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VOLUME xvm
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.LA GRANDE. Oil KG ON, WEDNESDAY, JAMUA11Y 8, 1919.
.SIX PxlC.ES
NUMBER 86
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MEXICAH
PRESS IS
COUNTRY STIUKI'D W HY HKS.
ATOIt ASIILltST'S ltECENT
ri!01OSAL.
CESSION OF LOWER
CALIFORNIA OPPOSES
Asliilt-st Speak Again in Senate in
Support of Proposal to Ilavo Pon
insula Ceiled to United States
Through Negotiation ('ulirmnin
Senator Is Wary licgiirding Mexico
' MEXICO CITY, Jan. 8. The pro
posal made In the United States
senate by Senator Ash u rat that the
United States purchases Lower Cali
fornia und part of Sonera, has creat
ed considerable comment In the Mex
ican press.
El Universal, long a leading pro
ally paper, in a leading editorial
. Tuesday, attacks tin proposal. It as
serts that Mexico places the promises
of President Wilson, that small na
tions will be protected, head of the
menace to Mexico implied J the Ash
urst plan.
Senator Ashurst .Speaks
WASHINGTON, Jun. 8. Speak
ing in the senate Tuce.duy.in support
of his resolution for acquisition by
the United States through ' negotia
tion with Mexico of Lower California
und part of the state of Sonora, Sen
ator Ashurst of Arizona declared the
Mexican government was unable to
oontrol the' territory or protect It
from foreign" Invasion.1" Annexed to'
tho United States, l.c said, it could
be couverled into immense agricul
tural value by Irrigation from1 thin
Colorado river.
Lower California, said tho senator,
is "the vermiform appendix of Mex
ico and tho "Achilles heel of the
United Stales."
Tho Mexican republic Is both un
willing and unable to police the pen
insula, he added, "and Is unable to
resist agression from or settlement
by Oriental powers; hence a base of
supplies or of -nillilury and naval op
orations, with comparative ease and
secreoy, could be established uniong
the numerous islands on the I'acific
coast."
Section l.ef to Itself
Kiifnicomont of law and order
in Lower California. Mr. Ashurst
declared, Is lert wholly to a governor
holding over from the Diaz regime
and still independent either of Car
ranza or Villa.
Senator I'helan of California inter
rupted Senator Ashurst with the
comment that there is "always dan
ger of acquisition by foreign powers
by purchuse or otherwise by means
or Zimmerman notes or otherwise
or Lower California.': lie added, how
ever, that ho would net consent to ac
quisition or the peninsula by the
United States except by complete
agreement with Mexico.
Senator Weeks or Massachcaeltes
Inquired wjiether Senator Ashurst
would apply the principle or self-de-
termination to the territory, and the
Arizona senator replied that he ad
vocated this plan and had received
hundreds of haters from residents of
Lower California urging the pur
chase. Put I'onuutl In Mouse.
While Senator A.ihuist was speak
. lug in the senate
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Klston of California. Republican. In-,
troduced absolution In the house
. rennetinir President Wilson, to open
negotiationa .with Mexico Tor the pur -
chaso of the-Lower California penin -
and olher Mexican land along
tho International boundary "as shall
by topography promote harmonious
oiaiinn hv reducing to a minimum
til International border difficulties,
Tne resolution was refcred to the
house foreign affairs committee.
.
REPEAL OF. LAW ASKED
ilirriAD U, T oi.j
Supcrintcknl Wants Statut
lending Reserve Itaiuiremcnt.
CONTRARY
SAIFiM, Jan'S. Pret.-nt stutulcs delegates froin both houses of con
providing for incorporation nf rn-cp-!grei and many diplomatic rVfrCEcnta
rativ state banks are a menace to .tire.
ewKl hrtkihg and should m r:.ieled Members the family and fw
in ' Jhe opinion of Supei i.-ndef s
Ttunki P.cnnett -m fxprc:-scd in Tiis hi-
ennisl report. He urees al '.hat leg -
islalion lie enacted igivift; the rUjir.-
tendenl authoritti),iirniS t.nrts
t l.T.ks M&Sthe federal vrw
banks to apply to st bitiks tJhrmvfy frofe near- pointy J
are resene membeSt. Thu. in Use simple ceremony,
Under thtJ)reser.ttatutc state lawaiMnlhi Larth took Colonel Roosevelt
Qpply to reserves of t'fpbaokj.g,
a v: mail Service
Huuipter Valley Ibillruiul Strike -Vol
to A (Tent Service.
WASHINGTON, January 8 Resi
dent?! of "the country reached by
the Sunipter Valley railroad are. to
have mail service nix days a week
by some lmprovished nethod, re
gardless of the strike which has
tied up traffic on that line for some
time, according to a decision of the
I'ostofTico Department communicat
ed to Representative Slnnott today.
A representative or the Sampler
Valley road new ou the way here to
suggest plans for ending the strike
will be given hearing Immediately
on his arrival by Edward Chambers,
traffic director for the railroad ad
ministration. INTERNAL REVENUE
RECEIPTS ARE LARGE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Internal
revenue tax collections for five months
between July .l and December 1, 1918,
amounted to $621,697,000, the treas
ury reported Tuesday. Of this amount
$1 16,892,000 came from whisky and
other spirits, $75,988,000 from tobacco
and $46,179,000 from beer and other
fermented liquors.
im;i-;siikxt
DOWN'
ItKADY TO
TO BtSlNKSS.
Returned to Furls Yestordiiy In
formal C'onferorHco on Pence
Details to lie-in Soon
PA.HIS, Jan. 8. president Wil
son has completed his swing through
England and Italy, returning to
Paris at 10 o'clock Tuosday morn
ing. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Wilson and Miss Margaret Wilson.
The president is ready for the first
gathering of the premiers and states
men of the entente rowers and the
WON DONE
WITH VISITING
Informal conferences will begin onlvent "n(1 P""'8" 1110 , r Inloxl
Thuraday and Friday. """"" -"TWtlhfr-'llquor. ' nd, as it falls to
Under the present schemo tho
representatives,.. at mauirjil- states
and the smaller belligerents will first
meet the representatives of the pow
ers with whom they have titlentlons
pending, with the object of settling
them, while the others will be Tree
to confer with those with whom they
have interests. The conferences will
concern principally, local questions.
It will be a process of elimination
which is expected n reduce greatly
the detailed work of the general con
ference. L
LI 10 REST
SIMPLEST OI' FUNERAL CERE
MONIES OVEIt REMAINS.
Ex-President's Wish Regarding
Burial Was Observed to the
Last Detail.
His
OYSTER BAY, Jin. 8. Colonel
Roosevelt was buried here today with
impressive simplicity. All the pomp
and splendor which the world was
eager to offer to the memory of this
eminent statesman, warrior nnd au
thor; were totally absent. It wns sim
ply the funeral of Theodore Roose
velt, private citizen of Sagamore Hill.
The body was laid to rest on the crest
of a snow-covered knoll, in the Bhudow
of Sagamore Hill.
There was a short prayer service at
COLORE
uenrxxentnilveithe Roosevelt home and 'ceremonies
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without music al me village cnmm
land the cemetery. .Mrs. Roosevelt saw
that the expressed wishes of the colo-
r.el were carried out to the minutest
detail. At the special prayer service
in the home only Mrs. Roosevelt ami
i members of the family, with a very
i few intimate friends, were present.
Mrs. Roosevelt did not attend the ce-e.
monies at Christ churcn or at ine
cemetery.
I Snore fell early in the .day, anil the
earth was blanketed in white us tkci
cortege moved to the cemetery.
( .Among the stables present Were
Vice President Marshall, represcntmg
'President Wilson; (j-niera! March, rep
resenting the United (State army; Ad-
miral Wilson, representing thi navy;
others only ere permitted to iter
t() ccmctcfi" to witness t!ie inter
'ment. A mantl of snow concealed
ik fresh dirt of Ur cxeavtin at the
.grave. Mtighbors and admirers of.i"
.ihe colonel witnessed We last brief?
tj utt kiOin.V
BUYER OF
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STATE Sl'PHKME COURT HAS
Al'FIIt.MKD JUDOU KNOWLKS
DECISION
IS MOST IMPORTANT
PROHIBITION OPINION
t'nso ot State Vs. C I.. Iluslik, Ail-
ponied from Union Circuit Court
Is Decided by Supremo llcneli at
Salem, Upholding Koriiicr ituliug
by l.ocul Judge.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 8. In what
Attorney General Drown declares to
bo tho most important prohibition
opinion since tho passage ot tho bone
dry law, tho supreme court yester
day, in the case of the stato vs. C.
L. Uusick, appealed from Union
county, affirmed Circuit Judgo
Knowles' decision anil held that tho
purchaser of liquor is not uuilty of
an inulctablo offenso, and conac-
fluently is not an accomplice. As a
result u bootlegger may be convicted
ou the unsupported testimony of a
purchaser, and no corroborative evi
dence is needed, provided tho jury
believes the tale of the purchaser.
'While It is true that the sale can
not he made without a purchaser, it
is also true, under tho statute that
the crime is In tho sale of intoxicat
ing liquor and uot Mi the purchase,"
sayn Justice Johns in his opinion.
"Tho whole purpose and intent of tho
prohibition amendment was to pro-
maKe me purcnase 01 such liquor ,an
indictablo -offense, wo held the pur-
chase'r'was nut an accomplice of tho
defendant as a seller."
By reference nlso it is held that,
bitter herb tonic," is an intoxicat
ing liquor in the present case the
man convicted being n druggist and
tho purchaser bought tlirco bottles ot
he tonic in one day. Although it
contains only pub-half of 1 per cent
alcohol, It was held a question
whether It was Intoxicating liquor,
was fairly submitted to the jury.
Othor opinions- today were:
Btato of Oregon vs A. Hortschlng
, nppeal from Multnomah; motion
to dismiss indictment charging crime
of manslaughter; opinion hy Justice
lolins, Circuit Kavanaugh uffirmed.
Lee Ahonon vs. William Hrys.ko,
appellant; appealed from Multno
mah; motion for a nunc pro tunc
order in a personal injury case de
nied; opinion per ci.riam.
FLYERS TO SIBERIA
Three Hundred French Flyers
and
Mechanics Are on "Way.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. Three
hundred French military aviators and;
mechanics sailed for Vladivostock on!
Monday on the transport Sherman. ,
They carried with them airplanes. nr-
ored cars, rapid-fire guns and others
equipment. , ,
A second detachment of mo oincersi
and men will leave here early in .Feb-j
ruary. I
i tx ry Ji
Hi.
if
llrftlsb women gla.a workers are to
wo"gn glaas fuclorjr Korkersjmovlng
LIIR1
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?j?sfirfr i?:? Tjrsi t5 h ' T H I R WFFK
"J' J i'? ' . ' iV'l ' ' . ' fYl&'ZtA 4 PLACF, CONTF.KFNCK TO OPKN
A World Leader Was
Buried Today.
Colonel Theodoro Roosevelt's
remains wore laid to rest today.
Not only is this ' nation in
mourning, but the whole woi'J
realizes tho loss of a man among
men a pronounced leader a
mun who had intellect to deter
mine right from wrong and' who
had abundant courage to fight for
what he believed to be right.
The youngest president wo ever
had, he took tho reins of govern
ment following Major McKinley's
splendid administration and it is
admitted by everyone that .the na
tion's ship of state was well man
ned with Colonel Roosevelt.
The history of the Roosevelt
public life is known to every
household and needs no special
attention in this mention of his
demisa and burial, but it is a
pleasure to have known Colonel
lloosevelt at close range, to have
worked with him and studied his
personality. We have never known
or seen n mun of his type. Ho
stood distinctly alone; there wilt
be no more Roosevclts. His wido
grasp of nil subjects was remark
able, his quick decision was won
derful, and coupled with the fact
that he was right in almost every
instance, made his decisions all
the more different from those of
ordinary men.
One could not be with the colo
nel without feeling the bigness of
his character, although he posses
sed no features that were intend
ed to awe his associates. Ho was
n manly man in every respect. He
did not pose as a ppecinl guide
for other men. Ho apparently
never felt himself un example for
others to follow. Perhaps. in this
existed one of his greatest fea
tures of leadership. .
No public character ever had
the tremendous personal acquaint
ance ajid personal friendships that
Colonel Roosevelt enjoyed. Essen
tially a man of tho common people
he strove at all times to be of
service to them. He was at home
with all, regardless of standing
in society or business,. This was
demonstrated on his trip to La
Grande, as. will well bo remem
bered hy all who saw him.
His death was untimely, for this
nations needs him at the present
moment. We need him for his
wisdom, for the beacon light per
sonality which guided friend and
foe alike. Roosevelt, without ut
tering a word upon a national
subject, was essential because
advocating national measures in
variably formulated them with
expectation of strict scrutiny
from the cx-prcsident. ', .
It is ton had that he could not
have lived until the United States
wades through the entanglements
of the peace program, for, with
out minimizing the men who
have been choten to hundlc that
vastly important work, Colonel
iRoosevclt's opinions would have
had much weight and they would
have been for the right in every
instance.
Rut, the end of all men must '
surely come and regrettable as
the pas:-ing of this great man is
we must all meet it. The words of
the martyred McKinley, when his
life-blco'.l was flowing, are ap
propriate now that his successor
to the presidency has been called
''It is (Jwd's .way His will, not
ours, he done." 1
BRITISH WOMEN WORKERS IN A GLASS FACTORY
V ,V . 'AKlh ' i I" I l-'n the Four
' ' h iW v V .Chief Powers.
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bCVery useful in tne reronstrurtlor, QrUA in EuWpe.
the tluss ibut ha conn' frooi a broken Y"t. :.
5
III
IS
BLOODY STREET I'KiHTlNG CON
TINUES BETWEEN GOVERN
MENT AND REBELS
SPARTACIDES REJECT
OFFER TO NEGOTIATE
Loyal Troops Being Rushed to Capital
to Aid Socialistic Government
Spnrtacidcs Have Successes in the
Berlin Street FightingList of the
Killed la Growing.
LONDON, Jan. 8. Bloody street
fighting is reported as still raging in
Berlin and hundreds of persons un
stated to have been killed. Early dis
patches reported that tho government
forces had been victorious but the re
ceipt of later dispatches makes tins
doubtful.
Heavy reinforcements, including
480,000 loyal soldiers under Gcucnv.i
Groener, nro being rushed n Berlin to
help fight the Bolsheviki. The Kbcrt
government is said to huve offend to
nogotinto with the Spartacide?, but it
is reported that tho latter have reject
ed the offer. .
A violent struggle took place .'(round
the chancellor's palace when the Spnr
tacidcs tried to capture it by a storm
attack. Twenty of the rebel soldiers
were killed in tho first charge An
other furious battle took place in the
Wilhelmstrasse, where the foreign of
fice is loented, Hero the Spnrtncui
soldiors were strongly armed, aH they
had previously captured and lo'ilud tho
great Spandau arsenal.
Tho Eberl governmenC, according to'
the Exchange Telegraph, was musHing
troops in the suburbs of Berlin yester
day morning, with orders to enter I he
city later in tho day "to end tho Bol
sheviki riots."
The Spartacides, at last ropurti,
were said to be In control of tho nulice
department hendquartcrs and th-j Mar
stall building, where they mounted
machine guns with which they were
able to sweep the streets.
All railway traffic In the city has
been suspended, although the subway
is still operating.
The situation in tho German capital
continues to be very grave.
UERNE, Swlu., Jan. R. A truce
has been declared hotweun the Spar-
tlcides und the government troops In
Berlin. Negotiations between the
warring factlor.s have been begun.
LATKIl NEWS SAYS
TItOOPS ARE
I. OVAL
ICTOKIOI S
LONDON, Jan. a. Street fighting
between government and rebel
troops In Merlin bus ended with the
government troops Victorious, accoid-
i lug to rienne advices received here
lata today. Purllamentarlsts huve
I lieen sent to the government by the
Spurlaciilcs "to dlarum measures to
prevent further bloodshed." A truce
ihas been declared for further nogotl-
alions.
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rhotogroph suw-g
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TO CURB DIVORCE
Re-Marriage for Six Yearn Not Al
lowed in Suggested Law.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 8. Marri
age after divorce will not bo permis
sible jn Washington stntto until six
years after a decree has been grant
ed, lnstoim of the present statute en
abling a divorced person to remarry in
six months, if recommendations which
will be submitted by tho committeo on
morula at the close of the regular
meetiny of tho Senttlo Ministerial fed
eration Monday morning are adopted
by the stato legislature.
At the same meeting Judge Everett
Smith of the superior court, and Pierce
Lonergan, former divorce proctor of
King county, will talk to the ministers
on div6rce from tho viewpoint of the
jurist trying the case and the praetor
representing tho undefended side.
?.8 PER CENT A. E. F.
WOUNDED DIE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Of 71,111
wounded and injury cases tabulated in
the American expeditionary hospitals
between January 15 und October 15,
i;18, 85.4 per cent recovered and re
turned to duty, tho war department
announced Tuesday, Tho percentage
of deaths was 8.8.
BETTER ROADS
COU.YI'V SOON
.ItOADS"
TO START "GOOD
CAMPAIGN
'red
is
Faulkner, Wallowa llankor,
lousier Gives Friendly Ad
vice to I'liiou County.
Walluwu county Is gutting ready
lo launch a good roads campaign
Hint will mako othor counties In the
statu takn notice.
Fred Faulkner, bunker, sheepman
and rancher, was In LuGrande today
on his way homo from Portland,
whom ho appuarod before the Btato
Highway commission to intorest that
body In tho places of road from the
Minim tu Joseph. -. It la the Hope-of
Mr. Faulkner that sufficient local as
sistance can bo rendered hy Wallowa
county to induce I he highway com
mission to formulate a comprohou
Hlvo rond program In Wallowa.
"The need of gnod highways has
always been apparent, " he said, "hut
lever was It so forceful as now. Wo
work away for yu.irs under heavy
difficulties and then wnKe'tip to the
fuct that every olher progressive sec
tion of the country l: building perma
nent ronds. The county that falla to
get In tho road building gume Is go
ing to bu left far behind und there
is no other way to view it. Wallowa
county, tho fastest growing agricul
tural ciinniy In thu slate, with her
heavy acreage -recently brought un
der Hie plow, with her fast growing
towns and her wealth -of timber and
minerals, must havo good roads. I
,,, dedicating a good deal ot my fu
tare time to preaching the gospel
of geod roads every where I go. Sure
ly Union county will add to her al
ready well started road program und
utilize the gravel and stone In the
river this winter. Nature has strown
good mini building mateilii'l through
out Union eounly, and while I do not
want, lo iijip'etr In Cut role ol telling
a neighbor whal lo do, I do hope (he
country court will put a rock crush
er at work In the tiraniln Hondo riv
er and gravel and rock afew miles
of re id. leading toward Wallowa
county tills winter."
I
...l!,,l'l-l l.ininir. the
'American secri'tury ..f state, stated
hei today that preliminaiy conversa
tions in tl( pca'- coivfcrencc will prob-
ably begin Kriduy. Thcie prclhnl'
. -'. 1. .. 1-1 II.. .1.
' he said, will be inf.rrinal, With
the United .States, I-'taiice, ('real llrit-
WALLOWA
s
SESSION
niu and Italy participating. r n the ideas set forth in President Wil
it is n"6-'definiU'ly knownwhether, son's speeches. jV! meeting f.'lll be (
Japan will he represented at the lirst.held Thursday at tne foreign offfce, in
meeting, but .e will p;irtii;mte in the 'preparation for the firl peace confer
meetings imiru'ilinWly'upottj the f inaljvnce session.
completion of her delegation. 't,S)Among those pretext thtj confer
j l'he first matter taken up by thojeiice will lW,.,l'esiiicnt Wilscipf IJyin. A.
conference will be in rcgardiiSn Russia, ;ji' JRalfour, "British foreign miitist&V;
,nd itritirularly conewfiing Itio rcla- Lorf Robot Cecil, Trcmier Orlando
Tii.m between Kussnr-and t,,-mawy
The next que-Uion will be that ot a
jjeugue of (gfi tions, which will be ad
jvcct.tcd alui'ig liir(g)C'jnformii with
s
OF
TllltlCIO MOHE STATES DATU'V
NATIONAL l'ltOHiUlTlON
AMENDMENT.
IDAHO TAKES PLACE
IN RANKS OF "DRYS"
Supporter of tho Uoozo Uusiucaa
Are Dallying for the I,t Stage
of tho Fight Twenty States
Ilavo Officially Approved tho Nn
tionul Amendment. :
CHICAGO, Jan. 8. Throo more
states Tuesday ratified the proposed
prohibition amendment, making a to.
tnl of nineteen states indorsing tho
proposed amendment. The house of
tho Idaho legislature voted Tuesday
for the amendment and if the cnii
follows suit the proposal will need to
bo passed by only sixtoen more statcB.
Legislatures of Ohio, Colorado and
Okluhoma ratified the legislation. Rep
resentatives of the distillers' mot in
Chicago and decided to opposo tho
prohibition law which goes into effect
July 1 by ovcry legal means 'jossible.
Twenty States Ratify.
IThe states which have ratified the '
prohibition amendment thus far are
Kentucky, Virginia, Mississippi, Mis
souri, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Maryland. Montana, Arisona, Dela
ware, Texas, South Carolina, Massa
chusetts, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida,
Micmgun, umo, Colorado and Okla
homa. At a meeting of Che distilling inter- .
ests of the United States resolutions
adopted declared that the time had
come for members of the industry to
make "a most determined resistance
to such revolutionary methods " re
ferring to the wur-timo prohibition
law and the proposed federal tons l
tutlonnl amendment. The action Tues
day also provided that power to make
liquor's fight shall bo vested In a com
mittee and Attorney Levy Meyer ,ef
Chicago was appointed chief counsel.
Will Rattle to I'inlsh.
Although Mr. Meyer would make
no statement for publication regarding
plans for the coming court battles
which will be taken to the- United
States supreme court for the finul out
come, it was learned that the distil
lers will not quietly submit to en
forcement of the war-time prohibition
act which becomes effective next July
1. It is said to be the plan to allow
the government to make the first
movement by, charging a violation and
upon tho prosecution thereof the li
quor interests will wngo their fight.
Ilnse Plea in Antiquity.
Tho resolution adopted Tuesduy
stated that there are uOO distilleries in
the country with an nggregate invest
ment in plants und products of at
lenst $1,000,000,000; that tho industry
actually antedates the constitution
ndoptcd in 1780, und that the business
'has heretofore been recognized, en
'ouraged and protected by the United
States government itself." It was also
stilted that there is on hand about
IfiO.OO'O.OOO gallons ofwhisky and al
cohol, of a total value of about $760,-
(1110,01)0, und that federal and state
taxes of at least $5,000,000,000 have
been paid since the cnuctment of the
internal' revenue law of 18112. ,
Declare Law Against Constitution.
The resolutions declared that carry
ing out of tho war-time prohibition
legislation and the proposed amend
ment would destroy the property in
volved and would "violato' every prin
eipic of American justice and of con
stitutional guarantees." . .;- -
It was further asserted that consti
lutiotla! lawyers of eminence have
given their opinions that the proposed
amendment "is inherently vieious and
destroys the basic .rights of local twlf
govornment which the Ihe 'orRertimfl
upon which our "constitution m1 the
hole. theory and etructara f fir
governmlnt Tcsls.
KKAfTLE, Wash, Jan. 8. Hiram
CiHiill, former mayoruf Sta'tle, died
"'r0 mcsoiry iu nuucii.a.
eai rorcign aimisTer aonnio or uaiy,
P,lUr,ior r-lemennenil Vnreit-n Mtlill.
ter Pichii, and Messri. Whfft "and
Insing of the American dciegation.o
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