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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1910.
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WEZLER, IN TEARS,
GREEN FORTUNE TO
FALL TO DAUGHTER
DBflDCPTV CCPflHin SCHISM CONFRONTS
S
AVIATOR DRIVEN
DOWN BY COLD AIR
M'KINLEY'S CREST
GOAL OF CUMBERS
l If Ui lii 1 1 uluuiiu, CHICAGO MESSIAH
SAYS ROOSEVELT
COMES WITH HILL
TELLS OF
5IKS. SYLVIA ASTOR WILKES TO
COXTROIi $50,000,000.
FORCE THREATENED TO PRE
VENT HIS AN N O CXCEMEXT.
EFFORT TO FIST LENGTH OF
ENGLAND IS FOILED.
MORGAN
BANKER
MURDER
Woman-Slayer 'Makes
Full Confession.
SHERIFF SECURES HIS STORY
tprosecuting Attorney Also Lis
tens to Tale of Crime.
ANGER MAKES HIM KILL
:rrisoner Says He Talked for Hour
With Mothcr-ln-Law In Effort to
Persuade Her to Aid Hlmjn
Getting His Children.
TACOMA, Wash., April 23. (Special.)
Charles J. "Wezler, the Portland
novelty advertising solicitor," captured
In San Francisco and brought here to
answer for the brutal murder of Mrs.
Frederlcka Schulz, of this city, today
made a complete confession to Sheriff
Thomas N. Morris and Prosecuting At
V torney J. I McMurray.
Mrs. Schulz. mother of Wezler's di
vorced wife, was shot to death April 4
on a lonely country road leading from
Oig Harbor to a sister's home near
Artondale, whither Mrs. Schulz had
been lured by a fake letter sent her
by Wezler. Her body was found a
week ago last Sunday by a posse of
Deputy Sheriffs and bloodhounds.
Suspicion was at once directed by
the family to Wezler. Through his
latest affinity, Mrs. Lottie Freeman, he
was arrested.
Prisoner Weaps ou He Talks.
Weeping hysterically while he talked,
TWezler Insisted today that he did not
Intend to kill Mrs. Schulz. The family,
- lie said, had threatened his life if he
came to their house. He says he sent
the decoy letter only to get Mrs.
Schulz out where he could talk with
fcer in safety, and that he wanted her
to bring her daughter Emma long, be
lieving Emma's good influence would
' help persuade the mother to aid him to
recover his two children. '
He walked aling the road a mile or
rnore talking with Mrs. Schulz. Wez
ler says she demanded he pay his di
vorced wife 3000 alimony and that
then everything would be all right,
otherwise his wife was going to Alaska
end Mrs. Schulz was going to take the
chclldren. When she refused to recede
. or ague further, he says he lost all
control of himself, drew the revolver
end shot her
"Wezler 's Own StoryGlven.
t
Wezlers story is best told in his own
ftvords St the confession. He said:
"Louise Schulz and I were married in
J 900, We eloped together. She had
been married before to a Mr. Sampson
nnd we had lived together until a
nonth before our first child was born.
Then she asked me to marry her and
5 felt it my duty as a man to marry
Ringer Hermann is same
rtsls In Disease Kxpected Today by
1 Attending Physician.
ROSEBURG, Or., April 23. (Special.)
Binger Hermanns condition continues
ibout the same as last night according
flo a bulletin issued by Dr. If. L. Miller.
She attending physician, late today.
Early this morning he showed evidence
g)t Improvement, conversing with memp
I bens of his family for the first time in
Several days. This encouraging symptom
tras offset later in the day, however, by
swelling about the spleen and limbs,
fchich the physician considers dangerous.
Dr. Miller says a change for either
Bie better or worse will probably take
lace tomorrow, which is the ninth day
t his illness.
The Hermann home was unusually
ulet today. All persons with the ex
ception of physicians and immediate
jhembers of the family were refused admittance.
4fm
The Tuft Smile Back Asain.
Mother, Falling in Heatlh, Will
Shortly Retire, Is Report, and
Leave Work to Another.
NEW "FORK. April 23. (Special.) Mrs.
Hetty Green, celebrated for years as th9
richest and shrewdest business woman
in the world, will soon retire from active
business life, it in understood, and will
turn over the handling of her immense
fortune, estimated at $50,000,000, to her
daughter, Sylvia, now Mrs. Sylvia Astor
Wilkes.
For months it has been rumored that
Mrs. Green's health is falling, and these
rumors have been partially substantiated,
during the last few weeks toy the irregu
larity of the aged woman's visits to her
office in the Chemical National Bank,
and. her feeble appearance when she
does appear there.
Among the few persons in close touch
with Mrs. Green, it is understood, that
for years she has been quietly training
her daughter to manage her immense
fortune, and that since her daughter's
marriage to Mr. Wilkes, with its accom
panying possibilities of an heir, this train
ing has been Increased.
It is reported that the transfer of
active control of Mrs. Green's millions
to her daughter for management is only
a question of a few weeks at most
One of Mrs. Green's greatest disap
pointments in life, it is said, has been
the non-inclination of her son. Edward
H. R. Green, who lives in Texts, to
become as famous a financier as ( her
self. At one time she put $30,000,000 into
Southwestern railroads for her son, so
that he might become a railroad
magnate.
GIRLS FAVOR SANE FOURTH
Boys Outvoted on Question- in Sew
.Jersey School.
BLOOMFTELD, N. -T-, April 23. The pu
pils of the public schools here have voted
by a majority of 106 to abolish fireworks,
firecrackers and other noteemakers on
July 4. Most of the girl students voted
for a sane Fourth and their votes carried
the day, although there was strong oppo
sition among the boys.
MONTCLA1R. N. J., April 23. The vote
of the Montclalr school children on the
question of a noiseless Fourth of July will
not be taken until the subject has been
thoroughly discussed and gone over from
all points of view. All the English classes
in the high school will debate the ques
tion next week and similar debates are to
be held In the grammar schools. The vote
will be taken within a fortnight. A secret
ballot, similar in form to that used in
state elections, has been prepared for the
occasion.
M'MINNVILLE LAND RICH
Ohioan Pays $600 an Acre for
. Four-Yea r-Old Orchard.
M'MINNVILLE, Or., April 23. (Spe
cial.) An apple grower from Ohio, Mr.
Cox, has Just purchased the 20-acre
apple orchard of Dr. W. H. Boyd, of
Portland, the property being situated
half a mile from this city, at a price
of $12,000, or $600 an acre.
The orchard was planted four years
ago and comprises Baldwins, Jona
thans,' Rome Beauties and Spitzenbergs.
It is part of a tract extending from the
city limits northwestward to the Judge
Galloway orchard, five miles out, a con
siderable portion of which Is set to
orchard. This is- the highest figure
ever quoted for trees of this age in
this section.
Mr. Cox intends to build1 on the tract
and make his home here.
HAYES DIES FROM WOUND
End Comes to Wealthy Cattleman
Indicted as Partner's Slayer.
ELGIN. Kae., April 23. Eugene
Hayes, a wealthy cattleman, well
known "In the Southwest, died today of
wounds received on April 9, when he
was shot by Amos Hays, near Paw
huska, Okla.
Eugene Hayes was under indictment
In Kansas for killing his business
partner, Edward Hays, a half brother
of Amos Hays. Eugene Hayes was not
relate 1 to the other two.
Alaskan Candidates Considered.
WASHINGTON, April-23. The fol
lowing nominations were sent to the
Senate today:
To be United States Attorney John
Rustgard, division No. 1, of Alaska.
To be United States Marshal Her
bert L. Faulkner, division No. 1, of
Alaska.
HARRY MURPHY OFFERS MORE PICTORIAL CHRONICLES OF SEVERAL INTERESTING CURRENT EVENTS
h. with )cha that's justs deadly nm. rpr-sf.
J11 TiT Mm f rail m&kc,
Another Yictiui of Reform.
"'S
Sorbor e Address Puts
HumaVRights First.
Vr - v
COMMON VUES EXTOLLED
Event Is "Crowning of Career
as Man of Letters."
REPUBLIC YET ON TRIAL
Citizen's Duty Is to Be Virile as
Well as Virtuous Timid Good
Man of Relatively Small
Value, Speaker Finds.
PARIS, April 23. To use Colonel Roose
velt's own words, today marked the
crowning of -his career as a man of
letters.
From noon until midnight he was the
guest of intellectual Paris, participating
as a member at a sessioin of the French
Academy, delivering a lecture at the 9or
bonne, which, as he said, was the fore
most seat of learning in Europe before
America was discovered, and remaining
as the guest of the faculty for dinner and
the grand reception given by the univer
sitiy in his honor.
Roth Receptions Impressive.
Colonel Roosevelt's reception at the In
stitute and that at the Sorbonne were
equally Impressive, but in a different way.
At the former he was introduced merely
as a member, and he took a seat among
his distinguished conferees, most of whom
have grown old in the service of science.
After listening to the words of M. Bou
troux, the president of the Academy of
Moral and Political Sciences, who spoke
eloquently of American ideals and char
acter, of which he said Theodore Roose
velt was the' best exponent, the ex-President
replied in French, his utterances
arousing his venerable colleagues to un
wonted applause.
Crowd Applauds Effusively.
At the Sorbonne no attempt was made
to restrain the demonstrations. The fa
cade bristled with American and French
flags. Within the building enthusiasm
was unbpunded, the vast crowd in the
amphitheater interrupting again and again
with storms of applause as the speaker
defined the duties of individual citizenship
in a Republic, scoring great sluggards,
cynics and idle rich, and preaching the
gospel of work, character and the stren
uous life.
Several times he Interjected observa
tions in French and after he had de
fined his attitude on the subject of
human rights and property rights he
repeated thl sin French, saying that
it constituted the crux of what, he had
said, and he desired everyone to un
derstand him.
Property Secondary Consideration.
His words in this connection were:
"My position as regards the moneyed
interests can be put into few words.
In every civilized society property
rights must be carefully safeguarded.
Ordinarily "and in the great majority
of cases human rights and property
rights are fundamental and in the long
run identical. Rut when it clearly ap
pears that there is real conflict be
tween them, human rights must have
the upper hand, for property belongs
to man and not man to property."
- He made his auditors clearly realize
that he regarded Republican institu
tions still on trial both in America and
France.
. Assemblage Is Noteworthy.
The distinguished personages oc
cupying seats on the estrade, who in
cluded besides the deans of the various
faculties of the universities, Premier
Briand and his entire cabinet, and such
men as Leon Bourgeois, former Pre
mier; Anatole Leroy Beaucaul, direc
tor of the Institute of France: Jules
Poincalre, Jules Claretie, Gabriel
Hanotaux, Marquis de Seguer, the his
torian, and Paul Schaniel, evidently as
( Concluded on Pape 3.
Ild Somebody Say Trlce Were Com
Idk Dowat
Members of Bahal Cult Declare Sa
vior Already Has Returned
in Person of Persian.
CHICAGO. April 28. (Special.) The
Chicago leader of the Bahaists, a Per
sian religious sect, planned today to
announce himself as -Christ come to
earth for the second time, at a love
feast to be given tomorrow by the or
ganization. Not all his followers, how
ever, agree with him and many of them
are preparing to take steps to prevent
such an announcement. These have
issued a statement declaring that in
their opinion such announcement must
be forestalled, even if physical force
be necessary.
"The second coming of Christ has al
ready taken place," one of the members
is said to have declared, "and the
real Savior is a Persian, not an Ameri
can. Therefore our Chicago leader,
who is an American, must not announce
that he Is Christ."
The Chicago leader is known to his
friends outside the Bahai cult as Henry
Clayton Thompson.
Thompson, who is said to be a So
cialist, has many followers and is de
termined to make the announcement,
according to reports. Many of his sup
porters are said to be Americans of
weath, who contributed large sums to
the organization.
Mrs. Marshall E. Rowe and other
friends of Thompson, ridiculed the
story that he would assert himself to
be the son of the Almighty. They said
he was a man of high attainments and
well known as a lecturer, student and
author.
SEVERAL REFUNDS ASKED
Portland Shippers Apply to Inter
state Commerce Commission.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, April 23 Several complaints
from Oregon have been filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission, as
follows:
C. Rosenblatt, of Portland, has en
tered complaint against the Harriman
system, Chicago & Northwestern and
Pennsylvania railroads, alleging over
charge on fire brick which he pur
chased in Rldgeway, Pa., for use in
the Seward Hotel. He says he paid
$1.90 per hundred pounds on this ship
ment, when the rate should have been
$1.25 per hundred. Reparation is
asked.
The Hardie Manufacturing '"'ompany.
of Portland, haj. complnlnif against
the alleged excessive rate c-LjVged on
insecticides which they purchased at
Pullman Junction, 111., and shipped to
Portland. The rate exacted was 85
cents per hundred pounds, and bo cents
is said to be the proper rate. The
commission is asked to order a refund.
The Oregon Lumber Company, of
Portland, has entered complaint against
the O. R. & N.. Short Line and San
Pedro roads for alleged overcharge on
a carload of lumber, weighing 56,200
pounds, shipped from Baker City to
Mammoth, Utah. The rate charged was
37 V4 cents per hundred pounds on the
stated minimum capacity of the car,
60,000 pounds. The company alleges
It should have been charged this rate
on only the 56, SOU pounds shipped.
CYCLIST TAMED BY SHOT
Bullet in Air Enough for Dempsey,
Who Defies Gnard.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash.,
April 23. (Special.) Because J. L.
Dempsey, on a motorcycle, attempted
to ride past the guard at the entrance
to the post this morning sentry No.
1 fired a shot into the air. Then
Dempsey stopped.
Dempsey had gone past the guard
half an hour before and was ordered
to halt, as no motorcycles or automo
biles are allowed in the post without
permission. Dempsey did not stop. The
guard reported to Lieutenant Budd,
who ordered him to fire a shot to scare
the motorcyclist.
When Dempsey passed the second
time and refused to stop the guard
punctured the atmosphere with a bul
let and Dempsey at once came to a
halt.
Boats to Race at Wllsonville.
OREGON CITT, Or.. April 23. (Spe
cial.) The citizens of Wllsonville are
arranging for a motorboat race that
will take place at Wllsonville on Sun
day, May 1. There are already 12
entries and there will doubtless be
many more before the event. Many
of those who have entered are Portland
parties. The motorboats so far to take
part in the race are: Wolfe I. Wolfe
II. Red Arrow, Ellen, Summer Girl,
Ellen. Kittle II, Billken. Charmalie,
Artenlan, Bowness, Hyak and Jug.
nellevfag tlie I'renidrnUnl Aujietr.
Special Train Starts
From Chicago.
TRIP BELIEVED SIGNIFICANT
Railway Project May Develop
as Result of Visit.
PARTY'S MEMBERS SILENT
Mr. Hill Says He's Going Fishing;
Banker Steele Says Trip Is to
Forget Business Route Is
Over Great Northern.
CHICAGO, April 23. (Special.) James
J. Hill, Charles F. Baker, president of
the First National Bank, of New York,
and George F. Steele, of the firm of J. P.
Morgan, met in Chicago today and started
on a long trip through the Northwest on
a special train.
This fact gave rise to many rumors
regarding the significance of the Journey,
and none of these rumors was set at rest
by any member of the party.
Mr. Hill came down from St. Paul, ar
riving hero this morning, and the New
York bankers arrived about the same time
on one of the 18-hour trains. Mr. Hill
walked from the Union Station to the
general offices of the Burlington at Adams
and Franklin streets, ploughing through
the slush and half snow half rain with
as keen delight as a boy.
Bankers Ride in Taxicab. -The
bankers, upon arrival, took a taxi
cab from the station to the Burlington
general offices and said mean things
about the weather. Upon arrival at the
general offices. Mr. Hill gave orders for
the preparation of a special train which
is to carry the party from here to St.
Paul and then to the Pacific Coast and
return.
The specia? was made up of three pri
vate cars and baggage car, and left the
Union Station shortly after 11 o'clock.
Mr. Hill walked back to the station, but
the bankers preferred to ride. Mr. Hill's
trip to Chicago was made solely for the
purpose of meeting his guests and con
ducting them to St. Paul, which he did
rather than to await their coming in his
home city.
''I'm Going Fishing," Hill Says.
When asked the significance of the trip
Mr. Hill replied:
"Well, if you know anything about the
Northwest, you know that the fishing Is
gottlng pretty good there about this timo.
The trout will begin biting by the time
we arrive, and we are going to have a
little fishing expedition."
Mr. Steele, of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
. when asked what, the trip was being
undertaken for, said:
"As for me It simply means I am go
ing to get away from the office and from
business for two or three weeks and not
care a rap about either."
Special Will Go to Coast and Back.
President Baker, of the First National
Bank -of New York, stated he was going
to look over the Hill properties for "ed
ucational purposes."
The party will run the special all the
way to the Coast and back to Chicago.
Upon reaching St. Paul, they will proceed
over the Great Northern to Seattle and
will return over the Northern Pacific
road.
Both flanclaJ Institutions, the First Na
tional. Bank and J. P. Morgan & Co., are
heavily interested in the Hill lines, and
It is thought that Mr. Hill wants their
representatives to look out while In the
Northwest and convince themselves that
the railway building he Is doing and
purposes to do Is well planned.
Trip Believed Significant.
It is also regarded that real Important
railway projects depends upon the result
of the present trip, and that It will have
an important bearing upon the Hill policy
with respect to all Northwestern terri
tory. '
HE
for n Busy eti!on.
Graham White Tries to Capture
950,000 Prize, but Almost
Freezes In Upper Air.
LONDON. April 23. Graham White,
the English aviator who started this
morning" on a biplane flight from
Wormwood Scrubs, London, for Man
chester, In an attempt to win the prize
of $50,000 offered by a morning news
paper, had accomplished more than
half of the journey when compelled to
descend on account of the Intense cold.
The distance between London and
Manchester Is 186 miles, and under the
terms of the prize offered only two
descents are permitted. White used a
Farman biplane. He reached Rugby,
the first stopping place, in two hours
and, after an hour's rest, reascended.
intending to fly to Crewe, where be
bad arranged to make his second de
scent. A few miles north of Rugby the avia
tor encountered a cold north wind and
after completing 115 miles of the trip
he was compelled to alight. Today
there was a sudden change from warm
to Wintry weather.
THOSE NAMESMUST BE GOT
Vancouver Woman Nearly Arrested
Refusing to Be Counted In Seattle.
VANCOUVER, Wash., April 23. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. W. J. Higgins and her two
children, Miss- Nellie Higgins and Hubsrt
Higgins, escaped arrest In Seattle only
after Mrs. Hlggina had answered the
numerous questions of the cens?us enum
erator, who was stationed at the depot
In that city. Mrs. Higgins protected that
she did not live in Seattle, but was there
temporarily while her daughter was at
tending the State University and her
son was a student in the high school
there.
Mr?. Higgins and hr two children were
at the depot coming to their home In
this city when they were stopped by the
census enumerator. Mr. Higgins, hus
band of Mrs. Higgins, Is- a resident of
Vancouver and -has been for the past 20
years or more. However, the names of
( Airs. Higgins and her two children have
been entered in the list of Greater Se
attle's "300.000 or bust,"
CONVICT GLAD HE'S CAUGHT
At Liberty 4 6 Hours and Hunted
Like Wild Animal.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., April 23.
After being at liberty 46 hours and
seeking trover like a bunted animal,
Theodore Murdock, one of the six con
victs who made a dash for freedom
last Thursday from the Federal Peni
tentiary at Fort Leavenworth, was
captured tonight.
Murdock was seen lying in a hay
stack by the son of a farmer living
four and a half miles east of the Pen
itentiary. The convict, surrounded by
armed farmers, refused to surrender
until a large detachment of guards ar
rived. "I urn glad It is over," he said, as
he handed a revolver made of wood to
one of the guards.
EXPECTS DIVORCE DECREE
Default Is Entered Against May
Volie's Husband in Suit.
OREGON CITY, Or.. April 23. (Spe
cial.) Judge Campbell today made an
order of default in the divorce suit of
Mary Augusta Strong against Putnam
Bradlee Strong, whose father was once
Mayor of New York City. Mrs. Strong
was May Yohe before the footlights
and she achieved considerable news
paper fame by marrying Lord Francis
Hope and later eloping with Strong.
It is probable that the decree of di
vorce will be handed down next week.
Strong interposed a stereotyped de
murrer to the complaint, which was
overruled', and beyond this he has made
no effort to fight the suit.
Child-Slayer In Asylum.
M'MINNVILLE, Or., April 23. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Blanche Rollins, who killed
her little girl at Newberg with an ax
yesterday, was declared to be insane
by the examining board today and she
was taken to Salem by an asylum at
tendant this afternoon. SW?rlff Hen
derson brought the woman over from
her home last evening, and he says she
betrayed little emotion, either before
or after arriving here, and was in no
way violent. Her only reference to
the tragedy was in her repeated ex
clamations: "I killed my baby. Oh,
why did I do it?" Mrs. Rollins Is
about 25 years of age.
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li r- rwc.in rnME out- AND oAl
WONT BE f CANDIDATE HinlfJ
BECAUSE. PEOPLE WOUtl) bAik. To
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Oh, So That's How It lof
Problem of Accessibil
ity to Be Solved.
FORAKER MAY BE ATTEMPTED
Oregonian and Other Publica
tions to Send Expedition.
MAZAMAS TO FURNISH MEN
Mountaineers of Experience Will
Endeavor to Reach Top, aud If
Successful Will Leave Kce- .
ord of Accomplishment.
An expedition organized in Portland
is to set forth from Seattle, next Wednes
day, to reach the top of Mount Mc
Kinley, the highest peak on the Amer
ican continent. This expedition is un
der the auspices of the Mazamas. Ore
gon's famous mountain-climbing or
ganization, and Ms headed by C. E.
Rusk, of Chelan, Wash., one of the
most experienced and successful moun
taineers in the United States. While
the Mazamas have been active in Its
organization, it also has the' support
of The Oregonian, the New York Her
ald and the Pacific Monthly.
Mount McKinley's summit has long
been the goal of the most daring ex
plorers. Up to the present year Dr.
Frederick A. Cook was the only per
son to report that he had reached the
top, and his assertion is now generally
discredited. A few weeks ago news
was received that a party of Fairbanks
miners had climbed McKinley. While
there Is no evidence to show that they
did not perform the feat, it is known
that the difficulties so early in the
year would be almost insurmountable.
In the mind of the scientific world
there is-still doubt if this great Alas
kan peak 1b accessible, and it is partly
to set this doubt 'at rest that the pres
ent expedition has set forth. The main
purpose, however. Is to gather accurate
data about the region, and to obtain a
series of photographs. These photo
graphs, accompanied by articles about
the trip, will appear from time to time
In The Oregonian.
Foraker Another Field.
If McKinley Is climbed early enough
in the season to give opportunity, an
attempt may be made to reach the top
of Mount Foraker. The latter pinnacle
is about 20 miles from McKinley. As it
has never been climbed, and is more
than 17.000 feet high. It offers an ex
cellent field for exploration.
The party is made up of hardy moun
taineers, who have given many years
to traversing the wilds of the West.
There are only four members, and each
In a picked man, selected because of
superior ability already proved on
many difficult trips. Three of the party
are affiliated with the Mazamas. This
organization is co-operating hear'tily
ln the enterprise, working out niany
of the details, and giving valuable ad
vice from Its fund of experience. The
Government, too, has been Interested in
the expedition, and because of its im
portance from the standpoint of sci
ence, has placed at the disposal of the
explorers the revenue cutter Tahoma,
which will convey them from Seattle to
the head of navigation on Cook's Inlet.
Hard, persistent and Intelligent ef
fort alone will gain the top of Mount
McKinley In the opinion of the men
behind the expedition. How long it
will take is altogether a matter or
conjecture. The party, after leaving
the revenue cutter, will travel up
streams that lead toward the moun
tain. Abandoning their boat, tl y will
press overland by what is considered
the most feasible route, as rapidly as
the rugged character of the country
will permit. But there will be no
"dash" to the summit; it will be a fight
that will test human endurance and
may require weeks of ceaseless effort.
The return will not be made until the
top is reached, as Is confidently ex
pected, or until the explorers are driv
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