The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 19, 1915, Image 1
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VOL. 11, NO. 4, SEMI-1
HMlE NOMINEE: 1
CHARLESTON CALM
City Democratic Committee
Canvasses Vote After
Hard Fight.
MILITIA PRESERVE ORDER.
Gran ; S|k j?ks liilteiiy to Members
^ and riien Leaves Itooiu, l<'ol
low ?mi uj iiui'Kcrs.
Charleston Special to The State,
Oct. itt.?'Thristram T. Hyde was
declared the nominee for mayor of,
Charleston by a majority of 1118 votes
over the incumbent, John 1'. Grace, at
the conclusion tonight of an eight;
hour sitting of the city Democratic
exocutive committee, called together
to canvass and publish the vote cast!
in the primary election held Tues- j
day. The session was adjourned from
that of yesterday, which broke up in
a riot that involved the death of a
newspaper man, Sidney J. Cohen, the
shooting of four others and the clubbing
of two.
Three hundred militiamen patrolled
the streets and maintained
strict watch over the German Artillery
hall in which the meeting commenced
shortly before noon. A protest
by Maj. Hyde was sustained, ovei
the objection of Mayor Grace, which
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action threw out entirely the vote
polled in Club 'i of Ward 10. A demand
by Mr. Grace for a recount was
rejected. Habeas corpus proceedings
were begun this evening to procure
the release from police headquarters
>o Hyde men, Brown and McDonald,
who were arrested charged
with complicity in the affray of yesterday.
Judge Smith issued the writ,
returnable Monday.
Col. E. M. Hlythe, commanding the
troops on duty, said he had no idea
when the militia would bo withdrawn.
"1 am here subject to the
orders of the governor," he said.
Saturday night shoppers and
theatregoers, together with hundreds)
of persons interested in the political!
developments, made up a throng!
which crowded the streets this even I
' 'nk to an extraordinary degree. There j
'"hjs been 110 disorder.
X't^MKMIKD FOR WKAPONS.
FvoiV in: 11 entering the Gorman Ar
tillery armory, whore the meeting ot
tlio eor.nnittee ojwnod at ll;f>o|
o'cioe. ? * * minutes late was thorough j
ly searched by militiamen. While ; j
representative of The State was being 1
thus "frisked' by two privates, another
person undergoing the same or-i
deal was relieved of a large and shiny I
revolver.
W. Turner Logan, law paitner and
chief political lieutenant of Mayor
Grace, had a seat in the committee
room. Police Chief Cantwell came in
and they conferred together in a low
tone. With Mr. Logan was another
Grace attorney, J. I. Cosgrove. Chairman
Black and Secretary Richardson
were seated at a long centre table,
where four newspaper men also sat.
\ sentinel stood at each of the two
doors and others paced up and down
outside the windows on the east and
west si den
Ah soon as the committee had been
convened, the roll called and the minutes
of the previous meeting read.
. ^ Jerry Dunn, a member, described as
closely affiliated with the mavor"
partner, moved that "on account of
the sad and untimely death of Mr.
t'ohen, the committee adjourn unti'
after the funeral."
Natl). B. Barnwell said it would be
no lack of respect for the committee
to proceed with the duty imposed on
of canvassing the vote and declar i ,
'ng the result of the primary. He be | .
lieved it to he important that thM
''uty ha performed as soon as poss j (
ible. j ,
By a vote of 14 to ft the motion
WHO lORt.
M Rutledge Rivera, attorney, rea.l (
a lengthy protest from Maj. Hyde
gainst including in the returns the
vote from Club 2 In Ward 10. The t
two main grounds on which this box
was contested were that no lawful >
poll list V."H vent uyt'l 8ft vet??s had
been east and that contrary to law the
polls were closed at 8:.10 o'clock in (
the morning and kept closed for en
hour or more. Two of the manager* ]
IT .T Brown and Richard B. Cole, re^
f"s?'d on these ground" to p'??n t*>n.
> *{ return. They and a challenger. H. {
T Vasallon. who represented a ran-;
didate for alderman, deposed that the! ,
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WEEKLY.
' POTASH I?IS<X>VKRV.
Swretary l*anc Itollmes It AsNurt-s
< 'ountry of Adequate Supply.
Washington, Oct. 17.?Production
for the first time In the United States
of commercial mineral potash, for
which in the past Americans have
spent millions of dollars abroad anually,
was announced tonight by
Secretary Lane. A report has just (
reached the interior department
from a special agent of the geological
survey telling how by a sim- '
pie process potash had been produced
from aunite fund in Piute county,
Utah.
As alunite is known to exist in j
large quantities in Utah, Colorado,
Nevada, California and Arizona, Mr.
Lane believes the discovery assures 1
the country of an adequate supply of (
potash for agricultural purposes, 1
and for use in the manufacture of t
explosives. I
GERMANS PREPARING- \\
AFTER WAR CAMPAIGNj,
Will Ixiok to South Amerka for' (
t'oni|m*nsution for Trade Ijoksch.
Says DernhurK.
Washington, Oct. 17.?Prepara-I
tions are under way In Germany for
an aggressive trade campaign in '
South America after the war, ac- f
cording to a report of the American r
\ssociation of Commerce and Trade h
n Merlin, made public today by the t
'mreau of foreigu and domestic 1
ommerce. German manufacturers, s
t li* ? report says, have organized a i
trade league for South America,"is
bended by Dr. Iternhard Dernburg, i
who attracted much attention in the <
I'nited Stales last spring by liis ac <
uvuies as exponent of German opin- r
ion. c
Dr. Dernburg is quoted as doclar- ^
tig that Germany must look to South '
\merica for compensation for trade 0
'osses that may follow the war.
The bureau of foreign and domes- *
ie commerce has for the past year s
' nilucted a vigorous extension cam- ^
aign in South America. A dozen I
special commercial agents have tourd
the Southern continent and since '
he beg'nning of the t'2uropean war 0
iggressive steps have been taken to v
ecure for manufacturers and mer- '
''ants of the l'nited States the mar s
Vets left vacant by the belligerent "
oiotrios. Hankers have established 1
in tai KiiiK nouin American "
ii i?'s and already the trade of the '
"nited States with South and Central ?
\inerican countries shows a stendv 1
increase.
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<;o\\ MW'MMi IN TOI'CU. fl
No Iutimation When .Militio Will he |
Dismissed. s
Columbia Special to Charleston p
sews and Courier, Oct. 17.?There
vas no additional information feiven a
ut here today on the situation in h
harleston. The military companies \
-f Charleston are still held In readi- \
ess in their armories and no intima- a
on as to when they will be dismissed w
ins come either from Governor Man- h
ling or the adjutant general's office. *
""he governor is keeping in close
?uch with matters in Charleston, sj
> has abandoned his contemplated i<
"ip of inspection to the boll weevil j
rritory for the present on account a
r the Charleston situation. si
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I'I ItING ACROSS THK llOHHKIt a
Ml'\ I'HIIH Jlllil tnii'rliMin
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LANCASTER, S. C. T
MYSTERY Of SHOTS ~
MIT MUCH CLEARED
Right Witnesses Examined by
Coroner at Inquest Into
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Cohens Death.
1HKEE FIRING ERUPTIONS.
ri'stimony Narrows to l'robablc
Source of Fatal Bullet to One
of Those.
Charleston. Oct. 18.?Examination!
>y tlie coroner today of eight wit-1
iesses cleared up but slightl> the
inestion in what manner Sidney J.
'olien received a moral wound in the j
tings during the riot which broke up
lot meeting last Friday of the city
democratic executive committee, a
Meeting called to declare the result
)f the hotly contested municipal
jrimary of Tuesday, which mectinc
Mr. Colien attended as a reporter of J
he Charleston Evening Post. About
ill that was accomplished was to set
:p the likelihood that the young
tewspaper man was laid low by a
)ullet proceeding from one of three
listinct eruptions ol gunfire. The
onsensus of the testimony so far
idduced seems to he that in the cenre
of the room was a man some witlessess
identify as Henry Brown,
hooting several times, more or less
iromiscuously while struggles for pos
icssion of revolvers held by Comnitteeman
McDonald and by Chiefj
'antwell resulted in the discharge
if those weapons. Evidence develop
d up to now leaves the possibility
pen that Mr. Cohen may have been
tilled by a bullet from any one of
hose three sources. Until today
inly the statements from the Grace
ide among the several broadsides
[iven publicity had pnni>i>ntro?n.i
usplcion of gunplay upon Brown and
dcDonald, who had been hold by the
>oli?e as principals in the Cohen !
lotnicide and who tins morning were |
ransferred by Judge Smith to tlmj
ustody of the sheriff to await tin !
erdlct from the inquest, pending'
e.ive to move for bail, bet on the renmption
today of the inquest tesii
uony regarding these men rame from ,
he Hyde faction also. Eight wit-;
losses were examined, four being,
lyde men and four C.raee men. All
f them are members of the execuive
committee.
Messrs. Black. Barnwell and Poulot.
Hyde men. said that a man'
landing in the. centre of the room
roci n pistol.
This man, Mr. Barnwell said, was!
trown, Mr. Michel, a ('.race partisan |
aid Brown fired four times. Mr. |
tobson, a Hvde man. said that a man
it the centre of the room, whose fore
rm and hand only were visible to
im, fired rapidly several times at
V'illiam Wingate, a Grace supporter.
Ir. Hancock, a Grace man, said he;
aw Brown shooting at Wingate, but.
hen Brown was produced before I
im admitted he "couldn't say" that'
as the man who did the shooting, j
Mr. Gosgrove, a Grace man. said he
aw Brown fire upon Wingate. He
lentlfled Brown before the coroner's
ury. Mr. Riddock, a Grace man,!
aid Brown came in pistol in hand.'
aying. "Let's start it now." and be
an firing. He also identified Drown
t the inquest today.
Some 4 0 witnesses under subpoena
re yet to he examined but the eoroer
has hones of concluding his inn'ry
tomorrow evening.
I'OICT IC? \l. TO OKT HKI'OT.
'lie I'riilrie to Transfer 7.">(I Marine
Ito-ruit* Vow at Norfolk.
Washington. October 18. -Special,
ort Royal will this week witness the
ecompliahment of the navy repartlent's
decision to transfer the maInn
recruit depot from Norfolk.
Secretary Daniels announced last
inter that the depot would he moved
? i-on uoym, out mere was such deiv
that Congressman Byrnes sveral
eeks ago made a special trip to
/nHhlngtnn ?o see Admiral Blue,
hief of the bureau of navigation,
nd And out what was the matter
dnrrn1 Blue to'd Mr. Byrnes that
lere had been difficulty in securing
suitable tr.insnort, a"d that lust
e soon as one was available, which
ould be within n few weeks, the 1
-ansfer would be made.
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Hrownsville Texas, October IS The
first tiring across the Ulo Grande
In more than three weeks occurred
?t 4 o'clock Sunday morning near
the Mercedes pumping station, thirtyfive
miles above here, when Mexicans
fired thirty-five to forty shots.
The American soldiers returned the I'
fire but no one was hurt. a
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-tixteen Subinurinw und Foar I>e- J(
Ntroyors to be Added (o Navy.
Washington, October 18 -Con- ?
tracts for s!xteen submarines and six V
iestroyers ^ere awarded today by cl
he navy department. One destroyer a
v 111 be built at Norfolk navy yard ^
tnd one at Mare Island. Olifornia. tl
^our of the submarines will be hu It a
>n the Pacllie roast. The Bremerton, a
Washington, and the Portsmouth "
a vv vards each w ill build one. "
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UKSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 19
ALLIES COUNTERING
iii nil l/hl ti ir rr\r
IN BALKAN IhhAIKh
Occupy Strumitza and Lane
Troops at Bulgaria's Newly
Acquired Port.
HEAVY FIGHTING AT FROM
St-rviaiis Putting I'p Hotter Showing
Than With Hiitcnto
INnvcrs Itushinp; Them Aitl.
London. Oct. 18.?Reports that thi
allies have occupied Strurnitiza and
landed at linos, which recently wa*
transferred from Turkish to Bulgar
ian rule, has caused a more optimistic
feeling throughout the allies
countries.
As to the progress of the Near
Eastern campaign it is known from
both Servian and German accounts
that Field Marshal von Mackensen's
arnry is meeting with greater resistance
than was expected, and although
it is probable that the Servians
eventually must fall hack on
stronger strategic position, the
fact that the allies are bringing heavy
forces against the Bulgarians, and so
placing them that the Bulgarians will
be forced to divide their armies, gives
hope here that the Germans may
be balked in their latest attempt to
reach the sea and bring assistance
to the Turks.
?TI MllinllM lU'OTOTA VTrM.'
All along the line the Servians and
their Montnegrin neighbors, also attached,
are offering stubborn resistance
to both Austro-CSermans and
Bulgarians, and while they have
given up a number of towns and positions
they have not vet reached the
line on which they expect to make
their stand.
The Bulgarians, so far as can be
learned, have made progress only in
he 7infokopska valley near the river
Morava. north of the town of Vrania,
where they blew up a bridge. Titer"
is no confirmation of a report that
they cut the railway in this district.
The bridge was near the railway. The
Bulgarian force which penetrated the
valley is not a large one.
\.\ IMPORTANT CAI'TUUK.
The capture of Strumitza is of real
strategic value r.a its occupation per
nilts the defense of the southern end
of the railway and compels the Unitarians
to keep a force there. Knos,
too, is of value, as, although not a
good landing; place, its occupation
hrcatens Dedeagatch, which has a
great harbor and is fortified and
mined. The civilian population has
eft Dedeagatch, which is entirely in
he hands of the military under German
supervision.
I'KKSHYTEItlAXK IX SESSION.
Synod of South (htrolina Opens Annual
Meeting.
Itock Hill, October 18.?Special;
The Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina
will meet in the Oakland Street
Presbyterian Church, in itock Hill,
tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. After
a sermon it will be called to order
by Prof. A. E. Spencer, of the Presbyterian
College of South Carolina,
he retiring moderator.
The Synod will be composed of mln
sters and representatives of all the
hurches in the State and will he a
large and influential body. Eight
Presbyteries will be represented, em
-uk iiuiMii i nice uunurea ciMircncs,
with nearly thirty thousand communicants.
< i.ostvo Till-: tiokics.
Cm heart Active in Itniding Liquor
ItHilcrs,
Charleston, Oct. id. -VV. C. Cathcart,
head of the state constables under
direction of Sheriff Martin, was
active this morning in raiding the
places where illicit whiskey is sold.
Many of the "tigers" notified trie
chief that they were closed for the
'lay and that no whiskey would be
offered for sale.
During Ahe morning two men
pleaded guilty in the circuit court
to the charge of storing whiskey. One
notified Mr. Cathcart that he had
"Iven up his federal revenue license
and that it was li'.s intention to quit
'he business.
Mo an 10 tnecment nas come from
' "olAmbla as to when tlio ?llspoii8iiri?'s
v i!l bo rooponod.
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! FOltT MILL H AS YOl'NG MAYOK. ! |
. Just Old KiioukIi t?i Vole, II. K.
I'ntteison Wins Out.
Fort Mill, Oct .15.?In tne special
election held here yesterday to noni- j
I inate a mayor to till the unexpired '
1 term of A. H. McElhaney. resigned,
171 votes were cast of which W. M.
Carothers received 82 and 1). E. Patterson
80, the latter being elected by .
a majority of 7 votes. Considerable
interest has been taken in the eleer
tion as is indicated by the large vote ^
t cast, the largest in the history of the
town. Mr. Patterson has the honor
<>t' being the youngest mayor that
Fort Mill has ever had, having only (
' recently attained his majority and ,
1 casting his lirst ballot in this election.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. v
. Patterson and is very highly esteemed ?
, throughout the town and community, j
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oruUJ^i^Y HAS EYE
ON GOVERNORSHIP '
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ItMtopvillc Man Snys He Will 1'rob- ?
ably lie in tlio H:vce Ne\t f(
Summer. . (
Columbia Special to Charleston (
News and Courier, Oct. 17.? "I will, 11
not at this time make a positive S1
statement, but there is every probability
that I will be in the race for ?
Kovernor next summer," was the an- '
swer made by lion. W. A. Stuckey
of Hishopville, to a query from news- u
paper men. 1 1
Mr. Stuckey is a prominent farmer
<m uee county. IIo is highly educat- r
pel, being a graduate ot the Pniver- "
sity of South Carolina and a post
graduate of Vandorbilt University. 1
Interest attaches to the probable ^
candidacy of Mr. Stuckev for gover- '
nor because of his hold on the socalled
Blease faction. He was a political
supporter of the former gover- vv
nor and wielded a hig influence, es- 11
nocially in the Pee Dee section of the "
state among that faction. ''
"I am not prepared to make a defi- "
nite announcement just now," said
Mr. Stuckev. "Public sentiment is in a
the process of formation and there is "
a constantly increasing demand for a 1
'irect representative of the farmer N
> run for governor. If 1 am the 1
nan. all right; if I am not this senti- 1
n< nt will crvstalix.e and find a way
to express itself. I am doing nothing
m? promote it an<l rlo not intend to in
any way seek it personally. I.of tiio '
o?-oplo have a rliannv If I do run "
v platform will be: 'I do not wish ';
any man's vote unless ho heliovos I '
m the host man for the state to have
>r its governor." '*
CONYKNTION l?\TKS
w
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Daughter* <>l' Confederacy .Meet in v
Aiken in Noveml?er. I
Aiken. Oet. 16.?A mistaken iin
pression has gotten abroard through- 1
out the state tha tthe dates of the
state convention of the United >
Daughters of the Confederacy, to be 'i
held this year in Aiken, have been "
Changed for the reason ?ho?
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convention of the Daughter* of the si
American Revolution will be held C,
; during the same week. The United ?<
Daughters of the Confederacy will
meet in Aiken November 17, 18 and
I 19, and elaborate preparations are
already being made for the enter- **i
tainment of the deelgates. Ksther
Marion chapter plans to make this the '
best convention of the state organization
yet held. Dr. William Spencer o
f'urrell, president of the lTniver?"y
of South Carolina, will be 'he or
ator for the historical evening Nov
ember 18. K
- in i,ION! :!, < M:MI:\ I>K \I>.
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licit s|i Mitrstei- Whom t'liii-jinui
l-'orceil Out of Mexico
London. October. ltt.? Sir L'oncl
* (i i tit'ii, nru sii minister to Mexico .
from 1913 until August, 1914. when _
he was forced to leave Mexico City bv
tlen. Carranza after the overthrow (
of President lluerta. died in London ,
i today. t ?
f XKMKIt i\l) SON BLOWN l'l?
here lllastiiiK Stumps in Fie!<l
Wth Dynamite.
IliKl) I'oint, N (!., October 11>. W. n
i V. Kivett. 4 4. a farmer, and his son,
turns Kivett, 10 years old, we*e lit
erally blown to pieces when a i tn
, tity *?f dynamite with which they
i w?>rn blasting? stumps exploded toI
lav.
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$1.50 A VKAK.
CHARLESTON MUDDLE
ENDS IN TRAGEDY
Sidney J. Cohen Killed ami
Four Others Wounded in
Committee Room.
OTE CANVASS 1'KEYENTED
looting < > Decline Itcsull ir.
Mayoralty Kleclioii Itrokcn l'p
l?y Shooting.
Charleston Special to The State
)n. la. Animosities arising out ol
he muiiieipal eatnpaign which ended
n a primary election last Tuesday
> 1111 the si turn fnn? tw??? >>? !?.. r
v..v i.umiuaiiVU LU1
nuyor of Tristram T. Hyde over tho
ncumbent, John 1'. Grace, by a maority
of 19 votes, flamed into bloodlied
wben t lie city Democratic execuive
committee met at noon today to
anvass the returns. Hardly bad the
chairman, Joseph A. Black, a Hyde
tan, declared the meeting open beore
a shot struck down Sidney J.
'ohen, a young reporter of The
'harleston Evening Post, and in the
lore or less general exchange of
hots which followed, four men, all of
he Grace faction, were wounded, two
f them seriously. During the affray
wo or three ballot boxes and several
luh hooks were hurled out through
ndows and in the ensuing scramble
1 the street two men were clubbed.
\V. A. Turner lias a bullet In his
iglit lung; W. E. Wingate is wound<1
in the hip nnd has a scalp condun.
Harry L. Wilensky is shot.
1 the arm. and Jeremiah O'llrien Is
hot in ilie ankle. Max Coldntan and
ristiant T. Hyde Jr.. suffered minor
raises.
Then men were arrested and afterard
released on bail, but of these
one is charged with a-tual participaoii
in tlie affray. Some of them are
eld for carrying concealed weapons,
te others being merely detained.
Stories of the clash differ widely
ml 110 dependable account in detail
s to just how or by whom the shootig
was done is procurable tonight.
jury of Inquest which surveyed the
ody of young Cohen this afternoon
as been indefinitely adjourned.
Forty naval militiamen guard tho
Miiinittee headquarters and 2i>0
r men are held in armories un
r command of <'ol. E. M niyt.be of
ie First Infantry. Troops will police
|e meeting tomorrow of tll~> evor-ii
ve commit ten. Thorn is no imrnei:?to
danger. it is said, of deaths
mong tiio wounded.
State const a hlos were especially acre
today. If illicit liquor dealers
ere operating tonight they did so
tost discreetly. All the dispensaries
ere closed at noon by John Marliall.
secretary of the Charleston dis' nsary
board, acting upon orders
"oin Clovernor Manning.
Two rooms, neither of them large,
ake up the headquarters of the city
??mocrat?c executive committee,
bey are on the second floor of a two
<>rv minding at King and George
ireets, admission being through
eorge street. Only members of the
nmmittee, counsel for the two facons
and for challenged voters and
m-eral newspaper men were In the
ront room. Gathered in the back
aoni were witnesses, partisans and
olieemen. Accounts obtainable at
l,!s time aeree that a d'sturbance in
e ante-room preceded bv a few spends
' ''""fne of Mv. Cohen.
- a )>-? if fluTv of -.hots pV.io-'
' ,s 'ii" urn wielding
and within a few minutes
ained control of the situation.
' nuM' ' from the sheriff's office came
a on the run and hard on thelt
eel-, inarched in "it iainen, headed
v Crtnt llnrrv O. W'thiopton Tin
'nnns f<>rni' (1 a hollow square. es
?'dished '< patrol and rolled hark the
rowd. The injured were removed
hospitals and several suspects ar
?sted hv the police were taken to
el's at headquarters. Affidavits ot
sensat1 ~ ??
.. Iimuir lire saut 10 r??
? preparation and these may or may
of hecome public in the course of
he coroner's Inquest or other offio'
inoulries that are to follow.
Two ballot boxes retrieved by police
from the crowd in the street
s!d-? committee headoiiTters are
>?.! to he he'd at police heodoi'fl'tees.
committee at a brief sexa'on
?.'? i**t. decided t*? ni?et toI'"Iff
IP -?re PJ- to rn?i'?|?? the work
' * "')! O | # d bv todav's d'aoi-r'nr
Cftvppnnr Man"lev at Col'MiibiR,
(Pmt'nned m Pae" Four.)
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