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LXXXVII— Xo. 277 16 PAGES WKkt HARRISBURG. PA.. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1918. ON, '|JbWSMa!*BII X*\\ C X>\ ISBUIIU ** S1 ?WO CENTS* HOME EDITION
NEED LEGISLATION
TO ERECT JOINT
OFFICE BUILDING
State to Be Asked
to Permit New
Structure
TWO WAYS TO
SOLVE PROBLEM
City and County May
Build Separately
Side by Side
That under existing legislation the
city and county can not join in the
erection of a new courthouse and
city hall on the site of the present
courthouse in the opinion given by
City Solicitor John E. Fox and
County Solicitor Philip S. Moyer.
It was presented at a conference
of city and county comissioners to
day.
The solicitors rule, however, that
the county can sell to the city a part
of the site of the present court
house. and the city and county can
each build structures on the sepa
rate tracts, with the buildings join
ing together, in effect making one
building.
This latter plan is not approved
by the attorneys, who urge passage
of legislation which will revoke u
former act and permit the city and
county to join in erecting one struc
ture, the cost to be apportioned ac
cording to the amount of space each
will use. and to be constructed on a
site owned in common by both Har
risburg and Dauphin county.
May Sell Ground
While various proceedings will be
necessary before the city could get
a title to an undivided half interest
in the site of the present courthouse,
the solicitors said the county com
missioners are not prohibited as
trustees of county property, includ
ing real estate, from seling all or
part of the ground, provided the
money received front the sale js
used for the purpose of erecting a
building for courthouse purposes.
The greater difficulty is presented
in the move to have the city and
county join in meeting the expense
of a new structure. An act of 1913
as interpreted by the Supreme Court,
provides that when a city and coun
ty provide for the erection of the
building, they must each hold title
to a separate tract of ground, which
may be adjoining, but that the struc
ture used by the city may not ex
tend over the ground to which the
county holds title, nor may the coun
ty's building extend over the city's
land.
Difficulties in Finns
Much difficulty in making proper
building plans would be encounter
ed to meet this provision of the law
the officials said, and another act
which would permit the construc
tion of a courthouse and city hall
with no such clause, is recommend
ed.
To Draw legislation
A resolution submitted by County
Commissioner Henry M. Stine and
seconded by City Commissioner C.
W. Hurtnett was unanimously adopt
<d before the conference adjourned.
It authorized the two solicitors to
prepare the necessary legislation and
submit it at another conference to
lie called in the near future. Solici
tor Moyer was not able to be present
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Boy Sets Fire to Papei
in Closet, Closes DOOI
and Goes Of! to School
When the seven-year-old son of
Mrs. Maude Snuler, 1404 Wallace
street, sei fire to some paper in a
clothes closet on the second floor
of his home, shut the door anl
started off to scho'ol, he didn't real
ize that his ,'ction would call out all
the tire companies of the district
and cause his mother several very
anxious mim.tes. After he left the
house, the smoke from the burning
paper began to pour out the crev
ices of the door, and resulted In the
alarm from Box 321 at Fourth and
Calder streets. There were no
clothes in the closet, so the damage
was negligible.
THE WEATHER.
Fair to-nlgbt and Thuraduyt not
much change In Irmperuture,
lowest to-night nhout trecxlag.
For Fnstervi Pennsylvania* Fulr
to-night unit Thursday! no
change In tcm|irruturrt fresh
north aindi.
*
River
The Susquehanna river nntl all Ita
tributaries 111 full slowly, ex
cept the lowcMportion of the
ninin river, which will remain
nearly stationary to-night. A
stage of nhout S.S fret Is Indi
cated for Ilarrlsburg Thursday
morning.
tienernl Conditions
A great nrrn of high barometer
rovers most of the territory
represented on the map, with Ita
center over the St. I.awrenee
Vnlley, Montreal reporting a
rending of 30.7 M Inehes. The
Itlo (irnnde disturbance of
Tnraday morning Is now central
over Oklahoma, hnvlag decreas
ed greatly In energyi It Itns
rnusrd rnln nnd snow within the
Inst twenty-four hours In Okla
homa, Western Texas, w
Mexico, folerado nnd .\ebrnakn.
nnd It waa anowlng In \orth
Plate nnd raining at Oklahoma
nt the time of observation this
morning. A new depression la
moving In over Southern Cali
fornia.
EX-CZAR ALIVE,
SAYS MOTHER
Warsaw, Dec. IS. —The mother
of former. Emperor Nicholas of
Russia, who is living near Llva
dia. in the Crimea, has been re
ceiving letters every ten days
purported to come from the for
mer ruler, according to Polish of
ficers who have arrived here from
Sebastopol. The dowager em
press and all about her are con
vinced that Nicholas Romanoff
is still alive, according to infor
mation given the officers by a
member of her household.
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MEMORIAL FOR
CITY SOLDIERS
NOW PLANNED
Chamber of Commerce Au
thorizes Appointment of
Committee
To fittingly honor Harrisburg men;
who have been in the I'nited States!
service, plans now are being made by'
the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
for the erection of a suitable mentor- j
ial. Preliminary plans were fits-'
cussed at a meeting of the board of
directors to-day at the monthly meet
ing of the board at the Harrisburg I
Club.
President Andrew Patterson was
authorized to appoint a committee,
which should include himself, to ■
make preliminary arrangements andl
to plan for the organization of a
larger committee. This larger com- j
mittee is to decide as to what the l
memorial shall be. where it shall be!
erected, the method of providing
finances and other details. The com-i
mittee will include, in addition to Mr.
Patterson. David E. Tracy, J. Wil
liam Bowman, George S. Reinoehl end
Paul Johnston.
At the same meeting it was decided
to continue the war gardens conduct
ed. dynng the past two year* by the
Chamber again -this year. The u-gent
need of food for the Allies and other
suffering people of fiurope, which de
mands that America shall produce to
her full capacity, prompted this ac
tion.
The Chamber will have school gar
dens plowed and fertilized. The
School Board will have to arrange for
the seeding, planting, cultivation and
other details. The adult gardens will
he in charge of the Chamber of Com
merce as in other years.
The invitation to visit the Y. V. C.
A. hut at Middletown was favorably
received. Arthur H. Bailey was ap
pointed chairman of the committee to
arrange the details. Others on the
committee are Carl K. Deen and Ar
thur D. Bacon.
Decision was made to hold a Cham
ber of Commerce smoker, at some
place to he selected later, on Decem
ber 27. At this smoker the annual
election of directors wll take Dlace.
It had '-ocn planned to have a tormal
meeting of the Chamber with a na
tional speaker of prominence present
to give an address, hut the speaker
with whom engotiatlons had been
started has advised officials that be
will be unable to attend at that time,
and the plan has been abandoned for
the present. The formal meeting will
take place later at the Penn-Harris
Hotel.
Municipal Christmas
Tree to Be Brought to
Harrisburg Tomorrow
The Municipal Christmas tree will
be broilght to Harrisburg to-morrow
from Pine Grove, where it was se
cured by Arthur Bailey, George D.
MoFarland and Frank B. Musser,yes
terday. Friday the tree will be set
up in Market street. Tht Harrisburg
Railways Company has volunteered
to mount the tree in-place.
Market street, just west of Second
street, has been selected as the
Christmas site. The tree will require
a space of twenty feet, leaving ten
feet on each side for traffic. It is
felt that the Market street site, at a
poin removed from Second about as
far as the west end of the Senate
Hotel, is the best {or the Christmas
exercises.
Cheerless Christinas in
Prospect For City Poor
The Associated Aid Societies is
appealing for Christmas funds to
help the sick, aged, lonely and un
fortunate of the city, and to see that
at Christmas no child is without
shoes, warm clothing and a touch of
Vuletide cheer.
Tho following are a few of the
homes where there will be no Christ
mas Joy unless some one is interest
ed and helps.
1. The father recently died aft£
a prolonged illness, during which
time funds were exhausted. The
mother is just recovering from the
efTects of the Influenza and has de
veloped tuberculosis. The four chil
dren were also ill and are now in
need of , nourishing food, warm
clothing. The rent is due and the
coal bin promises to be empty by
Christmas.
2. A colored boy of fifteen, who
when a small child was a victim of
infantile paralysis, needs a brace.
Arrangements have been made by
the Associated Aid Societies with a
noted Philadelphia doctor to . look
after the boy's condition. Should
the braces be given as a Christmas
gift, he would be the happiest of
It Does Seem an Economic Waste For All This Time and
Talent to Be Idled Away in Holland
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I A LITTtE / V- .
SpT"*' I
FOG® IN i
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SI,OOO NEEDED BY !
SALVATION ARMY!
FOR CHRISTMAS
, i
Success of Big Holiday Dinner
Depends Upon Gifts
of Patrons
Toward a total of SI,OOO needed [
| for the Salvation Army's Christmas i
1 dinners tor worthy poor of Harris- !
| burg. SIBO has been contributed. Of I
this amount, approximately SBS has !
been given in pots placed on prom- j
inent street corners throughout the j
city.
In order to supply these worthy
' unfortunates of Harrisburg, it is ab- •
solutely necessary, said Captain My- ,
I ers Xeilsen. officer in churge. this I
I morning that the thousand dollars j
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Householders Without Coal
to Get Early Deliveries
Householders who have less than)
i ona ton of coal in their cellars will
i receive the preference in delivering
coal to consumers, it was announced
by the county fuel adminitsration to
day.
In order to prevent suffering!
should extremely cold weather come,
this step was taken to continue the|
i practice of giving every householder)
lat least a few days' supply. It is'
hoped in this manner to prevent nard- j
. ship here, as small deliveries will tide!
over all customers until enough an-)
| thracite is received to fill their or-1
ders.
boys.
3. The father has been ill a long
time, no hopes of recovery. The
mother was recently brought home
from the hospital and is not yet able
to do her accustpmed day's work.
There are no relatives able to as
sist. Xourlshing food is needed t'or
the family, some dainties for the
father, clothing and toys for the lit
tle children.
•1. An elderly couple above the
average, no children, both have been
failing for years and are quite
feeble. A ton of coal is a great joy,
also groceries and a little money to
gratify their modest wishes.
5. Just before the influenza epi
demic, the father deserted the
mother and seven little children. All
the family were taken ill, two of
the children . died, and now the
mother Is very gloomy and distress
ed. The children are too young for
the mother to go away and do day's
work. We have not been able to find
any trace of the man. Probably this
will be the last Christmas the fam
ily will have together as It looks ns
though some of the younger chil
dren will have to be placed In homes.
WAR'S CRIPPLES
TO MAKE TOYS
By Associated Press
New York, Dec. 18. —Thousands
of crippled soldiers will be offered
• employment making toys, it was
announced to-day at the annual
convention of the Toy Manufac
turers of America.
Material with which toys may
be made will be sent to crippled
soldiers who are unable to leave
their homes. The work was de
clared to be light and interesting.
SERGT. BOWERS
ARRIVES HOME
WITH HIP WOUND
Marine Severely Wounded at
Chateau Thierry Here
on Furlough
Sergeant Grover Cleveland Bowers,
one of the first American soldiers to
set foot on the soil of France when
the Allies called Tor our assistance, is
back in Harrisburg with a wound In
I the hip. He is spending a thirty-day
[ furlough here.
| Sergeant Bowers bears the citation
I cord given to the Marines for bravery
at Chateau Thierry and Belle.tu
Woods. Fighting near Verdun and in
other Important battles of the greet
war. he escaped unscathed until -.he
big fight at Chateau Thierry, when he
was shot in the hip. Fortunately, the
bullet did not strike a bone and be
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Eight Houses in Brick Row
Burn For Several Hours
General Alarm Sounded
The midole Mocji of eight houses
on Furnace street. Stoelton, known
as Brick liow and owned by the
Bethlehem Steel plant, was badly
damaged by fire lhst night between
10 and 12 o'clock. The first alarm was
sent in shortly before ten. It was
followed by a general alarm a half
hour latei Tr.e fire was difficult to
fight because of the heavy roofing
of the buildings, the houses having
originally been covered with shingle,
upon which was put a root of tin.
Jjiter this was covered with a com
position roofing. It required about
an hour and a half to bring the fire;
under control. About an hour after ;
the companies left the scene a new'
blase was discovered which, how- i
ever, soon was extinguished by'
chemical engines.
Eight families were made home-:
less by the fire, the house having)
been rendered untenable. The dam-!
age to the contents of the houßesl
was small, most of the furniture]
having been removed. i
CHURCHMEN MAY
UNITE TO FIGHT
ORGANIZED VICE
i New Movement Seeks Means
of Keeping City Clean
For All Time
An organised campaigning force
' which would have the united support
of all the forces of decency in the
j city and the backing of the churches
;is proposed as a means of fighting
: vice, the saloons and all kindred
! evils.
i The proposed organization is to
. keep actively in the field so that
' whenever the city is "clenned up" it
| will stay clean. Supporters of the
| movement are of the opinion that if
| the proper guard hod been taken
Harrisburg would never hud to suf
| t'er the humiliation of the spectacu
! lar raid by federal officers after the
Mayor's department had assured the
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jConewago Township Man
Is Named Chief Clerk
to the Commissioners
Jacob S. Farver, of Conewago
j township, was appointed chief clerk
! to the county commissioners to-day
j to succeed Edwin H. Fisher who is
; now registt r of Wills of. the county.
; Mr. Farver is a retired farmer and
))ls widely known in the lower end
lof the county. He was notified of
.j his nppoirtment shortly before noon
; and wa . expected to come to the
I city lut, in the afternoon.
John N. Snyder, of Wlillamstown,
was appointed mercantile appraiser
for 1918. He will begin bis duties
in the near future. Commissioner
H. M. Stine nominated Mr. Snyder,
Commissioner 11. C. Wells seconded
! it.
GERMAN-MADE TOYS HAVE
NO PLACE IN TOY SHOPS
Big Sale of Novelties Designed to Please Youngsters Over '
Holidays Reported by Every Dealer
That no possible chance might ex
ist of goods being suspected of be
ing of German manufacture. Harris
burg toy-dealers are prominently dis
playing signs telling customers other
wise. "These goods are of strictly
American make," "these goods were
made in America," "these toys were
not made in Germany." and dlher
similarly lettered notices to Impress
upon would-be-buyers the fact that
their pleasure giving toys have not
been soiled by murderous Hun hands.
And the notices are having the de-
CITY SLUMPS IN
RED CROSS WORK
FOR MEMBERSHIP
i
Horrisburg Has Only 17,000 alj
Start of Third Day
in Drive
MEAGER REPORTS TODAYj
j"Likc Pulling Teeth" to Give!
Aid to Soldiers at
Christinas
'
[ While Ilnrrisburg may have been
leading 103 Red Cross chapters. In
the state yesterday with member
ship totals, the city had slumped
badly in the statement issued from;
state headquarters at noon to-day, |
and in the total of 205,611 members]
reported from various parls of the;
state, this city had only about 17,000. j
1 THE CITY'S TOTAL UP TO LAST]
\ NIGHT WAS 15,606.
' Reports to noon to-day were very |
j meager.
While the hundreds of women !
workers were making every effort to
i corral recalcitrant members, the
] Red Cross Headquarters, in Walnut
! street near Front, were receiving
j many calls for nurses to aid Ilarris
j burg families suffering from pneu-
I nionia or influenza, but despite this
j fact the dollars Were rolling In for
, memberships Very slowly.
' The city apparently has forgotten
I the work of the Red Cross for the |
soldiers in the camps and abroad; I
It has forgotten the splendid work!
of the chapter during the worst part j
; of the inf uenza epidemic; it has for- i
, gotten the aid given soldiers' tainl- j
i lies; it has forgotten the 55,000 sol- ]
| dicrs cared for as they passed!
I through the eity; it has forgotten the j
| many hospital trains which have been |
1 served by the local Red Cross.
It's like pulling teeth, said one j
{solicitor this morning. They liavc |
so many excuses to offer —some of j
| the people. They have simply for
i gotten the Rel Cross—and the war
over only a month ago, with so much
'work to be (loin- for the next two
{years.
I Red Cross headquarters badly i
j discouraged this afternoon. Tney'
r were coming -to the opinion that the
j work of the list eighteen months,
t since America entered the war, has
i not been very much appreciated.
Widening of Streets
Along Capito! Park May
' Change Property Lines
State authorities to-day began ar- !
rangements to secure information
regarding effect of the Capitol Park .
extension improvements upon prop
erty adjoining the present park, the
| extension and the proposed Mentor*
■ lal bridge. This will be done in con
' junction with the city authorities
j and will cover the widening of
| North street, where some properties
may be affected as well as on other
] highways. On Third and Walnut
1 streets the state will give the Cap
! itol sidewalks for the highway and
i set back the terruccs.
; It is understood that one of the
men to be selected to prepare a
: statement of costs and uppriase any
'properties will be Georeg E. Etter,
] the real estate expert of the Capitol
: Park extension commission and one
|of thi authorities in the city on
j realty, lie is understood to have
i been selected by Superintendent
! George A. Shrelner.
Labor Chief Predicts
Great Industrial Era
For Nation in Summer
, i By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 18.—Louis F.
i Post, Assistant Secretary of Labor,
| ir an address hero last night before
the Washington Commercial Club
said the United States would enter
upon an era of great industrial pros
perity by next summer, but that It
will continue only so long as Amerl-
I! can employers are guided by the In
! din-trial lessons of the war that pro
, | ductton can bfe maintained at its
• I height only when workmen are well
| paid.
'! MORE I'.VIT* COMING HOME
fl.v Issoeialrd Press
Washington. Dec. 18. Adldtlona!
, unit* overseas, including 1,500 officers
and men. assigned by General Persh
ing for early convoy home, were an
i notinced by the War Department to
day as follows: Thirty-rtfth, One
Hundred and Forty-ninth, One Hun
dred and Fifty-eighth, One Hundred
and Seventythird and Etght Hundred
i.and First Aaero Squadrons; Companies
A and H, Twenty-sixth Engineers;
One Hundred and Second and One
Hundred and Eleventh Trench Mortar
Batteries; Headquarters Thirty-ninth
1 Brigade Coast Artillery,
sired effect More amusement-pro
ducers are being sold this year than
last year, by far, dealers unanimously
announce. They do not know whether
It In the result of their efforts to have
people realize that their (foods are
of American origin., or whether It Is
merely as a result of the relaxation
of the tension Incident to the war.
The sale of toys Is large ( thla year,
toy-dealers affirm. People are very
anxious to haye their children have a
happy Yuletlde season. Supplies of
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PRESIDENT REVIEWS
ARMISTICE HISTORY
WITH GENERAL FOCH
PRESIDENT SILENT ;
ON WORLD LEAGUE
fly Associated Press
PARIS. Hoc. 18.—Vp to this |
moment President Wilson has not
expressed himself In favor ol' any
of the various propositions that
have I teen ad in need n> regards the
creation or a league of nations, !
says a statement issued to-day liy I i
the American Peace Commission, j
KNOX AIMS TO i
KEEP PUZZLES 1
, OUT OF PEACE
Pennsylvania Senator Snys
Versailles Treaty Should
Be 'Simple Demands'
fly Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 18. Declaring j
that the widest diversity of opinion
exists regarding formation of a league'
of nations and on the definition of
freedom of the seas, Senator Knox, of |
Pennsylvania, formerly Secretary of j
State, In an address to the Senate to- ;
day urged postponement of these j
questions until after the peace con-j
ferenee.
Action tines Over
Just before Senator lino., spoke the
Foreign Relations Committee lad'
discussed ami decided to delay action j
until Saturday on his resolution;
which would record the Senate In i'a-i
vor of such postponement, and a so
call .for the withdrawal of American'
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ARGENTINE PICKS DELEGATES
fly Associated Press
Buenos Aires, Dec. 18.—Juan Jun
to, Socialist leader in the Argentine
Chamber o fDeputies, and his col
league, Detomasso, have been ap
pointed by the Socialist party to at
tend the coming Internationl Social
ist Congress In Europe. •
-* 'MAN# CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER " f
ij' V/a^hingtirt^Rcpr#i^ ( iltlve.Juries R. M-om of illi-
♦'■ noil. Republican leader of the House*'formally- |mi-, iHj
|4 nounced his candidacy for speaker *he JT mse of the
jX next Congress. A
'# . WANT ALLIES TO OCCUPY BERLIN j
X Pat cial rcportrf still prrir,t, says the Matir ♦
X ♦!
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♦ to occupy Berlin. 'jß
♦
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IT REVAL GREETS BRITISH SQUADRON , ;
4. London—The Esthonlan delegation in Stockholm hat Jjj
|i received a dispatch from the foreign minister of tije new | I
X Esthonian republic, saying that the British squadron on ,j
a, , ;
X its way to Reval was met at sea by representatiyae of J ■
♦ the government and that on its entrance into Reval it J I
A i
T ly decorated for the occasion and the men of ths. 1 I
♦ squat • vere cheered wherever they went.
T • j
| j ' AIR MAIL PILOT LOSES WAY * *
j Belel'onte—Leon D. Smith, pilot of the New York K >
J Chicago mail airplane, lost hia way. and war, forced t0 Jj I
♦ md in a fded near State. College at 10JO* o'clock this tmr
♦ mk'
4> His sacks of mail were transferred to JF-
X'Another plane which left here at 10.45 for Cleveland. jft*
•i* X
I TAGEBLATT EDITORS GET 5 YEARS L
4 Philadelphia—United States Judge Dickinson sen- B|
A tenc I < uis Warner and, Dr Martin Darkow, editori, V
Tj' of. the.Philadelphia TagebUtt, to five years in the Atlanta
♦ penitentiary to-day.- They were convicted of violation", jH
X
4 'he -v.v.onsge act.
X " Bt'
J WILSON VISITS PEACE MISSION /
4 Paris—President Wilson this afternoon called at the "X|
rj X
4* of the peace mission in the Hotel T
? l)c > 0!!!n (*r the purpose of meeting other members of -jßg
W. the mission and inspecting■■ the organisation already
y created. '
? MARRIAGE LICENSES f
TFT Robert K. Hnyler and BeulJli M. KIUK, Vork eountyt Waller 9. 4*
tlannhue, Hlddletorrn, H. K. I)., \o. , and Kthrl U. Kln.r), HoynU .
r t* n t a*" H. Derlek and Ada W'llla, Harrlabnrsi Jobu F. tnelitrt T
7* Harrlabora, and Mabel Haaey, Aqueduct. b|
<& "Jri* 4* 4\4* 4 , 4 4*4 44* 4* 4 44* 4*®
French Marshal to
Lead Army Under
Arch of Peace
SHARP HOST AT
STATE DINNER
President Keeps to
House Because of
Bad Weather
fly Associated' Press
t
I'arls, I)oc. 18.—The American
Ambassador, William C. Sharp, gave
a dinner last evening In honor of
President and Madame Poincare and
President and Mrs. Wilson. The
'tucsts included the Ambassadors to
France, the presidents of the Senate
land Chamber, the Ministers of "Ma
rine at.d Foreign Affairs, Marshals,
Jofl're and Foeli and the Prefect of
! the Seine and their wives, the Amev
! Far. delegates to ihe peace coiifer
| once and Generals Pershing, IJltss
;: ml Hull.
A reception !),lowed the. dinner, at
• \\ Inert ntuny notable men of Franco
: and the- IJnilcd S'ates were present.
Great crowds that massed in front of
the embassy acclaimed both Pre.'d
iictita
Prcsiden. Wilson and Marshal
Foch talked for half an hour last
night. The subjects under discus
sion were mainly In reference to the
armistice between the Allies and
Germany. Mr. Wilson was most
fftvorjtbl> irotressed us the result of
this first extended conversation he
has had >vlth the marshal, accord
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