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The Washington herald., 1919-06-08
Dixie MEMORIAL
SERVICES TODAY
Confederate Societies Will
Honor Southern Dead
{ At Arlington.

The annual service In commemora-
ton Of the Confederate soldiers buried
at Arlington will be held this aft
ernoon at . o'clock. in the Confeder-
ate section at Arlington
Representative Charles NJ Stedman.
Of North Carolina. will deliver the
memorial GRAFTON. The Rev. DIR. Ran
dolph II. MeSinn. of the Church OF
the Epiphany. viii pronounce the
oenediction- Both are Confederate
veterans.
The musical program will include
numbers by the National Quartet:
Mrs. Elizabeth s. Maxwell. Miss Lii
lion Chenovith. William Braithwaite
and Harry Forker. Music will be fur
nished by the United State Marine
band.
At the conclusion of the program
at the grandstand there will follow
the uveiling OF the floral Southern
Cross. under direction of Washington
Camp No. 3o5. Sons of Confederate
Veterans. The sponsors for the un-
yelling will be Miss Caroline B. Lux
ford and Miss Marie Louise Owens.
The strewing of flowers on graves
OF Confederate dead will take place
under the direction of Mrs. George s.
Covington. chairman of committee on
nowers. Donations of flowers by
friends who wish to contribute will
be gratefully received at 1322 Vermont
, avenue northwest. prior to noon. or
at Arlington during the course of the
program.
The services are rendered under the
auspices Of the Confederate Veterans
Association. Sons OF Confederate Vet
Grams. United Daughters of the Con-
federacy and Southern Relief Society.
The electric railway will make spe-
ciai arrangements to care for the
transportation of large attendance
Cars will be run from the station at
Twelfth Street apd Pennsylvania av-
enue mort hWHsf diracflU 70 rIip p0top
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08
Charge Conductor Got
Tangled Up with Juice

Alleged to have been under the
influence of liquor, Manuel Smith,
SIS Hobart street. conductor for the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. was taken of his car at
Eleventh and E streets yesterday y
and locked up at the First precinct
station house. charged with intoxi-
cation.
Smith was arrested by Policeman
Mansfield, who noticed the conduc-
tor vainly trying to hold up the side
of the car. An inspector took
Smiths place and finished the run.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08
70 Besiege Csnsress-

make personal appeals to consress-
men.
Ts Besiege Congress-
Several State federation presidents
VIII appear before the House judiciary
committee. and other delegates will
canvass every Congressman Local
unions have been Instructed to flood
Congress, with thousands of kilograms
next week. The program will end
with the big demonstration in front
of the Capitol June Il
Federation ofhcisls. here. however.
refuse to state that the convention
VIII go on record favoring the repeal
but such action is considered prob
able.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08
willing to Give Text.

A Swiss press bulletin announces
that the Italian-Swiss traffic via the
port of Genoa is gradually resuming
its normal course. This good news is
confirmed by the circulation OF mer-
chandise trains on the lines Of the
Simplon, Loetschberg and Gothard,
coming from Genoa, a traffic which
is being continually increased.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08
BIG UNION IDEA
DIVIDES A.F.oFL.

American Federation Of Labor Of
icials left here last night for Atlantic
threatened attempts to reorganize the
body Turing the convention opeaIng
tomorrow.
Two reorganization plans have been
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08

The United States Postal Bulletin
for May says that articles of mail
conforming to the Postal Union rates,
conditions and classification will be
accepted for registration when ad-
dressed to any place in Turkey in
Europe or in Turkey in Asia.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08
CONGRESS FACES.
BUSIEST week.
House Inquiry Into Conduct
Of War Will Begin In
quisitorial Rampage.

Congressional investigations are
scheduled to get under full headway
next week Coupled with legisla-
tive plans, the busiest week So far
Of the present session is forecast.
The House inquiry into the con-
duct of the war is to begin Tues
day or Wednesday before the spe-
cial committee headed by Represent
ative Graham. of Illinois. Secretary
Baker is expected to be the first
witness.
Victor L. Berger's nght for his
seat in the House is to begin We'd
nesday, when hearings on the con-
test filed against him begin Ber-
gers seat is contested because OF
his conviction under the espionage
act.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee meets tomorrow to pre-
pare for its inquiry into the peace
treaty Teak" and plans to speed UP
the probe.
Immigration Qui.zes.
House and Senate committees also
will begin thorough Investigations of
the immigration question, and a SEN
ate subcommittee will continue inves-
tigation OF charges filed against At
torney General Palmer. whose nomi-
nation is being held up.
The Senate's bolsheviki investigating
committee is to meet Tuesday to ap-
prove the report of last sessions in
vestigation. Out of this report much
anti-red legislation is erpected to
grow.
Acting under the speed-up plan
agreed on today by the House and
Senate Republican steering commit
tees. both houses will try to get
through with as much appropria-
tion legislation as possible. The
House is scheduled to take up the
$50, 100000 Army Appropriation
Bill. During the week the navy
bill may be reported. and the meas
ure to enforce prohibition be de-
bated.
The Agricultural Bill.
The Senate hopes to pass some
minor appropriations, paving the
way for action on the Agricultural
Bill. The Agricultural Committee
will consider this measure. with a
rider repeating daylight saving.
Senator Cummins also expects to
get Senate apprOYal
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08

One Berkshire professional man. who
supposed he was immune" from filing
an income-tax return. learned re-
Gently that his check covering period
of three years was earnestly desired.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08
FORM OF PACT
NOW TENTATIVE
Document Lodge Saw Not
Like One Germans Will
Sign, Say Aids.

Paris, June 7. The document
which Senator Lodge reports having
seen in New York is not the one
that will go down in history as the
treaty of Paris. is the reply Of those
close to President Wilson to the
senator's charges that the full text
of the German treaty is in the hands
OF certain American private in
terests.
In other words. the treaty in its
present form will not be presented
to the Germans for signature. 1t is
bound to undergo considerable re-
vision.
winter-Long Battle.
All through the winter months
the President is said to have battled
with Premier Lloyd George and
Premier Clemenceau in an effort to
draw up terms to which it was pos
sible for Germany to subscribe. or
which could be enforced by the AL
lies. The fight reached it's climax
in March.
1t is now possible to state that
the conditions originally proposed
by the British and French under
went drastic modification in that
month, but even after remodeling
the treaty was so severe that the
British. and even some OF the French
delegates. now agree it is impossible
to carry them out.
The President. according to his as
sociates, finally agreed to the treaty
in its present form in the belief that
the effort to put it into execution
would soon reveal it was impossible of
realization, even IL the Germans ac-
cepted it. Shifting OF the political
situation in Great Britain has now
given him an unexpected ally In
Lloyd George.
willing to Give Text.
Nevertheless, the entire American
delegation is not in sympathy with
Withholding the full text of the
treaty. inasmuch as Photographic
copies are on sale in three languages
in Germany. Switzerland. Holland ana
Scandinavia.
Attacks such as that made by Sena-
prising by some of the American dele
the treaty should not be given out,
and that such attacks are embarrass.
ing.
'big four" might have had numerous
reasons for Withholding the text. it
has now been so widely published
beyond their control that il is useless
to keep it from the American public.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08
BOY STRUCK By AUTO,
LIES AT DEATHS DOOR

struck by an sutomobIIe operated
by Carlton Feiis. ,f1 b street. q
small white boy about years old
lies on q cot at the Emergency Hos
pitai. towering between 1ife -ant
Identity fs the name Louis Hester
which he pitifuliy mutters
Police are searching for Fells-
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08

forced to the front in the last few
weeks. One is the zone big union.
idea. and the other the formation Of
twelve international Industrial unions
out Of the present 112 trade unions,
which compose the federation.
Under the Dig union" idea. all the
international trade unions would be
organized into a compact body. wip-
ing out trade lines.
Unien for Each City.
Each city and town would have just
one union. Under the other plan,
kindred unions would be Joined to-
gether and form the twelve indus
trial unions. Pacific coast interests,
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08

The largest pineapple canneries In
the world are located In Honolulu.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08

make personal appeals to Congress
The Washington herald., 1919-06-08

SpIenuIu Lot OF NHktrs7 Sa"pI
These were secured especially for
this sale and represent samples
from two of the leading manu-
facturers. Included are lovely Pet
ticoats. Envelope Chemise. Princess
Slips and Gowns
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-12-18

@or Ser &ofburg itanoen onge=
1pnnnt Die S6imr1el. SSn Der &ut19e
foB &ofer nit mebreren &onerntnb=
rern. @inige 2eitertpagen nit Pall Ell
er @9iiBen 19loilen iid an, 6abinter
elm 6ubrmerf, 6as Elm boar ga11ern
un6 Elm GGB6en 8ein trng:
9ie 2eib1pade bielt Die W}enge gu
rid; 6ie in bongem, 6umpfem @6mei
gen ben tpeiten &ennplab fiiate. Nof)
einmol trat 6ie &aupttpa9e ins @e=
mebr. Ser Gan6pirtsreiter, Die BET
1eite gebalten, idpenften Dor Dem
@ogen &ofers Elm uno iprengten Dor
anf ser Bug 1ebte lt6 in 8emegnng,
Die Morio TbereitaitraBe entlang, Der
Griumpbpforte 5u.
Ser @an0tpirt panote ii6 nod
einmaI nm un6 1d1penfte e1n Sn9:
u@ebiit' en9 @oH, liebe 8ri10er! Mnt
8ieoerleben,1 botte er rufen molen,
aber 1as @ort blieb ibm in Der &eb=
le iteGen.
Mus Der Menge> 6ie ibn na6tpinf=
IT, orong berboltenes @4lud5en. Ml=
Ie botten ous glei6e @efubl, o1e
mmB ten e. 6oB tie i'm ME mebr mie=
6er1eben 1piir6en.
5eit Sagen batte man nit 9tlfe
5ablrei6er 6ral1en un0 Weaoben &C.
arbeitet, SEN 8erg biz CUR @aupie1e
FIN nit 8ruitpebren un0 Sdon5en
gu Der eben. Mber 0as fribere Ser
tro11en feblte, ser alte @eiit mar 0a=
bin, 0as @olf fampfesmioe getpor=
Sen. go 5ogen, obne I'M Snntal ben
gering1ten @iberitmo at fin0en> nod
am gleiden Mbeno 0ie 9aDern in
S%snnsb11rd elm. @ns BON Mfitglie0er1
oer &oferi6en &egierung in Ser Stoot
3nrudgeblieben mar> mp1roe berbats
tel, 80loern6orff int Sappenturm
ent6edt un6 befrett.
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6es 6treitmo6t nit 1tarfer Nrttuerie
gegen Sen s. elberg Dor un0 begann
sic @dun5en Ser Stroller 5u Demo-
lieren. @ergebli6 broden 6ie so grit
mem 5anomirtsreiter Dor> I'M iid) Der
@e16iite GIT bemd6tigen. Gin furdt=
bares Geuer ser Snfonterie ernpftng
tie. Die meiiten fielen. 9onat, Dem
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1919-12-18

beri6ten, tpas er ioeben %erfabren, u.
Ser Sanomirt 16nitt 1elbIt feline Sra<
ge onrd) cine an6ere ab.
u@s lit gut" metnte er oumpt lit
err oben?"
Gin ltumn1es Ni6er1 mar oie Mnt-
MORT.
Muf Sieberers @eiidt las &ofer
aaes. ~Gpedbuder lit gei6lagen?"
froete err, ii6 ge1paltlant CUR Bol1une
3mingen6.
u@ine idapere Nieoerlage BET Wtel=
lef, ia. @uer 3ettel bot i'm be-
1timmt, Die 1dtpahe SteQung 81 bal
ten, meil er Die Sci erreider I'M Jtu=
den ser 8apern beranfommeno gloub=
tie. Won 6rei Geiten baben iiGDn INIT
qangen. MQe 1eine S6Iiben itno nut,
9erieben. gr ielbit fat Dertpunoet NIT
Miibe 6as 2eben gerettet un6 lit mad
Mubltal in Der Wilof6onau geflo.
ben. Seinen @uben, Dem Nn0erl
ober, Ser oem 8oter nit oen S9lt:
ZEN ra9 Sf. SoDa11n 11aO9elan1e1
III, baben iie gefangen."
Softer ionf in einen @ellel. oas
bartige &oupt in Die &anoe 1tuteno
Limb Ser Gein0 lit mieoer IN ~
rol?"
uDurb'S @rirental 6ringt er NIT
GROCER neberma9t Dor."
Gin langes> furbfbores Sdtpet=
gen folgte.
@nolid erbob ii6 Ser Son6tpirt
@ein 8lid fiel auf Bag &rn5ifir ar
Ser @an6. Or nifte ibm l6mer5lid
5n, uls tpoqte er 1agen: "Detn Wll{
ge1febe!" Damn man0te er' ii6 I'M
uSieberer, mir milien nod emma!
anf Sen Sielberg."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-25
IN american Girl in Berlin

Many an American girl would snuddCl
al tie thought of finding herself In Ger
many during those days when the whole
German people were dcVoting their
every effo- to the winning OF :, mill
taristic victory, when the expressions
of German ofiicialdom We're Il. their
worst. and when Americans and our
President were cordially hated 10y the
whole OF the Teuton populace. Nc; such
was the experience of Il loyal American
girl, one Josephine Therese, who went
to Berlin IN 1916 to study music. Her
story of what she lived through there
does not differ materially from the va
rious reports which reached this country
from time TO time through neutral chan
nels. only in this case there is MI
nuteness of detail which leaves little 10
the Imagination. She tells of the hoard
ing and inequalities in food distribution
and tie impoverishment, which resulted
lin her own case she fell in weight from
ll5 to l02 pouuds). She found the
people convinced that they were not only
right in their patriotic impulses, but
that they could not he wrong She re-
counts the rejoicings over the C-boat
outrages and the bland explanations for
the whole list Of German atrocities, And
she reveals. tod her own close hand eN-
periences with Prussian brutality and
disregard for the status of woman.
WITH OLD GLORY IN BERLIN. BY 10
scphine Thercse. Boston: The Page Com
pany 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-25
1ISH AND RUSSIAN PROBLEMS IN NEW BOOKS
RUSSIA'S STATUS
AFTER REVOLUTION
Phiiadelphidn Writes Impor.
tant First.Hand Discussion
of Problem

Charles r. Beury, a Philadelphian, was
'ated by the American Committee
-menian and Syrian Relief to in
Q the condition Of refugee peo-
h,~ the Caucasus and neighboNng
war iCken lands and by the American
ReS Cross Mission in Russia to inquire
into its needs in the same regions. He
liam r. Ellis
Their journeying took them over near
ly 10000 miles of territory of which
5000 was in Russia Turkey and Per-
tion and famine These are the cir
cunrstances which qualified Mr. Beury
eminently for the task which he has
performed in his book Russia after the
Revolution" He has covered the ground,
he has had first hand and closeup views
of the situations and conditions he des-
cribes and discusses The result Is n
volume as interesting as it is impor-
tant.
Just now the Bolshevik problem.
spreading from Muscovy to adjoining
war-wracked lands. is one of the grave
CONCERNS of the Paris peace conference.
The Bolshevik problem was indigenous
to Russia. Root and branch Mr.. Beury
has seen it. In the large and in detail
he has seen the Russian problem which
s also of great concern to the peace
7 table. He has not written very Ions
book and hence has preferred TO deNelol
only large movements and TO interpret
broad currents of political and socia
! 10, nm, .i,lt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-25
( Pretty Poor Spy

How an Euglishman, engaged }" secret
worl; for the government during III" war
without the knowledge Of his family,
frustrated the plans o. spy sent to
watcn him il the thclne of The Iep-
nelins Passenger" by =, Phillips hppen-
helm The spy is landed from Zeppelin
I'm the coast village from which tho Eng
lishmam is operating, re mad attended
college with the brother Of IN" Eng
lishmans wife who was a prisoner in
Germany. With knowledge Of the brotte el
as his credentials he goes to the Eng
lishmans house. meets the wife and, by
promising 10 secure her brothers re
lease. induces her to vuuch for him, so
that he can stay in the neiGhbCTEood,
The Wife disguised with what she re-
CARDS ler husbands Indifference. to the
war. permits the spy to make love Ia
her At the critical moment, when it
looks as If everything We're going 10
smash. the tangled sSein Of the plot is
unraveled and everything ends happily
for the English and badly for the Ger
mans, \ typical Oppeuhelm story,
TIE ZEPPELIN'S PASSENGER. by f.
Phillips ODprnheim. Boston: Little,
Brown q Go. Sl.jU
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-25
Football Heroes

The Big Game" is the newest story
of sports by Lawrence Perry. one of
the best known sporting editors on the
countryS newspapers. Undcr the ncn
naAle of Fair Play" Mr. Perry has
developed wide following and attained
recognition as an authority ON his sub
ject, and he bids fair to attain to large
popularity as the writer of wholesome
nut never namby-pamby tales for boys
The tullbaCk' introduced his young
readers to Ialcford The Big Game"
takes them further into the interesting
lif" of the school The young hero sets
himself against Professionalism in school
sports, has to fight the issue with his
mates AMI even has TO buck up" against
some of the alumni But he gains his
point and although the team loses two
or It's best Players, it wins the big
thanksgiving game on the gridron.
THE BIG GAME Hy Lawrence Perry. N.r,
.9nk Charles Scrbner's sons Price
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-25
MEMORIAL EDITION
OF JOYCE KILMER
Poems. Essays and Letters of
Soldier Poet With Sympa.
thetic Introduction

Between the covers of two portly ayld
handsome volumes are contained the
literary remains. poetic and prose, Of
the American poet who made the
supreme sacrifice for the two lands he
loved-the United States and France
in a charge on the Ourcq July 30. 1915.
Joyce Kilmer: Poems, Essays and
Letters" holds those writings of the
poet which his family and his literary
executor. Robert Cortes Holiday. deem
IL desirable 10 preserve. The volume
contains the choicest Of the poems
which he had published in the press,
magazines and book form, and addition
ally five poems of rare quality hitherto
unpublished, which ha sent from France.
or these, Rouge Bouquet" rich in
melody and deep in poetic feeling.
Prayer Of Soldier in France of
lofty devotional character. aud the SON
net THE Peace Maker" touch the high
water mark of Sergeant lltlmel 3
genius The essays. including one on
N"IiG, ireland" show 'he writer in
critical disC"ursiVe and whimsical mood
and wl bc a further revelation to those
, readers whose knowledge and admira-
sion of him have been limited 80 his
poetryS The letters are characteristic
caliy bh.he. H.ive and hum0n. Mr.. iioi-
liday has p;ffaced memoir Of con-
siderable leEgOh and most tender APP
prcclatioIl. Ills heart Is in every ljnc
Of a tribute, which, however, does not
scntimentalita or obtrusiNcly heroi2e his
friend, the poet.
JOYCE ElIAn:R: POEMS. ESSAYS ANr
LETTERS. Edited with memoir hN
I;ohrrt Cortas hollda, New York: George
i, u ran COMPANY. Two volumes Price,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-25

princess, led him to consent. But he had
been Interested with similar chivalry in
an unfortunate Salem girl, and on his
return the girls brother, an opium ad-
dict, does his best to revive the interest.
Fate plays its game. and opium IL one
of its weapons. Discovering that his son
william was engaged in the opium trade
kills Jeremy, and the MHnchu princess
to escape the communicating touch of the
Salem girls brother. kills herself with
opium. And the tale ends with Gerrit
having inherited his share Of his fathers
fortune and having buried his Manchu
wife, setting sail for the East in his own
ship with his Salem bride. "lt was the
beginning, as Mr.. HerEcsheimcr re-
marks, yes. and the end of almost the
whole sweep of human suffering and
despair, of longing and hope and pas
sion, and reward" This is all true.
and If Mr., Hergeshcimcr could have
forced the reader TO make this comment
because Cf the dramatic power of his
narrative, he would have produced one
of the great novels in the language.
JAVA HEAD by Joseph llcrgcshcimcr New
York: Alfred A knopf. $50.
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"JAVA HEAD' COMES NEAR
BEING A VERY GREAT NOVEL
Hergeshcicrs Tale Salem Cen.
a Work OF Intellectual
Brlliance

It is doubtfrh IL any other American
novelist than Joseph lIergesheimer. of
West chester. could have written Java
Head" The book haS a combination of
qualities exceedingly rare in Contcmno-
rary fiction. II has atmosphere. to use
a hackneyed word from the vocabulary
of the critic of painting. but no other
expression seems to describe that which
distinguishes a great painting from
Photograph The tale has poetic imaPi.
nation which transforms the Salem of
the late fCrties of the last century into
place of romance, appealing to all thu
senses. The shimmering sea becomes
silken fabric wrapping in its folds and
glorifying the commerce OF the port Thr
perfume of the lilaCS in the spring If
transformed into an enchanting fra
GRANGE, suggesting the softncsses and
allurenents of the tropics rather than
tho rlgor of New England And the char
actcrs seen through this translucent me-
dum are colored by 1t. There Is no man
writing in America today who can equal
. Mr. Hergesheimer in creating out of the
ordinary materials an atmosphere for a
tale, which surprises al first by its APP
parcnuy exotic warmth. but at least
commands admiration for it's revelation
Of unsuspscted qualities in common
things.
Besides its combination Gr rare quail
ties the book has grave defects but for
which IT would he a very great novel
II somehow is lacking in human sympa =
thy. in spite of the fact that the fate
of two or three of the characters ought
to move one to tears. Mr.. Hergeshcim r
apparently decided to unfold his tale as
lapdary dlscloscs with his tools the
shimnering facets of the diamond hidden
in the uncut stone. AS a result he has
produced a work in intellectual brilliance
with little heart.
Yet the reader is drawn to some Of the
characters. There is Jeremy Ammidon
for example. retired sea captain. about
whose Salem house. called Java Head
the story revolves. He is an honest
choeric. lovable Gid man. So far rs
there is a plot 1t consists in the develop
ment of the marital experiences of Gerri'
Ammidon, the younger son of Jeremy
who early in the story. after his shl
had been long overdue returns hom,
with a Manchu princess for wife Sh,
had been widow who had brought bat
luck to her father-in-law. He did no
want to disgrace her by sending hel
back to her own family. And he Coult
not bring himself to murder her or orde
her to kill herself. So he suggested tina
Gerrit marry her. Gerrit's chvalri
spirit, re-cnfCrced by the beauty of thi
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FINANCE EXPLAINED
FOR THE LAYMAN
Principles and Methods of
Governmental Credt. Fund.-
ing and Expenditure

Tn American people have a greater
Interest iu 6ro,,o ,ro, ,,.,r ,,,,t,,,.,, =;
,i,o,. -,
'" ''''or!' '"e great war mas
Drought them into personal participation
with governmental fiscal and funding
problems through the impoeit!on of new
taxes and the nation-widr sale of I,ibcr-
ty Bonds and War Savings Stamps
More than 20 OOO. uOO Americans are now
bondhulders contrasted with about half
a million the land over before we rn-
tered the conflict. Not only are Aueri-
cans investors in government securities
TO an unDrcccdcutcd number brt also
a number equally unparalleled is affect
ed by the new lcyirs ON consumptiou.
incomes and prodrs m, intcrest av-
cited in 1896 in matters of finance in
the frs free silver calnpaigu was light
and academic too. compared with the
interest brought about by the great war
Hitberio also the only government in
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