THE OREGON SUNDAY joURNAU' PORTLAND, ' SUNDAY MORNING, 1 ? FEBRUARY ie, 1903.
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TAFT BORROWS
OTHERS' IDEAS
Fat Secretary Expounds the
Wisdom Originally Coin-;
infe From Statesmen, v
I
Iffi IS
Navy Department Will Call
.for Volunteers to Stay m
Battleship's Turret Wliile
Heavy Shells Aro Hurled
; at It.
(Haant Km br Iu Wlr..)
, Washington. Feb. 16. The navy de
partment ha under consideration prob
ably the moat startling teat or me pene
trating power of shells, dancer te life
and the resisting power of armor that
ever has been tried in any of the world
navies. The proposition is to have the
monitor Arkansas, now being prepared
for the teat, fire a lZ-lncb shell, weigh
ing 550 pounds, from a SO-ton gun a,
distance of two miius and have It strike
tbe turrent of the Arkansas' sister ship,
the Florida, which la being placed in
readiness for the trial. ...
The astounding part of the test la
the proposition to have In the turret
of the Florida at the time of the Im
pact a turret complement 01 11 man.
The question of having a crew In the
turret was discussed at length In the
navy department today. Ail paper
figures, ail statistics so far aa the
Weight Of metal thrown, heat gener
ated by Impact, resisting power of
armor and other details would indicate
that the men In the turret would come
out unicratched except for a shock, uf
course, there is no record in existence
f a monitor, the turret protected by
11-lnch belts, being siruca piump
ti.iiiii a JiSi) sounds welch I.
All flgurea are purely theoretical, but
ih twil r la tnat a volunteer crew
Ignt.
but
' be secured to remain in the turret
linn at Imtiact.
- Of pours, the nosKiblllty of mlsaln
. la Infinitely small. All shots are now
v fired from a geometricaly deduction
and with machine precision. The shall
will doubtless land Just where aimed for
' and then If the theory of the navy ex
perts holda good. It will be deflected
. ana me turret ien umujui.
Admiral Mason, chief of tbe bureau bf
' a . f -,.,.nBnt MftMmandar
" fellers discussed the matter at length
. today. The first plan was to place u
dogs or pigs In the turret and see the
Tract upon mem, oui ma jdwiwuuun
of a volunteer crew Is now under ad
visement.
The Arkansaa U In Norfolk, and the
Florida near by. .
Naval attaches from all parts of the
world bave heard 01 tnis test, ana are
, anxiously scrambling for an opportunity
to witness It, but the department has
declined all applications; In fact It Is
aid that the test will be made far out
at sea so that observations and deduc
tion br foreign powers cannot do
mada
TOOlffiisSi:
SEEKING
V C
j
Jfan Who Teased Girl Into
' Harried Life Finds He
, Has No Snap.
(United Press Letwd Wire.)
- Chicago, Feb. IB.- Chicago's dl
Torce courts brought to light today
, ona.'of the most persistent wooers
of all history. It was disclosed that
Joseph Dempsey courted his sweet
- Heart, Cecilia Myers, lour years,
proposing 165 times In, the last one
and winning her hand. Tet within
, thre months after marriage he tired
- of his wife.
Dempsey lives at 4232 Cottage
Grove avenue. He filed before
Judge Walker a bill asking for di
vorce upon the ground of extreme
, and repeated cruelty. Mrs. Demp
sey filed a crossbill, in which she
made similar charges.
The hearing of the day was the
wife's complaint and was not con
tested. "He visited me for four
years before we were married," Mrs.
Dempsey testified. "In tbe last year
be proposed to me every night and
J finally accepted him."
The couple were married August
25. 1907, at Crown Point, Indiana;
and November 10. 1907. they sep
arated.
"Differences In religion caused
; some of our troubles," Mrs. Dempsey
said. "I never, was cruel to Joseph,
but he often beat' me and threatened
' to kill me, too. When he left me
there was only a half a loaf of
bread la tae house."
V,t p -Ste' ; ! i, II
1 1 'il
A man -has been arrested la
Bristol, England, who It is believed
is George WltshofT, alias Weston,
alia Bessemer, and scores of other
names, who is wanted in the United
States on many charges of bigamy.
The picture at the right Is from
photograph of Wltzhoff, and on the
left Is a photograph showing him as
a magician. Witzhoff had a strange
power over women. It is believed
that he blgamously married and then
robbed scores of women. Widows
with small estates were his easy
prey.
MEXICANS REFUSE TO
PROTECT AMERICANS
Three White Men Killed by
Yaqui Indians Who Are
on Warpath.
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COTTON MILLS WILL
FIGHT FOE ECONOMY
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 15. The senate
committee on agriculture ana manufac
turers decided to make a favorable re
port on the McDowell child labor bill,
which fixes the minimum age at which
children can be employed In mills, fac
tories or other forms of Indoor employ
ment at 14 years.
The cotton mill representatives will
now make their fight on the bill when
It comes up for passage In the legisla
ture and make.a great effort to acaom
glish Its defeat on the floor of that
It la conceded the bill will nasi tha
house by an overwhelming majority
and Its friends claim that they have a
safe majority in the senate.
(Heant News bf Loosest Leased Wtre.)
Galveston. Tex., Feb. 15. A dispatch
from Terraaaa, Mexico, says that three
Americana ware killed by Taquls about
three miles south of Tsrrazaa on Feb
ruary 12. The names of tba men are
George Bronzon, Philip Qrameyer and
James Ammersen, an irom umo.
They went to Bonora. Mexico, with
an engineering corps an were the
nnlv Americans in camD when the raid
was made. Twelve Mexicans made
their escaDS without a fight. Tbe
Amnrlcana foueht the savaaes for
long while, killing four and wounding
a score or more.
A company or ruraies appeared snori
nrtnr the rain. bin. reiusea lo purnui
e isquia r-ormai cuinuimui
been made against the action or tne
Mexican soldiers, who also refused to
luva a. rimnl at the camn to protect
Uhe other live Americans in me pm ir
PLAN NEW GYlAul
FOR
JVENIl
E
WARDS
. SURVEYOR- GENERAL
1 i WILL NOTGET RAISE
t ' (Waited pnas Leased Wire.)
Washington Feb. 15. The west lined
up against the east In the housa of reD
resentatlves today and got whipped
t Representatives 1 rom CalUornla! bre
iron. Wfahlngton. Idaho. MOBtaSTcoTS
rado. Wyoming. Utah and Rn..t? Ifi?!
wntL. tha ."lK:uUTe PProplrtatTon
amended o that urvvoritlTJ-,Y5
their states would be paid 1 30oa li,"
etead ot per annum. ChalrmVa
Tawney contended this was an "in.
ereasa" in , pay for tha head of an
of flea that bad become a "mere loaflna
fclaoa.' .- i .' :
' It was. an al dt-job to defeat tha
r' Jacreaaa. r. v. , y,.,.. ... .
A : national union : composed of the
agents employed by a leading sewing
rnamiue company , recently oraerea a
strike for higher commission and : the
reinstatement of a . number of. agents
all- red to have been discharged for be
i... ..og w tha union. '
Tha regular monthly meeting of the
Juvenile Improvement association was
held in the courtroom of the cljcult
court department, last evening. Presi
dent H. M. Esterly announced a gift to
the general fund of the association of
5100. ilt also expiaineu in ucia.ii ymim
tar the rvmnaslum which the club is
a-oina to build on several acres of
cleared land In Columbia Park, donated
by the city for the purpose. The lum
bar for a building 40 by 60 feet was
promised by the late President Barker
Of the Peninsula Lumber company, i
few weeks before his death. The gym
naslum when completed will be used
by all the boys and girls of the sur
rounding suburbs. A small fee will
be charged and the rest of the main
tenance fund will be raised by public
subscription.
The reDorts of the Girls' sewing clubs
of Sollwood, Alblna and Peninsula were
presented and the report of the Frazer
club tne Doys organization at oevenui
and 'Lincoln Btreets, announcing a gift
of some gymnasium equipment from the
Multnomah club, was read to the meet
ing. In regard to plans for the spring the
associations are arranging for a series
of talks by authorities on the m attar
of state laws relating to cnuaren as ap
plied In the Juvenile court. The dates
for these talks are still undetermined.
Th next meeting of the aosociation will
be held on the third Saturday evening
in March.
TEST TUNNELS UNDER
RIVER TO II0B0KEN
(United Press Leased Wire.)
New York, Feb. 15. With the formal
opening of the Hudson, and Manhattan
railroad tunnels between Hoboken and
Nineteenth s.reet only ten days away,
officers today made an official Inspec
tion. The trip covered the underground
route from Fourteenth street to the
Hoboken terminal. Power was turned
on long enough for a train to make the
trip under the river and return.
At the formal opening, Governor
Hughes and a party of officials from
New "iork will meet uovernor on ana
a party of Jersey officials at the state
line under the river, where greetings
will be exchanged.
President Roosevelt, at Washington
city, will press the button Tnac will
turn on the power for this official
trip.
JAPANESE STAY AWAY .
FROM UNITED STATES
vi-. '
rttaltea Prns Leased Wire.)
Washington. Feb. 15. Thare has been
an enormous slump In Japanese enter
ing tha . United States. Last month
shows a. falling o of 4,504 oyer Jan-r-
,n9.0T'..o?l2L,m having paiwd
iiii ? borler- Although the
shrinkage in Japanese . immigrants
reached 51 per cent, the per cent of
other aliens was 2 per cent.- '
TAFT DOES NOT WANT
TO OFFEND "INTERESTS"
Fat Secretary Carefnl to
Make Himself Square on
Rights of Property.
(united Press Leased TFIre.)
Hartford, Feb. 15. Secretary Taft,
at tba banquet of tha Tale Alumni as
sociation tonight, said:
"In this day we are going through a
moral awakening, which I believe repre
sents. In a way. the spirit of Tale. We
do not want socialism, or those theories
which do away with 'life, liberty ana
prosperity, as handed down to us from
the Revolution.
"But we do want men who handle
property to observe the laws and to he
restricted so tbey snail not mane tnein
selves a nrlvileaed class.
"And again, we do not want to follow
tha demagogue In his denunciation of
the rights of property. If I understand
the progressive, modern conservative
spirit, this Is what tha American peo
ple desire.
"Tale graduates and tha Institution
that follow the spirit of Yale must
strive to avail ourselves of the moral
awakening of the people to accomplls
good and preserve all their Institutions
so dear to us.
KEU LMiDIS
HiSJIGHEART
Sentences Old Man and
Promises Him Good Job
When Released.
TAX MONEY SWAMPS
COLLECTION CLERKS
Week's Record $42,240 More
Than in Corresponding
Period Last Year.
Money circulated freely last week In
the tax departmeht of the sheriff's of
fice, $42,240 more being taken In than
during the corresponding week last
year. Nearly al of the taxes thus far
paid are in email amounts, the corpora'
tlons preferring to hold onto their coin
as long as possible. A majority of them
are expected to pay juat Derore March
10, aner wnicn time tue discount 01
per cent Is not allowed.
Taxpayers who wish to avoid the
crush around the windows In tha tax
collection department are still Invited to
send In descriptions of their property
by mall, so that statements oan be for
warded to them. These statements am
promptly returned, and the taxpayer
can then send a check for the amount
Que. witnout the necessity of Davinir a
persuuai visn la ma lax man.
Aiinougn toe computation of S per
cent QiHoouni wouia seem to De a com
paratively easy mathematical problem,
the tax deputies frequently find mis
takes have been made. Sometimes the
sum sent is too large, and sometimes
too small, In either case making It nec
essary to have further corresDondenna
and delay. Bo those who send in checks
are asked to be careful in their arlth
metic.
GRIPPE CAUSES OLD
MAN TO SHOOT SELF
(Hearst News by Longest Leased Wire.)
New York, Feb. 15. Guests of the
Hotel Belmont, Forty-second street and
Park avenue, were thrown Into a panic
when Augustus H. Lockwood of 52 West
Eighteenth street, New York city, tried
to kill himself in his room on the
seventh - floor, firing four shots into
his body, one of which may prove fatal.
Lockwood registered under an as
sumed name at the Belmont from Stam
ford, Connecticut. His real identity waa
made known by G. B. Ackerman. his
son-in-law.
Informed of the attempted suicide,'
Ackerman hurried to tne nospitai with
his wife. - Ackerman said he bad re
ceived a note this afternoon from Lock
wood, saying ha Intended to commit
suicide.
Ackerman hunted through tha hotels
in tha neighborhood, . as the note waa
mailed from the Grand Central station,
but could-find no trace of his father-in-law.
According to Ackerman, Lock
wood, who is 51 years old, haa suffered
lately from grippe and had become de
spondent. ' It is supposed this prompted
the attempt on his Ufa. ,
(United Prats Leased Wire.)
Chicago, Feb. 15. Judge Kenesaw
Landia, who fined the Standard Oil com
pany $29,000,000, today grasped the
hand of a destitute old man he had Just
sentenced and sympathetically promised
him a better job than 'the one he had
lost as soon aa he Is liberated. Tbe
prisoner was William P. Morgan.
mall clerk. Morgan was arrested for
putting two letters in his pocket whan
he lifted a mail sack from a table.
He remained in lall seven months be
fore his case waa called. He won Judge
Lanais sympathy by his brave baarln
He made a pitiful effort to conduct h
own defense. Morgan's mind had been
affected bv a surgical operation.
Judge Lanais imposed the minimum
sentence of four months lmprlsonmen
He said:
"Prlsoner-at-the-Bar: Your ease haa
worried me exceedingly. I hate to sen
tence you. If you don t feel unklndl
toward me when your time has expired,
come to me ana I will get you a poal
tion you win oe aiaa to accept."
The kindly Judge extended his band,
the prisoner clasped it warmly, and
bursting into teara said:
"Feel unkindly toward you Judge
Why, I can have only one feeling
towara you, ana inat is the deepest
grauiuae.
(rslttc Press Lee wire.) :
Hartford, Conn.. Feb. IK la bis' ad
dress Secretary Taft referred to policies
likely to figure In the impending cam
palgn and placed them under two beads:
Polloles or the MoKloley administra
tion, and policies of the Roosevelt ad
ministration. The former. , tia . M
might be embraoed. Under, the head 1
expansion, "which did' not oeaae when
Roosevelt took office." He said Porto
Rloo had been made to bloom like a
rose, and that work now being done In
the Philippines will educate tha inhahl.
tants into self-aovarnmenL Thi. wilt
take time, however, and he reminded bis
auditors It took the Anglo-Saxon raee
1,000 years to win self government
j axi aeoiarea wuoa, would be turned
over to the Cubans and their exper
ience Will teach them a. nunh-nuil
lesson, so that 'lnaurraatlona will
abolished. ,
Of the aavy. he said the United
States should have a naval, stranath
adequate to support Ita position aad
dignity as a nation not for fighting,
bat to prevent fighting. He used the
word of the chief engineerthat the
Panama canal will be raadr In about
six years. This will doubla tha naval
Strength of Tha United fitataa. ha aaM
by abrogating the necessity of making
the trip around Cape 1 Horn. I
In referring to the trusts, Taft said
a man wno reduces coat or production
is entitled to the profits therefrom, but
if be forma a combination to control
freducts and stamp out competition he
s doing wrong.
tie referred to the abuses of fiduciary
corporations by which great funds were
aivenea. me disclosures that followed,
be Insisted, shook the republlo and
started a great moral awakening.
The secretary then referred to the
employers- liability act. recently de
clared unconstitutional, and aald an.
other law would be passed providing
that In case of injury or death certain
aamages may oe recover a.
WILL MAKE TESTS TO
The Best Security On Earth Is Earth Itself.
HOOD RIVER ORCHARDS
ARE SAfE, SANE AND RELIABLE
. . . . .. vt'v
go AOBBS, all under cultivation, 100 Tallow Newtowns, 400 Spltsenbergs.
9iOO an acre. j -;:
M ACntXf, rood nouse and outbuildings, three aores la full-bearing or '
chard, f acres young orchard; a good buy. '.
XS AOXSS, with good house and barn, two acres In1 full-bearing orchard,
,, 4 acres young orchard, running water, some meadow, frloe SOOOO.
H ACBBS, all planted to apples, good l-room house and good barn, near
good school. Price g2600 "
ACmXB, rood house and outbuildings, 4 seres young Orchard, with
berries set between trees. Price 03500. .
XT ATS TO BIB VS.
GHAPIN & HERL0W
nova acAnr less. ,
S3s objaxxxb oi1 oomcuioa.
RAISE DAIRY STANDARD
Farms and Acreage
' for Sale '
88 AOBZS, i miles west of St Johns, on rood publlo road, adjoln
inr rood school house; well watered by never-falling streams; 10 acres
cleared, balance very light timber; one of the best garden treats In
the Willamette Valley.. BXO flSO TZM AOBB. TXBKS BAST.
800 AOBXS, near Oregon City; 110 acres cleared; all good rich black
Prairie soli: balance good timber; 15 acres young hopyard, good new hop .
house; well watered by never-falling streams; new barn, good (-room
house, mom OIL! 868 1XB ACBX. TEAKS EAST.
- 880 AOXSS, In Clackamas County; 100 acres cleared; 100 acres choloe
Stump pasture; balanoe good timber; well watered by creek and springs;
rood orchard of mixed fruits; all well fenced; one rood 7-roora house;
one l-room house; I rood barns, one stabled off for horses and oowe;
other outbuildings; situated on two publlo roads, handy to churches,
school, etc. 9MJ.OM 80 TXM AOBX. One-third cash, balance to suit
purohaaer.
' 88 AOBXS, on leading publlo road, 10 miles from Portland, half at
tnlla rVflm mnA vmIIwmw .I.HnH. it M A klk 4 .HlH.ilM.
rpod orchard, barns worth $1,000, good house. In first-class neighborhood
rmivm s 10,000, Hair cash, balance 10 suit the
of prosperous farmers,
purohaaer.
For Half Acre. Acre and 5-Acre Tracts
Of all first-class highly Improved rich prairie soli, we are now prepared
gooa locations ana nanay to rortiana
to sell on very easy terms,
oy raiiroaa, street cars, eto.
In
$5,000 MM
E
TO BROKEN HEART
-
Katherine McCall Fixes Sum
for Injury to Her Shat
tered Precordia, "
John Grlbble, who Is employed as
baker at the Elton Court, was arrested
yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff
Jones on a warrant Issued In a case
filed earlier In the day charging breach
of promise to marry Miss Katherine
McCall and injury to her health result
ing from his alleged fraudulent prom
ises 10 ner.
Grlbble was married about three
months ago, and when seen at the
county Jail last night he declared that
ner complaint is "ail rooi shneim " Ma
said he had no statement to make at
this time, referring the Interviewer to
his attorney, but intimated he would
aisprove miss Aiccaii's accusations
when tne time came. From other
sources 11 was learned mat he admits
his relations with his accuser several
years ago. but denies anv nrnmiaa nf
marriage.
Miss McCall asks for $5,000 damages
because of Injury to her health tanaa.
quent upon Grlbble's failure to marry
uer.
FINANCIAL SITUATION
IS IMPEOVING DAILY
(United treat Leased Wire.)
New York, Feb. 15. The feature of
the bank statement given out coinci
dental today by the clearing house
and State Superintendent of Banks
btewart was the publication for the
first time of a separate weekly state
ment of trust comnanlAa In riMot
New York.
The trust cbmn&nv atntnmant mhnwA
deposits of 6o0,908,100, an Increase
during the week of la.fiKK.aon? iin.
and investments, $698,801,000, an In
crease of $3,389,900; specie, $36,784,800.
an increase of $1,87,200, and legal
tender holdings. $5,726,400. a hJ..
of $196,200. Cash holdings ara 142 -
661,200, and the total rterva nf aI.
posits, $163,980,500, a decrease of
1,063,500.
Under the law. truar
allowed to count as reserves not only
y' . " uui u per cent in
banks and 6 per cent in bond holdina-a.
Lni" a percenuge of reserves of
26.6. The clearing house statement
biiuwbu wiai mans or 11.131.0gR una
decrease of $2,661,200; cash holdina-a
$315,923,400. an increase of ki aZn
H,"1!??'' 1.H3,224,600, an Increase
OHIO DELEGAES ABE
PLEDGED TO TAFT
(Hearst News by Longest Lnwd Wire.)
Cleveland. .O.. Feb. 15. She Dhin
gresslonal district delegates to the He
publican national convention in Chicago
were pledged todayto- the support of
tbe candidacy of Secretary, of War Taft
In conventions of the Ninth In Toledo,
Twelfth In Columbus and Twenty-first
district In Cleveland. .
THE SHAW-FEAR COMPANY
245M STARK STREET
THE BEAVER APARTMENTS
IIE'W'awfsi
Creamery DeTelopment As
sociation Takes Steps to
Advance Industry.
Realising that the future trade of the
dairy products of Oregon will be In the
direction of Alaska, the orient and the
cities of the east, additional steps were
taaen Dy memoers 01 tne uregon jream-
ery Development association at their I
mommy owner taat evening tor tne
betterment of the dairy conditions of
the state.
A fund to defray the expenses of cow
testing waa contributed and the opera
tion of this idea Is to be put into effect
aa soon as possible. In the testing
process the milk of the cows Is wolghed
and otherwise scientifically examined to
determine the exact amount of butter
fat It contains. When it la found that
a cow Is falling beiow the standard or I
is otherwise objectionable on account of
her milk she Is to be eliminated from
the hard entirely.
The cow barns, pastures and In fact
everything used In the dairying busi
ness Is also to be inspected by the cow
testing members or the association. Last
night $126 was raised among the mem- I
bers lor mis purpose.
The dinner was given at the Calumet
hotel. Twenty-five dairymen from Port
land and neighboring cities attended.
J. W. Bailey, state dairy commissioner.
being among tnose present.
BUKGLAKS CAUGHT AT
ADNA, WASHINGTON
(Special DUpatch to Tbe Journal.)
Chehalls. Wash.. Feb. 16. James
Williams. i years old. and W. J. Sulli
van, 47, were captured at Adna last
night In the store room. of. the Adna
Mill company, which they had burglar
iously entered. They are said to be
members of a gang operating for two
months In this neighborhood. Four
others, John and Carl Sullivan, Harry
Smith and John Miller are also in Jail
here.
Kills Wife and Self.
n.nJrU,Fh ii" i a -t STtaei f l,3505-room modern house, lot 50x100: $300 cash and $20 pef mont
55 years old, shot and instantly killed aa.avv o-room moaern nouse ana 1 lot, rs Diock irom station: it
nis wiie, vieo, inn men oiew oui nisi --.1, ..J jft
own brains. The eouple leave a daugh- Ch and Per month
ter aged 6.
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TWILTTK AJTD HABSXAIiX.
Newly furnished apartments from $15 up. Including gas ran res.
lights, hot water, baths, large reception room and laundry room all free.
single rooms with modern conveniences $2.60 per week ud.
Take "8" or 16th street cars going north, get off at
Phones M-67T1. A-4660.
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Ala
Marshall stree
Mt Scott Bargains
Auction Sales
BY
J. T. WILSON, Auctioneer
X02TDAY, WXDHXatDAT, TXTDAT
At 10 A. M. Each Day, at Sales
room, 208 First St
Three days selling from various con-
aimmenta of narlor and dinlna-room
furnishings, bedroom and kltohen ef
fects, steel ranges, gas ranges, stdves I
and hpuse furnishings 01 every a esc rip- 1
tion. carpets, rugs and floor coverings,
etc.
NOTE W pay cash for anything In
the house furnishing line, office fixtures.
etc Phone Main 10 jo. A-ttin.
91,200 Small house and !4-acre land; chicken house; fruit, etc.; $lf
mm -Vi mtA nf Mnffi r I
f2,100 Good 6-roora house and 1 acre; barn; chicken house; fruit, etc
near car; $500 cash and easy terms.
O. N FORD
Office at Stewart's station on Mount Scott line.
Tabor 591. '
Open Sundays. Phon
holHaday's addition
The ONE BEST place in Portland to buy. GEOGRAPHICAL CENTE
snd MOST DESIRABLE residence property of the city.
THE OREQON REAL ESTATE COMPANY
88$ THIRD STREET
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A lew lots for sale at $100.00 each that are worth
four times the amount. Now is your time to in
vest. Our lots are on the Mt. Scott line, one block
from street car.
Phone Tabor 732
320-327 Corbet! Building
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