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HIE FIRST REAL
BALLOON RACE
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NORTH ADAMS, MASS., FOR
THIRTY
MILS, POINT TO POINT
VCONTE8T—WOMAN IN RACE.
THE ACCIDENT TO
WRIGHT AEROPLANE
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AMERICAN AERONAUT IN FRENCH
^TRIAL ATTEMPTS ANEW METH
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-t North Adams, Mass., Aug. 14.—Four
well tried out balloons guided by ex
perlened pilots assembled here to
X,\day for a thirty mile point to point
Y^e, the first event of the kind ever
Vv in the United States. The con
Wbtants will be required Just before
smarting to name a certain place at
least thirty miles distant as their
point of landing and they must come
down within taji miles of the postofflce
at that place.' The feature of the
face will be the presence of Mrs. H.
Clayton in the balloon Boston as the
Companion of 0. J. Baldwin, the pilot
Berlin 8e«s Airship Flight.
Berlin, Aug. 14.—The new parseval
dirigible balloop which was construct
I ed on the flexible system, made a
flight over ap.d around Berlin to
day that lasted for two hours and
forty-five minutes. Various ma
neuver against and with a moderate
wind were caijfted out at an altitude
ranging from-600 to 1,000 feet. The
airship showed excellent stability and
Answered to the will of the pilot easily
and satisfactorily.
The Accident to Wright Aeroplane.
Le Mans, France, August 14. —The
Wright aeroplane suffered an accident
yesterday which will require several
days and possibly a week to repair.
After two superb flights Wilbur
Wright essayed a new and daring
method of descent. He stopped the
motor at a height of seventy-five
feet and tried to come to earth on a
gradually descending glide. The cal
culations were not absolutely correct
|ind the left wing of the aeroplane
'came in contact with the ground. This
1:6re the frame of the machine. Mr.
/Wright was not injured.
Flies Over Treetops.
Mr. Wright's first flight yesterday
Eclipsed all his former efforts. He
ttade seven complete tours of the field
over the tops of the trees. According
to the official time he was in the air
8:52. The aeroplanist was incommod
ed by a fifteen mile breeze, but in
.spite of this he showed greater facil
ity in maneuvering than he did when
Kthere was a dead calm. His landing
'was easy and successful In every way.
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pasted two minutes, was a novel one.
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The aeroplanist soared and descended
at will, executing bewildering turns.
Suddenly as viewed from the grand
:. istand the machine lost its speed and
began curving slowly toward the
dearth. All appeared to be going well'
-fiiit.il it tilted to leeward and the dell
'f~ sjcate framework struck the ground,
I a the result that it was deranged.
§md torn.
Wreck Caused by Experiment.
'lS Mr. Wright calmly stepped out and
"examined the wreck. He was quickly
surrounded by anxious friends to
«^i\vhom he explained that he had mere
'V- decided to try a new descent. He
i^hut off the motor at a height of sev
.-"enty-flve feet and endeavored to float
downward. The real cause of the acci
?:\ijent was the attempt to land exactly
^'Jn the spot of departure. In lifting the
"biplanes at the last moment in an at-
S:empt to continue the gliding process
lie pulled the left plane too sharply.
The damage can be repaired easily,
Although because of the absence of
|jthe necessary material the work will
Irequlre several days.
f- Among the spectators were Miss
SVlorgan, daughter of J. Pierpcnt Mor
gan M. Kapferer, the engineer of the
v^French
dirigible balloon Ville de
'Paris, and other French enthusiasts.
Wright Confers With Taft.
"i Washington, D. C., Aug. 14.—Secre
tary Wright left Washington today for
SHot Springs, to confer with former
..Secretary Taft regarding some war de
apartment questions, also it is under
stood to talk over the political situa
tion with him. It has not been de
termined yet whether Wright will
"participate actively in the campaign
tor the election of Taft or not but it
not unlikely that he may.
Admiral Cogswell Dead.
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 14.—Rear
^Admiral James Kelsey Cogswell, IT.
6. N., retired, died here today. It was
Cogswell who made the famous trip
with the Oregon and Commander
?iClark
around the Horn from the Pa-
|clflc to the Atlantic during the SDan
?Xlsh-Amencan war.
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JOHN H. AT WOOD, HEAD OF
SPEECHMAKING BUREAU, SAYS
ORATORS WILL BE SENT OUT
WHERE BRYAN NEEDS THEM.
CANDIDATE PLANS
TOUR OF 4 STATES
AFTER SPEECH IN PEORIA NEXT
MONTH HE WILL MAKE A BIG
.TOUR OF NEW YORK, OHIO, IN­
DIANA AND ILLINOIS.
Chicago, Aug. 14.—With the organi
zations of the speakers of the bureau
of the Democratic national committee
practically completed, John. H. Atwood
head of the bureau today sent out
nearly thirty speakers in response to
requests from Democratic organiza
tions in various parts of the country.
This is the van guard of speakers to
be followed by-.others in great num
ber.
Atwood said they would be sent to
every part of the United States where
ever their services are needed. He
declared the issues of the campaign
would not lack for expresson because
of any inadequacy in his bureau.
Bryan Plans Tour.
Lincoln, Aug. 14.—Bryan and the
Democratic national committee are
making arrangements for a campaign
tour of Illinois and Indiana and Ohio.
While nothing definite has been de
termined upon in the way of cities
Bryan will visit it has tentatively
been agreed that shortly after his
speech at Feoria on September 9 he
will enter the state of Ohio and' speak
at several of the larger points before
touring Illinois, Indiana and New
York.
New York For Bryan Says Conners.
New York, Aug. 14.—The Demo
cratic Btate committee met here to
day to issue a call for a convention
to nominate state officers. Chairman
W. J. Conners was asked about the sit
uation in the country and replied:
"Bryan will carry New York state
by from 75,000 to a hundred thousand.
Bryan is the strongest Democrat in
New York today. He will carry Brie,
Niagara, Chenango and fifteen or
\teen other counties. Kings coun
ty will roll up a big majority and
other boroughs of greater New York
may be depended upon to add suffici
ent Democratic pluality to wipe out
the Republican plurality up
state."
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IRA SAINKEY DEAD
Famoua Singing Evangelist and For
m«r Associate With Moody Dies
at Brooklyn.
New York, Aug. 14.—Ira D. Sankey,
the singing evangelist, died at his
heme in Brooklyn last night. Mr. San
key had been in poor health for some
time. He made a wide reputation as
the associate of Evangelist Moody in
revival tours.
DEMOCRATS OPEN
CRMPAIGN SEPT 1
FRED E. WHITE, GUBERNATORIAL
CANDIDATE, WILL SPEAK IN
OTTUMWA.
Iowa Democrats will open their
•campaign for Bryan and White at Ot
tumwa Sept. 1. Fred E. White, candi
date for governor will be the speaker.
Whether meetings will be held in tne
districts, simultaneously, has not yet
been decided.
At a meeting of the state central
committee yesterday at Des Moines it
was decided to hold the judical con
vention to nominate a candidate for
supreme Judge on either Sept. 17 or
24. tlis now believec". by the friends
of Capt Jaques of tl.is city that he
will be the only candidate to go be
fore the convention. His candidacy
has been advance by the state central
committee and it is thought the rank
and file of the Democrats will follow
the recommendation.
It has been decided to hold this
judical convention at Des Moines.
Fixing the exact date for it has been
left to the chairman and the secretary
of the state committee.
Volume of Business Grows Larger.
New York, August 14.—Dispatches
to Dun's Review Indicate that mid
summer Weather is retadding prograse
somewhat. But on the whole volume
of business grows larger and there is
a pronounced improvement in senti
ment regarding future.
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THE NEXT IOWA
GOLE TOURNEY
INVITATION OF A. C. STECK TO
COME TO THIS CITY GLADLY AC
CEPTED AT ANNUAL MEETING
HELD LAST NIGHT.
SMITH IS IN
THE SEMI-FINALS
DWIGHT BAKER WA8 CH08EN AS
SECRETARY OF THE ASSOCIA
TION—L. W. MAXWELL OF MAR­
SH ALLTOWN IS PRESIDENT.
Semi-Finals In Championship.
Roy Smith of Ottumwa, vs. Jack El
bert, Des Moines.
Bert McKee, Des Moines, vs. Bood
Guinand, Des Moines.
Ottumwa is in the ascendancy in the
golf firmament of Iowa. Not only doeg
an Ottumwa man play In the semi-fl
nals today for the state championship,
but this city has been chosen for next
year's tourney, which will be held at
the Country club grounds about this
time next year.
At the annual meeting held at the
Des Moines club house last evening,
A. C. Steck of this city, one of the
golfers in the tourney asked to have
the event come here and the golfers
were glad to get the chance to play
over the local course.
Dwight Baker, of Ottumwa, who
made a fine showing in the tourney,
was selected secretary of the associa
tion.
Des Moines, Aug. 14.—(Special)
At the finish of the' first eighteen
holes in the semi-final round of the
golf tournament, Smith of Ottumwa
and Elbert of Des Moines were even,
up. Eighteen holes were played this
morning and the deciding eighteen
holes is to be contested this after
noon.
Results of Yesterdays Play.
Des Moines, Aug. 14.—Three Des
Moines players and one golfer from
Ottumwa are yet in the running for
the championship of Iowa. In the upper
half of the frame Roy Smith from Ot
tumwa and J. J. Elbert of the Golf
and Country club remain. In the low
er frame Bert McKee of Grand View
and "Bood" Guinand of the Hyperion
club are in the running. The matches
yesterday, many of them, were sensa
tional in the extreme. Two of the
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DEFEAT PENSIONS
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Mine Workers of Iowa" are Against
Proposition— Vote 2,862 to
1,950.
Oskaloosa, Aug. 14. —It is reported
from headquarters here today that the
mine workers of Iowa by a referen
dum vote of 2,362 to 1,950 defeated
the proposition to pension disabled
and aged miners.
ALBIA MAN IS
WITH TNE SHOW
BROTHER OF SHERIFF GRIFFON,
ONE OF THE ORATORS, TO
BE WELCOMED.
Albia, Aug. 14.—Sheriff Griffin has
killed the fatted calf and all is in read
iness for the returni of his prodigal
brother tomorrow. The brother is a
side show ticket seller with the Hag
enbeck and Wallace pombined Shows,
and this is the first ttyne he has visited
Albia with a circus,
The reception will ps the more of «'m
event as Fred Griffli, the brother, is
well known in Albii. He spends a
week or so here eveify summer and re
tains his acquaintaiibe with town and
country folk of Moiroe county. He
has been in the circus business for
twelve years but thjs is the first time
that the show with which he is con
nected has favored with a visit.
The coming of tie Hagenbeck and
Wallace Shows was| largely due to the
efforts of Griffin's friends. They held
out such flattering/ inducements that
the circus management could not well
pass through this section of Iowa and
miss the Monroe ciptial.
Griffin is one of fhe best side show
orators in the circns business. When
he made a "spiel" at Lincoln, Neb.,
recently a hearer (jbserved: "Well, he
is a good talker, bi|t he ain't in it with
Bryan." Griffin ia a modest fellow
and has been excuasd from making the
address which mdrks the opening of
the sideshow here tomorrow and Phil
Ellsworth (managir of the side show)
I will occupy the rostrum Instead.
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THE LIABILITIES
FAILED FIRM OF CAMERON, CUR
REE3 ft CO., HAS HAD BAD AC-,
COUNTS, HOWEVER
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for the failed brokerage firm of' Canie
ron, Currie ft Co., todaiy'filed to'Court
the first statement of the assets and
liabilities of the concern. Th§ liabili
ties total 93,641,000 and, the assets on
their face value balance this amount.
Included among the assets, however,
are accounts receivable amounting to
51,112,000 the value of which is prob
lematical, the majority of them prob
ably being uncollectable, the receiver
says. The statement shows there 1B
due to customers from the firm '$1,
429,000. That at the time of the failure
securities in the firm's vaults totalled
but $27,260 and the cash on hand and
in bank was slightly over $2,000. i?
COWS HAD TUBERCULOSIS
State Farm Sends 126 Condemned
Milkers to Cedar Rapids Pack-.„
Ing House.
Cedar Rapids, Aug. 14. —126 milch
cows from thestate farm at Independ
ence, condemned as afflicted with tu
berculosis, were brought here today
and converted into fertilizer at-the lo
cal packing house.
Battleships Start for Sydney..
Auckland, N. Z., Aug. 14. The
American battleships, under the com
mand of Rear Admiral Sperry, leave
here tomorrow for Sydney, N. S. W.,
where they are due Aug. 20. The dis
tance to Sydney is a little under 1,300
miles. ... ,js
New Bill of Lading Nov. 1.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 14.—An
order was issued by the Interstate
Commerce commission today extend
ing from Sept. 1 to Nov. 1, the' date
when the neyr bill of lading shall go
into effect.
Curtis Guild, Jr., Has Appendicitis.
Boston, Mass., Aug. 14.—Governor
Curtis Guild, Jr., was operateu on lor
appendicitis this afternoon.
RUNAWAY BOY
Lad Attracted to Wa'|ace-Hagenbeck
Shows Leaves Home at St.
Jossph, Mo.
James F. Carder of St. Joseph, Mo.,
is seeking his sixteen-year-old son,
Clement, who left home several days
ago with the Hagenbeck-Wallace
shows which are in Ottumwa today.
Mr. Carder, who is a butter and
egg commission merchant, says the larL
was attracted to the shows and. is
probably now with them here. He
asks the Ottumwa police to detain
him, if found.
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CASTRO THREATENS HOLLAND
Paul Smith, secretary of the
Student Y. M. C. A. announced
the general plans of the association
yesterday.
It is proposed to install a library,
gymnasium and lecture course at ev
ery school, appoint a resident secre
tary in charge of the work who Bhall
organize athletic teams, tatrest par
ents and guardians of the pupils In
the scheme, and In general create a
wholesome and athletic atmosphere.
All semblance to the fraternity. Idea,
as the youths in high schools have
construed it, will be eliminated. All
the rules of the Y. M. C. A. will be en
forced and all the organization's lib
raries elaborated.
Interscholastic debates and contests
in declamations are already planned
to follow an interscholastic football
season.' The plan was started. by the
student department of the Y. M. C. A.
at a meeting held at the University of
Iowa at Ames.
Men to Have Supervision.
A subcommittee consisting of A. B.
Storms, president of the Iowa State
college J. H. T. Main, president of
Iowa college at Grinnell Ira S. Con
dit of Cedar Falls and H. C. Wallace
of Des Moines will be in supervision
o| the work in connection with Mr.
Smith.
In the Iowa opposition to school fra
ternities no aspersions are cast upon
college fraternities, but merely upon
the high school boy's mistaken idea
of his "big brother's frat."
Des Moines to Take Lead.
The Des Moines high school will
take the lead in the war on frats. The
fight has been bitter for several years.
CIubroom8 will be maintained where
clean, wholesome reading and recrea
tion will be provided. Loafing on the
streets and unwholesome pursuits will
be opopsed. A literary lyceum and
training! department is already plafnn
ed for this city.
To bring about the new organiza
tion the help of the college Y. M. C.
A. of the state will be asked. The
work of organizing will be left to a
corps of Y. M. C. A. workers, and
hearty co-operation is now being urg
ed among those men who are fitted to
carry on the movement.
Cardinal Gibbons Bids Pope Farewell.
Rome, Aug. 14.—Cardinal Gibbons
tad a farewell audience with the pope
today. The cardinal thanked the
pontiff for having granted him all he
had asked for both from the propa
ganda and the Vatican. The pope re
plied where the interest of church
America was concerned nothing ever
would be denied.
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Des Moines, Aug. 14. Officials of
of the Y. M. C. A. in Iowa expect to
drive out the evils of the undergradu
ate, fraternities in high schools by the
establishment of a branch Y. M. C. A.
ih: every high school in the state.
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WEJATHER BUREAU SENDS OUT
SPECIAL WARNING TO
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Washington, D. C„ Aug. 14.—The
weather bureau today Issued a special
forecast of conditions likely to pre
vail over a large area from Saturday
to Tuesday, Inclusive, as follows:
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER
BUREAU, WASHINGTON, D. C. AUG.
14.—(Special) —forecast:
A barometric disturbance will ad
vance from the Rocky mountain dis
tricts to the Atlantic coast from. Aug.
14 to 1?, crossing the plains Saturday,
the central valleys and lake region
Sunday and Monday, and the Atlantic
state Monday and Tuesday, preceded
by rising temperature, attended by
rains that will cover the corn arid
spring wheat states, and followed by
a period of lower temperature.
A PROSPERITY MOVE
Commercial Travelers Meet at New
York to Talk Over Business
Situation.
New York, Aug. 14. The restora
tion of prosperity was the dominant
purpose of the Commercial Travelers'
Interstate Prosperity Congress which
assembled in this city today for a two
days' session. The congress Is an or
ganization formed at the instance of
the United Travelers of America and
the Travelers' Protective asoclatlon.
The first day was devoted to a recep
tion, addresses on business topics and
a theatre party at night, while the
second day will be Bpent in sightsee
ing.
COOK KILLS POLICEMAN
Veteran Member of New Orleans Force
Murdered by Negro Who
Is Shot Down.
New Orleans, Aug. 14. John J.
Carroll, a veteran member of the po
lice force, was cut to death by a ne
gro cook who was afterwards kiled by
the police today at the Louisville ft
Nashville depot. The negro was quar
reling with another negro and when
the officer- entered the dining car he
was disemboweled. The murderer fled
into the drawing room car, where he
was surrounded and killed.
Balloon Explodes Two Dead.
London, Aug. 14.—Two persons were
killed and six injured by an explosion
this morning at the grounds of the
Franco British exposition of an enve
lope balloon owned by Captain Love
lace of the New York Aero club.
Heavy Frost In Dakota.
Medora, N. D., Aug. 14. A heavy
frost occurred here last night. The
grain is too far advanced for much
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MEET WITH NATIONAL CHAIR.
MAN HITCHCOCK IN CHICAGO.
BALTIMORE SUN, MARYLAND'S
LEADING OPPOSITION ORGAN,
BOLTS BRYAN—WANTS STEADY
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DEMOCRATIC PAPER CC
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Other Iowa speakers will also be 'in
active in the campaign, according to 2.
present arrangements. For instance,'^
Secretary Wilson haB been asked to .,*
speak along with Secretary Straus in^''!
Vermont and Maine. Senator Dolll
ver is also wanted to speak there and'
to spend mucn time on the stump.
Mr. Hitchcock is planning a great"
speaking campaign. Secretary Root,
will be drafted for several speeches.
Senator La Follette is also much want- "4
ed. Governor Sheldon at Nebraska/l,
and Senator Borah of Idaho will prob
ably speak widely.
Democratic Paper for Taft. i£
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 14.—The Bal- •,
timore Sun, the leading democratic
newspaper In Maryland, and one of
the foremost papers of the south, hus\ itM
come out strongly In support of W. H.t* '•5 ^4
Taft for president. In 1898 the Sua
fought Bryan and the free silver move
ment, but in 1900 it supported the Ne
braska and made a good fight for him. V'l
During the late Senator Gorman'"*
control of the democratic machine ia'- J'$
Maryland the Sun helped to turn Uier^/i,'1"
state over to the republicans In order
to overthrow the machine.
Taft Just and Resolute.
Ah editorial in the paper today says:!
"It Is the judgnment of the Sun that s-'SS
the material welfare of the people of
the United States—industrial and 11-,'
nanciol—would be promoted to a great
er degree by the election of Mr. Taftfc i'1
than by the election of Mfc Bryan,
that their rights would be safeguarded^',
as carefully by Mr. Taft as by Mr«J
Bryan.
"The Sun Is convinced that the 'arm/
of law' personified by a president of^*1
balanced judgment with a through^ 1
knowledge of law—a man steady ofi
purpose, just and resolute—would T'fi
prove a better defender of the rights^ ,'s
of the people, would do more to pro-i ^Tf
mote their material welfare than thoi'I
the 'big stick' has done In the hands of
Mr. Roosevelt or than the 'bis club*"1
could do In the hands of Mr. Bryan.1' "j'O5
It Is our deliberate Judgment that for''/ r/t
the next four years the material Inter
ests of this country would be safer ?, ~r4'
with Mr. Toft at the head of the nat- A^rh
tonal government than with Mr. Bryan
Steady Man Needed at Helm.
"We further believe that while law
breakers would be brought to account. -fj.
by Mr. Taft with as little fear as Mr. W
Bryan could display, the methods em-'
ployed by Mr. Taft would not cutail^v',.'3
the workingman's opportunities for em-'^
ployment by the disturbing of the bus-
iness of law abiding men and corpora- ,*
tlons, as has been witnessed In the last
few years. 9
"Mr. Taft's experience In Important-'
administrative posts, his Judical,1
temperament, his patience and
thoroughness In Investigation. Justi
fy the belief that as president he would
execute the law faithfully and woiL
but not spectacularly. 5.1,
"And while this type of man ought
to be In the White House all the tim(,
he seems to be specially needed now,
when the country is emerging from an i- '4
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Chicago, Aug. 14.—Senator Borah of
Idaho, Frank O. Lowden of Illinois,
Victor Rosewater of Nebraska and
Charles Nagel of Missouri, members
of the executive committee of the Re
publican national committee, and Na- MLh'
tlonal Chairman Hitchcock today be
gan a conference at which the details
for a western campaign were discuss
ed. Tomorrow th^se gentlemen will 1
be joined by T. Coleman Dupont, dl
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rector of the speakers' bureau, George ...ty
R. Sheldon, treasurer of the national
committee, R. B. Oulahan, director of
Des Moines, Aug. 14.—Governor 1'
Cummins will.be asked io make an ex- •*.
tensive speaking ,tour this fall in be
half of Judge Taft. This was learned fef!
fropj. sources Sjose to National Chair-
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the livery bureau, Fred W. Upham, as
slstant treasurer and several others
who will take an important part In
the campaign work and it is expected
the gathering will be one of the most I' I'H S3,
important of the campaign. vt
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t*,i enroute frpm Hot Spriqgs to Chi
cago. Governor Cummins' active
Bpeaklng participation in the campaign n-ii
is earnestly desired for various rea-
sons, all relating to the fact that he is 1
regarded as closely in touch with the 4
progressive sentiment of the west,."•££
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palgn are to be waged, and because
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which brought distress and •ufCenuB^*'-"'''''*
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