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The Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. 1. NO. 49.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, -1906.
■DpTriTTi, In Atlanta TWO Cant*
1 (j n Tralua Iff VIS Cunt a.
GRAPHIC AND HIDEOUS STORY OF MASSACRE OF HELPLESS JEWS BY RUSSIANS
SHOWS THAT SLAUGHTER OF MEN, WOMEN AND BABES WAS DONE “OFFICIALLY
Robert Crozier Long, Commissioned by the
Hearst News Service, Makes a Searching
Investigation at Bialystok and Lays the
Blame for Outrage Where it Belongs.,
Here I* ■ stnrv—graphic and hideous—of the massacre of Jews, men
women and children, at Bialystok, Russia, told by Robert Crosier Long, a
writer of note,' who was commissioned by the Hearst News Service, of New
York, to *0 from St. Petersburg, where ho had been watching events In the
national capital of the csar's empire during the meeting of the douma, to
the rlot-rldden town and tell what he saw and learned.
He was not permitted to send hla account from Bialystok, and had to
go to Warsaw, Poland, to put It on the wires. He declares the massacre
was essentially official; the police, military, hooligans and the "Black Hun
dred" played a subordinate part In the outrage. That the' slaughter was
planned far In advance, has been made evident by Investigations such as
Mr. Long made. ,
Many Jews were flogged to death and the bodies mutilated. Some, es
pecially girls, went mad as a result of Inhuman tortures. In their dia
bolical thirst to kill and destroy, many of the rioters demolished houses and
even smashed children's toy* In the excess of their anger.
By ROBERT CROZIER LONG.
Special Cable—Copyright
Warsaw, June 20.—Worse than Kish
InefT. Such Is the indisputable conclu
sion regarding the Bialystok massacre
of the Jews. In unbridled, elemental
human passions, Klshlneff Is equated
by Bialystok, but for far-sighted plot
ting and for cold-blooded atrocity In
execution Bialystok la Incomparably
the worst "pogrom" (antl-Jewleh out
break) Russia has yet produced.
It was Impossible to cable from
Bialystok, so this Is sent from War
saw. where I arrived tonight after
spending last night and the day In the
ravaged city. The pogrom ceased final
lv with the Cossack slaughter of i
Jew who was trying to reclaim hla
stolen goods, but hundreds of Jews lie
dead, many nfter mutilation and tor
ture. Some seventy or more are wound
ed and many ore doomed to death, be
ing mutilated and hideously disfigured,
Massacre Was Official.
I visited all pnrts of the town, tak
ing evfdenco from both Jewish and
Christian residents. The stories from
the latter are even more damning to
the authorities. . „
The massacre was essentially ofd-
rial. The police, military hooligans and
the "Black Hundred" played subordi
nate roles In every case. At a period
when a mass of butcheries occurred
th® police and soldier® either actively
assisted or encouraged the butcheries.
There are many authenticated caset
of soldiers themselves perpetrating
slaughter. In the Boyare district,
where the worst massacres occutred,
the soldiers of the Uglltzky, Sixty-third
regiment, accompanied by two officers,
massacred seven Jews at Gehness saw
mill.
Many Jews Become Insane.
Full details of this tragedy were
given me by tfie surviving manager.
IVlien the soldiers were occupied with
liming, their victims sought refuge In
a small wooden house, on which, at
C o'clock on Friday evening, the sol
diers fired suddenly.
Many Jews of this district, especially
girls, became Insane.
The officer ordered the Inmates to
come out, one by one. Five of them
wore shot dead a® they emerged from
the house, and six were hacked to
piece® by ®aber*> One remained In the
h"UHe, an old woman named Kautech,
To year® of age. and th® "oWlere burned
the house and she perished In the
flame®.
Families Are Exterminated,
In other caeee the loldlera were
merely onlooker®. In Souvroff ®treet
a prosperous Jew named Podlatcheff
kept & leather work® ®hop. The pro
prietor, hla relative®, named v\lr®t-
mann. and six other® were slaughtered.
I inspected the house. It® state 1® In-
<lr«rr!bable. Everything destroyed. The
upper rooms are dabbled with pool*
blood and fragment® of fleih and hair
are sticking to the wall®. W* 1 ** 1 ®*?”
wan the first killed. He "a® shot by
a gendarme named Schultxe. Then the
hooligan® stripped the corpse, carved
pieces out of the breast and drove nail®
Into the nos®. _ ..
outside this house I saw a youth
wearing the blood-stained clothe® of a
slaughtered mother. In many caw®
whole families were exterminated.
Are Beaten to Death.
I visited a house In old Boyare street
occupied by Alnsteln, a respected
teacher, who with hi® mother, daugh
ter and two sons were done to death
by hooligan® under the command of a
disguised police officer, while soldiers
« ere prevent. At first the soldiers fired
into the house and the policeman or
dered the family to save themaelvea In
the field®. +
There, after tying the father, eon.
niithcr and daughter together, they
were beaten to death, this policeman
In the meantime firing at random. In
the fields are pools of blood. Every
where Innocent children stand arguing
beside these ghastly pools, talking
about whom each belongs to.
Tortured snd Mutilated.
Throughout the town for two days
the massacres continued. Fiendish tor
tures and mutilation of the corpses In-
tarlably followed the mgsMere with
active or passive co-operation of tht
authorities.
' 'oncerning the Vladimirsky and Ug-
ll'.ky regiments. Jew witnesses af-
firm that Colonel Bukovsky directly
enocouraged the soldiers, crying:
"Ubelte xhldoff.” Thst is. "Kill the
Jews.”
Torture before death repeatedly oc
curred, and mutilation afterwards. In
Nikolai street a woman had a crow
bar thrust In her and then twisted. She
totally was harked to pieces with a
hatchet and left to bleed to death.
Nailed to a Table.
The hands of Boyar, a tailor, were
nailed to a table while he was clubbed
to death.
A little girl whose body I saw In the
Jowlsh hospital had her leg sawed off
while she was yet alive. Othera were
carved to^ death slowly.
In the yard of the Jewish hospital,
where eighty-six corpses were laid
side by side, I saw thirty cases of
tllatlon. In some, noses were cut off.
In others the ears were cut off.
many cases nails were driven Into the
face' or skull. One old man had hla
eyes torn out.
I have established the fact that the
massacre was planned days In advance.
Slaughter Well Plannsd.
For Instance, when the Jewish depu
tat Ion on Tuesday asked a police of
ficer named Bheremetleft for permis
sion to lay a werath on the grave of a
murdered police master named Der-
gatchoff, Sheremetleff cynically an
swered, "You’ll get an answer
Thursday," which was the first day of
the killing.
Dergntrhoff was a clever and hu
mane man. beloved by JewSand Chris
tiaan. Hit murder by the Jew-bnlters
gave his subordinates freedom to exe
cute their plot.
The governor of Grodno province It
equally guilty. He arrived on Thurs
day evening and stayed only two hours.
He did nothing to atop the massacre,
and worse violence followed his visit.
Wsrs Not Dishonored.
The appointment by the douma of an
Investigating committee caused a ces
sation of slaughter. The small pro
portion of wounded or killed shows the
Impnnlty with which the murderers
were allowed to finish their victims.
Every ravaged house I visited shows
that the raiders were left In posses
sion for hours. A remarkable feature
of this massacre la the absence of out
rages on the women. Though thirty
Were killed, .there Is no authenticated
case of outrage discoverable. This Ik
explained because tne hooligans and
troops got their orders only to "kill. 1 '
The precise number of deaths can
not be learned. There are eighty-six
dead now In the Jewish hospital and
seven In the Christian hospital, but the
corpses of those dragged from the train
and killed were burled without being
counted.
Children's Toys 8msshsd.
The material destruction Is enorm
ous.
The houses Into which the mob broke
were literally deatroyed. Even the
wall paper was torn down. Tha riot
ers stole everything portable; even the
children's toys were smashed. The
heavy furniture and the unsmashable
things were thrown out of the win
dows. The merchant’s account books
were burned and only the bare walls
were left.
In a bakery, where the owner was
killed, the mob soaked loaves or bread
In a pool of blood, leaving behind an
Ironical note. It Is estlmatsd that the
loss will amount to 2,000,000 roubles.
Today tht town I, quiet and it Is not
expected that a renewal of the massa
cre will odcur, but there Is a panic
among the Jews, who are migrating
by the wholesale.
A local committee of relief has been
formed, end It le hoped that New York,
where there are thouaande of former
men from Blalyetok, will help In the
work of assistance which Is so urg
ently needed.
CZAR-WONT PERMIT
MINISTERS TO RESIGN
By Pritpte Leased Wire.
8t. Petersburg, June 21.—A dispatch
from Warsaw says:
“At Rlazan the BoUchofeky regiment
mutinied on June 12. The men sur
rounded the Officers' Club and fired
upon It. Several officers were killed.
Panic prevails at Rlazarn. The Jews
are fleeing.’’
Moit alarming reports are In circu
lation about dlzafTectlon among the
guards, including the Semnoffsky regi
ment end the Hussars. The Kron
stadt garrison and warships are being
transferred elsewhere.
The ministry of the Interior le said
to have received disquieting newa re
garding tbe agrarian situation In the
southern and central provinces. The
ministers all wish to resign, but the
emperor hea not yet decided to let
them go. The situation, therefore, re
mains alarming. A telegram from a
member of the douma Investigating
matters at Blalyetok says:
•The massacre was pre-arranged. A
mere handful belonging to the "Black
Hundred" did the wrecking, while the
■ II AIA Iks blftleiar **
Sheepzhead Bay, June 21.—Go Be
tween won the Suburban Handicap this
afternoon,. Dandelion came second and
Colonial Girl third.
Time, 2:05 1-5.
OIL GOES DOWN;
STANDARD TO GET
Independent Com
pany Will Soon Be
Started.
OCTOPUS TAKES
NOTICE ALREADY
Manager Reid Says Decrease Is
Due to Small Drop in
Crude Oil.
Ip understood that tha Standard
Oil Company will Friday morning re
duce the price' of kerosene In Atlanta
one-half a cent per gallon.
It la known that an Independent
concern, which will be known os the
Georgia Oil Company. Is In the process
of formation and will soon, possibly
within thirty days, establish a plant
on the Southern railway near Pryor
street.
The two facts. It would seem, are
related.
Information that the decrease In the
price of oil will come Friday
curate. However, the management of
the Atlanta office of the company
would have nothing to say about It
Thuraday.
A rsportor called up the office Thurs
day afternoon uml asked for the man
-r. It. N. Ili-lil. Ii was «ntd lie wnsn’
In. Assistant Manager B. 13. Taylor
was asked It the price of oil would be
lowered Friday.
Mr. Taytor waa badly rattled and-
finally aald It waa not the policy of the
Standard Oil Company to furnleh In
formation. This the reporter granted,
but he expressed surprise that a cltl
zen couldn't learn the price of kero
sene.
Mr. Taylor then said that as soon
as the manager came In he would call
and Info
Friday.
He hasn't
The Georgia Oil
soldiers did the killing.'
M. Schepkln. also a member of the
douma committee, reports:
-We wished especially to bring home
the responsibility to the government. If
the massacre was organised In St. Pe
tersburg. But oar conclusions are that
It was not planned In flt Petersburg:
Company purposes
— — Atlanta from tha
Pennsylvania fields. It wilt make an
effort to gain a foothold here by de
pending on the sympathy of the public.
A leader In the movement Informed
The Georgian that he knew the Stand
ard would cut rates far below the price
hts company could afford to sell oil,
but that he hoped the people would not
be gulled by any such tactics and
would stand by the Independent com
pany.
• Manager Raid Talks.
At 2:30 o'clock Manager Reid, of the
local Standard Oil Company office,
called up The Georgian and very cour
teously stated that the reduction of half
a cent In the price of oil had Just been
put Into effect Wednesdey. It affected,
nearly all Georgia points and some In
Alabama, he said.
Manager Reid said this waa due to n
slight decrease In the price of crude oil
and In a re-divislon of the freight
rates.
EIGHT PERSONS DIE
WHEN VESSEL SINKS
By Prtrste Lesssd Wlrs.
London, June 21.—Eight persons
were drowned by the sinking today
of the schooner Bertha In collision
with the steamer America, bound from
Antwerp to New York.
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CARGO OF LINER AFIRE;
VE8SEL RUN8 TO PORT.
By Private Leased Wire.
London. June 21.—Firs was
discovered In the cargo of the
Wilson liner Colorado, from
Hull to New York, and she put
Into Queenstown today so that
It' might be extinguished!
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PRINCE HENRY OF PRU8SIA
IS COMMANDER OF NAVY.
By Private Leased Wire.
Berlin, June 21.—Prince Hen
ry of Prussia was today ap
pointed commander-ln-chlef of
of the German navy.
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neither do we find that Chief of Police
Shcnimetleff of Bialystok, was a party
to the plot. However, the respon.'lbll-
Ity of his subordinates, together with
that of the rank ami file of the police
and some of the military officers who
fondly Imagined that the odious sys
tem of von Plehve and Trepoff has
not eided. Is clearly. proved."
EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW
NEKT CONVENTION
GEORGIA DENTISTS
COMESJO ATLANTA
William Grenshaw, of
Atlanta, Chosen
President.
Special to The Georgian.
DeSoto Hotel. Bavannah,'Ga., June
21.—The following officers were elect
ed for the Georgia State Dental So
ciety this afternoon:
President, William Crenshaw, of At
lanta; first vice president, T. CV Glb-
on, of Forsyth; second vice president,
J. P. Davis, of Amerlcus; correspond
ing secretary, J. H. McNeil, of Athens;
recording Secretary; Delos Hill, of At
lanta; treasurer, H. R. Jewett, of At
lanta; Journal editor, H. H. Johnson,
of Macon; executive committee, W. C.
Miller, of Augusta;. W. E. Bugg. of
Madison: W. M. Selrkle, of Atlanta;
E. A. Tlgner, of Mllledgevllle; It.
Holmes, of Macon; H. H. Johnson, cf
Macon. ,- . .
One hundred dollars was voted for
San Francisco dentists In distress.
Atlanta was selected as the play# for
the next metering. . .
H. A. Lawrence, treasurer, of the so
ciety for thirty-seven years, was pre-,
ssnted with a gold-heailcd umbrella. He
declined re-election. . •
Thla afternoon there was a bdat ex
cursion to Tybee Light.
BRYAN DECLARES
TRUSTS AN ISSUE
IN THEJAMPAIGN
Great Commoner De
dines to' Talk Much
About Politics.
OPPOSES ESTILL
By Private Leased Wlrs.
• Trondhjsm, Norway, June 21.—To
attend the 1 coronation tomorrow of
King {laakon and Queen Maud, Wil
Ham J. Bryan arrived here thla morn
ing and was given an Impromptu re
ception. by. the Americans,
Mr. Bryan Is looking hale and henrty
and saya his health Is all that could be
desired. . He will meet the' king, prob
ably this afternoon. ’
Mr. Bryan will not talk about Ameri
can politics further Ihnn to express the
opinion that the tnuta . will he the
great Issue In the next campaign.
Crown Prince a Favorite.
Little- Crown Prince ■ Olaf has be
come the pet of evdry one and not
least of the’ hundreds of Antsrlcans
who are here. Time And again he has
run sway from his governess,> who was
In-despair until-the king relieved her
of her responsibility and turned the
little prince over to an attendant, who
had been told to show him everything
there Is to be seen.
SHOT TWICE IN HEAD,
HE GETS A HEADACHE
After having been punctured by five
bullets on two previous occasions, and
after being shot twice In the head
Thuraday morning shortly before
o'clock at the Central railway freight
depot, at the foot cf Alabama street,
Abner D. McMillan, of No. 222 East
Hunter street, a switchman of - the
Central, when asked how Jm ML cool
ly and stmlllngly remarked that he had
headache.
The shots were fired by C. C. Daniels,
night watchman at the depot One of
the bullets struck McMillan In the fore
head. while the other cut a hole In the
back of the head. Both of -the bullets
appear to have glanced, and as a result
made only flesh wounds.
At the time of the shooting the pistol
„as held almost against McMillans
head, and that he was not Instantly
killed Is considered remarkable,
Seizsd Smoking Pistol.
At the second shot, the nervy switch
man caught hold of the pistol and pre
vented Daniels from again firing, hold
ing onto the weapon with a viee-llke
grip until A. J. Barnwell, a telegraph
operator, cams to his rescue.
^The shooting directly followed a Jok
ing remark, said to have been made
by McMillan to the switchman. It Is
understood, however, there was some
fooling between the men, as the result
of court proceedings. In which both
were Interested.
Directly after the shooting Daniels
went to the police station and surren
dered. A short whUe latsr he was ar
raigned before Justice of the Peace
Landrum and was bound over to the
ate courts on tbs charge of aaeault
with Intent to murder. His bond was
fixed at 6600. It le thought the bond
will be made during the day.
Daniels .asserts that.he acted purely
In self-defense. He stated that Mc
Millan attacked him with.an open knife
and tried 'to-cut hlm'.'slashlng his coat
Other witnesses, however, declared that
the ewHchman had no knife.
Career Like a-Kentuckian.
McMillan works at night and had
Just gone off duty, at the time of the
trouble. He aays he passed Daniels on
the depot platform, and laughingly
made a Jesting remark. Ha said this
until he thought It necessary to defend
hla life. The shooting was Investigated
by Policemen Hutchins and Borocnoff.
McMillan, who Is reputed to bo de
cidedly nervy, has had an extraordina
ry experience with bullets. He enlist
ed In the army during the Spanish-
American war and fought In the Phil
ippines. It was there he received his
first taste of lead, two FUtpIno bullets
finding a resting place In his anatomy.
Some time ago, while pasting along
Tonga street croeelng, tn route to hie
home, he was attacked by two white
men snd shot three times. He was In a
bad condition for a lime, but finally re
covered.
Hla narrow escape on Thursday
morning did not seem to fsase him In
the least. He laughed and Joked about
his thrilling experience end remarked
ln-a Jeering tone:
“It seems I am somewhat like a cat
I haven't been shot tbe ninth time
Charge He is No
Friend of Work
ing Man.
Special to The Georgian.
Augusta^, On, June 21.—Practically
all of the morning session of the fed
eration of Labor meeting here was
taken up In reading resolutions, most
of which were of little or no Interest to
the outside public.
There were two resolutions, how
ever, that were of general Interest, one
being against Colonel J. H. Estlll's
candidacy for governor of the state,
and the other making Hon. W. R.
Hearst a life member of the Georgia
Federation of Iatbor.
It was stated In the resolution
against Colonel Eetell that he was no
friend of organized labor and that
while the labor unions were not In
Politics, they would show the public
when the time came to vote who their
friends were, and they would cast their
ballots accordingly.
The child labor reaolutlons, which
were referred yesterday, .were adopted
Unanimously this morning.
A resolution appointing a committee
to confer with the Atlanta Newspaper
Union Company, requiring them to put
the union label on all country publica
tions that they Issue, was also adopted.
It has been decided to have the elec
tion of officers the first business to
morrow morning and then the other
business of the session. There will be
a number of the delegates who will not
remain In the city to attend the excur
sion down tha river.
Child Labor Resolution.
The child labor resolution referred
to above waa Introduced by Earl E.
Griggs on behalf of the Atlanta Typo-
^'cal Union, and la as follows:
iresa. At each succeeding meet
ing of the Georgia Federation of Labor
the members of tble body seek to build
up, within the bounds of reason and
Justice to all, the conditions of the af
filiated bodies In lie Jurisdiction, and
also to wisely amend the laws for
the healthful uplift of all the working
peoples, and
Whereas, This body seeks not to tear
down, but ever to build higher the
standard of the working peoples of our
stats, and to that they contribute their
tithes to the end that schools, munici
palities and communities may be prop
erly equipped and operated to conduce
to the best interests of all, either In
the ranks of labor or of capital, and
Whereas, As the twig Is bent so the
tree will grow; therefore, be It
Resolved, That, though we feel deep
ly grateful at the growth of senti
ment, both In the state at large and In
the general aaaembly, we deprecate the
non-existence of an adequate child la
bor law upon the statute books of the
state of Georgia, and urge the adop
tion of a wise snd conservative law.
such aa meets the approbation of the
officers of this body; and
Resolved, That a committee, com-
posed of five, to be known as the
“Georgia Laborers' Child Labor Com-
mlttee,” be appointed by the president
of the Georgia Federation of Labor,
the duties of wblrh shall be to assist
In evtry honorable manner possible In
the passage of an humane child labor
bill et the coming session of tbe gen
eral assembly
SEEKS A LIFE
Police Reserves Hard
Put to Save Their
Prisoner.
HARMLESS OLD MAN
IS STABBED TO DEATH
Thoso Who Witness Cold-Blood
ed Murder in Street, Want
to Lynch the Slayer.
Ily Private Leaned Wire.
New York, June 21.—Oulsseppe Tne-
oboccl, who narrowly escaped lynching
at the hands of an East Side mob of
6,000 persons, waa arraigned In Essex
market police court today and held fir
having stabbed and almost Inntnntly
killing Abraham Koalowltz, of No. 31
Norfolk street.
Were It not for the fact that Eldrldge
afreet station was promptly notified,
the man would have been beaten to
death by the Infuriated crowd.
The murder waa unprovoked. The
victim Jostled the murdered accidental
ly. The Italian drew a long illrk from
hie belt and attempted to strike. Kos-
lowltz ran. He turned tho corner at
Norfolk street, end, believing his foe
had gone, stepped to catch hi* breath.
Through tho crowd, and not fifty feet
nwny, Yocoboccl dnrteil forward and
Iged the dirk to the handle In Kos-
li'a breast. Tho crowd cornered
the murderer and would havo beaten
him to death toil for the atilval "f the
police reserves.
Yncoboccl was placed In the center
a hollow square of th# bluei oat*.
With this formation a start wax made
for tho atatlon. A mob, which Cap
tain Murtha estimated at 5,0fla, preened
about the square. Incipient rioting
prevailed on tho mnrcti tn tho station
nnd nfter the prisoner lind been hustled
to a cell, the reserve* hurried out to
rratore order In tho afreet*.
GEORGIA EDUCATORS
MEETIN CONVENTION
AT CUMBERLAND IS.
SPECIAL STEAMER CARRIED THE
CROWD ACROSS BAY FROM
BRUNSWICK,
Rpoelal to Tha Georgian.
Brunswick, Oa„ Juno 21.—A apecial
ateamer took a crowd of Georgia edu
cators over to Cumberland Inland thla
morning, where they will attend the
Georgia Educational Association, which
opened Ha seaslona today.
A meeting of the directors takes
place at I o'clock, and the trustees will
meet at 4 o'clock. At 6 o'clock tho edu
cators will enjoy an oyster rnnnt, the
association convening In open session
at * o'clock.
Among the prominent educators at
tending are: Professor Pound, of the
Georgia Military Institute; Superinten
dent Lawson, of Augusta; Prof. .. ,r
Stuart, of the University of Goorgla:
Professor Weber, of Emory; Preeldent
Smith, of LaGrnngo Female Colleg,
Professor Pickett, of Gordon las
President Guerry, c I
College; President
College; State St
errltt; President Smith, of Me
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THURSDAY LONGEST o
DAY OF THE YEAR. O
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Thursday la the longest day
of the year. Hadn’t you no
ticed ItT The day la exactly
fourteen hours and twenty-five
minutes In duration, from sun
rise to sunset. The sun was up
exactly' at 4:27 and was due to
set at 6:12. Friday will he
about a minute shorter, and
then they will sort o’ shrink up
until December 21, when the
shortest day of the year will be
pulled off. Thursday Is what Is
known In technical language ns
the summer solstice. December
21 will be the winter aplstlce.
Tbe reason Thursday Is long
er than other days Is that the
earth. In Its traveling around
the sun, gets In such position
on June 21 that the sun la near
est the northern hemisphere.
On December 21 It Is farthest.
Forecast: Fair
night and Friday; n
Friday night.
Thursday’a tempei
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a a. in. .. t.
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Thi
.day
degrees
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111 de
13 degrees 0
45 degrees 0
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