58 Pages
Pages 1 to 12
VOL. XXVII. NO. A.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING,- JANUARY o, 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HENEY IS READY
TO PROVE GHARGE
Defies Fulton to Sue
Him for Libel.
OFFERS TO PROVE CORRUPTION
Senator Again Gives His Ac
cuser the Lie.
DENIES HE HAS EVIDENCE
Prosecutor of Iiand Thieves Quotes
Magazine Article as Proof Says
He Can Convict Pulton, as
He Has Other Men.
HKNEV-FTIiTON CONTROVERSY.
Heney's Reply to Alton's Letter '
I will, stand for every statement re
gardlnr Henator Fulton X have made
for publication and will support my
charges when the proper time and
opportunity arrive. If my statements
are not true, the -accuracy of similar
charge published In articles In the
American Magazine and Collier-!
Weekly can be teeted by Senator
Fulton t.y a. libel' suit.
Senator Fulton'a Rejoinder I
called for facta from Mr. Heney. but
ha has none to substantiate his vile
insinuations. I denounced .him as a
liar and he has now written himself
down as one by falling to submit
any statement of tacts.
TUCSON. Aria... Jan. 4. (To the Ore
ronlan.) It Is not easy to answer a
letter which I have not read and I will
not attempt to do so. Lincoln Steffens'
articles on Oregon land frauds, pub
lished In the American Magazine, and
several articles In Collier's Weekly
make statements about Senator Fulton
which are libelous, if not true, and
which charge him with acts which
would be construed as corrupt. If he
denies their truth, I suggest that he
lest their accuracy by a libel suit.
Any and every statement which I may
have made about Senator Fulton for
publication I am prepared to substan
tiate with legal evidence when the
proper time and opportunity arrive.
In the meantime I call attention to
tlu fact that Mitchell. -Williamson,
Jones, Mays, and even Puter, of Ore
gon, and Abe Ruef, Eugene Schmita
and Lniils Glass, of San Francisco, each
vehemently denied that lie had com
mitted any wrong ami challenged me
to produce any evidence thereof.
I huve made good on each of them
and I will Just as conclusively make
good on Senator Fulton as to any
statement which I have heretofore
Klvun out against htm for publication.
FRANCIS J. HENEY.
li;OT NCE HEXEY AS A JLIAK
Pulton Kays H1h Accuner Has Not
Substantiated Charges.
When shown the foregoing dispatch
last night. Senator Fulton Bald:
"I called on Mr. Heney for facts; of
course. I knew lie hud none to sub
stantiate Ills vile insinuations. 1 de
nounced Mm as a liar and. he now
writes himself down as one, as he fails
and refuses even to. attempt to submit
any statement of facts.".
ItASIS OP llEXEY'S CHARGES
Pulton's Agreement With Mitchell
to Protect Brownell and Campbell.
Hy a signed statement, published in
The Oregonlan yesterday, in which Sen
ator Fulton demands that Francis J,
1 leney substantiate the aspersions cast
upon him, the Seiaator has renewed pub
lic interest in the controversy between
Mm and Mr. Heney and the charges that
the latter has been called on to prove.
While there are undoubtedly matters of
This Is Whut Me Offers De, . Esipln Thronch the "VunUcation" Hole. Fatting Him Bark Where She Got Him. The Wild Mr. Wilde. , Latest French Kevoluttoa. . Fire Alarm Foraker Doron't Want to Something Will Have to Give Way. J
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longer standing that have caused the re- f
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Heney, the direct reason, and that to
which the Senator refers in his state
ment, was an interview with the distin
guished prosecutor that appeared in The
Oregonian December 17.
The assertion to which Mr. Fulton took
objection was contained In a lengthy In
terview. In this Mr. Heney was quoted
in regard to' the present status of the
land fraud cases and a brief .review of
his work in connection with the prosecu
tion. In speaking of conditions at the
time he had Mr. Bristol appointed United
States District Attorney, Mr. Heney was
quoted as saying:
"It should be remembered that at that
time one of Oregon's Senators was con
victed; also one of its Representatives
was under two Indictments, and that I
had evidence to prove the other Senator
corrupt and engaged with a corrupt deal
with John H. Hall, United States Attor
ney, to shield land crooks from Indict
ment. Under these circumstances, Ore-
Dr. David Stnrr Jordan, Whose
T Attitude on Modern Greece Is
J Bitterly Resented. ' j t
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gon. was without creditable representa
tion In Washington.'"
As Mr. Fulton was "the other Senator"
referred to in this interview, it is this
that has brought -a challenge for direct
proof. Mr. Fulton has branded It as "a
malicious lie," and Mr. Heney, In the
above dispatch, declares he is ready to
prove the truth of his assertions In re
gard to Senator Fulton. -
In connection with this clash between
Mr. Heney and Mr. Fulton, reference has
been made to several articles on. the Ore
gon land fraud situation that were pub
lished in , Eastern magazines. One of
these was a serial in the American
Magazine, by Lincoln Steffens, under the
title, "The Taming of the West." ' The
other appeared in Collier's Weekly for
December 8, . 1906, and was un
signed. 'It was entitled, "Fulton,
of Oregon," with a sub-heading,
"The Story of the Senator's Attempts to
Protect Two Political Friends Who Were
Involved In the Land Frauds." There is
a general impression that the material
for both articles was furnished largely
by Mr. Heney, and the statements of Mr.
Heney indicate that he Is ready to stand
behind the references made to Mr. Ful
ton. .,.
Lincoln Steffens' article In the Ameri
can Is a detailed review of the Oregon
land fraud trials and the circumstances
leading up to them. The first Installment
was published September, 1907, and . the
remainder in the following issue. The first
conspicuous reference to Mr. Fulton is
the publication of a portion of the now
famous letter from Senator Mitchell to
George C. Brownell. under date of Jan
uary 18, 1904. This letter, in the Ameri
can's reproduction, was signed by Sen
ator Mitchell, with an added line saying:
"I have read the above and fully concur
In It."
(Signed) "C. W. FULTON."
In the reproduction of this letter, ref
erence Is made to the then District .At
torney, "John-H. .Hall, and a-portion of
the letter is as follows:
I have received your several dispatches
since Hall lft Portland and both Sena
tor Fulton and myself have done every
thing: in our' power to protect you, and also
Campbell who is also under the ban of
Greens and others.
Both Fulton and
I have for the purpose of protecting your
interest Bone very muoh farther in a cer
tain direction than wa aver supposed we
would.
Towards the conclusion of the article
Mr. Steffens says:
But Heney is about through with Orea"on;
Bristol, his Successor, Is not well backed
up; and the system stands. Only the po
litical head of it Is gone, and' Senator Ful
ton, the candidate for . leadership of the
system there, while not bo popular, is quite
as "bad" as Benator Mitchell was. In tha
eourws. of the ttght over BrlHtol, Heney sent
to the President certain evidence (outlawed
and therefore useless in court except in a
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HARRY MURPHY'S PEN IMMORTALIZES A FEW OF THE INTERESTING EVENTS
PETTIBONE GOES
FORTH FREE MAN
Jury Acquits After Bal
loting 14 Hours.
MOYER ALSO GIVEN LIBERTY
State Will Drop Prosecution
of Federation Officials.
ORCHARD YET TO BE TRIED
Charge Against Simpklns Will Also
e ,
.Stand Four Jurors Vote to Con-
vict Two Hold Out to End.
Verdict Is No Surprise.
HOW THE J CRY STOOD. J
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 4. Although
the Pettibone Jurors agreed that t
their deliberations should be kept N
secret, It has been learned that on'
.the first ballot the vote was 8 to 4,
the majority being, for acquittal.
The second ballot resulted in a vote
of 9 to 3. The third lo to 2 and so
It remained all through the night.
The two holding out for a conviction
were Anally won over.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 4. The end of ;.ie
prosecution of the men charged with the
murder of ex-Governor Frank Steunen
berg, with the .exception of the cases of
Harry Orchard and Jack Simpklns,
came tolay with the acquittal -of George
Pettibone.- Charles H. Moyer, president
of the Western Federation of Miners,
was formally released this afternoon at
four o'clock, and will return with Petti-,
bone In a few days to Denver.
The case of Orchard, the self-confessed
assassin of Steunenberg, Is in the hands
of Prosecuting Attorney Van Duyn, of
Canyon County. No statement as to the
future procedure in that case has been
made, but it will be called during the
next term of court at Caldwell, when It
will probably be finally disposed of.
Simpklns' Charge to Stand.
-,3impkins, a member of the executive
board of the Western , Federation of
Miners, who is . charged with complicity
in the crime, is a fugitive from Justice
and the charge against him will stand.
Whent the Moyer case was called by
Judge, Wood this afternoon, James H.
Hawley, representing Prosecuting Attor
ney Van Duyn, signified the desire of the
state to have an order of dismissal en
tered. - ,
Evidence Is Insufficient.
."I am satisfied," satd Judge Wood,
"that the course taken by the district
attorney and decided upon by attorneys
for the atate is the proper course to be
taken in the matter. I have, watched the
evidence carefully, so far as the connect
ing and corroborating evidence under the
statute was concerned in its application
to this defendant, and there has cer
tainly nothing been developed In the
cases that would Justify the court In sub
mitting the case against him to a Jury,
unless there was considerable additional
connecting testimony than that which Jias
been shown in the two caes already
tried. For ' that reason the case-will be
dismissed and an order exonerating the
bail of the defendant."
Perjnry Cases Dropped.
At the request of the state the case
against Dr. McGee and C. W. Aller,
charged with perjury by reason of tes
timony given by them in the Haywood
case, was also dismissed. '.
Pettibone and Moyer received many
telegrams of congratulation chiefly from
Colorado friends. Pettibone, although
very 111 for the past two weeks, walked
to the local headquarters of the Western
Federation this afternoon. .
The verdict was returned by the Jury
at 11:15 this morning, after 14 hours of
deliberation. No demonstration of any
kind marked the "reading , of the verdict
which made Pettibone a free man. ,
After two years' imprisonment, await
ing trial, the defendant, 'pale and
emaciated because of his long illness,
merety smiled as he heard of his free
dom, and a moment later . he was sur
rounded by his attorneys and friends. His
wife, who has been by his side at every
session of the court during the trial,
wept for joy. "
Pettibone will return at once to Den
ver. His health is in a very precarious
condition : and his physicians fear that
his malady is of such a nature that he
will never' recover.
VINDICATION, SATS HAYWOOD
.Reasserts Charge of " Mineowners'
Conspiracy Against Federation.
DENVER, Jan. 4. William D. Haywood,
secretary of the Western Federation of
Miners, who is on a six months' leave of
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CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Wether.
TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature, " 60
. ieyreee; minimum, 42 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; fresh Goutherly winds.
Foreign.
How Leopold became King of .Congo. Sec
tion 3. page 8.
English Toriea demand coercion in Ireland.
Section 4. page 1.
Ryan and Guggenheim's army slaughters
Congo natives. Section 1, page 2.
National. . .
SurYeyor-General Eagleson must go. by or
der of President. Section 1, page 2;
Ambassador Aokf reiterates Japanese friend
' ship in farewell speech at San Francisco.
Section 1, page 4. -Politics.
fVellman warns against underatlng strength
of Bryan. Section 1, page 1.
Frank Hitchcock to manage Taft's cam
paign Section 1, page 1.
Heney offers to prove Fulton corrupt; Fulton
calls him a liar. Section 1, page 1.
.Domestic. .
Great trade 4n livestock In 1907. Section 4,
page 8. . "
Bomb In Kansas City hank Injures ten per
sons. Section 1,- page 5. .
Jury in Caleb Powers trial disagrees. Sec-
tion 1, page 5.
Corey tatks with former wife and is snubbed
by Steel Trust associates. Section 1,
page 2
Muncie under martial law. Section , page S.
Former Government offcial admits Control-
ler winks at violation of law. Section 1,
page 6-
Steamer Mount Royal still missing. Section
, page 2
. " ' v- Sport. :
Dug-dale aak for Portland franchise, but is
refused it. Section 2. page 3.
Parifle Coaat.
Dr. Jordan's views of modern Greece -bitterly
attacked, by Athenian professor. Section 1,
page 1.
Secret -cipher of Brown and Bartnett clinches
charge pf bank-wrecking. Section 1, page
3. .. . t
Pettibone Jury acquits; four vote for con
viction. Section 1, page 1.
Lieutenant Hazzard, Washington's hero, seen
In double rols. section 1, page 7. .
Attempt made to wreck Rosebnrs; local; two
men under arrest. Section 1, page 6.
Wallace Coroner's Jury digs up evidence of
murder. b Section 1, page 6.
- Commercial and Marine.
Free selling prevents advance In onion mar
ket. Section - 4, page .
Eastern wheat markets higher pn export de
mand. Section 4, page 9.
Course of stock prices irregular. ' Section 4,
page 9.
Steam schooner owners will establish ticket
offices at all coast ports. Brokers win
loose' ticket sales. Section 4, page 8.
t'. Sports, '
Burns says American criticisms of his fight
, with Moir are unfair. , Section 4, page 4.
Football season closes with Multnomah hold
ing Pacific Northwest club championship.
Section 4, page 4. .'.;
Columbia soccer team takaa fourth straight
game. Section 4, page 4. r .
Open football play strengthens gams In pub
lic favor. - Section, 4,. page "4.
Close race assured next season fn American
League. Section 4. page 5.
Portland and Vicinity.
Ross and associates will be Indicted tomor
row. Section 1, page 7.
Hart Rappleye kills .himself when jilted by
17-year-old Astoria girl Section 3; page 8.
Eighth.' Ward ' Republicans will investigate
- all candidates t before primaries.; Sec-
- .' tion 1, page 7.,; ' - "
T. T. Geer announces' candidacy for Con
gressman " from - Second District. ; . -Sec-
limn. 1, page 10. -
Plans for .Rne' Festival will be discussed at
meeting. "Tuesday. Section 3, pftgv 11.
Harmony restored among Oregon Trust 4k
Savings Bank reorganlzers. Section 2,
page 10. .
Mayor Lane submits his annual mesaag.
Section 1, page '
8. A. D. Puter faces arrest on warrant from
' Marlon County In perjury case. -Section
4; page 30
Postal authorities Investigating character
of American Airship Company. Section
; 2, page 2. .
Food laboratory U to be Installed In City
Hall. Section 8, page 10. .
Oddfellows' Home on Bast Side, dedicated
with appropriate ceremony.' Section 2,
page 10. j
Fulton and Ellis leave tomorrow for Wash
ington confident of re-election. . Section
, 3. page 10. '
DECLARES BRYAN
YET FORMIDABLE
Wellman Warns Public
Against Underrating.
WILL BE SURE ENOUGH FIGHT
Nebraskan Is Stronger Than
.... Ever With People. ,
TWO HIGHLY POPULAR MEN
These Are Roosevelt and Bryan and
Whoever Advocates Roosevelt Pol
icies Will Be Elected, Whether
s Republican or Democrat.
BT WALTER WBLLMAN.
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (Special.)
Looking; 'over the Presidential field ap it.
has developed up to thus, time, we find
Colonel Bryan almost sure to be the Dem
ocratic candidate and Judge Taft not
quite sure of the Republican nomina
tion. Of the. nomination of Mrl-Bryan
at Denver there is very little doubt in
the minds of the best informed observ
ers here. There Is talk of Judge Gray
and Governor Johnson and ex-Attor-ney-General
Harmon, but the masses
of the Democracy seem bent upon giv
ing Mr. Bryan a c'lance to wage his
third and last battle for the seat of
the tnighty in the White House.
Those who favor Mr. Bryan may be
fairly divided into three classes: Those
who sincerely want him, because they
believe in him and love him; those who
somewhat indifferently look upon his
nomination as. Inevitable and therefore
not worth bothering about; and those
who consider a third nomination as the
only way to get rid of bini.
"If we don't name him now," say
these last named, "we shall have him
on our hands four years hence. For
heaven's sake let's get through with
him." ',
May Be Underrating. Bryan.
How - surprised ' these Democrats
would be if Mr. Bryan were to wln'out
and carry the country at the polls.
Not 'only they would be . astonished,
but many in the Republican camp as
well. It has become the fashion, es
pecially in the East, to laok upon Mr.
Bryan, as a sort of perennial candi
date for the Presidency, as. one who
always aspires and never arrives. It is
very easy to underrate Mr. Bryan's
strength. It is underrated by many
men who see only the surface of things
and who have not the knack of get
ting into touch with the real heart of
the people.
It is my opinion that Mr. Bryan Is
this time a formidable bidder for the
White House chair. : This does . not
mean that he Is to be elected. In fact,
the chances are probably a little In
favor of the Republican ticket. . but
"men who talk, of Mr. Bryan as a sure
loser, as already defeated, as a bit
of dead timber to be disposed of, do
not know what they are talking about.
It is going to be a sure enough fight
for "the Presidency this year,, and no
mistake. ' . .
Plain People Believe In Him.
Disregard the professional politicians
and get down among the people ''the
plain people," Mr. Bryan himself -loves to
call them and you . will "find that the
Nebraskan Is stronger than ever' before.
He has worn well. In .his honesty and
sincerity the people; have full confidence.
He is the only Democrat who stands in
a class with President Roosevelt in the
affections of the masses.-; Roosevelt and
Bryan are the only universally popular
public men we have today, and logically,
from the standpoint of thought and hope
of the vast majority 'of the people,.' they
should be the rival candidates. The point
I wish to make is that the men or the
party who proceed upon the theory that
Bryan is not dangerous as a vote-getter
are likely to wake up some time- and. find
themselves sadly mistaken. .'
What are known as the Roosevelt poli
cies have won the support of a great
majority' of the people . of all political
parties. These policies, are so well
known, have been so much discussed,
they need not here be described. . It is
perfectly safe to say that. If one of the
great political parties -were to name ' a
candidate who stood in the minds of the
masses for perpetuation of Rooseveltlsm
and the other great political party were
to name a candidate who in the opinion
of the people stood for dropping those
policies, the first would surely be elected
President, and it would not matter which
prty named which'.
There are four representatives of Roose
veltlsm -before the -American . people as
judged by the people themselves, and
only four, just four, who have taken
high places in tlie estimation of the peo
ple as satisfaetory agents for carrying
on the work which Roosevelt began.
Why Bryan Survives Defeat.
How: Is it that Bryan has survived
two defeats and one eclipse, and yet
has grjwn stronger in the affections of
Frank H. Httcacoek, Who Will
Miaage Taft'a Campalga (or
p urination.
the people who have the votes to cast?
To my mind, there are three principal
reasons, and I shall state them In the
Mo deal reverse order nf tfteir ieem
. First, his character as an earnest,
sincere, patriotic man.
Second, his keeping close to the peo
ple -through his lectures before Chau
tauqua and other gatherings.
Third, his championship of the
Roosevelt policies the policies which
have brought on' a new era in our
public -affairs. '
Men who gain their 'political impres
sions chiefly from the newspapers or
from other- men they meet and talk
with in business contact or in hotels
do not seem to understand what a
tremendous 'factor in the populariza
tion of a public man the' lecture plat
form is. '
RAIiliY MINNESOTA FOR BRYAN
Leading Democrats Say He Is .Chief
Exponent of Reform.
DULUTH, Afinn., Jan. 4. Democrats of
Minnesota who favor the nomination of
W. J. Bryan for President tonight gave
out an address to the Democrats of Min
nesota, setting forth, their reasons for
supporting Mr, Bryan. The address is
signed by T..T. Hudson, Democratic Na
tional committeeman from Minnesota,
and more ti.in100 other prominent Demo
crats of the' state." The address in part
say.; :v .
Bellftvlnjf t,hat it is essential In the con
test of 1J8 that the Democracy of the
Nation shall continue on advanced ground,
that ttfere shall be no retreat, .that vhat has
been already; so dearly won-;' shall not be
lost. It is ouV firm conviction that the best
interests of the American people demand the
nomination and . election of William - J.
Bryan to the - Presidency as the chief ex
ponent of the reforms needed in our Nation.
Kand, t that end. we ask the co-operation of
the Democrats of Minnesota.
The, ',conflkt: is - between reaction and
progress- The influences with selfish inter
ests behind them, which always have been
Inimical' to- pure democracy, are still at
work. T.ct no true Democrat be deceived.
In the present situation no man can be seri
ously considered in place of , Mr. Bryan, If
tlose Influences are behind him- We know
What Bryan stands for; he is no experi
ment. - Tf. we -win with him, it will be a
victory: worth " wlnnirtg, a triumph of the
principles we hold dear.
HITCHCOCK TAFT'S MANAGER
Will Organtxe South and East In
r Support oX Secretary.
. "WASHINGTON, D. C Jan. 4. (Spe
cial.) It has. been settled -definitely
that First Assistant Postmaster-General
Frank H. Hitchcock is to become
a part of the Taft campaign manage-
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CALLS DR. JORDAN
CMlGfflffT
Professor Lestsakos'
Bitter Attack.
FAILS TO UNDERSTAND GREECE
Criticises Statements Made in
"The Human Harvest."
CALLS ATTITUDE WRONG
In. Open Letter Takes Author to
Task for Maligning Modern -Greeks
and Distorting His
torical Facts.
" SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. (Special.)
A scholastic battle- of the first mag
nitude broke the vacation stillness
that has held sway over the grass-covered
campuses at the .University of
California and at Stanford, when Pro
fessor J. P. Lestsakos, of the Uni
versity of Athens, in an open letter
today denounced President Jordan as
ignorant, prejudiced and unlettered in
the simplest English poetry. Professor
Lestsakos has been in California on a
lecturing; tour and is now sojourning
in San Francisco before his departure
for his home in Greece. His wrath
has been aroused by f. -recent article
by President Jordon on modern
Greece, and when the Stanford execu
tive failed to make public correction
of what the Athenian regards as abso
lute misstatements of fact, he took it
upon himself to address an open letter
to Dr. Jordan.
Dr. Jordan, with his almost Roose
veltian versatility, found time recent
ly to write disparagingly of the mod
ern Greek in "The Human Harvest,"
and now the head of Stanford Univer
sity finds himself smote lustily by his
Grecian contemporary.
Makes Forceful Reply.
In regular order, Lestsakos takes up
the points raised by Dr. Jordan and
answers them with fervor. President
Jordan did not speak gently nor favor
ably of the moderns who dwell in the
land of Xenophon and Homer. His
remarks were suitable for an obituary,
so far as they described death, but
they were cast in another mold from
the obituary form. Ho quotes. Byron,
and Lestsakos lashes back with anno- .
tation?. Jordan said in .uncon vention-
al obituary language:
"Greece died because the men who made
her glory had alt passed away,' and left
none of their kin, and therefore,, none of
their kind."
To this Professor Lestsakos replied:
"I was amazed to read your tirade
against modern Greeks, a tirade
prompted by ' prejudice and ignorance.
And not only this, but you distort offen
sively and maliciously historical facts."
Entirely Misunderstands Byron..
The Athenian professor then states that
Dr. Jordan has completely- misunderstood
Byron's attitude toward the Greeks. He
adds that Dr. Jordan failed to understand
one of Byron's finest passages and gave
it a meaning entirely at variance and
contradictory to the accepted version.
Here is a. passage from Dr. Jordan's
article which Professor Lestsakos deals
an especially effective smash. Dr. Jor
dan wrote: .
I "For the Greek of today for the most
part never came from the loins of
Leonidas or Miltiades. He is the son of
the stable boys and scullions and' slaves
of the day of her glory, those of . whom
imperial Greece could make no use in her
conquest of Asia. Most of the old Greek
race, says W. H. Ireland, .has been
swept away, and the country is now in
habited by persons of Slavonic descent."
Professor Lestsakos quotes a long list
of authorities to disprove Dr. Jordan's
statement, including Dr. ' Horton, the
American Consul at Athens. In conclus
ion Professor Lestsakos says:
"In view of these statements as given
above, Ishall ask you either to strike
out what -you wrote about Greece in the
next edition of your book, or insert this
letter . In it as an answer to your grat
uituos attacks upon the Greek race.'"
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