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MEDFORD, OUKfiOX, MONDAY. DIX'EMBEU 27, 1920
NO. 237
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KILLED,
R EPO Rf "8
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FALL HE
S IMMINENT
TROOPS FLEE
Italian Regulars Drawing Net
.i. Closer Around Rebellious
J;:Cit Bloodless Battle Pro-
ce$tis Without Firing of Sliot
: - on Either Side - Demon
'stratiohs in Rome to Favor
of d'Annunzio Put Down.
JtOM, IHv. 27. It whs reported
fruni l'lllllie totlity Unit liilliol d'An
nunzio, the Insurgent leader in tluit
elty, had been' killed while trying to
)irevent a tltfht between Ills legion
naires mitt regular Italian soldiers.
LONDON, Dec. 27 'Italian govern
ment troops were .believed today
slowly but surely closing the iron
ring around Fiurae, whore Captain
Gabiiele d'Annunzio and his little
forcq of legionnaires were standing
siege.
Reports from the city have been
meager, but it appeared that the sol
diers commanded by General Caviglia
had forced the d'Annunzlan lines
back into the outskirts of the city and
that the fall of the city might not be
long delayed.
Land and sea forces arrayed
against' d'Annunzio began to move
forward toward the city yesterday
and advices say the grip they had
taken had reduced tualegionnaires
In Flume to an almost hopoless posi-
' 'tion. The land advance was made
from three directions and did not
encounter any resistance. D'Annun
lian soldiers fell back as the govern
ment troops moved ahead and it was
-declared the poet-soldier had directed
his officers not to open fire on the
advancing forces until he had person
ally given orders to that effoct. The
. Italian regulars were understood to
have been under orders not to fire
unless they were compelled to do so.
'' Legionnaires Surrender
IPARIS, Dec. 27. Kiuinan legion
naires and Dalmatian volunteers at
Zara, a port south of Klumo on the
Dalmatian coast, have surrendered to
Italian regulars, after falling In an
attempt to capture the Italian war
ship IMarsalia.
The volunteers boarded tho vessel,
but the crew resisted capture and
seized , twenty-seven of tho legion
naires landing ithom at Ancona, an
Italian ptirt on trie western Bide of the
Adriatici says a'Havas dispatch. '
nctflF., 'Dec.. fciGLittld hope that
Captain Cabriole d'Annunzio,. will .be
able to hold Flume against Italian
regulars la entertained by. Slgnor
Otldnlgo, local representative of the
, regency of Quarnero, ' who with sev
: oral groups of sympathizers has been
anxiously awaiting developments
along the Adriatic.
"1 am afraid all is lost, unfortun
ately, even honor," said Odenlgo to
night. "All advices point to tho con
clusion that we . must abandon the
last hope of ibeing Italian, as the gov
ernment has granted the port of
Baroos, between Flume and Susak,
to Jugo Slavla under a secret under
standing. The Italian government is
now preparing to capture Flume with
military forces and apply the treaty
by force. Captain d'Annunzio, with
4500 men cannot resist an attack by
20,000 unless a'miracle happens, but
it is a shame."
Demonstration Tut Down
ROME, Dec. 26. Crowds attempt
ed to hold demonstrations in this city
in favor of Captain Cabriele d'Annun
zio tonight but strong detachments of
royal mounted guards charged upon
and dispersed those engaged in the
manifestation. D'Annunzio's war cry
of "down with the treaty of Rapallo"
was frequently heard.
Deputy Federsoni made an address
in favor of the poet-soldier at a na
tionalist meeting and was frequently
applauded.
Later several nationalists, in re
venge for the breaking up of the
demonstrations, decided to put an
end to a concert hv.s directed by
Serglus Koussevisky in the Augus
teum. They formed a column and
entered the building crying "viva
Italian Flume! Vive d'Annunzio!"
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W0MAN115YRS.0LD.
BLOWS OUT GAS, BUT
FEELS WELL AS USUAL
CHICAGO, Ifcc. 2 7. Sirs.
Sarah Qninn, 115 years old was
revived and feeling as "well as !
usual'" today after nearly being
asphyxiated in her home yester-
! day. It is believed sho absent-
f mindedly blew out the gas stove !
flame. , She was found uncon-
scions and an hour later when
she recovered In a hospital in-
sisted upon returning home and
"doing the dishes."
Mrs. Quinn came to Chicago
In a covered wagon In 1S40. She
said she expected to live to bo
150. She does her own house
work.
E
0VE2BILL1
Secy, of Treasury Tells Senate
Committee U. S. Treasury
Would Be Forced to Wall by
Contemplated Cash Aid to
Service Men..
HOUSTON PUTS
BONUS
XPENSE
WASIllN(:TO.v'tBci!tw,l.i(wto4,lue to tho.-h.iaW HtHwie WPHigfTroii.-
rtf th (5 soldiers bonus bill wolild cost
tho government approximately
U00.000, Secrctnry Houston estimated
today before the senate finance com
mittee considering the soldier's aid
measure.
The treasury secretary declared
enactment of the hill meant an added
i i .k t
burden in tho way of taxes, reiterating
a statement made before the commit
tee last week that the treasury ought
not to be called upon to assume. any
additional burdens. ,
Assuming that all tho men would
select one of the four optional plans,
Mr.' Houston estimated tho cost of
each of the plans as follows. ,
Adjusted service pay $1,3 12,000,
000. Insurance provisions J-i.IilM.OOO,-ooo.
Vocational training. $1,880,000,000.
Kami and home development,
80,000.000.
As the plans were optional, the sec
retary said the choicy of tho men
would not be confined to any one of
them and allowing for the various se
lections, he arrived at bis total esti
mated cost of $2,;too.ooo.ooo.
A, ra I list a AVnll. -
The treasury secretary professed to
be "against a wall" as to methods of
obtaining revenue to meet tho outlay
that would be required if the bill were
enacted.
Dr. X. S. A flams, treasury ccono
jnist anil tax expert,, gave a compre
hensive resume of the tax situation.
He declared the treasury was dally
seeing new evidence of a further dry
ing up of revenue sources.
Jn addition the difficulties thus
confronting tho treasury, Dr. A flams
declared the internal revenue bureau
faced another problem in keeping ex
perts on tho job. He said the men
who were capable did not stay long.
Senator Smoot, republican, Utah,
said: "The real danger is that these
men got training in the revenue bu
reau, then go out and help big firms
evade tax payments."
Dr. Adams said that might be true
to some extent but that he knew "of
one man who left the bureau a year
ago, whose resignation cost tho gov
ernment millions of dollars in uncol
lected taxes for be waa an executive
with an expert knowledge of the
work.'
.Senator Smnnt said all difficulties
rould be aruided if a revenue law
which the average man can under
stand." were passed by congress.
Tho committee adourned without
setting a date for further hearings.
r.ArTIMOKK. Dec. 2T. Jirdinnl
r.thbons was reported as feeling bet
ter this morning after a comfortable
niKht's rest. The doctor said that
there wns nothing wrong with the
cardinal except muscular weakness
due to overwork. The cardinal's rest
Ip.isness Siturday night was caused by
a slight attack of indigestion. It i
thought he at' n bit too mm h hrist
nias dinner.
BOLSHEVIK)
WITHDRAW
FROM U.S.A.
Soviet Govt. Instructs. 'Ambas
sador' to Return to Russia
With Entire Staff Con
tracts Valued at 6 Billions
With U. S. Firms Cancelled
Hostility fo Wilson Ad
ministration Intolerable.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27. I.udwlg C.
A. K. Martens, Russian soviet "am
bassador to the United States." today
notified the depurtl'.ient of labor that
upon instruction from the Moscow
government just received be would
surrender himself for deportation
January 3.
The .Moscow advices directed Mar
tens not to appeal from the order for
bis deportation, sinned by Secretary
of labor Wilson recently, but to return
to Russia an soon as possible wiln his
entire Russian staff.
Cancellation of all contracts nego
tiated for the Russian ' government
with American firms said ,by; Martens
to amount to some S .",l,u'0O-,ltAt was or
Uered. -: .iSV'v-
The message ffim Moscow was a
reply to Mai'tena'VlvWf of bis depur
ation order and wUs'seht by 'George
Tuhttrberin, soviet '.minister of fnr-
jeign affairs, who denounced the pres
ent American administration for its
"hostility."
"We must resign ourselves to the
fact that Russia for the time '(icinu.
ent American, administration, will
have to get nhing without its co-operation,"
the message said. "You are
instructed to return to Russia with
out tleluy, .together with the Russian
citizens who are -mciuBei s of your
staff and-io. caneef 'lt'nilMiiiuidate, In
! accordanwW-iVUh instructions
l. ;.3)f.?..
you will
receive .lijHtii the commissariat oi'
foreign TWftlo; all orders placed with
American firms."
6riHr Nations I ilcudly.
"Even now we are certain the
masses of the American people .wilt j
in due time bring about such an
understanding. At the present mo
ment, however, we are conlrunted
with the cold fact that America, who
repeatedly avowed nor good will
toward tho people of Russia and with
whom Russia for many reasons, was
eager ot develop mutually advantag
eous co-operation in the economic
fields, makes su-h co-operation im
possible. This Is done at a time when
most other nations of the world, even
such as openly conducted war against
us and wasted no time on sentimental
assurances of friendship, ar centering
into economic relat.oiiH with HuHiia."
0 Billions Lost.
Martens asserted that continued re
fusal to resume trade relations with
Russia will nullify a $ti. 000.000. (loo
order for American goods, alleged to
have been brought to this country by
Washington 1). Vandeillp of l-os An
geles, who recently announced that he
had procured a 400,000 square mile
concession in Siberia for a California
syndicate.
Three are about fifteen Russians in
Martens' staff here and hu li,ts ap
plied for permission for thorn and Ills
family to accompany him home.
C.
E
The f.rst oi! we., brought in In the tnj( , ,
... " WT d'scovere,i ,,ear checked." he declared. "No measure
2i ,'enn,py,v",nln' 0,1 "S"lcm save half of the sheep men;
28. 89 and since then production ; tnGy.re ,.,,.,, t0( .,
has Increased enormously so that In ,
1919 the United States contributed j avvapoi t5 ti,i n.. 07 fm
375 million barrels of oil toward thejmo(lore Jolm KCclo'to,. Craven. L'. S.
world's supply.
There are more than 203,400 pro
ducing wells in this country today
and this liquid gold -has been the
source of wealth for many districts
of the United States.
There is no!
greater means of producing Immedi- speak of this at the forum ot the
ate prosperity for community than; Chamber of Commerce in plain un
the discovery of oil in its locality. 1 derstandable language, without the
Some development work toward 'use of technical terms. Ho will tell
the discovery of oil has been done of the oil prospects of the Itoguc
near Medford. Why this has been i River valley and from all Indications
done here Is not understood by theith? forum next Wednesday ai the
I Individual . without some knowledge
of oil geolngy. Col. K. K. Kelly, who.ngoln tax Ihn capacity of (tin dining
has had the opportunity of studying room.
SENTENCE POSTPONED
NEW TRIAL IS' ASKED
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.
Sentencing of Kdward (Knock-
out) Kruvosky, San Francisco
pugilist and gangster, convicted
December 23 of criminally as-
saulting Miss Jessie i.Montgom-
ery, Iteno. Nov., was postponed
today when Kruvosky's attorney
announced he iltad found new
evidence and intended to ask
for another trial. Arguments
for a new trial will bo heard
Friday.
: Trial of James Carey, another
alleged gangster, charged with
criminal assa,ult, opened .today.
Carey, It Is ala-Red, ownod, an
automobile in 'which the girls
were transport oil to a . house
whore the attacks wqrt nade.
Arguments for a hew trial for
Edmond (Spud) Murphy, first
of the men to he convicted, will
be submitted tomorrow.
TARIFF BILL
U.S. SENATE
After Heated Debate Efher
gency Tariff Is Referred
HITS SNAG IN
acrtrFinancOrfTfimefi!
Democrats Wage Bitter
Fight.
WASHINGTON', Doc. 27. After
prolonged and tit times limited debate
the somite today soni( the houso emer
gency tariff bill to the finance com
mittee. Whether the committee will
hold hearings remains to be deter
mined, but some members have ex
pressed opposition to such a plan.
Domocrats Interposed parliamen
tary obstacles to tho bill but finally
withdrew them. The senato Immedi
ately aftorwards adjournod until
Thursday.
A democratic motion to send tho
measure to tho commerce committee
Instead or thn flnanco committee was
laid on tho table by a voto of a.'! to
12.
Senator Harrison, democrat, Mis
sissippi, denounced- republican sona
toro fbr attempting to luiBton passage
of what he docltired was the "niOHt
iniquitous ploco of legislation the
country has ever soon."
"I don't understand how you can
stomach it you hl-h protectionists,"
he shouted, pointing to the republi
cans, who he declared wero 'drunk
with political success." He asked if
any statesman "could blame Canada
if she etallated on us for placing
this duty on her wheat?"
"What say you senators of New
England whose factories have grown
rich manufacturing materials for
Canadian export?" he demanded.
Declaring the bill was "a sop" that
would not assist the farmer, he said
the "high protectionists" of the cast
would reap the benefit and the far
mers would be "left In the cold."
Senator McComher then moved to
j refer the measure to the finance com
I in it tee and the motion was adopted
I unanimously.
j Senator Smoot said there were 20
minion patinas oi wool enroute to
America.
"There won't ho nn American
khnnn alinarnrl fnt liun .. tt. ......
N., (retired) died suddenly at his
home here yesterday, lie was 02
years old.
the formations in localities where
oil Is most liable to be discovered will
Medford hotel will be one which wilt
STATE DAIRY
S
BY PHOENIX
Highest Yield for Grade Cow
Goes to A. B. Ferns of Rogue
River Association Phoenix
Dairyman Also Captures
Prize for Highest Average
Yield for Entire Herd
Boost Local Methods.
PORTLAND, Dec. 27 Itoguc rlvor
dairymen won highest honors in the
Oregon cow testing association as the
result of tests mado during Novem
ber, according to results announced
here today. That district also led
others with 35 cows yielding ubove
4 0 pounds of buttorfat for the month.
The highest yield of butterfat from
a purebred cow was B8.S5 pounds by
a registered Jersey owned by P. A.
Lux. of the Baudon association. Tho
high yield for a grade cow was 76. 9S
pounds by a grade Jersey ownod by
A. B. Kerns of tho Rogue Itlver asso
ciation. The highest average yield
tor an entire herd was 4G.50 pounds
butterfat by the grade Jersey herd
owned by A. B. Ferns of the Rogue
River association.
mb bove dispatch will bo rocolvod
wlth'-great rejoicing by local dairy
men, and particularly by members of
the Farm Bureau, for this victory
over'all' fompolltors throughout the
atato'hyl striking tribute to tho value
of cow testing experiments carried on
by the bureau. The A. B. Kerns dairy
hord is stationed east of Phoenix, and
has been built tip very recently by
following nut tho recommendations
of the cow testing association. By
proper feeding, elimination of poor
stock, and breeding thru the hotter
milk producing stock, a typical val
ley herd has been Iirought up to the
record breaking class tor tho state.
This victory of soiithorn Oregon
promises to give a big impetus to tho
dairy business turnout Jackson
couitly.
I
TO GO AFTER FIRE
BUG IN OWN'WAY
UNIOXTOWX. Ph.. Uer.' 27. ViH
Ioiih that the Fayette county union
rliiR had Invaded Unlnntnwn, came to
rcHhlentB and the authfiril ivH early to
day when fire hmko out In a hUHlnut'K
building lie re and destroyed it with a
InflH of approximately ? I "0.000. Wit.
Ham PnnteloH, owner of a Hture In the
building, wan a r rented hy a deputy
fire marHhal hooii after the fire start
ed, but wan releaHed for a heurlntj
later In tho day.
Albert Hmith, the youth arroMted by
the Mate police In connection with the
flreK in the vicinity of Fayette City,
whh under observation tin to hl Kan
Ity In the county Jail here today. .
KeNldcutH of Jeffei'Hon, WaHliington
and I'ovry townKhlpH, thii Hcene of
many flrcH, at a meeting btHt night,
urged the Ktato and county authorl
tieH to "ferret out the fire rat," ad
ding that "our own mcaHurcs will be
applied unleHH ttimiclhtng 1m done."
PLEURISY, MS DAY
NHW VOISK, Doe. 2?. The condi
tion of Knrhitm Caruso, tenor who
was ntrh-kn ChriHtmaK day with an
mtark of p!i'ur!ny. v.-ux unehanK'-d
early today It was reit,rti-d by thi
management of the hotel whero ho is
confined.
Complete rest was proscribed by his
fiv physicians, who said that bar
ring complications, the singer will he
able to return to the ftage within Iwo
weeks.
1
E.
NHW YORK. Dec. 27. Beef
stew, bread and cocoa will com
prise the menu of a $1.00U hotel
"banquet" here Wednesday
evening to raise funds for the
10 in-open 11 relief council. Kwry
guest will thereby bo tho means
of feeding 10(1 hungry Kuiopean
children this winter who will
ho "invisible guests," at the
dinner. Tho meal will cost 22
cents and will ho twice as elab
orate as thoso served in' the
council's relief kitchens.
Herbert Hoover, (ionoral John
J. 'Pershing and Franklin K.
Liuio will bo hosts.
Verdict on Fatal Auto Accident
Christmas Eve . Censures
Driver of Taxi Action by
the Grand Jury Considered
Probable.
'. A coronor's Jury, investigating tho
death of .Mrs. Nona .loitnings, killed
in an auto accident on the Pacific
highway near Talent, Christmas eve,
about 11:30 p. m., this afternoon re
turned a verdict attributing "care
lessnoss and lack of duo caution" to
W. F. DoWltt of Ashland, driver and
owner ot the "death car."
The verdict was as follows:
We, the coroner's jury Impaneled
to Investigate the death of Mrs. Nona
Jennings, find that she came to hor
tlouth by being struck by an automo
bile, ownod and driven hy 'W. F. Do
Witt of Ashland, Oregon. The acci
dent O'.'cirred about one and ono-half
miles southerly from Talent, Orogon,
about 11:30 p. m. December 21th,
11)20.
"Wo,- tho Jury, bcllnvo that thoro
was carelossnoss and lack of duo cau
tion exorcised by tho said W. F.
DeWitt."
Tho personnel, with Louis Wako
mnn as foreman, was: II. C. Hurgoss,
Win. Lyman, Guy WSIduy,. li. 1.
White, and Ashtiry Uoalo.
Tho verdict, paves tho way for tho
presentation of tho enso to tho noxt
session of tho grand Jury, and stops
to this end will be takon. Tho wit
nesses wore questioned by Prosecutor
I'JIect Raw lea Moore, who will handle
the case.
Tho story of the accident was told
by the witnesses. Tho dead woman
and her husband, Luko Jennings,
were en route to Ashland to' bring
Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Evans of that city
to tholr homo for ChrlBtmas. South
of Talent, they- collided with 1I. J.
Provost In an Overland car, enroute
to Medford with Jerry Barnes. Moth
cars wero thrown Into tho ditch. Mr.
Jennings then returned to Talent and
telephoned Mr. Kvans to bring his car
and pull him out of tho ditch. The
effort was unsuccessful, and It was
during this wait that Mrs. Jennings
was injured, dying four hours later In
the Granite City hospital at Ashland.
Tho first witness was H. J. Provost
who described this accident.
W. F. DeWitt In his own behalf
tostlfled that he was coming from
Ashland with an unknown passenger.
and that his view of the women stand
ing behind the EvaiiB cur was ob
scured hy the rays of a car standing
on tho side of the road, that ho would
huvo missed tho car, but he struck
tho cable used tn endeavoring to haul
out the Jennings car. He said that
he waa traveling about 25 miles per
hour, with headlights dimmed, and
spotlight thrown to the side of the
road. lie said he saw no tail light on
the Kvans car, which was standing
angling somewhat on the highway.
DeWitt was closely questioned by tho
Jury and the prosncutor-eicct. His
passenger, who was sought as a cor
roborative witness disappeared Imme
diately afterwards.
'.Mrs. Maude llawley Evans, who
stood with Mrs. Jennings at the rear
of her husband's car, testified that
CORONER
ND mm
WA CARELESS
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MORRIS 11
USES, HEAD
FIRIiFJEES
Portland Bond House Closes
Doors When Prest. John L.
Ethridgc's Flight to Canada
Is . Discovered Getaway
Follows Clearing House De
mand to Deliver Bonds Ar-
rest Is Ordered.
PORTLAND
Dec. 27.-
Diatrlct
Attorney Walter H. KvanH at -11:30
today iKHiicri a warrant for the arrest
of John L. Ktheridge former prctddont
of the bond firm of Morris BrolherH,
Inc., on charge of larceny by bailee.
The complaint wns sworn to hy G, E.
Anderson, Sllverton, Ore., who elatm-
de Ktheridge had failed to redeem an
unsecured interim certificate . for
$18til for City of Edmonton 0 per
cent bonds. Tho warrant was issued
in district court and was at . onue
placed in the bunds of Sheriff Thomas
Hurlburt.
Roy Kike, bond salesman, who
drove Ktheridge out of town in nn
automobile Thursday night and" 're
turned ,to Portland yesterday admit
ted, District Attorney Evans said, that
ho had seen Ehteridge leave Tticoma,
on an east bound Chicago, Milwaukee
and at. Paul train, and that a state
ment he had made earlier that he lutd
seen him cross the International boun
dary at Blaine, Wash., -was fulse. ;
SEATTLK; Doc. 27. The 8whUIo
branch office of Morris Brothers, Ilia., '
remained closed hls morning. T. D.
Henderson, vice president, and Se
attle manager, announced he had re
ceived Instructions from Fred H,, .Mor
ris, of Portland, to close the branch
pending tho audit of tho books ot the
institution's main office. Mr, Hon
derson decllnod to discuss -reports
from Portland that tho affairs of the
concern were in a tangled condition. '
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 27. The
doors of the bond house of Morriu
Brothers. Inc., here, wero closed to
day, tho shades drawn and the inter
ior was deserted except that a care
tiilten was In charge of the safe de
posit department to permit renters
of deposit boxes to enter the gate
under police guard.
Orders, to close the institution wcl'e -issued
last night by Fred H. Monia,
who this morning had the wind owe of
the place placarded with notlceiT to
this effect: "Closed on account of
audit by Fred ti. Morris."
Tho orders were Issued -yeBterdoy
wLen iMorrls dlscovored that the, af
fairs of the concern wore loft,; in.: a, :
tangled condition by John L, Eher-. .
idge, who resigned as -presldont last
week and left Portland, following a
demand by . tho Portland clearing
hoimo association for proof ' of ''thd" ;
aiiilfty of tho concern to deliver bondH
for which investors had paid and for
which interim bonds had bcurt iHHUod.
There was a crowd about tho bond
house this morning, some of the per
sons exhibiting receipts which hnd
been received for payments mado on
the purchase of bonds.
District Attorney "Walter H. Evans
today obtained a statement from 'Hoy
Kike, who drove tho automobile, lti
which Ktheridge and Mrs. Htherldga
left Portland last Thursday night,
after Ktheridge had resigned , and
turned over all his property. Ho said
that ho had left Etheridge at Blaine.
Wash., on tho Canadian border, and
had brought back to Portland tho mar
chine and a batch of bonds which
Ktheridge had picked up at Taccmu.
and sent back to Portland.
llrlfig Ktheridge Back.
District Attorney Evans said that
steps would bo taken to bring Kther
idge beak to Port in nd, thotlgh up to
It o'clock he ssid no warrant had
been Issued.
Fred 8. Mor-is took over the af
fairs of the company Thursday from
Ktheridge, who for two years r has
been its head. Tho company adver
tised extensively during the past few
months, the purchase of bonds of Ed
monton. Alberta. Canada, "bearing D
per cent with safety." These bonds
wero sold extensively throughout the
Northwest, and interim certificates
were given the purchasers, the inves
tigating committee of the clearing
house fund. An offlelnl from Edmon
lionds, but it was found there was
bonds, bu tit was found there was
not sufficient cash on' hand to pay
for them. According to statements of
investlsators $t;"no,nno In. Interim.
certlflcaU'3 had been Issued. .'
Hanker Optonilstlc, '
Evans said that he had asked the
firm of Winfree. Tesl and Minor, at
t.trneys for Morris ProtherS, Inc., to
provide some one who holds an un
redeemed interim certificate against
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