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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

m .i, a,ltrment to Chairman Walsh
r FleNner says that he attended the
hearing on Thursday expecting to be
called. instead Of which he WAS asked
O. answer IN writing additional ques-
'UnutirOs. He says that the questions
Vc.r prepared by py Allen and that
tho uafr.e Of tI-m H. such that reel
very sure that neither u you nor tho
o'.,. members Of tho commission have
s.. .Gst uf the questions themselves
end .tl less OF the circumstances whlch
have prompted them"
d.. F,xuc. say that Dr. Allen, hay
'r- "breu for years persistent seeker
'f funds from Mr. RGch@f'll'r,s Of
a.. 20 ,h- Bureau of Municipal Re
r..." asked Mr. rockefeller to have
p. FirEuc. "a total stranger 20 him.
n.,. .. investigation OF II, bureaus
educational aC.E that work, os IL
.r.r.D by Or Allen, having been cr't-
..r. o., .ope OF tine trustees. lie Nnys
.. .da ru.h an investig ition and made
20. wtyorth.c report He says be docs
rJ' N..a fp what rNtcnt this report
a".,od Gub.ouurnt action.
nr ""c.uc. the. explains how he be-
r.na H member Of the BolrG Of Educa-
90. rui how he became opposed To
lr..yUi rhug,h.l Of whom pr, ALE !
supporter
"T questions which am nov asked
q, answer ne says, related 10 the
f'o matters which ] have thus outlined
quote tor them the following by way
- illustration:
In 1910. lid YOU sign statement,
.atcr issued 10 the public, against a
cutrtsr proposal regarding the Board
NJ Education for New York city? II
80 viii YOU please state in what capac-
q, YOU were acting. whether as In
dlvdual. a. officer Of a private agency
Or a- officer of the Carnegie Founda
ton for Advancement of Teaching
Ibid YOU in 1913, sign. with others
petition 10 the Mayor or the city
NJ New Norl; against the reappointment
e. the local Board OF Education OF the
thon president OF that board?
did you. in January, 1915 with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
Quotes Mrs. Hartman.

The greater part OF Dr Aliens testl-
rrony was AN elaboration OF MS views on
Row great foundations ought 10 he d.
rected and curbed in the interest OF the
nublic There were score OF suRges-
'i1us extending from an irreducibl"
minimum Of trustees 10 a hint that II
might ne we'll 10 have John X Lawson
o. tho board Of directors lie told OF hi+
Efforts to combat the Rockefeller infiu-
once. even bringing in conversation
with Mrs u. II Hartman and quoting
me- as saying she would Ike TO know
what M Rockefeller had done that h."
-lould be 50 highly regarded.
Samuel Unterlnyer. who was the tirst
Witness before the commission At the
New York hearing came again into Its
records Yesterday with ift"en page
tynewritten statement in which he set
forth his reasons for saying that the
majority Of the railroads I'm this country
,-r under the control OF two great
rroups D; o1akers. a stat vent denied
hv Jacob r. Sch.n OF Kuhn, Loeb &
60 aud by j. r. Morgan, Mr.. Untrr-
0''sr supports his charge 10y quoting
rom the report Of the Pujo committee.
'pr which he was council, and showing
iN,t ~ the Sl.S5l miles Of railroad reor-
r1uizad since 1890 in Insolvency pro-
reedirgS tho rehabilitation Of over 90
mo miles vas accomplished under the
dl-e.tiou = rhess tHu harr'nE houses.
lie gave q list also. or ten great rail-
road systems reorganizod by the two
houses
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
Dining Room Furniture

$4,000 Adam Mahogany Suite. Sl62.50
S444.0O Wide Inlaid Sheraton
Suite ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $325.O0
$4,000 Sheraton Mahogany
Suite OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .$245.00
$4,000 Adam Mahogany Suite. 1926. 90
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
EVERY PLEASANT
DAY IS PROFIT
Cotton Men Estimate That
Favorable Temperature Is
Adding $223, 900 Daily

THE present good work Of the
- weather man In sending to okla
homa fair days and keeping away
Jack" Frost at night, Ia adding to
the wealth Of this state every time
the hour hand traverses the dial twice,
sum approaching $223 900. This
statement was made Saturday by Il
man In close touch with the cotton
market and crop situation.
The present crup prospect, provided
Il killing frost holds off until Noyem
ber |, Is SOO,OOO bales, he said The
maximum crop, provided frost doe,
not arrive until after the middle OF
November, will be about S50, 1000 bales
The present prospective crop is about
716,0OO, and government experts hay,
set the total production OF cotton or
November |, unless In the case a kill
Ing frost occurs at $4,000 bales
There Is left, then, 5000 bales I,
be made between now aud the first OF
next month, or an average OF a littl,
more than 1000 bales day. At /,
market price ~ twelve cents pel
pound, and counting the cotton seed
the average price per bale will b,
about S1l Srycnty-one times thre,
thousand II two hundred and twenty
three thousand.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
OKLAHOMA GINS
VERY BACKWARD
Govt. Ginning Report Shows
This State and Texas I'm
mensely Behind 1914

WASHlNGTON, Oct 25-The third
w cotton ginning report Of the sea
SON. compiled from reports OF census
bureau correspondents and agents
throughout the cotton belt aud issued
at 10 a. m, Monday announced that
5,7l3,63i bales OF cotton counting
round as hulf bales, NJ the growth Of
1918 has been ginned prior to October
Is. This compared with 1919, ,Ii7
bales, or 40 per cent Of the entire
crop gnncd prior To October IL last
year, 0,9735ls bales, or l90 per cent
In 1913 and GSI4.2OJ bales, or 81 per
cent In 1912.
Included In the ginnings were o.
422 round bales, compared with 10,
2S9 last year, 5000 In 1913 and 81,
745 In 1912
Sea Island cotton included numbered
~, ,251 bales, compared with aO,0IS
hales 90 October Is last year, 3l,lM
In 1913 and 1880 bales In 1912
Ginnings PRIOR To October, by states,
with comparisons Tor the last three
years and the percentage ~ the en-
tire crop ginncd In thnse states prior
10 that date In the same years fol
lowsi
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
WATCHFUL COPS
PLUCK MOTOR BOOBS

Following the laying down ~ the
law regarding violations ~ the traffir
ordinance, expressed In no uncertain
tones by Mayor Oyerholser Friday, the
police station Saturday morning pre-
seuted nm appearance much resembling
motor show, as officer after officer
brought mp his Victims To make their
arrangements about appearing IN po
lice court
Some " the complaints were for
leaving a ear with the engine running
Others were for turning around ou
Main street Two were tor didncl
nations Ia observe the ~ mlle down
town limit Two victims were plucked
FOR leaving their ears ON Robinson
street longer than the allotted time
All were notified 10 appear Ia police
court and give reasons why the'
should not contribute towards the clil's
support.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25

In 1909 Judge Brown removed with
his family In Mnngum. Greer county.
his present home, Greer county was
claimed by Texas aud WIS situated In
Judge Browns judicial district, until
March, 1920, when the United States
supreme court decided the rumty was
part of oklahoma territory ~ the
date " the supreme courts decision
Judge Brown was holding court nj
Mnngum, aud upon the lnsistcncc NJ
tho settlers he went to Washington
10 get congress. then IN session tn
extend 10 the settlers of Greer county
a preference right to acquire the lands
upon which they had settled. aud with
the assistance ~ the Cultrd States NJ
torncy general. Hon. Iudson Harmon.
the late governor ~ ohio and the Hon
ID. r Flynn. delegate from Oklahoma
territory. n hin was prepared and
passed which gave the original settlers
right 10 homestead 100 acres and 10
purchase an additional quarter section
NJ 800 per acre At the Oklahoma
statehood election Judge Rruwn was
elected Judge NJ the Eighteenth IN.
dlcinl district aud reelected 10 the ".
fice In November, 1910 and during his
term on the bench as district Judge he
tried many important eases where the
local Oklahoma judge were ilisquall.
fled While on the bench hc pro.
nounced four death sentences IN cases
tried before him. including the celc
hrnted case NJ the state ~ Texas w.
Rev. George y. Morrison. convicted
aud hanged IN Vernon. TcXns In 1900,
for poisoning his wife The negroes,
An Hunter aud I'd Ellis. who killed
Sheriff q. W. Garrison NJ oklahoma
county were tried and convicted before
Judge Brown IN RlAin county. Ellis
IA serving life sentence In the Okla
homa state prison, and Ar Hunter was
hanged NJ Watonga IN 1910. Judge
Bro,N tried the celcbrnted cases Of
state NJ Oklahoma vs. Rudolph Tege.
ler charged with the murder NJ James
Meadows and ~ the state against
Mike o'frlcn, charged with perjury
committed while testifylng M n witness
for Tegelcr IN former trial OF the
latters case.
At the November. 1914 election
Judge Rrown was elected Justice of
the supreme court ~ oklahoma. aud
which Mflcc he wns holding at the
tline Of his death.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25

Associate Justice Gibson A. Brown of the
Oklahoma State Supreme Court died suddenly of
apopIexy this morning at 4 o'clock in his private
office in the Lawrence building, following the usual
sitting of the court.
He had entered the office and had gone into con
erence with the other justices at the usual time at
. o'clock, and was apparently feeling as well as
usual He told several stories and was in his or
dnary jolly mood AT abouttO:5o, he complained
to fellow justices of pain in the region of his
stomach, and asked to he excused from the room
He then went to his private office and became IN
conscious. When the physician summoned arrived,
the justice was dead
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
PREPAREDNESS
A MERE CLOAK
Political Wiseacres Put Finger
OF Detection Upon the
Wilson Program
M AL ADMINISTRATION?
Intent Is to Hurrah People
Into Voting Bond Issue
That Is Needed Anyway
M AL ADMINISTRATION?

IA ASHlNG1ON, Oct % While
" William Jennings Bryan has an'
nOunced his purpose 10 exert all the
influence at his command to defeat the
Administrations program for military
preparedness, and while Representa-
tative Hay, chairman NJ the military
affairs committee, has Indicated some
and feels greater hostility 10 any
thing proposed by Secretary Garrison,
the administration II confident Of sue
cess
Its reasoning, az outlined by source
very close to the president, is as fol
lows. The Democratic leaders will be
called 10 the White House, few at u
time, and Informed OF the financial
condition Of the government II will
be pointed out that the government has
already run behind SI2,4OO,OO0 sine
July LIST. that the proposed repeal OF
the free sugar clause In the Under
wood bill, while It will prevent fur
ther reduction Of the revenues by
about S50,OO0,00O will not mean q
penny Of increase
As consequence Of this situation {
bond Issue will be imperative, but fol
the Democrats to issue bonds TO carry
on the government will be conclusiy,
evidence of that incapacity To conduc
Its affairs which the party has showl
In all It's previous administrations. II
however the people can he aroused Il
the Importance OF bringing the mill
inry establishment up-to-date, they will
not criticise bond issue and bond
can be issued In sufficient amount /,
make good the Democratic deficit, a
well as defray the cost OF prepared
ness.
"lhe administration will be- com
PEELED TO sell bonds anyway, and you
vote for military preparedness will
help to cover NJ the reason" IN tn,
warning which President Wilson will
! give 10 each good and faithful Demo
cratic member " congress this au
tumn.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25

JUSTICE BROWN, who mndc his
" home while In Oklahoma city NJ
the Lee Hucklns hotel, was resident
~ Mangum, Okla.
He IL survived by three sons, Floyd
Brown, of Chicago, Leon II Brown, n
senior In the law school at the Univer.
sity Of Oklahoma at Norman and Pay
ton n. Brown; daughter, Gcnevleve,
who has been making her home IN OK
lnhoma City with her parents.
II was announced that the supreme
court will meet Tuesday, hut that II
will transact no business. MIR Brown
served as district Judge In Greer
county, when II was n part " Texas
and continued IN office until Greer
county became Il part " oklahoma
when he assumed that position In this
state. lie was elected In 1914 10 the
supreme court To MI out the meIpired
term Of Judge Jesse l.. Dunn, whC
had resigned Judge Brown was later
elected to the justiceshlp aud would
have run for reelection had not his
death occurred.
q, A, Brown was born on his fathers
farm In Washington county, Texas, and
worked on the farm until grown Ills
father, james r. Brown, commanded
company In the war of the sixties
until the army dlsbandel In $500 q
A. Brown, being too young TO serve IN
the army. was charged with the sup
port Of his mother and bounger broth
ers and sisters At the age " ~
having earned few hundred dollars
on the farm, he entered school, and b,
heroic efforts, In two years completed
four years course " study and wa,
valedlctorian Of his class. He studlet
law In the office Of the firm ~ Throck
morton 4 Brown, the senior, ex.gov
ernor OF Texas, and the junior, Thoas
]. Brown, who was afterwnrd chile
Justice Of the supreme court Of Texas
Judge Brown was admitted TO IN,
har In Sherman, Texas, In 1914, ant
became the junior member " the firu
OF Throckmorton 4 Brown, Of thn
city. In 1892, he moved 10 Donle,
county, Texas. and was elected count,
Judge the snme year which office HI
resigned the following year to devot,
his entire time to the practice of law
In 1880 he was chosen judge of III,
46th Judicial district ~ Texas, t,
which office he was afterwards ihre,
times reelected and held until 1907
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
CAN'T GET CARS

The Farmers and Merchants Grain
company and the G. y, Cozart Grsin
company Of knowles, Okla, have com
plalned TO the state corporation com
mission of their inability 20 secure cars
from the wichita falls a Northwest.
ern Railway company for the Iosdins
Of wheat They say this condition h a
serious business handicap a. thsif =.
yators ace full
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
SOCIALISM IN TEXAS

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. %
Fifty delegates attended n meeting Of
the Texas Socialist party held here
Sunday aud voted To reorganiEe on a
mlddle-ofthe.road basis, declining ~
recognize either NJ two factions which
were represented NJ the meeting.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
BANDITS E[UDE
|. THOUSAND MEN
Handful of Mexicans Attack
Enhenched American
Camp; Get Away

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, oct. 10
Bandits who attacked an entrench-
ed United States infantry camp with.
In si1 miles Of Brownsville early Sun.
DAY evening escaped capture by more
than Thousand troops, rangers, and
deputies who started IN pursuit Of
Them In half nm hour after the fight
daylight revealed that there were pos
slbly ~ or 40 men IN two attacking
parties which attempted to ambush
the soldiers.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
BORN 1902; DIED 1915

NEW ORLEANS, oct. 25. - John
shay, liS years old said to have been
one OF the Oldest persons In Louisiana
was buried here Sunday. Shay, who
died Saturday, was born In County
Kerry, Ireland. June ~. 1902. accord.
lux to members of his family lie
came TO this country IN 1860 aud vet
led In New Orleans and for many
years was a prominent figure both IN
local aud state politics.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
UNCLE SAM AS
A PEACEMAKER
Government VIII Try tc
Bring Carranzs and Villa
Into a Lasting Accord

IT, PASO Texas. oct 25-The Unit
~ ed States government Is to assume
the role VI pvnccmHker between the
Cnrranza dcfacto government aud the
villa faction In Mexico. It was learned
here SUNDAY from mn authoritative
source. Negotiations are soon TO he
opened with General Francisco villa
by George g. Carothcrs special agent
NJ the department ~ state who Is un-
derstood 10 have been commissioned to
present plans which the United States
has laid out.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
STRIKERS WIN OUT
1900 Disseminated Employees Of Gen.
erL Electric Company Return 10
Work al 4 Wage Increase

SCHENECTADY, y. Y, oct %
Except Tor about 100 members of
machlnists union virtually all the 10,
900 employee of the General Electric
company who hHvc been ON strike
three weeks for AN clghthour day re.
turned 10 work Monday The com
pany granted n nine aud II halfhour
day at a wage increase of five per
cent, with uu additional five per cent
increase and q nine hour day a year
from now.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
ENROLMENT 400

wEATHERFORD, oct. 20-Attend
ance at the Southwestern State Nor
nal school the past week reached 400
the highest mark reached at this tim,
VI year In the institutions history
Friends of the school now believe Il
has attained It's stride
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
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sTOCKYARDs RECORD

KANSAS CITY. oct 2B.
about $1,000 cattle were un-
loaded al the stOckyards
Monday o 600 more. II was
said than ever arrived here
before In one day. Advance
In prices last week attracted
the large offerings
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
FRENCH PRIESTS GIVE LIVES

OTTAWA, Oct 25,-Five priests Of
the Ottawa Roman Cathedral have xiv.
on their lives on the battlefield I'm the
cause n the British empire, II was
announced here Sunday. All were
French resprylsts.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
At Same Time AuStro- German
Forces Are Slowly Working
Down From the North
PARIS. Oct. 25.-An important
success By the French troops In
the Champagne district is annOunc-
I'd by the French war office this
afternoon>
LONDON, Oct. 2j.-frnch troops
routed three divisions Of BulEAriAns
on Saturday on the front Of Gradek-
yolandoyo- RabroyO, in southeastern
Serbia according 10 IIa,as dispatch
filed AT Salonlki October "a. The Bul.
garian forces, the dispatch adds, were
decimated.

T ONDON. Oct. 25 French troops
- are working up the railroad from
SalOnlki and beating Of the Bulgarian
forces In southern Serbia and have ~
cured possession Of the line as far as
Negotin about 80 miles southeast Uf
Uskup, It Is said, IN dispatch from
Gradek, Serbia, under Saturdays
date.
IL IL denied In the Gradek advices
that che hne has been cut at VeleE, the
Bulgarian attack on that place having
been defeated.
Farther north, according 10 the lat
est claims by the invaders Of Serbian
territory, Uskup is In Bulgarian hands
together with long section Of the
railroad to the north. For the Aus
trO-German forces heading southwark
steady n slow advances are claimed.
The latest official statement from
Nish shows offensive movements on
/ the part Of the Serbians In efforts Ia
check the Teutonic progress. Capture
Of machine guns has not resulted IN
permanent breaches In the Austrian
defensive line, the current official
statement NJ the Vienna war office
claims Almost without exception the
recapturc II asserted Of such positions
along the lines rs the ltannns had
taken Hostile possession ~ few
outpost trenches In the southern sector
Is admitted Especially severe fight
Continued on Last PngeD
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
Postmaster Claude Weaver
Believes Contract Will Have
Been Let by Then
TO COST ABOUT $25O,OOO
Present Quarters Crowded -
$lll,O00 Already Appro-
prated by Congress

THAT the contract Tor au addition
u to the addition tu the Oklahoma
City federal building To cc>t S2OOO0
will BE- let by January / Is the upln.
ion Of Postmaster Claude Weaver.
The first intimation that such an. ad
dition was contemplated So soon was
received at the puslofflN' recently when
the contract Tor rcpoiutiue the stone.
work on the building was called for.
aud the government specifications pro.
vided that no work was 10 he done on
the west side. The rcl0lnting contract
was let Monday Ia w. Rr,dhurn ~
Oklahoma city.
THE addition Ia the federal building
authorized by congress. will cost S25O.
OO' said MIR Weaver, "Of which the
sum NJ Slll.000, appropriated under
the sundry clvils hill of the 63rd con
eress Is IN the United states treasury
at present, subject To the check of the
supervising architect " the treasury.
who has cltarge of the construction "
all federal public buildings.
Money Forthcoming
1T Is probable that the money need
ed Ia complete the sum necessary tu
build the addition will be appropriated
by the coming congress. when the
money Is needed for II IL the custom
not 10 appropriate money and TO a.
low It to lie idle In the treasury, un.
I'll II Il ready TO be- used
Mr. Weaver while stating that he
based his opinion ~ To the time Of
the letting n the contract upon au.
thentic sources, would not make their
identity public
The actual cost of the present federal
building was In the neighborhoOd of
$20O.OOO the value NJ the proposed
addition. The contractor Tor the build
Ing, however, took the contract nc sO
low u figure that he went bankrupt
before II WAS finished aud the surety
company which went his bond was
compelled to complete It.
Plenty Of Ground Left
The federal building at present ~.
cupies but one.thlrd of the plot NJ
ground owned by the government the
proposed addition win occupy the an
other third. and the remaining portion
VIII he left to allow for the expansion
OF the postOfflCe.
we need the addition badly" said
Mr. Weaver since our parcel post aud
mail receipts have swamped our force
There is no room to spare In our pre-,
ent quarters
The addition" | presume" he con
cluded will he constructed In con
formity with the present buildings
style of architecture, and will. there
fore he three stories In height. II
viii house such federal offices. M. for
instance the 4 s. commissioners and
the l. s recruiting stations. nj pr,s
ent occupying quarters In uptown Of
flee buildings, In addition to allowing
an expansion ~ the postufflcp"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-25
BODY TO LIE IN STATE

The body Of Justice Brown will lie in state the supreme
court room from II O'Clock Tuesday morning until it shipped
to Mangum for ncrment Wednesday, The chair occupied by
Judge Brown will be draped.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-04

why, for your thrashing," an
swercd the doc, as if surprised and
he went down. Put 'em up Dutchy,"
he said. You see, I couldn't strike a
sick man, and 1 knew by your look
and your pulse that you were getting
ready for a siege with typhoid: But
now Pm going to lick you"
Which he certainly did. When it
was over Dutchy's face couldn't have
been recognized by his own mother.
But then we found out that the doc
had been the. feaUherweight champion
at Princeton.
'Now come along to the surgery,
and I'll sew up your wounds. No
charge" said the little doc.
Dutchy was the sort that couldn't
rest until he got even. He threw
the shoe after the wedding and struck
the doc behind the ear. That settled
all scores.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-04
SWEET TlD-BiT is ICE
CANDY

Boil 8 cups of sugar, one-haf cup
of water and one-quarter teaspoon of
cream tartar together (without stir
ring) until, when a little is dropped in
cold water, it forms a brittle ball.
Turn out onto weI-gTeased platter
or marble slab and, as it coOls, fold
the edges toward the center. AS soon
as it can be handled, pull until white.
Flavor to suit taste.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-04

Because the music of fife and drum
is so popular just now in Europe
FerrucIo Busoni, the Italian pianist,
has come to America to play Bach
and BeethoVen-and in Europe they
say that no other modern artist can
interpret those two masters with so
sympathetic an understanding as BU-
sOni.
BUsoni will make a concert tour of
the country, and his American visit
may continue until martial music is
less popular in Europe.