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VOL, XIII. NO. 248.
PENSACOLA. FLORIDA. SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1910.
PRICE, 5 CENTS.
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OPPOSE GUARANTEE
COTTON BILLS LADING
Plan Declared to Be a Step
Toward Placing Heavy
... Burden on South.
Cotton Exchanges at Dallas,
Houston, New Orleans
and Memphis Denounce
the Plan and Declare That
Cotton Has Been Singled
Out From All Other Pro
ducts and Make it Object
of Discrimination.
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By AMOcUUd Prase.
New Orleans. Oct. 14 Declaring
that the organization of a concern to
guarantee cotton bill of lading was a
atop toward placing a heavy burden
m the south, the cotton exchanges
at Dallas, Houston, New Orleana and
ether cities Joined with the Memphis
exchange this afternoon in denounc
ing the plan.
In a telegram sent to William A.
Nash to be presented at the confer
ence of representatives of American
and British banks in New York, the
local exchange, concurring with the
ether exchanges, says:
'"The proposed guarantee proposi
tion will single out cotton from all
ether producta and make It, the pecu
liar object of discrimination and bur
densome conditions; will place re
sponsible and Irresponsible merchants
on equal terms; will-nullify Individual
credit and reputation, and by encour
aging Indiscriminate selling by Irre
sponsible parties, will lower the price
of the American product."
OME TIME TO ELAP9E
BEFORE PLAN COMPLETED
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct H. Several months
re expected to elapse before the fin
al form of bills of lading now In dlv
fate between England aod American
oaklng interests-. Is perfected,- ar
eordiog 1ft the belief .expressed today
fa nigh bunking . circles. V. The com
'promise -torrar tm of guafcante
company, to uarantetvjhe valMii 'of
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CLAUDE GRAHAM WHITE LANDS
Hit MACHINE AT SIDE DOOR OF
WHITC HOUSE AND THEN CIR
CLIS CAPITOL DOME. .
By Associated Prc-aa.
Washington, Oct 14. In a narrow
street, upon precisely the chosen spot,
after a flight of more than six miles
across the city. Claude Graham
White, an Englishman, this afternoon
dropped his aeroplane by the side "door
of the White House en route to a
height of five hundred feet, when he
circled the dome of the capltol and
assed Washington monument on a
erel with the apex.
He landed between the granite
tralldinga at the executive offices In
a space where the slightest deviation
would hare Impaled him between the
spikes on the Iron fence about the
White House at the right, or smashed
against the granite walls on the left.
In alighting the aeroplane ran two
hundred feet up the street on a
straight line. President Taft was not
"at home, but Admiral Dewey wel
comed the aviator.
FINDS BIG MOUNTAIN,
feattle. Wn , Oct. 14. Thos. Rlggs,
Jr . a government engineer, who has
been at work on the Alaska boundary
survey, Teported yesterday the dis
covery far north of the arctic circle
what he believes to be the highest
mountain on the continent, exceeding
Mount McKlnley by nearly 2.000 feet.
OIL IS REDUCED.
New York, Oct. 14. The Standard
Oil Company today reduced the price
of refined petroleum In cases from
1 4ft to 8.90 per gallon.
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Republicans of Colorado Issue
Statement as to Policies
By Assoelstesl Presa,
Denver, Colo., Oct. 14. After a
meeting of the Republican state cen
tral committee today, the following
statement was given out:
"Some misapprehension exists as to
the attitude of the Republican candi
dates for congress In Colorado this
year on national matters. Many let
ters ana telegrams have been received
by each of the candidates asking them
to define their position in relation to
the candidacy of Speaker Cannon for
re-election as speaker of the federal
house of representatives should he be
a candidate.
"3a Colorado Republican congres
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HOUSES FAIL
TWO NEW YORK CONCERNS GO
, UNDER WITH LIABILITIES ESTI
MATED AT OVER TWO MILLION
DOLLARS. i V
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 14. Two brokerage
houses failed today with liabilities ag
gregating nearly two million dollars,
Charles Minzesheimer & Co. and
Thomas Gaylord, the later engaged
In business under the name of La
tham, Alexander & Co. Both assign
ments were for the benefit of credit
ors. The petition alleges liabilities of the
Minzesheimer concern at a million dol
lars, consisting chiefly of loans from
banks and trust companies. The col
lateral Is estimated to be worth twen
ty per cent. Gaylord's failure Is re
garded as of no particular signifl-
coAsTsii
STORM ALONG THE ENGLISH
COAST DOES GREAT DAMAGE
CASUALTY LIST IS ALREADY A
LONG ONE.
By Associated Press. i
London, Oct. 14. The 'English ocast
?s strewn with wreckage as a result
cf. the storm that has continued for
two days. Tfce -casualty listjs already. J
reported as a Seng one. - '" -j-
This.morni3j the bodjes of five sea-j
mit rrcrc ixe coasunj steamer trsn
tord were picked up -oCf Hartlepool.
If Is believed tfce vessel, which car
ried a crew of twenty, foundered and
that tte men were attempting to reach
chore In a small boat when they were
lost.
. Some of the' wreckac-e coining
G'ore Indicates that a. ' sailing ship
met-a like fate. Lifeboats from many
points ere out all last night and in
some Instances effected rescues.
In other cases tbev were unable to
reach distressed craft.
AVIATOR FLIES FROM
TRACK INTO WASHINGTON
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 14. Claude Gra
hame White, the English aviator,
flew from Bennings race track to
Washington, a distance of over three
miles, and made a successful landing
In Executive aevnue between the
White House and the state, war and
navy buildings. The flight was made
for. the purpose of paying respects to
General Allen, chief signal officer of
the army. Official business in the big
government building was suspended in
order to welcome the aviator.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT IS
CAUSED BY AN ARREST
By Associated Press.
London, Oct. 14. A news dispatch
from Calcutta says Intense excite
ment exists In Tibet. The Chinese au
thorities at L'Hassa arrested the Da
lai Lama's representative an aged ab
bott, and sentenced him to be behead
ed. The people were so angry that
they spirited away the abbott. He
had been accused of sending supplies
to the Dalai Lama at Darjeeling, Brit
ish India.
PREMIER SAYS NO CHANCE
FOR REPUBLIC IN SPAIN
By Associated Press.
Paris. Oct. 14, The Mid rid corre
spondent of the Matin sends his pa
per ap interview with Premier Canale
jas in which the minister says there
is no chance for a republic in Spain
as the Republicans have no great
leaders and their ranks are hopelessly
divided. Moreover, the radical nature
of his program. Involving a struggle
with the vatican, tne premier says,
disarming the Republicans as anti
clericalism is one of their strongest
principles.
sional candidates hare answered such
questions as their conscience and con
victions dictated, but each and all of
them have asserted in positive terms
that they stood squarely upon the Re.
publican state and national platforms
and that they would, If elected, at all
times support the national Republican
administration in Its policies and that
it would support for speaker only a
Republican fully in accord with Presi
dent Taft and his policies.
"Thi3 position is all that can be
asked for oy any RepuBlican voter and
is entirely satisfactory to the state or.
ganlzattoa."
BIG BRO
RAG
llIH WRECKAGE
DAMAGE DONE
BY THE ST0R1
AT KEY WEST
Street Railway System Dis
abled and Telephones Put
Out of Commission.
Weather Bureau Station at
Sandy Key Awash, and the
Men There Sought Refuge
at the Light House Full
Force of Storm Struck Ha
vana Early and Was Ac
companied by Heavy Rain.
HURRICANE RECURVES AND
MAY STRIKE JACKSONVILLE
By Associated Press.
Tampa, Fla., Oct. 14. Recurving
along a parabolic path, the West
Indian hurricane late tonight is
headed north to northwest along
the Florida coast with the proba
bilities it will leave the Atlantic
coast somewhere in the vicinity of
Jacksonville or Savannah. The
disturbance has made a most re
markable curvature and, following
twelve hours of Intensity along
the western coast of Cuba, swung
still further westward before
sweeping back to the northeast,
and over tfce southern portion cf
the Florida Keys. Indications late
tonight are that the storm bas
been increasing in intensity.
Wireless reports from vessels in
its path report a velocity of 70
miles an hour. Late reoorts by"
wireless from Key West 'are that
there bas been no abatement in
th wind velocity and that all
shipping is traJe ?nujr. The P.
O. tej.mer Olivette v.-as dieted at
9:30 tonight after standing outside
the. b?r for several hours in a ter
Vrlfio ren storm. Crtiv sJlgfct dis
turbance ia 'tcCerdcd hsre.' - -
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Key West. Oct 14. At six o'clock
the government wireless station re
ported the hurricane ren:.ered west of
Havana, moving yitb great intensity.
The width of the storm will exttii'.I
from the Florida coast to tfce Mexi
can coast." All wireless; stations in tha
path cf the storm, except the govern
cent leca1 station, are disabled. Al
though a .fifty rni'e wind blew here all
day, there was no material damage in
Key West, but tonight ther is consid
erable apprehension. The electric car
system was disabled and one hundred
telephone are out cf commission. The
weather bureau station at Sand Key
is awash, and the rren there sought
refuge at the light house.
HURRICANE STRUCK HAVANA
EARLY IN THE MORNING
Havana, Oct. 14. The full force of
the storm, the approach of which was
heralded yesterday, struck this city at
1 o'clock this morning. The gale
brought with it a deluge of rain. Most
of the street lights were extinguished
and the city was dark during the early
hours.
At 8 o'clock this morning the wind
was blowing strongly from the south-
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Porter Charlton
to Federal Officers
SELF-CONFESSED MURDERER OF
HIS WIFE IS TURNED OVER
FROM STATE COURTS AND MAY
BE EXTRADITED.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 14 Porter Charl
ton, the confessed murderer of his
wife, Mrs. Mary Scott Castle Charlton,
was today ordered turned over to the
federal authorities in proceedings
which have been instituted for his ex
tradition to Italy. Judge Blair, of the
New Jersey supreme court, declined
to release Charlton and issued the or
der for him to be placed in charge oi
the federal officials.
Charlton was arrested on a German
liner in Hoboken, on his arrival from
Italy last summer, shortly after the
body of his wife had been found in a
trunk in Lake Como, Italy. A hear
ing in his case was held on September
21, when Judge Blair declined to hear
testimony concerning Charlton's sani
ty. His counsel also argued that Italy,
by enacting a law that no Italian citi
zen should be extradited had abrogat
ed all obligations of this country to
extradite its citizens in Italy's de
mand By his decision today Judge Blair
overruled this , last contention so far
as the state court had to deal with it,
and the whole matter, it now appears,
will be put In the hands of the federal
authorities for decision.
CROWN PRINCE GEORE ILL.
Belgrade, Servia, Oct 14. Crown
Priace George is ill with, typhoid. A
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MANSFIELD MAY NOT
RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Boston, Oct. 14. Frederick W.
Mansfield, nominated by the Demo
crats of Massachusetts for governor
with the general understanding that
lie would resign in favor of another
candidate to be selected by the com
mittee, was named after a tumultuous
session cf the democratic state con
vention and after several candidates
had withdrawn from the race.
SIX KILLED in
FREIGHT AND WORK TRAINS RUN
TOGETHER ON GRAND -RAPIDS
AND INDIANA TRUNK LINES
WITH TERRIBLE RESULTS.
By Associated Press.
Fcrt Wa-re, Ind.
lision between a freight train and a
work train on the Grand . Rapidr. and
Ind'.p.na Railroad at Sujairit, a small
station about 'fenr mi!es from Port
land, !nd., early today, six men were
killed and a large number injured.
The victims of the wreck were foreign
ers and members cf a construction
rang. The construction. train was en
route to its work when it crashed into
the freight train in the fog. The dead
and injured were taken to Portland,
Ind.
MONUMENT UNVEILED.
Waycross, Ga., Oct. 14. An address
by Gov.elect Hoke Smith on "The
South in the Sixties" marked the un
veiling here of a handsome monument
erected , by the Daughters of the Con
federacy to Confederate soldiers. The
shaft was unveiled by thirteen mem
bers of the Children of the Confeder
acy, each child representing a South
ern state.
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WANTED TO DIE
TIM SHEEDY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
BY STRANGLING HIMSELF WITH
A SHOE STRING. AND WAS
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS.
By Associated P
Troy, NT. Y., Oct. 14. Tim Sheedy,
a notorious burglar and crook, who
spent more than half of hi3 life in
prison, attempted suicide here today
by strangling hims&f with a shoe
string. He was found unconscious on
the floor shortly before daybreak and
was resuscitated with difficulty.
Sheedy was captured in the act of en
tering a miner's residence. He is
wanted in Hartford. Conn., where he
escaped from jail a few weeks ago
with a 35-year sentence hanging over
his head, He was at once arrested by
the local police after a hard fight and
admitted his identity.
WILL NOT PERMIT FIGHT.
San Francisco, Oct. 14. Chief of
Police Seymour, after a conference
with District Attorney Ficker last
night, announced that he would not
permit Anton Lagraw and Jack ("One
Round") Hogan to meet in a schedule"
i iQux-roufid event tonight.
J1WIECK
NO
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ALL CLASSES
INTERESTED!
THE BIG. FAIR
Scarcely a Citizen of Pensa
cola or District Who is
Not a Fair Booster.
L. Hilton Green Offers Silver
Cup and Cash Prizes For
Best Farms on Lands in
Certain District One of
the Most Important Prizes
is Silver Cup pfFered to
the Best Judge of Corn,
This From Southern States
A-
Lumber Company.
The fact standing out-so prominent
ly that causes the management of the
great Interstate Fair to believe that
it will be the best agricultural fair
ever held In the extreme south and
that the attendance will be the largst
that ever gathered at a fair in this
section is the general Interest taken
in the exposition by the citizens of all
classes and all occupations. It must
be confessed that in a measure last
year Pensacola "layed down" on the
fair. Besides the Interest shown by
the stockholders of the association ana
a few others there was only a gener
al apathy felt in Pensacola. What
ever success the fair attained was due
to the zeal and the industry of the
country people. This year it is dif
ferent. Nearly every citizen in Pen
sacola is taking a deep and abiding
interest in the fair and with all
classes and conditions it is "our fair."
Nor does this widespread general
interest stop In Penaeola and Escam
bia county. All over the district in the
western Florida counties as well as
those in southern Alabama, the same
central interest if felt. Not only Are
-'?rTtrp.,flerpc' wrspyftys tb -thouaaacls,
but they are making exhibis. -
Mr. J. A Anderson, of Quintette,
was in the city yesterday making en
tries cf live stock and general farm
products. He says thet all Quintette
is'worsed up over the fair and that
mony peonie from that section will
be in PenFacoIa fair week.
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i STEAM CHS TO BE OF H RATED BY
COMBINATION OF INTERESTS
By Associated Press.
San Francisco. Oct. 14. The steam
ers Harvard and Yale, which it was
announced some time ago are to be
taken off the Bostcn-Nev; York nm
and sent to the Pacific coast, will be
operated, according to the Chronicle,
between San Francisco and Los An
geles by a combination of interests in
which the Western Pacific Railroad
Company is dominant.
This will . furnish the Western Pa
cific with a connecting link to south
ern California, from which it has
hitherto been excluded by the South
ern Pacific and the Santa Fe's refusal
to interchange traffic.
GUNBOATS AT GENOA.
Genoa, Oct. 14. The United States
gunboats Wheeling and Petrel, which
arrived at this port on October 5, left
today for Ville Franche.
Teddy After Wall
St. and Tahimany
REFERS TO JNO. A. DIX AND DE
CLARES THAT IF ELECTED GOV
ERNOR OF NEW YORK HE WILL
BE A FIGURE HEAD.
By Associated Press.
Dunkirk, N. Y., Oct, 14. Wall
street and Tammany Hall have struck
hands," said Theodore Roosevelt when
he opened his campaign for the P.e
publican 6tate ticket here today.
Speaking to a great crowd in Wash
ington park on arriving here from his
campaign speech across Indiana yes
terday. Colonel Roosevelt denounced
the New York state Democracy with
all the emphasis which he could com
mand. 'We are fighting for the rule of the
people against the most shameless
combination of crooked politics and
crooked finance that our atate has ever
6een since Tweed was driven from
power," he declared.
John A. Dix, Democratic candidate
for governor, he dismissed with a few
words as the "respectable and unim
portant figurehead of Tammany Hall,"'
to elect whom, he said, Wall "Street
was doing all in its power because it
knew him and the people did not.
' If elected he would be utterly pow
erless in the grip of hl3 masters," said
the speaker. 'The delegates to the
convention represented nobody, not
even themselves," he shouted. "Mr.
Murphy was everything."
Alter speaking in Dunkirk, Col.
Roosevelt started for Jamestown,
where he is to deliver his second
speech. Later he was to speak at
Salamanca, Wellsville, Horneil, Coring
and in tie evening at Elmira.
COUNTY BOARD INSTRUCTS
CLERK TO PAY A BILL
AFTER HOL
OF COAL LA
LARGE NUMBER OF CLAIMANTS
OF LANDS IN ALASKA ARE IN
DICTED ENTRIES INVOLVED
25,000 ACRES.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 14. After months
of secret effort and patient waiting of
ficials of the land office announced
today the indictment of a number of
claimants of valuable coal lands in
Alaska. The entries involved twenty
five thousand acres in the same dis
trict with the Cunningham claims. De
posits covered by the claim are be
lieved to be as rich as the Cunning
ham mines, which were conspicuous
in the Ballinger controversy.
The indictments were handed down
at Tacoma and a message declared
the defendants were C. G. Munday, A
H. Stracey, Archie W. Shields, E. E.
Siegley, Cornelus Christopher, George
Simmonds, Mortimer Sweeney. The
charges are that the entries were
made in the names of "dummies" and
most of the entrymen are residents of
Washington state.
GOES A MILE
FIFTY SECOND!
OLDFIELD RACES AGAINST TIME
AND LOWERS RECORDS DIS
QUALIFIED BY A. A. A. FOR PRO
POSED RACE, WITH JOHNSON.
..By Associated Press.
Readville, Mass., Oct. 14. Dsspite
tbe recent disqualification by the
American .Automobile Association,
3arney Oldfield today went against
tlrre. breaking the mile record for a
"".,!1e track and covered tbe distance in
fifty seconds Cat. The former record
v, as fifty-four seconds.
OMfield was disqualified because of
his proposed race with Jack Johnson,
the necro pugilist.
OFFICERS ARE SEARCHING
FOR REV. MRj PLASS
By Associated Press.
Boston, Oct. 14. Officers are now
searching for Rev. Norman Plass in
connection with the raid of the Re
deemable Investment Co., a ten million
dollar concern, the officers cf which
are charged with using the mails to
defraud. Plass is now journeying in
British Columbia, inspecting the com
pany properties.
PARTY WHO GAVE INFORMATION
LEADING TO RAIDING OF ESTAB
LISHMENT OF DUVEEN BROS.
WILL GET BETWEEN $100,000
AND $500,000.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 14. William Loeb,
collector of the port, declares than an
anonymous letter precipitated the raid
yesterday on the establishment of Du
veen Bros., art dealers, and the arrest
of Benjamin and Henry .Duveen, mem
bers of the firm, charged with con
spiracy to defraud the government of
a million dollars by undervaluation of
imports.
Loeb refuses to divulge the name of
his informant until the trial. He said
that the informant in time will get the
rewards offered by the United States,
and if the alleged frauds prove as ex
tensive as officials say, the informant
will probably get between one hundred
thousand and five hundred thousand
dollars.
S
OS
A BIG REWARD
FOR INFORMANT
Declares Building War Ships
is Throwing Away Money
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 14. Prof. David
Starr Jordan, president of Leland
Stanford University, who has been
abroad lecturing on universal peace,
is in New York on his way homeward.
While abroad he found little Indica
tion of approaching war anywhere in
Europe.
"There is no war coming," he said,
"and the countries building warships
are ruining themselves. Business is
goodwill many countries, including Ckr
A. M. McMillan Appeared
and Stated Clerk Had Re
fused to Draw Warrant.
The Ammount is $702.61 for
Clothing For the Convict
Camps Which Had Been
Purchased by the Road
Supervisor Action of the
Clerk Due to Law Requir
ing Bids For Purchase of
Over $300.
Considerable Interest was injected
into the special meeting of the board
of county commissioners which waa
held last night to revise the registra
tion lists, when the question of a bill
due to A. M. McMillan waa brought up
for discussion.
Mr. McMillan appeared before the
board, and stated that the clerk had
refused to issue him a warrant for a
bill which he had filed with the com
missioners before the last meeting,
and asked the board to tell him
whether or not this bill had been or
dered paid. It developed that the bill
was not mentioned in the minutes of
the meeting and nothing was said in
the minutes to show whether or not
it was ordered paid. The board as
sured Mr. McMillan, however, that It
was the intention of the board to pay
the bill, the amount of which is
$702.61. It seems that some member
had raised some objection to the man
ner in which this bill was made out
at the last meeting, but that, inasmuch
as the goods had been used by the
county, the board was willing to pay
the bill. Mx. McMillan asked the'
board to pass a resolution instructing"
the clerk to issue a warrant for the
amount of the bill. He gave his rea
son for wanting the resolution pasned,
stating, that the clerk had refused to
issue the warrant and he wanted to
have a showing from the board so
that if the clerk should again refuse
to issue the warrant he could take
legal steps to compel him to do $f.
The county attorney was aaked - fen
advice in the matter of passing the .
resolution, and stated- that the board
, i j , . .
cuuju hoc compel tne cierK to issue a
warrant in this case, but that the "pass
ing of the resolution would have n
errect upon the case except to give Mr,
McMillan something to show that the
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WOULDBRIBE
ITATE SENATOR
A FORMER SENATOR IS ARREST.
ED ON CHARGE OF ENDEAVOR.
ING TO BUY THE VOTE OF SEN
ATOR FOELKNER.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 14. Frank J. Card,
ner of Brooklyn, a former state sena
tor, who was arrested in Scranton
last night charged with attempted
bribery of Congresman Otto G. Foelk
er, also a former state senator, to vote
against the anti-race track bills in Al
bany in 19C8, was today indicted by
tbe New York county grand Jury on
the charge of attempt to bribe a public
official.
DICKINSON COMMENDS THE
WORK OF JESUIT FATHERS
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 14. According to
information received here, Secretary
of War Dickinson, who recently visit
ed the Philippine Islands on his round
the world trip, highly commended the
work being done by the Jesuit fathera
at the Manila observatory. He ex
pressed his own appreciation and that
of his government of the services of
these men who gave up their Spanish
citizenship to serve the United State
as its official weather forecasters in
the Philippines. At tbe time of Amer
ican assumption of the reins of gov
ernment there, the government favors
the only men In the Island capable of
carrying on scientine weather investi
gations. The seismographical observatory at
Georgetown -University, conducted by
Jesuits in this city, frequently makes
public reports of earthquakes in va
rious parts of the world long before
the government weather bureau.
many, but the prospects in Europe ar
not good when removed from th .
standpoint of prosperity. It is the
peasants and not business men wfca
are paying bills and they are beein-
ning to grumble. That is not a good'
sign. It is always that class that'
bears the burden for increasing arm
ment. "As to the prospect of war between
Germany and England, there is about
as much chance as a conflict betweaa
the United States and liaxs.' ;
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