Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 52, 12 January 1917 — Page 1

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THUGS FLEE BUT LEAVE TOOLS READY TO OPEN SAFE

Unsuccessful Effort Made to Rob Office of Holzapfel JunkShop, North D Street. GROCER SEES GANG An unsuccessful attempt at robbing the safe at the Holzapfel junk shop, North D street, was made at an early hour this morning. The robbers fled, however, before they had drilled a hole Into the safe door. So hurried was their flight that they left all their equipment behind them, including a small bottle of nitroglycerine. Entrance to the building was gained by opening a rear window. L. Moore, a groceryman, Informed the police that he saw men in the Holzapfel office about 4 o'clock this morning which he was on his way to the store but paid no attention to them as, he said, employes of the plant frequently came to work very early of nicrnincs. Safe Contained $8 Cash. Th" roM-ers had completed nearly f'Ty a-rmpement for the blowing of Ihr rnff when they apparently becirae n'armrd and departed post haste. Had they Mcvn the safe they would have found S In currency and a check for 1500 payable to the Holzapfel company. The robbers had carefully chalked the safe door crevices with soap, had hung a heavy blanket over the front of the safe to deaden the sound of the explosion,, had cut the telephone wires and were preparing to drill a hole into the safe door with an electric drill when they decided that it would not be safe for them to proceed further with their operations. i Nltro Placed In River. The tools found in the Holzapfel office and the bottle of nitroglycerine were taken to police headquarters. The explosive was handled with great caution as there was enough, to blow nn the entire city hall. "Later the nltrr was placed in the river. No clue which would lead to the identification of the" robbers has been obtained.- " About, ten years ago the safe 'at the Holzapfel plant was blown with giant powder and one of the . robbers r&s captured in the basement of the building, where he attempted to hide under a bear skin. DR. WALLS ELECTED ELDER DURING LIFE An unusual honor, that of being elected honorary elder in the First Christian church for life, was the reward given Dr. J. A. Walls, last night, for long and faithful service. Dr. Walls retired from the board his place bring filled at the annual election which followed a basket supper and social hour. , New members of the church board were elected as follows: Elders, John Parkhurst and A. B. Harrison; deacons. P. A. Cutler, Ralph Little; treasurer, Mr. Rust: secretary, Everett Harlan. S. K: Mills presided at the business session. Reports of various societies showed satisfactory progress with $1,500 raised for missions and benevolences and all local obliga tions met. Arrangements for participation in the simultaneous revival wre placed in the hands of a committee. MARSHAL KILLED BY COVINGTON MAN Harvey Hako. marshal at Covington, O., for over eighteen years and wellknown in Richmond, was murdered late last night while attempting to make an arrast, local frfends of the murdered officer were informed today. He was shot to death by Fred Clark. proprietor of a pool room. Mrs. Clark reported to Hake that Clark had threatened to kill her and her father. Hake went to Clark's pool room to arrest him and found the door locked. Clark refused to admit him and Hake began to break down the door. Clark then shot through the door with a double-barrel shotgun. Most of the shot penetrated Hake's head and he was almost instantly killed. Weather Forecast For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau -Probably snow tonight and Saturday. Warmer tonight. Colder Saturday. Temperature Today. Noon .19 Yesterday. Maximum 30 Minimum 1 above For Wayne county by W. E. Moore Occasional snows but not so cold to- , night Saturday fair and colder. South winds will shift to northwest tonight or Saturday. General Conditions The cold wave covers all that portion of the United States east of the Mississippi and a i storm covers the upper Mississippi (valley a far south as the Ohio river, i This storm will pass eastward tonight 1 . -J I ........ fl l.-.u. J

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BAILEY MAY OFFER CHANCE TO LISTEN TO WILSON'S TALK

William M. Bailey, manager of the Richmond Home Telephone company, became Interested today In the announcement that President Wilson's inaugural speech March 5, may be put on long distance wires and circulated through the country. "I will get in touch with the inaugural committee,' said Mr. Bailey. Whether arrangements can be made to put Richmond on the circuit, as it was in the trans-continental connection a year ago, will be learned later. PROMOTERS ARRANGE SECOND CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS TERMS No proposition, even tentative, was offered by representatives of the Cincinnati, Bluffton and Chicago railroad last evening at a conference with the Commercial club electric railways committee but another conference will be held soon when it is learned what attitude other points north and south of Richmond take toward the proposed extension. It was learned here that the new backers of the road see wonderful prospects for building a coal and freight carrier between Cincinnati . and the lakes. Speak For Capitalists. The three representatives were J. N. Wilson of Cincinnati, John C. Curtiss, receiver for the C. B. & C. for several years, and Ebon Lesh, an attorney. The latter are from Huntington. Wilson posted a forfeit last Monday for the purchase of the road for Cincinnati capitalists. Single unit electric cars running probably every two hours to connect with lnterurbans crossing the state east and west and to give frequent shopping service in the new territory, would be operated. Instead of Brookville, Hamilton would be used as the entering point to Cincinnati and negotiations have been opened with the Big Four railroad for terminal rights, the visitors said. GRIM IN SUIT BREAKS WITH DR. ZIMMERMAN Dissolution of the partnership of Grim and Zimmerman and the appointment of a receiver to sell the garage located at 44 North Seventh street and to divide the proceeds in proportion to just claims Is asked in a suit brought in circuit court today by Horace J. Grim against Viola R. Zimmerman and Dr. W. W. Zimmerman. Grim charges that on November 1. 1916, Viola Zimmerman wrongfully and in violation of the contract of agreement took charge of the garago and that he was ordered to stay away from the garage "under threats of criminal prosecution." Complaint Describes Contract The complaint states that the contract was made between Grim and Viola Zimmerman, wife of Dr. W. W. Zimmerman, April 6, 1915. Dr. Zimmerman is named as a defendant because "he claims to have interest in the proceedings and he is made a party hereto and called upon to set up any claims, made by him." The complaint admits that Dr. Zimmerman went security for Grim on a $1,000 note at the time Grim bought out the former partner in the business. It is stated that the money secured from this note was to go towards purchasing half the business. Grim claims that he paid $100 on the note and that Dr. Zimmerman paid the other $900 and interest, November It), 1915. Copy Accompanies Complaint. The copy of the contract affixed to the complaint specifies that Viola Zimmerman was to remain owner of the property until Grim had paid the $1,000 note. Grim paid $1,500 for his share of the business. The complaint declares that when Dr. Zimmerman paid the $900 on the note he did so under the agreement that Grim was to be a partner in the business but that Zimmerman was to hold a $900 claim against Grlm's share. Grim charges that at the time the contract between him and Mrs. Zimmerman became effective, the property and "good will" of the garage was valued at $3,500. He claims that it is now worth more than $6,000. At the time Mrs. Zimmerman took charge of the business, November 1. debts amounted to $1,200. "At the time there was a $500 bank account in the name of Grim and Zimmerman," it is declared, "and this was changed over to the credit of Zimmerman, trustee." Besides this, it is charged that $3,009 in accounts was taken over by Mrs. Zimmerman. Attorneys for Dr. Zimmerman declared today that the suit will be contested. They declare that in November the Zimmermans wanted the partnership discontinued and that their actions 6ince that time have been towards reaching a fair distribution of the property. An answer denying many statements in the complaint will be filed within the next few days. ARRANGES FOR DINNER Members of the Wayne County Purdue Alumni association will hold a meeting at the Westcott hotel Jan. 19, following a dinner. Between 25 and 30 are expected to attend the dinner, which probably will be held in a private dinine room. Arrangements are bein?r nwdc by Raymond B. Nicholson.

MERCHANTS TO REQUEST CHANGES FOR PAVING PLAN

Business Interests May Unite in Opposition to Improvement of South A Street Next Year. CITE OTHER BLOCKS While the greater part of the improvements provided for in the ,board of public work's 1917 street paving program meets with general approval the majority of the business men in the central business district are disappointed that the program does not call for the completing of paving work In that district. These business interests may unite with the directly affected opposition to at least one of the paving projects, the permanent improvement of South A street from South Second to South Fifth streets, on the ground that, the paving of that section of South A streets is not necessary at this time. Want More Streets Improved. Main street business men desire to see the few unimproved blocks connecting South A street and North A streets, in the district extending from Fourth street east to Twelfth street, paved before permanent Improvements are provided for less traveled streets. The Main street business men want to see the following paved street program for their district put through without further delay: Twelfth street, North A to South A; Eleventh street, North A to South A; Tenth street. North A to South A, and South Sev enth, Main to South A. i The program approved by the board provides for the paving of South Fourth street, South A to Mainl and Fort Wayne avenue, Main to North D, and Nprth Third street from Main to the first alley north of North D street This program, however, does not pro vide for any other improvements in aue, wuuai. uusiuew m&u.ivu t.ytn- , Fill in "MiMing Links." ; What the business men desire is the abandonment of the project for the paving .of South A street between South Second and Fifth streets so 'that some of the "missing links" in the central district can be permanently improved. The plan for the paving of South Seventh street from Main to South A was abandoned last year because it was desired to put down a large trunk sewer in that street from Main to South C, before the street paving was ordered. As the proposed sewer system will cost at least $50,000 it cannot be authorized for several years and hoard members have been informed that it would be folly to postpone the paving of the first block of South Seventh street until the sewer improvement is provided. CHANGE IN PRIMARY PASSED BY SENATE PLEASES RICHMOND Prospect of the date of the municipal primary nominating election being changed from March 6 to the Tuesday following the third. Monday in August, as provided in a bill which was passed by the state senate yesterday under suspension of rules, Is a pleasing one to both Republican and Democratic politicians in Richmond. This bill applies to every city in the state except Indianapolis. It is now in the hands of the house committee on elections and will undoubtedly be passed by the house within a few days. Men who are seeking nomination to places on both the Republican and Democratic city tickets in Richmond have viewed with dismay the prospect of making a several weeks campaign in mid-winter. . , Henry Farwig denied today that he was considering withdrawing from the Democratic mayoralty nomination contest. Farwig will probably accept the managership of the Bayer restaurant but he said that he acceptance of this position would not prevent him tossing his hat into the mayoralty ring. ELEMENTARY HEADS HOLD CONFERENCES Second Quarterly conference of Elementary Sunday school workers will be held In the Sunday school room of the First Presbyterian church at 3 o'clock Sunday. The program announced today by Mrs. J. F. Hornaday, superintendent of elementary work follows: Music, Miss Ruth Scott; address, "Elementary Efficiency,' Rev. J. J. Rae; "County Elementary Work," Miss Ruth Bradley; missionary story, Miss Lois Kelly; "Temperance in the Elementary Department," Ed Hasemeier, president of the Indiana Sunday school association; temperance story, Miss Kate Morgan. Following the program separate conferences will be held as follows: Junior department, Mrs. H. S. Weed; primary, Miss Ruth Bradley; cradle roll, Mrs. J. F. Hornaday. All persons interested in Elementary work are invited to attid this meeting.

PRESS STANDS BACK OF NOTE FROM ALLIES

PARIS, Jan. 12. The morning papers are unanimous in their approval of the reply of the allies to President Wilson's note, the only dffference being in the terms of expressipn. Alfred Capus, editor of the Figaro, says: "The principal value of the note is the clear and solemn declaration of the allies as to their objects in pursuing the war. . .. . V .- "It is the first time they have been thus grouped and their full moral worth, given to them by their simple enumeration, forces upon the mind the conviction of their necessity. Either they will be fully attained or Germany will be a continual menace to Europe and, upon the first opportunity, will again turn it into a field of carnage. Our enemies are now in possession of our true aims. They can compare them with their own and deduce therefrom the degree of our resistance and our implacable resolve to vanquish them." COMMITTEE OF DRY TO CONSIDER PROHIBITION Anticipated State-Wide Measure Appears in Both Houses Committee Chairman is Favorable. BILL VERY STRINGENT INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 12. A state wde prohibition bill was introduced in both branches of the Indiana legislature today and in the House bills providing for- a constitutional convention an woman's suffrage jpade their appeaaMeTr troduced was the same one in both Senate and House. In order that it may be "among its friends'' the official state wide prohibition measure Introduced . in the Senate this, morning by Senator Thomas Dorrell, of Greenwood, was referred to the committee on public rights and franchises. Committee Headed by Drys. It is understood that a majority of this committee is dry, and its chairman, Robinson is outspokenly in favor of the bill. Dorrell's request that his measure be assigned to this committee is said to have been the result of his failing to land a place as one of. the three Democrats nominated for places on the public morals committee, to which ordinarily all such measures are consigned. After receiving the administration's road commission bill In both houses, and a number of minor matters being introduced both" the House and Senate adjourned at noon, until 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Eleven bills were introduced in the Senate and twentysix in the House. ' Is Stringent Measure.! The Dorrell measure is a stringent proposal to prohibit the manufacture, sale, gift, advertisement or transportation of intoxicants. It would become effective September 1, 1917, if enacted, and allows ten days thereafter for pharmacists, chemists and hospitals to report intoxicants on hand to the clerks of the circuit court. The House prohibition bill was referred to the committee on public morals. ' Pharmacists are prohibited from handling intoxicants on written appli cation from manufacturers or chemists or upon written prescription from physicians. And in order to be allowed this privilege. they must give bond to the clerk of the courts and twice annually file such applications and perscriptions as 'matter of public records. In event of the failure of local prosecutors to enforce the law it is made the duty of the attorney-general to enforce it, the county wherein there is prosecution being held liable for a fee covering the cost. Places Heavy Penalties. Penalties for violation of the law range from a fine of $50 and an optional imprisonment to a fine of $500 and mandatory imprisonment and of six months or longer. Senator Dobyns roads measure which has the endorsement of the Goodrich administration and which is endorsed generally by leading senatora or. both sides, provides for the appointment of a non-partisan commission of four members, non-salaried who have authority to appoint an engineer and other necessary employes all to be under the merit system of employment to lay out and maintain main market highways and continuous and connected roads. Revenues for the purpose is provided In a proposed tax of five cents on each $100 of property valuation the state Inheritance tax, the petroleum oil fees and state highways funds as now collected. , COLLECTS STATISTICS Rev. Arthur Wischmeier, pastor of the Methodist church at Hagerstown, has issued a questionaire to gather data for work in the Teen Age department of which he is superintendent for the New Castle district The Rev. Mr. Wischmeier's questions call for a complete survey of the field by all Methodist churches of the county and district

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ALLIES NOTE WES CASE OF NEUTRALS VERY GRAVE

Official Circles Believe Entente Nations Have Stated Terms , While Rejecting Call-to Conference. WAR DRAWS CLOSER WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. President Wilson today began a careful and deliberate examination of the entente's reply to his peace note to determine what opportunity it presents for a further move on his part and in what way one may be accomplished. The entente note was discussed at the regular meeting of the cabinet and privately between the President and Secretary Lansing. All . quarters agreed that while the entente had made a complete reply to the President's request for a statement of terms, the note seemed to offer no hope for an early end of the war but fortunately sUll did not close the door upon further effort on the President's part. May Ask Specific Terms. Several courses of action lie before the President Among them is another move to ask Germany to state specific terms as the allies have done. Diplomats say that with replies from both sets of belligerents in hand it would be perfectly legitimate to communicate the answer of one set to the other.--The German diplomats here were outspoken in their denunciation of the allied note and their declarations that such terms never would be accepted. Admittedly the note was more severe than even they had been led to expect and they declared the Germanic allies were prepares" to fight on. Conference is Refuted. Briefly, officials feel that the allies have stated terms while . refusing a conference, whereas the Germans have suggested a conference without stating their terms. Nevertheless it is felt that the international situation has been decidedly clarified. . Officials obviously view the future with Increasing soberness. ! President Wilson's- original statement in his note that neutrality was becoming intolerable and Secretary Lansing's statement that the United States was being drawn to the verge of war, wero recalled in view of the probability that hostilities are likely to continue. Ambassador Bernstorffs reiterated assurances that Germany will not vio late her submarine pledges to this country is held not incompatible with activities that could not be tolerated by this country but might be conducted on the base that there is such a divergence of view as to the international law involved. PENNSY WORKS 110 MEN ON EXTENSION From a state of turmoil the Pennsylvania railroad company's construction camp has resolved itself into a peaceful, industrious settlement with a greater population than at any time since the railroad improvement east of Richmond began. Today more than 100 men were at work. Despite the cold weather, a steam shovel is still operating and the laborers are pushing ahead with the bridge work. Little concrete is being poured, but such great progress has been made with the bridges that parts of them are ready to be filled over with earth. , POISON TABLETS FOUND AMONG THAW'S EFFECTS PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12. Harry K. Thaw, who attempted suicide yesterday while in seclusion in the home of a West Philadelphia family, was improved today, and according to physician he will be able to leave St. Mary's hospital within probably two weeks. Dr. Elwobd R. Kirby of this city who was summoned by the Thaw family to attend him, said today he felt sure Thaw had not taken poison. The finding of slow poison tablets in Thaw's pocket-gave rise to the fear that he may have swallowed one. The physician said Thaw showed none of the early symptoms of the poison and that his condition was satisfactory. PLACE HIGH VALUE ON COUNTY FARM Live stock, farm implements, grain, food and household goods at the county poor farm were valued at $12,175 in the inventory taken by the county commissioners the first week in January. This inventory was footed by Auditor Bowman today. When the inventory of the same kind of property was taken by the commissioners, October, 1, the total value was set at $11,644. Grain and lire stock sold off the poor farm last year brought $5,518.44 into the county treasury. This is a material increase over any former year.

WATCH US GROW"

Population Jan. 1 27,450 Population yesterday 27,450 Gain today 18 Lot today..... 8 Present population:........ 27,460 $4,900,000 LOST WHEN MUNITIONS PLANT IS BURNED NEW YORK, Jan. 12. The eighty acre ammunition plant of the Canadian Car and Foundry company, near Kingsland, N. J., is a scarred and blackened ruin today, swept by flames and ploughed by bursting shells. The fire that started there late yesterday afternoon still smouldered in spots, but the firemen who stood helpless at a safe distance last night watching the explosion of half a million of three and six inch shells closed in on the ruins cautiously. There have been no official reports of loss of life, and if all of the 1,400 employes of the plant escaped their safety Is due probably to the fact that a short time intervened between the discovery of the fire and the moment when the flames reached the stored ammunition. Loss is $4,000,000. The loss estimated at more than $4,000,000 is accounted for almost entirely by the destruction of shells which the company loads at this plant for the Russian government. The rectangular enclosure contained between forty and fifty buildings, but these were of flimsy construction, and it is said, that the company intended to abandon them in a 6hort time when it finished its present contract. More than 1,000 persons who fled from their homes surrounding the plant to escape the rain of projectiles were sheltered and fed last night by the police and charity officials of neighboring towns. It is believed that the flames first burst out from a tub of alcohol ignited by a piece of glowing insulation from an electric wire on the ceiling. UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MEET WITH SMITH AT ASYLUM TONIGHT Foundation day, celebrating the ninety-seventh birthday anniversary of Indiana university, will be observed with a banquet of the Wayne County Alumni association at Easthaven to night. , Dr. S. E. Smith, an alumnus of the university, will entertain former etudents of the school. Prof. E. H. Lind. ley, head of the psychology "department of the university, will speak. Tomorrow morning at 9:45 o'clock, Dr. . Lindley will address the Wayne county teachers' association. ENTRE NOUS CLUB ELECTS Members of the Entre Nous club will hold their annual meeting Jan. 31, in their club rooms in the Odd Fellows building. Officers will be elected. Ed Kemper Is president of the organiza tion. GUARDIAN CALLS ENTENTE ANSWER BOLD DOCUMENT LONDON, Jan. 12. The Manchester Guardian says the reply of the allies to President Wilson was received too late for extended comment but that it believes the document is a "boldly conceived statement of the position of the allies, which" goes a long way towards satisfying President Wilson's request for specific in formation as to the objects for which they are persisting in the war." In this respect the Guardian says, the note is conceived in a wholly different spirit from Germany's reply. ."It believes the reference to the right of all peoples, small as well as great, to security for free economic development refers especially to 'the vital need of Russia for free use of the passage to the Mediterranean through the Dardanelles, as well as the corresponding need of Serbia and Montenegro of free- access to the Adriatic' This newspaper sees the final break up of the Ottoman empire in the demand for expulsion of the Turks from Europe, and asks: "Would Americans, who have watched with horror the massacres of which the Turk has been guilty, think that would be a misfortune to the world?" The article concludes: "The allies put their aims high." LANSING REFUSES TO OISCUSS TEXT OF ENTENTE NOTE WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 Secretary Lansing refused to discuss the entente's reply or the plans of this government on the grounds that he had not yet read the note with great care. It was stated officially however, that whether the entente reply will be forwarded to the Central powers and the latters reply forwarded to the entente has not yet been decided and probably will not be for several days pending a most careful examination of the i&vhole situation.

GRAND JURY CLAMPS LID UPON LIQUOR TRADE HERE!

Rumors Say IndictmentsMay Be Returned as Resuit of "Drunk" Charge Against Young Girl. OTHER CASES PROBED A strict liquor law enforcement "lid" is being quietly clamped down on Richmond and Wayne county by" the grand jury of the Wayne circuit court now in session. If Investigations which have been started by the jury reveal enough evi dence for Indictments, arrests of one or two Richmond saloon keepers and some blind tiger operators in the smaller towns will be placed under ar--rest The nature of the Investigations has. been somewhat revealed by a careful observation of witnesses. It was rumored today that the case of the 17-year-old girl who was fined in police, court today -for public intoxications was before the jury yesterday after noon for the purpose of revealing the source of the liquor. It was also rumored that cases of! two houses of ill repute in this city will come before the grand jury for In vestigation. Many Rumors Afloat While there is an undercurrent nf rumor to the effect that the grand jury is looking into some matters concerning small towns in the county which have been investigated hofm-o hutwhere evidence was insufficient to warrant the return of Indictments, "no one undertakes to say just what these matters are. About fifteen witnpRwn f mm ram. bridge City were awaiting their turn to appear before the grand jury this morning. It is understood that three distinct cases are being investigated. One concerns acts of violence In connection - with . the Bertscb foundry strike, another concerns the robbery of the Pennsylvania station and freight house, December 26, but the nature of the third cannot be learned. E. B. Reed, lieutenant of the Indianapolis division, of the railroad detectives told officials today that the man who committed the robbery is now under arrest on another charge at Cincinnati, O. He said today that the revolver the man carried at the time of his arrest at Cincinnati ha been Identified as that taken from the drawer of the Cambridge City station the night of the robbery. No Pennvilte Data. No witnesses who could have had any authoritative knowledge of the Pennville murder and suicide tragedy were in the court room today. Those connected direetlv with tht grand jury will reveal part of the re suits or tne investigations ror the first time either late this evening or early tomorrow mornine. It is rennrtpH thaifour indictments will be returned. Judge Fox announced today that ha will dismiss the jury as soon as it returns the indictment until Monday. PROBE RECORD OF DEEDS BY ENVOY MILLER Lieutenant Lawton, of Indianapolis, a commissioned officer in the Salva tion Army, began an investigation here today of the affairs of the Richmond post. He announced that he will bhere until Monday or Tuesday when Captain and Mrs. Foubister of Frankfort, and two cadets will arrive Lo take charge. Captain Foubister is rated high. Lieutenant Lawton said. It is difficult, he said, to learn which of the financing of the Richmond post Captain Miller, who really was an envoy and not a commissioned officer, had been carrying on a second-hand business at the post Lieutenant Lawton said, against the rules. He has found a record of the collection of $177.66 but has been unable to find a record of the Christmas collection. No funds were left "Envoy Miller is not on a furlough for six months. He is out of the work altogether," said Lieutenant Lawton. "He is in the second-hand business in Anderson." ' The 6ame rooms, 37 North Fourth street will be kept. In two weeks Brigadier Simonson, of Indianapolis, will visit Richmond for a day, inspect the post and hold a special meeting. HOTEL COMPANY ORGANIZES TODAY With a capital stock of $100,000 the Martha Washington Hotel company, was incorporated this afternoon. Directors of Richmond's new hotel fo? women are: Omer G. Murray, Wilfred Jessup,Otto C. Krone, Joseph Mill and Frank J. Hughes, - the latter of Cleveland, O. Mr. Hughes is a builder and will have charge of the construction work,' which will beginsoon as the weather opens this spring:

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