Ger„iany Takes Stern Measures to Deal With Discontented Strikes Spread Rapidly kk H ARRISBURG ?&&&£& TELEGRAPH M §lje Star-Jn&epcnbcnt I LXXXVII No. 2S 20 PA .o MARTIAL LAW TIES UP GREAT GERMAN PORTS Immense Shipbuilding Plants at Hamburg and Bremen Completely Paralyzed by Striking Workmen; Disor ders Continue to Spread Throughout German Empire; Stern Measures Taken by Government Amsterdam, Feb. I.—There was a clash between strikers and I the police in the northwestern part of Berlin Thursday. One ypoliceman was killed and a dozen strikers injured, fiicre were i iriuor disturbances in other sections and in the suburbs of Berlin. The Socialist party committee met in Berlin on Wednesday to decide upon the attitude of the party in view of the of the strike. The commi'tee considered a program, Wtki Vossische Zeitung says, was regarded as offering a Htsis for negotiations with the government. The program BPmcted to political demands affecting domestic affair?, omitting reference to the desires in regard to the foreign policy expressed by the strikers. The committee also considered measures to prevent the incitement of a strike of bakers. The Kreuso Zeitung of Berlin prints iin abusve article regarding the strikers who, it says, arc behav ing as though 011 a Holiday. Great numbers of them, according .to "Wie newspaper, gather at Kerupinski's a famous Berlin restaurant and it is the class of which the strikers form a part that makes up a largo pro portion of the patrons of the epern, the most frivolous theaters, ihe vUie shops, moving picture houses ami dunce and music halls. Declaration of martial law in tlie great porta of Hamburg and Bremen and a lark of definite news concern ing the progress of tlie strike move ment in Germany indicate the possi bility that the authorities have taken [stern measures to deal with 'lie dis contented workmen. Belated reports, however, show the movement lias spread widely since Monday. Some correspondents in Holland believe the situation has grown worse owing both to the efforts of the Ger man government to minimize the im portance of the strike and to the scarcity of news. While i wpi't from "Copenhagen says that all the Social ist leaders have been summored to Bei*lin to discuss political questions, advices received in Amsterdam aro to the effect that Chancellor Von I iertllr.g, following the examplo of Mintztec of the Interior Walraff, re fused to sec a strikers' delegation. Fatal ('lnfill With Police In Berlin there has been .1 fetal |clash between the strikers and the police and minor disturbances are Ireported to have occurred 11 other sections as well as in the suburbs ot ithe capUa 1. The Berlin press says 'the movement in Berlin has reached [Continued on Page Hi.] ?-esident: Summons Senators to Conference Washington Feb. 1. —President Wilson summoned a dozen Deuiu lorats .and Republican senators to the White House for a conference ut 110011. All the senators professed entire ignorance of the purpose cf the conference but it appeared that kva.• legislation including <he p-ro- Iposal for a war cabinet and director of munitions which the prs3idont oppose might be discussed. £ Baby Bonds went up a cent this morning C/Did you get left ? K J THE WEATHER 1 l or llnrrlMliurK mid viclnltyl Fnlr 11 n(I colder to-night, n•■xt temperature iiliont ,*> ilr urccs; Saturday fair and niirmrr, l' - or Kim tern l*eniiN>lvnnliis I'lllr nnil uninrnluil colder to-nlKlili Saturday fair, nut utiite HO colli; lliclit, variable 11I111N, mostly j north. Hirer { Th<- Susquehanna rlirr 11 ml nil it* branches will rrinnln trn/en and stationary. \ staue of iilioiil .'t.t feet Is indicated for Hurris liurg, Saturday morning. fienernl Conditions The Member continue.* cloudy nnd unfilled over nearly nil thp country cast of the Mlnsix slppi rltcr. except over the I.like Iteitlon. where It Is Kenerully 1 elear. No well defined Mtorni np | pears oter Ihe eimtern Imlf of f the country, hut light, loenl I snoiva have occurred In Penn- Mylvunla anil sonic rain liuk ful ly len in the Fast tinlf reuion mid / • In Northern Florida. It Ik 2 to 22 degree* colilrr In the l.nke llcalon anil In the Ohio Valley mid Tennessee and In the Middle Atlantic Slates; tempera tures nrc SS to :HI defcrees lirloiv r.ero ulona the northern border of the (ireat l.nkes. Teiiipernturei 8 a. ni.. ltl. Sdn: lllses, tllSft a. in.; sets, r.iOl P. m. Moon: Hlscs, 101.12 p. m. Illvrr Sll1 Ke 1 :u feet above low water inmk. Yesterday's Weather Highest tempernture, .11. 1,0 west temperature. It). Mean temperature, 2."1. .Normal temperature, 2.N. LENINE'S LIFE ENDANGERED BY STUDENT'S SHOT Second Attempt Is Made to Assassinate Russian Premier By Associated Press l.ondon, Feb. I.—Another unsuc cessful attempt on the life of Pre mier Lenina was made last night, according to the Petrograd corres-j ponnent of the Daily News. A young I man in a student's uniform entered the Smolny Institute, the Bolshe viki headquarters, and fired a shot from a revolver at the premier with out hitting him. The Red Guards stationed out side the premier's room were ar-| rested and will be charged with ne glect of duty. An attempt was made to assassi nate Premier Denine on January 16. With a number of friends the pre mier was going to the Smolny In stitute in an automobile when sev eral shots were tired at the can Len ine was not injured. Finland Situation Improves The situation in Finland is more reassuring, according to the latest reports received at the Finnish lega tion at Stockholm and transmitted by the correspondent of the Times. The Red Guards have been disarm ed or are willingly surrendering their arms all ovc;' the country. The revo lutionists still hold Helsingfors, the capital. A Helsingsfors dispatch of Wed nesday's date says the Diet and the legitimate government tlie being prevented by the revolutionists from exercising their duties. The suspension of all the general activities of religious bodies until the restoration of order has -been an nounced by the central association of olilciais, it is stated. Physicians are directed to continue their work and it is promised that the railway services and food supply will bo maintained under special arrange ments. , W ill Confiscate Transports Owing to tlie break between the BolsheviHi government and Ruma nia. tlie revolutionary committee of the Black Sea licet lias resolved to confiscate the transports belonging to Rumania according to an Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Pet rograd. About forty steamships and several warships have been seized ill Black Sea harbors.. Warships at Vladivostok Five more entente warships have arrived at Vladivostok, according to dispatches from Petrograd. It is added that China, acting on allied ,-dvice has forbidden exportation of foodstuffs to Russia. The British embassy in Petrograd on January 2B informed the Boishe viki government that British war ships were at Vladivostok to protect aliied subjects against possible dis order. Polish Region Declares War News has reached Kiev from Minsk that the Polish legion has declared war against the Boisheviki. a Rcutcr dispatch from Petrograd says. President Reiterates Opposition to War Director of Munitions By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 1. —At a confer ence with a dozen Republican and Democratic Senators whom he sum moned to the White (louse to-day. President Wilson reiterated his oppo sition to the pending bills to create a super war cabinet and a director of munitions, contending they would hamper liiffi in the conduct of the war and that they were unnecessary. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1918. SOME MEMBERS OF BOLSHEVIK CABINET From left to right:—Zlotowsky. Mlchailow, Lynochaisky, Leon Trotzky, minister of foreign affairs; General Murawew, in uniform, and Xogin. Mile. Colonial is on the right. This is said to be the first photograph of the Bolshevik cabinet in session, taken recently in Petrograd and brought to the United States over the Siberian Railway and the Pacific Ocean. It shows Leon Trotzky, the minister of foreign affairs (indicated by an arrow) leaning for ward on the table writing. Jlc is wearing a beard. When lie left the United States he was clean shaven and most photographs from Russia have shown him that way. 'HOUSEHOLDERS TO BE PUT FIRST ! ON COAL LIST 1 Hickok Will Not (live Fuel to j Industries if Suffering Is Acute ISITI ATION MAY GET HAD | | j ! Suburban Towns in Worse j i Shape Than City, Say Reports I Rather than let Harrjsburg homes | go v.iijioitt fuel, the fuel-supply will i j lie cut off from the city's industrial ' plants, Ross A. Hickok, fuel admin- . istrator for Dauphin county, de'- clared to-day. While Mr. Hickok declared that] he did not believe it would be neces- 1 sary to divert fuel from industries, I j he said the action would be taken I 1 with the approval of State Adminis trator Potter in case of extreme need. Warned in Philadelphia that the coal situation in this state may be come acute during the next two weeks, Mr. Hic.kok will take ex treme measures, if necessary, to pro vide heat in Harrlsburg homes Conditions Arc Bad In Meehanicsburg, it is glaimed, j that more than a hundred families \ are without fuel, and depend upon (more fortunate neighbors for a II meager supply of coal. Similar con ■ jditions exist, it is said, in other I: towns in this section. Railroad men j agree that another severe snow ' j storm within the next week will dis ■j turb all plans for coal relief, •j Following a visit to Philadelphia, .; Ross A. Hickok, local fuel admin istrator, announced that more than forty cars of coal will lie started for 1 Harrisburg to-day or to-morro\y. • (This coal will bo used to relieve .'distress in private homes. Ten cars Jof bituminous will bo delivered to 'j local public utilities companies. l i Nearby points in the county w T ill I also Vie relieved with shipments from 11 the operators. I j Conditions Arc Bad -I Conditions in the city during the I I rest of the week will remain acute, [Continued on Page 3.] Few Changes Made in Prices on New List Prepared by Food Administrator's Aids fi The following new price list to-day > was issued by the loud committee .j named by Donald MeCormlck, Food ' Administrator. In the main prices arc 'I tlie same as those of the first list. Ji Consumer prices arc ligured on a limitation "cash-and-carry" basis, j ' I Credit and delivery prices may be I higher. The Federal Food Adminis tration has no authority to lix prices. It may. however, determine what are , ! fair prices, based on reasonable profits . j to the wholesaler and retailer. If your I retailer charges more on a "caxh-and . I carry" basis, than the prices named ■ below, report him by letter to the ' Federal Food Administration, Cham-I ' her of Commerce. I ? Consumer Ketniler Should .! IIFANS I'ays I'ny n Navy I peal. II ITi-IHc I S--Oc j liray (ninrrowl, lli.. . Il'4-flc 12c I l.imn, ll> 10-17 c IH-20c I White liiuirrinil, Hi. 17 IS-2U. 111 TTHH j Creamery, t 111 .Vl-.%.",c r,li-<iOc II Creamer; Prints, 111...V1Vi-rKlc sc j i Kresll l*rint<4. Hi ... . r>V i Tub. storage. 11l 40c 01-SSc I I COIIN Ml". \l, Ivlln dried I Hulk. I n-.T*c -7c | l'k|C. of SVi lbs >3%c 111-20 c s | Fresh, dor. nr,c <!.'-70c 1 Storage, <lo/. JK!-34c r..'l-r.Sc Fi.ont W Inter, 12 111. sack. * <W-<l(le AII-7.V i I Sprlnic. 12 Il>. hark.. 7N-S2c 83-00 c I.AttD I Purr, 111 2K-:ilVie 32-37 c Compound, sub.. 111.. !12-24e 2<l-2Sc ■I si t; Mt | (iriinulnted, 100 111*. #7.5.-.-s.:io 11-lOc Hi ; I'OT\TOFS ltetaller p>si IVnnsyl. vanln. No. I, 110 111. liiiHhrl, 51.r.0 to ,> 1.110. Consumer should |m> 1 91.7.* to J *I.OO bushel; loe to Kte peek. ■' '.'Flour—Consumer must purchase • j one pound of another cereal with each Isix pounds of flour purchased. Con sumer Is limited to twenty-four pound purchase. "Sugar—We are led to believe that I present prio n of sugar will remain . the aame for some time to come." CITY'S WOMEN ARE MEASURING GREAT Hundreds Work Day and Night, Giving Best Services That Fighting Men May Not Want; Blough Bros. Aiding Greatly • "This is tlie biggest job the wom en of America eve* had," said 'Miss Anne McCormick, chairman of the committee on preparation of surgi cal dressings and hospital supplies for the local Red Cross chapter— "and every woman in this district should try to help. It is an oppor tunity which will never again be presented. "Every woman and girl who takes part in Red Cross work will be benefited with a broadened out-look and a more charitable mind. With the immediate prospect of American soldiers in vast numbers at the front CAREFUL WATCH TO BE KEPT ON WATER SUPPLY Municipal League Will Co operate in Every Way With Commissioner Hassler Members of the executive commit tee of the Municipal League at a spe* cial meeting this afternoon at the Harrisburg Club decided to keep in tf'ich with the local water depart ment situation until all danger of a repitltion of the shortage conditions of the'last few weeks will be averted. The committee will co-operate In every way with Commissioner Sam uel l-\ Ilassler. superintendent of the department. In his efforts to have necessary improvements made. The plan to have expert help in solving the water supply and cost problems, and to have a capable engineer in charge of the department under Dr. Hassler was approved. The seriousness of the situation and tlie need of immediate action to relieve conditions was largely re sponsible for the step taken by the committee in meeting to-day and de ciding to help city authorities to provide for the water department Improvements it was said. Middletown Plans to Be Announced in Full by Washington IS. It. Hundley, representing tho Mellon-Stuart Company, big con tractors, of Pittsburgh, returned to Harrisburg from Philadelphia to day, where he went on business for his company which lias to do, it is understood, with Government work in this vicinity. Mr. Hundley said ho is not at liberty to be quoted at thia time except that he has been given to understand the War Department has- an extensive program for devel opment on the Middletown site and that tho present aviation depot is also to be greatly enlarged. Conferences of officials are being held in Washington, according to a<l-, vices from that city to Harrisburg men interested in the Middletown project, and announcements of im portance may lie made in a few days. Spanish Cabinet Sends Protest to Germany By Associated Press Madrid, Thursday, Jan. 13.—Tho cabinet met to-day under tho presi dency of King Alfonso and decided to send n strong protest to Germany, de manding reparation to Spain for the sinking of the steamship Glralda. The note will not be sent through Prince Von Katibor, the German Ambassador here, hut will be tele graphed direct to the Spanish Am bassador in Berlin. in France the Harrisburg Chapter finds itself facing a new campaign for funds and in need of more help. Speaking lor our president, Mrs. Lyman I). Gilbert, and the many earnest women who have devoted practically ail their time to this patriotic work, I can truly say that we may be proud of Harrishurg's in dustry in Red Cross activities, but that the time in -now come when >(>'-.? v.imen should join in aad i P ' The llarrlsburg chapter of the Red Cross may well fel proud, for at Philadelphia yesterday at tlie monthly division meeting Miss Mc • [Continued 011 I'age 5.] TEUTONS GIVE OVER EFFORTS TO REGAIN LINES I Sleiulid Italian Successes Are Maintained at All Points in New Area By Associated Press Rome, Feb. l. The Austrians yesterday attacked on the A&ingo pleateau in an attempt to drive the Italians from their newly-won posi tion on Monte Di Val Bella, the war office announced to-day. The eremy, however, was unable to reach tho Italian line. The Italians, by a su'Jdcn attack at dawn yesterday advance*! then lines as far as the head of the Telago alley in this sector. Italian Headquarters in North ern Italy, Thursday, Jan. 31.—Tho splendid success gained by the Ital ian troops in two clays of fighting west of the Krenta river has been maintained at all points and the area of newly-occupied territory is being organized rapfdly without fur ther effort by the* enemy to. regain i his lost positions. As the Italian brigades which took part in the fighting reassembled, it developed that their losses were comparatively small, the aggregate i being considerably less than the | number of prisoners taken from the I enemy. j But the enemy losses were ox ! tremely heavy as is shown by the ' number of dead left on the lieiil anil the reports of prisoners. It is esti mated that tho total enemy loss without counting the prisoners taken by tlie Italians was between 5,000 and 15,000. The result of the action is having an effect on tha morale of the en emy, according to reports of prison ers. The Austrian winter campaign in the mountains has stopped entire ly as it was concluded that the diffi culties of snow and ice and the in terruption of roads and transport supplies had made operations im possible. These conditions were ox eeedlngl„ severe in the lighting area, drinking water for the troops be ing transported up the mountains from the plains. Having accepted the-e conditions as decisive against the winter of fensive tlie Austrians were taken completely by surprise when the Italians curried out the operation i which drove the enemy back from the lines marking his winter posi tion. Carousers Trapped; 200 Perish in Fire By Associated Press Petrograd, Jan. 31. —Two hundred persons perished in a firo In an aleo-1 hoi factory at Novo Archangelsk. A crowd of carousers broke Into the factory and becamo trapped In tho cellar. Some one lighted a candle and the alcohol fumes exploded. HUNS TORTURING, U.S. PRISONERS TO GET INFORMATION 1 Documents Taken Say Thatj Soldiers Remain Four Days Without Food AMERICAN SECTOR QUIET | Rifle Fire Holds Oft' Superior j Number of Germans Who Approach , /IfvMatrd Press T _> Wfafc th*' AtiwAcan Army in France, Thursday, Jan. 31.—Condi tions were quiet in the American sector all day to-day because of the fog, which to-night showed no sign of abating. Beyond a few shots from both sides at registered targets there was very little artillery firing. There was virtually 110 infantry activity. Additional details of yesterday's raid show only tlie alertness of the platoon in the trenches nearest the listening: post raided prevented the enemy from entering the trencho<s and, perhaps, captur'ng prisoners. As soon as the barrage lire lifted the platoon came out of its dugout* and stepped to the firing platforms. Their rifle fire held off a superior number of Germans who tried to approach. When the enemy saw the Americans were determined to hold the position they withdrew into the fog. Later a number of bloody enemy rifles and other equipment were found beyond the American positions. American officers at the front have come into possession of docu ments said to have been taken from Germans opposite our positions and which deal with the treatment to be accorded prisoners. The docu ments say nil prisoners, including commissioned and noncommissioned officers, after being captured are to be kept in cages for four d.\;ys without food and compelled to stand all the time. At the end of the four day period only small quantities of food are to be given. Although definite information on the point is lacking, soma American officers to-day expressed the belief that fhe order resulted from the dif ficulties the Germans probably ex perienced in extracting information from the first American prisoners captured in November. Such treat ment of prisoners, it is felt, could be designed only to make them give up military information. Peace Rumors Influence Stock Market Trading By Associated Press New York, Feb. J.—lnfluenced largely by peace rumors, which car ried prices upward, early trading on the stock market to-day gave promise of one of the biggest day's movements of the year. Hales of the first hour approximated 4 00,000 shares, or at the rate of I!,0o,000 shares for the full day. Not only were professional operators promi nent in the movement, but commis sion hoi.ses reported- a decided in crei so of public interest from out of-town centers, particularly the middle west. • ■ Child Is Buried to Neck When Snow Falls Off Roof Katharine Shoemaker. 22G Liberty street, 1 o-year-old . daughter of Lieu tenant George J. Shoemaker, was al most completely buried under an ava lanche of snow that fell oft the roof of St. Patrick's Cathedral about 1.30 o'clock this afternoon. The girl was walking along Church street when about a ton of snow fell without warning directly on her head and buried her up to her neck. She was able to scream for assistance. Dr. William JO. Wright, '.'o4 State street, and George N. Karnes, who conducts a grocery store at the cor ner of Second and State streets, along with two colored men, ran- to her rescue. They dug her out with their bands and she walked o(T, little the worse for the accident. Single Copy, 2 Cents MANY TRUCKS OFFERED FOR CITY SNOW CLEANUP Commissioner Lynch Confers! With Mayor Keister\ n New Program FIREPLUGS ARE COVER*..) Highway Suerintendcnt Will Direct Removal of Ice on Fuclless Monday Commissioner William 11. Lynch, superintendent f the city highway department, conferred with Mayor Keister ihis afternoon to complete T>'ans for Snow Removal llay on Monday. 1 *je Mayor's proclamation urging everl resident of the city to co-operate a.ul asking all lirnis hav ing wagons or trucks available to furnish them to haul the snow was issued to-day. Mr. I -'i immediately began pre-* paring v for carrying out the provisionsV e proclamation. At least six dish, will bo listed and men now at work supervising the snow removal being done by the de partment will take charge •of the teams and trucks which will be fur nished. By noon 10-day three trucks and , ißl£ a dozen wagons had already been offered and other local concerns were expected to volunteer the use ot their equipment later in the day The necessity of a general clean [Continued on Pace 10.] Augustus F. Blacksmith 55 Years With Telegraph Augustus F. Blacksmith, a.'4 Boas street, to-day started his fifty-sixth year with the Telegraph Printing Company with the congratulations of every employe of the plant. Mr. Blacksmith's record virtually is un equaled with the Typographical [Union. He holds a record of having at one time put in more than 885 working days in one year. Mr. Blacksmith is at his case in the < omposing room every day. ■<> 4 £, "$* f *j MAN'LI'iSvS { 4 1 the X T • • f Nieupo.rt. Belgium, and ir . *S* *** *? <4 t ci • ■ ■ . X tv. y * ' MUSTERED INTO SERVICE X w |n L (Mirations arc lying made to muster t sever 1 units of the new Pennsylvania Reserve Militia •7* 4* * into the service of the state within the next few days and ab jk djutant General Bc3iy is in Philadelphia attcnd'i JT final details of several companies. It was state lat the . A A Capftol to-day that-the Militta / is so far organised and X X equipped that'c< ■ areVeady oow to all intents. W j and pifrposcs to answer any call of the Governor, who i-% <jg the commander in chief. fir FURNITURE MEN WILL GIVL TRUCKS j* j* If > Dowm\ dent cf the Har- X ■ J risburg Furniture Dealers' Association, has announced J *P that every'furniture truck, owned by mend ei oi the as- <■ sociation, wili her l u civic Monlay * jv> t w -4 ,3U 4* THREE DAYS'STRIKE AT MUNICH 4. X *• ik-.- I 1 d la: I in Lb Mi 'd • Ccmr 1 New., d -pauh from AVn* m* I ch £ Jjp 4* stein and Kcpncl lot n >'.ivc works employes have joined j -? the tr itc 1 /en ■ • T CZERNIN COMMUNCIATES WITH WILSON T I £ *** '3* London—lt is'i ■ positively, according to a dis- ♦* ~7"> L patch from Berne 10 the Daily Mai!, that Count Czernan, 2 |T the A -o mga: .;a •r, tin .ugh private 4 intermediaries h£s sent message after message to Presi- <3 lent Wilson, aßsilri"g him of the si"oeri*.y and guile'css- ,® j4|J ness of Austrian diplomacy. , A 1 AMOUS BANKER DEAD , j London—Alfred, Charles De Rothschild, of the bank- <T 1 i.ng fariv'y- f tlm .unc, died last night. J ... X X AMERICAN CADET KILLED T 1 ** London—Roy O. Garver, a young American cadet a. *4* § tached to the Royal Flyinj Corps, has died in a hospital X of injuries, according to the Central News. T ? MARRIAGE LICENSES % V* (W J. Holirrt M. 1 lurch. Slrrlton. unit tllpf 1., I,r oniptr. Hiirrlnburict J J .lolin W. ( Hin. MiiWllrtown. nnil Ktiruh A. Ilninnii-r, Hlichnplrrt John f -5 I*. Morula, Jr.. nil Itm-hurl 10. I.lichtnrr, llurrlnharKt llnrr.v \V. J, ! rirkctt nnil I'lvn lOlarnhotver, llarrlnbiirir. HOME EDITION BAKERS FACING PROSECUTION FOR IGNORING ORDER Will Not Get Individual No tice of Ruling Food Ad ministrator Declares VICTORY LOAF IS GOOI^ Consumers Are Satisfied to Eat New Product to •i i Aid in War Harrisburg bakers and Haittl bur£ b r 'lseholders must get used "Victor bread." , • H Whek .ocat Food Administrate! Donald \ <?ormick was told thtl morning that some bakers supplj> ins the city have not complied wit* the regulations of the National Foo\l Administration calling for them tt mix wheat Hour for bread with five per cent, substitute, said verv cmphatically that all such baker's make themselves liable to a heavy lino. Mr. MeCormlek said that from' [Continued on Page 15.] Members of Congress Must Pay Income Tax Washington, Feb. j.—Members of Congress, although exempted by law from the so-called occupational tfx, which operates on incomes cf mora I han $6,000 in addition to the regu lar income tax, will have to pay It nevertheless by a ruling made to day by Internal Revenue Commis sioner Roper. COI.ONKIi ZIKGLER IMPROVES I Mrs. Frank Ziegler, in a telegram |to friends in this city, states that <"oloniel Ziegler is In no immediate Monger. Mrs. Ziegler and her daugh ter. Miss Klizabeth Ziegler, were culled to San Antonio. Texas, Tues day by a serious accident which Coioniel Ziegler sustained from be ing thrown off a horse during a drill at the camp.
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