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WILL AVERT STRIKES
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PLACE THEIR INTERESTS IN THE
HANDS OF PRE8IDENT
WILSON.
IMIONS ARE FOR MEDIATION
Conference at White House la Expcct
ed to Develop an Impartial Tri
bunal to Settle the Present Wage
Dispute.
ta'ntrrii N-MprT Union Ncwi Kfrtlrr
Washington, I). C IToIilont Wil
son has liecn given a freo hand by tho
rallroailH In his effort to avert a strike
for hlKher wages by engineers, con
ductors, trainmen and hrnknmon, with
whoso representatives he will confer
hero,
Formal announcement by the rail
roads' war board that the railroads
wore ready, should any crisis arlso, to
place their Interests unreservedly In
tho hands or the president for such
disposition as ho may ifetormlno Is
necessary In the public Interest was
expected to clear away misunderstand
ings of the four brotherhoods over tho
attitude of the roadH, which had caus
ed the unions to refuse to arbltrato
tho dlsputo.
Possibility of stoppage In the
steady (low of commerce, thereby
pnr.1ly7.lt11; the nation's war prepara
tions, was believed by oNIcMIh to havn
passed. They expected that mi agree
menl to leave, the wage (nicMtlon to
nn Impartial tribunal would result
from 1 Im enure? euro, and already bur
Kestlo?i lor niimtis to forestall any
rurther ngllnllnti concerning wngos
nnd condllloiiH of work during tho war
which nt the same time would protect
t!i workers In maintaining their
standards or lire In the mi.!ot of war
prices, are under consideration ling
land's example of allowing the board
of trade to regulate wages at Intervals
of several months nnd nt the same
time adjust rates to protect the rail
roads Is being given close study.
Home form of continuing nrhitra
M011. II Is believed, will result from
the pinsldenl's rn??ferencn Tim rail
roads' have Indicated that they may
asl( for some fonn of control of wages
anil rales similar to-that In effect to
regulate coal wages and prices.
MINERS' TROUDtE AT AN END.
Contract Penalty clause Finally Ac
ceptedTo Increase production.
Washington. I). O I'unl Adminis
trator (larlleld was notified of the llnal
acceptance of a satisfactory wngo con
tract po?ially clause by both operators
and minors In lh" Kansas. Arkansas
and Missouri coal fields '
Acceptance or the penalty clauso In
the southwest extends Its provisions
to vlrlunlly all the country's bltumtn
iik r11.1l fields
"Through the efforts or tho reel art
mlnlsirallon." snld Ilr (larlleld "all
danger of any cnnslderalilo hall In the
production or bituminous coal through
jnhor illtllcutiles has heen eliminated.
The fuel adinliilstrnltnn Is satlslled
that tli" patriotic cooperation or liolh
mine workers and operators, so thor
oughly exemplified In the general ac
ceptance of the penalty clause agree
ment, can lie depended 011 to luciease
the liltumlnoiis coal production all
along the line."
The penally clause Is designed to
jirevent by a system id flues the shut
ting down of mines either fiy strikes
or lockouts.
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WHion Assists "Y" Drive.
Washington, I) C --President Wll-!
son ncllvely assisted In the Y. M. C. A. ,
in5.nnn.00ti war fund campaign by pass
Ing a hat through bin-own box and an
ndlolning one at a local I healer. As
one of theworkers approached the
box occupied by the president ho took
the hat. passed II nround among the
members or his party and then cur
ried it 'into the next box while the
audience applauded.
Wilson Names Wlllard.
Washington, D C. Daniel Wlllard
was appointed by President Wilson
as chairman or the war Industrials
board to succeed Frank A Hcott, who
resigned recently on account or 111
health. Mr Wllliird, who la president
of the nalllluoie and Ohio ruilioad,
has been chairman of the advisory
committee of the council of national
rip((iti
Warren S. Young Dead.
Washington. D 0. Warren H.
Yonnir. need 7:!. for tlilrlvtilx vn.'iro
social clerk at the White Housn, died
hero, lie was oldest In years of serv
ice nt Iho, While Mouse, and since his,
appoint inent by President (larlleld had
made all arrangements for itoclul
pvents at the While House,
page Meets Venlzelos.
London. Ambassador Page conreY
red with Premier Venlxelos. of (Jreece,
with whom he discussed the visit the
premier Is to make to America in the
spring.
Major Rothschild Killed.
London. Major Evelyn Do Itoth
Milltl. son of the lato Leopold Do
Rothschild, has boen killed In Pales
tine. Fire in Hold of U. S. Transport.
An Atlantic Port. Fire hrolco out
In the hold of a United States trans
port tied up at a plero hero. A guard
of soldiers was thrown about the llro
and no one pormlBsed to pans. Tho
flro was discovered among a quantity
of foodstuffs stored in the hold, and
Its cause has not been determined.
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RAIL CRISIS ENDED
SEEMS CERTAJN THERE WILL BE
NO RAILWAY STRIKE.
President Aithqrlzed by the Brother
hoods to Offer Plan Which Men
Will Accept.
Washington, Nov. 30. That there
will bo no railway strike or serious
differences between the railway em
ployees and the railways appears cer
tain. President Wilson has been nil
thpiized, In effect, by tho representa
tives of tho brotherhoods to offer a
plan of settlement as to wages, which
the brotherhoods will accept.
It Is understood that the president
will Insist that the men shull com
pose their difficulties through media
tion and that lie Is inclined to favor
the enactment of a law for compulsory
arbitration of railroad disputes during
the war period.
The attitude of the brotherhoods Is
entirely satisfactory to the adminis
tration, although President AVIlson had
hoped (lint the olllclals of the broth
erhoods would go nsj far us the rail
road presidents In agreeing to media
tion and arbitration.
SAYS FOE WILL RUE WAR
President Sends Telegram to Loyalty
Meetings "Time Has Come When
Home Must Bo Protected."
Washington, Nov. 19. President
Wilson addressed a telegram of patri
otic felicitation to the citizens of the.
six states embraced In the Northwest
loyalty meetings In St. Paul, saying the
nation Is looking to the Northwest In
Its great fight "to make the world sufe
for democracy."
President Wilson told them the mas
ters of Germany will rue the day they
challenged the Amerlcnn republic, and
added :
"The time has come when the home
must be protected nnd that faith nf
llnned In deeds. Sacrlfico nnd service
must come from every class, every pro
fession, every party, every race, ev
ery creed, every section.
"This Is not 11 bankers' war, nor a
farmers' war, or a manufacturers' war,
or 11 laboring man's war It Is 11 war
for every straight-out American, wheth
er our Hag bu his by birth or by adop
tion." AMERICAN SHIP SUNK; 5 DIE
Five Members of Crew of Luckenbach
Steamer Killed Vessel Torpedoed
In Bay of Biscay.
An Atlantic Port, Nov. IT). News of
the destruction of u German subma
rine of the American steamer D. N.
I.uckenbnch on December 27 was
brought here by 20 survivors of the
rrew. Five of the crew were killed.
The vessel was sunk In the Pay of
Biscay about 100 miles from the
French const by an unseen torpedo,
whose explosion killed the live men,
Ihe survivor said, t They were picked
up by a Danish ship two days nfter the
jinking.
John W. Foster Is Dead.
Washington, Nov. 10. John W. Fos
ter, former minister to China, seen-
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i fnther-ln-luw of Secretary Lansing,
died here.
Norwegians Boycott Germany.
Clirlstlanlu, Nov. 10. The Tldens
Tegh says the Norwegian Water asso
ciation has adopted a resolution pro
claiming a complete boycott of Ger
many, German shipping, German trade
and Gerniun citizens In Norway.
Two Dead In Oil Explosion.
Tulsa, Okla., Nov. 10, Two em
ployees were burned to death ns a ri
suit of an explosion and fire which do
atroyed the Standnrd Oil company's
plunt. at Norfolk, Okla. The dead ure
W. Campbell nnd J. Kyon.
IN THE WINDOW
TO END ALL STRIKES
J3UILDING TRADES SECTION OP
A. F. OF L. ACTS.
Employees of Shipyards and Muni
tion Plants Ordered to Begin
Operations at Once.
Buffalo, N. Y Nov. 15. All strikes
affecting government work In, ship
ping, munitions and other war Enter
prises have been called off by the
building trnib's section of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, it was an
nounced by Secretary Morrison. A
conference of representatives of build
ing trades heads nnd government rep
resentatives will be held In Washing
ton within a few days, to go over the
situation. Pending the result of this
meeting orders have been sent to the
presidents of locals to put their men
back to work.
TO REGISTER ALIEN ENEMIES
Drastic Action Planned by Govern-
ment Following Fires In Munition
Plants andrain Elevators.
Washington, Nov 15. President
AVIlson Is expected to Issue a procla
mation soon requiring every alien en
emy within the United States to regis
ter ns a step toward ridding tho coun
try of spies nnd sabotage.
Tho government has virtually decid
ed that this proceduro Is the only waj
open for sifting from the million Ger
mans In tho United States the few
who are believed to be causing flref
n munition plants, grain elevators
and warehouses and promoting propa
ganda Injurious to America's prosecu
tion of the war.
Attorney General Gregory took to
the cabinet meeting on Tuesday for
President Wilson's consideration a
draft of regulations under which the
registration might be carried out, fol
lowing the program adopted by Eng
land and France for keeping a close
watch over the activities of enemy
subjects.
TAKE 63 I. W. W.'S IN RAID
U. S. Agents Believe They Have Cap
tured Leaders of Organization
in Middle West.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 15. Sixty-three
Industrial Workers of the World were
arrested here on Tuesday In a raid
conducted by federal agents. The men
were attending a convention of the I.
W. from Nebraska, Minnesota, the
Dnkotas and several other states.
When booked at the police station the
I. W. W. gnvo addresses from every
principal Western city and many East
ern cities.
"The literature Is the same stuff that
was recently barred from the malls,"
snld U. S. Marshal Flyiin. "We think
the delegates Intended taking It back
home with them. We bellovo wo have
the king pins of the order."
TWO SOLDIERS DIE IN CAVE-IN
Artillerymen Lose Lives While Work
ing In Pit at Camp Bowie, Tex.
Two Are Injured.
Fort Worth. Tex., Nov. 15. Two ar
tillerymen were killed and two more
seriously Injured at Camp Howie when
a pit In which they were working caved
In.
American Wounded.
Paris, Nov. 17. J. C. McDonnld of
the Amerlcnn aiiibuluuce service, who
was wounded while near Verdun, has
Just been brought to Neullly, where It
Is reported his Injuries are not serious.
IIo vus struck by a shell splinter.
Saves Coal by Sunday Work.
Copenhagen, Nov. 17. Tho Bavar
ian government, In order to save coal,
has decided to transfer (lie Sunday
holiday to another day of (he week.
Tho Catholic clergy havo protested
ami are' supported by Protestants.
LATINS OPEN DIKES
VAST AREA IS FLOODED TO HALT
TEUTON ADVANCE ON
VENICE.
BIG REGION UNDER WATER
Flood Loosed at Point Where Enemy
Succeeded In Crossing the Plave
River 140,000 Fleet
From City.
Italian Headquarters In Northern
Italy, Nov. 10. The lloodgates of the
Plave und Silo, or Old Plave, rivers
have been opened by Italian military
engineers nnd the enemy Is now faced
by another Yser of Inundation.
The flood was loosed at the point
where the eneiny succeeded In crossing
the PInve near Grlslera (four miles
from the coast), and the whole region
where he gained lodgment Is now un
der water. The Inundated territory
forms a huge triangle nbout twelve
miles on each side, with the apex at
Dona DI Plave. The enemy had been
driven back, but still held on within
this trnngle until the dykes from both
rivers released the water over the low
lying plain.
The chief menace at that point was
that the enemy might be able to ap
proach Venice through the lagoon or
bombard the city from his position be
tween tho rivers. The Inundation- In
terposes a barrier of water twelve
miles ncross nnd several feet deep.
Reports which have reached head
quarters from other points on the front
are also favorable.
Venice, Nov. 10. Venice Is now al
mostempty, the population having
been reduced from the usual 100,000
to 20,000.
The city may not be defended In
case of nn attack, In order to spare
the monuments nnd art rteasures.
The mayor of Venice, who Is n descen
dant of the doges and a chamberlain
to the Queen of Italy, announced that
he would remain at his post.
The outward appearance of the city
Is very desolate, much like when the
Austrlans made their last descent up
on It, more than fifty years ago. All
the main hotels, cafes and factories
and' the Jewelry and glnss shops pat
ronized by tourists are closed.
The city authorities are furnishing
trains and ships to take away any of
the remnlnlng population who wish
to go. The best known centers, such
ns the Itlalto bridge, St. Mark's square
and the square where the gondolas are
hired arc now deserted except by a few
stragglers.
There are five shops open and they
are selling goods at any price to save
them from passing Into the hands of
the enemy.
All the govcmmeiit offices have been
removed' outside the city, but the gov
ernment prefect, Count Ciolu, remains
at his post.
Home, Nov. 17. All along the moun
tain front from Aslngo to the Plavo
liver the attacks of the Austro-Gor-mnn
forces seeking to crush In the
Italian line have been repulsed, It was
announced otllcially on Friday. All the
positions attacked remained in tho
hands of the Italians.
Ilerlln, Nov. 10. Tho town of Cls
mon, on the northern Italian front, has
been captured,, the war office nnnoun.
ced on Friday. Near the, Adriatic, ou
tho western bank of tile Plave, Hun
garian troops advanced and captured
1,000 Italians.
U. S. ACTS TO CURB SPIES
Enemy Aliens Will Be Required tc
Register President Will Issue
Proclamation on New Rules.
Washington, Nov. io. Plans for fur
ther guarding the country's war ac
tivities against enemy aliens were np
proved at the cabinet meeting held on
Friday.
President AVIlson will issue n proc
lamation embodying tho regulations
formulated by the department of jus
tice. Eneiny aliens may bo required to
register and the barred zones will be
much extended.
Renewed warnings ngalnst spies
have been posted at all navy yards and
stations. Placards headed "Beware of
Spies," have been posted.
FOE OF U. S. KILLS THREE
Residents of Virginia, Minn., Slain
With Ax Slayer Warn6 Buyers
of Liberty Bonds.
Vlrglntn, Minn., Nov. 10. Three per
sons, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Alar and a
boarder, Peter Treplch, were killed on
Friday by an ax murderer. Their
bodies were omul in their home here
with a note of warning to nil other
Austrian families in Virginia who
bought Liberty bonds or subscribed tc
tho Red Cross. The police believe thnt
robbery was the motive. Mrs. Alar
had $2,000 In her home.
Wilson Aids Recreation Fund.
Washington, Nov. 10. President Wil
ton sent his check for $100 to tho
Young Men's Christian association war
camp recreation fund. It was received
by the local committee, which has
About $5-1,000 of Its $150,000 allotment
Mrs. Wiley Goes to Jail.
Washington, Nuv. 10. Mrs. Harvey
Wiley, wife of tho pure food advocate,
will serve tlftecn days In Jail for pick
ettiie the White House with suffrage
Sanners, Mrs. Wiley was sentenced
vhen she refused to pay n $25 fine.
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF
Items of Interest' Pertaining to tho
Affairs of Nebraska.
Dan V. Stephens, Nebraska con
gressman, nnd Ross Hammond, editor
of the Fremont Tribune, were mem
bers of the American congressional
party visiting tho battle fronts in
France. The party Just completed a
thousand-mile tour of the British
front, following wjilch they expressed
themselves as certain of an ullled vic
tory. It. S. McMullen of Lyons pulled off
one of tho most novel hog marketing
deals ever known In Lyons when he
took his Ford truck and hauled sixty
one head of hogs, weighing 10,000
pounds, from his farm, eight miles
northeast of town, making a round
trip every hour from 0 o'clock In the
morning until 4 In the, afternoon.
Federal officers and city police
broke up the Industrial workers of the
world convention at Omaha, nnd ar
rested sltxy-two men and one woman.
A truckload of literature was seized.
Records of the convention proceed
ings, circulars printed In many lan
guages end other papers were among
the litem .ire taken.
Reports for recruiting all over the
United Slates In the month of Sep
tember have just come to the army
headquarters ut Omaha. Great Jubi
lation Is the result, for the Onuilia
district stood fourth In the United
States for that month.
A number of business men of
Stella closed up their establishments
for a few days and helped harvest
the monster apple crop near Shubert.
Shortage of labor prompted this uc
tlon. A community box social held at
Tekaniah to provide funds for the
Christmas boxes for soldiers resulted
In a line social gathering und a reve
nue of $382.50.
Reports from Washington are that
Omaha will probably be selected for
one of the reconstruction hospitals, to
be erected by the government for the
"making over" of wounded Sammies.
Members of the three Lincoln ex
emption boards and live assisting doc
tors have declined to accept pay from
the government for their services dur
ing the draft.
A home drill company Is a new mil
itary organization for Weeping Wa
ter. It is composed of men of all ages,
some as old as forty-live and older
having joined.
Complete tabulations on the regis
tration of women in Lancaster county
for Herbert Hoover's food campaign
show that over 12,000 women signed
the cards.
A farmers Non-Pnrtisiin league Is
being organized In Gage county, u
number of farmers having already
signed up to become members.
Hotel keepers and restaurant men
of Fremont have entered Into an
ngreemen to observe meatless and
wheatless days.
No clue has been found to the per
son or persons who sot lire to $5,000
worth of beans belonging to M. S.
Swartzcndruber, near Aurora.
Fire destroyed the Gordon public
f-chool building, causing a loss of
$35,000, partially covered by Insur
ance. The Knights of Columbus of Ne
braska are carrying on a two weeks'
campaign to raise a $150,000 war
fund.
Cuming and Jefferson counties have
greatly exceeded their quotas for the
Young Men's Christian association
war fund campaign.
At Brock In Nemaha county ten
women bought Liberty bonds aggre
gating $3,500 or one-sixth of the total
amount subscribed ut Brock.
The Fremont city council voted to
hold a special election for tho pur
pose of voting bonds for the Installa
tion of a sewage disposal plant.
A movement Is on foot at Lexing
ton for the purpose of organizing a
Community club.
Managers of the Nebraska Associa
tion of Fairs will hold their annual
session In Omaha December 18-20.
By a vote of 000 for to 135 against,
Lincoln adopted a rbo'c rule charter
at Its recent election.
A chapter of the Sons of Veterans
has been organized at Seward with a
charter membership of fifty-five.
Six hundred dollars was raised In
six minutes for the Y, M. C. A. war
fund nt Dunbar.
The Olsen quarry tit Weeping Wa
ter Is shipping two carloads of stone
a day to Oinnha for war work.
Senator Hitchcock told a delega
tion of land owners at Scottsbluff
that he Intends to make a special ef
fort to Induce the government to ex
ecute tho contract which authorizes
the government to tnke over and op
erate the trl-state canal.
Lewellen claims tho record of all
towns In the state In its campaign for
Y. M. C. A. war work. Out of a total
of $1.S00 raised in Garden county
during one day, Lewellen, a town of
only 250 people, and Its Immediate vi
cinity, raised over $1,400.
The government has been asked to
dredge the Missouri river at two
points between Omaha and Decatur
in order that mi adequate channel for
navigation might be assured at all
periods of the navigation season.
Movement of potatoes from north
ern Nebraska continues nnd tho re
mainder of the crop In the hands of
tho farmers und In cellars Is estimat
ed between 300 and 400 cars.
Mayor W. I. Farley, Aurora, re
signed, insists ho will not reconsider
tils actions. R. R. Chapman will be
come ci'.y executive.
Complete organization of the ninety-three
counties of the state with a
federal food administrator hi each
will be effected by Food Administra
tor Wattles soon. Each county ad
ministrator will be held responsible
for his county nnd will bo empowered
to effect a county organization, either
by precincts or towns, as he deems
advisable. The county ofllclal will
have placed upon hint, the charge or
seeing thnt tho national regulation
are carried out to tho letter.
An organization hns been perfected
in Greeley county, under the aus
pices of the county council of de
fense, for the purpose of promoting a
greuter production of wheal, rye and
other foodstuffs und all kinds of live
stock. A. C. Thompson of Spalding,
originator of the idea, was made
chairman.
Members of the Fremont home
guard announced thnt they Intended
to visit all Fremonters who ure not
supporting the war In a whole-hearted
mannor. The first home to be visited
was thnt of Henry Bremers, nfter
which the guard nailed an American
Hug on his residence and warned him
not to take it down.
Investigations have proven that salt
brine and not poison was responsible
for the death of 100 hogs on the Car
son brothers fnrni near Elm Creek.
An autopsy proved that the animals
had drank freely of the brine and
their death Is attributed to that
cause.
trom a patch of three-quarters or
an acre C. S. Ellis of Roca, Lancaster
county( has threshed out Ihliiy-four
bushels of beans. He also secured a
line crop from the beans planted In .
the corn fields. So successful has hK
crop been that nextNyear he plans on
twenty acres.
The first premium, a silver trophy
cup, was awarded' at the Nebraska
Potato Improvement association show
at Alllnnce, to Kimball county for
lts splendid exhibit of potatoes. Box
Butto county took second. Dawes
county took third.
Not over 200 families of the over
200,000 in Nebraska asked to sign the
pledge cards to save food, have re
fused on the score that they "are not
In sympathy with the war." Their
nnnies and reasons ure being sent to
the state council of defense.
Battery A of Omaha and Companies
B of Nebraska City, C of Beatrice; D
of Auburn, E of North -Platte, I of
Ord und K of Bluehlll are under quar
antine at Dealing, N. M., for
measles.
Fred Bruer, who says ho was a
sailor of the "Vaterland," Germany's
largest merchant ship Interned In the
United States, and five other Ger
mans, were arrested at Lincoln by
federal authorities.
Secretary of Agriculture Houston,
at Washington has ruled that fcderaL
good roads funds for Nebraska can
not bo used on the Lincoln Highway
where It runs on Union Pacific right-of-way.
. The Hastings High school football
schedule has beep cancelled because
of the death of Roscoe Rattan, a
member of the team, who died from
Injuries received in tlie Kearney
Hustings game.
R. H. Enley of Wlsner has brought
suit ugainst the Columbia Stock
Powder company for $2,500 damages,
charging that medicine bought from
the firm caused the death of u num
ber of his choice hogs.
Farmers In the vicinity of Avocn
are finding much of the newly picket!
corn molding In the Cribs. Iluskinir
bus virtually ceased in the district
because of the moisture In the corn.
The Auburn Canning company at
Auburn, labeled and packed two car
loads of sweet corn last week, which
ihe government has requisitioned from
them to help feed the soldiers.
The Bloomlleld Home Guard com
pany has been organized frith over
Ilfty members. Uniforms and equip
ment will be ordered at once and
nctlvx drilling will start Immediately.
Dewey Kern of Collins, "ra., now nn
Amerlcnn soldier In France, reported
captured by Germans a few days ago,
Is safe, according to reports. Kern
enlisted at Oinnha.
Herman trebled its "Y" war fund.
raising over $1,000, while Its quota
was only $350. Unstinted devotion of
their time by business men there mode
the cnmpulgn such a success.
Craig has answered every war call
with an oversubscription, the lulcsli
being the raising of a substantial
sum for Y.jM. C. A. war work.
Forty-two registered hogs, of differ
out breeds, sold for $2,100 at a combi
nation s.nlc near Beatrice. They av
eraged $5S a head.
The Dodge County Council of De
fense Is Investigating the daubing
with yellow paint of the store of C.
IL Jones at Uehllng. The act Is be
lieved to hnve been comtnlfted be
cause Mr. .Tones' son wns exempted
from draft service.
According to government crop estl
mates for November, Nebraska's corn
crop Is valued at $300,000,000. com
pared with a valuation of $115,000,000
last year. Tho potato' crop is placed
at 13,000,000 bushels, over 5,000,000
bushels more than Inst year's crop.
Roscoe Rattan, center for the Hast
ings High school team, died on the
field at Hastings as the result of an
Injury sustained In the. football game
between the Hastings and Kearney
teams.
The Tenth federal reserve district,
of which Nebraska Is a part, sub
scribed $150,500,750 to Ihe second
Liberty bond Issue, the reserve bank
at Kansas City lias announced.
One hundred und eighty-four men
have enlisted in tho now Llucoln
Home Guurds organised, two veek
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