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FORD TO LAND HERE SATURDAY
Wireless From the BcrGeusfjOrd
Reports All on hoard safe.

Capt. lhrgens of the Norwegian Amer
lean steamship R~.rgensftord, bound
hither from Bergen with Henry Ford.
Aent a wireless message 70 the lines
'fice Yesterday saying that all We're we'll
aboard and thit the Borgcusfjord would
dock, weather permitting, a. about . 80
Saturday afternoon, The Office 50 in
formed by telegraph Mr, Ford falnil,
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PACIFISTS "SOFT AND SLOTHFUL."
SAYS T. r., NAMING FORD AND JORDAN

10 means 80 pcll mcaning. rhO ma Il
20 thslr profit 20 pnndsr 20 tho dcs 70
common to most p"cple 20 Two spftly
and easily and avoid rlsk and o1ort
Tiinid and lazy men. men absorbed IN
money getting. men absorbed In ease
and lusurj and all soft n slothfui
people. naturally hail with delight any
body who will give them hign sound
Ing names behind which TO cloak thelr
ubw ~iiingnass 20 ruin risks or 10 oil
and endure.
Emotional philanthropists 20 whom
thinking IN a distasteful form Of men
iai exercise Enthusiastically champion
this attitudG All of these men and
ome are Of a highly non-mil!tarisiic
and unwaIlike type and naturally they
feel great satisfaction IN oondemning
misdeeds which are Incident 10 lives
that they wouid themselves he wholly
unable to lead without an amount OF toll
enort that they are wholly unwilling
10 undergo.
These men and women are delighted
10 pass resolutions in favor OF any
thing with a lofty name. providing al
ways that no demand is ever made upon
them to pay with their bodies 20 even
the smallest degree In order to give
effect 10 these lofty sentiments.
Cndesirable National Type.
1T Is questionable whether in the
long run they do o form "A less de-
sirable national type than Is formed
by the men WHO are guilty of the down
right iniauities Of life for the latter at
a have in them elements OF strength.
which II guided Alright could be used TO
rood purpose.
Vow. 1t is probably hopeless ever to
convince the majority Of these men ex-
cant hr nG+tal ais.u,nr ,Nrt 49, -...
they Follow Is not merely wicked be-
cause OF its s~uhordination Of duty TO
ease. but from ;heIr own standpoint
utterly shortsighted. as the fate Of the
Armen.ans and Chinese Of the present
day shows. Blu; l believe that the bulk
of our people ARE willing 70 follow duty.
even though II be rather unpleasant and
rather hard.
There are. of course. persons who be-
lIore all force is immoral. that II is i'm
moral TO resist ~wrongiolng ~ force. I
have never taken much !nteres; IN indi-
viduals who profess this kind Of
morality. and / do not know the extent
to which they practically apply It. But
OF course II they are right In the theory,
then IL Is wrong for a man TO endelvor
by force TO save his wife or sister or
daughter from rape or other abuse. or
10 save his children from abduction and
N'ItuIF' IL ~ n waste OF time 10 DISCUSS
with any man a position Of such folly.
wichedness and poltroonery.
~ the man who objects 20 war OBJ
1ects 20 the use of force In civil life rs
position IL logical. although absurd and
wicked. II the college presidents. poll
ticians. automobile manufacturers and
the like who during the past year or
two have preached pacifsm in ia most
ignob.c form are willing to think out the
subject and are BON sincere and fairly
I0teiliccE they must necessarily con.
denr a police force or a posse com!ta;us
Just as much as thAv condemn armies,
ard they must regard the activities n
the sheriff and the constable as being
essentially militlrlst'c. and therefore 20
be abolished.
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IA bIc of Learning.

There are well meaning people Ut
terry Incapable of learning any lesson
taught by history utterly incapable even
81 understanding Alright what has gone
on before their very eyes during the
pas, year or two. who nevertheless wish
TO turn this country INTO an Occidental
China-the KIM Of China which every
intelligent Chinaman OF the present day
Is seeking to abolish.
There are plenty Of politicians, by
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JEWISH TAG DAY NETS sac, 900.
Fand for Relief Of war su6ercrs
Passes o. 900 900.

Four thousand men and women col
looted $4,000 In The city yesterday by u
tag day" for a fund for Jewish war
sufferers. The fund has now passed
the million mark.
Every section of the city was covered
by the workers. and some OF III,
amounts gained were: $40 from
audience at the Shubert Theatre. $500
from Wall Street ard si30 from Fifth
avenue. The peoples relief committee
was In charge. ana the American jew
ish rcl!ef committee added 100000
more yesterday.
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Nnrd TO Persuade Man 10 Peace.

The task Of getting nil no police
men. an tire college p~ofessors. all the
business men Rni mechanics and also
all the professional crooks in New
York to abandon tire reign OF force
and 1--we together In harmony would
undoubtedly be very much easier than
20 secure n similar working agreement
among the various peoples of Europe,
America, Asia and Africa.
"One OF the commonest f~ailings of
mankind is 10 try TO make amends for
ftilur' 20 perform the duty AZ hand by
-randiloaucnt tilk about something that
. atar OF.
"M0st of our worthy rac.Ast friends
adopted in this matter the attitude Mrs.
Jcllaby took toward foreign missions
when compared with her own domestic
and ueighbo~hood duties. Instead of
meeting together and passing resolutions
to Affect the Whole 'ro II To- them deal
with the much easier task OF regulating
their own localities.
Wien We ave discovered Il method
by which right living may be spread
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81. Nicholas Club for Defence.

The st. Nicholas Club at a meeting In
It's clubhouse. West Forty-fourth
street. adopted resolutions favoring an
Immediate increase in the military and
naval establishments sufficient ITO in
cure safety from invason m to protect
our citizens and their property from acts
Of oppression or aggression BY any for
pl1n power"
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ICE A 100 SHIPS.
American ms Among Those That Must
pas. Winter In white Sea.

prRLrS, via London. Dec 90 More
thar 100 ships have been caught in the
ice IN the White Sea, say reports from
Copenhagen, and Will have 10 spend the
winter there
rhc vessel, arc chiefly American, Brit
ism and French
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RUBBER on OSCAR n.
80 Rags scixcd. British sny-Nons
shipped, Line OWcintS state.

Lo>poN. Dee" 80 The Foreign OF
announced TO-DAY that ntty-tve bags uf
rubber consigned 10 an enemy forward
ing agent IN sweden had been removed
from the oscar IL, the Ford peace ship.
Oh her voyage 10 Christians.
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The Oscar II carried no shipment o
rubber, according to a statement made
yesterday at the offices Of the Scandi-
navian-AmeEcan Line.
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FORD says NJ. 9. Mach n.,sss.

Drrnofr. Doc 30 a wireless from
Harry Ford on tna -tcamer BcrscnsfJord
was received to-day NJ tho Ford works
here.
Mr.. Ford stated NJ IL much bettSr
n Enjoying the trip"
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DR.. CEClLE CREIL TELLS
HOW ANCONA WAS SUNK
Only Woman in Cabin Says
Submarine Fired Fifty
Shots.
LINER AT A ~STANDSTILL

Or Cccile Grcil. the only woman la
the hrst cabin Of the Italian liner An
coma, shelled and torpedoed In the Med
~iterrarean by an Austrian submarine.
arrived yesterday by the French liner
kochanbeau from Bordeaux. unattended
aud unannouraed.
Dr. Greil retoid. ia vivid phrase, the
story az The destruction OF the Ancona,
expressing a wish that her testimony
might not lead 20 a rupture between the
United states and Austria. She said
she believed 1t vas the original ,ntcn-
ton OF the Austr.ans to sink the Ancona
by shell fire. SC as TO save a torpedo.
Mrs. Greil was not bitter against the
Australians, but she said with feeling
abou the bomb ardment of the Ancona
'Huiling shells into men. women aud
cIildrcn Is nos warfare, but massacre.
Perhaps these A%istrlans arc good ..us-
BANDS ami fathers. but they were blood
crazed. | learned later that they rad
unk fourteen shi2s. Ihey were Wild.
obsesscd with the idea ef slaughter"
DR.. Greil was In tho dining saloon a;
noon precisely. as she noted by her
wrist watch, TALKING with two Italian
physicians, one the ships surgeon. when
there was a vibration that one Of her
companions said indicated that the An
coma had reversed her propellers and
was making an effort to stop.
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No Thought Of 4 Boats,

NOBODY" pr. Grei, said. supposed
by the tremor that anything out Of the
ordinary had happened. There was not
~ any mind II thought OF submarines
The doctors went up on deck. Then I
heard a shutting OF feet above. The
excitement grew from outside TO in
side.
Il kept my seat at The table. having
the American temperament. Within
a few seconds ! heard n crash
forward. followed by an explosion,
which. as | learned later. WIS the burst
Ing of Il shell.
We were then stopping. as was per-
ceptible to everybody aboard and must
have been apparent To the officers Of
the submarine. I ran up on deck. The
shots were then raining around the
ship. The wireless equipment had been
carried away by the first shots.
In all the excitement ! kept a mental
note of the shots and counted fifty be-
fore The hriug ceased. Meanwhile, /
decided TO got my effects together. ]
was the only woman in the cabin aud
the stewardess acted as my maid.
Il was kueeling on Tire fioor packing
up some traps when 4 shell came
through 2 port. almost taking off the
head of the s'ewardess, who was stand
ing. and exploding on tn. other side of
the ship.
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Ind frieuds ir Detroit. b had urr'
numerous kilograms Iahinr for WfprmA-
Ton about the thlp
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Il ther ran UP on deck again. I
thought o. the $4,000 in Italian gold
hat ] had entrusted TO the purs-r ana
for which ] had Il receipt, and l wen:
10 his office. lie was stretched dead.
with his room shattered by the shell.
that had killed him.
Il looked aroun and saw that the
boats We're being lowered. will not
criticise the behavior OF the crew, as !
believe that almost any man under the
been paniCky.
There was an attempt made to lower
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We confess that the members 81 the
expedition are not competent To draw up
a peace propaganda because Of ineNpe-
rience. We represent merely the peace
loving civilians Of the world. Therefore
IL has been decided - employ. regard
less of expense. the most capable experts
In International law To draw up tentative
peace proposals on lines most likely 10
be agreeable 10 all concerned
MIR Ford is thoroughly Informed on
this purpose and agrees 1t viii he o n
weeks before active steps are taken. be-
cause II will be necessary FIRST that we
reach The Hague y decide upon 4 small
NUMBER OF delegates from each neutral
nation.
W shall arrive at Copenhagen on
Friday and will be joined there by the
Norwegian. Swedish n Danish dele
gates y week later we viii arrive AZ
The Hague, and there hop. TO be Joined
promptly by the Dutch, Spanish and
Swiss delegates, After the delegates
from each country have been selected q
permanent board viii nc formed. the
experts win be called in and the work
vii begin"
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Positively Comic 10 Fail 10
Appreciate Blindness TO
Nations Peril.
REAL QUESTION TO FACE

WAsHIS6ToH. Dec 2o--Pacihsts are
soft and Gothful they are emotional
phllanthropists TO whom thinking N dis
tasteful. or they are politicians pander-
ms to these other two classes.
Tho three srougs. highly non-miiitaris-
tic and unwarllke, are trying to turn
this country into an Occidental China
the sort Of China which every intell-
gent Chlnaman Of the present day is
seeking to abolish"
This is what Col. Theodore Roosevelt
told the American Sociological Congress
for him by Prof. Edward A. Ross Of
the University of Wisconsin. presid Mt
OF the society.
Col. Roosevelt used more tia his
usual vigor in assAiing opponents uf
military preparedness. among whom h
mentioned David starr Jordan ano
Henry Fort. The title Of the paper was
Social Values and National Existence
and the Colonel wrote
Infinitely the most important fact
10 remember In connection with the war
m milita In relation to moral and
social values lie that. II an unscrupu-
io'S, WhTIlke ana WlilthVlstlC TduCN ia
not held In check by the wsrlike ability
of a r~eighborirg non-militaristic and
well behaved nation. then the latter will
be spared the necessity of dealing with
moral n social values. because II
won be allowed 10 deal with anything
Finds Blindness Comic.
IT seems 20 me positively comic "a
rAn IN AnnrIatAfA taIvh fha v rnnl0 OY
Belgium before our eyes, that TIE real
question which modern peace loving ma
iions have 10 face is not how the MILL
taristic or warl!ke spirit within theii
own borders will affect these values.
but how failure on their part TO resist
the militarism OF an INSCRIPTIONS neish'
Dor will affect them.
an the thirteenth century Persia had
become a highly civilized nation. will
the cultivated class of literary men dnC
philosophers. with universities aIid gre''
mercantile interests. These literary mer
and merchants took toward The realities
of war much the sane attitude that i
taken IN our own country by gentlemen
~ the stamp of Mtssrs. David star
Jordan ana Henry Ford.
unfortunately for these predecessor
81 the modern pacihrts. hoy were II
striking distance of Gengh's Kahn an'
his Mongols. and, as OF course invar!
ably happens in such a case. when tn
onrush cam. the paciflsts' theories were
worth just about uha, a tissue pape
barrier would mount 70 against a tida
wave.
Russia AZ the time was slowly strus
Cling upwcrd toward civilization. Blu
she had not developed military cffi
cheney she had o developed eficlenc,
N uar The Nor rnls erNheiOsd he
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fifteen boats. Eight got into the water
upright. 1 jumped about twenty-five
feet into a boat in which there were, be-
sides passengers, an officer and a wire
less operator. The impulse of every
body In the boats was TO get away from
the submarine.
W had seen It in distinct outline in
the log about 100 yards away and Il
was at this distance that II fred most
OF the shells.
The captain OF the Ancona said he
could distinguish faces. so close was
the submarine to us. After they found
that they could not sink the Ancona with
shells they fired the torpedo / saw
the steamship go down n ] looked at
my wrist watch. which showed that II
was Is minutes past noon, or just
twenty-five minutes after the Ancona
started to hack when overhauied by the
submarine.
Didn't Fire at Doats.
The submarine men seemed to look
with complacency at The boats III the
water. believe they did not iuten-
tionally fire at N boats. but that shots
tht hit them were intended for the
Anccna- They did not shoot at us when
the boats were punched and rowing off.
- pD"NS tiitt ~ MP NpkNNiNi 1ss
could not My own boat was picked w
by the French mine layer Pluton. which
landed US at Naples"
Or. Greil was coming here 10 live
permanently and had aboard the An
ona all her household effects. which,
with her money. meant a loss Of about
$4,000 to hcr. She declares she kept
track OF the shots. as If She were feeling
the pulse Of a patient cd that she
turned her testimony into the ofiic. a
the American Ambassador AT Rome She
carefully recalled every small incident
of her experience and what she told the
embassy was the substance Of the s,or.'
she related to the reporters yesterday.
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FORD PARTY'S RANKS
KEEP ON DWINDLINC
7. VI. SmOck Says He and
Others WIN Quit-"Fewer
the Better" Holt Retorts.
EXPERTS ARE CALLED IN

STOCKHOLM, Dec. EFT. NJ smock
Of New Plymouth. Idaho. announced to-
day that no will quit the Ford peace
party at Copenhagen n that he ex-
pected several other delegates 70 ac-
company him. Frederick Holt OF De-
troit. v~ioe-chairman OF the Ford man
aging committee. said any desertions nj
Copenhagen will be un!mportan; and
that at any rate the expedition can be
conducted better with a small party.
Stockholm business men are making
efforts to induce the management to
make Stockholm instead OF n Hague
the seat OF the permanent Ford peace
tribunal.
Mime. Rosika schwimmer has arrived
at Copenhagen with other members Of
the Ford peace party. according to Il
telegram received here. and s will
make advance arrangements for the
reception Of the expedition.
Rumors were rife among the delegates
here to-day that Nine. Schwimmer had
abandoned the expedition. but these re-
ports were d~iscounte when the word
came Of her arrival In Copenhagen.
From that city messages also came gay
ing that Denmark Is ready 10 Civ the
party a cordial welcome.
No Passports to Germany.
Tho American Minister. Ira Nelson
Morris. refused to-day to cable to
Wasbinator reouestine that the dele
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odiy will, be the attitude adopted in the
.AncOna case.
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a Sons Confession

Oh, say mother, you know the
kind of feet | have and what trouble
father has in keeping my room ven
tilated, and you remember that the
health officer told me that unless |
did something for my feet at once,
there might be something doing in a
few days from his end Of the line.
So told the druggist what was up
and he laughed and said, John,
don't you know that Barker's Anti
septic will knock that odor in Is
seconds. Well | got a bottle and
used it and today my feet are finer
than silk. But say | met the old
health officer this morning and
blamed if he didn't take my feet for
a bunch of roses. For sale at Tagg-
arts and Freeman's drug stores
adv.
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NOTICE

This announcement is to let pa
tients and friends know that my
Offices are now located in the Geo.
Theo. Smith building, over The
Stewart Merchantile Store, in very
pleasant rooms; where l will be
very glad to meet all former Pa
tients and friends.
Mrs. Smith will return about
November LIST, when she will ha, e
completed her Beauty Culture
Course.
Miss Caroline Willette will be
associated with the DR.. and Mrs.
Smith in their Offices.
DR.. E. Randolph Smith.
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GILMAN


Carl Carlson has purchase a new
Chevrolet automobile.
Mss Ella Madsen left Monday for
Galesville to resume her work at
Gale College.
Mrs. Halstein and Mrs. Flood Of
st. Paul are visiting at the home of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lars
Bronson.
The Toe social given by the Y. P.
S. at Christ. Aamodt's Sunday eve-
ming was attended by very large
crowd. Proceeds were $26.20. The
annual meeting was held and the
following officers were elected: Pres,
Arthur Sampson; Vice Pres, Melvin
Hammer; Treas. Clifford Arneson;
Sec, Stella Bune.
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BIG RIVER

Several from here attended the
Ellsworth Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Finke are rejoicing
over the arrival of a new son.
Mrs. Thos. Davidson and son Stan
ley, were recent visitors in Ellsworth
guest Of Mrs. Annie Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schommer
were recent visitors at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Cernohous.
Finke Bros. are moving from the
j. D. Boals farm to the farm form
erly known as the Pat McMann farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Snow enjoyed
a visit recently from the latter's
sister. Mrs. Belle Otis. from the
northern part Of the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bedall and son
Of Trimbelle, Mrs. John Cornelison
and Miss Reed Of Ellsworth accom-
panied by Miss Edna Cornelison of
Portland, Oregon, were visitors last
Sunday at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. Davidson.
I. sI'1'-'
!. CLIFTON :.
I. +
+ '.:.'::'
Rob Ray has purchased a new
piano.
A few from here attended the
Pierce County Fair.
Mrs. VIM. Hawkins is a guest at
the Streible home this week.
Blanche Corcoran spent day re-
Gently at the home of Mrs. Rob Ray.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ray are re-
joicing over the arrival Of a baby
girl.
Joe Buss and family spent Sun
day in Ellsworth guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. Buss.
Mrs. Glen Gilmore and little
daughter of St. Paul are spending
the week with her mother, Mrs.
Dunseath.
Blanche Corcoran closed her
school on Thursday last week, she
spent Friday and Saturday with
friends in town.
Lena Hamilton and nephew James
Rock, Mr.. Henderickson and fami-
ly, Mr.. Streible and wife spent Sun
day at the Robert Ray home.
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KINNICKINNIC

Mrs. Clat. Ensign who has been
quite i'll is better.
Mr.. O'Keeffe returned from st.
Paul Saturday much improved in
health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Deans and
Miss Odell and Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Deans motored to St. Paul Saturday
Good work is reported of our
schools, Miss Mckinley in the Craw-
ford District. Miss Louise Stapleton
in the Webster District, Miss Sands
in the Cole District, Miss Joyce
Miller in the Reardon District.
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SOUTH MARTELL

Forsythe Bros. from Martell are
threshing through here.
The silo filters are busy in this
neighborhood this week.
Nels Baardson is on the road with
tn Barron Wooden Mills wagon a.
gain.
A. Censchen, from Minneapolis
spent few days with friends here
last week.
Rev. and Mrs. Thorsen Of New
Centerville were guests at L. O..
Moons Sunday.
Miss Gena Hastrum left for Riv-
er Falls Saturday after spending the
summer at her home here.
A. S. Anderson and family. Mrs.
B. A. Baardson and daughter, Eve
lyn, and Mrs. Nellie Hutchinson, all
of Spring Valley, spent Sunday at
w. A. Baardson's.
John T. Iverson and Miss Gena
johnson were married at North Da-
kota last week and came here on
their wedding trip, both are well
known here and We join in extend
congratulations. They will settle
down on the groom's farm in the
town of Ellsworth.
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TRIMBELLE

!. TRIMBELLE i,
...s.:.:..:.*.a: !:
Piano agents are busy in this Vi
cinity.
Irv. Dean started to the Normal
Monday.
Invitations are out for the Jas
bender Baar wedding.
Two more days will finish up
threshing on Niger Hill.
Everybody is busy putting up Sc
cond crop clover and sewing rye.
School in district No. 5 is pro-
crossing fine with Miss Annie Far
bender teaching.
A couple of horse buyers from the
Northern part of tie state was
through here buying horses last
week.
The line men are busy putting up
telephone poles on the new line run
ming East and West from Deans
corners.
All who attended the Fair in ELL
sworth report it the hest yet the
Boosters certainly brought out a
large crowd.
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KORNA
]. :

'"'f''f'$'"I''S''2''E''81''S''F - :
Mrs. F. Dymal returned to her
home in St. Paul Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph inertia Wis.
itea the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Kordovsky Sunday.
Miss Anna Janish and John Lubich
we're United in marriage at st.
Martins church here Tuesday, Sept.
28, by Rev. Father Havestadt.
Mrs. Rosolie Peter, an old resident
of this community. passed away
Saturday and was buried here Mon
day, Rev. Father Haverstadt Off
ciating,
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