Indiana daily times. [volume], January 21, 1920, Home Edition, Page 11, Image 11

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GUARD CHILD
SURVIVOR OF
| SWAMP RAID
Mississippi Sheriffs Fear
Fiends Who Slaughtered
|I s Family Will Get Fifth.
TELLS OF HER ESCAPE
AMORY; Miss., Jan. 21.—Charlie Mar
shall, moonshiner and backwoods beau,
is under heavy guard in the jail at Aber
deen, charged with the most brutal quad
ruple murder ever known In this sec
tion.
For when they buried the charred
and shattered bodies of Fannie Green
Miner, who had been Marshall’s sweet
heart; her 8-months-old baby, Burley,
said to have been Marshall’s non; Robert
Miller, Fannie’s father, and Leonard, her
brother, 16, the stage was set for the
lynching of Charlie Marshall.
Pearl Miller, 13, the only surviving
member of the family, eay? that she
watched Charlie Marshall at the hideous
of slaughtering the four victims
of the swampland tragedy.
The belief of the-countryside today
1c that Charlie Marshall, facing trial
shortly for an attack on Fannie Miller,
planned to dodge this trial by wiping
out the whole Miller family, and that
the escape of the 13-year-old girl upset
this plan.
From miles about, the lean and swar
thy dwellers of the bottom country
drove In, with their women folk seated
in chairs in the boxes of the lumber
wagons, to discuss in shocked whispers
what had been done in the blackness
of a stormy night. There were ominous
bulges under homespun shirts; there
were well-worn shotguns and rifles un
der the wagon seats.
PRISONER SAVED
FROM ANGRY POPULACE.
Sheriff John B. Lewis fled from Amory
with his prisoner in an automobile and
saved Marshall from the vengeance of
the countryside.
Pearl Miller la under the projection
of Chief of Police Cal Bolding of Amory.
The officers suspect that the men who
killed the four members of the Miller
family had an aide. And they are fear
fn] lest harm come to the only witness
of the massacre.
There was much talk in the Tom Big
hee bottom about the Miller family and
Charlie Marshall. Fannie Miller had
known Marshall all her life, hut started
“keeping company” with him three years
ago, when he “saw her home” from a
circuit rider’s meeting. She was 15 then,
and Marshall twice her age.
About eighteen months ago the girl
returned one evening and tore up Mar
shall's picture, scattering the fragments
in the fireplace.
Her mother died twelve years ago, and
in the lonely farmhouse Fannie had no
one to whom she could confide,
r Later she was compelled to tell her
father what had happened. She said
that Marshall had seized her as she was
walking with him In a field, and had
dragged her into a canebrake. smother
ing her cries by pressing his hand over
her mouth.
MARSHALL IS ARRESTED
ON FATHER’S PLEA.
Robert Miller had his three motherless
children to care for, one of them need
ing him more desperately than ever, so
he determined to let the law take its
course. He had Marshall arrested. Mar
shall said he was innocent of the girl’s
charges ahd his trial was to have been
held at the next term of court.
Fannie’s father and Charlie Marshall
went arqied after that and and no word
was spoken between the two families.
Marshall', has no reputation in this part
of the Country as a fighting man; he
was fanjed for his conquests among the
girls, ajnd as a moonshiner.
Accowuing to Pearl Miller’s story, which
she tie 11s with the self-control of a
strong-minded adult, Marshall entered
her ’’ home after her father, brother and
sister had been shot down and the home
rtfyn-araited. He clubbed to death the
"baby crawling on the floor beside its
dead mother, soaked the place with oil
' and set fire to it as Pearl fled, through
the loft, and ran, with a sprained ankle,
over a mile of flooded fields, to the home
of a neighbor.
Marshall was arrested near hlh. cabin,
where he lived, apart from his father.
He denied that he had been out the
night before, but his boots and overcoat,
mud-stained and wet, were found.
A quantity of moonshine mash, sugar
and sprouted corn was also taken from
ills -hack, together with several gallons
of the “white lightning” w’hieh the Mar
shall family was famed for producing.
Passengers to Quit
Distressed Vessel
BOSTON, Jan. 21. —Preparations are be
ing made to transfer the 271 passengers
aboard the disabled army transport Pow
hatan. disabled at sea, 200 miles south of
Halifax, N. S., to the transport Northern
Pacific, according to a radiogram picked
up at the navy yard here today.
A bowling gale had been raging about
the crippled transport since she broke
il . cn ri 'orenonn. but today the
weather was reported moderating, making
' u\ aster o£ the passengers at
sea. The Northern Pacific ■will take those
from the Powhatan to New York, the
message said.
■'oo FI,U C-VSKS IX SOITII BEXD.
SOUTH BEND, Jan. 21. —Strict meas
ures are being taken here today to pre
vent further spread of Influenza. Figures
given out by the health board show
that there are about 500 cases of the
epidemic In the city. During the last
twenty days there have been twenty
six deaths.
if BBEIEIT ’STORE
Sale of Mens and Young Mens ’
Corduroy Trousers
Regular $5.00 Quality
THURSDAY ONLY '
Narrow, closely woven w ale, all sizes, w r ell
worth more than our regular price, $5.00;
Thursday qnly $3.55
THE Wm. H. BLOCK CO.
LEGION REJECTS
DEMPSEY’S PLEA
(Continued From Pave One.)
reflection on the Integrity of the draft
board which handled his case; In fact,
on the entire selective service system.
DEMPSEY AN UNKNOWN
AT TIME OF DRAFT.
At the time Dempsey was notified by
his draft board to be “ready for service"
:.e was virtually an unknown In
pugilistic circles. He hadn’t beaten a lot
oi second rater In one round and hadn’t
flattened “Big Jess.” In fact, he had no
money. And, as a matter of fact, very
few\ sportsmen knew he had a wife.
The American legion has warned Indi
vidual posts not to act with haste and
undue consideration in such cases as that
relating to Dempsey. Further than that
there will be nothing new for Dempsey
to look forward to Indianapolis and Com
mander O’Olier for. The case Is closed
as far as he Is concerned.
Still another assault on Dempsey ap
pears in the latest issue of the Home
Sector, In which an editorial appears
pouring forth sarcasm on ‘‘America’s
greatest fighter.”
“America’s greatest fighter,” It reads,
“hero of a few weeks in the shipyards,
hero of a few minutes’ battle with Jess
Willard, hero of the fur overcoat and
the fat bank account, hero of the moving
pictures at several thousand dollars a
week, hero of a few peaceful and emi
nently profitable years in the United
States while the greatest world's cham
pionship was being fought several thou
sand miles away.”
SEIZED GERMAN
SHIPS ON SALE
Bids Being Received for 27
Boats Taken During War.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Shipping
board officials today were receiving bids
for the sale of twenty-seven former Ger
man \iners, the biggest ships operated
by the board.
The list includes the presidential ship,
the George Washington; the Leviathan,
Mt Vernon, America and President
Grant. Total value of the twenty-seven
ships Is between $60,000,000 and SIOO,-
000.000.
Bids, which were to be received, sealed,
up to midnight tonight, will be opened at
a meeting of the shipping board later
this week.
GIRLS LEAP FROM
BLAZING PLANT
Six Young Women and One
Boy Hurt in Grand Rapids.
GRAND RAPIDS, Jan. 21.—Seven per
sons, six girls and a boy, are known to
have been Injured yesterday in an ex
plosion and fire at the Stlckley Brothers'
Furniture Company plant here, one of
the largest furniture factories in the city.
The explosion occurred in the floss
room and was caused by a hot box In
one of the machines. A sheet of flame
reaching from the floor to the ceiling
swept through the room.
A group of girls at work on the ma
chines leaped through the windows and
jumped four stories to the snow banks
on the ground below. All who jumped
sustained injuries, the greater number
suffering bruises, about the arms and
legs.
Mrs. Carl Hunt Dies
at Long: Island Home
Mrs. Carl Hunt, whose husband is
director of extension of the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World, Is dead
at her home In Jamaica, Dong Island,
N. Y. She died of spinal meningitis Mon
day afternoon. She and Mr. Hunt
made their home in Indianapolis for
several years until Mr. Hunt went to
New York when the headquarters of
the Associated Advertising clubs was
moved to that city. The husband and
three sons, Gordon, 13; War rest, 5, and
John, 2, one brother, Fred Gordon, 3022
Central avenue, and two sisters, Mrs.
OUie Nelson, Decatur, 111., and Mrs. Her
bert S. Herln, Chicago, survive.
Mrs. Herin’s husband died Monday
of pneumonia, and she is ill with In
fluenza now.
Gee, Girlsi Listen
to Louis Guyon
CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—Louis Guyon, pro
prietor of the largest dance palace In
Chicago, says that homely girls dance
much better than their pretty sisters. As
owner of a dancing floor on which thou
sands of both ugly and pretty girls do
the hop, skip, jump, drag, crawl and
squirm of the new dances, he has ob
served closely, he says, and declares
that he knows whereof he speaks.
“Homely girl3 make the best dancers,”
he said. “They are more graceful than
pretty girls because they are more seri
ous and work harder to make up for
their lack of facial beauty. Pretty girls
are lazy and indifferent as a rule. They
are apt to be conceited.”
British Warships
Sent to Russia
LONDON, Tan. 2i.—The British admi
ralty has ordered warships to Vladivos
tok as a precautionary movement, the
Reuter agency announced yesterday.
BRITISH PLAN
TO FIGHT REDS
IN NEAR EAST
Tells Allies Troops Will Be
Sent to Caucasus to Halt
Bolshevism Spread.
COUNCIL TO END WORK
PARIS, Jan. 21. —Great Britain plans
to send troops Into the Caucasus to pre
vent the spread of bolshevism Into Ar
menia, Turkey, Persia and Mesopotamia,
it was reported here today.
The British request to the supreme
council yesterday to have French and
Italian troops take the place of British
units In the allied forces which will
preserve order in the various regions
where plebiscites were ordered by the
THE MID-WINTER NUMBER OF—
•—Pictorial Review Magazine.
—The Spring Fashion Book.
—The February Pictorial Review
. Patterns.
—Are now on sale.
—First Fioor, Northwest
January Reduction Sale of
Housefurnishings, Chinaware
and Glassware
ALUMINUM COFFEE
PERCOLATORS. 8-cup size,
teapot spout, $3.00 qual
ity $2.39
ALUMINUM PERCOLAT
ORS, 7-cup size; $1.85 qual
ity $1.39
? o V
U lP
ALU MINUM DOUBLE
BOILERS, 1%-quart size;
colonial style; $1.75 qual
ity $1.39
ALUMINUM WINDSOR
SAUCE PANS, 5-quart size;
$1.75 quality $1.39
ALUMINUM WINDSOR
KETTLES, 4-quart size;
“Wear Ever’’ $2.60 qual
ity $1.98
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A LU MI N IT M KETTLES,
“Wear Ever” 6-quart size,
with cover, $3.00 qual
ity .$2 39
quart size;
85c quality 59*
CLASS TOWEL BARS,
solid brass, nickel plated
fittings:
30 in long, 95c quality.. 69?
24 in. long, 85c quality..6s*
18 in. long, 75c quality..s9*
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1920.
peace treaty was neeessltatd by their plan
to send troops Into the near eaet, it was
■aid.
The supreme council was to meet to
day to decide whether It shall continue
In Its present organization or as a com
mittee of ambassadors. It was believed
the committee plan will be decided upon.
M. Trumbitch, head of the Jugo-Slav
delegation. In reading the Jugo-Slav re
ply to the allied proposition for settle
ment of the Adriatic dispute between Italy
and Jugo-Slavia, expounded at length the
concessions the Belgrade government al
ready has made and urged the allies to
modify their demands.
The council gave -the Jngo-Slavs four
days to reconsider their decision, an
nounced In their note made public late
yesterday. In event the Jugo-Slars hold
fast In their decision to refuse the al
lies’ propositions, the terms of the pack
of London, which awards Italy extensive
concessions in the Adriatic, will be ap
plied.
The supreme council has Informed the
Roumanian premier that the allies would
make no decision on Roumania's request
for a slice of Bessarabian territory until
Roumania had compiled with the coun
MWH. BLOCK C?
Indiana's Largest Assortment of HART S CHAFFNER & MARX Clothes for Men
No Phone Orders on the
Following:
BROOMS, good quality, Illinois ac, s.
broom corn, 5-sewed, smooth handles.
(No phone orders) very special. .49^
M TOILET PAPER, f
“Block’s” crepe (no I
# p phone orders), 10c
quality,
I \ 6 rolls for
ft \ TOILET PAPER, j" —
In #\\ “Waldorf” (no phone
JOHNSON’S FLOOft WAX, 1-pound
size (no phone orders), 75c
quality 48^
TABLE TUMBLERS, fine quality, clear glass, needle
etched, conventional border design (no phone orders),
special aix for 45(?
%
BUTTER MERGERS, a
pound of butter and a pint of
milk makes two pounds of
merged butter; only a limited
quantity, SI.OO quality.. 59*
COMB IN A TION STEP
LADDER AND STOOL, oak,
nicely finished, $1.50
quality $1.39
OIL OF CEDAR FURNI
TURE POLISH, 65c qual
ity *. .48*
ICE SKATES, adjustable
to any size shoe, $1.75 qual
ity 08*
STEERING SLEDS FOR
BOYS, $2.25 quality...sl.69
FLOOR BRUSHES, bristle,
14 inches long, $2.25 qual
ity $1.12
IRON STANDS OR HOLD
ERS, of iron, can be attached
to any ironing board, 15c
quality 7Ms*
BISCUIT CUTTERS \ Up to 29c
COOKIE CUTTERS ( Quality,
DOUGHNUT CUTTERS ? -fl
GRATERS..., > A
S A NIT A RY
WINDOW VEN.
TILATORS fresh M I '
air without /V 7 I |C \
drafts, dust, dirt, J jfji I jjf'w \>
rain or snow — 1 . .. ...
_|Size 24x37 inch- ’WVnilnrHfiimini'fi,ii iitinrX' ir jßifciiiiiSiiailKJ
es, special.. .69*
Size 23x37 inches, special 59*
Size 15x23 inches, special .48*
, Discontinued Patterns
American Dinnerware
—the dainty triple blue line deaign—
At One-Half Price
in our January Reduction Sales.
PLATES—
8-inch size, 62c quality,
each, 31*
6-inch size, 39c quality,
each 19*
6-inch size, 34c quality,
each 17*
COVERED DISHES, $3
quality $1.49
CASS EROL ES, $3.25
quality ~..51,62
ell's instructions that the Roumanian
troops In Bessarabia be withdrawn.
Premier Nitti left tor Borne last night.
Georges Clemenceau, former French
premier, resigned as president of the
supreme council. He was given an elo
quent farewell by his colleagues.
HUNGARY KICKS
AT PEACE TREATY
LONDON, Jan. 21.—The Hungarian
peace treaty is “unacceptable,” Count
Apponyl, head es the Hungarian peace
delegation, told the national assembly In
Budapest Wednesday, according to de
layed dispatches.
Apponyl jsald he was aware of the
dangerous consequences If Hungary re
fuses the treaty, but, he added, to ac
cept was to commit suicide before being
killed.
SPANISH STRIKE POSTPONED.
MADRID, Jan. 21.—At the instigation
of the government the railroad federation
has postponed the strike which It had
announced for tomorrow and has resumed
negotaitlons with the government.
8S P L I N T
CLOT HES
HAMP E R S,
with covers,
$1.60 qual
lty-1-39
W I L LOW
CLO T H E S
HAM PERS,
oval, three
cornered, ob
long or square
shapes, $4.50
quality $2.98
BIRD CAGES, complete
line, $7.95 and by degrees
down to $2.98
MOP BUCKETS, with at
tachable roller wringer, fam
ily size, special $1.98
MOPS, for kitchen or
porch, white cotton, 12-ounce
size, special ~..43*
REX STEPLADDERS. 5-
foot size, special $2.39
- -
SAD IRONS, 8 pound s ? ze,
65c quality 33*
CLOTHES PIN BAGS, with
three dozen fine clothes pins,
25c quality v 17*
CHIMNEYS, for gas lamps
or burners, special 10*
CHOP DISHES, $2.10
quality $1.05
COVE RED BUTTER
DISHES, $2.60 qual
ity $1.29
PICKLE DISHES, 82c
quality 41*
BOULLION
quality, each 44*
CUPS AND SAUCERS,
75c quality 37*
—Fifth Floor.
Senate for Giving:
Thrace to Greeks
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—The senate to
day adopted a resolution by Senator
King, Utah, concerning the disposition of
Thrace. The foreign relations committee
amended the resolution to make It a
simple declaration by the senate in fe
tor of awarding to Greece the terri
tory surrendered to the allies by Bul
garia. All reference to the possession
of Constantinople was eliminated.
Floods Threaten
Kaiser; May Move
THE HAGUE, Jan. 21.—The former
knlser plans to remove temporarily to the
estate of Count Betlnck, at Castle Zullen
steyn, in Leersum, It was reported to
day.
Floods threaten the dikes protecting
the former emperor’s present home in the
castle of Count Betlnck at Amerongen.
(Thirty pairs) CURTAIN
STRETCHERS, have been
used for samples and are
Blightly soiled, otherwise in
perfect condition, up to $3.75
quality $1.69
ELECTRIC IRONS, family
size, fully guaranteed, com
plete with cord, plug and
stand, $5.50 quality.. .$3.98
JEWEL FOLDING IRON
ING BOARDS AND STANDS,
$2.70 quality $2.29
GALVANIZED WASH
TUBS, No. 3 size, $1.60
quality $1.29
Hh OA R BAGE
CANS. 5-gallon
size, corru
gated galvan
ized steel,
tight fitting
covers, bail
handles, $1.50
quality, $1.19
CLOTHES LINES, 50 feet
long, 65c quality 48*
WASH BOILERS, No. 8
size, copper bottom, $2.19
quality $1.79
FOLDING CARD TABLES,
green felt tops, $4.00 qual
ity '. $2.98
6AK MEDICINE CABI
NETS, three cornered, extra
plate glass mirror, $6.75
quality $3.98
. - . MOPS.
angle shape, easy to get
into corners, SI.OO
quality 79*
T TANARUS, = J .
FANCY SHOPPING BAS
KETS, reinforced handles,
750 quality 55*
' ALUMINUM FRYING
PANS, “Wear Elver” $1.65
quality .....$1.39
W HITE ENAMELED
COMBINETS, tight fitting
cover, bail handle, $2 50
qua lit;’ $2.10
FEATHER DUSTER S.
SI.OO quality 48*
SHELF PAPER, lace edge,
10c quality .. 5*
GAS BURNERS, 33c qual
ity 17*
Glassware
WATER GOBLETS, 20 c
quality 10*
—
TUMBLERS? 4 and 5-our ce
sizes, up to 15c qualities. .6*
—Fifth Floor.
Indiana Eloper Held
in Binghamton, N. Y.
Special to The Times.
COLUMBUS, Inti., Jan. 21.—According
to advices reaching here Charles T.
Duval, alleged to have eloped with Mrs.
Edith Baker Humphrey of this city two
years ago, is under arrest in Btng
bampton, N. Y. It was not stated If
the woman is held. She was the wire
of John Humphrey of this city.
A short time after his wife disap
peared Humphrey got a divorce and
married a 17-year-old girl. Police say
his second wife disappeared three weeks
ago.
SAYS SHOES WILL GO HIGHER,
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—The price of
footwear will continue to increase for
an Indefinite period, according to the
prediction of officials of the National
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ associa
tion, iq convention here today.
Our Model Grocery
Our “MODEL” grocery is a MODEL not mere
ly in name, but in fact.
It is lauded by pure food officials and by others
interested in the crusade for pure foods. It is
pointed out as a model in its arrangements, its
' ideals, its equipment.
Scarcely a merchant of any note who contem
plates the installation of a grocery—or who plans
alterations or enlargements—but that visits our
grocery to study it. Many have come thousands
of miles to familiarize themselves with it.
There is No Grocery in America
to Compare With Our Model
Grocery in Essential Respects
(TV ith one possible exception, in Chicago, and
this exception is stated so that there will be no
possibility of mis-stating facts.)
Its iceless refrigerators, its dustproof bins, its
efficient equipment—the choiceness of its products
are matters of enthusiastic comment. Service is
the keynote of our Model Grocery. Service is not
a glittering generality here—we state specifically—
That patrons who have charge accounts here
can have their grocery purchases posted to their
monthly statements.
They may have their groceries delivered.
—They have the attention, helpfulness and serv
ices of well-informed grocery salespeople.
And Yet, With All of This , Our
Prices Are Lower Than the
General Level
Patrons get this service without cost—it is ab
sorbed largely in big volume of business.
You not only save money here, but you conserve
your time—and “time” is a precious thing in life.
COFFEE, Royal Lunch
eon, an excellent blend of
high-grade coffee, Thurs
day, pound ........49£
Wl—■■■ 111 !■■■■ II I ■■■ V,
Special Table of
Groceries
Special values in nation
ally advertised groceries
will be found on this ta
ble at great saviugs. No
limit; purchase as much
as you like; your choice
(dozen lots, $2.65), each
article 23£
RAISINS, new crop California
Sun-Maid, seeded; large 15-
ounce package 25*
MACARONI OR SPAGHETTI,
Red, White and Blue; long cut
(3 packages. 23c) package:. .8*
ENGLISH WALNUTS, No. 1,
California soft shell nuts, per
pound •( 45*
■ v ——
PECAN MEATS, fresh shelled
halves (pound. $1.25),
>/4 poufed far 35*
SWANS-DOWN CAKE
FLOUR, prepared, pkg... .37*
MINCE MEAT, our own Sun
lit made, pound. 29*
BAKING POWDER, Royal,
large 12 oz. can. 39*
CHIU SAUCE, Snider’s or
Van Camp’s, new 1919 pack
(large' 16-oz. pint bottle. 33c);
8-oz. pint bottle 21*
EGG-LIKE, to use in place of
eggs, for cooking and baking;
package equals 18 eggs,
package 25*
POSTUM CEREAL, the very
fine?! beverage in place of cof
fee large package 22*
MINUTE TAPIOCA or Knox
gelatine, package 12(4*
PIMENTOS, imported sweet
Spanish peppers, can 19*
May Close Town Jail;
Can’t Catch Thieves
DEFIANCE, 0., Jnn. 21—The “Jail
less City” is the name that may tx
applied sooli to Defiance.
The city solicitor has been requested
by the city council to draft a proposed
ordinance providing for elimination of
the city jail.
Not only has activities at the jail been
at the zero mark for a long time, bnt
there does not seem to be any likelihood
that business will pick up.
Although more robberies took plaes
during the past twelve months than foi
many * years, the thieves have been suc
cessful in making their getaway.
TOT SWALLOWS BALLOON,
CARDIFF, Jan. 21.—Vivian Davies, i
swallowed a toy balloon while in its de
flnted state. Half way down his throat
the balloon took on air, grew large and
Davies died of stangulation. There was
no suicidal intent, the coroner said.
RED KIDNEY BEANS,
new fall pack, No. 2 cans
(dozen, $1.19),' can.. 10£
PRUNES, extra large
20-30 size, California Santa
Claras; regular 50c qual
ity, pound 39£
TOMATOES, solid pack, In
diana red ripe tomatoes (No. 3
can, 21c), No. 2 can 17*
BARNARD’S SORGHUM MO
LASSES, new fall made 5
pound can for 73*
PRESERVES, pure fruit,
strawberry or raspberry flavors
(3 jars, $1.00), jar 35*
EXTRACTS, “Dr. Prices” all
pure fruit flavors (one ounce
bottle, 21c) i *
LEMON CREAM
SPONGE CAKE, fresh
baked, from our Sun-Lit
ovens; while supply lasts,
regular 25c quality,
Thursday .-v. 19£
PEPPER, pure ground black
(pound, 39c) </ 2 -lb. for 21*
PINEAPPLE. Monarch Ha
waiian sliced, small can... .27*
TABLE SYRUP, Mayflower
pure cane and.maple (quart can,
59c). pint can r.33*
-
COFFEE, G. Washington, In
stant soluble (large family size
can, $1.29), small can 39*
rolled White oats,
I'Mother s,” large, pound. .12}®*
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, Aunt
Jemima’s Prepared,
package 15*
LAUNDRY SOAP, Sunny Mon
day (5 bars for 33c), bar....7*
SOAP Fairy, Pummo or
Grandpa’s Wonder tar soap, your
choice, bar 7%*
—Fifth floor.
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