St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 30, 1911

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MISSOURLLINCOLN TRUST C0, PLAN IEW ORGANLZATION 2 sident W. F. Carter An- neces Institution Will eopen as the Missouri Savings and Trust Co., With Assets of $1,772, 176.86.

TURNED OVER BUSINESS TO OTHERS IN 1907

Will Conduct Savings and Trust Business to Save Stockholders Expense— Capital Will Be $750,000 —Will Exchange Stock. se A meeting of the stockholders of the issouri-Lincoln Trust Co., which was ¥ ned over to the Mercantile Trust Co. ‘er lHquidation in 1907, has been called 9 *>r Jan. 8 to reorganize under the name : the Missouri Savings and Trust Co., Pat th a capital of $750,000 and a surplus ~ $400,000. * e call for the meeting was issued W. F. Carter, president of the Mis- ri-Lincoln Trust Co., which was not | baolved during the process of liquida- e n, After all the obligations of the Mis- Yuri-Lincoln Trust had been paid off 73 company had remaining net assets ~ $900,000. It is proposed to use $500,000 the net assets in the capitalization oe the new company and to sell $250,000 3 h of stock at par to stockholders. . Exchange New Stock for Old, The outstanding stock of the Missouri Niedin Is $2,500,000. In the reorganiza- "yn one share of new stock will be ex- ranged for five shares of old. | "rhe present holders of Missouri-Lin- stock, under the plan of reorgan- ‘ation, will receive the equivalent of a share for their stock. Each holder the new stock will be entitled to sub- ‘cribe for 50 per cent of the amount of is holdings of the new cash stock of 250,000. * President Carter announced that un- Walér the plan of reorganization not one "ollar of assets or value is taken out of the company or from the shareholders. Wl Save Cost of Liquidation. On the ‘above basis,’’ Carter says in e announcement of the plan, ‘‘the Mis- souri Savings and Trust Co., the pro- syosed new name, has a firm foundation om which to build, instead of liquidating With consequent proportionate increas- ng costs, as at present. It is proposed © confine the new company to a sav- _ tbs and trust company business while ~ S@hserving and collecting its resuurces.”’ \ Assets Are $1,772,176.86. ’ The statement at the close of busi- ess Dec. 23, 1911, which was sent to t« kholders with the plan of reorgan- ation, states that the company has re- ources of $1,772,176.86, as follows: Loans, secured and unsecured, 2.29. Loans on real estate, $787,000.57. Stocks, bonds and investments, $644,250, Real estate, estimated worth, $140,024. The liabilities consist of bills payable, | 18,868.47. The excess assets over liabili- s, after renewing obligation to Mer- antile Trust Co., are given at $993,308.39, hie exact number of shares of outstand- ine stock is 24,739%. “The statement of resources of this ompany,”’ the report says, “reflects hat, in the opinion of the directors, is Sortainly the value of the same at this me, a substantial reduction having heen made in the item of real estate by on of the fact that your directors feel that the Liggett Building ought to be Carried on our books at a figure at hich it could be realized upon at a coed sale.”’ Near Fallure in 1907. To avert a failure of the Missouri- HLincoln Trust Co. in the fall of 1907, the WiMercantile Trust Co., with the backing | the St. Louls Clearing House, took its deposits and guaranteed deposi- against loss. The business of the pany has since been handled under direction of the Mercantile Trust. i an Missouri-Lincoln Trust Co, for- rly owned what is now the Central ‘ ‘rational Bank Building, but was then enown as the Missouri-Lincoln Trust juilding, at Seventh and Olive streets. he trust company occupied the corner a Dr, Pinckney French wags presi- Sent of the company at the time of the ya $200, . b * ¥ 5 er. ) At the time of the transfer Missouri- sincoln stock was selling on the market rt dtiout $125 a share. The company had we etegganae surplus, in addition to f eaoital. but the surplus was wiped ‘in the adjustment of the business. AKE TOO DIRTY FOR DOG YIGHLAND PARK, Ill, Dec. 30.— *% Michigan will have to live down a ‘WA name before the next bathing sea- mf charges made by Emma Ger- _‘urnley are proven in court. has complained in a siut filed y ane the city that the water in the mAb. 80 dirty she can no longer bathe | She has asked an injunc-

RUSSIA REJECTS

PROPOSED TARIFF WAR WITH U. S. Cabinet Will Not Raise Tax on Imports From This Country. ser. _ ee Press ¢ popoamteed (New York World VIENNA, Dec. ¥.—The Russian Cab- inet, after long deliberation, according to a repor. received here from St. Pe- tersburg, has rejected all proposals for a tarift war against the United States More than one hundred members of ihe Duma a week ago proposed to double the tariff on American goods and the tonnage charges on American shipping on the termination of the treaty of 1882. The proposal was referred to a commit- tee. The province of foreign affair-, however, lies outside the competence of the Duma. Treaties are not subject to the approv- al of the Duma, nor is the Minister for l‘oreign Affairs answerable to the Duma on the state of foreign relations. That hody, nevertheless, exercises through the budget an influence on foreign affairs and relations. The suggestion for a tariff war was due to the action of the United States in giving notice of its intention to termi- nate the treaty of 1832, because of the attitude of Russia on the passports of American citizens of Jewish birth. Ifa tariff war were to have ensued the United States would have been the greater loser, as that country imports only $10,000,000 worth of goods from Rus- sia, while it exports to Russia $24,000, 000 worth, principally agricultural machin- ery of the Harvester Trust and cotton. UNDERWOOD ILL; APPENDICITIS FEARED House Leader’s Condition. Wor- ries Physicians—May Escape ~ Operation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—Representa- tive Cscar W. Underwood of Alabama, Democratic leader of the House of Rep- resentatives, is confined to his bed in his Washington apartments, threatened with appendicitis. His physicians ex- pressed hope today that an operation would not be necessary. The full significance of his illness is rot yet known, but his condition is ap- parently due to acute intestinal trou- ble.

URIED MRS. DE WITT, ~ ASSERTS WITNESS John Chadwick Contradicts Pokrefke’s Story That He Killed Her in Self-Defense. Copyright. Co.

BOY SWEARS VENGEANCE

Ten-Year-Old Son of Divorcee Says He Will Give Life to Avenging Christmas Crime.

Frank Pokrefke’s story that he shot Mrs. Kate de Witt to death in self- defense in a rooming house at 1723 North Tenth street Christmas night was con- tradicted Saturday by John Chadwick of 1608 Wash street, who told the police he heard Pokrefke threaten to kill the woman and saw him open fire on ner without any further provocation than a quarre!. Capt. Johnson of the North Market Street Station, learning that Cnoadwick had been with Pokrefke Christmas night, had him brought in as a witness. In the office of Chief of Detectives Al- lender at Police Headquarters, Chai- wick said he went with the corple to the room where Mrs. de Witt’s body was found Friday. They had-hardly entered: the house, Chadwick said, when Pokrefke took.a revolver from a drawér and began firing at the wonian. Ran From the Tragedy. After the first shot had been fired, Chadwick gaid, Pokrefke turned to him and said: ‘Don’t tell anybody about this, John.’’ Chadwick said he tried to interfere, but saw it was useless and ran from the house, while Mrs. de Witt cried: “My God, Frank, don’t shoot me any more!”’ Just a few minutes before Chadwick arrived at police headquarters, Pok- refke, after being photographed in his red-stained shirt, was questioned by Chief Allender as to what Mrs. de Witt Mr. Underwood's illness is said to be/| sid while the shots were being fired. due to overwork in connection with the] “She said, ‘Don’t shoot me any. more, preparation of tariff? legislation for ‘the Frank,’ ” Pokrefke replied, say the po- reopening of Congress next week. It | lice. Was announced yesterday at the offices} When asked what he thought of Chad- of the Ways and Means Committee, of | wick’s statement, Pokrefke said: which he is chairman, that he had:been| ‘“That’s all a lie. I shot her to keep forced to deny himself to visitors until} her from shooting me.” the first of the tariff bills was com- Statements Differ. pleted and his illness had not become} The prisoner declared Mrs. de Witt known until today. drew a revolver from her stocking and began firing at him as soon as they LIFE TERMER KEEPS entered the .room. HIS FURLOUGH PACT Chadwick’s ‘statement differs in al) essential respects from the confession Slayer Presents Himself at Prison After Earning Money for made by Pokrafke. Wife’s Family. “Frank and I were in a rooming house at Fourteenth and O'Fallon SALEM, Ore., Dec. 30.—Honor bound to return to serve his life sentence as streets Christmas’ afternoon,’ said soon as he had earned money to pay Chadwick, “and Mrs. de Witt came a debt owed his father-in-law, William there to get him. He scolded her for it and they quarreled. He knocked Mack is back in the penitentiary after an absence of six months. her senseless. “After she was revived, we all went to Mack is serving a sentence for the Slaying of George Carter at Grants the house, where she and Frank had been Hiving. Just as soon as we got in Pass. That he might have money to defend himself at the trial his father- he began shooting at her. I ran away in-law mortgaged his home. Gov. West before it was over and didn’t know whether he had killed her or not, but learned that Mack’ family was desti- tute. Bidding the prisoner to go out Frank met me nearly an hour later in a saloon at Twelfth and O’Fallon streets and earn enough to pay the mortgage and provide for his family, the Gover- and said: ‘I killed her. Don't tell any- nor released Mack with only the man’s body.’ “He was drunk and excited, so I word of honor as security. started to take him home. When we got outside the saloon he drew the revolver CHRISTMAS TREE « CAUSES $1000 FIRE and shot in the air. Then he was ar- Home of Herman C. Stoffregen rested.’’ Chadwick was held as a witness for in Utah Place Is Damaged. the Coroner. The inquest will take The overturning of a Christmas tree

place Tuesday. Searched for Teamster, Mrs. de Witt was the daughtc: of Mrs. Catherine de Lonzo of 1220 Benton street, and her son John, 10 years old, resides at that address with his grand- mother. When informed that his mother had been killed, the boy picked up a cat rifle and cried: “I'll kill the man that shot my mamma if it takes me the rest of my life.’’ Pokrefke is 23 years old and a team- ster. He and Mrs. de Witt had been living at the Tenth street address as

in the home of Herman C. Stoffregen at 3885 Utah place caused $1000 damage Saturday afternoon. Early reports made by policemen were that no one was injured.

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— The St. Louis Merchants Emphasized Their Opinion of the superiority of the POST-DISPATCH as an Advertising Medium Again Yesterday (Friday) By Distributing their Announcements as follows: Post-Dispatch alone, 67 Columns Three presi a anne 63 Columns In no other Metropolitan City in the United States is any one newspaper so overwhelmingly supreme as is the POST- DISPATCH in its field. St. Louis’ ONE BIG Newspaper. Circulation last Sunday, 294,026. Circulation Books Open.go All. DON'T SHOOT AGAIN, ‘LOPING WOMAN SAYS HUSBAND WAS FAT AND FLABBY Loves Actor With Whom She Fled From Washington and Who Was Arrested With Her.

BOTH OF THEM RELEASED

Mrs. Anada Evelyn Scherrer De Atley Will Not Leave Hilliard, She Declares.

Mrs. Anada Evelyn Scherrer de Atley Hilliard, vaudeville actor who eloped to St. Louis from Wash- ington, D. C., threw their arms around each other and wept in Capt. Schwartz's office at police headquarters Saturday. “We and we won't be separated,”’ and Russell love each other in turn. They were released after Associate Prosecuting Attorney Wilson refused to issue warrants. Mrs. De Atley left a luxurious home in Washington to be with Hilliard. They were arrested at the Woodford Hotel, Fifteenth and Market streets Friday night. De Atley is proprietor of a hotel in Washington, D. C. Several days ago he sent a telegram to Chief Young, say- ing he believed his wife was ill at the New Barnum Hotel here and asked that he be advised if Mrs. Atley needed money to return home. Asks That Wife Be Arrested. At that time Mrs. de Atley could not be found. Friday night Chief Young received a second telegram from De Atley asking that his wife and the man with her be arrested. “I left my husband because he was fat and flabby and spent most of his time in an automobile,’’ said Mrs. de Atley. She is tall and has black hair and blue eyes. “Mr. Hilliard is my ideal,’’ she said. ‘“‘He stopped at my. husband’s hotel and his wife died there a year ago. A wom- an craves for companionship. Mr. Hil- each said was and that is why I learned to love him. Together Since August. “We left Washington together’ in August. I played the piano while he did a blackface turn. A man named Lou Walter has been backing us and we traveled as the Hilliard-Walter company, playing vaudeville in small towns. Recently we have been appear- ing in small Illinois towns and we have lived in St. Louis six weeks. “My mother, whois wealthy, and lives in Washington, has been writing let- ters to me regularly. She approves of my being with Mr. Hilliard. ‘“‘My husband had us arrested in Des Moines and in Kansas City, but we were released.”’ “I have nothing to fear,’ said Hil- liard. ‘“‘De Atley filed suit for divorce in October. When he gets his decree Mrs. de Atley and I will be married. She is my ideal.’’ 11 MORE OF BERLIN UNFORTUNATES DIE 30 Additional Cases of Sickness —Cause of Tragedy Is Now a Mystery. BERLIN, Dec. 30.—EZleven more deaths have occurred today from poisoning, bringing the tota] up to 68 since Dec. 26, when a large number of the inmates of the Municipal Night Shelter for the Homeless were suddenly affected. Thirty additional cases of. sickness also are reported and the problem is becoming more mysterious, as among the victims one at least was never in a public shel- ter and some others did not partake of the suspected fish. The official experts contended that the sickness was brought about by ptomaine poisoning, but they cannot ascertain where the poison came from.

ane ae SNOW AFTER RAIN; 10 ABOVE TONIGHT euennesn ——— THE TEMPERATURES, ll a. m, ‘ we 3 12 (noon) : a 3. MH. — “Well, neat

WILL DR SUN cena BE ONLY A . SUNNY Jim 2 one of my tars.”” “What trick on credi- did you do—send him a little New card instead your nice Year of. paying We ' pill?” ESQ | -*@— no, I sent \ SS | him a check.’ PAN ~ “T don't see that VS was such a trick, ex- cept that it must have been a great surprise for him.” | “He wasn't eur- prised until the next day.”’ “How's that?’’ ‘T stopped pay- that clever see CF 30 A, nO GSS | ATs he Le

ment on the check.” “Like Champ is trying to do to Folk, eh ?*’ Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Rain turning to snow to- night; colder with a cold wave and

liard Was. nicer toumé-thanmy- husband, ~ Te =LOPING

MBS. ANADA EVELYN

G WIFE ARREST ED WITH ACTOR IN MARKET STREET HOTEL _SCHERRER DE ATLEY.

ERE SE AYNE LIEUTEN INEAST ST. LUIS Police Board Announces Ap- pointment After Meeting With Mayor Lambert.

De Forrest (Sam) Overmire was ap- pointed Chief of Police by the East St. Louis Board of Police Commis- sioners at a special meeting which ended Saturday noon: Ransom Payne was appointed Lieutenant of Police, After the ineeting Mayor Lambert said no resignations had been asked of the Police Commissioners and none offered. No action was taken on the appointment of a secretary nor of a chief of detectives to succeed Overmire, promoted to be Chief of Police. Mayor Lambert tola a Post-Dispatch reporter Saturday that he thought there would be a new board of police and fire commissioners by next Tuesday. He also said he did not oppose the appointment of Sam Overmire, Chief of Detectives, to be Chief of Police, but he was op- posed to the appointment of Seret. Bar- low as Lieutenant of:Police. To show that his opposition to the Barlow ap- pointment had been effective he showed a written declination from Barlow thanking the board for the appointment but declining to accept. Barlow Refused Promotion. As soon as he reached his office Sat- urday morning Mayor Lambert sent for Lieutenant-for-a-Minute Barlow and had a talk with him. After 10 minutes Sergt. Barlow walked out of the door that Lieut. Barlow had entered and Mayor Lambert had his signature to a refusal to accept promotion. “I did not know the board was to have a meeting Friday,” said Mayor Lambert. “Thi first I knew about it was when someone called me up after the Orpheus Club concert while Mrs. Lam- bert and I were at supper in a cafe. [I supposed the meeting was to be held Saturday night.’’ Appointments With Board. President Martin D. Baker of the board said Saturday morning that the trnatter. of appointments rested solely with the board and the Mayor had no more to do with the Police Board than any other \citizen. When asked if he would resign, Judge Baker said: “I have not decided whether I will tender my resignation on. request or whether I will wait for the Mayor to throw me out.” John J. Gain one of the commissioners. said Saturday that if the Mayor wanted him to resign he would be glad to do so, as he had plenty to do in connection with his own business without being on

a temperature of 10 degrees; Sunday cold with snow im the morning and the board. The third commissioner, Jo- seph Grimes, could not be found Satur- day morning, but was expected at the city hall later in the day to attend a special session of the board in the Mayor's office. ANOTHER PAINTING STOLE

FLORENCE, Italy, Dec. 3.—A _ report has reached here from Siena that a famous picture representing St. Job, painted by Girolamo del Pacchia in the nixteenth century, has b@en stolen from St. Sebastian's Church. The picture is 2 by 2 inches in dimen-

j 80 i FFE MINAMARA AIDS Men Present in Los Angeles as Grand Jury Witnesses Taken. Into Custody.

LOS ANGELES, Dee. 30,—Olaf A. Tveitmoe, secretary-treasurer of the State Building Trades Council, J. E. Munsey, leader of the Salt Lake Union of Structural Iron Workers, and Anton Johannsen, organizer of the State Building Trades Council, were indicted today by the Federal grand jury in connection with the al- leged national dynamiting conspir- acy. The three labor leaders who have been here for some time as witnesses in the Government dynamite probe were arrested in the. witness room of the, Federal building a few min- utes after the indictments were filed in Judge Wellborn’'s court. None expressed surprise and when told by Deputy United States Mar- shal Albert Sittell that they were under arrest for alleged complicity with the McNamara brothers and were wanted at once én the Federal court, they proceeded there without a werd. BROWN SUES FORMER HEAD OF FACTORY Shoe Man Wants to Collect Two Notes Secured by ‘Shoe Stock. A. D. Brown, president of the Hamil- ton-Brown Shoe Co., and principal fig- ure in the recent receivership proceed- ings against that firm, filed suit Satur- day in the Circuit Court against J. H. Ballard for the settlement of two notes which he alleges are unpaid. The first note, for $6183.85, was dated Feb, 10, 1966, according to Brown's peti- tion and was due Jan. 1, 199%. The s£e- for $2625, was dated Jan. 1, 19%, in one year. Brown asks that he be permitted te <ettle his claim by disposing of 32 shares of stock im the Hamiilton-Brown Shoe Co., which Ballard deposited as security for the notes Ballard formerly was superintendent of a Hamilton-Brown factory at Twen- ty-first and Locust streets. He resides in Maplewood. eee ee PROTEST IS LODGED AGAINST JUDGE HOOK ee me ee Oklahoma Corporation Com. mission Opposes St. Louisan for Harlan’s Place. OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok., Dee. ®.~ After discussion of the announcement that Judge Hook of St. Leuis was be- ing seriously considered by President Taft for appointment to the Supreme Court to replace. Justice Harlan, the (‘klahoma Corporation Commission to- Cay sent telegrams to the President protesting. against Judge ‘Hook’s ap-

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in North Spreading Rails Ditch Great North- ern Flyer on Desolate Plain Dakota.

INJURED ARE BURNED IN FLAMES UNDER CARS

Snow to General M2nager’s Cozch Remains Upright and Is Used as Emergency Hospital—Many Passsnzers Drag Themselves Through Shelter.

By Associated Press. ANETA, N. D., Dec. 30.—Thrown into a ditch by a broken ‘Oregonian ern, killed at least five persons and injured’a score of others early today, two and one-half miles south of Sharon, Steele County. With the thermometer registering 12 below zero and with a strong wind blowing, the injured passengers and trainmen suffered greatly before they could be given aid. ‘*Oregonian’”’ left St. Paul last night a Sharon at about 9:30 o’clock, the accident oe rail, train No. 3, known as the The vefore that time. The. wreck was caused by spreading rails, one of which broke. The engine and baggage car passed safely over the, broken place, but the next four cars embankment, landing on their sides. The car of General Manager Gruber and the observation car on the end of the train remained upright. The first search for bodies revealed three dead under one of the Pullmans, and the groans and moaning of the injured pinioned under the wreck indi- cated that many others were in a se- rious plight. Officials Who were in General Man- ager Gruber’s car ordered the engineer to cut loose from the train and run to Sharon for aid. At the same time mes- sages were sent to Devil’s Lake, Finley and Casselton for assistance. Half an hour later, a special train brought sur- geons and nurses from Devil's Lake and the local train brought others from Finley. In the meantime the wreckage had caught fire. The officials had given or- ders not to try to extricate the bodies until the injured had been cared for, and the fire burned so briskly that the bodies were cremated before any definite identification could be made. A negro cook whose name could not be learned was dragged from the wreckage. He died as he was being carried to one of the cars for medical aid. Passengers on the train are confident that the list of dead will be greater) than five already reported. The destruction was so thorough that many were pinioned under heavy beams and the fire started so quickly that the uninjured had little opportunity to as- sist them. Many of the injured dragged them- selves through the snow leaving a trail of blood. Parts of bodies were scat- tered for hundreds of feet. Five of the seriously injured were rushed to Finley and cared for in pri- vate homes. In spite of the fire which served to give warmth to many of the victims, it died down so quickly that all of the passengers suffered intensely from the cold. It is said the conductor of the train was among the seriously injured. WASHINGTON UI GETS $500,000 PROPERTY Three Downtown Parcels Are Transferred by the Cupples Realty Company. i Down town St. Louis property, esti- mated by Recorder Joy to be worth art least $500,000, was transferred from the Samitiel Cupples Realty Co. to Wash- ington University by a warranty deed filed Saturday in the. recorder's of- fice The property is in three parcels. The first is. at the southeast corner of Seventh and Elm streets, fronting 10 feet on Seventh and 3% on Elm. The second is the northeast corner of Eleventh and Spruce streets, fronting 14 feet on Eleventh and 8 on Spruce. The third is at the southwest corner of Ninth and Clark avenue, having a frontage of 12 feet on Ninth and feet on Clark. The deed was executed by Robert 8. Brookings, who is vice-president of the Samuel Cupples Realty Co., and presi- dent of the Washington University Cor. poration. The legal consideration of £1 is specified. The property at Seventh and streets and that at Ninth street a

Clark avenue are encumbered for ved ——n 8 ae we ,’ on the Great North- was due through ing a few minutes

STORM SWEEPING TOWARD ST, LOUIS IIES UP TRAFFIC Trains Snowbound in Kansas— St. Joseph Fights Snow and Sleet. With snow falling over the Cen- tral States and the Southwest from the Tezas Panhandle to the Dako- tas the thermometer today registered in the Dakotas, Eastern Nebraska and Kansas and Northwestern Mis- sourt a fall_of from 15 to 20 de- grees since yesterday. The cold wave and snow was cen- tral in the Northwest and was mov- ing toward St. Louis. Trains Are Snowbound Kansas, KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 30.—Several through trains were snow-bound in Western Kansas today. Eastbound Un- ion Pacific passenger No. 104, which left Denver at 7:10 p. m. Thursday, was blocked at Sharon Springs, Kan., just over the Colorado line. A message to Union Pacific head- quarters here today said the crew ex- pected to proceed this afternoon after a delay of more than 3% hours. in Western Snow and Sleet Interrupt Traffic at St. Joseph. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. 30.—Snow and sleet has been falling here all day and street car and railroad traffic is badly interrupted. Many telephone wires are down. Train Makes Only 50 Miles tm 16 Hours. NORFOLK, Neb. Dec. 9.—It was 16 degrees A Union Pacific passenger train that left Columbus, Neb., 3) miles distant, at 7:23 last night, did not reach here until 6 this morning, 9 hours late. The train bucked snow drifts all nicht. (slorado Mountain Lines Are Tied» Up by Snow. DENVER, Colo., Dec. %.—~—Immense snow drifts in the mountain passes are delaying trains. Colorado & Southern train No. 1, due here yesterday after- noon, is still at Texline. Santa Fe trains from Texas are also snowbound. Two sections of a Union Pacific train from Kansas City, scheduled to reach this city at noon yesterday, were de- layed until this ree Other trains traversing Kansas are arriving from two to twelve hours late, Several trains which are made up here © for the snowbound districts did not at- tempt to depart.

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