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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
AGED WOMAN IS
KILLED BY AUTO
Mrs. Whitemore, Gibson City, Ill
Meets Death ut Street Crossings
Was Wealthy.

Gibson City. ILL.,, Oct. 1S.-Mr3.
Whitemore. an aged resident Of Glib
son City, was instantly killed yes
terday afternoon when she was
struck by an automobile driven by
Oscar Schiltz. Mrs. WhitemOre at
tempted to cross the street near the
First National bank when struck,
her skull was fractured and she.
was dead when picked up. She is
reputed to be very wealthy. there
being NO near relatives.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
KIDNAPPED GIRL
UNHURT, SAYS
AURORA CHIEF.
l6-Year-Old Beauty
Won Fight Against
Her Abductor.

Aurora, Ill.,, Oct. 1S.-"The girl
is unharmed and as innocent today
as the day she was born"
So Frank Michels, for 20 years
chief Of police of Aurora, said to-
day in passing upon the revelations
of Miss Ida Mae Haskins. a 16-
year-old winner of a Missouri
beauty prize who was carried off
from her home in Independence,
Mo-, two weeks ago by Frank Raw
lings, 80, manufacturing stationer
who had employed her. He is mar
ried and has two children. The
girl is hardly more than child in
looks and thoughts. Her parents
are coming here after her.
Kansas City authorities are COM
ing after Rawlings. They have q
warrant charging him with abduc-
ton.
sMoth. Eaten" Lover.
Despite the charge he is not at
all the type Of desperate lover pic
tured in the films. There is moth
ing about him to suggest sheik or
wicked knight. A drab little man
whose voice is flat and monotonous,
policemen term him ''moth-eaten."
AS dispassionately as though he
were recalling the incidents of some
prosaic journey, Rawlings told how
he had taken the girl on an auto
mobile ride and driven out of town
with the idea of going so far she
would realize the hopeiessness of
the struggle and would become re-
signed.
She wouldn't Surrender.
r But she never surrendered. he
said, despite her terror and dis
tress. From town to town they
went, Rawlings said, he promising
the girl each time that they were
NOW on the way home" He even
pretended to mail letters for her to
her mother and pocketed them.
The letters, all but two, which
were mailed from Aurora, were
turned over to the police here after
the couple was taken into custody.
They were picked up here Monday.
nine days after they had left their
home town of Independence. They
had been to Kansas City, st. Louis.
lndianola, ILL.,, and several other
Illinois towns including Chicago,
before they reached Aurora last
Thursday. Rawlings came here to
market a patent desk pad, figuring
that he would have better oppor-
tunity in a small town than in Chi
cago.
Here, too, he decided to yield to
the girls entreaties and send her
home. From here he mailed her
mother two of the letters that she
had given him.
May Hang Him, Girl Says.
"I don't care what they do with
me-" Rawlings said. ut is all my
fault. But the girl has never been
wronged. ] loved her and carried
her off but l could not win her. l
am willing to pay the price"
Maybe they will hang him." Ida
said. I'm Missouri, kidnapping is a
serious offense, worse than in lots
of places. But Jail for life would
be enough"
Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 18-Frank
Rawlings, who with Ida Mae Haskin,
a 16-year-old girl, was held yester-
day in Aurora, ILL.,, is wanted here
on a state warrant charging him
with abduction. The pair left here
Sept. 20, Rawlings, the girls employ
er, telling her parents that he
wanted her to accompany him and
his family to St. Louis to get sup
plies for his business. He claimed
to be a manufacturer Of new
notebook. He left wife and chill
dren in Independence, Mo.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
BRITAIN MAKES
DRY PROTEST
Object to State Department Against
Seizure Of Ships Outside
Three-Mile Limit.

Washington, Oct. IS. - (By the
Associated Press.) A protest
against continued seizure of Brit
ish vessels by prohibition agents
operating outside the three-mi'e
limit. was presented to the state de-
partment today on behalf of the
British government.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
HULK Of BURNED
Liner IS SUNK


San Francisco. Calf, Oct. 49,
The liner City Of Honolulu. gutted
by fire Thursday, sank in $500
fathoms of water after the coast
guard cutter Shawnee had poured
81 shots into the hulk, according
to q radiogram received here to-
day.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
MOTOR CAR OUTPUT
LESS THAN IN 1919

Warrington. Oct. 1S.-Declines in
output. valne and employment of
automobile production in 1921 as
compared with 1919, we're shown in
census reports made public today
BY the department Of commerce.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
KANSAS COURT
DOES NOT HALT
EVERY STRIKE
Only Prevents Dis
tress to the Public,
Laurence Says.

Mote: Following is the first Of
series of three articles on the Kansas
industrial court, written for The Argus
by David Lawrence. TOmorrow's
dispatch will deal with the attitude of
organized labor toward the Kansas
court).
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
p0CTOR,S BODY FOUND.

Milwaukee, Oct. 1S.-The bodysof
DIR. Ralph Potter, "a, who disap-
peared from a health resort three
weeks ago, was found in Lake Ma
shotah.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Thursday. Slow
" rising temperature.
Wind velocity at Z q. m. 5 miles.
Precipitation, none.
I'm. 7p. m. z q. m.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18

River Stag8 dl e Z. n's 1'S NO
change last "a hours.
Sunset today, SIT: sunrise to-
morrow, 6:c0
River Forecast.
The stages Of the Mississippi riv-
ar from below Dubuque to Musca-
tine win change but little during
the next few days.
ANDREW HAMRlCK.
Meteor0logist
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-18

Continued on Page Fourteen.)
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
URGE REPEAL OF
RAIL GUARANTEE

Washington, Jan. 25.-Recommen-
dation for repeal of the commonly
known guaranty clause of the Trans
portation Act and return to the State
Railroad Commissions of control ov-
er State rates was voted today by a
subcommittee on Railway Transpor-
tation Of the General Transportation
Committee of the National Agricul-
tural Conference. The vote on the re-
peal of guaranty clause was IL to D
and on the return of the State rail-
way powers IL to 6.
Recommendation for the construc-
ton of the st. Lawrence-Great Lakes
waterway project was voted by the
Subcommittee ON Waterways Trans
portation under the General Trans
portation Committee.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
TOO STARVED TO Be HUNGRY?
There Comes a Final Stage in the
Horror When Taste for Food
Is Lacking.

cannot quite bring myself to tell
tales Of famine horrors--the monkey
faced, pop-eyed babies Juggling bungrily
at the cold breasts of dead mothers ly-
ing on the frozen ground; the piteOus
old women and the stOical men; the in
credibly deformed starving walf whom
Iplcked up outside of the city Of Using
hangpu; the boy OH the wall Of Chin
kiang who was carrying home a
starved cat for food, and in response
to query, tried 50 hard to sell it 20
me as delicate mOrsel, and such
general concOmitants as the incidence
Of smallpox plague with the famine.
One of the unexpected aspects of
work In the famine camps came when
/ was accompanying Mrs. Paxton Of
Chinkiang as she made rounds to dis
tribute medicine to the sick among
the hungry. As matter Of fact,
relatively few persons ever die in a
famine directly from actual hunger,
but rather from diseases induced by
mulnutritlon.
Obligingly, Mrs. Paxton freely trans
lated for me as we went along, and we
found, in pathetic paradox, that the
commonest request Of these starving
creatures was for medicine to give
them an appetite! Even when they
succeeded in getting a bowl Of food
from the relief station, ran the re-
peated tale, they could not eat 1t,
having no taste for food
To us this meant, obviously, that the
sufferers had reached the final stages
where craving for food had passed
away. They We're not hungry, be.
cause they were starving William
Il. Ellis I'm the Outlook.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
NEW TOY FINDS MUCH FAVOR
Partisan Children Hail With Joy Idea
Which Has Been Imported
From Central Borneo.

The latest toy which Partisan chill
dren are buying, and which threatens
TO dlsplace the scooter in popular IA
vor, Is a modern form Of the old
dumping stick"
The new jumping stick" which is
called a pogo" Is more scientific than
its predecessor, which was nothing
more elaborate than single silt with
two rests for the feet.
II is made with an india rubber pad
and with strong spring, which ena-
bles its pOssessor to take u series of
leaps without jar.
The pogo was first found In use, in
primitive form, among the Dyak ma
tives Of central BorneO, who gave II
that name. II was stick with a
cross-piece, on which certain favored
young men used to perform a kind OF
dance at sacrifcial ceremonies.
AS the chiefs took charge of the
pogos after the ceremony, hiding them
until the next occasion for their use,
1t was very difficult to obtain them,
but a French traveller who saw. the
dance In progress, described them on
his return to Paris. From his rough
sketch the new Paris toy has been
made.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
IS YOUR HEALTH
GRADUALLY SLIPPING?
Interesting Experience Of Texas Lady Who Declares That More
Women Knew About Cardui They Would Be Spared
Much Sickness and Worry

Navasota, Texas.-Mrs. w. M. Peden,
ofthis place, relates the following interest
ing account Of how she recovered her
strength, having realized that she was
actually losing her health:
"Health is the greatest thing in The
world, and when you feel that gradually
slipping away from you, you certainly sit
40 and take notice. That is what did
some time ago when found myself in
very nervous, rundown condition Of
health. was so tired and felt so liieless
could hardly 60 al all.
II was just no account for work. ]
would get a bucket OF water and would
Ieel so weak would have to set il down
before felt like l could lift II TO the shelf.
In this condition, OF course, to do even
my housework was a task almost i'm
possible to accomplish.
~ was =. assvous and easily upse..
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
Children Cry
FOR FlETCHER'S
Ga 8 T RIA
LAW OF GRAVITY DEFIED
DURING STORM BY PLANE

Mineola, l.. l., Jan. 2S.--Gravity
was defied by the United States Air
Mail Service airplane, driven by Pilot
c. B. D. Colyer, when he tried to
land in face of the terrific gale at
the Curtiss Engineering Field at Gar
den City. Altho the propeller was
making 1,400 revolutions minute
and the machine was nosed down al
most perpendicularly the machine
stood absolutely still hundreds Of
feet above the field. Colyer finally
turned the machine toward Hazel
hurst Field, where he landed.
The machine was covered with
snow and sleet on arrival with $50
pounds of mail, from Cleveland and
Chicago.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
Facts Concerning EeIs.

Whence the eel comes and whittier
It goes is the text for an erudite
niece of which American Consul Den
mis- at London claims authorship in a
cablegram to Secretary Hoover.
Quaint belief that the cells were
miraculOusly born Of hogsehairs drop
ped into ponds from horses tails
is entirely dispelled by Mr.. Dennis,
who comments upon research work by
Doctor Smith, Danish scientist.
The cells life history, an mutations
able mystery twenty years ago, thus
for the first time is made wide open
book, and Mr.. Dennis warrants these
facts:
The eel lives up to eight years In
fresh waters. Adult cells, living their
life span, go down to tldewater, where
they spawn and die. Newly Matched
cells live I'm a cold and gloomy depth
of 500 fathoms. They reappear in late
winter.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
TOBACCO GROWERS TO
TRY SEED TREATMENT

Lexington, Ky, Feb. In an eff
fort to control wlldfira and angular
leaf spot, the two most serious dis
eases of tobacco occurring in the
State, many growers will try seed
treatment before seeding their plant
beds this spring. according to w. d..
Naileau, plant pathologist at the Ken
lucky Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton. A number of Christian county
farmers, who recently had almost a
bushal of dark tobacco seed treated
at the station are among the most re-
cent ones to employ this control
method before planting their seed.
The treatment. which gives pro-
mise of rendering the seed disease
free, involves the use of bichloride of
mercury which is being recommended
in preference to formaldehyde as the
latter resulted in some injury last
year when the seed was not thorough
~ washed. The seed is soaked for
Is minutes in a solution made up of
one part of bichloride and 1000 parts
of water after which it is washed
thoroughly in several changes of
clean water. Metal containers can
not be used in the soaking process.
After the soaking and washing, the
seed is placed in a cheese cloth bag
and swung around at arms length
several times to remove the surplus
water after which 1t is spread out in
thin layer to hasten the drying.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
"Mounties" In With Dominion Police

Mountlee IN WIN Oonnlnion FotiCc
Under an act of parliament the
Royal Northwest mounted police Of
Canada was merged with the Dominion
police May 1, 1920. with jurisdiction
throughout Canada, and known as the
Royal Canadian mounted police.
The Dominion police was a small
body of men, the uniformed members
of which were employed largely In
guarding the parliament buildings, the
mint and other government structures
I'm Ottawa. To II was attached a
number Of highly trained experts,
skilled in dealing with international
criminals and their schemes, and hav-
ing knowledge of the finger print
system. These are now all members
of the Royal Canadian mounted
police, under the command Of Col. A.
Bowen Perry.
The force Is now recruited to its
prewar average of 1900. Canadian
government officials hope soon to be
able to increase 1t far beyond that
number, but the dominlon's war debt
has to date made that impossible.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

couldn't rest we'll at night and was =.
just lifeless.
al heard OF Cardui and after reading I
decided had some female trouble that
was pulling me down. lsent for Cardui
and began il. -.
"In a very short while after | began tho
Cardui Home Treatment saw an i'm
provement and it wasn't long until was
all right-good appetite. splendid rest.
and much stronger so that easily did my
house work.
"Laier took bottle OF Cardui as a
tonic. | can recommend Cardui and glad
ly do so, for If more women knew, 10
would save a great deal OF worry and
sickness"
The enthusiastic praise OF thousands Of
other women who have found Cardui
helpful should convince you that il Is
worth trying. ALI druggists sell il
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

connection with the U. S. Bureau OF
Market and Crop Estimates, H. F.
Bryant, Statistician:
A decrease of approximately $780,
S6S, 200, or about 40 per cent, is
shown in the value OF Kentucky farm
ers' principal crops in 1921, compar-
ed to 1920, in the annual summary
of acreage, production and farm
value of crops, issued by the U. s.
Bureau of Markets and Crop Esti-
mates in cooperation with State
Commissioner of Agriculture w. c.
Hanna The total farm value of the
chief crops, including apples, peach
es and pears, was $1S7.S96,O00 in
1921 compared to $22S,264,O00 in
1920, altho the acreage of fourteen
principal field crops, not including
orchards, was 5,791, 900 acres in 1921
or per cent less than the 6,034 200
acres of those crops in 1920.
Tobacco was the States most val
liable crop in 1921, being worth
$50, 4S5, 900 compared to $71,40O,'
900 in 1920. The states total to-
bacco acreage in 1921, was $4,000
acres which produced 25,710,O0O
pounds, of which about 221,009 acres
(19O,171,OOO pounds) was hurley
In 1920 the states tobacco acreage
was about 100000 acres which pro-
duced 476,00O,O0O pounds, of which
about 29S,OOO acres was hurley which
produced approximately 265,1S1,0 OO
pounds. other crop values are; corn
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
JOHN ID. HAS FUN IN
BEATING GOLF GUESTS

Ormoad Beach, Fla, Jan. Is
John d Rockefeller is spending his
winter vacation here and when not
entertaining guests at his cottage can
be found on the golf liks
Despite his advancing age the
veteran is an enthusiastic golfer and
shows lots Of pep in advancing ov-
err the course His chief delight is to
invite his guests to game and then
defeat them
He does not allow his social func-
tons to interfere with his ardent
pursuit Of the little balls he sends
flying
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
HIS INQUIRY

paw" began little Lester Liver
more, who is of unusual width be-
twixt the eyes, "if man so years
old marries a girl of IT, and his son,
aged 25, marries the girls mother,
doesn't that make the old man the
son-in-law of his own son and the
father-inlaw of himself, and-say,
Paw, can l go to the picture show
tonight if l won't ask any more
questions?"
"Yes!" yelled Mr.. Livermore.-
Kansas City Star.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
Dollars and Cents.

Counting it only in dollars and
cents, how much did that last cold
cost you? A man may not always
stop work when he has cold, but
perhaps it would be better if he did,
1t takes about ten days to get COM
pletely rid of a cold under the usual
treatment. That time can be much
shortened by taking Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and proper care of
yourself, in fact, bottle of this
remedy in the house is mighty good
investment during the winter and
spring months. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
Bear Islands History.

Midway between Norway and Spitz-
bergen, Bear Island thrusts Its head,
known as Mount Misery, above the
cold waters. The whole island, save
for moss and lichens, is almost des'
titute of vegetation. Long ago 1t was
Joined with the Spitzbergen archipela'
20; the continental shelf upon which
the island sits shows drowned valley
deepening to 200 fathoms; this marks
the course of an ancient river system
that must have drained an area
larger than the present basin of the
Volga.-Scientific American.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

"You are very young to be a reg
istered pharmacist" said the lady
with a massive jaw 81 wish the pro-
prietor to wait on me and not any
young clerk"
Where is your prescription" in
uuired the proprietor, coming for
ward.
II have no prescription. What
want is five 2-cent postage stamps
Detroit Free Press.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
GIANT FOSSIL UNEARTHED

Curtis, Neb., Jan. 2S.-What is be-
lieved to be the largest fossil ever
discovered in America has been part
j. unearthed on the farm Of John
Corte near here. Scientists from
Denver University, who came here to
examine the find. say the fossil is a
mammoth, which probably lived
100000 years ago. The bones are
well preserved.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
POLISH WOMEN READY
TO CONTRIBUTE JEWELS

Warsaw, Jan. 29.-Galacian wo-
men have expressed their willingness
to collect gold, silver and jewelry to
be used as a basis for new currency.
Forty women's organizations have
addressed the Polish government vol
unteering their services in the collec-
ton of these gifts to the national
treasury.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

1921, $45,1SS,OOO; 1920, $S3,3S3,-
900; hay of all kinds, 1921, $17,377,-
900; 1920, $2S,OS7,OOO; wheat, 1921,
$7,291,0OO, 192O,$11,456,OOO; Irish
potatoes, 1921, $6,221, 900, 1920,
$S,465,000; sorghum syrup, 1921,
S2,93S,000, 1920, $5,1S4,O00; oats,
1921, $2,672,OOO, 1920, $4,SO3,OOO;
sweet potatoes, 1921, $2,153,000,
1920, sass, 900.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

Bobbie came home one day with
a brand new golf ball.
Look at the lost ball / found on
the links, daddy" he said.
But daddy was suspicious. Are
you sure It was lost ball, SOM" he
asked.
"Surest thing you know" replied
Bobby with conviction. Il saw the
man and his caddy both looking for
!t."-Legion Weekly.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

Susie, what well-mannered boys
you have! How do you manage to
raise such fine boys?"
I'm tell you, Missus. l raise
them with a barrel-stave, and | raise
'em often" Farm and Home.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
KENTUCKY ANNUAL
CROP SUMMARY, 1921

Following is in part, the Kentucky
crop report for the year 1921, issued
by the State Department of Agricul-
ture, w. C. Hanna, Commissioner, in
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

He (rapsodically)-I adore every
thing that is grand, exquisite, SUI
pereminent. l love the peerless, the
serene, the perfect in life.
She (blushing coyly)-Oh, George
how can | refuse you when you put
IL so beautifully?-Boston Transcript.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

Old maid Hansen was telling her
family of an adventure, Yesterday
on my way home, l had to pass a
dark street. Suddenly man came
out before me. All! How rant"
The -6-year-old-Did you catch
him?
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

Farmer-What are you doing in
the orchard?
Boy-Nothing, sir.
Farmer-Aren't you trying to steal
some apples?
Boy-No, sir; I'm trying not to
steal 'em.-Boys' Life.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

When little Willie entered the
room every chair was occupied
Lets all sing America he said
and as everyone rose to sing, little
Willie slid into the best seat.-Push
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

There's two kinds of people always
in hard luck; them that did it, but
never thought; and them tht
thought, but never did it."-Josh
Wise.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03

Norway has a daily newspaper run
entirely by women and treating ex-
clusively women's activities.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-03
THE B00KKEEPER
pY AGNES eRooAN

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-15
'Chs DailyMovie Magazine

WHY Girls Leave Home and The
Three Live Ghosts? We thought these
we're very good showings of her ability.
1--WE think that Harrison Ford In
'Smilln' Through gave one Of the most
sympathetic and beautiful portrayals
the screen has ever seen.
"what does Il. r. mean by his letter
of some time ago when he attacked
and pulled apart 'Smilin' Through 70
vigorously? All his criticisms, in our
irdgmpnt. were faulty. and he showed
a great lack of poetic feeling. on his
insstcnce 1f a thorough medical examl-
nation At Moonyecn's death SO beauti-
fully acted by Norma Talmadgc. one
of the screens best. We are very
indignant over this, and why did you
not dcfcud her. Mr.. Ncely, against this
useless and vulgar attack? We thought
that you were Norma's champion.
1--WE would value your opinion on
two actors who appeared in the 'Ro-
sary.' that is Jane Novak and Robert
Gordon. We thought them charming
pair of lovers, fresh and youthful.
"How can any of your correspond. e.
snts rave over such an animated
,lothcspin ms Gloria Swanson? How
silly she is, Not SO long ago one Of
your writer's, presumably girl, de-
rlared Gloria Swanson her favorite.
Where is hcr taste? She must have
lost tive think in the ashcan. And
we don't think Mae Murray much bet
ter than Swanson.
1--WE would like to know what YOU
think Of Anitn Stewart and why she
has lost tho prestige and prominence
that were once hers. We enjoyed her
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