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IS ROBBED
IN BALTIMORE
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standing beside the counter, and
entered the cage, herding the Gus
toners before them.
While two kept the victims covs
cred, the other Scooped up money
from the counter and the shelves.
Among those held up were
Ellis Cohen, the presidents son:
Miss Louise Moran and Miss
Helen Anderson, all employees.
Isaac Rosen, 81, had just de-
posted 500 and stepped away
from the teller'S window when the
hold-up occurred.
He tainted and was dragged
into q rear room by one Of the
robbers.
Leave Parting Threat
The bandits appeared to be
thoroughly familiar with the lay
out of the bank, Mr.. Cohen said
and went about their work
quietly and quickly.
They placed the money in bags
and backed out with a final
warning from their leader, a tail
heavy man, who said:
/ Don't look around or we
will blow you to pieces. These
things are machine guns and
we amt fOOling."
Gives Chase In Vain
The men ran to a car parked
at Woodbrook Avenue with the
motor running and sped north
on Woodbrook Avenue.
Ellis Cohen jumped into his
car and gave chase. Travelling at
high speed, he followed the
bandits north. They Swerved at
Whitehead Street, taking the
corner rapidly and headed south.
At North Avenue and Druid Hin
Avenue Mr.. Cohen lost the gang
in the heavy traffic, but he be-
lieves they went south on Druid
Hill Avenue.
Baltimore police asked Wash
ingtOn authorities to watch an
roads and bridges leading to the
Capital for q maroon Cadillac aU-
tOmObile in which the bandits
escaped.
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GIRLS CHARGE
HOLDS YOUTH

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Jan. 9
GN.SD.-Fred Kyle, %, was at
liberty today, awaiting a prelim-
mary hearing on January % on
a charge of having contributed to
the delinquency of Betty Totman,
18, high school girl.
Kyle, sought for several days in
connection with the sensational
case, surrendered to police yester-
day and was arraigned before
Juvenile Court Judge Samuel
Blake. He was released without
bail on the promise to appear for
the hearing.
Charges were brought against
Kyle after Miss Totman admitted,
according to police, that she had
Staked her honor against a $1,000
stake offered by Don Courtney
in a game of dice. The girl lost,
she told authorities, and declined
to waive the conditions of the
bet.
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Pope;s TelUSeen asAttack
On English Bishops

LONDON, Jan. 9 UN.S).-A
Pope Plus XI's encyclical on mar
riage, issued yesterday and scath-
ingly condemning modern marital
views and practices, was gen.
orally regarded by London news
papers today as a sharp re-
joinder to recent views on birth
control reached by the Lambeth
Bishops conference held her.
Resolutions adopted by that
body conceded that birth control
was admissible under certain
circumstances, while the Pontiff'S
encyclical Internationally out
lawed it along with divorce.
The London Daily Express,
pointing out that the &c, ,000-word
document was remarkable for its
lucidity and precision, concluded:
when the Pope speaks, it is
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Three Other Inquests
Held by Coroner In
District Building

The opening of the inquest
into the death of Beulah Linn
erick at the District Building
today recalled three other
famous cases which have
stirred Washington in recent
years and which were inVeSti-
gated by coroner'S jurieS meet
ing in the building instead Of
the District Morgue.
The last inquest was opened
December 2, 1929, when a jury
Of six men heard testimony
into the explosion Of boiler
in McCrory's Five and Ten
Cent Store, Seventh near D
Street. Six persons were killed
in the blast November 81, 1929.
Because of additional seating
accommodations, Coroner hewitt
also held the inquest into the
death of Detective Sergt. Ar
thur Scrivener at the District
Building.
Scrivener was murdered in q
Georgetown alley in 1925. The
inquest opened on November
16, 1925, and lasted several
days.
On February 7, 1922, a cor
oner's jury met at the District
Building to hear testimony on
the collapse of the roof of the
Knickerbocker Theater, Janu-
ary %, 1922, with a death toll
Of 81 persons. This inquest
lasted nearly two weeks.
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Macdonald, and he came in
Immediately and made the dis
cOVery.
Mr.. Byrne then said that when
he first saw the blood he thought
that his assistants might have
injured the body in transporting
1t from the Limerick home to
the undertaker'S parlors.
On examination by Assistant
District Attorney William H. Col.
Inns, Mr.. Byrne declared that on
the evening of January i, Police.
man Langdon. came to the un-
dertaking parlor to see him.
Mr.. Byrne said that Langdon
told him he was the officer on
the beat where the murder oc.
CURED. Byrne said he told Lang
don he did not wish to discuss
the case. and called Detective
Satterwaite of the Ninth precinct,
who was seated in the front room
Of the undertaking parlors, and
and the two policemen began a
discussion of the case.
Mr.. Collins began new ques'
tionS:
Q.-How long was Mr.. Langdon
with you?
About five minutes.
Odd he appear nervous?
Al don't recall.
Q.-Well, what was his ap
appearance?
Ale was sort Of quick and
acted like he was trying to
find something out.
Policemen Raymond S. Eubank,
James e. Bennett and B. r.
White, of the Fifth precinct, were
also witnesses this morning.
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WOODSSUPPORT.
AGED WOMAN

QUINCY, Mass. Jan. 9.-Out
Of the woods near Quincy, a 49,
year-old great-grandmother has
been earning a living for 20 years.
Twenty years ago Mrs. Frank
Bavin's husband, a stone worker,
became incapacitated and, with
her youngest boy still of school
age, it was up to her to do some.
thing to keep the home fires burn
ing.
She had always been a lover
of wild flowers and everything
that grew in the woods. So, when
this job Of earning money was
suddenly thrust upon her she
naturally went off to her woods
to think about it, and there the
thought came:
"Why, wouldn't the city folks
be glad to get some of thee wild
things that I'm so crazy abOut?"
Now her customers include
many residents of Beacon Hill,
Boston.
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COUZENS BA[KS
At j. 8. RAILS

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ger. I believe railroad manage
ment should be closer to the
people than would be possible
under q transcOntinental sys-
tenn under one head. 1 realize,
however, that 1 differ in this
regard with my SO-caIIed pro
.greSSive' associates"
Referring to his differences
with President Hoover over the
ethics as the latter's public an
nouncement concerning the pro
posed eastern railroad merger
CouzenS repudiated interpreta
tions he said some had placed
on his criticism.
Opposed Interference.
Senator CouZens added:
obviously, / did what I could
to offset his influence with the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. do not believe either
the President or members Of
Congress should try to influ-
ence the action of Independent
commissions.
81 did not commit myself re-
garding the proposed merger
when / criticized the Presidents
statement"
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
HOUSE IN TOLLS
Of FARM LOAN
DEADLOCK
LaGuardia Blocks Wood Move
to Send Measure to Senate;
Amendment Is Controversial

The deadlock in the House over
the $45, 100000 drought-relief bill
entered its fourth day today,
with strong forces at work to
effect a compromise which was
not apparent.
Representative Wood (R), Of
Indiana, chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee, prom
ised to make another effort to
send the bill to conference with
the Senate, while Representative
LaGuardia CRO, of New York,
said he would continue to block
this action.
Wood Refuses Vote
House Republican leaders were
backing Wood in his refusal to
agree to a separate vote on the
Senate amendment adding $15,.
100000 for food for farmers in
the drought-Stricken areas.
A compromise proposal, to ap-
propriate $30,000,0O0 for the
American Red Cross, to be divided
between city and rural relief, was
laid before LaGuardia by some
Representatives of rural sections,
it was learned.
LaGuardia Seeks Surety
The New Yorker, however, was
demanding assurance from he
Administration leaders in the
House before giving unanimous
consent for a conference.
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Byrne RecOunts LangdOn's
Visit to Undertaker's Room

The lieutenant also stated that
there were no slips on the pillows
when he was there, nor any
sheets on the bed. He also
stated that in placing the
bandage about the girls head
he got bloodstain on his hand.
Sherwood B. Perry, a fireman
who accompanied Lieutenant
Kefauver on the call, corroborated
his testimony.
Frederick T. Byrne, the man
ager of Deals undertaking estab-
lishment, was next called to the
witness stand, and testified con-
cerning the discovery Of the
bullet wound, and a visit that
Policeman Robert F. Langdon
made to the undertaking parlor
the day after the murder.
He was asked by Coroner
hewitt:
Odd you get a call for ser
vice at 18 Nineteenth st. S. E.,
on December 81?
Ayes, sir; at 1890 o'clock.
Saw the Blood on Face
Q.-Tell the jury your expert
ence with this case.
A.-The brother, William Lime
rick, came to the parlorS and said
there had been a death in his
family. He said he would like us
to take care of the body. I got in
touch with DR.. Macdonald, the
deputy coroner, and received per
mission to move the body.
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon
I went in to measure the body for
the size of the coffin and saw the
blood trickling down from the
head onto the table.
'T got in touch with DIR.
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head. There was some yellow
fluid on her face which ap-
peared that it had run down
from her nose"
Bandaged Her Head
The lieutenant declared that
he then prepared to place q
bandage around the dead girls
head in order to keep her mouth
closed. In doing this, he said:
II removed a pillow and
noticed q blood spot about the
size of q big orange on the
pillow. laid the pillow aside
and finished bandaging the
head. The pillow looked as if
the blood has saturated into It.
There was another pillow
under her head, but I did not
disturb that"
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LangdOn Has Many Angles
Of Strange Case to Clear

the case, and it is expected that
their inquisitions will be lengthy,
They are Vernon Limerick,
brother Of the slain girl; Richard
Reed, who lived with Vernon and
Beulah, and William Paddy, the
man who brought her home from
a dance at Capitol Heights, Md,
only a few hours before she was
killed.
Vernon Limerick will be asked
to explain why he walked 20
blocks to the home Of his mother
to tell her that "BeuIah is dead
or dying" when GalIinger HOspi-
tai is only two blocks away from
the home.
He will also be asked to explain
why he made no attempts to re-
vive his sister, but set out on his
long walk when he admits that
he knew his sister was dead or
dying"
Reed will be asked to explain
his relationship with the dead
girl in view of the fact that police
have discovered that the girl and
Reed rented the house as Mr..
and Mrs. Reed" and had gone to.
gether to rent another house the
day before the murder.
Reed admits entering the slain
girls room about 4:45 the morn.
ing Of the murder to put coal on
the fire. He claims that at that
time blankets were drawn about
BeulaS's head and that she did
not stir. Medical examination
reveals that she was killed about
5 o'clock and Reed says he did
not leave the house until $50.
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MORE WORK At
j, {. BUREAU
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Representative Hawley uf Iowa,
and it now appears probable that
they will be enacted in the near
future without serious opposition.
The purpose of the refunding
is to enable the Treasury De
partment to take advantage of
the lower rates of interest now
existing in the money market. 1t
is believed that the Federal Gov
ernment, by refunding tine loan.
will be able to obtain a rate of
interest at least l per cent below
the rate it now pays.
Work for Three Months
The amount of work which the
relSsuance of loan certificates will
impose upon the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing has not been
exactly ascertained, but it will
mean at least three months of
expanded activity, it was said to-
day. All of the employees now
on partial payroll probably will
have a complete six days work
every week during this period.
Luther c. Steward, president of
the Federation of Federal EN-
ployes, today said:
"The passage Of this measure
will be of great benefit to the
employees of the bureau. There
has been a severe curtaiIment
of work there in the past few
months. 1t appears probable to
me that the reisSuance Of these
certificates will put the bureau
working in high speed once
more"
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EARL ELAUDS j. s.
FOR |DEA[ISN

NEW YORK, Jan. 9 G.N.SO.
The United States with it's ideal
ism will bring new standards for
world progress, the Earl Of Beau
champ, leader of the Liberal
party in the House of Lords and
chancellor of London University,
predicted at a Pilgrims Society
dinner here last night. He said
he admired most.
"The spirit that lies under
meath and which is the best
hope for AnglO-American reIa-
TONS"
Lord Beauchamp stressed the
preservation of peace as a funda-
mental need and told with pride
of Great Britain'S recovery after
the war. He said:
There is no more foolish
saying than in time of peace
prepare for war and If q ma
tiOn prepares for war, it will
deserve war and war 1t will
get"
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Paddy is the last person known
to see the girl alive. He talked
with her for about half an hour
after returning her from the
dance, and he will be closely ex-
amined about this conversation in
the hope that it may throw some
light on the case.
Police admit that so far they
have made little headway in the
case, but hint that they have
some new and sensational evil
dence that may come out at the
inquest.
Mrs. Robert Langdon, wife Of
the policeman, has been sum-
moned to attend the inquest.
She Is on the verge Of collapse
through worry concerning the
case.
Hole Plugged With Hair
The murder was discovered by
mere accident. DR.. Greene had
certified that death was due to
hemorrhage and the body had
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FAMINE IN j. :.
WORSE THAN
RUSSIAN ;.
Carl l. Myers, Red Cross Man
In Arkansas, Tells Of Pain,
Suffering Among Farmers

FOREST CITY, Ark, Jan. 9
= 'U.N.S0 The great Russia
famine was mild compared to the
destitution of Arkansas farmers
in this section, Carl L. Myers,
field worker in charge of Red
Cross relief work here, told Inter
national News Service after a
survey Of the situation. He said:
"T served in Russia when the
refugees were crying bread,
bread but the destitutiOn /
saw there does not equal the
situation here"
Children Are Dying
Myers said his survey here re-
vealed drought-stricken families
barefooted and without decent
clothing, the children dying from
hunger and cold.
Many are living two or three
weeks on hard corn bread, Myers
said, and starvation and misery
is their lot unless immediate as
sistance is rendered-not for q
week or q month, but through
out the winter and next summer
if necessary, according to Myers.
500 Storm Town
The plight of. the drought
stricken farmers of central Ar
kansas was brought to the atten-
ton Of the Red Cross last Satur-
day when 500 men stormed the
merchants of England, Ark, de-
manding food.
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LangdOn is the central figure
I'm the death mystery, and it is
expected that his teStim Ony will
take many hours. Tie will be
asked to explain many move
ments Of his in connection with
the case that detectives cannot
understand.
Why did the officer go to the
undertaking parlor and ask to
see the body of the girl, claiming
that he was an investigator in
the case?
Why did he go 10 the door Of
the room she was killed in and
flash his light in the room at
o'clock on the morning size was
shot to death in the basement
room of the little house at IS
Nineteenth st. S. E.
Why Did He Have Guns
How did LangdOn hapren to
discover" an empty .25-calibeE
cartridge case in a coffee cup in
the kitchen, several feet from
the room where the girl was shot ?
Mrs. Dora Limerick, mother of
the slain girl, declares that she
washed all the cups and there
was no shell in any Of them.
Why did Langdon have SC
many revolvers in his home, in
cluding two .25-caliber weapons,
the type the girl was shot with?
Why did he trail William
Paddy when he left the girls
house about 2 o'clock the morn
ing Of the murder?
Three Others Held
In addition to Langdon, three
other men are helA by police in
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
Autogiro to Garry
4 Persons Being
Constructed

LONDON, Jan. 9.-The largest
autogiro, or windmill plane"
yet built is now under con-
Struction for the air ministry.
1t will carry four persons and
is fitted with a 400-horsepower
air-cooled, radial engine.
Supported by four revolving
vaneS, the autogiro has a rapid
climb and can descend almost
vertically. It is hoped, with
the new engine, that the model
will be capable of using the
flat roof of any moderately
large building as a landing
field"
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EnCyCIicaI Was Issued
In Five LANGUAGES

ROME, Jan. 9 G.N.SO.-Two
months Of research work by a
score of scholars at Vatican City
produced for Pope Plus XII a
rough draft of the 16,000-word
encyclical issued yesterday, it was
learned here today.
In collaboration with the Pope,
the Latin scholars devoted long
hours to the final editing and
revising of the encyclical before
it was pronounced satisfactory.
For the first time in the his.
tory of the Papacy, the tranSla-
tionS in English, Italian, French,
German and Spanish were issued
simultaneously with the original
Latin text.
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INQUEST INTO DEATHO OF LIMERICK GIRL TO TAKE SEVERAL DAY.
PARADE Of WITNESSES
GETS UNDER WAY
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Q.-You are positive the pill
lows on the bed were covered
with slips? A.-Absolutely.
Q.-Was the fire rescue squad
there when you arrived? A.-No,
they were not. and they had not
come up to the time We left.
Lieutenant Kefauver said:
"At 1O:49 a. M, on December
81, we got . call from fire head
quarters to go to Nineteenth
and A Streets Southeast. We
turned out in the ambulance
and found the call was for IL
Nineteenth St. We went in
there and saw this lady lying
flat on her back, with a couple
Of old dirty pillows under her
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Ford to Put $4,000
Men on Job MOndQu

DETROIT, Jan. 9 GN.S0.-Ap-
proximately $4,000 automobile
workers will be recalled to the
Ford factories in the Detroit area
next Monday, it was announced
today.
About $4,000 men are now on
the payroll. Capacity is $4,000.
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Bishop CGnnOn's Son
Gets Venue ChUn0e

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Jan. Q
(IN.SO.-Major Richard M. Can
non, son Of Bishop James r. Can
non, today had obtained a change
of venue after his attorneys ap.
peared in an El Monte court
where Cannon was to have been
tried on wage complaints issued
by the labor commissioner.
The case will be heard at Pasa-
dena, January 26.
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Uncle He Never SGIU
Gets S5O.OOO Estate

CHICAGO, Jan. 8.-An Aus.
tralian sheep rancher is heir to
the $5O,000 estate Of a nephew
whom he never saw.
Charles w. Simpson, 76, who
lives near Perth, in western Aus.
tralia, will get everything left by
John Merrill Simpson, assistant
passenger agent for the Michigan
Central Railroad.
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VA. BANKERS TO MEET

WINCHESTER, Va, Jan. g.
The annual meeting of group
No. 3 of the Virginia State Bank.
erS Association will be held in
Winchester, Monday, January 10.
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CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance, January 7,
$268, ,400, ,592.90; expenditures, slO,.
082, ,885.19. Customs receipts.
"a, 720,189. 40.
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Times Staff Photo

like q simple priest addressing
himself to his congregation"
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22
The Weather

Los ANGELES AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday
with moderate temperature; gentle
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22
Veterans Order
Stand OF COlOrs

Veterans of Foreign Wars ordered
post colors at their regular session
at Veterans Memorial hail last
night and anticipated they will ar
rive in El Centro within two weeks
Unanimous reelection of last
years cIiicers took place last night
and various appointments were
made.
Membership committeeman were:
Joseph Ports and Sherman Gumm
and the relief committee was Sc
lected as follows: Ports, Gumm
ana Sophus Sorenson.
Arrangements were made for clos
ing the charter at ceremonies at
the hail Saturday afternono. A de-
gree team from San Diego will be
present and will be in charge.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22
@1aIteD

LOS ANGELES, Oct. %. U.P)-
Following are today's market quo
tationS:
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22
STRAYED MULE
CASE PUZZLES
LEGAL MINDS

Although he probably never has
been near the county court house.
a mule, description unavailable, to-
day caused CONSERVATION among
officials there.
The following letter to c. G. Hal
liday, deputy district attorney, from
w. A. Nichols OF Brawley started
it all:
Have been requested to write yoa
relative TO procedure in diSpoSing G.
mule. Tried to chase It away,
but it refuses To 60. Have taken il
up and il is worth around $40. II
have to pay printing bill and con-
stable fees when animal Is sold.
there will be nothing left to pay Tor
its keep.
Kindly advise me what to Go
with The mule so that can at least
get part Of what it costs to feed the
brute"
In an answer which proved a
masterpiece. Halliday assured Mich
OILS consultation with the Civil Code
the Code of Civil Procedure, the
Penal Code, the Political Code and
General Laws Of the State Of Cali
fornia failed to bring a like case TO
light.
Various county ordinances. includ-
ing the late lamented TedisTicting
ordinance also failed to disclose
any case in point. Halliday wrote
Nichols. In the law library of the
court house everything from Web
sters dictionary to Aesop's Fables
were consulted, Halliday wrote.
Of all county officials consulted
only one supervisor claimed any eX-
perience with mules, and that was
gathered in redistricting discussions,
Halliday inferred.
The final paragraph Of the an
swer follows, in part: The only
county official who seems to have a
working acquaintance with mules Is
Ed Law, county clerk, and have
asked Mr.. Law to write you and ad-
wise you on the best course 10 pur-
sue in handling your problem"
The rest of the final paragraph
must be deleted, having to do with
Laws experience with another kind
of mule in redistricting discussions.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22
How Much Would
You Pay To Be Rid
of Rheumatic Pains
In 48 Hours?
Would You Pay Ten Dollars?
Would You Pay IS Cents

Well: Here's a chance for you to
be spry once more-to do your work
cheerfully without one twinge of
pain.
Here's a positive guarantee that
no rheumatism sufferer can afford
to pass up-you can be free from
agonizing rheumatism - and keep
free from il.
Get one as cent bottle of Allenru
from Clements Drug Store or any
progressive druggist with the posi-
tive and distinct understanding that
your pains and torture will all be
gone in 49 hours or money back.
And when pains are gone-keep
right on taking Allenru till every
bit of harmful uric acid is out of
your body - Happiness come with
this wonderful prescription - thou
sands know it-you ought TO know
it. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22

proper emptying of garbage cans.
This condition is brought about, DR..
Fox explained, sometimes by grease
on the bottom OF the garbage cans.
He recommended that all cans be
washed at least once a week and
that newspapers be placed in the
bottom Of them as often as neces-
sary. Such a procedure will do away
with nuisance complaints and the
breeding Of flies and other vermin
to a considerable extent, said the
doctor.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-22
Urges Sanitary
Care OF Garbage

Sanitary methods of handling
garbage cans were urged today by
Dr.. Warren F. Fox, city and county
public health officer, after receipt
by him OF numerous complaints
from residents OF El Centro.
These complaints dealt with in