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MEDFOliD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1933.
No. 275.
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.By FRANK JENKINS.
f R. GAYFORD and O. E. NlchO
letts, Englishmen, fly from Cran
well, In England, to Cape Town. In
South Africa, a distance of 6411 miles,
In two days, thus establishing a new
world non-atop flight record.
Interesting, Isnt It?' And do you
know why It Is interesting? It Is be
cause we didnt really believe an air
plane could keep going that long,
and are surprised when we learn It
can.
THERE waa a time when the auto
mobile wasn't dependable. When
we started out somewhere In one ol
j them, we were always a little aur
prlsed when we got back without a
breakdown of some sort.
That went on for years, but gradu
ally the automobile got so we could
depend on It. Now, when we start
out, we JUST KNOW we are going
to get back, and If we DON'T we are
surprised
- After a while the airplane will get
to be that way.
INCIDENTALLY, the record that was
broken by Gayford and Nlcholetts
waa an American record.. Englishmen
and Americans have long been In
active competition In deeds of daring,
first one winning and then the other.
Friendly competition la a fine thing,
and Americans arent worried by this
latest victory. They know they'll
score again at some time.
PRESIDENT - ELECT ROOSEVELT
Invites the governors of the states
to meet with him at the White House
for a conference on March 6. That
will be Just two days after Roosevelt's
Inauguration as President. ' '
. Evidently he considers meeting with
f the governors Important. ,
THE PURPOSE 'of the conference,
we read, is to "map a program m
which the governmental units will
march In step in a drive to regain
prosperity'
: That can be done, but it CAN'T be
done merely by passing a law or mak
ing a gesture. If our governmental
units, not merely our states but ALL
of our governing bodies, will reduce
expenses, getting taxes down to where
people can pay them, thus reducing
the overload on business so that
money enough will be left with whtch
to pay wages, a long step will bs made
toward regaining prosperity.
PERHAPS you have no taxable
property, and your wages are be
low the exemption point, so that you
do not pay an income tax. In that
f event,, you may say to yourself : "What
do X care how high taxes are? Soak
the fellow who pays for all that can
be got out of him, so far as I am
concerned.
"What difference does It make to
ME?"
IF YOU SAY THAT, you haven't
thought as far forward as you
should. Remember, wages can only
be paid with the money that business
and Industry receive. If TAXES take
too much of this money, there won't
be enough left with which to pay good
wages.
So, you see, you ARE Interested,
r HE EAST, so farTnae been enjoy.
1 lng a mild winter, as mild winters
go beck there. But In the current
news of the day we get this para,
graph:
' "Winter rode the full crest of Its
power today, with blizzards, sub-zero
temperatures, transportation tie-ups,
suffering and even death In a wide
section of the nation."
They may escape winter temporarily
back there, but sooner or later they
set It. And when It comes. It la
WINTER.
T f ERE in the mild valleys of South
JTX era Oregon we know little of real
winter. We get a touch of snow now
' and then, and occasionally the tem
perature drops to a point that, to us,
seems cold.
' But of real winter, such as that de
scribed In the foregoing paragraph.
we know nothing at all.
Our lives are cast In pleasant llnea.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sharon Hawk
of F--'- ?3;nt. a diwtrhter wihtn:
spven pounds, at their home th
morning.
ALL DIRECTIONS
FROM EXPLOSION
Debris in . Streets Hinders
Rescue Work Hospitals
in German Area Rush
Medical Aid for Injured
COLOGNE, Germany, Feb. 10.
(AP) The Koelnlscbe Zeltung
estimated that between 100 and
300 persons were killed and more
than 1000 Injured tonight In the
double pas tank explosion at
Keunblrchen.
NEUNKIRCJIEN, Germany, Feb. 10.
(AP) A hundred persons were re
ported dead and injured In two gas
tank explosions that shook this town
tonight, spreading death and destruc
tion. throughout the entire area.
Hardly a window In the town of
2000 . people remained Intact. The
force of the explosion shot bodies
across streets, against walls and into
the air.
First aid was beln rushed from
towns, as .far .as 25- miles away. In
which the explosion was heard. Res
cue workers -encountered obstacles In
dcbrLs-filled streets. All available hos
pitals supplied medicines, physicians
and nurses, and trucks were used to
get them into the area of the explo
sion. A gas tank 270 feet high and 160
i t In diameter, ' belonging 'to the
Neunklrchen blast furnace works
or? of the most modern In the Saar
region exploded and part of It
caught fire. The tank cover was
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18 KILLED ABOARD
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BATAVIA. Java, Feb. 10. (AP)
Eighteen men were killed and 25 In
jured aboard the rebellious Dutch
cruiser De Zeven Provlnclen when a
naval fighting plane dropped a bomb
on the ship's deck today, forcing the
mutinous native crew to surrender.
The dead comprise three Europeans
and 15 Javanese natives. One Dutch
officer and one young Dutchman
were slightly wounded.
The dramatic end to the muti
neers career came at dawn off the
southwest Sumatra coast when, a
concentration of Dutch naval and
air forces bore down on the fleeing
quarry and ordered her to surrender
within 10 minutes.
The rebels, defiant to the last,
flashed a reply: "Don't hinder us."
They failed to show a white cloth on
the deck awning, as directed. In to
ken of unconditional surrender.
The attackers reaction was deci
sive. As soon as the brief period
grace expired, a warning bomb was
dropped alongside the De Zeven.
As there was no further sign from
the mutineers, down went a 1O0-
pound bomb from one of a half dozen
planes In an attacking sir fleet.
It exploded with a roar on the
deck of the rebel craft, bringing
death to 18 members of the crew
and wounding 18 others.
That was enough for the mutl
neers, who had been running wild
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Smart -Cracking Solons
Worry Eastern Oregon
Representative on Bill
(By Mary Greinrr Kelly)
SALEM, Feb. 10. (Spl.) -T.be bull
Just couldnt be taken by the horns
In the house this morning. There
was too much of It, and the legis
lators, small boys that they are, were
having too much fun passing It
round.
Poor Repreeenatlve Snider, author
of house bill 3S1, had an awful time
trying to bring his 69 smart-cracking
colleagues down to business. He
wondered why those esstern Oregon
constituents had ever made him in
troduce any more bill than wss nec
essary In the legislature. But he
had started the chore and It was up
to him to finish It.
His bill provided for an act mak
ing It unlawful for any person to
take up, hold or detain, cattle, calves
or bulls. In enclosures for a given
space of time without the oonsnt
of the owner; and providing penal
ties for so doing.
I Representative Harvey Wells want
' eO to know if Rnrntt . 8n(dr
I would yield to a question. Mr. Bni
I der graciously obliged
Snow and Warmer Weather Coming Soon
PARTIAL BREAK
L ZONE
Four Victims Are Counted in
Current Cold Spell Baker
Oregon Boasts Twelve
Degrees Below Zero
At seven o'clock this morning, ther
mometers at the United States wea
ther bureau, located at the Medford
municipal airport, registered 17 de
grees above sero, the coldest tempera
ture reported In the present cold snap.
according to W. J. Hutchison, meteor
ologist.
Forecast Issued for Medford ana vi
cinity this morning was cloudy, with
rising temperature; snow late tomgnt
or Saturday.
Yesterday's maximum wss given by
the bureau as 87 degrees.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. (AP)
Far western victims of the current
cold spell still numbered four today
as United States weather bureau of
ficials here predicted a partial mod
eration In the freezing weather to
night and tomorrow. Sub-zero ' tem
peratures continued today In Pacific
slope states and their eastern neigh
bors. ,
Fair weather was forecast for cen
tral and southern California, Arizona,
Nevada and Utah, with continued
stormy conditions in s the Pacltlo
northwest. The outlook Is for In
creased cloudiness and snow late to
night In Washington, Oregon and
Idaho, and for rain over the extreme
north portion of California.
Somewhat higher temperatures were
predicted for Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Nevada. Frosts and freez
ing temperatures are acheduled for
California tonight.
The lowest mercury readings re
ported to the weather, bureau here
last night were at Wlnnemucca, Nev.,
and Modena. Utah, each with 36 de
grees below zero. ' Baker, Ore., re
ported. 13 degrees below; Yakima,
Wash., 10 below; Pocatello, Idaho, a
mlnua 18; Independence. Cel., 10
above; and Flagstaff, Ariz., 10 below.
(By the Associated Press) -Mother
Nature today waa tempeirng
the Arctic-like thrust at the nation
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PROPOSAL LOSES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (AP)
The senate appropriations committee
today overrode Its subcommittee and
rejected a proposal for a 10 per cent
cut In the $a,440,000 prohibition en
forcement fund voted by the house
The full committee also restored
the prohibition against use of en
forcement funds for wiretapping,
which the cubcommlttee had recom
mended be eliminated from the bill
as passed by the house.
Senator Bingham (R., .Conn.), an
antl-prohlbltlonlat, said "the wets
licked overwhelmingly In their ef
forts to reduce prohibition funds.
"It says here,' Intoned Mr. Wells
scanning the proposed bill, "without
the consent of vie owner. I want to
know why not get the consent of the
bull." Guffaws followed. Speaker
Snell swept aside a volley of wise
cracks and restored order.
Mr. Loner gan arose. "Will the
gentleman yield to a question?' AH
looked serenly businesslike, so the
gentleman yielded.
"The act provides that It be un
lawful for fc bull to be detained, by
other than the owner, for the pur
pose of Improving his stock. Now
what If the bull were Just simply de
tained for no reason at all Just
out of sociability, for Instance?"
More guffaws. More wisecracks,
Poor Mr. Snider.
Another voice.- "Will the gentle
man yield to a question?" Repre
sentative Snider, still good natured
but firm: "The gentleman will not,
Then Representative Miller of
C:'.s Pas aroe to Vie defense of
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LINDBERGH AND LOS ANGELES
EXTORTION PLOTS CLEARED UP
THREE ARRESTED
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ROANOKE, Va., Feb. 10 (AP)
Assistant District Attorney T. X. Par
sons announced today that he ordered
the Issuance of federal warrants for
the principals In the attempt to ex
tort $50,000 from Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh under threats against the
safety of his second son.
Mr. Parsons made the announce
ment as he was Informed that the
department of Justice had entered In
the Investigation of the case whtch
yesterday led to the arrest of Joe
Bryant, and Norman Harvey, young
Roanoke men.
A woman whom one of the men
claimed as his wife also was held.
The arrests were made yesterday
when Bryant called at a bank to cash
a 17.000 check which had been lelt
by a police officer In a hollow stump.
As he left the bank with a dummy
package which, he thought contained
big bills," Bryant waa met oy nw
yey outside the bulldlngi . ... ,.
Both ran when police approacnea
and Harvey attempted to got Into an
automobile In which his wife and a
child sat.
After, lodging the men In Jail and
the woman in the detention house,
police told of the extortion attempt
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A hearing was underway today be
fore Justice of the Peace William R.
Coleman, in the attachment proceed
ings of Eugene Wight, former adver
tising solicitor of the Dally News,
wherein approximately 1200 pounds of
newsprint was taken by Constable
George J. Prescott. In the execution
of the writ. Return of the newsprint
Is sought. ,
The claim was advanced that the
newsprint belonged to the employes
of the News, and not the News Pub
lishing company. In support of this
contention, an agreement, signed by
employes December 5. last, was sub
mitted to the court. The agreement
set forth that the paper was to be
operated on a cooperative basis, and
share In the profits. It was argued
that the agreement was not binding
on the grounds it was not signed by
L. A. Banks, and that his name still
appeared at the masthead as "editor
and publisher."
A bill of sale signed by Mrs, Electa
Fehl was also Introduced as evidence.
J. A. LaDleu, who said he was busi
ness manager, was called as the
first witness. LaDleu told of the
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UTILITY CONTROL
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8ALEM. Ore.. Feb. 10. (AP) The
state senate of Oregon was putting
in Its second day as a committee of
the whole to consider one measure
the seven-point utility control pro.
gram and. while progress waa made
during the forenoon, it appeared the
entire day would be required before
the measure containing 38 sections
would be amended. The committee
recessed until 1 o'clock.
The house In the meantime sched
uled the oleomargarine tax bill to
start the afternoon session, and the
bill providing for a 4-cent per-pound
tax on the butter substitute and li
censes for manufacturers and deal
ers, was expected to bring out some
debate.
BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 10 (AP)
Fire early today ewept the Interior
of St. Kulalla's Roman Catholic
church at City Point, South Boston,
with ls estimated by the pastor, the
Rev. Patrick J. Waters, at close to
140,000.
Margaret Meiling Leads
Popularity Vote Count
Miss Margaret Melllng with 303,800 votes leads today's popularity
vote tabulation. The next tabulation of popularity votes in the Merchants-Tribune
contest will be made Saturday afternoon and published
In Sunday's Mall Tribune.
With Saturday completing the 1
third week of the remarkable con
test, voting Is rapidly Increasing and
the competition Is growing keener.
Just three more weeks remain and,
with a wonderful voyage to Hawaii
as the first prize and a glorious boat
trip from Seattle to Victoria, B. C,
thence to. San Francisco and return
as the second award, those who are
actively participating In the contest
will put In lots of effort to top the
list when Saturday night, February
11th rolls around.
Next week, the fourth week of the
contest, promises to be ac Interesting
one with a special announcement In
Sunday's Mall Tribune for girls who
are working for the two delightful
vacation voyages. This morning's
tabulation is as follows:
Name.
Ellow Mae Wilson
Ruth Koozer .........
Votes.
01,100
1,000
1,000
1,000
Harriet Campbell ,
Addye Allen
Dorothy Orth -.
Margaret. Chllders,
1.000
14,000
Arvllla Burns
, 7,600
Margaret Melllng ....
203,800
1,000
, 1,300
1,000
1,000
1,000
6,100
1,000
1,000
1.000
1,000
1,000
Janet Wray Smith
Vivian Meter .....
Ethel Chord
Sybil Jean Young ,
Peggy Miller
Jean Fabrlck
Kathleen Ness
Dorothy Slead
Dean Holt
Betty Bardwell .
Ruth Ashcraft
Dorothy Bade H
1.000
78,300
1,100
1.000
145,200
127,100
1.000
137.000
1,000
Laura Drury .
Montana Ranney .
Vvonne Devaney
Leah Inch ......
Oma GeBauer
Margaret Purcell
Rosamond Wall
Lucy Clement
Melva Parrett
Justine Miller
1,000
1,000
Jean Dungee .
1,100
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1.000
1,000
Dorothy Peterson ,
Wllma Morgan
Mildred Walker
Gertrude Haskins i
Oertrude Henderson .
Margaret Morrison
Viola Dietrich
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NEW BEElTBlLL
SALEM, Feb. 10 (AP) The house
of representatives ' today received ' a
"beer" bill from, the .committee on
alcoholic control, as substitute for the
Bookman beer bill which was offered
earlier In the session. The substitute
measure follows the original very
closely, but has several new features.
Instead of a one-man commission,
operation of the law would be di
rected by the state tax commissioner
with the brewers' license lowered to
3S0 and the wholesalers' license In
creased from 200 to 20 with a sub
sequent tightening up on restaurants
or hotels that are licensed to sell beer
by making It an offense to aell any
Intoxicating liquors on the premises.
Brewers or wholesalers csnnot have
a financial Interest In equipment or
mske a guarantee to a retailer,
OTTOTAGS
SALEM. Feb. 10. (AP) Assurance
waa given this afternoop ,the auto
mobile licenses for the remainder of
the license year for I2JW1 would prob
ably be In effect some time Saturday,
or by Monday, at the latest, when It
waa announced that President Fred
Kiddle and other senate leaders bad
consented to advance house bill No.
408 to final pssssge by .suspending the
rules and placing it on third reading
when the committee report recom
mending Hi passage la read.
New Secretary
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A. If. BAN WELL, who was named
secretary of the Medford Chamber of
Commerce yesterday at a meeting of
the board of directors.
ORGANIZED EFFORT
MORTGAGE RELIEF
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 10. (AP)
Elimination of harsh treatment of
mortgage debtors by creditors, end
unfair practice of borrowers toward
the londers, was proposed through a
plan considered here Thursday by
representatives of farmers and busi
ness men who discussed an organized
co-operative effort to bring relief to
farm mortgage debtors of Oregon
Who are In distress through Inability
to meet obligations.
Harry M. Hawkins, representing the
Mortgage Bankers' association, de
clared his organisation Is pledged to
co-operate In Vie voluntary move
ment. O. M. Plummer of Portland
presided at the meeting, which was
the result of a conference at Salem
a month ago between leaders of farm
organizations and mortgage bankers,
The proposal under consideration
would create county committees rep
resenting arm and business interests
to arbitrate differences In cases sub
mltted for adjustment.
County committees will call group
meetings at Portland, Medford, Ba
ker, Corvallls and Arlington.
Committeemen who will be respon
sible for establishing the plan In
their respective counties Include:
Jackson: J. A. Perry, Ross Kline,
Henry Conger, R. a. Fowler, Med
ford; John A. Anderson, Central
Point,
I.P.T0LLEFS0NF1LES
Notice of bankruptcy petition filed
by T. P. Tollefson of Central Point
appeared In this morning's Oregontan.
'The- notice reads: Theodore Peter
Tollefson. Central Point;
voluntary petition filed February 9,
1933. Schedule shows 18,005.50 lia
bilities and $11,460.03 assets.
Mr. Toll of on was president of the
Central Point State bank which was
recently closed lot liquidation,
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KIDNAPING WIFE
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LOS ANGELES. Fob. 10. (AP)
A detective's soft-voiced but persis
tent lecturing of a suspect about
"treating an old lady so roughly"
provoked a confession early today,
police aald, which cleared up the
mysterious kidnaping of 65,-year-old
Mrs. Mary B. Skeele.
The confessions were made, police
said, by Miss Luella Pearl Hammer,
38, and W. P. Howard, 39, her "hired
man." Identified aa & paroled e un
convict.
Detective Chief Joe Taylor aald he,
In a long grilling of Howard, waa
criticising treatment of Mrs. Skeele,
wife of Dean Walter P. Skeele of the
University of Southern California
college of music.
Suddenly Howard said: "We didn't
treat her rough at all," Taylor re.
ported.
. - Howard, -he' said, then told & com
plete atory conforming to facta al
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POSTAL BANDITS
LEAVE NO TRACE
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SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 10s
(AP) Postal Inspectors and police
authorities combined forces today In
an Intensive search for three men
who held up a guard and mall truck
driver at the main post office here
last night and escaped with a poucft
containing cash and bonds estimated
to tojal approximately a325,0OO in
The men escaped without leaving
trace an to their Identity. They
caught W. E. Williams, the clerk
guard, and Claus Swanson, the truck
driver, completely by surprise. They
took a gun and the pouch from Wil
liams, fired a wild shot In making
a nervous getaway and roared off Into
tho city traffic In their waiting
automobile without revealing even
the license number to the postal
workers.
Pedestrians and motorists passing
the postofflce at the time of the
holdup were unaware anything un
usual was happening. Police and pos
tal Inspectors were depending upon
finding clues through discovery of
the bandit automobile.
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The grand Jury, William T. Grieve
of Prospect, foreman, adjourned at
noon today, until tomorrow morning,
when it Is expected they will make a
report. The grand jury has been in
session since last Monday. The grand
Jury Thursday filed a presentment
with the court, comprising two ques
tions concerning the Oregon law on
criminal libel and extortion. The
present Jury will be operative until
February 27, when a new grand Jury
Is scheduled to be drawn. The grand
Jury the past week has been hearing
a number of witnesses. L. A. Banks.
orchard 1st, and his former attorney,
M. O. Wllklna of Ashland, were re
ported (as among the win esses called
before the inquisitorial body.
MDIOTOTTERYBILL
PASSED BT SENATE1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (AP) A
house bill to prevent the use of radio
for advertising lotteries and revising
procedure of the radio commission
wss passed today by the sonata.
The bill, long under conatderation.
was approved by the senate without
a record vote and with little debate,
I and now goes back to the house for
consideration of amendment.
CONGRESS VOTES
BY USEJJF CASH
Outright Bribery . Too Crude
for Moderns Barry's
Charge Made Sensational
to Sell Magazine Story
(Copyright by McClure Newspaper
Syndicate)
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Nobody
buys or sells congressional votes.
Things are never done so crudely.
Some congressmen have been influ
enced by gifts of stock from corpo
rations, but cash is never, used In
these modern days of finesse.
Sergeant-at-Arms Barry of the sen
ate was only doing a little magazine
romancing when he wrote "there are
only a few crooked congressmen In
Washington who would sell their
votes and they are well known."
Barry handles a real estate busi
ness on the side. Business has been
bad recently. He took to magazine
writing and found his stories had to
be sensational to sell. '
That appears to be about all there
was behind his charge.
An aotual story of vote Influenc
ing that occurred within the last
few years will give you an Idea about
how ' those things are really done.
Names cannot be used because a dis
trict attorney let the poor congress
man go without trial after he was'
Indicted. The confession came from
his own lips.
He was a skilled laborer In a smalt
eastern town. The political boss of
the town saw him pass a hotel on
day and called htm In. The boss
said; . "My boy, I am golnp to send
you to congress," and he did. The
congressman had no experience In
politics or anything else, except glass
blowing. '
Eventually he became chairman of
committee which had jurisdiction
over certain real estate matters. '
The head of a large real estate pro
motion firm came to him and asked
for the use of his name as a director
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A. W. Walker of Central Point.
who has been working with the coun
ty sheriff's office since Gordon
Schermerhorn became sheriff of
Jackson county, called at the Mall
Tribune today to announce that he
la probation officer for Jackson
county and that he la not receiving
nia salary through the aheilff'a ap
propriation, ,
He entered the office as a deputy.
he stated, but It was later found
that funda were Insufficient for the
hiring of more than one deputy
sheriff. The latter position la hsld
by Phil liowd. At a meeting of the
county court yesterday, Mr, Walker
stated, It waa decided to give hint
tne position of probation officer, hla
aalary to come from a different fund.
He win continue hla association with
the sheriff's office and will special
ize In the transaction of probate mat
ters coming before the county court,
he said.
WILL
ROGERS
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BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Feb.
9. Glad to see the old U. S.
senate come clear like it did..
We all felt that in a good fair
trial with all the evidence
brought out on both sides that
she would clear her fair name
and sho nuff she did it.
She just got right, up aud
said I am not guilty, and said
it so convincingly that she
made her own members (which
was the jury) believe it.
Sir. Barry takes tip journal
ism exclusively now and the
next sergeant-at-arms engaged j
will bo a blind man. Then
there will be no writing abouC
whnt he sees. .
Yours,