thomas. of this district.
and Judge 191011.. of the New York
district.
The attendance of iawyemand apeé-
tators was large, Robert J. W-iod-
ruff. who op:ned for the plaintiffs.'
called the court‘s attention to the fact
that the Connecticut Company had ill.
ed :in unswei to the complaint as a
defendant and he wanted to know how
it was. that the company came to be a
defendant.
Judge Thomas said that :1 motion
to intervene. made. by the ('onnecti-
cut Company had been granted.
Mr. W’oodruf‘f then began an argu-
ment attacking the constitutionality
the bill of complaint of the‘
of the law of the last General Assemb- ,
iy which placed with the Public Utili-
ties Commission the power to regulate
so-called jitneys and of peace officers
to enforce an order of the commission.
The hearing on the bill of complaint
of Leslie Lane and others. jitney own-
ers. for 8‘] order restraining Sheridan
\Vhlttaker. prosecuting attorney of the.
New Haven City Court: Edwin S.
Pickett. prosecuting attorney of the
Com-rot Common Pleas. New Haven
county; Aaron A. Ailing. state's at-
torney: Philip T. Smith. chief of po-
lice. from enforcing the provisions of
the new law placing certain motor ve-
moles-under»supervision of the public
utilities commission was heard in the
U. 8. District Court today. Robert T.
W’oodruf‘f. for the jitneymen. made
the chief argument on the contention
that the law in question is unconstitu-
tional.
Mr. \‘Voodruf'f set up these claims:
1. The plaintiffs in this case claim
that Chapter 77 of the Public Acts of
1921. state of Connecticut, confers ar-
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MfliflIi TRAEEIE'
BENSIIUIAIWE
“Use of.Thompsonville Sta-
tion of.-.Highway Depart-
ment as Test Point
The real work of gathering data in
Connecticut for the l' nlted States De.
partment of Agriculture and the Na~
tional Research Council relative to
transportation in this state started at
8 o‘clock this morning when seven
members of the motor vehicle depart-
ment went on duty at the motor ve-
hlcle department station at Thump-
sonvine. They will spendizten hours 11
day gathering information from autos
passing over the state road between
Hartford and Springfield and will
regulate their time so that the aver-
age travel over the road at all hours
of the day and night will be obtain~
able. The first few days will begin at
8 o'clock in the morning and continue
until 6 at night. other ten-hour days
will begin at noon and at 4 in the af-
ternoon and it is planned to have two.
days during which the men will be on
duty for the full twentY-myr hours.
IIIENTIEIEATIIIN
0E SHIITEIIIN
. STIIIIIi MADE
LOS ANGELES. 0211.. Aug. 16...—
While attorneys for the defense today
are beginning their intensive prepara.
tion for fighting the charges of mm;-
der, filed against Mrs. Madalyrmg
Obenchain and Arthur Cw Burch, in:
connection with the slaying here Aug.
5. of J. Belton Kennedy. broker. the
authorities this morning are consider.
ing the newest skein of evjidence‘
brought to light in the case. . .
It is declared identification of the
stock. of a shotgun which was {Guild
by a. beach camper eight miles from
the scene of the mysterious shooting
has been made. It was identified. ac-
cordingvto a. story printed this morn.
ing by E. A. Rosenthal. préprietor of
a. 40ml pawnshop. He said that he
(Continued on P880 Four)
Another Big Crowd
The-“Hopem No. 2 carnival was
don My in km gathering of pea.
pie :«hot night. we Hose boys are be-
ing assisted by the Catholic Union
Council. K. of C.. No. 46.111 making
this afiair a huge success. Many were
the prizes «won last night and young
men were kept rather busy in trying
to win for their fair companion a
beautiful doll or other article on dis-
play in 'the booths; John Wehlesllen-
tertainedtn 11 special-program' for the
people gathered here; He sang the.
"mug" Long = Train...- and “Blowing
Bubbles." Due' to nufo‘rseen incidents
Professor Madden was unable to ap-
:luhttoonmthemplo
' as‘he
at :Ewe Hose Carnival -
RUSSIA MUST
INEliEASE IIEIi
Ellilil
NEW YORK. Aug. 16 -—Nikoiai
lie-nine. the Russian Soviet Premier
is quoted by the official Bolshevik or-
gan Pravda. of .Moscow in it. issue of
July Milost‘as having declared in a
discussion of the famine conditions in
Russia:
“We are living under Conditions of
such destitutlon. ruin. over-strain and
exhaustion of the principal productive
resources of the peasants and workers
that we have temporarily to submit
everything else to this one fundamen-
tal consideration—431' any and all
means to increase the amount of foo;
products.” - i
Editor-tally the Pravda. a. copy of
which has been received by the 11-15-
slan information bureau here. savs.
"The condition in all branches of the
national economy of Rdssla must be
characterized as being near 1.. castas
ropha" and that "this is not a. mere
phrase, but a bitter reality."
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Local residents read with interest
an account in last night's New York
papers of an attempt at the robbery
of the New Rochelle home of Jules
Delmar. Harbor View Beach resident.
on Sunday night.
Mr. Delmar. who is connected with
the Keith theatrical company, togeth-
er wtth his family are summerlng at
Harbor Nlew~ Beachcfand. but for flu
promptness‘and presence of mind of
.Roch-elle police force. might have
been the: victims of the robbers.
Virell was patroling his beat and just
reached the Delmar House.
which is at 2 Courtlzmd avenue. he
heard ‘sounds coming from an en-
trance to the cellar. on one side of the
dwelling. Virrell went to investigate.
There he 'found..-three young men
fumbling with. the lock and with
bulges in -the coat pockets which
looked suspiciously like revolvers.
"Virreil who is a veteran of the A.
before they were fully aware that he
(Continued on Page; Four)
Connie Lewis Figures
in Automobile Crash
A11 automobile owned and driven by
Connie Lewis. bowling king and fight
promoter. of Bridgeport, coilidedyes-
terday afternoon on the Westport’ post
road. with a Meriden car, and was
badly damaged. No one was injured
In the Lewis car as passengers were
occupants suffered. somerwhat from
forceful impact. .
The Mex-idea. car. which was also
considerably damaged, in attempting
Patrolman William Virall of the New .
E. F.. got the jump on the men. and:
Mrs. Lewis and. «a woman friend The,
shock. being severely shaken up by the . ‘
'Note of Optimism
DUBLIN. Aug. 16. (Associated
Press).—Great crowds gathered about
the Mansion House in this city. early
today. in the hope of witnessing some
phase of the opening session of the
Irish Republican Parliament. upon
which has developed the duty of shap-
ing the future destiny of Ireland. The
work of the Parliament at today's ses—
sion was expected to be principally
organization. and it was not believed
any action relative to acceptance or
rejection of the British Government's
ofier in settlement of the Irish prob—
lem would be formally taken before.
Thursday.
Eamonn cle Valera. the Republican
leader. was to speak today. and Will
probably make another address to’
morrow.
Executive sessions. at which the
Parliament will frame its reply to the
British'offer of dominion status for
Ireland will follow. It 'wns understood
today that decision asJo future rela-
tions with the United Kingdom. or as
Premier Smuts of South Africa. de-
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ROME. Aug. 16.—Serious earth-
quake shocks are reported from the
Italian colony of Eritrea. on the
African shore of the RediSea. A tele-
gram from Asmara. the-seat of the
governmental residenceznfjbe colony.
a score injured at Massowa. on the
Red Sea cosst. ~. .. ._
Several houses have collapsed and
others have been damaged in that
town. while other casualties are re-
ported from-nearby places.
The Italian Minister of Cofonjes has
. ordered that aid be immediately des-
patched to the scene of the\ earth-
quake.
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‘ WASHINGTON. Aug2'16.-—-The alti-
tude of the Democratic minority of
the House toward the Administration
tax revision bill, which was introduced
late yesterday. was to be determine:
late todav by a. party caucus. Devisl
ion ito have the Democrats on the
\Vays and Means committee file a. min-
oflty report on the measure was fore—
castiliy some leaders. ‘
fleanttme the committee with the
' Democratic members present, was to
pa“ formally on the bill 11's amended
‘ it of thé action yesterday of
thei ublican conference, which vot-
ed 93 to 87 to postpone repeal of the
exceis’l profits tax aim higher income
surtax rates until next January 1 and
to put off until the same date the pro-
posed increase in the corporatiori in:
(Continued on Page Twelve),
Steamship Saxon’s
\
LONDON; Aug. 16.——-The- steamship
Saigon. on which Jan C. smote. Pre-
Parllament Orgamzes
if Attacks .
quality of Law-
Counsel for tfie Jitneymen Questions Right of thé‘
Last Genelfl Assembly to Give the Public
Utilities Cbmmission Power to Regulate the
Jitneys and of Peace Officers tC‘Enforce
an Order of the Commission—Nor-
walk Fuse Is Cited at Length.
.Not Likely to Take Any
Action Before Thursday”
Harry J. Boiand, Representative of the Irish
Republicans in the United States, Expected
to Participate in the Debate é'Situatioh‘
-Is‘ Admittedly Grave, but Tiler-1:318:12;
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Still to Be Found; \ 1:;
scribed them, with the British Empire.
would be reached before the 11d of
the week, but that formal co idem.
tion of the British Government‘s offer
would not be begun until Thursday.
It wassald that it was possible that
this program had been arranged by
the Parliament so that Harry J. Bo-
land. representative" of the Irish Re-
publicans in the United States. might
participate in the debate. Mr. Roland
satled for Europe from New York last
Saturday. and it was said that. as the
Sinn Fem was greatly influenced bg
American opinion and was anxious to
learn what America thought of the
British Government‘s offer, a. decision
might be delayed until Mr. Boland
could appear before the Parliament.
It was believed Mr. de Valera. in ms
addresses today and tomorrow would
avoid reference to the negotiationsrhe
has carried on with Prime Minister.
Lloyd George and that nothing inlre-
gard to them wow be said until this
says tour peopiehlure beell‘lkilled and,
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U. S. May Collect $15, 000.
From Legacy to Haywood
“Big Bill” Deserted Wifé
Many Years Ago; Father;
Dies and Leaves Her.
and “Wabbly” Chief WE
Benefit
ance in the life of W. D. (“Big Bill")
Haywood. who fled to Russia. several
months ago to avoid serving a. 8811.
tence of twenty years in Leavenwo’rtfl
prison as a result of which the for-
mer leader of the Industrial Workers.
Clvne. District Attorney. -
Haywood according to Mr. Clinic.
married Jane‘ Minor
thirty vears ago. Later. anew
of the “Wobblies,” which resulted in
his arrest and corilrlctlon with other I"
W. W officials. charged with caring!!!
acy efforts to obstruct. them to
of the United States.
In the meantime. Mr. Clyne said that:
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- - Coal Bunkers on Fire
$9 the Union 61 South Africa. is
‘ f’ .1115 to Cape Town. has report-
in two of her bunkers and 11:
'Commissioner. in Hartford. . .- ..
Local Building and Loan Official
Tells of AssociatiOn’ 3 Fine Work
t—m—n
Editor of Sentinel: ~-’.
The following interesting letter he.
centiy appeared in the New York
Evening Sun:
The steady. if not remarkable.
gr..wu. of (la-operative buii-lllng (son
ingsi and loan associations in New
unnoticed. The latter Si. no lot-gamma
its 1 ‘UE 1h assoczation reoe 11y. .; .
'i’he pcop‘e generally are beginning
to realize that these inditutiqns 111i:
chom- to them than any other organ;—
z-atinns trader-State Banking Inc-part-
mem snpeivision. and are the only
0113 that lead practically an the
more}: they receive from'sa‘ra'i his
the purpose of providing homes for
persons of small means. The high.
commendation which Herbert Hoover
has given them is sufficient without
going into elaborate explanations as to
the good they are ”comma; for
the cltizens.1f more people would
save their money through these inti-
NEW Bill!) IlIIiS
Will BE iiI’EWiB
Bids for the work of the confirm-
tion of the new highway from m
Bridge to the Standard 011 Ml
plant. are to bemoaned Mattel-n09}:
at the officelof the W Wm“
It is understood that there in” 5.“
number of contractors. mm from :16
state. who-are bidding for the work“
mammal-tat
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CHICAGO Aug.16.—-A hidden toms ‘ .
of the W'orld may inherit a large for;- »
tune. was revealed today by Chanda F.
children were born. he was said an _ ,.
have. descrted h“. rHelneveE We .-
. ed a divorce. and later WM 1:133?
Yank 511-1; New Jersey shout-.1 not-pan .
tutions. it would go a. long way m.
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which comprises about 9.540 tee: o.
plain‘voement concrete payment.
Aswanasthe bid hounded,
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11%
Money; She Passes Awash
in California. ..
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