VOL. XLIX.-XO. 13,084.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1909.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
DEMOCRATS TALK
OF STAR CHAMBER
BANK PARTNER IN
SWINDLE GAMES?
BRYAN THUNDERS
CHILD PROTECTION
IS OBJECT OF LAW
RAVENOUS BUYING
SENDS WHEAT UP
(DAT nnianinni in
nai rumrauuuno
BARRED IN STORE
AT FITZGERALD
RATE LAW REVISED
SAMUEL SUTOR FILES SENSA
TIONAL SUIT IN IOWA.;
'CHILDREN'S CHARTER" IS NOW
EFFECTIVE IX BRITAIX.
GIRLS BEHIND COUNTERS MUST
CUT DOWX HIRSUTE BEAUTY.
HARRIMAN
WANTS
Demand Part in Senate
Tariff Hearings.
ALDRICH'S TELLING RETORT
Says Democrats Framed Wil
son Bill Same Way.
ONLY EXPERT EVIDENCE
ranlrl Says Framing of Bill Is Re
garded as Private Snap and Ray
ner Makes Pitiful Plea for
Elklns' Interest.
WASHINGTON. April 1 What turned
out to be a general debate on the tariff
was a feature of the Senate proceedings
today on Bacon's resolution favoring
ne consideration of tariff legislation !
by the full committee on finance instead
of by the Republican members of that
committee only.
Aldrich insisted that the procedure
adopted in this case was similar to
that which had been the practice of
the Senate for 50 years In dealing with
tariff measures, and he added that the
same method was adopted In handling
the Wilson tariff bill, for which, he
said, a substitute was framed by a
sub-committee composed of Democrats.
The Democrats contend for represen
tation at hearings by the committee, and
argued that the Republican members.
Rlttlng as such, had no right to au
thorize the expenditure of the public
funds in furtherance of an ex parte con
sideration of the bill In committee. The
resolution was finally referred to the
committee on finance.
Has Been Examining Experts.
When Bacon called attention to a
statement made by Hale last Monday
that he had Just come from the committee-room,
where there were "30 or
40 disaffected or cMssRtlsfled Pcnnsyl
vanians." it was explained both by Hale
and Aldrich that the number has been
overstated. It seemed. Aldrich said,
that all the people coming before the
members of the committee hud been
experts, whose assistance had been
necessary for a proper understanding
of the question being considered. He
said the House had been having hear
ings and had published nine volumes
of them, and he doubled whether any
Democratic Senator had read any part
of them.
"You will have to make an exception
In my case," said Bailey, interrupting,
"although I have not read all of them,
and do not intend to."
Aldrich said the experts were not
subpenaed or pak'. any witness fees,
and he declared that their statements
were not public hearings. at all.
Tariff Bill Private Snap.
Daniel insisted on knowing what ob
jections could be urged by the Senator
from Rhode Island against the Demo
cratic members of the committee hear
ing the statements.
"Is it." asked Daniel, "a private snap
for the purpose of framing a tariff bill
without giving a right to representa
tives of the people to hear the testi
mony ?'
Aiarich said it was the purpose of
the committee, so far as h: knew, to
nun puoiic nearings.
Rayner strongly opposed the major-
" memoa of framing the tariff bill,
Hayner's Plea for Elklns.
nen you are dividing this plun
der." he said, "at least be fair to each
other. On behalf of the Senator from
. Virginia, i at least beg of you
. n.in DacK nis raw materials.
ne uns stood with you on the field of
battle and, when the hour of submis
sion comes, the Senator from West Vlr
Kiivia will be here and his protesting
win noc do neard In this hall
"umiisi a single article on th
schedule."
He referred to the coal mines of
kins and his indignation over the prop-
t-.nu.wi m piace me products of hi
state upon the free list.
m mia siue.- ne said, "are In
... l.utiuisnea and, so
far as I am concerned. I would ntli.r
be in the camp of the vanquished than
In the camp of the victors In the pos
session of the spoils."
Star Chamber Process.
Rayner declared that the Republican
procedure was merely a star chamber
process.
"I have a right," said Aldrich. reply
ing to this latter charge, "to have a
conversation without having a Demo
cratic Senator cross-examine the per
son with whom I conversed." He de
clared that the Democratic members of
the finance committee were holding
meetings of their own and that they
had their experts.
Rayner said the members of the com
mittee lost their individual character
when they became a committee of the
Senate charged with a public duty.
Aldrich replied that. It the Senator
from Maryland should frame a tariff
bill according to his policy, he would
not get 10 Democratic votes for it.
Tax Living ltk-h. Not Bead.
Bailey Indignantly resented the claim
of Aldrich to speak for the Democratic
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Man Duped by "Swindle Syndicate"
Says Bank Officials Were
In on Scheme.
COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia.. April 1. A
sensational suit was filed in the Federal
Court today by Samuel Sutor, of Cass
Lake, Minn., against the First National
Bank, Its officials and other persons, in
which Sutor charges that the bank was
In collusion with Maybray and his as
sociates who are under Indictment for
swindling by means of fake horse races,
wrestling matches and similar schemes.
Sutor names as defendants the First
National Bank of Council Bluffs; Ernest
L. Hart, president: and John J. Splndler,
cashier; George Wilson and Benjamin
Alarska.
John Wilson Is alleged to have been
Maybray's riBht-hand man In the so
called "Swindle Syndicate," and is de
clared by Sutor to have handled the
stake money, which Included Sutor's
J5000. Hart and Splndler deny that they
knew of the alleged swindles of May
bray and his asociates. They declare
they handled Sutor's letter of credit from
the bank In Cass Lake in the same man
ner as similar paper Is usually handled.
AHEAD OF STEEL TRUST
Independent Steel Men Pay $50,-
000,000 for Coal Land.
PITTSBURG, April 1. Anticipating the
United States Steel Corporation, which
it is said, had been Intending to procure
the property, a deal was closed today by
independent steel concerns for 100,000
acres of Pittsburg coking coal land lying
in Greene. Fayette and Washington
counties, Pennsylvania, at a cost of $50.
000,000. The property was held by J. V.
Thompson, of Unlontown, Pa., and as
sociates.
The sale was made to a holding com
pany. representing, it is said, every im
portant independent steel company in the
country except Jones & Laughlins, of
Pittsburg, who are said not to be inter
ested in the deal. Charles M. Schwab -of
the Bethlehem Steel Company is said to
be at the head of the new concern and it
is rumored that John W. Gates was be
hind the deal.
RIVAL IS AFTER WESTON
Army Sergeant, Just In From 7 700
Mile AValk, Starts Off Aganvwihiotf but his association with Mr. Can
BOSTON, April 1. Seraeant John
Walsh.' of the United States Army, the
long-distance walker, who arrived in Bos
ton today, after having completed
walk from Boston to San Francisco and
return, a distance of 7700 miles in 156
days, started late in the afternoon, after
a few hours' rest, to repeat the perform
ance. (.
Walsh left Boston August 12, 1908, and
arrived in San Francisco October 2, ac
cording to his statement. He lost 50
pounds, but felt strong and would make
the present trip in competition with Ed
ward Payson Weston, who started from
New York last week.
Walsh is 57 years old.
STUDENTS ARE REVENGED
Send 400 Wagonloads of Merchan
dise to Justice of Peace.
PARIS. April 1. The Royalist students,
who were condemned to Imprisonment
and fined recently by M. Hammerd
Justice of the Peace, for mutilatin
statues and demonstrating in the streets
and theaters, have taken, a humorous
revenge against the Justice. They ordered
400 wagon loads of merchandise of every
description from pianos to coal, delivered
at M. Hammerd's residence.
Almost a riot occurred in front of Ham
merd's home today when the deliveries
began. Traffic was impeded and the irate
drivers were with difficulty induced to
depart without leaving their loads.
YOUTHFUL CLERK IN GRIEF
Only 2 6 Years Old, Yet Is Thought
to Have Embezzled $100,0 00
BALTIMORE, April 1. William
Downs, a young clerk in the City Regis
ter's office, was held today in X30.000 ba
for a hearing on a charge of having
embezzled city funds. State's Attorney
Owens said that the amount taken from
the city probably would aggregate S100,
00.
Downs is 26 years old. He has been liv
ing In style beyond the means of a $900
a year clerk, which he was until recently
when he was promoted to a $1400 clerk
ship much against his will. He kept
couple of race horses, and Is said to hav
been a patron of prize fights, and to have
had other expensive habits.
ARIZONA GOLD RUSH IS ON
Crowds Flock to Salome, Where Rich
Ore Is Being Found.
PHOENIX. Ariz.. April 1. The arrival
here of several sacks of Immensely valu
able ore from the recent strike between
the little towns of Salome and Vlcksburg.
has caused tremendous excitement,
least 1000 men are In the vicinity.
claims have been staked out for a radius
of ten miles from the .strike. Many are
leaving here for the scene.
Mining men from Colorado and Nevada
are beginning to arrive and outfit for
trip to the new ground. Little towns ha
oeen laid out in the vicinity, and lot
are selling at $25 each.
Denounces Him for Aid
ing Republicans.
AS BETRAYED HIS PARTY
Says Cannon Violated Rules in
Promoting Him.-
ADDS INSULT TO INJURY
ulzer May Break With Tammany
Because Murphy and McCarren,
Instigated by the . Trusts,
Urged On Insurrection.
LINCOLN, Neb.. April 1 (Special.)
Denouncing the 23 Democrats of the
House who voted with Speaker Can
non, and singlinar out Sunniuni. n.,
Fitzgerald, of New York, as one of the
worst, Mr. Bryan says in his Commoner
r tomorrow:
"The action of Speaker Cannon in se
eding Congressman Fitzgerald as the
minority member of the committee on
rules was a gross violation of rules and
usages of the House of Representatives.
If any one is appointed to a commit
tee as a Democrat, he ought to be a
representative of his party, and Speak
er Cannon knew that Mr. Fitzgerald
was not only not a representative of
his party, but that he openly and no
toriously betrayed his party into the
hands of the Republicans. If Mr. Fitz
gerald's services to the Republican
party entitled him to a place on the
committee on rules, he ought to have
been put on in the place of a Repub
lican, and not as a Democrat-
It is adding Insult to injury to put
him on the committee over the protest
of the Democrats and then use his ap
pointment to deny to the Democrats
any representation. If Mr. Fitzgerald
had any respect for his party he would
refuse to act as a representative of an
organization which repudiates his eon-
non seems to have demoralized his
sense of propriety as effectually as
it
has his Democracy."
Sl'LZER AT PARTING OF WAYS
Tells Murphy Insurgents Are Out
casts From Their Party.
BY UiOID F. LONERGAN.
NEW YORK. April 1. (Special.) Con
gressman William Sulzer, the senior Rep
resentative from Manhattan, and Tam
many Hall seem to have come to the
parting of the ways. He bitterly resents
the fact that eight of the Democratic
members from Greater New York voted
with the Republican majority, and the
more he thinks about it the madder he
gets.
When he threatened to bring about the
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1
' ' " " " I I i I I i i n j
Measure Aimed to Reform Many
Abuses of Young and to Afford
Protection to Babes.
, LONDON, April 1. (Special.) What is
termed the "children's charter" became
effective in Great Britain today. The law
is a source of keen satisfaction to. all
classes of society. Baby "farming" is
subjected to strict supervision, and no
child may be kept on premises that are
overcrowded. dangerous or unsanitary.
Foster parents found to - be negligent.
Ignorant, drunken. Immoral or criminal
will be deprived of their charges.
Insurance companies are forbidden to
insure the life of a nursing child, and
any person convicted of cruelty result
ing in the death of a child in which the
person is financially interested may be
fined 200 pounds ($1000) with five years
penal servitude. Severe punishment is
provided for death by overlying while
the parents are under the influence of
drink.
Children under 7 years may not be
left In a room containing an open fire
Insufficiently protected. Begging or re
ceiving alms on the streets and juvenile
smoking are suppressed. Policemen must
confiscate cigarettes and cigarette papers
found in the possession of persons under
16 years of age, and tobacconists selling
sucn property to them are liable to
fine.
Throughout the country the1 authorities
are busy arranging to enforce the law.
MIRAGES SEEN OFF LOMA
Hugo Castle and Busy City Por.
trayed in Clear Air.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 1. Mirages on
the ocean are seen here occasionally, but
those that were witnessed off Point Loma
today had no parallel. One took the form
of a vast castle rising from the ocean off
Coronado . Island. It remained visible
for several minutes. Then it disappeared
in a cloud of mist, which soon vanished
and in its place was the reflection of
what appeared to be a large city. These
piwiioiiiena were witnessed by a con
siderable number of tourists who were
visiting the point Loma lighthouse. The
day was remarkably clear and bright.
ONE MAN DEAD IN MINE RIOT
Deputies Try to Make Arrest, but
Fatal Fight Follows.
PITTSBURG, April 1. One man was
killed and another probably fatally in
jured today In a riot between a crowd
of miners formerly employed 'at the
Warwick mines of the Allegheny Coal
Company at Cheswlck and two deputy
constables. The trouble started when
the miners attempted to rescue a com
rade who had been arrested.
SNOW IMPRISONS TRAIN
Boreas Pass, Colorado, Entirely
Blocked by Fierce Storm.
BRECKENRIDGE. Colo.. April 1.
Boreas Pass has been blocked by snow
for 24 hours. A rotary snowplow was
dispatched tonight to extricate the
Colorado & Southern passenger train
from Leadvllle, which is stalled in the
drifts.
THAT FOR YOU!
May Reaches $1,201,
Record Price.
PATTEN KELPS BOOM ALONG
High Prices Force Mills in the
Southwest to Close.
PUBLIC ENTERS MARKET
Bears Are Made April Fools by
Bulge Late in Bay Bulls -. in
Full Control or May and
July Going Higher.
CHICAGO, April 1. (Special.) All
Fool's Day furnished an all fool's wheat
market as far as the bears were con
cerned with a brick-in-the-hat trick
every few minutes. Bears had the worst
of It, as usual, with James A. Patten as
master of ceremonies. The bulge in May
wheat which came late in the session,
was a fooler of some consequence,- the
price touching the highest point of the
year, $1.20
Early in the session the trade was quiet
and of a spasmodic character. It was
stimulated however, by heavy profit-taking,
helped along greately with the proper
stimulus to a jaded appetite in the shape
of Dr. Patten's buying order pellets. Along
toward the close another dose of tonlo
started ravenous buying and prices
rushed skyward, touching the highest
point of the year. July wheat also
touched a new high level, selling at $1.08.
High Prices Close Mills.
Most of the days' news was bullish,
but there were, features of the other sort,
which were decidedly significant, al
though they had little influence on the
market. Sensationally high prices current
were bringing in the wheat at primary
centers and also causing a general clos
ing down of mills in the Winter-wheat
country. . . tm, . .
High prices are having a notable effect
on the Winter-wheat miller. If not upon
the consumer. Two of the big mills of St.
Louis closed today, one to remain closed
the balance of the crop year. One of the
leading mills of Milwaukee also closed,
and mills throughout Kansas, unable to
place their product in competition with
Spring-wheat millers, were shutting down
for their annual overhauling and repairs
about a month earlier than usual. The
Milwaukee mill said that the cause of its
shut-down was that it was not selling any
nour and that the mill was already full
of flour that the owners had not yet or-
aerea out.
Another influence, especially welcome to
commission houses, was the unmistakable
evidence of an expanding trade in wheat
the general publio taking a greater in
terest than heretofore.
Popular sentiment was overwhelmingly
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Puffs," "Janice Merediths' and
.Other Such Things Must Give
Way to Plain Hair.
NEW YORK. April 1. (Special.) The
girl behind the counter Is writhing under
cruel blow. The managers of the big
department stores have put a ban on
rats and puffs.
"Ladies." runs the edict, "hereafter
ou must appear in your own hair. Rat
pompadours and puff spinnakers are no
longer ladylike or comma ii faut. nor are
they -de rigger,' or 'ally mode." Here
after you will consider these suggestions
as rules, any breach of which will be
punished by a fine."
Manager Lynn, of the Wanamaker
store, said that the girls had brought
It on themselves by carrying the ex
travagant style in hair frilling to an im
possible extreme. If the girls would only
memseives wun one modest rat
and a couple of rakish puffs, all might
have been well.
'And the strangest part of it all. to a
male observer." said Manager Lynn, "is
that they really think that beauty Is en-
n&ncea oy sucn monstrosities. Still we
don't expect to experience much trouble
in bringing about a change."
C. P. R. OFFICIALS ADAMANT
Present Ultimatum to Mechanics.
and Strike Talk Increases.
WINNIPEG. April 1. Officials of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad told the road's
mechanics at a conference today that
they would Insist on a separate schedule
for the east and west divisions of the
road. The firemen Joined the mechanics
at the conference. Talk of the possibil
lty of a strike is heard on all sides.
It- is expected that the miners will quit
work tomorrow. Today all the miners
had a holiday, celebrating- their einht-
nour dajj anniversary. It is expected
that 1000 men will go out at Lethbridge,
Alberta, In the morning.
RUN TRACKLESS TROLLEY
II arriman a Company Asks Fran
chise to His Ranch.
oAMA BARBARA, Cal., April 1 The
Pacific Improvement Company petitioned
the City Council tonight for the right to
construct a power line to the Hope ranch
four miles west of the city. The company
announced Its intention of installing
trackless trolley" system on the ranch-
This is a new Australian invention
never before been tried in America. An
overhead wire supplies power to a motor,
the same as with other trolley cars, but
the cars run without a track.
SHOOTS SON, HANGS SELF
urunken Father Commits Snlolri.
After Wounding Boy.
TACOMA, April 1 In a drunken
rage tonight. John Purse, a miner re
siding at Wilkeson, shot h.s son,
Frank, In the right arm, inflicting mi
nor Injuries, and an hour later hung
himself by his suspenders from the
bars of his cell in the Wilkeson jail.
Purse made "a simple loop in the sus
penders and from the position. In which
his body was found, evidently forced
himself to hang In the improvised
noose until dead. He had been drink
ing heavily for a week or more.
METHUSELAH DEAD AT 1000
Had Spent Early Life Near Butte,
but Moved to Xew York Recently.
NEW YORK, April 1. Methuselah died
here today at his home in the Bronx Zoo.
He was 1000 years old. His death is
ascribed to ills incidental to old age. Me
thuselah, also known as Rameses II, was
a toad which was discovered in a rock
pocket in a mine 600 feet below the sur
face at Butte, Mont., two years ago.
His age was carefully computed by tne
zoologists and geologists.
WESTON STILL ON HIS WAY
Aged Pedestrian Slightly Discour
aged at Being Late. .
MEADVILLE. Pa., April 1. Admit
tedly a little discouraged by hard trav
eling. Edward Payson Weston, the
pedestrian, who is walking from New
York to the Pacific Coast, arrived here
at 7 o'clock tonight. He was greeted
by several thousand citizens. Weston
retired an hour after his arrival, and
will leave tomorrow for Youngstown
Ohio.
INSURANCE LIMIT STANDS
Restriction
Xew Business
Be-
dared Valid by Court.
NEW YORK, April 1. That section of
the new insurance law of this state,
which limited to $150,000,000 the amount of
business which an insurance company
may write in one year, was declared
constitutional by Judge O'Gorman today.
CERVERA'S CASE HOPELESS
Spanish Admiral Unconscious and
Unable to Take Food.
PUERTO REAL. Spain. April 2. The
condition of Admiral Cervera, who Is ill
here, is .considered to be hopeless. He is
unconscious and is unable to take
nourishment.
Says Let Government
Set Example.
THEN STATES WILL FOLLOW
Repressive Laws Stopped
Building of Roads.
HE PUTS MONEY IN MEXICO
New Line to Mazatlan Develops Rleh
Territory Only Subject of Con
ference With Hill Port
land Terminals.
NEW YORK, April 1. Bronzed by his '
week's sojourn under Southern skies, and
brimming over with vitality. E. H. Har
riman reached here late today, to all ap
pearances a relnvigorated man, after his
long combination vacation and businesc
trip over the network of Harrlman rail
Toads in the West, the Southwest and
Mexico.
"1 have been made to say that we were
constructing a line down the west coast
of Mexico," he said. "What should have
been said was that we had already con
structed it. The line is now completed
from Nogales, Ariz., on the Mexican line,
to Mazatlan, Mexico, and in reality a
new country has been discovered by this
railroad construction. In one tract opened
up by Irrigation, 600.000 acres of the best
land is made available for cultivation and
opened to a market. American help is
needed in the development, in a directive
way. There Is plenty of labor, but Amer
ican initiative and executive ability wili
count there as elsewhere."
Readjust Railroad Laws.
Mr. Harriman said he found in the West
and Southwest a vastly changed senti- .
ment toward the railroads. With such a
sentiment there would be encouragement
for the railroads to go ahead with devel
opment work, he said. . ..
"Repeal of repressive state laws is Im
perative," he declared, "if the railroad
lines that the people need and the rail
roads want to build are to be constructed.
The truth is, the states in adopting these
laws follow the example of the National
Government. Now let the National Gov
ernment set the reverse example. Not
repeal, but readjustment of the laws reg
ulating the corporations. Is necessary."
Mr. Harriman said he had heard little
talk about the tariff in the Far West.
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INDEX OF, TODAY'S NEWS
Tlie Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 56 3
degrees; maximum, 4-.l decrees.
TODAY'S Generally lair, warmer; winds
mostly westerly.
Foreign.
Zeppelin's airshllp drifts before sale lit
Germany. Page 2.
King Victor to meet Roosevelt on Italian
warship. Fage 5.
National.
Democratic Senators denounce star chamber
methods of tariff revision. I'age 1.
House debate on tariff mostly criticism of
Payne bill, face 5.
Cabinet may consider Oregon Judgeship to
day. Page l.
Eliot declines Embassy to Britain. Fage 5.
Politics.
Bryan denounces Fitzgerald for revolt
against party. Fage 1.
Sulzer may quit Tammany because it caused
Democratic split lu House. Fage 1.
lomestio.
Father McMahon still believes in Kleran,
though bankrupted by him. Page 2.
Creek, uprising ended and Crazy Snake or
dered to surrender or reward for body
will be offered. Fage 5.
Harriman says Government should set
states example in repealing repressive
railroad laws. Fage 1.
May wheat reaches 1.20 14 and still rises.
Page 1.
National bank accused of complicity la
sporting swindle, Fage 1.
Georgia abolishes convict lease system and
convicts rejoice.' Fage 2.
Steamer Touraine bursts steamplpe at dock
and panic results Fage o.
Fremont older has labor leaders arrested
lor libel. Page 2.
Joseph Letter sues lawyer for money gives
to "flx" newspaper. Fage 6.
Sports.
Crack athletes meet In track and field
events here tomorrow night, page 7.
Roller and Berg ready for wrestling bout
tonight. Fage 7.
Only two veteran track men on University
of Oregon squad which will meet Mult
nomah Saturday night. Fage 7.
Pacific Northwest.
Rose Kferasek returns to Tacoma; says sh
hopes to forget she ever knew iUein
Faije 8.
State Land Board contracts with New Tor
capitalists for reclamation survey project
in Baker County. Fage 8.
Schooner Charles E. Falk goes ashore north
of Grays Harbor; all of crew escape.
Fage 9.
Eugene sets new building record. Fage 8.
Commercial and Marine.
Crisis is past in hop market. Page 21.
Stock prices continue to advance. Page 21.
New steamer H. B. Kennedy beats steamei
Flyer on puget Sound, page 20.
New high level In Chicago wheat market.
Page 21.
Portland and Vicinity.
Ben Selling and Adolph Jacobs buy part of
Maiquam property and will build sky
scraper. -Page 14.
Mayoralty candidates fight shy of convention
indorsement. Page 16.
Mayor Lane refuses to tell whether ha will
stand for re-election. Page 16.
Shuberts will nave to build playhouse If
they enter local theatrical field. Pago 22.
Keen competition for traffic among rail
roads in this territory. Page 20.
Thomas Q. Greene replies to B. S. Josselyn
on city lighting, page 13.-
vVater Board forced to turn down 14 bids
because they are too high. Page 14.
Unknown man commits suicide by lying
down In front of train in Sullivan's
Gulch. Page 36.
New York firm accepts brldre and water
bonds amounting to gTOO.000.
Jesse C. Moore, druggist, is shot by mother-in-law.
Pago 6-
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