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1 Telegraph Has Approximately 50 Per Cent More aid Circulation in Alton, Eait Alton. Wood South Wood Rivar, Roxana and Godfrey, 65 MILLIONS IN PACKERS NOTES, STATEALLEGES of Original Loan of $25,878,500 Brought Big Total, Currier Tabulation Shows. TRIAL OF SMALL ADJOURNED TODAY Time Given Prosecution to Check Over 10,000 State Exhibits to Prove Identification. Bv Associated Press. WAITKEGAN, 111,.

June of Governor Len Small was today adjourned until tomorrow morning to give the stale time to check over the 10,000 state exhibits to see that all have bnen Identified. Donald Currier, the prosecution's accountant, who was to have taken the stand today, be the state's last Witness, following Norman Griffin, cashier of the Grant Park Trust and Savings Bank, tomorrow or Friday. The state delivered to the defense a copy of a tabulation prepared by Mr. Curiier, showing a recapitulation of all the evidence. The tables show $25,878,500 was withdrawn from the state treasury during th Governor -Small and Lieutenant Tibvernor Fred E.

U. S. Biggest Bootlegger In World, Busch Letter Says By Associated ST. LOUIS, June question of whether United States ships shall he. wet or dry today brought charges from August A.

Busch. president of Anh'Hiser nusch that tho United States liquor on shlpp ng vessels, when outr.lde thn three mile limit, a reply from Chairman Lasker of the Board declaring that liquor was and would be sold rin tho board's vessels and a statement' from prohibition director Haines to enfore the law as soon as It Is determined If the liquor selling on United States vessels Is Mr. Lasker futher charged that during thfi war the late Adolphus Husnh was the kalspr's closest friend In this country," this charge assistance and the chairman himself were convinced that such an opinion was not soundly based and had approved the inclusion of wine lists as regular equipment of boats operated under the board's supervision for tisp, however, only beyond the Jurisdiction coastal line. "The prior chairman of the hoara had Issued orders that the Palmer opinion must be respected," Mr. Yas- ker "but it Is true that In fact during the Wilson administration In- BB tho Shipping Board opera- ships liquor was I ted passenger served.

"So ns Great Brftlan, Janan, Franco, Germany and other maritime nations continue to serve liquor to American passengers I am ashamed to state that my Busch, that In another letter It win deny this and will state that the Anheauser Busch organizafon 're- serves the right to protest when the leads me not let American beer be made." ST. LOUIS, Jun letter jirging the United States Is perably the biggest bootlegger In the world." written by August A. 'Busch. president of Anheusur Busch while enroute to Europe aboard the steamship George and which has been forwarded to lent Harding, was made pubMc today together with nn accom her of Americans without proper pride In the own flag ships who would divert their trade tb the foreign to the extent that the com- peltlon would be from a profit operating standpoint very heavily against the American ship. "Your letter to the president has been written entirely with a view to the effect on the public when pub- llshed, and in an attempt to insure DIANA OF DUNES CHILD LABOR IS NEAR DEATH, HUSBAND SHOT OPPOSED BY A.F.LMEET Fued of Beach Combers Senator Lafollette of Wis- and Jealousy Overj consin, Principal Speaker On Ob- "Dana" Believed Cause of Injuring of Two.

By Associated Press CHICAGO. Juno Alice serbed. I info ed (hat prlnted ople8 your let tors to the press of America. "Therefore, my reply to you Is not merely Intended for you, but Is also itten panying letter by Adolphus Busch III. his son.

A third letter by An- addressed to mem- i der. to public rejoin- Sterling as treasurer and placed "I believe you to be thoroughly sel- sh an that are acting in the of Congress requests an inves-1 hop "eating a public revolt tigatlon into the enforcement de- i aga nst rohlbltlon that you way again revive the sale Of your liquors, -partment of the government in rela- A. Busch. i associates says in 'to of the Grant Park Bank, Uon to he an alleged non-existant institution re- Tn letter 0 ferredito by- C. Fred Mortimer, States i to his Attorney oft, Sangamon county In his part openiiik "a vest pocket We nre now approacnlng tho of Prance.

As this vessel Is operated i AJ money, the tabulation by the United Shipping Board I was Adol aua Buseh. who leaned to the Chicago amazed to learn that the Shipping and through renewels, the total of Board vessels are the "wettest on the their notes aggregated $65,681,500. On utterly regardless of how you might hurt the American merchant marine in your effort to create a situation to benefit your brewery. Father "Kaiser's Friend "It is of course, notorious that the founded yout Gray Wilson, University ot Chicago graduate, who forsook society in 1916 for the life of a beach dweller of the Indiana dunes, was reported dying in Gary, hospital today as a result of injuries received in a battle on tbe sands last night. Mrs.

Wilson, known along the In- dlana shores as "Diana of the Dunes" was said to be Buffering from a fractured skulj caused by a blow with a revolver butt. Her giant husband, Paul Wilson, was by a bullet. Their adversary, Eugene Frank, a boatman, was held by Gary police. Authorities turned for a time from their investigation of the mysterious death of the undentifted man, whose partially burned body was found on a pile of drift woofl last week, to psfobe circumstances surrounding last night's battle. A long feud between the beach combers and Jealousy! over "Diana" caused the trouble authorities believe.

Mrs. Wilson is. believed to have been wounded when she leaped into the fight after her husband and Frank clashed. The scene of the night battle Is a desolate spot along the lake shore iwo ml.es from the Wilson shack. Frank told the police he carried a fear "Dlan'a" giant who was intensely Jealous of his wife.

Wilson's physical feats are legend along the shore. "Diana" and her husband were brought Into the investigation of the last week when for By Associated Press CINCINNATI, 0., June labor again, raised Its voice at the convention of the American Federation of here today against child coupling with this an observance of flag day. The program for the entire day's speeches was devoted to child labor, with reference to the Supreme Court's decision of two months ago, holding a child labor law unconstitutional for the second time. Senator Lafollette of Wisconsin was scheduled to make the principal address. Other speakers were Dr.

Albert Freyburg of Cincinnati, who has devoted years of study of the effect of child labor; Florence Kelly of the National Consumers League; T. V. McCuHough of the International Typographical Union; William Greon of the United Mine Workers of America, and Mary Halas of the Woman's National Trade Union League. Delegates favoring radical change In the American trade union move ment made their first move In the convention today by introducing a resolution for the Amalgamation of existing unions by industries into sin gle organizations, was introduced by The E. H.

resolution Fitzgerald on these a positive ev event ocean. these boles, Mr. Currier's calculations' "I learn that passage show.i-interest totalling ships has been sold with afrned during Governor Small's money back guarantee that the bars your Oerman Mends, whose greatest term fes treasurer, and for the sale of intoxicating liquors Pe of a restored Greman merchant be thrown wide open as soon as mar)ne lB Kaiser's friend In America and that; your family for many years has mains yva. a main WU8On lurnea "jjjana'a" dlary over ritania Police following the battle last i rtght intimating that it would estab- an alibi for both in case they are stranger. Wilson turned "Diana's" MBS READY TO HI OPERATORS OF CENTRAL FED, Will Confer on Substantial Tonnage Basis With View Settling NationWidc-Coai Strike, William Holding Conference.

By Associated Press. June tion to warrant agreement they during- Mr. SterHng'B term. The in during; Mr. sterlings term.

Tne be thrown wide open as soon as 181 9 JB a nu to terestSpaid Into the treasury by Mr. they pass outside the three mile mercnant marine. Small Jon all state funds during his 'coast line." I to these ex a hurt to America's new- $460,010.12 according to tes tlmonjLjn the. cage, while Mr. flter U.

S. Biggest Bootlegger "This makes the-United State In- Jlng returned aSoni $950,001) on Inter-' comparably the biggest bootlegger in 'the world. the State's sia 'the trial' "There are two reasons which I of Gov. Len Small nearing its close believe should impel us to bring th's YlAvtMltfi Donald Currier, accountant for the information prosecution, will be placed on the'president; the chief execut(ve to the attention of the stand today to an effort to introduce 'charged with th duty of defending 6 88 rea extraneous facts, not In resentment, but that It may be made clear that in not come before the bar opinion with clean hands." "An effort to discredit prohibition 1 was the Interpretation placed on the Busch letters by Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for Anti-Saloon League.

drawn into the raurfler inquiry. Alice Gray, the college girl met Wilson on the dunes several years ago Became a recluse. She be- Blended the young giant after he re- to the dunes from 6 "I hold no brief for the Shipping Board In this controversy" Mr. Wheeler aa'd today. "It is able to jal sentence following a fight in which he was wounded by "Fish" Johnson.

Illinois Woman, 82, Brings Suit For Land. By Press and others representing the Brother hood of Railway Clerks. When Senator Lafollette reached the convention hall to deliver his address he was given a rousing reception by the Asserting that I.y a "process of gradual encroachments," the Federal courts of the country have' "wrested sovereignty from the people" the senator suggested an amendment to the constitution denying the power of lower courts to set aside a Federal law as unconstitutional and providing for the nullification of any such decision by the Supreme Court by re-enactment of the statute. Supreme Court a Ruler." Citing the recent decision of the Supreme Court holding unconstiutional the child labor tax law as "typical of the conduct of the Federal Judiciary and particularly the Supreme Court, when Congress has sought to enact progressive and humane legislation, which was offensive to great financial Interests." Senator Lafollette declared the Supreme tribunal of the country was "today the actual ruler of the American people." "The law Is what they say It is," the Wisconsin senator continued "and not what the people through congress rnlnern are ready to meet the operators of the central competitive field on a substantial tonnage basis, with a view to settling the nation-wide strike, according to William Green, secretary of the United Mine Workers of America. It was explained, however, (bat it would be necessary for operators Joining in the conference to control enough coal produc- making any wage might reach with miners a basis for pay throughout the Central competitive field, which the basing scale for all soft coal fields, operating union mines.

Mr. Oreen said yesterday he had knowledge of a movement among certain coal operators of the central competitive field to bring operators and miners together Not having been informed what operators were to take part In the proposed conference, Mr. Green said, he could not say whether they would Pttr. quoting ft. Maher, president 14-Tho Maher Cotlerlea Company as 6 lS conferences of operators were 0 en throughout the country in fort to end the strike.

Frank Farrlngton, president of Illinois miners, and Mrs. Green long conference, yesterday, the pose of which was not TBRRJB, HAUTE, lune 1 crowd estimated at 400 personi here today in automobiles, nfinV nMincing 'their intention every coal mine In operation 1 erre Haute and Braz ten enn of here. The first stop the party was at the Hones near Staunton, where trucks loaded with coal were A 6 A 88 prepfa th constitution and taking care that the details and totals of the', the laws are faithfully executed and alleged transactions by wotcn tne ehould be informed of this fact i vu HWODOUO.U.I i governor, Lieutenant Governor Fred- Aa manufacturers of leeal take care of itself Our attitude with and Nebraska and totalling several terms declare, but what these nine j. J(I Minn A fl tTA nf HASTINGS, ef-' 1 fnact. Even the constitution of the fort to regain possession of Illinois United' States is not what Its plain charged with die State of int ttf dfe i on, public funds.

Mr. Currier's 'testimony, and cross 1 examination are of today. The lilm Norman than two years to meet unfair and competition in practically 'every town city in the United States. For the States to set "aside Its constitution and; laws, in the 'operation of its own business riBM our difficulties many the State has H. renewe aml 8reater that the Shipping attorney general.

announced that Mr. Griffin be the last "I Bo Board has brought to the notice of Claire C. Edwards is going to on hft ke cailed on to a large I consfitulnS number inatructton8, which both It is understood that the defense alone has drafted between 45 and 50 instructions, which be BubmHtea 't'o the court. News of the Night At a Glance 'the Volstead act. And either by direct or Indirect means the Shipping which is illegal to do, in order that it may make money.

''We should submit to the president that the government toleration viola' tlon of the law by the Shipping Board is proof that prohibition laws as now 'written are either impractical and non-enforceable or are being disregarded deliberately. "The fact that citizens tho 'United States would not buy passage 'upon ships of the United States so 'long as the Volstead act was opera- 'tlve upon those ships gives us a real of a considerable part of 'the American people with respect to prohibition and we believe that a 'great majority desire a modification 'of the Volstead act." reference to the of liquor on acres and valued at $600,000 men it to be. In fact flve of ships within the the' formed "the basis' nlne men re ac Uiin he United States has been clearcut and consistent ever the law went 6 uu CU Into effect. We contended before the', of testimony and arguments here yes-j tn lu th le department that It was illegal district Judge Dilworth had under ad- preme rules for bv a bare vlsement today following 6 rt re eatea 'y overridden terday. The "The nine lawyers who W.

Cowan and two minor constitute posi- the the people, but by presidential appointment. Former President to transport or posses liquor on a.ny ship within the jurisdiction of the United States. The department and the Supreme Court have sustained that construction of the law. "I cannot too strongly condemn this attack by the brewers upon the government and its officers, but re-jty. and in Nebraska to facilitate Jolce that the decision of the Su- 1 handling Mrs, Fort's affairs.

The un- pudiated by the voters of the nited preme Court has ow removed all derstanding, according to Mrs. Fort States on his record. No one will doubt upon the construction ot the as that the property was' to be re- coniend that he could have been elect law so that the discrimination against turned to her upon her return from ed chief justice by vote of the peo- During her absence pie. And yet Chief Justice Taft wrote xi. Liul ui iiiwi rresiueni Mn.

IB the widow of George Taft madn cb ef justlce by Presl W. Cowan, who according othe evi- dence wa sagent for Mrs. Fort and t.tnj (Ji CIO 11 it held deeds to land in Marshall coun- a nd influence of chief Justice by presl- t-, Til nvtJ dential appointment who had been re- dent Harding. Thus a man was invested with the enormous prestige Amerlcan ships, which has been a trip abroad. By Associated Press.

SAN hundred persons were drowned and many were missing in th overflow of the haute and A renal rivers. number of al- ients to be addmltted during the coming fiscal year was fixed at 357,903 by the Labor Department. Shipping Board Stand WASHINGTON June Ship- J. Frey of Los ping Board holds that "neither the Angeles, vice president of the Emer-1 Volstead act nor the eighteenth am- gency Fleet Corporation died. endment apply to American ships out- I'side the three mile limit," Chairman Nominations of 7 Laoker declared today In a letter to Admiral! Adolphus Busch.

Ill, president of the Anheuser Busch Brewery Company of St. Louis. Confirming reports that alcoholic drinks were being served on American ships at seized upon by the liquor men as an argument against prohibition need no longer exist." A second letter on the subject of the sale of liquor on vessels of the United. States Shipping Board will be sent Chairman Lasker of the hoard In a few days by the Anhorser- Busch, it was announced today. I The letter will deny the allegation ot Chairman Lasker that the late Adoi- phus Buach was "possiblv the kniser'n closest friend it was added WASHINGTON Meyer L'ssner and Rear William S.

Benson for reappofnt- ment to the Shipping Board were confirmed by th Senate. WASHINGTON Representative 'sea "both from the standpoint of le- erette Hooper president ot the En- clyoped'a Brittunnlca, and former editor of The London Times died. Galllvan, of Massachusetts, right and from the standpoint of tacked the Shipping Board for per-1 th life and security of our national inltting the sale of liquor on Ameri-j'merchant marine." uan ships. I "The Shipping Board has ted, and will continue to permit the MANDAN. N.

thousand sen-Ing of liquor on its ships," he acres of wheat were hailed out In a I cont'nued, "so long as foreign flag storn are allowed to enter and del' part from our shores exercislne that MOUNT KISCO, N. Bv- 'privilege." Mr. Lasker's letter was In reply to a communication addressed by Mr. flusch to President Harding, with reference to acholollc drinks being regularly served on shipping board ves- 'sels at sea. The matter has been referred to him, the Shipping Board chairman explained, since, "the president Is unacquainted with the subject you cover." Reply of Lttiker While It was true, Mr.

Lasker said, that an assistant attorney general, "in the prior admlnstratlon" had held that the prohibition laws wore effective on American shipping where- ever operated, the present general counsel of Shipping Board, has two Justice Gorman Marries Two Couples. Letnere Martin of Whitehall and N'ancy Glileland of Elred were married by Justice Gorman today. The Justice also united in matrimony Ro- fand E. Jester and Evelyn M. Herder, both of St.

Louis. Mis iMyrtle Paul is expected to arrive this evening from Galveston, Tex, to spend few months with her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. B.

Paul. IS MARVEL OF MECHANISM "Great of Bank of Eng. land Capable of Registering Weight of Thistledown. The "great balance" stands In the bullion room of the Bank of England. It Is a machine that was constructed, primarily, for testing light gold coins.

Standing approximately seven feet high and weighing nearly two tons, this wonderful piece of mechanism can weigh a piece of thistledown or a 400- pound gold bar with equal accuracy. Befora it can be used It must always be carefully duited. for otherwise the dust that has settled upon It, even in the course of a few minutes, although invisible to the naked eye, would cause It to register inaccurately. So responsive is the machinery that a postage stamp placed on one of the two weighing portions moves the Index six Inches. When the new English currency notes were Issued the grand balance was kept busy virtually day and night weighing the gold coinage that was called in and replaced by notes.

It has now been found that the total loss of gold, owing to the abuislon of the coins is they passed from hand to hand In tho course of circulation, amounts to nearly $5,000,000. That, however, is not quite so nlnrm- log as It sounds, for the loss Is spread over a period of 28 years. Twenty- five years Is reckoned In England to he the legal "life" of a sovereign at Jts full fure York Horald. however Cowan was killed In an au-! the opinion that annulled the child tomobile accident and hls- was! labor law; he wrote the opinion in the appointed administratrix of his prop- Coronado Coal Company case. In erty, including the deeds Mrs.

Fort 'making this observation I level no claims as hers and which were in, criticism at the personnel of the Cowan's possession at.the time of his court am not concerned with per- death. Mrs. Cowan, learning from Mrs. Fort of the nature of the transaction with Mr. Cowan, gave quit claim deed to her one fourth and the present litigation concerns, the three, shares of the minors, neys contend that the attor were sonalltles.

I am dealing with funda mentals." The "Judicial Oligarchy." It cannot he denied that "we are ruled by a judicial oligarchy," the Senator aserted. adding that while many of the minor Federal Jt i 'sharing the sovereign power 1 of the Supreme of the Supreme court ui were 'excellent and enlightened men rcannon daughter of. B0m of them, notable Judge Ander- Representative Joseph Cannon, was a witness yesterday for Mrs. oFrt. Lenine To Take Trip For Health, Berlin Hears.

By Associated Press. BERLIN, June Independent Socialist Frelheti declared today that a triumvirate will take the place of Premier Lenln of Soviet Russia during a six months absence from of West Virginia, have in my opinion shown themselves to be pretty ty rants and arrogant-despots." Horace Mann School to Close Friday Th Horace Mann school of Upper Alton will close this terra of school on Friday. At five o'clock a social entertainment will be held, at 7:30 Moscow which his health will oblige ck a special program has been ar. him to take. The three men who will ranged, Its participants will consist hold the reins, according to this 1 ot the llf the different grades are J.

V. Stalin, Leo Kam- the 10 1 ne Patrons of the eneff and A. Another German specialist has been summoned to attend Premier Lenine of Soviet Russia, it was stated here today. Professor Flechsig, ar leading brain authority has been asked to leave Immediately for Russia. school wni furnish the muslcaj program, which will bo In charge of W.

G. Seaboid. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Merkle of 405 Chamberlain avenue are announcing the arrival of a son at their home this morning.

This is their first child, William ILchtenberg of 513 Spring will be conducted" tomorrow afternoon reet underwent quite a serious sur- at 2:30 o'clock from the family 1 1 operation at St. oJseph's hospl. Sam McRoynold to be Burled Thursday The funeral of Sam McReynolds thence to the Oakwood cemetery for burial, with Rev. Theo. aCtes offlcl- Telegraph Want Ada.

Quick Aftor That Evaded Traps. "Why have I never marrledT 1 the confirmed bachelor repeated a leading question. "Well, once upon a time in a crowd I trod on a turned, furiously, lady's gown. She tat this morning. He was resting easy ate this afternoon.

Burgeon to Birds, MUs Virginia Pope, a surgeon to birds, Intended to be an artist when she started out In life, She became interested In birds while selling 1 1 b)f in order to maintain beginning, 'You herse while Art was still a beckoning clumsy brute! Then she smiled sweet- Slu wtth 'Dgthlng substantial, from l.v, and said: 'Oh, I beg your pardon, I thought you were ray husband. No, it really Uopsn't mutttr in the lenst. 1 And win-!) i cnine to think It over I dp- flded that I'd better let marriage alone." BnnnclaJ standpoint, In her luring palm. The birds were ao fasclnatlne (nnt AIlss pope decMed to devote herself tn feathered friends and let Art drift over the chance. represent sufficient gotiate a pay basis.

tonnage to ne- Should the plan materialize, he said, It would be 1m losslble to begin tbe conference be- 'ore next week. Mr. Green's statement was made on receipt of a report from Cleveland coal and the contents dumped Into road, according to reports here. dHICAQO, June operatoro announced delinitedlr iuuttv that they would deal only with thsv own men in any future wage confer ences, declaring tho time has -when a joint conference with tors In other states Is desirable' announcement constituted a refusal ol the move of certain eastern opera! tors to open joint negotafons look. Ing toward an end of the mine strike.

ATLANTIC CITY GETS 1923 AD CLUB MEETING London Expected to Entertain 1924 Convention- Ban on Dancing Assailed By Church Member. SUBS DY BILL INTRODUCED IN HOUSE TODAY Number of Bills Prohibiting Appropriations to Shipi Selling Liquor Said to In Prospect MILWAUKEE, June City will get the 1923 convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the world, while London will In all probability entertain the convention in 1924, it was decided at a meeting of the club presidents, lasting tllll early this morning. These selections are subject -ttfication by the delegates at general session of tbe convention but officials declared thai they are certain to be 'carried out. A sensation was created at this meeting of the Church section late on Tuesday w.Jien J. Henry Smythe Philadelphia, assailed the ban on dancing and other amusements bs churches, and succeeded in having- e.

resolution adopted declaring for 'up- to date methods of literature and activities of churches." Banks are becoming too friendly In heir advertising, C. H. Handerson, a bank publicity manager of Cleveland Ohio, told financial advertisers, at the convention session today, "Personally I am inclined to believe that the less we speak four friendly service and courteous treatment the the very mention of It admits that perhaps we might be criticized for lack of it. "I realize that in suggesting that we banks, ar getting too friendly in our copy I am making myself unpopular for friendly banks, have suddenly become quite the rage in our set. Every respectable town now has a fire department, a chief of police, a Bon Marche and a friendly Without these essentials to civic pride it simply cannot be an upright and respectable community.

"But we have competition In our friendly the last month in our local papers we have had advertisements boisterously feat uring in bold faced liner 'Friendly ''irniture, the Friendly sow and the friendly electrical we may anticipate the flotation of a griendly garbage cans, friendly bath tuos, friendly thieves, thugs and thing-a- ma-juga before the year cornea to an untimely end in a maelstrom of suffocating friendliness. "Let UB endeavor not to advertise bank services at all, but to advertise th satiefaction to be derived iruei the use of these services. "Yet with all the criticism of copy, an investigation which we made the aid of five trained In- vestogators in Cleveland found 87 per cent of our citizens real newspaper bank advertfulng regularly. Seventeen and four tenths per cent, sal dthey sometime noticed it and only fifteen and fix tenths per cent admitted that they never read It. Down town and factory executives were by far the largest readers of bank ad- vertJilng, Eighty per cent of the down town employes admitted reading -nk advertising and eighty per cent of them had savingg accounts and fifty per cent, checking accounts." The Change.

"He was an awfully kind DOM," iatd the former stenoirraphsr, "so consider, ate, so thoughtful, to manly an-4 gen- eroui, And then, heaven forgive roe, I murrled him!" WASHINGTON, June administration sh'p subsidy bill, redrafted by the House rlne Committee, was introduced today by Chairman Greene, of the committee 7he bill was referred to the mittee, which will meet tomorrrtf with the expectation of reporting It as speedily as possible. Democratic members of the committee saw a draft of the measuro today minority report opposing it in toto. WASHINGTON. June 14 Announcement that he would offer an amendment to the ship subsidy bill provld-' ing that no part of the federal appropriation should allowed steamship I nes on wh'ch liquor was sold, without special authority of congreM was made today by a western Republican member of the House, who declined to permit the use of his nama at this time. Report were current around House that anumber of sim'lar amendments were be'ng prepared by prohibition leaders who agreed that if put to vote it would be pasts! by the same majority recorded heretofore on all straight wet and dry sues, thus settling, until a possible decls'on by the Supreme Court, the' question whether the Volstead followed the flag.

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