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THE WEATHER.
..-at rain Thursday night and Frl-
J ^ warmer Thursday night. Tem-
d -eMires Thursday (taken at A. K.
&awke? Co.'s store): 8 a. m„ 47; 10
5i® 1* noon, 56; 2 p. m., 60.
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Phe Atlanta Georgian
“Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN” AND NEWS “Nothing Succeeds Lite—THE GEORGIAN”
•POT COTTON.
AtlHina. *iui**t; Liverpool, ^asfsr;
r.,(M New York. !* 4*. Savannah,
Ntf-rub': 8 15-W .tiifCUMta. 9*4.
Calventon. stpa-lv * V Norfolk, steady:
9 1-1* Houki.ii. .nearly: 9 5-16. Mem
phis. steady; TN. .Mobile, steady. 8%.
Wtji XO. 109.
HOME(4th) EDITION
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1911.
HOME (4TH) EDITION PRICE: fettle®
FAIR WEATHER AND LIGHT VOTE IN MOST OF GEORGIA
GREET THE THREE CANDIDATES FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP
HI OH STATE
There Seems To Be Very Little
Interest Shown at Any of
the Voting Places.
WAS THEM 1911
All Previous Records Broken,
According to Comptroller of
Currency Report.
New Congress and New Senator
RAINING IN SOUTH GEORGIA
Large Number of Votes Are
Expected to Pile in During
the Afternoon.
There seem* to be an exceedingly
tiht vote cast over tho state for the
candidates for governor. In Bomt
counties It le thought interest will pick
In the afternoon, while In others no
...j would even suppose an election
15 The^weather In north and central
Georgia to Ideal, but In the south It
started to rain about 10, o'clock. It Is
thought that the race will be very
doie In many counties. . ,
Reports havo been received as rol
lons:
In Cobb County.-
Marietta, Ga., Deo. 7.—Voting In Ma
rietta Is very quiet, Indicating that a
small vote will be caat. Ex-Governor
Brown and son. Joe, Jr., arrived at
noils at 9:46 o'clock, and cast their
votes Jos. M. Brown Is leaving for
Atlanta on the 10 o'clock car. Indi
cations are that he will carry Cobb
county.
Pope Brown'* County.
Hawklnaville, Ga., Deo. 7.—Record
vote to being polled In'Pulaski county.
It la believed Pope Brown will win
here.
Russell's Home County.
Monroe, Ga„ Deo. 7c—In Walton, Mr.
nuBsoll'fl home county, the vote up to
thla hour, 19 o’clock, Indicates that Pop*
Brews If leading the ticket. Judging
from the town" precincts, tho only beard
from up to this time. All are In Pope
Brown's favor at the Monroe and So-
dal Circle precincts. It Is estimated
BANK ASSETS TEN BILLION
Individual Deposits Reached
$5,489,995,011 on Septem
her 1—Highest Mark.
Washington, Dec, 7.—Netv records
tor prosperity were made In the fiscal
year ending October 31, 1911, according
to the annual report of the government
comptroller of the currency, submitted
to congress today by Lawrence O.
Murray. Tho document, while made up
almost exclusively of figures. Is inter
esting from the standpoint of showing
the growing prosperity of the United
states an<l the augmentation of wealth
at a rate no less than sensational.
Tho year was a banner ono for the
banka On June 7 last, according to
Ui*« report, the total of bank assets in
this country aggregated $10,383,048,694,
the highest figure ever recorded slnco
the beginning of the national bank sys
tem In this country.
On September 1, 1911* Individual de
posits reached $5,489,995,011, the highest
ever attained In the history of -the
banking system.
Upon the same date the bank note
currency outstanding was $696,982,033,
another new record. This was nearly
one-fifth of tho *total amount of tho
metallic and other currency of tho
country.
The report states that tho bonded
debt of the United Staten government
on October 31, 1911, -was $963,349,390.
Accompanying tho report arc a num
ber of recommendations from tho comp
troller for amendments to the national
hanking laws. One of these recoin- j
mends an amendment to make It a '
criminal aot for any officer of a national 1
bank to accept a gift of any value from;
one who contemplates making a loan..*
Mr. Murray calls “the dishonest prac
tice of national bank officers receiving
Mr. Murray calls "the dishonest prac- \
. , .... - (Ice of national bank officers receiving'
that Pope Brown’s vote Is aa much as personal compensation a growing evil,"
the other two candidates together. The and declares that It ha* reached pro-
rats from the start was brisk and It portions where legislation Is necessary,
wu noticeable that the Pope Brown ( He also demands that the statuto of
men voted early. Some of Pop* i limitations be extended ten years so
Brown's followers here predict that that It shall Jjo easier to punish bank
with tho spilt between ex-Governor attaches whoso crime? go undetected
' ‘ •' -T.ti.iv *- - f or a number of years. 1
The resources of tho 7,301 national
hanks in the United Slates on Septem
ber 1, 1911, were $10,379,439,882.89, or
9422,962,553.04 more than thp 7,204 na
tional banks doing business on Novcin-
Hrown and Mr. Russell there Is a fine
chance for Pope Brown to carry the
county.' .v; > " , - -
Chatham to Pall Ov.r 3,000 Vet...
Savannah, G... D*o. 7.—Interest In .
the race for governor hu not teen | ber 1, 1910. had. Tho total individual
•rouMd In Chatham county, altho | deposits Jumped with mighty strides,
friends of the candidates ara organized | despite’the establishment of postal sav-
md have worker, at the polls. It Is lngs banks, altho these latter lnstltu-
tenerally conceded that Judge Richard | tlona came too late In the.year-to cut
B. Russell will carry -the county. Joe i any figure In tho report.
Brown's friends have been active only i The total Individual deposits In the
during tho last several days. Judge; 7,304 national banks doing business No-
Huteell had'a long lead beforo Joe I comber 10, 1910, were 95,304.788,308.45.
Brown announced, and his local option | The Individual deposits of the 7,801
Platform had attracted many Joe Brown | banks on September 1, 1911. aggregated
people who did not know whether the ( 35.489,995.011.98. an Increase over the
litter would run or not. The voting, former date of 3185,208,705.64.
during the early morning hours was. The Increase In the volume of busl-
" —-*“* ness as shown by the aggregate amount
cry light. It Is expected that over
POO votes will be polled.
Floyd Shows No Enthusiasm.
' Ga., Dec. 7.—Weather Is
Hut the vote In Floyd county I* light-
There la no excitement at polls, tho
women of W. C. T. II. have displayed
banners at Rome polls urging voters
remember prohibition.
Heavy Vote In Augusta.
Augusts, Ga., D*c. 7—Voting here
heavier than expected during early
mornlug. No disorder. Saloons closed
end saloon men very active for Rus-
"11. Russell will carry city, but coun
fry districts may overbalance city vote.
Very little excitement. Impossible to
get anything like dcllnlto Idea of re
sult here by 12 o'clock Eastern time.
Columbia County.
Harism, Ga., Deo. 7.—Light vote to
being polled at 11 o'clock. Pope Brown
"«s In the lead. The nice In Columbia
county is between Russell and Pope
Brown, with the likelihood of the latter
‘trying the county.
WllkejTcouittyr^
Washington, Ga., Dso. 7.—Very Uttlo
Inierest la being shown here In 4ho
gubernatorial election. Voting Is light.
Indications are that Pope Brown will
’•try Wilkes county by a small major'
,, Gilmar County.
EMijay. Ga., Dao. 7c—Very light vote
„ being polled. County Is going prac-
ncslly solid for Pope Brown, so It to
rislmcd.
. Fannin County.
•Bus Ridge, Ga., Dee. 7.—Light vote
being polled In Fannin county. Rus-
It la Bald, will carry tho county
'*0 to one from present Indications.
(Bulletins from other counties In the
n,, e sppear on page 3.)
of assets of the banks was approxi
mately 9563,258,000, or 5.88 per cent.
Business Days
Before
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CHRISTMAS
Shop Early and
Avoid the Crush
IDI
TRIAL OF PACKERS
♦
Business Eyes Center on Chi
cago as Millionaires Battle
for Their Freedom.
Chicago, Dec. 7,—With the eyea of the
business world upon Judge George A.
Carpenter's court, United States Dis
trict Attorney James IL Wllkerson to
day planned to pick the twelfth tales
man acceptable to the government aa a
Juror to try tho ton multi-millionaire
packers on criminal charges of con
spiracy to keep up tho price of fresh
meats, contrary to the Sherman anti
trust law, and to turn tho twelve men
over to the defense's counsel for ex
amination. "/'••' ..
Mr. Wllkerson said ho thought tho
jury could be completed by night. John
S. Miller, chief counsel for the beef
barons, predicted that tho task of se
lecting twelve unprejudiced men would
consume tho entire week.
Ten of-the government's 30 challenges
were exhausted In selecting the first
eleven men. Today the packers were
expected to use as many of their SO.
Six of tho twelve men acceptable to
the government were believed to be
certain to be forced out of the Jury box
because they were farmers and stock
shippers. The Impression was that
stockmen "'have It In for the packer*.
The center of tho packers' defense,
os shown hy questions put to prospec-
Continued on Last Page.
FOR THE EMPTY STOCKING.
Here are the subscriptions received
Thursday for the Empty Stocking fund:
Previously acknowledged .... --SSL!®
Walter K. Mitchell. East Lake .. 5.00
Orace and Ruth Goldin, Drake-
town • • • '•••■• -J®
Mildred Browne. Savannah -Itt
Lucy and Lelah Thompson. 153
Ashby *!
"Buster- Bird, Corner .50
Loin Powers. Montlcrllu 3.110
A Friend, Montlcello 1-Ofl
Boise Peed,' Butler 1»
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Photos Copyright by Harris & Ewing.
At the left is a snapshot of Sanator Hok* Smith on his way to his first
nation. It looks like a windy day in Washington. Above ia a flashlight
of the opening of tho aaoond aataion of tho house of tho eivty-aeoond
congress. Spaakar Clark has just oallod the moating to order and Chaplain
Coudon Is loading in prayar. This viaw ia takan from tho Republican tide
and tha Demoorats are facing tha camsra.
VICTORY IS CLAIMED .
AT 3 HEADQUARTERS
Each Manager Declares His
Man Will Carry More Than
Both the Others.
RETURNS TO CANDIDATES
There Will Be No “Squealing”
by the Brothers on Their
- Dynamiting Pals.
Loa Angsles, Dso. 7c—James B. Mc
Namara and his' brother,' John, today
flatly.refused to testify before the Fed
era1 grand Jury probing tho alleged
dynamite plot which has resulted In ex
plosions In all parts of the' United
States. . At 11 o'clock, the brothers .were
still In tbelr cells In the county-Jall and
had asserted this morning .that taking
them over to the grand Jury room would
be a waste ■ of time., 'They -sold they
would not "come thru
District Attorney John D. Fredericks,
who endeavored tO'Induce them to tes
tify, saying that If they did they might
earn shortening of their sentences in
the state prison, was not surprised by
their attitude.
"They need not testify," he said. “We
have plenty of evidence without them
and we ran establish the crimes we
hope to prove without the story of these
boys. It was their chance to do some
thing for the state and the state might
have' remembered It when the time
comes,as It surely will, that these boys
ask the pardon‘board, to shorten their
sentences. As far as proving the case
joes, we have the proof. I have given
everything we had to tho Federal au
thorities. They wilt-find It sufficient.”
When tha Federal grand Jury assem
bled Assistant District Attorney Reagan
outlined the esse to tho Jurors. He
was closeted with them for more than
an hour, explaining. It to believed, the 1
general plan of the Investigation.
It Is now believed that Ortle McManl-
gal will be the first witness summoned.
It Is reported that a certain San Fran
cisco labor man will be called tomorrow
and that he will give testimony In Im
portance second only to that given by
McManlgaL
State House Officials Go Home
to Vote—Hoke Smith Hete
From Washington.
•'One o'clock and all's well." was tho
cry that rang out from tha Pop* Brown
watch tower In tho Kimball house at 1
o’clock Thursday afternoon. The echo
camo bock from tho Joe Brown sentry
box over the American National-bank,
COne o'clock'and all’s well."1 And'It
re-echoed'from the Russell signal sta-
tbm III the Klin hill!.
Taking the T.o'clock claims given ’out
fl'nln the three K uti.'l Tlilt'.T l.il headquar
ters os the truth, the wholo truth'and
nothing but the truth, free from nil ex-
apgei'iilh'ii, i .1 .J u.lli r, it ml bin*, n "t one.
but three, candidates for governor'will
havo been • nominated when tho votes
lire all In aiol i.unite,I Thursday night.
For each of. the campaign managers
claims a sweeping victory for his Cham'
plan.
Pops Brown Claims.
Volney Williams, campaign manager
for [Pope Brown, lusued tin, following
statement at 1-o'clock: *«.
“Reports from our leaders In the con-
gressiomil distil.ts show Hint Pope
Hrowri Is recolving more country votes
than Russell and Joe Brown combined.
Every report received Is * exceedingly
encouraging Of-course'oil reports at
GREAT-TOWN,"ATLANTA,,
SAYS JUDS0N HARMON
this time are more or less speculative,
hut tha tide Is running strong for Pope
Brown. I truly believe thiX he Will car.
ry more counties than Hoka'Smlth car.
tied last year, when he won In 90.
Fopo Brown la evidently receiving prac-
11, .illy the solid Iloke. Smith vole and
drawing largely from the Joe Rrown
prohibition supporters.
"Reports from a greats many Pope
Brown strongholds and from fifteen
counties that have been considered
doubtful show Pope Brown much
stronger than hod been anticipated by
his friends, and - Indicate tbat he will
carry moro' counties than Judge Russell
and Governor Brown combined. Par
ties well acquainted with conditions In
Fulton county placo Fulton safe In tho
Pope Brown column. All opposition has
glvi'M up In Ilihb ri,limy and Fnpn
Brown supporters are colebratlng with
a brass band. Telegrams from Ben
Hill, Tift. Thomas, Ware, Coffee, Sum
ter, Dooly, Houston. Newton. Haralson
and Morgan nil point mrongly tq largo
pluralities for Pope Brown In each
county."
From Russell’s Manager.
At 1 o'clock-James. B.- Nevln, Judge
Richard B. Russell's campaign mana
ger.'gave out the following statement:
“News from all parts' of'‘Georgia at
this hour Indicate tho absoluto accu-
IT'S WOMAN’S DAY
AT THE CORN SHOW
Girls Have Splendid Exhibit of
Canned Fruits and Variety
of Vegetables.
MANY PRIZES ON THE LIST
Great Work Toward Increased
Production and Larger Prof
its Done by Competition.
J-i-I-H-H-H-I-l-l'l-H-H-I-t-HH-H
$ FREE ADMISSION AT NIGHT 4-
+ TO PUPILS AND TEACHERS 4-
+ - — ' - 4*
4* The Corn show commlttoo nn- 4«
4* nouncos that pupils of the public 4
4* schools and students of tho Tech, 4*
+ a. M. A. and Marlst college, City 4*
4* High schools and their teoohers 4*
4* will bo admitted to tho Com show 4*
+ free Thursday night and Friday 4*
4* night. 4*
4* The show will be liept open 4*
4* these nights in order to give the 4*
4- schools an opportunity to see the 4*
4* exhibits before tho show closes. 4*
4*
Woman's day at the Southern Corn
show witnessed a continuance of tho
marked Interest In the great exposition
of Georgia products. "How Adam
delved and Eve span” would have been
Continued on Last Psflo.
THURSDAY THE DAY
TO NAME
Indications Are That a Good
Vote, Considering Registra-
.tion* Will Be Polled.
GUILTY PARTIES
—DETECTIVE BURNS.
Famous Sleuth Who Ran Down
McNamara Brothers Makes
Startling Accusation. ,
CALLS HIM A “BUNCO” MAN
Declares That “Little Cigar
Maker” Knows Who Is Re
sponsible for Outrages. /
4- GOMPER8 HAS NO GUILTY 4-
4- KNOWLEDGE, 8AYB OFFICIAL +
Washington, Dec. 7.—Contra cy 4-
4- to tho opinion expressed by Do- -r
4* tectlvo Burnx that Samuel Own-
4- pars knew of the guilt of the Mo- 4-
4- Nam ara brothers some time before +
4- their confessions, Stanley W. +
4* Finch, chief of the bureau of In- 4-
4* vestlgatlon of the department of -j-
Justice, declared his belief that 4-
4- Gompers had no guilty knowledge 4-
4- of the dynamiting. 4-
hH-H-i
JtUSH TO POLLS IN ATLANTA
Early Reports Received at the
Different Headquarters Give
No Accurate Forecast.
This 1* the day.
Democrats of Georgia are conducting
a stale-wide primary ejection to nomi
nate candidates for governor and com
missioner of commerce and labor. Re-
us nour indicate me ansomm accu- 15®?^. ttll^nnn lndl cat cd that°a reason-
Lscld SiaZ' &?i‘‘SS 1 ™ ably ^arge °perccnto go of the registered
I salt; that Ault,' Russell ■ would get v# jJ WOU |j b0 cilatj „ ot „nly In Atlanta
and Fulton county, but over the atate
os a whole. The weather oould not
Photo by .Mathewson. ‘ *
PAXON AND HARMON.
Colonel F. J. Paxon. president of the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, which
I* sponsor for the corn show, and Gov
ernor Judson Harmon of Ohio, tha
guest of honor, were caught by the
camera as the Ohioan wng-pointing
more electoral votes than both of the
Browns-put together, and'I'am firmly
convinced .that this Is: precisely what
has tanpcneil In Georgia today. Wins
from oil parts of'the stato. Indicate
nothing short of la Russell. landslide.
Every ono of tho big -ix r-uinii.1, go
ing 'for Russell, with tho possible ex
ception of Blhb, and the Joo Brown
forces arc fighting desperately- to save
that county for themselves. Reports
from all'of the four-vote counties lndl-
cate a.tremendous Russell vote.
"I am thoroughly satisfied that Rus
sell has beaten- them both to an abso
lute frizzle., Ho I, to be Georgia’s next
governor.” • -
Joe Brown Prediction.
At the Joe Brown headquarters, the
following statement was given out at 1
o'clock:
"Our reports at 1 o'clock were 60 per
cent' better than expected. They Indi
cate that Governor Brown la winning
by. a good majority. Judgo ■ Mose
Wright Just called up from Rome and
says all sides are conceding Floyd to
Governor Brown. Jacob S. • Collins
wires from Savanah that the governor
is -In. the lead there, anil will carry
’Chatham county. He Is getting mofe
votes In Muscogee than the other two.
We are leading In 40 or 60 counties
we lost last year. Wo have not re
ceived a single bad report,"
Telegrams Are Posted.
Telegrams, with favorable news from
over the state for tha respectlvo coun
ties,'are posted st reach headquarters,
where numbers of enthusiastic support
ers are gathered, eager for news of the
election.
Tift. Haralson, Ware, Sumter, Ap
pling. Bibb, Ben Hill, Dooly and oth
ers are claimed for Pope Brown In tha
telegram* received at his headquarter*.
Messages posted at Joe Brown head
quarter* predict sweeping Joe Brown
victories ip Cobb, Telfair, Butts, Doug
las, Oreert. Morgan, Henry. Lauren*.
Rockdale, Ware. Muscogee, Dodge.
Jackson, Coffee, Taylor, Taliaferro and
other counties.
'Telegrams posted in Russell head
quarters from Chatham, Gwinnett.
Madison. Richmond and other counties
are that Judge Russell to making a
runaway race In those counties.
Diak and Jpa Vote,
The two Browns were at their head-
noon. Judge Russell wll
Thursday night In time to hear the re
turns. Pope Brown did not go to his
home at Hawklnaville to cast a ballot.
Ho came lo Atlanta Wednesday night
_ _ _ and lias been here all day. Joe Brown
with admiration st the Atlanta sky voted at Marietta, his home, before 10 two Browns appeared to be leading and
Continued on Pag* Three. C°ntinued on Paa* This*.
have been moro Ideal for an eloctlon,
considering that this to December, when
it would Just as likely have been rain
ing. freozlng or snowing as tho clear
crisp day that it is. A total vote of
160.000 for the wholo atate and of 12,-
000 for Fulton county Is not In the least
Improbable.
Polls In tho cities opened at 7 o'clock
Thursday morning, and will close at 7
o’clock ot night. In tho rural districts
and small towns the polls opened at S
o’clock and close at 3 o’clock In the
afternoon. Returns from tho rural dis
tricts and emaller counties will begin
coming In to the now-sgapera and cam
paign headquarters about 4 o'clock, and
by 6 o'clock there should be a fair In
dication of how a largo part of tho rural
voto has gone.
Early voting In tho Atlanta precincts
eras heavy, hundreds of business men
and mechanics going to tho polls before
starting to their places of business. In
tho larger city precincts long lines of
voters waited their turn to get to the
ballot boxes:
Confidence of victory was evidenced
at each of the three gubernatorial cam
paign headquarters Thureday morning.
Reports were being received from
workers and supporters In and out of
Atlanta. ■ Claims of success on election
day ore Just os strong as they havo
been In the past few days Immediately
preceding the balloting. There Is no In
dication of a landslide victory for any
one of the three candidates. Complete
returns must come In from at least
half the counties of the state before any
really definite Idea con be obtained as
to what the final result will be.
FIRST WARD.
Three hundred votes were polled in
this ward up to 2 o'clock. It Is a light
vote and all the candidates are claim
ing a plurality. However, It la conced
ed that Judge Ruaaell to probably
stronger in this ward than he la In
any other In the city and that he will
get a considerable vote.
SECOND WARD.
The vote In tho Second reached 750
by 2 o'clock, Joe Brawn’s workers In
sisting that they have a plurality. The
race In this ward seems to bo between
Pope Brown and Jo* Brown, with
Judge Russell the third man.
THIRD WARD.
Voting In the Third ward went on
very slowly up to 2 o’clock. By that
tlmo only 610 votes had hc-n cast out of
a registration list of nearly 5.800 and
very littl— Interest was shown.
Now York, Dae. 7.—Detective Wil
liam J. Burns, arriving in New York
from Philadelphia, today gave out nn
Interview In which he declared that
Samuel J. Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, was u
man "higher up" In the McNamara
dynamiting cases. It was Burns who
ran down and convicted the McNamara
brothers.
am satisfied." said Burns, "that
Mr. Gompers knew at the tlmo the first
piece of structural Iron work was dyna
mited back In 1908 -who was responsi
ble for It. The onss to be condemned
and punished are the 'bunco' men like
Gompers."
IL was made known today that the
Federal government was closely watch
ing the movements of Mr. Gompers.
Reports were received from Wash
ington today to the effect that a war
rant haa been Issued for the arrest of
Frank M. Ryan, president of tho In
ternational Aeaoclatlon of Bridge and
Bructural Iron Workers and the In
timate aspoctato of John J. McNamara.
Mr. Ryan Is In Wnshlngton today,
where the heads of the American Fed
eration of Labor are In conference.
Later In the day Burns mndo the fol
lowing statement:
"I dare Gompers to make an affidavit
that he did not know all about these
things. I am willing to make an am -
davit, and I havo evldenco to support
It, that Gompers camo to IndlannpoiiH
and sat down and talked with tho men
who wore working with the McNa
maras.
He waa in session nt Indianapolis
with men who were planning to dyna
mite. Gompers Is against me. Every
anarchtot In the country took hla cun
from Gompers. It was from Sam Gom
pers that tho anarchists got tholr In
spiration. Every man who could Hpout
from a street corner was on the Job.
“He came to Indianapolis and sat
down and talked to the men who were
working with the McNamaras. Tho
men at these .conferences at Indianap
olis made It appear that tho American
Federation of Labor waa behind them.
I am not prepared, however, to soy that
this 1s so.
"But I do know that some of tha Mg
men In the federation were lending
their assistance, their activities, to tho
cause of the McNamaras. I know that
Gompers was In session nt Indianapolis
with the men who were planning to
dynamite.
"The obvious Intention of all this
talk wax to have a crank take a shoe
•trot."
"What Is your reason for coming to
Contlnurif on Lait Pag*.
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HARD
If’
hard hill to
nSss life toda;
you're Inclined lo
that folks will kn
hold you down
USE GEORGIAN WANT ADS.
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