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PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL. 12, 1912.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PHONE PROFANITY
GENERAL GRANT
HORDE OF HOBOS
DECLARE
HILL HAILS TAR AS
$500,000 MADE BY
DELEGATES RIOT;
PRE-EMPTS HOTEL
BRINGS SENTENCE
B. RTKXDER MIST PASS SIX
MONTHS IX JAIL.
SPOKANE CITIZENS
DIES SUDDENLY
NOT GUILTY
MAN OF PROGRESS
OWXETt OF VACATED BUILDING
FINDS 200 OCCUPANTS.
GRAXBY SMELTER STOCK IP
$13 A SHAKE.
JURYMEN
IKS
MILITIA IS CALLED
Michigan Convention
' Ends irr Uproar.
FREE FOR AIL FIGHT ENSUES
Taft and T. R. Forces Battle
at Doors of Armory.
TWO DELEGATIONS CHOSEN
Ciorrrnor Send National Guard to
Pro! ret Colonel's Interests Fo
lic at Bay City Aid President's
Cause Result Contested,
BAL CITT. Mich.. April 11. tfpe
rlal.) With National Ouird and police
attempting to maintain order. Taft
and Roosevelt delegates to the state
Jiepnbllean convention fought out their
Wu-e today and rarh faction eleetel
sis delegates at large to the National
convention.
Purine the riotous scene at the door
of the Armory, preceding the admission
of the delegates to the hall. ex-Senator
BeverMge. of Indiana. Mood on a door
step across the street In the suite of
a spectator.
Mllltla alle4
The Taft forces last night stationed
St assistant nergeants-at-arms In the
Armory to prevent the meeting place
of the convention being seized by
Koosevelt men. When Chairman Knox
learned this he telegraphed Governor
Osbom to call out the local company of
National Guards, ostensibly to guard
the Armory from damage in case of
riot. but. aa the Taft men contended,
to prevent the Taft forces organizing
t!ie convention.
When the President's supportcra ar
rived from tetrolt they found the
doors locked, the Roosevelt delegates
massed in front ready to rush the ball
tlie niomvit the doors were opened and
National Guard patrolling the Interior.
State t'assnaitte Admit tea.
The Roosevelt delegates held the
Armory until noon. Finally they
creed toj admit the members of the
State committee to the halt The latter
once Inside proceeded to the platform
nd demanded that Chairman Knox
call the committee to order. Knox re
fused and Secretary King acted In hia
stead. Knox showed that the meeting
nil Illegal because only the chairman
had a right to preside. But the Taft
men proceeded to business. The com
mittee Instructed the seargeant-at-arms
to admit none but delegates hold
ing tickets signed by Secretary King.
Koosevelt men made a rush aa soon
m the doors were opened. Policemen
hurled them back, while the sergeant-at-arms
examined tickets. White ttck
etc. the Roosevelt credentials. were
Jield by scores of persons, some of
hnm were so determined to force an
entrance that they had to be thrown
out bodily.
Raaaevelt Meat Have Red Tlrkela.
Nearly 400 Roosevelt delegates held
- red tickets as well as white and got
Into the hall. Chairman Knox and Sec
retary King both began to yell for the
convention to come to order.
W. D. Gordon, of Midland, sprang
over the press tables to the platform.
Hardly had he- set foot thereon when
he was grabbed by Jack Cremer. a
Tsft supporter, and thrown off th
platform. Gordon landed on hla bark
on top of several newspapermen, busily
writing, and fell from the table to the
floor, striking on his hea'l. In an in
stant a doxen Roosevelt men sprang
upon Cremer. In another Instant t
gang of ('renter's friends rushed ti his
aid. Then, as the fists were flyln. the
policemen bore down and restored or
der with tiielr clubs. Two large po
licemen stood guard over Beveridge.
who had been swept from hla seat dur
ing tlie fight.
When order was restored, two con
ventions were In progress. Both fac
tions had a cut and dried programme.
Credentials Cewsaltte Maat Dralde.
As a result the credentials commit
tee of the Republican National con
vention will be required to determine
whether alx Taft delegates at large or
an equal number of Roosevelt delegates
from Michigan shall be seated.
Taft leadera said tonight the seat
ing of the six delegatee-at-large would
make no difference In the Michigan
state delegation. In that the various
district conventions had named more
than euogfi delegates to make , certain
the vote of the Michigan delegation for
Taft.
The Michigan delegates named today,
sfter the Roosevelt men had left the
armory, follow:
John D. McKay. Detroit; W. It Rich
ards. Crystal Falls: George B. Morley.
Saginaw; Fred A. Dlgglns. Cadillac;
Kugene Flfleld. Bay City, and William
Jackson. Grand Rapids.
Rsssevelt Delegates .assed.
The Roosevelt delegates named be
! fore the convention broke up In a row
I were as follows:
Governor O'borne. Charles Nichols.
, Iwtroit: s8 brantyW'eeliu!. Grand Rsp
( .-; II. F. IioiShey. Traverse City:
Tnroire Joslyn. Adrian: V. I. Gor-
,J..n. Midland.
After today's sensational fight on
icfiilti'lnl wa Tas 2. J
Court .l-n Impocj fine of SI 00 on
Ednard Murphy lor Swearing
at Girl Operators.
For swearing over the telephone at
girl operators. Edward Murphy, a bar.
tender, was aentenced to Imprisonment
for six months and to pay a fine of
$100. In Justice Olson's court yester
day. This was the first complaint and
the first conviction under the new
statute, which makea the public use
of profane or Indecent language "Vag
rancy, and the sentence Imposed was
the maximum provided by the law.
Murphy took an appeal.
Continued offenses for more than a
week preceded the arrest, which was
effected through the use of Instru
ments at the exchange to determine
what telephone the conversation wni
coming from. While an operator held
Murphy In conversation, the police
were notified and hastened to the given
address, where they arrested Murphy.
At the trial he admitted making the
calls, but denied that he had used any
Improper language.
Patrolman Evans testified how the
defendant had abused him on the way
to the atatlon, "but." said the officer.
"I get 1100 a month for that."
"You do not get $100 a month for
that." interjected the court with
warmth. "I Just wish that I were
Chief of Tolice. I would instruct my
men that they were no more obliged
than any other citizens to submit to
the abuse of drunken rowdies, and have
full right to protect themselves by
such means as seem necessary."
The court also denounced Murphy In
the strongest terms for what It termed
his cowardly and brutal act.
CONVICTS VIE FOR PENNANT
White Prisoners With Collegian as
Coach Expect to Down Blacks.
I.KAVF. NTS'ORT H, Kaa.. April 11.
The Federal prison baseball season
will nnen here In a few days. The
team composed of white prisoners has
been trained by EL J. Ryan, a gradu
ate of the fniversltr of Michigan and
formerly a football and baseball coach.
Therefore the white team expects to
vanquish the negro nine and win the
prison pennant.
r? van warms un hia players with the
enthusiasm of his college days. After
the squad tosses the ball for half an
hour he announces:
-rh. next stunt Is a little practice
-.i- TJneun here. Get off quick
and run bard ten yards. Now we
will run around the yard twice. - it
you can't run. walk, but don't quit."
After this exercise the prisoners go
k.v m their tasks gladly, all con
vinced that college baseball and
coaches are not aa easy aa they appear
to be.
COOK DEFENDS HIS ACT
Japanese Sajs Ho Killed Soliooner
Captain In Self-Defence.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 11 S. Okuba
the Japanese cook who killed Karl
Hen son. roanter of the schooner Ameri
cana, on January I" last, was arraigned
In court here today charged with mur
der. The schooner, which was only i0
nil lee north of the equator when the
shooting was done arrived here yester
day with Okuba In irons.
A statement dictated by him to I'tin
nittmeter. the cabin boy. was read In
court In It Okuba says he shot in
self-defense after the, captain had ac
cused him of wasting the ship's stores,
h.-id threatened him with arrest, lashed
him with vile names, and laid hands
on him with sufficient violence to tear
his shirt. The cabin boy confirms -the
statement.
MANUFACTURERS TO SHOW
Ills Exhibit Will Be Made In Albany
Armory April l-2o.
ALBANY. Or.. April 11. (Special. I
The Albany Manufacturer's Kxposltlon.
which will be held In the Armory In
this city April 18 to 20. is attracting
wide attention throughout Linn County
and the state and a record breaking at
tendance Is anticipated.
The entire floor spare of the Armory
has been applied for by manufacturers.
One local flour firm has offered
handsome prises for braad and biscuits
baked with their brand of flour.
Speakers from Portland. Salem. Cor
vnllis. and other valley points will
participate.
SNOWFALL COMING NORTH
Storm in California, and Southern
Oregon Gaining In Korcc.
ItKDDING. Cat. April 11. Snow be-
j gan falling at Kennet, Cal.. early today
and the storm la proceeaing norinwara.
Three Inches of snow fell at Dunsmutr.
six Inches at Weed, three inches at Sis
kiyou, six Inches at Klamath Falls and
li at Deadwoodt ,
The barometer is low and more snow
Is predicted.
SENATE RETAINS CAVALRY
Hou Proposal to Reduce Force to
Ten Regiments Defeated.
WASHINGTON. April 11. The Sen
ate today knocked out the House pro
posal to reduce the cavalry from IS
regiments to 10. Senator Williams sup
ported the reduction, but Senators
Warren. Martina, Thornton, and Du
pont contended for retaining the li
regiments.
Greatest Since Lincoln
Orator's Estimate.
MARION COUNTY APPLAUDS
Executive's Policies Said to Be
on Sane Lines.
TARIFF. STAND TS PRAISED
Speaker at Salem Meeting Declares
Attitude of President Won for
Country Tariff Board T. K."6
Record Is Contrasted.
SALEM. Or.. April 1 1. (Special.)
Hailing William Howard Taft ss the
"greatest progressive that has ever rep
resented thla Nation since the days of
Abraham Lincoln." rr. John Wesley
Hill, of New Tork. president of tlie In
ternational Peace Forum and a man
of International prominence as well,
put before a splendidly representative
audience of Marlon County voters to
night vital Issues which affect the
Presidential campaign, and fired the
heaviest gun of the campaign In this
section so far for the re-election of
Mr. Taft.
It has been a praetl-liy foregone
conclusion that Marlon County will pile
high the vote In. the Taft column at
the Presidential preference primary.
Tonight the Impression Is all the
stronger following the visit and the
eloquent appeal of Dr. HI1L
Dr. Hill was greeted at the Marion
Hotel by a large number of Republican
leaders, where, headed by the Salem
band, a parade was formed which es
corted him to the Grand Opera-House.
Repeated Applause Greets Speaker.
His speech was of a caliber which
would Indicate him as a representa
tive of William Howard Taft. It was
received with repeated applause and
was strong throughout.
"The progress of President Taft Is
the progress of thought and not of
kctlon." declared Dr. Hill.
Decrying the attitude of certain ele
ments which are at work today, he
deprecated what he branded as "Sub
stituting the red flag for the stars and
stripe."
"William Howard Taft, President of
the United States. Is a progressive of
the type that carries the past with him
as he moves forward, carries it as
the building grows from its founda
tion. He Is not of the type that looks
forward Into a chaotic future and sails
Into a storm with no anchor to which
to tic. He is not of the type that has
altogether forgotten the declaration of
Independence, the Constitution of the
United States and deeds of our fore
fathers. While he looks forward he
also keeps In mind the Magna Charta."
(Concluded " Pace 6.
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BOUENE'S ABSENTEE SYSTEM.
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t J&i if -THEK our TO jffcTX' I ' t
Half Million Said -to Have Ilecn
Cleared by Several Capitalists
in Two Pays.
SPOKANE. Waab.. April 11. (Spe
cial.) Capitalists of Spokane and the
Immediate vicinity are estimated to be
1500,000 richer than they were two days
ago as the result of the advance in
the price of Granby Smelter stock .Wed
nesday and today.
Tuesday the stock wms valued at $43
a ahare. Today It sold on the Spokane
market at 5 a share and In Boston at
158, the advance being more than $13
a share. The big smelter Is capital
ized at $15,000,000. there being 160.000
shares, with a par value of $100 a
share. t
More than 25 per cent of this stork
Is held in Spokane and vicinity by Jay
f Graves and his friends, among whom
are A. L. White and Waldo G. Paine.
Mr. Graves Is vice-president and gen
eral manager of the company and own
er of many thousands of shares, and
both White and Paine are reported to
have holdings that will run up into the
thousands of shares.
CORN FINDS NO MARKET
Washington Refne to Pay for
Sock-Poisoned Chilblain.
OLYMTIA. Wash.. April 11. (Spe
cial. 1 Compensation for an Infected
chilblain la desired by Charles Maky,
of Melbourne, who has presented a
claim to the Industrial Insurance Com
mission. Upon Investigating it was found that
the injury was not received as a result
of an accident, but that the claimant
had used a razor upon tha sore, and
had then placed an old sock around his
foot, all of which did not assist the
chilblain to heal.
The claim will be rejected.
MACHINERY COMPANY SUED
Canadian Concern Charges It Was
Driven From United States.
BOSTON. April 11. A $2,000,000 suit
was filed today against the I'nlted
Shoe Machinery Company by the
Duplessis Independent Shoe Machinery
Company. Limited, of Canada, for an
alleged violation of the Sherman anti
trust, law. " The Duplessis Company
alleged that It wr'oYiven out of tha
United, Btatee by' the United Shoe
Machinery Company.
Two other similar suits are pending
against the shoe machinery company,
the three amounting to $5,000,000.
EDDY HOME UNDER HAMMER
Sale .Advertised, Because Executor
Protests High Taxes.
CONCORD, N. H.. April 11. Because
of unpaid taxes. Pleasant View, the
Concord home of Mrs. Baker O. Eddy,
founder of the Christian Science de
nomination, is advertised to be sold on
May 23. Mrs. Eddy lived many years
at Pleasant View and it was there
that many of her books were written.
The proposed sale comes about be-
Ivddy executors, refused to pay the
taxes, saying tne levy oi
too high.
Midnight News Takes
City by Surprise.
ILLNESS IS NOT SUSPECTED
Confusion Follows First Hur
ried Calls for Aid.
HEART TROUBLE IS CAUSE
New York First Skeptical, Because
Son of Famous General Was Not
Known to Be In City.
Keccnt Health Good.
NEW TORK. April 12 Major-General
Frederick D. Grant, Son of the fa
mous General of the Civil War and
himself commander of the Kast. died
at the Hotel Buckingham, in this city,
about 12:40- o'clock this (Friday) morn
ing. Between 9 and 10 o'clock last night
General Grant was brought to the
Buckingham from St. Luke's Hospital.
He was accompanied by Lieutenant
Howso, from Governors Island, and
General Grant's wife. He was attend
ed by Dr. Robert Abbey and Dr. Ed
ward B. Bench. The cause of the Gen
eral's demise was not made known
when word of his death was sent to
the hotel desk.
Nevrs Shock New York.
The news flashed from the apart
ments of General Grant sent a shock
through the city such as that which
startled the whole country upon the
death of his father 27 years ago.
The news was far more sudden. It
came less than an hour after the first
alarm had been sounded that General
Grant was seriously 111. The alarm it
self had come before it had been gen
erally learned that General Grant was
in the city, as hia presence here had
been kept a secret.
"Get a physician, the General Is
dying'
" 'Alarm Sent Hurriedly.
This telephone message at the night
desk of the Buckingham at 11:30 o'clock
last night was the first news.
A bellboy was dispatched to the of
fice of Dr. Abbey, near by, but "the
physician was not there. Mrs. Grant
was not informed, and, chafing at the
delay, she cried back hysterically:
"Get an ambulance; get anybody."
The alarm was sent to police head
quarters, from which an ambulance
was dispatched. Calls were put In at
random also for physicians In the Fifth
Avenue district and within a few min
utes two had responded.
Death Cornea at 'Midnight.
When the ambulance arrived, within
four minutes of the alarm, it was said
that General Grant probably was dy
ing. He was in too dangerous a con-
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HcteroRencons Body of Foreijrners
Play Billiards, Cook and Sleep
In Free Quarters.
OAKLAND, Cal., April 11. (Special.)
When H. H. Hare, Secretary of the
American Hotel, Second and Jackson
streets, passed the place thla after
noon he was surprised to see signs of
life in the big three-story structure
which was vacated some months ago.
He investigated, his wonderment in
creasing when he found almost every
room in the house occupied, the kitchen
sending forth odors of fried meats and
hot coffee, and the billiard rooms re
sounding to the clicking ivories.
Hare hastened to the Central Police
Station, where he informed Captain
of Police Lynch that several hundred
Industrial Workers of the World had
taken possession of the hotel and re
fused to leave.
Lynch, accompanied by a squad of po
lice, rushed to the scene in the de
partment automobile. They found the
place occupied by 200 Mexicans. Fili
pinos. Porta RIcans and Malays, all
members of the Independent Salmon
Packers' Association now striking for
higher wages.
Through several of the spokesmen and
leaders of the horde, the police
learned that the army was on its way
from Los Angeles to Alaska and had
been stopping in the hotel for several
days past. One hundred more men are
expected tomorrow. Hare objected
strongly to his hotel being occupied
without his permission. The police
will attempt to clear the building to
morrow.
STAGE LEAP SCARES CO-ED
None Found to Jump Over Gate in
College Play at .Seattle.
UNIVERSITT OF WASHINGTON
Seattle. April 11. (Special.) Al
though there are husky hammer throw
ers. shot putters, baseball twlrlers and
sprinters among Washington coeds,
Professor J. C. Herbsman cannot secure
a single girl who is willing to jump
over a three-foot gate In the Junior
play, Pinero's "Amazons," which will
be produced here May 2 by the third
year men and women.
In the first act of the play one of
the actresses must jump over the gate
me'rely to carry out the character, but,
although the Washington women are
noted for their prowess on track and
fjeld, no ..one who can do the "leap"
gracefully on the stage has yet been
found. .What the professor wants Is
a graceful, lithe, little leaper, with
some histrionic talent.
CURFEW HOUR CHANGED
Salem Mayor Signs Amended Ordl
nance Despite Protests.
SALEM. Or.. April 11. (Special.)
Mayor Lachmund today, affixed his
signature to the curfew ordinance as
amended by the City Council, providing
that no children under 18 years of age
shall be on the streets unless accom
panied by parents or guardians after
9 o'clock in the evening during the
Winter, and 10 o'clock during the
Summer.
Protest was made by the Municipal
Improvement League against this
amended ordinance which provides for
later hours than were -desired by the
League, but it Is understood reprf.sen
tatives of the League finally acquiesced
in the change and agreed to protest
against the Mayor's signing the ordi
nance. The ordinance also provides for a
special .Juvenile officer to make It his
business to locate violators.
TOWN GRANTS MORE TIME
McMlnnville Keaelics Agreement
With Oregon Electric Line.
MMINNVILLE, Or.. April 11. (Spe
cial.) The question of extending the
time for completion of the Oregon
Electric line proposed for this city was
considered and adjusted in favor of
the company at a meeting of the City
Council here this week. The time was
extended to Juiy 15. 1913, at which
time the tracks must be laid the full
length of McMlnnville north and south
on B street.
Charles H. Carey, attorney for the
company, attended the meeting and ex
pressed the opinion that work would
start on the new line from Tualatin
as soon as the Eugene branch is com
pleted. Mr. Carey declared that the
extension of the time of the franchise
does not mean that the company will
not finish its work before the expira
tion of the period. He said it is the In
tention to have the Eugene branch
finished In time to accommodate pas
sengers to Portland for the Rose Festi
val in June.
CATTLE THIEF CONVICTED
Albert Pixler Found Guilty of Tak
ing Cattle From Reservation.
PENDLETON, Or., April 11. (Spe
cial.) After being acquitted less than
14 hours ago on the first count of one
of five separate indictments against
him, Albert Pixler, paroled from Oregon
Penitentiary last Fall, where he was
serving a five-year sentence, was to
night late found guilty of having stolen
a large band of cattle from the Uma
tilla Reservation during March last.
Pixler was tried on second count to
day after his verdict on the first count
had been returned, and the second
Jury was out about four hours. Pixler
is regarded as one of the cleverest
horse thieves in the Northwest and
has always given the authorities much
trouble in running him down.
Self Defense Evidence
Wins Victory.
CROWD YELLS ITS APPROVAL
Prisoner's Wife and Children
Weep for Joy.
FAMILY REUNION FOLLOWS
Man Accused of First-Degree Mur
der. for Killing V. A. 'XVortiiian,
Takes Vp Duties at Ma
chine Shop Today.
Not guilty was the verdict returned
at 4:53 yesterday afternoon in the case
of the state against Burt Hicks, owner
of an open-shop machine shop, who
was indicted for murder in the first
degree for the killing of William A.
Worlman, a striking machinist and
picketer. The Jury wts out from 10:39
in the morning, but took two hours off
for lunch.
The tragedy occurred in the entrance
of the store of W. H. Markell & Co., on
East Morrison street, between Union
and Grand avenues, about 5:30 on the
afternoon of November 2, 1911. Hicks
had been in the County Jail from that
time till yesterday afternoon.
The verdict of the jury was received
with wild cries of approval from all
sections of the courtroom. The defend
ant received it with tears streaming
down his face. Mrs. Hicks threw her
self quietly on his shoulder and sobbed
inaudlbly, looking up in a minute with
a radiant smile. Llllie B. Hicks, aged
27, the accused man's oldest daughter,
wept silently for a brief time, but was
soon drying her tears to participate 1n
the general celebration. Elizabeth
and Helen, the defendant's two young
est daughters, threw themselves into
his arms with cries of "Oh, papa," and
each received a kiss and a paternal pat.
Everybody Shakes 'Bands.
Everybody shook hands with every
body else. There was a rush to be the
first to congratulate the defendant. Af
ter greeting his friends he advanced to
meet the Jurors filing from their box
and to each he gave a fervent hand
shake and a word of thanks. Mrs.
Hicks and Miss Lillle B. Hicks followed
his example, wrlnklng the hands of the
Jurors with great enthusiasm and bub
bling expressions of thanks.
Radiant smiles were visible on the
countenances of the attorneys for the '
defense, Dan J. Malarkey, John F. Lo
gan, Chris A. Bell and John H. Steven
son. They modestly refused to accept
praise when congratulations were
thrust upon them.
The expression of Mr. Bell to Mrs.
Hicks, "I am sorry that we could not
have done it sooner. It's really too bad
that he had to spend more than five
months in Jail," was characteristic of
their general attitude. John F. Logan
strove to execute a Jig on the court
room floor, but pronounced himself a
failure at the tcrpsichorean art. The
face of Dan Malarkey bore the smile
characteristic with him when his cause
has triumphed. Mr. Stevenson, who Is
a candidate for delegate to the Demo
cratic convention, quietly murmured
his campaign slogan, "The people's
choice is my choice."
Knmlly Heunlon Held.
Mr. Hicks went back upstairs to the
jail to get his hat and other articles
belonging to him. He reappeared
with a lighted cigar in' his mouth and
the hat set at a Jaunty and Jubilant an
gle. His employes crowded around
him to offer congratulations and there
was a regular family reunion.
The Hicks family sat down to have a
picture taken. Then they went down
stairs and out Into the open on the
Fourth-street side of the Courthouse,
where a big seven-passenger car, be
longing to Captain O. W. Hosford, one
of the defendant's faithful and closest
friends, was waiting. All were bun
dled in and the automobile got under
way amid cheers.
'Suppose we'll see you back at the
machine shop tomorrow?" someone ob
served to Mr. Hicks as the members of
the party were settling themselves In
the machine.
'You bet you will, and I'll be mighty
glad to get back," he answered.
None of the attorneys for the state. W.
M. Davis and John A. Jeffrey, special
prosecutors employed by the labor
unions, or Deputy District Attorney
Fitzgerald, was present when the ver
dict was brought In. Not one of them
was visible around the courtroom after
the Jury retired. Their absence was
made the occasion for several good-
natured and jocular remarks after the
decision of the Jury was made known.
Many Friends Greet Hicks.
There was too much Joy among those
most interested in the outcome to per
mit of venom. All the close relatives
and many of the personal friends of
Hicks were present and his arm be
came tired before all had finished show
ering their congratulations. As he
wended his , way from the courtroom
they crowded around him like a group
of school children let loose for the
Summer vacation.
Within ten minutes janitors were at
work cleaning up the courtroom, which
had been the scene of the longest and
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