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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
Man Loses His Z Booze
Although Acquitted
It is in a Trunk at Railroad Sta
ton and Cannot Be Deliy-
cred to Him.

Although acquitted before lnagis-
trate OF charge OF violating the state
prohibition Law, Alfred Florent, a
Northvtew Frenchman. will not likely
get back the liquor that caused his
arrest.
The liquor. consisting Of nine
quarts Of whiskey and seyenty-two
bottles Of heer, is in F1orent.s trunk
at the Baltimore, and Ohio railroad
station whittier it was checked by him
a few nights ago from an out Of state
point. ]. s. Gibson, Baltimore and
Ohio policeman who arrested Florent
caused the detention OF Florent's trunk
because the railroad is not now per-
mitted to deliver intoxicants here,
No evidence was presented at. the
hearing OF Florent Wednesday night
in the county court room before Mag
istrate G. H. Gordon to show that Flo
rent had brought the liquor into the
state for other than his lawful per-
sonat use and the charge against him
was dismissed. The amendments to
the state prohibition law requiring the
conspicuous Labelling Of all contain
ers do not become effective until SAT-
urday. Under the amendments the
hearing, would likely have had diff
ferent result.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
HOUNDS GET HIN
Clay Smith Escapes from
County Road Grew, but is
Soon Captured.

Clay Smith. aged 10 years, serving
time for petit larceny, escaped from
the road gang Thursday morning;
while at work at Broad Oaks. He
went in the direction of Mount
Clare. County officers are looking
for him. :.
( Aided by Sheriff Stort,s pair OF
'bloodhounds, which did fine work in
following the escaped mans trail,
IIaco Wolf and John siers, deputy
sheriffs, captured Smith at Mount
Clare and brought him back to the
county jail on a traction car, arriving
at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. The
prisoner was then taken out to the
road crew and put to work.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
WITH AUS TRANS
PUSHING TROOPS

recent occurrences in Russian Poland
and the German claims to sweeping
victory which reads as follows
Official announcement given out
In Berlin To- the effect that the Tenth
Russian army suffered a severe r.,-
verse in Its retreat 10 the rivers
:siemen and Bobr are absolutely no.
correct. The German declaration
that the Tenth army has been CONF
pletely annihllated can be categori-
Ically denied. AS a matter Of fact the
component part Of TWO of our corps.
the Twentienth and another, findirg
themselves in an untenable and dan.
Eerous situation. as we already have
announced, withdrew from their posi-
lions at Wirballen. Russian Poland
with heavy losses. AS to our 9th /.
CORDS these troops after having foiled
un attempt of the enemy 10 sarroui.G
them are holding today the post ons
allotted to them and for several da, 8
past they have been engaging the
enemy. Along this entire front our
armies are fulfilling successfully th.
duties assigned them. During the
past few days two regiments OF the
irwenty-Ninth division belonging 10
the Twentieth corps advanced ,frois
the 'Augustowo forest and rallied our
men" n
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
For the Schools in an Address.
at Convention Of Depart
Inentof Superintendents.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 25.-Adyocat ting
a plan which would mako a national
standard plan OF education practical
by enlarging the bureau Of education
into university consisting OF CORPS
of experts who would pass upon the
efficiency, thoroughness and economy
Of the various school systems. Pro-
lessor William Fl. Taft Of Yale, for
mer president OF the United States,
addressed the department OF superin-
tendents of the National Education
Association here today.
II. P. Shawkey, superintendent OF
the schools OF West Virginia, speaking
on the financial support OF public
schools, urged an endowment fund In
the various states similar to those
created in some Of the western states
out of their public land grants. He
recommended that land delinquent
from taxes should not be sold BY the
state but held for the purpose OF
creating = permanent school fund,
that the state should retain an inter-
est insi upa exelo bsd SLesoli1Ses and
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
.DEPOR'TE|D
! - ~ ~ : : = :
Are Man and Woman Unable
to Pay Their Fines in Po-
lice Court. {

A man and woman giving their
names as Jesse Doe and Mary Doe
were ordered to leave the city by Act
ing Mayor w. R. johnson. when they
were arraigned before him in police
court Thursday morning on charges
of assembling for immoral purposes.
They were unable to pay the assessed
fines and We're given the preference OF
leaving the city pr going before a
magistrate on the charge. They chose
the former course, 3 N +,
Officer Shahan made the arrest Of
the-c couple In Glen lslkr4ate Wednes-
day night. ss.:J
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
BATTLES ARE STILL
RAGING FURIOJJSL Y
In the Carpathians with Con-
tinued Successes for the
Russian Forces.
sy A.see,.rsn .sr.s

GENEVA. via Paris, Feb. 25--,
Continued success for the Russians
in the battles which continue to rage
furiously in the Carpathians are de-
scribed in dispatches to Swiss news
papers.
Austro-German forces are said to
have lost 1000 more men at Dulka
pass. while melting snow at uzsok
pass revealed the bodies Of 1000
Austrians and Russians.
( The Austrians are reported to
have launched a number Of utiie at
tacks at Duboya. in which they lost
heavily.
Tie Russians captured at Grownik
q transport wagon with the regi-
mental safe containing 100000. The
Russians claim to have captured an
advance Of 500 men at Plasa.
The dispatches say that additional
Russian columns have burst into
Marmaros county in Hungary border
ing on Galicia; Bukowina and TranAS
capt uripg conveys.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
.RUssIA's Ac CESS 10
SEA RECEiv YES AC CORD

LONDON, Feb. Sir Edward
Grey. the foreign secretary, announced
in the House Of Commons today
Great Britain was entirely In acccr9;
with Russia's desire for access to- tisea
sea. with Russia's desire for acceSs
to the sea. England is In entire
cord" the foreign secretary said h
response to q question from Fred
Jewett, whether England knew df
and approved a statement OF the Rus
san foreign minister, nj. Sazonoff.
the Duma, that Russia intends per
manently to occupy Constantinopl
The foreign secretary respond ii
that he was unaware that NJ Sazolei
had made any such statement but j
added "the statement L have seen MA s.
that NJ. Sazonoff had said the events
on the Rslsso-Turkish frontier Yodlsf
bring Russia nearer realfzatio 81 tho
political economic problem botf,
up with Russia's access to the sea-
With these aspirations, 2 he continue
ems gland is in sympathy, WHAT form
their realization will take Will nh
doubt be settled in the terms
nnaca ~ III A " "a - ~,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
LOCAL ATTORNEY
And Stenographer Caught in
Raid Made by Broad Oaks
Police Chief.

Determined to break up the red
light district OF Broad Oaks. the
newly elected mayor. Columbus w.
Roger. ordered the chief, OF police,
Charles Pearvill, to make raids on
three alleged houses OF i'll repute In
that suburb, Wednesday evening.
AT the first house raided by Chief
FeatviIl and his men i former wei
known attorney OF this city ana a
ssenographss were arrested and taken
to the mayors Office where they post.
ed bonds Of s21.s0 t6,appear Tor i
hearing ats O'Clock Thursday morn
ing but they failed to appear.
At the other two houses visited
later in the evening by the chief and
his men a number OF men were found
but 1t is alleged that the women. OF
both houses were in this city and had
rot returned home for the evening as
yet. "A
The raid last evening was only a
starter and Mayor Roger says he Will
not let up until every house of iii re-
pute in that suburb has been closed
up and every woman Of bad character
driven out.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
WATER POWER BILL
PASSES THE SENATE
With only Six Votes against II
andltis Then Semitic the
House

.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 25.-By a vota
of twenty-three TO six the Senate this
forenoon passed the hydro-electric or
water power bill and sent It to the
House for concurrence in the amend-
ments made in the Senate. The six
senator's who voted against the bill
were Billings, Coalter, Hawley and
Marshall, Republicans and Hatfield
and Hogg, Democrats.
NicCrum, the most active senator
against the bill in its original form,
and who offered many amendments,
some of which were adopted late We'd
'nesday afternoon voted for the bill
because. he said, it was an improve
ment over the one now in effect, but
he doubted whether permits to con-
struct dams would be granted by the
public service commission. Rosen-
bloom gave as his reason for voting
for the bill because 1t gives to the
United States government the right 70
control the nayigable streams in West
Virginia. The absentee was Blessing.
The excise tax bill was then taken
up on It's third reading and Rosen-
bloom made lengthy speech against
the passage of the bill, and urged that
a twenty cent state levy be adopted
as the means OF raising the revenue.
He commended that an excise tax would
be the means OF keeping industries
from West Virginia, while a state tax
would eqnalize taxation and be the
more equitable.
Goodykoontz followed Rosenbloom
contending that by the excise tax
method those who we're successful
were best able to pay taxes and that
the tax was on the net income OF cor
porations and joint stock and insur-
ance companies and not on the gross.
Recess was taken at /: 10 O'Clock with
the bill. Efforts to put the excise tax
and land tax measures of their pass
age through the suspension OF the CON
stitutional rule, failed in the House
but the bill providing for direct state
tax OF not more than twenty cents on
the hundred dollars valuation was
made q SPECIAL order for late this at
ternoon.
Samson, Democrat Of Wayne county.
offered a bill this morning proposing
a tax Of ten per cent of the salaries
of county and state officials for the
years 19l5-l6-lT and that failure to
pay the tax should be forfeiture Of
office. The bill increasing the salary
of county commissioners from two to
four dollars per day IN the event the
constitutional amendment is adopted
at the polls, was passed by the House
and the conference committee and re.
port on the. county depository, and
making the law take effect July i,
1916, was also adopted and the bill
then passed without dissenting vote.
The registration bill which passed the
Senate last week was considered IN
the House this morning The Demo
Gratis sought several amendmen ts but
each failed Of adoption The bill was,
stih nendinR chen recess WAS ID ken.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
Is More Than Hinted by War
and Other Officials of the
British Government.
ALONG RETALIAToRY LINE
But There is Hesitation on tIls|
Partof England until Aiaer.
ica's Proposal is Known

LONDON, Feb q. The proposals.
Iof Washington TO Great Britain an
Germany which are in London 49,
Isunied to embrace the abaiidon,nent
tsof Gefmany's self declared war IONA
and the adoption by the bell isefen,S
of some definite policy regarding ioodr
stuffs for the civilian population kaSe
noticeably quickened the public inr
terest both in this COUNTRY and Ia
Germany in this delicate diplomatic
situation. 81 ,sS
The British press in general y re-
strained in tone but the averas3
Flishnan plainly resefts what Ne con-
siders hint at any attempt to inter
fere with the absolute bicciSade of
Germany should Great Rrttaah care 10
enforce this with its sea power.
In the meanwhile and IN spit of III =
sinking OF the four more Brit inni5
chantmen, Great Britain still 1ioids.
on from declaring food destined @
Germany to be contiaband, Ii as b.
lieved that II this step is taken that
1t will be postponed until the Aniei
lean proposal has been discussed 81
length. Just what this proposal IS tho
public both here and In Berlin IS a,
aware.
The only information has BEEN
Cleaned from the tneagre despat ci,es
from Washington. There would seem
to be no doubt however that Eng laud
will reserve the right to declare food
contraband at any time 1t deems nee
essary especially as Gernnany;s sos
called blocade has been enforced Wit b
all the power Germany has at 4 Il
command. How the British cabinet
feels about this matter would appea
to be plainly Indicated by the stat
Premier Asduith and First ford III
the Admiralty Churchill ali ~ whom
have more than limited that drastic res
e hatofy measures might be exp ed
at any moment.
Now that the Russians hate f,ltde
a stand on their own soil the III
ing In the eastern arena of The
is resolvjZs itself into mass of con.
5tradictory statements and coiinte
claims. The German claims or q vi
tory in Russian Poland are: clreiil
stantial and detailed. The Hussians
denials while emphatic are sweeping
and general. 1t would appear from
the dispatches reaching London that
at the present moment neither the
Germans nor the Austrians are ma;
ing Roadway anywhere on the line
from the Baltic to the Carpathi9ns.
British observers are calling attef,
tion to the fact that there apraFf
ly has been no decisive battle at III
northern extremity Of the line t
prove whether the recent adyance
will be Of lasting yelue or not. 81
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
FIRE BOSSES
Who Neglect Duty Will Be De.
priyed Of Their Licenses,
Says Chief Henry.

: r.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 25.-Following
the conviction of Romeo Campi and
John III. Riley. fire bosses at,sthe Car
lyle mine Of the New River Coal Com
pany,I in which twenty-one men were
killed several weeks ago by an ex-
plosion resulting from the Ignition Of
an accumulation OF gas, CHIEF Earl
Henry, of the department OF mines,
announces that any fire boss found
neglecting his duty will have his IL
cense revoked. +
The convicted bosses were fined $50
each and their licenses were revoked.
Foreman Pilkington. who was also In
dicted, was acquitted. but his license
was revoked. The trials were held in
the court Of 9 Justice Of The peace 81
Eaystts county I'm ". \. 4,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
FALSE TESTIMONY
Is Advanced as Basis of an Ap-
preparation for a New Trial
for Becker.

NEW YORK. Feb. 25.LA motion
for a new trial for Charles Becker,
the former police lieutenant. con-
victed for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, was made in the supreme
court today. Becker's counsel said
he based his motion on newly discor-
cred evidence to the effect that one
OF the states Witnesses to a niatNrial
fact had testified falsely at BeckeTsi
second trial. Attached to the papers
was the affidavit OF James Marshall
made in Philadelphia in which Mar
shall repudiated a part OF his testi-
mory at the second trial.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
COUNTER ATTACKS OF
GERMANS REPUL SED

f PARIS, Feb. 25.--All the new po-
isitions assumed Yesterday by the
French troops in Champagne have
been maintained and Counter attacks
OF the Germans were repulsed. ac-
cording to taday's official statement.
In this same region French ayia-
tors threw sixty bombs on railway
stotions. trains and concentrations OF
the enemy. This .bombardment was
very effective. Infantry engagement is
which resulted in tn progress for the
French are also reported.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
GERMANS CAPTURE
TEN THOUSAND MEN

PERRIN. via London, Feb. 25.-The
town of Przasnysz, Russian Poland.
was Yesterday taken by storm by Ger
man forces. according to the German
Official statement given o,.t today The
Germans captured 10000 prisoners.
Activity continues north OF the yis-
tuia, where the Germans have cap
tured 5000 prisonerse in the last few
days.
On the western front desperate eff
forts on the part of the enemy to
break the German line failed.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
MOUNDS A LAD.

CUMBERLAND, Md, Feb. 25-
Pursuing agnegro who he thought
was Cincinnati Rer,'' wanted in
Washington for murder, Patrolman
George Flanagan. in an automobile
shot number of times. One bullet
glanced from the curb and struck a
young son OF Adam Arnold in the
side. making a serious wound. The
lad was playing marbles. The man
wa Stocked up.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
ENDONVlNEN NJ FUND
URGED BY SHAV1KlEy

especially should it conserve It's water
power for the purpose Of creating d
school endowment fund. Mr.. Shawkey
recommended that the distributing and
using OF state school funds be based
on school census. number OF teachers
required, financial needs and special
oppo rtunities for service.
NJ. +. Shawkey, Of Charleston. w.
Va, was elected president and E. c.
Wairlner, OF Saginaw, Mich. score
tary OF the department Of superinter.
dents today. =
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
MAY va.o BILL.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. e5.-
1t is predicted that the governor will
veto the redistrlcting bill on constl-
tutional grounds. holding that all the
constitutional requirements we're not
compiled with when the bill was
amended, advanced to third readln.
and passed last Saturday without u
suspension of the constitutional rule.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
SUBMARINES ARE SENT
INTO AUSTRIAN WATERS

GENEVA. via Paris, Feb. Co.
Three new German submarines ar
rived by railroad yesterday at Pola,
The chief naval station of Austria
Hungary, according 10 a telegram re.
ceiyed her and will soon begin opera
tons not only in the Adriatic but In
the Mediterranean.
A despatch from Munich says Ger
many is arranging to send several
ether submarines to Austria,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
POLAND POTATOES TosBE
BROUGHT INTO BERLIN

BERLIN. via London, Feb. St.
The Prussian minister OF agriculture,
Baron Won Schorlemer. discussing
the food question IN the Diet today
said that quantities of potatoes would
be brought in from Poland and that
large supplies were left in. East Prus-
STA, where the Russians had been.
II believe | can express the hops.
he said. that the potato supply for
human food will sufI1ce." y SAX
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
NEW SUPERINTENDENT.

sIARTINsBURG, Feb, 25.-J. "
Gambler, late superintendent OF the
Deckman-Duty brick plants at Cleye-
land, o., has arrived here and taken
the position OF superintendent at the
Municipal Shale Brick and Block
Company's plant.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
FIGHT CALLED OFF
So far as Mexican City is Con.
cerned and viii Be in City
of Havana.

TORONTO. Ont, Feb. 25.-Tom
Flanagan. who trained Jack johnson,
the negro pugilist, for the fight witt
James Jeffries at Reno, announced
Thursday that he had received cable
gram from johnson at Havana in
which Johnson said he had called off
the fight with Jess Willard set for
March 6 at .Iuarez, Mexico, and that
the fight would occur in Havana
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
COAL FOR ABROAD.

BLuEFlEGsD, Feb, 25.-lt is an
noinced that the greater part Of a
million tons of coal, ordered for the
allied war fleets of Europe, will be
supplied from the mines of the Poca-
hontas coal field. This is good news
for this section as it means a big
rcsnmption Of work. N
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
SMALL COASTER SUNK
IN BRITISH CHAM MEL

LONDON, Feb. 25.s-The small.
British coasting steamer, Western
Coast, has been sunk by q mine or
torpedo In the English channel at a
point off Beachey Head.
The crew was landed at Ports
mouth today.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
MAN AND WOMAN FINED.

Fines of $ll.S oand $500 we're i'm
posed upon William Kerr and Evelyn
Shannon respectively in police court
Thursday morning when they were
arraigned on charges of assembling
for immoral purposes. The couple was
arrested in a Glen Elk rooming house
Wednesday night by Officer DAWSON.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
sANTl-RUSSlANS ARE
CHOSEN FOR POSITIONS

LONDON, Feb. 25-A despatch
from Constantinople says it is learned
from Tcheran that the position Of
ministers OF the interior and minister
of Justice in the cabinet have heen
filed by Persians OF anti-Russian
sentiment and that another anti
Russian viii be come minister -
foreign affairs.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
DAYTON CASE
Will Not Be Acted on by the
Present Congress Of the
United States.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb 25-
No action will be recommended TO
this Congress by the House Judiciary
committee hearing charges against
Federal Judge Dayton Of West vir-
ginia. Chairman McGillicuddy began
preparing a report today which may
serve as the basis Of any action, the
sixty-Fourth Congress decides to
take.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
HAULING HORSES.

HUNTINGTON, Feb. 25.-The
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad has
since November %. hauled through
this city nearly $4,000 horses con-
signed to the French and British ar
mics, according to. figures compiled
by Superintendent Morris. Tic
horses were all taken to Newport
News, Va, and there transferred for
shipment.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
! SUSPECTED LIrNATIc.

joseph Lambert, Northview man
arrested there for being drunk and
disorderly. Is believed to be crazy.
and Mayor w. r. Kidner, or North
view. has committed him to the
county jail to await d hearing under
1unacy proceedings.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
RUSSIAN ATTACK is
BEATEN OFF BY TURKS
~ AaaoclhrIn enraa,

BERLIN. by wireless to London,
Feb. 25-Reports received from Con-
stantinople set forth that Russian
attack In the territory east of Artzin.
which is in 1'rans-Cnucasia thirty
four miles southwest Of Batum, has
bees beaten Off by the Turks with
heavy losses to the enemy. Russians
have been driven also from the
region Of Email In Asia Minor.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-25
HIGHWlaslES Sc TESCF

AiottNDsxlil Isis. fisb. s. Jtiat4 /,
C 5sfyeX Of the II county cir.
cut court ltting here llas sentsncsd
Gilbert RAY and Char les Baker ID
seiisg an Oct eFtninafe term oi iNe
to ten in he nenile htiarl
IieS iS6Bslys #
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INSURANCE TURNED OVER.
l.1 .....o,e.l.r.p,ss.,,.

PARIS, Feb. 35-French marine
insurance companies have turned
over to the minister Of marine ST.
900 to be given the crew OF the ship
of the second light squadron which
sank q German submarine at Bou-
logne Tuesday. The Marquis OF Or
nano has offered prize Of ST. 900;
for the next Zeppelin brought down
in France. sf
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To Meet the Same is the Latest
News from the Operations
in the East.
MORE STEAMERS ARE SUNK
And in One Of the Disasters a
British Sailor Loses
His Life.

! LONDON, Feb 2 s. Russian troops
have reinvaded Bukowina and reoc-
cupied Sandagora on the railroad
Tour miles north Of czernowitz. sc-
icording to a despatch from Manor
nita Id Roumania.
The Apstrians. the despatch adds.
Z are pushing up their troops toward
Czernowitz to meet this now attack.
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DoNNELl.Y DEAD.


I0Y Abbo-.ATEp PRlSBl 3
. PARIS, Feb. 25-Dr. James F..
Donnelly. of the American Red Cross
mission sent to Serbia died yesterday
at Nish. says a despatch, from Saloni-'
ka. The body will be sent to the
United States. -
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DROPS DEAD.

WILLIAMSON FEB. %. saui ii.
Metcalf, icTme postmas ter and prom
inent bpsitees man dropped dead 6f
heart disease while VA ki6k To sisis
home. & y i \ 81