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MEDFORD
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Predictions
I'nlr mid . wnimi-r.. Km inlit
mid Siinilny.
Maximum yesterday 43
Minimum today 21
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DIIy Fourteenth Year.
Forty-ninth leu,
MEDFORD, OUKGOX, SAiTKIiA V, JAXl'ARY
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SECOND RAID
ON RADICALS
TOTAL 4500
Dept. of Justice Gathers In Nearly
5.000 From Coast to Coast
Second Ark of Soviet Will Leave
Soon for Russia Inflamatorv Lit
erature. Is Found Exuccted Evi
dence Justifying Deportation of
Bolshevik Ambassador Unearthed.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Arrests
in the nation-wide radical raid last
niiiht and todnv had exceeded 4.500 at
noon, it was estimated at the depart
ment of justice. More than half of
this number probably will be held for
deportation, officials said.
In addition to examining the per
sons arrested, department of iustiee
nircnts trlanced over tons of litera
ture, records and photournplis seized
in the raids. It would appear from
some of the evidence seized nt the of
lieeof the newspaper Now Mir, thev
said, that sailors had been engaged
as secret messengers to convev cor
respondence between the "reds" in
America and their brethren in soviet
KuHsin. ;At the headquarters of the
Communist World agents declared
thcV found the lutest "red" yje'dem
imported from Europe, appealing for
the lifting of the Russian blockade
and rwognition of the soviet gov
ernment. Wireless- reports of condi
tions in soviet Russia also were
found among the batches of mate
rials seized.
llcarliifrs at Once
Tho United States transport Kil
pnltiek, sister ship of the Bufnrd.
now on tho high sens with tho first
consignment of deported radicals,
nrobnblv will be used to transport the
second contingent, it was announced
at the federal building todnv.
Special boards of innuirv were or
ganized nt Ellis Island todav nnd it
whs announced that hearings in the
eases of those nrrctscd would begin
immediately. Those suspected of
conspiracy to overthrow the govern
ment will be tried under section six
of tho federal nnnfchv statute, it
was announced bv department
agents.
. Among those held for deportation
are virtually all the officers of the
l'i communist organizations in this
city. Hen Matthews, assistant Tin
led States nttornev, announced that
the raids were hisiftv successful.
Nearly nil tho men wanted were ap
prehended, he said. And those still al
lursrs would he tnken before the dT
was over.
NEW YORK, Jan; 8. Department
of justice agents announced today
that they were examining the litera
ture seized in the raids last night to
determine whether Ludwlg C. A. K.
Martens, self-styled ambassador to
the United States of the Russian
soviet republic, was connected with
tho distribution of the communist
propaganda in this country. If this
connection is established, they said,
they had sufficient evidence to war
rant his deportation. The senatorial
commlttoe investigating .soviet activ
ities will be notified of the result of
the investigation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. In a
sweeping drive against radicalism,
agents of the department of justice
were completing today nation-wide
raids against communist organiza
tions In which several thousand radi
cals were taken In custody with the
view to deportation. Raids were ord
ered in 33 cities over the United
States and promptly at the hour of
nine last night the operatives moved
with clocklike precision in the round
up of communist workers and sympa
thizers. Today 'the number of ar
rests had risen to the highest figure
of any similar raid in the history of
the country.
Another Soviet Ark
The government hopes to fill an
other "soviet ark" and send it float
ing across the Atlantic to bolshevik
Russia. The department of justice
estimated that three thousand "un
desirables" would be caught in the
dragnet and with their deportation It
was believed the backbone of radical
ism in America will have been bro
ken. The raids were conducted partiru-
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FIRS F MOVE IS TAKEN
By U.S. A. 10 ASSISI
EUROPE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. The
first move of the American gov
ernment to aid financially in the
reconslructinn of Kurnpe came
todav when tile war finance cor
poration announced it lias prac
tically consuiuinalcd four loans
aggregating $17,000,000 to man
ufnctitirng exporters.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3. The
Hritish treasury has notified J.
'. Morgan and company, that it
is not seeking a large loan in
this country. Sir (icm-ge l'aisli.
who arrived here Wednesday to
seek a large loan lor British in
dustrial interests is not con
nected witli the ISritish treasury,
it was said.
INSANE MAN IS
LATEST SUSPECT IN
MAIiSIinKU), Ore, Jan. 3.
Leiurh Watson, a Uandou man. lias
ironc insane, and constant lv rave
tiiat he is not iniiltv of the murder of
Lillian l.euthold, the 10 year old trirl
who was found shot to death a short
time it ltd, Watson has never been ac
cused of slavimr the trirl. suspicion
havinir fastened upon voumr Harold
Howell, who is about io bo tried for
the third time, two .niries bavins:
disagreed.
Watson is beimr taken through hero
enroute from Hnndon to the state
hospital for the insane nt Salem.
Again and ngnin he is said to have
reiterated denials that he had not
killed the l.euthold girl.
Heretofore. Watson had been con
nected with the case onlv in a small
wiiv. At the second Howell trial the
defense presented a re-bored 2."-eal-iber
rifle, similar to the one with
"which the state contended Howell
killed the girl. The rifle belonged to
Watson and was brougth in to show
that Howell's rifle was not the onlv
one of that pattern in the country.
EVERETT H. SCHOOL
SUSPENDED CAUSE
NEW YEARS GAME
EVERHTT, Wash., .Ian. 3. Prin
cipal Maniuis of the liverett hiKh
school has received notification from
H. K. Hester of Yakima, secretary
treasurer of the Washington High
School Athletic association, announc
ing suspension of the local high
school because It scheduled a New
Year's day game with Toledo, in vio
lation of I ho rule of the association
against post-season games. Superin
tendent Roberts says the local au
thorities acted upon the assumption
that the state association is defunct;
that no meeting of the association
had been held for three years and
that, the Everett schtol has paid no
dues during that period.
"Everett has followed the eligibil
ity rules of the association very care
fully," he said, "but we did not feel
bound to heed an arbitrary regula
tion of a dead organization."
PEOPLE ARE SAVED
Ol'KUKC. Jan. X -Fifteen persons
employed nt the1 government stations
on Belle Isle who were threatened
with starvation bv the foundering of
the government steamer Aranmore.
loaded with winter supplies, a few
weeks ago. have been rescued bv the
New Kotindland steamer Seal, ac
cording to a wiri'le.-s me-sage receiv
ed here. The n;e-.-nge said:
"All hands successfully taken off
Belle Nlo and now safe on board the
steamer Seal, hound for New Found-land,-'
CLEMENCEAU
WILL ISSUE
LEAGUE CALL
French Premier Instead of President
Wilson Will Send Out First Call for
Meetina of League of Nations Ac
cortlinq to Supreme Council Decis
ionillness German Envoy Delays
Settlment Scaoa Flow Problem-
Germany Criticized.
PARIS, Jan. 3. Tho Informal call
for the first meeting of tho League of
Nations council will bo issued by Pre
mier Clemenceau, tiie supreme coun
cil decided today.
This call is regarded as a Bimplc
notification to enable the delegates
to reach the appointed place in Paris
in time for the meeting, formal no
tice of which it is still Intedod to
have President Wilson issue, accord
ing to' the present program.
It is pointed out in official circles
that it is immaterial who issues the
informal notice and that even the
formal notice is a simple detail. The
issuance of the formal notice de
volves upon President Wilson by the
provisions of the treaty of Versailles,
but it is bold that In case of his in
ability "to act in the matter any other
representative of the five principal
powers forming the executive council
O't the league could Issue the notice
Action Delayed
Baron Kurt von I.ersner, head of
the German mission here, has been
ill for three days and the progress of
the negotiations for a settlement of
the question of whnt dock and harbor
tonnago Is to be turned over by Ger
many as compensation for tho Scnpa
Flow sinkings has, suffered in conse
quence. The allies' experts are con
tinuing their comparisons of the Ger
man figures and the allied estimates
but a so'lution of the question in
volved In the differences bet Aeon tho
two set" of figures is not clearly
enough in sight, it would appear, to
confirm the feeling in the more op
timistic council circles that the peace
protocol will bo signed January 6
That date, however, still remains as
the one fixed for the ceremony of the
exchange ot ratifications which
would put the treaty into effect.
Tho question of organizing tho
plcbescites to be held In the areas
provided for -in the treaty also has
been delayed in settlement pending a
reply from Berlin as to whether the
experts sent here have full authority
to act for the German government.
The supreme council has received a
request from the commission on pris
oners of war for authority to proceed
to arrange with the German govern
ment for the transportation of the
prisoners homeward as soon as the
peace becomes effective.
Itatify on .laniiary (till
ROME, Friday, Jan. 2. Questions
relative to Flume were discussed at
today's meeting of tho council of
ministers, at which Premier Nltti
presfded. Later tho premier, who
leaves for Paris tomorrow, conferred
with the king.
PARIS, Jan. 3. (Havas). Ex
change of ratifications of tho peace
treaty with Germany on January (i iB
still possible In the opinion of- tho
.Matin, which says the Germans will
have time liefore that date to for
ward explanations demanded by the
peace conference.
PARIS, Jan. 3. (French Wireless
Service.) Germany is exporting
horses and cattle extensively to neu
tral countries In contravention of the
terms of the peace treaty, it Is re
ported in dispatches from Brussels.
The matter is being investigated by
the reparations committee.
1.159 VESSELS BUILT BY
WASHINGTON,, Jan. 3. Vessels
constructed for tho shipping beard
during 1919 numbered 1109, totaling
6.229,-123 deadweight tons, it was
announced today by the board. Of
this number there were 741 steel, 12
composite, 403 wood nnd three con
crete ships.
MRS WH1TELAW RE!D flnjUIV mil
REMOVES GRAVEYARD Mill! DILL
FROM JERSEY FARM Q DftniP Al
A & .:. i. .!. .S A '
AUIMSOX. N. .1.. Jan. X -
The bodies of eiirht member- ol'
the i'iimilv of lu-n iainiii
Iay. who mnnv vears o was
known from coa-l lo const for
his ureal wealth and the lavish
mailer in which he spent it. have
been removed from the crvpt un
der the little stone chapel al
Ophir farm, in Purchase, where
thev had been for years and
placed in a vault nt St. Marv's
eemetcrv in live. The vault was
constructed at the expense mid
under the direction of Mrs.
Whitelaw lieid, widow of the
American ambassador to the
Court of St. James, who now
owns Ophir farm.
Benjamin llolladnv, who made
his fortune through ownership
of the Ophir silver mine in Ne
vada, died in Portland. Ore., ;tlt.
years airo. Most of his once
ureal fortune had none bv that
time.
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NKW YOliK. Joji. .X in the fimm
rial district, the passing of the old
year and advent of the new was at
tended by pronounced itnprovt'iaenl
of sentiment, this feelinu hoimr shared
bv the most conservative interests.
Amonif experienced leaders of finance
and general business the new year
was hailed with encouragement al
though it was broadly recognized that
some of the uncertain elements of the
past feu months are likely lo con
tinue for an indefinite period.
I he lonir sustained money tension
mill the speculative outlook arc be-
iiLp subordinated to such important
ouestions as the l'inaniiir of foreign
trade and restoration of normal d
niestie industrial conditions.
The past week witnessed a marked
revival of interest in industrial shares
with steels and related issues n train in
Ihe lead. Their activity was predict
ed on the stronir position of those in
dustries and the enormous dcimuid
which already has congested opera
tions at some of the larger mills.
liails were onlv sliuhtlv benefitted
bv the decision of the government lo
return them to private operation some
two months hence.
N.Y. PAPERS FORCED
TO RAISE PRICES
XKW YOIiK. Jan. X Six New
York -state flail v newspapers have
announced an increase in sellin
prices Jrom two cents per copy to
three, effective Monday, Thev i
the Post Standard, mornintr, and (he
Herald and the Journal, evening, of
Syracuse; the Moniinir Post and the
Journal, eveninir, of Jamestown, arid
the Trov Times. Increased costs of
labor and material were triten as the
reason in each case.
LAST U.S. SOLDIERS
E
PA IMS. Jan. X The departure of
Hriiradier Geimral William l. Connor.
Irom Paris on the evenintr of Jan
uhi'v 0. with .'00 officers and men
marks the final withdrawal of tin
American forces from France.
Ocncral Connor and his party will
Miil from Antwcrj January II. Hv
that date all the buildinv occupied
in Paris bv the American armv wil
have been triven un with the excop
tion of several small offices. Genera
Connor leaves behind less than 100
American officers and men. mo-t!
ennnccted with the uraves registration
service, I're-f , the la-t American
) ort open, was closed Januni v 1.
nrnsnt nr
mm Kr
IbHa v Ulml I III I UUL
'
Radical Chanues in Present U. S.
Armv Ortianization Made hv Sen-:,.,
ate Armv Divided Into Three
Branches. Standina Armv. National i
Guard and Citizens' Reserve First
Compose:! of 280.C00 Men airl 18.-It
000 Officers Men Exempt.
WASHINGTON, .lint. :!.- Kiidi.-iii)
Iuiiil:!-- in tin- I'l'CM-nt military or-.
nniziitinn would lie iniidi- liv tin' new
l.nuv Irll. details nt' wliieli were nil- :
liouueeil todnv hv Cliiiiriuiill WiuN-
i-lll of tile senate military eominit-i
tie.
11 would ereate an army divided
into llnee liruni'lies, the stniidiiiL'
ii-iiiv, the national :iiard and a eiti-
zins,or reserve armv. I lie lirst. i
iiiiniiosed o' JSO.OOO men and 18.00(1
ol'tii-ers woulil lie used for iru rrison-
imr and t.ruininir iiuriioses while the
mil tonal nuanl would he availahle for
service within the states and lo re
inforced the regular forces in eiiier-L-encies.
It also would lie used under
federal supervision t'nr trailliiur inr
lioses under the universal trainini'
phut.
The citizen's armv would he eoni
iww'il oriaiiiullv of vi'lerans of Inn
world war volunteer'iiir to enroll fin
short periods and later hv liovs coni
ph'tintr Ihe course ol' compulsory mil
itary ( I'll i 11 in ir, who would he enrolled
for five vears. Mcmhcrs of Ihis re
sere would not lie suhiect lo niililnrv
service except in an eiiiernenev. (Nmi
pulsorv service would consist of four
months' service hvVoulh.s of 10 and
vocational traiiriiir in nppropriuf o
trades, incluiliu.' scientific ai;riciil
ture. Veterans of the world war
would In1 excused from service. The
lull nlso provides for the oruanizn
lioii of the air service as a separate
iiinihat hraiich ol' the nrinv and for
n chief of each coinhnt service; in
eluding' infantry and cnvalrv.
An under secretary ol' war to su
pervise the procurement of supplies
for Hie armv would lie added to the
war department personnel, lie would
lie charL'cd with the solution of crent
industrial and business problems in
volved in iihtainimr military supplies.
ROBBED 2ND III
TACO.VIA, .Inn. 3. Kcr tho neconil
llnio In twelve ninnthH the State Hank
of I'eKll was robbed lust niKlit when
liiirKbii'8 forced an entrance to the
hank liuildliiK, dynamited tho snfu
nnd rifled Iih contenta of $2000 111
Liberty lionils anil cash.
The money chest cnntainlnK $2.ri00
In cash, was jammed by the exploHlon
and coulil not bo (.-penod by the rob
bers. Tho robbery was discovered at
S::to this mornliiK 1iy Cashier C. W.
'liiijnlon, when ho arrived lit the
hank to oponit for the day.
E
JlNKAC. Alaska. Jan. ?,. Crews
from Juneau mines todav were clear
ing awav debris left in the wake of a
landslide which- vestenlav crashed
down 1'nun Mount Roberts here and
-truck several huihlin's. including
two stores ami :t miners hoarding
house. Andrew Wullin. miner, who
1 1 veil at the hoarding house was kill
ed. Two of his fellow boarders were
teported mU-imr mid several other-,
inclndiifr 1'eler Ko-kv ami h;s wife,
who owned Ihe lion-e. were injureil.
NI1W VO!(K. Jan. X- Itcductinn in
fur prices is unlikely "for a lotu
time,'' 'according'- to Nyrmaii II. li.-i-con,
president of the New York fin
,'iuctiou sales corporation. .Mr. Ila
eon sii'd tinlav that on a recent trip to
the middle west and Canada be wim
me! everywhere bv reports of shorl
catches, c-peciullv of inn-knit.
I'riccs for "rat" skins are risiiu
daily in roii-eiiieiici
NEW RAILROAD BILL
WOULD TAKE RATES
AWAY FROM STATES
,j, .. .g. .j. .J. .J. .J, .J.
WASHINGTON. ,);m. X 'I'll.-
interstate coiuincrci mi i"i
would lie civen -iinii iiu- nutlinr
iiv in 1 i v niilioiiil mil'- nncli-r un
! nrc.-nu-ii ri'iii'lu'il liv 111" M-wite
:ml hoii-i' runtVi'i'c un I In
I'Vli-Cmimiiiw rnilnnul ii'-ur-iNinizutinii
liilN. The iMHiitni-"
Mull's power would slUM'l'srdr
Unit of llic Mult' I'otnmissiotis
wlii'ii llii' Inllcr ili-i'l'iniiiuilril
niinM illli'lvls olll.-iclf ',' llli'
slnli' or inli'i'lVnvcl with inli'r-i-lnlr
cominrn'r.
Olllrr sc.'l:on of till' liill Wi'iv
lii-iii-: cniiMtlcn-d (oiluv.
:
SAI.F.M. Ore.. .Ian. II. l,eislar
tion to raise school funds thniuuh a
lax of two mills on nil taxable prop
erty of the state, will he introduced
nt the comini;' special session of tin'
legislature, a nliinr In inforiiia-
tion. em una tint; I'loin tlii' convenlion
of county school superintendents now
in sesison here, liv virtue of its be
intr n milium- lux voted bv the people,
should llio leiiislature refer t lie nieus
u re and il he passed al Hie next elec
tion, such an appropriation would not
he. sullied to the six per cent, limi
tation amendment of the state consti
tution, r'urllier to insure ndeiiuiile school
funds, nccordiii'j: lo inlorinatitiii colli -inir
from tin' same soun'e, the school
men of the slate w ill cause leirislation
lo he introduced reiuovinir nil school
tax levies from appliciiliou of the six
tier cent constitutional iiiiieiidiueut.
LONDON'. Jan. :t. (ieueral Delii
kine's mivernmeiit in southern Rus
sia lias been nvurllirmvu and (leii
eral Itomanovskv lias lieen ehosen to
ieila-e (ieiieral )enikine as anti
holshevik ehiel', aeeorditnr to a wire
less distill teh reeeived here i'roiu
.Moscow Miiotiiu: adviees i'rom Tni:
iMiroL'.
The report, indieales that owinir lo
defeats nloiiir the front, a coiid d'elat
oe'urred at (ieiieral Denikine's liead
nuurte.rs and thai his overnnient has
hecn replaced hv a urouu known as
(lie "Vozsozhdenve liossie," tneanini:
the "reireneratioft of Wussiii."
Oi-neral lioinanonvskv, who is
ported to have siteeceded Menikine.
inn v 1)0 tlio otTiror who has hecn aet-
uiir governor and coiuiuaiifU'r of an
liholshevik armies in the far eastern
provinces ol Sihena. I here is no
other Russian general hv that nam
iu availahle armv lists.
ST. .If ISKI'll. M Ian. X One
man was killed, bo persons were in
jured, about 'l probably fatally, niu
end -lb ilnfi'.'ormislv hurt, when five
piissent'cr coaches ol t hicaL'o ntin
flreat Western pnsseni;er train N
.'(. rolled down an elllbllnklnel, early
todav near Wvi'th. Mo.
Anioiii; the injured broiiL'bt lo lios
t pi t ii Is in St. Joseph were: Charle:
llul'fv. (i!as'ow, Mont., left hip and
ri'.-hl shoulder contused; Mrs. Albert
Harms. Hrooklon. Mont., left l-iil.'
and arm laecrated.
Several of the conches turned
completely over while the first, two
i. .id Hie last three ears e.f the truin
remiiiiii") on Ihe track.
MANY MILLED"
IN 1VI0. R. R. WRECK
PERMANENT
INJUNCTION
IS GRANTED
Sunerior Jutlne Webster of Suokano
Grants Permanent Injunction For
biililinu John Grailv and 66 Other
I. W. W.'s From Anv Further Ac
tion With I. W. W. Oraanization
21 Aliened I. W. W.'s in Taconia
Are Liberated. 50 Remain in Jail.
SI'OKANi:. Jim. X A permanent
injunction I'orbiddiit!.' John (irmly
and lili oilier allcL'i'd Industrial Work
ers of. Ihe World from any further
activities i inui-etiim with Hie or
ganization was i-ranled by Superior
.ludce K. M Webster here lodav on
'notion of I'l-oseeiitinu' Attorney J. I.
landslcv.
SI'OK'ANK. Jan. X Takim.' of tes
timony in Ihe beuriiii.' in superior
court here on the motion of I'rosecut
inir Alloiuev J. II. l.indslev for a per
manent in timet mil to restrain activi
ties of Industrial Workers of the
World iu this country was concluded
this forenoon.
John flrady. one of Ihe fi" defend
ants specifically iianied in Hie motion
and who conducted Ihe ease or the
defense because of bis iinuouncod in
ability lo obtain a lawyer,- said lie
"didn't, cure In eonlin'ue Ihe con
troversy," nnd would present no
evidence.
C'ilv Prosecutor Arthur L. Hopper,
who is eo-operatinir with the stnt'e nt
tornev ueneral in I. W. W. prosecu
tions in this state: Commissioner
John II. Tilsley of the municipal de
partment of public safety, nnd f'ltv
Detective I. K. Jlarkwooil testifieil
coneerniiiL' the attitude ot I. W. W.
prisoners.
5Ir. Hooper said he believed strict
law enforcement iu all industrial dis
union and inslruetion of foreiiinpra
to eounleract I. W. W. propairandii
were necessary to meet the menace ot
the nr!nni?alion.
Mr. l.indslev presented Hie slate'H
aruumcnt in support of the motion.
21 Arc l.llicialcd
TACOMA. Jan. :i. Twentv-ono nl- .
Iiv.-ed I. W. W. were inicoiiditionallv
icleasetl ami ohanrrs asrainst them
under Ihe slate syndicalism law wor.)
dismissed here today bv Superior
.luik-e J. I). Fletcher.
Fifty remain in jail lo he tried on
the state ehiirL-e. Prosecutor W. I).
Askren. in askinir Hint Hie 'J! he per
mitted to mi free, presented the in-vesti-.-ations
of Charles I'etrovitskv,
federal nucnl, who invesliu'iited eiich
man. The release of the 'Jl will ninke
it possible to transfer the allctrcil I.
W. W. prisoners from Ihe eitv to tho
county jail. Their attorneys had
(onteuded condilions are iinsiinilnrv
iu the former.
The men released are recent mem
bers of the J. W. W. orLraui.ation ami
in s'ouif cases their membership could
not be proven ut nil, the report to
the court showed.
3lr. Askren aiiuoiinced that nmoiii!
Ihe men who were freed is one ex
soldier and that several of them had
declared Ihev had no sympathy with
the 1, W. W.. hut were forced to join
in order lo work in pence in some,
northwest, lumber camps, where, thev
said, the I. W. W. is so strotiz that it
behooves a ne'.v v.'orkuinu to nssoeiato
with it.
I. W. W. ArraiKuiil by Court
"I wish it distinctly understood
that this Is not koIiik to lie an empty
order but Hint nil ot tlio power f
this state as far ns this court can
Invoke It is koIiir to1 be uoil In on
forcliiK this injunction," Judge Web
ster declared.
Ho arraigned the Industrial Work
ers of the World suithWuly and de
clared the evident purpose of tho or
ganization, from the evfdenco pre
sentee, was to overt hrr.'w tho govern
ment of the state of Washington nnd
of Ihe I'nlteil Slates nnd to substitute
a system similar to that of Russia In
their stead.
"If the I. W. W. orcanlrntion anil
its activities do not constitute a gen
ernl public nuisance and menace to1
this country it would be Impossible
to conceive one," ho declared.
The injuiii (Inn. which supplants a
temporary Injunction granted De
cember 1 1 to the same effect, forbids
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