Tel-3 graph and
The Evening
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UNCIENEN
ERPiED DDT
17'1’1
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TWO
ens, Clarke and Volk,
seared for Regular
'on
. 11111Y1iiw111
Business Held Up an'
213or Donovan Declines
1 State “'hat Action He
‘ ill Take
'1:- H1241 lImr' ill iin- history of
_3 111‘ Norwalk. the ageold tlll'l-ar
on .St'flfl‘ul (”“‘Vlt’llh 01:11sions b3
('uuncillnf'n was put into effect
evening by Edgar (l. Murphy.
idenl ol‘ the city council. when 111:
four additional hwy-timbers 111111111
1 in their appearance at [1111.
1 meeting of the :1l1icnuanil: b11113
:~' 11 ionsi-qur'm'e the business of
city is now at :1 stand-still and
be until such time as the differ~
1
Q .
1s of the councilmen and Mayor
1111111 11111 be patched or until :1.‘
'lal 111111111111: of the (ouncil is
1111. Two (’(lllilf‘lllllt'n
; o‘clock when the meeting should
1111111 called to 0131-1111 and one
11 lute-1r before 8: 31) when ‘Ma30r
:1 '1 llononln lin111i3 aro>u1amlI’
.1111.» 1 Mini the members to ”Him.
33' 1-11 presem
(1 noting-"1‘1 C111 12191 Six)
' l
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ects Resolution for Spe-
. In3estigatin11.r Corn-
‘ion
‘(llllL March l‘..'. All el‘olt
‘g almu‘ :111 illqnir 'MECE—
ulditions b3 :1 legi. r“ '1" COllr'
>111::llt by lhn Taxpayer's As A
.lioll in Bridgeport. failed toda3I
H111 Sonata, :1ft111 accepting a
.11111- 111-1-111'1 111' 11111 committee on
and lmuulL-lls on 5111-1111 bill
111 1i1.- hill itsell. Only i\\o Sen11-’
!.11111 and t'l:-1l'l(. \otod for it. .’
hill. 111 opposin: llll‘ bill.
11.1111151111112511-1p1'1"-,111d11nl
11 lions-1.- said i1 it \1'11111 pass-i
21112l1l In' expected that. fifty:
1: 1i ll .11 :11 ill“ 111.1111, session:
. 111 1y {111 similar inquiriixs. No'
19215111111114, so I211 as known. has"
iltn‘d a. <;-l11l to go into a 1-it3' and
1111 inquiry.
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Continued on Sixth Page
iRiEElNNS ”AER.
ADDED" CDNRRESS’
airman of the Demo-
-latic National Commit-
11c Tells of Recent Politi-
11'11l Events
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.,.
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.\ Of
National Committee.
11 1111lnin; v 111(11nt po~
said' .
1ijourne1l on the 4th 01’
Republican l'ilibustel
{oxidation was still
This method of defeat
1. i..1< been so often mis—
that the word "fil- I
11111111 obnoxious to tl1e~
; :mr-ular filibuster was 1
I' 1:1- and injurious. [1
711;. upon many pending
12111 111 American busi-
~ 113' to the policy, of re- ‘
Amongst those bills’
Bill. the Homestead
"2 :11; Minus necessary fol
" ‘ 1 “will providing l'm
own, the “inter
1' - appropriation of
(‘llllllllillgs 1 haillllan
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Mold}
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E 3 Members. Messrs MOEOI‘ Vehicle Revision Emi “'hen the $1, 500 damage suit of
powers Him to Require 111.1. Ida Mansfield of Bl'lngDOlt,
Auto Regulations VVithI-f
1
. Entered at the South Norm-II: Post
Office on Second Clan Mutter.
IADlDMDRIEE
RDMMISSIDNER
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Il
out Partiality
PRDPDSED RHANRES
NDT EVEN TAEN filVEN TD RDMMITEEEI'
’1Machines Would Have to;
Stop on Either
Street Cars
Jurisdiction ovel the entire police.
system of the state
ministration of motor vehicle regula—‘
tions under the new motor vehicle
completed yesterday for presentation
to the Legislature. This sweeping
provision was agreed upon in the
oflice of Commissioner Robbins B.
Stoeckel by representatives of owners
of private cars as being necessary to
prevent partiality by local
ties and between political friends in:
the enforcement of the automobile
laW.
3 1'
Continued on Sixth Page
PREPARE TD RAISE
RAEDDAD UM
Executives Create Special
Finance Committee Head-
ed by Howard Elliott—
To Help Administration——
Officials of Systems and
Representatives of Gov-
ernment Hold Conference
WASlllNi‘ TON Martli l:.’.~~flail-
1'o11d executives and gmellllllent lep
1'11sentatne» 3"csceld1'13 laid the found-
tion for the' 11111111l1in113' through whirh
loans oi banks and the Wall Finance
(1"11polmion Will be a3ail11ble to rail-
111111i< doling the next lew months in
”111 01 1l111tunds Willt' l1 congress iail'od
to plot 1d(
After conferences
hetwvcn :1 1111111
11111 of lending laill'oad c"olpol1ltioll 11m ‘
11'11ls. and otficiz'. is of H111 \\' aLJv‘illanc-‘l
(‘1-1p11r111ion '1n1l lHlll‘Oild administra
tion 11 special iin11n111 colnmilict 01
~91 rn in :11l1'11l b3 lloual'd E‘lliott pl'csi I
111111 111 11111 Nolthc n l'111ifxc was
1111 111ml by the railroad eX111‘utiv1's to
cooperate with government agencies
11:4 a clearing; house for financial 11111
lilllIEt‘lllt'nlS.
(l'ontinued On Page Twelve)
REES AUIHDRDY:
Side ofi
is given to the'
motor 3ehicle commiSSionel' in the ad- ,
authori 1
sdut'n
MANSFIELD EASE
IS HEARD Wllfl
DDT ll JURDRS
One Ill, But Case Goes On—
Plaintifi‘ Suing For Ser-
vices Rendered
1
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I1
Capitol Bearing .,
With the Names
Connecticut Wom
SAID TD DEPD '
against Louis B. Hubbell administra
tor of the estate of his brother Freda
jerlck W. Hubbell,a late of Oxford, was
flesulne’d yester morning before
[Judge Greene anda a jury in the Civrieli
Superim coul',t it was learned thati
Juror Frank 1). Bennett of Vl’ilton, was’
ill with influenza and unable to attend It
,courL and after stipulations were filed
by counsel in the case, agreeing to go ’
on with it. with but 1,1 infers. theI
’mse‘ pl oceeded
(Continued on Page Two)
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I
RAIERDAD STAllDNi
3 session ye: terday afternoon.
E
tial “Emancipation” From 1
Assembly—Sure of Full'
Vote F rom Congres
HARTFORD.
lol partial emancipation of women by
wl
1
I
1
iWell- Known and Popular
Trainman. Stricken
Brookfield Junction While 11522111333; 3433:1211 whirls;
Train \Vaits His Starting" mom. will be held 111 a later date. ‘
Signal
in constitutional amend men!
i
1 ( onductor Thomas
ithe most popular as well as the oldest.
employee of the N. Y., N. H. & H.
Invasaha stricken with heart trouble while 1
his train was waiting at the limit- ma? . I
(Continued On Page Six)
known, had charge are the Plthflcldi'
Express leaving South waall: at 4: 36 1
.p. 111. during the summer season, and
lmade many friends by his happy com-
ibination of courtesy and efficiency. 1
He was as big as he was Jolly and
iwas p1omineni in political and fratera
nal circles in his home town of Bridge
’pmt,
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13111_1I1I___11 111111111
Plan for “Biggest Munition
Plant in World" Halted by
Government
i
Wallace P..
Cami) Han
Private (First Class)
1'B1nelislla. stationed- at
J. Benelisha, of The Sentinel
Benelislla has been on duty at
If‘amp Hancock Base
the war, and during that time has nat-
ulall3 handled numerous sick cases.
Ellis hospital experience has1 also
task for which his
led him However. he performed all
these services efficiently and unconl-i
plainingly. according to a grateful let-
i(‘l' received by his parents from :1.
\l'ASllthi’l‘ON. March 12. Aban-
donmc-nt of the Neville Island 0rd
nnnm1 plant planned as the largest mu.
niiions factou in the w-oxld was an
nounced 3esterda3 by the W111 Depart.-
mellt Not only will construction be
,‘stopped at once, but the buildings al-
I-read3 (:Olnpleted will be dismantled
and the tools and machinery manufac-
11111311 or healing completion “ill be
Ilransferled to other government ar—
131111 ms and in returning to private
l"'.11(m1l 'I‘lle 301mg man would have"
been entitled to Wear three stripes on
his. sleeve had he remained in the ar-
my 593 oral days longer, but as he
“ishcd to see his brother, who had'
come from the Middle West specially
to see hinl.11nd has to make his return
’Suifragists Storm I State
803.1118 c
“I 98.- 000in111121an w
1Declare They Ask Only Par-1
‘Wa THE nova.
Don't Fail to Contribute To-
ward Norwalk‘s We‘come to
Barbells. -
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WEDNESDAY, March 12,1919
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Fair tonight and wcdnelday.
3111111113 11111
g “Judge”
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i
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Dietrich Fimflly
Explains Mysterious
vasion.
in
HEAWERESI ID
.o» ‘
( lei-ks. stenographers, e1 sis, in the:
0111113 court house building, in l
ere thrown into a state
of wonderment. yesterday mornings
~ab0ut 9 o'clock when an army of men
[made their way into the building. In-
Iquiry was made as to the cause of the
’sudden onrush of human freight, buti
no one could account for the influx.
1The men looked about. curious to see
the many beautiful parts of the build-
lag and they talked among them-
’selves.
i
Continued on Sixth Page
IS CAD : NE D RD RDDRERN,
lEED VEREIA-
Secretary of State Lansing Says We Have Reached
Crisis In the Alfairs of the World—Danger of B01-
shevism Must Be Avoided
INDEPENDENCE DE DEEMATIA DEMANDEDI
AT DEMDNSIRATIDN DEED IN THESE
1
Peace Conferenc Commission on Czecho-Slovak Afiairs
Has Practically Comple ted Its Work, and Report Is
1111
March 12. ~A demancI
glantillg to those of Connecticut. the; ,
right of presidential sucrose was mde’
by 11d3ocates of the only equal rich (xi
bill before the General Assembly thlsI
Some 01' l
those who attended had the impres1
1slon that the healing would also be
‘lleld upon the pending proposed flute.
for 153111111 .
The hearing was before an audience
= which filled every seat in the House
chamber and many others were two
Flynn one of to stand which they did patientfy and‘
at
cock. (1a.. has wired his father. Victor INorde jut ”'0 m 1319'
oifice, 1
i h , _ 'tng tbs interim bears the evening simer.
11,213: $333311; 3:333:32ng 1min No. 249, mm Pittsl'ield was due.
in N111 walk Sunday morning. prim“: I’nnd the same vexatlous delay resulted,
the .while the engine which brought down
Hospital since the makeshift train returned to the
shonly after this country‘s entry into scene of the wreck.
in. billy and Norw 11111, for there are no tel-
11111111111 11111 laying out and preparing'PfimDh 099mm“! except at Branch- 1
or many dead for burial. a gruesome “”9 and no information as to when.
previous milltan to expect the train eculd be given by:
llaining 111 college had in no wise 111.;lh1' “19" in charge
Lieutenant. Scott, formerly one of his,
lif11llo (1111 well feel satisfied with his‘ dered Pllvate George A. Rollins at the
TRARN JDMPIND
ENElNE TIES DPR. R 1
Expected Soon
DPPDSlliDN EDI
RENElR-l LAM
DN STATE READS
Reformatbry Board ObJects
Rails Spread and Locomo-
tive Turns Over at Dan-
’ bury, 151mg Up Traffic;
Two Hours on Local Di-
vision
1
shortly before four o’clock yester-
allay afternoon the rails spread under
i
1
P big freight engine near Berkshire and Prison Directors
unconoue mile oastofDanmu-y Danbury, . .'
”more the Berkxblm division thins DDIIbt If Men can Be
brunch on iron the old 111511111114 can-i Spared I
stall, musing the locomotive to turn!
’over on it. aide in such a, wayma to,
The f m
lbloc: m “d tie an all traf- PM 0 funniest z convicts
and
no 8111111! to read: nude 1'. the lupu-
11111111111 or highway commissioner
011185me
hold up the a”Plt'tifleld' Wrens, * MM an ~.~
No. 2115. Quebec! at 5: 1t, fltcl‘hlnch gluon "
111.111,, the passengers were miss
implant!them'cckandrunonutralrr1
made up in Doubling” far as Wilton.
where it met the northbound train.
so. :64. leaving here at 6: 25 and ex-
charged straws, and reached South'
(to band it“ both Waterbury
1'Ii'hidb was introduced by 11mm
tatlve William L; Higgins 01' Coventry,
provides that inmates of- the state p111
son at Wethersfleld and the state re-
i'ormatoryI at Cheshire be permitted to
work on state highways under the sup-
’ervlsion of the state highway coImmis-
No anon was My made dur-
H. H. Spooner, president of the Con-
necticut Prison Association, appeared
to favor the bill from the standpoint
of the men but he said he did not
know how it would work out in actual
practice. Edward A. Fuller, :1 member
of the bound of dinectors of the Com
nocticut State Prison, said that he did
The inconvenience was even great.—
.cr for patrons at stations between Dan-
(Continund on Page Twelve)
g’N-EWARK RIOTERS
Gave Welcome Supper . HOLD UP STREET CAR
To Returned Soldier; . __
NBW'ARK, N. J., March 12.——The
'- -‘”' 1
A verv delightful suppel was ten- l'irst disturbance growing out of the
strike occurred here when a. croud of
smke s3mpathizers held up a street
car. manned b3 veteran employes who'
had refused to strike, pulled the trol;;
Mahackemo Hotel last evening in hon-
or of his return to civilian life, by the
members of the Social League of the
House of Mayellon‘. Private Rollins is
the only member of the League who
entered the service, went to France
and has returned home. and to show serves were summoned. but when they
ley pole off the wire and cut the rope. ,1
One woman in the crowd fainted andi
was taken to the hospital. Police 1'61
3
name hour. it 31
:senals or sold. "The island itself ill
the Ohio l'ivcl near Pittsburg. will be
turned back to the original owners.
Cancellation of the project is abso-
lute. Repor Its th .1t the island would be
retained as the principal ordnance
(Continual On Page Twelve)
ANNWERSARE DE
DEN EEIZZARD
iExactly Thirt3 -One ‘iears
Ago Today It Was Ten Be
low Zero and Snow Was SHIPPING CONDITIONS
Making Fast { BECOMING SERIOUS
i .
M: w YORK Malch 12 .-—-Private ‘
l1'11lniollletcl's marked ten degrees be< boat owners and their employes re-’
lam the freezing point vith a smiling nlained in deadlock today 1with little
Hun making it Warmer 1.31113 minute.
Exactly thiity one 311.113 ago at lhe Strike that began a week ago. i
as ten below zero here- Meanwhile conditions are rapidly be- 1
abouts, with the memorabh blizzard of coming serlotls since the longshoremen
8S1 bringing all sclts oi diseomfoxt to lefusc- ‘0 handle work for boat. own
an amazed and shiv cling community “’5 twain-9t “10m the harbor men are
The 3111i1~tliug winds of that record “liking A further complication is
stmm are in sharp contrast to the mu- ”’9 “Defined-13130? situation in Brit.-
sir'al \3llistle of the Red Vlinged Black 15“ DUN“ making it necessary, it is
bird. 33 inch may now be he1ud at. what said f01‘ il‘aDS' Atlantic liners to clear
students SilV is an extra 9331]} date fol» ll'Olll Hill»: Side with sufficient 003] for
their annual visit anda sure harbinger a round trip, _1‘j§ (31
TWO KILLED IN ‘
DUPONT EXPLOSIONf
l‘liis morning: at. sewn o‘clock local
Continued on Sixth Page'
One-Time King Near Death
As Sailors Seize His Yacht
GENEVA March 12.—~One-tim‘e
King William of Wurttemberg had a.
narrow escape from drowning today,
during a scuffle that occurred when
11. 1111113 of German sailors from Kiel
seized the royal yacht on Lake Con-
stance. The sailors took the yacht to
111 9 it for :1 fishing boat.
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WILMINGTON, Del., March 12:-
,John 1C Adams of Paulsboro. N. ,
and Charles E. Lipro. of Philadelphia,
were killed in an explosion at the Du
Pont explosive works at Gibbstown,
N. J., yestelday aftwernoon The ex-
plosion occurred in a storehouse con-
taining 2,000 pounds of dynamite.:
which was destroyed. The Cause of l
file explosion is undetermined. ,
prospect of a settlement of the harbor .I I
lrip Sunday afternoon, the young 801' their pleasure of his renewed presence
1ii111' waived this chance for an extra among them once manor his friends
.Sniln' and hustled things 50 as to be' arranged for the delightful 11mm last
111111 by Sunday morning at the latest. evening. Before he left to don the
Beth in others have not seen each oth- 1kllaki of Uncle Sam he was presented
1'1 since 111101113 after Americas 011- with a comfort kit and a handsome
try into the war and as the soldier Elgin match by the League and at the
, '11111 has not been home for nearly a dinner last. evening the appropriate
31.111 either. a happy time is in “'0“? gift of $100 was presented him in a
if" all 31 hen he gets here Iliretty welcome speech by William H.
SDElRllDRS ADE
DDlNii DDDD WDRN?
1Queen Marie, of~ Roumania,
The people— of the city antf the team I Coming Here on Visit
113 orkers engaged in the campaign for .
PARIS, March 12. (By the Associat
the collection of funds for the recep-I‘
tion to the returning soldiers. sailors ed Press). Queen' Marie of Rouman-
la. may visit the United States soon.
and Marines of Norwalk and Wilton,
have again responded to the appeals Whether the trip will be made before
or after the conclusion of the peace
01‘ the campaign directors aind 3:13:13
,displayed on one more occas on e 1- 1 ,
splendid cooperative spirit and ‘w‘u'-go1$:;e;;: 1;: ashlszgogigided' The
ing'ness to do all in their Met to In a conversation with the Associat.‘
make the demonstration marking the ed Frees today she said that for many
home-coming of our valiant warriors years her most cherished hope had
the great success that is anticipated been to go to the United States and
and foretold by the tireless efforts of that, nm-v she was looking forward to
:t‘he combined forces 0‘ the public and the early fulfilment of that hofle.
“’9 campaign workers “I feel I shall be almost as_m.uch at
It has been plainly evidenced that; home in America as in my own coun-
everyone in the city is eager and; will- 1131" said.- the Queen, “for l have come
in "g ‘0 contribute .m the fund which to know Americans as intimately as
will provide the greatest and grandest my own ”0pr I desire first to
celebration that has ever been arrang- have the privilege of ti l ing in per-
son the people of the United States
ed in these parts. 'Many of the solic-
itor the great help they have gived‘ to
3ate Rollins was rendered speechless
.by the thoughtfulness of his friends,
1but managed to respond and in a. few
iwords of heart-felt gratitude he thank
ed them. one and all. for their kind
and useful remembrance. '
i
liters Were somewhat la: in their ear-
(Continued on “Paco Tunnel
'ued up today by the strike of 4 50
, .
i
arrived the creed had disappeared.
Hundreds of private automobiles,
furniture vans, brewery wagons, mo-I.
tel trucks and jitners were pressed in-
to service here and in Jersey City.
Paterson, Bayonne, orange, Elizabeth
and Plainfield, to take factory hands
to the shops, clerks to stores and chil-
dren to schools. The strikers made no
effort to interfere with the operation
‘Vedder president of the League. Prl— of these means of conveyance. Steam
roads handled enormous suburban bus‘s
iness.
Virtually all the surface car lines of
the public service rail-way company,
which operates through 141 cities and
tovms in Northern New Jersey. “erg
employes, who are affiliated with the’
Amalgamated Association of
and Electric Railway Employes
America. The walkout began at 4 a.
111.. and early reports r indicated
scarcely any of the cars were run-
ning.
clpal demand of the men.
,MERIDEN POLICE FOIL
ATTEMPTS OF REDS
MERIDEN‘, March 1.2.——Attempts of
several Bolshevikl and I. W. W. sym-
pathizers and agents to hold meetings
in this city have been frustrated by
the police. according to an announce-
ment made by Chief of Police Bowen.
He said that information had been re—
ceived on various occasions by the po-
lice durlng the past few weeks that
the l. W W. supporters were attempt
Iiug to organise meetings, but steps to
imme-
.fi-mh the American iced Williams: were
11 Wt: token the peace.
1 Thercaptain said that. his orden
Street l
l
of 1
Union recognition is the prin-'
E ARCHANGEL, Sunday, March
i9 (Associatd Press).—-—'l‘be ItooId
isitlntion in Northern Emma 13
causing some concern. Between.
Archangel and 01111311, where a .
heavy frost. late last summer kill-
ed'cvcn the Arctic summer ber-
ries, the people have already eat-
en the ration fixed for next'June-
American army surgeons have an—
alyzcd the civilian ration for the
entire population in o Nari
Bunion dacltIlilgg :13} it. co;
1.1111. only can W.
mun doing work needs 11,770 and
soldiers received at lean 8,5”
calming daily '1'!ch ' ‘
- i
1)
I .. 1.... " WW, 5111 the mo“
11; ~ 1.1; :drowing on “cirrho-
'sérve 1111111111111. exposing “11::
.tnclves to danger from diocese.
1 115.. 1.“
Continued on Page Nine.-
SDlP Al MERRY
DE SDEDIERS
300 Troops of the British _
i
Army, Many of Them,
; Americans, Mutiny at.
1 Halifax
-' HALIFAX. March 12. mThreats of
three hundred troops of the British
~Army, who enlisted in the United
tstates, eighty—one of them Ame-flan
”citizens to sink the transport Tolou
,unless immediately allowed to land
and proceed to destinations in’ tha1
{United States by rail, were reported
.lo the Canadian authorities today by
Captain Jackson, commandel of the»
tl'ansport. ’
The Toloa. after debarking Canade
inn troops hel',e sailed for New York'
.with the American- bound contingent
1011 March 10, but was ordered back to
I
I’this port to coal for the return trip to
England because of the outbreak of
the harbor strike in New York.
Captain Jackson told the authorities.
he had no guns aboard and that his
ship was at the mercy of the soldiers.
from the British Admiralty were to
take the men to Hallfax and disembark
them there, but the military authori-
ties at Ottawa refused, it is stated, to
:l‘urnish transportation of the men to
their homes in the United States.
Most of them enlisted in Canada ear-
ly in the war.
After consultation with the authorl- .
ties, the only answer Captain Jackson
took back to the ship today was that.
(Continued 0n Pose Eight)
Armed I Uprlsmg
Threatened by West
Virginia Miners .
CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 12.—
Threats of armed resistance against
"the ruling classes of this State” con-
tained in resolutions adopted by min-
9111' unions of Districts Nos. 17 and 29.
were fiend into the Senate journal on
the ‘ day of the extra session of
the State Legislature convened yes-
terday for the purpose of enacting a
State patrol law
The resolution memes the Govern-
or and Legislature if the bill become-
a law and the miners have gone on
Wumfinxtheywouldi’nothos-
lateral-unnmoul to “immune ..
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