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TOE " t : ' i ' Emm NG Pull for a bigger, better and more prosperous Roseburg and Douglas County. THE. WEATHER Tonight and Sunday, Cloudy. Highest temp. yestrdy.B3 Lowest temp, last night ...41 The Only Paper, in Roseburg Carrying; Associated Press Dispatches VOL. IX. ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGOtf SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 80, IBM. NO. 384 80.000SOLDIERSFOR EARLYCONVOYHOME One Hundred and Fifty Thou- sand Be Brought Back During December. . . AM EN DED CASUALTY LIST Official Total Is Now. Placed at 302, 7211, Exclusive of Prisoners Units To Be Returned Not Mode Tub. ; , lie At This Time. , (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. General Pershing has designated 80,000 sold lers lor early convoy to the United States, according to' announcement made today y General March, but the units to make up this large move ment oC soldiers homeward will not be made public until a later date, but It is known at this time that the 3tn 76th and 87th divislonsare Included in tneir entirety. .- The general this morning also au ' nounced the amended casualty -; re ports received from General Persh- lns,. giving an official total to .No vember 26 of 262,723, exclusive of prisoners. The number of men kill ed in action is now given as 28,363; died of wounds, 1.2,101; died of dis ease, 14,034, from other causes, 1, 980; miBSlnE, 14,290; wounded 189,- 955. The information was given out to day that the var department expects to bring back 160,000 to 175,000 .men during the month of December, and when once under full speed 300, 000 soldiers will be returned month ly. To date 46,378 men have been mustered out of the armies in this country.. Will Care For Prisoners. V AMSTERDAM, Nov. 30 In re sponse to a threat by the British arm istice commission that hostilities would be resumed at once unless the conditions under which prisoners ar riving in the allied lines wore reme-. died, a Berlin dispatch .declares-that ; everything possible- ie-toeing done by Germany to assure an orderly ie trurn of the prisoners and states that a regular transport of returning sold iers is now assured. Will Address Congress:' 1 WASHINGTON- , Nov. SO. Pr'psl- dent Wilson will address' the "hew session of congress Monday after noon Instead of following the usual custom of delivering his address the second! day of the session. Signed Abdication. i LONDON, Nov. 30. Former Em peror William signed the abdication at Amerongen, Holland, yesterday, according to a dlsipatch to the Wolff Bureau, of Berlin, from Copenhagen. 'The abdicate of decree expressed the hope that "the new regent" would be able to protect the Morman peo ple against anarchy, starvation and foreign supremacy. The use of the word regent is commented upon here as possibly significant. . ILL WITH INFLUENZA. Captain William Kletzer, who 1b now stationed at. Camp 10 A. Hum. phreys, Va., is in the hospital there suffering from an attack of Spanish influenza, according to Information received here today. . REPORT Btl The committee on Belgian and French relief collected the donations from the bottles .in town yesterday, and found them to contain $31.22. The committee also received the fol lowing donations during the month of November: $6.00 from Mr. A. Cole of Roseburg, (this is -the second gen erous donation from Mr. Cole) $2.63 from Miss Ruth Chenoweth from bottle at Oakland, $7.52 sent by Miss Emma Hedden from the collections at Scottsburg. $2.76 from Mrs. J. K. Falby taken from the bottle at the Cement Quarry; $2.20 from .rs. Lily from Dixonvllle bottle, and $14.47 from Umpqua through the kindness of Mrs. F. Fortln, who placed a bottle . in the store at that place. Making a total of collection for the month of November for Douglas County of $65.70. The committee this month assist ing Mrs. William B'ell, County chair man were: Mrs. Koy ueiiows, ivirs. I. B. Riddle, Mrs. Mose Rice,: Mrs. John Enger and Mrsr Chas. Wharton. They wish to thank the people of the county as well as of the city, who so kindly donated to the cause. Oregon must do her share In this great work. Contributions are need- I ed to place mese oeipiess. nomeiesa, orphans on their feet, and give to them an education, so don't overlook the bottles during the Christmas month. If every person would deny them elves only a little each month, starving chlldl could be cared for, and receive an education. Oregon has gone over the top in all other dona tions, and as the free will offering shows, Douglas County is doing her share each month for this most wor thy cause. ' ,. , .. . R. O. WORK IN TEN 5WLE UNIT. . Among the tireless workers in the war industries is Mrs. F. C. Rookard, or Ten Mile; she being a pioneer, having crossed the plains by ox team in 1861, and has made her home in this section for many years. She spends part' of the time with her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Breitenbucher, of this locality, but is at present visiting her son at Bridge, Coos County. Although Mrs; Rookard is 79 years of age, she has knitted nve(Po0(1 Conditions In Germany Are By Bessy Breitenbucher, 14 years of age, a gfjanddaughter of Mrs. Rookard, I has knitted) two pairs of socks; Lena I Porter five pair; Louisa Coates two pair: Mrs. Porter seven pair; Mrs. - ' Peed one pair; Mrs. Susie Appleton. - (Br Associated Tress.) who Is 75 years old, has . knitted BERLIN, Nov. 30. A group of In sight ipair. The. latter lady makes (dependent Socialists and Democrats, her home With Mrs. W. M. Coates, closely identified with the Spartacus her daughter. Besides the knitting ; element of Dr. Liebknocht, has sized the Ten Mile Unit has made four control of all wirelesB stations in Ger- pairs of Pajamas and nine comfor ters. FOR NEEDY ONES The News is in receipt of commu nication from Major Jessie Starks of the association of the Volunteers of America, which has made it an an nmtl custom since 1896 to give, a free Christmas, dinner to poor -ino-l thors and children. Major Ststks; urges that the people of Rpitburg grt behind this movement and send what they can of money, fruit and vyetaHj s etc The letter from Ma jr 'ftlark.i M in part as follow. -It lias been our custom for vca? to m a free basket dinner to the pr.or at Christmas. We have concluded this year to deyote our energies, more particularly to the helping of poor mothers and children that coine to us through our day nursery..- and such aged an infirm as are known to us to be in . need. In addition to our basket dinner, we will give a Christ mas tree, clothing and new shoes to the little ones. Will you not be a sharer of our Christmas joy by con tributing as you may be able? Kina-, ly make all remittances payable to the volunteers of America and ad dressed to' Major J. F. Starks, 823 Pacific Street. The letter further states that all fruits andl vegetables will be handled gratis by the Railroad Companies and that the articles sent should be directed to the Maude Booth Home, 12 East Seventh St., Portland, Ore., as this is the name that the Railroad Co. has on its books for free trans portation. LOCAL LAD HOME ON FEW DAYS FURLOUGH Shirley Goodman, who is here on a furlough, is not from Puget Sound, but has been in the navy service for a year and a half, and In that time has made ten trips across the Atlan tic in the transport service. He be longs to the crew of the Great Nor thern, which docked at New York on November 19, and went Into dry dock for repair?. On the last trip over, the ship encountered some ob ject at sea about 2:30 in the morn ing, and following -a terrific explo sion, a great hole was torn in the sUe of the vessel, resulting in the death of ten men, who were instant ly killed, some of them being mangl ed badly, and In fifteen others being thrown into the sea by the concussion. These were also lost. Mr. Goodman Is due to report for duty aboard hit ship December 11, and will leave here for the east In affew days. - . PLANS BE PERFECTED FOR RED CROSS DRIVE A meeting of the various captains who will engineer the Red Cross drive for this county beginning De cember 16th will be held at the Dou glas county abstract office on Dec. 10th. The executive committee, of the ,local chapter, who are planning the membership drive, hope to enroll every man, woman and child on the Red Cross banner. The notifications of the meeting are being sent out to each captain In the county today and they are being advised1 that all annual memberships for the year 1918 expires in December at the time the new drive will take place. Since there Is as great a need as ever during the reconstruction period for the Red Cross organization. It is hoped that the response to this call will be met as generously as previous calls. . SEIZE CONTROL OF ' ' - Independent Socialists and Democrats Spread Propa ganda In Germany. A WARNING IS GIVN N'o Means Critical Enough To ' Last Until Next April Now Stored Away. - many and are now transmitting their propaganda and other news broad cast according to the Berlin Tage blatt. Chancellor Ebert and Herr Haase, on 'behalf of the government, has warned the press and declare that the government will not assume any responsibility for wireless infor mation being sent from Germany. . : . - Pood Conditions are Good. : ZUERICH,' Nov. 30. Food conditions'-in Germany ere by no means critical and urgent as Foreign Mini ster Solf would lead the! world to be lieve, according to information re ceived here. Germany . has food .enough to Inst until-Aprll if the army reserve stores are placed at the dis posal of the people. Since October these stores have not been touched. Attend fence Conference. WASHINGTON, 'Nov. 30. The re presentatives of the United States at the jieace conferences will be: President Wilson. ' :'.'.' I Robert Lansing. Secretary of State. Henry Whitey: former. Ambassador to France and Italy - '.V: -.; B.-'M. HouseA . 'V' -''' ''- General Tasker H. Bliss, represent ative of the American Armyf with the supreme War council at Versailles. No More Beer. ' WASHINGTON,. Nov: ' 30". The brewing of beer and! other malt bev erages stops at mldnlsht tonight fhrougout the country. ' BE HELD AT SALEM DECEMBER 13 District Attorney George Neunor today received from the Public Ser vice Commission . that a hearing would be held in Salem on the 13th of December, 1!)1S, concerning the Increase in the local exchange rates of the Pacific Telephone mid Tele graph Co.- At this time and place, the Commission advises that an op portunity will be afforded Interested parties to be heard. District Attor ney Neuner advises that all in the city who have complaints to enter with regard to the existing increased rate present them to the Commis sion at this time. There are indica tions In the city, that many .tele phones are to be taken out because or the exorbitant charge now demand ed by the telephone cimpany. This is especially true in the public offices where two or more phones are at present installed and It is found that une-will serve. BOXES FOR THE CON VALE3CING SOLDIERS Mrs. A. C. Marsters, who has just returned from Portland, was one of :i party of six ladles, who motored tJ Vancouver on Thanksgiving day to take 650 holiday boxes' to soldiers In the hospitals and convalescent wards there. These boxes, which were pre pared by the W. C. T. U. and the Jewish Womans' Council, of Port land, contained jelly, apples, raisins, candy aneV cake and Aire. Marsters says that the appreciation of the sick boys was very great. Mrs. MarsterB took Thanksgiving dinner in Port land with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Amadon. AT THE LIBERTY The Liberty Theatre Is offering a special attraction tonight In the per son of Chief Hailstorm, a Cherokee Indian, reared In Oklahoma and educated at Tahlequah, an Indian school In that state. Chief Hailstorm will give a lecture on his travels of the past four years, which took him Into Siberia, Japan, China and the Philllpincs. He is quite an -artist SUGAR INSTRUCTIONS, Instructions from the Food Administration, just received are . to the effect ' that .beginning on December 1, neither dealers or proprietor of public eating places are required to get cer- titlcates for the purchase of sugar, hut they can purchase sugar without certificates. , As to serving sugar in public eating places, the Quantity is still limited to four pounds for .ninety meals. -. Private consumers are also restricted to four pounds per person per month andl dealers should endeavor to see that this is done without further use Of the consumer s card. . These changes do not in any way enect tne price regulations which are still In force. .- .. . B. L. EDDY, . County Food Administrator. with the, bow and arrow, having at various times, shot an apple a la Wilhelm Tell, from the heads of the Mayors of Manilla,. San Francisco, Bakersfifleld and Fresno. He carries with him a scrap book with press notices and posters issued in the cities he has visited. Most of these posters are printed in Japanese, Rus sian and Chinese. Arrangements were made today for the removal, of the Roseburg Cafe teria from its present location to the adjoining building, . one door north of- its present quarters to the room formerly occupied by the Bee Hive Grocery. ' It is the intention of the proprietor, Mr. Warner, to enlarge the business to a considerable degree, and his new, : large ;:rooinv nnarttirs Will give him the opportunity to carry out nis plans. Tne remodeling of the interior of the building will be com menced at once1 and he expects to be open for business at the new quar ters by the 16th of Dwmnber.-"- -' TO Word has been received by Mrs. Frank LI 1 burn that her husband, Lieutenant Lilburn, is today released from service at Washington, D. C, where be baa been stationer in the quartermasters department for sever al weeks. Lieutenant Lilbtirii write? that release cards were sent around to all of the soldiers and those who were marled were given first relonso. Mrs. Lilburn leaves for Castle Rock tonight where she will visit with her parents until Friday. On that doy she will return to Portland to meet her husband. AT NEW YORK, Nov. 29. The staff of the Associated Press at the peace conference will be. made up as fol lows: Melville E. Stone, General Manager; Elmer Roberts, Chief of the Paris Bureau; Robert M. Collins, Chief of the London Bureau; Charles T. Thompson, CharleB E. Kloeber, Salvatore Cortesl, Chief or the Rome Bureau; L. C. Probert, Chief of the Washington Bureau; 8. B. Conger, rormer Chief of the Berlin Bureau; Edwin M. Hood, Robert Berry, F. B. Grundy, J. A. Bouman, Burge Mc Fall, James P. Howe, Philip M. Pow ers. Stuart Maroney, S. F. Wader and T. T. Topping. IHMiE 'OFFICERS KLKCTKI). At the regular meeting of Rising Star Lodge, No. 174, last evening the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: Foster Butner, N. 0.; A. C. Marsters, V. G.; Carl Oil man. Sec.; M. Fickle, Flu. Sec; A. Hunt, Treasu or. AT5W ARRIVAL AT MKLROHK. A fine seven and one-half pound boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Busenbark, at Melrose, last evening, and hereafter will take a leading nnrt of the conduct of af fairs at the Busenbark domicile. The mother and child are getting along nicely. HA BY ftlltL nimx. A baby, girl was born to Dr. and Mrs. Charles Hagar at their home on Deer Creek Friday evening, Novem ber 29. The mother and child are getting along nicely while the father of tho new arrival Is overjoyed. liLJFE ON THE BATTLE FIELDS OF FRANCE Cousin of H. B. Church Writes Interestingly of the . Great War. ' MAKES BRUTES OF ALL Mangled Forms and Dying Men So Common That Soldiers Soon Get Used to Awful Sight Sleep Under Cannon Fire. The following article, from an Ohio paper, written-by a cousin, of H. B. Church, of this city, is a splendid description of the soldier under lire: I have been at the front or mov ing Just behind the lines since July 16, and now I guess I look some thing of a soldier. Regarding my experiences. The thing I hate about this horrible war most is that the boys have to suffer, but I have grown used to those ter-. rthle wounds now and don't turn lalnt nor get sick at the sight of them, however, the suffering Is what sets ine, and I work among them Just because I want to help thein a little. How they do apipreoiate it too. They don't forget, and many times I run into a fellow who I have ministered to.' ' ' Life in France is truly one of strange and varied experiences, but I so much enjoy the life among the soldiei'B that I don't mind it at all. I could tell you of the dirt and filth, the wine and women over here, but T hnvn heroine used to that, it dosn't trot or bother me now. I eat all l r.nn vat nnrl lrann wall tn anltn nf thp manure piles in front of the houses ' nnd f'o unsanitary conditions in i general. : (i, ffWjfj Since I last wrbto you, we have moved into another sector and one of the most famous of all the battle fronts In France. . Here we are ready to go into action just hack of the lilies.: We"llfo- ainirt mud, rain and' cannon roar. It is picturesque and enthralling, and seems strange to me that one who has -been so .much of a peace advocate enticed! by the bloody thing. War makes brutes of us all ft so I find that 1 ami made of the snm stuff as all the rest." " - We are back In line of action again just one month from the day we went into action the last time. I wish i could tell you how.it looks, but If you will get some pictures of the deso lation of the war It will help you to see tills place. Town razed to the ground, only clumliis 'of stones and mortar, for the French build no frame buildings. This place has no green trees, only stumps and bleak and burned remnants shot full- of shell and shell holes aB thick as peas In a pod'. In fact there is no level ground for pitching a tent except the ground the engineers and labor battalions prepare for military roadn for the transportation of supplies and big guns. The shell holes vary in size and depth according to the size shell, and the ground looks like the top of a boiling kettle of apple butter. I see about here the famooiB German "pill hoxes" which are well made of concrete and from which they fought from commanding positions the ap proaching enemy. Even a direct hit from heavy guns hasn't destroyed many of them. Last night I went to sleep right In the midst of the big guns as they ronrcd. their defiance at the enemy. and Homctlmes In the night the bursting German shells caused a gas alarm to be sounded. I Bnt up In my bedding roll and put on my gas mask nnd luy down and went to Blecip, so you may know that I was tired. (Yesterday I traveled by the big guns to this place r-.ntf their ex plosions gave me the headache, but by night I was so tired, I could sleep anywhere.) All night long the ar tillery action was very heavy, nnd the alrplnnes. worked. I have seen eighty or ninety airplanes go over In escadrllle formation at one time. It was very pretty and graceful, the most attractive In fact of nil the war work, but the most dangerous ajso.' I could see thru my field glasses the beautifully painted nones and bodies of tho ships; on each was a number and 1 could make these out on some of them. I have a very fine pair of field glasses which a yonng fellow gave me to keep for him until he calls for them, or until he gots back from the base hospital. - He got them from a German captain. - This is ground once held by tho Teutons, and last evening I went. out across tho fields and saw the re mains, mostly bones and clothing of dead Cermans. It was a sight I shall not soon forget; the skulls lifted their bleak foreheads and countenances UP above the ground like specters to remind me of the In humanity of mankldd. I plucked and) enclose, some growing popples from the spot where the bones of a dead German lay. They are a faint reminder of the tonderness of our God and his laws to make the flowers grow where once hate and crime lurked In the breast of his human offspring. I hare no feeling that so many carry with them about this war., I still have a heart of pity and compassion. ... , , .' . . DORMITORY BURNKI). Escaping with only their night clothes by cutting the screen on the sleeping porch, thirteen girls and the matron of the girls' dormitory of the l'?ugene Hlble University, were forced out in the frosty air early Friday 'morning, when the building was de stroyed by fire. Nothing was saved except the light wearing alDParel that the. young ladles grobbed as they maaa a nasty exit from the building. The dormitory is a 14-room struc ture, newly furnished throughout, nnd was located In City Outlook ad dition In the southeastern part of the "'ly. The loss Is estimated at about 10,000, with. only small insurance on the uulldlng. . (By Associated Press.) ; ' NEW ROCHELLE, Nov. 30. Mrs. Beth Fairbanks won today an inter locutory decree 'of divorce from Dou glas Fairbanks, the popular movie actor. She was awarded the custody of their -only son and the testimony that was a dominant factor in secur ing the divorce referred to ' an' un known woman" correspondent.. THE ITALIAN ARDITI OF When you read of how the morale 1 of the Austrian soldiers was broken by the hammering of the guns of what is generally credited as. being the best artillery in the. world, of the feats performed -by airmen who were the first to fire bullets through the propellers of their machines, of men who sank dreadnaughts with tor pedoes fired! -from .frail -motor- boats you have not flnished'by any means with the story. For any narrative of the exploits of the Italians would be incomplete without ft' description of. the Ardltl --the terrible scourge of the trenches Whb fought, stripped to uie waist and whose only weapons were daggers. Thrilling accounts of the exploltB of the Ardltl have been brought to Chicago by Calptaln Charles E. , Mer rlam, who has Just returned from an eight month's sojourn In Italy as chairman of the Committee on Public Information. '. - i "These terrible fighting men actu ally had the whole Austrian Army shuddering," declared Captain Mer rlani. "I saw twenty-live of them de corated by the King of Italy,: One of these men actiually broke through the Austrian lines and fighting with Incredible fairy against a dozen men armed with rifles and revolvers suc ceeded in killing an Austrian General with his dagger. Although the Ar dltl set no great store on his life he succeeded in fighting himBelf free and returned to his own command. The AixMtt are like the "Blue DevllB" of France. But they standi alone as ex ponents of dagger fighting In trenches. There are 80,000 of them In Italy. They are the real shock troops of the Italians. Before every great charge they precode the main body of trool s and actually iplunged Into the trenches wielding daggers. "General Diaz Introduced me to a number of the Ardltl and they show ed us how they fought and gave in structions to the Americans who were fighting with the Italians. The Ar dltl expressed great admiration for the aptness of tne Americans who soon became experts at using the dagger. I RETURN'S FROM FRANCE. Marcus Haines, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Haines, of Elkton, return ed home on Wednesday of this week. The young soldier has been given a furlough to recover rrom severe wounds received while battling with the Huns at the Larrnlne front. For the .imt few weeks he has been at 8un Francisco. airy oordo.v knroutb homk. Mrs. Guy Gordon received a tele gram from her husband from Minne apolis, Sunday, saying that ho had been released from service nt Camp Taylor, Kontmcky, and would prob ably be In Portland today. . Mrs. Cordon and Mr. Cordon's sister, Mrs. J. Walsh, will leave for Portland tonight, where thoy will meot Mr. Cordon. Mr. Cordon took training at the first officers training school st the University of Oregon and at the conclusion of a months course there was transferred to Camp Tay lor, Kentucky, where he was attend ing an officer's training school pre paratory to securing a commission. Upon his return here, Mr. Cordon will again take up his duties' as As sessor at the county court house. FOR SMOOTH FAKIR One James Jones; Tries to .Put Over Automobile Deal In This City. HAS STOLEN -MACHINE Two Individuals In The Scheme, Both of Whom Have Now Gone Into - Hiding Officers Are Hot . i ' ;. On Their Tracks. i ' Faking a bill of sale for a Stu--debaker automobile company and' se curing a loan of $10.00 from Isadora Abraham, with whom he wan nego tiating the sale, of the maohlne, Is the charge against one James Jones, who has thus far eluded the search of tho local officials. Jones, accompanied by another fellow, who olalmed to be a discharg ed soldier, drove Into Roseburg from Portlandi on Wednesday evening and put up their car at the Rice Gurage. The machine was covered witn mud. The pair passed Thanksgiving dty in the elty and yesterday Jones ap proached Isadora Abraham and of fered to sell hlB car. Mr. Abrahams refused to buy, saying that, he did not want a StudebaJ-.r car. Jones Insisted, stating that he was hard up for cash and would make a - good offer to Mr. Abrahams. He said that he had been working for a Portland garage and that he was on hlB way to Callfiornla, where he was to be employed. He further stated that he was afraid to drive tho machine over the bad roads around Dunimulr.. - In addition, Jones produced ft bill of Bale of the machine from the Port land Garage and explained :tho fact that the car bore a Washington li cense by saying that the manager of the Portland Garage had purchased it In Vancouver. - In all, the story sounded" so plausible and the offer made by Jones was -so tempting, that Mr. 'Abraham decided repurchase the car. He turned the bill- of sale -over to hlsattorney, A. N. .Orcutt, together with the addross oi the Port land garage. 'Mr. Orcutt lh order to make a clear : title to'Jthe sale, called up..t.he Portland Address and' ft' wire came.back requestingthat Jones ' be arrested nt once as the car had been stolen In Portland. ." ' In the meantime, Jones had fra ternized) with E. L. Rice, the looal garage man, and by virtue of his hard luck story, Induced htm to loon him $ 16.00, giving aa security the name bill of sale which he presented ito Mr. Abraham. The machine is ' still at the- Garage, Waiting orders rrom rortinna. -, -i . . , Tho authorities t once got on tho trail of the man and have been close behind him several times. What be came of the "soldier"- Is a mystery YMORNI The local schools which were closed for last Wednesday by city hoalth officer Shoemaker, will be resumed Monday. The one day of quarantine, authorized by Doctor Shoemaker, coupled with the two regular Thanks giving holidays, gave a five day lapse f schools, during which time, all of the buildings In the town have been . thoroughly fumigated and dlslnfect odi Superintendent Aubrey G. Smith plans to disinfect every school room In the city dally during the existing epidemic. Cases of "Flu" reported to the county and city health officers ire at a minimum, now, only one or two cases ajjpearlng daily, and these are of a mild nature. El A large shipment of French mail arrived In Roseburg today andl prac tically every one interested received letters from the boys over there. Most at the letters bear dates of the latter part of October. J. E. McCUntock, ' received one froni John McCllmock, dated the ninth of November. John, however, is at Bordeaux, where the mail service is better than It is far ther inland. Nearly all of the Rose burg boys are either In the trenches or close to them and this would ac count for the later dntings of their letters. - Mrs. Frank Lilburn today received a. letter from her brother, Steelo Morehead, who Is somewhere in France, having arrived' overseas Oc tober 2nd. The letter was written November first and stated that ho was In good health as was Hnrlo Booth, who Is In the same compauy.