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Settlement Of
Strike In Texas
To Be Attempted
Boy, 9, Missing
For Five Months,
Found Murdered
Disappearance of
Liquor Seized by
Police Is Probed
b
creation of system 13 and 17
be heard.
prostestant
announced
ers
momy.
mtiee.
morning
of a third
Pfess.) —George H.
captain
steamer,
ac-
to
Wichita Falls. Texas, Jin. 3ft.—An
attempt to break out of jail by Mrs.
Ida Bell, convicted of slaying G. A.
Demoss and sentenced, to five years
in the penitentiary, wt» frustrated
by county officers early this even-
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THE SENATE FOR AN ECONOMIC
CONFAB CALLED BY PR
Offj
the w
commit
of>e 1
murder
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Iron Mountain, Mich.. .Tan. 30.—
Henry Ford will build the largest
chemical plant in the world here, it
was announced by E. I. Pearce Mon-
day.
Pearce has been awarded a' con-
tract for construction materials.
(Saimsbille
Ardmore, Jan.
Press.)—Judge Freeman ordered the
summoning of a fourth venire of teu
men after only fotir men were fpund
available in the third venire.
A
London, Jan. 30.—(United Press.)
—The mark was at 195,000 to the
pound sterling or over 42,000 to the
dollar on the London Exchange to-
day. 'pie franc was extremely low.
Turks May Be Invited
To Confer With
(By United Press)
German inhabitants of the
and Rhineland paid, heavily today
for their “weaponless guerilla war-
the French army of inta- j
Force of Pro
Officers in this
District is Cut
Me
amendments
the
Washington, Jan. 30.—Soviet Rus-
sia has hot improved either politi-
cally or economically to a point
point where American recognition is
practicable or desirable, it was of-
ficially stated to lay at the , rta/e
department.
The statement mad? in '
sponse to an inquiry addressed to
Secretary of State Hughes as to
whether Russia had made any ma-
terial advance toward filing the
conditions of recognition laid down
in this outline of Russian policy a
year ago.
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Appropriations
For Flood Control
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'St. Louis, Jan. 30.—(By Associated
Pre^.)—Reports that the Missouri,
Kansas 4 Texas railroad would
spend $29,000,000 for improvements
and new equipment were confirmed
by officiate pf the road here-today.
Erie. Pa, Jan. 3O.-Dr. Lauritz
Larsen of Brooklyn, N. Y, president
of the Lutheran National Council
of America, died at a hospital hero.
Tthe Parkland Hospital
I Mrs. G. Walker,
'Jones, died Set unlay.
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TB4CX^ AMD GRAND STAND Effort for Liberty
Buildings In Dublin
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CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH
Chillicothe, Mb., Jan. 29.—While
playing with his wagon in his home
hree, Elgin Ferris, 2-year-old _ child
of Mrs. Oren Fqrris, was scalded to
death Monday when he fell into a
pan of boiling water which bad been
left on the kitchen floor.
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76.5 to the pound.
to
hold a special meeting to take
up the question of Mosul.
The Earl of Balfour, placing
the request before the council,
asked that Turkey be invited to
confer with the major power of
the league. If-the Angora gov-
Parte, Jan. 30.—(United Press.)-—
An unconfirmed report from Cologne
by way of Brussels that 20 Ger-
mans were killed and others wounded
in a crash with French troops at
Boppard. 'Rhineland, reached Paris
last night. French officials were
unable to verify the report today.
The French foreign office today
officially denied a report from Brus-
sels that 29 Germans had been shot
in a clash with French troops in
the Rhineland.
Cu CIux Clan
Launches Clean-
Up Fight at 0. C.
■Oklahoma City, Jan. 30.—(United
Press.)—Ladles of the Cu Uhix Clan
were in the field against vice and
immorality here today following
their parade in down town streets
Dallas. Jan. 30.—(By Associated
•Press, >—Investigation into the al-
leged disappearance of 25 I--2 cases
of liquor seized by Dallas police last
June was ordered today by Federal
Judge Atwell who said he would
hold those responsible for the theft
in contempt of court. The disap-
pearance of the liquor was discov-
ered when Atwell ordered 41 1-2
cases of whiskey brought into court
for use as evidence in the trial of
June'Smith and George Canada. Only
16 cases could be found.
Smith and Canada entered pleas
of guilty to possession and transpor-
tation of 41 1-2 cases and were fined
$250 and $750 respectively.
be the greatest clean-up campaign
ever attempted In the Southwest,
One hundred women, dressed in the
clan regalia consisting of blue
robes, white capes and white-peaked
hoods silentlv marched in single file
through the crowded down
town streets. Traffic in the busi-
ness section was topped for 30,
minutes while the ladies marched.
Thousands of persons lined the!
streets and watched the parade with
silence.
The clean-up campaign will be
against alleged rings of dope run-1
ners, bootleggers, black mailers, auto
theives and white slave traders ex)
rating in Oklahoma, 1
Principles of the
hooded women include chastity of
the home, white supremacy, protes-
tantism. Americanism and enforce-
ment of the law by legally consti-
tuted authorities, it was announced.
Berlin, January 30.—(United, [Press)—
> without1 weapons”—Ger-
Austin, Jan. 30.—(By Associated
Press. )-—By a vote of 23 to 7 the last night,
laenate today- passed the Rountree
reclamation bill carrying appropria-
tions of $600,000 for topographic and
hydrographic surveys and flood, con-
trol work. The bill already has
[passed the house and now goes to
[the governor for approval.
Enactment of laws which will en-
courage and assist in the construc-
tion of factories in Texas to en-
able the manufacture of Texas cot-
ton, wool, eattle and other products
was requested by Governor Neff in
a measure on industrial development
feat to the legislature today.
r Plan Was Submitted
As A Separate
Resolution.
Russia Is Not
. Prepared for U.
. S. Recognitions
Rubber is made fr-»m raw rubber
fluid and sulphur, treated’ with a
certain degree of heat.
BORAH RENEWS PROPOSAL IN
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[Near, Negro Jailed Set May Lose Sight
Fort Worth. Texas, Jan. 30.—
Goodman Griffin, 9 years old, sus-
tained the loss of one eye and pos-
sibly of two. and body injuries at
Jacksboro Sunday afternoon when
building a radio set with some cop-
per wire he found at a construction
job. ■ -a ■ <■
'Tile wire had dynamite caps at-
tached jukI when the lad affixed it
to a dry cell battery, an explosion
’ resulted. He was brought to Fort
Worth and taken to the Harris San-
itai ium. His condition is critical.
U. S. and Germany
Invited t o Meet
oX‘n7n^ With the^ League
Paris, Jan. 30.— (By Associated
Press. )-f The United States and
Germany will be invited to take
part in the customs regulations con-
ference next October organised by the
economic committee of the League
of Nations, the council of the league
decided today.
OBREGON HAS SLIGHT COLD
Mexico City, ‘Jan. 29.—President
Obregon ia suffering from a Cold and
was unable to appear Monday at the
National palace. His condition is
said not to be serious.
THE WEATHER^
TONIGHT and WEDNESDAY—
Unsettled: colder.
EAST TEXAS—Tonight and Wed-
nesday: Unsettled; showers in the
east port ion; colder tonight in north-
western portion. Colder ■ Wednes-
diy. •
WEST TEXAa*T<migM = Partly
coudy. exei pt fn southwest portion.
Wednesday: Faw; warmer io west
owns
For Lack of Jury
[Man at Ardmore
Ardmore, Jan. 30.—(Associated
( Press.'—With all challenges • ex-
'‘hausted and oiie plaee to be filled
in', the jury box, district court re-
cessed here late this morning to
await the summoning
Special venire in the trial of Jeff
Smith of Wilson, one of the eleven
men charged with murder in con-
h^ction with the shooting to death
of Joe C arroll, whose home near Wil-
son was raided by masked men ou
the night of December lo, 1921.
A special venire of-15 men was ex-
hiausted an hour after court con-
vened this morning. District Judge
’Freeman instructed the drawing of
ten more nam?s and ordered the
sheriff to bring the men in at once, i
J. W. Burns, chief counsel for the ,
defendant, said this morning that
he would object to the presentation
what the ladies announce*; Igbpld? testimony by the state on the
ground that the court yesterday re-
fused a continuance and that the de-
fendant was now allowed to with-
draw his severance after Judge Free-
man ruled that the cast Tnust pro-
ceed.
29 Million for
Improvements
GREAT BRITAIN ASKS LEAGUE
OF NATIONS COUNCIL TO TAKE
UP THE QUESTION OF MOSUL
taken to Dallas, but the return of
the officers by 10 o’clock thi9 morn-
ing, indicated thi^t they had placed
the prisoners in jail at a po nt nearer
than Dallas.
By agreement this morning, be-
tween defense counsel and the coun- i
ty attorney the examining trial of 1
Miss Naomi Boucher and her broth-
Wichita FaJb, Texas.— A race
track and a grand stand with a
eeating capacity of 6.000 wtl be add-
ed to the Texas Oklahoma Fair
equipmeat in time for the 1923 ex-
hibition., Tlie decision for the im-
provements was by unanimous vote
of the stockholders.
Bombed and Fired
Dublin, Jan. 30.—(United Press/
—Public buildings, the residence of
ijChief State Solicitor Corrigan and
LMV an o&er passenger train were
bombed and fired at in fresh out-
k|>|< breaks of -insurgent terrorists to-
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Alli Except Five of
Neff’s Nominations
On Commission'passire of the
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.Washington, Jan. 30.—(By
Associ^ed Press) — Senator
BorahWenewed in the senate to-
rfday his proposal ior an interna-
tional economic conference
Pvalled by President Harding.
1 The conference proposal,
whiqh has already been the cen-
ter of one senate fight and is ex-
* pected to develop another,
was submitted this time by
Borah as a separate resolution
’ which at his own request imme-
diately was laid aside for consid-
eration after pending farm
L credits legislation is out df the
Mvay.
H In order to prevent any undue
Mdelay, however, Borah indicated
Mttiat when theTproper time came
probably would move to add “Ix'fore Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.
resolution to an amendment
Mb some bill already under dis-
^Eussion.
in.
Waco, Ian. 30.—(United Press.) —
Authorities today believed they
were near solution of the atrocious
muriffr of Mrs.- Ethel Jacobs Deno-
ramp and W. E. Holt, which occurred
five miles from here on tha night of
January 19, following the arrest last
urght of a negro.
The negro— lloy,_ |Utohell—was
ruAlWd to Dallas fo'r safe-keeping.
A pistol belonging to Holt was
f< uud in the house occupied by t
Mitchell, authorities say. A length
6f rope similar to that used by the
assailants of Holt and Mr«. Dene-
camp in dragging the former's body
behind an automobile was also dis-
covered there. 4 • I « 1
Mitehell, a
front teeth, corresponds to de^crip
tlons, of assailants of other couples
who have been a'ttacked while driv-
ing on the roads surrounding this
city at night.
He tallies with the deaeiiption firrt
given of the man wilt killed Grady |
Skip worth at Lover’s Leap uear here
on the night of November 20, and
assaulted his companion, Miss Naomi
Boucher, according to Miss Boucher.
He also resembles lhe mau who
killed Harold Bolton Jast May and
assaulted a j-oung woman ompan-
ibn. according to descrlpth ns of the
latter given officers.
A few days after this murder a
negro was, slirtt and killed by the
father of Bofton'z companion and his
body burned by a mob.
Two other negroes have been ar-
rested with the Holt-Denecamp case,
according to Sheriff Leslie Stegall.
They are Charlie Wiiqon and Arthur
Polston, bi others-in-law of Mitchell.
Mitchell, a chauffeur; denies his
guilt He says he stole the pistol,
identified as Holt’s from a garage
where he worker since the murder
The garage owner told officers no
pistol had been missed by them.
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MESSENGER^^
GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 30, 1923.
To Be Accepted ‘"y Murder Of Mate
( Rustin, Jan. 30.—(Pnited Press.)
—When the senate convened in exe-
cutive session this afternoon to con-
sider the governor’s . recess appoint-
ments, which number 182/ the com-
mittee on nominations will'recom-
mend confirmation of all nomina-
tions except five of the seven mem-
bers of the state textbook commis-
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The invaders extended the zone of martial
law until virtually the entire Ruhr [and most
of the Rhineland was under military rule.
Moers, Hamborge and seven other - cities
were declared in a state of seizuriei Whole-
sale expulsion of German officials was under
way. More than 40 bui^omasters and local
authorities AAjere sent under guard to unoccu-
pied territory.
Antagonism of the populace I increased
with each new aggressive act of th£ invaders.
Telegraphers and telephone workers struck
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or ]
so that they were useless.
GERMANS RESORT TO GUERRILLA WARFARE WITHOUT WEAPONS
inhabiw*il0^^HIII^HH^HH
FOR THEIR ACTS AGAINST
FRENCH ARMY INVASIONS
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Paris, January 30.—(United
erb. Horace and Bernard, zet for to Press)—Britain tcxUy a^ked the
in connexion with the kill- ; League of Nations council
New York, Jan. 30.—(By United
~. Miles, former
of the shipping board
President Yan Buren,' on
trial here today on a charge of mur-
der on the high sea» was accused
of feindish torture by witnesses tes-
tifying against him.
A. J. MacDonald, boatswain rtiate,
declared that Miles beat EL C. Bar-
tQ». pantryman, and caused the lat-
ter to be put in chains with food
just out of his ranch. Miles'
eused Barton of feigning illness
avoid work. - i
fare” on
sions.
Each instance of
met by the French with firm tighten-
ing of the military grip. Officials
who refused to recognize the mar-
tial authorities were promptly de-
ported from the occupied area.
Towns Where resistance had been
i offered were put under mqrtial law.
Curfew and early closing hours were
meted out to communities where in-
habitants by passive sabotage
blocked completion of occupation.
The Ruhr was cut off from com-
munication with Germany after of- j
fiei^l wires being taken over
French^. 1 + -4-*1 I
The whole district was in a virtual
state of seige. The Quai D" Orsay
today issued official ^denial of a
report that 20 Germans had been
shot in fighting at Bopparti. Calm-
ness »f the invading troops in the
face of antagonism on every side
alone prevented bloodshed.
General Weygand and Minister of
Public Work Le Troquer went tu
Brussels for a final conference with
the Belgians before establishing per-
manent martial rule in the Ruhr, it
was understood the French will takt*
over railroads and communications
for the duration of their occujiation /
possibly for years.
General Ludendorf in an interview
at his quiet Munich village denounced
French militarism in the occupation
» area and warned of the peril of up-
rising by German nationalists.
Young Man Dies
After An Initiation
I
Into Fraternity
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Tuscaloosa,- AM., Jan. 30.—Glenn
Kers’i, 16, son of M. G. Kersh, city
clerk of Tuscalo^’a, died here from
pyschic effects of excitement follow-
ing an initiation at the Sigma Nu
Fraternity Housy. upon the campus
of the University of Alabama, here,
according, to a verdict ot a coroner’s
jury.
The young man, with sixteen oth-
ers. was initiated into the fraternity,
and a few minittes after the cere-
monies ended he suddenly died, ac-
. , . ! cording Io the authorities.
' ,r | A number of witnesses were called
. ' before lhe coronjbr’s jury several of
whom had taken the initiation just
previous to KFrsh^and their evi-
dence showed tljat there was noth-
ing that’ could have caused
death from bodily injuries.
Washington, Jan. 30.+- (Associated
Press.)—Charging that women- em-
ployes of the telegraph office at
Dusseldorf in the Ruhr have l»een.
driven with blows of riding whips
from the offices, was made in a
German foreign office atatement re-
ceived today at the- German em-
bassy here. • '
The foreiga office dispatch said
that the expulsion of German offi»
elate in* th^ Ryhr. territory and on
the left bank of the Rhine is con-
tinuing.
New measures by the French <nd
Belgians to make the extended oc-
cupation of German territory more
effective are forecast in today’s ad-
vices.
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General De Goutte, French com-
mander, in th# Ruhr, is quoted a»
declaring in an interview that fur-
ther measures to bring the Germans
to terms wilt <oon be decided upon.
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Interstate Commerce Commission an-
nounced today. *
Systems 18 and 19, the former
containing the Frisco, Katy and Cot-
ton Belt lines and the latter the Chi-
cago A Eastern Illinois and the .
Missouri Pacjfic will be considered
on that date.
At the same time the Southern
Pacific and Union Pacific who were
unable to present their cases on the
win
I^MAustin. Jan. 30—(United Pres-.
^^mThe senate under sinpen.-ion of
I^Knstitutional rules today by a vote
23 to 7 passed the house bill by
■^Representative Rountree carrying
K appropriations of $6W0.000 for the
K next two fiscal years for a topo
V graphical survey'of the streams and
K rivers of the state as a preliminary
F to a program for flood control. The
W bill now goes to the governor and
az it is a platform demanded of
the Democratic party, the governor
• is expected to sign the measure.
Pneumonia Takes
Third In Family
Since Saturday
Dallas. Tex., Jan. 29.—Pneumonia,
which took the lives Saturday of a
Dallas man and hte daughter, claim-
ed its third Victim of the family to-
day and threatened to wipe out the
remaining membeiM,
G. T. Jones died this morning at
His sister,
and father, N.
Three others
ia the family are reported to be in
^■a critical c-o«idtion.
■Will HearPhn
I To Consolidate
I U. S. Railroads
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K Washington. Jan. 30—(By United
Press.) —Hearings on the government
F proposed plan to consolidate the
railroads of the country into a
« limited number of system will agaia
be resumed here on February 26, the
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A Nation-wide
Fight Against
Lynching Starts court Adj I
Washington, Jan. 3(1.— (By United
Press.)—A nationwide campaign
aghinst lynching wHll be undertaken
by the Federal Council of Churches
reaching all near the
denominations, it was
here today.
The movement will be inaugurated
with special services in the churches
on Sunday. February 11—the Sunday
morrow i
ing of Grady Skipworth, waif post-
poned until* Fe:Jruary 6.
Emmett Smith, a white man, held
as a mispect in the Holt-Denecamp
case, was discharged by the
today on request of the county at-
torney. .1 •
Sheriff Stegall arrested Mitchell
after finding a pistol in hte home. ^^^77^056(1^’’he^id. Eng-
sa'd to have been identified as ona x ,
Waging to Holt, it ... . land w‘“ ask the le’«“ t0 Uke
X piece of rope said to be similar to action to safeguard world peace.
that found around Holt’s leg. was The .British spokesman em-
also reported found in the negro’s i phasized the danger to world
bowse. Mitchell denied any guilt. peace which Turkey’s attitude
toward Mosul constitutes. ’
j Turkish delegates to the Lau-
sanne held a night-long session
considering the peace treaty pre-
sented to them informally by
the allies. If they don’t accept
it the conference ends. .
The Turks are expected to
present counter proposals tomor-
row and ask that the allies will
have one representative each to
discuss these.
Austin. Jan. 30.—(By Associated
Pres-*.)-—Requests of further negotia-
tions toward a conference between
' representatives of Texas railroad*
and striking shopmen to attempt
settlement of the strike in Texas
have been received by state officials,
it was learned today. The requests
came from the trainmen’s organiza-
tion, it was stated, which proposed
the initial conference for which in
v^‘at»ons were sent out last week.
I It was stated officially that five
'of the eisrht railroads invited to at"
tend the conference temporarily
scheduled for tomorrow have Re-
jected the proposal. The names of
the lines were not made known.
Neff said tlie legislature should
give assurance that enforcement
would not be disturbed by radical
legislation and that the rights of
labor would be safeguarded. Taxa-
tion legislation to encourage infant
industries was recommended,
said constitutional
were necessary to accomplish
proper ends.
Ford Will Con-
struct Big Chem-
ical Plant Soon
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Body of Nude
Infant Is Found
Fort Worth, Jan. 30.— (By United
Press/—The unclothed body of an
infant was found in the gutter of
a residedtiai, street here today. The
child appeared to h|he been thrown
from an automobile. Police are in-
vestigating.
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Former Captain Of
Steamer Is Placed
On Trial For: The
Fort Worth, Jan. 30.—(Associated
ress.)—E. A. Turner, head of the
’orth Texas prohibition enforce-,
lent district, was ordered today to
reduce his force of enforcement of-
from nine to five men for
His district embraces 119
J
Drumright, Okla.. Jan. 29.—Per-
enl* of Kenneth William* f‘. mte*-
ing since June 8. 1922, todav identi-
fied a body in a ravine a mile west
of this town ns that ot their son.
Physicians declared the l>oy bad
been dead abouj five .months. He
had evidently been murdered,
skull was crushed.
Identitication was made certain
by btt« of* clothing which clung to
the wasted body
The child was last ztea in the
evening walking out of town »e«t
with a mysterious man last Jtme
A small playmate, the last known
person to see him alive, said that
the man had “offered Kenneth a
job.”
He became frightened, however,
and came bock to town. Tie last
>aw Krtmeth and the man who lured
him away as they walked up a hi'l
in tlie twilight.
Waco,
Peers. I—Two
with the doul
E. Holt and
lost their lives
January it)/7 V.oy Mitchell ia charg-
ed with Whe wiurder of Helt ami
Arthur Hoteual it charged with the
murder <>f the wom*n. . .
The two med are brother* in-tew
Both were taken north this worring
by Sheriff Stegall aad a deputy and
lodged in jail in andther county.
jeers believed they have solved
bree murders said to have been
litted hete by negroes, aid one
negroes involved in the double
• they think will be connected
,h the otoer erijnez.
h wa> reported they had been
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Hatley werfuSeE68 °f C°mmuniCati°n Solution Of WaCO
The Cuno government renewed its protest j Murders Believed Lad Fixing Radio
against the wholesale arrest of the German - - • ! -----L
officials. The French explained they are ex-
pelling all authorities who refuse to recog-
nize the law of the invaders but are not other-
wise punishing them. ,
Huge anti-French demonstrations through-
out the Rhineland and Ruhr this afternoon
answered the tightening grip of the invaders.
Hostile outbreaks at Bonn, Dortmund,. Aix
La Chapelle, Bochdm, Mannheim and other
Rhine centers followed announcement of the j
drastic measures of repression to be inflicted
by the French army of occupation.
Wneo,. Jart. 30.—(By Associated
Pres*.) —Roy Mitchell, a mulatto,
residing in Waco, has been arrested
and charged with the murder of W.
E. Holt and Mrs. Ethel Denecamp ,
on the night of January 19. near
-here. Officer* left here with him
this morning.
J__y
Jan. .(By Associated
> nd^roee / are charged
ibte/murder in which W.
I Mr* Ethel Dene<-?mp
on the night of
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