Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 350, 24 January 1907 — Page 1

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HOSPITAL MEASURE MET HARD KNOCKS Was Finally Passed After Senator Kirkman Had Talked Himself Hoarse.

IS NOW UP TO THE HOUSE AN EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO GET THE BILL PASSED WITHOUT A LOT OF SUPERFLUOUS AMENDMENTS. . (By Demas S. Coe.)Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 23. The field Memorial hospital bill was pushed through the senate today after an unexpected and vigorous fight, in which Senator Kirkman, who introduced the measure, had the active floor support of Senator Ert Slack, one of the democratic leaders. The bill, which at its introduction, was proclaimed as a measure which had been prepared for the especial benefit of Richmond's magnificent hospit al, in order that the city council of Richmond might legally appropriate money for its maintenance, was re garded as an "Innocent measure" until yesterday, when Senator Klmbrough, of M uncle, one of the best and most vigorous speakers on the majority Bide, believed that he had discovered a dangerous loop-hole. He declared that if the Wayne county senator's bill flhould be enacted into law, it would open up the doors for every city and town in Indiana that had a private hospital, to call on the treasuries for funds. In vain Senator Kirkman and others tried to point out that the bill as framed made this impossible; that Its conditions were such that it could apply only to Richmond and to Richmond's hospital. The effect of the opposition started by Senator Klmbrough, however, had done its wrok, and Senators Ranke, Moss Kistler and others made protests against such a measure. After Senator Kirkman had talked himself hoarse, Senator Slack, who had been reading the bill, jumped on the Kirkman band wagon and proceeded to show that if Richmond wanted to pay out its funds in behalf of a hospital. It should be given the right to do -so. Senator Pearson, of Bedford, then took, a whack at the ceremonies and started trouble by offering an amendment which provided that any town or city in the state that had a hospital, public or private, that bad been the gift of any person or orf ;nnn hm h Wallv ner-1

mitted to ask for funds from the pub-j seem that the requisite amount lie treasury- Senator Pearson was j would have been quickly forthcoming, sincere. He thought that if such a ! Nor should the zeal of early canvassthing was to be desired for Richmond, . ers have necessarily tightened the then it ought to be equally good forjpurse stringg cf the plethoric. I

the little town or Bemora. wnicn nas n $3,000 hospital, which is running down because of a shortage of funds. Senator Slack and Senator Kirkman talked against the amendment, but it went through. Then several senators realized that the door really had been opened and that there would be trouble started in many cities and towns. Senator Durre of Evansville, who had stood for the amendment arose, and moved to reconsider the vote by wh'ch the amendment was made. Thre was more argument. The motion to reconsider prevailed by 34 to 11. The bill was then put upon its passage nd went through 32 to 10, a number of senators not voting. An effort is being made to have the house receive nnd pass the bill without mutilating It with amendments. There is reseon to expect that it will pass, though after today's demonstration in th senate, it is difficult to predict what may happen. The senate worked all day today as It did yesterday, and the house repeated its stunt of adjourning at r-oon. This afternoon the senate had its usual display of oratorical pyrotechnics. It came up as a result of the consideration of the bill offered by Senator Klttinger which provides that a circuit tor criminal judge shall be emlowered to parole persons convicted of felonies. The bill, it was stated, was drawn up by John I. Rupe of Richmond, when serving on the Indiana prison commission. Senator Kittinger called up the bill on third reading this forenoon, but it was not until afternoon that the fireworks were cut loose, the measure having been permitted to "hang over" during the noon adjournment. Nearly half of the senators took a turn at the bill and Senator Wood amended it so that police court judges should have the legal right to suspend sentences in cases where persons were convicted of misdemeanors. It was admitted that police court judges already were suspending sentences despite the lack of a law to justify it and the amendment was described as a sort of a conscience easier to those court officials who have been violating the law for years. The Kittinger bill passed after two hours' debate. If it passes the house, tho law will give Judge Fox and all other circuit and criminal court judges in the state the right to suspend ths sentence of any man or woman convicted by a jury, if in his opinion such person should not be sent to prison even though guilty. The idea that centers in the measure la that the real object of the penal) code is reformation, and that it is wor-; . j (Continued on Page Three.) 1

HOME PHONE ELECTION

OLD OFFICERS CONTINUED It was Found Necessary to Increase The Expenditure on Automatic System to $150,000 Equipment to be of the Best. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Richmond Home Telephone company was held yesterday afternoon for the election of officers and directors. Those serving the last year were continued as follows: A. C. Lindemuth president. . Samuel Dickinson vice president. James V. Moore secretary. John M. Lontz treasurer. Edwin II. Cates, L. M. Flesh, W. POrr, A. C. Lindemuth, Samuel Dickinson, James W. Moore and John M. Lontz, directors. William M. Bailey superintendent and chief electrician. Leroy E. Drown cashier and assistant superintendent. f Bertha L. Thornburg bookkeeper and stenographer. The directors found it necessary to increase the expenditure on the atuomatic system to $150,000. It was first contemplated that the new plant would cost $123,000. Further exten sions decided on after the work was commenced made this necessary. IS SORPRISED AT GENERAL APATRK Liberty Newspaper Man Expresses Himself on Local Y. M. C. A. Movement. CRIES SHAME AT THE CITY HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY MANY WEALTHY RESIDENTS SHOULD HOLD BACK WHEN THEY HAVE DONE SO LITTLE. Orion L. Stivers, formerly one of the proprietors of The Liberty-?-Herald, whose father is one of the veteran newspaper men of Indiana, has been in Richmond a few days on business, and during a call at The Palladium office, touched on local affairs here. ' "I am surprised at the way the Y. M. C. A. building project has been received here. In a city of such prementions and wealth as this, it would hear some critiCism on this score, but it should cut no figure. The city needs something to enliven it, and as an investment and moral safeguard for the future, the substantial men of the community cannot doubt. Richmond has not had to bear the exactIons of a philantroplst like Andrew Carnegie. You possess a library of great worth and utility, tho second largest in the state, and a former citizen, Mr. Reid, has given quite liberally. Would it not be well , for the many men of ample means here to do; something handsome now for the city build up an institution that means better citizens and the enlivening influence that tends to more wholesome living. No other Investment would pay such dividends In clean morals and supplement the grand work your ministers and churches are doing. Some facts will stand much emphasis and repetition, and I cannot do better than repeat some of the many things which have been said in favor of this Y. M. C. A. building. Knowing many of your people as I do, I will think something is radically wrong with their progressive spirit If the matter Is allowed to drop." END OF THE FIRST WEEK Dr. Bond Feels That he has the Scarlet Fever Situation Well in Hand at Present. Today win mark the end of the first week since the three rooms were closed at the Starr school on account of the scarlet fever. As yet no cases have made their appearance as the result of indirect exposures at the school and city Health. Officer Charles S. Bond feels that the disease is now well on the road to extermination. He said yesterday that the houses were being guarded closely and everything pointed to an early ending. No new cases were reported at the health office yesterday while those cases in confinement are well on the road to recovery. The rooms at both the Whitewater and Starr schools which were closed on account of the scarlet fever, will probably be opened Monday in the event that no new cases appear. Good Game Promised. The Garfield seniors wilFplay the Starr school seniors at basket ball Friday evening after the close of tchooL

SENATE VOTES fOR SALARY INCREASE

The Measure Passed by an Overwhelming Non Partisan Vote of 53 to 21. 14 DEMOCRATS FAVORED IT BILL NOW AWAITS THE SIGNATURE OF THE PRESIDENT TO MAKE IT LAW CONGRESSMAN TO GET 57,500 ANNUALLY, Publishers' Press. Washington, D. C, an. 23. "By tne overwhelming nonpartisan vote of 53 to 21 the senate this afternoon concurred in an amendment of the house of representatives to the legislative appropriation bill providing for the increase of salaries of vice-president, speaker, cabinet officers and senators and representatives after March 4. Fourteen democrats voted in the affirmative. " They were Clark, (Mont.); Clark, (Ark.); Daniel, (Va.); Dubois, (Idabo); Foster, (La.); Latimer, (S. C); McEnery, (La.); Money, (Miss.); Newlands, (Nev.); Overman and Simmons, (N. C); Pettus, (Ala.); Teller, (Colo.); and Tillman, (S. C.) The seven republicans who voted against it were Burkett, (Neb.); Clapp and Nelson, (Minn.); Hansbrough, (N. D.) Hemmenway, (Ind); LaFollette, (Wis.) and Perkins, (Cal.) The measures will become a law with the signature of tha president, which it is understood will be gladly given. The salaries of cabinet officers, the speaker of the house and vice president of the United States will be increased from $8,000 to $12,000; and the members of the house and senate from $5,000 to $7,500. An Increase of $1,000,000. The total increase expenditure Is estimated at a little over $1,000,000 a year. It is believed, however, that todays action presages a general increase In the near future of the salaries of thousands of government employes. It is significant that at tho time this vote was being taken the sub-committee of the postoffice of the, house, recommending increasing, the salaries of clerks in postoffices, city i and rural carriers and railway mail clerks. The vote was unanimous. If this action is ratified by house and senate it will mean an additional expenditure of from eight to ten million dollars annually. An agitation for increasing the pay of government clerks is taking strong hold. Todays action by the senate was not" without opposition, and was taken in the face of a declaration by several senators tiiat those who voted to Increase their own salaries could not with good grace object to increasing the salary of government employes because the latter suffered as much from' the increased cost of living as the former. Assaults Prove Futile. Mr. Nelson led an assault against the proposed increase. His amendment striking out that portion referring to senators and members of congress and delegates was lost 56 to 17. Mr. Mallory's effort to postpone the time when the increase should go into effect until March 4, 1913 was lost 61 to 14. Mr. Beveridge had but partly concluded his speech on his child labor j Mill v ii til aujMuiuiucub txo lancii. He will conclue tomorrow. Mr. Carter, (Mont.) will divide the day with him in a bitter denunciation of the secretary of the interior for his pub lic land policy. WAS ONLY A PEACEMAKER Charley Rogers Claims he Was Inter fering in Quarrel Between Robt. Hart and Wife. . If the evidence shows, as he claims that he was acting the part of peace maker when he got into trouble Charles Rogers may escape a fine on the charge of assault and battery that was preferred against him some time ago. The affidavit was issued at the instance of Robert Hart, According to Rogers, Hart and his wife were struggling over possession of their baby, when he fearing that the infant would be injured interferred. He then claims, that he was compelled to defend himself from an attack by "Hart. SOLD LIQUOR TO A MINOR Such is the Charge That is Made Against John Charles, Bartender in Hagerstown Saloon. John Charles who is employed by Alfred Campbell, a Hagerstown saloon keeper must answer to the circuit court on a charge of selling liquor to John P. Saulsbury, a minor. Charles furnished bond in the sum of $100. His employer, Campbell was fined early this week on a grand jury Indictment, charging him with having maintained a gambling device in his saloon during the Hagerstown fair. "The charge against Charles Lamb of Economy is "giving liquor to a minor. He was also released, on bond.

THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDIANA Cloudy, probably snow and rising temperature. OHIO Snow; not so cold in west portion; Thursday, warmer. Legislature in Brief. HOUSE. The "blind tiger" bill was reported favorably and advanced to second reading. The "full train crew" bill was also reported favorably and advanced. The governor was authorized to use the emergency fund for the relief of Oaio river flood sufferers, by concurrence in senate action. The McKinney bill, abolishing the office of natural gas supervisor, was killed. The committee's report, indefinitely postponing the United Commercial Traveler's bill for fire escapes on ho tels was not concurred in, and the bill was advanced. SENATE. Senator Kittinger's bill giving circuit and criminal judges power to suspend sentences and parole persons convicted of felonies, under consideration, and amended so as to give Police court judges power to suspend sentence. Senator Moss offered a joint resolution authorizing the general assembly to appoint a commission to investigate causes of recent mine explosions in Indiana. Senator Goodwine introduced a bill appropriating $50,000 to establish house of correction at women's prison. Bill enabling city council in Richmond to appropriate money to aid Reid Memorial hospital passed. ' TRACTION LINE IS OK A FIRM BASIS Stock for the Road from Richmond to Hamilton, 0., is All Subscribed. LOCAL MEN INTERESTED SOUTH SIDE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION HAS TAKEN $10,000 WORTH OF THE STOCK RIGHT OF WAY TO BE SECURED. That the proposed traction line between this city and Hamilton, O., will soon become a reality is now certain. The stock necessary for the construc tion and equipment of the same has nearly all been disposed of. Capitalists in this city who were expected to subscribe $23,000 have subscribed more than that amount. $10,000 was placed by the South Side Improvement association and A. C. Lindemuth placed more than the remaining $15,000 with some twenty local men. The amounts to have been sold at Hamilton and Cincinnati have both been disposed of and the amount at Oxford, O., has about all been arranged for. Now that the road is financed, effort will be made immediately to secure the necessary right of way. There will probably be little trouble in doing this and with the opening of spring active work will be begun on the construction of the road. A. C. Lindemuth stated last evening that from now on the work would be pushed in securing the right of way aud constructing the road. A meeting of the stock holders will be held for reorganization, recapitalization and election of officers as soon as the contracts for the bonds are signed. This city will have two mem bers on the board of directors with probably some one in the list of officers. NOTED MEN ARE WANTED An Effort Will be Made to Get Prof. Starr and Judge Lindsey for Chautauqua This Year. It is likely that several very noted men will be secured for the Chautauqua program this year, one of them being Prof. Starr of the University of Chicago who recently returned to this country from an extended African trip. Prof- Starr would be . well qualified to give an interesting address on the Congo question. An effort may also be made to secure Judge Lindsey of the Denver Juvenile court. LAFE G0INS WAS INJURED Fell From Mow in ShofeKs Livery Barn Breaking His Arm at Elbow ther Bruises. Lafe Goiss, employed at J. Harmon Shofer's livery barn was quite seriously injured yesterday afternoon. While pitching hay from the now he fell. breaking him arm at the elbow as well as dislocating it. His back and side were also severely bruised by the heavy fall. He -was removed to his home on South 11th street where Dr. L H. Thurston attended him.

PRESSURE AGAINST BELMONT STRONG

That's Why He was Forced from Presidency of Inter-borough-MetropoIitan . SH0NTS TAKES HIS PLACE CHAIRMAN OF PANAMA COMMISSION WILL SOON TAKE CHARGE OF THE AFFAIRS OF SUBWAYSYSTEM IN NEW YORK CITY. iPuV-ishersi'PMM) New York, Jan. 23 The lnterbor-ough-Metropolitan railway company, of New York City, frightened more than ever in its history, because of the hostile attitude of its patrons to the methods it has pursued in the past, and also fearing an opposition line that might seriously interfere with its revenues, today retired from its presidency August Belmont, the millionaire financier, race track promoter and member of the civic federation, and elevated to the head of its affairs Theodore P. Shonts, who has been chairman of the Panama Canal' commission. At the same time the Interborough company elected as vice-president John. B. McDonald the contractor to whose sagacity, foresight arid ability is absolutely due the present subway system of New York. McDonald was forced out of the subway system by Belmont because he desired to give good service to the public at large and have the city of New York, which financed the construction of the great subway system, receive a real rapid transit system. At the time Belmont made severe strictures of McDonald, and McDonald prepared to arraign himself on the side of - an opposition company and build New York's new subways. Since then, however, Charles E. Hughes has been "put in the saddle" as governor of New York state and he is known to have no love for the present transit methods in this city, which compelled patrons of the verious railway lines to submit to inhuman treatment in order to get to and from their work. Shonts Given Free Hand. Mr. Shonts, who succeeds Belmont who by the way is continued as financia4boad of the Interborough. is a railway man of vast experience." Tt Is understood that he comes into the New York traction muddle absolutely untrammeled and has been promised a free hand in dealing with the intricate transportation problems tnat are coming up. McDonald will be of great help to him inasmuch as he, more than any other New Yorker has studied at first hand, the problem of carrying New Yorks millions about the narrow island of Manhattan. Todays changes in the Interborough Metropolitan system are bound to work out for the benefit of tne people at large, especially as it is underwood from those in the "known" that it has been decided that the interborough in its new relations with the people will deal from the ShontsMcDonald and not from the Belmont attitude. Mr. Shont's resignation as chairman of the canal board will be accepted by President Roosevelt within the next thirty days, and his successor appointed. IN A PRACTICAL ROLE Local Minister Picks Drunkard From the Gutter and Turns Him Over to the Police. . John Burns, a laborer, living on North 13th street was in a deplorable condition when a local m'nister found him wandering aimlessly about the streets yesterday morning, and turned him over to the police. It seems that after a heavy drjnking bout he had spent all of Tuesday night in the "open," and as a result of exposure was absolutely unable to talk. Fear ing that he might die on their hands the police sent hurriedly for Dr. Kruger, who found him in a comatose state. Remedies were administered, and toward evening Burns was on the road to recovery. DOORS WERE FOUND 0. K. President Merrill and Fire Chief Miller Paid Visit to Phillips Theatre Yesterday. ' President C. W. Merrill of the board of works and Fire Chief Miller yesterday made a visit to the Phillips theatre in order to make an examination of the new storm door, which Councilman Englebert declared, was not in keeping with the requirements of the fire ordinance. The officials found that the doors opened outward and that people in the theatre could get out of them as easily, as an ordinary . door in case of fire. Atty. Study May Appear. The case of John M. Clawson against auditor Bell and Assessor Bundy, of Henry county will be tried at the next term of court at New Castle. It is likely that City attorney Study will appear in thi3 celebrated case

CASE WENT TO THE JURY

VERDICT WAS BROUGHT IN Hearing or the Suit of L award S. Hoider Against the Big Four Railroad Company Came to an End in Circuit Court Yesterday. The suit of Edward S. ITolder against the Big Four railroad, which has been on trial in the circuit court for the last three days, went to the jury late yesterday afternoon. Attorney John L. Rupe, representing the defense, made his argument in the forenoon, while Charles E. Shiveley. for the plaintiff, closed in the afternoon. Holder is asking damages in the sum of $1,995 for alleged Injuries to his company of performing steers, hogs, dogs and horses, while being wrongfully detained by the railroad company at Wabash. The jury came In with a sealed verdict last night. District Meeting, . The district meeting of the order of the K. of P. will be held at New Castle February 4, and a number of Richmond members will attend. They have arranged for a special interurban car to New Castle. SEEKING A FOR JAMES SHOOK An Effort Being Made to Get His Jurymen to Sign Petition to Governor, HAS SERVED FIVE YEARS SHOOK SHOT AND KILLED JACK RYAN IN CAMBRIDGE CITY SALOON AND WAS CONVICTED IN WAYNE CIRCUIT COURT. David Hoover and C. E- Porterfield, well known residents of Jefferson township 'were. In the city yesterday. In an effort to get the jurymen, who found James Shook guilty of murder to sign a petition asking for the prisoner's pardon. Messrs Hoover and Porterfield said that they had secured the promise of the signature of all the jurists to their petition. They themselves were members of the jury which heard Shook'a case and have signed the paper. Tnfcy say that the movement to gain Shook his freedom Is originated with them. They give as their reason for the ef fort to get a pardon, that the con-1

PARDON

victed man has suffered enough for J vincing the judge and counsel just behis crime j fore the court adjourned for the day. Shook was tried In the Wayne clr- that he Bhould be excused, and he was.

cult court five years ago. He was found guilty of killing Jack Ryan of Cambridge City. The crime occurred in a Cambridge City saloon. It was on Christmas eve. According to the testimony, Ryan had stepped into the saloon to get a drink and was leaving when he was accosted by Shook, who was not in a very good mood. The two had words and Shook following Ryan to the door, shot him, the wound proving fatal. Shook was given a sentence of from two to twenty-one years. He is now In the reformatory at Jeffersoaville. , The petition which is being circulated in his behalf is not long nor does It set forth many reasons for a pardon. The signatures of the twelve men who convicted Snook, Messrs Hoover and Porterfield think will be sufficient to move Governor Hanly to grant the man his liberty. Shook's father and brothers live at New Lisbon. . POSITION WITH JONES CO. Caleb Williams to be Retail Salesman In Buggy Department of the Local Concern. Caleb Williams, lately in the livery business on East Main street has accepted a position as retail salesman for the buggy department of the Jones Hardware company. Mr. Williamj will enter on his duties the .first part of next month. The Jones company was very fortunate in securing Mr. Williams" services. He has an extensive acquaintance among people likely to buy buggies, having been In the business a long time, and also having owned a livery barn at Hagerstown just before moving to this city. Mr. Williams was formerly In the employ of the Creamer, Scott Buggy company, now the Wescott carriage company. His experience has covered not only the work of selling vehicles but' he has been engaged In their manufacture z.s welL Bailey Elected for Sure. fPubllsher Press 1 Dallas, Tex-, Jan. 23. Both houses of the Texa3 legislature, in joint session today re-elected J. W. Bailey to , the U. S. senate

LY ASSEMBLE AT THE TRIAL OF THAW After Weary Wait In Tombs Prison, the Slayer of Stanford White is Placed on Trial for His Life. JEROME IN PERSONAL COMMAND OF CASE THREE JURORS QUALIFY. BUT ONE OF THEM IS EXCUSED BY THE JUDGE- THAW'S WIFE SITS WITH MOTHER-IN-LAW' ' tPub!isher Prs.J New York, Jan. 23. After a wrj wait In the Tombs prion, Harry Kn dall Thaw, young scion of a Pittsburg bouse, and recognized as a millionaire tpday faced Justice Fitzgerald and the prosecuting machinery of the county of New York, to answer for the shooting down in cold blood of Stanford White, one of the world's greatest arcitects. during the perform ance of a cheap musical comedy In the roof garden of the mammoth. Madison Square structure, last summer. Crowd of Curious. , Were It not for the great crowd of curiosity seekers who besieged the doors of the criminal court building for hours In an effort to gain an entrance to have morbid feelings gratl: fled; the presence in the court room of Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the accused, and chief beneficiary under the will of the latter's father, the Countess of Yarmouth, his titled sister who married an Englishman whom Harry had met in Paris, Mr. and Mrs. George Carnegie, brother-in-law and sister of young Thaw, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, his actress-wife, who is accused of being chiefly responsible for the shooting, and her chum. May McKenzie, an actress; and also the fact that District Attorney Jerome, for the first time In many. days, , was in personal command of a prosecution, and that, naturally following their presence an, army of highly paid newspaper representatives were on hand to chronicle for an Interested public, every movement of the "notables," there would have been little to Indicate to the cas-' ual .spectator that the murder differed in any degree from. the trial last week of "Bill" Brlggs. who was charged with shooting and killing another East Side character that "swiped" his "gal." Two Jurors Are Selected. The result of today's proceedings was the selection of two jurors. Three qualified, but one of them, chosen as Number 2, Frank P. Hill, a painter. and a married man, succeeded in con The court gave no reason for with drawing him, other than that his statements, which were of a personal character, were sufficient for the action. Will Be Kept Together. When court adjourned for the day, the two Jurors who were acceptable ; to both sides, were sent to a hotel and locked up for the night. For the first time In many months, in fact' since the Terranova trial, in a murder case in New York, the jury will be kept togther at all times and not permitted to hold any communication, with the outside world. The pair that qualified today are: Deming B. Smith, the foreman, who1 is a retired umbrella manufacturer, 50 years old .residing a No. 253 West 111th street He is married and has a daughter 23 years old. George H. Feeke, a married man, without family, 45 years old, of 60 L 135th street, another who is a steamship manager. . It was believed by those experienced in cases of this character that the selection of a jury from the special panel drawn, will prove a comparatively easy task, and that by the end of the week it will be possible for the taking of evidence to begin. Playing Them "Close Up." The defense is still playing its cartfs "close to the breast," and not for one Instant during today's proceedings did the attorneys for young Thaw Indicate In any way what moves they will make, or what arguments they will advance to absolve him from the shooting of White. District Attorney Jerome was the only person to indicate the so-called unwritten law and he did so inquestioning prospective jurymen by asking them: The Higher Law Question. "Would you in weighing the question of this man's guilt or innocence, be swayed, guided, or influenced by any higher law, unwritten law or any code of ethics other than is laid down in the law books?" It was agreed among veteran practitioners that the district attorney made a wise move in asking this question. By so doing he placed . the jurymen on record as declaring that they would accept the definition of murder in the first degree as laid down by the code, and that any story of White's trying to "win back" Evelyn Nesbit Thaw from the man whose name she bears, must be disregarded to a certain' - extent at least. Of course, if Attorney Hartridge and his

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