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lunitipns From , France Now
Available to the Constitu:
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UESTA TO BEGIN : , .
SEARCH' FOR PARKS
rders Inquiry into Disappear
ance of American Near Vera
Cruz Huerta : Envoys v
At Washington. : ,
Washington, May IS. Spanish Am-
issauor llluno today received a ciih-
:1th from the Mexican minister of
rcih'n affairs stating that vigorous
vrstigation of thu ! disappearance of
idiirly Samuel Parks immediately
ould be made by the Huerta uuthor-
it's, trie aispatcn was in reply , to a
itc sent by Mr. Kiano calling attCn-'
m to the anxiety: of the ;Unltcd
ales government as to Purks.
While Huerta's delegates to the
langra Falls conference wero ,ap-
louching Washington today , Prest-
nt Wilson and his advisurs awaited
i imswcr to the demand on federal
licliils In Mexico City for. newt of
ic fate of Samuel "Parks, the-Amer-
an soldier who in full uniform.
rayed Into Huerta's lines while
iotably temporarily insane. Some re-
irts were Parks had been "executed
id others that his body had been
iirned. ' "' ' ' " " "
Tho American demand declared
at unless Information of the fate of
irks was given' the American SoV
nmertt would consider it ""an on-
nlv - and hostiln act." It was
aftod by President Wilson and Sec
tary Bryan and sent- to the lirnziU
minister in Mexico City wltK tbe
(liiest that he explain to the Huerta
vernmont . the strong1' foeltnB. of
nnhlngton ofliclals over tho incl-
As the. TarHs rass, assumed thread
ing1 proportfons, another stumbling
n-k In trio path of mediation wns
iroved by the report that John R.
Illman, the American vlc8 consul.
cr whose safety there had ' been
ave fears, was on his way from Bal
lo to Mexico City. , ,
urther assurances of Simmon's
tes were received today at the
ite department from the Rrasillan
Inlster nt Mexico City. Bllliman's
rival, the minister reported, had
en delayed by the Interrupted rail-
ad conditions. latest reports were
at he should have reached the Mex-
an capital last night or early today
it that transportation operations
re very uncertain. . . , '
Rebels Protecting Property.
Dispatcher received from Rear Ad-
Irnl badger and Consul Miller today
..ted that the constitutionalists had
new'ed their Assurances, of protec-
n for American, lives and property
Tamp1 co. Quiet was restored there,
said, and no further disorder was
pected. , .,.'''
The constitutionalists already have
nved to avail themselves of the ad-
n luges of their first seaport. One of
irranxns confidential agents' was
i'.d ns suytng that's, large shlp-
etit of French guns wfcs ready to
moved toward Tnmplco. That, con-
ilered wlth.'the development thai
ere now la tin embargo against
hlpment of arms to Tamplco from
merlean ports Indicated the ronstl-
'tlntialists could obtain plenty of
1'ilpment for the remainder of their
iimpalgn
The Mexican diplomats wer to ar-
Ive here at 1:3S o'clock today. With
heir party they will be shown about
nlilnntjin and lole today they will
ruerts of the Spanish ambassador
f dinner,
"nrmg their Joumer through the
nilhern states from Key West the
uerta delegates have received snv-
nil tkelecatlons of' newspaper men
thlr lips have been sealed beyond
:,lngt they hart "full power to act."
was' Indicated, however, that they
'iKht later make a mors cnmprshtn
'' statement
Ptedman Hanks, representing the
'ate department; who met the Mexl
n delegates, loday telegraphed the
'epartment that the mission expected
o arrive In Washington promptly at
oJcloe.W th!;. sfternoo'n. Th psrty
r. Hanks said, consists of seven off)-
l"la. six Isilles and three servants
The Mexican delegats. Mr. Hanks
''. expressed warm appreciation of hysrd .by' New Tork dealers before
'he courtesy shown them In postpon- Tuesday 'night.' Ths contracts, made
n ths opening of the conference, hull last Wednesday, call for ?l,000
hey announced no plana to follow
'heir arrival In Washington. ' '
Mr. tltanks further reported, that
'he Mexican ilnU gates hnd accepted
'hi two. private ear offered by. ths
tate department snd that they were
Pleased with ths rourtesy.
The.rliipnlsh amliaMuidor at th r
'luest of the Mexlenn minister for
'"rdirn affairs todsy formally thank
4 ths government of th Vnited
''tea for attention shown ths rp
'titatlves nf the Huerta govern
""nt upon their arrHsl upon.Amr
'rn soil.
prtlelrnt In tho NUrors Falls
- if itf t"- i. 'i i fnr the f'mt t!mi
t ttm ,!i,ui, i I,, .. rien tm'ht h)
the Si.tilBh ambassador In honor of
th0 Mexican delegates. Invitations to
the dinner havo been accepted by the
three mediating envoys, the two Am
erican delegates. Justice Umar and
Mr. Ie.hmann, and H. Percival Dodge,
secretary to tho American mission.
other guests will be tho secretaries
and other attaches accompanying the
Mexican delegates, the' second and
third secretaries and' the military at
taches . of the Mexican legation and
the staff of the Spanish .embassy. :
Sails With War 'Munitions, i '
New York, May 10. The- steam
ship Panama n, recently chartered by
the war , department, sailed today,
from - Soiith- Brooklyn for Galveston.
The Panaman carried ammunition.
consisting chiefly of shells tor field
pieces and small arms,, and foodstuffs
for the troops. Fourteen ordnance ex
perts from the Springfield arsenal un
der command of Captain Mulsh were
passengers on the steamer. They will
Join General Funston's brigade. '
. " . Gunboats at Puerto Mexico. i ;
Washington, May 16. Admiral
Badger reported the arrival today 'nt
partment 'today frpm Consul Canada
Mexican gunboats Bravo and Zarogo
a and tho tug Tamplco, The cruiser
Tacoma and two- destroyers are with
them. ' ,
- ' Rebels Take Tuxpam.
Washington, May 16i Tuxpam." on!
tho cast coast of Mexico, between
VeVa'Cruz and Tamplco, is in the
hands of the constitutionalists, ac
cording to a report to the state de
Puerto Mexico from. Tamplco of the
at Vera Cruz. Consul Canada said a
party of-Spanish refugees arriving In
Vera. Cruz .from Tuxpam in a launch
Informed him that constitutionalists
under General Auguilla had occupied
the oity. i . .. ... . , .....
I
HRE ALL DIG III
Convalescents at New York
Will Be Permitted to Re-
turn to Mexico. -
New York. May 1. All of the pa
tients brought here from Vera Cruz by
the hospital ship Solace are doing well,
according to Dr. C. Q. Smith, In charge
of the tiuval hospital in the Brooklyn
navy yard. ' "Y
Such a great quantities of flowers
and dainties have been sent to the
hospital that the authorities ore at a
loss to And places for them and 'the
wards have taken on the appearance
of a horticultural exhibition. .
The navy department has acceded
to the earnest request of the 41 con
valescents that they be permitted to
return on the Solace and rejoin their
comrades In Vera Cruz.
This news was received with delight
by those who will probably be nblu
to return, but It brought tears to the
eyes of the four who were wounded
so seriously that amputation of t.i
arm or a leg was necessary.
MYSTERY IN ORIGIN
A OF; FATAL EXPLOSION
Detroit, May IS. Cononer Rotcha-
chor renewed his efforts today to lesro
the origin of the explosion , which
cnuscd the death of 1 meg and the
serious injuries tu six otheri at the
plant of the Mexican Crude -Rubber
company In this city yesterday.
Five of the six Injured were re
ported by physicians us "almost cer
tnln to recover. The sixth, John Mc
Donald, It years old. Is In a critical
condition.
'
Overdue Steamer Causes Anxiety.
San Francisco, May 16. Some word
of the British steamship Cetrlana ovef
due from Mexican ports with 160 ref
usees, wsa anxiously awaited here to
day by relatives and friends of those
aboard. The steamer's agents, how
ever, believe she will arrive by night
fall.
Ths Cetrlana carries no wireless
'lulpment and her position can only
ft conjectured.
flaying War Riiptilloa.
Jfw tork. May 16. Food products
to ths value of nearly 1100,000 In
tended for the United mates soldiers In
Mexico are to be delivered at the navy
pounds of potatoes, St. 000 pounds of
onions. 14,000 pounds of frosen poultry,-
40,000 pounds of btittr, 10.000
doxen eggs and 1,111,000 pounds of
huy.
'0 Asnrrlcans Killed, llo fJ
-Washington, May II. A rsport
from Consul Ronney from Fsn Jul
Pot!, now on his way home, stal
that no Amerteans wsrs killed So far
as ha ran learn In his district up until
ths time he left. ll said all rail
r(.(is wrs frln'l. chiefly from
lurk Of f'l"l ll I" ft th rnnnulnts In
cliaige of ths J i a. Hi c ;...!,
LITERATURE OF
T
ROASTED
Baptist Convention's Head
"i Thinks that Novelists and
, ; Dramatists Are Exert-'
ing a Bad Influence. .
NEW YORK CITY ALSO
HARSHLY CRITICISED
Georgia Preacher Thinks It No
: Fit Source of Literary
. Material The School
Board's Work.
Nashville, Tenn., May 16.- Re
spondlng to the presentation of the
new building. Dr.' Lansing Burrows,
of Amcricus, Go., president of the
Southern Baptist convention, criticized
sharply the literature of the age. Af
ter recounting the great achievements
of the Sunday school board he said:
, '"Apd now' we stand before the door
of opportunity. The indomitable In
dustry of the destroyer of human
souls 'adapts his energies to shifting
conditions. His most audacious attack
is now upon the literature of the age.
The three past generations have cul
tivated the reading habits. Men have
grown -story mad and dramatically
Insane. The novelist and the dramatist
have the strongest influence upon the
present generation. They bring no
glad tidings for its Inspiration to no
bler things, They are men with micro
scopes fastened upon social bacteria.
and never upon the glinting stars. .
"When, with tho inclslveness of
their pactlced pens, they haw de
stroyed the healthy tissue upon which
It had feasted. They are like a fool
ish man who burns down his stable
to.be rid of fleas. They defend their
atrocities by -the plea that they are
describing life as it is. They do not
they show us the rotten cancers of
U'CwThey rnakss.hs. .great , city s the
theater of lite. They present to us the
vast metropolis of New York with Its
great white way, "blatant with Its vul
gnr extracagances. . reeking with the
odious smells of its sensuality, aroar
with the shouts hf Its chorus girls and
its sodden spendthrifts, a homeless,
Christless, narrow-browed and shriv
eled hearted worshipper of mammon
and of lust, and they tell us this Is
life.' ' " '
"There Is no more provincial place
on the continent, says one who knows,
than New York; no place to see life
but life shrivelled In the heat of pas
sion, with men bereft of noble man
hood and lofty purpose end women
pictured as oxeyed and tinted with
peroxide, who dread fat more than
sin and who regard pimples as their
direst enemy. Of their books, the best
seller Is the worst smeller. Of their
dramas they revolve about the icventh
commandment, et them picture the
scarlet woman and the married rake
and they lack for neither readers nor
spectators."
Dr. Burrows sol others are men
who would teach children the deepest
mysteries of life and being, and re
fuso them the book of God. The
church's opportunity lay In the publi
cation In the new building of clean
sober, uplifting literature.
With reference to the Sunday school
board's work, the speaker said that
with all the efforts put forth by the
Louisville committee, established In
1890, there were found only 1.512
schools with an enrollment of 274,225
"As the results In part of the ac
tivities of our Sunday school board
there are reported in the statistics
published this year lft.ZU schools
with n enrollment of 1,491,428."
BECKER TRIAL RECESS: :
WILL CLOSE III WEEK
District Attorney Expects to
Complete His Case Next
Monday.
New Tork, May II. A cess was
taken .today In th trial of Charles A.
liecker, former police lieutenant, ac
cused of Instigating ths murder of
Herman Rosenthal, ths Rambler.
District. Attorney Charles S. Whit
man announced that hs expected . to
finish' ths prseentatlon of ths state's
ease on Monday and th defense prob
ably will complcts Its rebuttal by ths
middle of ths week. From this a ver
dict may b expected a week from
today.
faaoolo Conference Closrs.
Ht. Ivsul. May 1 Tha eor)ferne
nf Master' Masons whlrh has been In
session tiers sine Thursday morning,
closed today with a narads to th Xt
sonln, home, whrs th eornerston of
a new aUmltilHtiaUon building was
luld.
Federal Ajppeals Court Hears
Arugment' as to Tveitmoe,
Houlihan, Bernhardt.
Chicago, May IB. Charles W. Mil
ler, former United States district at
torney for Indiana,' who prosecuted
the dynamite conspiracy case against
a number of , labor leaders In 1912,
appeared' again for the government
today in the ' tfriited States "circuit
court of appeal when the re-hearing
on the granting of new trials to Alaf
A. Tveitmoe of San Francisco, Rich
ard 'W. Houlihan of ' Chicago, and
William Bernhardt of Cincinnati,
came up for -oral arugument. -
Originally 10 of ths convicted men
filed appeals' for new trials. Tho
United States circuit court of appeals
upheld the conviction of 24 and
granted new trials for six. As to
three of the latter Tcvltmoro, Houl
than and Bernhardt the government
requested a re-neanng which was
granted. Miller said the court had
properly "held that the general con
spiracy had been" established and that
24 of the defendants .were ..directly
connected i with the , conspiracy to
transport dynamite and nltro-glycerin
upon passenger trains. The evidence,
he said, must b largely circumstan
tial but that "every link In the chain
of circumstances Is present" and that
the verdict of the Jury "is sustained
by th esubstantial evidence on every
material point;, that a clear prima
facie case was established against
Tvcltmore, Houlihan and Bernhardt.'
Elijah Zoline, for the defense, re
piled that the three men had not
been convincingly connected with the
conspiracy at tha trial. , ,
Ill IKES PROTEST
PflSWUG INSULT
.". ", ',- ; .'
Alleges That JAmericsin Sea-'
men Trampled Nation's
' ' , ' ' ' ' '
, Colors at Philadelphia,' .
" Washington. May 16 Italian Am
bassador' Confalonlerl called on Secre
tary Bryan today In regard to a re
ported Insult to the Italian flag by two
American seamen In Philadelphia on
May 14. The (log was displayed In
front of a barber shop at the time of
memorial exercises over American
Vera Cruz victims and It Is thought
the seamen mistook H for a Mexican
flag. It was pulled to the ground and
trampled upon. , ,
Mr. Bryan assured ths ambassador
that the .seamen, if found guilty, prob
ably would bs punished. The answer
waa accepted as satisfactory.
nEXDERSOXVnXE ITEMS.
Special to tho Gazette-News..
Hendersonvllle, May ll-The com
mencement exercises of the Hender
sonvllle' graded school will be held
next week, beginning Sunday marn
Ing with the annual sermon by Rev.
M. Belk, of Fletcher, at the First
Baptist church.
A troupe of moving picture makers
represnling the Vltagraph company of
Brooklyn, N. Y., will most likely visit
Hendersonvllle again this summer
and take advantage of ths fine scenery
in this section.
J. M. and J. F. Btepp and J. A.
Mcintosh have purchased the stock of
F. D. Brown and associates In ths
Hendersonvllle Furniture company.
Called Hot Chicken
Special to The Oaaetts-Newa
Salisbury, May II. A young stran
ger named Ruseell said "Hello, chick
en," to a member of a troupe playing
a local theatre ami thus started some
thing very Interesting. First ths lady
walked up and boxed his Jaws, then
4.p K 1 1 Ka n A Km t a rnlinit with ftilm
then ha was haled bsfors Judgs Kluts
In ths county court and thsrs fined
I2..00. 'f ,
Taylor Has Suoreeitod Krtlh.
Special to Th Oastts-Nwa
Wilmington. May ll.-Col. Walker
Taylor yesterday took chargt of ths
office of collector of customs at this
port to succeed II. F, Keith, hi
commission having arrived Wednes
day. No formalities' attended the
event Ths retiring eolloetor wasn't
in ths city, and Colonel Taylor Just
walked In and began his official career.
' Win RL George Cup,
Sandwich, F.ng. May II John Gra
ham, ir a aeottlsh member of th
Royal IJvorpnot Uolf cKib, ha won
th KC eort's champion grand rhal
lent eup with an (griju scot for
lh Jl holda pCJL, trc'j;
y PRIMARY
fOTEEXPECTED
Close Contests and Favorable
Weather Bringing Many
; To The Primary In
This County.
BOTH REYNOLDS AND
GUDGER CONFIDENT
Many Negroes Are Registered
In The City and Consider
i able Challenging of
.Votes Expected.
With clear weather prevailing today
and the Intense Interest that has de
veloped in democratic ranks during
the past few weeks over the outcome
of the primary In the county and Ju
dlcial and congressional districts, it is
likely that the heaviest primary vote
ever polled in the county or section
will be recorded. The polls In the six
city precincts did not open until
o'clock In the afternoon and very little
can be learned as yet as to the relative
strength of candidates, since' the vot
ing, thus far Is not heavy." The polls
in the couhty precincts opened at . 9
o'clock this morning, but few reports
have been received from them that
give any clear indication of the final
results. The country voting places
will close at 7:29 o'clock, sundown,
while the city polling places will re
main open until i o'clock.
The principal interest of the day
centers in the congressional race. Con
gressman James M. Oudgec, Jr., and
Robert R. Reynolds are considered the
real contenders In ths race and both
are confident this morning of winning.
city Mr.. Reynolds stilted that lie ex
pects to carryvery county In the dis
trict by good majorities. Congress
man Uudge.r is equally sanguine over
the prospects and maintains his claims
of a few days ago that he will carry
10 of the 13 counties and that Mr.
Reynolds will not carry any. The cen
ter of the congressional battle ground
is Buncombe county, which was) sne
of the three counties carried by Mr.
Reynolds three years ago. He claims
that his majority this year will be In
creased here, while Mr. Gudger con
tends that the county will revert to his
column by a substantial majority.
Many County Candidates. '
Interest is by no means confined to
ths congressional race, however. There
are over 60 candidates In the Held for
th various county offices and each
one has been giving his entire time
within the post few days to campaign
ing, assisted by his friends. There has
been a certain amount of bitterness
injected Into the fight in certain quar
ters and there are various factions and
cliques that are working for the down
fall of others interested In the returns.
There are a few men on the ticket who
are unopposed but where there aro
two or more seeking the same office
the tight Is Intense. This very inten
sity la expected to be the agency In
bringing out a heavy democratic vote.
Many Negroes Registered.
It Is expected that there will be
conslderabiu challenging In some of
the city precincts during the after
noon, as a large number of negroes
who have not heretofore registered
fur the primaries and who have not
been Identified with the democratic
party are said to bo on th ' booka
There ar even hints that th ones
whu recelvs the support of such ne
groes as are not qualified or who
have perjured themselves In taking
th oath prescribed, will ba prosecut
ed.' as well as th negroes Ihemsulve.
This factor alone promises to arous
considerable feeling In the voting dur
ing ths afternoon. ""
At ths polling places both in th
city and county, It Is understood that
certain candidates have postsd detec
tives today to watch out for any dis
tribution of liquor or corruption of
th voters In other mannars. It was
reported yestsrday that liquor In large
quantltle was being distributed from
?u" V"TJ"
of
debauching ths voters. If evldenca of
such distribution Is discovered at any
polling places today, prosecutions Will
follow, It Is stated.
Ths return from ths prclncts of
th county will ba received by tele
phone tonight at th office of Chair
man L. M. Bourns of th county ex
ecutive committee la th old Library
building. Announcement of results
will bs mads from th north windows
nf ths building, faring - on Park
square, ns fast as they ar received.
It Is understood that returns from
other counties In ths Tenth congres
sional district will ) received at ths
headquarters of both Congressman
Oudger, situated In' ths Lgal, milld
Ing and Mr. Heynolda, alluated In th
lllnmberg building on Patten avenu.
All primary return will he thrown on
the screens al th Majestic, Princess
and Oalax theater as fnt sa they
ar received, aepordlng to announce
ment maris, this morning by the Inarf-
svmnU of thes hour-
Mi
BRYAN'S
FOR FREE TOLLS
JESSE G. AB
QUITS 'REYNOLDS
Special Counsel in New Haven
And Can Company Cases
Has Resigned.
Washington, May 16. Jesse C. Ad-
ktns, assistant attorney general, who
has been prominent in negotiations for
the dissolution of the New Haven rail
road, has resigned to take up the
praotice of law in Washington. Mr.
Adkins was appointed to the depart
ment In August, 1912. He has been
retained by Attorney Qeneral McRey
nolds as special counsel in the New
Haven and Can cases.
OFFICIALS OF MAZATLAN
REFUSE TO CLEAR LI
In Spite or Huerta's Revoca
tion of Order Closing Ports
To U. S. Shipping.
On Board U. S. S. California, Mazat
lan, Mex., May 14. (Via wireless to
San Diego, Cal., May II.) In spite of
General Huerta's revocation of his or
der closing the ports of Mexico to
American shipping, port officials of
Mazatlan refused yesterday to clear
Pacific Mail liner Newport for San
Francisco. Rear Admiral Doyle Issued
papers to the Newport, which will
serve as clearance. '
The Insurgent and federal : forces
which have been battling; Incessantly
! for a fortnight over the possession of
Mazatlan, rested yesterday - -.,
Papers Xenessary.'.. .
Washington, May 1 5.--OrnoIaIs here
Delleve It was necessary for American
authorities to issue papers to the New
port because General Huerta's order
re-openlng Mexican ports to American
shipping had not yet reached Mazat
lan. , . , ; . ' , -'
I
Washington, May ' 10. Secretary
Bryan has announced that he had
learned from the mediators that the
explanation of the Lobos island inci
dent made by the United States is sat.
isfactory and that Mexicans will re'
turn there to take care of the lights.
APPROPRIATION BILL 1
REPORTED TO SENATE
Washington, ' Ma: 16. carryln a
total of 7,283,2t7, an Increase . of
$701,1.10 over the house bill, the sen
ate appropriations committee has re
ported the legislative, executive and
Judicial appropriation bill. The bill
la 1014,561 over the act of 1914 but
nearly $2,600,000 under the eatlmates
The Indian appropriation bill carry'
ing $12,049,671, an increase over the
house of $2,403, 8J9, also was reported.
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Senator Walsh, Resolutions
Committee Member, Says
Nebraskan Deliberately
Approved Plank.
DIRECTED BLOW AT
RAILROADS' VESSELS'
Montana Man Makes Vigorous:
Attack . on President and ':
' Secretary for RepudW
tion of Platform: "
Washington, May 16. The stated
men,t that William Jennings Bryan de
Hberateiy approved the tolls exemp
tion plank of the democratic platform,'
as a member of the sub-committee on
resolutions which prepared the plat
form was made in the senate today by
Senator Walsh, of Montana, secretary
of the sub-committee.
Senator Walsh declared that an
open repudiation of a solemn covet
nant by a political party would cause
all to recoil fro mit with horror were
It proposed by any other than the pres
ident of the United States.
"For myself its moral aspect as
sumes no different hue because he
commends It," added the senator.
As a substitute for the repeal hill.
Senator Walsh urged tho adoption of
former President Taft's proposal to
submit the controversy to the Supremo
court.
The. Montana senator took tip at
length the Baltimore platform because
he said It had been intimated that the
tolls plank had been inserted surrepti
tiously. . ,
He said Mr. Bryan and Senator
O'Gorman were asked to put the plat
form In appropriate Jenguage and that :
they invited Senator Pomerene. and.:
himself to. assist.
"When the tolls plank wns pre
sented." said Senator Walsh, Mr. Bry
an expressed his approval but said
that it should be accompanied by an
other plank, declaring against the ad
mission of railroad-owned ships to
to the canal. Aand so the platform
reads: . '
" 'We also,' note the also 'favor
legislature forbidding the use of the
Panama canal by ships owned or con
trolled by railros carriers engaged
In transportation competitive with the
canal.' "
Senator Walsh sold he had no temp
tation to escape from the trammels,
of the platform upon the puerile sug-
gestlon that the plank was contradict-;
by another against subsidies.
"Why, in that view, the canal It
self is a subsidy," he declared. "Why
did we spend $400,000,000 to build it,
except to aid the sipping Interests?". :
ONE DEAD, ONE HURT, '
MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT.
Washington, May II.- 3. E. Lay
man, 33, a veterinary surgeon of New;
Hope, is dead, and J.' E. Anderson of
Staunton, seriously Injured as a re
sult of an automobile accident near
this place late yesterday. The car
in which the men were riding became
uncontrollable and waa wrecked.
Layman's neck was broken. Ander
son will recover, j
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