PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
PAYS VISIT TO CUBA
Chief E xecu tive Attends the
Opening of P an-A m erican
Congress.
REV. Z . T. P H IL L IP S
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Records of the P ortland postoffice !
for 1927 showed 78,766,890 pieces of
mall w ere put through the canceling
m achines there, according to John M. |
Jones, P ortland postm aster. T his is I
an increase of 4,031,755 over 1926.
HENRY L. S TIM S O N
B rief Resum e of H appenings of
the W eek Collected for
O ur Readers.
Comm emorating the arrival of the |
Cerro Gardo the first steam ship to j
enter Tillamook bay harbor to load '
lumber for shipm ent direct to a for- [
{ sign m arket about 75 of the leading i
The total of new construction In La business men of Tillam iok and Gari- ;
Grande during 1927 was >873,660. This baldi assem bled a t the W hitney inn
last week.
Is the largest figure In the city's his
P ortland has 75,425 boys and girls I
tory.
I between th e ages of 4 and 20 years, j
Albany's rainfall during 1927 was
44.97 Inches, six inches above normal, shows the school census. Just com
pleted. This enum eration will form j
I according to F. M. French, governm ent
'
the
basis for P ortland's apportionm ent
w eather observer.
of the sta te school tax in m aking the
More than 100 fox breeders of Ore- 1929 budget, >10 being allowed for
; gon were in Salem last week attend- i each child.
ing the annual convention of the Ore
i R eport of W. G. Ide, m anager of the
gon Fcx B reeders’ association.
and settlem ent d epartm ent of the
For the first tim e In ten years, no Oregon state cham ber of com m erce
children were burned a t Christmas- and the P ortland cham ber of com
tre e celebrations, Fred W. Roberts, merce, shows th a t 63 new farm fam i
Portland fire m arshal, announced re lies settled in Oregon during Decem
cently.
ber, representing a total investm ent
Jam es T. Jenkins, a dairym an of of >234,000.
Rev. Dr. Z. T. Phillips, recotor of
H enry L. Stimson of New Y ork, who
Bandon, shipped 17 cars of cattle to i Oregon corporations paid approxi
the EPi®c°P a* Church of the Epiphany
was appointed governor of the Philip-
California
In
1926
and
sold
12
in
1927.
in Washington, who was elected chap*
m ately >325,000 less In federal lncomo
He Is building up a dairy herd of 2000 taxes la st year despite th e increase in pines, to succeed th e late Gen. Leon-
lain of the United States senate.
ard Wood.
cattle.
th eir tax rate under the revenue law
GENERAL LEJEUNE TO
VISIT NICARAGUA
C o m m an d er of M a rin e s to P e r
s o n a lly S ize Up the
S itu a tio n .
W ashington, D. C.—At a good will
W ashington, D. C. — M arine rein
am bassador extraordinary. P resident
forcem
ents recently ordered to N icar
started
on a
trip
to
H avana
agua will be led to th a t strife-torn
which he hopes will dem onstrate the
little republic by th e ir comm ander-in-
friendly feeling of the United S tates
chief, M ajor-General John A. L ejeune.
for all the republics of the w estern
H e plans to spend tw o w eeks sizing up
hemisphere.
the situation there.
The Immediate purpose of th e Jour
A roused by rep o rts of casualties
ney, the first outside of the United
am ong the m arines In th e ir efforts
S tates for Mr. Coolidge since he be
to run to e a rth th e outlaw general,
came president, is to make the open
A ugustlno Sandino, and a t word re
ing address of the Pan-American con
ceived by th e navy d ep artm en t from
gross. In the background, however,
m arine officers in N icaragua th a t two
Is the desire to Im press upon the
m arine d ese rte rs w ere train in g San-
representatives of the more than 2(1
dino’s men. G eneral L ejeune, him self
nations who will g reet him th at th e
an old cam paigner, announced unex
United S tates holds no Im perialistic
pectedly th a t he would em bark for
designs In Its relationship with the
Corinto.
countries south of the Rio Grande.
In addition to two members of his
G eneral L ejeune's sudden decision
cabinet .Secretaries Kellogg and WU-
to look Into the N icaraguan situation
bur the president will be surrounded
p8ri,onally wa8 n° ‘ expected to involve
at H avana by a delegation o f men
any change in orders to Brigadier-Gen
whose nam es have for years been
eral Logan Feland, w ho has been In
A class of 510 candidates was initi of 1926, according to the prelim inary
well known in American public life.
stru cted to assum e com m and in N icar
ated by the Salem lodge of E lks last ' rep o rt on incom e sta tistic s for the
The delegation, which will represent
agua. G eneral Feland, who was at the
Monday night as the culm ination of a calendar year 1926 issued by the treas-
th e United S tates a t the sessions of
head of the m arine forces when they
two m onths’ intensive drive for new ury departm ent.
th e congress a fter Mr. Coolidge has
retu rn ed to th a t country a year ago
members.
left, will be headed by Charles Evans
but la te r was relieved, was ordered
"Old Dobbin,” whose days of utility
Hughes.
back to the battle zone a fter word had
Oregon m otorists will be perm itted are rapidly draw ing to a close, is com
The two secretaries and Mrs.
W ashington, D. C —Federal prohi to drive autom obiles bearing 1927 li ing to a sad end in K lam ath county.
been received of the recen t clashes
W ashington, D. C. — S ecretary of
H ughes accompanied Mr. Coolidge, bition officiala see no reason why a cense plates until January 16, accord- T housands of horses, running wild on
with Bandlno and th eir resulting cas
also H enry P. Fletcher, am bassador hard boiled revenue raider should be Ing to ten tativ e arrangem ents an- th e range, are being caught and sold A griculture Jard in e announced a revi ualties. Sim ultaneously 1000 m arines
sion of the E uropean corn borer quar
to Italy; Jam es Brown Scott, an auth an Intellectual giant to properly hold . nounced recently,
ordered to N icaragua to reinforce
to the B utte Packing com pany of Mon an tin e effective Jan u ary 1, 1928. which I were
¿h”e u"ÔÔ airZady* th e «
ority on international law ; Ray Lyman his Job and for this reason they have
An organization has been form ed In tana. T hey will be butchered and
m akes extensive additions to the areas
W ilbur, president of Leland Stanford appealed to the civil service commls- j j ackson and Josephine counties to 8oId 38 cheap m eat in Europe.
W hile Marine officers here, includ
regulated on account of this pest. The
university, and Morgan J. O'Brien, a m e n t ^ n d e r Uw 'h V h ^ , nra tMh.He<,U‘T
ing G eneral Lejeune, were Inclined to
beaU“ ,y the Paeiflc highway from
H ' H ' McDowell, pro p rieto r of the
new ly q uarantined territo ry , in which
form er federal Judge of New York, all
m inlstratnr« «„a
L . ’,
Gr“ t8 Pa88 t0 Ashland by Planting Mack M arie lodge a t N orth Beach. infestations w ere discovered during doubt report th a t deserters were as
m em bers of the delegation.
inlnistrators and agents m ust qualify trees and flowers.
sisting Sandino, It was adm itted th a t
was fatally shot n e a r Booth on Silt- the sum m er and fall of this year, con-
in accordance with the reorganization
. .
. ... ,
.,
some of the m arines who have "gone
The Douglas county turkey crop of coos lak ® la st Sunday, when a shotgun
J
i ° r n6hlPS
Ve™ ont’ over the hill," are still at large.
law passed a t the last session of con
MORE S H E E P D E S IR ED
1927 was the larg est for m any seasons,
th e hands of L. M. K im m el of Rose- w estern M assachusetts, New York,
gress.
From one source came the rep o rt
The "flunks” have averaged high, a total of 17 carloads being shipped burg w as accidentally discharged. T he New Jersey, P ennsylvania, Ohio, In th a t two m en had been captured by
Plans Made to Increase Flocks of
two
m
en,
lifelong
friends
w
ere
shoot
diana
and
Michigan.
out
of
the
county
for
the
Thanksgiving
It was said, and even five of the ad
8outhweet Washington.
Sandino while attem pting to re a c h
ing ducks when th e accident hap
and C hristinas trade.
T he corn borer la now known to
Olympia, Wash.—T entative arrange. m inistrators. th e field colonels of the
ilie
H onduran border and forced, under
pened.
exist in 13 states, nam ely, M assachu
P lans subm itted by the county clerk
m ente were made a t a conference dry forces, have failed to m eet th e re
penalty of death, to act as d rillm asters
In crease In assessed valuation of setts, New H am pshire, Maine, Rhode and tacticians.
here to purchase and distribute at quirem ents of the commission. The of Clatsop county for a bridge over
least 5000 sheep to farm ers of south fatalities for the agents have been Lewis and Clark river, 7>/£ m iles south K lam ath Falls coupled w ith economy Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New
The recent battles have shown, of
w estern Washington In the early particularly heavy In the south, w here of A storia, were approved by th e w ar of various m unicipal levying boards York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, ficial reports have said, a notable Im
has resu lted In a m aterial reduction W est V irginia, Ohio, M ichigan and
they have run as high as 85 p er cent. d epartm ent last week.
spring.
provem ent in the morale and tactic«
in 1928 taxes. Tfte m illage ra te is 58 Indiana.
"T he situation is terrib le,’’ one ad
The conference was attended by
of the Sandino forces.
The receipts of th e M edford post-
The products affected by th e revi
bankers and delegates from chambers m in istrato r complained to th e W ash office last m onth which w ere >10- mills, as com pared w ith 70.8 m ills last
of commerce. It was the outgrowth ington officials. "It Is m ore Im portant 205.66, showed an Increase of 12.3 per year. A ssessed valuation of the city sion are corn, broom corn, sorghum s
of a m eeting held In Chehalic a month for an agent to be able to sm ash a cent over th e receipts of December, lias Increased from >7,061,036.13 to and Sudan grass. Inspection and certi
>8,326,012.75.
fication are required for the Interstate
ago, at which plans were laid for the bootleg Joint than It Is to spell 'idio 1926, which were >9083.47.
Textbooks adopted by the sta te te x t m ovem ent of clean shelled corn and
stim ulation of the wool industry west syncrasy.' ”
Election of officers and the adop
of the Cascades.
book com m ission for use in the public clean seed of broom corn to uninfested
tion of a 1928 program will be taken
The shipm ent of cornstalks
At the Chehalis m eeting it was VETERA NS
F IL E TOO LATE j up a t th e ann u al m eeting of the schools of Oregon cannot be used le districts.
and ears to uninfested territo ry is pro
gally
for
a
period
In
excess
of
six
pointed out th at 600,000 sheep are
W ashington, D. C.—For the fourth
| Clackam as County Jersey C attle club
years, according to an opinion pre hibited.
being run In w estern Oregon, while D epartm ent Unable to Consider 25,000
tim e the senate approved and sen t to
a t Oregon City next week.
pared by the attorney-general recent
only 23,000 sheep are being run west
Delayed Applications.
th e house the constitutional am end
D eposits of P o rtlan d ’s 24 com m er ly. The opinion was sought by C harles
of the m ountains in W ashington. The
B R IE F G ENERAL NEW S
m ent of Senator Norris, republican,
W ashington, D. C.—In the deluge of
cial
banking
Institutions
on
December
bankers and cham bers are endeavor last m inute applications from world
A. H oward, sta te superintendent of
~ .
Nebraska, to prevent "lam e duck” ses
v « t « r n n > f ,•
ii
i
31
am
ounted
to >165,498,072, reflecting public Instruction.
T he public debt was reduced >1,038,- sions of congress, a fter general elec
ing to finance farm ers who wish to w w s ar r veteran»
for
adJUHteil
compensa*
„
.
,
•
»•«»*
tlon the
,1 I.n „ r .„ - v u J
a Katn of 0 .6,4.453 over the >161,823,-
run small flocks.
The city of Medford had an enviable 312,882 during the last year, represent tions.
tlon, th e dead line for which was
619 reported in D ecem ber 31, 1926.
record during the last year in th e m at ing a reduction of >8.560,349,197 since
reached at m idnight Jan u ary 1, ap
The vote on adoption was 65 to 6,
1919, when It reached its peak of >26 - Senators Bingham, C onnecticut; Dale
.INSULL BEFORE C O M M ITTE E proxim ately 26,000 applications came | H alf again as much m oney was te r of fires and com paratively little 596,701,648.
taken In by th e city of McMinnville fire loss, according to the annual re-
too late and cannot be considered.
and Greene, Vermont, and S ackett,
Admits He Contributed >237,925 to
A wave of feeling against William Kentucky, republicans; and Bleaso,
The figures show th at approxim ate in 1926 for fines as in 1927, according Port subm itted by F ire Chief Roy El-
_____
lllin o li Prim ary.
ly 400,000 v eterans entitled to ad ju st to Judge Shirley. The sum reached Ilott. T he fire d epartm ent answ ered E. H ickm an among prisoners in the South Carolina,
and King, U tah, demo-
W ashington, D. C.—Sam uel Insull, ed com pensation have never been >1764 50 In 1926, and only >1054.50 this 150 alarm s of fire and the to tal fire Los Angeles county jail prompted Jail- crats, voting against it.
year.
loss w as only >69.971.89. on w hich >68,- ers to keep the confessed slayer of J The am endm ent would fix Jan u ary
m ulti millionaire Chicago public utili heard from.
Marian P ark er constantly behind bar 2 of each year as the m eeting tim e
ties official, appearing a t his own re
The total num ber of applications re
Mrs. Jean K. P o rte r of Condon, 261.89 of insurance was paid.
( for congress w ithout lim itation or re-
quest In an effort to purge him self of ceived am ount to 3,247,468.
T he outbound cargo m ovem ent for red cell doors.
school su p erintendent of Gilliam coun
Announcemen th at Jacob O, Schur i >ard to long and short sessions and
contem pt, told the senate slush fund
ty. was elected president of the State the P ortland d istrict during 1927 has
com m ittee th at hla total contributions
Divers Prepare for Raising 8-4.
Association of C ounty School Super am ounted to 2,669,319 tons, valued a t m an' Amerlcan am bassador to Ger- would set Jan u ary 15 of the year a fter
in the Illinois prim ary election In 1926
Provincetow n. Mass.—Divers assign intendents at th e annual convention >133,141,330, and in 1926 It w as 2,655,- j m anF’ bas raised >280,000 in American , election as th e day for the p resident
132 tons with a value of >134,599,159 | circIes tor tbe U niversity of Heldel- ' and vice-president taking office in-
am ounted to >237,925.
ed to the 8-4 salvage fleet, aided by last week.
The inbound m ovem ent for last year berg has Produced much enthusiasm 8»ead of March 4. U nder the proposal,
Of this amount >135.000 was given nearly Ideal w eather conditions. Sun
As the resu lt of activities carried
was 2,398,980 tons w ith a value of j ln the Oerinan press.
to the cauipalgu fund of Frank L. day succeeded In m aking w hat la re
m em bers of congress who had been
on by the sh eriff's office in th e en
Smith, who was nom inated and elected garded as extraordinarily rapid pro
>145.691,691,
and in 1926 it was 2,290,- | C urtain J. K err and three m em bers defeated would not pass on legislation,
forcem ent of th e prohibition law in
on the republican ticket and then de gress in preparing the sunken sub
of the crew of the m otorshlp Noble as they may do a t present.
C lackam as county, Sheriff Mass has 889 tons valued a t >141,293,756.
nied the oath of office by the senate m arine for raising. Although 12 div
T
he
m
ost
costly
and
stubborn
fire
-
<J_rowned when the vessel crash
turned over a to tal of >10,875 collected
pending a fu rth er hearing before the ers worked In the engine and control in fines during 1927.
in Tillam ook in years caused damage ed on Escalante reef off the west coast
DREAM LOCATES BODY
committee.
com partm ents, no additional bodies
estim ated at >80,000 last week when of Vancouver Island. Two others of
Fire believed to have originated
were found, th e total num ber recover
i the Masonic building was burned so the crew of six were rescued and Dennis Webb Recovered From Bav bv
from spontaneous com bustion destroy
Rome Welcomes Afghan Rulers.
I
v z . — l .
y
y
ed thus far rem aining at 17.
ancouver.
I badly fear is expressed th a t the upper brought to Vancouver.
North Bend Youth.
ed a warehouse and second hand store
Rome
- The einlr of A fghanistan.
Nearly 10.000 seats will be available
I floor and walls may fall a t any time.
M arshfield, Or. — Body of Dennis
In th e h eart of the downtown business
Amanulluh Khan, and his queen a r F rank L. Smith Challenges Senate.
for spectators a t the republican
- ------ na Webb of Abilene Tex., who was drown-
d istrict In Salem last week resulting The fire lasted five hours and four
rived in the llallan capital on th eir
Tn8M CUy “ e l t ** hefe W' th h ' 8 Wlfe 8eTeral
firem en were overcom e by th e heavy J u “ It was
W ashington, I). C. — Senator-elect
first visit to Europe and received an Frank U Sm ith, of Illinois, refused to In a loss estim ated a t >100,000.
une it , as estim ated when seating ago when he drove off the North Bend
smoke, which ham pered fire fighting
H arry Lloyd W olfgram , 13. was kill ! efforts.
en th u siastic welcome
For the first subm it to trial by the senate primary
P ans were gone over by th e commit- | dock In hts automobile, was recovered
tim e on record an Afghan queen ap election Investigation com m ittee. He ed last week when he stuck his hand j
P ostal savings In Oregon for the
peared in public unveiled in response challenged the Jurisdiction of the com In a rotary clothes dryer at St. Mary's
( fiscal year ended June 30 totaled >2,
pected to be located soon. It is be
to cheers of a vast crowd which g ath m lttee over th is application for a seal hospital. His arm was torn off. The
607,882, according to John M Jones man of the republican national com lieved Webb lost his way in a dense
youth's body was throw n against the
ered before the (Julrlnal palace, where in the United S tates senate.
mittee.
fog. The W ebbs came to M arshfield
steel fram e of the machine, breaking
t,O8tma8' " ’ \ h° ha8 J» «
they will be official guests The queen
m ____ ; celved a copy of the departm ent an-
from Roseburg, Intending to go to
his neck
was revealed as a tail, ivory-skinned
T H E M ARKCT8
I nual report. This is an increase of Marvin H u gh ltt, Railroad Man Dies. Bandon to locate.
beauty.
She wore a sm art black
Albany
Is
the
only
m
unicipal
cor
Portland
>394.630 over the previous year, th°
Chicago.—Marvin H ughltt Sr., whose
Rudy W hitlock, N orth Bend youth
E uropean dress and carried a great
W heat— Big Bend bluestem . >140; poration ln Linn county which will , report shows. T here were 6422 de span ol service to railroading in the who found the body ln the bay, said
bouquet of red ruses
hard white, >136; federation, soft have a lower city tax this year than positors for the year and the govern middle west stretched back 65 years, he had a dream about th e drow ned
w hite and w estern white. >1 28; hard last year, according to County A sses m ent paid >36,617 in Interest.
j died here a fte r a paralytic stroke. He couple and ln It had a vision reveal-
Union Pacific W reck Engineer Dies.
w inter. >1.24; northern spring, >1.26; sor G rant From an. Albany's city levy
Fifty
women
In
a
crowd
Jammed
in
90 y e ,ra old' UnUI h,B death the Ing to him the location of the body.
Portland. O r —C harles F Theobald, w estern red. >1.23.
w ill be 55.7 mills. I,ast year it « a s i
! front of the Hub, a departm ent store ve,<“ran had a Part ‘n the direction of
engineer on one of the locom otives of
56.5
mills.
Hay — Alfalfa. >1S®18.6O; valley
Senate Close* Mexican Quix.
; In M arshfield, which had advertised a the Chicago & N orthw estern railroad,
th e Union Pacific passenger train
W ith the prison population up tc
tim othy. >180 18 50; eastern Oregon
; sale, were plunged Into a depression , with whose destines he had been coo- j W ashington, D. C.—The Inquiry In
w recked in Oneonta gorge last week, tim othy. >20 50(721.
635, th e highest In the history of the I one day last week when the sidewalk nected 56 D>ars. 28 as president.
to the Mexican docum ents published in
died at St. Vinoenj s hospital here.
Institution, the Jails
filled
B utterfat 6 1 6 56c
J
,
tth meB le»dln> “ > an indented entrance col '
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H earst new spapers was closed by the
The d eath of Mr. Theohlad was the
Eggs Ranch. 30(1370.
awaUln« trial and only three bunks lapsed. The women fell In a heap a Oregon In s titu tio n * in Good Condition.
special senate com m ittee a fter Miguel
second resulting from the wreck. Fred
C attle—Steers, good. >10 75® 11.75 left in the en tire institution, the hous distance of about three feet but only
Avila, who obtained the docum ents,
C. W arlike, firem an, dying shortly
_
Salem.
Or.—B
arring
any
em
ervenr»
ing
problem
at
the
state
penitentiary
Hogs Medium to choice. >S®10.
wa8 injured enough to require which would require financial relief adm itted they were forgeries on th é
a fter th e wreck. Miss Lillian Carnes,
Lam bs — Medium to choice. >11® a t Salem hag reached most serious medical care.
______. state Institutions, relief. stren g th of reports of handw riting ex
About xnn
sou ___________
women were f - u all of Oregon's
a passen g er Injured in the wreck, was 1150.
proportions, according to H enry Mey
— . with
w aiting to get Into the store when the ..
reported recovering.
the possible exception of the Old Sol perts. Avila, when asked who forged
ere. superintendent.
Seattle.
j collapse occurred.
diers' home, will complete the cur the documents, said he did not know.
W heat Soft white, w estern white.
Two large eagles, in m ortal combat
Governor to Appoint Constables.
Compilations by lum berm en and log rent biennium without creating a de
> 1 2 S ii; hard w inter. >125; w estern over th e carcass of a Jackrabbit, met
Los Angeles Physician Indicted.
ging concerns estim ate that In lumber, ficit or calling upon the state erner
Salem . Or. — A ppointm ent of con red, >1 24; n o rth ern spring. >1 28; blue
death at Pendleton when they were
stab les to fill vacancies in th s; office
j logs and poles. Coos bay shipped dur gency board for assistance.
Los Angeles, C a l—Dr. C harles M.
stem . >1 42; d ark n o rth ern spring. electrocuted on high power tension
throughout th e state is now ves'ed lu >1.47; dark hard winter. >1.41.
ing 1927 approxim ately 300.000,000 feet
McMillan. 67, was Indicted by the
lines, according to the mute evidence
th e governor, according to A ttorney
C h< |r
county grand Jury for th e m urder of
Hay — Alfalfa. >26, tim othy, >26; found by linemen patrolling the wires of forest products. Thia Is a sm aller Boy S la y e r P . y , P , „ « , t y
G eneral Van W inkle
am ount than was shipped In 1926 by
P. 8., 622.
following the recent storm.
Columbus, o.-A 17 year old boy I Mrs Amelia Appleby, widow of a
j about 25.000.000 feet.
llu lte rfa t S4c.
»he youngest »layer ever electrocuted w ealthy Chicago inventor. The wo
M r and M rs J. J. Hembree of Is»
>4,281,716 P ro vid ed fo r A ir S ta tio n s
The Baker W hite Pine Lum ber com
Eggs Ranch, 26c.
by Ohio, paid with fait h f , m , he elec. man s body was found in a sack in San
fa y e tte celebrated th e ir 50th w edding
W ashington, D. C. E xpenditure ol
pany has Just Installed a new belt for
C attle Steers, choice, >11 25® 11.76 anniversary last week at their home,
trie chair at Ohio penitentiary for kill- I Fernando valley n e a r here.
>4,281.716 for new construction at
Its main drive from th e power plant
Hogs Prim e. >9 75® 10.
surrounded by 30 of their relatives
of the local mill a t a cost of >4000 • ng a mother and her 5 year old ton i
arm y air statio n s would be authortaed
House Approves 8-4 Inquiry.
Spokane.
The youth w a. n oy<1 Hew,tu who
and friends Mr. and Mrs. Hembree
It Is 160 feet long. 38 Inches wide and
under the J sales hill, reported by th«
C attle S teers, good. >10® 10 M.
Washington. D. C.— Investigation ol
•lew Mrs. Fred Brown and her son
were both born n ear L afayette ami
\ of an inch thick. It contains many
house m ilitary com m ittee.
Hoge- Good, >9 60 O 9 60.
lived th ere most ot their Uvea
Fred J r , at th eir Conneaut, O., home the sinking of the subm arine S-4, as
thicknesses of leather.
last February.
proposed by P resident Coolidge, was
approved by the house.
DRY AGENTS FAIL IN
CIVIL SERVICE TESTS
EXTEND QUARANTINE
AGAINST CORN BORER
LAME DUCK' BILL
APPROVED BY SENATE
f