Lebanon Daily Reporter, Volume 25, Number 131, Lebanon, Boone County, 28 February 1917 — Page 1

'ourtly. ' " VOLUME 25.

111 HIS UPON COfiGRESS

Tfl TILT lOTIOil"" nali": the "i""-1'""1 m h"th I U I Alt Ab llOn "-"S"t,v,i 'f.n'c,''vri,"h'iti

- I ill Take No Further Ac - lion Until Congress Fx presses It wolf. RELAXATION OF TIIF GRIM TKNSIOX ral Impression is Th;it l a .unia Smloni ill Not 1 1Tahen As "Ai t of War." RY JOHN FPWIN NTVI.V. Ha III:- f-..,.i - Mhiiv ton i I t W i 1 I t I re.-. He l.liti. to bring the general in nsi. cau-ed K Germ icemont of unrestricted .7e, (,V 1 .nuius with loss of two Am 'a.t until eonei 3 .at C lie II t ( V , l.a asked. re has been no rei.-.x.n.. fi ren1n precipitated hy the -ti I r a i i looked fer. hut there was a growing belief in oilica! f i I ti runarder ..ul.l not I -- 1 V tl ilmn Mi n of .nr. The onus of the actual l.reak lai-ei on t.eniiaMV. w-is tin1 rly paswd out from ofl.nal (it presinent will nrili Ami i s no ninttei' wh:r. roinri,---and then he w :l wan to" ( n n ul II A ltimt t ti ilirnse. io mMrew of the iiuiiei .,1 (e-r icellor vffterdav w:m iie-ert' I'.iv.m.if. of its tone it w;n he 4 that when tlie Amerte.in i.n mes sailing! iipxI h-i-i-s its .-luihe m a (treat d-mpei- as a. . of the entente, lint n .- sai - ts hut i 1 .r It t tl e -rupted sailinirs shall be resumed t is rertmr tr.flt liiaMn i. n a-. Ue are to be- nrninl tney nn. h idered u)ijift to attain by er submarines. e nro ii-ivint' Pte-i avu . .e p. icnt bv raorr.eni. ' exp:;;,ef.! a e-jl-, en r t a li ' nation is unw:-e. . ni'i.-i .... a. Ihir.k lt but rannor o-ji.-n- o v that mirht be i-hanK-l i.y omreen ie e.fij.rier.t at a ser..rl e. We are hopm for the be-t bin nre-arine f r tie- wor.-t. Panfi-t Leaden Ariie. anwhiV .a the countr; insri liryan .e here to .-aders from ai. h l ul. Willianh ad the chief executive iiew-ed ships or to take any xte. to . .e fde tension exi-tirg hetwe .'n.teil S'.ate.i and tiern.any wir t first is ilebated on the floor

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and ail I d ! ndum of ihe p.-. .nic th- domesi ir in;? increased u is imminent. A t.ermany 3 m . Khe haf enoo h Aus i lueiik d unre-' arme warfare cave be-n (..m I Ain-ii'l ' r.i been m tour ii tii a,i wf h. tant and with ad American e..nofl c a n 1 t t T their instruct! ins to turn the.i k over o repreicrit.n.vp.- oi .-iii.n. eeeitit of iiKreed upon orders ;.iwrocee.1 to Vitmna to join ne Am m amoassador o-i -e-.t w... Ait Orders. .Vhen the.-e1 orders shall l e i -ue., .. tc the ..resident and Seeretar. dug. Ti.eir deci-ion waits upon 'ria'ii reply to "a.d lfieniie .d in the i:aridi of tr Au trogarian foreign ofieo by Amruw , fenheld several day Ro. l:r- ..). ,., hnve ipd.i'ated t':at th li he :t id aceptid here u.;t be an endorsement of h.--mn metnoxn. v nen ui, ... hej liere all that ran tie done i the adminirtration to wall Mr. 1 '. "'"' omcia's my. "" "' e for the departure from the i nj Et.ites of Ambassador Designate nok! and hn entire wit. Ccutrt inowaki haa been waiting here ever; s the day rolation with trmanyj eld, hifh officia's sav. and to ar

- were broken off to present his cre.l.nt- ; irtU lo the p resident. It is admitted at the omhjtty thut he has give.;. u(i fcof tKat he will huvo the upsiortun- ! Ity t') do fso. Hilt, in arorriancr with the u.-sf-ii of d!tloinry, th'.'re ia noth ! itiif he can di hut tanri and wait, i inculi ntnlly julminisiration itnkr

ivn nalzii;if the ojioMtion in ht.i i house ennwvtteea on foreign uf-i:.ir.-i u.e opposition is before led ! - v Y.eon.tn. In the senate it i, i.. - "it tt? ami in the house it ,, Mr. ('....per. The Litter cui.ic.-i from a li-tri.t uhcre seniinpiit and symi.nihy f": Germany prci..mir,aies. He is a puu--rn'ul factor nl-o, being 'he ran It inn n.inor.ty no mtier of tlie hou. e fon-ign affairs Committee ami ho been a roniste.it opponent f Ihe a.ln.ini.lra'iu.. iKn pob. I -aderof d.p(:i I I I llhlTIMI INI I. AM I II flatrrd of l.ermanv roued Am .-.inking of Ihe I. aroma. 1 (1 I I l r e "i -1 -A- I.- hatred of li.vmany that '"!- weil the inkmr of the l.u-afinia inieii .mew throuithout Ki'Rland lo id Ih the of he ship, ti, That the los, of i was due i the . 1, tint had 1 ' n weie -tatter.r.g it then b-l.-ngieg. time io cttl-er then clo sf in k the ve-..-i paol to tne tic-1 . f Mr.. I i.mk K. Ha Of):l ' I kl H let mini, acfonling to the ship' it i reeled tlie opei.ni.p.. ol r women and uid-M in gem , h.l.h'-n ion liv.i afeK .n the - or'der.-il b I '-.- i:-v. I'. Pu id. d at Lantry. -s. M.irv K. lb- !; the beat wild her dauci'K . the ir lives. I'oth .lmg to the i IteuHv was ex 1 it w er. "While we wen i. being s-nt dev. id. "the .;,. : banged againW. v.mhl be cru-hed, an tions to the men wh .1... t tnat thev were left led abov Wc id tht did it Itod es Thrown Overboard. "I cut the oars loose with my penknife. There were four women in om boat, in -lulling Mrs. Hov and - her iaoihter, both of whom died of ex- . o ure. 1 heir bodlf had to be thrown ovei hoard, to lighten the load. It was homb'e but the re,t had to be saved. "Altogether e;cn persons die.l ir r c t Tell I t ) lie 1 el heea-jse we rode very low and v.aves eont'Pually broke over op." Boat No. lf earned the heaviest ....pi. .vith ixty pa e.engern. It had many women in it. It got safeiy avav ; r d a- la-ine to watch the l.aroma in her den'.! throes when the sub 'marine bohhed up alongside. "We could only we th boat dimly" : I'd one of the women. "It drenched us ,t rose. Two or thiee men were s'an i.r.g on its decks. One of them. I ;.j!.p-i e it iu the laptiiin, 'p-ii" : -n very good f.ni;;i.-h. "VXhul is the name of y nir sj,,p, her tonnage ami w ,.-. called, ,'ioineone au(m( BrittaIljl( Th, rt,w.lri, m frgr hf hn;it wf ha() j. . COXTtNUi'D ON PA'JB 8TX.

LEBANON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1317,

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llllfl REPORT ON BILL Voles to Report Measure On j Arming American . Shins. RESTRICTS ACTION j OF TIIF PRESIDENT i Denies Him Rnjht lo Kmplny ! ' Other Inslrlimentalilu") and Aeenttes. .ii l ie. I WASHINGTON. Krbruary I'S. The nenate nuhlarT allair comnntl.e added nearly S.'IS.OOAOAO to ihe armv appropriation hill lol.i v. bringing the total up lo $-'7i.(Min.lMM. The mraiture. i arryinir uniieral n.ilttarv iraimnK & a rider, oill be reported to the venule late tndav or tomorrow. ., lh, t,,t.r,,r..,l v..r. Drrrl.e.l SIIV(;to. It hi nary 2. Ihe rmht in Ihe senate over Ihe emeritenev revenue inii. ie--i!iied lo raise a pprnvim.it civ i:.n.nno.(Hh1 to meet Ihe treasury deficit and pav preparedness e-jHn-es. neared an end todai. Keidiminir at K ochnk tonight Ihe senate will nte on amrndments and rvpct-M lo re oh a vote on Ihe hill proper before midnight. The Itepuhllrans. though still conMiiced there should be an extra session ns long p the f.erman rru" roniinm-s. have entirely utiu.ilfin.-d their fdibieler against Ihe hill and are merelv recording Ihe silion. Those vr epnrt of tl in-t t'.r v report.; ( onccsfunn to Opposilion. , w-l tu amendment -mament to or limiting to tievoted to lit J lOO.IHXi.OOO r.l.lons of the 1 ol New Yolk, j ii..i. Line, in n ve Kennett to1 n t d States in letting the i .can gnus anil I". A. K. l-'rani president of the . let'er to Itepie.e day ileelared that naght to lose no world know that American gun i ntet after protect Amen high I "What the Lnitc.l States ought to On" wrote Mr. I rankun. "in to announce to whom it may concern that there is onlv one trans-At!unt:c pas1 senger carrying rervice under the i American flag and, that such is under icontrnit to the L'ruted State govern- ; ment to :iail retrulaily every Saturday. , and further that the Lnitcd States is ' d.'f imined to have n tranr Atlsnth ! ind others to erosi. the Atluntic upoi. : passenger carrying sc-v-e a-4d'ilile ! for its ritnens, jintmifMit nmVials

and others to cross the Atlmtie upon common passage wnn oiy uio ui. ai : tp ,,arK imanl to maae way nir and that a" it i praetirabie to prop- diversions ts entertain the paaxenir-1 boulevard extension, for an executive erly envoy such steamers they are tr. ers. t mansion. he manned, gunned nnd nfaeered hy The Finland brought many pasa -j The movement to Incotporate thp the l.'ni'ed States navy aJ i?-.;ly enge.-a. Among them wn lr. Henry sand dunen n northern Indir.na In that interfere with them in any man- Vnlyke, resigned American minister I national or state parks was given a i ner will do an at tneir peril. to the Nerherianris; Sentat-i t boost with the passage of the two j "Such oppexition would have the Frederick Hale of Maine, who ha j Southard bill, permitting the "forma- ! country behind It an! oo!l enable : been atudyinf war emulitiona abroad, j tion of aociations to buy the land ; elf respecting. ,..oi, to heW ! and ldy Richard Weileiey, whose and tranrfer them to the federal govtheir heads Bp." )hurband h been killtd in tha war. I eminent r til tate.

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(. ltrnuiM'.ni Xr Kerrlcc.i LAKE CHARLKS, In, February 28. MorriB Jagow, claims to be a nephew of former F'orrign Minister von Jagow oT Germany, applied for naturalisation papers here Tuesday. Jagow. say he nerved several years In Ihe Orally navy, but inteds to become an American citizen and make his home here fa rm.iuenlly. lie iH employed t a lumber tump. (( Cf i r, i liOUIil'AI'X. Kei.ritary 2i. The American freishier Orleann the second American vensel lo reach here since (iermanyV barred one derne hifjnie rUTeciiie, barely escaped a :-bot within sii;ht of her d .linaliin, it as learned today. The pilot who brought the ship up the riwr declared that less that an hour aTler the pan-age of the steamer a German I'-hoat appeared at Ihe mouth of Ihe rivef. The Orlleans ducek nl the nam pier from which 110 yearn ago Lafayette sailed lo aid America in her fight for independence. A widely cheering throng of M.0J persons headed hy ihe mayor and other affirinl greeted Captain Tucker. STILL HAS IIOPKS. ! Mil l.ibboiis Wants lo Meet arcy I I and Turns llown London IIITer. j ! (fix Ihr 7Oirt(ifii i v, I Sen ; NKW YOKK, February 28. Mike 1 uibhons in entertaining an offer lo g. to I - ndon for a bout with tlem-ge Tarpentier, anil he has been given the opr portunitv to take fifteen weeks in i vaudeville, hut so far he has turnd ! down all offers, for he still hopes to : get Lester parry, into the ling, t'.ih-; hons said today he will camp on Parry's : .tinil until the Mnitland boy con 1 lo meet him. Ihircy still nelint he will not till the oruruj-'ement to r et j '-hhons a Milwaukee Apiil 111. ' t ;!.!. declared if it wan not foi i Parcy he would accept the London of. : fer. for he doesi net brieve Cal- ; i ntier would he too heavy fur him. SIGNS SU'-KHAGE KILL. tinvern.ir (iflers Si;nalure tu Measure Kiting Women (Eight In Vole. I flu tl.r l,:h snle.n.il .. f'-.i.fl IS P! AN' t'OI IS, February 21 lioveriior James I', (ioediuh tliis morning .-igned the limited woman i-difraye bill, giving women of Indiana the rivht to vote for presidential electors, delegates to the constitutional otticer.-. munii ipul and county olficetn ..lot all .itate oJbcers not created by toe constitution. There w.i.- no cereiooin t-nnneeted with the sitrninir. The

nu n lobbyists, instead of making a providing that they Fhall not open lieceremony out of the signing, derided (urP iv:n o'clock Sundav afternoon.

to celebrate later. tlie gove.nor s aefon The inland Safely p...... Through the Karred Zone and- Reaches Port. NKW YORK. February -'S.- Shortly after midnight on the night of February IK, with light- dimmed and ever;, passeiifcr wakeful and watching ihe American line, I'mi'intl stole silently down the Mer.-ey river and ' , ' I '""V1! -truck olf in the daikn submarine infested waters of li:e I led lone. ,viie was the last of th passenger cairying fl'-et (lyirg th American flag in Furope porln and she arrived heie looa.. io join n nean liners that hi t up at ti.eir pert le'eaiise of the submai me menace. Not an untoward incuk-nt marked the tnp. The passengers weie anxious and apprehensive upon leaving I iverpool. For forty-eight hour.--while the liner plowed through the danger v.one there i httle sleeping ilien, '.lie daogei pant. 'b'Pg liveneil up a bit and it turned out to he a

COUtlTRY VOmtl ASKS flDQ:Jfj ORATORICAL

FOR SOLDIER BOYS' FEST

To The Lebanon Daily Reporter r A fea ;t foi- tlie Boldier boys, what more could we, the people of Hnone county, do to show them our appreciation and good will toward theip, the boyii thut co bravely left their hoin-;', in order to piutect the Ma Hint WP all b.ve and adore. And now that they jaie In, me neuin, and knu.v that every trno patriotic ritiien hai.py that they ; aine hack so let ail I 'country and city neople alike join in i making a big f-at fot uur loys, uno j not to be forgotten soon. There isn't I one of us that wants to he like a j woman dnv, n in the routli part of the county. When call.if ii.on to indict the petiole in her party of the county, her 1 ii mark ia.i th:it she and her husband ' l.u-1 soincihjiig eke lo do, be.-ides lunj mis nivuud g. tliri l.p u big limner I for a bunch i f boys. Now I don't .want to he e'a.-ed with that kind of ia woman, do you t'lrinees aie she iwas hu-y tninkiiig up .some nice epitaph to e,o im h.-r tombstone, a.. no ( no e!-o would thick of it. , The H. C. L. is hitting us pretty ; hard nt this time too, hut what do we BILL ADVANCED Sent to Engrossment in the House With Two Amendments. (JJQ TAKEN ON ' OTHER MEASURES .Many Kills Are Advanced and Several Are Panned Ky Roth Houses. I ttti thr fHtfnilll'.tiul Xrirt fterrlct.t INDIANAlTil lS. Intl., February -JH The Mefir.-ty Sunday movie hill surcive.l a battle in the house today and was advanced to encrosr'ment with two amendments. One of the amendments, offered by Gentry, provides for a .-tate moving picture comniis- : sion of three members, to be paid annual salaries of $1.00ii each, the es-pen.-e to be borne by moving pictuie show owners, uad another hy Krieg , n aU(mt , k, th, , ,)y str,kling out the mailing !aue was frusi tial'-.l. Other amendment.! designed to cripple the bill also were tabled. The senate passed the Chambers bill amending the present state-wide orimnrv law. removing the second choice and providing for the eliminition of the direct vote for president and vice-nreriilent. and giving state I political committees supreme power in nartv matters. Thirty-four senators .voted fur the bill and eight Pemocratic senators voted against it. in follows: Rird. Hi icken, Iiorrell, Hum nhrevs. Jaek.on. Maston, Herman and Dil worth' bill placing national euaidsmen under military instead civil law while in service passed the bouse and the bill reducing the num lier of justices of the peace in town ships containing second class cities ti one, pusr-ed fl to K Determined Opposition. Petermined oppnsit committee again 4 t in the hens pruvi.ling for a 2'i rent passenger fare on railloails in the mate fore cast the doom of that bill today, alth()1 . th( ,,.,! f;lt will be carried to Ihe floor. The house approved favorable com mittee reports on the Kmler senate bill to allow saloon licenses to be ex tended until Apnl 2, ltil and the Iiavis bill allowing the attorney-gen eral to ask ronit action to seiie fisnl stuffs held for siieciitation and allowing the governor to sell the food. The bouse refused to accept ; ofTp,. f )hP f;,y f nd;anapnlin to ive , ;',r,00() lesidence bought by

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care when It cornea to the happine.s of the goldier hoys, even if it doesn't lust hut a day. Kven with the high cost of livinu there will he just lut many new .spring- lids, and high top bouts, regardless, of six dollar spuds. .So let all prepare one cr more things that we know a boy liken. 'Die N, S. C. club of Jefferson township composed of sixteen ladies is preparing a basket of good things, and I know thut will help some. 1 don't know just ' how th invitation .stands hut I think ! it includes the goo, I soldiers, and all the noy nnu men in tne county that have ever been true soldiers for I'nele Sam. And nay wouldn't it he nice to have mother of the boys too? I am thinking about one little mother in particular now, one who has tivo sons among the KiijiiL.mrn. 1 for one would ju.-t love to see her seated between those splendid boys of hers, enjoying the fen.-t. No need to worry over the eats, but where will we put all the good things till dinner js ready? What do you say, people of From a country woman thnt knows none almut cooking than wiiting. Al STIN I. UAY l ALIS I TON I'. S. TO AVENGE RELATIVES' DEATHS mu ihr ;.,o-nne.i..ii .vc. . Scrl-I. WASHINGTON, Fehiunry L'8. A cablegram from Au. tin Y. Hoy, railing ujion the I'nited Stales to avenge the deaths of his mother, Mrs. Mary I". Hoy and his si.ter Miss Klizabcth Hoy, on the submarined l.aconia, reached Washington today from lond.m. lie addressed it to President Wilson and said that tinie.s the Vnited States acted he would light against tiermany under another flag. The text of the message was a-- follows: "1 am an American citizen, reprcenting the Sullivan Machinery Company, of Chicago, living abroad not as an expatiiate but for the promotion of American trad". I love Ihe flag, believing its significance. .My beloved mother and sister, passengers on the str'ttiiishlp Lutonin have been foully liiunlered on the high seas. As an American citizen outraged and as such fully within my rights a.-, an American .on and blether bereaved, I call upon my gov ment lo preserve its cilizen 1 ,-elfrespect and save others of countrymen from such dei p gr feel. I mi of military age, able to tignt. If my country can use me against the.-e bn.tal assassins I am at its cad. If it stii'tilies my manhood and my nation's by remaining passive under outrage 1 shall seek a man's chance under another fla:;." IDENTITY OF RAIDER. ..r vhii. Th.i f ininri-.l Jan Ycssel, Remains Unsolved. (Mil the Inlnmtll-nnl Scim 8rrrlct. NCW YORK, Faoriiary 28 The jaiiane.se i.leainir lluil.mn Hani which was captured on January h the mysterious German sea raider in South American waters, nrrived heie today from Pernamburo with first hand account of those stirring time The identity of the raider will not tented up until after the war. if then, according to Captain T. I ases lluna. The commander characterized the reports that the mid. Vineta as wild. iUo "Not one of the 217 prisoners were able to learn her identity," he declared. : 'They were kept apart in small !

groups and not allowed to commum- Jokes Funicc W'ysong, Illanche , ate with each other. This much I , S,p, i,ian anil Clark Brown, know: The steamer was a large car- ; Departmental Mary Miller, go vessel of five thousand tuns and '. Kxchange Anita Duff, she was equipped with two gnus and' Art Roy Fields amrW'ayne Seivies. two tor, .edo tubes. She had two . ciiisa News Ruth Hillock '17, Jesniasts, one funnel and could, n uke 18 i sie Heck. '18; Cuba Caldwell, 'ID; and knots." , Georgia Rowan, '20.

The Hudson Maru was held by raider for a week after her capture, during which time Captain Fakes Huna snw four vessels sunk. There were six other captains of merchant vessels prisoners aboaid the raider. i'OET SCOIT" DEAD. 'Capt. Ja'k" Crawford Succumbs Attack of Pneumonia. 11 Ike nlersotfis' 'Ven.4 Kerrlee.) NF W YORK. February 2. John Wallace Crawfonl, "Capt. Jack, the poet acont- deed at hi, home here today. He wM chief of cout under nanenil Cust.r, xh"K B',,Ta!o Pill and wan well known for roem. m prohibition and prep.rednej w aevrnly year old and died from pneumonia.

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ANDTRACKMEET Arrangements For Central Indiana Association Events. COUNTY CONTEST IS ALSO ARRANGED FOR Date For the Triangular Track Meet is Set Other Hitth School News. Professor Smelser attended a meeting ut Frankfort ye.-4or.dny afternoon, of tlie representatives of the schools which are to take part in the Central Indiana oratorical contest and track meet. Ki'iuesentatives from all of tho school, but Logansport were present. The track meet and oratorical are to be held on May 1-Vn. :,t Lafayette. The track meet will be started at 1M o'clock in the morning ami the oratorical is to he held in the afternoon. The Purdue track will lie used, and Thurber. of Purdue, w. ' referee. The judges are to lie from Purdue. The discus throw is ruled out of the meets this year, and this will lie a losa of no little ronsenuence to Lebanon, as Little and Cash of the local track team are both stars in this event. I ast year the Lebanon track team made a poor showing at the Central Indiana meet because the event was postponed until after the close of .-.chcKil and only two members of the team took part. In the oratorical contest this year the Lebanon repreveni tatives will speak first, Uifayette sc- ' ond, Frankfort third. Crawfordsville fouith. Nobli-.sville fifth, anil Logansport sixth. Professor Kmc! er while at Frankfort also mudp preliminary arrangements for the Triam'ulnr track rnn;test between baeoa, Frankfort, and. . ("rawfnrdsville. This is to be held at Frankfort May 5. COUNTY ORATORICAL. Arrangements Made for Contest to he Held in "Near Future. A meeting of the representatives of the schools of limine county which send representatives to the county oratorical was held Saturday at the office of V.. M. Servie.s, County Superintendent, und arrangements were mnile for the contest. The schools drew lots for the order of speakers. In the boys' contest the order is: Lebanon. Advance, Zionsville. Jamestown, Whitestown and Thornton u. i h.: order in the girls' contest is: '.innsville, Thorntown, Lebanon, Jamestown, . Whitestown and Advance. The I-chanon high school orchestra will play at the oratoric.il and the Whitestow-n high chool glee club will sing. The con test ia to be hob! at the high school , building here instead of at the opera i house as formerly. JUNIOR PENNANT. Complete List of Members of Staff for the Publication. The complete start for the Junior Pennant has been chosen and i as f,,()W Kditor-in-rhief Laurayne Tolle. Associate Kditor Leone Edwards, l.itet-irv Lillian Witt. Starling Cross, and Lunle Slay-bark. News Madge Howard, Harry Mattiiew, and Ivan Potts. Athletic Edmund Ryan. Oratory and Debate Karl Fagan. the. Alumni Herbert Ransdell. Cnief Rusinesa Manager Russell Chambers. Assistant business manager Far! Gillette. This is an unusually strong stair as there is much good material in the Junior claes, and the class isue should he the best ever. tnj i AUDRKSS GIYKN. 'Revision nf Ihe Slate Constitution" Talk Before the Student. An addres on the subject of the Revision of the State Constitution nW of , Bftprnoon eighth per.o.1. tiamacJ Jkn i I lng srnktt ,nd marte ry jnte.e.ting addreas. i ; - j CONTINUED 0M PACE FIVE.

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