mE C1MZEN, FRIDAY, AUG. 12, 1010.
IMPERIL liiiY
Two Brands of Progressive I
nnmnrrntc nt AlKcnw I
LSlsUUUI UIO 111 ttsUtlllJ.
ONE BAND REQUIRED TO WAIT.
Chairman Shepard Diplomatically Pre
vents Active Hostilities and Pre
dicts Big Democratic Victory
at Fall Elections.
Albnny, X. V., Aug. 0. Wore It not
for the fact that tlio progressive Dem
ocrats of New York nnd the Income
tax and progressive Dcniocrnts, two
separate nud distinct organizations,
got Into a wrangle at the Hotel Ten
Eyck as to which was which, the har
mony conference nrrnnpod for by Dem
ocratic State Chnlnnnn John A. Dlx
would have cone off without a hitch.
As It hnppened, however, William
l.ustgartcn, secretary and general man
ager of the progressive Democrats of
New York, who still Insist they are
booming Mayor Gaynor for governor,
claimed that the delegation of twenty
named by J. Francis Condon of Utlca
to represent the Income tax and pro
gressive Dcmocrnts were a self Invited
body which had no right on the prem
ises, Mr. Lustgarten had all of his com
mittee here, n modest handful, which
Included A. J. Elllas of New York.
Chester C. Tlatt of Bntnvln, Raymond
V. Ingersoll of Kingston, Henry George
of New York nnd John Mnrtln of Rich
mond. Mr. Condon had an advnnce guard of
his largo delegation. He said he was
prepared to signal the others to come
on If the thing looked good.
When Hdwnrd M. Shepard of F.rook
lyn got luxe to preside at the harmony
meeting, the differences among the
progressives lirst had to be settled. As
Mr Condon himself admitted that he
EXSKEPARD
had not been Invited, Mr. Shepard
sided in with the L,nstgnrtcu progres
sives, Mr. SheiKird told Mr. Condon
If he would wait until after the con
ference with those specially Invited, he
would be glad to talk the political nit
untlon over with him. Mr. Shepard
insisted that the Democrntle party
was out for bona lUle harmony this
time, and he urged that Mr. Condon
be patient and peaceful. Rut the Utlca
man went out In a huff nnd left the
hotel, after freely distributing Ideas
he believed ought to 1h embodied in
the Democratic platform.
State Chairman John A. Dlx sent
word that he would be unable to at
tend the conference nnd It simmered
down to an executive session with
Richard T. Wilson of New York of
the harmony committee, Thomas Mott
Oslwrne, chairman of the Democratic
league, and Henry W. Kllleon of Ruf
falo, William Temple Emmet of New
York, Francis A. Wlllard of Oneida
and the I.ustgarten progressives, In
cluding Colonel John S. Crosby, who
was one of the Condon committee, at
tending. At the conclusion of the conference,
Mr. Shepard said every man present
had something to say about the plat
form to lo adopted at the Democratic
state convention, but as the harmony
committee had no authority to accept
or reject the suggestions, the confer
ees were notified that a report would
be made to the state committee at Its
meeting In Saratoga on Aug. 10. Mr.
Shepard emphasized tho fact that can
didates wero not discussed. He shar
ed the sentiments expressed by Mr.
Osborne that the party was In for a
big victory next fall.
VISIT THE POPE.
Two Hundred and Twonty Virginians
Received In Audience at Vatican.
Rome, Aug. 0. A large pilgrimage,
composed of 220 Roman Catholics nf
the diocese of Richmond and headed
by Rlshop A. Van do Vyver of Vlr
glnla, was received In audience by
I'one I'lUS X. Illshon TConnndv nf
the American oollego accompanied the
pilgrimage.
Tho pone welcomed the nlhrrims with
a short speech and received la return
a substantial offering of Tetert pence.
Later the Virginians had their photo-
grapu micea inside tho Vatican, and a
copy waa presented to tho pope,
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Washington, Aug. a Argentina's
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tllGS HIS LITO.
GIRL WAS ENGAGED TO ANOTHER
Young Bradford, Member of Distin
guished Massachusetts Family,
Shoots Himself After Falling
to Win Miss Cochrane.
Roston, Aug. 0. Hroken hearted over
disappointment In a love nfTalr, Gama
liel Bradford 3d of Wellesley Hills,
twenty-three years of age, shot and
fatally wounded himself at a hotel at
South Framlngham. He was removed
to the Framlngham hospital, where ho
died.
Ho Is a sou of Gamaliel Bradford 2d
of Wellesley Hills and a grandson of
Gamaliel Bradford of Brookllne, the
well kuown publicist.
The suicide was caused. It Is said, by
the refusal of Miss Mary Cochrane,
with whom ho was In love, to break
her engagement to another man and
marry him.
Miss Cochrane Is employed In the
banking firm of Rand & Goodwin of
35 Congress street, Boston. She Is en
gaged to bo married to Joseph Kelly
of Plttsfleld. Miss Cochrane had been
here on n vacation. Young Bradford
came here to make a last effort to win
her from his successful rival. Then he
went to the hotel, shot himself nnd
died without regaining consciousness.
Bradford entered tho hotel and asked
for a room, saying that he had been
traveling all night nnd was tired, nnlf
an hour later hotel employees heard
four revolver shots In Bradford's room.
They entered the room nnd found
Bradford lying on the floor unconscious
nud bleeding from a wound In tho
forehead. The first three shots did
not take effect and evidently were fir
ed by the young man to test the re
volver, which was a new one.
He comes from a family distinguish
ed In Massachusetts life. His grand
father Is Gamaliel Bradford, a retired
banker and a voluminous writer on
economic and political subjects, nis
father. Gamaliel Bradford, Jr., Is nn
author of note.
The young man had been employed
as n clerk by the banking firm of N.
W. narrls it Co. of 35 Federal street,
Boston. Ho wns seventh of his name
and tenth In descent from William
Bradford, governor of the Plymouth
colony. His grandfather was the first
governor of the Massachusetts Society
of Mayllower Descendants.
AIIVE AFTER TWELVE DAYS,
Starving Man Was Eating a Frog
When Rescued.
Raleigh. N. C, Aug. 0. After lying
a-straddle of a pole thirty feet below
the surface of the earth and within
thirty feet of eight feet of water foi
twelve days In nn old unused well
near Ragley, a station on the Atlantic
Coast line In Johnston county, N. C.
a young German was found still nllvc
and In the act of eatlngji frog when
discovered.
On July 27 Mrs. Hattie Watson
whose farm Is near Solma, N. C, and
In whoso employ the German was, he
having recently came from Georgia,
started for Ragley. On the way they
mot two men, Charley Creech and
Dock Jones, who wero Intoxicated
They threatened the German nnd, thor
oughly frightened, he took to Ute heels
to escape violence.
For ten days n search had been
made for the missing man and Creech
and Jones were nbout to be arrested
for his supposed murder. Searching
parties cnrelessly gazed down the well
as they were passing by It nnd found
him. ,
President Taft Will Return to Wash
ington About Sept. 7.
Beverly, Mass., Aug. 0. President
Tuft will return to Washington on
nhout Sept. 7, according to present
plans. He will stay In the capital prob
ably four days and then will come
north again to Beverly to round out
his vacation with a month more of
golf nnd rest In the Evans cottage.
The president will go to Washington
from St. Paul, Minn., where he Is
scheduled to address the national con
servation congress on Sept. 5. Ho will
leuve St. Paul on the night of the 0th
aud go directly to Washington. At
present he bits no Idea of making any
speeches on the trip to Minnesota
other thau tho one of the conservation
ists. The Punuma trip will begin on elec
tion night or the day following. The
president probably will sail from
Charleston and may havo a conveying
buttleshlp In addition to the ono In
which he Is to go.
While In Wushlugton the president
may hold a meeting of tho cabinet to
dispose of accumulated business.
BEID0E DIGGERS FIND GOLD.
A Whiff of Old Days Is Eagerly 8cent
ed on the 8acramento.
Sacramento, CuL, Aug., a There la
excitement hore over tho discovery of
coarse gold in excavations made In
Sacramento riber bed forr piers of a
new railroad bridge. Men and boys are
panning out .river mud and gravel and
getting good returns. Ono man washed
half an ounce of gold which he Bold
for $9. Tho bridge construction gang
probably will put In sluices and work
rh uravel.
ACCUSESCREAGER
Hamon Says Congressman
Demanded Money.
WANTED LARGE SUMS AS LOANS
Oklahoma Representative Alleged tt
Have Tried to Borrow From Mc
Murray After Introducing In
dian Lands Bill.
McAlester, Okln., Aug. 1). Changing
from tho role of accused to that of nc
cuser, Jacob L. Hamon charged that
Congressman O. E. Creager, under the
guise of loans, had attempted to ob
tain largo sums. of money from J. F.
McMurrny after Orenger had Intro
duced a bill In congress providing foi
n sale of the Indian lands.
Hnmon brought hls charges In de
manding the recall" of Creager to the
witness etand for cross examination
beforo tho special congressional com
mittee Investigating the alleged Me
Murray Indian contract frauds.
"I want to show," said Hamon, "that
Creager demanded Inrge sums of
money from McMurray after tho In
dian lands bill was Introduced by
Creager."
The bill Hamon referred to proved
for the sale of tho Btirfaco lands to
private Individuals and for tho sale
of the mineral deposits to tho govern
ment. Under the arrangement Mc
Murray with his contracts, It was as
serted, would have obtained 10 per
cent of the money paid by the govern
ment. Chairman Burke said he did not be
lieve Creager could properly be recall
ed, as he already had been excused as
a witness. Then Hamon demanded
the privilege of calling othev witnesses
to prove his charges. The demand
wns taken under advisement by the
committee.
W. T. HoIIman, a Choctaw Indian,
testified that he had been employed by
J. F. McMurrny, holder of the con
tracts, to go out among the Oklahoma
Indians and Induce them to sign the
documents. At the pamo time HoII
man relared ho was paid a "dollar a
head" for securing contracts appoint
ing McMurray to net In tax cases. In
tills way McMurray procured 10,000
contracts to sell land.
The terms were 10 per cent attor
neys' fees, or $3,000,000 profit for Mc
Murray and his associates. To pro
mote this deal In congress Senator
Gore contends he was offered a $25,
000 or ?r.0,000 bribe.
Hollmnn testified that he himself had
signed tho 10 per cent contract, be
cause he, In common with other In
dians, had become discouraged over
the government's promise to sell the
land. "I would have given 25 per
cent to McMurray,' said Hollman, "If
he could have got us tho money quick
ly." He snld he believed some of
tho Indians would be willing to give
SfcMurray 75 per cent.
In a statement to the committee and
without going on the stand McMurrny
declared that the contracts came to
him originally against his desires. He
snld the Indians at a "war council"
had demonstrated their Impatience nt
the government's alleged slowness in
tho selling of the land nnd had called
upon him to take the Job nt 10 pet
cent, which ho did with rcluctnnce.
McMurray will go on the stand later.
Questioned further, Hollman testi
fied it was the belief of the Indians
thnt their property was worth from
?30,000,000 to $40,000,000, and the un
derstanding was McMurray was to get
10 per cent of this.
SLAIN BY DRUG FIEND.
Boston Mystery at Last Cleared In
Peculiar Manner.
Roston, Aug. 0. In the little general
store at 22S Harrison avenue, William
II. Remington, a drug fiend, enacted
for Chief Inspector Joseph Dugan of
Boston's detective bureau the tragic
pantomime of the shooting of Max
Soroklan on Sunday morning, July 31.
Remington then went to tho La
grange street Ration, where a charge
of murder was lodged against hlra.
Soroklnn wns found dead on the lloor
of his store by a police officer who wns
uttracted to tho scene by a fourteen-year-old
boy. The lad, Charles Rrod
erlck, told the olllcer thnt shots had
been fired In tho store and that Im
mediately afterward a man ran out.
The police und the medical examiner
pronounced It a euso of suicide and
desplto tho arguments of tho dead
storekeeper's family they would not
reopen the case till District Attorney
Pelletler ordered the body disinterred
and an nutopsy performed.
About tho time Dr. Waiters wns
making the postmortem examination
Remington wus telling Assistant Sup
erintendent Holmes of the state hos
pital at Tewksbury that he could not
sleep, as' the murder of a man In his
store a week before was preying on
hta mind. The hospital authorities
were unublo to get a line on any
murder till finally Dr. Holmes called
thd Roston police. Chief Dugan went
to Tewksbury with Detective Mitchell
yesterdny morning, nnd after hearing
Remlngtou's story brought him to Boa
ton and to the store, where bo re-
enacted the tragedy.
Remington Is a linotype operator by
J rode and has been a slave' to the 'drug
or several years. He was arrested by
tho Watch and Ward society for ped
dllng cocalno and served a sentence In
the Charles street Jail. Ho had pro
vlously been treated at Tewksbury for
the habit, but was apparently una
URGE PATTERSON TO RETIRE,
Tennessee Demoorats 8eek to Restor
Harmony With New Candidate.
Memphis, Tcnn., Aug. 0. In order to
restore peace In the Democratic ranks
In Tennessee ns a result of the split
over Issues recently fought out by the
Patterson and nntl-Pnttcrson follow
ing or the so called Insurgent nnd
straight Democratic elements, pressure
has been brought to bear on Governor
Patterson to withdraw from the gu
bernatorial race scheduled for Novem
ber nnd allow a substitute to he named
to take up the banner.
This was revealed when n boom was
launched for General Luke K. Wright,
who, like Patterson, Is n native of this
city, but who served as governor gen
eral of the Philippines under McKlu
ley nnd' Inter ns ambassador to Japan
nnd secretary of wnr under Roosevelt.
Schoolboy friends of Governor Pat
terson nud present day supporters,
some of them being among tho biggest
men In the Democratic party In Ten
nessee, declare thnt the result of the
Judiciary election, when Patterson can
didates were overwhelmingly defeated,
Indicated that a Republican governor
will bo elected rather thnn Patterson
nt the November polls.
General Wright Is out of the city,
but It Is believed he might consent tc
take up the party's troubles for peace,
provided Governor Patterson, who has
received the nomination, should decide
to withdraw.
BOTH DUELISTS DIE.
North Carolina Farmers Carve One
Another to Pieces.
. Raleigh, N. C. Aug. (). A doubly
fatnl duel with knives took place In
Union county, N. C, as the result of
an Insult nlloged to have been offered
by Wilson Curran to tho "daughter of
Henry Thomas, both fnrmers of somo
prominence In that section.
When Thomas met Currnn he at
tacked him with n murderous looking
knife. Curran got out a long blndcd
pocket knife and the men literally
carved each other to pieces, both dy
ing. Thomas died first and Curran
bled to death soon nfter. The duel is
characterized as the bloodiest afTalr of
the kind ever witnessed.
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is the condition known as appendicitis.
Once fully established, nothing will remedy
but the cold knife. The theory that this
inflammation was caused by seeds or for
eign bodies entering the appendix is long
exploded. The true cause of appendicitis
is sluggishness of the bowels, constipation;
and the gases which are formed in conse
quence produce germs known to the scien
tific physician as the Bacilli Colli Cora
mensis. Now to avoid this formation of
gas germs, constipation and the resulting
inflammation, take Smith's Pineapple and
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and C.45 p. m. week days.
Saturday only, Erie and Wyoming
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PPOPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR
APPROVAL OR REJECTION, BY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENN
SYLVANIA. AND PUBLISHED BY
ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF
THE COMMONWEALTH, IN PUR
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section
twenty-six of article five of the
Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Resolved, (If the Senate concur),
That the following amendment to
section twenty-six of nrtlcle five of
the Constitution of Pennsylvania be,
and the same Is hereby, proposed, In
accordance with the eighteenth arti
cle thereof:
That section 2C of Article V which
reads as follows: "Section 26. All
laws relating to courts shall bo gen
oral and of uniform operation, and
the organization, jurisdiction, and
powers of all courts of tho same
clnss or grade, so far as regulated
by law, and the forco and effect of
the process aud judgments of such
courts, shall be uniform; and the
General Assembly is hereby prohibit
ed from creating other courts to ex
ercise the powers vested by this Con
stitution in tho judges of the Courts
of Common Pleas nnd Orphans'
Courts," he amended so that tho same
shall read as follows:
Section 2G. All laws relating to
courts shall be general and of uni
form operation, and the organization,
jurisdiction, and powers of all courts
of tho same class or grade, so far as
regulated by law, and the force and
effect of the process nnd judgments
of such courts, shall be uniform;
but, notwithstanding any provisions
of this Constitution, the General As
sembly shall have full power to es
tablish new courts, from time to time,
as the same may be needed In any
city or county, and to prescribe the
powers and Jurisdiction thereof, and
to Increase the number of judges In
any courts now existing or hereafter
created, or to reorganize the same,
or to vest In other courts the juris
diction theretofore exercised by
courts not of record, and to abolish
the same wherever it may be deemed
necessary for the orderly nnd efficient
administration of justice.
A true copy of Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the
Constitution of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, so as to
eliminate the requirement of pay
ment of taxes as a qualification of
the right to vote.
Resolved (if the House of Repre
sentatives concur), That the follow
ing amendment to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia be, and the same Is hereby, pro
posed, In accordance with the eigh
teenth article thereof:
That section one of article eight be
amended, by striking out the fourth
numbered paragraph thereof, so that
the said section shall read as fol
lows: Section 1. Every male citizen
twenty-one years of age, possessing
the following qualifications, shall be
entitled to vote nt all elections, sub
ject however to such laws requiring
and regulating the registration of
electors as the General Assembly may
enact.
First. He shall have been a citizen
of the United States at least one
month.
Second. He shall have resided in
the State one year (or if, having pre
viously been a qualified elector or
native-born citizen of the State, he
shall have removed therefrom and
returned, then six months), Immedi
ately preceding the election.
Third. He shall have resided In the
election district where he shall offer
to vote at least two months Immedi
ately preceding the election.
A true copy of Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, so as to consolidate
the courts of common pleas of Al
legheny County.
Section 1. Ue It resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva'
nla in General Assembly met, That
the following amendment to the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania be, and the
same Is hereby, proposed, In accord
ance with the eighteenth article
thereof:
That section six of article five be
amended, by striking out tho said
section, and inserting in place there
of the following:
Section G. In the county of Phlla
dolphin all the jurisdiction and pow
ers now vested In the district courts
and courts of common pleas, subject
to such changes as may be made by
this Constitution or by law, shall be
In Philadelphia vested In five dls
tlnct and separate courts of equal
and co-ordinate jurisdiction, com
posed of three Judges each. The
said courts in Philadelphia shall be
designated respectively as the court
of common pleas number one, num
ber two, number three, number four,
and number Ave, but the number of
said courts may bo by law Increased,
from time to time, nnd shall bo in
like manner designated by successive
numbers. Tho number of judggs In
any of said courts, or In any county
where the establishment of an add!
tlonal court may be authorized by
law, may be Increased, from tlmo to
time, and whenever such increase
shall amount In tho whole to three,
such three Judges shall compose a
distinct and separate court as afore
said, wbloh shall bo numbered as
aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits
shall bo instituted in tho said courts
of common pleas without designating
the number of the said court, and tho
several courts shall distribute and
apportion the business among them
In such manner as shall be provided
by rules of court, and each court,
to which any suit shall be thus as
signed, shall havo exclusive juris
diction thereof, subject to change of
venue, as shall bo provided by law.
In tho county of Allegheny all tho
jurisdiction nnd powers now vested
In tho several numbered courts of
common pleas shall be vested In one
court of common pleas, composed of (
all the judges In commission In said
courts. Such jurisdiction and pow
ers shall extend to nil proceedings nt
law and In canity which shall havo
been Instituted In the several num
bered courts, and shall be subject to
such changes as may be made by law,
nnd subject to change of venue as
provided by law. The president
judge of said court shall be selected
ns provided by law. The number of
judges In said court may be by law
Increased from tlmo to time. This
amendment shall take effect on the
first day of January succeeding Its
adoption.
A true copy of Resolution No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Number Four.
Proposing nn amendment to section
eight, article nine, of the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. He It resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia In General Assembly met, That
the following is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, In
accordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof:
Amendment to Article Nine, Sec
tion Eight.
Section 2. Amend sertlon eight,
article nine, of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows: ,
"Section S. The debt of any coun
ty, city, borough, township, school
district, or other municipality or in
corporated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed value
of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis
trict Incur any new debt, or increase
Its indebtedness to an amount ex
ceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent of the electors thereof
at a public election in such manner
as shall be provided by law; but any
city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum or sucn assessea
valuation, may be authorized by law
to Increase the same three per cen
tum, In the aggregate, at any one
time, upon such valuation," so as to
read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county.
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as herein
provided, shall never exceed seven
per centum upon the assessed value
of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or dis
trict Incur any new debt, or Increase
its Indebtedness to an amount ex
ceeding two per centum upon such
assessed valuation of property, with
out the assent'of the electors thereof
at a public election in such manner
as shall be provided by law; but any
city, the debt of which now exceeds
seven per centum of such assessed
valuation, may be. autnorizeu uy law
to Increase the same three per cen
tum, in the aggregate, at any one
time, upon such valuation, except
that any debt or debts hereinafter
incurred by the city and county of
Philadelphia for the construction
and development of subways for tran
sit purposes, or for the construction
of wharves and docks, or the re
clamation of land to be used In the
construction of a system of wharves
and docks, as public Improvements,
owned or to be owned by said city
and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and
county of Philadelphia current net
revenue In excess of the Interest on
said debt or debts and of the anininl
Installments necessary for the can
cellation of said debt or debts, may
be excluded In ascertaining the pow
er of the city and county of Philadel
phia to become otherwise Indebted:
Provided, That a sinking fund for
their cancellation shall be established
and maintained.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
TWELVE muslin trespass notices
for ?1.00; six for seventy-five cents.
Name of owner, township and law
regarding trespassing printed there
on. CITIZEN office.
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CLOCKS,
DIAMONDS,
AND NOVELTIES
"Guaranteed articles only sold.'
AUDITOR'S NOTIUK.
Eatate of ALBERT WH1TMORE
Late of Boroueho! Honesdale. deceased.
The underslcned, an Auditor apiolnted to
report distribution of said estate, will attend
to the duties ot bis appointment, on
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 10 1910.
at 10 o'clock a. m.. at his office In the borough
of Honesdale, at which time and place the
claims against said estate must be presented
or recourse to the fund for distribution will
Honesdale. Julr. 10,1910.
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