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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
Cross Montenegro Frontier

Austria. with the assistance Of some
German troops, continues her opera
tions against Montenegro, the frontier
OF which has been crossed. but not
without considerabl opposition from
the Montenegrins, who are masters in
mountain warfare and who have been
joined by some portions of the Serbian
armies which succeeded in escaping
from the invaders Of their country.
Battles are now being fought in that
part of the Sanjak of Novipazar which
was taken by Montenegro after the
Balkan war. The Austro- Germans are
advancing south from Sienica and
across the frontier from Priepolie. In
the north the Montenegrins claim ia
have defeated the Austrians in the re-
gion Of Fotcha, Bosnia. 1t is believed
however, that the Austro-Germans
have provided sufficient forces to
make sure Of successful campaign
as they did in the case Of Serbia.
In southeastern Serbia where the
British, French and Serbians hold
strong positions, the snow still pre-
vents any movements of Importance.
No news has been received Of the Aus
TRANS and Germans who proceeded to
Rutschuk on the Danube river, to CO.
operate with the Bulgarians and Turks
to oppose a possible Russian invasion
through Rumania.
The attitude of Rumania is still un-
certain. The latest reports say that she
like Greece, is trying to remain neu-
trail, but with two belligerent armies
on her borders this, it is believed, may
prove difficult.
Greece. in her reply to the latest note
of the Entente Allies, insists upon the
maintenance of her neutrality and indie
pendence and a final settlement Of the
points at issue between the Hellenic
Kingdom and the Entente powers is not
vet in sight. Greece objects, according
to dispatches from Athens. to the evac-
uation Of Saloniki by her troops, the
handing over Of the railways to the En-
tente Allies. and the policing by the ma
vies Of the Entente powers Of her coastal
waters to circumvent the activities of
German submarines.
The italians continue their offensive
along the Isonzo river. On the other
fronts comparative calm prevails.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
ORDER MISTR|AL
IN THE CASE OF
EDITOR WATSON
Jury after Having Case Since
Tuesday Fails of Agree
ment

Augusta. Ga. Dec. IA mis- trial
wa ordered in federal court here to-
night In the case Of Thomas L. Wat
son. tHe Thomson Ga, editor and au-
tter. charged with having sent OBJ
scene matter through the mails.
Tne jury, which had had the case
before il since Tuesday afternoon, re-
por:ed il could not agree
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
RESENT GUPTILL'S
SUSPICIOUS ND
HIS INSINUATIONS
Assure the Public of the
Honesty and Integrity
of c. E. Embree and
Declare He Is Doing
Great Work for Farm
erS

Naterville Ne. Dec l.-CSpeciaD.-
The Executive Board Of the Farmers
Union OF Maine met at the Offices of
the organization III this city today for
the transaction OF business Several
items Of business occasioned the calling
Of the meeting, but the most urgent
matter 10 come before the board was
the taking Of action to show the board $
attitude IN the so-called Guptill-Embree
controversy. This matter was dispos ed
Of formally and with as little show of
temper as the board might display in
a discussion Of the price of wheat in
Alberta. With the composure becoming
the personnel of the board and the
calm dignity characteristic Of the lead
ers in the agricultural life Of the State.
the board turned its attention to this
matter as quietly as if il were an or
binary item of routine.
No unsettled temperament appears TO
exist within the executive ranks Of the
Farmers Union, for the members of
the board present failed to show any
indications Of viTulent antaConIsm to
Commissi Toner Guptill, rather they
seemed to pity him in his ill-advised
acts and utterances and pity Maine be
cause he actually encumbers the office
TO which he WIS elected. He was not
so much discussed as ignored; not 50
much answered as explained.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
$1,000 YEAR
FOR EMBREE
FROM union
OF FARMERS
The Executive Board
Votes to Retain Ser
vices as Manager

Wat..1..e. Me, Dec. SpeciaD -
Ta4 executive heard Of the Farmers
Union Ii Maine IN meeting held here
+o5sv r.tea h. retain the services Of
c ! iurree - 4 salary Of $1,000 per
AMMAN. !. 8 understood thA1 MIR. En-
Tree n..r under this new a angement,
7ort.r4e his service 10 the Farmers
Ur.o- as manager Of the Unions in
teres.s. Nh Emhree has heretofore
beea employed by the State. receiving
: s..4.g o; So per week and attached
IL the Department Of Agriculture,
Removed by GuptiII
IT, 18th Legislature passed an ap-
proprIation 10 defray the expenses Of
MI Emhrees work, including his sal
ary and large portion Of his work
vhs With the Farmers Union Of Maine.
lie VS. recently summarily removed
By Commissioner Guptin, following d
cont rversy over some contracts held
ty Ii, Farmers Union as their private
uoperty and demanded by the COM
missioner. Mr.. Eu,bree Will hereafter
Se~ve a. manager Of the Farmers
Cnion, which no longer has a connec-
aon with the Department Of Agricul-
w-e through the so-called Bureau OF
Marketing and Supplies of which Mr.
Embrec was, until Nov. a, the direc-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE is TRAFTON

westbrook, Me, Dec. 1.-The Repub-
licans Of this city tonight nominated
Otis Trafton as their candidate for
mayor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
GERMANS SEE
FINISH OF THE
SERBIAN ARMY

Berlin. Dec. 1.-(By Wireless to Say
ville).-An official report given out at
CONTINUED on Page 1column s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
Boston Forecast

Boston, Dec. 1.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity: Thursday occasional To-
cal snow flurries; Friday fair; light
TO moderate variable winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
THE WEATHER
CLOUDY

Weather forecast for New England
and New York: Cloudy Thursday with
possible snow furries; Friday fair
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
Run10rs Are Rife Concerning Austrian
Desires for Separate Peace, OF Dispute
zvith Bulgaria and OF independence OF
German DictQtiOn
GERMAN PAPERS STATE JOURNEY
WAS OF HIGHEST IMPORTANCE

Bulgaria Occupies Prisr end and Announces the
Close of Campaign Against S r b ia-Austria
Continues Montenegro Attacks = Rumanian
Attitude Apparently No Nearer Solution -
Greece's Objections to Entente Demands
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
No Quarrel with Administration

Nc Quarrel with Adrinistr alton
These men invited the representative
Of the journal 10 sit in the meeting
and informed him that although the
board was meeting in an executive ca
pacity there was nothing of secret
nature in the business to be transacted
and al such meetings citizens not mem
bers Of the board frequently are well
coined. {. z. Embree, ". 5. Rogers,
and others did not hesitate TO say that
Coy. Curtis. Secretary Bunker. Attor-
ney General Pattangall and their asso-
ciates in Office had treated them with
uniform courtesy whenever they had
had business with them. The Farmers
Union is bipartisan and the discus
sion al Wednesdays meeting revealed
no hostility to the administration.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
The Members Present

The executive board as il was called
to order by President H. Gardiner
Of Skowhegan was made UP of the fol-
lowing distinguished Maine men, ar Of
them leaders in agricultural pursuits:
Hon. John 2. Buckley Of Westhrool,
commissioner OF agriculture in the
PiaIsted administration; Hon. John A
Roberts Of Norway. commissioner Of
agriculture in the Haines administra-
ton; ". 5. Adams of Bowdoinhans. for
mcr dairy instructor; ". :. hogers of
Cathance. c. c. Clements Of Winter
port: and L. Z. sanderson OF Greene,
Mr. sanderson and MIR. Adams are the
Grange members Of the executive
board
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
Communications Read

To show the attitude OF the Farmers
Union oe Maine as an organization and
to throw light on the whole matter, sew
eral communications from individuals
as such and from individuals as Off
GERS Of locals were read. Without a
single exception these writers support
Mr.. EIntree and evince great disap-
pointment in the action of Commission
er Guptin one somewhat amusing let
ter chronicled the antics OF +. l.
Hutchinson in a certain town. 1t ap-
pears that Mr.. Hutchinson was ap-
pointed by Commissioner Guptih as as
sistant TO Mr.. Embree. Mr. Embree as
the administrative officer OF the Bu-
reau Of Marketing and Supplies was
never interviewed by the man appoint
ed as his assistant and members of
the Union in various parts OF the state
declare that Hutchinson was appoint
ed assistant to Mr.. EInhree only to spy
upon him and the Farmers Union tor
Commissioner Guptill In one instance
at least said Hutchinson was thrown
out bodily from a meeting of farmers
held under the auspices of the Farm
Union
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-12-02
What They Did Not Sanction

Now these letters contained some
very amusing information and some
very interesting facts Also members
Of the executive board related some
highly illuminating facts which bear
upon the controversy directed py
Commissioner Guotill against Mr.. En-
bree Out OF respect to themselves and
State officials who have shown due re-
gard for the organization, the execu-
tive board asked that these matters
not be made the subject of a news
paper story. In short, they declined
TO retaliate by directing any fire
against Commissioner Guptill: they
sanctioned only such publication of
the facts as might be necessary to
place Mr.. Embree and the Union itself
in the proper light.
tcontinued on Page 14Lco!umn -
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
HANK AND Hi AND MANY
OTHERS SAIL TOMORROW
Ford's Peace Ship Raises Anchor in
New York in Afternoon, for
Europe.

New York, Dec. 3.-The liner Oscar
II, on which Henry Ford and his peace
expedition to The Hague sails, will
leave New York tomorrow afternoon
Ford has engaged the first and second
cabins for the peace ENJOYS.
-Four hundred and fifty passengers
are going to Norway, Sweden and
Denmark for the holidays They will
occupy the third class quarters.
Col. R. H. Henry, editor of the Clar-
ion Ledger, of Jackson, Miss, will be
among the ENJOYS.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
TWO ALLEGED CATTLE
THIEVES ARE CAUGHT
COUNTY OFFICER, OPERATING
WITH POLICE, NABBED
SUSPECTS.

Working in connection with Chief OF
Police Bennett, Deputy Sheriff Frank
Williams yesterday afternoon arrest
ed Jim Williams, a negro, and his
young nephew, Anderson Williams
on the charge of cattle stealing.
They are locked up in the county
jail, and will be given a preliminary
hearing before a local justice of the
peace tomorrow
The man and boy, according to the
police, butchered a stolen COW in the
woods to the rear of the Woman's Col.
lege, and sold the meat The COW is
se'd to have belonged to Mallory Arm
strong.
The elder Williams has been en-
ployed as butcher for Curry Brothers,
the Parker market. and other Hatties.
burg establishments in the past.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
ORNAMEN HIGHWAYS.

| Jackson, Miss Dec. 3. - Carrying
out its slogan toMake the Highways
Ornamental as ell as Useful" the
Jackson Automfle Association is
/ this afternoon eaged in sowing six
! teen million pOy seed along the
, highway from Jason to Canton, and
few months heie this thoroughfare
will be lined on lth sides with a pro-
fusion of beautif' blooms.
The idea origiited in the mind OF
:. President j. w. tucker, who secured
from the Burba1 Society of Califor-
MIA a large quaity of the beautiful
Santa Rosa varty of poppy, so ia
miliar to all VIII have traversed the
California highwgs.
No planting i necessary for this
species. They i'll take quickly to
the soil, and coe again year after
year to gladen IL heart of the trav-
eler.
The association has offered a Sc
ries of handsome rizes for the best
plots of flowers plaed along the high
way by property Oners, within fifty
feet of the thorougiare, and will fur
nish free seed for his purpose.
The road between Jackson and
Clinton will later De planted with
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
WILL PUMP WATER
ELECTRICALLY HERE
CITY TO SINK ANOTHER ARTES-
IAN WELL NEAR FRONT AND
FORREST STREETS.

Contract for boring another artesian
well to supplement the supply of the
City Water Works, has been let to
John \ Suter, one of the best known
well diggers in the South, whose head.
quarters are in Pass Christian.
This announcement was made today
by Captain A. Farley, city commits
sioner in charge Of the water supply.
Mr. Suter will be here within a few
days to make arrangements for be-
ginning the work. The actual work
will not begin for two weeks or more.
The new well will be located on
property just purchased near Forrest
and Front streets, back Of the Audi.
torium
When water is struck, it will be
drawn from the well by a centrifugal
pump operated electrically. The gen
orator already has been installed in
the pumping station, and will be ready
iOI USE illt HlOlutHi tllt wen is COLI
pleted.
Captain Farley said this afternoon
that heavy steel casing will be placed
inside the we'll which should last at
least - years.
The water will be pumped direct
ly from the new well into the mains,
instead OF having to pass through
the reservoir, as is the case at the
present time. This Capt Farley be-
lieves, will result in a discontinuance
Of the muddy supply which follows
each fire.
Mr.. Suter is well known in Hatties-
burg. He bored the first artesian we'll
ever sunk in Hattiesburg. which was
II or 10 years ago. 1t never has
caused the city any trouble.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
TRIES SUICIDE FOR
TOOTHACHE RELIEF
New Orleans Girl Driven Insane by
Severe Pains in Her Moars.

7, New Orleans, Dec 8. Genevieve
Hoffman, 16 years old, of 2733 Du-
maine street, attempted suicide in the
Charity Hospital Wednesday by swal-
lowing bichloride of mercury tablets.
A nurse noticed the girl in the act of
swallowing the poison, and remedies
were applied
This attempt to take her life was
the second made by Miss Hoffman,
two weeks ago she having attempted
to kill herself by jumping from a gal
lery at her home. She was prevented
as she was climbing over the railing.
1t is said that severe toothache
caused the girl to try to kill herself.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
NEW SCHElE MADE
FOR NO, N. & c.
PASSENGER sEicE TO MOBILE
WILL BE cNGED, BEGIN
NlNGUNDAY.

A new schedt in the passenger
service of the W Orleans, Mobile
& Chicago Raid, which the Off
Gals have been rking out for some
days, will be quito effect, beginning
next Sunday mdng.
The train for ,bile formerly leav-
ing at $50 o'ck in the morning,
will depart at D. The $50 p. m.
train in the futu+will depart at 100
O'Clock each aft0en.
The train arrng from Mobile at
HattiesEurg at 90 D. m, will reach
here at $50 in e future, while the
11:56 a. m. traiwill reach here at
11:2O.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03

At the Lomo today will be shown
the spectacular George iKliene fea.
ture entitled, Julius Caesar" This
is the iriginal production and is said
to possess great merit. "Squabble for
a Squab' and Great While it Lasted"
comedies will also be shown. Satur-
day will be presented another of the
J. Rufus Wallingford series, entitled:
"A Rheumatic Joint" Pathe News,
"All Dolled Up" Paramount Trave
lOgue and a Pact Pathe Drama.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
GERMANS CONVICTED;
WILL TAKE AN APPEAL

New York, Dec. 3.-The final dis
position by the federal district court
In the case of Karl Buenz and the
three other officials of the Hamburg
American line, convicted last night
OF conspiracy to deceive and defraud
the United States, has not been made
known.
When court opened this morning,
the attorneys for the defendants said
that the necessary motions had not
been prepared. Judge Howe postpon-
ed the proceedings till tomorrow
morning.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
AUDITORIUM HAS
NEW FIRE ESCAPES
PROVISIONS MADE FOR PROTEC.
TON OF PATRONS AT THAT
PLAYHOUSE.

Two new sets of fire escapes have
been installed at the Auditorium. and
Manager Jack Stewart believes that
he would be able to empty the play
house in less than five minutes, should
an emergency arise.
The one leading from the gallery
extends on the outside and empties
on Forrest street 1t will be enclosed,
and it will be impossible for excited
persons to leap over to the ground,
should a panic arise.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03

semi-wild flowers of species developed
by Luther Burbank a great variety of
colors to be used.
A large party of autOmObilists went
on the flower planting trip this after
noon. The seeds were placed in small
sacks in the several cars, and dis
tributed in a systematic manner along
the route.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
INTERESTS OF SOUTH
WILL BE PROMOTED
Association Formed to Advertise Or
portunities by Dixie.

. Nashville. Tenn, Dec. 3.-The In
dustrial Association of the South was
permanently organized here today. Its
OBJECT is TO advertise and promote the
South's interests, 1t is planned to
raise half a million dollars for public
ity.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
WOMAN'S BEN-iT CLUB
WILLlEET TOMORROW

The Woman sBenefit Association
of the Maccabee4fll hold call meet
ing at the Wotens Hall at 2:30
O'Clock tOmOrroWfternoOn. All mem
bers of the oraization have been
asked to attend.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03

Homes that have been vacated dur
ing the summer months are rapidly
being taken, and For Rent" signs are
gradually disappearing from the resi-
dence districts
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03

The month of December has brought
the bill collectors out in force and few
people have been allowed to forget
they should settle up the old before
contracting Christmas debts.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03

The weather last night was very
much more desirable than on Wednes-
day night. The skies were clear and
although the temperature was low,
the cold was not near so penetrating.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03

c. A. Gassett, of Tulsa, Okla, has
moved to Hattiesburg, where he will
reside in the future. He is now con-
neCted with S. l.. Heidelberg.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03

II. Carter, of Carter & West, insur-
ance representatives of Jackson, is
looking after business interests in Hat
tiesburg today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03

T. H. Mitchell, of Hattiesburg. was
registered at the Pine Tree Inn, Boga-
lusa, yesterday
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03

250 pairs of Stacy Adams shoes
$500 and $3.50, now $500 cash.
Mcnnis & Small. optic
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
CITY EREVITIES


Mr.. and Mrs F. c. Lueg will leave
for New Orleans tonight for a week
end trip.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03

$50 pairs of Stacy Adams shoes,
5000 and $3.50 now $500 cash.
McInnis & Small. 2-2t-c
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03

j. S. Love is in Jackson attending
meeting of the state board of bank
examiners.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-12-03
Read The Hattiesburg News
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

The State of Mississippi,
Lowndes County.
In Chancery Court.
Exparte, Hattie Coleman, Administra-
trix of the Estate of J. NJ.
Coleman, Deceased.
By vircue OF a decree of the Chan
Gerry Court of said county, rendered in
the above styled cause on the 14th
day of october, A. D., 1915, at the De-
tober Term, A. D., 1915, of said Court
!. the undersigned duly appointed Spe-
cial Commissioner of said Court. will
on the
9Th day of December, A. D., 1915,
between the hours OF eleven O'Clock
a. m. and four o'colck p. M, sell at
the front or Main Street door of the
Court House in said county, to the
highest bidder or bidders, for cash,
the following described real estate, sit
uated in the county OF Forrest, the
State of Mississippi, to-wit:
A house and lot in the City of Hat
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-10
WHAT new TELEPHONE
LINE MEANS TO NATION
Deals Final Blow to Sectlonalism by
Bringing All Our People
Closer Together.

A prominent guest at the celebration
of the Transcontinental Telephone
Line. speaking of what the new con.
nection means to the country said:
For one thing, 1t Is final blow to
sectionalism-it has put seal on the
fact there is no longer East and West,
North and South. Not even the rail-
roads or the new canal have done or
can do so much toward bringing the
states closer together and uniting
them more firmly, not only in COM
merce. but in thought and language.
Provincialism will become rarer and
rarer, localisms, dialects-all such
things that depend on isolation-are
getting to be an impossibility In the
United States. and the telephone has
been the greatest agent In bringing
about this desirable condition. 1t Is
hard for people to get very far apart
when they are in such constant touch
with each other, and know Of moth
ing which il doing more to strengthen
the bonds between individuals and
communities than the network of wires
the American Telephone & Telegraph
Company il spreading over the coun-
try. So much Importance do I attach
to this idea. that, extreme as the state
ment may seem, I believe quite firm
ly that, had the telephone system
reached its present perfection previ-
GUS to 1861, the Civil War would not
have occurred. The wires would not
have let the North and South drift SO
far apart"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-10
SOME INTERESTING
TELEPHONE FACTS

The New York-ean Francisco
teIephens line 10 1880 miles long.
There are two circuits, each
usIne e,7so miles Of harc-drawn
copper wire.
There are $40 pounds Of cop
per wire In each circuit mile,
and 1890 tons In the entire line.
The longest telephone oommu-
nIcatlon on record took place
January 25th, when Theodore N.
Vail talked from JekyIl Island,
Georgia, to San Francisco, dis
lance Of 400 miles.
~ voice were loud enough
to, be heard from New York to
to San Francisco, Il would take
four hours to travel that distance
through the air.
The voice by telephone travels
from New York to San Francisco
In f-15th Of q second, travelling
at the rate Of $4,000 miles per
second.
The voice Of \ man speaking
In New York 10 heard In San
Francisco three hours earlier,
that being the difference In the
standard time Of the two cities.
The first sound was transmit
ted by telephone June 2, 1875, In
Boston.
The first words were transmit
ted by telephone March 10, 1876,
In Boston, Mr.. Watson heard
Prof. Bell say, "Mr. Watson,
please come here, ! want YOU"
The first conversation held by
telephone took place October 9,
} 1876, over telegraph line two
miles long between Boston and
Cambridge. Mr.. Bell and Mr..
} Watson talked.
The first Newspaper report
ever transmitted by telephone
was sent from Salem, Mass, to
the Boston Globe.
} The New York-San Francisco
line crosses thirteen states.
The Panama Canal was begun
nine years ago and has cost
$50, ooo, 900; within the same
space Of time the Bell Company
has spent twice that amount In
It's engineering construction work
, alone.