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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
METEOR DROPS IN STORM.
Lights Falling Snow ~ Linel
Fights Way 70 Port.


The Red Star liner Lapiand. in yes
terday from Antwerp and Dover. had .
glut of sea spectacies on Friday night
above the ships bow and a wild head
gale was tearing the crests TO tatters
and sending them horizontally in the
form OF singing spindrift to the oil
skinned men on the bridge. There were
occasional hurricane squalls Of hail and
snow to add to Capt Bradshaw's troubles.
Out OF the fury aloft there came a
great CLEAN Of incandescent light. The
liner was illumined A. II a mighty search
light had been turned on her.
Capt Bradshaw was startled. being
unaccustomed to having that sort OF incl
dent occur In snow squalls. He ad-
m!tted that he even Jumped a bit. He
was on the port side of the bridge and
wondering what the deuce--or something
no Jumped again. The illumination had
gone TO smash with cannonlike hang
Then the skipper decided that a meteor
had exploded near him lie would not
say exactly how near, but he believes
that II was not moro than 200 feet away
and II seemed much closer.
Capt Black OF the Anchor liner Colum-
bia from Glasgow also had some ex-
periences. He was on the bridge sixty
hours at a stretch when the stress was
greatest and ran through the heart OF a
cyclone on Thursday that sent the baro-
graph. a self-recording barometer. down
to 27+0. This was al low as the baro-
graph could record. and the captain be-
l.eves that II was really lower than that
As to thu force of the wind. the skipper
feels pretty sure that II was over q hun
dred milea. and that In the kind Of wind
that blows OF the cups OF the anemom-
eter on land.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
CUTTERS FIGHT RIVER ICE



The waters surrounding Manhattan
have not been 90 badly clogeed with
ice In many years. and for the FIRST time
In the history OF Ice jams tho Federal
Government has bean asked TO utilise its
cutter service or dynamite to blast q way
through the pack In the Hudson.
Mayor Lennon Of Yonkers and Louis
Spreckels, superintendent Of the Federal
Sugar Refining Company at the frosen
Hudson port. appealed 70 Representative
w. r. Oglesby to stir the Government to
break the Ice barriers.
The revenue cutter Hudson, . steel
hullsd tvG. went up the river. jamming
her nose to . point OF 1e0th street A.
she 10 not equipped for breaking leo and
her steel plates are thin she was forced
to turn back.
Capt. Wild Of the revenue service said
the susEsstion from Yonksrs that the cut
tiers should dynamite 4 channel FOR the
icebound commercial feet was impracti-
caoia The only approved way Of making
a clearing through Ice was with Ice
breakers. The Government has none OF
these
Just after the cutter Hudson had re-
turned to her berth at the Battery word
came down the river that two powerful
tugs OF the sugar refining company, as
sisted by the food tide and rise In the
temperature. had opened channel 30 that
lighters laden With raw sugar and coal
were able to discharge their carRoes. thus
pleasing about 100 men, who feared they
might be laid of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
CASE
PUZZLES BRYAN


Of the matter. A decision IL expected In
Q DAY or two.
Castillo u in Q position TO raise legal
difficulties. u b believed. u he obtains
the services OF . lawyer on the border.
He 10 reported ~ denying that he caused
the train disaster In which the Americans
were killed and - claiming also that he
10 not a bandit but the representative
he get his cause into Q court Of law It
Is believed he could mako out . pretty
good case In his own behalf on the
ground that he IL a. truly fighting for
. cause a. u villa who 10 supposed to
BE- devoted TO the Constitutionalist prop
uganda headed BY Gen. Carransa- Tho
Constitutionalists or their forces operat-
ing as such have certainly been respon-
sible In one way or another for loss OF
life and property In the opinion Of ON
ciais here and have often been oharac-
terised a. bandits Just - Castillo 10
20 called.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
WILSON w0N'T FORCE DECDIoN.
oDseainG up Advanced Rates Ruling
DeuieA at white House.

WARRINGTON, Fob. lS.-A conference at
~ White House this morning between
4Usldsst Wilson and Chairman Clark Of
o. Interstate Commerce Commission led
10 rsports that the President was urging
The commission to decide the advanced rate
49, - sxpeditjously a. possible. Appar-
eUtly these reports were based on the
esoWiedge that the President himself 10
Drsasly interested in the procsedings and
hAo already expressed himself in q mes
~ In . way that has been Interpreted
- 1awor1ng the railroads.
Many here. however. were inclined to
doubt mat Mr.. Wilson would communicate
In any way with the Interstate Commerce
Commissioners on this subject while the
case was pending before them. Subse-
Quentiy II was learned from Chairman
Clark that the advance rate case was not
snsntioned In HIS conference with the
President
The President" said he, has not ex-
pressed any opinion in connection with the
cass. "snd II he has any opinion In regard
to ne subject he has carefully kept 1t to
himself.
A. the White House also It was denied
that the advance rate case had been dis
cusoed by the President and Mr.. Clark.
Notwithstanding these denials. however,
there - no doubt Of the Prsstdsnts desire
for IN early decision on the railroad rate
question.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
BURNS WILL TAKE UP
FRANK MURDER CASE
Will Try to Free Man Con.
victed Of Staying Fac
tory Girl.
SAYS THERE'S A MYSTERY
Knows "SOme Sleuths Are
Crooked and Middle Cases"
Prank Accuses Negro.
SAYS THERE'S A MYSTERY


ANrA, FED is.-Deteetive William
j. burns' VINO came here to deliver lee
ture, announced to-day that he would
begin an Investigation NEXT week NJ ,bs
case NJ Lao n Er.rL a.. -, 49,.
.,,n..,.., e .vu"s ,a''''y
.uper'n'ohoeh' convicted OF the murder OF
fourteen-year-oid Mary Phasan. who was
one OF his employees. A new trial has
been denied.
.rher. d. . ,rv., ..,,. 49,. r,.
-, - "o'u' '"e
u "ur"S sometimes IN cir
cumS'ahtisi cases chain 10 woven about
an innocent mais I intend to make the
Investigation personally. have no desire
IN ,,,.r,.r. ,.,,s ~. -. a.
..,-... .'e No1'''' o"' want "
"'seii oh certain poiheA
MI Straus OF New York got me In
terested in the case. know that many
Detectives are croots ~ IN. u,or., .or,
and tho, ,h.y ,,.o,,.,,,. ,,,,.,, ..
,,.,- o"
S"u"u"teo oy tho ADVERSE decision OF
the Georgia Supreme Court Leo NJ. Frank
from his cell In Jail TODAY Issued a state.
nsnt 10 tho nuh,,c aac,.,,rv thu, ,,.
,,,,.h 49,, lin ,,,,,.- 80 - '.
49, "e" W" ''~'''".o "''' "ss' ou'
Anu no" On the march
Inc hahd thAt wrote the notes tied
the cord around poor little Mary Phagan's
"eSN' says Fia'N, aSS" accusing the
negro Jim Conley OF the crime Tor which
ne. FRANK STANDS convicted. Il don't
ASK Tor pity Tor sympathy or for quarter ;
4 stake al on the truth. ! feel conf
dentiy mat truth Will out: that God will
not let an innocent man suffer for the
crime OF announcer. ID one OF the striking
assertions In remarkable statement
Frank says m part:
NY faith In men 10 mistaken. my faith
In my fellow ciff1ens OF Georgia steadfast.
my faith In God supreme.
''I can truthfully say that there rests
no bitterness or recrimination In my heart
against those who. with the authority OF
law behind them. have entangled me. an
innocent man. In the meshes OF the laws
machinery. feel that they all have made
a great mistake. q mistake which. trust.
has been unwittingly committed. and the
srror OF which I hope they may soon see
I feel toward them like the great Naza-
rene, who said Forgive them, Father, for
they know not what they do A fabric
reared uo,n a foundation OF sand. and
q case upon a basis of error. cannot and
will not stand the acid test OF reason.
truth ana fairness
.sThere Is one fact. one undeniabie fact
connected with this case that lifts n From
the realm OF mystery and places /, in The
CATEGORY Of Just plain. dastardly. ordi.
nary. brutal murder. 1 refer 10 tho two
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
FOUR HURT IN ELEVATED CRASH.
Brakes FAN to Work ON slipper,
wheels and Trains Collide.

Three girls and one man were injured
slightly yesterday afternoon sLr4 a
northbound Third avenue elevated '-s.H
bucked its brakes and slid into sUo'1e'
train at the Fordham station.
Anna Bouden OF 1927 Madison avenue
Eliza Levy OF 2s7l Webster avenue, M
tilda Holland OF $50 East .30'H s'--f
and William Rodman OF II West '2i,S
street. who We're in the rear car e.. 'hs
train ahead. were treated by p- po.sr
OF Fordham Hospital All wen, hone.
Michael Newton. motorman OF -. ~
train. said that his brakes didn't vo., N
the slippery wheels, The rcar car of -
FIRST train was damaged Traffic va
delayed for about half an hour
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19

sAeaosa sstAssa ~ ~ ouoasssssn
end chsck kept on TIE psisonsra
"Strange ~ Il may ssem,~ eaid ~.
Lewts yesterday, there u no way In
which the keepers Of the workhouse can
BE- absolutely sure that . man giving the
nAanA Of Jones. for Instance. who has
Deen sentenced to serve a month In really
ths man who gives the name Of Jones at
the workhouse. This has resulted In men
sentenced to serve long terms buying the
consent Of q short term man to take their
name 10 that they can soon 70 freA
Il have no doubt that now there are
men In the workhousc who are serving
six months terms for other men
Mr.. Lewis then threw light on the
altitude Of wardens OF the workhouso
toward this question of substitution. He
vas asked why comparisons were not
made OF finger prints Of q prisoner taken
In the workhouss with those taken by the
police n there was any suspicion OF sub
btitution.
substitstions winkeA AZ.
The trouble has been in the past"
Daid Mr.. Lewis, that wardens, although
Of Il from other prisoners. did not want
TO try to establish the Identity Of tho
man In their charge because they were
afraid ne would 80 absolutely free.
80 the wardens In the past have
winked at the substitutions, because they
did not want to let the substituting men
20 without punishment. For this rea-
son they let men serve the term which
they were paid to serve, and they have
not asked the police for ringer prints to
prove their suspicions
This 10 a situation which cannot be
tolerated any longer. I am now trying
TO md out II a man substituting can be
tried for aiding a prisoner to escape. and
II he can we will check up every prisoner
In the workhouse and make sure that they
are there legally. II some are not, and
believe there are several all the time,
we Will try to prove that they were paid
to substitute, and have them sent 10 Jail
legally. We may have hard work to
prove the cases. but we are going to try.
ut will certaiply be better than what
has been done In the past for the idea
Of 4 warden constituting himsslf prose-
cutor, jury and Judge. and keeping .
man illegally after he 10 pretty sure the
man should not be In the workhouse on
the sentence he 10 serving. IL repugnant
70 every idea Of Justice"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
POINTS OUT DEFECTS OF
WIRELESS ON STEAMERS
Monroe's Operator Tells Why
His Calls Were Not Heard
by the Hamilton.

PHILApnLPHA, Feb. ls.-A fault IN the
position OF the wireless apparatus on the
steamship Monroe. which was rammed
and sunk of tho Virginia capes, made II
impossible to send out . . calls
except within q few seconds after the
crash, according TO Robert Lee Etheridee,
assistant wireless operator, who testified
to-day In the Government investigation Of
the disaster.
Condemning the failure Of the steam
ship companies to place the auxiliary or
extra switches ara the telephone to the
pilot house at points convenient for the
wireless man, Etheridge said:
IT the auxiliary switch had been placed
70 that I could reach II under the con-
ditions obtained after the Monroe was
hit ! could have turned on a storage bat
terry kept In reserve and stuck until we
got an answer to our o calls"
The witness said that as 1t was, he
onds after the crash and that his chief
Ferdinand kuehn, who lost his life. pre-
coded him by seventeen seconds.
When the electric lights went out tho
power failed" Etheridge declared. land
the wireless was useless. We did not
know any one was going to turn on AM
other dynamo. SO We left"
Of the Monroe. AZ he stood Just outside
the wireless house after leaving the APP
paratus q woman stumbled by without
life preserver and kuehn gave her his,
Then, when he plunged overheard without
one. no was drowned.
Ethertdge resented what he appeared to
regard as an insinuation against his
courage made by John r. Lewis, attorney
for Capt Berry.
Life 10 a. sweet to me a. to any one"
no said. II felt that there was no use
staying there to be drowned when the
wireless had ceased to work.
Etheridge declared that ne had bean In
communication with the liner Hamilton
about two minutes before the Nantucket
rammed the Monroe and that the operator
on tho Hamilton would have caught the
Monroe's distress call had her operator
had his ear to the receiver.
~ have been told that when the o 8
calls were being flashed the Hamiiton's
wireless operator was telephoning our pre-
vious message to tho captain" he testified.
III the telephone equipments In wireless
rooms were arranged properly II would
not be necessary for the operator TO take
his ear from the wireless receiver. 40 he
never ought to do while on duty"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
PLOT CAUSED DTAZ TO FLEE
Huertistas said so Have Planned d.
XIII Him.
Special Cable Despatch to THt srs

Special Cable Despatch to THE srS
HAVANA. Feb. is.-Friends Of Gen
Felix Diaz, who left for New York
hurriedly yesterday aboard the Ward
liner Moro Castle. said to-day tina, IN.
confirmation has been obtained by tn
Cuban secret service agents Of a IIuertis,s
plot to assassinate Gen. Uiaz and e was
for this reason thai he decided thai
Havana was no longer a safe place fot
him.
Gen. Diaz is accompanied by HE VII.
and Rosales Sandoval. his lawyer IN.
trip to the steamer was made with Al
possible secrecy. Since the attempt 10
kill Gen. Diaz several months ago no hi,
beer living almost in -eclusion at "a.
Hotel Sevilla. where he has been con.
stantly watched by friends and secret
service men
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
PEACE FLAG TO LEAD IN CANAL.
Atrships n Race Around World Aiso
% Carry Banner Of Harmony.

The hrst ship 10 pass through the
Panama Canal will ny the United States
peace fag-the stars and stripes with
border of white. Col Goethals has
again assured Or. william .. Mcdowell,
president OF the League OF Peace, OF this
In the following letter made public
yesterday:
THE peace nag will be nown on the
first ship to make the official and
direct passage. The canal In now In
shape 10 pass ships drawing rs feet OF
water. but II Is the intention to delay
the first official trip until II can be ar
ranged TO have the President. members
OF his Cabinet and committees represent
ing the two houses of Congress present."
The League Of Peace has arranged with
those In charge OF the Panama Exposition
to present a national and international
nag TO each country In the around the
world aeroplane race. The winner of the
race 10 to put his flags In the National
Museum At Washington. where the peace
rag on the first ship through the canal
will also be placed,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
PL.fN NEUTRAL TORREON ZONE
Refuse for Foreigners In Case 81
Attack May he Established.
specsai Cable bespascA 70 In, SUI

spe6df tdois bespucA 10 INV SuN
VERA CRUZ. Feb. 1s.-It was learned
here to-day that Gen. Huerta is giving
favorable consideration to the proposal
for the establishment of a neutral zone
At Torreon where foreigners can ind
refuge in the event OF rebel attack
on that city.
II IL said also that the Washington
State Department is taking UP the matter
with Gen. villa, who liz expected 20 at.
tack Torreon soon.
There Is an epidemic of cerebro-sp raj
meningitis Ut Jalapa, the capital OF that
province. Sixty cases have been reported
among the troops there and most Of them
have proved fatal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
wolDY CLASHES IN STEEL CASE
Jsage Dickinson sad Joha A. Top
vtng EnIiven the PrsceeAings.


John A. Topping. chairman OF the board
Of the Republic Iron and Steel Company.
and Jacob M. Dickinson. counsel for the
Government In the suit to dissolve the
steel Corporation. had several wordy an
counters yesterday that enlivened the pro-
csedinSs while Mr.. Topping was tsstifying
as a witness for the defence. Mr.. Topping
had previously testified A. witness for
the prosecution.
Mr., Topping said that It was impos-
sible to locallze q war against competition
in the steel business. This was proved,
he said. In his own experience, when he
reduced prices on steel bars soms years
ss0. with the result that the whole steel
market was undermined
Ar. Topping referred TO reports from
his statesmen and insisted that ne consid.
cred such reports TO be good evidence.
You don't have 10 decide that" de-
clared Judge Dickinson with ardor
somebody else will"
Mr. Topping said that the Republic
company abandoned manufacture OF steel
rails in 1907. ~ there Was more money
~ other pfplvclA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19

.ns~ wsss ~ = ssusss 80 - s,ss~-
lag
soms ycrtsss .el4 q ssssy rsesi.s
pleysss Of certain contractor said they
tain saloon. where the barksspsr de-
Quoted 30 cents from each - and made
them buy 10 cent drink.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
GAYS "AT BAY" WAS STOLEN.


Charges that George Scarborough, the
achievement agent who wrote The
Lure" and AT Bay" plagiarised the ma
terixl for the latter play from q manu-
script written by John H. Vernon are
made In 4 suit hled by Vernon In the
United States District Court yesterday.
The defendants In the action are Sam
q. and Lee Shubert. who produced both
of 6carborough's plays John J. Huffman,
Vernon says that his play Threads Of
Destiny" Is the original Of AT Bay" He
says he had his play copyrighted and
then submitted q typewriter copy to his
friend Huffman. who. he says, showed It
TO Scarborough. Shortly after, the plain
tiff says. Scarborough brought out AT
Bay"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
SLIP ON ICE PROVES FATAL.
Old Employee Of Rubber ConDaa
Dies From Fpacsurea skull.

Another death attributable to the re-
cent Indictment weather occurred yester-
day Henry ID. Cook. SIS years old, Of
?tsS Broadway, q transfer agent for the
United States Rubber Company, who
slipped on tho Ice. fell and struck his
head against a curb on Saturday evening.
died OF fractured skull yesterday in
the knicksrbocker Hospital.
He had been with the United States
Rubber Company for seventeen years. He
was member OF Republic Lodge, F. Il
A. NJ. and was a veteran OF the Twenty
third Regiment Brooklyn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
PLEASE A BLUFFER, SAYS BURNS
Dsrkins Dog, who Rsns when He
Hears "Doo," detective Asserts.

ATLANTA, Feb. lS.--0ov. Cole l.. Blease
WAS denounced to-day a. "a barking dog
that doesn't bite by Detective w. j.
Burns who came to Atlanta to deliver q
lecture. Burns was asked II he had come
through South Carolina.
II came from 81. Louis" said Mr.
Burns at seems there 10 a fellow In
South Carolina--whats HE name? Oh.
yes, Blease-who doesn't like me because
I've told the truth about him.
However. that fellow 10 the least Of
my worries. He 10 . barking dog that
doesn't bite. He talks and rants and
busters around and yeils about what he
10 going to do-and then tucks his tall
between his legs and runs when you say
boo Mt him.
~ have understood that for tho last few
years the people have been trying to clean
up the United States Senate instead Of be-
smirching II, To elect that fellow Biease
to the Senate would be . disgracc to
American citixenshin"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
Fire Ro~ts Eight Fanilses.

Eight families, occupying the four
story apartment house at ltte Pacific
street, corner Of Kingston avenue, Brook
lyn, were routed from their beds last
night by IRE that started from an over
heated furnace. Matthew Ross. q tenant,
and Patrolmsn Funk awakened the ten
ants ana hurried them to the street Tho
flames dtA damage amounting - %, 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
NO PULL" IN CITY JOBS
License Connissioser Refuses Z
Favor Politicians.

License Commissioner Bell says that At
least twenty politicians, some OF them
Aldermen. some district leaders. have
asked him to give their Constituents"
preference when Jobs were handed out
by the city's employment exchange at
81 Lafayette street. He told all OF them
that the exchange 10 not run on political
lines and their men must set In line and
take their chance like ordinary men with
empty pockets and no pull.
One district leader-Mr. Bell wouldn't
reveal his name or party-sent 4 needy
election captain TO the exchange. The
captain expected to get choice Job. but
was sent out to shovel snow.
one contractor Informed the employ
ment exchange that he will hire no snow
shovsllers not recommended by politicians
OF their districts. Many others say they
have all the shovellers they need, Tho
result 10 that the exchange placed only
thirty-sevsn men yesterday ana most OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19

Wireless Tells of Peril Of Kiaeo,
SSPst Vessel Of Its kAna Built.

yesterday that the five masted schooner
Kineo IL sinking fast. about 1856 miles
northeast of Diamond Shoals on Cape
Hsateras. The Kineo 10 loaded with case
I'll from Port Arthur. Tex. to Provi-
Aence r. I.
Capt. Diehl Of the Savannah liner City
OF Atlanta sent word Of the schooner's
plight. He sighted her yesterday morn
ing. and said that her plates were started
In the recent storm and that she could
not stay afioat long.
The revenue cutter Onondaga was sent
out from Fort Monroe. Va. TO the aid OF
the sinking ship.
The Kineo 10 owned by Arthur Sewail
q Co and was the nrst steel schooner
built In this country. She left Port Ar
thur on December IL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
WARDS PLAYGROUND PLANS.
Coanisstsner wsalA Use Waste
Plases - Recreation spots.

Plases ~ Recreation spots.
Part Commissioner Cabot Ward believes
m making ptaygrounds out OF the waste
psAoss OF the city and in marking OF BY
ds6nAte bounds the playground spaces in
tho pv66iic parks. He dpesnx favor. how
svef, forgetting the parics. he told the
0fvee forum meeting Of the Yorkville Social
Centre lAst night In Public School Sc, ais
East Eighty eighth street.
Those Playground we have are only
drop in the bucket" he said. We've
only made . start There are waste places
IA the city which can be made into play
grounds. believe In compelling all
owners Of buildings to put playground
fandltties on the roof whsn they are built
Mr.. Ward told the schooYboys that they
oosld help IN preventing vandalism In the
parks. The commissioner has found that
Q bigger detail Of police 10 needed for the
parks on account OF thieves and vandais
ana men who insult women.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19

These are the official figures
which Commissioner Fetherston will
submit to Mayor Mitchell. They
show that the removal work has
progressed So per cent. faster than
In the last big snowfall.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
See it! With
your own eyes!

We can advertise the "Ellis"
adding-typswritsr until the
cove come home, and yet
We cannot make you realize
what IL will do for you.
You must sss iti With your
own syssl Not In our sales
rooml But In your own of
feel Doing your own work !!
And paying for itself evsry
hour Of the day because L
dees ths work better and
moro quickly than Il has
ever been done before.
For banks, department. stores
. d. and every other sort % husi-
nsss, whore 6gures are
handled In bulk.
Say the word, and we'll put
an "Ellis" machine In on
trial. Furnish an instructor,
... too. Free!
ELIIS]E
3O0 BrUaaway taisA AoSr,
1nsss. Ceytla1at oO5o
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-19
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3O0 BrUaaway ttaisA AeSr,
1ssss. Csytiaaat oOJo