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WILKES-BARRE. PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY, 15, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CHNTS
COLORADO OPERATOR PLACES $1500 VALLE ON MINER'S UEE
For Single Worker ll
Is Reduced By
One-Tlurd.
ACTUAL PRICES PAID
Disaster Was Settled for on
This Basis Witness Tells
Congressmen
TROOPERS   WITHDRAWN
(I'clcsraph to indepondcnl) l>cn>cr, Colo.. Keb.  J 1.—The life ot i«    niarrie<l    miner    l-illed   at    work    is world about !«!L.-)(IO and that of a  sin¬ gle     mail   about   .'lil.'MMl  according  to a   siatcnienl    made    to   the   C.mgres- si.iiial   strike   iini-siigatliig   couimittee l.iilay hy .1.  I'. WelllMirn. rre^i.leiu  of lhe  Colortid.i  Kiu'l  a'ld   li-oii Co..   the • l.trgest    mine   .ipeiator   in    tlie   State. | hasiiv.,  his chiim .ui indciniiity paid at | Hie rriiiierii disa>:tei' a few years ago, I ga\e  thc  Coiigres!,men  the  estimates ' oiioled.
A\cllboi'n was on the stanti mo.st of the day and was ^ubjcdeil with <itlier I'piTMtors'. witiieNses. lo M'verc cr<is« exaiiiinaiion hy .lame- IJrew>ter. at- t'Ji^ney   Iur the .-trikcrs.
(icneial deiiijU ol' all charge- as to .rm-liy and ciin'Pirncy was entered by   the   witncj-sc-.
'I'lic   Congressional   eonuniltee  leav¬ es  l<if»<>rr<iw   for  Trinidad,  i-cntcr the .slrik.- diMriit.
'ih«-  .Stale     iH'gaa   . vvtilidrawal tr.Miiis   rr»ini  the   r-trik. when   scvciily   iiieii
IKMIMM'.
MEN WHO WILL ATTEMPT
THE OVER SEA FUGHT
ANCIAL PANIC SHIPS ORDERED S
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of zone     lo<lay were   order. (I   lo
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American Dollar  Worth Three Pesos And;g|{|p|||Q|^ Trouble Looms For Financiers-Japanese Studying The Labor Conditions; British Aid The Rebels.
Normal Co*™. Fas. Be-!DEVELOPMENTS OF DAY IN U. S. PLANS.
ing Restored on local ,j,^,„ ^^ i,,,^,^^,^^
|^J{|^ Mexico City, Feb. 14,—One A merican dollar was quoted as being
worth three Mexican pesos at the  close  of business today and
MAKES FUN OF WILSON
CrrY COMMISSION SCORES
PHYSICIAN'S Viqi DEAD
Man Mutiiiated When Found
With   Wife   Died
Yesterday
ROLLAND GARR      '    BECKWITH HAVENS Aviator Who Has Crossed thei First Entry in Globe Circling Mediterranean { Race
'ROUND TIIE WORLD RACE IS DECLARED fEASIBLE
rraph  I" Independent.)
Pa.,    l^eb.    14—Prole.-=- a  music teach-
(Tele
,Pittsbiiri;b.
«'in     I,     KollillROll.
:  'lo^J^s  mutilated   -y^^^^^^ ir    nriffitb   .if   Monesen,   in  the  pres
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Two     oour.s    later, :..<;ted   and   placed
While Feat Includes Some Hardships and Risks the His¬ tory of Aviation's Progres hcludes Seme ou Par With Those of the Tnp
(Si>e<-ial   To  lndel>endcul) enormoiyi   lucK* to  a  greater   degree
yXe.v  Y.irlv, Feb.  14.—The Air Race 1 than  in  almost   any  sporting   contest 'Ftouiid   the   World!       A   majority  of ; ever organized, experienced  a\iatora  believe   the  pro-i •    WUUng'   To   Take  J^fek
\>osed aeroplans flight around the! Several aviatore have signified th«ir world this summer, while It will b» ¦ iuSerttkins of entering. They lire a niar\elous demonstration   of human | willing to  talie the  rlsk.s.       They are
Dr.
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I'tternooii   In near  here
Criffith   wn;--   an-':--. .inil  on a char.ije of murder.     The at tai.lv   was made  on  .Tan.  26 when   Dr. have  returned   to
was 11 Oiffith if siiifl t.i .. bis home from. Viis garage and heard a.sciiffe in the parlor of his bome. He c laims he f.iund the music teach- ei*. who was engased to teach the vihysii.:ian'8 daughter in the company nr Mrs. Griffith. T)r, Griffith muti¬ lated bin"!.
14--The Wm.   T,.
Family of 1«o<k1
.•hMile.-toii. W. \'H.. Fel'- npws from PittsburFtb that nobinson. a form, v Charleston music inacher is dead at the b..sp,tal there rr-.m mutUatii.ns inflicted by an infur- i'ted iihvsician who accused Kebmson .if intimaev with hi.'^ wife, recalls tbat Kobins^oii's fatber, John Robinson. Sr. served a prison sentence for klling \iidrcw Belscbcr a nuinber of years :.g.. that a iiroC.ier. .T.ihn Robinson, Ir was acnuitted on grounds of jus- lification after killing one Duff and nephew, son of John Robinson, imprisoned fcr killing his ill   this   city   a   few   years
ilial a. Jr.  was ir s\v/>eCiieart ago.
COLLECTOR PICKEDM WRONG MAN
( rele«:r»i>h to InUependenl.)
.New York, Feb. 14—Just before Vniied Fruit company's steamer Pas- torciis sailed for the West Indies to- tlay a man who -said be was i\ tax collector dashed up the gang plank and seizing an elderly pasenger by th« arm,  ^-aid:
"Pardon me. ^Ir. Rockefeller, will tell   nie  if voii   are  leaving this
and
not actuated by the desire tor gold, for even the successful contender, who will win the $1.">0.000 first prize and also the $50,000 offered by Ix)rd Xorthcliffe for tbe first crossing the -Atlantic, will find hi.s $200,000 and perhaps  more  eaten   up by    the    ex-
lirogress and efficiency, is ne^-erthe- le.ss fea.sible. The directors of the Panama-Pacific Exposition at .San Francisco arc assured of the co-opera¬ tion of all the great nations over \vho.<5e territory the monoplans aeroplans w-lll whirl.
Feat after feat of endurance must ; penses of his undertaking. tie performed by the aviators who tra- i It is quite certain, however, tliat verse the broad American contilient, ' plenty of men of targe fortunes and pursues the well traveled air lanes sjiorting proclivitie;.! will be' found to of vEurope, sa,fely passe? over the; finance this peerles.« air event. Th« bleak and forbidding wastes of Siberia, I eyes of the world will be upon the and fringes tbe almost, iinhabited | b^a^ e contenders, even more than of northern Asia and Alaa-j they  were  upon  th* pioneer aviation
Ky   this  morning  traffic   will   have asHunied  an   almost   normal iitage  al¬ ter a   twenty-four  hour  halt  as a re¬ .sult   uf lhe  snow storm  that  swooped I down on the \alley at a late hour Fri- 1 day   ev.ning.       The   down     Call     was hailed   yesterday   shortly     after     the noon hour, but a twenty inch fall with big drift.-j in spots had halted all sorts of   traffic    and    the   troUej-    systems were   almost   helpless  in   face  of   the conditions.
T.ate last iiiglii the management ot the local traction system announced that it was finding its way out of the maze that has resulted from the con¬ ditions. The Nanticoke and Carey avenue lines two of the longest runs toward the southern end of the val¬ ley and the far outlying distilci.i had been practically abandoned from the start aa it was early seen thai condi- tiotia were .such as to need all ener- gie." toward keeping the main lines of travel in a condition that would per¬ mit   of even   intermittent   tra\ el.
The steam lines fared better, Init tbey also ran behind Rchedub's. They expect to also resume normal running conditions during today. The Laurel Ijine got back into its stride at about 3:10 yesterday afternooi. when a reg-j ular trip was started out on schedule lime and from then on ever- effort I i'vaj   mart''   to *'v^  up"tO  t^c '
ititne.    'It  pro^vfld. a..lJ'iM'3 -t-a^     .-   --; ' vaTioos" pointa*-^ along the    liht .   there were shifting sn«w drifts that mflkle ii hanl for tW« crews.
Test for Xoveland The siortn the    severest    in    year.'s cawie just .as the n4w niles    of    the street depanmeiit Ijad been^ formulat¬ ed   and 'Commissioner   bovelaiid   who is in  cbarige of ,l^at ^eparttn.nt hacl proudly  inforhied his colleagues thai \ he -ivas prepared for just such an em- ; ergency. The test  came and tbe chief ' of the streot departmeni and h's corps ! of assistants  have proved themselves (equal to the tasks thai, it forced upon
I them.
Earl y in the day the commi.-jsioner (Continued on Vage 2.)
Administration Policies (me
in for Hot Fire From
the Wits
ENJOY     DINNER
there is every indication that the rate will go still higher Monday. | ... Business men anticipate a financial panic. I ALL
The rumor is persistent that England and Japan arv^ working j	
together on the Mexican proble m with a viefw to mutua I benefit.'
Two Japanese nobles, Hamiwara and Kugora,   arrived ;>    Veraj        nei^raph to inde»>eiident)
Cruz today.   They are coming t o the capital to    investiga'^e the! ^,,^^,f ,'J.'"^°"^   ^:   ^¦'   p'^'''    ><-"
^    .\     ^.      ''     .,        1 ^   r 1     •     i-     ° 1     .Scarcely an adminwlralioii police- war
general suuation and make arrangements for colonization ana ob- spared tonight from the shafts of wit tain land concessions, A Japanese newspaperman named Oiiod- and satire in the .songs aid '¦atjnt?.' era is here studying labor conditions with the assistance of Mexican ^^ich enlivened the annual dinrer of government officials. This is to be preparatory to the encourage¬ ment of immigration from Japan.
Two British vessels are reported to have landed quantities of arms and ammunition for the rebels in Yucatan and CamT;i,che.
News has just been received of the shooting of Suarez Gam- boa, brother of the former foreign minister as a spy by the rebels.
General Orosco is coming here to answer   the charges    made against him for the evacuation of Chihualiua and Ojinaga. (Telegraph To Independent.)
Washington, Feb. 14,—A genernl strengthening of tlie naval position of the United States off the east coast of Mexico has been ordered.   Today s developments follow.
1—Battleships Florida, Utah and Delaware have been dispatch ed from Guatanarao. Cuba, to Vera Cruz,    Ostensibly they are to relieve the Rhode Island. Georgia and Vermont,
1?—Captain Harry McL. Huse, fresh from the war college at Nev^port, where theoretical plans for the invasion of several fore¬ ign countries have been complted, has been ordered to report to Adiiiiral Fletcher as chief of staff.
Ji—Alarming dispatchs have been received from private; sources regcTding President Huerta's resisting possible landing of American troops. It is claimed that the strength of the Federals had been groiisly under estimated.
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coa^t line ka.
I racers in that first nieet at Rheims in
But  each  of these  feats  have  been! 1968
exceeded already in the air records now on the books. Xow all that is needed is the combination of them. The performance of one great air journey  after  another     means     luck.
The attention  of tbe   close students of the race is centered upon  tbe pro¬ blem of the  -\tlantic.       .\fter  passing due east from  PYlsco across the Sierras (4 oiiliniicd   on   Page   i.)
HEBREW FAIUES TO SEHLE IN UTAH AND DEVELOP STATE
( Tehgrapli  «o  Indcpcmdent.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 14—Govern¬ or William Fry and several officials of the Jfttate of XTtali conferred today ¦Vvith leading Hebrews of this city at tbe Bellevue Stratford hotel for the purpose of getting Jewish families of this city to colonize in Utah.
nounced that el^hty-five Hebrew fam ilies of this city will go to Utah and settle there. Governor l^Yy explained to those who attended the conference Iha* there are already fifty Hebrew families cultivating In Utah. He said fifty more are to go to Utah from N'ew Tork. The governor was enthusiastic j in his description of the development '
for the .State. He said that private funds are being raised for thc irrigation of arid .ir unproduc¬ tive land. Il was to this coun¬ try that I-tali is beckoning the He¬ brews cf this and other cities. He said that the arid 'and is now a blooming country .leopled with happy
Following the conference it was an-Jand prosperous people, but tbat more
development   was  needed.
The Governor .ind his party were guests Of the JewLsh .\griculture and Colonization .\s.soci^ition of Philadel¬ phia. They leave here for Boston and thence to Washington where the governor stated an effort -would he m ide to bring closer relation.^ be¬ tween   the  government  of the  United
of Utah and predicted a great future i States and the people of Utah.
WOULD PAY      IPRISON WOMEN HERSHAREI   IN NEW DANCES
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.•Kiintry?''
The paisengers became interested and as they gaaed at their fellow \oy- agt-rs they whispered: "It's John D. Rockefeller." Thc subject of inter¬ est turned to the tax collector who explained he was George Aldridge of Catskill. X. Y. "I'v© been taken for John P. iiian\ a time." be said, "but I t\-oii!dn'l i>c him for anything. 1 ^inc plenty of moiii^- tr.v<fe|f.'
Washington, Feb. 14—Twentj' dol- iai's in gold with which to found a fund to purchase the telephone and telegraph lines of tbe country for tbe people was received by the President today from a $600 a year stenograph¬ er of San Francisco. "T think some of this money should be contributed by the people," the young stenograph¬ er  writes.
"Here is J:;0 in gold saved from less than $600 per yft,r. Xow let others contribute according to their income. Steps have bceji taken to locate  the  sender     and     re'turn     the
Auburn. .V. Y.^ Feb. 14—Every! kind of dance from the Virginia reel lo the tango was on the program at the first annual valentine party of the women of Auburn prison which was held in the State prison for women here thi.-< evening. There were one- steps, side-steps. The lock-step alone was barred. The recent arrivals were the onl.v ones versed in the new stejjs and tlie> taught the older inmates the new steps.
Mrs. David .\1. Osborn, daaghter-in- law of Thomas Mott Oaborn was a pa¬ troness of the dance. Men were de¬ barred, irom Jjic entertaiumen!
JUDGE O'BOYLE ISSUW^RISED
Allentown   Eagles   Present
local Jurist With Oil
Painting
Judge Peter A. O'Hoyle was given the surprise of his life at the Hotel Redington last nighl when he was presented with a life si'ze oil paint¬ ing of himself. Tlie work which is one of real art was the gift of the .\llentown .\erie of Eagles and came In reciignition of a service he r.Mider- ed that lodge last October.
On    that    occasion    he   traveb^d    to that  city  and   delivered   the   a.idress for the Mothers' Day celebration con¬ ducted   by  this   order  under  th.-   rul¬ ing of the   grand lodge.      He  refused any compensation for the sei^'icfi ren¬ dered  and   In return  a committee  of jiast   grand  masters   composed    if  '\^^ O.   Hufford,   C.   D.   Strauss  and   -M.   J. .Mcijuire journeyed here and conduct¬ ed  the  presentation.     The pres< ntion j speech was made by the latter.    Mor- I ris Shultz and  .\ttorney    T.     F.    Mc- I Laughlin   of this city were alSo pres- \ ent  at  the  presentation. i
The  portrait  is the  work  of A.   M. I Ijindermuth,   an   artist   at   -MIen'own, who is now at work on  a portrait of thft   late  Judge   Harve>.     of     -L^diigh, county.        He     has  painted  portraits thatKave been given positions in some of  the   largest   art   galleries     of     the [ country.     The affair was held i;i ti^e i private dining room of the Hotel Red- j ington and the.'evening was pleasant- I ly spent in speech making.
MOORE WANTS LAW CHANGE
CROWDED COURT ROOM APPUUDS DEFENSE INJHE GORE-BOND CASE
Letters Written by Aged Senator Tend to Show He Refus¬ ed Offer to Let Up on Him if He Made Pofiticd Appointment to Suit Crowd
i'lelegraph   to  independent)
Oklahoma <iiy,   Okla..     Feb.     14-
ITt  waa the  only  attitude T  .-an  take) o      ^      ,     , ,      ^ i and T am sure it was the onlv one youi
Six   hundred   persons,   all   that   could,  expected me to take. I am fixed In thel get mto the loom that is the .scene ofl.i resolution to preserve    mv    own    self applaoded      with-   respect whicb after all is the
Gore-Bond    trial
hands and feet at everj- bit of testi-' mony today which favored the blindl Senator in defending the Senatori {against the $30,000 damage suiti brought against him by Mrs. .Minne E. Bond. There was a bitter debate betweei counsel over the admission of. letters.
E. M. Bonners. Vice President .if tbe Stale Xational bank testified be had made overtures to Gore at the in-! stance of personal friends on thai other side of the. When inEtrucied toj read .Senator Gore's replies to these overtures, counsel for Mrs. Bond ob¬ jected. These answers should go down, in history," said A. R. Cru.se counsel for Gore. They show the .spirit of tha man. They are the keynote of the, whole incident showing Gore'e beliefs and  convictions in  thc  case."
-^fter a long debate the court perT mitted   Bonner to testify in substance what the messages contained   without reading the actual telegrams. Compromise Offered
Bonner .said that Kirby FitzpaUick,; state title at'orney in the land offlcf had pre posed to him that if .Senator Gore wll appoint Thaddeus E. Rob'^ ertson. sutsistant U. S. District atttor-i ney he and I will see that our part} of the Gore-Bond affair v.ill never be) punished. Bonner wired Gore this offer and the blind statesman replied witlij a telegram followed by a letter. Gore'a reply w-.a.s: '•Win. Bonner. Oklahoma: Could neither t-eat or retreat. Could not entertain a ly proposition of set¬ tlement  or compromise     Thomas    P.
Gore. "
The letter read: "Wm. P. Bonner:, "I'm glad to acknowledge the spirit whicii   inspired   my   telegram   to
late  jewel   of the  soul.
the Gridiron Club, composed o-* thn leading newspaper correspondent.^ here.
W^en an aged man. with lorig: whito beard, sauntered Into the room ard .said he was Apt .'V.lliteration, and ¦w.xr. looking for his baby, Wat?hful ''Vait- ing, whom he hoped the dreadftj! De¬ mocrats* had not Jvilled a? they had Dollar Diplomacy. William J. Br.'v'an, .Secretary of State, seemed to .injoy the incident of testing .i $-|as(. of grape juice for alcohol, the "harinles.<» beverag" igniting with i sipurt of blue flame after beer hai failed to show a 'kick."
Apparently the Carabao dinne-. .a.s a result of which Mr. WilsDn reb.jked naval officials for unseein'y .nirl.b at the administration's expensj, bad been forgotten.
The melodrama "Trusting the Trusts" was preceded by this pro¬ logue:
Tonight   upon   our mimic .-ta?:c >ou'll see .VTias Trust, a  dear. swee.  niss   .''.i>- 1 peiring.
But hold!    A startling ¦psTI J.-^^   t'l'v.i'i, b«. For   olr   pla.v   mean*     vlistri^^t-  <s disappearing. -'Vnd yel again a paradox  ij totint-. For if .vou  closely heed   our eii u- tion Your  minds -will  have  this thougiir  a buszing round; A   dying trust revives tli-ough  di'?- solution.
.John D. .'Xs FugitlTe .(ohn   D.   Trust   as   the    tugitiv.    in a   dark   forest,   accompanied   by   hia (Continued on page 2.)
J.B.GALLAGlfR IS NAMED .4S UNION AUDITOR
immacu- T  thank  yoi^ j again for your constantly, faithful and, i ever true  friendship  and  beg of  .voi^ to believe me ever to b» >our sincere) friend.  Thomas P. Gore." Announcement was made la^f ni?ht
Talked With Jacobs that   an   additional   travehn^r  auditor
Banner was asked: 'Did you ever( i for District I. U. M. W. nf .V, hadi talk to Jim Jacobs about this?" "Yert : ij^pn named in the person o" John B. he had a conference with me 1n whiclTJ   Gallagher   of Spruce  street
se could  be settled  for"  j^^ ^.
he left    he    said      he   q^^^
d  for $5000".  ."i.
this c ty.
ill cover the territory frcm Forest
¦• to Shickshinny and will  work   Im
he said  the case could $25,000. When
could be settled   ....   , . [conjunction with C.  W. Zerby of Ti-f-
Mrs. Bond waa with Jacobs. Bonneil   mouth,   who   heretofore   had   covered testified.   "I  asked   them     what    ihej-) would do with the money. .Jacobs saidt
t'ley)  the same field unaided. Recent grovth
he and Mrs. Bond would go away to-| sether and go into business. T asked) them w-hat they would do with Julian! R.  Bond the hub.sand  and .Jacobs re-.
piled:  "To  with Bond. He donij
amount to a ."
in  the strength  of the    loca'     unioiifl.
however   ha.s  so   increased   t"ie  duties
that  the  district  board     urgi-d     uponv
the national officers the need for moi(»
help.   Mr.   Gallagher who     his     been
prominent in the labor mav(;ment i'o»"
I many  years     was    recomme-ided     lo
OSS  exaniinationi [President 'U'hite for appointnt.
TT.!.      ._•-,-        !•     During the sessions of the natloiiwl
Bonner  said   en   cr that he did not think Fitzpatrick was4 j
personally interested when he madei ' convention several weeks ago the mat- the offer of compromise because heJ , ter came before the nation il board Fitzpatrick   had   said  he  was  not   ex- ,and the move made In the district Ttt.«
'.¦ou.
pecting anything for  h tiiself. Under Cross Fire
Morton Rutherford cross ciamined! Bonner. 'Did not you testify you had) a secret code when you wrote Gore. "
"Xo sir."
Dr. Q. Newell, U. S. Marshal of the* eastern district of Oklahoma was asli-l ed if he had not some sort of conver-i .sation  with  certain   persons In  which), he had told a different story than thei | one he told on the witness stand. i
"If you  can   prove that by respect- i able witnesses I will resign   my office! today." Xewell  replied    with      muchi heat.
CASSIDY AND WALKER GIVEN UBERTY UNTIL HIGH COURT PASSES ON THE TESTIMONY
approved of. The commissior  for the local man arrived last night and he is ordered to start work on  March Is-.   , Mr. Gallagher need.' no in(roductii>ii| to the readers of the Independent. Fis article.'?  dealing with  various    conci-' tions about the mines and thoiie of thai , South Wilkes-Barre colliery ?n parti¬ cular have appeared in these column.^ for some time. The  announcement  of bis appointment will be gladly r«cel '- ed by his man<- friends.
LOOSE, FLOPPY SPRING DRKF
Washington, Feb. 1 1—Representa¬ tive J. Hampton .Moire of Phihidel¬ phia presented to 'he House tod.iy a resolution requesting the Ways and Means committee to change the in¬ come tax law to require only infor¬ mation as to income at the source ai>d not "c'jllectton of -che tax incomes at
Telegrapli to Independent)
.New- 1 ork, Feb. 14—Suprnie r'ourt Justit-e Blackmar todsy granted Joseph Caasldy and I-ouis T. Walker, Jr..   certificates   of   reasonable   doubt
I Cassidy who was former 'boss" of . Queen:i County, was convicted of hav- ling a-ceptei! s bribe in return for glv- jing Wm. Wilett, Jr., a Supreme Court, nom nation. He was sentenced to serve one year and six months in Sing
tniilling them to be released on bail [Sing and pay a fine of $1,000. Jus- uiitil the appellate division of Ihejtice Blackmar finds there ia doubt of Supreme court   has  pa-'ised   'ipoh tli'-ir ithe M'f'f'C|fl9^- 'f^, UyiiiViiiif^« to con-
¦f bribe.
(Cable to Indtpendentl
Paris, F'eb. 14—Spring dresses an* to be loose and floppy, aocordirig tr! the announcemant of the rccosrnlze:!i organ of the exclusive dress maldn.;3 studios which appeal's tomorrow. This low skirts are to be surrounded bil heavy flounces giving a short cryllon'^ effect. For day wear they are to b>i short and easy, bodices are to be cu3 loose and collars are to be high an 1 open. Evening dresses are to b-< sleeveless and markedly decollettj' Gold and silver brocades are to te th il favored stiuffs for evening gowns..
Hats are to be small set forwari'; with one side tamed u;i sharly an'* trimmed heavily •with gay cclorreiti flowAcai.
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