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MEDFORD, OREGON", MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1921
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ORDERS OUT
Grecian King Calls Reserve t)
Colors Attitude of Turk
Given As Cause Greek
Minister of War in London
Declares Offensive Agai.ist
Turkey Intended .
LONDON, Mar. 2V Tho calling by
King Constantino of Grecco of three
classes to iho national colors, an
nounced at Athens Sundayr" In all
probability "portends a Greek offen
sive against tWlHirkish nationalists,
In the opinion of. M. Gounaris, tho
Greek minister o,f war, hero today.
"This 'Jocrce," rsnld M. Gounaris,
"is a natural consequence of tho atti
tude of ''Turkey' who has again de
clared she 'will not accept the pro
posals of the London conference and
is demanding the return of Thrace
and Smyrna, obtained by Greece as
the result of the war.
"It is also being- openly declared
that tho Turkish forces in Clllcia are
being withdrawn for use against the
Greek and we have news of a Kemal
ist concentration against our army.
Therefore, the latter has been rein
forced and three classes of reserves,
numbering 4000 men have been called
out.
"I cannot say exactly what this por
tends, but in all probability it por
tends a Greek offensive, as obviously
we cannot wait the completion of
Turkish concentration."
SPARKS FROM
TODAY'S WIRE
SALT LAKE - CITY, Mar. -21.
.Wages in tho metal mines of Utah
will be reduced 25 cents a shift Aprti
i; according to notices posted at the
mines today.
CHIC. -JO. Mar. 21 Miss Margaret
Munns, national treasurer of the
Women's Christian Temperance union
today denied reports that the or
ganization planned a special national
campaign in support of "Hue" Sun
days. HAMPTON. Ia Mar. 21. The con
dition of William E. (Pussyfoot)
Johnson, prohibition worker, ill here
of a throat affection, was much im
proved today and his - speedy re
covery is expected, his physicians
aid. i
LONDON, Mar. 21. Sir Algernon
West, 88, secretary to William E.
Gladstone, when the latter was prime
minister, died hero this morning. He
was the author of ' several books.
CHICAGO, Mar. '21. Ignace Paw
dercwskl, formeri'presldont of Poland,
arrived hero :today -on his way to the
Pacific coast. He refused to see re
porters, retiring, immediately to his
room, but said ho probably .would is
buo a statement on tho Upper Silesia
plebesclto tonight. :''''
WASHINGTON, Mar. 2 1. Failure
of Engineman Long of the Michigan
Central train to observe and obey cer
tain signals was responsible for the
recent Porter, Ind., wreck In which
thirty-Boven persons were killed and
twonty injured, tho intor-stnto com
merce Commission's bureau of safety
reported today. -,
CHICAGO. Mar. 21. Two more
bodies today were taken out of the
debris of tho Armour Grain company
elevator, which was wrecked by an
explosion Saturday night, thus mak
ing, the number of dead four. Two
more bodies were believed still to be
in the wreckage. -
Alfred Goullet, six-day bicycle ri
der who conducted "outlaw" 'races
at "New York and In Chicago, has
been placed in good standing by the
Cycle Racing association, it was an
nounced. OLTMPIA, Wash., Mar. 21. Gov
ernor Louis F. Hart filed today with
the secretary of state his veto of
items totalling 1364,450 In hoUBC bill
216, the omnibus appropriations bill
of the last legislature.
The veto bringB the total of ap
propriations Invalidated by the gov
ernor to $1,062,006.02. The stricken
items leave the general fund appro
priations of the last legislature at
$10, 637, 239. S8 for the coming bien
plnm, which . intluili-s $i,-nn.S0T9:,
coram
3 CLASSES
GOVERNOR HART VETOES NEARLY MILLION
DOLLARS IN APPROPRIATION MEASURE
Fred Morris Cleared
On First Charge in
Bond House Case
PORTLAND, Ore., March 21.
Fred S. Morris was cleared In
federal court today of the
charge that he unlawfully aid
ed John L. Etheridge in ob
taining naturalization In 91S.
Federal Judge R. S. Bean sus
tained a demurrer and quashed
the indictment on the ground
that it did not charge an of
fense. Tho indictment, which
waa returned shortly after tho
collapse of the bond house of
Morris Brothers, Inc., control
ot which Etheridge had taken
from Morris, charged that Mor
ris had concealed from natural
ization officers when testifying
for Etheridge the fact that
Etheridge had served a pris
on sentence. Judge Bean said
that Morris was Justified in as
suming that Etheridge had re
formed in the 11 years that had
elapsed since hiB imprison
ment. MURDER CHARGE
WILLIAMSON, W. Va.. Mar. 21
A jury today acquitted the sixteen
residents of Matewan, tried for tho
killing of Albert C. Felts, a private
detective, In the street battle at Mate
wan last May.
Tho defendants were formally dis
charged by Judge R. D. Bailey, but
were remanded to jail, pending bond
arrangements on six other indict
ments charging them with having
been implicated in tho death of six
other private detectives killed with
Felts.
The trial consumed 46 days.
News of tho acquittal was shouted
to a large group of miners standing ;it
a window outside the court room and
the announcement was received with
enthusiasm.
"Wives and relative of the Mate-
wanians stood on the porch of the
jail and received their kin with open
arms.
Tho battle broke out late in tho
day, May 19, after tho private de
tectives had evicted striking miners
and their families from Stone Moun
tain CoaJ company cottages. Besides
tho detectives, three civilians, includ
ing Mayor C. C. Testernian, were
killed.
Five of tho detectives, who escaped
after tho battle, were indicted on
charges of killing Testernian, Otto
fngsley and Robert Mullens.
BOSTON, Mar. 21. Tho maximum
temperature of 82 degrees reached at
noon today was four degrees higher
than It has ever before been recorded
here for a day In March. Ono boat
prostration, the first of the year, was
reported.
NEW YOttK, Mar. 21. All New
York's March heat records .were bro
ken today when tho official thermo
meter registered 80 degrees at 2:30
p. m.
Dr. Emanuel Iasker and Jose H.
Capablanca will rest tonight prepara
tory to resuming tomorrow night the
third game of their world champion
ship chess tournament at Havana,
Which was adjourned at the six-sec
ond move this morning. Experts who
analyzed the positions of tho pieces
on the board this morning after the
players had adjourned, declared their
belief that tho game would result in
a draw as did tho first two games of
tho tournament.
to cover deficiencies from the past
biennlum.
Items In the omnibus bill which
are vetoed Include $50,000 for the
children's ortheopedlo hospital at Se
attic: $250,000 for dairy buildings at
Washington state college: $90,250 for
repairs at the University of Washing
ton: $50,000 for advertising the
Northwest to attract touris.s: $121,-
000 for tho women's industrial home
and clinic at Medical I-ske. and
$205,400 for salaries and supplies for
the Centralis normal srliool.
ACQUITTED
FIGHT LOOMS
WITH
SENATE
OVER TARIFF
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President Harding's Opposi
tion to Embargo Arouses Ire
of Western Senators Who
Oppose Emergency Tariff as
Too Lengthy for Relief.
WASHINGTON, March 21. Presi
dent Harding suggested today to
Chairman Kordncy that the house
ways and means committee sound out
the senate republicans as to the feas
ibility ot early passage of an emer
gency tariff that would take care of
farmers.
The proposal was discussed at
length, but it was said the commit
tee reached no definite conclusion.
It was the Idea of the president.
members said to avoid nn embargo
and to limit tho bill to a very few
items, including wheat and wool.
Tho president's suggestion tele
phoned to Chairman Fordney, met
with opposition by western members
who insisted it would take as much
timo to pass an emergency as a per
manent tariff bill. When the meet
ing ended members said the commit
tee as a body had not turned back on
its stand of a week ago when it voted
unanimously against an emergency
tariff and then voted 13 to 2 to give
a permanent tariff right of way.
It was the president's idea, mem
bers explained that principal agricul
tural products now on the free list
should be included in the bill he sug
gested. WASHINGTON, March 2 1. Form
er Representative Each of Wisconsin
will be given a recess appointment,
probably within a few days, as a
membor of the inter-stale commerce
commission it was stated today at the
White House. ,
WASHINGTON, March 21. -Pres
ident Harding Is said to have decided
to appoint Washington Gardner of
Albion, Mich., a former member of
the house of representatives and a
union veteran of the Civil war, as
commissioner of pensions. He was
commander In chief of the G. A. R.
in 1913-14.
RAILROAD POLICY
CHICAGO, Mar. 21 National agree
ments between railroads and their
employes Is tho most soriotis question
confronting tho American people, W.
W. Attcrbury, vice president of the
Pennsylvania lines told tho railroad
labor board today during the cross
examination of railway officials by
Frank P. Walsh, labor union attorney.
Mr. Attcrbury charged that the na
tional agreements "wore foisted on
the ronds without any attempt at con
ference," tinder war time federal ad
ministration and that labor leaders
refused to allow their employes to con
fer with railroad officials over the
agreements.
He declared that he was oppnscil to
any agreement that was national in
scope. 1
"We have come to tho parting of
the ways," he said.
"Ono road leads to government own
ership, nationalization, Plumb planism
and syndicalism the other roads to
industrial peace and the continuation
of that individual Initiative, energy
and responsibility which Is peculiarly
American." . -
Discussing the refusal of labor un
ions to confer with their employes on
the national agreement question, Mr.
Atterbnry read the following excerpt
from the minutes of a meeting held
May 12, 1920 between Pennsylvania
officials and their employes:
"'Mr. Massey: (assistant general
manager of the road) Are you pre
pared to discuss the national agree
ment or make any changes in it, the
crossing of a t or the dotting of an I?'
" 'Mr. Burger: (general chairman,
Brotherhood of Car Men) We have al
ready agreed. We are agreed on this
side, that we are not even going to
Insert a comma, dot an I or cross a t
that we are going to stand for the
national agreement s written.'"
Kach railroad negotiating with Its
own employes is the only road to in
dust rial iw-ncc, Mr. Altnrhurv added.
Bonar Law's Place
Is to Be Filled By J.
Austen Chamberlain
J. Austen Cnambcrlain. i
LONDON, Mar. 21. (By Associated
Press). Austen Chamberlain-, chan
cellor of the. exchequer, wa .today
elected leader of Ihe unionist 'nuiy in
the house of commons. His selection,
eliectcd at a meeting of tin unionist
members of tho house of cotmmons
was unanimous. Ho succeeds Andrew
Honor Law, whose retirement be
cause ot ill health was announced last
v.et'v. ;
HELD UP BY GUN
T 3 P.M.
One of the boldest robberies at
tempted iii Medford's history came
yesterday afternoon when a shabby
Btrangor held up Dwlght R. .Vimont,
auxiliary carrier of the postoffice with
a revolver beside one of Uncle;
Sam's letter boxes from which he w?.s
collecting mail.
Vimont, who is 19 years old, tall and
of athletic build In making his rounds
collecting the mall from the boixes in
the down town district, reachiid the
box at the corner of Central tlvenuo
and Twelfth street at 3 p. m., opened
the box and was just taking the mail
out when tho robber stopped u)n and
handing towards him a largo golfd nug
get stickpin, said, "Don't you vrant to
buy thiB pin? I'll sell It very .season
able.", i
The robber was a shabbily 'dressed
short and, heavy set man of Wotwcen
35 and 40 years with a week's i growth
of whiskers. His nose had the ap
pearance of having once been "broken.
The pin looked to ho a good cine, and
with one hand full of letters' Vimont
took it and was examining it when
suddenly tho stranger shovwd a re
volver against his stomuch. Jerked
Vimonth's keys attached to a chain
out of his pocket, and with his other
hand felt over the outside of the
carrier's pockets.
"You don't seem to have much on
you," he finally said.
"No, I just changed my clothes a
short time ago and left all my money
in the suit I took off," responded
Vimont.
"You beat it now and keep on go
ing, and don't turn your head nround"
said the robber who made no uttcmpt
to take any mail.
Vimont obeyed Inst ructions nnd did
not turn nround until he had -gone a
block. When he looked around the
robber was gono. The case was
promptly reported to tho police, but
no trace of tho giinmun could be
found. It Is thought thnt the stickpin
was either stolen or was the proceeds
of a more successful robbery. This is
the first holdup in Medford for- years
past.
Young Vimont was, not frightened
nor did he think much of tho epiBodo
until some time afterwards. Then the
more he thought the matter over the
more unnerved did he become, and he
did not regain his usual composure
until he had put two chocolate milk
shakes under his belt.
IN AUTO IOTP
RALEM, Ore.. Mar. 21. Don II.
Upjohn, Berretaty to the governor,
and Homer Foster, an nttache of the
secretary of state's office, were badly
injured yesterday when nn automo
bile in which they wero returning
from Portland plunged off the high-'
way near Wnorlburn, Ore., and waS
wrecked. Knth will recover, doctors
wild.
HARDING
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BASIS ATTACK
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Entirely New Action Against
Dry Amendment Started in
Supreme Court Provision
Offered by Senator Harding
Basis of Complaint.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 21. An en
tirely new attack on the validity of
the prohibition amendment, hn.u'd
upon Ihe reiiuirement that it bu rati
fied witliin seven years, was made,
today in tho supreme eourt.
Tho attack was made In a brief by
counsel for J. J. Dillon, of Han l-'ran-clsco,
charged with violation of the
prohibition enforcement act. Dillon
is .seeking n writ of habaes corpus.
The provision attacked was offered
first by President Harding ntt a sen
ator when tho amendment was being
proposed in the senate.
Tho section making tho entire ar
ticle inoperative' unless ratified w ith,
in seven years, tho brief assorts, spe
cifically violates article five of the
constitution, which gives congress no
power to impose n limit on prohibi
tion "or otherwise to attempt to con
trol what the legislatures of tho staler
slia.ll do in their deliberations."
The brief quoted Senator 1 lard'liiB
iJ offering the provision as having
Vlcarly stated that his vote for the
resolution was ' conditioned on tills
provision being approved," and quot
ed Senator Ilorah as having called at
tention then to the unconstitutionality
of the section.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mnr. 21. J. .1.
Dillon, a truck driver, was nrre.sted
by prohibition enforcement authori
ties whilo transporting a barrel or
wino at tho request of bis attorney,
Theodore A. Hell, who desired to
make tho incident n test ot the
eighteenth amendment. Dillon's re
lease, was sought on a writ tit habeas
corpus which held that the amend
ment was not in operation when the
arrest was made, thnt the amendment
wtis unconstitutional because it enr
oled certain qualifying clauses not
within the purview ot the constitli
tlon nnd that It did not prohibit
transportation of liquor "for the
owner to the owner."
The writ was denied and Hell np
pealed, making as his major conten
tlon the alleged unconstitutionality of
tile act- because congress qualified it
by inserting tho condition that it be
ratified within seven years.
CONFERENCE TO
SETTLE PACKERS
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WASHINGTON, March 21.
Spokesmen for tho packers employos
presented their sldo of tho dispute
with their omployors over wages and
working conditions at a conference
enrly today with Secretary Davis at
the department of labor. This pre
ceded the joint conference at which
Secretaries Hoover of tho depart
ment of commerce nnd Wnllaco of the
department of agriculture sat with
tho labor secretary,
Besides tho thrco cublnot officors,
those attending tho conforence wore
James L. Condon and Carl Meyer for
tho packers; Dennis I.nne and Red
mond S. Brcnnan Tor the employers
nnd Hugh L. Kcrwin, K. P. Marsh
and htowoll Davis, members of the
conciliation division ot tho depart
ments ot labor ,wbo participated In
the extension of tho Alschuler agree
ment of 1917.
Mr. Lane and Mr. Ilrcnnnn were
accompanied to tho department by
nine representatives of trades allied
with the packing Industry, who Bald
they were on hand to "back up" the
employes' representatives and to give
them advleo during the conferences.
"We will not yield," said ,1. ,J
J. Brcnnan of tho International
Brotherhood of 'Firemen and Oileni
"II necessary we can mako tho pack
ers stand up to their agrcemnt."
M.r. Condon, when asked if the
packers' representatives had come
here with authority to mako a now
agreemont with the employes said
they were here only at tho Invita
tion of the secretary ot labor.
The New York American league
team, which won all five of Its cxhl
union games on a week's tour
through Louisiana, returned today
to the Shrcvcport training camp.
Carl Tremaino of Cleveland and
Young Montreal of Providence, R. I.,
meet tonight at Toledo in a 12-round
no-decision iboxlng bout. They are
to weigh IIS poiiilns at 3 o'clock.
PR
300 Prominent Japs
Organize Society to
Promote Friendship
TOKIO, March 21. (By the
Associate Press.) An inter
national peace society to pro
mote friendship among the na
tions has been founded by 300
prominent Japanese.
Tho organizers of the society
include Viscount L'chida, the
foreign minister; Viscount Tak
saki Kato, leader of tho Ken-sel-Kal,
or opposition party,
nnd Viscount Kiichl Shibusnwa,
president of tho Amcrlcnn.Iap
aueso association and head of
the Japanese, League of Na
tions association.
SHREVEPORT. La., March
21. J. S. Dykes, a delegato to
the state constitutional conven
tion ul Baton Roguo, announc
ed today that ho Is preparing un
ordinance, which If eunctod,
will exclude Chinese and Jap
anese from ownership of land
in Louisiana.
U. S. POPULATION
IS 35,5 PER MILE
WASHINGTON, Mar. 21. The aver
age density of population throughout
tho United States excluslvo of outly,
Ing possessions was 35.5 persons per
square mile of land area in 1920 as
against 30.9 in 1910, the census bureau
announced today.
The density In tho individual stntes
In 1920 ranged from seven-tenths ot
one per square mile in Nevada, to
5GC.4 in Rhode Island, the bureau an
nounced. It exceeded 200 per square
mile in five states, Rhode Island, with
666.4; Massachusetts 479.2; New Jer
sey 420; Connecticut 286.4, and New
York with 217.9.
The density figures for other states
were: Alabama 45.8; Arizona 2.9; Cal
ifornia 22; Colorado 9.1; District of
Columbia 7292.9; Florida 17.7; Idaho
5.2; Illinois 115.7; Iowa' 43.2; Kansas
21.6; Kentucky 60.1; Minnesota 29.5
Missouri 49.5; Montana 3.9; Nebraska
16.9; Now Mexico 2.9; North Dakota
9.2; Ohio 141.4; Oregon 8.2; Pennsyl
vania 194.6; South Dakota 8.3; Texas
17.8; Utah 5.5; Washington 20.3;
Wyoming 2.
Sport Briefs
Edouurd llorcmans, Ilelglan bil
liard champion, arrived in New York
today from tho west to begin his
4, B00 point 18.2 balk lino match with
Jake Kchnefor, who defeated lilni in
their last meeting.
Tho Hcottlsh professional soccer
team will play four games In the
United States during Its forthcoming
tour, the Dominion Football associa
tion's secretary announced today. The
dates of the team's American appear
ance arc July 6, !l, 1:1 nnd 10. Oppo
nents were not nnmed.
So mo ot Ihe best handball players
of tho country aro among the 38 con
testants for tho A. A. U. title, play
for which began at tho Dotrolt Ath
letic club today. Knirles represent
clUbB In St. Pnul, Duluth, Los Ango
leB, Cloveland, Milwaukee, Chicago,
New York and Detroit.
Rocky Kansas ot Buffalo and Wll
llo Jackson of New York aspirants
for tho world's lightweight boxing ti
tle, will moot In Madison Squaro Gar
den, Now York, tonight In n 15 round
bout. Tho winner of tho match will
challenge Bonnie Leonard.
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NEARLY DESTROYED BY
VANCOUVER, II. C. Mar. 21. Fire
which threatened for a timo to wipe
out tho mining town of Hrlttnnia
Ucach, 11. C, 25 miles from Vancouver
on Howe, Sound before It was brought
under copti ol early yesterday destroy
ed the main plant and property ot the
Howe Sound Mining and Smelting
company, valued at $750,000. No lives
were lost.
Only heroic work on the part ot
employes of the company, it was said,
saved the town from destruction. It
has a population of 800. A short cir
cuit on a motor system was given as
tho origin of the tiro.
The Howe Sound Mining and Smelt
ing company Is a New York corpora
Gun la
wn IN
PLEBESCITE
Upper Silesia Votes Over Two
to One in Favor of Germany
Over Poland Many Polish
Districts Opposed to Sepa
rate State Expected Vio
ence Fails to Matcrialie.
IIKUMN, Mar. 21. (By thu As
sociated rPess) Germany . won an
overwhelming victory in the plebes
cite held in upper Silesia yesterday to
determine, tho future national statua
of that region, according to official
re. turns received here, today. Two
districts wero Htill missing this morn
ing, but tho count showed 87G.000
votes for Ciermany and 389.000 for
Poland.
Heports from Hreslau stato that
tho plebescite was generally without
untoward incidents.
Provisional returns published in
tho newspapers here show that In
Oppeln. Germany received 20,001)
votes to 11,000 for Poland. In Tarno
viz, the Germans cast 85 per cent
of tho ballots and in tho town of
Meuthcn they cast 78 per cent. In tho
Ileuthen country districts the vote
stood Germany 58,222: Poland 62,040.
In Koenigshuetto tho Germans re
ceived 32,000 and tho Poles 10,351.
and Kattowltz and country districts
gave tho Germans 72,831 and the
Poles 66,187, the town of Kattowltz
voting German by 93 per cent.
In Hindenburg the Germans cast
3G.676 votes to 31,625 by the Poles,
while in Kruezburg, tho German vot
was 33,980 to 1,056 for tho Poles.
Allies Vpliold Decision.
OPPELN. Mar. 21. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Kntento forces in Up
per Silesia will promptly suppress
any effort on the part of the Polish
army to override the decision in yes
terday's plebescite or to anticipate tho
action of the council ot ambassadors
in Paris, General Lerond, head of the
inter-allied plebescite commission,
told tho Associated Press today. . H-i
said rumors that the Poles had been
concentrating nn arrtiy on the Sllc
slan frontier were "wholly without
foundation." .
Heports thnt 30,000 Polish troops
iwero marching toward tho border
have been current hore: A motor trip
along the Polish frontier showed the
presence of tho usual Polish sentries,
hut thero virtually wore no entente
troops on tho Silcsian side of tho bor
der. The balloting yesterdny was virtu
ally over by mid-afternoon. There
!wns no disorder of a serious nature
reported. During his trip through
the 7.6110 a number of Germans at-,
tempted to confiscate tho Associated
Press correcpondents automobile nt
Knuchinnu to take votors to tho polls,
but tho attempt was unsuccessful.
"Should they cross the barderV con
tinued General Lerond,nt'tDe!tT.ould
lie mot by machine gunsr-hntt rifles;
America and tho rest of the" worW ttiay
depend upon me to maintain' ihft'on
tonto's will ,hofo,V; -i ',,.'! 'n'rv-r ,i0M
General' Lerond remained ,'. .Itn ,,aU
night to recelvo tho returns. Xrom tho
voting. He did not attempt ;to conceal
his pleasure that the plebiscite had
been carried out with scarcely a ripple
of excitement and no disorder. Tho
Germans hero wore massed in frnt ot
tho Oppeln administration building, to
await tho result of tho balloting and
when tho first returns from the city
showed a vote in favor ot Germany
in tho proportion of twenty to ono, the
crowd sang "Dcutschland Uber Alios",
npd Dcutschland in Ehren."
Voles Vote for Gcrinuny.
TtRUNK. Switzerland. Mar. 21.
Some districts of Upper Sllosla whom
(Continued on page six.)
tion. The flames broke out Saturday.-;
evening, tho sixth anniversary ot tt
mountain avalanche which on March
20, 1915. blotted out the lives ot fifty
at tho camp. The blaze steadily gain
ed headway nnd while the men fought
to save tho iowerhouse and prevent
tho destruction of the town, women
and children huddled on the water
front. Hundreds of men working at
an upper camp wore for a titno cut
off from escape. The town's only exit
is by water. -
Combined efforts of all the mon fin
ally brought the fire under control
and saved the electric powe:- plant,
compressor plant, machine shops,
storehouse and the portion of the town
adjoining the mill, .
VANCOUVER B.C.
$750,000 FIRE .
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