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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
INCOME TAX HEAD RESIGNS
Uperin!endent K. K. KEENAN, Retired
from Position on March Il
Is Expert on Subject.

Madison.-K. K. KEENAN, of Mil
Waukee, superintendent of the in
come tax, has resigned and will re-
tire March 1. 1t appears that Mr.
KEENAN, last fall gave notice to the
state tax commission that he would
retire at time convenient to the
commission. He took the position in
the first place because of his inter
est in the new income tax levy and
his desire to aid in the initiation of
its administration. He was prob
ably the best informed man in the
state on the subject of income tax
laws and his special knowledge has
been valuable in the work incident
to the first years experiment with
the new tax
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
HiLLEs GIVEN LOVING CUP.

Presidents Secretary Honored by
Employees of Executive Offices.
Washington, Feb. 2S.-Charles D.
Hilles, secretary to President Taft,
on Wednesday was presented silver
loving cup by the employees of the
White House, executive offices. The
presentation speech was made by Col
White House. who has served under
% secretaries to the president and
has been connected with the White
House since Abraham Lincoln was
chief executive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
LINCOLN DELEGATE is DEAD
Justus 7. Moak, Pioneer Watertow7
Citizen, Was Member of Conven-
ton Nominating War President.

Observation-Disclosures T. Moak, SO,
for twenty-three years postmaster at
WATERFOWL, is dead, at the home OF
his daughter in Fort Atkinson He
was named postmaster in 1857 by
President Andrew Johnson and held
during the administration of Pres
idents Grant, Hayes, Garfield and
Arthur. He was relieved by Presi-
dent Cleveland and again appointed
by President Harrison. Mr.. Moak
was a delegate to the republican con-
VentIon which nominated President
Abraham Lincoln, and in the sew
entles was for six years on the re-
publican state central committee He
settled in WatertoWn in 1854
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.

the masses were too hilarious to heed
the request. The weather was pleas
ant and the east front of the capitol
was used for the first time for the in
auguration. In front of it surged
10000 persons who were restrained
only by a great iron chain. Jackson
rode to the capitol on a white horse
and went through the ceremonies with
dignity, and started back to the White
House. Then began his troubles, for
the people broke loose with a ven
geance.
The president was literally pursued
by a motley concourse of people, rid
ing, running, helter-skelter, striving
who should first gain admittance into
the executive mansion, where it was
understood that refreshments would
be distributed wrote a contempt
Tary, Mrs. Samuel Harrison Smith In
their mad rush the crowds smashed
furniture and dishes and seized the
food as if they were starving. The
confusion became more and more al
palling. At one moment the presi-
dent, who had Tetreated until he was
pressed against the wall of the apart
ment, couIG only be secured against
serious danger by a number of gen
tlemen linking arms and forming
themselves into a barrier It was
then that the windows were thrown
open, and the living throng found an
outlet. It was tbs peoples day, the
peoples president. and the people
would rule
Too Much for Harrison.
For II years the Democrats con
trolIed the destinies of the country,
and then the Wings elected William
Henry Harrison. who was inaugurated
March +. 1871. BY this time trans
portation was made easier by the
building OF railways and the crowd
that focked to Washington was i'm
mense. 1t was much better behaved
than that which 'honored" Jackson,
but it was hungry for offices.
Cold, wintry blasts swept the streets
of Washington that March day. and
Harrison, already old and rather
feeble, rode his white horse without
cloak or overcoat. and with his hat
off in salute to the cheering crowds.
The line of march was unprecedent-
eddy long, and so was the inaugural
address, and then the president led
the procession back to the White
House. The exposure was too much for
him and within one month he was
dead.
When Lincoln Took Hold.
Immensely dramatic was the first
inauguration of Abraham Lincoln in
1861. From the day of his election
threats against his life were numer-
Gus, and detectives discovered and
foiled an organized plot to assassinate
him on his way to Washington. The
big bodies Of troops that had been
employed at former inaugurations
merely to add pomp to the occasion
now were used for the protection of
the president.
The day had opened cloudy, chilly
and dismal, but as the president step
ped forward to take the oath from
the aged Chief Justice fancy the sun
burst through the clouds and shone
full on the bowed head Of the man
who was to give up his life for the
country he loved. Lincoln himself
noticed this ''sunburst' and drew
from 1t a happy augury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Eight Coaches in Ditch.

Madison.-Steel cars prevented a
loss of life and the smashing to
splinters of tons of mail and baggage
when train No. SIS, consisting of
eight coaches, the Twin Cities Lin
ited," on the Chicago and Northwest
ern road was ditched by a broken
rail while going at the rate of sixty
five miles an hour near Syene, eight
miles south of here, bIockading traf-
fic between Madison and Chicago for
eighteen hours. Beyond slight
bruises and cuts there We're no in
iuries TO the train crew of six men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Income Tax Hearing Plan.

'~STE'~ 911< ! iOS-T III 3 E-tstII'
The plan now in regard to the in
come tax amendments which have
been offered to this legislature is to
hold general hearing on the meas
ures before any special hearings are
held on any particular clauses on
which there have been amendment
bills presented. The general hear
ing on the income tax question will
be held some time early in March.
John Hayes, an instructor in the
banking and commerce course of the
University of Wisconsin, has been ap-
pointed state banking examiner to
succeed A. r. Emerson, now assist
ant state treasurer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06

proved that he was not in Wash
ington at the time.
The inauguration of Jefferson, which
marked the defeat OF the Federalist
party of Hamilton. Washington.
Adams and Jay, was the first TO take
place in Washington. The newly es-
tabhshed national capital. then but
few months old. contained only 5000
Inhabitants, many of them negroes;
the houses were mostly huts and the
streets muddy roads The big event
was thus described in the PHILADELPHIA
Aurora of March II: 1901:
AT an early hour on Wednesday.
March f. the city of Washington pre-
sentcd u spectacle of uncommon ami
nation occasioned by the addition to
ITS usual population of a large body
of citizens from the adjacent districts
y discharge from the company of
Washington artillery ushered in the
day, and about one o'clock the Alex
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Cost of Portara Ieuee

Madison.-The Portage levee COM
mission, by Fl. L. Bellinghusen, sec
rotary, reports to Gov. McGovern e,,-
penditures of $15,33S.91, leaving
$4,s61.o9 of the $4,000 appropria-
ton Also is submitted an estimate
of the cost Of proposed improve
ments of the Caledonia, Lewiston
Roehm and government lcvees for
the coming year at $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Hits Mill Dam Owners.

Madison.-The assembly commit
tee on state affairs had a hearing on
the Hull bill making owners of mill
dams liable to two times the amount
of the damages caused by the giving
away of such dams. The bin grew
out of the breaking of the Hatfield
dam year ago, causing great dam
age TO the city OF Black River Falls.
The committee took no action on the
hill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06

Hugh Swanson of Frederick, Polk
County, Receives Life Sentence
for Shooting Hotel Mans Wife.

Balsam Lake.-Hugh Swenson, the
Frederic, Wis, barber who on Jan
uary %, shot and killed Mrs. Emma
Bevington, wife Of hotel proprietor
at that place, pleaded guilty to muir
der in the first degree, in district
court here and was given a sentence
of life Imprisonment in the state pen
itentiary at Waupun. Swenson told
the court he was intoxicated at the
TIME of the murder and did not know
what he had done until some time
later
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Boundary Renort s led.

In the senate The report of the
joint committee appointed two years
ago to confer with a similar COM
mittee from Minnesota upon bound
airy lines, was read to the effect that
the committees Of the two states, aft
er numerous conferences, found that
there was no possibility of coming
together. The contention of the
Wisconsin comm ttee was that the
boundary line through the st. Louis
river is identical with the center of
the main channel of the river as in
Dictated on maps and records of the
war department.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Urges u. S. Intervention

Assemblyman Bowe of Ashland
has presented a resolution to the low
er house petitioning the Wisconsin
senators and representatives at
Washington to urge intervention in
Mexican affairs. This resolution cites
the conditions prevailing in Mexico
and declares that there is no evidence
OF an abatement of the conditions
under the new military rule. 1t de-
clares that American lives are in
jeopardy and that it is and always
has been the policy of the American
government to lend counsel and help
in such emergencies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Monument for Gen. Dodge.

A monument to the memory Of
Gen. Henry Dodge, first territorial
governor of Wisconsin and a well
known military hero of the Black
hawk war, is proposed in a bill in
troduced by Assemblyman Allen D.
Richardson Of Iowa county. It calls
for an appropriation of $4,000 for
the erection of a cenotaph at Dodge
vile. Gov. Dodge was born in 1882
and in 1926 came to Wisconsin from
Indiana to engage in lead mining in
the southwestern part of the state
He was appointed territorial COVER
nor by President Jackson in 1886.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
sUFFRAGIsTs REACH CAPITAL
Women Led by General" Jones End
Long Hike.

Women Led by General" Jones End
Long Hike.
Washington, March 1.-Repudiated
by the National Woman's organiza-
ton, General Rosalie Jones led her
army into Washington Thursday as
an Independent organization.
The actual pilgrims who have made
the entire trip from New York afoot,
and who marched with Resale Jones
into Washington, are: Resale Jones,
Ida Croft, Martha Klatschken, Mrs.
John Boldt. Mrs. Alexander Baird,
Mrs. George H, Wend, Minerva Crow
ell, Phoebe Hawn and Elizabeth Aid
rich.
General Jones turned over the mes
sage she has carried $40 miles to Miss
Alice Paul, secretary of the congress
sioRal committee, and with that action
is relieved of all obligation to the Suf-
frage association.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
TWO EXPLORERS LOSE LIVES.
Members Of Mawson Expedition to
Antarctic Reuion Die.

Members Of MaWson Expedition to
Antarctic Region Die.
Sydney, N. S. w, Feb. 27.-A wire
less message received here on Tues
day, from Adele Land discloses the
fact that two more antarctic explor-
ers have given up their lives in the
interest Of science,
The message says: Doctor Nav
son and several of his men missed the
Aurora, which has returned to fetch
them. This happened under unfor-
tunate circumstances. Lieut.. 3. E. S.
MINIS and Doctor Merz, who was ski
champion of Switzerland in 1908, are
both dead. All the others are WE'LL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Fair Board ELL Killed.

Assemblyman Shoes bill provid-
ing for a reorganization of the state
board, of agriculture and for a new
system OF management of the state
fair was recommends for indefinite
postponement- by the assembly com
mittee on agriculture after a hear
ing. Mr.. Paul's bill providing in eff
feet that purchasers by contract Of
farm products shall pay for the
weight ascertained 1T the time of de-
livery at the price agreed upon, was
reported for passage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Larson for As semhlvman.

Marinette.-Late returns give Can
tain James Larson, socialist, victory
in the special election for assembly
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of A. Z. SchWittay, over P. NJ.
Nelson, republican nominee Larson
ran as an Independent and carried
every ward in Marinette and Pesh-
tigo. Larson is former assembly,
man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
MRS. PANKHURsT is FREED
Released on Bail After Promising She
viii Pe Quiet

Released on Bail After Promising She
Win Be Quiet.
London, March Mrs Emmaline
Pankhurst's hunger strike" did not
last the usual length to which impris-
oned suffragettes have heretofore
gone.
The home office overruled the Ep-
som magistrates and the suffragette
leader was released from Holloway
jail on bail. She agreed not to par
ticipate personally in the militant suf-
fragette movement pending trial
It was brought out in connection
with another suffragette case here
that the militants who have burned
buildings in public parks are liable
TO penal seryitude for life"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
No Place to Indulge in Small Talk.

No Place to Indulge in Small Talk.
The small son of a devout Kansas
City father was visiting his grand
parents. The sun had just come out
after a long rainy season and the
head of the family, in saying grace
at the breakfast table, gave thanks for
the bright morning and the beautiful
sunshine.
why, grandpa!" interrupted the
youngster, accustomed to a stereo-
typed form of worship and shocked at
what he considered. his grandfather's
irreverence. you must pray-don't
talk to God about the weather"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
S235,ooo Reformatory Asked

The state board of control, in re-
port submitted to the senate recon-
mends the purchase of a site for a
female reformatory, to be located
four miles south of Fond du Lac.
The site recommended consists of
forty-one acres and will cost Sac
O0O. The estimated cost of site and
buildings is $235,O00 and the state
board recommends that that sum be
appropriated for the purpose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
PEACE PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN.
Measuring Statement on European
Situation by Austrian Premier.

Situation by Austrian Premier.
Vienna, Feb. 27.-Optimism in re-
gard to general peace has been inten-
sified by statement of the Austrian
premier to deputation of Bohemian
deputies. He told them that he had
reason to belive that the hopes for a
general settlement of all the questions
at issue arising out of the Balkan war
are well founded.
London, Feb. 27.-There is absolute
ly no news Of fighting anywhere in the
Balkans. The weather in the fighting
zone is very stormy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Pass S47O,ooO Highway ELL.

Senator Brownies bill, appropriat-
ing S470,000 for state highway aid
fund, went through all the processes
of introduction, references, reading
three times and passage, without dis
cussion. From its introduction on the
opening day, in the senate, to the
hour Of its passage, not a single word
has been uttered for or against It.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Castro Welcomed to Havana

Havana, Cuba, Feb. 28.-Gen Cfpri-
ano Castro, former dictator of Vene-
zuela, arrived here Wednesday on
beard the steamer Saratoga, from New
York. and vas greeted enthusiastically
by the populace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Session Limit Passes Assembly.

The Axel Johnson resolution limit
ing sessions OF the legislature to a
maximum of 40 days was adopted in
the assembly without opposition The
resolution increasing the pay of
members of the Legislature from
$500 to $1,000 for the biennial pc
riod was passed, making the second
passage of this resolution by the as
sembly, it having passed the legisla-
ture two years ago. The amendment
provides for the payment of a salary
to legislators of $500 annually.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Pole Valuter seis New RECORD

Madison.-The worlds and the
conference indoor pole vault record
was shattered when John K. Gold
captain Of the university track team.
vaulted II feet 6 inches, breaking
the worlds record by one-quarter
inch and passing the conference mark
q inches.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Its Worth.

Words are queer things anyhow,
amt they?"
How do you mean?"
A mobile face is a changing one.
isn't it?"
Yes; what OF it2"
And an automobile face is a fixed
stare"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Something in Keeping.

You pamper this at too much" said
the veterinarian. You keep him too
much in the house.
But, doctor, that is a Persian cat.
Cost $4,000
We'll, build him a mahogany wood
shed TO gamboI on"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Ienuis Rscouers Damanes

London, March Harry Lewis, the
American welter weight boxer, was
awarded $4,000 damages against a
motor cab company Thursday or ac-
count of injuries received in taxi
cab accident
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Sat-OR

Podunk Lawyer-Was the poor mule
Killed when the fast express hit him?
81 Dike-No, but he didn't eat for
month.
Podunk Lawyer-According to that
you owe the railroad about $40 for the
fodder you saved.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Hoosier Leads Orators

Madison.-Alvin C, Rees of Evans
vile, Ind. winner of the senior open
declamatory contest, was chosen as
Wisconsin's representative in the
Northern Oratorical league debate al
Champaign, H., in April
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Hurley Policemen Reinstatad

Hurley. - Charges of soliciting
brides against Chief of Police Oar
das and Officers Bardesons, appear to
have fallen fiat, as the town board
has voted to reinstate both.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Instrument Maker Suicides,

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 27.-Seized
with an obsesslon while at work in
his surgical instrument shop, Karl
Schneider, fifty years old, one of the
best known instrument makers in the
city. committed suicide Tuesday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Washburn in Coal Famine.

Washburn.-Washb is likely to
experience coal famine this spring
if the cold weather continues. There
is less than fifty tons of coal on the
docks of the Northwestern Fuel com
D3uV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Cannot Use Saloon Monav

Madison.-&ttorney General Owen
holds that a town cannot use its sa-
loon license money for its share of
the good roads funds and compel the
county and state to raise their pro
rata share for the same fund.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Rish-p,s Secretary Near Death.

La Crosse.-The Rev. John W.
Rapp, for many years secretary to
Bishop James Schwebach, is critical
ly i'll at St. Joseph's hospital, where
he recently submitted to an opera,
ton for cancer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06

Washington, Feb. 26.-George W.
Lee, a descendant Of Gen. Robert e.
Lee, returned home Monday and
found his wife, Mrs. Laura 3. Lee.
thirty-eight years old, a suicide. The
motive is mystery to the coroner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
saip aGrs in New York Harbor.

New York, Feb. 2s-The steamship
Richmond Of the Atlantic Coast Lun-
Der company, with cargo Of lumber
from Georgetown, 8. c., caught fire In
the East river Wednesday and was
beaehed above Brooklyn bridge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
SaWdust.

Ours is land flowing With milk
and honey"
Come now, did you ever see any
milk or honey flowing through our
streets?"
We'll, I've seen breakfast food on
the sidewalks
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Supreme Court Adiourns

Madison.-The supreme court has
adjourned until March IL The Nc
Govern-Ekern case was put at the
foot of the calendar, and will prob
ably be reached for argument on Sat-
urday, March. Is.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
What's the Use 2

cit did Jack nc good to marry his
stenographer, for she continued the
habit of the Office in their home."
How SOP"
when he starts to dictate she takes
him down"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
BUILDING Falls: Firemen Killed

Atlanta, Ca, Feb. % James /.
Gillespie. fireman. was killed and
dozen others narrowly escaped Death
when the buildings at 140-l42 White
hall street collapsed here Wednesday
afternoon
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Neenah Man Appointed.

Madison.-State Dairy and Food
Commissioner Emery announces the
appointment Of E. L. AderhoId of
Neenah as assistant dairy and food
commissioner to succeed Prof. L. S.
Baer of Madison, resigned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Shoots Sister bv Accident.

Menomonie.-Agnes Trailer, aged
IS, was accidentally shot by her
younger brother, Henry, as he was
preparing to clean his rifle, the bul.
let passing through her body.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Killed by Storm

Montgomery, Ala, March Green
vile and the adjoining countryside in
central Alabama was visited BY q
cyclonic storm Thursday Property
was damaged upward of 100000, one
man was killed and a woman hurt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
Gives Civ Two Years Salaru.

Kenosha.-Mayor Head of Keno
sha will serve without pay, as he
has announced shat he will present
the city site for fire engine house
valued at $1,000, the amount of two
years salary as mayor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-06
British Naval Constructor Dead

London, March 1.-Sir William H.
White, former chief constructor of the
British navy and who holds the honor
OF introducing the first dreadnought
into the British feet, died suddenly
at a hospital Thursday.