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Salem Merchants are Beady for Tonight's Spring Opening be the Greatest Ever- Held Here SPRING OPENING EDITION Two sections, spring fashion new3 10 pages; General new, 10 page. - WEATHER Unsettled today. Frequent ralas. Cooler. Wind, south-' west. Max. temperature Wed eaday 0; mil. 40; river U. Bala .4. I - : - "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shell Aae" SST SSlt SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 317 Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, March 21, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS Which Will T KIT WILL SEE STORES IN GALADISPLAYS 4th Annual Opening Under Ad Club Sponsorship at 7 o'clock Special Attractions Include Treasure Hunt Along With Prizes Tonight's the night! The treasure hunt seekers will bp nut. The boys' and the girls bands will be there. Those who want new spring outfits is there nnvone who doesn't? will parade f,f streets. Every merchant who F.rks spring trade will hover nbout to see the effect of his dis plays on the crowd.. All In all it will be a great -eve-rin?. this fourth annual spring opnint? and window display spon F ired by the .Salem Ad club. Y.::: Year Sees Fmiert Crow Kacn year the project has prown, each year there lias been more cooperation between mer chants, until in the spring of 1929 the month of March. "the largest and best affair ever held is ready. Music by the bands of the sen- , for and Parrlsh junior high schools will start at 7 o'clock while the window unveiling and displays will open at 7:30. Then and there will be displayed the winning numbers which will entitle ticket hofders to valuable prizes offered by scores of Salem merchants. This year Salem .auto dealers are departing from the practice of former years when an auto 6how was held on the streets. In its place has been substituted an "open house" In which each deal er will throw open his show rooms for display of all the new models. Treasure hunt prizes and some special features will be offered at these dealers' homes and it Is ex pected that hundreds of people will attend the showing of the season's newest autos. Annual Spring Iance Set for O O'clock Promptly at 9 o'clock an annual soring opening dance will be stag-, ed at C rystal Gardens' 'With the Royal Knight's orchestra, well (Turn to Page 2, Column 3.) L. L. Jensen, local contractor, i-j appointed temporary building in '" tor Wednesdcy by the build-i-'z ode committee, following the i nation of William Laing. M rubers of the committee are V.;l Armpriest. Cuyler Van Pat-i-n. W. M. Hamilton and Connell I yt r. Mr. Laing, chosen by the city roiineil in February for this office paid in his letter of resignation th.it the state board of control wished him to complete his pre vious contract for inspection work on the eastern Oregon tubercu losis hospital, now under construc tion at The Dalles. A permanent successor will be considered by the council after It ar ts on Mr. Laing's resignation at the next meeting, April 1. Raid Nets Ten Pints of Liquid And 2 Prisoners Nins pint bottles of alleged li quor were confiscated by the po lio in a raid at 1163 Waller meet Wednesday night, and Mrs. Jennie Strong was arrested on a charge of having liquor In her possession. S. V. Haines was ar rested In the same raid when a pint bottle partly full of alleged liquor was found in his possession. Ferry street is becoming a po pular plyee for automobile thefts. A Studebaker coupe with license 21-543, belonging to the Califor nia Packing Co.. and a Buick mas ter coupe with license 20-625, be longing to Carl F. Gerlinger of Dallas, were . stolen from that street Wednesday night. ISEIi MED FOB BUILDING OVERSEER Constitutionality of Law Consolidating Schools Not To be Tested in Suit Now Constitutionality of the merger aw placing all Institutions of higher learning under one board will not be tested by a trial suit at the present time. This was announced by Frank J. Miller of Albany, after a con ference with Governor Patterson Wednesday. U had been reported that a friendly suit would be proposed to clarify certain sections of the law relating to the receipt and dispo sition of the funds of the fire ed ucational Institutions. "Law Thought Proper novrrnor Patterson Indicated " t if such a suit was fUed It Grand Old Soldier Of World War Dies A fter Long Illness Ferdinand Foch, Field Marshal Allied Armies And Conquerer of Von Hindenburg, Taken in 5eventy-Eighth Year PARIS, Mar. 20. (AP) Ferdinand Foch, generalissimo of the allied armies in the World war, died peacefully just as the sun was going down at 5:50 o'clock this evening. The man who led to victory "the greatest aggregation of armies ever assemvicu, iua ever away quietly with his family about him and. devout Catholic that He was, with his mind and soul at peace after his lost confession to his parish priest He was in bis seventy-eighth year. He lay tonight at rest in the field uniform of a commanding general. His face was strikingly more peaceful than at any time since death began the struggle to claim him ten weeks ago. The great marshal will have a national funeral, an honor which has been accorded to only five Frenchmen previously. Those men were Presidents Carnot and Faure; Pasteur, the scientist; Gambetta, the statesman, and Vic tor Hugo, the poet. Corpse Lies Near That of Bonaparte The body will lie in state at the Invalides before the tomb of Na poleon Bonaparte. There Is lit tJe doubt that Foch wiU be lald away in his final rest in one of the niches of the Crypt where the great Corsican lies. Foch was a marshal In the British army, and honorary title conferred on him after the armis tice. Recognition of this was giv en immediately after his death (Turn to Page 2, Cdlumn 4.) II. P. WABE INCREASES Boost in Pay Aggregates in Neighborhood of Half. Million, Word . ST. PAUL, Mar. 20. (AP)--Wage increases aggregating $500, 000 and affecting 5,500 men In the northwest, were granted to day to shop and roundhouse em ployes of the Northern Pacific railroad effective April 1. S. A. Wilder, assistant to the vice president in charge of oper ation announced the increases which range from two to five cents an hour. The raise was granted after two weeks of nego tiations with the associated organ izations of shop craft employes on the Northern Pacific system. Blacksmiths, boilermakers, car men, machinist?, sheet metal workers and electricians, their helpers and apprentices and mis cellaneous shop and roundhouse employes are affected. Their pre vious average wage was 76 cents an hour. - The Northern Pacific Is the first of the northern transconti nental roads to complete wage set tlements with shop employes. Sim ilar increases have been granted by the Burlington, Rock Island, Union Pacific and Santa Fe sys tems. CALLES FORCES CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mex.. Mar. 20 (AP) (By Courier) Agra rian forces in the states of Chihua hua and Sonora have risen against the revolutionists and have formed small bands to harass the rebels: Sonora and Chihuahua are un der rebel control, but It has been learned here that one band of 200 agrarians battled rebel troops, un til four of the farmers had been killed. The rest of the band with drew and split up bnt are still roaming throughout Chihuahua, doing such damage as they can to rebel troops. The rebels have been forced to patrol all railroads, -to keep the agragrians from destroying them to hinder the rebel retreat. pjobably would originate, with some person not connected with the state government Virtually air of the officials have expressed the opinion that the law is con stitutional. Although the law becomes ef fective July 1 of this year, it wa provided specifically that fh e funds of the Institutions would not be disturbed for two years. This will make it possible to enact cor rective or ; curative legislation at the next legislative sessslon. ' Mr. Miller has been a member of the board of state normal school regents for several years. ITS 1 HI Beaten At Last - J mmall)mmmimilimm r; Ferdinand Foch F BE ELABORATE BITE Entire French Nation Makes Preparations to Honor , War Time Leader PARIS, Mar. 20. (AP) The greatest funeral that France has seen since the Interment of Victor Hugo In 1885 was being planned tonight by the French government as a last tribute to Marshal Ferd inand Foch. A special meeting of the cabinet, held immediately af ter adjournment of the chamber of deputies, prepared a blU which will be Introduced In parliament tomorrow and which will carry a special appropriation for the ex penses of the obsequies. The date, and other arrange ments such as lying In state, were left in abeyance because it was necessary to consult with the gov ernment of allied countries whose armies would be represented In the cortege. It "wiirbe necessary to allow time for these delegations to arrive In Paris. ri II IIUI ut HEN OFF Slf SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 10. (AP) Dr; WMUam. C. Hassler. San Francisco health officer, an nounced today that 14 Fnipinbs suffering from spinal menengitfs were taken from the Dollar Liner President Pierce when It docked here today from Honolulu, said the number of cases prob ably would reach 20. About S00 steerage passengers are being held in quarantine. Four hundred persons were taken from the ship when it landed at Hon olulu from Manila and are held in quarrantlne there. Seven Filipin os died during the. trip to Hon olulu and seven have since died. Thirty-five cases are being treated at the Isolation hospital at Hon olulu. Socialist Won't Pay Foch Tribute - PARIS, Mar. 20 (AP) One discordant note in the general tribute Vf praise to Marshal Foch was contributed by deputies of the. extreme left In the French chamber. . A small hubbub was caused on the ehamber floor when Ernest Xafont, Socialist-Commu nist deputy, reproached "Socialist colleagues for joining the parlia mentary homage to Foch. FOCH niu. SI I iDlrfic uu TESTS WILLI IDEOHELL ITER SUPPLY Bare Possibility of This Source Being Used is N Helwick's Belief Regular Flushing of Mains in City Carried on Ev ery Fortnight Tests as to the water supply available, and its quality, in the well drilled by the Oregon-Washington Water Service company, on Madison street, were started Wed nesday by S. M. Munson. testing engineer for the Company, who arrived in the city that day. The well has been completed, with a depth o.f 267 feet, and pumping has been started in con nection with the tests to be made by Mr. Munson. The purpose of the company in sinking this well was that of pos sibly' substituting wells for the present source of Salem's water supply In the Willamette river. Since starting the well, develop ments have tended'toward a deci sion to continue using river water, taking it from a new source far ther up stream and the Installation of an adequate Alteration plant. There still remains, according to J. W. Helwick, vice president of the water company, a remote possibility that wells will be uti lized, and for this reason the tests along that line are to be contin ued. All recommendations from official sources, including the city health department and the state public service commission have been for continued utilization of the river water, with added pro vislon for purification. Source of Water Thought at Fault With respect to the public ser vice commission's report finding .the source of the disagreeable taste, smell and color to be iron f bacteria in the mains, Mr. Helwick said Wednesday that . the com. pany's mains throughout the city have been flushed regularly every two wee,ks, at every hydrant and dead end, and that this program is being continued. The company Is still convinced that the source of the trouble ltf at the source of the water, although it considers the commission's report unbiased and, it its essentials, correct. The company Is continuing its studies of the problem of filtera tion and the selection of a new source In the river. Economic problems in this connection are being studied by various depart ments of the company at present, with the result that one of three alternative plans will be adopted. While the survey will continue through a number of weeks, Mr. Helwick said Wednesday that he felt certain the new system would be completed and placed in opera tion before the 1930 season. MTSTFf MESSAGE SEATTLE. Mar. 20. (AP) Search for T. J. Nicely, 22, re ported suitor of Thelraa May La mond, 17, Fresno girl who ran away from her father there re cently, to join her mother here and who disappeared last night, was being made today by Seattle police. Police started the search for Nicely when a rough draft of an unsent telegram was turned over to the hotel clerk where he was stopping. It read: "Gus Lamond, 288 No. Fresno street. Fresno, Cal., hare party located at 7058, 11th N. W. Mother had girl made ward of Juvenile court. Mother ap pointed guardian. Makes bad case for os. Am waiting chance. Do not try to communicate until yon hear from me again. (Signed) T. J. Nicely." Attorneys for Mrs. Lamond were with the prosecutor today rela tive to filing a kidnaping com plaint. It was not stated who would be named. Murphy, Ex-Head Of State Legion : Will Come Here One of the first American Le gion members to make reserva tions for the state department con vention here in August, was Ar thur A. Murphy, former comman der of the Oregon department, now assistant to the president of the Union Pacific railway with headquarters at Seattle. He. , is president of the Seattle chamber of commerce. Word has been received that "Pod" Maison. executive secretary of the convention commission, that the Bend drum and bugle corps will be entered la the state wide competition with a personnel of 28 men nd has procured uni forms designed on West Point ca det lines. The Bend corps had pre. viously voted not to compete this rear An account of the expense. It has always been among the lead ers in the state contest. CLUE TO KIDNAPING Alleged Slayer of Fred L Fox Enters -Plea of Not Gmlty NEWPORT, Ore., Mar. 20. (AP) Arraigned in Jus tice of the peace court late this afternoon,' Sylvanus NeaL faring a charge of manslaughter In connection with the death of Fred L. Fox, farmer, near Harlan, OreM Monday, pleaded not guilty to the charge and was held to the grand jury under flOOO bail. A coroner's , jury returned a verdict today that Fox came to his death from gun shot wounds at the hands of Keal and recommended that he be held to the grand ju ry on a manslaughter charge. The shooting was the cli max to a neighborhood quarrel. T STATE IS FORESEEN Oregon Has Great Chance to Advance Commercially, Secretaries Told EUGENE, Ore., Mar. 20. (AP) Oregon is ideally located geographically for development Into a great commercial state as well as agriculturally and indus trially. Oregon is not over producing any products, but the problem fa cing the state Is one of marketing. Co-operatives will be the best means of solving this problem and already are making great prog ress. An excellent plan for gaining publicity for the state through use of "home town" newspapers of tourists who register in Oregon can be worked out by chambers of commerce. These, in brief, were the chief topics taken up today by chambers of commerce secretaries at the ninth annual short course held on the campus of the -University of Oregon. The school will continue the rest of the week with experts leading discussions on important state problems each day. Because of its geographical sit uation, Oregon can be the natural gateway to the Orient, Professor V. P. Morris, professor of econ omics at the University, declared. Morris stressed other geographical advantages of Oregon which in cludes abundance of water power, excellent agricultural lands and factory sites located close to nat ural resources. R. H. Kipp, manager of the mar keting department of the Port land chamber of commerce, spoke on co-operative marketing. George H. Godfrey, news director of the public relations bureau, outlined the national publicity plan. TELL WHOLE STORY SACRAMENTO. Mar. 20 (AP) After setting April 8 as the op ening date of Superior Judge Car los S. Hardy's impeachment trial the senate today authorized the taking of a deposition from Mrs. Minnie Kennedy whose statements already have linked the jurist with several Important phases of the Aimee Semple McPherson dis appearance investigation two years ago. Arguments whether, or not. to authorize" the assembly board of managers proecutlng the impeach ment case to go to Portland, Ore., and take Mrs. Kennedy's deposi tion kept the senators behind lock, ed doors for more than font" hours today. After the doors were finally thrown open to the public and members of the press, a resolution Introduced by Senator J. M. In man, permitting the taking of a deposition outside the state, pass ed by a Tote of 28 to 10. Then the board of managers was asked to explain from whom a deposition was desired and to prove that suchtestimony was ma terial to the pending impeachment trlaL Rich Kidnaper is Found Molesting Numerous Girls OAKLAND, Cal.. Mar. 20. (AP) David A. Barnett, wealthy San Leandro manufacturer con victed Tuesday of kidnaping 5 year old Bloise Windfeldt. was identified today as the man who on various occasions molested lit tle girls attending the Frickl school here. This disclosure at tended attempts of police to link Barnett with the murder here in July, 1127. of IS year old Mabel Mayer, whose mutilated body was found In a vacant lot. Police compared Barnett's fin gerprints with prints of the blood, stained handbag of the slain gin but admitted they did not cor respond "very well." A further comparison - will be wade tomor row to determine whether the fin ger prints are sufficient evidence against the man to warrant a charge of murder being placed ag ainst him, police said. - FUTURE Ml KFJEOT MUST STATE TON OUT OFJFFICE Oklahbma Senators Vote to Remove Governor After Extended Trial W J. Holloway Sworn in When Final Result of Bal lot Becomes Known OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla., Mar. 20. (AP) The second success ive elected governor of Oklahoma was removed from office today by the state senate' court of impeach ment. The court found Henry S. John ston guilty of a charge of general incompetency, preferred by the house of representatives, and ex onerated him on nine other char ges brought by the house. J. C. Walton, Johnston's elected prede cessor, was removed in November, 1923. W. J. Holloway, lieutenant-governor, was sworn in as Johnston's successor by Chief Justice C. W. Mason of the state supreme court immediately after the senate-court had completed its vote on the Im peachment charges. Holloway had been acting governor since John ston was suspended from office two months ago. Johnston, who as late as last night expressed confidence h e would be restored to office, re ceived the verdict impassively. (Turn to Page 3, Column (.) OFFICE BUILDING - PLAfJ IS ORDEFIED Construction to Start in May, Members of Board of Control Say Architects Wednesday were in structed to prepare plans and ad vertise for bids for the proposed new state office building to be erected in Salem this year. Mem bers of the state board of contral said that actual construction op erations probably would get under way early in May. The new ouilding will be three stories high, with exterior finish similar to the present supreme court structure. The two buildings will be Joined by a tower six stor ies in heighth. The improvement will cost ap proximately 1500,000. The law authorizing the construction pro vides that $600,000 shall be bor rowed from the state industrial ac cident commission and be repaid out of rentals received from state departments occupying space In the building. Approximately $100,000 of the money borrowed from the accident commission will be retained by the board of control for the purpose of purchasing a building now oc cupied by the state printing office and motor vehicle department. This building was erected recently by Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner and p. B. Jarman, and is under lease to the state. GAS PRICE MM ALMOST ILL ENDED SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 20. (AP) Thought the gasoline war here was still far from being set tled, today saw the General Pe troleum company join the ranks of the wholesalers meeting the six cent raise. The Texas company, however, still was retailing at 10 cents a gallon though officials here were awaiting advices f torn Los Angeles regarding the raise, which they felt certain would come today. A variety of retail prices could be found over, the city today. Gar agemen, who cjaim they are as anxious to stabilise prices as oth er retailers, declared they would undersell the 20 cent stations by one cent on til all agreed to charge 22 cents. Several places continued to retail at 12 cents on tank loads delivered before the prices went up. New J ones Law Is Used Against Booze Salesman PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 20. (AP) Charles W. Ersklne, as sistant United States district at torney, today made use of the Jones liquor blU by charging vio lation it this act to James E. Fait, aUeged to have sold a quart of reputed bonded liquor to pro hibition agents in a downtown hotel. Complaint was filed with the United States commissioner. Fait was arrested and his bail set at 11500. T Lindy end Fiancee To be Married in June, Report Says MEXICO Cm", Mar. 30. (AP) CoL Charles A. Lindbergh and his fiancee, Miss Anne Morrow, expect to be married some time la the month of June, it is stated upon the highest authoity. The place of the ceremony has nor yet been decided. Anne Morrow will be a June bride bnt she and Col. Lindbergh have not yet de cided whether the marriage shall be solemnized in Mex ico City or in the United States. The colonel is expect ed to fly back to Mexico City at least once and maybe twice to lslt his fiancee be fore June. E LEADEROF REBELS General Jesus M. Aguirre, Vera Cruz Chieftain, is Taken in Custody JIMINEZ. Chih., Mar. 20. (AP) The eapture of Guadala jara, and Puebla, the towns near Mexico City and start of a move ment of rebel forces In the state of Nayarit, Guanajuato, Michoa-1 can, Zacatecas and Jalisco toward Mexico City, was reported at rebel headquarters here tonight. JUAREZ. Chih.. Mar. 20. (AP) The city of Puebla, capital of the state of that name, has been occupied by rebel forces, it was stated at revolutionary head quarters here tonight. MEXICO CITY, Mar. 20 (AP) An official report was received at Chapultepec castle tonight that General Jesus M. Aguirre, princi pal rebel leader in the state of Vera Cruz, was captured at 5:40 p.m., today, at Aguacatillo, Vera Cruz. The capture was made by Gen eral Eliodoro Hernandez and Gen eral Acosta, commander of the federals in Vera Cruz, said that the prisoner was on his way to the federal headquarters camp where he would be courtmartialed. General Aguirre's brother Simon also a rebel leader, was captured. and executed about ten days ago. MEXICO CITY,. Mar. 20 (AP) Rebel forces under General It nrbe have been sighted outside the city of Masatlan and the federal garrison is in its trenches await- (Turn to Page 2, Column 5.) IS PUT UNOFJ ARREST LOS ANGELES, Cal., Mar. 20. (AP) Alice White, blonde screen flapper, was halted by po lice, who seized her automobile, while she was on her way to court to appear as an exhibit in a dam age. suit against Mae Murray, screen actress, here today. i The police took the car because Miss White had not obtained 1929 license plates for it. Sylvia Ulback, Hollywood masseuse, was suing Miss Murray for 82100, claiming she had been released without cause- and final reimbursement. Miss Murray countered with the claim that Miss Ulback is not a good masseuse and Miss White, who is receiving treatments from her, was to offer herself as proof that she Is being kept in fine trim. The case was continued until to morrow. Texaco Gasoline Kept t Former Rate at Present PORTLAND, Mar. 20. (AP) The Texas Oil company tonight was the only major oil company holding to the wholesale price of gasoline six cents lower than any other concern. C. L. Coppage, vice president and general manager of the com pany, who was in Portland to night, said he saw no immediate boost in the price of Texas pro- ducts. FEDERALS SCREEN Henry L. Stimson, Final Member of President's Cabinet, Arrives in U. S. By L. E. CLAYPOLL Associated Frees Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 20. (AP) Henry L. Stimson, governor-general of the Philippines, who, as secretary of state, will di rect the foreign policy of the Unit ed States under President Herbert Hoover, arrived here today from Manila en ronte to Washington. After a year in the Philippines from which vantage point he stu died not only this country's colo nial problems but our relations with the entire far east as well Colonel Stimson came home eager to assume the new duties to which President Hoover has assigned DEATH TOLL IN 0IM0T1N CRASH IS HIGH Nineteen Killed in Horrible Collision Upon Canadian National Railway More Corpses May be Found After Debris is Cleared Away by Rescuers TORONTO. Mar. 20. (AP) A constantly mounting death tori tonight continued to add to the horror of the wreck of two Ca nadian National railroad exprc-s trains today at Drocourr, near Parry Sound, Ont. The death of Express Messenger Strutt brought to 19 the total T dead which had been mounting gradually during the day. A score or more were reported In jured and it was thought possible that more 'bodies would be found under the wreckage. The two express trains came to gether head-on just before dawn near the little way station of Drocourt, 4 6 miles northwest ef Parry Sound. Blame Not Fixed By Road Officials Although it had been reported that the wreck was caused by the westbound train over-runnliiK a switch, officials of the road said the cause had not been deter mined and A. E. Warren, general manager of the central region of the road, pointed out that the en gineers and conductors of both trains were men of long experi ence and clear records. Harrowing stories of how pas sengers caught in the burning col onist cars could be heard scream ing until death cut short tnt-ir cries were told by other pas sengers who were taken to Parry Sound in relief trains. "One woman could be heard screaming until she burned to death," H. E. Harcourt, a pas senger said. "It was terrible. I saw several bodies burning in the wreckage." Uninjured Passengers Perform Heroic Work The uninjured passengers In, the sleeping cars, who were aroused from their sleep by the shock of the impact, worked heroically in the cold and snow removing the Injured from the burning cars, Harcourt said. Paul Gauvreau, engineer on the eastbound train, who was brought here In a serious condition with both legs broken and his body badly cut and bruised, said the first intimation he had of the dis aster came when he saw the head light of the westbound train bear ing down on him. He remained at his throttle until Just before the crash when he attempted to leap but did not clear his engine, which toppled over on him. REBELS Jlf CALLES RETREAT IS CUTOFF JUAREZ, Chih., Mar. 20--(AP) Revolutionary headquar ters today reported that the army of General P. Elias Calles, pursu ing the main insurgent columns through Durango, had been lse- lated through a coup by the rf bet forces. General Jose Gonzalo Escobar, the rebel commander, declared hH forces had seised the railroad and cut telegraph lines, In central Mexico disrupting communication between the federal army and its base of operation. The rebel forces, who reached Jlninez-last night from the desert town of'Escalon, carried out the operations of isolating the Calle army with concurrent cooperation from their allies In Zacatecas, Aguas Calientes, San Luis Potosi, Jalisco and Michoaean, said the ' report announced at rebel head quarters. OAS PRICE UP MARSHFIELD, Ore., Mar. 20. (AP) The price of gasoline jumped to 28 cents a gallon here later yesterday. The new price pre vails over Coos Bay and the Ce qullle valley. him. But he said that his eomlaa was not wholly devoid of regret, as he left behind him many fine friendships mads daring his tour of duty. Declines to Talk Affairs of Future The new cabinet chief asked ta he excused from discussing the. fu ture. To talk of that before he has taken his oath-of office of per sonally t discussed with his chief his approaching tasks would, hs his oplnibn. be unseemly, and meet of the reporters who besieged hisav for an Interview agreed with lilaw (Turn to Page S, Column 1.)