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MEDFORD, OREGON, F1U DAY, FE15RLURY IS, 1921
NO. 282
yiMt TRIBUNE
,.
FOR
Board . Gets . no : Pay, but no
Limit to Number of Censors
at $1 Per $1000 Feet Ses-
sion May End Tomorrow
, Roosevelt Highway "Rider"
Bill Introduced,,
, SALEM, Ore., Feb. IS. All uiotlou
pictures slibwn In the state must be
approved by a state bbard of three
.motion picture . censors under the
terms of a substitute, censorship bill
' introduced ' by. the '.house committee
on health and . public morals and
passed by t,he hpuse today. '
'i The tliree members of the censor
ship board would serve without pay
tut the viewers would bo paid a sal
ary to be fixed by the board. The
1111 does not limit the number of
viewers or expenses of the board for
equipment and supplies, except to
provide that such expenses shall not
exceed the Income from a censorship
tax' imposed for viewing the film.
- : This fee Is fixed at (1 for each reel
of 1,000 feet or less, and $2 for each
rcei of more than 1,000 feet.,
" SALEM", Ore. Feb. 18. When the
thirty-first legislative assembly will
adjourn, is problematical. President
Rltner of the senate said today that
appearances Indicate adjournment
cannot be reached until about noon
Tuesday. ' There was talk of Intro
duction' of a concurrent resolution In
the; senate, calling for adjournment
al'.lO1 o'clock .Saturday, night.. This
. would have -to- be agree.tl.-to.hx -the
house, .'-' ". '''''; i-
, "The adjournment flatis is entirely
up to the member's," "said 'Speaker
Bean. "1 "jersotially believe that, we
can finish by working late Saturday
night, although,, of . course, .no one
can be positive.".
SALEM, Ore.. Feb.' 18. The house
roads and highways committee today
Introduced a $7,000,000' bond hill for
highway construction purposes'. Un
der the constitutional limitation the
$2,500,000 'which is asked for the,
construction of the- Roosovolt high
way, may, still be iBsued if authoriz
ed, j ' ' '
SALUM, Ore.,. Fob. 'IS. House
bills, passed by .the senate include
measures regulating manufacture
and sale of dairy -products, substi
tutes and exempting from taxation
- property of any 'Jipriorably discharge
ed Union soldier . qr sailor of the
(Mexican-. wa.r,war- of .the rebellion,
-Mta maca,jiUhe Vftg-sQt Oregon,
or wftjovj oliuW p'ersyils ' ' .' ;".
, skUjSrife.ii- inifen.
tiitoMeponeipept on, adoption of ad
nrie' frepoTt the. Bn.aU..tpdny killed
i hons'cJbiif yl44f jif Sheljtpni exempting
Oregon road bonds1 from" taxation as
property. This bill Was passed by
the house yesterday.
SALEM, Ore.," Feb, 18. The house
yesterday passed.- the . Sheldon, bill
providing for organization and main
tenance of school districts under cer
tain conditions. .
The senate passed house bill 11
Hopkins relating to witnesses in
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OF SENTRY WHO
,: 'TOKIO, Feb., 16. (By Associated
I'rnss.) Punishment of Toshlgoro;
Ogasawara, he Japanese sentry who
"hot and killed Naval Lieutenant
Lingdon of the United States cruiser
Albany at Vladivostpk late In Decem
ber, was opposed In 'a resolution Intro
duced In the diet today by Representa
tive Z. Tanaka of the opposition party.
The resolution declared that the
action of the sentry was 'justifiable,
"d that any punishment visited upon
him would militate against discipline
'n the Japanese army.
"Afl ft Da..... .!.. In CltPh A I)laCe
1 t Vladivostok and under such clrcum-
"'ances to give rise to the i,anguuu
""air," the resolution declared, "the
induct of the Japanese private was
entirely justifiable, as he acted in self
defense. From the standpoint of mill
'"T discipline ns well ns that of mor
JAPS PROTEST AGAINST PUNISHMENT
Harding and Hughes
Confer Today Foreign
Policy U.S. to Follow
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Fob. IS.
Specific Bteps in initiating the
foreign policy of the next admin-
istration will be passed in final
review late today at a conference
between President-elect Harding
and Charles Evans Hughes of
New Y6rk who is expected to be
the next secretary of state. .
Among the problems is the sec-
lion of Mr. Harding's inaugural
address to be devoted to an as-
soeiation of nations. The address
is expected to refer only In a gen-
eral way to the plan, but it is
understood the president-elect
wants to have Mr Hughes' ad-
vice before he frames the exact
language of this expression. '
Italians Held Aboard Ship
After Passing Quarantine at
New York Urge Uniform
Action to Halt Situation Due
to Emigrants.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 Congress
will be asked for $200,000 immediately
to combat the entrance of typhus into
the country, Assistant Secretary La
Porte of the treasury, announced to
day. . -
' He Said ' the money was needed to
Enlarge" the 'quarantine at New York,
adding that the station soon would be
.transferred by New York Btate to the
government.
Reports at home and abroad, he said,
indicated that the typhus situation was
well In hand.
NEW YORK, Feb. IS. After being
passed by the state -health authorities
at quarantine 1228 passengers arriving
today on board the steamship Gugllel
mo Pelrce from Italy, were prevented
from landing today by city health in
spectors who began a search for any
typhus carriors.
Several hundred passengers who had
given up their clearance cards and do
barked before the Inspectors arrived,
became panic stricken when they were
rounded up and sent back to the ship.
BOSTON, Feb. IS A proposal that
state and municipal health authorities
of the north Atlantic seaboard confer
with federal health officials to settle
on uniform policy for dealing with
immigrants with special reference to
the typhus situation was wired to Sur
geon General Hugh S. Cummins at
Washington today by State Public
Health Commissioner Eugene R. Kel
loy and William C. Woodward, head of
the municipal health department.
' CORTLAND, N. Y., Feb. 18. Three
children in an Italian family here have
been found to be suffering with typhus
fever, the state board of health an
nounced today. i
The children with their mother ar
rived in New York January 5 last,
from Naples, and came to Cortland
January 13.
China has a permanent air-mail sor-
vice between Pekin and '1 ten-1 am
KILLED U. S. OFFICER
ality, punishment of the sentry would
, nn tiiKflrn."
be a sen..., ' ' ,
A regiment oi lonnci -
citv of Sbljuoka near Yokahama has
adoptert resolutions jvi-r, -.
' . n ...o,i nffteers. esnec-
shment oi us"- ; ...
iallV tllO'iO in " -----
to Manchuria to plan the inauguration
of a movement to arouse public opln-
Dtapatche. from Vladivostok to he
Yomluri Shin.bun of this city stating
Ogasawara had been found guilty of a
breach of discipline have not been con
firmed. TOKIO, Feb. 16.-A bill appropriat
ing funds to defray the expense of the
,nB . ... irmn of the Japanese
ously in the house oi
hero today.
C0IV1BAT TYPHUS
DANGER TO LAND
CARUSO BETTER
GETS $5 SHAVE
STILLVERY ILL
Physicians Issue Bulletin De
nying Operation on Throat
All Italy Prays for Re
coverySleeps Good In
domitable Spirit Wins.
NEW YORK, Fob. IS. Enrico Ca
ruso passed a good night and his con
dition Ih distinctly improved today,
said an official bulletin issuX-d from
his bedsldo at noon.
The bullotln, signed by tho five phy
sicians, who have beun attending, the
tenor, since ho was stricken with a
heart attack following pleurisy, con
tinued: "Humors of operations done or to
be done aro based on false informa
tion." ..
Caruso bad his first shave today
since bis relapse. Xito Carolina, the
hotel barber, afterward said Caruso
wanted to talk but that he and Mi-b.
Caruso .told tho patient it was best
for him to remain quiet.
"I told htm," said Carolina; '';that
all Italy and all Italians in this coim-
ii y oio praying lor-mm ana toarijl
camo a Uttlo into his nvi." . 1
Incidentally Carolina declared gross
exaggeration stories that Caruso pays
$10 for a shave. Ho said tho tenor
pays him $6. . .
NEW YORK, Feb. 18. Reassuring
reports; wore-brought from the sick
bed of Enrico Caruso early today. A
fairly restful lffght was passed by the
famous singer, whose illness Is anx
iously i watched by music.- lover:
throughout tho world. - 1
Caruso's fever was somewhat re
duced; his' respiration decidedly bat
ter, and ho was able to take liquid
nouri.sli'mont several times during the
night. , ' ,- , ..... .. , ,. -, ,.
R was admitted, however, that he
still was gravely 111 and not yet out .of
;tb,e crisis.'- He; -16 favored, physicians
said, by his Indomitable spirit. .
Br. Francis J.. urray told-news:
papornien today Uiot tho, singer was
"holding the .'improvement", ho made
yesterday. '
Inquirers ' wero told Caruso was
much stronger than at any time since
bis rc'iipue Tuesday "night. Tho phy
sicians said, however,, he had lost 40
or 50 pounds.
In a lengthy chdt with Mrs. Caruso,
the tenor asked her to relate circum
stances of tho last two days on which
his memory appeared hazy. He smiled
when - she assured him his physictaiip
were no longer alarmed. ; ; . !
Romeyn Benjamin, Mrs. ' Caruso's
brother, said "Mr. Caruso Is wonder
fully Improved," and denied that a
throat specialist had been summoned,
saying "there Is nothing wrong with
his throat." . . .'--'
ARGENTINA REFUSES
REQUEST OF ALLIES
DUENOS AIRES, Feb. 18. (By. As
sociated Press.) Argentina hns re
fused the request of the allies that she
take measures to prevent German ex
portation of war materials to Argen
tina in spite of the treaty of Versailles.
The government takes the ground that
Argentina is not concerned In the stip
ulation of a treaty between other na
tions. ;
, Washington, D. - C, Feb, 17.-
H. W.' Blllghant, president ' Fruit
Growers League,' Medford, Oregon
Chief of weather bureau advises
that ho will' make every effort to
have F. 1)1 Young returned to com
plete scientific work in connection
with fruit frost i service, provided oi
course the appropriation stays In the
bill. CHAS. h. "McNARY.-
I U. S. Senate
The above telegram received by H
W. Rlngham will be of Interest to
local fruit men and Indicates that
Mr. Young who has rendered such
efficient service in the past, will be
returned to the valley this year.
Arthur Pclkey Ieal.
DKTROIT, Feb. 18. Arthur Pel
key, former heavyweight pugilist, died
at his homo In Ford City, Ont., today.
Death was attributed to sleeping sick
ness. Pelky participated in a bout
with I.uther McCarthy In Calgary. Al
berta. May 24, 1911 that resulted In
McCarthy's death. -.
Pelky. who was 38 yearn old, had
Im n ptitrnlmnn in Ford 'Uy.
DEPUTY SHERIFF
BATTLES INSANE
MAN ON ROAD
Youth Wanted as Lunacy Sus
pect Refuses Auto Ride .
Resists and Bites Officer in
Leg 3 Men Come to Res-,
cue Identity Unknown.
It took the herculean efforts of
Doputy Shorlff Mc.Mnhon and ''threo
other men to overpower an insane man
on the road between here and Jackson
ville Thursday evening and put hand
cuffs on him. The demented Jnan,
aboiit 22 years old, was at once, taken
to the county jail; where he is awaiting
a lunacy Inquest.
He had been living-In a -deserted
cabin In the Slskiyous for a week" past
and the sheriff was notified, bul when
that official went to Investigate tho
man had disappeared. He was- next
heard from Thursday when he called
at the Van Dyke home on the Pacific
highway outside Medford. His clothes
were in tatters and his alines in shreds.
He refused to accept a pair that was
offered him and walked away. ! The
family phoned to Chief of Police Tim
othy of his queer conduct; and the
chief loft at once in his autd to appre
hend him, but could find no trace' 01
the man. ; '
In the meantime Deputy Sheriff Mc
Mahoii had gotten on his track and
passing him on the way to Jackson
ville invited tho man to get In his auto
and ride. The, stranger refused. Then
McMahon tried to ovorpower him but
the insane man gave him an - awful
battle, biting him In the leg. " -
- The lunatic got the best of the offi
cer and hnd him. dowp. when Beveral
other men happened on the scene and
went to McMahon's.nid. It took the
united efforts of tho four to subdue the
man' and put: the handcuffs, on him.
-The prisoner irefusea to give, his
name or uuy information about him
self. - . .
0FFIRST1EAL0F:
4
1 ; WASHINGTON; Feb. 1Q. Presl
dent-elect Hurdiim in n letter received
today by ProHident WiUqn1 requpHtH
tliat a luncheon bo prepared at the
Whito Houhq March 4 for him and hlH
immedlato fatpily. Tho president and
Mrs. Wilson will not be present, as
Mr.- Wilson pluns to go direct from
the capitol after tho inauguration to
his new home on 'S street. ; ' j
Whether, the president will rldo to
the capitol with the presldunt-elert
remains to bo determined, but If Mrt
Wilson is present at the Inauguration
he will remain in his automobile .dur
ing the ceremonies. .m v :
Mr. i Harding's letter was 'In reply
to ono from the president asking If
he desired a luncheon prepared.
White House officers' described the
letter as "very nlc'o a"hd generous," 1
They said the president-elect ,had
stated ho was plcased to ' learn that
Mr. Wilson's henlth had so Improved
that ho was able to attend the theater.
, President Wilson today issued the
usual proclamation declaring March, 4
a holiday for the thousands of, gov
eminent employes in Washington.
RINGS IN CALLS
LOOT RECOVERED
. SPOKANE, Feb. 18-rDl8COvery to
day of a trunk and seven suitcases
filled with plunder from residences of
this city brought tho total of such
stolen proerty. It ' was declared by
Captain Martin J. Burns of the detec
tive department to more than $12,000
and he said that was "Just start."
Many valuable pieces of household
goods, he declared, have been sold to
second hand dealers and others, and
have not yet been recovered. 8lx men
and a woman w'ere arrested by the
police today in connection with the
wholesale burglaries ot homes here of
residents who are spending the winter
In the south. , Two other men were ar
rested earlier In the week,
Property recovered Includes dlshos,
silverware. Jewelry, furniture, nifts
and other valuables,
GERMANY MUST
PAY TO LIMIT
AFFIRMS L G.
British Premier Answers Criti
cisms of Horatio Bottomiey
in House , of Commons
Hundreds "of Millions Already
Delivered, Mare Coming.
LONDON, Feb. IS. (By tho Au-
soclated Press) Premier Lloyd
George declared In the houso of com
mons today that he stood by his
plcdgo 4hat Germany must pay to tlie
U m it of her capacity.
The primo minister was discussing
tho German reparations question in
answering Horatio Bottomley's ar
raignment of the government's policy
of alleged Inaptitude in regard to
forcing Germany to comply with the
reparations demands, the . provision
for the trial of war criminals and
other portions of the peace treaty.
Tho allies, conthuted tho premier,
had taken tho best advice available
and had summoned the ablest men to
bo found, upon whoso advk;e the
present' domands had been made, and
the allies were currying out1 the peace
terms to the utmost of their, power.
Germany, ho pointed out, had . de
livered bonds to tho allies, but the
valuo of these bonds depended upon
tho value of tho German security at
tho present moment. Haw materials,
ships, property' of other sort, and coal,
also had been delivered, added the
premier, and tho question was What
wits their vaiuo,
Kxamlno 'Klgurcs. '
The Germans argued, continued Mr.
Lloyd George, that if tho allies took
tho value of the raw material at the
time it was delivered, thq Bum amount
ed ed to-more than tho 20,000,000,000
marks named In the. peace treaty. The
allies contended that the sum was loss
than this, and the' matter wan one
that the reparation commission was
examining. 13 von according 'to "the
allied accounting ho said, - It was ' a
matter of hundreds of millions of
pounds sterling which had ' been de
livered. , ,k.v ; ' ' 'u
Mr. Lloyd George laid stress upon
tho difficulty of exacting an Indem
nity In., another country and securing
its payment hero. ;
..''You can easily collect in Germany
any Indemnity you Impqso, - within
reasonable Umit, but how . aro you
going to transfor It here? Thoro Is
much loose thinking on this subject,"
ho said. . v
"Indemnities can be paid . in goods
or scrvico and that Is why wo in
troduced an export tax On. Clormany's
outgoing goods. That means that
everything sho sends out In goods in
gold, for sho.. gets something for
which there is a gold equivalent." ,
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THIEF NEAR JAIL
, SPOKANE. Feb. 18 Elliot Mich
ener, aged 16, who escaped from offi
cers who attempted to arrest him at a
hotel at Northport, Wash., last night,
In connection with the allegod theft of
$14,800, worth ot bonds' and other
securities from his father at Ooeur
d'Alene, Idaho, was near. Paterson, on
the Canadian line, enroute to Ross-
land, B. C.,- today, according to infor
mation received by the Chronicle to
day over the Jong distance telephone
from Deputy Sheriff . Slzemore of
Northport..
Deputy Sheriff Slzemore said- his ar
rest was expected .shortly. Ho declar
ed the boy had discarded a rifle, his
overcoat and a pair of blankets with
which he left NortHport last night. .
NGRATES LIABLE 10
. fINE, UNDER BILL
ALEM, Ore., Feb. 18. The Oregon
legislature has adopted a Joint resold'
tlon .calling for the display of the
American flag on school houses,
churches and other public places on
Mother's day,
The legislature today enacted a b(Jl
making it a misdemeanor to fall to
support an indigent parent and provid
ing a tine which may be used for such
support. ' '
. lloK'Of.UI.U, T. H.. Feb. Twelve
naval vessels recently ' arrived here
for temporary duty at the pearl Har
bor naval base.' Tho ships were head'
ed by the cruiser Baltimore and the
litit included the destroyers HproMon
and Ludlow: mine sweepers Pelican,
TanuKcr, Hanrierlfnir and Thrush and
KskIc boats Nos. a, 1, x, 10 and M.
250 Men Lose Jobs
When Basement Fire
Sweeps Boiler Works
POnTLANO, Oro., Fob. JS.
Fire early today gutted tho mala
boiler- factory of the Wlllametto 4
Iron and Stool works on the river fr
front hore. The firo marshal early
today estimated tho loss at from
$75,000 to $100,000. The fire was
discovered In tho basement of the 4
boiler factory at 4:30 a. m. by the
night watchman. The cause of
the fire was hot known early to
day. Two hundred and fifty men
4 were temporarily thrown out of 4
4 work by the fire. 4
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Machine Gun Posts Estab
lished in Heart of Irish City
1000 Troops Participate(
Shipyard Riots in Belfast
Four Killed in Cork.
DUHL1N, Fob. 18. The most oxton
slve Borlos of rnldH cnrrled out In Dub
lin began early today. One thousand
troops uui'ttclputod with motor lorries,
machipe kiiiib and armored cars.
Districts around Mount Joy square
and the aiiprouchoB to that section oti
(he city, wore barricaded and machine
gun posts wero established. A clo.se
search for anna was Instituted and
tho preparations Indicated there was
no' expectation on. the part " of1 the
authorities ot finishing the raid quick
ly. . :
, Tho military Isolated about '; two
square miles of tho city for an exhaus
tive house to houso search. . , .
Other districts, it Is though probable
will have the same experience later.
BELFAST, Fob. 18. A large body
of Sinn Felnors attacked shipyard
workers In the dock district lasX night.
Sorious liotlng lasted an hour. There
were no casualties, nlthough firearms
were froely used. Police aud military
armored cars finally dtsporsod tho
combatants. .-, ;
DUBLIN, Feb: 18. Four civilians
wero killed in a skirmish with a patrol
of an Essex regiment nenr Kilbrittnln,
county Cork Wodnosday nlgut, a dis
patch rocelvod hore said.
LONDON, Feb. 18. Mrs. 3. W. Lind
say of Coachford, county Cork, Ireland,
wub kidnaped Wednesday night 'by
three armed men and no trace of her
has been found, it was reported in dis
patches from Ireland. She Is tho widow
of a local land owner and Justice of
peace. , ' .
LATEST SOVIET STUNT
' PETROGRAD, Feb. 18. Compulsory
play-going Is the latest order ot the
day here. Tho soViet government has
decreed that a fine, payable In food ra
tions. Is to be inflicted on all persons,
who after official Invitation, omit to
go to the theater to enjoy a scries of
communist plays which aro now being
produced, sayi tho bolshevik news
paper Rabotchl Colon. ,
ENGLISH
LAUNCH
SWEPMG
HUN
OF DUBLIN HOIS
COLDEST WEATHER OF WINTER IS
PREDICTED DURING THE NEXT WEEK
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. The cold
est woathor of the winter may bo ex
pected over much of tho country cast
of the Ilocky Mountains during tho
next week, according to a special bul
letin forecast Issued today by the
weather bureau. The cold wave will
carry freezing temperutures to- the
Atlantic coast the first part of the
Week, the. bulletin said.
Following Is the text of the fore
cast:
'Tho general distribution of baro
metrical pressure over the Pacific
ocean and Alaska has undergone a
profound change within the last seve
ral days and It has become of tho type
that Is forerunner of cold weather In
the United States generally cast of
the Itocky Mountains, The outlook,
IB FUSS
OVER REPORT
10 END WiS
Natl. Woman's Party Stages
Hot Fracas Over Minority
Report for Immediate Dis
armament "What Do
You Childless Women Know
About War?" Is Asl ;d.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-H-A right
developed at tho national' j w.oman's
party convention hora today ,.ovpr a ,
proposal to pledge the organization, to
work' for immediate, world dlsarmar
ment. The suggestion was ambodled
hi the minority report from the resolu
tions committee as to tho future policy
of the party. ,
Mm, G. G. Scott presented the minor
ity report and Mrs. Harriet Brown ot
Iowa, opened the debate under the fivo
minute rule, urging its adoption.
"All the world prepares for war with
poison gas, germs, battleships and ar
mies," Mrs. Brown , declared. "And
thut next wuV they talk about Is com
ing1 soon unless you women prevent It.
You go a long way towards preventing
it if you simply pass resolutions-giving
notice of your intention to defeat In
the noxt . elections,' all congressmen
who will not pledge themselves to dis
armament. . " ,i-
Never. Borne a .Child'- ,
"You women who have never homo,
a child, who have never loBt a child,
what do you mean by telling us who
havo that the question of disarmament
Ib not a feminist question?"
Mrs. John Rogers of New York, at
tacked the statement that : womon
could prevent war. She declared the
world; could not be. saved from wars ,
until women had saved civilization.,' .
: WASHINGTON, Fob. 18, jfajorlty
arid minority reiorts as to the 'future
policy or tho national women's party
were presented from the resolutions (
committee at the opening today of the ,
second day's Isosslon of the national
convention. A. spirited fight was fore
casted. ' .'.''. r .
The majority report brought In by
Mrs. A. R. Colvln of St. Paul, the corn
mittee chairman, recommended that ,
"tho national woman's party, having ,
accomplished the object for which it
was created, now disband; that a. new
organization be created ; that the im
mediate work of tho new organization
bo the removal of, the political disabil
ities of women." ... - ,. ';
. The report also urged efforts to see
that political f reodom should not be
lost "In any association of nations that
may ho established arid to. work for
the absolute equality of men hnd wom
en.'. . , i'tiilo .;;;'. lm ,
. " ,'1'- " rr-1' ;m
b.t!. .
CHICAGO, Feb. 18. Two men
claiming to represont the Russian so
viet government have been ordering
enormous quantities of clothing from
Chicago garment) manufacturers.
They have signed contracts for 200,
000 dresses and 500,000 skirts and
given other orders, one manufacturer
said today. 'Max Schallman, or Solo
mon, signed the contracts for the so
vlet government, which he claimed
would be recognized officially 'Marcu
18. after President-elect Harding has
taken office. . v .
therofore, la for much coldor woather
generally cast of tho- Itocky mountains
during tho next several days. It seems
probable that tho coldest weather of
the winter may bo oxpectcd over much
ot thu country during the coming
week. ,
"The cold Weather Will extend
southward over the gulf and south At
lan tic states, carrying freezing tem
perature to the coasts, the first part
of tho coming week."
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DALLAS, Texas, Fob. 18. Snow lit
the Texas pan-handle and parts of
Arkanna, with cold rains reaching to
tho Mexican hordcr was reportod by
tho Dallas weather bureau today. Tho
bureau alno reported enow In, Okla
homa and Kansas. . ; .
mmm0& ,