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iNTOIBER 8072.
WASHINGTON TUESDAY EVEjSTSTG, JANUARY 27, 1914.
PEICE Oira CENT.
NONE OPPOSE
MEASURE FOR
ELIMINATING
BLIND MS
Hearing Develops No Protest
and Purposes of Bill Are Ex
plained by the Rev. Mr.
Van Schaick.
District Commissioners Expect
ed to Send Resolve to
Congress for Action in
Few Days.
Not a single voices waB raised Jn oppo
Uon to the bill providing for the eliml
atlon In ten years of the alleys of the
lstr!ct at a hearing given by the Com
missioners today, the primary object of
hlch was to ascertain if there Is any
ublic sentiment against the passage of
he measure.
In declaring the purpose of the hear
ing. Commissioner Newman asked if
there was any one present who desired
enter a protest against the introduc
tion of the bllL
There being no response, the Rev.
'ohn Van Schaick. jr., chairman of the
committee which drafted the bill, ex
plained Its purposes.
Sirs. "Woodrow TVilson Is honorary
chairman of the citizens' committee of
fifty. "William H. Baldwin is chairman.
The bill directs the Commissioners to
lose one-tenth of the inhabited alleys)
ach year, for a period- of ten years.
uthority Is given the. board to treat
he squares In question as local condi
ons may Justify by opening minor
nets or by the Installation of play
rounds. Provision is .made for the
pessment for 'benefits. Ir. Van
-.ehaick called attention to indorse
ment given 'by the President- The bill
probably will be sent to Congress with
e Commissioners' approval within the
st few days.
monK those present at the hearing
re airs. Archibald Hopkins, Mrs.
most P. BIcknelU Dr. Walter S. Uf
rd. Dr. TV. a "Woodward, Dr. George
I Kober, and George F. Bowerraan.
Half-and-Half Principle Will Be
Recognized in District Ap
propriation Bill.
With the continuation of the hear-
igs on the District appropriations bill
became known the subcommittee will
ireinate mo section whi:h provides
j.r me excess or jjismct revenues over
oproprlations to go to the Treasury.
i he senate subcommittee, it is be
ared, will make a provision equitable
j tne instrict and will not violate
V half-and-half principle
The only persons heard by thf sub-
ommlttee today were a delegation
om Al exandria county headed by
' randall Mackay urging the District
hools be opened without payment of
'Hon to children of non-residents em-
iocd In the District 6 who transact
uslncss here.
The subcommittee temporarily com-
(eted the hearings today. Shaping of
he bill will bo temporarily held back
itil the return of Senator Galitnger
next week.
Ebbitt House Counsel
Tells of "Football Night"
ftcr hearing William Henry White,
ounsel for the proprietor of the Eb
'It House, the Caraway subcommittee
f the House District Committee today
oegan preparing its report on alleged
lolations of the excise law on "foot
all night." when Georgetown and Vir
ginia students celebrated the - annual
ontest.
At an executive meeting of the sub
ommittee, an agreement was reached
iat each or the five members shall
jrepare a summary or his views and
lat at another meeting. Friday, an
ttempt shall be made to consolidate
ho reports and agree upon a general
et of findings.
B. F.Keith Is Not IlC
Says Resident Manager
B. F Keith, vaudeville magnate. Is
ot III at his winter home In Miami.
Ma,, and Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Chase of
his city, are not there with him. This
La ten lent .was made today bv Roland
H Bobbins, resident manager of the B.
. Keith Theater, who was moved to
denial by dispatches from Florida and
New York. The Keiths arc still South,
.pending the winter, and the Chases
re now In Cuba, where they went for
he benefit of Mrs. Chase's health.
which is rapidly Improving since she
left Johns Hopkins Hospital.
EXCESS REVENUES
NOT FOR TREASURY
POSTOFFICE MAY
CARRY "MOVIES"
FILMS IN MAILS
Whether the business of the
Postoffice Department shall
be increased by approximately
$1,000,000 annually, depends
upon the decision of a case
now in the hands of Second
Assistant Postmaster General
Stewart. Motion picture films
are the articles in question.
Express companies, until now,
have, monopolized the busi
ness on die grounds that the
films are inflammable and
cannot be sent through the
mails. E. C. Cunningham,
manager of a motion film
company in this city, contends
that motion picture films are
made of the same material as
kodak films. The latter are
carried by the mails. He has
asked that "movie" films be
given the same consideration.
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Baltimore Clergyman Sent t o
Sacred Heart Church by
Cardinal Gibbons.
BALTIMORE. Jan. 27. Cardinal Glb-
1 bons today announced the appointment
of .fne Rev. P. C Gavan. for twelve years
chancellor ofthe archdiocese, of Balti-
k?t-?"Z-ZZ; f' e-LT ir--f
more, u, ikidw ui wo mi cu uu
Church in -Washington, to succeed the
Bev. Joseph HcGee. who died last
week.
The new pastor has been an extraordi
nary favoritein Baltimore. He Is a
priest of modesty, scholarly acquire
ments, fine manners and liberal ex
perience. He was born In November,
1S72, in Bolton. England, and when five
years old was brought by his parents
to the United States. He made his first
theological studies at St. Charles Col
lege, Ellicott City, and later went to
the American College at Borne, where
he was ordained.
On his return to the United States he
became private secretary to Archbishop
John J. Keane of the Catholic Univer
sity, later being appointed assistant pas
tor of St. Joseph's Church. Washington.
Father Gavan was transferred to Bal
timore in 1902 and became chancellor of
the archdiocese, a post of much labor
and difficulty, requiring ability and dis
cretion. The Washington appointment
is regarded as a flattering elevation.
"I feel deeply grateful to His Emin
ence, the Cardinal," said Father Gavan
this morning, "for this testimony of
his kindness and shall, of course, take
up the new work with all the enthusi
asm and energy that I can command.
I shall not be strange In Washington,
and it will be a comfort to meet
friends."
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President Signs Order Making
Engineer Supreme Authority
in Panama Zone.
President Wilson today signed the
executive order making Col. George W.
Goethals first governor of the Canal
Zone.
By this action he also decreed that
the permanent government of the canal
will go Into effect April 1.
Secretary Garrison made the an
nouncement Immediately after the Cabi
net meeting today, but said that Colonel
Goethals had not yet been formally
notified. The President learned that
Goethals would accept, however, when
Secretary Garrison visited Panama last
summer.
As the first head of the Government
of the canal, Colonel Goethals, will have
the selection oi .j.duu men, wno win con
stitute the operating force of the canal
The other members of the Canal Com
mission will be formed Into a committee
nnd they will receive the same unlirv
now paid them. They will have charge
of the arrangements for the- formal open
ing of the canal in January, 1913. After
that date this commission will go out
of existence. .
The actual opening or the canal Is
expected to taKe piacc aoout April 1,
next.
In the meantime 'hi operating force
is expected to be formed. It will com
prise men who have eerved In the con
struction of tho cui.al. In the an
nouncement by Secretary Garrison, no
mention was made c the offer to
Colonel GoethaU to become head of the
.'ew York police department.
HE
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NAMED
PASTOR
OETHALS IS N ID
GOV
RNOR OF N
FREE HIE PUNS
MEET WITH CHECK
Commission Disapproves Kahn
Bill for Aiding Police and
Firemen of District.
BASE DECISION ON RULING
OF CORPORATION COUNSEL
Appropriation for Carfares for
District Agents Included in
Estimates for Year.
With the statement that they have
included In their estimates an item to
defray the cost of transportation on the
street railways of agents of the Dis
trict government engaged in the per
formance of their duties, the Commis
sioners sent to Congress today an un
favorable report on the bill Introduced
by Congressman Kahn of California to
amend the public utilities bill so as
to allow for the free transportation of
policemen and firemen. The report says:
J'ln the Judgment of the Commis
sioners the street railway com
panies of the District of Columbia
should not be required or author
ized to grant free transportation to
members of the police or fire de
partments, or to special officers of
said departments.
"It is their opinion that the mem
bers and officers of these depart
ments should be transported with
out cost to themselves only on oc
casions when their travel is in
connection with the performance
of their public duties, at which
times the expenses of their trans
portation should be borne by the
municipality.
"The Commissioners recognize that
it is a hardship on the officers and
men in question to be required to
pay from their private funds for
their transportation while engaged
on official and public business, and
they have accordingly included' In
their requests for appropriations for
the expenses of the District govern
ment for the next fiscal year an item
authorizing the expenditures of pub
lic funds for the purchase of street
car tickets foe the, official ,useof the
various agents of the District gov
ernment who may be required to
travel on street cars in the per
formance of their duties."
Members of the police and fire depart
ments were denied free transportation
on the street railways in accordance
with an opinion of former Corporation
Counsel E. H. Thomas that It was "dis
crimination" and in violation of the pub
lic utilities law.
Endeavor was made recently by Cor
poration Counsel Syme to have the
board reverse its judgment as applied
to policemen in uniform, but the com
mission decided to adhere to Its original
decision.
MILAN STILL LOYAL
TO THE CRIFE1N
Star Outfielder Wires The
Times He Has Not Signed
With Outlaw League.
Clyde Milan, the Griffmen's star out
fielder, and the big leagues' leading
baseatealer. has not signed with the
Federal League, nor has he had an
offer from the Pittsburgh outlaw club
In a telegram to The Times today,
-rnm his home in Linden. Tenn.. Milan
says:
Have not signed nor had offer
from Pittsburgh. Have heard from
other clubs, but no figures.
It is thought here that Milan's name
Has been used wholly for advertising
purposes by the promoters of the bed
.i T.aciip They have announced
that they will not tamper with any play--
nnw under contract, going out for
.,. hoiri only by the reserve clause.
Milan has not yet signed with Grif
fith'. t.m for 19U. He has never signed
a contract in the winter, always prefer
rlnc to have a talk with his manager
.r nutting his name on the official
,- The outlaws are believed to have
i,v,n advantage of this habit of
Milan In announcing his Jumping the
traces.
Cullom in Coma, His
End Is Thought Near
Reports from the bedside of former
Senator ShelDy ai. uuom. or Jinn
oIk this afternoon were that the vet
cran statesman is gradually growing
wanker nnd tear is expressed that
he can exist but a few hours longer,
c.for-inir from a relapse last nicht.
he grew weaker early today, and has
been in a semi-conscious condition
ilnce He has eaten but little for threo
cays.
Kalbfus' Appeal From
Ouster Goes to Court
The bill of exceptions in the appeal of
Samuel T. Kalbfus from the decision of
Justice Barnard, presiding In Circuit
Court. No. J, denyine a writ of manda
mus to compel the District Commission
ers to reinstate him as a member of the
permanent board of axslstant asscsMors.
was signed today, and the case will ho
docketed In the Court of Appeals this
week
It is expected that arguments will be
heard In the upper court next Monday.
and that a decision will be announced
e&rif to aiarca.
KEPN RECEIVES
IK IN MAIL
Author of Measure to Wipe Out
Red Light District Is Warn
ed in Letters.
SENDERS OF MISSIVES
UNKNOWN TO SENATOR
Expects to Turn Mail Over to
Postoffice Department Spe
cial Agents.
Because of his activity in pressing the
red Ijght bill for the District of Colum
bia, the bill which has Just passed the
House and is before the President for
signature. Senator Keynon of Iowa, au
thor of tho measure, is getting letters
threatening physical violence and death.
The letters arc mailed in Washington,
and undoubtedly emanato from persons
who will bo affected by the 1)111. But
whether they come from property own
ers or the inmates or managers of
houses in the red light district, there is
no way of ascertaining.
Senator Kenyon had no comment to
make on the receipt of threatening let
ters today other than to admit he was
receiving such letters.
If the letters continue to arrive, he
will turn them over to tho Postoffice De
partment for Investigation by its special
agents.
FREE CANAL TOLLS'
Tells Cabinet He Regards .Plan '
a Violation of Treaty With
Great Britain.
President Wilson's views on the Pan
ama canal tolls controversy was discuss
ed at todya's meeting of the Cabinet.
Enjoined to the same .secrecy placed
upon the members of tho Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, before whom the
President first made plain his attitude,
the Cabinet officials preserved silence re
garding their discussion.
Despite much secrecy as to the con
ference it is definitely known today the
President Is opposed to free, tolls through
the Panama canal, and regards the free
tolls regulation as violation of the treaty
with Great Britain.
It also became known the President
Is more strongly disposed than .er, to
lift the embargo on arms for Mexico.
The arbitration treaties are to be
pressed, the President being in favor of
this policy
Thcso are the- principal features of
foreign policy whluh were discussed last
night. With respect to abolition of
free tolls, not only was It made known
to the members of the Foreign Rela
tions Committee that the President Is
against the free tools policy, but It
became clear this afternoon that the
movement to do away with free tolls
would be formidable and Is likely to
win.
It Is fully expected the bill to aDoltsli
free tols will pass the Hous and, while
there will be strong opposition in the
Senate, it is said there has been a
change of front on the part of some
Senators.
It is believed the President will mus
ter sufficient pressure on Senators to
abolish free tolls
One of the Senators who. from the
first, has vigorously opposed abolition
of free tolls. Is Senator O'Gorman. lie
Is expected to continue that opposition.
With respect to lifting of the arms
embargo. It was definitely stated that
this action nan to be expected. Two
or three months ago It became plain tho
President was decldeJ to lift the em
bargo. Beforo that he had flatly op
posed It. Last night Senators in the
conference were led to believe tho em
bargo would be lifted and thus a
stronge policy entered upon in aid of
the rebels.
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"Dark Spots" on Pennsylvania
Avenue Will Be Eliminated
by New System.
Search for "dark spots" in Pennsyl
vania avenue between Jhe Peucc Monu
ment and the Treasury will be useless
after 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening. At
that hour the new lighting Hystcm will
be placed In operation. From S-30 until
7-30 the old lamps of 703 candle power
will burn as usual At 7.30 the old
lamps will be extinguished and a mo
ment later the new lump of lJMO-fimllo
power will light the broad stictches of
tho thoroughfare from the Capitol to
Fifteenth street.
A test of tho now lamps last nighl
was fully up to tho predictions or tho
engineers, according to i" Allen,
electrical eiiKlneer.
Only half of tho lamps will burn Hflcr
1 a. m. This will rcduco the coiy of
maintenance b more than JiCO ,i year
Thoso left burning, according to Mr
AUn Yvltl criv'f. fi rrrentnr limnllnt flf ll
I lumlnatlon than Is ubta'ntd with tho I
present liBhto.
WLSON 0PP0SEOT0
m
UPS TO BUR
AFTER SUNDAY NIGH
PANCHO VILLA, THE CITIZEN
This photograph is interesting because it is unlike any before published of
the rebel commander. It is recent, having been taken just before he start,
ed on his victorious campaign against Huerta, and has the unique dis
tinction of being the only picture he has ever had takes in citizen's garb.
Alexandria Fears
Red Light Invasio n
Virginia City Across the Potomac Visited by Women
Whom Kenyon Bill Drives Out.
With the passage of the Kenyon "Red Light" bill leg
islating scores of resorts from Washington's segregated dis
tricts out of existence, Alexandria citizens today are alarm
ed over the fact that its own "red light" district is to be
swelled by the influx of Washington women.
Plans for combating such an increase in the tenderloin
population of the little Virginia city across the Potomac
already are being formulated.
Already sentiment toward closing the segregated dis
trict of Alexandria, thus following the course pursued by
Washington, is being formed. This is opposed, however,
by Mayor Fisher, Chief of Police Goode, and other officials.
The storm of protest which arose in Alexandria today
oer the closing of the Washington resorts followed the
visit to that city yesterday of a dozen or more Washington
women who hope to locate
Against Immediate Closing.
.Mayor
Fisher, in an Intel view with
a Times ioporfr todav. -aid that ho
does not favor tin- immediate closing
of the city'H lesorW. Neither does
Chief of l'oll'e (iotide Ioth intimate
that the revolts, whkh h-ive been main
tained for years, having been conduct
ed up to this time in a manner satis
factor to officials, jhnuld not be abol
ished. Hoth olficials hccm inclined to iccog
nize tho .llfctnH .is part :ini pare. I ol
the ity. -n institution which I" its
jircFcnt ? -upo, slio'ilil nut le molested.
They nre both vigorously opposed,
however, to aiiv additions and de
clared pointedly that no women, of
the Washington resortu will be per
mitted to locale in Alexandria Ai
re. id maitj of the women about to be
forced out of the Wat-liington houses
have been notified t'-at tli- t will not
be toleratnl in bt irginia eltv
MexaiiUri.ui-, apurchensive of tho
conditions tftftt will bo brought about
i
and open houses there
by the closing of tho Washington re
sorts, declare that some immediate
action must be taken for the eradica
tion of the Alexandria district
Charles B. Marshall, a prominent
member of the city council, declares
that a movement will be started at to
night's meeting of the council, to do
away i-.vtli Alexandria's district.
Danger To Women.
"Something has got to be done imme
diately, notwithstanding the views of
any one" to the contrary," said Mr.
Marshall today. "We realize what the
condition confronting us will be on the
closing of tho Washington resorts. Our
women coming home on the cars at
night from Washington or walking on
tho streets, vlll not be safe from Insults
If there is an invasion of the hordes
which for years have been known to
nightlv Infest that section of Washing
ton which Is passing. '
leamlrla is too small to cope with
the condition which will be brought
about unless the local district is abolish.
cd Two or thrco hundred revellers,
(Continued on Third Pix.)
. C. C. TO GIVE ADVIC
BUT NO RATE ADVANCE
TO BIG RAILROAD UNES
Decision Today in Industrial Railways Case
Finds That Millions of Revenue Will
Be Saved If Illegal Alltfwances Are
Stopped and Rates Readjusted.
By JTJDS0N C. WELLIVEP ' "
Instead of granting an increase of rates to railroa'ds, in
official classification territory, the Interstate Commerce
Commission is preparing to give the railroads sortie kindly
advice, to point out how they can meet their financial
needs, whence they can increase their revenues, and. in
general how, by a different kind of business management,
they can put their finances on a satisfactory basis without a
general raise of rates. ?
SOME POINTED ADVICE.
WEST ENO CITIZENS
TO
ComrrHoftrs-Kf-tfeads of
"Business Bodies to Be
" Guests of Associatici,
The District Commissioners and the
presidents ot the Chamber or Com
merce, Board of Trade, and other civic
organisations, will be guests at the an
nual banquet ot the "West End Citizens
Association, at the Powhatan, Feb-
The association adopted a resolution
ravonng race seEetwuu uo ..b.h,
and urged a general meeting of citizens
to devise means by which this might be
brought about. The meeting favored
opening; the triangular parks of the
city to the public, and it was urged that
the District provide a. medical examina
tion of public school students.
.Protests were voiced against proposed
legislation making abutting Property
owners pay part of the cost of city
improvements, and to the mater of th&
District government's turning back into
the Treasury any surplus that might ac
cumulate. The association will recom
mend to Congress the passage of an act
a- ..,.... Ka vmn1fttrm nt thf Ppnnsvl-
vanla avenue bridge over Bock creek.
Approval- was given ol .lie ccmuuu u.
Ernest I. Thurston and Stephen E.
Kramer as heads of the schools of the
District. Nineteen members were en
rolled.
Hundred Radium Claims
Are Filed in Land Rush
T-.vrwvv.R Jan. 27. The rush today to
the radium fields almost assumed the
proportions of the gold rushes in the
early days of Cripple Creek and Lead-
vllle.
v .linn too claims were filed at
Grand Junction, and dozens of pros
cectlng parties started from this city
to StaKO OUV cioJ."'a uci.u.o " v-v.c...-
...-. - a Mil thrniTf.!. trtrrvnr?
mem; tin. b. - - -"
out Secretary Lane's plan to withdraw
these lands from entry.
Industrial. Railroads
Must Pay Full Freight
Railroads aro guilty of "unlawful re
bating'' if they grant allowances for
services on private short lines of rail
roads owned by industries to which
goods are consigned, or if they perform
delivery over these short lines without
additional charge, according to a de
cision today by the Interstate Commerce
Commission in the industrial railways
case.
IN CONGRESS TODAY.
SENATE.
Met at noon.
Hearings on District bill nearly con
cluded. Senator Kenyon, author of the red
light bill, gets threatening letters.
Norris resolution reported from Post
office Committee.
Important results from conference be
tween Foreign Relations Committee
and Senate.
Blair Lee case further considered.
HOUSE.
Met at noon.
Dcbato resumed on committee report
failing to sustain contested election
charges against Congrcssruin Whaley.
Subcommittee of District Committee
considered football night alleged 'vio
lations cxelse law.
Army engineers filed report recommend
ing Improvement of Occoquan creek.
Judiciary and Interstate Commerce
Committees announce beginning' of
trust hearings before end ot week.'
BANQUET
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The rallrbads"win be told:
1. That if they will quit rnaJdns al
lowances to '"tap lines" and "Indus
trial railroads," they can 3ave many mil
lions that they are now giving away
practically In the form of rebates to fa
vored shippers..
2. That it they will q.ult perfonaiag
services for "taj .lines" aad" "industrial
road.J which, they are not pahi. for,
and wfU charge for servlcea- -ef "thJ
kind they will-take In a large amount
of additional revenue-
3. That if they wilt revise, their rale
schedules to eliminate a- great number
of "dead rates." which: date back to the
days of excessive' competition and rate
cutting, and will Insist upon reasonable
revenues from all classes of their busi
ness, they will be able to add vastly to
their revenues.
The first Intimation, In a. public way.
of this plan of the commission for set
tling the advnee rate case was Issued
today, ina decision in the Industrial
Railways casei.
Holds Allowances IllegaL
To put the matter concretely, the
commission finds that many millions of
revenue which the railroads ought to
be getting into their treasuries are be
ing handed out to favored shippers
through the "tap line" and "ndustrial
railway" allowances are Illegal and
must not be made In the future.
The history of the "tap line cases' is
long and involved. To understand Just
what the Commission's decision today
means It Is necessary to explain briefly.
A great industrial plant covers a
large area. To connect its different
buildings, shops, yards, warehouses,
etc., the corporation lays railroad
traacks. These in turn arec onnected
with the system of some great trunk
line railroad. Perhaps there are sev
eral miles of the tracks owned by the
Next, the Industry incorporates Its
switching tracks as a railroad, and.
in that capacity, deals with the trunk"
line. The "Industrial railway" thua
brought into existence. Insi.us that It
originates a vast amount ot freight!
therefore, en hauls of that freight Jo
distant places, it must have a very
favorable division of the revenue.
The trunk lines, anxlo-is to act this
business, agrees to grant a high per
centage of the legal through rate to
the Industrial road, and this per
centage, of course, in eect Js a re
bate to the industry Itself.
Grants Were Rebates.
A year cr two ago in the "tap line
case" the Interstate Commission!
found that tht railroads were grant
ing J30.0C0,0O of f 80.000,0 Kl of this
kind of allowances to ''tap lines."
which amounted to rebates.
Beyond this, it found that the rail
roads were in many cases doing the
actual physical service of switching,
etc., on these tap line roads free of
charge. ....
The commission opined at that tlma
that the allowances were illegal, ana.
that the services which were given for
nothing ought to be charged fOr
Officials of the commission, who of
late have been studying these various
proceedings, are authority for the state
ment that if the railroads were to quit
giving illegal tapilne allowances, and to
begin charging for the services for the
"tap lines" they would add about fl).
0CO.C00 a year to their revenues. All net,
too. . ...
If the railroads had that much addi
tional net revenues, they would r.pt
need to Increase their rates. They would
be able to get along very well.
Other eRasons Cited.
But this is not all. Hunting around
for reasons why the railroads did noC
need to increase their rates, tho offi
cials of the commission fell on some
other conditions which thev regarded,
as equally bad.
Back in the old era of excessive com
petition, the Chicago Great Western,
railroad made a contract to haul dress
ed meats and packing house products
from the Misourl river packing points
Kansas City, Omaha. Sioux City, and.
St, Joseph to Chicago, at a much low
er rate than had ever been made be
fore It was, in fact, about two-thirds
of the former rale. The Great "VVestera
was willing to maintain this low rate,
en condition tint the packers would
guarantee to Jellver to it a 0xcd per
centage of their total tonnage- The
contract was made on that basis.
The former rate was never tom-
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