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THE UORSIXG OREGCXNIAN, SATURDA.Y, JSUSBKOAJKX IS, IS PLAYING HIS FISH Gates Allows Wheat to Suffer Slight Decline. TO PREVENT IMPORTATIONS Armours Take the Field Against Him Gates Wants Title of Wheat King, and May Boom Cotton, Then Will Retire. CHICAGO, Feb. 17. (Special.) Rumors of the proposed retirement of John "W. Gates from the pit, if he can secure the title of "wheat king:," and the falling off . of the cereal from $1.21, yesterday's clos ing price, to figures ruling between $1.18 and J1.19&, were the features today on the Board of Trade. It was said the big operator Intended the present deal to be the crowning tri umph of his speculative career, and that, with it once concluded, he would drop markets and stocks and devote himself to his automobile. For this reason he is said to be maneuvering carefully, and wishes to steady the market now, because a premature advance would make possi ble large Importations from Argentina and enable the "shorts" to recuperate. More than 3,000,000 bushels of Argentine wheat entered the local market this week. Mr. Gates Is at present In New Orleans k, and, according to popular report, is mak ing arrangements there to do for the weak cotton market what he has so suc cessfully accomplished for the enhance ment of' the price of wheat. Armour & Co., who ordinarily are the biggest dealers in the market, do not approve of the present high prices and were helping the decline today by liberal offerings. Wheat cargoes from Argentina were offered, delivered at a point con sent on the Atlantic Coast to Phila delphia and Baltimore, at $1.18. duty paid, which is cheaper tan May wheat in Chi cago, and the foreign wheat Is of excel lent quality. There was no suggestion in the weakness today that Mr. Gates had lost his grip on the market, for in such a case the decline would in all likelihood have trebled or quadrupled the loss in the price that was experienced. YICT0EY WAS Iff HIS GBASP Gripenberg Says He Lost Because Kuropatkln Refused Aid. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 17. The arrl val in St. Petersburg of General Grlppen berg, former commander of the Second. Manchurian Army, who reached here at midnight, has caused a good deal of sen sation in military circles. The General frankly avows that he relinquished his command after the recent attempt of the Russians to flank Field Marshal Oyama, because, as he charges. General Kuropat kln, refused to send him help when vic tory was in General Grlppenberg's hands. Instead, ordering the latter to withdraw. Grlppenberg will probably report on the situation to Emperor Nicholas. It is too early to say what the result will be, al though It is evident that Kuropatkln's enemies are pushing their campaign agauiBt him. It Is, only- ialr to Kuropat kln to say that his friends ' claim that Kuropatkin's eide of the story is that he only Intended to make a demonstration in force, and that Grlppenberg pressed the attack too far and became too much In volved. In an interview General Grlppenberg said: "I am glad to give an account of the battle of my army, the telegrams I have seen being far from the truth. Kuropat kln, 6f course, authorized the advance, but he imposed the condition that It should not go beyond Heikoutai and San depas. My plan was to capture Heikoutai and thence outflank Sandepas. From the First Army Corps before Heikoutai I detached a brigade, which occupied Hei koutai January 25. The Japanese cut in from the south of the brigade and caused :i crossfire, but held on until I got an other brigade to cover Its retreat. The Japanese were now concentrating on their left. "During the evening of January 25 I and my army were ordered, under no cir- urnstances, to fall back from our posi tions. The next morning my whole front was engaged, the troops being disposed i s follows: On the extreme right the First Corps, then the First Rifle Corps and the fifth division of the Second Corps, which had just arrived from Russia. Al together I had 62 battalions. The enemy had twice as many. "The battle of January 26 was con tinued until the evening. We did not sur W 'render an inch of ground. My left flank, which was clearing the road to Sandepas, of-lng weak, I asked the Commander-in-Chief, who had 60 battalions available, for reinforcements. He declined to send any, apparently taking the Japanese demon stration at the center as being a general advance. Nevertheless, I decided to storm Heikoutai the next day. All the sur rounding villages were already in our hands. "Early January 27 the fiercest fighting occurred. We again held our own. The road to Sandepas. the Japanese point of concentration, was quite clear of the enemy. 1 therefore again appealed to the Commander-in-Chief for reinforce ments. If he had listened to my entreat ties we would have riven the ring of 100,000 of the enemy. "The Japanese, beinc menaced by a strong force of Russian cavalry from the south and southwest, - evidently real ized the danger of tackling us. In des peration, January 2S, they four times dqs perately assaulted our outer positions and were beaten off each lime in such bril liant fashion that it does my heart good to remember the gallantry of my brave comrades. I might easily have followed up these repulses by a headlong offensive, but I was tied down by the Commander-in-Chiefs restrictions and his refusal to send me reinforcements. How anxiously I awaited a reply on both subjects! Just think of what victory meant. Complete victory was in our grasp. The loss of thousands of lives was not dreadful before such a result. "The reply of General Kuropatkln ar rived at 5 in the evening in the shape of an order to leave a small force in our positions and move up the army to his support in view of the expected Japanese advance on the center. How was it pos sible for the Japanese to take the center when all their available forces were di verted West? It Is Impossible to describe the Impression produced upon me by the order At first I was afraid to communi cate to my victorious army, but there was nothing else to do. "We retreated during the night of Jan uary 29 with tears in our eyes and bit terness in our hearts. It was then I de cided that my presence at the theater of war was no longer possible, and the next day I handed in a report to the Commander-in-Chief, demanding' my relief." RUSSIANS BREAK THEIR PAROLE Three Officers of the Lena Flee From San Francisco. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. The State Department ,has invited the attention of the Russian Government to the fact that three officers of the Russian transport Iena, who were interned at San Fran cisco, have broken their parole and are now in St. Petersburg. The men are En gineer S. Kopazin and Midshipmen Peter Mlchacloff and Andrew Kyra Danyan. It was on January 31 last that the Navy Department was quietly advised of the absence of the Russian officers of the Lena, and Immediately steps were taken to locale them, with the result that they were found to be In St. Petersburg. Sec retary Hay has notified the Russian Gov ernment of the facts in the case, making ho demand for the return of the men, but simply leaving it to the Russian Gov ernment to do the proper thing in this case. The Japanese Government Is aware of the escape of the Russian officers, but it has made no protest so far, evidently In spired by a conviction that the United States Government has been adopting every customary precaution to insure the observance of strict neutrality in its ports. However, as a legal proposition, the United States Government is re sponsible for the flight of the men, though what measure of reparation 1b expected by the Japanese Government is not known. That such a thing will not happen again is certain, for under in struction from the Navy Department, Ad miral McCalla has taken steps to keep constantly informed of the whereabouts of every one of the officers and crew of the Lena. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 18 ((2 A. M.) The Russian government had as yet re ceived no protest against the alleged vio lation of paroles by officers of the trans port Lena at San Francisco, either through Ambassador McCormick or Am bassador Casslnl. PLAN TO DESTROY RAILROADS Japanese and Chinese Bandits at Work Russians Suffer Repulse. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 17. A dispatch from Saehelun, Manchuria, says that 11. 000 Japanese troops and Chinese bandits are reported to be in Southeast Man churia in the neighborhood of Chalbaso chon, 45 miles northwest of Gunshu Pass, whence they intend to operate against the railroad. A detachment of Russian frontier guards, wit htwo gunB, encoun tered the Japanese February 14, and de feated them. The detachment, however, while advancing, was surrounded by two regiments of Japanese cavalry, four com panies of Infantry and a large band of Chinese bandit's about 15 miles northwest of Gunshu Pass, and lost heavily. One gun was lost and nearly all the gun horses and a number of gunners were killed. Bombarding and Skirmishing. , TOKIO, Feb. 17. The following an nouncement was made today: "On Thursday the enemy's artillery bombarded our positions In front of Shacopao, Hanchenpao, Mcngtapao and their vicinities. Today at 5 o'clock in the morning the officer in command of our scouts encountered and repulsed the enemy's Infantry, about 100 strong, near Pinniulupao. The enemy who had come southward since Wednesday retreated north to Llukanfang, 10 miles northwest of Chltaitse." British Ships Sold to Belligerents. LONDON, Feb. 17. The Dally Express says that the Union Castle Line steamships Roslin Castle. Raglin Castle and Dunoldi Castle and the Clan Liner's Clan Mac Pherson have been sold to a German firm. The names of the vessels, the paper adds, have been changed, and it is supposed they are destined for one of the Far East combatants. STATUS OF JEWS IN ETJSSIA Commission Is Inquiring Into Pass port System for Americans. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Steps to se cure recognition by Russia of the pass ports of American Jews were taken today by a committee of Congressmen which had been in communication with Secretary Hay In regard to the matter. Chairman Wachter, of this committee, had entered a statement from the Secretary of State, who points out that negotiation? are still pending. The committee is composed of Representatives Wachter, of Maryland; Goldfogle, of New York; Lucking, of Michigan; Bell, of California, and Rob erts, of Massachusetts. A meeting was held today at which was read Secretary Hay's statement. Secretary Hay's letter details the pre sentation through Ambassador McCor mick of the resolution to Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affaire. On September 21, 1904, Count Lamsdorff Informed the Ambassador that a special commission had been Instituted with the object of generally revising the passport regulations actually In force. Blncc then. Secretary Hay adds, "no further commu nication In regard to this specific question has been made to the American Embassy, but the Ambassador has advised the de partment from time to time of the extent to which the investigation commission has directed attention to the domestic prob lem of the status and treatment of Jews in Russia." MRS. CHAD WICK'S HEALTH GOOD She Appears in Court and Repudiates Her Maid's Claim. CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 17. When the hearing of Mrs. Cassie Chadwick's bank ruptcy case was called today, Mrs. Chad wick, attired in the same brown costume that she wore when she appeared In the United States District Court on the day of her arrival from New York, appeared to plead to the charges against her. Appar ently she was today enjoying excellent health. She walked briskly into the courtroom and displayed none of the nerv ousness that marked her bearing when last seen in public She -examined each of the claims against her In a critical manner, and rejected a number of them wholly or in part. Among those repudiated was the claim of Freda Swanstrom. her maid, who presented a sworn statement showing that her em ployer owed her for seven months' service at $45 per month. Mrs. Chadwlck de clared that she did not owe Freda, so much. The claims taken up at today's session of the court were generally of minor Im portance, none of the big accounts being passed upon. The hearing was adjourned until tomorrow. BREAK AWAY FROM ADDICKS Six of His Men In Delaware Vole for Dupont. DOVER, Del., Feb. 17. When the Gen eral Assembly met in joint session today Fix Union Republicans broke away from J. Edward Addlcks. Only one ballot was taken. It resulted as follows: Addlcks, 15; Saulsbury. 20; H. A.. Dupont, 9; T. Cole man Dupont, 4; Henry A. Richardson, 16; Caleb R. Dayton. 1; total, '50; neces sary to a choice, 26. The Democrats and the Addlcks Repub licans forced an adjournment until to morrow. Niedringhaus Still in Suspense. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Feb. 17. After taking one ballot the joint session of the Legislature adjourned today until Mon day. The vote resulted as follows: Niedringhaus 45. Cockrell 54, Kerens 12, McKlnley 4, Chambers 1. There were 29 pairs. rXOATIXO SPOTS BEFORE JCTES. Dimness of vision and weak eyes, cured by Murine Eye Remedies. A home cure for ayes that need cure. Sold everywhere. Habitual constipation cured am the bowels strengthened by the regular use of Carter's Little Liver .Pills in small docas. Don't f Greet jthlR. REFINERY BILL SIGNED GOVERNOR HOCH APPROVES THE MEASURE AGAINST STANDARD. Declares Action Necessary to Defend Kansas From "Greatest Socialist Corporation on Earth." TOP UK A. Kan., Feb. 17. Governor Hoch at noon today slgndd the bill passed on Wednesday, appropriating $200,000 for the erection and maintenance by the state of an oil refiner', with a capacity of 2000 barrels a. day. The signing of this meas ure will make it possible for Kansas to begin In earnest the fight started In this state recently against the Standard Oil Company. In signing the bill. Governor Hoch sent a lengthy message to ths Legislature, re viewing the fight which has ended in the present legislation and giving his reasons for signing the refinery bill. Governor Hoch, In his message, objected to the size of the appropriation made for the purpose of carrying the law into ef fect. He said that he differed from the majority of the Legislature only In regard to the method of fighting the Standard OH Company. The message also urged the Legislature to supplement the refinery bill with railroad legislation which will prevent the trust from defeating the pur pose of the act. Governor Hoch Eald it was not the pur pose of the act to drive the Standard Oil Company out of Kansas, or to deprive It of legitimate profits, or to do It any In Jury of any kind, but simply to compel It to treat the people of Kansas fairly and to give every man a square deal. The establishing of a state refinery, he said, is not an attempt to establish a monopoly, but to compel a monopoly al ready existing to be decent. "It is an attempt to make competition possible, and not to destroy competition, as Socialism does," Governor Hoch says, "and when normal conditions have been restored the state will be glad to retire from the refining of oil and leave the business In the hands of private compet itors, where It legitimately belongs, but where It is now Impossible on account of the groatest Socialistic corporation now doing business on the face of the earth, the Standard Oil Company" Referring to the question of the control of great aggregations of capital, which he said now confronts the American peo ple. Governor Hoch said a significant Il lustration of their coercive character and their menace to private and public weal was furnished In the recent action of the Standard Oil Company In petulantly and arbitrarily withdrawing its patronage from the Kansas producers. He declared that such an economic con dition which makes it possible for one man with a single stroke of his pen to bankrupt thousands of his fellow citizens is inherently wrong, and will not be per manently tolerated by a free and patriotic people. Further legislation directed against the Standard Oil Company came up In tho House today. A bill making oil pipe lines common carriers, and reported by Chair man Boekman. of the House oil and gas committee, was made a special order for the afternoon session. This Is one of two remaining oil bills still up. The other is the anti-dlscrlmlnation bill, designed to prevent the Standard Oil Company from underselling the state. It has been made a special order for next Monday. MORE ANTI - STANDARD LAWS Kansas Legislature Makes Pipe Lines Common Carriers. TOPEKA. Kan., Feb. 17. The Kansas House today, without a dissenting vote, passed the bill making oll-plpe .lines com mon carriers. This Is the second ot the series of bills directetd against the Stand ard Oil Company and was strongly 'op posed by the Standard Oil interests. It has already passed the Senate and has been signed by the Governor. Without this bill the refinery plan could not have been carried out successfully, owing to the lack of pipe lines owned by the state. Now, however, the state oil can be piped through the Standard'3 lines. The antl-dlscrlmlnatlon bill, designed to prevent the Standard from underselling the state refinery, will be made a special order for next Monday. Tills bill makes It unlawful for any commodity to be sold In any one town of the state lower than In another, except such difference as may be .made necessary through freight rates. Thus the Standard will be pre vented from setting the price of oil to meet the state price at any place In the state, unless it reduced tho price in the whole state. ALL A STOCK-JOBBING SCHEME Officer of the Standard Thus De scribes State Refinery Law. KANSAS CITY. Feb. 17. John O'Brien, assistant general manager of the Kansas properties ot the Standard Oil Company, issued a statement today, in which he charges the agitation in Kansas against the Standard Oil Com pany to stock Jobbers. He states that 64 oil companies, each capitalized at S1.000.00D or more, or an aggregate capital of $74,000,000, have been created In Kansas. Their aggregate production, he says, is about 1500 bar rels a day. or about 21 barrels for each million dollars of capital. The prom ises . made to the stockholders cannot be carried out, he says, and the only way lu which the promoters could ward off the consequences of an ex posure of their, operations lay In se curing a plausible excuse with which to allay the clamor of stockholders. ASKS MONEY FOR OIL INQUIRY Secretary of Commerce and Labor Says Work Will Take Time. WASHINGTON. Fob. 17. Funds with which to prosecute the inquiry Into the methods of the Standard Oil Company in Kansas were asked of the House today by tho Secretary of Commerce and Labor. In his communication tho Secretary says that this Inquiry cannot be completed be fore July 1. His suggestion is that the unexpended balance of an Item of W5.000 and another of 515,000 carried In the logls latlve, executive and Judicial appropria tion act be made available for this as well as all other .work of investigation which his department is prosecuting. The items were appropriated to carry on the "beef trust" and other inquiries. Colorado May Build Refinery. DEN.VER. Feb. 17. A bill for the es tablishment of a state oil refinery has been Introduced In the Colorado Legisla ture by Representative Clifton H. Wilder. The bill provides for an appropriation of $125,000 for the erection and operation of a refinery. The price of crude oil in this state has recently "been reduced from one dollar to 0 cents a barrel. Standard Resumes Buying Oil. CHANUTE. Kan.. Feb. 17. The Sandard Oil Company Is again buying oil In the Chanuto district, after refusing to take any for one week. The construction of pipe lines In the territory is also In operation. MANITOBA WANTS TO EXPAND Asks Laurier to Extend Boundaries North and West. OTTAWA. Feb. 17.-SIr Wilfrid Laurier today received a delegation from the Manitoba government which a,aked that the boundaries of. Manitoba be extended westward over a portion of the Northwest rrrUorv jmd earthward as far as Hud- son's Bay. Sir Wilfrid told the delegates that their request would be considered by him and his colleagues in connection with tho question ot autonomy for the terri tories. v It Is likely that the Northwest Territory will oppose. Manitoba's request. The Pre mier today gave notice of two bills which he intends to Introduce next week con ferring provincial autonomy on the North west territories! The bills provide for two provinces. One of them will be known as Saskatchewan and the other as Alberta. HE ASSAILS THE GOVERNOR West Virginia Senator Secures Inves tigation of Boodle Charges. CHARLESTON. W. Va.. Feb. 17. Several attacks on Governor White and Governor-elect Dawson were, made today by State Senators In the West Virginia Senate, and a resolution was passed or dering an investigation. The resolution as passed contains the following: Senators Marshall, McGlnnla and Carrigan are constituted an Investigation committee to prob corruption charges made on the floor of the Senate. In newspaper reports and what ever may be cathered from the four winds. Senator Caldwell delivered a fierce tirade against the two officials. He said Governor White was guilty of dividing with the Secretary of State the fees of the latter office In consideration of an appointment. He also said a letter had been sent out from New York by a Charleston attorney offering to secure a reduction In license tax on foreign corpo rations in consideration of half of the de crease secured by legislation. He also asserted that White and Dawson were back of this letter. All of these charges, together with the charges that Senators had accepted bribes to oppose or advocate pending legislation will come under the review of the Investigating committee. Wyoming Senate Opposed Rate Bill. CHEYENNE. Wyo., Feb. 17. A resolu tion, which unanimously passed the House, requesting Wyoming's delegation In Congress "to give Its earnest support to any proportion to authorize the Inter state Commerce Commission to fix rail way rates along the lines recommended by ' President Roosevelt," was killed in the Wyoming Senate today by a large ma jority. The Senate consists of 19 Repub licans and four Democrats. Four Demo crats and two Republicans voted for the , resolution. Peabody's Evidence in Rebuttal. ' DENVER, Feb. 17. Nothing of impor- tance has yet developed In the testimony t introduced by ex-Governor Peabody In re- ! buttal of the defense of Governor Alva Adams In the Gubernatorial contest. To-, day's session was brief. The principal witness was W. H. Dickson. Speaker of the House. He testified that he had tried to have 4000 names "stricken from the registration lists in Denver before election, because, he alleged, they were ; either fictitious or the names of people j who had moved. TUG OF WAR IS OK IN HUNGARY Neither Emperor Nor Independents' Will Yield a Point. VIENNA. Feb. 17. The Hungarian Cab inet crisis Is as far from settlement today : as when Emperor Francis Joseph received Francis Kossuth In audience on Sunday. , Since then a series of conferences have taken place between the leaders of the 1 various Hungarian parties, who are look- ' Ing vainly for a solution of the problem, j Neither -c Emperor nor the Independ ent are ready td yield on what each re- gards as vital points of policy. Despite the 'fact that tile Emperor's recognition ' of the Independents today would result In fulfilling the party's desires probably for many years to come, the Emperor re mains most reluctant to, recognize in any way whatever the. party demands, which he declares is impossible. New Diet in Session. BUDAPEST, Hungary. Feb. 17. The. newly elected Diet met today under the presidency of M. Madarasz, who occupied the chair by right of seniority. In declar ing the session open. M. Madarasz said the new standing orders introduced In the Parliament were Illegal. The debates therefore would be conducted in accord ance with the old rules. The entry of Count Albert Apponyl and Francis Kossuth. Into the House was the signal for warm applause from their fol lowers. BALFOUR FIRMLY IN OFFICE. Lord Hugh Cecil Gives Him His Vote, but Opposes His Policy. LONDON. Feb. 17. The majority of 63 by which Mr. Asqulth's amendment to the reply to the speech from the throne was rejected by the House of Commons last night is regarded as giving the gov ernment the first move In the political game and as finally disposing of any prospect of dissolution of Parliament. The real event of the night's debate was the brilliant speech delivered by Lord Hugh Cecil, which Is admitted both by his friends and opponents to have been his finest oratorical effort. Lord Hugh Cecil is the leader of the Conserva tive free-traders, and the Liberals had placed their hopes In him to turn out the government. He disillusioned thehi by contending that the free-trade cause would gain by keeping the present gov ernment in office still longer. And while he mercilessly pulled to pieces his cousin Balfour's ambiguous attitude on fiscal questions, he declined to vote for the Asqulth amendment. The majority of Conservative free-traders will follow Lord Hugh Cecil's lead, and the govern ment's position Is considered safe. M'OONNELL IS DEFENDED. Government Denies He Was Disloyal in Favoring Irish Liberty. LONDON. Feb. 17. The House of Lords this evening discussed at length the ac tion of Sir Anthony MacDonnell in as sisting Jn the formulation of Lord Dun raven's reform scheme for Ireland. The matter came up by Lord Dunravcn calling Eruptions Dry, moist, scaly tetter, all forma of eczema or salt rheum, pimple and other cutaneous eruptions pro ceed from humors, either inherited, or acquired through defective di gestion and assimilation. To treat these eruptions with drying medicines is dangerous. 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Prices are marvelously low and merit very liberal buying. rw7 No. 1 1-4 in. wide, was 30c piece; special, piece No. 1 1-2 3-8 in., wide, was 5c yard; special, yd 2 No. 21-2 in. wide, was 6c yard; special, yd 3 No. 51 in. wide, was 10c yard; special, yd No. 7 1 1-4 in. wide, was 12c yard; special, yd No. 91 5-8 in. wide, was 15c yard; special, yd No. 122 in. wide, was 20c yar; special, yd No. 162 1-2 in. wide, was 25c yard; special yd No. 223 in. wide, was 30c yard; special, yd No. 403 5-8 in. wide, was 35c yd; special, yd No. 604 14 in. wide, was 40c and 50c yd.; spec, yd. attention to the Solicitor-General's speech charging collusion between Sir Anthony and the Devolutionlsts. Lord Dunraven said Sir Anthony did not originate the scheme and disapproved of it. Foreign Secretary Lansdowne warmly defended the under-secretary. He said the government disavowed any devolution scheme, but did not charge Sir Anthony MacDonnell with disloyalty In favoring It. Canada for Preferential Trade. LONDON. Feb. 17. The Earl of Mlnto, ex-Governor-General of Canada, was the guest of honor tonight at the banquet of the British Empire League. The Earl of Derby presided. Lord Mlnto spoke at length rogardlng Canada's progress and prospects. He said that the prevailing spirit of all Canadians was love and ad miration for the mother country. -He was able to say that the colony as a whole and the leading statesmen of both parties were absolutely In favor of the British preference and realized that free trade within the empire is possible. Coolie System in Transvaal Wins. LONDON. Feb. 17. The session of the House of Commons today was devoted to the debate on the amendment of Thomas G. McNamara to the address In reply to the speech from the throne regretting that the facts relaUng to the importation of coolies Into the Transvaal showed that the assurances given to the House had not been carried out, and also regretting that the opinion of Uie 'leople of the Transvaal Importation had not been ob tained. The amendment was defeated. King Edward Receives Diplomats. LONDON. Feb. 17. The first court of the year, which was essentially a diplo matic function, was held In Buckingham Palace tonight. The attendance was large wi. a particularly 'full representation of the embassies, including Ambassador and Mrs. Choate. King Edward and Queen Alexandra were accompanied by the royal circle. American Degree for Kaiser. BERLIN. Feb. 17. Emperor William will accept the Jegree of doctor of laws from the University of Pennsyl vania. 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