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THE MORNING- OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUAT& 10, 1905. CONFESSES TO TEN Hoch Scales Down the Number of His Wives. FIVE WOMEN IDENTIFY HIM Great Crowds Greet Hoch on Arrival In Chicago He Treats His Mar riages as a Joke, but Repudi ates Some? Claimants. CHICAGO, Feb. 9. Johann Koch, in dicted for bigamy, suspected of murder and a man of many aliases, arrived In Chicago tonight, and for several hours after reaching here was interrogated by the police, with little result. Tho train bearing Hoch and Olllccr Loftus, who liad him in custody, was due In Chicago at 5:25, but it was 7 o'clock before It ar Tlvod. A large crowd had gathered, but none o the wives was among the number. Hon had evidently expected a -number of Vis .wives to meet him at tho station nnft he was plainly disappointed that they dji not come. "Where are these M wives you talk about so much," he asked of Mr. Loftus-. "I guess you have been joking me about that part of the business; otherwise there .could not be H, for I never had that many. There seems a lot of women who won to think that I am tho only man in the world who could carry them and .feet away with some of their money." - "When Hoch and Loftus alighted from the train the detail of sis policemen who had been pant to the station to meet them ,Tvas able to control the crowd only with ;rcat difficulty. The people pushed and shoved In an excited manner, as they j-trovc to get close enough to the prisoner to get a look at him. "When he was rec ognised, a number of people Jeered and hooted him. The police hurried Hoch through the station and on the sidewalk outside had another crowd to deal with. They quick ly hustled Hoch into a patrol wagon and started for the Kast Chicago-avenue po Jlce station. Outside of the station a third HOCH'S MANY WIVES. 4 Slra. Madeleine Schmltt, first wife; mar- rlace in Germany. J Mrs. Julia Stelnbrechnr Hoch, 333 Bel- merit avnu; dle'd suddenly. i Mrs. ilary Wcrnllcke Rankan Hoch, 376 Ward rtreet; living. t JJrs. Mary Brcker Schulic .Hock, Argo, I lnd.; disappeared. i. Jin. Minnie Poalskl, 3921 "Wontworth 4 avenue; living. J Mn. Janet Spcnoer HocSi. 3167 W-ent-1 worth avenue; believed to be living. Mrs. Kmllle Fischer Hoch. 0030 Union street; died. I Mrs. Emily Welker Hock, G030 Union avenue; died January 10. 1005. 4 Mr?. Nathalie Irrjranjf, 111 Best ave 4 nue; believed by the police to have . married Hoch. i Mrs. Martha Herurcld Hoch, 19S Oa- tarlo street; disappeared. t Mre. JJarlanna Koch, Cleveland; living. ;J Mrs. Sophia Pahnko. .Batavla, III.; Uv i ing. Mrs. Hcssler, Wheellnj, W. Va.; thought 7 to be remarried. Mrs. Callic -Charlotte Andrewr. an Mrs. I De Witt C. Cudney. 4 ' Hulda Stevens, abducted and later mar' ,t Jrlcd; deserted after three hours. J Mrt. - Hoch. living at 1266 West Fit- tcenth street; died middenly. y Mrs. Hoch. a sister of Mrs. J. H. Schwartzmann, Milwaukee; died. Mrs. Hoch, another sister of Mrs. 4 Schwartzmann; died. 4 Mrs. Hoch, Norfolk, Va.; dlea. a Mrs. Hoch, Green, la.:' Is believed Jo be living. Mrs. T. O'Connor. Milwaukee; llxing; ? rnarrled Hoch as ''Jamos." I Mrs. CarolluD Schaefcr. ' 3043 Stllea I street. Philadelphia; living. 4 Mrs. Mary Goork. 102 Eugenie street, J Chicago; living:. Mrs. Hoch; believed to live in . In Buffalo. f Mr. Hock; believed to live In Evannton. ' i (&irs. JuxUna. Looffler. Elkhart, lnd.; 4 disappeared. . ' , Jocb's AHezed Crime's. Murdcr.by jolson.' elgh,t casee. Bigamy, 22 cliargoe,--Emb2lfrjcnt 33 ea.cs". . Abduction one charge. Confidence game. 30 case. Obtaining, money under false prepenses, ; "30. casea, ,lLrccny.a!. bailee, two case. Forgery, two casS; Perjury. 27 casts. Practicing medicine illegally. Hypnotism a an aid To all the other crlnvH.' siltted that he had intended to commit suicide, and that the whlto powdor found In a- fountain pen taken from his room in New York was arsenic, which he bad purchased with the intention of killing himself. - Tho names of two of the women married by Hoch wore not disclosed by the police. The othpr eight were: Mrs. Julia Stelnbecher. married In 1SJH. Mrs. Julia Marie Walckcr. married December 12, 1904. Mrs. Mar' Becker, SU LouU. Mrs. Anna Hendricks, married in Hammond, lnd., January 2. 1902. Mrs. Marie Goerk. married in 1804. Mrs. Mary Rankin, married in 1S&4. Mrs. Martha Horddeldt.- now of Pasadena, Cal., married In 1895. Mrs. Emllls Fischer, married In December, 1604. MAY PREVENT DOUBLE HANGING Mrs. Edwards Confesses, Exonerating Her Convicted Accomplice. BEADING. Pa., Feb. 3.-Mrs. Kate Ed wards, who Is under sentence to be hanged with Samuel Greason. colored, on Thursday next for the murder of her husband, made a statement to her coun sel tonight, in which. It Is said,- she ex onerates Greason from complicity In the murder. The statement will not be given to the public until It in presented to "the Hoard of Pardons, but the Inference Is left that she alone committed the crime. Extraordinary efforts have been made to save Mrs. Edwards and Greason from the. gallows. The Board of Pardons has heretofore refused to interfere and tho State Supreme Court has. affirmed tho lower .court's decision. Mrs. Edwards confession, it is thought, will place the case in an entirely new aspect before the Board of Pardons. Tho board will meet at Harrisburg, February WILL BE PUNI8KE0 Governmentto Prosecute Santa Fe Railroad. EMPLOYS SPECIAL COUNSEL Attorney - Ge serai Mcody Engages Judson Harmon and F. N. Judson to FrosecuteCharge of Giving Rebates to Company. WASHINGTON. Feb.. 9. Attorney General Moody has appointed Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati, and Frederick N. Judson, a prominent lawyer of St. Louis, to investigate the alleged action of the Atchison, Topelta & Santa Fe Railroad Company In granting rebates to the Colorado uel & Iron Company. This employment is with the view of taking legal proceedings against tho company if, after investigation, any proceedings seem justified. The Attorney-General wrote to Mr. Harmon: "Will you accept employment, associated with Frederick N. Judson. of tho St. Louis bar, or other competent counsel agreeable to you, to take into consideration all the questions raised by the Interstate Commerce CommisMon with RULER WHO HAS HANDED REINS TO HIS SON KING OSCAR OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY. 15, the day before the date fixed for the double execution. .If the woman's state ment Is accepted by the board, it may save the man's life. Iftoe woman Is spared. It will therefore be entirely on sentimental grounds, as strong pressure Is being brought upon the board not to permit the woman to bo hanged. Must Suffer for Torturing Woman. DES MOINES. la.. Feb. 9.-Tbe Iowa Supreme Court today affirmed the decis ion of tho lower court which sent ex Deputy United- States Marshal W. A. Richards to the penitentiary for 18 years lor complicity in the holdup of Peter Sul livan and wife at Hamilton, .la., two years ago. Masked men broke Into tho Sullivan house, and after torturing the woman by holding lighted candles under her feet, compelled her to produce a sum "oi money which she had that day drawn from the Imnk. -crowd' 'surged' and It was larger than tho others, it was found -necessary to call officers' from the inside of the station be fore the walk could pa cleared sufficiently 10 auow tne prisoner to be taken Into the station. He wiis taken at once to the onjee of Police Inspector George Shippy Tho Interrogation -of Hoch was com menced at a few minutes after 7:30 o'clock and continued until after midnight Hoch at tne outsot admitted - that he had mar wea Mrs. Marie Goerk Hoch and that the .-marriage was Illegal. He would ad mil nothing else. uuring tne evening rive- women whn claimed to be wives of Hoch called at the police station. Mra Emlle Fischer Hoch aw the prisoner for a minute and saluted .him with the exclamation: Greeting of One Victim. "Tou old hog: you got my $750. didn't you?" N Hoch .made no reply to this, but smiled a though hf eousldered the affair of $750 rather a joke than otherwise. Later the five , women were, one at a thnc. admitted into the office of the In spector, aid air. Qf them Identified Hoch as the man to whom they were married. Mrs. Ellen Hoppe at first declared that he had married Hoch, but later said she was not sure about It. Inspector Shlppy asked: "Hoch, did you marry this woman?" "No." replied Hoch. "but maybe I will if you don't hut-tie her out of here prettv qulck." Mrs. Mary Runkln Hoch. who admitted last week that sh had committed bigamy when she married Hoch. was repudiated Jn strong terms by the prisoner. He de clared that h had net married her and had never .seen her bforc, When Mrs. Marie Goerk Hoch was ad mitted Into the room Hoch declared that he marriM her, but that the marriage was illegal. He also confessed to having married 'Mr. Emily Fischer Hoch when she was shown Into the room. A physician who had attended Mrs. Walcker Hoch, the iat wife of Hoch Identified him as the husband of Mrs. Wackpr and-showed him a bill for $109 for attendance upon the woman. ''Oh. yes." said Hoch. "1 remember something about that. Bring it around in the morning. I shall still be here." And he laughed heartily at his joke. He Confesses Ten -Marriages. Tho questioning tf Hoch was almost o,npJ.uded .jvhea he confessed that he had-.married ten women. Hoch also ad- Ccnvicted Murderers Reprieved. RENO, Nev.. Fob. 9. Sevener. Gor man and Richards, throe men convict ed of the murder of-Jack Wolch on a freight train near "Winnemueca more than a yoar ago. and under sentence of death, were reprieved today. The reprieve Is granted to give the court opportunity to hear a motlJn for a new trial. respect to rebates given by the Atohlson, To peka & Santa Fe Railroad to the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company and' accepted by that company, together with any other unlawful practice which, may appear in that connec tion? Tou will be given full authority to make this Investigation, and every assistance will be given the department is able to rumlbh you. This employment is with the view of taking euch legal proceedings a may, after fu)l in vesication, seem Justified. May I b per mitted to say to you that I believe the ac ceptance of this employment a public duty Mr. Harmon replied: I have concluded to undertake your request In yesterday's dispatch. I shall want a short time to arrange other engagements. Any asso. elate you select will be acceptable to me. The correspondence with Mr. Judson was similar. "Get-Rich-Quick" Kyan Acquitted. ST. L.OU1S, Feb. 9. Jphn G. Ryaji charge J with embezzloment. grand larceny and Obtaining money under false pretensds In an alleged "get-rlch-quck" investment concern, waa acquitted today by direction of tho trial Judge. Acquitted of.Part in Murder. TOWANDA, Ph.. Feb. 9.-Mrs. Sophia Merrltt. charged with the murder and burning of Maggie B. Johnson, her son's wife. In September lost, was acquitted today. RIgler Johnson, the dead woman's husband, pleaded guilty last Tuesday. Methodist Book Committee Mcet3. NEW -YORK. Feb. 9.The book com mittee of the Methodist Episcopal Church concluded Uk session today and received reports from editors of chwch papers over which the committee has general supervision, including Mr. A. D. Bovard. California Christian Advo cate. San Francisco, and Dr. D. I Radcr, prouldent of the Christian Ad vocate, Portland, Or,' Arrangements have been about comploted for the sale of the prqperly used by the depository in San Francisco, but on account of the protest against the sale the matter was referred to the committee on agents reports. Only American Vessels Need Apply. WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. The Senate committee on commerce today authorized Senator Galllnger to report favorably a substitute for the merchant marine com mission's bill requiring that only vessels of the United States shall bo employed In the transportation by a of material and equipment to be used In the construction of the Panama Canal and In tne opera tion of the Panama Railroad. Arizona Glad She Is Left Out. PHOENIX. Ariz.. Feb. 9.Both houses of the Legislature passed a concurrent resolution thanking tho United States Senate for eliminating Arizona from the statehood bill and asking tho Houso of Representatives to concur In the amendment affecting .this territory. RIPLEY HAS NOTHING TO SAY Makes No Comment on Colorado Fuel Rebate Case. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 9. President E P. Rlpjey, of the Santa Fe Railroad Company, accompanied by his family, passed through Ixs Angeles today on the way to Santa Barbara. Ho declared that the entrance of the Standard OH intorosts would make no difference in the control of tho policy of the Santa Fc lines. President Ripley did not mention anything, of the decision of the Inter state Commerce Commission which found the Santa Fe guilty of discrimi nation in rates to the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company. ONE DOLLAR HUMOR CURE Complete local and constitu tional treatment for erery humour, from pimples to scrofula, from infancy to age, consisting of CUTICURA SOAP to cleanse, Cuticura Ointment to heal, and Cuticura Pills to cool the blood, may now be had of all drug gists for One Dollar. A sin gle set is often sufficient to cure. T&e Set $1.00 railway system under the terms of the new act of congress. Secretary Taft has referred the application to the Philippines commission. VLADIVOSTOK IS BLOCKADED Only One Passage Ice-Free, and Japa nese Guard That. TOKIO, Feb. 3. Entry to Vladivostok from the sea Is now limited to Tsushlmi Straits and Tsugaru Straits. The Soya Straits arc barred by ice. Reports re ceived here from Hokkaido and also from coasting vessels say Soya Straits arc not frozen over, but are filled with floes and bergs, making navigation prac tically impossible. To Increase further the difficulty of reaching Vladivostok, the Japanese Government announces that the lighthouses in the vicinity of Tsugaru Straits will not be lighted except occa sionally. The official announcement says this decision was necessary for strategic reasons ana warns coasting and neutral navigators that in passing Tsu garu Straits they must exercise the greatest care. The Japeneso continue to patrol Tsus hlmi and Tsugaru Straits, and it is be lieved that the blockade of Vladivostok is effective. It was reports from Vladivostok under date of February 1 that the Russian armored cruisers Rossla and Gromobol had been repaired, but it is doubtful whether they will emerge from the har bor on account of the extensive seizure by the Japanese of coal laden ships bound for Vladivostok. Laze stocks had been purchased by Japan, which has now ceased purchasing coal. l Hart, Sehaffner & Marx CAN MAKE PEACE WITH HONOR Russian Journal's View of War Seeking the Guilty Cause. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb; 9. Reviewing tho 12 months of war, the newspapers, with the single exception of the Nashadnl, do not display discouragement, though they frankly record the almost unbroken series of reverses. The Bourse Gazette. in a remarkable editorial, goes to the length of saying that while Russia has not won a victory, the luster of the Rus sian arms Is not dimmed and therefore Russia can without humiliation discuss the possibility of a termination of tho war, seeking a peaceful and honorable adjustment on the basis of a satisfactory understanding between the two countries chiefly concerned in the destinies of Asia. The Rues says tho colossus is beginning to stand on Its own legs, spurning the bureaucratic clay which has been arti ficially Imposed on It. As soon as the colossus finds tho full use of Its; own limbs the qucetlon of war or peace will be set tled without difficulty. The Nashadnl publishes an open letter from the secretary of M. Buzobrazoff, president of the Yalu Timber Company, demanding the truth about the Yalu River concessions, which he claims were the di rect cause of the war. He states that when tho truth is known It will be seen how easy It would have been to adjust the differences with Japan. Suits and Overcoats We are showing the new spring goods from these famous tailors all the swell conceptions for spring of the recognized "arbiters of style" will be exhib ited. These famous garments are always six months in advance of all others. As Hart, Sehaffner & Marx are the largest consum ers of woolen goods in America, they have a great many patterns that are exclusively their own. SEE DISPLAY IN THIRD ST. WINDOW SUITS, OVERCOATS RAINCOATS KHaitSchaffncr 0s Marx Hand Tailored $15 to $30 mm SAM'L ROSENBLATT & CO. 9 TO RENEW FRIENDSHIP COLOMBIA PROPOSES TERMS TO UNITED STATES. Wants Popular Vote on Secession of Panama, Would Divide Debt and Sell Providence Islands. SAYS ROOSEVELT IS THE MAN President of Inter - Parliamentary Union Asks Him to Mediate. WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 9. President Roosevelt was urged today to take ac tion looking to the termination of the Rus30-Japancee war. The request was made by the Inter-Parliamentary Union through the president of the organization, Representative Bartholdt, of Missouri. Dr. Bartholdt explained to the President that the consensus of opinion among the members .of the Union and among Euro pean parliamentarians with whom he Is in correspondence was that the President of the United States waa the man. with tho possible exception cf the Emperor of Germany, who Indicated no disposition to try to bring the war to an end. who might be listened to on the subject with favor by Russia. Dr. Bartholdt pointed out that although Russia had let it be understood that any offer of mediation from whatever source would be not- only unwelcome but would be regarded as an unfriendly act. such an attitude was in violation of the plain stipulations of The Hague convention, of which Russia was not only a party but of which the Czar was the moving power. " Tho -President gave Dr. Bartholdt no definite assurances beyond promising to consider the matter with Secretary Hay. It Is known to be quite unlikely that this Government will take any aptlon looking to mediation until some assur ances have been received from other par ties to the ponding conflict that such ac tion would notbe unwelcome. TRANSPORTS CARRY DEADHEADS Humphrey Attacks Quartermaster, and Carries His Resolution. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Immedlatcly after the rate bill was passed by tho House today. Moon (Tenn.) called atten tion to the fact that the statehood bill had been transmitted, and inquired of Speaker Cannon If It would be in order to make a motion to agree to the Senate amendments. The Speaker notified Moon that he had examined the rules and found that as the amendments provided for an appropriation, the uul had gone to tho committee on territories at once. A spirited discussion followed on the adoption of a resolution reported by the committee on military affairs calling upon the Secretary of War for Information re garding the Army transport service. The Quartermaster was condemned by Hum phrey (Wash.), the author of the resolu tion, for having, as he stated, charged up to the Government between J300.CW and J500.COO and credited- it to the transport service for carrying deadheads. Capron and Slayden defended the prac tice of transporting school teachers and members of the families or officers arid men. The resolution was adopted. Land Withheld for Irrigation. WASIHNGTON. Feb. 9. Tho Interior Department today w'lthdrcw 45 townships-of public lands In California, Ne vada and Montana immediately from disposal under the public land laws for Irrigation purposes. These include 240,400 acres in the Ilejena. Mont, dis trict, withdrawn from all forms of dis posal except restricted homesteads. Offer to Build Philippine Railroads. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Wlllard Green of New York, and Patrick Egan, formerly American minister to Chile., have mado formal application for permission to un dertake the extension of 'the Philippines HE NAMES THREE SCAPEGOATS Russian Editor Blames Lamsdorff, Alexieff and Rosen for Disasters. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 9. M. Sou- vonn. caitor oi uic xsovoe vremya, tn a pessimistic review of the first year oT the war, in today's Issue of his -paper, attrib uten the responsibility for the Russian disasters. nrtly. to Foreign Minister Ivamsdorff. former Viceroy Alexieff and Baron Rosen, late Russian Minister to Japan, whom ho accuses of drawing Rus 4a Into a terrific war by complete Ignor ance of tho true state of affair In tne Far East. M. Souvorin declares the rea son for the fall of Port Arthur before the complete- exhaustion of Its means of resistance was the death, of Major-Gon- cral Kondratcnko. wh was the real hero of the defense of the fortrem. and who filled both the civil and military men with courage, while Lieutcnant-General Stoes- sel only 'manifested civil courage. WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. Minister Russell at Bogota, has cabled the State Department that, owing- to tho Jry state of the Magdalena. River, it has been Impossible to forward any mall from the legation since January 19, and that there Is no prospect of any mall out or in for some weeks. Tho Minister's message Is supposed to be in explanation of his failure to trans mit to tho State Department a copy of the draft of a treaty which he has been arranging- with the Colombian Foreign Office. Private letters from Mr. Rus sell dated a few weeks back indicate that he -was making excellent progress in framing a treaty which would re move the friction between the United States and Colombia that grew out of the separation of Panama. Mr. Russell was specially charged by President Roosevelt to redeem the promise the President held out to Gen eral Reeves that the United States would use Its good offices to bring about an amicable adjustment of the ; tween iho United States and Colombia, which has figured in the exchanges of the last ten years and may again coma to thti front at any moment. Is the projected sale to the United States of the Old Providence Islands, lying 200 miles oft the east coast of Nicaragua. Colombia, it Is said, is anxious to get rid of the islands, but, owing to the shallowness of their harbors, they are not desirable as coaling stations. TERMS OFFERED BY COLOMBIA Plebiscite in Panama, Sale of Islands, Cession of Canal Zone. NEW YORK. Feb. 9. Advices from Bo gota, Colombia, to the Times state that President Rafael Reyes has sent to Washington proposals for the re-establlsh-ment of friendly relations between the United States and Colombia. In sub stance, the proposals are: First The Republic of Panama to be permitted to vota on the question as to whether or not she shall return to Co lombia. Second If Panama should vote to re main Independent, then the United States to buy from Colombia at a liberal price the Islands of San Andre3 and San Luis, in the CarIbbean.jSea. Third The canal zone, in any event, to remain the property of the United States. No Fear of Revolutions Now. NEW YORK, Feb. 9. At a meeting here the directors of the Panama Rail road have decided to run trains over the line at night as well as day. Heretofore they have been run only In the day time because there were so many so-called revolutions that It was considered un safe to let a train proceed after It had become too dark to distinguish objects 'ahead. The directors also ordered some new equipment for both freight and pas senger departments. Must Leave Naval Academy. ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Feb. 9. Among the resignations of Midshipmen made necessary through the recent exam inations at the Naval Academy is that of John Pullman, Walla Walla. Wash. Reynolds is Appointed. WASHINGTON. Feb. 9. The President today sent to the "Senate the nomination of Jamea B. Reynolds, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of Treasury- BECOMING A MOTHER Is an, ordeal which all women approach with indescribable fear, for nothing compares with the pain and horror of child-birth. The thought sharp issues between Colombia and i of the Buffering and danger in store for her, robs the expectant mother Panama which grew out of the sePa ' Qc ajj pleasant anticipations of the coming event, and casts over her a asked "that a pieoiscite be had to deter- I shadow of gloom which cannot be shaken off. Thousands of women mine by popular vote whether the sep- have found that the use of Mother's Friend during pregnancy roba aration should remain effective or .ct- ? -11 ,4 cof.fv i;ff mofW whether Panama should rejoin Colom- ""c.r, . . e ' 7 , bia. The state Department at the time ; and child. This scientific liniment is a god-send to all women at tho thought 'well of the proposition, pro- time of their most critical trial. Not only does Mother's Friend vidlng the plebiscite was limited to ri u r UiM.K? ;c c the people of Panama, for General oaicijr """"6" - Reyes proposition was to include Co-! gently prepares the system for the coming event, prevents "morning sickness, and other dis- ri t t ooia oy au aruggists at gVwr m m Mi fx. oo per bottle. took on the subject and, it is said, matters i containing valuable information free. lomblans in it. and the result would be a foregone conclusion In favor of a reunion. The proposition hus been re- ; ncwed by Colombia In slightly differ- . ent forms during the past year, but - there have been no recent overtures new State of Panama is concerned, that the United States is no longer disposed to consider the proposition as to a plebiscite open to discussion. There fore, our Government has not trans mitted the Colombian proposition to Panama, and Is not Inclined to do so now. The claim of Colombia that Panama should assume a proportionate sharo of the Colombian rational debt has been re enforced by representations from Eu ropean governments whose citizens hold Colombian bonds. The American Minister to Panama was charged by the President -with the presentation of this mattr to the Panamlan govern ment and it Is understood that ho has succeeded in a measure, securing an admission oC the liability of the new state for some share of the Colombiae. debt, although so" far It has not been possible to agree upon a proportionate division of the liability. Another subject of negotiation bc- Th; Bradfield Regulator Co.. Atlanta. Ga YINOL'S RELIABILITY STRONG EVIDENCE OF MERIT TO SEND GRAND DUKE TO FRONT Nicholas to Be Viceroy in Manchuria, . and Kuropatkjn's Boss. BERLIN. 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