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o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1895. INSANE OVER HIS MONEY. P. Hausen, a Gripman, Loses His Reason Through Loss of Savings. IN THE PEOPLE'S HOME BANK'| He Had Nearly $2000 on Deposit, | and It Worrled Him Until He Became a Manlac. of insurance on his life. He represented‘ that the premium was a certain amouut, and in paynment thereof tobk Taylor's note and clothing worth $202, giving the notes to the company and reserving the clathes for himself; that Mackay without author- ity represented the insurance company and charged a higher rate of premium than the company did, and also misrepre- sented the character of the volicy. Taylor, who had had previous transac- tions with Mackay, relying on the repre- sentations made, parted with his money and goods. Mackay claimed that he sold the policy to Taylor and had a right to charge what he pleased for it, and that he simply did not give him the benefitof a rebate on the policy as is usnally allowed by the company. In deciding the case yesterday Justice Cook held that this con- tention was ridiculous, and said : I am of the opinion that the plaintiff in this case was clearly guilty of obtaining goods un- der false pretenses and should have been held for trial. The fact that the case was dis. missed by the Police Courtis not binding on this court. The case occupied several days in the trial and was taken under advisement for The criminal mismanagement of the People’s Home Savings Bank has one | more sin to answer for—one by far more serious than any yet laid at itsdoor. It| has driven a frugal and industrious man | into the insane asylum and now the poor fellow is a hopeless maniac. All the suffering caused by the loss of savings to thousands of poor people through the failure of the bank will never be known unless, indeed, it comes to light asin this particular case, when some de- positor is taken before the Insanity Com- mission or charity boards as an object of state or municipal aid. P.Hausen was ! | facts to two weeks, which is of itseif sufficient to show probable éause of a crime having been com- mitted. Iere is absolutely no evidence of malice on e part of the defendsnt; he did not aot shly or precipitately, but’ first stated the an attorney and acted in perfect good fuith on his advice. It is the duty of every citizen to see that the evil and wrong doers are brought to justice, and one who does so and acts in good faith should not be punished simply because a Police Judge does not hold the party accused to trial before a higher court. The plaintiff, according to his own testimony, has got the better of the defendant to the extent of $183 under false representa- tions, and seeks furthier to obtain $299 99 dam- ages to be awarded him for alleged injury ho has s v circumstence presented to this court the court stained for being arrested. Under every | | NAVAL BATTALION AFLOAT. The Reserve Sailors Board the Warship Olympia for a Cruise. i UNDER THE IRON DISCIPLINE. The Dally Routine of Work and Drilil on a Man-of-War in Commission. The Naval Reserve is afloat and quar- tered on board the white cruiser Olympia and for ten days the land sailors will be sailors of the sea. Yesterday evening the three companies marched from their armories down to the City front and boarded the State tugs Gov- ernor Irwin and Governor Markham, which, by the courtesy of Colonel Chad- bourne of the Harbor Commission, were placed at their disposal. On the wharf with Colonel Chadbourne to receive the Naval Battalion were Colonel N. C. James, W. G. Fisher and F. A. Vale of the Gov- ernor’s staff. The first to arrive was Company C, com- bear down upon all. The naval reserve man will return worthy of his uniform or he will go on the sick list and join the home guards. 5 3 The Oiympia will sail for Santa Cruz about noon to-day for a ten days’ practice cruise. FAT FAIR FEES REDUCED. Judge Slack Cuts Down Items Aggre- gating Over $137,000. Yesterday Judge Slack repented him of his liberality toward the special adminis- trators of the Fair estate and their at- torneys. In an original order dated June 7, but only filed yesterday, he had been prevailed upon by a stipulation entered into by Attorneys Knight & Heggerty, for Charles L. Fair, Lloyd & Wood and Wilson & Wilson for Mrs. Theresa PFair and Miss Virginia Oelrichs, whereby the special administrators. Messrs. Angus, Breese, Goodfellow and Crothers, were to receive $25,000 each; and Attorneys Pier- son & Mitchell, representing them, and Garret McEnerney, representing W. 8. Goodfellow, were to take $25,000 and $12,- 500 respectively. The fees as thus allowed aggregated $137,500. i But further examination decided Judge Slack that at this time the sum was too much to allow the xarnes for services, however arduous and responsible. He, therefore, cut the administrators from £100,000 to $40,000, Pierson & Mitchell from $25,000 to $10,000 and Garret McEnerney from $12,500 to $5000, making a total of $55,000 instead of $137,500. The order was as follows: Good cause appearing therefor it is hereby : - THE BATTALION GOING ABOARD THE OLYMPIA EN ROUTE TO SANTA CRUZ. (Sketched by a “Call”’ artist.] not heard of throughout the prolonged | cannot come to any other conclusion than to | squabbling of the People's Bank officials | and the subsequent agitation among de- | positors. And yet he was a hard-working | fellow who through denying himself even | many of the necessaries of life managed to | scrape together in a few years between $1800 and $1900, which he entrusted to the wrecked bank. The first time any one knew of the fact was about a month ago when Hausen began to talk in a very strange manner about his money that was lost in a bank. From day to day he grew more sensitive and despondent until at last he became possessed of the idea that every hand was turned against him, that ill luck was only his portion and_in the end that he could not get a fair chance on earth. Then he became violently insane. It took four men to keep him in restraint. They took him before the Judge acting as committing magistrate in cases of persons charged with insanity and Hausen was sent to the Ukiah asylum for insane. [ Hausen was a gripman on the Hayes- | street cable line for some years past, and | prior to entering the service of the railway | company he worked for Contractor Buck- | man. In each position he attended to business faithfully apd he lived so frugally that his associates thought him rather miserly. But every spare dollar he se- cured was put aside and found its way into the People’s Bank. Only a few days be- fore that institution closed its doors Hau- sen made his last deposit, which brought his savings in the bank up to something 1ike $1850. The loss of the money preyed heavily on his mind. He became distant and siFent. and shunned the company of the men who worked with him. is condition changed rceptibly for months, till Jately he un- Efirdened himself to any one who would take the trouble of listening to him, that the money, which he had hoped would | give him a start in some business, was gone. The long silence upon affairs of | the bank since the last dividend of 5 per cent was another reason for his depression. | He watched daily for some sign of another payment, but hope deferred had its evil effect upou him. At last he took it for granted he would never again see his hard-earned money. While in this state of mind his name was presented for membership in a society which is very strong among the gripmen and conductors, but for some reason Hau- sen was blackballed. This was the last straw. It confirmed his belief that every- body was against him. 1 don’t care about strangers who fight me,” he said, **and I couldn’t expect much else from them and the bank fellows—they are all against me. But when my friends turn against me I feel it.” A few days later Hausen went clear out of his mind and had to be taken to the Asylum under restraint. And all the men on the Hayes Valley road say it was the loss of his money in the bank wreck that took away his reason. JUSTICE AGAINST JUDGE. A Difference of Judicial Opinion as to ¥alse Representations. On the 10th of Jast January C. E. Mackay was arrested at the instigation of James Taylor upon a charge of having obtained money and goods from the complainant by means of false representation. After a hearing before Police Judge Conlan, who beld the case under advisement for two weeks, the charge was dismissed. Mackay | anese laborers. give judgment for ‘the defendant, with costs against the plaintiff. WATER-FRONT GLEANINS Few Japanese Laborers Are Brought Over by the Steamer Peru. Sealers Report Thelr Catches at Hakodate—The Vine Encoun- ters a Gale. Much interest was felt in the arrival of the Peru from Hongkong. She came via Yokohama, and it was expected that she would bring a number of contract Jap- The waiters were disap- pointed, though, as there were only four- teen of the little brown men on board. There were 102 Chinese. There were only three cabin passengers on the Peru. These were: Dr. Ogden Backus, G. W. Moore and G. E. Moore. At Hakodate, in Japan, were the reports of a number of sealing schooners that had touched for water. Their catches, which were comparatively light, were as follows: May 22, schooner Herman, 465; May 23, schooner Vera. 706; May 25, schooner .7’ inger, 785; May 27, schooner Merriam, 797; May 27, schooner Alfon, 300; May 28, schooner Borealis, 733; May 28, schooner City of San Diego, 371. The barkentine Tropic Bird arrived from Papeete, Tahiti, after a trip of thirty-two days. Her cargo was principally pearl shell, though she carried seventy-two bales of cotton. She carried nine passengers, as follows: Cnytnin B. F.. Chapman, R. A, Wilson, J. W. Damron, W. A. Seegmiller, T. Jones, J. A. Gilbert, Rev. Richard Le Moiny, J. Roche and P. Steiner. The schooner yacht Aggie, belonging to Ed Sweeney ot Seattle, was Jaunched from Cousins’ drydock at the foot of Fremont street yesterday afternoon. She has been cleaned and fitted up with a new center- board and will proceed northward in a few days. _The schooner Vine, Captain Small, ar- rived yesterday afternoon, after a fifty-one days’ ‘voyage from San Marcos Island. ‘When off the Santa Barbara channel she encountered a heavy northwest gale that carried away her foresail and jib, materi- ally retarding her progress. The steamer Kahului, belonging to the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Com- any, sailed late é{esterday afternoon for aui. She was laden to the gunwales and considerable freight was left on the wharf. Among the freight was a sugar factory plant, the work of the Risdon Iron Works. A quantity of livestock was carried on the deck. ‘When a person is suffering from a con- tagious disease in Hoiland it is usual to announce the fact to intending visitors by tying a piece of white muslin or ribbon on the bell handle. o ——.—— Tt is estimated that the Gulf Stream takes about two years to flow from Florida to Norway. It Sticketh Closer Than a Brother, subsequently commenced an action in the Justice Court to recover damages in the sum of $299 99 for false imprisonment. The case was tried before Justice Cook, when it appeared that Mackay, who had an office in the same building in which was located the office of an insurance agent, induced Taylor to take out a policy Does the rheumatism. Cut off all relationship with it by the aid of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which severs the bond without loss of time, if you use 1t promptly and persistently. No testimony is more positive and concurrent than that which es- tablishes its efficacy in this obstinate disease. Use it with assurance of good results for malarial, dys- peptic and neryous trouble, constipation aud bil- fousness. Ep- | | | | | | called and the young gentlemen of the manded by Lieutenant Colin C. Douglas and Lientenant Manseau and Ensign A. H. Heney. They were followed by Com- pany B, commanded by Lieutenants Den- nis and Carlton and Ensigns W. F. Burke | Jr. and Moody. Then came Company D, commanded by Lieutenant Turner and | Ensign Elliott. _The battalion, 110 strong, made a war- like appearance as they lined up on the wharf before embarking for their ship. They were in marching order, blue uni- forms, canvas leggins, haversacks, can- teen, and each man was armed with musket and bayonet. In his haversack were a tin plate, pan and spoon, and slun on the outside of it was his tin eup, witl which he is to drink his ship coffee or | water, as the state of the commissary may determine. Over the shoulder of each son of the sea was carried his blanket, under which he will slumber in his off-watch time while the great steel fighting ma- chine is steaming over the nightly wave. When the tug reached tfie big white Olympia lying at anchor off Green street, the new naval recruits were lined up on her deck and told off into divisions, watches and messes. While on board they will be directly under the iron discipline of Uncle Sam and will fare exactly as the regular enlisted men of the naval service. About eighty of the crew of the ship were left at Mare Island to make room for the reserve, and they musg take the places of the absentees. = They were taken in charge by Lieuten- ant-Commander Sturdy, executive officer of the Olympia, and messed by themselves. Each mess chose its own cook and he was directed to get his gear in order for the next meal. At5o’clock all hands will be battalion will turn to and lend a hand in washing down decks. At 8 o'clock the colors will be hoisted and while the drum- mer rolls off the glorious_stars and stripes | of the great Republic will be slowly run | up to the masthead. Every man on deck— cers and sailors—will ‘stand attention and salute their country’s ensign. Then they will be Yiged to breakfast and the bill of fare will be as the bureau of provisions and supplies provides. At 9 o’clock, or two bells, the sick call will be sounded by the bugler, and the new sailor who is ill, homesicfi or wants his mother | may go down to the doctor and tell that }.enlder-heaned officer how very bad he eels. At 9:30, or three bells, quarters for in- spection will take place, and the men will muster by divisions and be looked over by the eagle eyes of the divisional officers and woe be to the chap who has not made his face shine with a good salt-water wash and brushed his shirt till it takes on the color of the deep blue sea, and shined his shoes till they reflect like mirrors. After the division officers have reported their men ready for inspection, the commander of the ship makes his rounds, and he is snpposedp to unearth ]wh;tedver untidiness the others have over- ooked. arm, as the musket manual is called, or with great guns. This is followed by a rest by all except the watch on deck, if at sea, until noon, when the watch below is piped to dinner. This meal is soup, meat, potatoes (if the mess have been able to Eurchuse them from their own pockets), read, possibly, coffee; and remotely possi- bly, duiff. The battalion took aboard for use a quantity of vegetables which will help eke out the “Government straight.”” The re- mainder of the day will be spent in drills and exercises, and at 50’clock, or two bells, supper will be piped. At sundown al hands will stand by their hammocks, and at 8 o’clock, or eight bells, all open lights are put out. At9 o'clock all hands—not Then the men will be drilled in small- | g; on watch—must turn in and keep quiet. Of course the officers fare differently, and their vacation in the white cruiser will be much more agreeable than that of their men; but the same rigid discipline will ordered that the order heretofore made, pur- suant to the stipulation allowing the sum of $25,000 to each of the special administrators or services rendered as special administrators, | be and the same is hereby set aside and an- nulled; and it is further ordered that the order heretotore made, pursuant to the stipulation allowing the sum of $25,000 to Messrs. Pierson & Mitchell and the sum’ of $12,500 to Garret McEnerney Esq. for services as attorneys ren- dered said special administrators, be and the same Is hereby set asideand annulled. And it is hereby further ordered that each of the speclal administrators be and is hereby allowed the sum ot $10,000, on sccount of his fees and commissions as special administrator, and that Messrs. Plerson & Mitchell be and’ they are hereby allowed the sum of $10,000, and Gar- ret McEnerny Esq. be and is hereby allowed the sum of $5000, on account of fees as attorney for said special administrator. June 12, 1895. CHARLES W. SLACK, Judge. ELOPED FROM OAKLAND. Miss Nancy Van Patten and Tony Lewis Married on the High Seas The Romantic Story of an East End Young Couple Who Defied Parental Wrath. Mrs. Tony Lewis, who up to Tuesday was Miss Nancy Van Patten, was taken be- fore Judge Ellsworth of Oakland yesterday on a writ of habeas corpus procured by her father. She had run away from home and married Tony Lewis, a young Portuguese on the San Leandro road. Lewis related how he had outwitted the father and officers and gained a bride. He said that Mr. Van Patten would not consent to his marriage with Nancy, and that they had determined to elope. Know- ing that no Justice of the Peace would tie the knot, as both he and his prospective bride were under age, he chartered the schooner Clidale and the party set sail for the banks. In support of his testimony the witness produced the following document signed by Captain J. C. Peterson of the Clidale and the members of his crew: On thehigh seas off Point Bonits, Tuesday, June 11, at 8 A. o.: This is to certify that Ton Lewis of Oakland, age 18 vears, and Nancy 1. Van Patten of Oakland, age 17 years, were joined in mnrri-se by me at the above-mentioned time an lp]m by virtue of my authority as a master of the ship Clidale, duly registered at the Custom -house as & schooner. Mrs. Lewis sat smiling while her husband gave his testimony, and seemed to enjoy the blank look which overspread her fatner’s face when he learned that his aughter was a bride. 18, Lewis confirmed her husband’s tes- timony rein-ding the m-rria§e at sea. She said that she mas perfectly satisfied with the way matters had been ‘arranged. Attorney Aram, who represented the father, tried to throw doubt on the proof that the ceremony had taken glnea a ma- rine league from the shore, but Judge Ells- worth seemed satisfied with the testimony and dismissed the writ. The father did not seem to be satisfied with the marine marriage and and wanted it gone over again on terra firma, but Ju f Ellsworth declined to make the sec- ond knot, and Lewis carried his bride oif in triumph. A man of rare information officiates as teacher in the vicinity of Howells, Nebr. The other day he gravely tola an inquiring pupil that B. C. meant “Before Cs;lnmbun Elhcnvend America,” INCREASING THE REVENUE, License Collector Lees After Those Who Do Not Pay Municipal Tax. THE ASTONISHED COMMITTEE. Proposition to Tax Telegraph, Tele- phone and Messenger Companies. Fred W. Lees, Collector of Licenses, ap- peared before the Committee on Licenses of the Board of Supervisors yesterday and called the attention of that body to a number of classes in the community that have been engaged in business for years without paying any licenses. What he told the members of the coemmittee— Messrs. Wagner, King and Benjamin—was a revelation to them, and if he is able to collect quarterly dues from those who in the past have escaped municipal taxation be will do much toward meeting the defi- ciency in the City treasury. Collector Lees was of the opinion that in view of the fact that restaurants that do not have an income of $600 per quarter pay no license, and that citizens engaged in the merchandise business who do business to the amount of $601 a quarter have to pay, the merchandise license which fixes the amount at $1000 should be equalized and brought down to $600. It was so ordered. It was decided that the section of the ordinance affecting restaurants should be amended to include caterers, boarding-houses and lodging-houses. The Collector then called attention to internal revenue brokers who pay no license. It was decided that this class of brokers should pay the same as Custom- house brokers, $5 and upward a quarter, according to the amount of business. “The towel companies pay no license,” said the Collector. “‘If that is the case,” said Supervisor King, ‘“‘they ought to pay.” On motion of Supervisor King it was de- cided that these companies should be slaced in the same category with laun- ries and be required to pay according to the number of men employed. “Now then,” said the Collector, ‘‘there are laundries which do their washing in counties outside of San Francisco, but transact the bulk of their business in this City, but do_not pay license here. They pay wagon license, and also pay license in the county in which the laundry work is conducted.” ““Why bave they not paid any license?”’ asked Supervisor Benjamin, “Simply, for the reason that there is no law requiring them to pay one. Take, for instance, the Contra Costa Laundry; it | does a big business here, but the washin, is done in Alameda County,” replied Col- ' lector Lees. It was shown that the company does a big business here, has its clerks and sorters in an office on Sacramento street, so it was decided that to meet such casesa li- cense similar to_that collected from laun- dries should be imposed. The committee was then informed that Wells, Fargo & Co. pay a license of $100 a uarter for doing business and $150 a year or teams, but that the Pacific and other transfer companies pay only for wagon license. The License Collector gave the informa- tion that in addition to wagon license the companies pay solicitors’ license. It was then agreed that the ordinance shoula be amended so as to include “‘trans- fer, delivery and forwarding companies,” and fixing the license of such company at $10 a quarter. The Collector announced that telegraph, telephone and district messenger com- panies do not pay any license. This also created surprise, and when a suggestion was made that such companies be required to pay a license of $100 a quarter when the gross receipts are $20,000 or less, $250 when the receipts exceed $20,000 and are less than $50,000, and $500 when the receipts exceed $50,000, Clerk Russell called the attention of the committee to a possi- bility that the franchises of these com- panies exempt them from license. It became apparent to the committee that if it favored such a license without obtaining legal advice it might be going outside of its jurisdiction. The clerk was instructed to communicate with the City and County Attorney and obtain his opinion, so as to be able to act advisedly. The committee decided to impose a uarterly tax of $10 on those engaged in the business of supplying gas-regulators and one of $20 a quarter on those who supply water-filterers. t was also determined that dyeing and cleaning establishments shall pay the same license that is imposed on laundries, and carpet-beating establishments shall pay $5 a quarter. he Collector called attention of the committee to the fact that the new busi- ness, that of renting and stabling bicycles, is running without license. Supervisor King said that as ' ‘bikes” are ruining the livery business he wanted a license of $100 a month imposed on all such establishments. It was finally decided to make the license $15 a quarter on business amounting to less than $2000 a quarter, $20 on receipts amounting from §: to $4000, and $50 on receipts amounting to over Supervisor King said that he considered an unjust law that which requires a $10 license from a man who owns an express ‘wagon and moves a trunk from one part of town to another. An effort was made to convince him that he was mistaken; that the law applied only to expressmen who golicit at trains and boat landings, but he would not be convinced, and announced his intention of pursuing tne matter fur- ther. The chairman handed the clerk a com- munication from Betz & Bros., asking that a license be imposed on all who wear badges, but it was so wonderfully and in- tricately worded that the clerk declared that he could not make head or tail of it, M; ghe petition, half read, was ordered filed. THE TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. They Say That They Cannot Be Made to Pay & License Tax, How the proposition of the License Com- mittee of the Board of Supervisors to im- pose a license on telegraph, telephone and messenger companies is viewed by the companies to be taxed is shown in the following interviews: F. H. Lamb, assistant superintendent of th?d ‘Western Union Telegraph Company, said: ‘‘As far as the Western Union Telegraph Company is concerned, it has been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that no city can require it to pay a licsnse tax. The decision was given in the case of Edward Lelong, plaintiff in error. against the court of Mobile, Ala., in the October term of the court in 1887. The substance of the decision was that where a telegraph company is doing the business of transmitting messages between different States, and is acting under the wlegmph law passed by Congress July 24, 1866, no city can impose upon it a license tax or require it to take out a license for the transaction of such business. “Similar attempts to impose a license tax in this State have been made.by some twenty or thirty towns, but on referrin, the authorities to the previously mentione decision no attempt was made to enforce the collection of the license fee. “T think that if the attention of the City authorities is called to this decision the: will not attempt to impose a license on th company.” L. W. Storrer, superintendent of the Pa- cific Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, said : “There isno law that will permit the taxation of our business by a municipality. We are working under a United States franchise, and no municipality can impose atax upon our franchise. The telegraph companies are now paving more taxes in proportion to the value of their property than any other corporation in the United tates.” John J. Sabin, general manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany, said: ‘““A similar license has been imposed on some of our offices in the smaller towns. ‘We have never questioned its validity and have always paid it. It isa good deal like the wagon license we are compelled to pay. We pay it, but it is not legal. This license is all right for wagons used to hire out, but not where itis used in the carrying on of one’s business. It is too smalla matter, however, to go to law about, so we pay it. We desire to %“y our fair proportion of taxes, as we realize the government must be maintained therefrom, and we do not want to get behind technicalities to avoid doing so. The matter will be referred to our attorneys for final action, so far as we are concerned.” E. F. Weihe, superintendent of the Ax%encan District Telegraph Company, said: ““We now pay taxes on our franchise as well as on our personal property, the total amount for wfiich we are assessed being $20,000. To impose additional taxation on us would, I think, be eminently unjust, aside from any strictly legal consideration, particularly when the amount of business that we do is considered.” H. L. Ackerman, su})erinkndent of the San Francisco Distiict Telegraph Company, said: ““It may not be proper at this time to say anything as to the validity of the license. ‘We are engaged in a lawful occupation, and if such a law is passed with reiference to this company, it sEonld be made appli- cable to tge chnl express and delivery companies as well, otherwise it would be ofa discriminating character and, conse- quently, void. “I have never recognized the wisdom of im{;osmg a license on any regular branch of business. Where a special privilege is granted for the sale o actual necessity, such as in the case of liquor, the imposition of a special license is proper enough, but not otherwise. “For that privilege and right which is known as a franchise, a corporation is regularly assessed every year. Now. whether in addition to the [icense to do business by the Btate a_ special license can be imposed by a musicipality is a matter I feel sage to say cannot e done. It would be in the nature of inposing a double tax on a corporation.” THE INS AND THE OUTS, Clerk Ambrose Watson of Judge Conlan’s Court Makes a New Move. what is not an The Judge Is Cited to Appear on Wednesday Next in the Supe~ rior Court. The question as to whether Ambrose ‘Watson or Alfred Morgenstern shall be clerk of Judge Conlan’s court took on & new phase yesterday morning. When the court adjourned Monday Judge Conlan said he would make an order citing Watson to appear before him yesterday morning to show cause why he should not be punished for conterapt of court in re- fusing to hand over the papers, keys and records to Morgenstern. Then Watson was to be committed for contempt and a writ of habeas corpus was to be in readiness to take the matter before the Superior Court When court opened yesterday morning Judge Conlan was served with a writ of certiorari, issued by Superior Judge Mur- phy, staying all proceedings in his court and citing him to appear 1n Department 3 of the Superior Court on Wednesday, June 19, at 10 A. M., bringing with him the rec- ords of his court for the purpose of show- ing cause why the restraining order should not be made permanent. It was further ordered that pending the return of the writ and until the further order of the court Police Court Depart- ment 2, and Charles T. 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