Hammond Times, Volume 6, Number 269, Hammond, Lake County, 3 May 1912 — Page 1

LAKE COUNTY , WEATHER. WARM, UNSETTLEP WEATHER: SHOWERS TOMORROW EDITION VOL. VI., NO. 269. HAMMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1912ONE CENT PER COPY. (Back Numbers 1 Ceats Cosy.) COMIITTEE FINALLY WEW REALTY AHLBORII

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ACHES The Joint committee appointed by Malor Schlieker to consider the routing of street car lines in Indiana Harbor and East Chicago' came to an agreement yesterday after a prolonged session. The report advocates the routes originally laid down by the terms of the two franchises with but light changes. One of the changes gives the Hammond. Whiting and East Chicago line Joint rights with the Gavlt line In Chicago avenue from Parish avenue west to Railroad. At this point the two lines are to diverge, the Hammond. Whiting and East Chicago line going north to Exchange and thence to Forsythe and the Gavit line continuing west In Chicago avenue to Tod, thenca south to 148th west in 14Sth to Olcott and north in Olcott to a terminus at OF THE GITY With the city hall crowded to the doors and as many people standing outside as there were inside the reform government in West Hammond was inaugurated last evening. I

NEW HEAD IN CHARGE

Mayor K. M. WoszczynskI was in the warriors will line up against Ham- Crown Point, Ind., May 3. One hunchair, and received the congratulations mond at the H. A. A. park. dred dollars an acre was commanded of his many admiring friends. He an- Led Dy a en-rlece band, which has yesterday for farm land Just south-

nouneed both his appointments to the ' various offices created as a result of . tne cnange to a city lorra of government and to the councilmanic committees. The following were the appointments announced: Stanley Klowitter, collector; Henry Leber (re-appointed), water j clerk; Henry Nickle. health commis- 1 llnn.r an A t Vl f Inn.in tr niillco nffiior!; ' :

y v-"--" ....v,., , Fipocitu, ana mo management is maxBarnle Kulczyk, John Okraj, Frank nf( every preparation for the convenlNeubleser. Joseph Bissa and Mike Hille. i rnCe of the crowd. AUhnueh Ham-

ThSTratnr of the chief of pi-lice wa not announced last night, it. will be one of the officers chosen last night. ' Joseph Prusakowski was ' appointed bridge tender. There will be ho appointment of a corporation counsel until later on. For the time being the legal work of the city will be done by attorneys who will be specially employed. License Referred. In the neighborhood of thirty-six licenses were referred to the committee on public health and licenses. West Hammond collects $500 from every saloon in the village. It Is expected that the matter of reg ulating or eliminating the dives will be taken up by ths committee, for It has the right to determine whether or not the applicant Is of the right character to hold a dram shop license. The following were the mayor's committee appointments: Finance WIerzvlcki. Wunchel and Jaranowskl. Sewer and water Wunchel, Jaranowskl and Slavin. Streets and alleys Modrzejewski, Zimmerman and Kowalski. Police and fire Stavln, Kowalski and Planer. Ordinances Jaranowskl, Wierzvlcki, and Zimmerman. Public service Planer, Slavin and Modrzejewski. Railroads and utilities Kowalski, Planer and Wierzvicki. Public health and license Zimmerman, Modrzejewski and Wunchel. The appointments all gave very good satisfaction and are generally approved except In cases where applicants for positions were disappointed. The administration of Mayor K. M. Woszczynsk has made an auspclous start, and it is believed from the personnel of the new administration that it will give the village an efficient government. DISCUS STREET LIGHTING PLAIT Ornamental street lighting-, such as Is used in all progressive cities, was the principal subject for discussion at a meeting of the Ea.t State Street Boosters' association last night, and the plans that were discussed seriously shows that there Is no piker spirit among the business men there. While it is the plan of the organization to erect ornamental lights every fifty feet on each side of the street from Sohl street to Hohman street, at the expense of -the property owners, it is very likely that the - Hohman street business men will wan to get In the band wagon, especially if, as was indirectly suggested last night, that the cost of the. lighting is to be defrayed by the city. It was estimated that the cost of putting In a post will cost in the neighborhood of sixty dollars If the plans submitted last night are accepted. Each post is to have five globes. A committee was appointed last night to go to Mlshawaka next Thursday, accompanied by some Hohman, street business men. to study the Mishwaka system and to learn how Mlshawaka solved its problem. The question of widening the side walks was also raised last night, but owing to the lateness of the hour was only briefly discussed. ARE yOU READING THE TIMES!

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Chicago avenue. Another change is to bring the branch of the Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago line which under the old arrangement was to run east In 149th from Kennedy to Parish, over Kennedy to Chicago and thence East to Parish. The report was signed by twelve of the fourteen members of the Joint committee, the only members who failed to sign being W. R. Diamond who was too sick to attend and Robert Freeman who was absent and refused to sign It when approached for his signature In the evening. There will be a meeting of the board of public works on Saturday to pass on the franchises and It is expected all wll be In readiness for confirmation by the city council Monday night at the regular meeting. FE WILL MARK BIG DAY An automobile parade, composed of a street fiU of machines, will mark the opening of the Northern Indiana Base Ball League in Hammond next Sunday aiternoon when the fast Valparaiso been secured Vst the occasion the sarade will form at the court house, from j whence thev will iournev throua-h the I principal business streets of Hammond At the H. A. A. park they , will be met bv a large crowd of fans who are i anxiously waiting for the call of play ball. Providing the weather man gives Hammond a nice dav a larire thronir i, , . j . . f

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they will be here in plenty of time, and if we are n mistaken there will be some splash when they step into their positions. The suits are the same as worn by the Cubs and are said to be the best that can be purchased. Valparaiso will come to Hammond Sunday, represented by a strong lineup and a large number of fans. In their line-up they will have three men on their pitching staff, while Hammond will only have two. Not unless something . unforeseen happens will Hammond only have to use one, as Bergman, who will be seen on the mound, is considered one of the best twlrlers in the league. Last season he was with the Guthers of Chicago, where he made some records hard to equal anywhere. Kruger, who caught for the White Sox last season, will be seen in the position as backstop, and with such men as these for the batteries why should we worry. Tearney of the Wisconsin League, Mette of St. Louis National League, Staten and Moll of the Three-I League and Rhode of the Central association will also be seen on the Hammond lineup. Valparaiso's line-up will be: Miller, Huston and Williams pitchers. Forney catcher. Englehart 1st base. Touhy 2nd base. Guswald 3rd base. Bend shortstop. Benton right field. Nuppuan left field. S. Miller center field. TWIN CITY JOINS IN CELEBRATION Indiana Harbor and East Chicago will. Join forces in a grand hurrah tomorrow evening, celebrating the opening of the baseball season in Indiana Harbor. The two Twin City league teams will play at the Harbor ball park Sunday afternoon and while enthusiasm is at a high pitch in both towns, It is believed that tomorrow evening's demonstration- will greatly foster this! spirit and bring out a still larger crowd to view the game than would otherwise be- the case. Through a misunderstanding it looked for a while as though East Chicago was not going to- Join in the festivities, but everything has been explained away and the beFt of feeling is re stored. A big bunch of autos have been promised from both cities to take part in a grand parade. The autos and other vehicles will be gaily decorated and there will be plenty of red fire burned all along, the line of march. Mayor Schlieker and Manager-in-Chlef Matt Sternberg will lead the parade, and W. J. McAleer, president of the Northern Indiana Baseball , association, will be present. Whe n asked to attend Mr. McAleer consented most heartily, saying he was for anything that would boost the sport in the Twin Cities. Tomorrow afternoon there will be a game between Indiana Harbor and Gary at Gary, which promises to be an Interesting everrt. The game to be played off then Is the one that should have been played Sunday, but which was prevented by rain.

LECTURE IS HEARD

One of the best addresses, on a live subject, which promises or threatens to become a big issue the recall of Judges was heard In Hammond last night when Judge Marcus A. Kavanaugh of the Cook county superior court gave a special lecture at the Lincoln-Jefferson College- of Law In Hammond last night. Judge V. S. Reiter of the Lake Super ior court. In response to the Chicago Jurist's address said that he regretted very much, that the lecture had not been heard by about a hundred and fifty members of the Lake county bar association. There was a representative attendance of lawyers however. who enjoyed the discourse to the ut most. Judge Ktriiaigk A Progressive. Judge Kavanaugh was assigned to peak on "Professional Ethics and tno Lawyer's Conduct in the Court Room.' but he was1 soon carried away with a broader view of the subject. He eulogized the legal profession, and ex (Continued on Page S.) ONE HUNDRED Afl ACRE IS PAID (Special to The Timks.) east of Crown Point. John Houk and wife transferred to rawara IS. Kaftner and wife, giving a warranty deed for 105 acres of land at a consideration of J10.600. Tno property is described as being west half of the southwest quar ter and that Part of tne northwest quarter lying southwest of the railway (the Pennsylvania), section 23, town ship 34 north, range 8 west, contain ing 105 acres. It is four miles southMAY RESULT III LONG LEGAL FIGHT A long legal fight In connection with the action of the Gary city council re duclng the saloon license fee from $500 to $200 is expected and according to one attorney interested the scrap may last six months. The battle Is expected to begin when the Gary saloonkeepers association mandates the city clerk to accept $200 as the license fee. This he refused to do. A private ruling given out by the attorney general holds that the coun ctl has no power to slice down liquor fees once they are established. So. I the clerk would accept but$200, it 1 claimed that his bondsmen would be held for the balance should the $500 fee be sustained by the courts. Some sensations are promised by the Anti-Saloon league when the county commissioners meet next Monday. In the meantime 70 Gary saloons whose license expired May 1 continue to re main closed. MAY LOSE DELEGATES Washington, D. C, May 3. Threats of reprisals on the Roosevelt camps o delegates In Illinois, Pennsylvania and Oregon were made today by the Taft leaders here as a .result of the mix-u In Massachusetts. Unless the eight delegates-at-large elected In the Massachusetts primary, I obviously Roosevelt men, and elected by a trick In the law, are turned over to President Taft in view of his carrying the state-wide vote, the Taft managers are ready to get out the hook and start after the delegates In the other three states where Taft men at heart have been selected as national delegates under Instructions to vote for Col Roosevelt. These states are Illinois, Pennsylvania and Oregon. BATTLE SHIP REPORTED SUNK Constantinople, May 3. A dispatch from Tunis says the Italian battle ship Re Umberto has been driven by a storm o-n a rock and sunk on the coast near Zuara. London, May 2. The dispatch from Constantinople, relating to the' battle ship Re Umberto has not been con firmed from any other source. The battle ship Re Umberto'has been convoying . landing expeditions undertaken by Italian troops sent to Tripoli. PREDICT 70c BUTTER. New York, May 3. Seventy-cent butter is predicted by H. I Preston, editor of the Produce News. Mr. Preston In an Interview today said: . "Butter Is selling wholesale at 36 cents, or 16 cents more than a year ago. Commission men prophesy the record retail price of from 65 to 70 cents next winter as a consequence. Next winter's supply is now going into storage at 16 cents more wholesale to dealers than they paid year ago.

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Deal Closed in Hammond Whereby South Broadway Land Co. Transfers 343 Lots to Kendallville, Ind-, Capitalists. A $50,000 deal in Gary real estate was closed yesterday in the offices of Judge John Gillette of Hammond. The South Broadway Land company trans fers thereby 343 lots in the Woodland addition to Kendallville, Ind. capital ists. The buyers have organized the Woodland Realty company, capital $50,000, and will place the property on the market. One of the chief officers of the new company is a refrigerator manufacturer and there Is a probablll ty that a refrigerator factory will be built on the property, which adjoins the Nickle Plate railway. The land In question is in the Ridge road district of Gary. It is bounded by orty-nrst ana rorty-third avenues and Georgia and Delaware streets Georgia and Forty-first are boulevards T. W. Englehart, president of the South Broadway Land company, and R. O. Johnson, president of the Indiana Sales company, negotiated the deal. Elmer McCrea, , president of the Kendallville Refrigerator company and a. millionaire, and A. M. Jacobs, presi dent of the Noble County bank, con trol the new company and they were here yesterday when the deal was clos ed up. The Woodland Realty company will place the 343 lots purchased by It on the market at once. Mr. Johnson will be the Gary sales manager. NEWSPAPERS IN TROUBLE Chicago, May 3. This city is still in the throes of a Sffier. newspaper. strike in which the Chicago Web Pressmen's Union alleges a lock-out. The trouble has arisen over contractual relations. All the newspapers are banded together. A few thousand of each morning paper were got out about seven of the pressmen having stuck with the news papers and were taken from one paper to another to get out the papers. Few papers were sold in Chicago. No evening papers will be issued today. GARY LOSES POPULAR EPISCOPAL RECTOR Officials of Christ Episcopal church of Gary yesterday afternoon gave out the news that the rector, Father L Cody Marsh, probably would not return to Gary. Some surprise was occasioned by this. ramer Marsn tert the city some weeks ago for Mattewan, Mich., to re cuperate from a nervous breakdown. Yesterday Mrs. Marsh came back to Gary to. gather up their effects and she brought with her the story that the rector will not be in shape to take up active work for at least a year. Physicians at the sanitarium say that some days he is fit for work, but that his health Is in such a state that he is unable todo any continuous duty. Father Marsh came to Gary as priest in charge of Christ church last year. He was formerly stationed at Wooster, O. He was an energetic young man and his work in the city commanded much admiration. No action has been taken as to his successor. Answers Challenge. Captain George Hanlon of the Ham-j mond police department answered the! challenge of the fire deDartment bovs with reference to a match baseball game between the two departments. "The challenge has come to us indi rectly," said Captain Hanlon, "but we are willing to take it up with this! stipulation, that each side put up ai forfelfsum say $25. to show that it In. earnest about the game. . Last summer we had the same kind of a chal-j , . , a I lenge from the fire lads, and we went t . , . . . io worn ana pucuceo in ine noi sun for days, and the result was a fizzle. We mean business and they will have to show us if they mean business." Pass Resolutions. The board of public works at Its session this morning passed confirmatory resolutions and asked for bids on the following Improvements: Wilcox street pavement, bids May 20. Waltham street pavement, section C, May 22. Cameron street pavement, bids May 22. Bids for the Lewis street pavement were opened today and taken under advisement until May 15. Plans and specifications for the Conkey avenue sidewalks were accepted. ARB YOU KEA1)I.G THE TIMES t

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ADDITION William Ahlborn, the well-known Hammond contractor, has purchased the Pochman addition which surrounds Douglas Park. He bought the property through the courts. There are eighty-three lots in the addition which have been purchased for a low figure. Mr. Ahlborn thinks that this property will be very saleable In a few years. The deal was closed a few days ago. Most of the lots are fifty feet in size so that the sale really involves considerable property. Mr. Ahlborn would not have taken the property had he not been able to get it for such a low figure that he felt he could carry it for a number of years, If necessary. The fact that It is located on two sides of Douglas Park is, however, a big point In its favor and will make It exceedingly desirable for residential purposes. CITY OFFICIAL IS ON THE WARPATH City Sealer Frank 0'R6urke this morning went on the warpath against ice cream dealers, who are supplying their customers with a dangerous brand of ice cream. In the case of the dealers he has given them so many notices that he will bring about prosecutions Immediately where he finds any evidence to warrant a prosecution. His attention was called this week to what appears to have been ptomaine poisoning, due to Ice cream. The mem bers of the family of Park Superintend ent Peter Fox were- all taken -violently ill last Sunday, so much so in- fact that medical attention was required, and the only cause to which-their -iHness could be attributed was to ice'. cream, which was bougbt at a dealer's place and taken to the home. "As nearly as I. can learn, .the sickness in the Fox family was due tor ice cream. I am going to make an investigation of the place where the ice cream was bought, and if I find that the dealers were at fault through their negligence they will be prosecuted. The Ice cream dealers in Hammond . have had sufficient, notice to keep their places clean, and to be careful of what thye sell, and at this time of the year there is no excuse for such a condition," said City Sealer O'Rourke. GARY SHOWS GROWTH OF 1.000 CHILDREN The school enumeration of the city of Gary Just completed shows that there are 5,079 children of school age within the city limits as compared with 4,013, the census of 1911. Down In the south end, where the density of population is greatest, there are 2,203 children of school age. To these figures must be added a colored population of 87. The Beverldge school district, which takes in Tolleston, has an enumeration of 714, the Glen Park district which takes in the Ridge road territory has 137, Clarke station. 66, and Ambridge 117. The enumeration was complied under the direction of A. Howard Bell, auditor of the board of education. Complete returns of district follow: District. Males. Females. Ttl. 1911. 440 866 1,874 70 598 73 92 Ttl 1912. 570 1.165 2.2U3 87 734 117 66 137 Emerson 320 250 612 S69 29 343 49 30 59 j Jefferson ..... 653 Froebel Froebel Col. Beverldge Ambridge Clarke Glen Park . ,234 58 391 68 36 78 Totals 2,838 2,241 4,013 5.079 The children reside In congressional i lovv T-36 NR 8 W 4.985 T-36 NR 9 W 37 T-37 NR 8 ' W 37 T-37 NR 9 W - 20 ' . BLOCK SIGNAL ACTION . , ... . , . . . , On advice of its block signal expert, , . . .. . , , . , the state railroad commission has issued a number of orders approving block signal systems on railroads of the state, relieving certain roads from the necessity of Installing such systems, and ordering the construction of systems in other cases. Signal systems were approved as follows: Wabash Automatic block for fortytwo miles between Ft. Wayne and the Illinois state line, and manual block between Chicago and Montpelier and New Haven and Woodey. Big Four Manual block on 80.5 miles on the Indianapolis division; 170.2 miles on the Chicago division, and 77.4 miles on the Peoria and Eastern division. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Automatic block from the Illinois state line to McCool. 1 ARE XOU READING THE TIMES t

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Two women, screaching, screaming and hysterical, an assault by one prisoner npon another with murderous intent, a general mixup in which two deputy sheriffs separated the men marked the departure from the Lake Superior court at Hammond of Lewis Kuzuinski and Johii Zilkowski, two notorious Chicago crooks for Jeffcrsonville where they will serve a sentence of from 5 to 21 years. BOTH BAD MEX. The men are charged with holding up and robbing the agent of the Lake The Hammond Wrecking company, In which deputy city treasurer, Wlllam Kolb, and C. F. Brueckner are the prnclpals, this week closed negotiations with the G. H. Hammond company for another one of the remaining buildings of the old plant. The building, which is known as the "hog house," is one of the largest in the city, being five stories In heighth and 40o by 280 feet in Its other dimensions. The Hammond Wrecking company intends to raze as soon as possible and to use the salvage material in it for building purposes. In addition to this building the company also bought three frame residence buildings near the old plant on Bellview place, and the outbuildings and fences belonging thereto. Two of these buildings will in all probaiblity be moved, while one will be razed. After the "hog house" is razed, only three of the main buildings of the Old plant remain,. the lard refinery building occupied" by the Indiana Harbor i Belt Storage company, the sausage factory occupied by the Hammond Hay Storage & Forwarding company and the old store-house occupied by the Chapln Co. The Hammond Wrecking company also has a number of other contracts pending and will in all probability buy a storage yard for Its material, as it expects to branch out considerably In the building line this yaer. The Hammond Wrecking company also had the contract for the old St. Joseph's church parsonage. It was this same company which wrecked the other buildings of the G. H. Hammond Co. which were torn down" last year. NEW DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE OUT Bridgeport, Conn:, May 3. Governor Simeon E. Baldwin's fitness for the presidency of the United States was declared today by the Connecticut democratic state convention, assembled to choose four delegat-at-large to the national convention, which will meet next month In Baltimore. The delegates were by resolution Instructed to present the name of Governor Baldwin to the latter convention, ,"and to use all honorable means to secure his nomination." HOW DRY I AM. Marion, Ind., May . 3.-The thirsty vainly tried today to enter the doors of the twenty-one saloons of this city. All the saloons were closed by secret voluntary agreement following a deci sion of the Indiana supreme court by which the "drys" off Kokomo shut twenty-one saloons there. The ruling was that an option election board could not legally recount the yote and had power only to tabulate returns. Meets Tonight. The East Side Improvement association holds a regular meeting this evening. Oil sprinkling, paving of various streets, the Calumet opening and widening project, and stopping of passenger trains on Calumet avenue are to come up for discussion. Double Death Message. Mrs. Paul B. Llplnskl today received a double death message, the first announcing the death of her cousin, A. Litner of South Chicago last night, and the second of her aunt, Mrs. Hojnackl, of Lamont. III., daughter of a promlj nent Chicago druggist, this morning. The latter died at St. Kiizabetn's hospital in Chicago. The funeral of Mr. Litner has been arranged for next Sunday an'd that of Mrs. Hojnackl for next Monday. 700 Attend Show. ' Approximately seven hundred people attended the G. A. R. and W. R. C. benefit performance for a Memorial day fund at the Hammond theater last night. A neat little sum will he realized and those who attended were highly pleased with the high class enter tainment that had been arranged for them by Manager C. G. KicgwllL.

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Shore depot at Indiana Harbor and were positively identified as the men who held up and robbed the agent cl the Nickel Plate depot In Hammond two weeks previous. The cause of the fight between Kuzuinski and Zilkowski Is said to be the refusal of the latter to take all of the blame for the noldup so that the other could be released. J100 was to have ben the consideration. SENTENCED TODAY. The men were taken before Judge Lawrence Becker, who sentenced them both. When the deputy sheriffs took the defendants to the cells on the basement floor of the court house the (Continued on Page 6.) SIPS TO SEEK AN T An injunction against the police pre venting interfering with the prize fights to be staged in East Chicago next Thursday night at the coliseum rink will be secured If possible in Hammond or East Chicago during the next few days by Manager Joe Simpson. . Simpson this morning said: "We are going right ahead with these .fights, the same as If we never had any trouble. I have matched up some good men and instead of holding the boxing matches Tuesday we have postponed the date until Thursday. Therq Is no reason at all why we cannot stage boxing matches in East Chicago, the same as they are In Indianapolis and other Indiana cities "under the eyes of Gov, Marshall.. I have always run the past boxirg matches under the law and am going to get an injunction so as to keep the East Chicago police from interfering." Chief McCormick of East Chicago, yesterday denied that the police had given their consent to hold boxirg matches and if they were staged next Thursday night the bouts would be stopped and the principles arrested. HAS THREE SETS OF DELEGATES Louisiana's "Lily Whites" Complicate Situation. Alexandria, La.. May 3. Three sets of republican delegates at large will go to the Chicago convention from Louisiana. This complex situation was brought about today when the "Lily White" wing. In convention here, spilt as far as national delegates are concerned, six being Instructed for President Taft and another set for Colonel Roosevelt." The "black and tan" fac- ( tlon alreadr has held a convention and' selected . six . delegates at large Instructed for President Taft. The one" point of difference today was on the question of whether proxies should be voted in the selection of a temporary chairman. Each side chose a vice chairman, but both indorsed Frank B. Williams, a Taft man, as the "real" chairman of the republican executive committee. HOMER DAVENPORT DEAD IN NEW YORK New York, May 3. Homer Davenport, one of the most famous political cartoonists in the country, whose work has influenced more than one national campaign, died here today of pneumonia. He was 111 only a short time. and up to within a few hours of his death his physician hoped for his recovery. A GH ASTLYjSPE CTACLE Marlon, Ind., May 3. Women and . children fied in terror and strong men looked on with amazement at the sight of a hearse, driven at high speed along the city streets last night by two unidentified men, evidently under the influence of liquor, while a woman, garbed in white, sat between them. The rear doors of the hearse m-er standing open, and several yards of white cloth dangled in the breeze. Police officers who were notified have failed to learn the fdentlty of the persons In charge of the outfit. - 100,000 AREJIOMELESS. New Orleans, La., May 3. Giving up their unequal fight against the great floods pouring southward in the Mississippi river, the colony of men who for twenty-four hours have been fighting to close the crevice in the Torras levee, were today rescued by a steamboat and the flood is spreading over thousands of acres of the richest sugar cane land. In ths south. .

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