6 ( Ettabluhed m 1876) Published b * THE STAR PRINTING COMPANY. f Star-lndepsident Building, M-20-22 South Third Strait, Harrisburg. Pm> ■vary Evening Except Sunday Officer» i Directort. ' BIHJAVIN F. METERS, JOHN L. L KCHN. President. *» W. WAA-OWER. . V Vtce President. WM. K METERS WM. K METERS, Secretary and Treasurer. WM W WALLOWER. WM~ H WARNER. V. HUMMEL BERGBAUS, JR., Business Manager Editor. AH communications should be addressed to STAR INDEPENDENT, Business. Editorial, Job Printing or Circulation Department according to the subject matter Entered at the Post Office in Harrisburg as second class matter. Benjamin & Kentnor Company, New York and Chicago Representative* Hew York Office, Brunswick Building. 2>a Fifth Avenue. Chicago Office, People's Gas Building. Michigan Avenue. Delivered by carriers at S cents a week. Mailed to subscriber; tor Three Dollars a /ear in advance. THE STAR INDEPENDENT 'The paper with the largest Horn-- Circulation in Harrisburg and «earby towns. Circulation Examinru by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES- BELL Private Brand Cichanfa, No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch Exchange, • - No. 245-246 Wednesday, January 30, 1015. JANUARY Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1T 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ♦ MOON'S PHASES— Full Moon, Ist, 30th; Last Quarter, Bth; New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, 33d. f WEATHER FORECASTS MiiFlJfl Harrisburg and vicinity: Generally ffpar J fair, to-night and Thursday, colder Thursday. Lowest temperature to-night w Eastern Pennsylvania: Unsettled to night, probably iooal snows. Thursday partly cloudy and somewhat colder. Moderate west to northwest winds. YESXERiiAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 61; lowest, 36; 8 a. m., 40;. 8 p. m., 36. BUSINESS THAT IS "OVER-LAWED" One of the striking utterances of Governor Brum baugh, in his inaugural address ot' yesterday, was that the State of Pennsylvania has been "over lawed." "We have gone too far on the theory that legis lation is the cure of our social, economic and polit ical ills," the new Governor said. "We have actually made legal criminals when, as a matter of duty, we should have addressed ourselves to the vastly more worthy task of educating our people into an increasing love for liberty, respect for law and devotion to our American civilization." The truth is that practically every one of the United States as well as the federal government has too many laws on its statute books that either are worthless or worse than worthless in that they place unfair handicaps on business of individuals <>nd corporations, and it should be gratifying, espec ially in a great producing state like Pennsylvania, •to know that its Governor has taken a definite stand in opposition to the modern tendency toward too much legislation. Undoubtedly many of the federal laws that have been enacted in recent years for the restriction of "big business" were aimed in a proper direction. There were and still are many abuses of corporate power that ought to be eliminated, but in the effort to eliminate such abuses laws have been passed that, in the aggregate, while accomplishing the desired result to some extent in some cases, have in other cases placed unjust restrictions and handicaps on corporations that do not deserve to be thus re stricted. The hostility that was engendered in recent years against corporations as a whole, withovt much consideration of whether all of them merited it, resulted in passage of laws by the wholesale, espec ially laws of the various states, which undeniably have been responsible for crippling great and worthy business enterprises along with great and unworthy business enterprises. Take for instance a great railroad system which operates through a number of different states! It has been compelled to comply with "legal enact ments, imposing heavy taxes, rate regulations and other burdens which differ widely in one state from those of another. ' Often these laws are framed by law-makers who are far from being experts regard ing the affairs of transportation companies, their needs and their rights, and the result is that the great interstate carrying corporations are now re quired to a large number of often foolish and unnecessary statutes which so eat into profits that there often is not a fair return on the money in vested. This tends toward reduction in wages of em ployes, the postponement of improvements and extensions, and delay in the purchase of needed equipment. It reduces the quality of service to the public and discourages investors from putting new capital into the channels of commerce and industry. While there is need of laws to restrict the opera tions of great corporations doing an interstate business, such restrictions should be scientifically imposed and the authority that imposes them should be centralized. This can never be so long as the legislative bodies oil the various states keep on their books a hodge podge of enactments made by non experts and in many cases conflicting widely with similar statutes in other states. If Governor Brumbaugh and the Pennsylvania HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 20, 1915 legislature set a pace that will be followed by the other states iii repealing laws that restrict the cor porations in an unjust way, and refrain from pass ing new laws of a similar character, they will ac complish much toward lifting the handicaps that now tie the hands of the "over-lawed" big business enterprises. BRAVE SPIRIT DESPITE ADVERSITY The general regret of the community at the de struction, by the big tire of last Monday night, of the quarters of two of Ilarrisburg's business enter prises, is no less keen than the sympathy that is felt for the owners of these business houses upon whom iHe greatest burden of the loss falls. The discouragements that confront Mr. Kaufman at the sight of his big department store and its contents in ashes, and Mr. Pomeroy, through the destruction of almost the whole of his big stock of groceries and the gutting of his store rooms, are hard for anyone fully to appreciate who has not experienced similar setbacks. Yet Mr. Kaufman has taken immediate steps toward rehabilitating jjjs business on an even larger scale and it is assumed that Mr. Pomeroy will take similar steps to re establish his enterprise. The spirit thift is displayed by both of those who have suffered most from the big conflagration, in their determination to overcome the obstacles thus placed paths, is sncli as to merit the hearty congratulations of the people of Harrisburg, the importance to whom of the continuance of the big Kaufman stores and the business of Mr. Pomeroy It is hard to overestimate. VITALITY OF PRESENT DAY AMERICANS An explanation has been offered of the increase in the death rate in this country of persons more than fifty years old. That there has been such an increase is asserted by the same statistics which show that in certain European countries the death rate among persons more than fifty has been de creasing. Because of this difference an explanation has been thought necessary and the one offered recently by a student of the subject may be the correct one. Comparatively little thus far has been done in this country, according to the explanation, toward the prevention of diseases common to maturity and old age. Most of these are what are called degener ative diseases, affecting the heart, arteries, kidneys, liver and nervous syseni, and are caused by faulty diet, nervous strain, worry, overwork and dissi pation. American life, we are then told, is more likely to produce these conditions than life in European countries because in this country "not only do' we take everything at a quicker pace than do the people of Europe, but we are not content to drop out of the struggle until the pace has practically killed us." An American's prospects for a ripe old age are not very promising, according to that presentation of the subject, yet there is a bright side, too. Sta tistics not only show that there has been something of an increase in deaths amoug the middie-aged, the elderly and the aged, but also that there has been a material decrease in the death rate among young people, since medical science has succeeded in controlling the diseases which attack childhood, adolescence and youth. The young people of this age not only have access to the extended knowledge of physicians to combat discaase and prevent death, but also have the advantage of participation in the increasingly popular outdoor sports, to promote good health and insure life. If it is to be proven that Americans of to-day are far below the physical standards of their progeni tors, as has been asserted, examples must not be looked for among the average young men and young women of the country, who, given as they are so largely to outdoor sports, are a rather robust lot. If we are told that as an American people we are degenerating, we should like very much, as Wash ington Irving expressed it, to see the people from whom we are degenerating, Although our old people, wlios# vitality may have been reduced by our swift social and industrial pace, may suffer by comparison with the old people of former times, the young people of this age could perhaps show their predecessors a thing or two in the way of athletic stunts at#l consequent develop ment of the best physical types of manhood and womanhood. If this is true it stands to reason that when youths of the present period arrive at old age they will be in better physical shape to with stand its rigors than the aged of the present day. Alas, there were some -who did not get plums when the tree was shaken to-day! Did any body see a bull moose in line with the elephants and the donkey in the inaugural proeessiont The Democratic donkey in the inaugural parade, although marked "Injured in 1914," appeared still to have left a good deal of^pep." Between fighting an all-day fire and marching in the Brumbaugh parade the Harrisburg firemen had not much spare time on their hands yesterday. t Charley Schwab's steel company has increased its divi dend. That is the kind of news that would be welcomed from all the big industrial corporations. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN HE WAS RIGHT, TOO An Irishman invalided home from the war was asked by one of l)is relatives what struck him most about the battles he took part in. •"What struck me mostf" said Pat. "Sure, it was the large number of bullets flying around that didn't hit me." —Exchange. A GIVEAWAY Country House Host (to arriving guest)—"H'lo, Jack! Drove over with Miss Cuddles, eh? Hipping sleighing but cold going, ain't it?" Jack (cheerfully l ) —"Oh, didn't notice it." Host—"All right, then. Come in and thaw that earring out of your mustache." —Judge. 72*S®6 Dyspepsia Tablets Will Relieve Your Indigestion jtoorge A. Uorg... / 1 " \ | Tongue-End Top ics | McCormick's Home Decorated By n« means all of the' houses in the residental districts were decorated for the inaugural festivities, but among those that did display the colors yes terday was the home, at FVont and Pine streets, of Vance C. MeCormick, who was the unsuccessful opponent of Dr. Brumbaugh for the Governorship. • , » Leopold Prepared For War The late Leopold's personal influence had a great deal to do with the state of preparedness which enabled Belgium to enter the war according to an article written by some of the Belgian officials •connected with the relief work in Lon don. It reads: "King Leopold, uncle of the present King Albert, was an enthusiastic ad vocate of military defetffte works and his personal ideas were largely develop ed in the fortresses of Antwerp, Huy and Nammr; but he met with much op position in 'he efforts to spend large sums for war purposes, and he feared that with his death many of his pro jects would be rejected. • * • Leopold on His Death Bed "When the King was on his death bed, a most important military bill, which he had labored for years to bring before the Parliament, came up in the Lower House for discusssion and was passed. Its fate in the Senate was in doubt, however. The King summon ed his physician, and asked abruptly: " 'How long have T to live?' "The physician, upset by such a question, stamihered a few words of protest. * " 'I am not asking for fine words,' I interrupted the King. 'I am speaking now njt as your patient, but as your King. It is a matter of state. How many hours have I left ?" " 'Sire, the end may come earlv to morrow, although there still is hope.' " " 'Send the Premier to me.' * * * Bill Adopted Unanimously "The Premier came, and'the Kinig said to him: " 'Sire, I ani delighted that the Chamber has passed the military law, for as you know, I aiu convinced that on that law depends the maintainance of the independence of vu-r country. 1 now asjj you to take this bill to the Sen ate to-day, and to tell the Senators that it is my wish to see it made into law before I die. It must be done quickly.' "On the same flay the bill was adopted unanimously without dis cussion bv the Senate. King Leopold signed it at 8 o'clock and on the fol- I lowing morning breathed his last." How An Irish Girl Escaped "Don't shoot, I'm Irisih," served as : a password to safety for a young wom an student fleeing from a convent near I Ypres when the fighting was raging j there a few days ago. An account of the | incident reaches London in a soldier 's j letter: I "One night after we had moved to j ward Ypres we heard a liijht footfall I close to our outpost. The man in front challenged quickly and raised his rifle j to his shoulder with the intention of | tiring if he did not get a satisfactory answer. " 'Don't shoot, I'm Irish,' came the reply and then a pretty young woman dressed as a man stepped out of the darkness. "We are always suspicious nowa | days, no matter what the person looks like, and for a time we would not take j this woman at her own valuation. We allowed her to approach, but covered her with rifles all, the time. She soon . satisfied us that she had made her way j from the Irish convent at Ypres. She ! was sent home to England the next j day." • , . 1 As Protection to Dye Industry The British government's plan for I creating a national aniline dye industry is almost to lead to tariff pro -1 teetion for the infant industry, accord- I ing to the "Express." "Unless some kind of protection is j included in the plan," says the news paper, "the manufacture of these dyes can scarcely be expected to survive German competition after the war. Un less this tariff wall is set up, capitalists cannot be induced to put their money into an enterprise which can have no chance against the powerful tariff-pro tected German combine when peace comes." Camel* In Warfare. Camels are a feature or warfare in the far east. Basar wax In tbe year 650 tbe scene of a tight known as tbe battle of the cnniel. In which Ayesbab, tbe wife of Mahouiet, bended tbe charge mounted upon one of these beasts. And down through tbe ceo turles Arab hosts have been led by a girl riding on a blackened camel, sing ing songs of encouragement to her own side and Insult to tbe otber. Ac cording to tbe strict rules of the game, ber capture or deatb meant tbe flight of ber tribe, while In tie event of victory sbe led the triumpbal march London Chronicle. ECZEMA ON CHILD • RED ANDJFLIED Also Itching, Kept from, Resting, Real Fretful. Used Cuticura Soap-" and Ointment. Eczema Left. Also Itching Pimples Healed. R. F. D. No. 1, Felton, Pa. —"My bojr WM about six week* old when he had ecze ma badly. We got an ointment but round It did not help him. The eczema seemed like a rash and It was very red. Itching and Inflamed. It seemed to keep him from rest ing. He was real fretful. He bad the breaking out several weeks. We used one cake of Cuticura Soap and one box of the Cuticura Ointment and the eczema left him and he hasn't had It since." (Signed) Mra. Oscar Frey, June It, 1914. 534 Cypress St., Philadelphia. Pa.— " Every part of my body WM full of pimplee. They were of small size with little while heads and Itched something awful. My clothing Irritated and I would go along the street scratching. The trouble lasted a good many years. I used medicines but they did not heal me. I used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for one month and I was well." (Signed) Benj. Gaev, June 19, 'l4. Sample Each Free by Mail With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad dress post-card "Cuticura, Dept. T, Bos ton." Sold throughout the world. HEALTH OFFICER ALARMED AT LOW BATE OF BIRTHS Continue.! From Flr»t Pave. the Health Bureau that the time is not far off, if not now at hand, when it will be impossible, no matter what means are used, to reduce further the death rate. Dr. Rauniek has this to say on the important subject: Approaching Minimum Death Rate "While our statistics show many important and favorable changes, we .must consider that.while the death rates can show a regular decline, sooner or later a certain standard of death rate will be reached, below which a lower ing of the community death rate will be impossible, for despite rapidly advanc ing sanitary methods, deaths will neces sarily follow unceasingly, through the many natural ills of man over which science cannot expect to be triumphant. "As a result of net increase of only 38 births over last year, our birth rate, while the highest in the history of the bureau, is so significant as to cause grave alarm in the very near fu ture on this all important matter." The health officer points out that when the department was organized ten years ago money was provided with which to employ two sanitary officers, and that notwithstanding the fact that the city steadily has grown, no pro vision has been, made for necessary ad ditional officers. The need of amending the laws gov erning the food inspection so as to in clude oysters, flsh and poultry, is point ed out, and it is also recommended that the Sealer of Weights and Meas ures should co-operate with the Food Inspectors, especially while they both are engaged in the city markets. Cost of Flooded Cellars When the Susquehanna river rises to or near the llood stage, the cellars of homes in the low sections of the First and Second wards become Hooded aud the bureau argues this is one of the causes for breeding disease and that it places a burden of expense 011 the San itary Department which* is obliged to have the cellars emptied. After praising the city's sewerage system reference is made to the need tor legislation abolishing the disease breeding outdoor toilets. Many com plaints have been received by the Health Department, the report shows, dealing with the alleged irregular col lection of garbage and ashes aud this subject is touched upon by the health officer, who contends that the ditlieul ties cannot alone be laid at the door of the garbage collector, tiie Pennsylvania Reduction Company. This is what ho says: "Much as we deplore unsatisfactory garbage collections, careful, unbiased investigation proves that while both parties to the contract are at fault, the most important point ~o the solu tion of this vexing problem rests prin cipally with the public, upon whom, in accordance with the present ten-year contract entered into seven years ayt#, are imposed certain obligations which, we submit, are equally as essential as those of the contractor. To Aid the Garbage Collectors "in order to facilitate and make possible more satisfactory collections, we would suggest that tne use of all sorts of boxes, baskets, etc., as ash or garbage reseptacles, not only is to be condemned as unsanitary and contrary to contract, but requires a useless waste of time and energy in handling, all of which could and should be eliminated by the use of separate covered regula tion receptacles. ' Taking up the housing question the report says: " While -we do not have to deal with the tenement house problems as do other cities, investigations we made re cently disclose conditions equally as bad, due to the Capitol Park extension and the downtown operations for the railroad warehouse. The tenants from these affected dis tricts are crowding into already badly congested districts ana to-day we are confronted with housing problems, the reality and importance of which are beyond 'question." The plan to publish at regular in tervals a health bulletin giving condi tions just as they exist, is to be follow ed this year, so the health officer points out, anfl the first issue of the paper will appear in a few weeks. The board again points out the need for a municipal hospital where patients suffering from contagious and infectious diseases may be isolated and treated. Jt is argued that if such a hospital were established it would mean a financial sating to the city, the county and the families of the persons who become af flicted. On the quarantine question the heailth officer declares that children who are barred from schools because of home quarantine for disease frequent other public places and that this makes the work of the department difficult with the result that those breaking quarantine must be prosecutes!. Central High School Unhealthful After favorably commenting on the that overhead wires and poles have been removed "much to the safe ty of pedestrians," and that provision soon will be made for placing an "aisle of safety" in Market square, the heailth officer suggests that siigns overhanging the sidewalks be given the serious consideration they deserve. This comment is made on the con gested conditions in bhe Central High school: "We regret that conditions at the Central High school remain unchanged and it seems inconeeivaible that parent* tolerate th« continuance of this im|>or tant matter without the semblance of a protest, especially when the future wel fare of their children is concerned." After recommending that the street railway companies shoukl be compelled to operate street sprinklers over all their city lines annl that the Highway Department could aid materially along health preservation lines by ilashing the sewers and streets at night, the Health Officer takes up in detail the vital statistics. Deaths occasioned by the more seri ous diseases during 1914, were classi fied as follows: By heart disease, 152; nophritis, 111; cerebral hemorrhages, 104; still births, 82; tuberculosis, 72; pneumonia, 71; congenital debility, 57; cancer, 51; violence-suicide exrluded, 50; enteritis, 19; typhoid fever, 11; diphtheria, 8; suicide. 13. Total of 955 Deaths in Year There were 955 deaths during the year of which 866 were of whites and 89 of colored persons. The death rate for the year was 13.49 per thousaifd while in 1913 it was 13.86. The num ber of diphtheria cases last year was 184, exceeding that of the previous year by 57, although the percentage of deaths from that source showed a de crease of more than half. Of the 31 cases of typhoid to which Harrisburgers fell victims last year, twenty-five were traceable to outside sources. There were thirty-two non residents treated here for that disease. Three of the six cases having local origin were due to poor nursing and the remaining three to a contaminated well. The Pennsylvania Reduction Com pany removed 30,213 loads of ashes; 6.486 loads of garbage and 64 dead animals from twelve wards of the city last year, while H. L. Liekel, the Thir teenth Ward collector, took out 1,719 loads of ashes and six dead animals. The sanitary officers placarded 1.108 homes; disinfected 1,395 homes and svhools and investigated 1,545 complaints. P. J. Bradley, the plumbing inspector, made 1,033 inspections and approved 904 jobs. AIKIBASSABQR PACE TELLS OF EARTHOUfiKE HORRORS Struck By the Desperate Condition Everywhere and the Appalling Magnitude of Destruction in Once Flourishing Towns of Italy By Associated Press. Rome, .lan. 19, 9.30 P. M. —Thomas Nelson Page, the American Ambassador who has visited the earthquake district, was asked to-night for an impression of his visit. In reply he said he was struck by the desperate condition everywhere and the appalling magni tude of the destruction, covering as it did a whole territory once full of flourishing towns and villages. While practically the entire popula tion he said is living in the open air, with only a few people in temporary huts, he considers that the relief or ganization is now very efficient as sol diers have reached every devastated place. The first need now, the ambassador declared, is not only food but an as surance of regular supplies and shelter throughout the district. Mont Beliard, France, via Paris, .Tan. ; 20, 5.35 A. 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This can best be accomplished by eating a Sargol tab let with every meal. Sargol is a sci entific combination of six of the best strength-giving, fat-producing elements known to the medical profession. Taken with meals, it mixes with the food and turns the Bugars and starches into rich, ripe nourishment for the tis sues and blood and its rapid effect is I remarkable. Reported gains of from I ten to twenty-five pounds in a single ! month are by no means infrequent. Vet I its action is perfectly natural and abso j lutely harmless. Sargol is sold by 0. A. Gorgas and other druggists everywhere ! and every package, contains a guaran | tee of weight increase or money back. Caution:—While Sargol has produced remarkable results in the treatment of nervous indigestion and general stom ach disorders, it should net, owing to its' remarkable flesh producing effect, be used by those who are not willing to increase their weight ten pounds or more.—Adv. occurred here at 11 o'clock last night. It was so severe that the inhabitants were shaken out of their beds and crockery was smashed. London, .Tan. 20, 6.05 A. M.-r—A dis patch from Lausanne, Switzerland, to the "Central Ngws" states that a slight earthquake occurred at Berne and Zurich last night. The damage was trifling. Avazzano, via Rome, Jan. 20, 1.25 A. il.—The sufferings of the surviving victims in the earthquake districts around Avezzano, particularly tu the southeast of that place, have been gre,;t 'y aggravated by a sudden change in the weather, Litter cold and a heavy snow falling succeeded brightness and dryness of the previous days. The snow which began to fall early Tuesday afternoon, penetrated iuto the hastily constructed wooden huts which shelter all too few of the many thou sands of homeless and added greatly to the discomfort that prevailed. Hun dreds are compelled to spend the night in the open air. Fortunately the re lief work appears to be well organized aud more abundant so that practically all of the larger places that have 'been devastated are receiving attention. Living persons are still being dug out of the ruins and it seems surpris ing that more vigorous efforts are not being made to extrciate scores of others who are enduring the horrors ot' a lingering death. Between Pezzina, Sati Bedatto and Gioja de Marsi great cracks and depres sions are visible in the roads and fields, probably due to the rich soil of that region which has made Gioja the wealthiest town in the district. This condition is also responsible for the fact that Gioja suffered more severely than- any other place destroyed bv the earthquake. Only about one-fifth of the population was saved, 700 persons out of 3,682. Two women were taken alive from the ruins there to-day. The destruction of all buildings in the town is even more complete than in Avez zano, for only a single wall in the place is standing above the height of the first floor. Many women were at mass in Gioja when the church fell in, but only tiie priest escaped. Four women were dug out alive later. Five hundred soldiers arrived Sunday and are guarding the property in the ruins which is more valuable than any other place. Rome, Jan. 20, 12.10 A. M.—Next to Avezzano, one of the places to suffer mcst from the earthquake was Ortuc ehio, a few miles frOm Gioja de Marsi. where less than 400 people were saved out of a population of 2,500. In the church, which was a large edifice, there were between three and four hundred people when the earth quake came. The priest and the entire congregation were imprisoned under the ruins as the whole building suddenly collapsed. Only four women have since been taken out alitfe. Collannele, 3,000 feet up in th» mountains, is another of those towns in this part of Italy from which many persons had emigrated to« America. Here a thousand out of a population of 1,500 were killed. • The priest in this town perished while conducting services at the altar and the worshipers, chiefly women and children, died with him. The church is in ruins, but two statues' of saints are still standing uninjured. The survivors at Collnrmele are shel tered in the railway station. Some signs of returning life are al ready beginning to be visible in the terribly devastated earthquake dis tricts. Stalls where meat and fruit are offered for sale have been opened, while in Celano an eating house has opened, its doors and is doing business. On the whole, however, the population is still utterly prostrated by the calam ity. The fact that slight shocks ar* experienced every morning keeps a ma jority of tihe people still in a state of uanic. Mrs. Elizabeth Pomraning Mrs. Elizabeth Pomraning, 76 years old, died Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Walker, 207 Miiench street. Besides Mrs. Walker, she leaves the following children: Jo seph and Ray Pomraning anil Mrs. El sie Harlan, "of this city, and John, Charles, Frank, Chandee and Willis, all of York county. Funeral services will be held this evening at 7 o'clock. Burial will bo made to-morrow morning at Delta, York county. Interrogating a Reformer. "I shrill Ifiive |>olltics a poorer man than when I Hrnt acceptfd office," naid the patriot. "EX'-iise tue." responded the friend. «vbo is II little hard ot hearing, "did jon nay 'poorer' or 'pnref?'Wuxti ington Star.
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