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DESPERATE BATTLE
AT PORT ARTHUR
Short but Sharp Conflict Between the
Russian and Japanese Cruisers
Both Lose Ships and Men
Russian Story of Earlier AttackJews, Are
Again Persecuted and Russian Soldiers Tardily
Arrive and Drive Away Mobs of Plunderers
(Journal Special Service.)
London, March 11. A Chefoo dispatch reports the progress of an
other naval battle at Port Arthur today. The Russian destroyer and
torpedo boats made a sortie from the harbor,- attacking the Japanese fleet.
A terrific encounter followed, In which It is reported a Russian destroyer
and "a Japanese torpedo boat were sunk with all on board. A Tien Tsln
dispatch states that Chinese refugees have arrived and report they saw
the Russian army retreating and burning villages as It went
(Journal Special Serrlea.)
St. Petersburg, March 11. The Novo
kral, a Port Arthur newspaper, copies
of which have just arrived, describes the
naval battle of February 8 from the Rus
sian standpoint Four battleships, Ave
cruisers and one transport composed the
Russian fleet The battleships Re'tvizan
and Czarevitch were too badly Injured
from the torpedoes the night previous to
participate. At 8 in the morning four
Japanese cruisers rounded the Llao
Tshin promontory. The fast cruiser
Boyarin was sent out to reconnolter, and
returned and reported that a large Jap
anes fleet was sighted at 11 o'clock com
posed of 12 vessels six battleships and
six. cruisers. -The Japs opened firs at a
range of four miles and the Russians re
plied. The land batteries followed the
KISHINEFF HORRORS
AGAIN BREAK OUT
London, March 11. The Jewish World
today publishes a strong article on the
excesses that are said by Russian dis
patches to have taken place against the
Jews In' Kishlneff. According to these
cables a Russian mob attacked the Jew
ish quarter at Bukovlna in Kishlneff,
drove the inhabitants out of doors, beat
the women and children from - their
homes and sacked and burned the
houses.
The mob formed in a long procession
nnd went systematically at its work of
pillage. Many of the Jewish heads of
families were beaten and several were
fatally injured. It is also reported that
several of the Jews were killed during
BRIGHT LIGHT ON
MORMON POLITICS
(Journal Special Bertie.)
Washington, D. C, March 11. Re
suming his statement this morning wit
ness Crltchlow, In the Smoot case, said
that in the campaign which Apostle
Moses Thatcher made as a candidate for
the state senate In 1903 he Issued an
appeal to young men in Utah asking
them to unite with him and relieve the
people from the political domination of
the church. The appeal was' issued
Just after Thatcher was deposed from
the apostleshlp, and in it he admitted
their Tight ta depose film of "his church
office, but protested against any at
tempt to control his political views or
to the exercise of .the franchise by the
citizens of Utah. Discussing the Evans
anti-polygamy bill, so called, in the legis
lature of Utah in 1901, the purpose of
which was to limit prosecutions for
certain classes of offenses, he said that
five or six of the apostles had given out
interviews in favor of its passage, In
cluding President Snow, and Apostle
Joseph E. Smith, now president Apos
tle Smoot merely said he had proposed
to. leave it to the good sense of tho
legislature. The measure attracted gen
eral attention and aroused Indignation
throughout the country, because it was
taken to be In the Interests of the polyg
amies. The bill passed the house and
senate, but the governor, himself a
Mormon, vetoed It
After the veto the bill failed of pass
age despite the -urging of the Deseret
News, the recognised organ of the
church. " The . coming candidacy of
. Smoot was announced early in 1902." The
witness spoke of the considerable oppo
sition among the Republicans, Mormons
and anti-Mormons to the candidacy, and
said frequent expressions of opinion
were made as to the propriety of send
ing an apostle of the church to the
United States senate. The Ministerial
association of Salt Lake had issued a
statement calling attention to an inter
view by Smoot, In which he professed
not to know that certain apostles of
" the church" were -still living in potyga
, mous cohabitation, and proposing to
furnish him with names and dates to
-prove that his associates were still vlnt
'luting ihe law, A wrangle of the coun
' fel ensued as to the admission of the
v.timoot intervlewt It Anally, "developing;
fleet into action. Viceroy Alexleff and
his staff observing the action from
Golden Hill. The enemy steamed in
about 1,000 yards and then headed south
and disappeared in the mist Their Are
was directed chiefly against the Oolden
Hill batteries, ' a perfect rain of shells
faUing. Only the Novik Askold and the
Diana sustained injuries. Toward the
end of the engagement a column. Of
steam and smoke poured from one of
the Japanese vessels; it is believed that
she sank. It was learned latef that six
of the enemy's ships were damaged and
100 men killed and wounded.' The ac
count says that the speed of the Rus
sia) cruisers prevented the Japanese
getting In range. The Novik disting
uished Itself by attacking the battleship
Mlsaka,
the attack. The soldiers of the district
assembled tardily and at last drove the
rioters away without serious difficulty.
The dispatches hint that many harrow
ing details -of the outrage are being
transmitted by courier, since the gov
ernment censorship eliminates all "un
fortunate", news matter from the dis
patches.'. OFFOSIHO TKEXB ALLIES.
(Journal Special Serrice.)
Prague, March ll. The Pro-Russian
manifestations worked up by Czech po
litical leaders last night culminated in
a big anti-German riot. A large force
of police with difficulty protected Ger
man property.
that Smoot had positively denied ever
having given the interview. It was
agreed to strike out all reference to the
matter. The . hearing was then ad
journed to 2 o'clock.
The afternoon session of the senate
investigation committee on Mormonlsm
was occupied chiefly with the testimony
of E. B. Crltchlow, former United States
district attorney in Utah. The witness
stated that after the passage of the Ed
munds act in 1882 and the act of '87,
making adultery a crime, there were
many jrosecutlons of the members of
the Mormon church, and that more than
1,000 men were convicted and sentenced.
An opportunity was given by the courts
to those convicted to escape punishment
if they would promise to obey the law
In the future, but of the 1,000 con
victed only three took advantage of this
offer, The church Immediately ousted
those who accepted the court's amnesty,
having announced that the members
must remain true to their church vows
and not agree to give up practices au
thorised by the church ordinances.
Mr. Crltchlow covered the history of
the church between 1885 and 1890, and
showed that though polygamy was
openly opposed by the church, that se
cretly this practice was continued and
that the churoh leaders were conspiring
constantly to evade the law. He said
that at the first state legislature in 1896,
in which he sat as a member, there was
a marked disposition to send all pro
posed legislation to the church to see
if it was proper to enacts-
Mr. Crltchlow said that-the church
had endeavored to divide the people
about equally between the Republican
and Democratic parties so that a re
serve could be maintained as a club. A
letter had been sent out for this pur
pose, so the witness ' alleged, a letter
which the church afterwards denied. The
witness cited the case of Moses Thatcher
to prove that the Mormon . church was
determined to hold the balance of po
litical power and stated that the church
defeated" Thatcher because - he "opposed
tho council of the 18 apostles. Mr.
Crltchlow said that during the Thatcher
campaign the opostlcs gave out the. In
struction: "It Is tho will of the ijord
that you vote tho Republican ticket this
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HEARST IS VICTOR
IN RHODE ISLAND
State Democratic Convention Elects Six Hearst
Delegates to National Gathering Out of
the Eight Chosen
(Journal Special BerTlca.)
Providence, R. I., March 11. William
Randolph Hearst is the choice of the
Democracy of Rhode Island. The wishes
of 80 per cent of Rhode Island's Democ
racy were gratified at .yesterday's state
convention.
Not since Tllden was a candidate be
fore the people in 1816 was theVe ever
such Democratic Interest in a meeting
here as In this one. There was so
much Hearst enthusiasm, so real and
genuine was the sentiment for him, that
while he was opposed bitterly by every
trust power and every corporate Inter
est, not only In this state, but by the
trust Interests of New York, Massachu
setts and of Vermont and Connecticut,
he won.
Robbed of all rhetoric. It was a great
victory for Democracy. Rhode Island's
delegates to the national convention will
vote for him. Six of them had made
the Hearst fight their fight on the floor
of the convention. With the New York
congressman they chose the motto of
Kentucky: "United we stand; divided
we fall." There were no efforts made
to have the delegates elected to St.
Louis instructed. Tire men who were
voted for stated in plain language how
they stood and how they would vote at
St. Louis if they were, sent there.
Two delegates, Mr. Honey and Mr.
Qulnn, Baid that they were against Mr.
Hearst Before the convention met
there was an understanding with the
Honey-Qulnn men that they were to
have two delegates, Mr. Hearst the other
six. The agreement was .also that
neither Mr. Fitzgerald nor Mr. Corn
stock should ask for instructions, thus
leaving the men to vote for whom they
pleased at St. Louis. Mr. Fitzgerald
made both Honey and Qulnn show their
hands, however, because he made the
small anti-Hearst issue his issue.
There was no effort to have the con
vention as a body vote either for Mr.
Hearst or against him on votes for seat
ing delegates. On votes for national
delegates each of the six Hearst men
explained their position, saying they
would first and last vote for Mr. Hearst.
The overwhelming votes they got from
the state delegates showed plainly that
the convention was for Mr. Hearst, and
that the men were for Fitzgerald . for
governor. The compromise enacted
early in the morning was in the Interest
of harmony, there is no other explana
tion to follow the course of the day's
events. Even the men who had worked
hardest against the New York congress
man conceded that If Mr. Fitzgerald
had insisted on a straight-out set of
resolutions demanding -that "the-drfen-j
gates vote for Mr. Hearst, he would
have succeeded.
The Fitsgerald strength was over
whelming, .but it was not autocratic
The other side, the men who had car
ried on a long but unsuccessful political
battle, were chagrined at the conquering
opposition. Mr. Fitzgerald, who was
and Is absolute master of the Rhode
NOOSE
OF
(Journal Special 8erTlcc.)
' St. Joseph, Mo., March 11. Mark
Dunn, whom the officers of the state
pronounce the most reckless and dar
ing criminal of the decade, was hanged
this morning in the Jail yard.
Dunn shot and killed a farmer -named
Alfred Eenton at a dance near Rush
vllle In July, 1902. The men had been
drinking and quarreled after the close
of a dance over some trivial matter.
Fenton was shot and ' dted almost im
mediately. From the first Dunn put
up a strong legal fight and the case
was appealed," re-submitted,' postponed
and dragged out for months. At last
final sentence of death wns passed, then
followed reprlevo,' ly of execution, tn
account of the prisoner's serious ill
ness, and other' delays. .The rnd was
drawing pear, however, and doomed to
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by the forelock. Thev know The Sunday Tournal will be a zood
Island Democracy, did not deem It wise
nor Just to ride rough-shod over the
minority. It was his Idea to give them
place on ihe delegation and he gave
them 26 per cent of the voting strength,
which is a fair esttmata of the factional
Democracy they represent Mr. Fitz
gerald was for peace, and Mr. Hearst
had sent word that every effort should
be made to harmonize all warring ele
ments so that the triumphant side could
consistently Insure an undivided Dem
ocracy. After the convention had ad
journed Mr. Fitzgerald called a meeting
of the eight delegates that had been
elected. Only the six Hearst men re
sponded: A wait of an hour for Mr.
Honey and Mr. Qulnn did not bring
either to the conference. Then the six
Hearst delegates sat in session and
elected Mr. Fitzgerald chairman. It
was then agreed that the delegates
should vote as a unit, and that their
votes all the time should be for Mr.
Hearst and adopted resolutions. The
six Hearst delegates decided to call an.
other meeting on Saturday, March 12,
when the unit rule of voting in the St.
Louis convention will probably be
adopted.
"On the floor of this convention were
many factors," said Chairman Hlg
glns in his acceptance speech. "But
when this meeting closes we shall be
but one factor, and that is a Democratic
one."
The epigram was a true one in this
instance. Men contended with ardor
and enthusiasm, but never for a mo
ment forgot that they were after all
and above" all Democrats. The visitors
who crowded the very floor of the con
vention pushed close upon the space
reserved for those who came with cre
dentials from ton committees. They
hailed the leaders and as the climax
came there was a wild burst of en
thusiasm for the man, of their choice.
Delegates and cltisens were hopelosuly
mixed together as they crowded forward
with arms held high, cheering and cry
ing for the one who was beyond all
doubt their choice for the next presi
dential nomination. There were several
men in the convention that might be
termed leaders. There was Mr. Hlg
glns, who presided, clearcut and strong
in manner and word. There were others.
many others, but most noticeable of all
was Fitzgerald, the former mayor of
Pawtucket and, it is said, the next gov
ernor of the state. He moved about
with that strength and confidence and
that command that is so well founded
that It is not offensive. All were his
friends, even those who opposed him.
Fitzgerald-was strong when he re
ceived his commission to call the
Hearst delegates to St. Louis, because
he led the cause of the people and voiced
their wishes, and he was awarded with
more of their confidence.
The marked sensation of the day
was the excoriation by Mr. Fitzgerald
(Continued on Page Three.)
ENDS SUFFERINGS
PLUCKY MARK DUNN
die within the week. Dunn made a des
perate p.ttack on his death watch last
Monday night.
The guard was lured into the cell by
Dunn, asking him to read a letter. In
the coll the guard was overpowered and
held at the point of Ills own revolver
from midnight until nearly daybreak. At
this hour the sheriff entered the Jail
and Dunn slipped out the door as
the sheriff entered, "seizing a rifle from
the hall gun rack as he escaped.
A' posse was at once formed and after
three days Dunirwaa. recaptured, rWak
en'ed- by exposure and sleepless nights,
Dunn fell victim to pneumonia and
while delirious was taken Wednesday
morning and brought back to . the cell.
His condition was so serious that It
was not believed he would bef able to
leavt liia bed. and .the watch was re
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STREETS FLOODED
BY BROKEN DAM
Tanner Creek Sewer Flood Relieved This Morn
ingEngine House and Adjoining Buildings
Flooded Multnomah Field a Lake
Unable longer to resist the force of
the huge lake of water that piled up
back of the. Tanner creek . sewer, the
dam at the rear of the engine house
at Sixteenth and Washington streets
gave way at 1 o'clock this morning and
with a roaring, swirling plunge the flood
swept madly down the bill under the
engine house and adjoining buildings,
out across Washington street and on
down Burnslde. There Were no fatali
ties and nothing but some damage to the
buildings under which the torrent went
are recorded. Along Burnslde street the
man-holes were all open and after run
ning for several blocks the force of
the flood was spent and. It found its way
again into the sewer.
x The water Is stillbacked up and al
though the break of the early morning
caused a fall of six Inches, Multnomah
field is still inundated to a depth of
many feet.
Before the sun had risen above the
eastern hills Chief Deputy Engineer
Gorge Bcoggins was at the scene of the
break with a large force of men. City
Engineer William C. Elliott arrived soon
after, and Chairman J. P. Sharkey of the
city council sewer committee also
reached the flood section at an early
hour. The venerable form of Mayor
Williams also was seen among the large
throng. He remained but a few minutes,
however, afterwards passing down the
street to his office In the city hall.
City Engineer Elliott took charge of
the pile driver gang, while Deputy Bcog
gins took chaige of a gang to break the
mortar and brick out of the large man
hole on Fifteenth, between Alder and
Washington streets. This work was ac
complished after several hours' time,
and the overflow from the huge lake
swopt through this avenue of escape at
a terrific rate. Ever since tho dam
broke this morning, water has been flow
ing swiftly across Washington street
and down Burnslde,. its course taking
it under the engine- house and the row
of business houses in Washington, be
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets.
Street cars rounding the curve In Wash
ington street directly in front of the en
gine house had to run through a cur
rent of water more than a foot deep.
Xesident rrightened.
The breaking of the dam this morning
was accompanied by a loud report as
the imprisoned water leaped from Its
oonflnes and swept madly forth, carry
ing all manner of debris on Its crest.
People sleeping in the vicinity were
rudely awakened from their slumbr.r by
the report, and almost as If by magic
the denizens wwe-thronglng the Htrefftn,
many of them attired but scantily. Fear
of instant death had seized them, and
not until it became certain that the dan
ger was far less than they anticipated,
did they again enter their homes.
Patrolman Rowley heard the report
and at first thought it was that of a re
volver. He was four blocks from the
scene, but nurriea to it and saw at a
laxed. In a frenzy of sudden strength
Dunn again made his escape and eluded
the posses for 24 hours. Thursday he
was recaptured and was again brought
back to the prison.
Yesterday the doctors examined Dunn
and em.ouiiced that he would die of
pneumonia before Monday if he was
not executed, and to carry out the law's
sentence and to prevent the man meet
ing death in an Vndeavor to escape for
the third time, his execution was ordered
and .carried out this morning.
' Dunn faced the fatal noose as bravely
as he had tha ontencand the- pur
suing posses, and only expressed hts
sorrow that he was not able to discover
death before he met it on the gallows.
This In spite of the fact that he was so
weakenod by tho attack of disease that
he muid nut: mount the scaffold un
aided, , " '" . . - ,V! .: c ' ' i '.
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glance what had happened. He tele
phoned the city engineer and police sta
tion arter wnieh he aided In saving a
team of horses from Park & Koibn' meat
market, next the engine house. It was
with great difficulty that the horses
were rescued from their place of peril,
and the" firemen had to cut the end of
the barn out to liberate the beasts.
Several barrels of hiuns and bacon and
40 chickens were lost In the flood, which
rose at that point 10 feet 'in as many
minutes.
The firemen, at the command of Fore
man L. Daulson, drove the apparatus out
into the street, as the tnrce of the flood
lifted the floor with thi heavy weight
of the engine and hose cart, together
with the horses. By daylight the water
had receded sufficiently vo permit of
the return of the apparatus and hoi sea,
and at noon it was five Inches below
the floor of the engine house. It is &ot
thought the house is damaged to any
great extent, but this will not be known
to a certainty until the flood is over
and an Inspection made.
The basement of the residence of D.
Veares, on Fifteenth street, between Al
der and Washington streets, was filled
with water and the owner estimates his
damage to date at 8300. There is dan
ger that the house, which is three sto
ries high, will topple over.
Park & Kolb, the butchers, could not
estimate their loss, but they think it will
not fall below $1,000. Other firms near
by were" 'fortunate enough to have but
little, if anything, in the basements,
and thus escaped damages. The water
did not rise above the ground floors, ex
cept in the engine house.
Many people in the vicinity were so
(Continued on Page Two.)
FRAUD AT POLLS
IN PREPARATION
Colonization of voters is being prac
ticed on a very large scale by the two
Republican factions, preparatory to the
primaries next Wednesday. The reg
istration rolls of doubtful precincts
have been stuffed and from the cheap
lodging houses in the north end and
have registered who have no legal, right
to vote. It is impossible to ascertain
the full extent of these frauds, but
some instances have come to light which
indicate that in many precincts the re
sult of the primaries will be determined
by the ballots of men who have ac
quired no legal residence in the city
and who have no right to go to the
polls. There is also reason to believe
that in some cases men have registered
under fictitious names, for tho obvious
purpose of voting more than onco.
Worth End Stuffing.
Both Simon and Mitchell supporters
have been Implicated in securing these
fraudulent registrations. Down in tho
north end, which has always been no
torious for corrupt politics, tho regis
trations have been shamelessly stuffed,
apparently In the Interest of Simon.
Voters have been colonized in South
Portland by workers for the Mitchell
faction. In precinct 16, bounded by Mor
rison, Yamhill, Seventh and the river,
and In precinct 23, bounded by Jefferson,
Market, Fifth and the river, scores of
voters are said to have been illegally
registered. Nate Solomon of the Port
land club has. been especially active in
the work of colonizing voters. In the
Interest of the Mitchell faction, and in
the Fourth precinct where Larry Sulli
van holds sway, there Is unmistakable
evidence of similar frauds in the inter
est of Simon. - ,
At XMtrf Sullivan's.1" -:
Larry Sullivan's sailor boarding house,
at 113 North Second ttreet, appears on
the registration books as t:e rldenoe
of 9 voters Sullivan began the pres
ent campaign as a Mitchell Republican,
but a quarrel with Frank Baker lad him
to desert that faction and go over Jo
TO SUPPLY
JETTYROCK
The , Columbia Contract
Company Makes the
Only Bid.
ITS PREVIOUS WORIT
Controls the Quarry at Fisher's Land.
Ing From Which Stone for Con '
struction at Gray's Har
bor Was Secure!
Only one contracting firm bid forj
the work of supplying stone for th
extension of the government Jetty at the
mouth of the Columbia river. It was)
tendered by the Columbia Contract cofo
pany of which Daniel Kern is president.
This Is the well known tlijin that oper
ates the quarry at Fisher's Landing, and
although no contract has been awarded
yet. Major Langiitt states it to be Quit
probable that it will be given the work.
The bid was opened at 11 o'clock this)
morning by Major Langfltt of the' corps)
of the United States engineers.
The company agrees to deliver by wa
ter 240,000 tons of rock at 81.08 a ton
in accordance with jthe specifications.
These require that the rock be or three
classes designated as A. B and C. Class
A provides for 36,000 tons of rock, each,
piece ranging in size from 1,000 pounds
up to eight tons. Thirteen-ton stones
will be accepted. Class B is for 144.000
tons ranging in size from two to eight
tona. But one-third of this class will
be accepted if they run from 1,000"
pounds to two tons. Class C Is for 60,
000 tons ranging' In weight from 20
pounds up to 1,000. pounds. ''
For years rock from the . Quarry at
Fisher's Landing has been used . for -Jetty
work. All the Jetty work at O ray's
Harbor is of stone procured from this
quarry. The . delivery of stone will . be
gin as soon as the contract is let which,
perhaps will be within a few days. The
rock is to be delivered alongslda tha
wharf by the contractor and the govt
ernment does the balance.
Engineer Q. B. Hegardt who is ir
chapge of the Improvements being made
at the mouth of the river, was In tha
city this morning to be present when
the bids were opened. Owing to tha
severe windstorms of late he says It
has been a very difficult matter to maka
any material progress in the Improve
ments that are now under way. It Is
generally admitted, says Mr. Hegardt,
that the Btorms off the coast have been
of greater violence and of more fre
quency during . thpast few months) ...
than for years. Two jnore bents of tha
Jetty were swept away yesterday after
noon adjoining the gap that was broken
open during the early part of the win
ter. There have now been' 32 bents of
the Jetty destroyed.
The dredge Chinook will bs brought)
up to Portland on Saturday to cava
her boilers repaired. Proposals for
making the repairs will be opened next
Friday. The engineers state that tha
big dredge can be put into thorough
order in two or three weeks, and per
haps in much less time. - !
the enemy. He was received with cold
ness by the Simon leaders who have re
peatedly declared that they do not want
Sullivan's aid. Sullivan himself saya
he is not with either faction, but com
mon report says that ho is now working;1
as actively for Simon as he formerly dIU
fn. 1 1..V'i..ll In kin nrantnnt n va -.an..
ringing in fraudulent voters is com , .
paratively easy.
An illustration is afforded by tha Su
perlnr Transient rooming- house, 81Vi
North Third street. This is a two
story frame building, the. lower lloor
being occupied by stores and tho upper
by rooms. The registration ,,rolls show
that 48 voters have registered from this
house. The pluce is kept by J. J. Trim- -hie,
and his wife said yesterday that t
the entire number of mem living in tha
house is only six. When told that 4i '
men had given the house as their rest
dence she exclaimed: "Why, that seems)
impossible., I have never had that num :
ber in the house since I took It." -'
When Sullivan was asked about tha
registrations from this address he re
piled: "Oh, those men were all reg
latered when Jack Matthews and I wera
working together, before I left tha -Mitchell
faction. They are all. Mitchell
voters. Matthews and I were register .
Ing every voter we could get."
Rounders, vagrants, loafers and hang '
ers-6n of the saloons have been regis
tered by the soore from this preoinct,
and their votes, if concentrated for ona
ticket, would far outweigh those of le
gltlmate voters. The Lake Charles bo
tel, 89- North Fifth street, bas bean
mentioned as one of th places whfta
voters have been colonized, thvugii tha
proprietor denies tho charge, ,
Vat tfolomoa Active. .
A Oiia'bf the most " ai-tive workers fon
the Mitchell caima has bcn Nate Solo
mon of the Portland club. Kver ' sine
the . registration bot.k opened tr 1m ,
been bimlly ,hkk''1 In rtmmlltig up Vot
ers and taking them to tho coiiriliou
(Cvnliuucd on I'tmt T9.).
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