Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Tostoffice as Second -CI aps Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTE3IBER 18, 1919.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ITALY TO TIGHTEN
BOSTON AUTHORITIES
BLAMED FOR STRIKE
POLICE DID JiOT EXPECT A3iV
VIOLENCE, IS CONTENTION.
'BUDDIES' UNCORK
CHEN0WETH ACQUITTED
OF MURDER CHARGE
VOL. IVIII. NO- 18,330
UNRULY AUDIENCE
ANNOYS PRESIDENT
San Francisco Crowd's
Noise Drowns Voice.
WILSON NAMES MEN
TO REPRESENT PUBLIC
B. M. BARUCH HEADS LIST OF 22
FOR CONFERENCE.
KHAKI-GLAD BOYS
CAPTURE CAPITAU
Ovation to Pershing and
First Is Tremendous.
SCREWS
II
E
DIN FOB ROOSEVELT
JURY AT GOLD BEACH IS OUT
ONLY HOUR AND HALF.
Purpose to Starve Out
D'Annunzio Reported.
PREFECT OF VENICE BLAMED
Official Accused of Plotting to
Seize Port Dismissed.
ADRIATIC CITY IN -DANGER
tnsirgents Said to Be Ready to De
stroy Town, if Overpowered;
Battleship Damaged.
LONDON, Sept. 17. It is understood
here that the Italian government in
tends to institute a blockade of Flume
in an effort to starve out the insurgent
forces who seized the town, under com
mand of Captain Gabriele D'Annunzio,
and force allied and Jugo-Slav forces
to leave.
The Italian government, is apparent
ly taking steps to meet the situation
that has arisen through the action of
D'Annunzio. The veil of the censor
ship was drawn yesterday and since
that time little has been learned of
events in the city.
According to advices, the plan to
seize Kiume originated in Venice, the
prefect of which city is said to have
been involved. Artillery forces in
Venice which were preparing to join
the D'Annunzio forces in Fiume are re
ported to have been induced to return
to their barracks. The prefect has
been dismissed from the office.
Italian Regulars Accused.
The Jugo-Slav peace delegation in
Paris has issued a statement indicating
that Italian regular troops are mov
ing on the city. The Italian battleship
Dante Aligner! is said to have been
damaged by her crew and has been
unable to leave the port of Fiume.
French, American and British detach
ments which were in the city at the
time of D'Annunzio's coup are reported
to have boarded ships and departed.
GENEVA. Sept. 17. The Jugo-Slavs,
according to Laibach advice's, have cut
off all supplies from Fiume, which is
threatened with starvation, as there is
little food in the town and none will
be obtainable until sent in by the sea.
Jugo-Slav papers report that a few
days before the raid on Fiume, the
Italians landed heavy guns there,
which were not used against D'Annun
rio's troops and now are in D'Annun
zio's possession. They also declare
that the wives of Italian officers in
5"iume were warned by the Italian
commander to leave town and many
went aboard the Italian ships in the
harbor.
ROME, Monday, Sept. 15. Contrary
to an official statement from Fiume
saying that "an American contingent.
together with the English, embarked
there was no American military con
tingent stationed in Fiume or nearby.
according to statements made today by
Colonel M. C. Buckey, American mili
tary attache and Brigadier-General
Evan M. Johnson, a newly-arrived at
tache of the embassy.
Mistake Laid to Uniforms.
It is believed that the mistake in the
official communication probably was
due to the presence in Fiume of some
members of the American food admin
istration who wear the American army
uniform.
D'Annunzio's army, according to the
Idea Nazionale, consists of 10,000 reg
ulars, in addition to four battalions of
Fiume volunteers. He has occupied a
fortified line around Fiume as a strat
egic position.
The citizens are supporting D'Annun
pio. the paper adds, and are determined
to destroy the town should resistance
prove impossible.
D'Annunzio's Move Defended.
The republican party has passed the
following resolution relative to Cap
tain Gabriele D'Annunzio's coup at
Fiume:
"The temporary liberators of Fiume
were carried away by noble impulse
rather than political calculation. They
thus deserve the sympathy of the na
tion, although it is an illusion to con
sider the accomplished fact of the oc
cupation of Fiume as final."
PARIS, Sept. 17. (Havas
menting on the Fiume incident, the
Paris newspapers today declare that it
points to the necessity of settling def
initely the whole Adriatic question.
The Echo de Paris says the Italian
government is endeavoring to obtain
from the powers a concession of the
Fiume district to Italy in return for
Important concessions by Italy along
the Dalmation coast, but that Ameri
can opposition is preventing such a
settlement.
Conflicting Report Received.
According to reports regarding the
Fiume situation printed in today's
newspapers, some of the Italian in
surgents who took part in the D'An
nunzio movement have .signified a
willingness to obey the orders of Gen
eral Badoglio for their immediate re
turn to their garrisons.
Another report from Fiume declares
that the D'Annunzio partisans have
made arrangements looking to the de
struction of the city in case resistance
becomes futile.
Guy Oyster, Secretary . to Gompers,
Says Commissioner Promised
to Handle Situation.
BOSTON, Sept. 17. Before leaving
for "Washington tonight, Guy Oyster,
secretary of President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor, issued a
statement in which he condemned the
authorities for working conditions in
the police department and declared that
the striking patrolmen were not to
blame for the disorder in the first few
days of the strike. He said that the
men were being called "deserters" be
cause they "had the manhood and the
courage to strike, after a two-weeks'
notice, for their human rights and con
stitutional guarantees."
He asserted that the policemen were
"assured by statements of the police
commissioner that any situation caused
by the form of protest they adopted
would be taken care of," and that "not
one of the men had the faintest idea
that the regrettable conditions caused
by the commissioner's negligence could
occur."
"The policemen," he said, "were
forced to organize in affiliation with
the American Federation of Labor to
be heard, and they were forced to
strike to defend the life of their or
ganization." Police Commissioner Curtis, in a
statement today, reiterated his former
characterization of the strikers as de
serters and asserted they would not be
reinstated.
SPRUCE PROBERS ON MOVE
Subcommittee Off for Los Angeles
to Continue Iuquiries.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17. The
house sub-committee investigating al
leged spruce production inefficiency in
the northwest leaves tonight for Los
Angeles to continue their probe.
There was no official meeting of the
committee here today. Additional evi
dence was turned over to the committee
by Oscar Sutro, a San Francisco at
torney, but this will not be placed in
the record until the committeemen
reach Los Angeles.
Congressman Frear of Wisconsin,
chairman, said today that meetings
scheduled in Omaha and Denver by the
committee had been cancelled.
BURGLAR RUNS FROM GIRLS
Hair Pulling- Proves Too Much for
Intruder Who Makes His Escape.
TACOMA, Wash., Sept 17. (Special.)
-Jessie and Eva Conrad, Tacoma girls.
put a burglar to flight when he entered
their room last night. Jessie heard a
scratching on the roof and looked to
see a man's hands clutching the win
dow sill. She asked him what he
wanted and he made a dash for her
bed. While she was fighting with him
her sister awoke and scratched the
Intruder.
Bested by the girls, he ran to the
window and slid down a water drain
to the ground.
BANK ROBBER GETS $600
Outlaw With Two Guns Escapes at
Lewistown, Mont.
LEWISTOWN, Mont.,.Sept. 17. A rob
ber, wearing no mask, but with a big
Lgun in either hand, this morning held
up the cashier and bookkeeper at the
Buffalo State bank, Buffalo, Mont., near
here, getting away with all the cash
back of the counter, estimated at some
thing over $600.
He then left, but whether he went
out of town on horseback, automobile
or walked, is unknown.
x ne snerin ana several posses are
now searching the countryside for the
outlaw.
SCHOONER LOST IN GALE
Captain and Crew of Six on Hugh
De Payens Rescued.
ROCKLAND, Me., Sept. 17. The
three-masted schooner Hugh de Payens
was wrecked between Florida and Cuba
by the recent hurricane, according to a
radio message received today by L L
Snow company, the owners, from the
Cuba steamer Olinda.
Captain Atwood B. Norton of Rock
land and the crew of six men were tak
en on Dy ine unnaa. une schooner was
bound from Mobile for Ponce, Puerto
Rico, with lumber.
PRINCE NOW INDIAN CHIEF
Heir to British Throne Admitted to
Canadian Tribe.
BANFF. Alberta, Sept. 17. One more
title was added to. those of the prince
of Wales when, after his arrival here
today, he was made a chief nf th
Stoney Indians with all the pomp and 1
ceremony of the tribal customs.
An elaborate .head-dress was pre
sented to the prince.
EPISCOPAL BISHOP NAMED
Charles S. Burch to Succeed Bishop
Greer at New York.
NEW YORK. Sept. 17. Right Rev.
Charles S. Burch, suffragan bishop of I
the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
New York, was elected bishop to suc
ceed the late Bishop Greer here today.
The choice was made at a special
diocesan convention here today.
Portland Couple Get Licese.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Sept. 17. (Spe
cial.) A marriage license was issued
to Clyde R. Seaver and Viola H.
Haynes. both of Portland, in Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, today.
Deafening Welcome Given
Leader of Legion.
VIGOROUS ACTION IS ADVISED
Ex-Service Men Told to Realize
Grave Responsibility.
STATE READY FOR "REDS"
Governor, in Introduction, Tells of
Preparations to Handle Any Dem
onstration That Comes Up.
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roose
velt, known no longer as "Teddy
Junior," but as "Teddy" to the 1st di
vision. American expeditionary force,
and to men of the American Legion
throughout the nation, met a reception,
the warmth of which rattled the win
dows of the ballroom of the Multnomah
hotel yesterday, when he opened the
first state convention of war veterans
of the American Legion. Handclap
ping swept Into prolonged cheers.
When at last there was comparative
quiet "Thank you. buddies," said
Roosevelt, and the din again was un
corked.
State Ready for "lie da."
In a brief speecn of introduction for
Roosevelt, Governor Olcott struck
chord which led to a storm of applause
wtien he outlined, for the first time
publicly, the preparations the state of
Oregon has made to receive demonstra
tions of vicious radical nature.
"On two occasions Mayor Baker has
telephoned me that trouble threatened
with the "red element," said the execu
tive. "Tou may have known that the
Portland police force was concentrated
and ready for immediate action. Tou
may not have known that the state of
Oregon had 500 men under arms at the
Armory and machine guns ready for
business.
"The first time this enake whjch
feasted and thrived while you were
away raises its head high enough to
be hit it will be hit good and hard
by the state of Oregon. It is an' added
comfort to know what men of the
American Legion stand for and will do.
if the emergency demands action."
Cartoon's Lessons Pointed Oat.
The governor told of a recent con
vention of governors which he attended
and which all but 20 executives in the
United States were prevented from at
tending because of industrial troubles
in their home states, saying that Ore
gon had been particularly fortunate
thus far and was prepared to take
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SHE DOESN'T LOOK
j j
Killing at Dance at Langlols Is Said
to Have Followed Refusal of
Lad to Marry Daughter.
MAESHFIELD. Or.. Sept. 17. (Spe
cial.) George Chenoweth, formerly a
county commisisoner and member of
the legislature, Vho last spring shot
and- killed George Sydnam at a dance
at Langlols, today was acquitted by a
jury in the district court at Gold Beach
after a deliberation of an hour and a
half.
The case has lasted ten days. The
defense pleaded temporary insanity,
said to have been brought about by
shell shock sustained when Chenoweth
was gassed and wounded in France.
Sydnam was shot twice after he is
said to have refused to marry Cheno-
weth's daughter. Sydnam is said to
have been the father of the child, born
while Chenoweth was with the Cana
dians in France.
The trial, because of the prominence
of the principals, has drawn large
crowds, and all of the hotels have been
filled, and some even pitched tents in
vacant lots and camped through the
hearing.
HOLLAND DUMPING GROUND
Country Seems Attractive to Exiled
German Royalty.
(Copyright by the New York World. Pub-
lished Jty Arrangement.)
LONDON, Sep. 17. (Special cable.)
"It seems as if Holland were to become
the dumping ground for German
royalty," says a Rotterdam dispatch to
the daily Telegraph. "The Duke of
Brunswick has bought a house at The
Hague in one of the best parts of the
town.
"The former kaiser's new purchase is
a large, old-fashioned country house at
Doom, a small village in Utrecht. It is
said that the ex-kaiser will take up res
idence there after the new year and
that 50 railway wagons will come from
Germany with materials to furnish the
house.
The former Duke of Brunswick mar
ried William Hohenzollern's only daugh
ter, Victoria Louisa, on May 24, 1913.
Thay have three children.
PREMIER AVOIDS ISSUES
Lloyd George Fails to Touch on Any
Important Questions.
LONDON. Sept. 17. (By tnY Associ
ated Press.) Premier Lloyd George
spoke before the International Brother
hood congress this evening, but. as was
expected, did not tounch upon many of
the important questions in which the
nation is deeply concerned.
The premier dwelt on the passing of
the old order through the war and al
luded to General Smuts as having em
ployed the most penetrating phrase of
the war in reierence to the league of
nations, "Humanity struck its tents
and once more is on the march."
He expressed the hope that all ar
maments would disappear and that the
long-drawn misunderstandnigs between
Ireland and the rest of the kingdom
would also pass.
UNCLE SAM
AS IF THERE IS ANYTHING SERIOUS THE MATTER
WITH HER.
WILSON'S APPEAL IS VAIH
Disorder Follows Tumultuous
Ovation to Executive.
PACT CRITICISM ANSWERED
Shantung, Withdrawal, Dominance
by British in Assembly, Self
Determination Explained.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 17. To an
uproarious crowd in the civic audi
torium here tonight. President Wilson
declared that in his trip across the con
tinent he had become convinced that
the treaty issue would be decided right
ly by the people and "not by any
private purpose of their own."
He repeated his declaration that the
league of nations was not the work of
the Versailles conference, but grew
out of years of thought by men who did
not devote any portion of tNeir con
sideration to politics. Some of the
most constructive minds of both parties
he asserted, had been devoted to the
project for a generation.
Hum Annoys Speaker.
There was much disorder in the hall
during the address and the president
spoke with apparent difficulty against
a hum of talk in the distant galleries.
Once he stopped to ask for closer at
tention, but the crowd did not quiet
down.
Earlier in the day the president had
been welcomed by crowded streets, and
when he left the hotel for the audi
torium he was cheered by a crowd
which had blocked the street for more
than an hour. On the way he passed
along In a continuous roar of applause,
and when he and Mrs. Wilson entered
the auditorium the crowd stood up and
shouted itself hoarse. When the cheer
ing had been in progress for more than
13 minutes, "The Star-Spangled Banner"
was played on a pipe organ, but it
failed to quiet the crowd.
Crowd Continues Uproar.
Mayor Rolph at last introduced
Chester Rowell, editor of the Fresno
Republican, and republican national
committeeman in 1916. who presented
the president while the crowd kept up
its shouting.
When Mr. Wilson took the platform
and held up his hand for silence yells
continued for more than five minutes
in the galleries, while some in the audi
ence shouted "Put them out'- and
others hissed. There was still much
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John D. Rockefeller Jr., E. n. Gary,
Dr. Eliot, John Spargo to Be at
Capital-Labor Meeting.
SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 17. President
Wilson made public here tonight the
names of the 22 men who will repre
sent the general public in the national
conference which is to begin in Wash
ington on October 6 to consider plans
for a new relationship between em
ployer and employe. Twenty-two rep
resentatives to eit in the conference
will be selected later by organized
labor, the leading agricultural associa.
tions, investment bankers and manu
facturers. I
On the president's list of those who
will represent the public are Bernard
M. Baruch of New York former chair
man of the war industries board; Rob
ert S. Brookings of St. Loais former
chairman of the price-fixing commit
tee of that organization: John D.
Rockefeller Jr.; Judge Elbert H. Gary
of New York; Dr. Charles W. Eliot
president emeritus of Harvard; Charles
Edward Russell of New York and John
Spargo of Vermont. The last two
named are socialist leaders.
The others on the list are O. E. Brad
fut, Xenia. O., president Ohio Farm
Bureau federation; Ward Burgess. Ne
braska; Fuller R. Callaway. La Grange.
Ga., extensive cotton manufacturer;
Thomas L. Chadbourne. New York;
Charles G. Dawes, Chicago: 11. B. Endi
cott, Milton, Mass.; Paul L. Fciss.
Cleveland; Edward F. Gay, dean gradu
ate school of business administration.
Harvard university; George R. James.
Memphis, Tenn.; Thomas I. Jones. Chi
cago; A. A. Landon, Buffalo; E. T.
Meredith. Des Moines, la., editor Suc
cessful Farming; Gavin McNab. San
Francisco; L. D. Sweet, Carbondale.
Colo., and Louis- Titus. San Francisco.
STRIKERS HELD DESERTERS
Boston Policemen Not to Get Posts
Back, Says Commissioner.
BOSTON, Sept. 17. Striking police
men will not be reinstated under any
conditions. This was reiterated today
at police headquarters when attention
was directed to the construction placed
in some quarters on an amendment to
the department rules announced last
night.
Commissioner Curtis inrlsted that the
men who had walked out were desert
ers and that their places were vacant.
FLIER" REACHES FARGO
Colonel Hartz, on Trip Around U. S
Rim, Makes Fast Time.
FARGO N. D. Sept. 17. Colonel R. S.
Hartz, pilot of the Martin bombing
plane, arrived here at 6:15 o'clock to
night on his trip around the rim of
the United States, making the distance
from St. Paul via Montevidio, Minn., in
2 hours and 35 minutes.
Colonel Hartz will leave omorrow
morning for Bismarck, weather per
mitting.
CAILLAUX ORDERED TRIED
French ex-Premier to Face Charge
of Working for Hun Peace.
PARIS. Sept. 16. (Havas.) The com
mission of the high court, sitting as
tribunal of accusation, has ordered
Joseph Caillaux. ex-premier of France,
to face charges of Intriguing to brini
about a premature and dishonorable
peace with Germany.
The Justice discharged Louis Lousta-
lot and Paul Comby. who were hold
In connection with the Caillaux case.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 6'J
degrees; minimum. ,7 decrees.
TODAY'S Pair and warmer; Gentle north
westerly winds.
Pore lew.
Guatave Noske. German minister of defense.
assails allies' policy. Pace J.
Italy reported preparing to starve D'Annun.
sio out. race 1.
American season now on in German capital.
Face
National.
Pershing and first division honored at
capital. Pace 1.
Wilnon namea men to represent public at
conference. Pace 1.
llomeMlc.
Senator Johnson tell Lincoln audience In
dependence la loit under covenant
Pace 3.
Packers' conviction ure. says Attorney-General
Palmer. Pace 6.
Boston authorities blamed for police atrlke
by plumpers' secretary. Pace 1.
Storm vlctlma suffering at Corpus Chrlstl.
Pace 1.
Walkout Imminent In te! Industry, race .
Pacific Northwest.
Roundup at Pendleton officially opens today.
Pace T.
Clackamas county may have special road
bond election. Pace T.
George Chenoweth acquitted on charge of
murder. Pace 1.
Pi port a.
Mascott and Thompson take final Vorkouts
for Friday boxtna- bout. Pace 1-V
Pacific Coast League results: Portland 4.
Seattle 1: Los Angeles a. San Francisco
4; Salt Lake 14. Vernon 7; Oakland U.
Sacramento 5. Pace 14.
Ringing bells, owned by William Zlegler. of
New- York, sing California triaia for all
ace docs. Pace 10.
Commercial and Marine.
Apple prices maintained In western pro-
duclnc sections. Pace -.1.
Corn closes unsettled In Chicago market
Pace 23.
Stocks weakened by threatened steel strike.
Pace 23.
Portland and Vicinity.
Train all men for military service, says
Roosevelt. Pace 8.
Revision of city salaries bits snag In Com
missioner Bleelow's office. Pace 13.
"Buddies" uncork deafenlnc welcome for
Roosevelt. Fags 1.
Northwestern National Bank adopts profit
sharing plan for employes. Pace 11.
Art towns straight from Gotham shown In
Portland. Pace 1-.
Tounc cun-toter must mend his ways, says
court. Pace 12.
Suspected theft from body of James Pat
terson Investigated. Page ltl.
Blc developments reported In Orcson agri
culture. Page 16.
Strike of laundry workers spreading. Pace
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 22.
LAST REVIEW OF WAR IS SEEN
Long, Swinging Line Carries
Full Fighting Equipment.
CHEER THREE HOURS LONG
Washington's Tribute Measured Only
by Vocal Limitations of
Patriotic Throngs.
WASUIXilTOX, Sept. 17. Hoarse with
cheering, Washington rested tonitrht
satisfied that it had paid full honor
to General J. J. Pershing and the fight
ing men of the 1st division.
The. nation's victory parade was over.
For nearly three hours a rolling flood
of soldiers, of guns and horses. f
tanks and motor trucks had poured up
Pennsylvania avenue without check or
halt to pass the reviewing stand where
stood Vice-President Marshall, repre
senting President Wilson. The wide
street ran bankfiill with Its grim, liv
ing tide of fighting power and organ
ization, and as the great pageant was
unrolled before their eyes, the hun
dreds of thousands of people who
formed those banks roared and shrieked
with pride and approval, the sound of
their cheering slowly dwindling at ths
end. but only from physical exhaus
tion. Ovation Greatest Since Dewey's,
P.iding at the head of the mighty
column. General Pershing was carried
forwnrd along the whole line of march,
as though on a wave of sound as ths
nation and city gave him his formal
greeting. To no American sines "Ad
miral Dewey came home in triumph,
from Manila has such an ovation been
tendered. Nor has the end yet come,
for tomorrow congress will formally
add its tribute lo-'Jut of the city and
nation and, with business put to one
side, tender the expeditionary com
mander a formal reception at the cap
ItoL Never has Washington witnessed such
a military pageant as that which today
flooded its great victory way. Men in
greater numbers have marched there
in review, but never has the full pomp
and panoply of war been thus given
to the public
Fighting t;qolpment Displayed.
Fresh from the loyal tribute paid
them in New York, the men of the 1st
division marched with full fighting
equipment. From the ponderous six
Inch howitzer of the artillery to the
diminutive one-pounders and grotesque)
trench mortars, the full strength of
the divisional artillery was there. From
the thick -clustered bayonets of tho in
fantry masses to the grim lines of ma
chine guns mounted on motor trucks,
the small arms of this great fighting
unit were on display, and from the
lumbering mills of hooded supply and
ammunition trucks to a roaring, clat
tering cavalcade of whippet tanks, the
tools of every phase of modern war
fare were represented.
In addition to the division's own
equipment, special service detachmnts
from the engineers, a pontoon bridge
section, a motorized machine shop with
its planes and drills in motion, and
even a mobile laundry unit, were in
line. As the thousands tramped by
below their comrades of the air dipped
and circled in dozens of airplanes
above or marked the progress of the)
column from a great observation bal
loon riding high above the White
House.
Kings Dipped for Invalids.
To men wounded In battle and not
yet able to march, special tribute was
given as they rode by in motor cars.
And to the group in Invalid chairs un
der the trees of a park Just beyond
the reviewing stand, or lying full
length in their stretchers along the
euro, with nurses hovering about them,
there flowed a strong current of sym
pathy and pride from the thousands
grouped about. They were sightseers
froi.i the military hospital, men whoso
wounds will keep them long from civil
life.
The flag of the marching regiments
were dipped to them In passing.
In winding up the ceremonies of re
ception to General Pershing the con
gress will meet in Joint session, the
members of the senate marching In a
tody to the house chamber for ths
purpose. Senator Cummins, presidtnt
pro tempore of the senate, and Speaker
Glllett will deliver the addresses of
welcome, while former Speaker Champ
Clark will extend the formal thanks
of congress to General Pershing and
his men as expressed in the Joint reso
lution already adopted.
With his own reply. General Pershing
will close the ceremony and all the
formal functions connected with his re
turn from France.
Kpitome of Asnerlraa Kffort.
There was nothing lacking to make
the parade an epitome of the whole
vast army American skill and indom
itable will had created to meet and
beat the enemy at his own game. There
were guns of all the types used in
France that could be moved through
the streets. Macning guns, big and little,
bristled among the riflemen: squat
mortars to hurl bombs from the,
trenches: high mounted rifles which
peered skyward, as though still la
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