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VOL XLVt No. 44
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1916.
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SINGLE COPY TWO ; CENTS.
THOUSMiDS SEEK
RELIEF FROM THE
HEAT BYBATIIIII6
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t Different Poolnte Tottl
Over Fifteen Thon.
sand Persons.
TUTT BEACH 11 P0PULA1
AQ Art Taied to Capacity by
These Who WoiJd
Cool Off.
ltt AOCIOSNTI P.1P0ITED
Ilk and pa and Iht k-ddies wtnl
wtwming ylrrday at Municipal
I I. Father had bee neglecting
kit ratty swimming holt education,
W wfcen he observed Iht children
an mother get Ml their bathing
it mot than he could with
itsi Reginald laughed when he
ctwrplatrd kit deJ in iKt tier, lit
fnmaM thai Ihe old man would
ternwr ew to waial-dtplh water,
tnWh around a few mfnuti and then
cl M a swam.
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fh Him loo tewa," beraw hi waitl
arvwirnt bad ln keeping pact
wr Ih year and an longer could
ha Vaat ol a "perfect J6." ,w what
awr iht correct figure should be.
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or hke a rock and in lika a
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tt tailed lo reappear e,'ter i anutual
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tor eiked ma of Reginald, a the
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JOHN ERICSSON IS
LAUDEDBY SLOAN
tttbraika Oonfrtuman Pyi
Rlfh Trlbttt to Oroat loan
dlnarlm Invantor.
ROUIE H ATTINTIVI
(Prtia a ataff OtrMtaatami.)
Waahlnglnn, Aug, 6,-(Scclal Tel
rgram,) Oiling iway from the po
litical gamt (or t hit, Congrtatman
Sloan mad an lllumlrallng addrra
on iht lllc o( John Erlcon, In
rtnlor of Iht Mnnllor, btlore Iht
hoaat yttttrday, Tht congrtaitnafl a
pttch wa In niflporl of a bill ap
propriating $.15,000 for t alalue for
Erlciron In iht city of Washington.
Mr, Sloan gave a wealth of dttail
of iht many-!drd character of Erica
tort. Ht Invented Ihe first icrew pro
peller on ahipa and the firtl range
finder for gun and had the distinc
tion cif having over 100 patent li
med In hi name hy Great Britain
Mouae Attentive.
Tired of politic, eemlngly, .the
hou gavt clote attention lo Mr.
Sloan in hi running ttorv of a for
rigner who flrl Ihoujihl wa for
Ihr country of hi adoption.
Mr. Moan adverted to the growing
number of monument id Wathing
ton and the propriety of to honoring
Iht dialinguithed inventor. He alio
recounted briefly ihe debt thi na
tion owe lo great men who came
hert from Europt at critical time in
Mr hittory and gavt their talent to
our ataittancc. Among theae he
named Baron von Steuben. Jame
Barry, John Paul Jone. Rochambeau,
Lafayette and other. He told of the
ttatue of Koaciusko, and expreed
the hoot that Poland would acain
come to il plact among tht nation.
The lift of John Ericaton wa in
terestingly sketched from hi birth lo
hi death. Hi studies and services
a a boy, a a soldier and engineer
in Bernadotlt' army, hi invention,
hi migration to Enilnnd. where of
ficial inertia discouraged hm, and hi
coming M America were outlined.
I kit of Invention,
Then hi great lilt of serviceable
invention, amonc them tha first
team fir engine, the screw propeller,
and lha instrument that gave birth to
Ih modern range finder, wa re
counted. And filially Ihe Monitor, the
iriumpn ot ma career; the, lighting
machine thai saved the north bv de
feating Ih Merrimac, wa eloquently
described and the result of it com
ing Mlo Ihe field of naval warfare
made vividly plain. An Imprenive
tribute lo the man closed the speech.
Result of State r
Wide Primaries ' ' '
Held in Kentucky
Laaiavttlc, Ky.. Aug. 6. Partial
return Indicate Kentucky' delega
lioa hi congreaa, nine democrata and
wo republican, ware renominated at
the statewide primary yesterday a
candidate for another term.
Indication ar that Congressman
Campbell Cantrill waa chosen over
R. E. Murphy of Lexington in the
Seventh district; Congressman Har
vey Helm waa nominated in the
Eighth over C F. Montgomery of
Liberty; Congressman William J.
Field waa named in the Ninth over
a field of four, and J. W. Clay waa
victoriM ht the Eleventh district
over S. B. Oiihman of Barbouraville.
Willi Statoa ol Pamlavil e waa on-
opxed for Ihe democratic nomina
tion in Ih Tenth district.
Congreaamaa Tohn W. Langley
waa ammpoaed for the reoublican
aommatioa m the Tenth district and
Ihe indication ar that Congressman
Caleb Power wa renominated a
Ih reaablkaa candidal ia Ih Elev
enth dnlrki.
Government Takes
Hand in Switchman
Labor Dispute
Kew Yaek Am . TV- t.A...
government took a band yesterday
nqwe niweta approximately
iJB.OW member ol the Switchmen
ft ton of North America and the mana
ger certain eastern railroad. & W.
i W. Hanger, amntanl commissioner of
the Vniredi State Board of Mediation
and Conciliation., arrived from Waah
wgww and tonferred with committeea
representing the woeker and Ih ra
pteyera, who reported yesterday after
a ri a meeting that there efforts
to sent fh difference had terms
aaeed m a deadlock. Mr. Hanger came
Her m response N an appeal from
beth tides.
fh demands ed tha workers made
las Marrh are similar to those the
"big kiur" brotherhood mad on 225
ratlrnarfe at Ih country, m which a
trill vote now being eonnted kr,
althoaglt th switchmen' anion ie aot
arntiMvu wttit-ittv r-,inr noons.
Discard Pistols
And Then Agree
To Arbitration
Birmingham, Ala, Aug 4 Mem
bar a ha Birmmghan Rotary club
yaetarday parsvaded I. W.. Barrett,
editor ad sh A-HsnaW, and Viator
W Ham, puhltshsr at lha News, to
mam it e arbitration tha personal dif
faranana wfticlt earlia hmt lad to
wtnama y tha aommiaaionara of
mshtia awt a warrant foe their
erm, as t eharga tha 111 ay ior
nim a Hfit a pwtot duet,
fit wmmwwMi eiuadl th
hiu mus to withdraw th war
w egaiiM Baerei and ttanaon a
n-hr wuMdi asjwnst oiticera of tha
HwmJd, anargiHg arimmal hack
rt ie ptttotkatMin i talegram aav
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HEAVY TURKISH
FORCE III FLIGHT
AFTER.ATTACK
Strong Moglem Army Which
Suihcd Ag-ainat British at
Eomani Routed by
Counter Charf.
BATTLE NEAR SUEZ CANAL
Nearly Twenty-Five Hundred
Priionera Taken .Includ
ing German.
BUSS GET SIX VILLAGES
London. Auk. 6. The atrong Turk'
ish force which attacked the British
at Roman!, twenty-two mile east
of the Suez canal, on August 4, was
defeated and put to flight by a coun
ter attack, says an official statement
Issued today.
The Turk, add the statement, are
being vigorously pursued by the
British, who have taken more than
2,500 prisoners, Including some German.
Petrograd, Aug. 6, (Via London.)
Russian attacks along the beret h and
Graberka river, aouth of Brody, in
northern Gaticia, broke the Teutonic
resiatance and reaulted in the capture
by the Russians of six villages and
the entire ridge along which they
are located, according: to a war of
fice announcement today. More than
3,000 prisoners were taken.
Marino Tames Off
Mex Reservation
And Is Sent For
El Pao, Tex., Aug. 6. Marino
Tame, formerly a colonel in the Villa
army, leading about 100 men, i mak
ing hi way touth and west from the
border tonight in an attempt to join
Villa in the Mapimi district, accord
ing to reports here.
Tame started from Juarer early
today with six men of the defense
corps, after failing to organize a re
volt of the garriion. He wa joined
by eighty men on the outskirts of the
town and a score more from the gar
rison at Samalayuca. thirtv miles
south.' Pursuing him is a column of
700 dispatched by Central Francisco
Goniales, commanding the;. Carranza
army of northern Chihuahua, with or
der o bring back the bodies of the
revolutionist. . . - -t -: ..
In tome duarter here there wa
a tendency to connect the Tames up
rising witn tne reported revolt .of
General Lui Medina Barron, former
federal leader and defender of Tor-
rcon against Villa attacks, and the 200
men of his command in the state of
Guerrero on the Mexican west coast.
In military circlet, however, it was
believed that the two revolt are en
tirely separate.
Reporta current in EI Paso tonight
that the Carranza military paymaster
in Juarez had absconded with approx
imately $50,000 in gold were denied
by General Gonzale and Andres Gar
cia, local Mexican consul.
President" Wilson
Won't Watch Mine
Laying Practice
Fortrcea Monroe. Va,. Aue 6.
Preaident Wilson came to Hampton
Koada in the Mayflower yesterday and
spent two hour ashore, motoring
with Mrs. Wilson over the Virginia
peninsula. He plana to cruise back
to Washington, arriving there Mon
day morning.
While the president, was here, sec
retary Baker, who arrived in the
morning on the army mine layer Gen
eral Schofield, witnessed target and
mine laying practice in Hampton
Koads, and a demonstration ol the
difficulties which would meet a for
eign foe attempting to attack this
point.
lac president was invited to wit
ness Ih target practice arranged for
Secretary Baker, but he did not wish
ta disturb the arrangements and de
clined. Mr. Baker waa taken into a
darkened room at the coast artillery
school and shown a war game, during
which a theoretical foreign fleet at
tacked the Virginia capes. His at
tention wa directed particularly to
the value . of fortifications at Cape
Henry recently provided for by con
gress. During the afternoon mines
were laid in Hampton Roads and ex
ploded, throwing geysers of water
high in the air.
Iowa Guardsmen
To Be Disfranchised
Dee Moines, la.. Aug. 5. (Special
Telegram.) National Guardsmen Irv
ing ia cities which require registration
before the fait election will be dis
franchised thi comma fall and wilt
aot b able to tak advantage of the
absent voter' law. Attorney General
Lesson ruled today.
WHr registration at not required
guardsmen from those communities
can as absent voters' ballots.
Dog Bites Two-Year-
01 j Child in the Face
Stella, Neb.. Aug. 6.-(Soeciat Tel
egram. A dog bit th 2-year-old
so ot Cuy Dodsom m th fac this
evening Nina atitche were required
to elos Ih wound I he og wa
pursaed an hour ky th crowd ad
waa killed a mil in th country.
COMFORTABLE HOUSES BUILT ON HILLSIDE UNDER FIRE An official photograph
from the British western front thowing tome of the "palatial" abodes built by the men dur
ing 'the twenty months spent in the trenches.
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PLAN TO DISPOSE
; OF SPiJDESTION
Attempt Made to Secure Infor
mation as to Canal Spurs
Uncle Sam to Act.
DRASTIC LAWS PROPOSED
; Washington, Aug. 6. Activities of
persons suspected of being spies em
ployed by foreign governments to ac
quire information regarding the nature
and extent of the defenses of the Pan
ama canal have made the administra
tion decide to request congress to sup
plement the existing laws against the
improper acquisition of knowledge of
military and naval plans of fortifica
tions. . i.
' Representatives of the Department
of Justice and the War and Navy de
partment have been in conference on
htjtril&jict1 ajld it:! expected1 that Tftey
will agree upon some drastic legisla
tion to be submitted to congress:
. May Be Extended. - '
It la possible that the scope of the
conference may be extended beyond
the Original ideas of a mere protec
tion of the secrets of American coast
defenses to cover generally such at
tempts as have been common since
the beginning of the present war to
destroy powder and munitions plants,
upon which the United states govern
ment must rely in time of trouble.
Several of the military, powers of
the world are believed to have under
taken to obtain information as to the
character of the defenses of the Pan
ama canal. The latest incident to ex
cite suspicion i the operations of a
little Japanese power vessel, osten
sibly a fishing launch, which sought
to obtain a permit for pearl fishing in
the waters of Panama bay and vicin
ity. The canal authorities have been
warned that this craft appeared to
have been making surveys and that
these were not confined to the water,
but extended to the isthmus proper.
Licensee Withheld. !
While these oDeration may have
been perfectly innocent in intent, and
only such soundings were made and
bearings taken as might be incident
to the pursuit of pearl fisheries, the
canal zone authorities have regarded
the matter as of sufficient importance
to warrant investigation and report to
Washington. Meanwhile licenses have
been withheld until some general line
of policy can be formulated to govern
all such cases.
Guards Who Signed
For Clarke Have
Sent in Apologies
Columbus, N. M., Aug. 6. Military
authorities announced they had re
ceived apologies today from twenty,
eight men whose names had been af
fixed to a statement which it-was as
serted vouched for the truth of al
legations made in a story published
in a Holyoke, Mass., newspaper, mak
ing allegations against the otticers ot
Company D, Second Massachusetts
infantry tor the writing ot wnicn rn
rate Hugh Clarke is held in. custody-
here.
The men, who are all members of
the National Guard organization
asked that they be allowed to with
draw their names from the paper, as
serting they had signed it at Clarke's
solicitation. No action was taken on
the requests pending advices from
General Pershing.
Four Injured When
Tram Hits an Auto
McCook, S. D., Aug. 6. An auto
mobile containing six men returning
to Sioux City from Jefferson, S. D
was struck by a Milwaukee freight
train at a crossing three miles west
of here yesterday and four occu
pants hurt, two seriously. The injured
are: -
M. Marjtrmtttt mb Allka ru&B. fu-
nd. Ia.
Kit ridUr, Imrs, U.
Patrick Ford, gux CUr. '
They were taken to a hospital 'in
Sioua City by the train crew.
t f ttzbourr of Lemars and B.
Smith, driver of the car, were thrown
cleai of th wreck and were uninjured.
REPORT ON ARMY
. BILL COMPLETED
It Is Held Up Beoanse of Ob
jection by President to
One Amendment..
IT CARRIES $267,597,000
Washington, Aug. 6. The confer
ence report on the appropriation bill,
completed, but held up by objection
of President Wilson : nd the War de
partment to an amendment to the
revised articles of war, reduces the
total appropriations as the measure
passed the senate by $46,373,447. Jt
became known here yesterday that as
as it will be reported for final approv
al the bill carries $267,597,000 against
$313,970,000 appropriated by the sen
ate bill, and $182,000 000 by the house.
"The report will ' be submitted, to
both hcmte hf it bresentc form within
a few days uriiesi the house conferee
yield to urgent War department .re
quest for reconsideration of . the
amendment of Representative Hay ex
empting retired army officers, and en
listed men from the military criminal
code. Representative Hay said today
that he anticipated nO trouble with
President Wilson and the War depart
ment over the amendment. He said
retired soldiers were in fact civilian,
and he saw no reason why military
courts should be called upon to dis
pose of their cases when civil court
could serve. Opponents of the amend
ment, however, fear exemption from
military discipline will open the door
to acts prejudicial to the army' in
terests. Total appropriation for national
defense have been reduced from $685,
343,017, where they stood on senate
figures, to $637,947,282, with the navy
bill still subject to revision. In the
army bill, the conferees made appro
priations for winter clothing for sol
diers on the Mexican border, because
it is not known how long the men
Will be kept there.
New York Expense
Account Scandal Is .
V Taken Into Court
Kingstown, N. Y, ' Aug. 6. An
application for a peremptory writ of
mandamus to compel the state con
troller to audit the accounts of the
state officials, including Governor
Whitman,, who traveled to the Panama-Pacific
exposition last year, at
the expense of the state, was made
yesterday in the supreme court by
Frederick W. Hinrichs, chairman of
a committee of the Republican club
of Brooklyn, which has for several
months been conducting a fight to
compel an accounting of the expendi
tures of the trip and of the state's ex
pense for its building and exhibits
at the fair, involving in all $665,000.
The court reserved decision.
Counsel for the plaintiff held that
for the wives and families of the
state Panama-Pacific exposition com
missioner there was "no warrant in
law" for expenses charged to the
state. '
The trip of Governor Whitman'
party cost $30,000, the court was in
formed. Soldier Boys on
Border Must Cut
"Out Watermelon
El Paso, Tex., Aug. 6. Gloom
spread over the armp camp here to
night with the news that watermel
ons have been banned by the author
ities. It is not that the melons of
the southwest carry infection or that
they are not wholesome.
The army fly expert ia behind the
order, which i applied to all camps
along the border, He hat discovered
that the watermelon rind is the only
kind of garbage that cannot be prop
erly disposed of. It cannot be burned
or effectively buried. The result is
that watermelon peel is the cause of
the present fly pest and flies, says the
expert, breed disease.
OPPOSING THE SALE
OF DANISH ISLANDS
Copenhagen Conservative Pa
pers Contend Uncle Sam
Should Pay More.
OBJECTING TO SECRECY
Copenhgen, Aug. 6. A number of
provincial papers, organs of the left
party, are against the tale - to the
United States of the Danish West In
dies. Some of the left party'l mem
bers of Parliament also are opposed
to the sale, but owing to the fact that
the left party favored the sale in 1902,
it is expected a majority of the party
will endorse it. The left party na not
held a committee meeting to take ac
tion on the matter. '
In Copenhagen,' conservative pa
pera, uch as the Berlingske Tidende,
National Tidendei' Vortland Hoved
staden and KriMlig --Ikd. are -em
posed to the sale, asserting, as r1 the.
left party, that tne matter ought not
to be settled during the war.
The conservative paper asked why
the government kept the matter a
ecret to the last 'moment, and say
that the government ha taken the
Danish nation by surprise. ; . . A -
Some of the papers state that the
islands .are worth many time more
than the $25,000,000 offered for them
by the United States.
Figures on Some of
Exports ' Sent Out
During Last Year
Washington, Aug. 6. Exporta of
foodstuffs, cotton. and oils from the
United States during the fiscal year
just ended did not equal those of the
previous year. Statistics-announced
today by the Department of . Com
merce show shipments of those com
modities totaled $1,289,735,326, a de
crease of $58,400,000 from 1915. - -
Breadstuffs showed the greatest
loss, with $142,700,000 the largest fall
ing off being in wheat export, which
declined $118,000,000. Oats exoorta
were $9,600,000 lest than last year-
corn, wmu.uuu less, and flour, $8,
000,000 less. .
Meat and dairy products export
increased $54,800,000 over 1915. Bacon
gained $41,000,000; ham and shoulders,
$11,800,000; pickled pork, $8,000,000,
and fresh beef, $1,000,000. Gasoline
and naptha exports increased $17,
600,000; lubricating oil, $9,000,000; fuel
oil, $5,900,000, and oleo oil, $330,000.
Cotton exports showed a losa of
only $5,300,000 in value, but were 2,
514,718. bale less -than during the
previous week. .
Platte Valley Men? ? '
Organizeat Kearney
Kearney, Neb., Aug. 6. (Special.)
Telegram 1 Th. pi.,,, v.ii... re
servation association was organized
at a meeting nere this afternoon. The
association was formed to protest
against the holding up of the water
of the North Platte river' by the
Pathfinder dam In Wyoming.' :
it i the plan of the association to
ffo before r.oniFre anH r.n il..
permission of that body to bring suit
against me government ottieiata who
are in control of the Pathfinder dam
and who are renon!M (n. miiinj
off the Platte water supply by check
ing ine norm riatte water by the
dam, which, .-it ia said, now contains
five time as much water as can be
used this year.
The Pathfinder dam is a govern
ment dam and it has caused the wa
ters of the Platte river to become so
low that little water runs over the
sand in this vicinity. '
C. ' B. Manuel of Kearney was
elected president of the association
and H. B. Watson of Kearney, secre
tary. '
Badly Hurt When Ford :
Car Turns Over on Him
Officer John Coffey, 2111 Lari
more avenue, sustained bruise and
laceration when a stolen Ford car
which he was driving to headquar
tera. overturned at - PitrhtMnik- A
Davenport streets.
BRITISH FORCES
CAPTURE GERMAN
SECOIIDJEFEIISE
German Counter Attacks
Against Newly Won Posi
tions Are Repulsed by
the Allies. V ,
FIGHTING" ALONG MErJSE
Russians Cross the Rive;
Sereth and Repulse Coun
ter Attack.
MORE STEAMERS SUNK
London. Aug. 6. In a successful ef
fort to straighten out the line between '
Pozieres and Thiepval, north of the
Somme, British forces have captured
the main German second line system
of defenses on a front of 2.000 yards
north df Pozieres. The attack, which
waa made by Australians and troop .
of the new Kitchener artay, resulted
in the taking of several hundrel pris- .
oner. German counter attacks against
the newly won position were repulsed
with heavy losses, London asserts.
Further; than stating that a new
battle was developing near Pozieres,
Berlin makes no mention of the latest
British advances. British attacks,
however, against the sector from
north of Ovillers to Foreaux wood
were repulsed by the Germans, v
On the French front in the Somme
region, Paris says there hat been only
artillery activity, while Berlin claima
the repulse of a French advance touth
of Maurepas,
On the right bank of the Meuse In
the Verdun region the fighting be
tween the French and the Germans v
continues to be bitter. , - J
Germans Bombard Fleury. '
Pari say the forces of the Ger
man crown prince made unsuccessful
efforts to drive the French from tho
Thiaumont work, recently captured.
The Germans also bombarded heavily
the sector Thiaumont and Fleury.
Berlin mentions bitter fighting at
Thiaumont work and reports the cap
ture of 468 prisoners during the Ger
man counter attacks in the Fleury .
sector. . f . - ! - -. -
On the Russian front the most .in
tense fighting i. reported a taking
place south of Brody, in Gaticia. The
Russians crossed the Sereth river, cap.
tured positions in the region of Pent-.
aki-Tcliisondy and repulsed an Aus
tfcGeffl:rWu1ftergttl1t against
them. t
Berlid My Russian 1 detachment .
which crosied the Sereth near Patyzy .
were forced to retreat before Austro
German counter attacks. Northwest -of
Zalosze, in the same district, Rus- -sian
attack were repulsed. Petro
grad admits the retirement of several
detachments from mountain passes in
the Carpathians, southwest of Kuty,
in the face of heavier Austrian force.
. Turk Attack Roman!.
The British position at Roman!,
twenty-two miles east of the Suex
canal, are being attacked by Turkish
force, estimated at 14,000 men on a
front of seven to eight mile. The
attack, London asserts, has made no -impression
on the British positions,
while on the southern flank the Brit
ish have .taken between 400 and 500
prisoners. V
Rome report slight progress on the
Trentino front agamat the Austrian.
An Italian attack eaat of Monfalcone,
on the Carso plateau, resulted in tho
capture of some prisoners. -
Including the capture of the Ger
man trenches reported this morning,
during the last two days the British
pushed forward a line north and west ,
of Pozieres somewhere from 1,000 to ;
6,000 yard.
Troop from Australia, Kent, Sum
rey and Sussex participated in the
operation and consolidated the posi'
tion won, despite the shell fire, which
wa especially heavy near the Po-zierei-Bapaume
road.
Artillery Fir Kept Up. !
Artillery shelled La Courcelette and x
Miraumont, causirg large explosions
in both place. Ten gun emplace
ments and three ammunition stores
were destroyed. The enemy attempted
to seize a crater near Souchex, but
was repulsed with bombs.
There was some artillery activity
between Hooge and St. Elol, where
the enemy exploded a smalt mine, but
no movement followed.
The enemy's aircraft showed little
enterprise. . Eight of their machines ' ,
scattered when engaged by three of
ours. .. ' " 1 "
Lloyds announces the sinking of the
following steamers: The Greek
steamer Tricoupis, 2,387 ton, of
Cephalonia. The British steamer Tot
tenham, formerly the Harewood, 3,106
gross tons, of London; The British
steamer Favonian, formerly the Aln
wick, 3,049 tons, of Newcastle.' The
Tottenham and Favonian were un
armed. ....
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