THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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MANY NATIONALITIES AS8EM
BLED AT CAMP MOREHEAD.
NO NEED OF SPECIAL SESSION
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around
the, State House.
Western Newgpnper Union News Service.
All Guardsmen look alike to tho ma
jority of curious sightseers at the
mobilization enmp. UiiIohh 0110 Is famil
iar with military affairs ho Is Ignorant
of tho distinctions of rank which arc
scrupulous Institutions of tho camp.
A colonel ma ho known hy (ho sil
ver eaglos worn on his shoulder, or
collar. A major's Insignia lu n gold
loaf worked In his collar. Two silver
bars on tho collar or shoulders Indi
cate a captain, one a second lieutenant
and a soldier In olltcer's uniform, bait
without such bars, Is a second lieuten
ant. Tho chaplain's Insignia Is a
nictul cross.
Commissioned officers, that Is, lieu
tenants nnd higher, wear leather log
rings, which to tho uninitiated may
distinguish them from non-commls-ploned
officers, corporals and ser
geants. A sergeant wears throo stripes on
tho arm of his uniform, a corporal only
two. A small square under the strlpo
distinguishes a first lieutenant, and a
triangle a quartermaster sergeant.
Of course, a soldier Is sensitive as
to his rank. In regimental organiza
tion, the ofllcers rank asconds as fol
lows: Corporal, duty sorgeant, quar
termaster sergeant, llrst sergeant, sec
ond lloutcnant, first lieutenant, cap
lain, major (commanding a battalion
of four companies), lieutenant colonel
and colonel.
No Need of Special Session.
Governor Morohoad has no Intention
whatever to call n special session of
tho Nebraska legislature to appropriate
more money for mobilization of na
tional guard troops. ,
Neither has ho authorised any un
ttsual measures such as borrowing
money to moot tho situation. He has
not oven approved claims for supplies,
transportation or any othor kind of
expense Incurred In assembling tho
guard at Lincoln.
As tho governor views It, these arc
matters for tho federal authorities to
tako caro or. Tho United States gov
ernment has called the state troops
Into Us own sorvlco, and congress has
appropriated money for tho necessary
oxpenso.
Theroforo, contractors who furnish
supplies, transportation, horses or any
thing else for tho prcsont military
undertaking will have to look to tho
United States for their pay. They will
havo no troublo In getting It, as tho
war department expects to hear the
oxpenBo and is not asking tho stato
to use the!r funds.
Many Nationalities Represented.
Hoys of nil nationalities aro assem
bling at Camp Morehead boyB whoso
parents woro born far from Undo
Sam's domain, but who aro just as
loyal to it aa thoy can bo.
In the number nro Germans ad
Englishmen and Frenchmen and
Greeks and Swedes and Danes and
Irishmen, and all tho rest. In the
Beatrice company thoro aro forty-two
Germans out of soventy men. Tho No
braska City company has thirty-five
Germans op Its volls and twenty or
more Danes. The Ord company con
tains three or four squads of militant
Irish, tho Hastings company has a
number of ardent English and tho Blue
Hill company Is said to havo sevoral
boys ot French descent upon Its list.
Mrs. Knotts Is Acting Secretary.
Mrs. Minnlo P. Knotts, who, for a
number of yeara has served as li
brarian of tho Stato Hlstorlcabsoclety,
ond who since the death of C. S.
Paine has been acting socrotary will
contlnuo In that capacity until uoxt
Call. A meeting of tho board of direc
tors of tho socloty wan hold Saturday
iftornoon but final nclion delayed until
tho noxt meeting of tho board, which
will be hehl October 10. Several ap
plicants for tho position wero consid
ered but with ono oxcoptlon no voto
ivbb taken upon tho applications
Kl3hop Gcorgo A. Boechor, of Hast
mgs, chaplain of tho Fifth roglment,
Nebraska national guard, la ono of tho
drilling figures on tho camp grounds.
Tlad in his uniform his mnsslvo figure
looms largo when ho Id soon In com
pany with officers of ordlnury size. Ho
,T so much over six foot that he ap
pears gigantic, Ho weighs About 240
pounds, He dovotcd somo of his
younger days to athletics and It Is un
Icrstood among hla foil ow officers of
ho Euard that he may truly bo clasuvl
is a fighting chaplain, particularly In
I boxing match.
Tho estimated total value of all tho
property of tho University of No
Lraska, not Including endowment
lunds and lands, Is $2,700,000, of which
U.SE0.000 Is lands and buildings and
f860,000 Is gonoral movable equipment.
Tho board of regents at tholr last meet
ing, directed that a system of control
bo devised so thot tho central office
would know at all times what tho unl
verslty owns, whoro every itom Is and
tho present vnluo of every Itom Is. A.
O. Johnson, the university olllclcucy
exjert, has Just Installed such a system.
QUALIFYING FOR ENLISTMENT.
Physical Examination of the State
National Guards.
Physical examination of members of
the Nebraska national guard to test
their lltncss for service In tho United
States army wus hold by eighteen
surgeons under direction of Captain
Gentry of tho regular army, from Fort
Leavenworth.
As each man passes the physical
tests, he 1b inoculated with aptl-typhotd
serum. The serum can do no serious
hurm, but tho guardsmen Is warned not
to Indulgo In strenuous exerclso for
reveral hours after rocelvlng the treat
ment. Knch man Is practically half an
hour undor tho ordeal of examination
and inoculation.
General Hall, as chief disbursing of
ficer for tho fedcrnl government, re
ceived word that unlimited funds are
at his disposal for tho preparing anil
moving of tho troops. Majors Arthur
Hayscl und J. AT. llirkner of tho stnta
olllce are to bo mustered in to aid
him In preparing to movo tho men.
Acreage of Crops.
Secretary Mellor, of tho state board
of agriculture, makes tho following
partial report on crop acreage for Ne
braska this year: Tho first seven
summaries of agricultural statistics re
ceived by tho stato board of agricul
ture wero from Adams, Colfax, Gos
per, Madison, Otoe, Voile and Thnyer
counties. In the four principal crops
of each of these counties, said crops
consisting of corn, wlntor wheat, oats
and alfalfa, arc 1,352,038 acres planted,
as against 1,310,070 Inst year. In
theso counties tho ncreago sown to
winter wheat is 400,284, as against
431,533 last year. Corn 613,233,
against G84.702 in 1915. Oats 219,093,
against 205,553 a year ago. Alfalfa 92,
423, agulnst 88,201.
Will Assume Active Charoe.
Adjutant General Hall, head of the
Nebraska stato militia, whoso com
mand will automatically termlnato
with , tho federalizing of the stato
troops, has been elected captain of
Company H, Fifth Nebraska regiment.
Tho company Is composed largely of
Falrflold mon. Henry F. Kramer of
Lincoln was elected first lieutenant,
Isuao W. Evans of Falrlleld, former
captain of tho company, accepted a
second lieutenancy. General Hall was
notified of his election by Colonol
Herbort J. Paul. Ho Immediately ac
cepted and will assumo active charge
of tho company as soon as he can bo
relieved from duty In Nobraska as dis
bursing officer.
Healthy Condition of State Banks.
A statement issued hy Secretary
Hoyse ot the stato banking board
showing tho condition of stato banks
at tho close of business May 29, shows
that deposits on that dato aggregated
$141,557, an Increase of $11,500 in three
months, Tho deposits In stato banks
when thoy grow steadily wore boasted
of, but for a year they havo been going
up by leaps and bounds. Soveral
months ago Secretary oyse Issued a
statement calling attention to the fact
(hat bankers In other states woro
placing fundB on deposit In Nebraska
stato banks because thoy aro ablo to
get a good rsto of Interest and be
cause of tho fact that doposlts In No
braska stato banks aro protected In
considerable measuro by a depositors'
guaranty fund that now amounts to
over $1,000,000.
Will Walt for Full Regiment.
Progress In work of mustorlhg tho
Nobraska national guardsmen Into
federal service lnrtlcato that no plans
are being laid to send any units south
from tho Lincoln mobilization camp
until n comploto regiment Is ready
which may bo several days yet. Tho
fact that oxtra equipment Is bolng sent
to Lincoln for tho two regiments Indi
cates thnt thoy will not be rushed
to tho border until they are fully
equipped nnd each man carefully ex
amined for phyllcal defects.
Need an Army of Harvesters.
A now pamphlet setting forth crop
conditions and tho estimated ncods for
harvest hands In tho different coun
ties of Kobraska has boon Issued by
Labor Commissioner Coffey as an of
ficial document of his dopartrient. It
contains crop statistics of a year ago
ond acrcago for this year, as well as a
table showing how many harvest hands
will bo required In various countlos
and directions about whom to commun-
Icato with for Information on getting
employment.
Tho labor commissioner, reinforced
by tho opinion of Secretary Mellor ot
tho state board of agriculture, an
nounces that on nccount of cool, wot
weather running through tho lato
spring nnd early Bummer thore will
probably bo little grain cut In the stato
hoforo tho Fourth of July, or about ten
days lator than tho usual time ot
harvest.
All tho food used so far nt Camp
Moroheud litis heon partaken ot raven
ously by tho mon, and well It might bo,
according to Major Falconer, for It was
the best obtainable on tho market.
If tho employment ot a child under
14 years ot ago Is the proximate causo
ot Injury to such a child, then tho em
ployer Is lluble In damages for tho In
juries sustained. So rules tho No
braska supremo court In an opinion
roverslng and remanding tho suit of
Ora. Hookstool, by his next friend,
Lillian Shoots, against tho Cudahy
Packing Co. Young Rookstool, who
was 13 years of ago, wob BtrucU on tho
heird by a descending elevator at tho
Cudahy packing plant, his scalp torn
and his teeth knocked out.
TOFIGHT FORJUSTfCE
PRESIDENT MAKES ADDRESS TO
ADVERTISING CLUBS AT
PHILADELPHIA.
SAYS, "PUT IDEALS IN ACTS"
Wilson Declares "I Am Interested In
Fighting for Things That I Believe
In arid Challenge All Comers"
Must Think of Country Flr6t.
Philadelphia, July 1. "Anierlcn
llrst, translated Into what you . do,"
was the new patriotic rallying cry
sounded hy President Wilson In un nil
dress to Hie Associated Advertising
Clubs of the World In Independence
square hero on Thursday. "America
llrst means nothing." he tmld. "until
you translate It Into what you do."
Tremendous applause swept over
the crowd when the president uttered
these words.
Ho quietly silenced thu Interruption
and continued speaking to the sub
ject of "The Unties of Americans to
Ji'holr Country nnd to tho Rest of the
World."
"Von cannot understand the people I
(of tho United States without working ,
for them. I want yc-u to understand
5 1 ui t Htm not Interested In fighting for
myself, hut. I am Interested In lighting
for tho things I believe In. In so fur
us wo are concerned, I challenge all
coiners."
The president congratulated the As
sociated clubs for putting truth and'
candor Into their business.
"I wish very much," he said, "thut
truth nnd candor might alwiiys bo the
standard of politics."
"It Is most luiHrtunt, since I nm
In a fighting mood, to tell you of some
of the things I believe In. It Is the
duty of every American not to think
of himself first, but oC his country.
"America llrst incurs nothing un
less you tranlnto It Into deeds," the
.president said.
"I believe America should ever be
ready. I believe that you must bo
just to nations as well as to men. It
comes high. It Is not an easy thing to
do, but I believe that nt whatever cost
we should be Just to othor people nnd
demand the same treatment."
Tho president said that whllo we
have the right to demand Justice from
others, wo should nlwnys ho ready to
give Justice to anyone else.
"I am ready to light for that nt any
cost."
"I believe In tho patriotism und Ini
tiative of the average man," ho ex
claimed. "Some men sjiy they believe
In that, too, but they do not net thnt
way. Thoro are some men who don't
believe In anybody's advice but their
own."
SIR CASEMENT FOUND GUILTY
Leader of Irish Revolt Sentenced by
Judge to Be Hanged Jury Out
50 Minutes.
London, July 1. Sir Itogcr Case
incut was found guilty of high treason
In the high court of Justice on Thurs
day. The Jury was out only CO minutes,
Immediately after the verdict was
returned Casement was sentenced to
he bunged by Iiaron Reading, tlie lord
chief Justice.
As tho verdict was announced. Case
mcnt stood up bravely under tho blow,
Sir Itoger, who was arrested In
April while trying to land arms and
ammunition In Ireland for the rebels,
wus placed tin trlaj last Monday.
Sir Itogcr addressed the court, rend'
lng his final statement with the ex
pliiutitlon Hull he hoped It might
reach n much larger audience than
the ono before him, nnd particularly
In America. He declared thnt a trial
before a Jury of Englishmen was un
Just. He sifid the Jury should have
boon Irish. Sir Roger's auditors,
among whom were Viscount llryco
and ninny others of prominence, lis
tencd In silence.
RUSS CLAIM BIG VICTORY
Petrograd Snyo Slavs Havo Broken
Through Austrian Front In Gall
cla More Prisoners.
London, July 1. The Russians
claim n great victory In East Gnllcla
and have resumed their tally of prls
oners, Petrograd announces the Rus
slims have broken through ami are
well on their way to IColoinen. This
Is tho great railroad Junction for
eastern Gulkiii, nnd from It the A us
trlans have been pressed southward
thr?e lines of trenches being taken
The fighting around Koloiuea and
In all the region between the Pruth
and the Dniester rivers must havo
been of exceptional severity, tor it
was there that 10,000 Teutoulc prls
oners (including , 221 olllcers) wero
taken, making a total roundup from
June I of 205.000 men.
Jack Dillon Wins.
New York, July 1. Little Jnck nil
Ion licked Big Frank Moran last night
Tho Indianapolis lighter had a wide
shade at the end of the ten-round bat
tie at Washington park, ovejr
Brooklyn.
In
Crew Is Saved.
Pnlma. Majorca. July 1. Twenty
live men of the crew of tho steamer
Pino of Genoa, which was shelled and
suiiu hy a submarine on Tuesday, Imv
arrived at Port Million. Minorca, In
uie snips Doats.
HE KNOWS
You Re
CRAZY
I TRIED
THAT
ONCE
ND0RSE C. E. HUGHES
PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL COMMIT-
TEE FOLLOW8 ROOSEVELT.
Colonel Gives Views In Letter to the
Body Six Members Opposed to
Suggestion.
Chicago, Juno 28. After u day of
wrangling the Progressive national
committee voted on Monday to Indorse
Charles Evans Hughes for president.
Thirty-two members of the commit
tee supported Uie indorsement resolu
tion oirered by James R. Garfield of
Ohio. Six voted against It und nine
declined to vote.
The action, which was taken In ac
cordance with tho wishes of Theodore
Roosevelt, as expressed in a letter to
the committee, marked the demise of
the Progressive party.
while the national executive com
mittee was Instructed to co-operate In
tho Hughes campaign It was udmlttcd
tho full national committee never
would nivvo nnother meeting.
Tho resolution ns tlnnlly adopted
after seven hours of debnte was as
follows:
"Whereas, Tho statement Issued by
this committee In Jnuunry and the
plntform udopted by tho Progressive
national convention set forth thut put
ting nslde nil partisan considerations
In view of existing world and national
conditions wo would work with nny
man or party who saw tho nation's
need nnd put forth n leader lit to meet
it and
"Whereas, Wo believe with Colonel
Roosevelt that In nominating Charles
E. Hughes of New York tho Republic
an party has put forth such a leader.
wo Indorso and concur In tho recom
mendation of Colonol Roosevelt that
we support Mr. nughes."
PANCH0 VILLA STILL ALIVE
Washington Hears Man Responsible
for Mexican Crisis Is Dicker
ing With Carranza.
Wnshlngton, Juno 28. Piincho VUln,
whoso raid on Columbus, N. M.,
brought on the Mexlcnn crisis, not
only Is nllvo but now Is dickering with
Carranza to Join his forces ngalnst
thu United States, according to prl
vato advices reaching tho state depart
ment.
Theso advices, tho source of which
was not divulged, stated that Villa
Is at Escalon. near Pnrrnl. Ho Is de
clared to have offered Carranza un
army of several hundred If the first
chief will take him back ana give
him n command In his army.
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London. Juno HO. King George sent
a messngo to commons giving direc
tions for the erection of a public memo
rial to the memory of the lute Lord
Kitchener.
London, June .'10. A dispatch from
Bucharest says that the only muni
lions factory In Rounianln has been
des'troved. The destruction Is lull
to a plot of German and Bulgarian
agents. All the machinery In the
plant nnd millions of shells were de
stroyed.
More Trucks for Fun6ton
Kn Antonio. Tex.. June 80. War
denartinent advices to Geiiornl Fun
ston Included notification that 05 mo
tor micks had been sent to him. There
nm nireiulv In service 010 motor
trucks.
Austrian Airmen Bomb Adrla.
Vienna, Juno 30. Two Austro-Hnn
ciirlnn nnvnl aeroplanes have bom
bnrdwl military works and factories
In tln Italian city of Adrla. the war
nillco announced. Adrla Is on a mil
roud 62 miles northeast of Bologna.
ALLIES ARE USING GAS
BERLIN SAYS THE ENEMY
FAILED TO ADVANCE.
Heavy Attacks Repulsed French Kill
Own Countrymen In Bombarding
Town of Nesle.
Berlin, June 20. Marked activity
continues In evidence along tho Franco
Belgian front held by the British und
the northern wing of tho French line.
Numerous gas clouds aro being em
ployed by tho entente forces In tho op
erations, the war olllce announced on
Tuesday. The artillery fire on the
German lines was especially Intense
In the vicinity of the Somme.
In tho Verdun region, the French
fruitlessly attucked German positions
on both sides of the Thlauinout re
doubt
The official statement says:
"On the British front and the north
ern wing of the French nrmy patrol
lighting developed. Numerous gns und
smoke clouds floated toward us. They
did no damage and ut some places
floated back to the enemy trenches.
The enemy fire was directed with espe
cial Intensity against us on both sides
of the Souime.,
"As a result of tho bonibnrdment of
Nesle by the French, 22 of their own
countrymen were killed.
"On tho right bunk of the Meuse,
French attacks northwest and west of
the armored work of Thlnumont nnd
southwest of Fort Vuux wero Ineffec
tive. In Chapltro wood an enemy de
tuchmcnt of two olllcers und u few
dozen men was surprised and Its mem
bers made prisoners."
Russian positions In Volhynlu have
been stormed by Gen. von Llnslngcn's
troops and held against counter-ut
tacks, according to un announcement
of the war ofllce.
TWO BANKERS ARE DROWNED
New Yorkers Perish in Trylna
to
Make 10,000-Mlle Water
Journey.
New York. Juno 20. James G
Hurfy and Charles Marcelle, who 'left
this city a year ago on u 10.000-mllo
cunoo trip, apparently have perished
In Lnke Huron, according to Informn
Hon received here by Henry C. Clews &
Co., bankers. A letter from Uie First
National bank of Cheboygan, Mich.,
told of the discovery of a gasoline can
and paddles which Thirty and Mar
cello had In their canoe when they left
Cheboygan June 10. They wero due
In Sault Sto. Marie, Mich., Juno 111.
(I...... 1 f.. .11.. .
iiuuy una .tinrcciio resrgneu as
managers of two of the bankers
branch olllces In this city because of
111 health.
GERMANS STOP THE RUSSIANS
Kaiser's Armle3 Penetrate Foe's Lines
and Repulse French Attacks
on Western Front
Berlin, Juno 29. Russian positions
havo been penetrated by the German
armies ot doui laeiu Marshal von
Hluilenburg and General von Llnsln
gen, the war olllce unnouueed. On tho
western front tho French renewed
their uttucks against German positions
In the sector of Verdun, but ull these
assaults wero repulsed.
U. S. to Get British Guns.
New lork, July 1. The war de
partment, It Is learned, has been able
to obtain for Immedlnte delivery,
through the courtesy of the British
government. 250 Lewis machine guns
Intended for use In Europe.
Bombard the Italian Coast.
Vienna, July 1. The admiralty an
nounces unit the Italian const jienr
Glnloamuova has been bombarded bv
a flotilla of Aiistro-Huiigitrlnn tor
pedo boats. An Italian seaplane was
shot down.
tfUJKT
II. S.
STRONG NOTE SENT TO VIENNA
AS RESULT OF ATTACK
ON SHIP.
CALLED INSULT TO AMERICA
Washington Government Demands
Punishment of Submarine Comman
der and Payment of an Indemnity
Refuses to Accept Excuses.
Washington, June 30. Tlc state de
partment made public on Wednesday
this government's note to Austria-Hungary
In tho case of the Stuudurd Oil
tanker Petrolltc. That vessel wus at
tacked hy an Austrlun subtuartno De
cember 21, 1015.
The note Is tho strongest yet deliv
ered to tho central powers.
This government, tho note suys, re
gards the attack on the Petrolltc us a
deliberate Insult to tho American flag
and nu Invasion of American rights.
The demands of the United States
are:
1 An apology.
2 The commander of tho submaiino
to be punished.
3 That reparation be mndo for tho
Injuries sustnlned by the payment of
mi Indemnity.
It Is Indicated to Austria that sho
would mako Immedlnte nnd nmplo
amends.
The state depurtnieut denies every
nllegutlon heretofore set up by Austria
U ilefcnso of the action of her subma
rine commander.
The Austrian clnlm thnt the Petro-
llto's captain voluntarily gave up .sup
plies taken from the steamer by tlio
submarine cotnmntidcr Is flatly contra
dicted, us are the claims that warning
shots wero fired across the Petrollto's
bow before It was shelled, and Uiat Its
nppenrance was such as to justify tho
submarine commander In mistaking It
for a cruiser.
The attack on the Petrolltc, a Stand
ard Oil tanker, occurred In tho Mediter
ranean on December 5. A protest sent
soon nfterwurd, on preliminary reports
from the tanker's captain and crew,
brought tho Austrian communication
to which the new American note replies.
WILL 0RPET TAKES STAND
Declares That Bottle He Had, Which
Is Produced In Court, Contained
Molasses and Water.
Wnukegnn, III., Juno 28. Wllllum
Orpet on Monday told his long-awaited
story of the peculiar circumstances of
the tragic death of Marlon Lambert
the culmination of their "puppy love."
In their rambling wnlk through
Helm's woods on the morning of Feb
ruary 0 Marian talked almost exclu
sively of her alleged delicate condi
tion, Orpet said. He had brought with
1 ii tn, be said, a large bottle contain
ing a mixture of molasses and water.
It would do her no harm and no good,
except what posslblo solaco It might
be to her mental condition. She re
fused to drink of It and ho threw it
away In his pnnlcky flight after sho
died. Tho bottle was found by Ken
neth B. Hawkins nnd II. G. Carlln. It
was produced In court by Mr. Hawk
Ins. It Is the defense's reply to tho
stnto's contention that Orpet brought
cyanide of potassium to Helm's woods
and Induced Mnrlan to take It under
the pretense that It was medicine
which would relievo her.
LIEBKNECHT SENT TO JAIL
Socialist Leader In Germany Sentenced
to Thirty Months In Prison Dis
missed From Array.
Berlin, via London. Juno 30. As a
result of a trial ou charges of high
treason, gross Insubordlnntlon and re
sistance to authorities, Karl Lleb
knecht, tho Socialist leader, got 80
months nnd dismissed from the army.
Doctor Llebknecht. whoso criticisms
of the government In speechos In tho
rek.iistug previously had led to his
expulsion from tho Socialist party In
that body, was arrested on May 1
during the demonstration, nnd since
bus been held In custody, the relchs
tag having on May 11 by a vote of
220 to 111 declined to order his release.
He has been accused not only of
taking part In but arranging tho
demonstration nt which, It Is alleged,
cries of "Down with the war" and
"Down with tho kaiser" were raised
by tho excited demonstrators
WLC0X HEADS G. 0. P. BODY
Former Postmaster of New York
Named Chairman of Republican
National Committee.
Now York, Juno 20. William It.
Wilcox, former postmaster of New
York and later public service commis
sioner, was appointed chairman of tho
Republican national couimltteo on
Tuesday. Mr. Wilcox was tho cholco
of Charles E. Hughes.
Senate Passes Urgency Bill.
Washington, July 1. The senate
passed the urgent deficiency bill carry
ing approximately $25,500,000, most of
It to meet military expenses of tlw
.Mexican crisis. The bill now goes to
the president for his slgnuture.
Three Italian Steamers Sunk.
Madrid. July 1. Three moro IfnN
Ian steamships have been sunk by
submarines. They wero the Mongi
hello. 4.050 tons; tho Roma, 3,050 tous
and the Pino, 1,100 tons. Tho crows'
wero landed.
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