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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13
WOMAN SLAYERTAKES POISON

Attempts to End Life While Jury Is
Waiting to Announce Verdict.
Wahoo, Neb., Dec. 13.-Mrs. Mag
gle Johnson, on trial for the murder
Of her husband at Ashland last Au-
gust, prevented the returning of a
verdict by swallowing .carbolic acid
when she'was called to the courtroom.
She is not expected to live. a
On the pretense of changing her
clothes Mrs. Johnson delayed the start
tc the courtroom and swallowed the
poison.
4. After a trial lasting three days the
jury had heard the prisoner, woman
of forty-six. described as grown per.
son with child's brain. She had
confessed to killing her husband,
whom she said had been cruel.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13
CITATION FOR HEARING on FINAL.
ACCOUNT AND FOR DIsTRIBU-

State Of Minnesota, County Of Beltrami.
H#t In Probate Court. l s5,s5 81
w In the Matter Of the Estate Of Calvin
Luther Flanders. Decedent: n
I THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO all
persons interested in the final account
and distribution Of the estate Of said
decedent: The representative Of the
above named dependent, having filed
ministration Of the state Of said dece-
dent, together with his petition praying
for the adjustment and allowance Of
said final account and for distribution
Of the residue Of said estate to the per-
sons thereunto entitled; THEREFORE,,
Yog, AND. EACH OF You. are hereby
you have. before this court at the Pro-
bate Court Rooms in the Court House,
in the city Of Bemidji in the County Of
Beltrami, tsatei Of Minnesota, on the
goth day Of December, 1913, at ten
o'clock a. NJ. why said petition should
not be granted. 3.l #| F fs5a 5sl4$ II 3B.
WITNESS. the Judge Of said court,
and the Seal OF said Court, this Fist
day Of November, 1917. hi s sF5
Court Seal.
II. A. CLARK,
U, !. 3. ~. FL Probate Judge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13
Dublin Official Shot.

Dublin, Dec. 13.-John Hollwey, vice
chairman of the port and docks
board, was seriously injured by a
stray bullet fired by a carter who was
being assailed by strikers. He was
wounded in the forehead.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13
Object to Blubhert Food. !.

Certain members of the party did
not relish blubber food and Stefans-
sons orders were disregarded, with
the result that the ship was heavily
provisioned with all sorts Of edibles
at Alaskan ports, principally Nome.
It is understood that the bill will be
unexpectedly heavy. 5>s.. !,
The statement of Stefansson to the
naval service department is that he
left the ship on Sept 20 with three
men and three Eskimos to hunt.
Heavy gales sprung up on Sept. 22
and on Sept. "a, when the fog. lifted,
the Karluk had disappeared. H
No one here believes that Captain
Bartlett, who was in charge of the
ship, would deliberately leave Stefans.
son, but the course Of the ship would
be determined by the council and
whatever the council decided the skip.
per of the vessel would have to abide
by. a-i%rr IS
It is said that members of the coun.
Gil were unfriendly to Stefansson and
it is possible, as belief in some quar-
ters has it, that, finding the ship driv
en- off shore by the gale which sprang
up, no great effort was made to re
turn fer Stefansson. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13
CREST Of FLOOD IS PASSED
Danger Over After Heavy Loss Of Life
: and Property.

Houston, Tex, Dec. 12.-One hun.
dred and sixty-fve persons persisted,
10000 people were driven from home
and property was damaged to the ex.
tent of $6,0O0,OOO by floods that have
torn through several, sections of Tex
as during the last ten days, =. II
This was the estimate compiled
from reports received from the af1ict
ed territory. ~a,s.-..- II. I'll ia
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13
Cured of Liver Complaint.

ri was suffering with liver com
plaint," says Iva Smith of Point
Blank, Texas, 'and decided to try {
25c box of Chamberlain's Tablets
and am happy to say that 1 am com.
pletely cured and can recommend
them to every one.'' For sale by ali
dealers.-Adv.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13
PUSH WHITE SLAVE CASES
Department of Justice Denies Any
Relaxation in Ito Policy. ....

department. OF JUSTICE Don10o Any
Relaxation in Its Policy. ...-..
Washington, Dec. 13.-Direct denial
from the department of justice that
there has been any relaxation in the
prosecution of white slave cases was
laid before the senate by Senator
Kern.
enc order to stop white slave prose-
eution in cases not involving CONNER
cialism has been issued and no new
regulations as to the enforcement Of
the act have been made since the in
cumbency of the new attorney gener-
A." said the department Of justice
memorandum. -" -~'' - =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13
SUIT IS THROWN
out BY Lands
Chicago h Jurist Acts Quickly
in Income Tax Case.
LAW is CALLED ILLEGAL.

Attorneys for Plaintiff Assert Statute
Is Unconstitutional Because 1t Is
Class Legislation, Affecting Only a
Small Percentage Of our Population.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13
LIND MENTIONED FOR PLACE

Dozen gAspirants for Ambassadorshir
to France. 5ts
Washington, Dec. ia bitter po'
litical fight over selection Of an am.
bassador to France became apparent
here. At least a dozen men are as,
pirants. It was reported that Fred.
eric r. Coudert, New York lawyer, had
been scheduled for the place, when
certain Democratic senators fatty OBJ
jected. Others mentioned were w
Bayard Hale, John Lind and James
ID. Plelan, former mayor Of San Fran,
cisco.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13
California Woman Seriously Alarmed

"A short time ago I contracted d
severe cold which settled on my
lungs and caused me great deal of
annoyance. I.would have bad cough
ing spells and my lungs were SO
sore and inflamed I began to be seri-
eusly alarmed. A friend recommended
Ghamberlain's Cough Remedy, say
ing she had used it for years.
bought bottle and it relieved my
cough the first night, and in a week
was rid of the cold and soreness OF
my lungs" writes Miss Marie Ger
Der, sawettle, Cal. For sale by all
dealers.-Adv. ILL., ~! 4@%. RI. 4 g,,l =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13
RU | I R !. A!|SSERT
CREW /: Y. DESERTED | I /
Explorer StefanssonLostan
Not His Steamer.
QUARREL OVER SUPPLIES
Head Of Expedition Said to Have Been
Unpopular With Certain. Members
Of the Party and He May Have Been
. Purposely Left on Alaskan Coast.

!
Of the Party and He May Have Been
Purposely Left on Alaskan Coast.
Ottawa, Ont, Dec. Is. From frag-
mentary reports from Royal North
west mounted police and other sources
received here there is a disposition to
believe that Stefansson, the explorer,
who has reported that he has lost his
ship, the Karluk, has not been treated
fairly By other members of the expe-
dition.
The opinion is that the Karluk has
lost Stefansson rather than that
Stefansson lost the Karluk. It is
known here that there was trouble
on the Karluk on the way up the
coast to the Arctic. ii
The authority of Stefansson as lead.
or OF the expedition was disputed. The
chief source of quarrel was over the
question Of supplies The Karluk was
not provisioned as it would have been
had she been on yachting cruise, but
was equipped according to the views
Of Stefansson, who believes that when
man goes to the, North he should
live as the natives do and get his food
with his gun.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-12-13

Attorneys for Plaintiff Assert Statute
Is Unconstitutional Because It Is
Class Legislation, Affecting Only a
Small Percentage Of our Population.
Chicago, Dec 12. The suit to test
the income tax law was thrown out
of the United States district court
here by Judge Lands, who decided
that he had no jurisdiction.
The medium selected for the test
was a suit at law. in which Elsie De
Wolfe, former actress, citizen OF
New York, now resident at Versailles,
France, was plaintiff and the Cont
mental and Commercial Trust and Saw.
ings Bank of Chicago, defendant.
w. Bourke Cochran Of New York
and Colin c. H. Fyffe Of Chicago ap-
peared for Miss De Wolfe and Levy
Mayer Of Chicago for the bank.
Miss De Wolfe, owner of thirty s
per cent bonds of the Appalachian
Power company, was refused payment
of interest due on the bonds Dec. 1
last by the bank because she had not
filed the certificate of ownership
which the bank claims is required by
the income tax law. Her suit is for
interest due and damages in the sum
Of $1,000.
In the presentation of his case At
torney Cochran asserted that the law
taxes only 423,O00 persons out of a
population of 9O,000,OOO, which tax,
he said, was, imposed on them with
out their consent by the untaxed re-
mainder of the population.
Even if congress has the right to
impose this tax the lawyer said that
il was graded according to incomes
with such gross inequalities as to VIC
late the Constitution.
Mr.. Mayer stated, the position of
the bank is that the law is constitu.
tional In his demurrer he further
ccntended that the bonds constitute
a civil contract in no wise involving
federal laws and that the federal
court, therefore, had no jurisdiction.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-28
Bv Tom Mcnamara
SKINNY SHANERS
E0oGiH DEPARTMENT.

10. :, d CAN HAZE 10
~ 3 CENTS A oAH
AsS1sH TO SPEND oHT
S<SsSfoe THAT 1EN
DOLLARS ( rlNoEo I'LL
COT A WAoLe DOLL Ar sHNr
WAATc4A TElNA THAT?
WE'RE GET TING NEAR To
TIE ANSWER AL Rl6Hr. WE
KNOW NOW THAT WIEN VIZ
SHUT OUR MOUTH TIE iAtuO
GOES 70 The SAME PAce
rAe NOISE 6oeS WHEN
ITS QUtEr- WHERE IS
THAT PLACE! TAETs bAkT
We WANT 70 KNOW. WHERE
IS IT, tBA !: AzAoN1lM
q, YAAnee.
MoAOeQ Il, usp0ndAYs
U4Y IS NeU ToRN LIS
A ELECTRIC Bell!
BECAUSE II HAS A BATTERY
HoWs THAT ?
H1nnn f. I1,AO
FROM
a. ROGERS CHICAGO. IL.
HflI IS A PRe77T GfRL-
LIKE A LAT cH KEY j.?
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13
Receiver BhdnO of land
Office
Graham County Man Sue
ceeds Charles e. Arnold.

John J. Birdno assumed the
office of receiver, to which he
has been appointed by President
Wilson.
Thomas F. Weedin, the newly
appointed register, took charge
several days ago.
John j. Rirdno came to Arizona
twenty eight years ago and set
tied in the Gila valley. For about
a year. soon after coming to the
territory, he lived in Phoenix,
but he went back to Stafford.
There he taught school and pur.
sued various other vocations.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13

served ten years as assessor
For sixteen years Mr.. Birdno
was chairman Of the Graham
county democratic central COM
mittee. In all that time lust
three republicans were elected.
He was first chairman of the de-
mocratic state central committee
I've spent a great part of my
life keeping republicans out of
office, " Mr.. Birdno SAID "Up to
this time, however, I have had
little success. so far as federal
Offices are concerned"
For the next four years, at
least, Mr.. Birdno will be resi-
dent of Phoenix, and it is possi-
BILE that he will decide to live
there permanently.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13
No Place For Nervous People
In Mexico

Mexico is no place for Ameri-
cans. Whether they be nervous
or strong men. There is some
thing dlsquieting about residing
in a country, where each morn
ing a diffenent report Sits in
from the kitchen help as to the
time selected for a general up-
rising and cleaning out of all
foreigners. Each day in Mexico
City the report is circulated that
some battle has just been waged
or is just about to be waged and
all time the dark skinned natives
seemto be doing a great deal of
thinking about something that
the American has moi knowlege
OF. Adeed to this is the uncer-
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Bob GOULD went to Lordsburg,
Monday.
If We please you tell others, if
not tell us. The Famous.
Mr.. Johnnie Clay, isreported on
the sick list.
Balkin Middies at the Famous.
Mrs. Upton and daughter of
Socoro N. Mex, are visiting re-
latives near Duncan.
Mrs. Nyx and daughter Flor
ence, of Clifton, are visiting Mrs.
Johnie Clay of this city.
If it's new we have it, The
Famous.
Miss Inez Clay, VINO has been
visiting friends in Clifton, re-
turned home Saturday.
Mr.. Frank Watson, reporter
for the Copper Era, came down
from Clifton, Saturday.
J. C. WaId, Sheriff Of Brady
Texas, left for his home Satur-
day morning.
The Famous is constantly re
ceiving new goods. Call aud see
them.
Much interest is being shown,
in the Union meeting, now in
Progress at the Methodist church.
Miss Margeret, Lanneau, left
Tuesday for Bisbee, where she
will visit friends.
We have just received d ship
ment of children's hats. = The
Famous.
Mrs. j.. V. Parks, returned
from Clifton, Saturday morning.
Quite a number of Duncan
young people, attended the dance
at Sheldon, Friday night.
Our fall line of American Lady
corsets will be in soon, call and
inspect them. They Famous.
Mrs. Laura Frost, who has
been visiting friends, in Clifton,
returned home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott, of Douglas
are visiting the family of w. w.
Wilkey.
Old newspapers for sale at the
office 25c hundred.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13

Nineteen years ago he founded
the Graham Guardian, of which
he is still proprietor. Most of the
time he has heen editor and man
ager of that paper, which is one
of the brightest weeklies in the
state.
Up to this time Mr.. Birdno
never held any public Office eX-
cept that of assessor Of Graham
county. He was appointed to
that position for four years and
early in his administration he re-
solved that the mines Of the
Clifton n-Morenci district, then in
cluded IN Graham county, should
pay higher taxes. This involved
him in a lengthy controversy.
His board of supervisors refused
to back him up. But the deter
mined assessor won out in the
end and at the end of his term
the board asked him to take the
place ONCE more. Altogether he
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13

the local authorities could give
no guaranty for his life. j." These
rumors, supported by a state
ment, issued ''by order of the
President" :" by Mexico's acting
Minister of Foreign Affairs, that
if Mr.. Lind does not bring Gre
dentials in due form, together Of
with recognition Of the Govern
ment of Mexico, his presence in
this country will not be desir-
able, are regarded in many
quarters as proof that our rela-
tions with Mexico are nearing a
crisis. Another statement issued
in Mexico City by a member Of
Huerta's cabinet declares: Gen
eral Huerta will not resign. Much
less will he permit nations or
foreigners to take hand in a
question in which is involved his
honor and that of the nation"
Altogether it is admitted that
Mr.. Lind's mission is beset with
.pOssi ble embarrassments and
complications. AS one Washing
ton correspondent points out, "he
has no official status, and is not,
in fact, a representative of the
Government of the United States,
but of the President personally, :"
and this mingling of the official
and unofficial imposes new res
possibilities on all concerned
which are not covered fully by
law or treaty obligations.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13

talnty as to just how long the
present powers that be, will re-
main in office. President Huerta
is setting on the safety cock. as
1t were, AID the steam beneath
hlm may rise to such a pressure
that he will be sneaking off on
the fist out going ship at any
time.
1t is a long call from Washing
ton to Mexico City and there has
been so much, tall LYING about the
conditions in Mexico that the
people of the United States would
question even general uprising,
In the meantime, the city of
Mexico should not be included in
the summer vacation trip. Buck
eye Valley News.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13
Mr.. Lind's Mission to Mexico.

Ambassador Wilson's Resigna-
tion and the sending of ex-Gov-
ernor John Lind of Minr esota to
Mexico as the personal repreta-
tive of the President to act as
adviser to the Embassy in. the
present situation, are interpret
ed by the press as evidence that
President Wilson has not lost
faith IN his dream Of pea :efui
mediation, despite the hostile re-
ception accorded it by the lead
ers Of the warning factions. Con-
vinced that the Administration
has once for all turned it's back
on the pleas of those who would
recognize Huerta as we'll as Of
those who clamor for armed in
tervention, our papers are discus
sing with mingled hope and mis-
giving the probable outcome of
Mr.. Lind's delicate and unusual
mission. Mr.. Bryan's official as
surance that Governor Lind
comes to Mexico on mission of
peace, and his suggestion that
the Mexican Government should
await the Presidents communi-
cation, and not give weight to
misrepresentation published in
sensational newspapers, " did not
prevent the circulation of such
sensational rumors in Mexico
City as that Huerta might order
Mr.. Lind's deportation, and that
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13
Duncan, Greenlee County, Arizona,

is in the banner farming valley
of Arizona, and has rich virgin
soil, unexceIled markets, pure
cool water and plenty Of it, and
the finest climate in the world.
If you want a home in a cul-
tured community, where ten
acres with intensive cultivation
will make man rich, in a land
of sunshine, prosperity and
health. where the ozone in every
breath sends the blood coursing
through your veins, and you will
thank God for the pleasure of
living, where sun-stroke is un-
known, summers always plea
SAINT and Writers delightful,
then come to Duncan.
Our soil is as productive as the
valley of the Nile. All deciduous
fruits, berries, vegetables, and
all other crops yield enormously;
onions produce over a thousand
dollars and cabbage over twelve
hundred dollars an acre, and all
produce is eagerly taken in the
great mining camps of Clifton
and Morenci at high price. Gra-
vity canals, the cheapest method
of irrigation, convey water from
the Gila River. Altitude is 1850
feet. We have two church build
ings, Presbyterian and NJ. E.
South, good graded school with
four teachers, daily train, the
best short line service in the
United States, and mail. Our
taxes are the lowest in the State,
owing to the rich copper mines
in the County, and our assessed
valuation for 1913 is over thirty
five million dollars. Duncan has
five hundred population and 1000
tributary. There are 3 good gen
eral stores, where you can buy
any thing from a traction engine
or an automobile to a paper of
pins, a meat market, blacksmith
shop. drug store and post Office,
a fruit store, hotel and short ord
er house and a lodging house.
and private r0oming houses. A
splendid steel wagon bridge spans
the river, and the town is always
accessible from all parts of the
valley and land is no longer dis
eliminated against because it is
not on the town side.
3 miles south Of Duncan, is
Franklin, thriving farming
community, on land that the first
settlers scoffed st settling on, as
being no good, but which the
present settlers by thrift and CO.
operation have converted into as
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13

pretty farms as you will find any
where, and are building perma-
nent homes and converting it
into model rural communitv
Their cement block school house
built last year is up to-date, and
they are now about to build q
new church. The roads thro'
this settlement are first class and,
were constructed last year and
the year before at the expense of
the county, and just now the
road from Duncan towards Silv-
er CitE-up the east side of the
river IS being made by contract,
which when finished will be as
GOOD as any in the State. It will
now be up to the authorities of
Grant County, New Mexico, to
continue from the State line the
fine boulevard that this county
will have to that point, up through
the New Mexico part of the Dun
can valley of the Gila, through
Richmond on to the Mexican set
tlement to what is known as San
Antonio, and across the river at
the old "a ranch crossing, and if
the inhabitants of the up river
settlement will awake from their
Rip Van Wrinkle stupor, and work
for the developement of the com
munity by making about mile
and a half Of road where it was
washed away by the river a few
years ago, they can have a rural
route from either Duncan or
Franklin. and mail delivered at
their homes six days in the week
ought to be incentive enough for
them to work for the common
good.
Down the river from Duncan, is
Sheldon, York and Guthrie. The
Short ranch at Guthrie has been
well known for the last 25 years
from the Chinese garden, which,
has raised vegetables for the
Clifton and Morenci markets, but
the Development of the balance
of the-lands, has been recent, and
many pretty farms are now in
those settlements, that within
five years was open cow range.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13

Mrs. j. v Parks, and daught-
er Fredina, went up to Clifton
for few DAYS visit, Wednesday.
Mrs. Or. Moore and daughter
Kathleen, went out to Horse shoe
Tuesday for weeks stay in the
mountains.
Mrs. ]. R. Fowler and Miss
Eleanor Johnston, went to steeple
rock, the first of the week, for a
few days visit with friends.
1t is reported that small child
was drowned. several. miles up
the river, on Sunday afternoon.
Details of the accident, have not
been learned.
Mrs. George Spillers and bro
ther, Mr.. Wilson Liverman. left
on Monday morning, for Brady
Texas.
Rev. Sanders, arrived from
Clifton, Monday morning, and
will assist in the union meeting,
which began Sunday night and
will continue 10 days.
The following are registered at
Duncan Hotel.
L. E. Penn, Clifton; Steve
Corley, Steeplerock, N. Mex; w.
M. Bingham, Wan Croft, Stafford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Willis,
came in from Corsicaua Texas,
Wednesday. Mrs. Willis was
very i'll, while in Texas, and her
many friends, welcome her home
again.
We have just received a ship
ment of Ladies' black and white
silk gloves which should have ar
rived the 1st Of July, but were
delayed. We have put these
gloves on sale at a very low price.
The Famous.
D. E. Spillers and wife, left
for Brady Texas, Saturday morn
ing, where they expect to make
their home. They have many
friends here who regret to see
them leave Duncan.
Will Tippets, Is year old son of
Plummer Tippets, who lives near
Duncan, was struck by tighten
ing, and instantly killed, on Sun
day afternoon. He with two
other boys were out in the hills,
near McKeehans ranch, at the
time.
The Famous has just received
full line of May Manton, pat
terms. These patterns are high
class, and any lady can dress
stylish at a very small cost, by
using them. They are simple,
stylish and economical.
uo4ol A..:Iu
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13
Hotel Arrivals

c. T. Nickenhiser, Los Ange-
les, Cal; S. L. GiIlon, Ell Paso;
J. L. Clark and wife. Ell Paso:
j. r. Moody, Clifton; L. N.
Gleason. Chicago; Will R. Hill.
Chicago; F. W. Miller, Greedy,
Colo.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13

AS result of accident which occurred the Coronado
incline of the Arizona Copper Company Ltd Wednesday,
August 18th, killed and slightly injured
List of Dead
W. M. Anthony Scnafer, Mining Engineer Metcaf
E. NJ. jones' Machnist, Clifton.
G. W. Gardwell Electrician, Metcalf.
John McCann, Machnst helper, Metcaf
C. E. Johnson, Machnst Morenei.
Pedro Oropesa laborer Metcaf.
Julian Rico laborer, Metcalf.
Mascucco Italian baker Morenci
-Cardocc, Italian baker, Morenci
List Of Injured
Supt Scott Coronado Nine
C. w. Mclean Metcaf.
A. W. Liddell Auditor Clifton
j. Downey Chief Mechanical Electrical Engineer Clifton
Mark Remetrett, Electrician, Norenc,
Two unknown Mexican laborers.
Mexican boy, twelve years old.-Era.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13

The Arizona Copper company
expects to start up it's pew smelt-
er next week. The power plant
has started. and is furnishing
power for all of Clifton, distri-
buting it by electricits. 1t is the
most up-to-date smelling plant in
the world.
Just received, at The Famous,
new ginghams, percale S calico's.
Duncan Arizonian., 1913-08-13
Nine Men Killed Instantly When Ore Cars
Dash down Coronado incline
Six Men Have Morrow Escape By Jumping at Critical
Moment.
Concealed Flaw in DaWbar Causes Break Which Released Cable
Cars We're Lowered Over Knucke of Incline.

Bodies of Dead Were Manged in HOryng Manner Almost Be-
yond IndentifcatiOn Held in Clifton and Morenci
Thursday and Friday