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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08

was acting upon a request of the then
president of the New York Life, which
advanced the money for the campaign
contribution in 1904. and says that
when the then president of the COM
pany reimbursed him there was no
doubt on the part of either of any
personal advantage. but a belief that
they We're acting for the best and
broadest interests of the policy hold
ers both at, home and abroad"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
GUESS WINS s25,ooo.
Missouri Man Guessed Exact Number
Of Worlds Fair Paid Admissions,

WTSSOUTI wait 0U0SSS0 eNeCI 1INUVSIIST
Of Worlds Fair Paid Admissions.
ST. Louis, March 8.-After two years
of litigation, a decision was rendered
yesterday in the circuit court at Clay
ton, awarding to NJ. Logan Guthrie, of
Fulton, Nc, the prize Of $4,000 Of
fered in the contest to the person who
entered the nearest guess as to the
total number of paid admissions to the
worlds fair. Guthrie guessed 12,S04,-
GIG, which was announced as the exact
number of admissions. Several other
claimants appeared, and payment of
the prize was held up pending the set
tlement of different claims.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
SPIRIT LAKE NEWS.
Sioux City Man Buys Billiard Hall
Scarlet Fever and Grippe.

Spirit Lake, March 8.-Frank Hesse
of Sioux City. has purchased the Ga
zette and Cornwall billiard hall furnish
ings and business. Mr.. Hesse will
move with his family to Spirit Lake
in the near future.
The j. Oehls family have been re-
Gently quarantined for scarlet fever
Numerous cases have been reported
during the winter.
Cleve stillwell is seriously i'll with
typhoid fever. following closely upon
an attack of grippe. The grippe epi-
demic is very prevalent in this sec
ton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08

peddlers and solicitors st be sued
on in the county in & III they are
given. Z
The appropriations ~ mittee will In
a few days give hea' = to the three
state educational in :: rtions on their
appropriation bills. ties nave not
been fixed.
Senators Newberry and Ericsson are
absent on account of Illness. There
has been more OF illness among MEM
bers this year than usual.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
ALDERMAN SUES FOR sLANpER.

Burlington Councilman Asks 5000
Of Civic Federation President.
Special to Times Republican.
Burlington, March Alderman
William Roche has instituted q $4,000
damage suit against DIR. Patterson.
president OF the civic federation, for
slander. Patterson. at a public meet
ing Of the federation accused Roche
OF being shot in a saloon brawl and
going to the hospital for typhe ID
fever.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
STREET CAR JUMPS TRACK.

Seven Persons Severely Injured in
Collision at ST. Louis.
st. Louis March S.-A north-bound
Bellefontaine street car jumped the
track on Cherokee street today, and
collided with a south bound car, re-
sulting in severe injuries to seven per-
sons. Several others received minor
injuries
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
TEACHER KILLED BY PUPILS.

Oklahoma Instructor Attempts 70 Whin
Boy and is Fatally Beaten.
Gotebo Okla, March s.-Because he
attempted to whip boy pupil, Perry
Evans, teacher OF country school,
north of here, was assaulted here yes
terday by number of male students
and injured so that he died few hours
later. The young men, who admttted
the assault, are under arrest. The act
aroused intense indignation In the
neighborhood.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
MURDER AT ST. LOUIS.
Young Man Arrested in conneotiel
With Mysterious Crime.

Wit, Mysterious Crime.
st. Louis, March S.-Harry Muef-
meyer, aged 25, was arrested today IN
Connection with the mysterious murder
of Mrs. Kate Quernheim, whose dead
body was found in her home last ey-s
ening. The police state that the ar
rest Of Muermeyer is not regarded aa
solving the mystery, but he is beinE
held pending an investigation into
statements he has made.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
HASN'T HIRED TO HILL.
spooner Says the Report is a Pure
Fabrication.

/. Washington, March 7.-Senator
Spooner today denied the report from
Minneapolis that he is to enter the
service of James ]. Hill, of the Great
Northern, at salary of $4,000
"The story that l will be in his en-
ploy is a fabrication pure and sim
ple," he said. Il did not announce my
retirement from the senate to become
the lawyer of any single corporation"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
WOMAN AND CHILDREN FREEZE.
Finds

North Dakota Homestsadsr Finds
Family Killed by Cold.
Chippewa Falls, Wis, March S.-Ole
OVERLY. a former resident OF this citys
found his wife and four children froz-
en- to death at the homestead in Ward
county, North Dakota. The husband
had been away to work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
NEEDN'T SHAVE coLoRED MEN.

Supreme Court Decision Handed Down
Affecting Connecticut BARRIERS.
Hartford. Conn.,, March S.-The su-
preme court has handed down de-
cision to the effect that BARRIERS in this
state need not shave colored men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08

w. C. Mcclure, OF Saginaw. Mich.
has bought for 100000 $4,000 acres
of timber land in Lincoln and Polk
counties Oregon, adjoining the sileta
reservation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
RADICALS WIN sklRMIsH.

constitutionaIs in Lower House Of
Russian Parliament Abandon candi-
dates.
st. Petersburg, March s.-The first
skirmish for control by the opposition
in the lower house Of parliament was
won today by the radicals, who COM
PEELED the constitutional democrats to
abandon their candidates for vice
presidents. and accept nominees of the
radical coalition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
FEAR MoB,s VENGEANCE.
Missouri Citizens Incenssd Over
Brutal Assault on Woman.

Brutal Assault on Woman.
Louisiana, Mo-, March .S.-Excite-
ment prevails here today, and 1t: is
feared mob violence will be wrecked
upon Andrew Watts. aged ~, who was
arrested on a charge Of having at
tackled his sweetheart, Louise Ross.
whom he found in compan with Gahel
Miles. She was beaten with a club
and stabbed with pocket knife Her
condition is serious. The jail is closely
guarded.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
T..R. BULLETIN.
NOTICEABLE NEWS OF TODAY
Iha Waather.

The Weather.
Iowa-Fair tonight and Saturday
warmer in the northwest tonight.
Illinois-Fair tonight and Saturday;
moderate temperature.
South Dakota--Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday; warmer tonight.
Missouri-Generally fair tonight, ano
Saturday; warmer Saturday and In the
west tonight.
sunrises March 9, s:21; sets, S:o1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
ROCKWELL PASTOR MAY LEAVE

nov. v. 9. rI'', OF Oongre9at'oha'
Church, Receives Call to Earlville.
Special to Times Republican.
Rockwell, March s.-Rev. " B. HILL
pastor of the Congregational church at
this place. has received cali from
the church at Earlville, at a salary of
5000 per year and parsonage. Rev. Hill
has not announced his intentions def
initely as yet, but it would not be sur
prising if he should accept, as that SAL
ary is considerably better than the
church here will be able to pay the
coming year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
REuF STILL MISSING.
One Of His Attorneys Declared Guilty
Of Contempt Of Court.

OF Contempt OF Court.
San Francisco, March s-Abraham
Reuf again failed to appear today
when his case was called III Judge
Dunne's court, Coroner Walsh report
ing his inability to find him. s. NJ
Shortridge, one of Reuf's attorneys,
was declared guilty of contempt OF
court, and ordered confined in the
county Jail for twenty-four hours, for
refusing to cease talking when ordered
to desist by the judge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
! PROFESSOR TODD DEAD.

He Was Last Member Of Naval Acad
emy Class Of 1857.
Annapolis, Md, March S.-Professor
Henry Davis Todd, lieutenant COM
mander in the United States navy (re-
tired), the last member of the nava!
academy class of 1857, died at his home
today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
G. A. r. CHOOSES SARATOGA.
Executive Committee Agrees on Plac'
for Next Encampment.

GAINESVILLE, O., March Saratoga,
y. Y. has been decided upon for the
national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic this year by the
executive committee.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
VICTORY IN NEW REIcHsTAe.

Government Puts Africa Appropriation
Bill Thru Second Heading.
Berlin, March s.-The government
won it's first victory in the new reich
stag today when that body by a large
majority. passed the second reading of
the supplementary appropriation bill
for German southwest Africa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-08
JAPANESE LOAN PROSPECTUS.
Half of Amount Apportioned to Lon
don, and Rest to Paris.

uUn, anu fteSe % Fdf1s.
London, March s.-A prospectus Of
the Japanese conversion loan of $115,-
100000 at per cent, the issue of the
price being 991s, was issued here this
afternoon. There was big demand for
it at all the issuing banks. Half the
amount Of the loan has been appor-
toned to London, and the rest to
Paris
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
Berwyn Notes.

Berwyn, l. r. Aug. 26.-The par.
tial showers have skipped this com.
munity so far
Mr.. Lon Hardy is quite sick.
Mr.. Martin + Setlin OF Baum and
Miss Carrie Young were quietly mar.
ried at the home OF the brides
father, Mr.. G. w. Young
Mr.. James Moran and wife Of
Tyler, Texas. have been visiting his
father. Mr.. John Moran OF Berwyn.
They left yesterday to extend their
visit with other relatives who live
In Ardmore.
Several Berwynites attended the
protracted meeting at Springer last
night.
Brother W. r. Brock is conducting
a protracted meeting at Springer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27

compelled to waive his claim.
The statute of limitation never
runs against the state. This may
solve the school land controversy
which is troubling the western coun.
ties a good deal The county attor.
neys say that this meeting was a
most valuable one. They have heard
a lot of things they never knew be-.
fore, and some of them have been
lawyers for many years. II the ex
pressions of the attorneys are any
indication, Kansas is going to have
about the greatest era of law enforce.
ment that has ever been heard of
anywhere. and the law breakers may
have a lot of trouble heaped upon
them In a short time
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
N 0hEY TO LOAN
New State LoaurOfRce
,os \. cAppo 81. ARpMoRf

1t is the easiest thing In the world
to dream that you are making
money.
A telephone in your home Is a
great convenience for your neigh.
bors.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
August 27 In History.

55 b. C.--JLlius Caesar landed in
Britain.
526-Anicius Manlius Severinus
Boethius, Christian philosopher, was
beheaded at Pavia by order of the
Emperor Theodoric
166O-John Millions book on gov.
eminent were publicly burned by the
London hangman on the ground that
they justified regicide.
1S47-Silas Wright, statesman and
governor of New York, died at Con
ton, n. Y; born 1875.
174S-James Thomson, the poet
died; born 1900
1s9S--Czar Nicholas II. OF Russia
published the manifesto inviting In
ternational conference to consider
measures for peace, especially a gen
eral disarmament of nations. Peace
congress, which opened at The
Hague May. 1899, was the result.
1906-By ukase of the czar, $500,
900 acres OF crown lands in Russia
were transferred to the peasants.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27

Even the good man who believes
he will get his reward In heaven is
In no hurry to claim II.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
CASUAL PHILOSOPHY.

In military circles II isn't the crack
corps looks seedy.
Some people are so perfectly
straight that they never unbend.
Lots of people would rather pick
flaws than anything else.
A girl isn't necessarily as pretty as
a picture just because she is painted.
II isn't only those with weak eyes
who look on the dark side OF things
There are lots of people who never
swear, and we wouldn't believe them
on their oath II they did.
Few men look a gift horse In the
mouth because they never have
chance.
The more popular a man is with
himself the less popular he is with
other people.
II you don't believe the world Is
daily growing worse ask the Oldest
inhabitant.
At the present stage Of the game
the widows mite isn't In II with the
widows millions.
Women will never rank as mans
equal until she can read and explain
the report of a baseball game.
Probably some men whose wife re-
fused to laugh at his alleged Jokes
was the first to discover that women
have no sense of humor.
II doesn't require very fast per
son to run up bills.
The more you know about sons
things the less you know.
One way to be happy though mar
ried Is to forget II.
A wife is necessary to teach a man
how much he has lost.
The more woman talks about her
husband the less he listens.
Race suicide may be imminent. but
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
Casual PHILOSOPHY.

God made the universe. and the
trusts pre-empted his handiwork.
When a man can't tell whether .
woman's hat is a new fanglel baby
carriage or a fancy lamp shade she
knows it's success.
Usually II is the green youth who
paints the town red.
He is truly wiz father who
brings up his children as IL they be-
longed to some one else.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
D DEMOC RATIO
...TICkET...
FOR STATE OFFICES:

For Governor:
c. n. HASKELL.
For Lieutenant Governor:
GEORGE BE1LAMY.
For Secretary Of State:
WM. NJ. CROSS.
+ State Auditor.
NJ +. TRAPP.
For Attorney General:
AIARLEs WEST.
ror sste Treasurer:
J. A. MENAtEE.
For Superintendent OF Pubic lnstruc.
ton.
L. d. CAMERON.
For Commissioner OF Insurance:
T. J. McCOMB.
For State Examiner and Inspector.
CnAS. A. TAYLOR.
For Chief Mine Inspector:
PETE HANRATY.
For Labor Commissioner
CHAS. DAUGHERTY.
For Commissioner of Charities:
KATE BERNARD.
For Corporation commissioners:
J. T. sMcALESTER,
J. +. LOVE,
A. Z. WATSON.
For Justices Supreme Court:
X. l.. WILLIAMS,
JESSE j. DUNN.
S. W. HAYES.
NJ. J. KANE.
]. b. TURNER.
For Clerk of Supreme Court:
". II. l.. CAMPBELL.
For U. S. Congressman, 9Th District:
CnAS. ID. CARTER.
For State Senators:
J. G. GRAHAM,
J. C. LITTLE.
For District Judge:
STILWELL II. RUSSELL.
COUNTY TICKET.
,carter county.)
For Represen ntatives:
J. p. McCANTS.
LEO. HARRIS.
For County Judge:
|. Il. MASON.
For County Attorney:
JAMES MATHERs.
For District Clerk.
C. T. VERNON.
For County Clerk:
w. ID. rnAmE
For Sheriff:
J. HOLMES AKERS.
For county Treasurer:
ID. NJ. RUMPH.
For Register OF Deeds:
s. s. TOLSON.
For County Surveyor:
J. w. HAM.
For Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton:
MRS. MARY v. NIBLACK.
For .ounty Weigher:
w. l. SMITH.
For County Commissioners:
A. w. SPEAKE.
X. +. SCIVALLY,
o. X. ARDEN.
For Justice OF the Peace:
CAPT. J. X. PUIIIAM.
NJ. F. WINFREY.
For Constable:
w. L. LAEDRUM.
GEO. WHITE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
Newspapers In New State.

Shawnee, Okla, Aug. ga state
ment just issued by the Oklahoma
Historical Society places the total
number OF newspapers in the new
state at 645. Oklahoma Territory
leads with 376 publications, 22 OF
which are dailies. Indian Territory
has 269 newspapers and rs dailies.
1t Is interesting to note that there
are sixteen daily newspapers In the
new state that receive Associated
Press. telegraphic service. Indian
Territory leads in the number of pa.
pers taking wire reports.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
Taft's Classma ates.

George II. Walker, United States
district attorney of Ardmore, |. T.,
and G. T. Knott, of Oklahoma City,
both of whom were classmates OF
Secretary Taft, were among those
who met the secretary yesterday,
The secretary, as well as his erst.
while college friends, seemed to
greatly enjoy the discussion OF the
old days.-Oklahoma Post.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
GAIN BY Law Enforcement
COUNTY ATToRNENS IN KANSAS
SHOWN HOW TO GET RICH.
Every Time Jointist or Bucket Shop
Man Is Fined the Prosecutor is
Entitled TO a Fee From
the Culprit.

Topeka Aug Frederick $.
Jackson, attorney general told the
county attorneys assembled here last
night that If they wish to serve the
state faithfully aud we'll and enforce
the laws on the statute books that
one of them could become independ
emily wealthy II he so desired b,
perfectly proper proceedings agalns,
jointists bucket shops and the trusts
and combinations
MIR. Jackson said that there was
no reason why an attorney could not
add may times to his salary II he
had the energy. lie showed them
that every time they put iointst
in Jail they were entitled to a fee.
every time they obtained an iEjunc.
tion against iointist or bucket
shop man, they obtained another nice
fee, and II the jointist violated the
Injunction and was punished for con.
tempt. the attorney was entitled To
another fee All OF this did not cost
the county or state a cent, because
the jointists had TO pay the costs
and the attorney fees allowed by the
court Besides this the county at.
torney could help the county school
fund, as the fines are paid into that
fund and every time man paid a
fine II helped the school fund that
much.
The Shawnee county school fund
was increased 1000 when Mayor W.
W. Rose OF Kansas City. West Side.
was fined for contempt OF the su.
preme court.
Besides telling the county attor.
neys that they could get rich II they
wanted to, the attorney general urg.
ed them TO do It, and to begin right
away and keep II up. and II they
needed help the attorney general
would furnish It and also furnish
plenty OF advice, when needed.
There is trouble In sight for some
school land spectators II the county
attorneys OF the western counties
take the advice OF the attorney gen.
eral. Years ago school lands were
taken and later abandoned. In the
last few years these lands have been
sold again. and now the old owner
is coming back TO make the new set
tier pay a nice price to get waiver
Of the old claim. The attorney gen.
eral told the county officers TO watch
these things. When they found an
old settler coming back and making
new man pay for a lease through
law suit, the county attorney was
10 step In with suit to make the
old settler pay to the state the inter.
est and back taxes on the lands for
the time he had allowed his title to
lapse.
The courts have held that II a con.
tract Is binding so that one man can
make another pay for a claim on
lands once held by the state, then
the contract with the old settler Is
still binding between him and the
state and he can be forced to pay or
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
WHEN the TANK GANG Dimes
A CHEF WOULD BE PUZZLED BY
THIS TERRITORY MENU.
Men Who Handle steel Plates Made
Blisterng Hot by the Suns Rays
Are Worthy Of the Pen
OF a Killing.

Tulsa, |. r.. Aug 2G A New York
er in search of sensations. took din
ner with the tank gang down In the
oil field the other day and he saws
he got several times the worth of
the cost of the trip To Indian Terri
tory and hereafter instead Of going
to Europe he is coming here 10 drive
away that tired feeling. The dinner
was not a course affair. 1t did not
start out with anchoyies and wind
up with vim. II was Just a grab
and scramble sort OF a meal prepar.
ed by the camp cook
They were all seated at A long
table on the crest Of ridge. There
were twenty-five "tankies" and the
New Yorker. There was no grace
and no preliminary ceremonial The
New Yorker could not see anything
out of the ordinary camp meal. hut
a long, laen. hungry looking fellow
yelled: Send the top plates down
''a' WY h' aNfN tbIh'I killtu
because he expected to see few
sheets of steel floating along. Moth.
ing more harmless than plate with
sliced bread came down the line in
response to the order.
In a few minutes more the boss of
the bunch commanded the waiter to
bring him some rivets. here again
the New Yorker expected something
and was surprised when big dish
of steaming potatoes was set in
front of him. And another man
wanted the rivet-heater and got cof.
fee and wanted another lubricator and
got butter and another wanted top
plates and angle irons and got pie
and doughnuts. And so on and SO
on. There was technical tank
name for every dish on the table.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
Hay Fever and Summer Colds.

Victims OF hay fever will experience
great benefit by taking Foley's Honey
and Tar. as 1t stops difficult breathing
immediately and heals the inflamed
air passages, and even II II should
fail to cure you 1t will give instant re.
lief" The genuine is In yellow pack.
age, Hoffman Drug 20 City Drug
otorA
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27

the parents Of twins have not no.
ticed IT,
II Is necessary for some people to
work hard in order others may live
soft.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27
What a New Jersey Editor Says

NJ. T. lynch, editor of the Phillips
burg, n. j., Daily Post, writes: II have
used many kinds OF medicines for
coughs and colds In my family but
never anything so good as Foley's
Honey and Tar. mot say too much
in praise Of It."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27

You find out several things dur.
ing a visit to gang like that" he
said, You find out what the men
who make the dividends for us have
to go through. You find out that
these men working in the broiling
hot sun last only ten years after
they go into it. You find that they
live on the frontier, as 1t were, that
they sleep on the ground oftentimes
that they are away from home and
family for the greater part of the
year, that they go In the deserts
and the mountains all over the world
to build tanks for the oil people and
for the mines"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-27

i've learned new language"
said the New Yorker when he had
got his breath. Here I've been
spending my money travelling aroun
the world looking for new things and
find about twenty seven distinct
kinds OF sensations away down here
in the woods. Why, those fellows
ought to be in book. Kiphng
would make them immortal.
There's more to II than the strange
new language they talk. Why. those
men were working on steel tanks
with the temperature standing at
ll0 in the shade and the steel was
% hot II bhstered mans hand to
touch 1t. They worked halfnake1,
sweating and swearing but putin
the plates together and riveting them
hard. II was like picture of the
Inferno to see them. One would
drop out here and there overcome
was kept busy all the time from
morning till night.
The theory with me has always
been that ice water was heating to
the system and that men could not
stand up under much of 1t, but when
gently suggested this to the fore
man he told me had been talking
to some doctor in New York who
did not know more about building
tank or what the people handling
hot steel go through than the man
in the moon. And the foreman
must have been right because with
the sweat rolling of him in streams
he raised big bucket OF ice water
to his mouth and IL did not look as
II he were ever going to turn II
loose.