BY P. GRAY MEEK. INK SLINGS. Potatoes will be plenty this fall, but don’t waste any merely because there are lots of them. — Uncle Sam has promised to tell us on September 1st just what price we may lawfully sell our 1917 crop of wheat at. —_Alabama was the fifth State to enfranchise women in 1917. There are now eighteen suffrage States in the Union. __If south Water street is paved with brick the borough council will have extracted another thorn that has ever been pricking it. —Right now is the time to fill your coal bin for the winter. And when po- tatoes get down to the right figure buy and store your winter’s supply. —The government is planning to use conscripted men who claim ex- emption because of religious scruples against fighting as helpers in camp kitchens, supply houses and in the medical corps. —_The Hon. “Deacon” Harris having been landed in a four thousand job in Harrisburg Judge Quigley will pro- ceed to put another lieutenant in training in Centre county. The Hon. “Deacon” earned all he got and the «Watchman” is mighty glad he got it. — The Johnstown Democrat won- ders why everyone should not be keep- ing a pig in the parlor, especially since they are selling at $17.10 a hun- dred in the Kansas City market. Pigs can be found nightly in the parlors of a great many homes, but they are the kind that wouldn’t bring thirty cents a hundred on any market. ~ —When they get old politicians talking to church congregations, as was the case in Bellefonte Sunday morning, it is only natural that things should be expressed in political famil- jarities and that is why one of them went so far as to tell his auditors that if they wanted the church heated right they would have to increase the registration. Increased registration always brings about a good hot polit- ical fight. — The minimum price of two dollars . per bushel for wheat does not apply to the 1917 crop. It is applicable to the .1918 crop and was designed to stimulate the seeding of a large acre- age this fall. There is no price fixed by the government for this year’s crop, but if we farmers get toc gay in our own price fixing Uncle Sam re- serves the right to step im and take the whole crop over to be sold at a price that he thinks would be fair to us and the consumer. —Our first conscript army is to be in camp by October 1st. The first thirty per cent. of our quota will be called on September 5th, the next thirty per cent. on September 15th, the next thirty per cent. on September 30th and the remaining ten per cent. as soon thereafter as possible. Penn- sylvania’s contingent will go to the cantonment at Annapolis Junction, Md., and because the trip will be a short one they will not be provided with sleeping cars. —The retirement of Judge Harry Alvan Hall from the contest for ve- nomination in the Cameron-Clinton- Elk judicial district was something of a surprise. The really mysterious feature of the incident, however, is how the political and social reform- ers of Clinton county who started out to get Judge Hall’s scalp because, as they charged, he was lined up with the booze crowd, finally lined up with the booze crowd themselves in the hope of bringing about his defeat. Reform is rarely anything else than a sham in politics. — After many months of persistent pecking the Clearfield Republican has succeeded in getting a rise cut of the Board of Commissioners of Clearfield county. The Progress has at last come to their defense, but we fear it has put its pen to a hopeless task. The Republican has been so specific and open in its charges of mismanage- ment of the county affairs that it would seem that there can be no de- fense of officials so indifferent to the interests of the tax payers. The Progress, if it has finally drifted so far from its original ideals as to have beconie a machine Republican paper, might apologize for the Board, but de- fense is futile if what the Republican charges is true and no reputable newspaper dares to make charges that it can’t substantiate. —The “Watchman” this week be- gins a very interesting series of arti- cles on milk, its treatment and values. A bacterial count was made of speci- mens of milk bought from the various dairymen supplying Bellefonte and this count has been made the basis of the articles that will appear during the next five weeks. Milk consumers, dairymen, farmers, everyone should be interested in an intelligent discus- sion of milk values and we urge your careful reading of the first article. Don’t be frightened at the millions of bacteria that were found in a cubic centimeter of dairyman A’s milk. Possibly, if you live in Bellefonte, you gulped millions of them down with the cereal you had for breakfast. Read the comparative table, and note, especially, the wide disparity in the numbers of bacteria found in the dif- ferent milk specimens. None of them, of course, could be entirely free but greater cleanliness and proper hand- ling of the milk would help some of them wonderfully. A enacnt RO vol. 62. Republican Candidate for Governor. The quadrennial parading of Mr. | James Scarlet has begun and nearly every machine Republican paper is | now giving him the “honorable men- | tion.” Mr. Scarlet lives in Danville and is “rated” in the political Brad- streets as a Republican. When the Democratic State Treasurer, in 1900 exposed the grafting operations in connection with the construction of the State capitol, an investigation was ordered and Mr. Scarlet employ- ed as counsel. telligence and ability he sent some of the grafters to the penitentiary and others to the grave. Ever since that when the machine contemplates a par- ticularly atrocious piece of party pi- racy it trots out Scarlet and a few other men of high character and ex- hibits them as probable candidates. Then it nominates the machine favor- ite and brands him as the choice of the people in an open fight. In pursuance of this policy Mr. Scarlet is now being discussed as a fit man for the Republican nomina- tion for Governor next year. His hon- ored name was used in the same way four, eight and twelve years ago. And there is no more intention to nomi- nate him this year than there was on either of the other occasions. But the mention of his name gave color to the subsequent claim that he had his chance and because his friends were less alert or not quite as resourceful, John K. Tener was nominated on one occasion and Martin G. Brumbaugh on another. Mr. Scarlet’s name was not considered at all and it was not intended that it should be. If he had shown the least inclination to treat the matter seriously every machine politician in the State would have been summoned to the fight against him. They would have taken Dr. Swallow in preference. The candidate of the Republican party for Governor next year will be Senator William C. Sproul, of Ches- ter. He is president or director of a dozen manufacturing corporations, 2 number of banks, a lot of institutions and has more money than the average farmer has hay. These are the quali- fications, as Auditor General Snyder freely admitted the other day, that ap- peal to the Republican machine man- agers and his wealth will operate as a magnet with equal force upon the Penrose pirates and the Vare bur- glars. They want the money and Sproul has it. Scarlet is well off, no doubt, and certainly worthy, but good character is no more a lubricant for political machinery than soft words are a sauce for parsnips. The candi- date for Governor is chosen by less than fifty leaders and all others have to accept the inevitable and look pleasant if possible. Treasonable Practices Must Stop. Mr. Charles Edward Russell, who has recently returned from Russia where he was on the commission with Root, utters a lamentable truth when he declares the peace taik in Congress is doing more harm to our allies in the European war than the troops of the German and Austrian empires. And the chances are that it is intend- ed to have precisely that effect. Those who have been delaying war legisla- tion and are now urging peace reso- lutions are working for the Kaiser either for pay or gratis. But they are serving his purpose better than any of the spies or the conspirators who have been trying to destroy munition factories in this country ever since the war began. Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, Sena- tor Reed, of Missouri, Senator LaFol- ette, of Wisconsin, and one or two others have been bending all their en- ergies to the work of discouraging the allies abroad and preventing enlist- ments at home. We regret to say that Senator Penrose, of Pennsylva- nia, has been contributing to some ex- tent to these treasonable operations. That he is not reflecting the senti- ments of the people of the State is self-evident. Pennsylvania has con- tributed more troops to the army and more sailors and marines to the nawy, than any other State and only one other State has contributed more mon- ey to the expense fund of the war. These facts leave Penrose withcut an excuse for his actions. Giving aid and comfort to the ene- mies of the country in time of war is treason and the actions of these Sena- tors work that result. Why shouldn’t they are apprenended, in these circum- stances, and brought to trial for trea- son. The penalty is death but we can spare traitors, especially those who are in public life. In some countries and probably in some sections of this country, trial would be regarded as a waste of time. But the average citi- zen of the United States is law-abid- ing and lynch law is abhorrent to him. Therefore the processes of the courts should be invoked without delay for treasonable operations must be stop- ped. They jeopardize the lives of too many brave men. S—— ——Subseribe for the “Watchman”. Through industry, in- | STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION. Kaiser’s Message to Wilson. | The significance of the Kaiser’s personal message to President Wil- son, delivered to Ambassador Gerard | in August, 1914, is given a great deal | more stability by the semi-official | attempt to question its authority. | The message revealed the obliquity of ' the imperial mind as well as his in- indifference to truth. While obvious- ily trying to shift the onus of starting | the war on England it admitted the | neutrality of Belgium had keen vio- | lated for tactical reasons or because it had been reported that France con- templated a similar act from the other side. Of course that was no justifica- tion for converting a treaty into “a scrap of paper,” but that happened. was begun is of comparatively little consequence now. This country is not involved in it because Belgium was vi- olated or for the reason that ‘he crowned heads of Europe had family quarrels which they were unable to settle by peaceful methods. At the request of the President Congress de- clared a state of war for the reason that Germany had outraged the Unit- ed States in the open sea and reveal- ed a purpose to wage war against our people, .as a money-making enter- prise, after the hostilities in Europe were ended. We are in the war for the vindication of our sacred rights on sea and land and for self-preserva- tion against a national monster desti- tute of honor. But the personal message of the Kaiser to the President of the United disposed of by subterfuge or denials. It is a shameful exhibition of perver- sity, a complete proof of duplicity and a positive evidence of mental and mor- al degradation. It is characteristic, moreover, of the conscienceless bully who hoped to destroy the liberty which had been acquired by centuries of civilization in order to enhance his own power and perpetuate the princi- ples of autocracy. The Gerard memoirs will reveal other facts equal- ly repugnant to justice and morality and denials by sycophants of the Kai- ser or even by himself will not deceive the public or cloud the issue. _. ——The railroads .report pe dinary prosperity and they are cer- tainly improving in equipment and efficiency. It may be assumed, there- fore, merely the result of a bad habit. Commissioner Black Hits Hard. In a letter tendering his resigna- tion as Commissioner of Highways, Mr. Frank B. Black reveals Governor demagogue Governor Brumbaugh un- dertook to prostitute that important service of the State government to the basest uses of machine politics and because Commissioner Black refused to co-operate in the purpose his res- ignation was demanded. But he didn’t acquiesce tamely as some oth- ers who have lost their official heads for the same reason have. On the contrary he gave the Governor a part- ing shot of sufficient force to pene- trate the hide of a rhinoceros and that ought to make every Republican citi- zen of the State blush with shame. Obviously the Governor wanted the funds appropriated to the Highway Department disbursed upon the same system that he dissipated the contin- gent fund of the Executive Depart- ment during the last two years. The Commissioner had apporticned the money upon an exactly equal basis giving to each county a share in pro- portion to the mileage of road to be taken care of. But that didn’t suit Brumbaugh. He wanted to favor those communities which had support- ed his absurd ambition to be a candi- date for President at the expense of those more rational anc demanded the resignation of the Commissioner be- cause that official preferred to serve the people rather than the politicians. The executive officers of the State are under moral as well as legal ob- ligations to administer the govern- ment of the State in the interest of the people and disburse the funds honest- ly. guration of Brumbaugh, this obliga- tion has been fulfilled fairly well. But since that public misfortune scandals of the rankest kind have developed. Every public service has been prosti- tuted to the schemes of a rotten fac- tion. The plans and purposes of a corrupt contractor have been followed at the expense of every principle of honesty and decency and it is small wonder that Commissioner Black de- clares he doesn’t care to be associated with such an administration. etree We haven’t raised a million men “over night,” as a distinguished pacifist promised but we will have an army of two million on the firing line within a year from the date of the declaration of war. rr rire, ——The success of the “wet” candi- date for Governor of Virginia, sug- gests that the “drys” have been over- doing things. Why or where or by whom the war ‘no people is more anxious to convert | States is an actuality which cannot be | that the constant kicking is Brumbaugh in his true light. A cheap | Of late years, or until the inau-’ BELLEFONTE, PA. AUGUST 17, 1917. The Pope’s Peace Proposal. The Pope’s peace proposition re- veals his absorbing anxiety to achieve the mission of his great office, the restoration of “peace on earth.” But | it fails to meet the requirements of | practical life. ' show that for more than a year the | German Kaiser has been anxious for But he wants peace on terms peace. ' which are impossible to the world. It is not likely that the Pope is greatly interested in the secular prosperity of He is vastly interested, | the Kaiser. however, in the affairs of the Kaiser's principal ally, Austria, and proposes a plan of settiement which would res- ' cue that unhappy and suffering em- | pire from the slough of despond. The entire world wants peace and | the sword into plowshares than that i of the United States. But having en- tered into the war for an ideal it is ‘impossible to consider the question of | peace until that ideal is fulfilled. . Peace on the terms proposed by the . Pope would result in the restoration ' of conditions before the war. It is true that he proposes a reduction of | armaments. But such reduction would ‘be proportional and leave the German ‘empire in a position of military as- cendency which would guarantee her ‘mastery to the degree that created the belief that she could conquer the ! world and encouraged her in the effort ' to that end. i The Pope’s peace proposition sim- ply expresses the amiable impulses of ‘an earnest christian gentleman. But | existing conditions are not such as to | justify the belligerents allied against Germany in acquiescing in his plans. Peace is desirable now only on terms which can be accepted honorably by peoples who have been scourged by the evil of militarism and the propo- sition of the Pope does not meet these conditions. The existing conflict is an irrepressible difference between de- mocracy and autocracy and the fight must be to the finish. Autocracy is an evil which must be eliminated from the earth and the present war must continue until that result is achieved. There mus: be some kind of a hoodoc hanging over Bellefonte as a ma~xet town. Notwithstanding the fact that hundreds of crates of huck- leberries have been shipped through ‘here during the past several weeks from towns in Pennsvalley to merch- ants in Altoona and Johnstown, not a single quart of the berries have been offered for sale by the merchants of Bellefonte, so far as the writer knows. In fact, since the strawberry season closed there have been comparatively few berries of any kind offered in the Bellefonte markets. Located as Belle- fonte is, right in the heart of a moun- tainous country, with huckleberries, blackberries, ete., growing in rich abundance on the mountains it would seem as if our market ought to be lib- erally supplied and why it is not is a question hard to solve. Withdraws as a Candidate for Re- election. > In a letter to the press last Thurs- day Judge Harry Alvan Hall, of Ridg- way, announced his withdrawal as a candidate for re-election as judge in the Twenty-fifth judicial district, composed of the counties of Clinton, Cameron and Elk. Ill health is given as the cause of his withdrawal. Judge Hall’s withdrawal leaves R. B. Mec- Cormick, of Lock Haven, the only can- didate to come before the voters at the primaries to be held in Septem- ber. When Judge Hall completes his present term he will have served twenty years on the bench in that dis- trict and his many friends hope that by his retirement from active life his health will so improve that he will live to enjoy many more years. If Senator LaFollette had half the courage of his convictions he would express his views in the Ger- man trenches instead of the United States Senate and his views would be less harmful there. ——1It is said that the Kaiser has distributed two million Iron Crosses since the begitming of the war. He has also placed a few double-crosses where he thought they would do the most good. A — Russia will be all right in time, no doubt, but the conditions are such that delay is more than danger- ous. Russia ought to be repelling her enemies now instead of running away from them. : The guarantee of $2 a bushel for wheat ought to secure an abund- ant crop next year and unless the signs are misleading the biggest crop ever will be needed next year. EN eenrres ——Of course everybody should avoid waste but that doesn’t mean that we must live on scraps im order that all good things may go to Eu- rope. E : ——For high class job work come to the “Watchman” office. Mr. Gerard’s memoirs | NO. 32. | Peace Talk Troubles. Washington Cor. Philadelphia Record. The President and other executive officials of the government who have, {up to date, discounted the extent and effect of the peace move and its col- lateral agency—opposition to military | service—are believed to have been ' aroused by recent developments. Con- gressional leaders who are in close touch with their respective districts ‘are not surprised at the thinly dis- guised efforts to embarrass the gov- ernment in th2 existing emergency. They have communicated their be- lief to the President and have urged him to take steps to arouse the coun- try from what one of his most earn- est supporters has described to be a “state of apathy and disinteredness in the crisis facing the nation.” Some executive officials are inclined to attribute any apathy and indiffer- ence there may be to the wa» and mil- itary obligations of the g vernment to agitation and criticism in Congress. Congressional leaders who appreci- ate the vast undertakings imposed up- on it by the war reluctantly hold to the opinion that the government itself is responsible for such conditions. They indicate the lack of activity on the part of the War Department in stimulating interest in its war pro- gram, the imposition of indefinite cen- sorship regulations that has discour- aged discussion of the tremendous problems confronting the country and apprehension among the people as to the great financial burdens involved. At any rate it is admitted by some of the government’s most ardent sup- porters that there exists a regretta- ble lack of interest in the war plans of the government now developing. According to one report in Congress the President will take advantage of the first opportunity afforded to re- move the cause, whether executive or legislative, for the undesirable condi- tions. In the meantime a substantial and aggressive minority of Senators and Representatives is planning a full dis- cussion of the situation confronting the United States and the exploita- tion of various peace projects by which they believe it can be saved from actual participation in the su- preme effort to destroy German mili- tarism. Whether justified by the circum- stances or not, a number of Senators and Representatives without openly questioning the motives and methods of the President himself insist that peace is not unobtainable, even while ‘the country is preparing for the greatest national and humanitarian struggle in which it has ever been called upon to participate. Some of the President’s supporters hold to the view that he will move de- cisively to dissipate this theory with characteristic intelligence and virility. They believe that he will shortly go before Congress and make a state- ment calculated to clear up any mis- conceptions Legislators may entertain on this point and to demonstrate con- clusively that the government is adopting the only course open to it compatible with the honor and digni- ty of the country. If the President has any such inten- tion—and it is possible that he has— members of his official family do not know it. They do not doubt, however, that if he is convinced that such a step is necessary he will take it without loss of time. Not so Bad in Russia. From the Johnstown Democrat. Elihu Root speaking in Chicago the other day, remarked that if the only reports dealing with affairs in this country that reached Russia concern- ed themselves with I. W. W. affairs in the west, race riots in East St. Louis and anti-conscription campaigns in Oklahoma and other States, the Rus- sians would have about the same idea concerning conditions here that a great many Americans have concern- ing conditions in the land of the former Czar. While there are dis- turbances, Root says that Russia as a whole is law abiding and that “con- ditions there are very much like con- ditions here.” It is interesting to compare the fatality figures of the anti-Jewish demonstrations that have occurred in Russia in recent years—with the fatality figures piled ag as a result of our own race riots. The tabulation shows that we have been killing more negroes than Russia killed Jews. But we did not consider that our land was in the throes of anarchy. Russia is a country with a population exceeding that of the United States. If wild disorder prevailed, hundreds of thou- sands of people would be slain. El Paso. From the Mexican Review. El Paso was glad to have Don Luis as a resident. I: was glad to have the late Victoriano Huerta until his last dollar was gone. He then died in peace. Part of El Paso would not be averse to war with Mexico. The city is glad to have the militia of other States there. Many of its business interests would stand aghast at the prospect of quiet in Mexico. It all means dollars and cents to El Paso and in a lesser degree to every other city or tank station in Texas or along the New Mexico and Arizona border. Whose Other Name is Militarism. From the Springfield Republiean. Whether the Crown Prince or the Kaiser, or the junkers initiated the war is a question of tweedledum and tweedledee. Kaiserism did if. | SPAWLS FROM THE KEYSTONE. —Ridgway Chapter, American Red Cross acknowledges a gift of $1,000 from Judge Harry Alvan Hall. The Chapter is in- debted to Judge Hall for many donations of furniture, etc., and for a previous gift of $250. This $1,000 will be used for ma- terials to make the surgical dressings. —Two men sleeping in a stable at La- mott, Montgomery county, early Sunday, were burned tor death when the stable caught fire and trapped them in their room. They were George Smiley, aged 40, and John Lang, aged 35, both of Lamott. They were employed by Edward Ganley, a contractor, owner of the stable. —Sheffield, Warren county, boasts of the largest lumber mill in the State. It is now employing 200 men a day, and will increase the number if it can get them. It is busy on government work night and day, and is turning out 150,000 board feet of lumber a day. Nearly 1,000,000 feet of lumber is piled in the yards, and shipments are be- ing made as fast as the cars can be ob- tained. —Wahile in the hay fields a few days ago driving a horse in a hay-rake, Mrs. Joseph Gunsallus, of near Beech Creek, had a very narrow escape from serious injury when the horse kicked over the shafts when an- noyed by a biting fly and became mixed up iu the harness and rake. Mrs. Gunsal- lus escaped by jumping but the horse got away with the rake to the extent that it was badly wrecked. —Miss Margaret Mary Golden, of Wil- liamsport, is made the chief beneficiary in the will of her sister, Mrs. Ellen Golden Ewald, of Louisville, Ky., who died a few weeks ago, leaving an estate of $500,000. The sum of $2,000 is bequeathed to James Golden, a brother, and $1,000 to Rev. John Costello, both of Williamsport. With the exception of $4,000 more, which Mrs. Ewald bequeathed to charitable institutions, the remainder of the estate goes to Miss Golden. —The retrial of Ernest Haines, convicted for complicity with Ward Mottern in the murder of his father, William Haines, at Sprankle Mills, in May, 1915, is this week being held at Brookville. After refusal by the State Pardon Board to commute the death sentence of Haines and Mottern to life imprisonment in deference to State- wide appeals, the fight in their behalf was carried to the Legislature where a bill to abolish capital punishment was finally drafted. Their cases were appealed to the Supreme court and a new trial secured. —Two western Pennsylvania towns that are badly in need of houses are Franklin and Grove City. The Franklin Board of Trade seeks to meet the situation by or- ganizing a corporation, capitalized at $100,- 000, that will build 100 houses and sell them on the easy payment plan. Grove City, which cherishes the dream of 10,000 population by 1920, may have to adopt a similar plan. It has been inviting new in- dustries there without providing homes for the workmen, and it is estimated that 75 mechanics are compelled to maintain their families elsewhere. —Frank Ronello, of Huntingdon, twice convicted of murder in the first degree and acquitted on a third trial, enjoyed his lib- erty but a little more than a month. He was struck by a westbound passenger train cn the Pennsylvania railroad near Huntingdon on Sunday and instantly kill- ed. Ronello was charged with the murder in July, 1912, of Giuseppe Viscello. Fol- lowing his acquittal a few months ago, Roneilo procured a job as track watchman for the Pennsylvania railroad. He was walking on the tracks in a heavy fog and failing to notice the approach of a fast ex- press, was hit and cut to pieces. —J. Morris Colley, young son of Morris J. Colley, of Muncy, has been suffering for the past few days with a very sore foot, the result of a peculiar mishap. In com- pany with a number of other boys young Colley was wading in the creek near the wagon bridge north of the town. A large turtle seized his right foot in the fleshy part, and in the struggle to get loose the frightened youngster jerked the turtle off, tearing the flesh. The wound became in- fected and very sore and the attention of a physician was necessary. He is now recov- - ering, however, from his unusual experi- ence. Since that time the boys have stu- diously avoided that part of the creek for their aquatic sports. —W. E. Gheen, of near Antes Fort, has made a record as a farmer this year. He has eighty acres of the best corn in Penn- sylvania. Most of the stalks are from ten to twelve feet tall and the ears seven feet from the ground. The crop is estimated at 12,000 bushels. There is thirty acres of oats, nine acres of which was cut recently by P. D. Gramley from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. The wheat was excellent. There was seventy-five acres, all of which is cut and stacked because one of the large barns was racently destroyed by fire. Mr. Gheen has purchased a large tract of timber which will furnish lumber for a new struc- ture. The barley was geod but twenty- five acres of it had to be cut with the mower. —A log train on the Dahoga & Highland railroad was held up for half an hour by two large black bears three miles south of Highland, Potter county. The train was moving slowly up the hillside, when En- gineer Johnson discovered two large bears, weighing about 300 pounds each, standing on the track a few hundred feet ahead. As the train approached the spot the bears failed to move. Johnson pulled the bell cord, but neither the clang of the bell nor the blast of the whistle frightened the bruins, which stood and gazed admiringly at the approaehing train. Knowing that it would be impossible to kill the bears at the speed his heavy train was moving, Johnson stopped the cars and, badly frightened, watched the bears for abouf half an hour, when they slowly wandered off into the forest. — Richard Wehrle, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wehrle, of Punxsutawney, formerly of Indiana, has been accepted by the Indi- ana exemption board as a soldier and “Dick’s” efforts to get into his country’s services breathe a sterling brand of patri- otism that few have evidenced in the pres- ent crisis. Shortly after the declaration of war Dick made an effort to join the W. S. navy. He was under weight and upon the examining surgeon's advice he return- ed home to “fatten up.” A couple months later he made a second effort but he was still under weight. Recently he offered his services to the army but again the un- der weight bugaboo got him. He was eall- ed for examination at Indiana on Thurs« day. Half an hour before reparting for the test he went to a local restauran€, drank thirteen glasses of milk and two glasses of water. When he “weighed in” he was just half a pound under weight and the emam- ining surgeon accepted him.
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