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TflK BEK: OMAHA. TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1016. 6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD IIOSEWATEU. VICTOR ROSEVVATER, EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. EES BUILDING. FARNAM AND (SEVENTEENTH. l.illered at Omaha postnffice a eciind-claaa matter. XtllilS Ok' SUBSCRIPTION. By carrier By mail i par month per year. Jiaily and Sunday ibc $.uu Dnily without Sunday 46c i.nO lAuiliiK anl Hunda 40c g.'iO l,venmg without bunday Z.',e ion Minday Bee only JOc I'.OO I'Hily and (Sunday Hee, three yeare In advance, 110.00, N-nil notice of chanae of addresa or Irregularity in i.elivery to Omaha Hee, Circulation Department. RKMITTANC1". Ilcmlt hy draft, expree or postal order. Duly two . nit stamps received In payment of email account. I iisonal cheeks, except on Omaha and eaalern -, hans. not accepted. OKFICKS. (inialia The Bee Hulldln. Hoiilli Omaha 43)11 N atieet. Council Hluff 14 North Main Street Lincoln Little Hulldlnf fli I. ago lsl People t,a Fiulldlng, , ) orsRnnm ll'iD. 24 H'lfth avenue. Hi. Irfiuia flOJ New Hank of Commerrt, Washington 7?5 Fourteenth street, N, W. cDnnicsi'ONnKNCE. tldreas communications relating to newa and edl .iiiI matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. Al'KIL tlllCt.LATION. 37,808 Daily-Sunday 52,223 Dwlfht Wllliama, cl.culailon manager ot The Be I'ulilUhlug company, being duly awom, aaya that the average circulation for Hi monU) of April, waa ti.HM dally and t.,i- eunnay. L-VVlGHT WlUJAWsl, Circulation Manuaer. Subscribed tn my preeenc and sworn to before me Una M day of May, Uls. UJtifc.it.' i U. NT tit. Notary fuullu. t'ubatribera leaving ui city teuiporttrlly should tittv lhtt lUit. mailed to iLeui, AjJ. dies hUJ Ihi tliaujgec as of too ava revjutsaUsd, Rumor ftctorlcg on the Ulo Grande continue working ovrtlm ragardlas of axpoosa. Advance) of wagon secured without it strike noadsyi It (he flncat grade of "velvet" in the labor world. It 1 quite evident that Nebraska rpubll una re not the only ones who, want Charles 12. Hughes to head the ticket. It may take Omaha some time to run nalll more off the map aa "The Monumental City," hut there la nothing like a good beginning. Aa an offset to lt adverse vole on organized labor, the Methodlit convention declared that union ia a good thing for church division. The reported unwritten understanding re garding operations south of the Hlo Grande Is not the only thing on the q. t. in Mexico. There is Villa, i 81111, If the senator's editorial alter ego rally believed democracy is aa strong as all hat, tie would bardly use up the bigger part of i double-column space to convince himself, If President Wilson fa alive to the opportuni st's pictured by the Commoner, be will coninils lon Colonel III ya n aa ambassador extraordinary 0 Europe with instructions not to come back .vitliout peace. fir Kdward Urcy, speaking for Oreat Rrltaln, md President Poincare for France, publicly de ry overtures for peace. Their statements make 1 clear that a neutral peacemaker would re five scant attention at the present time, Now that It has been proved that big build ii it opera Hons can be carried on in Omaha with in t blocking traffic or monopolizing the adja cnt, streets for storage room for supplies, the equlrements ehould be exacted of all contrac ori alike. Omaha wants to gat along harmoniously a lih the railroads, but that ia no reason why he railroads should be permitted to give Omaha i he worst of it In their passenger rate-making, if harmony will not get fair treatment, we may nave to try discord. Nothing unusual about banks making 50 per ot or over In a year. Two federal reserve bauks in New York City cleared 62. 6 and 71.6 per cent last year, and one of the two dlxtrlb utd a dividend of JO per cent. Hut the earn ings ere actual, not Ink made. A teacher protests against the intrusion ot .mtaide "stuuts," such as dandeliou picking, upon the school children, taking time they ought lo put on their studies. Why. If han rating the laudt'lion crop Interferes with school room oik, let the evhools be cloaed down. One by one ceremonious ItiHtltutlons revered I l.y long iisalte limp towald the Kt rap heap. The oid u!e'' in the marriage rle 'a no loiiKer lahhiotiable and ha been discarded b) eewral denomination. The Methodist lOiil nurxUitt oil ritual teUalon faoi elrlkiug out the a.ilcmn luimuU "With tu) rdlv good thee end' " Modern lt and knole,lne ot poi keta rendela the plevUe utitiec ry and iu le Thirty Years Ago This Day in Omaha - CalUe4 rea 9 rttea, -im.. tfnl "'.'i ef H(i-k !a m. !. u:, f''! t ' p.'Hlha -' 1 1 n in t -... . - ! i i ;n ti vnm it ii t,". , .-'.. i.T(e M't-X t'. tae t'h in,. . I ,! M."ll t. J H Wh!tlttt, j, t.t, ithi, , ! e . , .. . t a i. ui.,, I ti; H ti .t.l,.sw V -. I It, I'tai n , , i, St a .ft. ., -r '1 f ,. l u k j ,, ....! HI Vm I t i( !., l( i i e . i ., ..4 a ' I , .l w . . ? t . v. e m l . ; ..- l 9 ,. u- . , l . .), -. t .. t i u m Miun I-... i , 9 I I. ti". Ii"' 0. H I JiJ ; i (! I !- t'' , .n .' , !, ,)-.!. t .4 - C !!.- -.!' ii tf 1 "f ' " J '..Ea 4i t . !'. ....'.. 4 . J.ut..., 1 .,.'! . . . (.- f. ..i-il II . !t.' ... 4 ' ; ... f .t , I M. l. . I- I ' f Border Trouble on Both Sides. Not all the border trouble orifclnateg In Mex ico. Quite enoush of It has Its source north ot the Rio Orande, and some of It quite a ways north. An Interested, and In Bomn measure in fluential, circle is actively fomenting the queti tlon of intervention and possible annexation with enough of effort to give Mexicans reaHon to doubt any protestations of sincerity on part of our government. Those who are responslblw for the agitation may be honest enough In their effort, but are open lo the suspicion of being actuated by motives not entirely devoid of self interest. The restoration of civil government In Mexico is necessary In order that many mil lions of American money invested there ran be secured from total loss. This applies equally to the property of other foreigners, which Is in Jeopardy, Some responsibility for these Invest ments will rest, on the United Btates finally, If it Insists on the application of the Monroe doctrine In Its literal meaning. All of this is recognUed, and will be met In order, but the adjustment U not hastened by the talk of annenatlon. To re store order and to assure Its maintenance Is one thing; to take and hold the country, Incorpor ating It Into ours, dividing It Into states and ter ritories and assuming direct responsibility for its people, is quite another, and Is hardly what the American people look forward to as the solution of the Mexican question. Annexation ists on either side of the border are bothersome Just now, and their activity Is doing no good. Teaching Journalism in the University, In a stratght-lo-the-polnt article In the Nor folk News, Kdltor lluae calls attention to the backwardness of the University of Nebraska In cultivating the field of Journalism for which the University of Kansaa, the University of Missouri, the University of Wisconidn and various other progressive Institutions have long since eatab llshed and mtilntulned successful departments. He emphasizes the urgent need of better trained newspaper men, and also the value of well con ducted newspapers to the locality where pub lished, "The L'nlveisliy of Nebraska owes It to the state," be concludes, "lo do constructive work in strengthening the state's newspiipers, and owes It lo the young men of the slate, look ing for useful and compensatory occupations, to give newspaper training the importance which It deserves and which It Is receiving In other slates." ' To all of this, The Bee ia g!nd to add Its en dorsement, and while perhaps the university authorities are not to blame for going slow In taking on new work, the demand for a depart ment of Journalism Is surely here and the time now ripe to meet It. Lack of this Instruction at home Is the cause of many of our young folks, with Journalistic ambitions, going to se ll ro their education In the east or In more nearby slates, many of whom would prefer to attend their own statu university It they could obtain desired training there. As a climax argument, we know of no asset that would prove more profitable to the uni versity than to have graduates of Its Journalism department, day by day or week by week mak ing the newspapers that reflect and guide public sentiment ot the different communities In the state. Poincare'i Peace Proposal!, The speech of the French president, purport ing to outline terms on which France will ac cept peace means nothing at all, aside from the utmost limit of what might be exacted were the Allies In position to dictate the basis for settle ment. This outline has been frequently an nounced from the councils of the Allies. On the other band, Chancellor von Bethmann Holweg recently gave notlco to the world of the conditions under which the Teutons would give over the war, suggesting terms that can only be enforced by completely vanquishing the op position. Apparently no approuch Is being made to the settlement of the strife. What la going on behind tbe scenes no one may say save the leaders who are in the secret councils. It was secret diplomacy that aligned the nations as they are now found, and it will quite likely be secret diplomacy that will arrange the pre liminaries If It docs n8t definitely fix the terms for peace. The belligerent nations may be tiring of the war, but its Immediate end Is not In sight. At least, no "tradiug points" show in the public announcements of national ambi tions. A Study in Exports. The tide of exports from the United States, though running at thj flood for months past, continues rising beyond all former records. For the nine months of the fiscal year ending with March the value of exports reached the unprecedented total of S S.&V J 3 2, nearly a billion more than the record of the same, period of the previous fiscal year, and nearly double the value of imports. The greater part 01 the Increase is accounted for by war muni tions, steel in a n 11 fact urea, automobiles, rail toad rata, copper, bias, fine and chemical. On the other hand, exports of foodstuffs are eretng well as the exports of hore and i.mles and cotton 'the f'guics hnw an enor mous trade balance In favor of this country, vhl.ti ialie.1 for a lie! impoit of I i ' !,S 1 J.SoJ in gold, a volume of American securltiea held ahtiud and !oil loan lo effect settlement. I lie rftrtrt of the h in lnsiiie OH home price i tmorevaivelv hoit 1 1 the advance In rxpoit pl.rs mmplle.J b the New Vor t'tty National Uaitk. i"ee billet ad"d tnct the beam lung f the I per rent, iitoniofctU t4 per ceat and ether tnetat maouf ,fture In fto portion !lore e-ored an advance of II per t.t 1 canned I.' M per i.t, r p.-r cent all wheat ' S-r eet V of pioM ,. prHiiltf ot war t.ri. tve I I It li Heutied. f"t ' flirt 4,t.. heftt'Met h mi.i l t ertl art t e.Rt'fMi hc.sf.) i iii'Ute-l war Villi,- m l i't.o t.f v r , ..(! I iii ,..( lDa- h '"' "f ttt'n-l' to n,.. I . S n i " .-. .if t v the ,.,nt Vwe eVte l''-'"t"l tw I' -(' ( S , . a , .1 '.(:,"' ...'. tl BM I!k .(. , h.. . . . Mi - i t .,. i ; . ' v ' t ..,.. Uf ati ''"'i? ' ' ' " ' ' , . ( . 11 Union Pacific Wealth 'Wall ttraat Journal" Wlttl.K earnings of tho Union I'aclfle are run ning htavy and the cash position of the rol, as pointed out hy Dow, Jones -'o.. Is so strong that an extra dividend might he declared, In ill.utlons now are that no action of this Hind will he Ukcn at today's meeting. After clearing of for eign complications and aettleineul of Hc pending l,.,r controversy the matter may be considered. Union Pacific, will earn about U a share for It. common stock In the year to end June SO. only J of which Is being turnel over to stockholders In the regular dividend distribution. Union trifle has no need to add to a 00.0'M profit and lose surplus of unusual sort, In that it la a surplus ev.ry dollar of whld, could readily be turned into cash and distributed without Interfering In any way with operation or soundnesa of the Union Pacific property. Union Pacific hsa not sought or acquired a repu tation as a dlshorser of extra dividends. Morn over, sane railroad management In this country t this time Is not prone to persuade government le glons that the land's railroads are burdened with too much favor, The fart is Hist with the ending of the hesvy war traffic the roads may find themselves shortly back on the unpleasant droughty plains they were traversing before the Plurrfan outbreak. And neither administrations or commissions can commit the country's roas to wars to save them from bankruptcy. Nevertheless, hacauoe of Its "other Income" Union Paolflc, though earning leas than for slock from railroad operation In poorer yesrs, lias been abl to lay aside all the reserve II needs. Therefore, the Intemtata Commerce commission would find no text should Union Pacific dei'lda to distribute something mora than the regular qosr luiy 12 a share, In view of larga earnings, due. to the war. With other prominent railway offlclala Judge f.ovett bos given plentiful backing for Presl nent Wilson's call for better treatment of the United Htates rails, by decision over the last several years, that not a dollar could be wisely Invested In new railway development of this country until thers Is some assurance of treatment fair enough to en able the earning of a fair return, it la this wall of unfavorable conditions shutting" off new Investment, In fact, which makes It more likely that earnlnaa dun to extraordinary condition will be given to stoikholdurs Instead of put Into extension of thu system. Moreover, Union Pacific need worry less over ex pansion of Ita lines than almost any other toad In the land, Uulslde of Its rich Kansas field Union Pacific la a bridge connecting the avenues of vastcat traffic In the east and the west. To load Ha rails it doea not. huve to do one-tenth of the soliciting of other roads, lluirlman picked the national high way. Il'is successor management may say without doubt that their Una will receive a large ahare of tho lands tiaffld, whether they build more feed ing lines or not. More than that, the double track ing was dona before dictated by circumstances. Union Pacific is prepared now to handle four or five times the present volume of bualneas over Us double-track Una. Why Union Pacific thinks it wiser to keep on huud any largo part of its 1 1 OU.Ouo.OOo surplus ia nut obvious, auvs for one fsut: the Central Pacific may he on the market when the supreme court be speaks its Judgment in the government suit agHliit Himiliciu t'aclflc. Than Union Pacific, without Issuing- a bond, could, if it desired, buy its steel ave nue right through to tha 1'acific. When that pos sibility is out of the way It Is decidedly piohablo that Union i'actflc will ceass to be tilt banker, and lor the siike of forcing from the land a fair treat ment of the vlla.1 buetnaee of transportation, will divorce Itself of all but its railroad properly. Jf Central 1'aclflu ia not bought and no better railroad conditions are begotten than exist today lo encourago additional outlay, It will probably mean anoUixr kiibalantlui distribution to shareholders to clean the Union I'uciric treasury of all but Ita railroad prop erty and assets fur actuul operation. Aalde from some !30,00',000 cash working capi tal in sight by June 30, Union l'aciflc, in addition to 170,000,000 par value 6f slock In other railroads, has about lJ,000,OMo invested in equipment trusts and notes of other companies and some $85,0110,000 in other compauloa' bonds, all commanding a fairly teady market. Union i'aclfic'g "other Income'' from these investments in outalds companies In thu yeur ending June 30, 1114, waa 113, HO), Ml. Union Pa cific's fixed charges on Its funded debt the same year were 13,03,0. Therefore, Union l'aciflc can pay la fixed charges with Its "oUier Income" and have Its net railroad earnings free to give to stock holders. The only bonds of the system maturing in the next ten years are 114.831,000 Oregon Short Line ts, due February 1, 19:2. Union Pacific already has 470 all ateel pasecn-ger-traJn cars out of a total of 1.324, and of Us i.':21 ficlght-traln cars J,7 are all steel and S8,63 steel underframs. Incidentally, Union radflc owns cosl land In Wyoming which are of great vaJue lo a big railroad, of Ita t.uOS miles of main line 59 a laid with nliiety.pounq rail and 21 with eighty-pound 1 all. hmiiue It Is in such location and such condition and state of advance preparation Union Pacific lias f..r years been operated with expenditure of smaller percentage of groan earnings thsn any of the other western trunk lines, location ia Involved because to this la due partly the company's ability to (ui good load for Ita traina eaalhound And westbound, reducing empty car mileage. Hut theie are a half dosen of a hundred ail shllary glints at one of the country', grentet tall load sv stems, which ranks with the leaders in flnaii clal strength and ability of railroad management Whether such a road, with an annual im-omr well ehoe it, dlMribution t (ekh.,i,..t a, and a hnk account pulling Ha k ,nlo , (if Ilea, ahnuld not attract lvetm.t on e. ,,, n yield when other atocks of lrar ,,ei, do la - "U," ,!"" '""""I " ' be cot ,.,, , cow. c.,.. ,!lv , Vl, tlf ywt h) r-n People anil Events nnlhr "eilflnsl hl.oinr gir- ),, ,,, ,,,,, , New J.i.-v, ,i d Sv louiMit Hurt, mut ,u ,!,, ti l.l.Hituer laurel Marvland 1 talma ! i.iiut lntn Ii, ti, urt Aft. lMt, v, t. an .m.t,,;, , .,.,.,, h iSfOloaiifcl to lh (trn f, ..h.i,, ,,, , l'd'!t Kiil.Mt of l'ii;i.t c la Ii if, ' "' v.tt ia ii).iti.,t t.. ,, t.HI. V I., , g.l W, , t)lr t . ''.n .till. 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Undoubtedly a man doea begin to feel belligerent about bis norklng hour when he gets beyond May day and I" bound for the good old summer time. Philadelphia Ledger; A New York pas tor has had the courage to strike 1,3:11 names from bis church membership roll of some 2,300. This action is not to he viewed ss excommunlcatlve no doubt If any of the members who have been dropped csn prove that their seal has not waned they will he readmitted. But this minister sets upon his realisation of the fart that In all enterprises there are men whose weight Is a mere paper weight; they may have subscribed their mere signatures toward a good cause In a fitful blase of enthusiasm, but when It comes to steslfast underpinning of performance they are found wanting, end If summoned to an accounting they beg to be excused. Signs of Progress The annuel product of the American chicken yard is estimated at gv,000,OW. More thsn 12.M0 students are taking courses in agriculture tn tha colleges of the United Htates. Th per capita wealth of our country, says one of the unquestionable statisti cians, was l-ios in 1W, and Is now ILK; Statistics show thst the number of su tomoldle accidents Is decreasing steadily as compared with the number of ma chines tn use, For smaller elites and towns a recently devised fire alarm employs an enlarged and more than usually powerful automo. bile horn, electrically operated, to sound signals, To display posters In Inaccessible places a gun has been Invented that shoots a nslt carrying a roiled poster, which un ions when the nail is shot Into a surface that will hold It. America heads the list with iM post offices, Germany Is second, with 4&,MH; Iheu follows England, with to.tti; Huaala, with M.00Q; France, with 13,000, and Italy and Austria, each with ,I00. Antimony ore production iu the United Hlates In J'J16 Is estimated at about fi.OuO tons, containing 1,000 tons of antimony, valued at about IW.OOo.OoO. The largest previous domes! lo output was 110 tons of metal and KM tons of ore carrying tu per cent of antimony In 1802. Ten sacks of hubnr.rlte, or lunsten ore, laken recently from a Colorado inlna, proved so rich In that much desired min eral that they brought $Mi0, an average of about W cents a pound, which goes to ward explaining why tungsten has be come so magic a word In that mountain and mining commonwealth. Tips on Home Topics Cleveland Ph'n Dealer: Seven of Villa's bandits are to be hanged In New Mexico in Mav. There may be luck In odd num ber, but It would save a lot of expense and trouble If Villa could be there to even it up, Spring fbld Kepubllcan: A congressional Investigation of who financed the 60,i00 "peace" telegrams to congressmen would not be worth the candle. There la uo law against sending telegrams to con gressmen; nor to compel congressmen to read them. Philadelphia Ledger: With the. grcutest war In hlatory piling up anguish every day, they are brave souls who are antici pating the great "Induatrtal wars yet to come" snd are already shivering appre hensively as to the possibilities of a coin petition ruthless and world-wide, with no quarter and the devil after the hindmost. Indianapolis News: Now that the com mittee of the anthracite miners and operators have agreed, and that thers la a good prospect for their agreement to be ratified by their principals, It looks as If something ought to be done so that we enn lay In our regular summer supply, and thus he prepared against the times when the weal her bureau breaks Into the error column, as It did so often last summer. Well Ptreet Journsl: Union Paclfi.i promises to show surplus for common tnck of approximately 15 per cent for tbe year to end June no, 191H, This would compare with 10 !tS per cent In the previ ous year. The gain In net for nine months endi-d March !t was W.M.8M, or !,! per cent. There I eveiy prospect tuat this rale of Increase will he at leat maintained ever the flmtl three months of the year. NWOJ Ik OUT OF THE ORDINARY, The world. p.-pulaihoi maM 'i.if of itA glee e m the lO'irre of ChMi )er It i generally e, .1 that a' the low -et f'.mi wiipt h been a falllitul tettant of mankind fir iff A Vienna statietuun fig . tt h Auirun mfM' b fnvl 1 '.i'io a-ii i-l and the sHileiy t;.,"o ,h.-!n in the hr. lining uf the wi saM'i'an nbbni'a tmtiP !': Vli y4: " 'et M,,. l 1,1 :l ti l'it in- n 1 ' I li'Mthoi Ik t'ke vu'i ti". I' in Xt .. i t.f Alt In N 1.1 1 II X H 4', 1 . . .. e w in , t,. 4 n a . 1 I n . , m.p at o mvm' t- I .! I " !' ! 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Hi Wife-1 believe I'd prefer to have him come hre If she marries him he'll slay here Hoston Transcript. Mnrtorie Do you believe In eugenics? Petrueia I don't know. But If I ooiil4 once get married, I wouldn't care what happened to me. Judge. "That callow voutli acta as i" the world depended on Ills chuh o of clothes." "Well, In his salad day It in natural for a man to be particular about bis dressing, ' fialtlniore American. Huh Look here. Mary, It was only last month 1 paid a dieeniflker bill of 174 and here I amdher one for Wo, W ifeWell, dear, doesn't that show tht t am beginning to spend less? Uoston Tranecrlpt, The telephone tang and the new maid anxweied It, "Hello!" came from the receiver. "Hello!" answered the girl timidly. "Who Is this?" again csme the voice. "I don't know who It Is." nld thn glii, "I can t see you." Christian Heglsier. SATYRS AND THE MOON. Herbert 8, German In Toetry Magailne. Within thn wood behind the hill The moon got taiiK'ed In the trees. Her splendor made the branches thrlP And thrilled the hreeie. The satyrs tn the grotto ben Their heads to see the wondrous sight, "It is a god In banishment That stirs the night." The little satyr looked and guessed; "II. is an apple that one aeea, Wrought from that garden of the west llespetides," "It Is a cyelops' glaring eve," "A temple dome from Pabylon," 'A Titan's cup of Ivory." "A little sun," The tlnv satyr jumped for Joy, And kicked his hoofs In utmost gigs, 'it Is a wondrous silver toy Itrlng It to me." 4 greet wind whistled through the him And caught he moon and tossed 't high; A hubole of psle fire it flew Across tha sky, The satyrs sped and looked and smile, And wagged their heads from side to side. Ivneept their shaggy tittle child, Who cried and tiled. Ml HUSBAMO RETDSE6TO STIR OUT OF BED -HOW CAN I T HIM TO ARISE EARiy ? tax NAVE YlMFGPHAPH0r4e PIA THE SIM MiWb BMtHW AND HE'S Supeh srvnuf WESE ARE SnRRlWtf JvWS! "Ho you think Hacon wrote the Shake srw'sri, ilays?" "What's the use of worrying about that now?" prolenied Henator Horahum. ' What we've gnt lo worry about now Is who I going to write the parly platform and what he Is going to put Into it." Wash ington Blar. Kawler-LId you ever go to one of thoee astrologer? Mis, Klundt-i'by -No: but my rinughltir Kate la Jim! eraxy to have her periscope read,-Philadelphia Ledgei. The childless parson souuht to heT the paieni 10 mi overflow Inn household. "My iiiun, you moat learn t" be con NO ALUM IN KG POWDER AbsolutelyPure Avoid AH Substitutes gMMaaa ipmsm a-. mi iniiiun arr-anaiii'ia 1 ,,,nmMmMtmtmmmimmmmma. The Great Lakes and Atlantic Coast Region ha innumerable attractions to offer the vacationist. LOW FAilES IN EFFECT 4un t to Septi 30 via the Chicago & Northwestern Ry. to Chicago and choice of routes therefrom to all important points east. Round Trip from Omaha aaaaaaMHSjssssjjsaai MMe! IBaaMsMsaal taVaaetaNsaaaMBMSM Detroit, Mich. $35-10 Boston, Mass. $54.60 to 69.10 New York, N. 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