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Only a Week Ago Willamette -Valley Traction Company Offered T$u 0,000 Lasivand ' for Every Can Passing Over Line. , M&9 THISIVOUCD-BEEQUAL- United Railways Com pahy Offered, $150,000 and Its Offer Included Two Miles of Right r of Way for , Subsidiary City : Li nes. 1 Front utriset frMChUWwV.for which th ' city wa ttrtered, only week o. com pennatlon moantln ltosther to over )70t.0O0, r pprently to be old forj $20,MM. ,TU two rtral. CorportiOB , which wr xlvl bidder for. the frn- '. tcnther'' and they have patcbed,up' Uel tJltferencen. ... The .eouncn bm. vm.uy (reed upon all the terra of the fra chlnra.. and . while the eecutlve boerd will be called on to name the toinpon" nation to be pald.heierty, thle hi a mere' formality, forthe ultlmaU decla ' ion rvata with the council. Mayor Lne ; may irete'ttieMwllnaitce after thjr.hv fmnaed the council, but It la aald that at leant IS of the councllmen are-prepared to pais them- over hie head. ' Only week ao the city waa offere by the Willamette Valley Traction eotn- pany caah arriountlnc to lt.vO, and a tun of tl per car on every car paeotng : over " the propoaed - Kront street- line, which it waa eatimated weuM yield the city a revenue of tt&t.JM durin the 26 vfre that the-irancniae . waa w ran. "city would receive if the "Willamette Valley Company were grantea tne i ran ch 10 it .desired. , V Offered Ujrli'f Way. At that-tlme-the- Vnlted , Rail wave company waa a competitor of the Wil lamette company for the Front atreet franchlae ami was olTerlnt" the city "150.000. The application of the United Hallways Included, however, nearly two mllee of right of way for subsidiary lines, to bo ueed for their proposed atreet railway system. At the special session Of the city council yesterday afternoon and even ing the two ordinances were read sec tion by section, and the ordinance of the United Kullwaya waa approved. The Willamette ordinance will be considered by the atreet committee thle afternoon and will come before the council again next Wednesday.'When-another special session Is to be held. It Is understood " that both ordlnanoea are to be passed ' In substantially their present form. : They will be sent to the executive board in accordance with section lOt of A FRANK ADMISSION OF CIRCU LATION WEAKNESS AND A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN ITS CLAIMS " The Journal xeeds its contempo rariM. both of them, Trrortvm and ' ;uaiir. m naid circulation in -Portland and Oregon. tne evening " newspaper twin get excited nd hysterically -aputtera-editorially neon- rrminir "Fake ' Map Making, and own experience in that line of work the Journal 'hei-e repeats' what it has stated many times before: ."The publisher of The Journal suggests that a circulation investigation com mittee be selected, t newspaper twins to select- one member thereof, -Th-Journal one. aadahf&CJLftQ-pne other, these three to make a canvass of the circulation of the three papers in the city and the state, the expense of the canvass to be paid by the paper having the smallest circulation.. . " The Tni.rnal'i evening contemporary ""cbmes back at with thi squeal. not to say whine: "The conduct of tm honest and effi cient canvass is an expensive affair, With a large force of worker all the reliable canvassers who could be procured at the time it required more than a month for the Telegram to complete the tak. This paper has Itonc to considerable expense to pro ': cure for its own satisfaction and the satisfaction of its advertiser an ex- act statement of fact as to the abso : lute comparative circulation of the ' two Portland afternoon newspapers. o sensible person , would expect .us ' to repeSt this expenditure, or even a . portion cf it." . . of the Front I I ll.lMwjrfi a 1 1 ;M4n IH. J 1 f f)w $566,250 - IN 25 YEARS the charter, which provides that the board shall, estimate the . compensation which the grantee -of a franchise should pay the city, but Oils estimate k In', no way .binda the council . and may i be whpUx ignored It la plainly Intimated that a majority of the eounotlaieri have made up their minds as to the compen sation to" be exacted 'from tho two rail road a, and that arjy estimate by tnticx? ecuttie board' that doea not agree with their view will t -IgnoredT " tt B.OBV' :'V.':! Meither of the ordinance, in it present form, include any provision for pT tnenr to tne-1tjrwo --oaeh -r puarng over the Front atreet lln Of ficials of th Willamette VaUey oom pany ay that they ara till wlUlng to have auch . a provision , Inserted;, but ' it has been opposed from the start by the United Railways. ., -) s- As the ordinances- now atand.. they provide for a 25-year" franchise-for-both companies,' wHh. power' on, tho part of the city to purchase at any time the lines running on Front street south to the city limits. W the event of such purchase, . the price to be paid Is .to be determined by arbitration. 'Any other railroads that may deelre to obtain the use of the Front street lines shall be fresj- to do so, upon obtaining the per mission of the council and upon .pay ment of a proportion of the cost of the linen. - -The control and regulation of traffic on Front .street la vested In the United Railways, with the proviso that Ita regulations must be approved by the city council. . . JTo para or Turnouts, No spur or turnout are to be per mitted on Front street. This provision waa Inserted at the" suggestion of Councilman- Oray and drew forth a sar castic reference from Sharkey to the fact that Oray waa In the teaming busl nesa No cars shall be operated or al lowed to stand on Front street between Taylor and Hoyt atreeta except between the hour of 7 o'clock p. m. and o'clock a. in. The use of steam loco motives is expressly .prohibited. . t (Continued on Page Six.) .This utterance reads like real humor in the light of the facts. . If either of the newspaper twins can substantiate its claims by the results of (he pro posed - circulation -. investigation - it would not incur any expense, because The-r Journal will - agree - to pay-the whole expense of the canvass, if its pa1dclTCulatlOTr1Tior proven" to" be greater,-than that -of its evening on temporary, or that , of its morning t,win. ; ' - ' Reading between the lines. The Journal's esteemed evening contempo rary indirectly acknowledges that in a joint canvass it would be-second flr-Jhird-.iathe-.ci rc u I a t ion -race -and. would, therefore, have to stand the expense thereof, which seems to send a cold shiver down its editorial spine, that is denied the stimulus of a vigor ous. . circulation so necessary , to a newspaper in this day and age. r." ThL Journal eek kindly t ts-eon- temporary for its frank confession ofJ Veakness ;in. circulation, as well as For the dread that appears to pervade the - whole establishment -when - it comes to risk of parting With 'its money In a fair and square canvass as proposed. -'... r -i - -'The live advertiser seeks the paper of largest paid circulation and is en titled to know beforehand what, he is to get for his money. The Journal pledges itself to deliver the goods and in no case to accept the money other wise, than according to its claims and promises based upon its proved paid circulation. Will its contemporaries openly state as much 0 Street FrarichiseFight-as 1 ' "" " ' ' " ' 1 , M 1 II, . .1 Motion.. Mad td Quash Indict ments Against Western Fed-, ratiblfOffialMad5Trfr ' Caldwell Court. V .tit- (Koerlal nitnatra to "The Joanul.) courts atCaldwell thla morning at torney for the Western Federation of Miners filed several objection) to-, the Indictments- returned aalnst Moyer, Haywood and- Petti bone, oharging them with tho murder of ex-Governor Btuen enberg. A motion was made to, quash the Indictment, and a motion to strike the indictment from the - Ale on - the charge that Governor Gooding,- County Attorney Van Duyn and Attorney Haw ley bad entered into a conspiracy, with the governor-of Colorado - to kidnap the defendants, bringing- them from their home to Idaho without giving them op portunity to avail themselves of . their constitutional rights. k . It I also charged that after the grand jury was Impaneled Foreman Moss went to Boise and had a-eenaoltadon-wtth the governor and Attorney. Hawleyi In which he expressed opinions prejudicial to the defendants. -Objection la taken to.. the Indictment . a being Illegally , found by the. grand Jurjr, which waa unlawfully summoned and Impaneled. ' , : . Attorney for the prosecution - de manded a hearing on the motion and charges . and that, -Vltaesaea- be -um-mond: to testify: The court: set ' the Ume for the hearing tomorrow at : o'clock, when the evidence will be heard and sennatlonal.j roceedlnga aA attUoln pated... ' - '- - . Attorney -flswle'l 4ndlgnan at the action taken by the defendants' coun sel and characterised the charges made as being bused, on a tissue jot, outrag eous falaehooda, made for the sole pur pose of prejudicing the case in favor of the defendants , and bringing ..discredit upon the prosecution, g , V i KILLED BY FONDNESS --FOR ABSINTHE FRAPPES ,j - - V 1 ' .'.. , t (Journal Special . Be Ice.) ' . -. - New York,. March IS. Traveling under an assumed -nameto "see the sight of New York" and 'drifting four daya In and out of the various cafes and -, resort In the tenderloin. , to be finally overtaken by death from acute alcoholism, is the traglo story of James C.- Conant, a wealthy - Pittsburg cafe proprietor and -theatrical man. He drank to absinthe frappea a day for four days. Dr. John Joyce ' treated Conant Tuesday In a house ' at - West - Hlxty eighth street for alcoholism and was summoned today to treat him again,' but found htm dead. Despite the evidence of death from alcoholism the . police are investigating a story of a quarrel Conant had at the Hotel Navarre with two women. During the quarrel one of the women Is said to have drawn a revolver. C0NFESSES-T0 PERJURY - IN PARKHURST PLOT (Journal apodal Tlre.) New York, March IS. Lawrence Rog ers, who made a complaint relative to a plot to aaaasslnata Dr. Parkhurat, confessed to perjury yesterday after noon., lie said' the story was a fabrica tion from the start and made In the hope of securing a life poettlon from the doctor.-' Roger is held for further In vestigation, , TRANSPORT THOMAS :AT THE GOLDEN GATE (Journal Hper-tal liulu,) . Ban Francisco, March 1. The trans port Thomas arrived this morning from Manila by way of Japan and Honolulu. She brought a few troops and many pas-.j cengera - The Thomas In scheduled to saIlagalnfor . theFhlllpplnes. in: ten daya with troopa MRS. W .'F. COREY MAY . JOIN HER HUSBAND (Journal gpeHal r !' Riverside, CaL. March IS: Mrs. W. B. Corey, wlte -of -the steal --asagnate.. who Is here, refuses to be Interviewed today. Rain prevented the party -from leaving today. It is believed she In tends to Join her husband at Pittsburg, but all In the party ar elam-llke. NOTED ANARCHIST IS DANGEROUSLY ILL - I ImimiI etwlal "Cincinnati. March 1. Johann Most, the anarchist, is dangerously 111 at tho home of a friend In torn city. While the nature of hi aliment is unknown his condition la said to be extremely critical. -."'."'. - - "";.', selae. Brows as Asp ta wall. , . manalrh la Tb. JniiraaLI oWtnnls. Waah.. March IS. The boaiil of control haa selected Claude C AapU- wsll- of this elty to aot as. permanent secretary of -the. board, and jsmr . Brown, the well-known newspaper-man, Criminal -Court in .District .of Colqmbia Today .Overrules emuwetjyieiijvre . gon Congressman. LlUJSINDIfiJALE0R DESTR0YING4J0PY BOOKS Accused Statesman Not Present m Court Represented by Attorneys Will Ask for Permission Monday to Make a Special Appeal, or for B01 o! Particolars. " ' (Jos real Spadal ga ce. ' -t "Washington. March IS. In tho crimi nal court today argument was heard on the, demurrer filed agaiimt- the Indict ment of Representative Binger. Hermann of Oregon. - Mr. Hermann is charged with destroying - certain oflclal letters concerning that affairs of tho United States general land .-office. Too- de murrer was overruled. - l -- - 1 be arUBMiK at MermaAn ease eonsuiaed tw bears. H. Preeoott Ust- ley and A- . Worthlngten. appearing for Ueraaann-wh vaa-mt prMtOI, Dlit trlet AvtorneyBkr beta. iSUa If Jaase. Atkins. . Hermann's counsel at length, attacked, tho ludiotmcnt on the round that it dld.net epecitlcaliy al lege ths destruction of any known recorda and that M did not furnish any description of the books alleged to have been destroyed: ana saiuaea to in a in dictment as "public- records." , The Oovrmfnent ,; briefly contended that the indictment sufficiently charged a violation of .section 6.408 of the Re vised Btatutea and furnished as rull a description of the books as the grand jury oodld give. i . - Judge Gould, in overruling the de murrer, said -that the Indictment ap peared to sufficiently establish " the Character of the records - destroyed, namely, that they were "public recorda," but he believed that the indictment might more-specifically describe the books and their ontents,ao-tha-Her-mann might know exactly on what his prosecution will rest. - However, the court held that the first consideration outweighed the second and he overruled the demurrer: . ... ' District Attorney Baker then asked that the case be. set for trial on April S. but Hermann'! attorney asked that no action be taken before Monday,' when they will either ask permission to make a speciul appeal or ask for a bill of par ticulars more definitely describing the letter-books destroyed. The case went over unj.il Monday. MILLIONAIRE ALLOWS WIFE BUT 40 CENTS A DAY Bride of Wealthy Texas Cattle man Given Pittance to Sup port Self and Baby. I uournsi special Berwus-i t.- r-.i u.n-h IS -Walter It Jonea. a cattleman of western .Texas and New Mexico, reputed to be worth 1600,000, has been made defendant In an action for maintenance in the supe rior court by his wife. She alleges that although ahe Is a bride of less than one year, her hueband has cut down her al lowance to 40 cento a day and with that urn shets-expeete n feed snd clothe herself, her Infant daughter and her The couple were married last July at Deming,- New - Mexico, It waa not-a love match. Their child was born in February. Jones sent his wife to Ixs Angeles snd finally followed her her. He ltvrT at the best hotels and his wife lived in- two . small rooms until he bought a house for her. - He allowed her IS a week for a time,, but a few has allostanca to 40 cents a day. ,The; wife avers that her husband has more money man n can apend and aaks that he be compelled to - ,-ik.i,. ha. amnfwirt at the rate WIIM ...- ' WW of not leas than 1600 a month and pro- via uer. s .siu uuus. uuiuv CINCINNATI JUDGE f AV0RS-LAB0FU1NI0N .' ' (Jflitrsat Bpeelsl SerTlra. r ' Cincinnati, March li. Judge Ferris today , refused to grant an Injunction to the Campbell A Perkins company against Its employe, who are member -. .,, t .tk.. Wnrra' union, derlar. Ing' that while tho employers hod the right to hire and discharge whom they saw 'fit. the. employes also had th rlght to quit with or without reaoon. and also alt that the law gives the men lte rights of organisation- for any thing they-can-do as Individuals, and MM further thet even picketing under ertaln restrlctlcm -aas legal.' :., , It Looms to the Onlooker Today. Chairman of, Oregon Republicans ' : Denies .Statement That He . . - Is in Washington Seek ing Collectorship. (Wathlnttoa. Bureau laa Journal! Washington. March IS. Chairman linker was sskud today If his mission lieie was not to seute th-rttirtnn eol lcctorshlo of. the Port of. Portland and If he counted on National ChatrmsuN Cortelyou's help to get tho place. In reply Baker said:-' - -. " The report that I am here to secure tho collectorship -Is absolutely un founded, and the report that I am l'ont-master-treneral Cortelyou's eholcn for the position la absurd. Senator Fulton will name the collector-when the time comes, but certainly not before Patter son's term expires. I am not here In my own1 Interest or the Interest of any candidate for office; my mission being simply on behair"or-tn Briit commit tee, la- arranging for "the June- cam paign. ' 'I. have, no Idea of applying . for, of fice; In fact, my private interests will preclude me from even serving chair man of rha state committee, longer than my present term." , - Mr. Baker Is most -dellghtilly mys terlous. , Ho mokes the usual protests and the .usual ' denials. but swearing. he u us Or oonsent. It Is . nevertheless within th bounds of possibility that ho will consent lust the same.' v ' Hi political associates having -noted 4 m;eij; ,pes-.'-.w,Sfjn'-mw-tendod Ins -e(Tort as ntat. ohiUrntaB were attxiona to bar lilm retain that Job. But he himself says that tho. pros- sure of his private buainasa is so great he oannot consent, and yet there are few men whose leisure la more abundant than Mr. , Baker'a. Fnrthermore. the usual . plan in politics la promotion. Baker did yeoman service a chairman: why should he not be retired into a soft berth? .-Then, after it all, if his. great and good friend. National Chairman Cortel you, who from his own experience could best appreciate th brilliant work done by (Oregon's state chairman, .and so ap preciating ahould Insist that . he i be given recognition in tb shape of the colleotornhjp of customs, could Mr" Ba ker;, so approached, afford to decline an ofTee tendered with auch delicacy, defl nlteness and lellghtful insistence? - The Journal would scarcely like to answer auch a question in the negative. HANGS HIMSELF FROM TREE IN SCHOOL YARD (Special Dtipatek ts The Journal.) Tacoma, Waah., March 18. W. A. Holland, a middle-aged contractor, who came here from Lewi-ton a year ago, wa found hanging to a tree dead, near the High School building, thl morning. Holland had been out of work for six months and was despondent. He disap peared from his home three day ago snd search hns been under way for him. lie leaves a wife and one child. WANTED IN CALIFORNIA- ARRESTED IN BUFFALO (Journal gpeelal Herri re.) New York, March 1. Clifford Jones, in custody of Los Angeles police of ficer., wanted in California for steal ing aiimond pins. Is here today await ing extradition. Ha was arrested at Buffalo In -company , wllh bin alleged wife, Stella Murray. ..The man and woman will be taken west- - MINERS' COMMITTEES " TRY TO AVERT STRIKE - urramii npvrisu rrrvsrw,! no work this nromlng. Fight are bo Ing made In the committee. The scale committer- ha deetrteti to reply- to the anthraelte operators' refusal to yield' to their demands. ' ' r Froposed Uquor BUI. '. r (Journal Special aervlce.l Washington, March 1. The . house committee on Judiciary today began "treartngs OTT-'th-' "tnflllver'.llejihuPn lliiuor I'i bill. The hearings, which are to last five days, are confined to member of the house and senate. The Sunday ; Very few liible "students of Oregon have read of the recent discovery of important records. The Sunday Journal will have a special pSKe, illustralctl in color, that will be of interest to every Bible stu dent. The record of what is known as Joseph's famine have been unearthed and the story they re veal is niost interesting. - A grave" of the rixodus 1'haraoh-has also been discovered and these two with several other , important discoveries rnaVc an article of value to every one interested in aut.ie.'iY hitory. . .... , - ... , " - The Sunday 'Journal in .addition 'to ; this ffeat CaliforniaExpressra-DoubleHeader.Crashes Head-on Into - Leadvil Ie Local : Near : : r FIdrence7CploinBlindingStorm.-3z GAS-TANKS-EXPLODE-AND-CARS- BURN WITH Frightful Scenes of Horror as Passengers l Roast : Slowly to Death Before Eyes of ResTjuerWho-ArePowerles Beaver, March 1 C B nil etia. Aa official statsmeat issued at tks ofTlo. in, this eity of tb Zeaver si mio Oraads railroad this afteraooa says uvt as over IS wars killed aad SO injured la ths Adobe wreek. " r (Jonrnal apectal SerrlraJ - Denver, Col., March 18. One of the I mow disastrous, w reeks 4n-r t he -history A. Kto orande raiiroHrt at Aaooe aiauon. four miles eaat of Florence, at 2:29 o'clock, this morning, when the ITtalv Calllorcia eX-presa, a double-headtjr," col lided head-on In a snowstorm with the Lead Wile local. It la reported thst SO passengers were, killed, though th ex act number may never be known, as the cara containing the. victims were en tirely destroyed by fir and 25 were Injured. ... The two passenger trains loaded with human freight running at a hlgh.rate of speed met, with terrific, force : on a curve. The locomotive, baggage, the smoker of both, train' were overturned, while ths rest of th coaches were piled In awful confusion; nhe sleeping - cara alone escaping destruction, das tanks exploded and in a few minutes the en tire mass of wreckage was a seething cauldron of flames while dosens of help less passengers pinned In the dobrls roasted slowly to death In slght of would-be rescuers and survivors.' Usk jht Order, The wreck Is due to a miscarriage oi orders. It Is said, by dispatchers at aomo division point. Relief trains were made up as soon as the new reached Den ver and assistance waa rushed from Denver, Pueblo and Florence. Oeneral Manager Rldgeway. who waa directing the clearing of snow blockades at Alamosa, rushed aboard a special train to the scene. A doien injured were taken to Pueblo. Engineer William Hollls and his fire man, Consullette, were killed and an other fireman, J. H. Smith, escaped by Jumping, but waa badly hurt, express Messenger McCartland was badly in jured, pinned down under the wreckage and burned to death while friend Blood helplessly by. They threw anow over tho man trying T to aav - him - and -extln. gulshed the flames, but all efforts failed. . , The majority of the dead passengers were In the forward coach of the west bound train. How many dead there are will probably never be definitely known, as thla car, with ten others, was entirely consumed. Railroad auditors are pre paring a report of the dead and injured. Impact Waa Terrific The Impact of the collision wa ter rific. , Th passengers were hurled In every direction and those who escaped Into the bllxu ird suffered severely from exposure. The rocky , character of the country where the wreck occurred; with the dnrknes and th blinding snow atorm. added to the difficulty of the situation. The -greatest confusion en sued after the first lull fulluwlng-the .crash and the groans of the Injured were added to the escsped steam or in weeckerf - locomotives. The Jar ward poach of the westbound train was tele souped -aaut-the-othercars. reduced to wreckage. One after another the gas 4nnks underneath th coaches exploded und soon the scene was brilliant with a. stare of th burning oeuris. Many heart-rending - scenes occurred nt the -wreck according to survivors. One man who waa badly hurt and pm- ineit nr. ij.-e a-rodV-beKKwn ins auitra .ia help him, but they trie In-valn. The flames reached" the spot and he said: "I am too badly hurt to wont to Itv. t f tt tft journal for Bible-Students article contains no end of good thing to Intercut and injrtruct the reader. There is something to suit the taste of every one. For the women are the fashions and Mrs. Symes beauty helps. For the children are the comic, pages snd other features while for the business men and student are artu l. s that they will read with interest. -Very few l.i.i m n iiiov of the possibilities of tra .'- 1 1 . - or the amaxing resources of lhat en- . ry. i - Sunday Journal writer which will man who wants tsttt THEIR OCCUPANTS A man and hfw wife were trying Ui get out of a. window when a rod fraught them and", pinned them fast.- were-1 alive with their child. Rescuer tools the hand of the man and pulled him from 1te.. wrerkairec' Tho flesh cam' off of .tho bones and be burned to death second later. - - r Dr. Frank Cochens, who wss aboard one of the. train, performed heroic serv- -lcea Alderman- Clarence W. J one of Florence and W. W. Davi of Leadvllie were passengers on the fatal car on tho westbound train, but escaped In some -' miraculous manner uninjured They -.. were th only persons on this crowded u car who were uninjured and cannot ac count for. their escape. ' .Nothing remains t ha wrecked cara -but blackened timber, twisted rod and piles of . human ashea. Relief train carrying physician . were sent from neighboring towns a quickly as pos sible and everything was dona to aid the injured but a majority eera beyond assistance before help arrived. Tho In jured and those of the dead whoso bodies were recovered were carried up it he track and laid In row until tho relief train - arrived, when they were taken aboard and cared for. ; -Sleeplag Oars Xaoap. The westbound passenger was a full train mad up of ten coachea. besides baggage, mail and express cars snd required two engines to haul It over ' the heavy mountain grade. The local . waa composed of three coaches and a baggage car. Several of those who were not killed outright were so terri- -.. bly injured that they died before they could be removed from the debris. Most of the dead were unrecognisable. Arms -and legs are dlaraembered la several Instances and In many cases only -charred embers.-remain of ..what war . once human beings. - Officials who- have been on- tho- seen since early morning wire that they eatfc mate the dead at SO and the injured et , 2i. It will be perhaps months before) sn accurate list of those who lost their ' lives Is complete and tho chances ar It will never be finished as there msy not remain, anything more than ashes or charred and dismembered fragments t Identify any of th victim. Flame Followed Crash. All the sleeping cara were saved, their ' occupants being uninjured. But tor tho fire destroying the coaches before those In them could escape. It Is believed ths loss of life would have been small. The - throe engines are . completely wrecked, but the survivors state that the shock was comparatively slight .to the standard coaches ia tho rear of th -California express.' fL.'H. Rosq of Denver, one of the mall clerks who- escaped. though badly burned,, states: "I felt the shock and knew that' something waa wrong. " Be-" fore we could get out tha roach In the rear of us was in flames and th mall car wa on fire." Grant Kelker of Pueblo, who wa engineer of the second engine of the west-bound train, saved- . himself by Jumping. He state that as' he reached the ground-It seemed a If all the debris burst Into flames at once. ... Many-heewVe rescues - were made- tho . survivors. . One man entered the (Continued on Page Three.) will rontatn an article ry be of bee it t- every to et- a dark. -,: j. . V- , : - -