THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1920. - COUNTYBUDGET TO BE PRINTED The tentative budget for Multno mah county for 1921 must be pub Jished by the county commissioners next Saturday, to meet the require- ments of law. After 10 days' publi cation, during; which time citizens may present objections, the board will meet for formal adoption of the budget, making; such changes as the situation may demand. - These are especial days of stress for the commissioners because there is not nearly enough money available under . the prescribed tax limitations to meet the demands for public Improvements. At .Wednesday's meeting of the commission ers three large delegations were heard on projects which they consider impera tive, but which the board could not see its way .clear to aid to the extent de sired.. : CAWirOT AID FESTIVAL Others are scheduled to appear, and Thursday morning at 10 olock these oenferences will be resumed, with the right of way" to be given to a com mittee representing vne Portland Rose Festival, composed of K. J. Jaeger, I M. Lepper, H. J. Blaestng and A. A. - Aya, who ask that a levy of one-tenth of a mill be made for support of the Portland festival of roses, on the ground that it is the best advertising factor this city has. Other delegations will represent the public library . and the Multnomah county fair. Members of the board today Indicated that they could not give any aid to the fair or rose festival projects, while the aid to the library would be cut at least 140,000, Members of the library board staled that this would simply mean that some of the branch libraries would have to be closed during 1921. ESTIMATES CUT . The county commissioners stated that they have curtailed budget estimates at every point possible, and that the tenta tive budget now represents practically only the expenses of running existing institutions and . cost of government, with but slight provision for extension of improvements. While at least 10 miles of paved road should be provided for, they said, and petitions for road. projects totaling well toward a.'cost Of Jl.000,000 had been presented, the budget provides for . not more than two miles of new, paving ; the proposed outlay' on the new county hos pital has been cut down 60 per cent, and proposed bridge improvements have been abandoned tor the year, In order to keep the budget within the limit, STATE HAS BRIDGE qiAIM; CdTNTY HAS ROAD CLAIM While the . state treasurer Is making a demand upon the commissioners : of Multnomah county, for,' the remittance ef such portion of the receipts from the Interstate bridge as are due the state, the commissioners are anxious to collect from .the state the amount dae the' county, for market' roads, which amounts to about $49,000. - - The amount the state claims due from the county from the bridge ' receipts from January 1, 1918, to May 28, 1919, is $174,300.98. The commissioners asked the county auditor and county treasurer to report as to what, in their judgment, is the amount due the - state, and re quested Auditor- Martin-, to take such steps as. may be 'necessary to collect from the state . the amount due' on market roads. . - , MAN SEEKS DIVORCE, ALLEGES NEW FORM OF CRUELTY A new form5 of "cruelty" . has ben practiced upon James T. Durand by his present wife, 'Hattle Dufand, from whom he seeks divorce, according td his com plaint, filed In the circuit court Monday. He says among other acts committed by his wife to annoy him, she has been sending him letters signed with the Ini tials of his first wife, long since dead, stating that she still lives and wishes to meet hm at some designated place. He charges that his present wife frequently threatens to commit suicide, simply for the purpose of harrassing him. SS CHILDREN REPORTED IN FRASER DETENTION HOME A report fUed with, .the county com missioners Monday shows that November 1 there were 23 children in the Frajer de tention home, and 15 were received dur ing the month. Twenty-one were re turned to their parents, five were sent to other Institutions, one was placed in a private home, and 81 remained In the institution at the close of the month. The average number of children in the home each day during the month was ILS8 and the average length of stay of each child was 16,15 days. JUDGE DENIES DIVORCE TO HEAD OF LARGE FAMILY Presiding Judge Taxwell denied a di vorce decree today to Elijah Adams in his suit against Melvina Adams. ' The plaintiff declared he was satisfied, as he didn't care whether he was divorced or not, and had filed the suit at his wife's request She is the mother of 1C children, and charges cruelty, but : a grown daughter testified that her father had always treated his wife' as he should, and that her mother desired a divorce so she could marry another man. Tonthi Accused of LsLrceny ; Antonio Dagostino, an Italian youth who came, into local prominence sftne months ago when he was the plaintiff In a personal Injury damage suit against the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, designated as ."the kidney case," Is In serious trouble. He was ar-' There Will Be Nffl SATURDAY or If every Oregonian gives patronage - to home mer chants exclusively and in sists on Oregon products. : It Will Make Prosperity Sure for Oregon " Oregonllifc hsDrance cpy L M QVH Oldest la fad tie gerthwe.t Home Office cokbett buildixq it , vn ltc rmaaa Merri.ce Portland, Ore. A. U MILLS. Pres. c, s,SAMUEL. Gen, Mgr. . E. N. STRONG, Asst. Mgr., Crows Damaging Grain in Fields Leisyville. Or., Dec 8 The wheat fields here are being visited by large flocks of crows, which do- consider able damage.' The birds pull up the young grain and eat the kernels. These flocks,' each containing from several hundred to 1000 crows, alight in a field, remain an hour or so, then fly northward,, only to foe followed by another flock. The older inhab itants here say that never before have there been so many crows seen ss have been this month. rested Wednesday morning on. a charge of larceny in a store. ; Divorce Mill ' Divorce suits filed. Alice W". Spencer against Ralph R. Spencer, cruelty ; Em ma Lyman against Clifford V. Lyman, cruelty; Lodica M. Weaver against Walter Scott Weaver, cruelty. Divosce decrees granted : Violet Michael from Clifford Michael, Mary T. Petterman from Louis P. Detterman, Vera Julian from Fred Julian, John Hilkey from L. Sarah Hilkey, R. M. Sather from E. Sather. Charles Bahler from Bertha Bahler, Edwina L. Chase from Carl T. Chase, Louis A. Enierich from Lilly M. Kmerich. Charles White Appeals Charles White, convicted of forgery and sentenced by Circuit Judge Kava naugh to ' five years in the state peni tentiary, Tuesday filed notice of appeal to the Oregon state supreme court. Judge Kavanaugh 1 signed the - certificate of probable cause. White was sentenced October 6, after a jury had found him guilty of passing forged checks on the Brownsville Woolen mills.,.. He has served time in prisons of four states. Lcroy Nelson Paroled Leroy . Nelson pleaded guilty . before Presiding Judge Taswell Tuesday to altering a bank check and was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary, j- then paroled to the district attorney. He secured possession of a pay check for 89 cents issued by the Warren Broth ers Construction company and raised the figures to 891.39. Huston Memorial Saturday Memorial services by the bench and bar 'of Multnomah county in honor of the late Senator S. B. Huston, who died suddenly in the federal court room a few days ago, will be held at 10 o'clock next . Saturday . morning in the court room of Presiding Judge Taswell. Judge Martin Pipes will peak on behalf of the Multnomah county Bar association and Circuit Judge Stapleton will speak for the judiciary. x C ; fm.: Eld Wins $250 Verdict A Jury In- Circuit Judge Gatens court Tuesday gave a verdict for $250 to Iver Eld in his suit . against the Portland Damascus Milk company. He sued for $269.60 for damages resulting from an automobile collision. 1NC0WIETAX OF 1918 (Continued From Pat Om) income paid by other tax payers, he said. ' . s, if'One partial substitute for the excess profits tax would be a , tax on undis tributed profits of corporations, as near ly as possible equal to the .surtax im posed . upon the saved Income of indi viduals. If Individuals doing business in partnership pay 20 per cent on undis tributed profits, individuals' doing busi ness as . a corporation should pay 20 per. cent,''-. . Houston urged that If an undistrib uted profits tax be adopted 'congress should prohibit various devices by which corporations ' distribute statutory "divi dends' -while actually retaining their profits in. business. He urged .the ad visability of requiring every corpora tion, 95 per cent of whose stock is held by. a single Individual, to be treated as a partnership or personal "service corpo ration. 1 SUGGEST MODIFICATIONS Losses In revenue through repeal of excess profits probably will amount to $200,000,000, which must be made up in new taxes. 2r Income surtaxes must undergo dras tic modifications, as they are excessive and driving wealthier taxpayers to trans fer their investments in tax-free securities,-setting up needless and dangerous competition with Industrial and railroad securities, with consequent impediments to business development and foreign trade expansion, the secretary asserted. "The effective way to tax the rich is to adopt rates which do not- force In vestment in tax exempt eecurities," he said. - - t .... ,.. S. Consumption" taxes are ' recom mended to reach a class of surplus In come "taxable capacity," but from which the government derives no revenue. This proposal is designed to cover, the oc- retary , said, "luxurious and wasteful consumption among those persons who do not ordinarily pay Income tax." ; DIFFICULT TO COLLECT ' ' .' Repeal of taxes upon fountain drinks, Ice cream and other similar articles: of food and drink, imposed by present reve nue - laws. Is recommended, and "' con gress la urged to substitute heavier taxes upon certain other luxuries. Re garding low excise and luxury taxes, the secretary said: . ; - i "It Is not necessary to tax every lux ury. , It is desirable to avoid absolute necessaries of life, because some indi viduals have little or no waste income to be tapped either directly or Indi rectly.' . Present luxury taxes . are poorly de fined and uncertain and difficult of collection, the secretary said. No Unemployed URGE D BY HOUSTON HARDING DECIDING ON HIS POLICIES By Jack Royle Marion, Ohio, Dec. 8. (I. N. S.) Home again after a vacation Jour ney of more than five, thousand miles, President-elect Harding today was ready to plunge Into the two chief pre-inauguration" tasksselec tion of a cabinet and conference with the "beat minds of America" on a League of Nations policy which the various factions In the United States can unite upon, safeguarding American rights, ; J, But before entering upon these matters he planned today lo get his eye-glasses repaired. He broke his spectacles be fore lie got a chance to read President Wilson's message to congress, so to day he found an old pair which did sub stitute duty while he perused the presi dential document. Senator Harding hopes to find a com mon ground with the foremost Repub lican leaders on international policies be fore the Christmas holidays. He expects visits here from Herbert Hoover, Elihu Root, Charles Evans Hughes and Will iam H. Taft, TO MEET HOOTER - The conference with Hoover, as first scheduled, was set for Sunday. The for mer food controller is expected to bring not only a broad khowledge of political foreign conditions, but also Important views gained as the result of recent con ferences with American Federation of Labor leaders with whom he discussed employment conditions, production and Industrial efficiency. During -Senator Harding's brief stay at Washington he enjoyed brief conver sations with the, British ambassador, Sir . Auckland Geddes, and with Gen eral Neville of the French army. The president-elect admitted that some of his interviews with Republican leaders at Washington had to do with patronage. Washington probably will not see Sen ator Harding again until he rides up Pennsylvania avenue to take his place as chief executive. He said today that while there were many things which he would like to do in Washington before his inauguration, he did not expect to return to the capital before March. SIXES VlTH PJITSICIAW Senator Harding indicated a belief that the senate would do little more than mark time during this session. Senator Harding is - paired in the senate with Senator Underwood, Democrat, under an agreement by which the latter will de cline to vote on party measures, but is free to vote when notified by Senator Lodge that Senator Harding would not object. Few, If any, speeches will be delivered by Senator Harding before he becomes president, he said, although invitations, to speak have flooded his Marion head quarters.' Mrs. Harding, It Is said, plans a shopping trip to New Tork soon, but the president-elect will not accompany her. The Harding party had breakfast at White paks farm, just outside Marion, as tne guests or Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Sawyer. Dr. Sawyer Is the Harding family phy sician. Shipping Board to Order Hollywood To Call at Astoria Washington, Dec. 8. WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Chairman Benson of the shipping board today advised Senator McNary that the board has agreed to order the steamer Hollywood to stop at Astoria for S00 tons of freight offered for shipment to the Orient The board is investigating with a view of determining the minimum ton nage to he gixed for that port in handling future business. Squeaky Voice Leads To Suspect's Arrest Montesano, Wash., Dec. 8. C. L. , "v ,o auvBcu w UC31U up a poker game and store at Cedarvilll two wrena uu, was arrested weanesaay. at Centralla and is being brought here. He was betrayed by his squeaky voice. Are Better (Trademark lUcitteredr THE SIGN OF PERFECT SERVICE Defective Vision Defective vision doesn't al , ways mean being unable to see well. Weakened eye iiuscics, . nerve strain and headaches all are forms of W defective eyesight. : l. Imperfect eyes, uncorrected WJ by proper glasses, rob you pf effective work and inter- ttV fere, with your pleasure and ' peace of mind. 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The gaa will be designed to render criminals powerless rather than kill, and . will be used only where desperate men are threatening the lives of policemen. r Officers using the gas will be pro tected by a heavy steel shield. s T By J. Bart Campbell Washington, Dec. 8. (I. N. S.J With President-elect Warren O. Harding in the comparative seclu sion of Marion, Ohio, and President Wilson's annual . message' tucked away in the congressional records, congress settled own to business to day.. . ; Members of the senate and house be gan to buckle to the tasks before them during the next three months. . - V J An -effort was to be made in the sen ate today by Senator Kenyon, Republi can of Iowa, to secure immediate ac tion on the so-called packers' regulation measure of which he and Senator Ken drlck. Democrat of Wyoming, are Joint authors. The measure is on the sen ate calendar as unfinished business and has the right of way. BLAME BETAIIER Kenyon said he proposed to urge the passage of the bill in a lengthy speech, but opposition to it on the part of sev eral Influentialleaders may preclude. an early vote on it It is understood Senator Lodge of Mas sachusetts and -Senator Smoot of Utah are two Republican leaders who believe the retailer and not the wholesaler is the one in most need of regulation. . Certain recommendations made by the president in his message are certain to be Ignored by the Republican majority in control of congress. Republican and Democratic senators declared. They say the president's suggestion for an immediate revision of the coun try's taxation svstem la ImnrnctlcuhU although hearings will be begun after the Christmas holidays by both the sen ate finance and . house ways, and means committees preparatory for . general readjustment of taxes In 'accordance with a Republican program of revising the revenue act. MAY IGUOBE SUGGESTIONS The licensing of corporations engaged in Interstate commerce ; a loan to Ar menia, and the granting of independence to the Philippines are other . proposals of the president. Which, it la believed, wUl not be acted upon favorably. The coalition between Democratic and Republican agricultural members may result In the reestablishment of the war finance corporation, despite the oppos sltion to this by certain , Republican leaders. . Hosiery Prices Hit Low Mark, Asserts National Association (By United New) Chicago, Dec. 8. -Prices of women's hosiery have touched the low point Of the year. Women's silk Btocklngs .priced by manufacturers last spring a,t $27 a dozen have dropped to $15. Women's mercerised stockings, dur ing the same period, have been reduced from $7.50 to $3.50 at the mills. This news was given out at the meet ing Tuesday of the National Associa tion . of Hosiery and Underwear Manu facturers. " " : , , . CONGRESS BUCKLES DOWN 0 BUSINESS V I :.-(i.-.v:-.i'vv"-;:) :" . . '. 1 1 PLAN BIG MOVE ; TO AID EXPORTS Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 8. (I. N. S.) Plana for a bmion dollar ex port corporation to open European markets to American agriculture and Industry, broached at. the con vention of the American Farm Bu reau Federation here late last night, will be whipped Into shape' at a con ference in Chicago December 10 of representatives of export interests, it was decided today. ! Willis H. Booth of the Guaranty Trust company. New York, ' placed the plan before the federation meeting. HU pro posal is for . the organization of an ex port corporation with a capital stock of $100,000,000 to handle all kinds of export products, both agricultural and manu factured. , , . , i Under the Each law, he pointed out, the corporation may issue securities to multiply its capital stock by 10, making a billion 'dollarcorporation. The proposal outlined by the New Tork banker would provide for an organiza tion with a governing board composed of farmers, business men and bankers. Twenty-five per cent of the capital Stock would be payable immediately and 10 per cent monthly until the hundred millions of stock had been paid, under the Booth plan. CLARA HAMON IS (Continued From Pice On) Ardmore in the last few days. Public opinion feels she will surrender and. will be freed by a jury who hears her story of her relations with Jake Hamon. The "powerful oil interests" mentioned in several newspaper dispatches are an un known quantity here ao far as they have affected either the search for the missing woman or in swaying public opinion. DECLARES HAMOU PAID WIFE $1000 MONTHLY TO STAY AWAY Sacramento, Cal., Dee. 8. (U. P.) Mrs. Ruth Walker Hamon, wife of Frank L. Hamon, . nephew of Jake Hamon. Oklahoma millionaire and politician, . alleged to have been mur dered, told the United Press in an in terview tnriav that J air Hsmnn naM his wife $1000 a month to stay, in Chi cago ana not to bother him. Frank L. Hamon Is the divorced hus band of Clara Smith Hamon, sought as the slayer of Jake Hamon. Mrs. Ruth Hamon told The United Preaa that ,T lc, H,mnn natl Vim band $100 a month to marry Clara Smith, so uuu tne latter could legally carry the name of Hamon' In this way, Mrs. Ruth Hamon said, the relations of Jake Hamon and Clara Smith were calculated not to excite suspicion. She added: Clara Hamon came to visit us and during her stay received several tele grams from Jake Hamon. . She showed me a small pistol on one occasion which she said she was keeping as "protection. I am positive that Frank did not go to Clara Smith Hamon." , Mrs... Hamon'a story was somewhat confused. She spoke of being in Mari etta Springs and later in Los Angeles, where she learned of the shooting. An other statement she made declared ehe was in Sacramento during the shooting'. RELATIVES PLAN" DEFENSE FOR CLARA SMITH HAMON Fort Worth, Texas, Dec 8. (I. N. S.) Relatives of Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon, fugitive aqd alleged -slayer of Jake L. Hamon, Oklahoma multi-millionaire, to day were conferring with Boted Texas criminal attorneys. One noted law firm, which has been represented In every big murder trial in the , Southwest in the last decade, was visited by representa tives of the missing woman. The firm would not discuss the conference. A meeting between the missing woman's relatives and Mrs. Jake L. Ha mon, widow of the oil king, was to be held today. It was rumored this con ference would result In the missing woman's surrender, although the report could not be confirmed. . HA DMH MURDER . 'v. - I Police FindLiquor ; Cache; Tenant and : Landlords Arrested .Even a. law-ahlrlinr rfti space in his basement to Jits bootlegger friend and permit him to store liquor there, say Patrolmen Harms and Nutter. - In a raid on the home of Antone Met Choff. S21 North Twentv.Mond itrt hdoor In the pantry. Lifting the trap they Lauea io iuia tne casement, out upon examination found a place where the earux naa Deen disturbed. After procur- inBr a shovel 'and rllrrtnv fnw .nm, lm on their hands and knees the "invincible noose nounas ' unearthed 148 points of moonshine. - Metchoff disclaimed . ownership, tell ing the police that Jack Markich. 24S North Sixteenth street, was . paying him o a montn ior tne privilege of storing th6 liOUOr In hlM tintiua RntH mm wava arrested and charged; with having liquor in meir possession. An additional rive pints were found concealed In the wood pile In Markich'a basement. Alleged Booze Leak To Late Democratic Meet "May Be Aired San Francisco, Dec. 8. (L N. S.) With the comoletion of th 4tirv anl,M tion early today, the first witness will oe caiiea oeiore federal Judge Maurice T. Dooling In the United States district court here to testify in the trial of Harry Brolaski. Jules Carnage and Douglas Newton, indicted by the grand Jury for conspiracy to violate the na tional prohibition act. Numerous federal officials; Including Collector of Internal Revenue Justus Wardell, have been subpenaed by the defense as witnesses. It is believed that attempts will be made by Hugo Asher. attorney for Brolaski, to lay before the court the charges that SI barrels ef 11. quor were officially dispensed at the uemocraue national convenuon here In June. Women Take Over Government Reins When Men Resign Voncalla. Or., Dec 8. Toncalla's new women officials took office Monday night instead of January 1, the men of ficials resigning in their favor. The re tiring men said they took this action to let the women begin at once their pro gram or civic betterment and that they would support the new administration. Mrs. Mary Good ell Burt is the new mayor and members of the council are Mrs. Bernice Wilson, Mrs." Jennie D. Lasswell, Mrs. Nettle Hanan and Mrs. Edith B. Thompson. They announced that the city would be cleaned up at once and other improvements would be un dertaken. The women were elected when the men declined to enter the race after a feminine ticket had been named. $ 9 i Farmers Face Ruin. Says Chicago Banker Washington, Dec. 8. (I. N. a) "The situation of the country banks today la desperate and the farmers are facing Danarupicy," e . w. Tnompeon or Chi cago, representing the Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association of America, de clared today before the Joint agricultural committee Investigating the agricultural situation. Thompson urged the revival of the war finance corporation. Embezzlement and " Desertion Charged Los Angeles, Cal., Dec 8. TJ. P.) Elmer K. Knouse, zo, is held by police here today on a telegraphic warrant from military authorities at Camp Lewis, Wash., who assert he is wanted on a charge of embezzling about $400 in gov ernment funds. Knouse, detectives de clared, confessed he was an enlisted man and deserted with company funds to wnlcn he had access. THOMAS MEIGHAN 1 in . CONRAD IN QUEST OF HIS Y O U T H Columbia Picture Players Vincent Knowles, Director NOW TODAY 0 CLOTHING MAKERS' STRIKE THREATENS New York, Dec. 8. (I. N. S.) The break between " the . clothing manufacturers association of New York and their 65,000 employes widened today, with Industrial war fare as the immediate prospect. The manufacturers, whose ultimatum for reestablishment of the piece work system, reduced wages and the right to "hire and fire- was rejected by the employes, countered by declaring it would have no further negotiations with tne woraenr union tne Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. It Is tale manufacturers' declared In tention to run an open shop, to con tinue ruling orders as fast as they can get "them and "to give emDlovment to their workers upon a basis which will insure gooa wages and make competi tion with other markets possible." Only some 10.000 -of The 65,000 workers are now employed, - Service Star Legion , Will Be Organized A meeting has been called for Thurs day at 2 p. m. in room 625 Courthouse to discuss the organisation of a Portland chapter of the Service Star Legion, now being formed by women relatives of vet erans of the late war. Puroosea of ih Legion are to protect and preserve American ideals and traditions, main tain the principles of freedom and de mocracy, cooperate in all civic and natrl otlo work, promote the welfare of ex service men and their families and cherish the memory of those who died in the service. New Marshal Named Freewater, Or.., Dec 8. Wesley S peers has resigned as Freewater city marshal and John C Crimmens was ap pointed, to, take his place. Atmopheric Set ting of a realistic forest fire, which is, in . itself , ' an achievement. ... CONSTANCE in : " I f iff ' fit-,-!' I jfi'V - -". Good References" Now Playing . Coming Dorothy Dal ton Next Monday the No. 101 De Luxe Radiantfire will cost you ! ; Old price remains this week only and only while supply holds out;- Woman Is Placed on Trial on Charge of Murdering Husband St Louis. Mo., Dec. 8. HU. P.) Mrs. Lillian Woodlock went on trial here to day charged with the murder of her ' first husband. Mrs. Woodlock Is also charged with being an accomplice to the murder of her second husband and will be placed on trial on this charge later. Ursula Broderlck, daughter of Mra Woodlock by her first husband, Thomas P. Broderick, was convicted In Juvenile court on the charge of killing her step father, Joseph Woodlock. She was sen tenced to 10 years in the penitentiary, but Is free on $50,000 bond pending her appeal to the supreme court. The Broderick girl confessed she killed her father to protect her mother and Bhot her stepfather in defense of her own honor. 45,000,000 Chinese -Facing Starvation Approximately 45,000,000 people are menaced by the worst famine In the his tory of Northern China, according to a communication received Tuesday by H. B. Van Duser, president of the Chamber of Commerce, from Rae D. Hinkle, man- ' aging editor of the Christian " Herald. 1 Ulnkle says that the situation is "the greatest tragedy . facing humanity to- day and it is just beginning." The Christian Herald has handled relief funds in the past for China and will do so Iri the present emergency. - Victim of Fin Dies Milton, Or Dec 8. Frances Norman Brlnker, wife of John Brlnker of the Fruitland Grocery company, Freewater, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Norman of this city, died at the home of her parents Monday. Mrs. Brlnker was born In Milton 28 years ago. Dur ing the influenza epidemic she contract ed lung trouble and had been an invalid since. . - ; Another t Masterful Backwoods Story NOW PLAYING , By James Oliver Curwood With LON CHANEY BETTY BLYTHE LEWIS STONE TALMADGE Portland Gas & Coke Co. . , : Alder, near Fifth. n & Q - , 5mce 1908. , Q -A