.. .v ... , r'" 5 j,. t i.- ,ww . i '.mm. ,:TrnT7 " L -.'- ji..-v ".'. .' -. v .-r.n: vcm fKiu' , v,-wt.ii,v.iaa.i,.!.'' ; wyA,vryl' ?'rfV 7.; ;;--',-. -- -'; "?'v . ;iVi -s.a-" mm ';," ;-,- - , ,,! "-;iV 4 ' .f EVENING.' PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA. ' SATURDAY ftAROH ,23, 1918 A c y r i&S- m; E-.L a 7." W) m fc pK 8Bt s t.',, tr Ri . r'. v in k i Ia i m IT f LT U K rf ii ffltl 'hi" 1- ;f- "Tl Jr. tW ;r, F -i,- V m. I ADE SLAIN BY HOME GUARD1' Palmyra Man, Head of ijjt T, ... company nere, mis- mx taken for Thief L ' ;JPIRST NIGHT ON I) U T Y redrrlek 'W Morutch, president of! iU'P'thft Lnngslrcth Optical Foinpan 212 i ?r, At, ..-....... . . . . ... - ... . I f4iarnei street, aim a mrmrier oi me iiu- .. t, . I ..... .....1 t. . PIT? Si' . IIIJTH UOfllC UUn . 1VB1 H.IOl. Illltl III" I W'f y Vtantl, killed earl) this morning near tf-f .i. ... ... . ,. . . ... . .. i 1 ' the I'altnyrn High School est I'al- , myra, . .i . ny i-ercs Jionnnrai, " other Home !iianl nlien he na mln-i taken for liurKlar nho hurt lotue In ' rob the, arlmol of Peil r-rosn reLclnta ' Last nlslit h.1k lite trri-t on w hit h r BInrr ReeU rlilef 11C llle I'nlnil r I police, had Mat oneil the Home tin irtl i i ...... . . 'In the hlEh sclmo) In wiril nfT n ml n"- I lbly catch the robbern ho bud bioKen Into Hie fchool .'atuidai iiirIh uid escape'd with annul Jin of tbe t nlli rtioni martp for the nliniri Junior rhiptrr of the American Ited fro-s The trntn,. men had leieutl) rnulppeil Ibe Home fcuards with m rifle, villi which they had praitlced dlllRdiltv McMnlion Is the nrit lleiitemnt of ihe Home fjiiard orKaiili-.ul.iii and wns In charce of the men who were titlnned In the school hoiife lat nlgbt Alomcli one of the entliuslitlo members of the Ruardu, -iiiid n icrldent of I,o on i(. nue, Palmira uas pelected to be on Rllanl at the jcbnol from ! o cli U In 6 o'clock a m Tbe riist t.'euten Hit nn schedule,, to ro off ,MI when llonach arrlied Monach did not appear .it Hi- whi.nl uniu enoriiy n.itT i i.t-uiv i. i.it ubseuuently leirnert that the nlirm riocK ai uir nime laueu m ro on m nen he approaihert the stbool be walked nuletl ActordlnB to the rblef of po lice he knocked upon the window of the hlRh school and walled for McMahon to come and open the door for him With McMahon Innlde the pebool was Joseph V Seel another member of the Riiar.l Monach ran to the front door and the wound of his footsteps caused McMahon mill heel In suspect tint some kind of n HtrtiRRle way Ruing on out1.1e McMihon opened ibe door nudrtenly For FOine reason It Is l.elleied tint Ibe U llinliiRtnn tt am held a Iiir lead Monach became frightened and rin oier Meidnw hprhiRs in h IctruV thoot down the roul Conilnced that the at Hellenic Pel tills alteinoon and fleeliiR man was a thief who was piob- with onh n few more sunnerM to tom ably re-ponslble for a robbery nt 1 pete, led hi IM to ISO This iktor) MooreBtonn lestetdai and Intended , will clltiib ectond pl.ue for Wllmlnston rohblns the pchnol McMahon fired ' In tbe leaRue rate times Into the tHrkness ' '" Marshall with a moio of 41 was -Both men then ran In pursuit of the lKh Run fen Wilmington while Ix.itor nuppoaed robber but McMahon had Bone ' Hanej s H. una tbe best s-eore timoiiR but a few feet when he tripped oci h .Meadow Sptiiigs rhiila the hody of Momch He was deid, with a bullet wound In the neck McMahon was heartbroken oier the tr.iEedj and Immediately surrendered to the police He said that fc'eel also fired one of the shots Into .tb,e darkness after the flee.lns man After emptjlng his own re. olver, McMafeoiir "ccordim; to the po lice, grabbed Steels rtioher and fired the! shots remaining In the weapon Steel Is not under arrest and Is pros trated at his home At a prellmlnar In quest todai It was shown that Monach's death was caused v a bullet from a Colt 43-caIlber reio.ier tbe stIe of weapon carried by McMahon Another Inquest will be held ln the case before Poroner t'.asklll Mondai dealers Defend 'Rent Increases Tontlnued from Tuse One ' should nay Mich a tax He adinitit.l bn ,, , i. . .. :. . nan no ma.caiion inac mere would he i any taxes, hut It nu a long shot' ,r oung woman, who said he married , a ft 'safety first' measure her six month" ago She was formerly i Heal estate men Inie apparently left 'l-ltde (5oldenberp The sergeant -was no stone unturned to protect their In- homo on a furlough and rt cognized on j "terests since tho opening of the war hn r,roe! ''. ,'1 fr,1f,ul of the Sm!'i1 'Tho leso known in the "v i, .. Tarn Ij. who It Its said was aware of his ihlrh T. K i irvf, i ?? ' Hi st marriage Hand had nothing to ?.,, , M , , ln eITt,' .Mnce May, i,a. am, Ka!. hcI(i n j3oo ball for court 1917, Is now being generally uwd be- 4 uaUon.f "" Xati"al Army "ra" slt,, COLONEL MAPES INJURED The new ltase Is nou used for man renting houses who are liable to mill - .., ..... u. n,,u nu.r a. ix imeniion , Mnrknt street far ot going Into sen Ice The renter signs MarhCI SUCet uai i an agreement walling any right to re-1 . . ,. ,, , fraln from pajing his rent because of ' r,)1,'1 G,rKe '' Ial,c', "" ' his military connections eight jears old of 1932 Xorlb Twent- "ZVi'. Gordon Smith, an Oierbrnok teal second street. Ik In fefferson Hospital In estate man, today said that tho new tl rrtlcal condition as a result of In 'Clause as regards miliary men was . .... . , . , simply one 'slipped In' for its general , Jurlea ("4''ln,1 when l,e wa" Knocked effect." down In an enstbound Market street trol- Victor H b'ln.on told of how be n.iia liv mommy lor nts own Home In Wal ton aienue near Kifty-elghth two j ears ago Tlien cams a raise to $3-50 and now, he declares, he must pay fi.au In fnmmentlng tfi it ,he said "If I don t like It, I can get out Ihe landlord glies me that privilege Itents haio been too low for the laluitlon In West Philadelphia, and are not high enough to pay for proper rep ilrs " "If a butcher wants to charge sou I 50 cents a pound for meat and you don t like It, oil II refuse lo pay won t you? Then you'll move on Well. Its the same wlta houses j M , ,, ,, as Mr. Simon said that small houses' , .,,,-, renting fn West Philadelphia at m Juctid a pawnshop at 112. Poplar had been Increased to as high as $21 street for many years past attempted He said he thought the inirrise was, to obtain a leneiwl of his license to "Just." day at City Hall he did not get the Oilier A McMullen. of 6025 Market ' license a real estate broker said. 'Some homes per month Tonight's publlo meeting wilt be. held In the home of J. J I'uchln, 6731 Fern berton street. Fuchlon Is one of thirty-four house' haie alwais been rented too low They before .Maglstraio 1 v.it ton wiio. alter , ro now- where they ought to be. which J'J-"lngtheidence of the police held gives the owner only a fair Profit " Ho him In ' n0Vo,en good .nd of olhn admitted that houses handled by hln, ' '."S the pavbroker license laws': had had an inoreaso of from 2 to 5 ,.ompiant against Haas was entered by W renters In the 5700 block on I'emberton , H""" '" wv.,- ..w...o HUH. W, A .,'i'l-' Roach, 113 South Flftyn-Becond street. Jrwnd C. K. Williams. 439 Heal Kstate (.Trust Building, notifying them that the ffeiMrnliatu. nf the l.tilbllris's hrttl l...t l...n eensummated and they would have to fmy the houses or move. i Similar action la being planned by a fjjL4 f nuiiiuer 01 iciittiim w.i tiuiiiii ttitiiue i ,Xljetwen ltty-8ixin and Kitty-seventh 'i. 1 treel8. uccordlng to Oavld Mahoney. J; If, JO Walton avenue. Mahoney asserted '7 tbat his rent had bexn raised twice .itlnce tne nrn oi me year, jftiahoney asserted that a score of lers nau oeen lurceti id move irom t, hectUn because of the demands of landlords Tne same story Is being sj.flrfoI4 Ih otner sections of West ThUa y3H?,,la' . .u ... iauy ul me iciiicm ueciureti mat. II up to the City to protect them Inst Increased rents, us Congress It necessary to piotect Washing- employes of tho Qovemment by the e tvr an act proiiimtiiig Increases District of Columbia, extent un- iDUlated condltloiiH This act not 'reJItietl the situation for the future. Jwced. landlords who had already lutea tneir proms to reiu.1.11 a large f the sunin Ihey had received. in , NMrmgr mioses sieri Torgg A .March J3. The freight it,-'iowie!.i)ivun ot at ine mi A3 S. S. WHITE OUTSHOOTS RAILROAD GUNNERS s. II. Itoboits' of Pennsylvania Team, Smnshca Forty of Her Klfty Targets -m'""kii they were defeated i.y representatives of the S S White tho' ClUIl 'lull for the tenm scare In n Trnpshoot erVl.eague match nt Fifty-ninth mull Woodbine avenue , thin iifternoon, the I members of tho I'cnnsyluinlt Jtnllrond tiiim gained some satisfaction In the showing of 0110 of their leant, Mrs lt Huberts, who Humbert 40 of her BO I targets defeating Mm II .Miller, of the , t I . ,-, mii iniu ny inreo targets ' fln, r.f IIili liitt..l OaI.Ilj .- .1.. ...... " "I- "'M'l itt...n mr nu po" "" n.in1 to shoot mid some very excellent stores wcie turned III b both , w iinuimnnd Wnlsincroft nnd J Mi Kpiiiii nil of M Whim .mil Hunk !iimn of the ItallroHil piiund hrol.e 1T tnrcei tir ilr.ij wiim nnt n "") . 'S'""" " I oiioufiiR im Konie of the yi orew X X Ulille l llumiimml IT Mnl I -.1T"'J.:"" " ' .""r"""- " " !r. '" J III ThotntlMnn I'. Ilnlfnun 41 U llllimi. Vrf." ..". Ifcnuiii II Wnn.Mii II rntltell II I nunllli II l,'tinaltaiili llilln.il II Slnmi IT 1 Luflnrli 11 l.ahl l.t I ..... I. iirnun i. it.iinn f. Wniiai it l-ell 1 II HI ' II- n (a. .. ILIIIIIKMIM II Worihltiklun CLEARVIEW (JUN CMJIJ DKKKATS CAMDEN' 11)1-156 " Vietois Take Undisputed Possession of Seventh Place in Trap- shooteis' Leapue The I It .ii Mew t'.un I'luh tool, tmrtli ' putt tl po"ses!lnn of seienth pi itc In the I TrupshiKitera l.r.iaue this nft.innnn hi j ilefeutltiK the1 repiesentatlieM of the '.linden Hun Club In n leaRue m.iti h m , i oIwmi hi the fcore of til to ISil Heniier and Halms of the Clenr i lew mupbed IS taipcls .ih did J. W Itiielriti ti ti.l ft innliin nf lln I 'ni.i.lAn ;,.,,, ., ;" y oil ' l.. '..''il'" "" le , ,' .!."nv .. II I iihiiiv JMlliiank 4s tli.ughln 17 I'lti-mt.n HI Wllllmii-on I.. Parker Ii. l'Ot.1. I"i MhIIuppi; 4'. Ilullnc). I". S.ijilr l" WaBTifr I" HI III r. 41 41 1.' IVI K,,unP . I- Inner ! llnlyriHRti' , shuhr I tllelnn Itfdmitn ToIhI till Tml WILMINGTON TKAM LEADS Meadow Springs Trails in Lc.iriic Shoots by 401 to 4'J0 Hothacker Wins Hoiderman Shoot cltitrgp Itothurkpr of rhilndrlrhlH won lhf frkl Fhoot of th JVidcrm in dun Olub hp 1 thin hftTnoon t Ornmr Iff f 1 1 I'am tlfij b mthlnif 4J of hi rn tRrifl Kultr wan r ond with O nnd rinrlt third with 1 oint of Ihe otlipp ficnrr follow Strgrr lit (lllhrt T" Mock ton A' Ken JrUkon '." nil I KlPtrhT 31 SERGEANT ACCUSED ON BIGAMY CHARGE U. S. Aitillciyman, Home on Pui- lough. Attested in Camden Jaini s c Hand "eigcant of .irtlllei) at Camp McClcllan. Ala . was arraigned before Itecnrder PtacUhouse In Camden todij atcuhed of bfgam Mr? s-adle hmlth 422 Main stieet. Camden who caused Hand's arrest, said tint bo married her daughter eight jeais ago and disappeared after 111 ins with her a short time iiiuu was ai Hind was arrested at bus jsortn Tiurci .....i .'n uiu.n.iuniiKinruiih . Leader in Reform Politics Hit by i ' ley car He receiied a fracture of the rollir bone nnd right tlbow besitles bruises un the face and body Colonel Mnpes Ins been foi a number of years prominent In reform politics In Philadelphia and Influential in Statu jourmllsm His injuries were subjected to an . ray examination todav PAWNBROKER GETS SURPRISE Applies; for License ami Instead Gets Summons for Court I But he did get a summons to appear Assistant District Attorney Taulane HOG ISLAND PILEJDklVING TEAM SENDS CHALLENGE TO NEWARK Captain Bill Gordon, Whose Men Drove Seventy eight in 8.25, Would Meet Jersey Pounders for Side Bet of Big Barbecue Peed THU gauntlet has been thrown down ,-bediled seventy-eight Captain Goidon by the powerful pile drivers of Hog j said today that was merely an "appe Island They claim the world's cham-'tlzer" Incidentally he Is suspicious inntii'lii In this strenuous art and will U Is possible that Newark Is sending nlonslHP m i' 'i1" " . , i nr. in i.m. lis ni tr,.tii defend It against any one-even the drivers of Newark shipyard So says Captain Bill Gordon, head of , ..hi-i, rlm.K i,pinlv. the strenuous crew which drove seventy - eight piles Into 'the soil at Hog Island In ibe remarkable time of eight hours and twenty-flia minutes. It was the an- V . . . ..ntiv of this excentlonat nouticeiucm ,-- - , feat that stirred the men at Newark. -But they will have to stir some," say Cantall Bill and his crew. "If Ihey want to get away with the honors In this line of action." mil's crew wilt drive against the New ark crowd ln long or short contest and let the losers set up a barbecue for the winners. The New Jersey drivers say they are willing, and It looks s though ..u.ihinv la erolnr to happen. r.'-uiukei out of Newark thst ""- - t-i- . - !..:. ,;. ..... " sS iPs-Mr,' BATTLE-SCARRED BRITISH TANK ARRIVES IN CITY 0 hhmiiii mi ii iiuu i"ii m tt-rirnnTr - 1 n - ' .. - E The Ilrttish tank Britannia, which was brouKht to this lountiy to stimnlntc iccruitiiifr for the Ifo-itisH and Canadian aimies, is tiavclinpr acioss the United States with the play "Gettinc Together," which will be produced foi the benefit of war charities at the Lyric Theatle next week. The I.ntnnnin, which was unloaded from a train at Prnnkford Junction today, will make its appearance in the center of the city next week. The Hnt.inni.i carries six machine i;uns, weighs thirty-two tons and tiacls at the uttc of fiom fic to sccn miles an hour. BRITISH TANK CAPTAIN BRINGS MACHINE HERE HniBh Tells Vivid Story of Experiences on Battle Front ilnd Hmi Id l.k. bioodl bnohe lllng il-iil mi eu .No Man's In Land t urse em ' So spoke Captain llltbiiril HhIrIi cominunder of ibe lliitlsii tank 'Hill he leaned agalns't (bn side nimla. of tb' big lighting engine of ile itli It stood t.u a (lit t.u this mottling in the IN iiiisilianin Itillrniul mii.Is at Kranl.ford He Ik Id In his Innd ii iicuh piper and was tagerlv itadlng the lalf-t action on tlu west front '.It s,i5m Hit i took Itluyn of our men prisoners I bopt that s tin exaggei i tlon ' ' he exclaimed turning to Runner Aldcimin w bo stood nt irln ' It makes a mm want to be back llure eh old bo" he queried ejicltedlt This tank here, pointing to the now silent leilatbnu "was in the lery nctor whTe llgtttlug is now fluiest ln one of Hie battles of last Mai, this tank and Its ttew t iptuutl a'J 1 boi lies and foui nnchlne gun cinplaccimnts ' lit l.lie lie iniinstrulltMis t Ibis moment a lailroitltr aiiiitrl wllh the Inform itlon that the tank would 1m moled to a point neat ( slteet and Alltglieni aitnue whtie It was In be unloaded and where liter today demonstntlous of its t inabilities of tl iel oier tough giound Mould le giien "Is tlieie : 'iliinip at tint plate' '.ueiled Captain llnigh s the lall oader lookt tl jiuzzlerl Ihe taptiin I 1 lugiietl and said 1 guess ton tiou I call them that here "Oh lou mean an unloading pi it form ' iiinwered the Mue-oieralkd yardman. "No there Isn t ' "Well, well get tui off some wa or other, ' (let hired the conuuaiidei of the tank easily knowing that his mi chlni would In- ttjual to the emergency 'What dots a man fell like when he Is going Into action In a tank" well tlwt Is n matter Hint no one on tho fac. of the eirtb can tell nl.i.ut The only thing I can say is, go and try It for yourself This suggesttd to the taptnln some of ( his experiences while undtr lire ( aptnln Ilrtitent It was with great difllcultv tint nnv Information could be dragged from Hie youthful offlcer who, despite the fact that ho has sen four and a half ytars of sen Ice, Is but twenty -seven years of age "There Is only one thing that wor ries n man when he makes n tank at tack ' ha said, eyes remote, as If once arcln he ttnod at his pot Inside the moling steel fort and heard the shriek of fchell and the patter-patter of Ger man machine-gun bullets against tho eteely sides of the attacking tank 'What's that" was the hnathless queiy of the open-mouthed l.vstanders crowded around tho car on which the tank stood "The only thing that bothers us is' Captain Kalgh replied, coming out of his reverie, "are we going to get to tho trenches ahead of us Thtro Is no room In a man's mind for anything else" he said, bending lo light a clgai ette " As the big tank Is by gender a mem ber of the female sex. It Is not surpris ing that "she ' flmulil agree lo Join a nuniber of Philadelphia young women tomorrow morning at tho north plaza of the Citi Hall to assist the fair pit! lots In an effort to boost the sale of war Faiing stamps The tank Is due to arrlie at the plaza at 10 o'clotk and will be on exhibition there all day Mrs n C Bendere will be In charge of dis tribution of plenty of literature ad vertising the wai savings campaign and the sale of war savings stamps Inc(lentIll,.. tn, fanle wMeh the j,e.rt of the worlds champion pile- driving crew enjoys has Its drawbacks, says mil lie crew wan criiicica uy fun'patrJotc pereon8 for Uh tivty. -a pacifist poet j said Bill, 'that I had t compjalned," deprived song birds of their orchestra seats by putting so many trees away," Hut such things do not drier Cap tain Hill and his coworkers. They are ready for the fray. Of course, It would be impossible to tote the huge piles from one shipyard tq the othfr, but Bill has a plan which will simplify matters "Let one of our men go lo Newark a"nd make a record of whit their men do In an hour," he says, "and then let. one of the NewarK fellows come nere and watch what we do In an hour." Incidentally, confidence reigns amoisr ..it. In Blllt. n... And lluu'M -umCI.- tCaptstn Bill's crew. And they're ssMck- DRAFTED MAN GOES TO PRISON TO KEEP SACRED aiotileI. Pleads for Young Year Sentence Rather ation Case May Be Reopend iconterted ninny of the alleged scdl- CVIIIUI.I' ptifsts at i amp Meade foil ami sin knelt brfote Ihe high altar ! tlous articles from Oetman Into I'.ng inti pieiail upon the 1om inuient to "f s Vun s Church and lowed that If I Hsh leopen tbe. nse of lohn Lions IMilli- "" oPTnllmi proied huccetsful they So far Ibo Jun Ii is seen only tl lit Prti tlelnl.l, snlert...... ul,S,,s been sei.i- would take It hs el Idence of rlli in-! Inter. , "leal Kruggie between the lawyers to en, ed (o Iwo tears . ondn. men. , I'ort .lai. .New lotk roritlluie or all annv i..ii and a dMionorible tllMharge from Ihe m ri it n bet iiise he lefused lo untlei- ro an operation required to make him altogether (It for the ai nil 11m piiests hue interested them'-elies In tlu cane, because the bin s refusal s sild It. hale been the result of a low he and his niothfr in lde al tho altar He Is n nm of Mrs James Lions "IS4G llelcrade street " Mts Lyons wrote to .mm Me ule tint seien icirs ago hei son was In danger of deatli and lljit h was nt- dered by phislclans to undergo an op- eratit.n 1 ho mother slid that imme- tl atell she began to make noienas or nlne-tai Prayers, ,,, ,1,,. Catholic churrhts of Philadelphia and thftt Mie burned tandles before larlous shrlnts as lotlie nfferliiRs, Imploring dlilno iiuri..s-i..ii i..r w.e success 01 uie tip- lI" . ' , " ,r" ' '".- ... u,.uiB.i er CAMPAIGNSTATEMENT COfflNG FROM SPROUL Reception Tonight at Swarth more Honoring Candi date for Governor Senator Willi im C Sproul f.uitlitlate for the Republican nomination for Gni- ,,,,. h tnni,.i,t ..in h n nn.,i , n ' .-.. . ... ..... , . . rermtln.. rit... In Ilk l.i.nnr h. mn,l.i nent lesitleiits of Sivartiimore. Hiinounced todiv that he Intends to make public ter- tain statements reg.u ding tlio tampiign The reception will bo held nt the Strith Hiven Inn Suarthmore Dr Joseph sivnln president of Sunrthmnre College, will preside and among the speakers will be Samuel M Viucliln, of the llildwin Locomotlie Works nnd Lieutenant Goiernor Crank B McClaln The Hev nr Ttusse,! H Conwell prel- dent of the Temple University, Is ci- pectetl to attend and speak Chitles I) Toyce vice pretldent of Ihe Mvarthmore National Hank, Is chairman of the committee of 100 Suarthmorcans ai ranging the big reception Many counties will be tepresented Ht the re ception, Including Lancaster nucks, Chester, Delaware and Herks CAMDEN MAKES PLANS FOR MEMORIAL DAY Committee Named to Arinnge for Appropriate Cele bration Picliminarv plans for an appropiiate ohnervame of Memorial Day In Camden were discussed today by a citizens' com mittee at City Hah In addition to a parade of the vet erans of the Crantl Army of tile He public, lu which the school children will participate there will be patriotic tx erclses at the First Methodist Episcopal Church at w hit h numerous men of prominence will deliver addresses Odlcers of the committee which was appointed by Mayor Hills aro as fol lows Chairman. Frank W Tussev , Secretary Charles M Cuny , treasurer, Clifford K Heacon NAVAL OFFICER WEDS PHILADELPHIA GIRL Lieutenant Patton and Miss Ruth Haertrich Married nt Bride's Homo Lieutenant llobert V Patton C S N . and Miss Huth Hnertrlt h, daughter of Mr, and Mrs George Haertrich, of 1551 North Thirteenth street, were married at 11 15 this morning by the Hev John I 11 Schweitzer at the home of the bride's parents Miss Hunelta Haert rich, a sister of Ihe bride, was an at tendant. Lieutenant Pafon Is a native of Pen dleton, Ore,, ant? while a student In the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania, met Miss Jlaertrlcb The couple left this afternoon for New York, where they will remain until Lieutenant Patton's ship receives sailing orders. "WHITENINGS" ARE DARK . . ( Negro Women Employed by Penn sylvania Railroad at Ferries Negro women as "white wings" and ferry boat porters Is the latest Innova tion of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Pedestrians were surprised this morn ing to see. Instead or the familiar fig ures of the husky male sweepers, negro vnm.il tt.i.llv nwA In nrnvlnr tltnt ,ut .idewalks ana dirt could be divorced. mi., .j.ii . Mlh .. L. . ttt. r mw t - ' - "s-mw-. ?- H I t&dsttoZ&tr-'Si;- vw.tiJ VOW TO ST. ANN!?: Man Who Accepted Two - Than Submit to Oper cchMo,, and that the son neier would '"" ........nr ti..M.tiioii nm ui.-i- t"1" was petrotnietl and the l.oy recoi- ,'rrt. Mis Linns salt! (he t barge of slackerlsm had crushed her and the boy. tint lie leally wants to light for his country, but that he could not ilo - lato bis low to do this Priests at Camp Meade, honeier, say """ . '"", ''"" "" mitiiiicrpreicu me taitfhllltrn if tllA T'lthAltjl 'lillvrtl. In 4lila " " nmuiii. i.u.i u i.i inn rncnai.! na n .m. tl, uf InlnrfurA. ..III. n.,o s iit niaiotiu io .,. ,,.na ., ,,,1.11,.,- 1,,,,. .!. , ii.,,iim.' f 0no making It Although Mrs Lions Insists that her decision to refuse to allow the boy to undergo tho operation eien should the . ase be reopene.l. is Irreiocable. rlests at the tamp said they would urge the mother to forget the low she I1(1 i,or boy made under these clrcum- stances It is probable when thin Is , dono the mother will ask a reopening of , tase s . T . 'SAV GERM AN PLOTTED to'BLOW UP HOSPITAL -i'ULjiri'if' i ft r TM lAnnVrTI T Arrest Bares Alleged Plan to Destroy U. S. Medicines at Polyclinic The ail est todav of George Scliulu, a hn, ... ..t L.i.l, ..... ...... , I German '""""" "' "'"" """ """OI1WOOU 5tr(,c'" n'uI '"Is arraignment before M ig- Istrate Watson on a techulcil tharge of nssiuit and battery on Angtlo Hai one. ' bounded by Tenth, Hodman. I'.Icvtntli brought to light a supposed plot to do and Lomban) streets The nwards will htl(n medl.lnes for soldiers and tt. blow bear Interest at the rate of a per cent. ,, ,i, Polyclinic Hospital where both ' per annum from October 2J. inn. Haronn nnd Schultz were cmiiloyed , the time of the taking of the properties .scliult was held lu $1500 bail for fur- A bo-ird of view composed of the same ther hearing .men, with the exception of Charles W The arrest was made In Sergeant I,OKer' who takes the place of John J Lev,, of the Twelfth and Pine sfrees JirofS.aWnWa,Jtotf1:Sund"il station, and the charge was brought Tioga .sTeU Tntl ?l"lslng Tmi.i iiienue The I against hchult? by Agent Carmen, of , proprietor, lamiuel A, White, was assess- tbe Department of Justice The assault charge. It developed wns arranged In teiest at 6 per cent from July 27 191" Levy to assure the arrest of Sehut7 without causing suspicion among r.thei t,nnr. nnnrRfCC Al A nV Germans employed in the etiRlnerooni liOOIl rHUuKHthn HIAUt uie,io"waH1ha!'c"eCdncto,,1'nB t0 BY WOMEN WORKERS befngrde.y's.hultz'and o'mer " Team Captains. Report Collection, of pllal employes some time ago and nr- $2011 for Day at ranged for narone to start a fake" T unrbenn fight with Srhult? so that he could nr- PahIe.,hlZa0U.hV,p0, ' T- "-"" f I"" ,-"" a high explosive Into medicines being l the ten-day campaign to raise $150, made at the hospital foi the like of sol- I 000 for the Philadelphia School for dlersBt the front, and that Schultz was j Women christian Workers, at the the head of the scheme i ""lc" , , luncheon held In the Hellevue-Stratford STOLE CHILD'S BEADS showed collections of $3441. making the lxm tiTTrtrtT-t t ,-,.. . I grand total to date $.16,703 Mis Wil- -.... . uasuu, kj UllflUUCl ii i i -! -sik n. s: - mm .-m .r - . i Police Take Man Described as Take Man Described "Meanest Thief' in Town" t. Samuel Tolle. forty-fhe vears old. of Kleventh nnd Locust streets, whom the police term Ibo "meanest thief In town." was arrested ths afternoon nt N'lmii nnd Market streets accused of stealing ti iiucReioooh irom iirteen-y ear-old Helen Waldron, of onshohocken Detective Sergeant Ay res, of the 1 ourth detective precinct, arrested rolle. rn whom he says he recognized an old offender. When he mv Tniie H.iih. erately pick the pocket of the child he ?rad iX", beads and the chllrt'H airfare back to ucr uurne Haana Entries for Tomorrow Hnl ri threy-aroIda and up claim liitr ure 1400 curia, ion, hllabnh Thompion 10, Twinkle Tofa 10. Halle OOiy. U. Duh 112. lUtoy Cole. 112, ne markable UJ, IMquetta. 112, Pfcpnd rac three. fr olda clalmtnff pur" $400 furlonita- ll n ii h,"ckiE"KM"T liLVrVlk'llll'sirdoTh ufrsirJl. ' in "' ..PL' ? S !SS1p: .. ns. l.urie 1400. n fur lonin Str Dnnl.v tin r n m. IJu.KIom. Ill fsrdomt, It".'. t.yndor. ii'! i.".1,:..crr',-lou,t - '" rnes. 1U. Proctor, IH Fourth rare three year'Dlda and up. claim ing purae StOO. B furlbnga Vlclrola, 1117, Mllbrei. 107: Violet. 110. ilunlce. 110, LatlV Hrxnrlthrlft. Ill); Hrlis ll'.': Iltverly Jamea ll.'l Maraenet. 112; Knitr Bry. 11 J: Her mi mase, 112. Fifth race Ihree.year-olda ami up rlalm- Inc. uu. ruraa 1.111.1, 11 iurionsa.-iiapld Klrer llrh Clear. tU-'l -Neville II, Ili4i Vrss- eule. 11141 l.ittla N.Dhaw. Mil lllllv i. lol. Money, 1071 pack Hay, 113, Eddie l.siujr, tt. Blilh rar. Ihre ar-olda and up tlalrn. Ins, Duraa $4f0 mlt and .Ml yards Harry Lauder. USNaahvllle. lUJl Otlaro, 101,8am. u.,1 It it siever, 1 1 1 lid; Old Ben Hanover, lilt Can- . Bavehth net. ttiree-year-olda and n. Halmlnr. nuraa 1400, mil and no yarda uiu, 111: Kins of, Ihe Bcarltta. DSi frank Kaosb, 07i Pearhle. est 'London fllrl ifWi Itrlsht Hand. IMi niarman. 1I0 Whtte TAGEBLAHMEN TAKE NEW HOPE Ruling of U. S. Judge in i Civil War Days May Aid DOES NOT WORRY KANE I U. S. Attorney, Prosectitinp; I German Editors for Treason, i Believes It Docs Not Apply I Jim Inslrurllnii made lit n I mleil Slates Clrcull Court Judge In the earl I dais of the ritll War luilng that "words alone cannot innitilule 1111 act of treiieon. will bn the prliulp.il nigu menl ntetl In attorncin ilefendlng the edllors of Ihe Tageblatt Louts Werner and l)r Martin liarkow -- when thf Htdson trial Is resumed Mondat before Judge l)lcklii-on In the I'nlird late" I our' Potlng 01 er old law reiords Henry .1 N'elson one of the nttornets for the defense fo 1 the tilling l.i Hie merest ihance He stopped to lend a Jury charge rendered b a ludge .Nelson, of the Circuit Court of the Southern DIs trlct of Ohio, slmph because he rectlled him as a, distant lelatlif of his father. He and Wllllim A flrax. chief counfel tegard the decision ns the blcgest point on which thej will hlne the de'ense of the editors (loiermnent ntloineis lioueirr when tbei learned of tin plans of the de fending attornets, placed little Itnpnr- ' lance on Ibe decision 1 bei pect .to be able to tonilnto Ibe Inn that it j does not nppli here With the resumption of the Irlil Mon dai It I" expected real blows will be struck nt the editors, with tbe reading l of all elleged seditious articles that ap- peircd In the Herman language news paper to fnr admitted in eildence The first witness to take the stand Mond iv will be Leonard A I'eck, Instructor 'o "tiffimouhVn court adjourned yesterdnv until ten o clock Mondai Professor I'eck Is one of the tiansla mrs nrndueeil bv the Ooiemmetlt, who get "l' '"J1" ,. .V,,: "!"." ""' " " ' " ' ,;,, i irom omcr papers i.j ii..- stu. I eu.itj.a ituu iiit-.i inaiivu ...... .. -. i news stories Into strong pro-German and anti-American articles With the conclusion of rrofcs-s'.r , peck's testimony, however, tho full significant antl purpose of the prelim- ,iary points made by the Government win be brought before tho Jury, ns the I . ft - . wont or reading inn many iransiaica 1 .,-.. . ...... . ... i V. . . :"".... ..... ...j-. .,,.,. ... i-. ainu t'.ivivu i.i i juh(j- .i.- In-ion will Instruct the Jury Monday re garding whether the publication of the speech made bv Senitor La Kollettc, of Wisconsin, made ln the Senile August 21. , ion Id be glien consideration as an "oiert net " The La Kollette sperch was the one In which he assailed tho wealthy men of the countrv and asked for u virtual conscription of wealth The Tageblatt 1 however, 'gnrbled" the account' ln Its luadllnes It is the contention of the , 1 UUll'l 1111.t-.11 :1U1 n,. ." ""' a;.; ";;,.,rsr. '' llfl ll'H: I Y l.tV CU H.lfik Boaid of View JIakcs Report to Court of Common Pleas .lohn .1. flieen, William .1 Kerns and .1 Parker N'oirls. Jr., composing a boart) of ilew, today mau their report to Court of Common Pleas No 6 In the matter ot the taking for park and playground pur poses of two plots of ground Damages nppioxlmating J250.000 were , ,,sserl in niinirs of a nlot of ground Ld $3000 and the award will bear In Ham Boyd, captain of team No S, brought for the fund $2011. which won tho championship bunner for the day , Short talks were delivered lo the cam nnlcners bv Mrs Charles K Urnnson, J B Jf',?" "nd t,e "" W,"l"n ' Hiram houu.es I - AMERICAN LABOR CHIEF BRANDS "DIVIDE BELGIUM" STATEMENT German Publication Letter to Belgian Minister Proud to Be in Full Accord With President Wilson Mathlnslen. March 23, HANDING as a "false fabrication", B tatements from the German priss he hid suggested the division ot that urtlen IO me ueisiuii jjiiii'icr nere t --.. - . .. ... i.alnir his "full accord" with Presl- 'JVicn.nn' vmr-alms. The letter foi- - t,s. .... lows: "My dear Mr. Cartler: "You advised that you have received Information from your Government that there la published In the press or Oer many, attributing to me a statement that I suggested as the best solution to end the war, would be: the division of Belgium upon the following basis t "The north of Belgium to go to Hol land, the south to France, In conse quence ot which France would renounce all claims on Alsace-Lorraine, You say, too, that the press ln dermany published that I declared that ethnographlcally tpe.aklng there is no such thing as the Belgian people. I have visited Belgium on two occasions and haye found her w ' . .1.... ...a .11.11.. ...1.4. fr.ni... nsusats ASts-tJiAia. ttitu wiwswasit. tsitfi nvimjr. as T the best way to end the and tyranny. I war, Samuel Compere, president of the "I .am proud of I American -.Uon of Labor bas'causevvhlc., shall n Seme Passes Drastic Hill Against Flag Dcsccralors Washington. March 23. Six months' Imprisonment or n fine of K.nn was prescribed for desccrators of the American Has under n Hen nte bill passed this afternoon. The hill also pi o Ides that tho bill shall not be used for advertising pur poses or mutilated In any form Senator OalllnRcr (New Hnmp shlrc) asked If the bill would pre ent Ibe names of political candl dates foi olllce belnK attached to the, flag In Mich manner that It bo not defaced Senator Chamberlain (Oregon) who Introduced the bill, said no such piohlhltlmi was In tended TOBACCO MERCHANTS URGED TO BUY BONDS Patriotic Appeal to Trade Made by Head of A anoint ion " " Ml niipeal 10 cut out wnsie unti iiin-ti all unemploted capital lu Liberty Honds wan Issued todav by Chirles .1 Hlsen- ' .. ,..ii.. lour, nea.i 01 tne ,,rm 01 v.o ........v. . Jv Ilrother-. 132 Market stieet. to all tobacco merchants Ihroughout tne ijiiucn -,!, Mr'nisenlohr who is president of Ihe Tobacco .Merthnnls Association pointed our in Harnnres niauf ij i-- -, - - iiin i n tn Hip front niul HFKed Ihe, Am tnrnim - . iii -.I i.. ti.nr-A tin rnhnnn mm nf thp lOUtltr to Miib ordinate all business Interests to me ... cause oi me war In his appeal he said among other things .. "I feel certain that In making the slogan of this association, In the pres ent r-rlsds of our country 'Tho Winning of tl.n War.' the entire Industry vv ii tt.ni, ii. In bending every effort ti an enrlv, complete and victorious ending nf the war It Is for us, the noncomhatnnts, necessnrv cogs, as we are, In the ma thlnery of warfare, to do our bit, so tl.nl the brave hois al the front who are so valiantly Riling their all to protect nnd uphold the honor and In - tegrltv of this country. shtJI not Had themstlies unsupported niul uulnrkcd by the host of non-fighters nt home We inn Indeed serve our country In this crisis In many illfferent ways Wo can Iniest our unemployed capital In t.lbertv Hoods, stimulate the sale of war savings stamps, help the Hed Cross Mid other movements calculated . i tho hnia In tbe trenches a little happier and more comfortable We can and should cut out all waste and econ- omlze In the use of i,uch commodities ns may be essential to the prosecution of the war. In other words, we must t make a supreme effort to serve our country to our utmost ability " SOLD LIQUOR TO SAILORS ii ,,m n oirtr MnTUrD TO HELP SICK MOTHER ,. - , . ... , ... , , Hop; Island Woikman Allowed to Go on His Oown Rccor- . nuance In an effort to aid his niolhci who was III and without funds, Arthur i.augmin. twentv-iiiree years old, ot si3 i:ast Cambria street, a workman nt Htg Tl...l .-.-. 1I . I.I.. i iriuuu, ti(.uiuiiiK in in' imii niuij, un- dertook to raise tho nt eded money by selling liquor lo sallots He was ar rested Cnitfd States Commissioner Long this morning held him in 1300 ball After hearing his story and discovering that he had net sufliclent money left to get to viork. Commissioner Long gave him a dollar and released him on his on n recognizance Five other men who had been arrested on the sune charge were held In $500 ball for court Thoy weio George Free- man. nineteen years old, of 1311 Vine street. Walt Hrown tweiitv-nlnn veats eld of Atlantic City : Geoige Thompson, naCcd among Its manufacturera and la of Kiev enth street, near Spring: Thomas . (1Iy through the fact that a latter. How an. of Second street near Vine, and ",,',,,, t .nendlnc Its eamlnu I" John Gordon of Tenth street population Is KI"a'nS ., , '. . .. Peter White, of Wayne. 7a . was ar- that particular community It Is notM, ..,.. ., .!, t i,.. v.... .. .... .tt.. rnsnnnh o In ni-k that Hie COmmimip'. ,.-r-nn .,,, i,i .,i,.c ,, , tfci- iit.L ...IB IKS- charged when it was shown that ho had takei no monev for tho lltiuor antl tint It wnB his first offene FAMOUS FRENCH FLIER TO THRILL PHILADELPHIA Lieutenant Soachaite CominK From Washington in Plane to Aid Recruiting lo tstlmulntp retrultlnK anions; thf HrlUsh nnd f'nniirilnn utihfi-f ru In ibo Cnlted states, and especially phliadei - phln. Lieutenant George Soachaite. at tached to the French Aviation Corps, and decorated by the French and F.ng llsh authorities for downing twelve Ger- man planes, will fly on Monday from Washington to the Philadelphia Navi ard at League Island. Lieutenant Soachalre will maneuver his ,1,,,. i ;.,. i '!",; "",,"r"' d TuertaV"- mornle10',,, '"?!!? island Tuesdav morning, whli- ,i,. British tank Britannia. whlch"m-rl d here today, occun es the Mtteniin,, f .i.. spectntois on the ground Among the many decorations which n.i.nGni u.i,.'i "",U wiucn rltr ""..""'.T''"..."" "re the uroix ue liuerre, tie French war cross the French military medal, and f the .. . .. .. -- . M.t; 11ICI uruisn miiitarv meda He Is uisnn I M.ml,., nf Ih. T ..-I... -. ..' . ,a "IPO a, member of the Legion nf ttnnni. He will remain In. the city until Tues. Vi...Vi"?-- "". .." "a.k to Wa.lilnrtnn nn,;..!- .u"' "' un"? V . ...c,... u.,.,,h ul mines or alii the lolunteers recruited during his vis"" a "False Fabrication" in have i-li.'n ..,i..i . themselves, not onlv Tth. k".".! ns. ,Sf ' p1" also In the hcrolo rcsUtance of the 'aborlng classes against German out- ti. t... ;. . "... "i-"siu being enlisted In ti,. make for the complete ... . vt Liie iimniaiii restoration or vour nntr.r. ."' . people. I. therefor. i,.i ...""rr B,ia that not i hl:i rl. '"""""' yu ( :: - .- "' . iiuicr uttered uunh nAiti. ,!,.--.. .. thoughts, but 1 have never had such thoughts In my mind. The whole story Is another false fabrication made In Oer many, r r "1 am 'proud to be lnfull accord with President Wlfson and the wa? aim? of ,byemm,ed 8,a,eS a" 8 Uear,y " '"h "I have the honor to 'remain ' "SAMUEL UOMPKHS, "President, of the American Federation of Labor." , . . ?150,000 Fertilizer Plant Burns Concord, Mass., March 23,.The fer tilizer plant Of the Whitman Hp.it Rendering Company at Ccmcortl June- Vw." """ t"''" vx BtYiurt or ui U.S. WONT RED, HOUSE W0R1 Til rnt- T"1 .. TCrT Warn! .....unities io Providfi nomestorMen jNO CONTRACTSeI Government's Annrnnri,. -nadcW?,c , ,SK Dwellings Required f i t'blla.lelphb, and other r H h. war actlilne, bai, , ,T creafed the nuniber f "?"' Is" -node the housing fnrllltl '"" M are adil.ed in ., .u... '"""IMti by Otto M IMIH. director .;''.' '- ."CIl 1,1,1 ... - and trannortniin .., .L - bmi on ..f ti.. ""n of !.abor that so fflr '"e "!f,a""nl neat hiteies.s should TT "' wnidH sheltering ,n ,.n Um enllreh unnn 11.. ., "'" a'"1 . not hi. "l"' houes ""'"nment lo f t)lriflrtH 11. tn.. . JF .i.e pin, for ,',,. tVuc!''tMel -)&!!'.: "!"-". - arnh!g ,&?, nt.. ii.ii couiracts for Goiernm.ni " work mai l, Kse to n""m,ent l empious are iinnhl. in na" i. " " ' It Is quite reasonable for tk.i,!. ment to eipect that coinmunltl JJS """e uenetitlng by hating n. """ contra , among Theh-mZT'; turcrn and by teason of an Inc? ' 1 popuiiiiion upending their earnlnrt u . inai locality w mnk an ..... " lido housing facllllles and not iJu I eiiureiy upon i.niernnient aid, lr Elii-B iii;-. 1 vrnrra - i Am in runs r.i .hmm ... . . ins r.l telleilnt- it, i. , ? sKuatlon bn sot...!,. ..... ".. A"" UIO linuinfl - "-prii. in iiirfL npnni ki.. that people whi ken In Im.j maw n-ier i.eiore taken In boarjtri I nnw nimii tin iltaln i.-- .. .. '-.n now onen un ibelr 1, -.,. . ,t. .'"V" ers. that iiiallabln houses or lnX! tlons be conierted Into shelter. ,Zwl them, and that the transportation fic llles to outliing districts h im.Z, ngUo that Hrge numbers of the orkin 1 111 I tan go and come ftoni homes at a dl- I tuner Ills statement reads as followi; 3 "It Is a malfr of much conctro (i mi Ki'veiiniiHiiiHi ncpariments Into, ested In housing tint the larlous con, inanities aie Retting a wrong Mn u lo tho Intent of Ihe C.oiernment In cm. iiectlon with lellcvlng the denutid ftr I housing lu tertalu localities j Communities should realize Itiitini to Hie high cost -of building mtritli I ami libor. housing generally thrru(h- i out ' tho I'nltett Mates has bttn Id-' ndetiuito to meet eien the nornil growth ot the various Icoalltles and. o( i courte. the Introduction of war work kai ncceiitu iter! this slttntlon However, u; must, no leinemoereu tnai our sltuttun Is an emergency one and that a nm.' munlty must do Its utmost In the nji I of providing holies far Industrial no- . trs engaged In war work, throufh l.J duclng thoso who did not formerly tiki J n boarders to open their homes durlnij this war emergency to these nitj ' workers j "rurtliennore If there are any anM I able houses or Instltutlrns which cooll' ' ho readily conierted Inter rnaonat'i I bousing for workers, this should betaO "Again. If workers can be Induced to come from outly ing towns cr hamlets, 'and transportation can be Improved U ( emibic these wmkers to reach the In. : mistrial plants In the locality alfecied, i , i his method should be employ ed, II nu happen that a reasonable amount t( mnct ,flc emcrgency and take Ihe pek ( loa( . i, . . I.. ii, , mnir no intfwtiiM. , . llv . .,. nou, shouW . ,,. lonsltlered until every other reeajf ' I . ... T 1JS uteil PXJlRUueil "It Is also of vital Importance .lniermlne whether the products d the partlcul ir localltv are immediate! I needed In the war program, ana iw crder ot Importance. IVn.n nil nf which It muct be realliM that eveiy toinniunlty that can take i ca'rc of lts(!lf yhoM make every effort to dm so before seeking Government anv especially ns the demand Is much g retter then the funds provided to meet Ik ? if a .nmmuiilty U bfnefltlne throun thn r.-i Hint war orders are belnf - ." - . .. .l.,l Itself In this war emergency, snail mnij, , in effort to lieln Itself 'I I "There Is reason to believe that whin n community Is overloaded mm - uSl'nrnVnta" conUc.?!. , , XV' ndduTcUact. VtZb 51 n unity whoso manufacturers are ' ready unable to llnd housing for thw """ m DEARDEN REFORMER, ., . STILL HEARTY AT n, I J 1 Head of United States Review P-H lishing Company Receives Con-Tl t..li! f T?.t.a V Kruiuiuuuiis vi n.c.'s" it "Feel flue, still nctlio. althoujh In seventy -three years old today. ni,. . ai... ..ns flmt of Robert T-. ..... i, . n .,. ITnltr1 SUVtl lira uen, i.ivB.uri.i "''-""--. MB , ueview t-uuiisiiuiK "i..."j --, -m '."" J" "il'Z '."""' J.,?..... ..'".. ....!, vesril hMv and energe. to VhUdel hi m" aciiie anu eiien.""- . '., this attlve and energetic Mil has watched the sands trickle t in ti.A iiuss nf Father Time. I PaB. "'V'"1 ". .. rei. oirlkiM ln ,lle Klass of rai1,er.,T.t'inr oVtl? , ,. ,i, ..t.ntv.fnurth turning oi. u. it.vt;n .nt; dihiiij-. . .. .... mass ne is wiiuus w m .. - : . ' "caper that he Is still able to g hre .. .. , ..II. ... I. a, in. AIHW n tussle for many years iu ,...- ,, .. .,, .!. li. .lTlt 81 .. ,: i" 'r..:e" ivr?.,:x. inn recm It. 1.. ..I.lt.nlnn ill. tt'ni em' Willi reiaincs uu.i ,..v..v. C11-tBiHl u. !.... i,a,.inns of many DU",!Tffl V'.0 ' ."""' T.'- , h. nfflCS irienos ana nssocmic. . .. --- ...vi-.fi the United States Review IoiblUUffl Company. uaiii Mr. Dearden Is one of the W managers of tho Municipal Mf( has served as delegate to tra,J and State conienuoi.o "-rt-- o, also a member of the American AC"" n-ni i .. UMsilfil nClellvv m '""",:"'- v.""" ".n.n,hrOf tW! "e.V.V".""l'"V.r.. times since 1 ueBiuiii.wo t t'uM - XX win EXCURSIONS Atlantic City WildwMfl. Angle 'g$2 Ocean City. Sas UU City. , Itarttor, Atalon. PALM SUNDAY-"J EASTER SUNDAY March 24 ancTJl Iav. l.rel rjmtgMrjJf. ,jB,' Mailable. tha tlshl JgSi PmyWtni w"---s-B!W' ''T',sFi-r!'.'
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