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VOL. XLVI.-XO. 14,337. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1906. " , PRICE FIVE CENTS. Tl BRIDGES GONE; OTHERS II DANGER Disastrous Floods in East Side Streams. IS RESULT OF HEAVY RAINFALL Main Line of Southern Pacific Railroad Blockaded. SANTIAM RAGING TORRENT Carries Away S true tares at Jefferson and - Oral) tree Bridges Over Molalla and Clackamas Are Threatened by Freshet. DAMAGE DOXE BY FLOOD. BRIDGES WASHED OUT Jeffer son structure over Santiam River on main line of Southern Pacific, and South Santiam bridge, on Woodburn Natron branch. BRIDGES EJTOANGERED BY FLOOD Southern Pacific structure over Mollala River and bridge of O. W. P. Railway at Gladstone on Oron City line. EFFECT ON RAILROAD Freight and passenger traffic paralyzed aa far Bouth as Albany. Through pas senger trains routed over West Side .1 division. Floods in the Santiam and Mollala riv ers, caused by the recent rains, have washed away two Southern Pacific hrldses and rendered another unsafe. The main line of the Southern Pacific is ef fectually blockaded, perhaps for weeks. The bridge across the Santiam at Jeffer son was carried away last night, block ing the main line. . The South Santiam bridge on the Woodburn-Natron branch was washed out yesterday. The Mollala bridge is so shaky that it will not per mit the passage of trains. The bridge of the O. W. P. across the Clackamas near Oregon City is unsafe. Other damage has" been caused and at a late hour last night the streams continued to rise. Passenger trains to California and the Upper Willamette valley are being routed over the West Side division of the South em Pacific to Corvallls and over the Cor vallis & Eastern tracks to Albany, be yQpd which place the Southern Pacific's line Is reported dear. Freight Is refused at Portland for points north of Albany on the East Side. Local passengers and freight service will be maintained be tween the wrecked bridges. The Overland leaving Portland yes terday morning had a narrow escape from a disastrous wreck. A scant half hour after the train crossed the bridge 100 feet of the falsework supporting the structure was swept away. The river continued to rise rapidly and late last night the remaining' falsework went out, allowing the 205-foot steel span of the new bridge In process of erection to fall Into the raging river. The Santiam bridge has been under going reconstruction for some time and falsework had been built to support the wefght of trains while the old wooden structure was being replaced .with a new steel bridge. Had the new bridge been In or the old one left In tact no damage would probably have occurred. The Overland train, due In Portland last night, was diverted from the main line at Albany and this ar rangement will be continued until the damage Is repaired. Passenger trains will be operated locally between Port land and Jefferson. A wrecking crew was put to work at the bridge yesterday and an at tempt made to save It from going out, but the Santiam, swollen by the heavy rains of the past few days, continued to rise rapidly. At a late hour last night It was reported as rising six inches an hour. The flood also disabled the Southern I Pacific bridge on the Woodburn-Nat- Iron line, and caused heavy damage to sawmill men by the breaking of booms. Quantities of cord wood be longing to tho Lebanon paper mills (were also washed away. Reports from I Jefferson indicate that much more I damage will be done before the flood subsides. CLACKAMAS OX A RAMPAGE Itreani Washes Away Supports and Bents of Trolley Bridge. OREGON CITT. Or., Nov. 7. (Special.) -The Clackamas River, which changed n a few hours yesterday from a clear i tream to a mud-colored torrent, wasued ut the false work and bents supporting he Oregon Water Power & Railway Com pany's bridge at Gladstone last night. The ridge is in a dangerous condition and the liver is raging and continues to rise. Temporary supports had been placed nder the bridge to permit extensive re airs. It was the intention of the com- any to replace the old bridge early next. pring with either a combination steel nd wooden bridge or an all-steel struc ire. Piling had been driven under the ridge to act as supports until the Im- I rovements were made. The Clackamas yesterday washed away Ish ra-ks placed in the river near the imaged bridge by employes of the iackamas hatchery for the purpose of catching spawning salmon to secure eggs for the hatchery. MOLALLA BRIDGE IS UXSAFE Trains Cannot Cross Until Present Eib Water Recedes. CASTBT, Or., Nov. 7. (Special.) High water In the Mollala River, which has become a raging torrent from the heavy rains of the past few days, has made the Southern Paciflo bridge across the stream unsafe. Trains will not be allowed to cross the bridge until the water recedes, for, although the struc ture still stands, damage to the false work that has lately been put In is feared. The Southern Pacific has been at work for some time replacing the wooden bridge across the Mollala with a. steel structure, and the temporary bridge to accommodate trains is sup ported by false work. With the bridge supported In this way Instead of by piers, the high stage of the water makes the bridge particularly unsafe. SOUTH SANTIAM BRIDGE GONE Woodburn-Natron Branch Complete ly Blocked by Storms. CRABTREE, Or., Nov. 7. (Special.) The South Santiam bridge on the Woodburn-Natron branch of the Southern Pa cific was washed out late tonight by the heavy floods, raised by the heavy rains. The stream is far above its usual height, and is causing heavy damage to property owners along its banks. The river con tinues to rise rapidly. Traffic on the Woodburn-Natron branch is effectually blocked until a temporary bridge can be thrown across the South fork of the San tiam to replace the structure just washed away. Flood Breaks Log Boom. ALBANY. Or., Nov. 7 (Special ) High water in the Santiam River today broke the log boom of P. M. Scraggins & Co., near Lebanon, sending many thousand feet of logs down the river. The extreme high water will make the logs a total loss. Scraggins is erecting a sawmill near Lebanon and had the logs in the Santiam for use in the mill. The Lebanon paper mill lost several hundred cords of wood. RAINFALL OVER TWO INCHES Effect of Heavy Precipitation on Willamette River. From November 1 up to 5 o'clock last night Portland had just 3.21 inches of rainfall, but a slight fraction over two inches of this precipitation fell during the last 24 hours of the period. Many residents of Portland and vicin ity would have readily volunteered the statement yesterday that the rainfall of Tuesday night and yesterday morn ing was a record-breaker, and from their observation of the steady down pour It would seem so, but the weather bureau statistics show the past rain storm has had nothing unusual about it. For Quite a number of years the il-liour records of October and No vember show rainfalls ranging from 2 up to 3.62 Inches, while the record 24 hour precipitation shows a rainfall of 7.66 Inches for December 12 and 13, 18S2. The recent heavy rains, however, have been particularly advantageous to the river steamboat r.i.Mi. The effect of the rains on the .Willamette River Is seen In the following table, fur nished by the weather bureau at 5 o'clock last night: RIVER STAGES 5 P. M , NOVEMBER 7. Chanep in Station. Weafher last S houri. Albany Rain r,o 4 Salem Cloudv J.n t Tualatin Cloudy Barton Hea-y rain -i-l.V Portland Light rain -1-1.2 While the paBt heavy rains in Port land have not been experienced up the valley, yet It is expected and hoped that the next few days will bring the river up to a sufficient depth to allow navigation as far as Corvallis. The upper Willamette boats are now operat ing as tar as aaiem, awaiting a depth of at least four feet beyond. RAILROADS RAISE OFFER When Switchmen Reject One Arbi tration Plan, Propose Another. CHICAGO. Nov. 7. The Switchmen's TJnlon today declined the proposition made by the managers of the railroads entering Chicago to arbitrate the de mands of the men for an increase in wages of 10 cents an hour. The rail road managers then offered the men an Increase nf a cbiiIq q posed arbitration of the question wiiBiner or not tne men should receive tne 10 cents increase. The men took t h nrAnAeiHn . - .w i L-l. . Li Hi Lii C employers under consideration ni ) i expected a reply will be returned tomor- '" no general impression tonight among the employers and the switchmen was that a compromise would be reached and that a strike nf tha in nnn u employed on the roads interested in the controversy would be averted. STANDARD'S THANK-OFFERING Raise Wages Because- Republicans Have Carried Pennsylvania! FRANKLIN. Pa.. Knv 7 T, j ard Oil Comnaov tndav annmr . i untary increase of wages to employes in the Galena Signal Oil. and Eclipse refin eries, located here. The percentage of in crease WflJl not K t Pi A'hniit CATV - ; 1 1 be benefited. General Charles Miller, who maae tne announcement on behalf of the Galena Signal Oil Company, said that the election of the Republican ticket in Penn sylvania had left the management with the belief that still greater prosperity was coming, and it desired the employes to share in it. Taft Visits Fort Robinson. DEADWOOD.- S. D . Nov. 7 Secretary Taft spent today at Fort Robinson. Neb.. Inspecting that post. An effort has been made to have him and his party come to Fort Meade on a similar errand. The Secretary is making the tour of posts with the Intention of recommending to the President certain ones which shall be changed from regimental to brigade posts. In his party are General Humphrey. Quartermaster-General: General Wint, General Barry and ReDresentative Kinkaid, of Nebi S BY BO MAJORITY Returns on Congress up to One o'Clock. LOSE LESS THAN EXPECTED Two Labor Democrats Elected in Pennsylvania. SEVERAL LEADERS BEATEN McCIeary Admits Defeat and Con gratulates Opponent Demo crats Gain In Missouri, Illi nois and Pennsylvania. CHICAGO, Nov. 8. Returns received up to 1 o'clock this morning show that the Republicans have elected 223 Congressmen and the Democrats 163, as follows: State- Rep. Alabama Arkansas ... California 8 Colorado 3 Connecticut 5 Delaware 1 Florida , Georgia Idaho 1 Illinois . 19 Indiana fl Icwa 10 Kansas ..... 8 Kentucky 4 Louisiana , Maine 4 Maryland 3 Massachusetts 11 Michigan 12 Minnesota 8 Mississippi Missouri 4 Montana 1 Nebraska 5 Nevada New Hampshire 2 New Jersey a New York 25 North Carolina North Dakota 2 Ohio 17 Oregon 2 Pennsylvania 26 Rhode Island 1 South Carolina 3 11 "6 4 1 7 7 3 i "i s 1 i. 1' 4 12 10 6 1 7 "k 18 South Dakota 2 Tennessee . ..... ........ r-. 2 Texas Utah 1 Vermont 2 Virginia 1 Washington 3 West Virginia ' S Wisconsin 9 Wyoming 1 Totals 223 163 CONGRATULATES HIS OPPONENT McCIeary Says He Fought Hamm on Principle. MANKATO, Minn., Nov. 7. Congress man McCIeary tonight conceded his defeat by W: S. Hamm, of St. James, the Democratic candidate for Congress REPUBLICAN WN in the second district, and sent him the following telegram: "The returns Indicate your election to Congress. As a personal friend, ac cept Kmy congratulations." Mr. McCIeary also gave out the fol lowing statement: "I made a fight for a principle that I believe to be right, a principle that in my Judgment Is of the utmost importance - to the well being of the pple of the United States and of especial importance to the peo ple of this district." OHIO REPCBXICAN BY 75,000 Sherwood May Win for Congress With Four Other Democrats. COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 7. Chairman Dick tonight reiterated his claim of a plurality of 75,000 for Carml Thompson Republican candidate for Secretary of State, although the committee has re ceived complete returnB fronV only 59 out of the 88 counties in the state. Chairman Garber, of the Democratic State Committee, does not dispute Dick's figures, but is claiming the election of five out of the 21 Congressmen in the state J GOVERNORS ELECTED. t Republicans. California J. N. Glllett i Colorado H. A. Buchtell J Connecticut .R. S. Woodruff 1 Idaho F. R. Gooding Iowa . A. B. Cummins t Kansas E. W. Hoch I Massachusetts Curtis Guild Michigan F. M. Warner Nebraska G. L. Sheldon SNew York ...C. E. Hughes New Hampshire C. M. Floyd Pennsylvania - E. S. Stuart t South Dakota .....C. M. Crawford I Wisconsin James Davidson I Wyoming B. B. Brooks j Democrats. i Alabama B. B. Comer Minnesota John A. Johnson Nevada John Sparks North Dakota John Burke i Rhode Island J. H. Higgina South Carolina M. F. Ansel Tennessee M. R. Patterson Texas T. M. Campbell ......... ........... the late returns indicating a plurality of 4S for Sherwood, the Independent Demo cratic candidate in the Ninth District. Pick refuses to Lede Sherwood's elec .un. . . TO.ui.dO, O., Nov. 7. Complete revised Teturns show Sherwood. Independent Dem ocratic candidate for Congress in the Ninth Ohio District, to have 71 plurality over E- McClelland, Republican. BECKHAM AND HAGER WINNERS Kentucky Mora Interested In Demo cratic Primaries Tkan-Election. LOUISVILLE, Nov. 7. With but a few mountain counties to hear from, and these probably decreasing his lead. Gov ernor Beckham has almost certainly won his fight against Senator McCreary for the nomination for the United States Senatorship in yesterday's Democratic primaries. The Governor's majority will bee about' 4000. Samuel W. Hager was nominated for Governor in the same pri mary by a majority of between 12,000 and lo.ono. Although McCreary carried Louisville by 7287, Beckham ran so well in the country that he overcame this lead and tonight has in the' neighborhood of 4000 to spare. The Republicans gained two Congress men, giving them a total of four in the lower house. ) j I i i I mi m rn niimmiiin bnHNLtnnUmi lb BRUCE HARD RACE Hughes May Be Only Republican Winner. HEARST IS FAR BEHIND TICKET League Cries Fraud, Saying Votes Were Not Counted. HUGHES ISSUES ADDRESS Promises to Square Administration With People's Interests and Re move Abuses How McCar ren Got Even With Hearst. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. At midnight to night there was still doubt as to who is elected Lieutenant-Governor of New Tork. Sixteen counties had not reported the official count at that hour, but on the face of the figures in hand at that hour the result seemed to favor Lewis Stuyve- sant Chanler, on the Democratic-Inde pendence League ticket. Whatever the result may be, the figures will be close, and until complete official returns shall have been made by all the counties now missing. It will be impossible to do more than to guess at the winner. It appears that outside of the candi dates for Governor, and possibly for Lieutenant-Governor, the Democratic ticket is elected. In Greater New York Chanler's majority over Bruce is 134,941. and this big lead must be overcome in the up-state counties. Among the missing counties is Westchester, which gave Hughes 8000 plu rality. Bruce May Pull Through. Republican state headquarters, while ex pressing the belief late tonight that Bruce would pull out ahead of Chanler, would give no figures. Chairman Woodruff said: "On looking over returns from some 40 odd counties, we found that Mr. Bruce had run ahead of Hughes by 50"? votes, and I believe he is elected. At the pres ent tide I do not care to give any opinion regarding the rest of the ticket." The Independence League headquarters claim that the whole ticket with the ex ception of the nominee for Governor has been elected. At Democratic state head quarters no predictions or estimates were given out. Incomplete returns from two-. thirds of the counties give Charles E. Hughes. Re publican, .for Governor, a majority of 52. 000 approximately, but the remainder of the candidates are in doubt. Governor-elect Hughes tonight gave out the following statement: It is the victory for sobriety and for de cency in the administration of government. But the people ,wl!l not tolerate Indifference to publlo wrongs. They desire neither exag geration nor Inflammatory appeal on the one hand, nor moral or political obtuseness on the other hand. The election is a rebuke to dem agogical methods and it Is alto impreeive in Us demands for responsible leadership. I shall address myself to the task of squaring the ad ministration of government with the interest of the people, confident that I may rely upon the support of all good citizens, not only those who voted for me. but aiso those who. in the Intensity of their desire to end abuses, voted for my opponent. To the work of Insuring, to the extent of my power, the just admin istration of the government of this state. I hall devote myself unreservedly. Mr. Hughes said he was very weary from the labors of the campai;?n and intended going up to the mountains for a little outdoor life and undisturbed rest HearEt League Cries Fraud. At the headquarters of the Independ ence League tonight the following state ment was issued: Reports from up-state indicate not only that Mr. Hearst cut down the Republican vote imv terlally. but that the Independence League vote for Mr. Hearst was not counted lu many counties. These votes will have to be added to the announced Jesuit of Mr. Hearst's vote in order to give the correct Hearst figures in the state. Last night Captain William Ascor Chanler stated that his brother Robert, who was run ning for Sheriff In Dutchess County, id threatened to bring mandamus proceeding against several election boards before they consented to count the Independence League vote for Hearst. Today other reports were received indicating that Independence League votes for Mr. Hearst were not counted in Erie and Allegheny Counties. Reports cams 10 also showing that in districts in Clinton, Cattaraugus. Herkimer, Wayne, Albany. Onon daga and Washington Couties there was a failure on the part of the election boards to count the vote for Mr. Hearst which wae cast under the scales. Hi9 Votes Xot Counted. The facta developed today explain th great falling off of the total vote cast yesterday as compared with the total vote cast two years ago. There Is no doubt that the votes rep resented by this falling off were the votes cast for Mr. Hearst and his associates un der the emblem of the scales. In 190 the total vote cast for Governor was 1.625.P07. This year, with 63 election districts mtsslng. only 1.373.4SO votes are accounted for, al though the registration this year was un usually heavy and the weather conditions and the interest taken in the campaign all tended to oring out a full vote. These matters are being fully investigated. Carries Only Three Counties. Next to Lieutenant-Governor, the fig ures at hand show that John S. Whalen, the Democratic candidate for Secretary of State, may come through a winner by the closest margin. As more important returns began to come in by counties today, it was seen that in some instances there was a small but consistent lead by the lesser Repub lican candidates over the head of their ticket. William R. Hearst apparently carried only two counties in the state outside of Greater New York. These were Chemung and Schoharie. It was in his home city, however, that he encountered the bitter est and most determined opposition. Kings County, of which Patrick McCar ren is the Democratic leader, last year gave Hearst, . lor Mayor, a large plural ity, but yesterday McCarren exerted all his forces to return a Hughes' plurality in his . county. His instructions to his captains were to cut Hearst and to vote the remainder of the Democratic ticket. While Hearst succeeded in carrying the county by a plurality of 4500, the returns for the remainder of the state ticket show that his trouble with McCarren cost him dearly. The plurality of the county for the Democratic candidates who were not affected by McCarren's order exceeded that of the head of the ticket by more than 30,000. Had Hearst received those votes it would have cut Hughes' lead in the state practically In half. McCIellan Bubbles With Joy. NEW YORK. Nov. 7. A few mint! ("Concluded on Page 2.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER Elections. Complete returns show Republican ma jority of 60 in Congress. Page 1. Names of Congressmen elected. Page 6. Hughes may be only Republican elcte on ew York btate ticket. Page l. Republicans win by increased majority In Bryan's state. Page 2. Gov. Hoch may win In Kansas, but Demo crats still claim victory. Pago z. Governor Gooding re-electd by Over 7,000 majority in laano. page a. Washington Republican majority may reaco oi,uuo. rage a Glllett leads Bell for governor In Califor nia by over SOOO. Page 3. . National. Secretary Hitchcock's resignation accepted; jarneja to succeea mm. rage j.. President appoints Moody Supreme Judge. Page 5. Chief of Weather Bureau rebuked for treatment of nonunion printer. Page 4. President confers with labor leaders on anu-lnjunction bill. Page 4. Foreign. Count Bonl's defense In divorce caee. Page 5, Ruffian Senate disfranchises host of poor voters, page 4. Chinese Emperor orders reforms and pre paration for constitution. Page 4. Domestic. Harahan elected president of Illinois Cen tral and Harriman controls Interocean railroad. Page 2. Congressman-elect In Louisiana scoots friend dead and surrenders- Page 4. Pacific Coast. Montana Insurance man takes carbolic acid at Hood River. Or. Page 14. San Francisco thugs confess Japanese bank robbery. Page 14. Trouble between Open River Association and Oregon Portage Railway Commis sion reaches crisis. Page 14. Oregon man fatally wounded by drunken logger at Fe-ell. wash. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Poultry Jobbers will handle Thanksgiving turkeys on consignment, page 15. Selling breaks Chicago wheat market. Page 13. "Wall street fears advance in Bank of Eng- iana aiscounL rate, page ic. Portland and Vicinity. Floods wash out two railway bridges and endanger others, paraiyzing railway traf fic on the East Side. Page I. Henry Hose, slayer of Madge Wilson, con victed of murder in tne first cegren. Page 11. Stranger works unusual swindle on Martin Freiberg. Page 6. Mrs. Madge Snyder leaves for her home In Kansas City, page 14. Mayor recommends that Council repeal paving ordinances and enact in their stead measures that will permit city to do own work. Page 10. Mayor asks Council to pass ordinance pre venting dumping or siaDwooa- Page 10. Colson gas ordinance again introduced in Council, rage iu. Mayor and Council clash over payment of bills of accountants for experting: city books. Page 10. Official statement of W. C. T. U. officers pleases Mrs. Dun 1 way. Page 11. Consumers' League favors law limiting laoor or women in stores to ten hours a day. Page 13- HITCHCOCK WILL GIVE UP HiS TASK Broken Health Makes Rest Necessary. GARFIELD IS TO SUCCEED HIM Land Commissioner Richards. Also to Resign. NOTABLE CAREER CLOSED Man Who Cleaned Oat ImoA Thlevea, Drove Oat Hermann, Scented Oat Tricks of lawyers, Will Retire on March 4. OREX30N1AN NEWS BUREAUS Wash ington. Nov. 7. President Roosovelt to day accepted the resignation, of Secretary E. A. Hitchcock, of the Interior Depart ment, to take effect March 4, 1307. He simultaneously announced bis purpose to promote James R. Garfield, of Ohio, now Commissioner of Corporations, to the office of Secretary of the Interior. Herbert Knox Smith, now Assistant Commis sioner of Corporations, will be appointed to Mr. Garfield's place. These changes and the retirement of Commissioner Richards, of the General Land Office, on March 4. were announced In a statement from the White House today. Bad Health Made It Imperative. Mr. Hitchcock voluntarily retires, be cause of failing health. The President promptly accepted his resignation, for he himself on several occasions within the past year, observing Mr. Hitchcock's alarming physical condition, had suggest ed to him the advisability of relinquish ing his burdensome Cabinet duties. Each suggestion of this sort, however, was put aside by Mr. Hitchcock, who was de termined to see to the finish the more important prosecutions of land thieves who bad been run down ur.dr his di rection. Mr. Hitchcock's family has been more concerned about his he? kr than the President and it is well known for the past year that his wife and daughters have persistently urged him to give up the cares and worries of office and take a rest. But even the entreaties of his wife were disregarded until now the Sec retary, a much more aged man than when he entered the Cabinet, is literally com pelled to yield, while his every desire Is to remain to the end of Mr. Roosevelt's Administration. Ran Down Land Thieves Mr. Hitchcock entered the Cabinet on December 21, 1898, coming direct from the court of St. Petersburg. When he retires, he will have served continuously for more than eight years, breaking all records lu his department. During his incumbency in office Mr. Hitchcock hats had more trials than any of his fellow-Cabinet offi cers, and it is fair to say that ha has surmounted as great obstacles as any of them. Early in his term he mistrusted many of his official advisers, particularly Land Commissioner Hermann. The count less prosecutions and convictions of land thieves that have been brought about in the past year all bear evidence that the Secretary's suspicions were well ground ed. His combats with politicians: his con troversies with subordinate Government officials and his contests with some of the shrewdest attorneys in the land have all tended to impair his health until to day he Is on the verge of physical col lapse. He has earned a rest; he can afford to retire, having established an unprecedented record. The courts have vindicated h'-m, if he needed vindication. Furthermore, that ha was tendered the office of Ambassador to France Is an in dication that the President appreciates his merits. But Mr. Hitchcock's health -i is such that he could not even return to the diplomatic service. Made Enemies in Congress. The news of Mr. Hitchcock's resigna tion will be Joyously received by Western Senators and Representatives. In Con gress Mr. Hitchcock had practically no friends. So strained became their rela tions with the Secretary that many Sena tors and Congressmen refused to call on him in person at the Interior Department or meet him socially. Time and again Western Senators and Congressmen have complained to the President of the man ner in which they were treated by Mr. Hitchcock and it is known that some of these complaints have left their impres sion. The President for (he past year or more has been fully aware of the high tension between his Secretary of the Interior and many of his own friends In Congress, but he was not in a posi tion to remedy the situation. Whllfl Mr. Hitchcock was exposing land frauds and convicting land thieves th President could not consistently ask for his resignation, for he himself en thusiastically upheld the Secretary in this very work. Nevertheless, the Pres ident was embarrassed, for he disliked and disapproved of Mr. Hitchcock's manner towards many prominent pub lic men. He probably had this in mind when he suggested to the Secretary that his health demanded that he seek rest. However, the President did not push the matter, and complaints from Senators continued to pour into his ears. Therefore, when. Mr. Hitchcock finally tendered his resignation, it was (Concluded on Paga 3.) f